1 Kings 9:1

And it comes to pass, at Solomon’s finishing to build the house of YHWH, and the house of the king, and all the desire of Solomon that he delighted to do,

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In The King James Version

And it came to pass, when Solomon had finished the building of the house of the LORD, and the king’s house, and all Solomon’s desire which he was pleased to do,

In Context

2that YHWH appears to Solomon a second time, as He appeared to him in Gibeon,

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Cross References

1 Kings 6:37In the fourth year the house of YHWH has been founded, in the month of Ziv,

1 Kings 9:10And it comes to pass, at the end of twenty years, that Solomon has built the two houses, the house of YHWH, and the house of the king.

1 Kings 9:19and all the cities of stores that King Solomon has, and the cities of the chariots, and the cities of the horsemen, and the desire of Solomon that he desired to build in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and in all the land of his dominion.

2 Chronicles 7:11And Solomon finishes the house of YHWH, and the house of the king; and all that has come on the heart of Solomon to do in the house of YHWH, and in his own house, he has caused to prosper.

Ecclesiastes 2:4I made great my works, I built for myself houses, I planted for myself vineyards.

Ecclesiastes 6:9Better [is] the sight of the eyes than the going of the soul. This [is] also vanity and distress 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 →

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