1 Kings 9:15

15 King Solomon forced people to work hard for him. Here is a record of what they did. They built the LORD's temple and Solomon's palace. They filled in the low places. They rebuilt the wall of Jerusalem. They built up Hazor, Megiddo and Gezer.

1 Kings 9:15 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 9:15

And this is the reason of the levy which King Solomon raised,
&c.] Both of men to work, ( 1 Kings 5:13 ) , and of money to defray the expense:

it was for to build the house of the Lord;
the temple:

and his own house;
or palace:

and Millo; which he repaired: (See Gill on 1 Samuel 5:9).

and the wall of Jerusalem;
which, as Abarbinel says, was a large building, there being three walls one within another:

and Hazor;
a city in the tribe of Naphtali, and which had been a royal city with the Canaanites; see ( Joshua 11:1 ) ( 19:36 )

and Megiddo;
which was in the tribe of Manasseh, ( Joshua 17:11 )

and Gezer;
which was in the tribe of Ephraim, and formerly a royal city of the Canaanites, ( Joshua 10:33 ) ( 16:3 ) .

1 Kings 9:15 In-Context

13 "My friend," he asked, "what have you given me? What kind of towns are these?" So he called them the Land of Cabul. And that's what they are still called to this very day.

14 Hiram had sent four and a half tons of gold to Solomon.

15 King Solomon forced people to work hard for him. Here is a record of what they did. They built the LORD's temple and Solomon's palace. They filled in the low places. They rebuilt the wall of Jerusalem. They built up Hazor, Megiddo and Gezer.

16 Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, had attacked Gezer and captured it. He had set it on fire. He had killed the Canaanites who lived there. Then he had given Gezer as a wedding gift to his daughter. She was Solomon's wife.

17 Solomon rebuilt Gezer. He built up Lower Beth Horon