15 ¶ And this is the cause of the tribute, why King Solomon raised tribute, to wit, to build the house of the Lord, and his own house, and [a]Millo, and the wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor, and Megiddo, and Gezer.

16 Pharaoh king of Egypt had come up, and taken Gezer, and burnt it with fire, and slew the Canaanites that dwelt in the city, and gave it for a present unto his daughter Solomon’s wife.

17 (Therefore Solomon built Gezer and Beth Horon the nether,

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 9:15 Millo was as the town house or place of assembly which was open above.

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