And this is the reason
dabar (daw-baw')
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
of the levy
mac (mas)
a burden (as causing to faint), i.e. a tax in the form of forced labor -- discomfited, levy, task(-master), tribute(-tary).
which king
melek (meh'-lek)
a king -- king, royal.
Solomon
Shlomoh (shel-o-mo')
peaceful; Shelomah, David's successor -- Solomon.
raised
`alah (aw-law')
to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative (as follow)
for to build
banah (baw-naw')
to build (literally and figuratively) -- (begin to) build(-er), obtain children, make, repair, set (up), surely.
the house
bayith (bah'-yith)
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
of the LORD
Yhovah (yeh-ho-vaw')
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God -- Jehovah, the Lord.
and his own house
bayith (bah'-yith)
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
and Millo
millow' (mil-lo')
a rampart (as filled in), i.e. the citadel -- Millo.
and the wall
chowmah (kho-maw')
a wall of protection -- wall, walled.
of Jerusalem
Yruwshalaim (yer-oo-shaw-lah'-im)
founded peaceful; Jerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of Palestine -- Jerusalem.
and Hazor
Chatsowr (khaw-tsore')
village; Chatsor, the name (thus simply) of two places in Palestine and of one in Arabia -- Hazor.
and Megiddo
Mgiddown (meg-id-done')
rendezvous; Megiddon or Megiddo, a place in Palestine -- Megiddo, Megiddon.
and Gezer
Gezer (gheh'-zer)
Gezer, a place in Palestine -- Gazer, Gezer.