John Gill's Exposition on 1 Kings 9:15

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John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And this is the reason of the levy which King Solomon raised, etc.] Both of men to work, (<110513>1 Kings 5:13), and of money to defray the expense: it was for to build the house of the Lord; the temple: and his own house; or palace: and Millo; which he repaired: (see Gill on “<090509>1 Samuel 5:9”). and the wall of Jerusalem; which, as Abarbinel says, was a large building, there being three walls one within another: and Hazor; a city in the tribe of Naphtali, and which had been a royal city with the Canaanites; (see <061101>Joshua 11:1 19:36) and Megiddo; which was in the tribe of Manasseh, (<061711>Joshua 17:11) and Gezer; which was in the tribe of Ephraim, and formerly a royal city of the Canaanites, (<061033>Joshua 10:33 16:3).

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