1 Chronicles 11:8
And he built the city round about from Mello all round, and Joab built the rest of the city.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
7And David dwelt in the castle, and therefore it was called the city of David.
9And David went on growing and increasing, and the Lord of hosts was with him.
Cross References
Judges 9:6And all the men of Sichem were gathered together, and all the families of the city of Mello: and they went and made Abimelech king, by the oak that stood in Sichem.
1 Kings 9:15This is the sum of the expenses, which king Solomon offered to build the house of the Lord, and his own house, and Mello, and the wall of Jerusalem, and Heser, and Mageddo, and Gazer.
2 Kings 12:20And his servants arose, and conspired among themselves, and slew Joas in the house of Mello in the descent of Sella.
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 →