1 Kings 9:15-17

15 And this is the account of 1the forced labor that King Solomon drafted to build the house of the LORD and his own house and 2the Millo and the wall of Jerusalem and 3Hazor and 4Megiddo and Gezer
16 (Pharaoh king of Egypt had gone up and captured Gezer and burned it with fire, and had killed 5the Canaanites who lived in the city, and had given it as dowry to 6his daughter, Solomon's wife;
17 so Solomon rebuilt Gezer) and 7Lower Beth-horon

1 Kings 9:15-17 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 1 KINGS 9

This chapter relates a second vision Solomon had at Gibeon, in which he received an answer to his prayer in the preceding chapter, 1Ki 9:1-9 that passed between him and Hiram king of Tyre, 1Ki 9:10-14, the places that Solomon built or repaired, 1Ki 9:15-19, the Canaanitish people that became bondmen to him, and the officers he had among the children of Israel, 1Ki 9:20-23 the removal of Pharaoh's daughter to the house built for her, 1Ki 9:24. Solomon's attention to religious services, 1Ki 9:25 and the navy of ships he employed, which brought him in great riches, 1Ki 9:26-28.

Cross References 7

  • 1. 1 Kings 5:13
  • 2. ver. 24; See 2 Samuel 5:9
  • 3. Joshua 11:1
  • 4. Joshua 17:11
  • 5. Joshua 16:10
  • 6. 1 Kings 3:1; 1 Kings 7:8
  • 7. See Joshua 10:10
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