1 Kings 9:15

9:15 Here are the details concerning the work crews ¹  King Solomon conscripted ²  to build the Lord’s temple, his palace, the terrace, the wall of Jerusalem, ³  and the cities of ⁴  Hazor, ⁵  Megiddo, ⁶  and Gezer.

1 Kings 11:27

11:27 This is what prompted him to rebel against the king: ⁷  Solomon built a terrace and he closed up a gap in the wall of the city of his father David. ⁸ 

1 Kings 20:30

20:30 The remaining 27,000 ran to Aphek and went into the city, but the wall fell on them. ⁹  Now Ben Hadad ran into the city and hid in an inner room. ¹⁰ 

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¹ sn The work crews. This Hebrew word מַס (mas) refers to a group of laborers conscripted for royal or public service.

² tn Heb “raised up.”

³ map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

⁴ tn The words “the cities of” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

⁵ map For location see Map1-D2; Map2-D3; Map3-A2; Map4-C1.

⁶ map For location see Map1-D4; Map2-C1; Map4-C2; Map5-F2; Map7-B1.

⁷ tn Heb “this is the matter concerning which he raised a hand against the king.”

⁸ sn The city of his father David. The phrase refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.

⁹ tn Heb “and the remaining ones fled to Aphek to the city and the wall fell on twenty-seven thousand men, the ones who remained.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “and Ben Hadad fled and went into the city, [into] an inner room in an inner room.”