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