Reading for July 18th

Read 1 Kings 9.15-28.
In verses 15-22: The Millo, probably meaning "fill," seems to have been earth works connecting the temple area to the palace complex on the south.
Hazor, Megiddo, and Gezer ( v. 15) were all important administrative centers for Solomon.
The Amorites, Hitites, perizzites, Hivites, and Jebuites (v. 20) are names the Bible uses for different Canaanite peoples.
They are familiar from the book of Genesis (Gen 15.19-20).
The claim (v. 22) that Solomon did not force Israelites to work in his levy of slaves seems contradicted by 5.15; 11.28 and the events in ch, 12.
In verse 24: Pharaoh's daughter is a sub theme in chs. 1-11 (see 3.1;9.16) that leads up to the report of his sin Ch. 11.
In verses 26-28: The location of Ophair is unknown, it may have been in southern Arabia,
On the weight of a talent see comment on v. 14.
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