1 Kings 9:15-28
1599 Geneva Bible
15 ¶ And this is the cause of the tribute, why King Solomon raised tribute, to wit, to build the house of the Lord, and his own house, and [a]Millo, and the wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor, and Megiddo, and Gezer.
16 Pharaoh king of Egypt had come up, and taken Gezer, and burnt it with fire, and slew the Canaanites that dwelt in the city, and gave it for a present unto his daughter Solomon’s wife.
17 (Therefore Solomon built Gezer and Beth Horon the nether,
18 And Baalath, and Tadmor in the wilderness of the land,
19 And all the cities [b]of store, that Solomon had, even cities for chariots, and cities for horsemen, and all that Solomon desired and would build in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and in all the land of his dominion)
20 All the people that were [c]left of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, which were not of the children of Israel
21 To wit, their children that were left after them in the land whom the children of Israel were not able to destroy, those did Solomon make tributaries unto this day
22 But of the children of Israel did Solomon (A)make no bondmen: but they were men of war and his servants, and his princes, and his captains, and rulers of his chariots and his horsemen.
23 These were the princes of the officers, that were over Solomon’s work: even [d]five hundred and fifty, and they ruled the people that wrought in the work.
24 ¶ And Pharaoh’s daughter came up from the city of David unto the house which Solomon had built for her: then did he build Millo.
25 And thrice a year did Solomon offer burnt offerings and peace offerings upon the altar which he built unto the Lord: and he burnt incense upon the altar that was before the Lord, when he had finished the house.
26 Also king Solomon made a navy of ships in Ezion Geber, which is beside Elath, and the brink of the red sea, in the land of Edom.
27 And Hiram sent with the navy, his servants, that were mariners, and had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon.
28 And they came to Ophir, and fet from thence [e]four hundred and twenty talents of gold, and brought it to king Solomon.
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- 1 Kings 9:15 Millo was as the town house or place of assembly which was open above.
- 1 Kings 9:19 Cities for his munitions of war.
- 1 Kings 9:20 These were as bondmen and paid what was required, either labor or money.
- 1 Kings 9:23 The overseers of Solomon’s works, were divided into three parts: the first contained 3300, the second 300, and the third 250, which were Israelites: so here are contained the two last parts, which make 550, see 2 Chron. 8:10.
- 1 Kings 9:28 In 2 Chron. 8:18, is made mention of thirty more, which seem to have been employed for their charges.
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