15 And this is the account of (A)the forced labor that King Solomon drafted to build the house of the Lord and his own house and (B)the Millo and the wall of Jerusalem and (C)Hazor and (D)Megiddo and Gezer

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15 Here is the account of the forced labor King Solomon conscripted(A) to build the Lord’s temple, his own palace, the terraces,[a](B) the wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor,(C) Megiddo and Gezer.(D)

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  1. 1 Kings 9:15 Or the Millo; also in verse 24

24 But (A)Pharaoh's daughter went up from the city of David to (B)her own house that Solomon had built for her. (C)Then he built (D)the Millo.

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24 After Pharaoh’s daughter(A) had come up from the City of David to the palace Solomon had built for her, he constructed the terraces.(B)

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27 And this was the reason why he lifted up his hand against the king. (A)Solomon built the Millo, and closed up the breach of the city of David his father.

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27 Here is the account of how he rebelled against the king: Solomon had built the terraces[a](A) and had filled in the gap in the wall of the city of David his father.

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  1. 1 Kings 11:27 Or the Millo

20 (A)His servants arose and made a conspiracy (B)and struck down Joash in the house of (C)Millo, on the way that goes down to Silla.

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20 His officials(A) conspired against him and assassinated(B) him at Beth Millo,(C) on the road down to Silla.

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He set to work resolutely and built up (A)all the wall that was broken down and raised towers upon it,[a] and outside it he built another wall, and he strengthened the (B)Millo in the city of David. He also made weapons and shields in abundance.

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  1. 2 Chronicles 32:5 Vulgate; Hebrew and raised upon the towers

Then he worked hard repairing all the broken sections of the wall(A) and building towers on it. He built another wall outside that one and reinforced the terraces[a](B) of the City of David. He also made large numbers of weapons(C) and shields.

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  1. 2 Chronicles 32:5 Or the Millo