1 Kings 9
9
The Lord's Covenant with Solomon
(2 Chronicles 7.11-22)
1And 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, 2#1 Kgs 3.5; 2 Chr 1.7. that the Lord appeared to Solomon the second time, as he had appeared unto him at Gibeon. 3And the Lord said unto him, I have heard thy prayer and thy supplication, that thou hast made before me: I have hallowed this house, which thou hast built, to put my name there for ever; and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually. 4And if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father walked, in integrity of heart, and in uprightness, to do according to all that I have commanded thee, and wilt keep my statutes and my judgments; 5#1 Kgs 2.4. then I will establish the throne of thy kingdom upon Israel for ever, as I promised to David thy father, saying, There shall not fail thee a man upon the throne of Israel. 6But if ye shall at all turn from following me, ye or your children, and will not keep my commandments and my statutes which I have set before you, but go and serve other gods, and worship them; 7then will I cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them; and this house, which I have hallowed for my name, will I cast out of my sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword among all people: 8#2 Kgs 25.9; 2 Chr 36.19. and at this house, which is high, every one that passeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss; and they shall say, Why hath the Lord done thus unto this land, and to this house? 9And they shall answer, Because they forsook the Lord their God, who brought forth their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and have taken hold upon other gods, and have worshipped them, and served them: therefore hath the Lord brought upon them all this evil.
Solomon's Further Activities
(2 Chronicles 8.1-18)
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, 11(now Hiram the king of Tyre had furnished Solomon with cedar trees and fir trees, and with gold, according to all his desire,) that then king Solomon gave Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee. 12And Hiram came out from Tyre to see the cities which Solomon had given him; and they pleased him not. 13And he said, What cities are these which thou hast given me, my brother? And he called them the land of Cabul unto this day. 14And Hiram sent to the king sixscore talents of gold.
15And this is the reason of the levy which king Solomon raised; for to build the house of the Lord, and his own house, and Millo, and the wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor, and Megid´do, and Gezer. 16For Pharaoh king of Egypt had gone up, and taken Gezer, and burnt it with fire, and slain the Canaanites that dwelt in the city, and given it for a present unto his daughter, Solomon's wife. 17And Solomon built Gezer, and Beth–ho´ron the nether. 18And Ba´alath, and Tadmor in the wilderness, in the land, 19and all the cities of store that Solomon had, and cities for his chariots, and cities for his horsemen, and that which Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and in all the land of his dominion. 20And all the people that were left of the Amorites, Hittites, Per´izzites, Hivites, and Jeb´usites, which were not of the children of Israel, 21their children that were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel also were not able utterly to destroy, upon those did Solomon levy a tribute of bondservice unto this day. 22But of the children of Israel did Solomon make no bondmen: but they were men of war, and his servants, and his princes, and his captains, and rulers of his chariots, and his horsemen.
23These were the chief of the officers that were over Solomon's work, five hundred and fifty, which bare rule over the people that wrought in the work.
24But Pharaoh's daughter came up out of the city of David unto her house which Solomon had built for her: then did he build Millo.
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Exod 23.17; 34.23; Deut 16.16. And three times in a year did Solomon offer burnt offerings and peace offerings upon the altar which he built unto the Lord, and he burnt incense upon the altar that was before the Lord. So he finished the house.
26And king Solomon made a navy of ships in E´zi-on–ge´ber, which is beside Eloth, on the shore of the Red sea, in the land of Edom. 27And Hiram sent in the navy his servants, shipmen that had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon. 28And they came to Ophir, and fetched from thence gold, four hundred and twenty talents, and brought it to king Solomon.
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King James Version 1611, spelling, punctuation and text formatting modernized by ABS in 1962; typesetting © 2010 American Bible Society.
1 Kings 9
9
The Lord’s Response
1When Solomon finished building the temple of the Lord, # 2Ch 7:11-22 the royal palace, and all that Solomon desired to do, # 1Kg 7:1-2; 2Ch 7:11 2the Lord appeared to Solomon a second time just as He had appeared to him at Gibeon. # 1Kg 3:5; 11:9 3The Lord said to him:
I have heard your prayer and petition you have made before Me. I have consecrated this temple you have built, to put My name there forever; # 1Kg 8:29 My eyes and My heart will be there at all times. # 2Ch 6:40
4As for you, if you walk before Me as your father David walked, with a heart of integrity and in what is right, doing everything I have commanded you, and if you keep My statutes and ordinances, # 1Kg 3:6,14; 11:4,6; 1Ch 28:9 5I will establish your royal throne over Israel forever, as I promised your father David: You will never fail to have a man on the throne of Israel. # 2Sm 7:12,15-16; 1Kg 2:4
6If you or your sons turn away from following Me and do not keep My commands — My statutes that I have set before you — and if you go and serve other gods and worship them, # Dt 28:15; 1Kg 11:10; 1Ch 28:9 7I will cut off Israel from the land I gave them, # Lv 26:33; Dt 28:63 and I will reject # Lit send from My presence the temple I have sanctified for My name. # Dt 12:5; 1Kg 8:20 Israel will become an object of scorn and ridicule among all the peoples. # Dt 28:37 8Though this temple is now exalted, # Some ancient versions read temple will become a ruin everyone who passes by will be appalled and will mock. # Lit hiss They will say: Why did the Lord do this to this land and this temple? # Lv 26:32; Dt 29:24; Mt 23:38 9Then they will say: Because they abandoned the Lord their God who brought their ancestors out of the land of Egypt. They clung to other gods and worshiped and served them. Because of this, the Lord brought all this ruin on them. # Dt 29:25; 31:29
King Hiram’s 20 Towns
10At the end of 20 years during which Solomon had built the two houses, the Lord’s temple and the royal palace # 1Kg 6:38; 7:1; 2Ch 8:1 — 11Hiram king of Tyre # 1Kg 5:1 having supplied him with cedar and cypress logs and gold # Dt 17:17 for his every wish # 1Kg 5:10 — King Solomon gave Hiram 20 towns in the land of Galilee. 12So Hiram went out from Tyre to look over the towns that Solomon had given him, but he was not pleased with them. 13So he said, “What are these towns you’ve given me, my brother? ” So he called them the Land of Cabul, # = Like Nothing as they are still called today. # 2Ch 8:2 14Now Hiram had sent the king 9,000 pounds # Lit 120 talents of gold. # Dt 17:17
Solomon’s Forced Labor
15This is the account of the forced labor # 1Kg 5:13-16 that King Solomon had imposed to build the Lord’s temple, his own palace, the supporting terraces, # 2Sm 5:9 the wall of Jerusalem, # 1Kg 3:1 and Hazor, # Jos 11:1 Megiddo, # Jos 17:11 and Gezer. # Jdg 1:29 16Pharaoh king of Egypt had attacked and captured Gezer. He then burned it down, killed the Canaanites who lived in the city, and gave it as a dowry to his daughter, Solomon’s wife. # 1Kg 3:1; 7:8 17Then Solomon rebuilt Gezer, Lower Beth-horon, # Jos 16:3; 2Ch 8:5 18Baalath, # Jos 19:44 Tamar # Alt Hb traditions, LXX, Syr, Tg, Vg read Tadmor; 2Ch 8:4 # Tamar was a city in southern Judah; Ezk 47:19; 48:28. in the Wilderness of Judah, 19all the storage cities that belonged to Solomon, the chariot cities, # 1Kg 10:26 the cavalry cities, # 1Kg 4:26 and whatever Solomon desired to build # 1Kg 9:1 in Jerusalem, Lebanon, or anywhere else in the land of his dominion.
20As for all the peoples who remained of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, who were not Israelites — 21their descendants who remained in the land after them, those whom the Israelites were unable to completely destroy # Jdg 1:21-36; 3:1; 2Ch 8:7-8 — Solomon imposed forced labor on them; it is this way until today. # Jdg 1:28,35; Ezr 2:55,58 22But Solomon did not consign the Israelites to slavery; # Lv 25:39 they were soldiers, his servants, his commanders, his captains, and commanders of his chariots and his cavalry. 23These were the deputies # 1Kg 5:16 who were over Solomon’s work: 550 who ruled over the people doing the work. # 2Ch 8:9-10
Solomon’s Other Activities
24Pharaoh’s daughter moved from the city of David # 2Sm 5:7 to the house that Solomon had built for her; # 1Kg 7:8; 2Ch 8:11 he then built the terraces. # 1Kg 9:15; 11:27; 2Ch 32:5
25Three times a year Solomon offered burnt offerings and fellowship offerings on the altar he had built for the Lord, and he burned incense with them in the Lord’s presence. # Dt 16:16 So he completed the temple. # 2Ch 8:16
26King Solomon put together a fleet of ships at Ezion-geber, # Nm 33:48; 1Kg 22:48 which is near Eloth on the shore of the Red Sea in the land of Edom. 27With the fleet, Hiram sent his servants, experienced seamen, along with Solomon’s servants. 28They went to Ophir # 1Kg 10:11; 22:48-49 and acquired gold there — 16 tons # Lit 420 talents — and delivered it to Solomon. # 1Kg 9:11,14
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