1 Kings 9:1
Now it happened that, when Solomon had perfected the building of the house of the Lord, and the king’s house, and all that he had desired and had willed to do,
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2the Lord appeared to him a second time, just as he had appeared to him at Gibeon.
Cross References
1 Kings 6:37In the fourth year, the house of the Lord was founded, in the month of Ziv.
1 Kings 9:10Then, when twenty years were fulfilled, after Solomon had built the two houses, that is, the house of the Lord, and the house of the king,
1 Kings 9:19And all the towns which belonged to him, and which were without walls, he walled, along with the cities of the chariots, and the cities of the horsemen, and whatever was pleasing to him that he might build in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and in the entire land of his dominion.
2 Chronicles 7:11And Solomon completed the house of the Lord, and the house of the king, and all that he had resolved in his heart to do for the house of the Lord, and for his own house. And he prospered.
Ecclesiastes 2:4I magnified my works. I built houses for myself, and I planted vineyards.
Ecclesiastes 6:9It is better to see what you desire, than to desire what you cannot know. But this, too, is emptiness and a presumption of spirit.
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 →