1 Chronicles 11:8
in 1 Chronicles 11He built up the city around it, from the supporting terraces to the surrounding wall, while Joab restored the rest of the city.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And he built the city round about, from Millo even round about; and Joab repaired the rest of the city.
KJV
And he built the city round about, even from Millo round about: and Joab repaired the rest of the city.
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This verse in 1 Chronicles 11
Commentary
2 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
So David took up residence in the fortress
on 1 Chronicles 11:7-9
David took up residence in the fortress, and that is why it was called the City of David. Joab restored the rest of the city while David built the city around it. Verse 9 states the reason: David became greater and greater, for the LORD of Hosts was with him.
This site's exposition
while Joab restored the rest
The supporting terraces render the Hebrew Millo, the built-up fill that held the city on its ridge. 2 Samuel 5:9 credits David alone with the building. Barnes notes that Joab restored the rest of the city according to this verse alone.
The words behind it
12 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיִּ֤בֶן | vaiyiven | and he built | H1129 → | 376 times |
| הָעִיר֙ | hair | the city | H5892 → | 1090 times |
| מִסָּבִ֔יב | misaviv | from round about | H5439 → | 336 times |
| מִן־ | min- | from | H4480 → | 1188 times |
| הַמִּלּ֖וֹא | hamilo' | the Millo | H4407 → | |
| וְעַד־ | vead- | and to | H5704 → | 1261 times |
| הַסָּבִ֑יב | hasaviv | the surroundings | H5439 → | 336 times |
| וְיוֹאָ֕ב | veyoav | and Joab | H3097 → | 144 times |
| יְחַיֶּ֖ה | yechaiyeh | he restored | H2421 → | |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| שְׁאָ֥ר | shear | [the] remainder of | H7605 → | |
| הָעִֽיר׃ | hair | the city | H5892 → | 1090 times |
וַיִּ֤בֶןand he built
vaiyivenH1129 →376 times
הָעִיר֙the city
hairH5892 →1090 times
מִסָּבִ֔יבfrom round about
misavivH5439 →336 times
מִן־from
min-H4480 →1188 times
הַמִּלּ֖וֹאthe Millo
hamilo'H4407 →
וְעַד־and to
vead-H5704 →1261 times
הַסָּבִ֑יבthe surroundings
hasavivH5439 →336 times
וְיוֹאָ֕בand Joab
veyoavH3097 →144 times
יְחַיֶּ֖הhe restored
yechaiyehH2421 →
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
שְׁאָ֥ר[the] remainder of
shearH7605 →
הָעִֽיר׃the city
hairH5892 →1090 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
1 Kings 9:15This is the account of the forced labor that King Solomon imposed to build the house of the LORD, his own palace, the supporting terraces, and the wall of Jerusalem, as well as Hazor,…
it leads to
- 2 Samuel 5:9
So David took up residence in the fortress and called it the City of David. He built it up all the way around, from the supporting terraces inward.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 1 Kings 5:13
Then King Solomon conscripted a labor force of 30,000 men from all Israel.
- Joshua 17:11
Within Issachar and Asher, Manasseh was assigned Beth-shean, Ibleam, Dor (that is, Naphath), Endor, Taanach, and Megiddo, each with their surrounding settlements.
- 2 Samuel 5:9
Through
1 Kings 11:27and this is the account of his rebellion against the king. Solomon had built the supporting terraces and repaired the gap in the wall of the city of his father David.
it leads to
- 1 Kings 9:24
As soon as Pharaoh’s daughter had come up from the City of David to the palace that Solomon had built for her, he built the supporting terraces.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 1 Kings 9:24
Through
Judges 9:20But if not, may fire come from Abimelech and consume the leaders of Shechem and Beth-millo, and may fire come from the leaders of Shechem and Beth-millo and consume Abimelech.”
it leads to
- Judges 9:15
But the thornbush replied, ‘If you really are anointing me as king over you, come and find refuge in my shade. But if not, may fire come out of the thornbush and consume the…
- Judges 9:15
Through
2 Kings 12:20And the servants of Joash rose up and formed a conspiracy and killed him at Beth-millo, on the road down to Silla.
it leads to
- 2 Kings 14:5
As soon as the kingdom was firmly in his grasp, Amaziah executed the servants who had murdered his father the king.
- 2 Chronicles 24:24–27
Although the Aramean army had come with only a few men, the LORD delivered into their hand a very great army. Because Judah had forsaken the LORD, the God of their fathers, judgment was…
- 2 Kings 14:5
Through
Nehemiah 4:2before his associates and the army of Samaria, saying, “What are these feeble Jews doing? Can they restore the wall by themselves? Will they offer sacrifices? Will they complete it in a day? Can…
it leads to
- 1 Corinthians 1:27
But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong.
- 1 Corinthians 1:27
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This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Berean Standard Bible, 2 Samuel 5:9; Keil, The Books of the Chronicles and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.
