1 Kings 9:24 - Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

1 Kings 9:24

22 But of the children of Israel Solomon ^amade no forced laborers, because they were men of war and his servants: his officers, his captains, commanders of his chariots, and his cavalry.

23 Others were chiefs of the officials who were over Solomon’s work: ^afive hundred and fifty, who ruled over the people who did the work.

24 But ^aPharaoh’s daughter came up from the City of David to ^bher house which Solomon had built for her. ^cThen he built the Millo.

25 ^aNow three times a year Solomon offered burnt offerings and peace offerings on the altar which he had built for the Lord, and he burned incense with them on the altar that was before the Lord. So he finished the temple.

26 ^aKing Solomon also built a fleet of ships at ^bEzion Geber, which is near Elath on the shore of the Red Sea, in the land of Edom.

27 ^aThen Hiram sent his servants with the fleet, seamen who knew the sea, to work with the servants of Solomon.

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SOLOMON'S YEARLY SACRIFICES. (I Kings 9:24-28)

three times in a year—namely, at the passover, pentecost, and feast of tabernacles (II Chronicles 8:13; II Chronicles 31:3). The circumstances mentioned in these two verses form a proper conclusion to the record of his buildings and show that his design in erecting those at Jerusalem was to remedy defects existing at the commencement of his reign (see I Kings 3:1-4).

1 Kings 9:15-24

this is the reason of the levy—A levy refers both to men and money, and the necessity for Solomon making it arose from the many gigantic works he undertook to erect.

Millo—part of the fort of Jerusalem on Mount Zion (II Samuel 5:9; I Chronicles 11:8), or a row of stone bastions around Mount Zion, Millo being the great corner tower of that fortified wall (I Kings 11:27; II Chronicles 32:5).

the wall of Jerusalem—either repairing some breaches in it (I Kings 11:27), or extending it so as to enclose Mount Zion.

Hazor—fortified on account of its importance as a town in the northern boundary of the country.

Megiddo—(now Leijun)—Lying in the great caravan road between Egypt and Damascus, it was the key to the north of Palestine by the western lowlands, and therefore fortified.

Gezer—on the western confines of Ephraim, and, though a Levitical city, occupied by the Canaanites. Having fallen by right of conquest to the king of Egypt, who for some cause attacked it, it was given by him as a dowry to his daughter, and fortified by Solomon.

Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing 1 Kings 9:24:

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