1 Kings 9:1
And it came to pass, when Solomon had finished building the house of the Lord, and the king's house, and all Solomon's desire which he was pleased to execute:
Leeser Tanakh
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In Context
2That the Lord appeared to Solomon the second time, as he had appeared unto him at Gib'on.
Cross References
1 Kings 6:37In the fourth year was the foundation of the house of the Lord laid, in the month Ziv;
1 Kings 9:10And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, when Solomon had built the two houses, the house of the Lord, and the king's house,
1 Kings 9:19And all the treasure-cities that Solomon had, and the cities for the chariots, and the cities for the horsemen, and the [other] desire of Solomon which he desired to build in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and in all the land of his dominion.)
2 Chronicles 7:11Thus did Solomon complete the house of the Lord, and the king's house; and [in] all that came into Solomon's heart to make in the house of the Lord, and in his own house, he prospered.
Ecclesiastes 2:4I made great works: I built myself houses; I planted myself vineyards;
Ecclesiastes 6:9Better is what one seeth with the eyes than the wandering of the desire. Also this is vanity and a torture of the 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 →