1 Kings 9:15
And this is the reason of the levy which king Solomon raised; for to build the house of the LORD, and his own house, and Millo, and the wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor, and Megiddo, and Gezer.1 Kings 9:15 in the real world
When
In what words
- מִלּוֹאmillôwʼa rampart (as filled in), i.e. the citadel
- מְגִדּוֹןMᵉgiddôwnMegiddon or Megiddo, a place in Palestine
- גֶּזֶרGezerGezer, a place in Palestine
- מַסmaçproperly, a burden (as causing to faint), i.e. a tax in the form of forced labor
- חָצוֹרChâtsôwrChatsor, the name (thus simply) of two places in Palestine and of one in Arabia
- חוֹמָהchôwmâha wall of protection
- שְׁלֹמֹהShᵉlômôhShelomah, David's successor
- בָּנָהbânâhto build (literally and figuratively)
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
What's left of it
- Megiddo's gates and stablesDisputedMegiddo, Hazor and Gezer all carry monumental gates and fortifications from the early Iron Age.