1 Chronicles 11:8
And he built the city round about, from Millo even round about. And Joab repaired the rest of the city.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
7And David dwelt in the stronghold. Therefore they called it the city of David.
9And David grew greater and greater, for LORD of hosts was with him.
Cross References
Judges 9:6And all the men of Shechem assembled themselves together, and all the house of Millo, and went and made Abimelech king by the oak of the pillar that was in Shechem.
1 Kings 9:15And this is the reason for the conscription which king Solomon raised to build the house of LORD, and his own house, and Millo, and the wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor, and Megiddo, and Gezer.
2 Kings 12:20And his servants arose, and made a conspiracy, and smote Joash at the house of Millo, [on the way] that goes down to Silla.
Matthew Henry on 1 Chronicles 11:2-10
David's Accession to the Throne. ( b. c. 1055.) 1 Then all Israel gathered themselves to David unto Hebron, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh. 2 And moreover in time past, even when Saul was king, thou wast he that leddest out and broughtest in Israel: and the Lord thy God said unto thee, Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be ruler over my people Israel. 3 Therefore came all the elders of Israel to the king to Hebron; and David made a covenant with them in Hebron before the Lord ; and… Read the whole commentary →