1 Kings 9:1 - Forerunner Commentary

1 Kings 9:1

God’s Second Appearance to Solomon

1 And ^ait came to pass, when Solomon had finished building the house of the Lord ^band the king’s house, and ^call Solomon’s desire which he wanted to do,

2 that the Lord appeared to Solomon the second time, ^aas He had appeared to him at Gibeon.

3 And the Lord said to him: ^a“I have heard your prayer and your supplication that you have made before Me; I have consecrated this house which you have built ^bto put My name there forever, and ^cMy eyes and My heart will be there perpetually.

4 Now if you ^awalk before Me ^bas your father David walked, in integrity of heart and in uprightness, to do according to all that I have commanded you, and if you ^ckeep My statutes and My judgments,

5 then I will establish the throne of your kingdom over Israel forever, ^aas I promised David your father, saying, ‘You shall not fail to have a man on the throne of Israel.’

6 ^aBut if you or your sons at all¹ turn from following Me, and do not keep My commandments and My statutes which I have set before you, but go and serve other gods and worship them,

7 ^athen I will cut off Israel from the land which I have given them; and this house which I have consecrated ^bfor My name I will cast out of My sight. ^cIsrael will be a proverb and a byword among all peoples.

8 And as for ^athis house, which is exalted, everyone who passes by it will be astonished and will hiss, and say, ^b‘Why has the Lord done thus to this land and to this house?’

9 Then they will answer, ‘Because they forsook the Lord their God, who brought their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and have embraced other gods, and worshiped them and served them; therefore the Lord has brought all this ^acalamity on them.’ ”

Solomon and Hiram Exchange Gifts

10 Now ^ait happened at the end of twenty years, when Solomon had built the two houses, the house of the Lord and the king’s house

11 ^a(Hiram the king of Tyre had supplied Solomon with cedar and cypress and gold, as much as he desired), that King Solomon then gave Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee.

Verse Comparison: 1 Kings 9:1

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American Standard Version
And it came to pass, when Solomon had finished the building of the house of Jehovah, and the king's house, and all Solomon's desire which he was pleased to do,

Amplified® Bible
WHEN SOLOMON finished the building of the Lord's house and the king's house, and all he desired and was pleased to do,

Contemporary English Version
The LORD's temple and Solomon's palace were now finished, and Solomon had built everything he wanted.

Darby English Version
And it came to pass when Solomon had completed the building of the house of Jehovah, and the king's house, and all Solomon's desire which he was pleased to do,

Good News Bible
After King Solomon had finished building the Temple and the palace and everything else he wanted to build,

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,

New American Standard Bible
Now it came about when Solomon had finished building the house of the LORD, and the king's house, and all that Solomon desired to do,

New International Version
When Solomon had finished building the temple of the LORD and the royal palace, and had achieved all he had desired to do,

New King James Version
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 wanted to do,

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Now it came about when Solomon had finished building the house of the LORD, and the king's house, and all that Solomon desired to do,

Revised Standard Version
When Solomon had finished building the house of the LORD and the king's house and all that Solomon desired to build,

Young's Literal Translation
And it cometh to pass, at Solomon's finishing to build the house of Jehovah, and the house of the king, and all the desire of Solomon that he delighted to do,

New English Translation
After Solomon finished building the Lord’s temple, the royal palace, and all the other construction projects he had planned,¹

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