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1Ki 9:15 — 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.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

Entire Verse.		A. M. 2989-3029. B.C. 1015-975.
the reason		1Ki 9:21; 1Ki 5:13
to build		1Ki 9:10; 1Ki 6:38; 1Ki 7:1; 2Ch 8:1
Millo		Millo is said to have been a deep valley, between the ancient city of Jebus and the city of David on mount Zion. This Solomon filled up, and built upon; and it became a fortified place, and a place for public assemblies. 1Ki 9:24; 1Ki 11:27; Jdg 9:6,20; 2Sa 5:9; 2Ki 12:20
the wall		Psa 51:18
Hazor		Probably the city Hazor in Naphtali, and the famous capital of Jabin, situated in the lake Merom or Semechon, and placed by Josephus south of Tyre, near Ptolemais. Jos 11:1; Jos 19:36; Jdg 4:2; 2Ki 15:29
Megiddo		1Ki 4:12; Jos 17:11; Jdg 5:19; 2Ki 9:27; 2Ki 23:29,30; 2Ch 35:22; Zec 12:11
Gezer		1Ki 9:16,17; Jos 10:33; Jos 16:10; Jos 21:21; Jdg 1:29; 1Ch 6:67; 1Ch 20:4

Correlating Passages

the reason

	1Ki 9:21	Their children that were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel also were not able utterly to destroy, upon those did Solomon levy a tribute of bondservice unto this day.
	1Ki 5:13	And king Solomon raised a levy out of all Israel; and the levy was thirty thousand men.

to build

	1Ki 9:10	And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, when Solomon had built the two houses, the house of the LORD, and the king's house,
	1Ki 6:38	And in the eleventh year, in the month Bul, which [is] the eighth month, was the house finished throughout all the parts thereof, and according to all the fashion of it. So was he seven years in building it.
	1Ki 7:1	But Solomon was building his own house thirteen years, and he finished all his house.
	2Ch 8:1	And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, wherein Solomon had built the house of the LORD, and his own house,

Millo

	1Ki 9:24	But Pharaoh's daughter came up out of the city of David unto her house which [Solomon] had built for her: then did he build Millo.
	1Ki 11:27	And this [was] the cause that he lifted up [his] hand against the king: Solomon built Millo, [and] repaired the breaches of the city of David his father.
	Jdg 9:6	And all the men of Shechem gathered together, and all the house of Millo, and went, and made Abimelech king, by the plain of the pillar that [was] in Shechem.
	Jdg 9:20	But if not, let fire come out from Abimelech, and devour the men of Shechem, and the house of Millo; and let fire come out from the men of Shechem, and from the house of Millo, and devour Abimelech.
	2Sa 5:9	So David dwelt in the fort, and called it the city of David. And David built round about from Millo and inward.
	2Ki 12:20	And his servants arose, and made a conspiracy, and slew Joash in the house of Millo, which goeth down to Silla.

the wall

Psa 51:18

Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: build thou the walls of Jerusalem.

Hazor

	Jos 11:1	And it came to pass, when Jabin king of Hazor had heard [those things], that he sent to Jobab king of Madon, and to the king of Shimron, and to the king of Achshaph,
	Jos 19:36	And Adamah, and Ramah, and Hazor,
	Jdg 4:2	And the LORD sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, that reigned in Hazor; the captain of whose host [was] Sisera, which dwelt in Harosheth of the Gentiles.
	2Ki 15:29	In the days of Pekah king of Israel came Tiglathpileser king of Assyria, and took Ijon, and Abelbethmaachah, and Janoah, and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and carried them captive to Assyria.

Megiddo

	1Ki 4:12	Baana the son of Ahilud; [to him pertained] Taanach and Megiddo, and all Bethshean, which [is] by Zartanah beneath Jezreel, from Bethshean to Abelmeholah, [even] unto [the place that is] beyond Jokneam:
	Jos 17:11	And Manasseh had in Issachar and in Asher Bethshean and her towns, and Ibleam and her towns, and the inhabitants of Dor and her towns, and the inhabitants of Endor and her towns, and the inhabitants of Taanach and her towns, and the inhabitants of Megiddo and her towns, [even] three countries.
	Jdg 5:19	The kings came [and] fought, then fought the kings of Canaan in Taanach by the waters of Megiddo; they took no gain of money.
	2Ki 9:27	But when Ahaziah the king of Judah saw [this], he fled by the way of the garden house. And Jehu followed after him, and said, Smite him also in the chariot. [And they did so] at the going up to Gur, which [is] by Ibleam. And he fled to Megiddo, and died there.
	2Ki 23:29	In his days Pharaohnechoh king of Egypt went up against the king of Assyria to the river Euphrates: and king Josiah went against him; and he slew him at Megiddo, when he had seen him.
	2Ki 23:30	And his servants carried him in a chariot dead from Megiddo, and brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own sepulchre. And the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and anointed him, and made him king in his father's stead.
	2Ch 35:22	Nevertheless Josiah would not turn his face from him, but disguised himself, that he might fight with him, and hearkened not unto the words of Necho from the mouth of God, and came to fight in the valley of Megiddo.
	Zec 12:11	In that day shall there be a great mourning in Jerusalem, as the mourning of Hadadrimmon in the valley of Megiddon.

Gezer

	1Ki 9:16	[For] Pharaoh king of Egypt had gone up, and taken Gezer, and burnt it with fire, and slain the Canaanites that dwelt in the city, and given it [for] a present unto his daughter, Solomon's wife.
	1Ki 9:17	And Solomon built Gezer, and Bethhoron the nether,
	Jos 10:33	Then Horam king of Gezer came up to help Lachish; and Joshua smote him and his people, until he had left him none remaining.
	Jos 16:10	And they drave not out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer: but the Canaanites dwell among the Ephraimites unto this day, and serve under tribute.
	Jos 21:21	For they gave them Shechem with her suburbs in mount Ephraim, [to be] a city of refuge for the slayer; and Gezer with her suburbs,
	Jdg 1:29	Neither did Ephraim drive out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer; but the Canaanites dwelt in Gezer among them.
	1Ch 6:67	And they gave unto them, [of] the cities of refuge, Shechem in mount Ephraim with her suburbs; [they gave] also Gezer with her suburbs,
	1Ch 20:4	And it came to pass after this, that there arose war at Gezer with the Philistines; at which time Sibbechai the Hushathite slew Sippai, [that was] of the children of the giant: and they were subdued.

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Scott, Thomas. "1 Kings 9:15," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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