1 Kings 9:15 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

¹⁵ This is the account of the forced labour  that King Solomon had imposed to build the Lord’s temple, his own palace, the supporting terraces,  the wall of Jerusalem,  and Hazor,  Megiddo,  and Gezer.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁵ And this is the reason of the levy which king Solomon raised; for to build the house of the LORD, and his own house, and Millo, and the wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor, and Megiddo, and Gezer.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁵ This is the account of the levy [of forced labor] which King Solomon raised to build the house of the Lord, his own house, the Millo, the wall of Jerusalem, Hazor, Megiddo, and Gezer.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁵ And this is the reason of the levy which king Solomon raised, to build the house of Jehovah, and his own house, and Millo, and the wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor, and Megiddo, and Gezer.

Common English Bible

¹⁵ This is the story of the labor gang that King Solomon put together to build the LORD’s temple and his own palace, as well as the stepped structure, the wall of Jerusalem, Hazor, Megiddo, and Gezer: (

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁵ This is the sum of the expenses that king Solomon offered for the building of the house of the Lord, and his own house, and for Millo, and the wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor, and Megiddo, and Gezer.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁵ This is the sum of the expenses, which king Solomon offered to build the house of the Lord, and his own house, and Mello, and the wall of Jerusalem, and Heser, and Mageddo, and Gazer.

1 Kings 9:15 Tagairtí Cros

2 Samuel 5:9

David took up residence in the stronghold, which he named the city of David. He built it up all the way round from the supporting terraces inward.

1 Kings 11:27

and this is the reason he rebelled against the king: Solomon had built the supporting terraces  and repaired the opening in the wall of the city of his father David.

1 Kings 12:4

‘Your father made our yoke harsh.  You, therefore, lighten your father’s harsh service and the heavy yoke he put on us,  and we will serve you.’

1 Kings 3:1

Solomon made an alliance  with Pharaoh king of Egypt by marrying Pharaoh’s daughter.  Solomon brought her to the city of David  until he finished building his palace,  the Lord’s temple,  and the wall surrounding Jerusalem.

1 Kings 4:12

Baana son of Ahilud, in Taanach, Megiddo, and all Beth-shean which is beside Zarethan below Jezreel, from Beth-shean to Abel-meholah, as far as the other side of Jokmeam;

1 Kings 5:13

Then King Solomon drafted forced labourers from all Israel;  the labour force numbered thirty thousand men.

1 Kings 6:38

In his eleventh year in the month of Bul, which is the eighth month,  the temple was completed in every detail and according to every specification.  So he built it in seven years.

1 Kings 9:10

At the end of twenty years, during which Solomon had built the two houses, the Lord’s temple and the royal palace   #– #

1 Kings 9:21

their descendants who remained in the land after them, those whom the Israelites were unable to destroy completely   #– #Solomon imposed forced labour on them; it is still this way today.

1 Kings 9:24

Pharaoh’s daughter moved from the city of David  to the house that Solomon had built for her;  he then built the terraces.

2 Kings 12:20

Joash’s servants conspired against him and attacked him  at Beth-millo  on the road that goes down to Silla.

2 Kings 15:29

In the days of King Pekah of Israel, King Tiglath-pileser  of Assyria came and captured Ijon,  Abel-beth-maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, and Galilee #– #all the land of Naphtali   #– #and deported the people to Assyria.

2 Kings 9:27

When King Ahaziah of Judah saw what was happening, he fled up the road towards Beth-haggan. Jehu pursued him, shouting, ‘Shoot him too! ’ So they shot him in his chariot  at Gur Pass near Ibleam,  but he fled to Megiddo  and died there.

1 Chronicles 20:4

After this,  a war broke out with the Philistines at Gezer. At that time Sibbecai the Hushathite killed Sippai, a descendant of the Rephaim,  , and the Philistines were subdued.

1 Chronicles 6:67

Shechem (a city of refuge) with its pasturelands in the hill country of Ephraim, Gezer and its pasturelands,

2 Chronicles 35:22

But Josiah did not turn away from him; instead, in order to fight with him he disguised himself.  , He did not listen to Neco’s words from the mouth of God, but went to the Valley of Megiddo  to fight.

2 Chronicles 8:1

At the end of twenty years  during which Solomon had built the Lord’s temple and his own palace #– #

Zechariah 12:11

On that day the mourning in Jerusalem will be as great as the mourning of Hadad-rimmon in the plain of Megiddo.

Joshua 10:33

At that time King Horam of Gezer went to help Lachish,  but Joshua struck him down along with his people, leaving no survivors.

Joshua 11:1

When King Jabin of Hazor heard this news, he sent a message to: King Jobab of Madon, the kings of Shimron and Achshaph,

Joshua 16:10

However, they did not drive out the Canaanites who lived in Gezer.  So the Canaanites still live in Ephraim today,  but they are forced labourers.

Joshua 16:3

It then descended westwards to the border of the Japhletites as far as the border of Lower Beth-horon, then to Gezer,  and ended at the Mediterranean Sea.

Joshua 17:11

Within Issachar and Asher, Manasseh had Beth-shean, Ibleam, and the inhabitants of Dor with their surrounding villages;  the inhabitants of En-dor, Taanach, and Megiddo #– #the three cities of  Naphath #– #with their surrounding villages.

Joshua 19:36

Adamah, Ramah, Hazor,

Joshua 21:21

The Israelites gave them: Shechem,  the city of refuge for the one who commits manslaughter, with its pasturelands in the hill country of Ephraim, Gezer with its pasturelands,

Judges 1:29

At that time Ephraim failed to drive out the Canaanites who were living in Gezer, so the Canaanites have lived among them in Gezer.

Judges 4:2

So the Lord sold them to King Jabin  of Canaan, who reigned in Hazor.  The commander of his army was Sisera  who lived in Harosheth of the Nations.

Judges 5:19

Kings came and fought. Then the kings of Canaan fought at Taanach by the Waters of Megiddo, but they did not plunder the silver.

Judges 9:20

But if not, may fire come from Abimelech and consume the citizens of Shechem and Beth-millo, and may fire come from the citizens of Shechem and Beth-millo and consume Abimelech.’

Judges 9:6

Then all the citizens of Shechem and of Beth-millo gathered together and proceeded to make Abimelech king at the oak of the pillar in Shechem.