1 Kings 9:24
But Pharaoh’s daughter came up out of the city of David unto her house which Solomon had built for her: then did he build Millo.
1 Kings 9:24 in other translations
| BSB | As soon as Pharaoh’s daughter had come up from the City of David to the palace that Solomon had built for her, he built the supporting terraces. |
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| WEB | But Pharaoh’s daughter came up out of David’s city to her house which Solomon had built for her. Then he built Millo. |
| ASV | But Pharaoh’s daughter came up out of the city of David unto her house which Solomon had built for her: then did he build Millo. |
| YLT | Only, the daughter of Pharaoh went up out of the city of David unto her house that Solomon built for her; then he built Millo. |
| DARBY | But Pharaoh's daughter came up out of the city of David to her house which he had built for her: then he built Millo. |
| BBE | At that time Solomon made Pharaoh's daughter come up from the town of David to the house which he had made for her: then he made the Millo. |
| Webster | But Pharaoh's daughter came up from the city of David to her house which Solomon had built for her: then he built Millo. |
What does 1 Kings 9:24 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Kings 9:15-25
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 (2Sa 5:9; 1Ch 11:8), or a row of stone bastions around Mount Zion, Millo being the great corner tower of that fortified wall (1Ki 11:27; 2Ch 32:5). the wall of Jerusalem--either repairing some…
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Kings 9:15-28
Here is a further account of Solomon's greatness. He began at the right end, for he built God's house first, and finished that before he began his own; then God blessed him, and he prospered in all his other buildings. Let piety begin, and profit follow; leave pleasure to the last. Whatever pains we take for the glory of God, and to profit others, we are likely to have the advantage. Canaan, the holy land, the glory…
1 Kings 9:24 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for 1 Kings 9:24
- 1 Kings 7:8
And his house where he dwelt had another court within the porch, which was of the like work. Solomon made also an house for Pharaoh’s daughter, whom he had taken to wife, like unto this porch.
- 2 Samuel 5:9
So David dwelt in the fort, and called it the city of David. And David built round about from Millo and inward.
- 2 Chronicles 32:5
Also he strengthened himself, and built up all the wall that was broken, and raised it up to the towers, and another wall without, and repaired Millo in the city of David, and made darts and shields in abundance.
- 1 Kings 11:27
And this was the cause that he lifted up his hand against the king: Solomon built Millo, and repaired the breaches of the city of David his father.
- 1 Kings 3:1
And Solomon made affinity with Pharaoh king of Egypt, and took Pharaoh’s daughter, and brought her into the city of David, until he had made an end of building his own house, and the house of the Lord, and the wall of Jerusalem round about.
- 1 Kings 9:15-16
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. For Pharaoh king of Egypt had gone up, and taken Gezer, and burnt it with fire, and slain the Canaanites that dwelt in the city, and given it for a present unto his daughter, Solomon’s wife.
- 2 Chronicles 8:11
And Solomon brought up the daughter of Pharaoh out of the city of David unto the house that he had built for her: for he said, My wife shall not dwell in the house of David king of Israel, because the places are holy, whereunto the ark of the Lord hath come.
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Context
- 1 Kings 9:23
These were the chief of the officers that were over Solomon’s work, five hundred and fifty, which bare rule over the people that wrought in the work.
- 1 Kings 9:24
But Pharaoh’s daughter came up out of the city of David unto her house which Solomon had built for her: then did he build Millo.
- 1 Kings 9:25
And three times in a year did Solomon offer burnt offerings and peace offerings upon the altar which he built unto the Lord, and he burnt incense upon the altar that was before the Lord. So he finished the house.
1 Kings 9:24 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y subió la hija de Faraón de la ciudad de David á su casa que Salomón le había edificado: entonces edificó él á Millo. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Mais la fille du Pharaon monta de la ville de David dans sa maison, qu’il avait bâtie pour elle: alors il bâtit Millo. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Sobald die Tochter des Pharao aus der Stadt Davids in ihr Haus hinaufgezogen war, das er ihr erbaut hatte, da baute er das Millo. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Filia autem Pharaonis ascendit de civitate David in domum suam, quam ædificaverat ei Salomon: tunc ædificavit Mello. |