lifted up: 2 Samuel 20:21; Proverbs 30:32; Isaiah 26:11
Solomon: 1 Kings 9:15, 1 Kings 9:24
repaired: Heb. closed, Amos 9:11
the breaches: Nehemiah 4:7; Psalms 60:2; Isaiah 22:9; Ezekiel 13:5
the city: 2 Samuel 5:7
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1 Kings 11:27
1 Kings 11:27
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