1 Kings 9:1
And it came to pass when Solomon had finished the building of the house of the Lord, and the king's house, and all that he desired, and was pleased to do,
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
2That the Lord appeared to him the second time, as he had appeared to him in Gabaon.
Cross References
1 Kings 6:37And he built the inner court with three rows of polished stones, and one row of beams of cedar.
1 Kings 9:10And when twenty years were ended 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 that belonged to himself, and were not walled, he fortified, the cities also of the chariots, and the cities of the horsemen, and whatsoever he had a mind to build in Jerusalem, and in Libanus, and in all the land of his dominion.
2 Chronicles 7:11And Solomon finished the house of the Lord, and the king's house, and all that he had designed in his heart to do, in the house of the Lord, and in his own house, and he prospered.
Ecclesiastes 2:4I made me great works, I built me houses, and planted vineyards,
Ecclesiastes 6:9Better it is to see what thou mayst desire, than to desire that which thou canst not know. But this also is vanity, and 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 →