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The Book of 1st Kings
Chapter 9


1st Kings
Chapter 9


1 When Solomon had
finished building the house
of YAHWEH and the
king's house and all that
Solomon desired to build,

















2 YAHWEH appeared to
Solomon a second time, as
he had appeared to him at
Gibeon.













3 And YAHWEH said to
him, "I have heard your
prayer and your
supplication, which you
have made before me; I
have consecrated this
house which you have
built, and put my name
there for ever; my eyes and
my heart will be there for
all time.
4 And as for you, if you
will walk before me, as
David your father walked,
with integrity of heart and
uprightness, doing
according to all that I have
commanded you, and
keeping my statutes and
my ordinances,



5 then I will establish your
royal throne over Israel for
ever, as I promised David
your father, saying, 'There
shall not fail you a man
upon the throne of Israel.'











6 But if you turn aside
from following me, you or
your children, 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 then I will cut off Israel
from the land which I have
given them; and the house
which I have consecrated
for my name I will cast out
of my sight; and Israel will
become a proverb and a
byword among all peoples.





8 And this house will
become a heap of ruins;
everyone passing by it will
be astonished, and will hiss;
and they will say, 'Why has
YAHWEH done thus to
this land and to this
house?'



9 Then they will say,
'Because they forsook
YAHWEH their God who
brought their fathers out of
the land of Egypt, and laid
hold on other gods, and
worshiped them and served
them; therefore YAHWEH
has brought all this evil
upon them.'"




10 At the end of twenty
years, in which Solomon
had built the two houses,
the house of YAHWEH
and the king's house,
11 and Hiram king of Tyre
had supplied Solomon with
cedar and cypress timber
and gold, as much as he
desired, King Solomon
gave to Hiram twenty cities
in the land of Galilee.



12 But when Hiram came
from Tyre to see the cities
which Solomon had given
him, they did not please
him.
13 Therefore he said,
"What kind of cities are
these which you have given
me, my brother?" So they
are called the land of Cabul
to this day.
14 Hiram had sent to the
king one hundred and
twenty talents of gold.


15 And this is the
account of the forced labor
which King Solomon levied
to build the house of
YAHWEH and his own house
and the Millo and the wall
of Jerusalem and Hazor
and Megiddo and Gezer
16 (Pharaoh king of Egypt
had gone up and captured
Gezer and burnt it with
fire, and had slain the
Canaanites who dwelt in
the city, and had given it as
dowry to his daughter,
Solomon's wife;



17 so Solomon rebuilt
Gezer) and Lower
Bethhoron





18 and Baalath and Tamar
in the wilderness, in the
land of Judah,
19 and all the store-cities
that Solomon had, and the
cities for his chariots, and
the cities for his horsemen,
and whatever Solomon
desired to build in
Jerusalem, in Lebanon, and
in all the land of his
dominion.



20 All the people who
were left of the Amorites,
the Hittites, the Perizzites,
the Hivites, and the
Jebusites, who were not of
the people of Israel
21 their descendants who
were left after them in the
land, whom the people of
Israel were unable to
destroy utterly these
Solomon made a forced
levy of slaves, and so they
are to this day.
22 But of the people of
Israel Solomon made no
slaves; they were the
soldiers, they were his
officials, his commanders,
his captains, his chariot
commanders and his
horsemen.



23 These were the chief
officers who were over
Solomon's work: five
hundred and fifty, who had
charge of the people who
carried on the work.



24 But Pharaoh's daughter
went up from the city of
David to her own house
which Solomon had built
for her; then he built the
Millo.







25 Three times a year
Solomon used to offer up
burnt offerings and peace
offerings upon the altar
which he built to
YAHWEH, burning incense
before YAHWEH. So he
finished the house.
26 King Solomon built a
fleet of ships at
Eziongeber, which is near
Eloth on the shore of the
Red Sea, in the land of
Edom.
27 And Hiram sent with
the fleet his servants,
seamen who were familiar
with the sea, together with
the servants of Solomon;



28 and they went to Ophir,
and brought from there
gold, to the amount of four
hundred and twenty talents;
and they brought it to King
Solomon.
Chronicles or
Kings


2 Chronicles 7:11 Thus
Solomon finished the house
of YAHWEH and the
king's house; all that
Solomon had planned to do
in the house of YAHWEH
and in his own house he
successfully accomplished.
2 Chronicles 8:6 and
Baalath, and all the
store-cities that Solomon
had, and all the cities for
his chariots, and the cities
for his horsemen, and
whatever Solomon desired
to build in Jerusalem, in
Lebanon, and in all the land
of his dominion.




2 Chronicles 1:3 And
Solomon, and all the
assembly with him, went to
the high place that was at
Gibeon; for the tent of
meeting of God, which
Moses the servant of
YAHWEH had made in the
wilderness, was there.
2 Chronicles 1:7 In that
night God appeared to
Solomon, and said to him,
"Ask what I shall give
you."



























1 Chronicles 22:10 He
shall build a house for my
name. He shall be my son,
and I will be his father, and
I will establish his royal
throne in Israel for ever.'











1 Chronicles 28:9 "And
you, Solomon my son,
know the God of your
father, and serve him with a
whole heart and with a
willing mind; for YAHWEH
searches all hearts, and
understands every plan and
thought. If you seek him,
he will be found by you;
but if you forsake him, he
will cast you off for ever.









2 Chronicles 7:21 And at
this house, which is
exalted, every one passing
by will be astonished, and
say, 'Why has YAHWEH
done thus to this land and
to this house?"




2 Chronicles 7:22 Then
they will say, 'Because they
forsook YAHWEH the God
of their fathers who
brought them out of the
land of Egypt, and laid hold
on other gods, and
worshiped them and served
them; therefore he has
brought all this evil upon
them'"



2 Chronicles 8:1 At the
end of twenty years, in
which Solomon had built
the house of YAHWEH and
his own house,
2 Chronicles 8:2 Solomon
rebuilt the cities which
Huram had given to him,
and settled the people of
Israel in them.








































2 Chronicles 8:5 He also
built Upper Bethhoron and
Lower Bethhoron, fortified
cities with walls, gates, and
bars,






2 Chronicles 1:14
Solomon gathered together
chariots and horsemen; he
had fourteen hundred
chariots and twelve
thousand horsemen, whom
he stationed in the chariot
cities and with the king in
Jerusalem.




























2 Chronicles 8:10 And
these were the chief
officers of King Solomon,
two hundred and fifty, who
exercised authority over
the people.



2 Chronicles 32:5 He set
to work resolutely and built
up all the wall that was
broken down, and raised
towers upon it, and outside
it he built another wall; and
he strengthened the Millo
in the city of David. He
also made weapons and
shields in abundance.

























2 Chronicles 8:18 And
Huram sent him by his
servants ships and servants
familiar with the sea, and
they went to Ophir
together with the servants
of Solomon, and fetched
from there four hundred
and fifty talents of gold and
brought it to King
Solomon.
1 Chronicles 29:4 three
thousand talents of gold, of
the gold of Ophir, and
seven thousand talents of
refined silver, for
overlaying the walls of the
house,
Samuel


































































2 Samuel 7:12 When your
days are fulfilled and you
lie down with your fathers,
I will raise up your
offspring after you, who
shall come forth from your
body, and I will establish
his kingdom.
2 Samuel 7:16 And your
house and your kingdom
shall be made sure for ever
before me; your throne
shall be established for
ever.'"



2 Samuel 7:14 I will be his
father, and he shall be my
son. When he commits
iniquity, I will chasten him
with the rod of men, with
the stripes of the sons of
men;
2 Samuel 7:15 but I will
not take my steadfast love
from him, as I took it from
Saul, whom I put away
from before you.
2 Samuel 7:16 And your
house and your kingdom
shall be made sure for ever
before me; your throne
shall be established for
ever.'"




























































2 Samuel 5:9 And David
dwelt in the stronghold,
and called it the city of
David. And David built the
city round about from the
Millo inward.







































































2 Samuel 5:9 And David
dwelt in the stronghold,
and called it the city of
David. And David built the
city round about from the
Millo inward.



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