1 Kings 9:15-19

15 Here is the account of the forced labor King Solomon conscripted to build the LORD’s temple, his own palace, the terraces,^[a] the wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor, Megiddo and Gezer.

16 (Pharaoh king of Egypt had attacked and captured Gezer. He had set it on fire. He killed its Canaanite inhabitants and then gave it as a wedding gift to his daughter, Solomon’s wife.

17 And Solomon rebuilt Gezer.) He built up Lower Beth Horon,

18 Baalath, and Tadmor^[b] in the desert, within his land,

19 as well as all his store cities and the towns for his chariots and for his horses^[c] —whatever he desired to build in Jerusalem, in Lebanon and throughout all the territory he ruled.

1 Kings 9:15-19 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

• 1. Joshua 16:10; 1 Kings 5:13
• 2. ver 24; S 2 Samuel 5:9
• 3. Joshua 11:10-11; Joshua 19:36
• 4. S Joshua 10:33; Joshua 17:11
• 5. 1 Kings 3:1; Psalms 45:12; Psalms 68:29; Psalms 72:10
• 6. S Joshua 10:10; Joshua 16:3; 2 Chronicles 8:5
• 7. S Joshua 19:44
• 8. ver 1; S Exodus 1:11
• 9. S Deuteronomy 17:16; 1 Kings 4:26; 2 Chronicles 1:14; 2 Chronicles 9:25

Footnotes

• [a]. Or "the Millo" ; also in verse 24
• [b]. The Hebrew may also be read "Tamar."
• [c]. Or "charioteers"