1 Kings 9:24

Solomon's Accomplishments

²³ There were five hundred and fifty officials in charge of the forced labor working on Solomon's various building projects. ²⁴ As soon as Pharaoh’s daughter came up from the city of David to her house which Solomon had built for her, then he built the Millo. ²⁵ Three times a year Solomon offered burnt offerings and fellowship offerings on the altar he had built to Jehovah. He also burned incense to Jehovah. He finished building the Temple.

City of David

David

Millo

Pharaoh

Solomon

2 Samuel 5:9

David lived in the fortress and called it the City of David. He built the city of Jerusalem around it from the stronghold (citadel) to the palace.

1 Kings 7:8

His own private quarters were in a different location than the hall containing the throne. They were similar in design. Solomon also built private quarters like this for his wife, Pharaoh's daughter.

1 Kings 11:27

This is how he rebelled: Solomon was building the Millo (supporting terraces) and making good the damaged parts of the town of his father David.

2 Chronicles 32:5

Hezekiah worked hard. He rebuilt all the broken sections of the wall. He built the towers taller and built another wall outside the city wall. He strengthened the Millo in the City of David, and made plenty of weapons and shields.

1 Kings 3:1

Solomon made an alliance with the king of Egypt by marrying his daughter. He brought her to live in David's City until he finished building his palace, the Temple, and the wall around Jerusalem.

1 Kings 9:15-16

King Solomon used forced labor to build the Temple and the palace, to fill in land on the east side of the city, and to build the city wall. He also used it to rebuild the cities of Hazor, Megiddo, and Gezer.

2 Chronicles 8:11

Then Solomon brought Pharaoh's daughter up from the city of David to the house he had built for her. He said: My wife must not dwell in the house of David king of Israel, because the places are holy where the Ark of Jehovah's Covenant has entered.