1 Kings 9:1
It happened, 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,
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2that the Lord appeared to Solomon the second time, as he had appeared to him at Gibeon.
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 9:10It happened at the end of twenty years, in which Solomon had built the two houses, the house of the Lord and the king's house
1 Kings 9:19and all the storage cities that Solomon had, and the cities for his chariots, and the cities for his horsemen, and that which Solomon desired to build for his pleasure in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and in all the land of his dominion.
2 Chronicles 7:11Thus Solomon finished the house of the Lord, and the king's house: and he successfully completed all that came into Solomon's heart to make in the house of the Lord, and in his own house.
Ecclesiastes 2:4I made myself great works. I built myself houses. I planted myself vineyards.
Ecclesiastes 6:9Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire. This also is vanity and a chasing after 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 →