1 Kings 9:15-19

Legacy Standard Bible

Solomon Builds Cities and Ships

¹⁵ Now this is the account of the forced labor which King Solomon ^(A)raised up to build the house of Yahweh, his own house, the ^[a](B)Millo, the wall of Jerusalem, ^(C)Hazor, ^(D)Megiddo, and ^(E)Gezer. ¹⁶ For Pharaoh king of Egypt had gone up and captured Gezer and burned it with fire, and killed the ^(F)Canaanites who lived in the city, and had ^(G)given it as a dowry to his daughter, Solomon’s wife. ¹⁷ So Solomon rebuilt Gezer and the lower ^(H)Beth-horon ¹⁸ and ^(I)Baalath and Tamar in the wilderness, in the land of Judah, ¹⁹ and all the storage cities which Solomon had, and ^(J)the cities for ^[b]his chariots, and the cities for ^[c](K)his horsemen, and ^[d](L)all that Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem, in Lebanon, and in all the land ^[e]under his rule.