1 Chronicles 11:8
And he built the citie on euery side, from Millo euen round about, and Ioab repaired the rest of the citie.
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In The King James Version
In Context
7And Dauid dwelt in the tower: therefore they called it the citie of Dauid.
9And Dauid prospered, and grewe: for the Lord of hostes was with him.
Cross References
Judges 9:6And all the men of Shechem gathered together with all the house of Millo, and came and made Abimelech King in the playne, where the stone was erected in Shechem.
1 Kings 9:15And this is the cause of the tribute why King Salomon raised tribute, to wit, to builde the house of the Lord, and his owne house, and Millo, and the wall of Ierusalem, and Hazor, and Megiddo, and Gezer.
2 Kings 12:20And his seruants arose and wrought treason, and slewe Ioash in the house of Millo, when he came downe 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 →