1 Kings 9:15-25

1 Kings 9:15-25

[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.  [16] 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.  [17] And Solomon  built  Gezer,  and Bethhoron  the nether,  [18] And Baalath,  and Tadmor  in the wilderness,  in the land,  [19] And all the cities  of store  that Solomon  had, and cities  for his chariots,  and cities  for his horsemen,  and that  which Solomon  desired  to build  in Jerusalem,  and in Lebanon,  and in all the land  of his dominion.  [20] And all the people  that were left  of the Amorites,  Hittites,  Perizzites,  Hivites,  and Jebusites,  which were not of the children  of Israel,  [21] Their children  that were left  after  them in the land,  whom the children  of Israel  also were not able  utterly to destroy,  upon those did Solomon  levy  a tribute  of bondservice  unto this day.  [22] But of the children  of Israel  did Solomon  make  no bondmen:  of war,  and his servants,  and his princes,  and his captains,  and rulers  of his chariots,  and his horsemen.  [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.  [24] But Pharaoh's  daughter  came up  out of the city  of David  unto her house  which Solomon had built  Millo.  [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.