1 Chronicles 11:8

1 Chronicles 11:8 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And he built the city round about, even from Millo round about: and Joab repaired the rest of the city.
• New International Version (NIV)He built up the city around it, from the terraces to the surrounding wall, while Joab restored the rest of the city.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And he built the city all around from the Millo in complete circuit, and Joab repaired the rest of the city.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And he built the city around it, from the Millo to the surrounding area. Joab repaired the rest of the city.

Context of 1 Chronicles 11:8

6Now David had said, “Whoever is the first to strike down a Jebusite will become chief commander.” And Joab son of Zeruiah went up first, and he became the chief. 7So David took up residence in the fortress; that is why it was called the City of David. He built up the city around it, from the supporting terraces to the surrounding wall, while Joab restored the rest of the city. 9And David became greater and greater, for the LORD of Hosts was with him. 10Now these were the chiefs of David’s mighty men, who, together with all Israel, bolstered and strengthened his kingdom, according to the word of the LORD concerning Israel.

1 Chronicles 11:8 word by word

וַיִּ֤בֶן הָעִיר֙ מִסָּבִ֔יב מִן־הַמִּלּ֖וֹא וְעַד־הַסָּבִ֑יב וְיוֹאָ֕ב יְחַיֶּ֖ה אֶת־שְׁאָ֥ר הָעִֽיר׃Read the interlinear

• He built upבָּנָהbânâh · to buildH1129
• the cityעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
• around itסָבִיבsâbîyb sebîybâh · aroundH5439
• fromמִן־min minnîy minnêy · fromH4480
• the supporting terracesמִלּוֹאmillô' millô' · MilloH4407
• toעַד‛ad · tillH5704
• while Joabיוֹאָבyô'âb · JoabH3097
• restoredחָיָהchâyâh · to liveH2421
• ·אֵת'êth · [Obj.]H853
• the restשְׁאָרshe'âr · remnantH7605

Cross-references for 1 Chronicles 11:8

• Judges 9:6Then all the leaders of Shechem and Beth-millo gathered beside the oak at the pillar in Shechem and proceeded to make Abimelech their king.
• 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, Megiddo, and Gezer.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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 they bring these burnt stones back to life from the mounds of rubble?”

Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 11:8

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6-8Verses 6-8 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.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4-9David conquered and rebuilt Jerusalem, making it the capital city of his rule over all of Israel.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 88. Joab repaired the rest of the city--David built a new town to the north of the old one on Mount Zion; but Joab was charged with a commission to restore the part that had been occupied by the ancient Jebus, to repair the breaches made during the siege, to rebuild the houses which had been demolished or burned in the sacking of the town, and to preserve all that had escaped the violence of the soldiery. This work of reconstruction is not noticed…Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Chronicles 11:8

• David
• Jerusalem
• Millo

In the dictionaries

• Joab
• Chief
• Jerusalem
• Amasai
• Chronicles, Books of
• David
• Genealogy
• Millo
• Repair
• Text of the Old Testament

Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 11

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary