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Complete Jewish Bible

1 Chronicles 11:8

David built up the city around it, starting at the Millo [earth rampart] and going on around; while Yo'av repaired the rest of the city.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - David;   Jerusalem;   Millo;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Kings;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Millo;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Jerusalem;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Joab;   Millo;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Chronicles, Books of;   Circuit;   Joab;   Zion;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Chronicles, I;   Ithrite, the;   Joab;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Millo;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - David;   Jebus;   Jerusalem;   Millo;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Mil'lo;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - David;   Joab;   Millo;   Repair;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Joab;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
He built up the city all the way around, from the supporting terraces to the surrounding parts, and Joab restored the rest of the city.
Hebrew Names Version
He built the city round about, from Millo even round about; and Yo'av repaired the rest of the city.
King James Version
And he built the city round about, even from Millo round about: and Joab repaired the rest of the city.
English Standard Version
And he built the city all around from the Millo in complete circuit, and Joab repaired the rest of the city.
New Century Version
David rebuilt the city, beginning where the land was filled in and going to the wall that was around the city. Joab repaired the other parts of the city.
New English Translation
He built up the city around it, from the terrace to the surrounding walls; Joab restored the rest of the city.
Amplified Bible
He built the city around it, from the Millo (fortification) to the surrounding area; and Joab repaired the rest of the [old Jebusite] city.
New American Standard Bible
He built the city all around, from the Millo to the surrounding area; and Joab repaired the rest of the city.
World English Bible
He built the city round about, from Millo even round about; and Joab repaired the rest of the city.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And he built the citie on euery side, from Millo euen round about, and Ioab repaired the rest of the citie.
Legacy Standard Bible
And he built the city all around, from the Millo even to the surrounding area; and Joab repaired the rest of the city.
Berean Standard Bible
He built up the city around it, from the supporting terraces to the surrounding wall, while Joab restored the rest of the city.
Contemporary English Version
He had the city rebuilt, starting at the landfill on the east side. Meanwhile, Joab supervised the repairs to the rest of the city.
Darby Translation
And he built the city round about, even from the Millo round about; and Joab renewed the rest of the city.
Easy-to-Read Version
David built the city around the fort. He built it from the Millo to the wall around the city. Joab repaired the other parts of the city.
George Lamsa Translation
And David built the city round about, even from Millo, which is outside; and David gave the east side of the city to the rest of the people who were in the villages.
Good News Translation
He rebuilt the city, starting at the place where land was filled in on the east side of the hill, and Joab restored the rest of the city.
Lexham English Bible
And he built the city all around from the Millo and up to the circuit. And Joab restored the remainder of the city.
Literal Translation
And he built the city all around, from Millo even all around. And Joab restored the rest of the city.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And he buylded ye cite roude aboute, fro Millo forth on euery syde. As for ye remnaunt of ye cite, Ioab buylded it, & repayred it.
American Standard Version
And he built the city round about, from Millo even round about; and Joab repaired the rest of the city.
Bible in Basic English
And he took in hand the building of the town all round, starting from the Millo; and Joab put the rest of the town in order.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And he built the citie on euery syde, euen from Millo round about: and Ioab repaired the rest of the citie.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And he built the city round about, from Millo even round about; and Joab repaired the rest of the city.
King James Version (1611)
And he built the citie round about, euen from Millo round about: and Ioab repaired the rest of the citie.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And he fortified the city round about.
English Revised Version
And he built the city round about, from Millo even round about: and Joab repaired the rest of the city.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and he bildide the citee in cumpas fro Mello til to the cumpas; forsothe Joab bildide the tother part of the citee.
Update Bible Version
And he built the city round about, from Millo even round about; and Joab repaired the rest of the city.
Webster's Bible Translation
And he built the city around, even from Millo around: and Joab repaired the rest of the city.
New King James Version
And he built the city around it, from the Millo [fn] to the surrounding area. Joab repaired the rest of the city.
New Living Translation
He extended the city from the supporting terraces to the surrounding area, while Joab rebuilt the rest of Jerusalem.
New Life Bible
He built the city all around, from the Millo and then around. And Joab built the rest of the city up again.
New Revised Standard
He built the city all around, from the Millo in complete circuit; and Joab repaired the rest of the city.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And he built the city round about, from Millo even as far as the circuit, - but, Joab, suffered the remainder of the city to live.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And he built the city round about from Mello all round, and Joab built the rest of the city.
Revised Standard Version
And he built the city round about from the Millo in complete circuit; and Jo'ab repaired the rest of the city.
Young's Literal Translation
and he buildeth the city round about, from Millo, and unto the circumference, and Joab restoreth the rest of the city.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
He built the city all around, from the Millo even to the surrounding area; and Joab repaired the rest of the city.

Contextual Overview

1 Then all Isra'el gathered themselves to David in Hevron and said, "Here, we are your own flesh and bone. 2 In the past, even when Sha'ul was king, it was you who led Isra'el's military campaigns; and Adonai your God said to you, ‘You will shepherd my people Isra'el, and you will be chief over my people Isra'el.'" 3 So all the leaders of Isra'el came to the king in Hevron; and David made a covenant with them in Hevron in the presence of Adonai . Then they anointed David king over Isra'el, as Adonai had said through Sh'mu'el. 4 David and all Isra'el went to Yerushalayim, also known as Y'vus; and the Y'vusi, the inhabitants of that region, were there. 5 The inhabitants of Y'vus taunted David by saying, "You won't get in here!" Nevertheless, David captured the stronghold of Tziyon, also known now as the City of David. 6 David said, "Whoever attacks the Y'vusi first will be commander-in-chief." Yo'av the son of Tz'ruyah attacked first and was made commander. 7 David lived in the stronghold; therefore they called it the City of David. 8 David built up the city around it, starting at the Millo [earth rampart] and going on around; while Yo'av repaired the rest of the city. 9 David grew greater and greater, because Adonai -Tzva'ot was with him.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Millo: Judges 9:6, Judges 9:20, 1 Kings 9:15, 1 Kings 11:27, 2 Kings 12:20

repaired: Heb. revived, Nehemiah 4:2

Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 5:9 - Millo

Cross-References

Genesis 10:25
To ‘Ever were born two sons. One was given the name Peleg [division], because during his lifetime the earth was divided. His brother's name was Yoktan.
Genesis 10:32
These were the families of the sons of Noach, according to their generations, in their nations. From these the nations of the earth were divided up after the flood.
Genesis 11:4
Then they said, "Come, let's build ourselves a city with a tower that has its top reaching up into heaven, so that we can make a name for ourselves and not be scattered all over the earth."
Genesis 11:9
For this reason it is called Bavel [confusion] — because there Adonai confused the language of the whole earth, and from there Adonai scattered them all over the earth.
Genesis 49:7
Cursed be their anger, for it has been fierce; their fury, for it has been cruel. I will divide them in Ya‘akov and scatter them in Isra'el.
Deuteronomy 32:8
"When ‘Elyon gave each nation its heritage, when he divided the human race, he assigned the boundaries of peoples according to Isra'el's population;
Luke 1:51
"He has performed mighty deeds with his arm, routed the secretly proud,

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The narrative here given fills out a manifest defect in 2 Samuel 5:8 where something has evidently dropped out of the text.

The prowess of Joab on this occasion, and the part which he took in the building of the city of David 1 Chronicles 11:8, are known to us only from this passage of Chronicles.


 
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