1 Kings 9:15-17

Solomon's Other Acts

¹⁵ And this is the account of _b the forced labor that King Solomon drafted to build the house of the Lord and his own house and _c the Millo and the wall of Jerusalem and _d Hazor and _e Megiddo and Gezer ¹⁶ (Pharaoh king of Egypt had gone up and captured Gezer and burned it with fire, and had killed _f the Canaanites who lived in the city, and had given it as dowry to _g his daughter, Solomon's wife; ¹⁷ so Solomon rebuilt Gezer) and _h Lower Beth-horon

1. Cross References
   1 Kings 5:13
   King Solomon drafted forced labor out of all Israel, and the draft numbered 30,000 men.
   
2. Cross References
   1 Kings 9:24
   But Pharaoh's daughter went up from the city of David to her own house that Solomon had built for her. Then he built the Millo.
   2 Samuel 5:9
   And David lived in the stronghold and called it the city of David. And David built the city all around from the Millo inward.
   
3. Cross References
   Joshua 11:1
   When Jabin, king of Hazor, heard of this, he sent to Jobab king of Madon, and to the king of Shimron, and to the king of Achshaph.
   
4. Cross References
   Joshua 17:11
   Also in Issachar and in Asher Manasseh had Beth-shean and its villages, and Ibleam and its villages, and the inhabitants of Dor and its villages, and the inhabitants of En-dor and its villages, and the inhabitants of Taanach and its villages, and the inhabitants of Megiddo and its villages; the third is Naphath.
   
5. Cross References
   Joshua 16:10
   However, they did not drive out the Canaanites who lived in Gezer, so the Canaanites have lived in the midst of Ephraim to this day but have been made to do forced labor.
   
6. Cross References
   1 Kings 3:1
   Solomon made a marriage alliance with Pharaoh king of Egypt. He took Pharaoh's daughter and brought her into the city of David until he had finished building his own house and the house of the Lord and the wall around Jerusalem.
   1 Kings 7:8
   His own house where he was to dwell, in the other court back of the hall, was of like workmanship. Solomon also made a house like this hall for Pharaoh's daughter whom he had taken in marriage.
   
7. Cross References
   Joshua 10:10
   And the Lord threw them into a panic before Israel, who struck them with a great blow at Gibeon and chased them by the way of the ascent of Beth-horon and struck them as far as Azekah and Makkedah.