Verse 17

1 Kings 9:17

American Standard Version

17 And Solomon built Gezer, and Beth-horon the nether,
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יִּ֤בֶן שְׁלֹמֹה֙ אֶת גָּ֔זֶר וְ/אֶת בֵּ֥ית חֹרֹ֖ן תַּחְתּֽוֹן
English Translation
And Solomon built Gezer and Lower Beth-horon.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 9 Context
1 And it came to pass, when Solomon had finished the building of the house of Jehovah, and the king`s... Focus ↗
2 that Jehovah appeared to Solomon the second time, as he had appeared unto him at Gibeon. Focus ↗
3 And Jehovah said unto him, I have heard thy prayer and thy supplication, that thou hast made before... Focus ↗
4 And as for thee, if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father walked, in integrity of heart, and... Focus ↗
5 then I will establish the throne of thy kingdom over Israel for ever, according as I promised to Dav... Focus ↗
6 But if ye shall turn away from following me, ye or your children, and not keep my commandments and m... Focus ↗
7 then will I cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them; and this house, which I have hal... Focus ↗
8 And though this house is so high, yet shall every one that passeth by it be astonished, and shall hi... Focus ↗
9 and they shall answer, Because they forsook Jehovah their God (Elohim), who brought forth their fath... Focus ↗
10 And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, wherein Solomon had built the two houses, the house... Focus ↗
11 (now Hiram the king of Tyre had furnished Solomon with cedar-trees and fir-trees, and with gold, acc... Focus ↗
12 And Hiram came out from Tyre to see the cities which Solomon had given him; and they pleased him not... Focus ↗
13 And he said, What cities are these which thou hast given me, my brother? And he called them the land... Focus ↗
14 And Hiram sent to the king sixscore talents of gold. Focus ↗
15 And this is the reason of the levy which king Solomon raised, to build the house of Jehovah, and his... Focus ↗
16 Pharaoh king of Egypt had gone up, and taken Gezer, and burnt it with fire, and slain the Canaanites... Focus ↗
17 And Solomon built Gezer, and Beth-horon the nether,
18 and Baalath, and Tamar in the wilderness, in the land, Focus ↗
19 and all the store-cities that Solomon had, and the cities for his chariots, and the cities for his h... Focus ↗
20 As for all the people that were left of the Amorites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and... Focus ↗
21 their children that were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel were not able utte... Focus ↗
22 But of the children of Israel did Solomon make no bondservants; but they were the men of war, and hi... Focus ↗
23 These were the chief officers that were over Solomon`s work, five hundred and fifty, who bare rule o... Focus ↗
24 But Pharaoh`s daughter came up out of the city of David unto her house which [Solomon] had built for... Focus ↗
25 And three times a year did Solomon offer burnt-offerings and peace-offerings upon the altar which he... Focus ↗
26 And king Solomon made a navy of ships in Ezion-geber, which is beside Eloth, on the shore of the Red... Focus ↗
27 And Hiram sent in the navy his servants, shipmen that had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of... Focus ↗
28 And they came to Ophir, and fetched from thence gold, four hundred and twenty talents, and brought i... Focus ↗