1 Kings 9:1
Now when Solomon came to the end of building the house of the Lord and the king's house, and all Solomon's desires, which he had in mind were effected;
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2The Lord came to him again in a vision, as he had done at Gibeon;
Cross References
1 Kings 6:37In the fourth year the base of the house was put in its place, in the month Ziv.
1 Kings 9:10Now at the end of twenty years, in which time Solomon had put up the two houses, the house of the Lord and the king's house,
1 Kings 9:19And all the store-towns and the towns which Solomon had for his war-carriages and for his horsemen, and everything which it was his pleasure to put up in Jerusalem and in Lebanon and in all the land under his rule.
2 Chronicles 7:11So Solomon came to the end of building the house of the Lord and the king's house; and everything which it was in his mind to make in the house of the Lord and for himself had been well done.
Ecclesiastes 2:4I undertook great works, building myself houses and planting vine-gardens.
Ecclesiastes 6:9What the eyes see is better than the wandering of desire. This is to no purpose and a desire for wind.
Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 9:1
In this chapter we have, I. The answer which God, in a vision, gave to Solomon's prayer, and the terms he settled with him, ver. 1-9 . II. The interchanging of grateful kindnesses between Solomon and Hiram, ver. 10-14 . III. His workmen and buildings, ver. 15-24 . IV. His devotion, ver. 25 . V. His trading navy, ver. 26-28 . Read the whole commentary →