14 (A)And Hiram sent to the king [a]120 talents of gold.

15 Now this is the account of the forced labor which King Solomon (B)conscripted to build the house of the Lord, his own house, the [b](C)Millo, the wall of Jerusalem, (D)Hazor, (E)Megiddo, and (F)Gezer. 16 For Pharaoh king of Egypt had gone up and overthrown Gezer and burned it with fire, and killed the (G)Canaanites who lived in the city; and he had (H)given it as a dowry to his daughter, Solomon’s wife.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 9:14 About 4.5 tons or 4 metric tons
  2. 1 Kings 9:15 I.e., terraced structure

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