1 Kings 9:1-6

The Lord Appears to Solomon

1 1As soon as Solomon had finished building the house of the LORD 2and the king's house and 3all that Solomon desired to build,
2 4the LORD appeared to Solomon a second time, as he had appeared to him at Gibeon.
3 And the LORD said to him, "I have heard your prayer and your plea, which you have made before me. I have consecrated this house that you have built, 5by putting my name there forever. 6My eyes and my heart will be there for all time.
4 And as for you, if you will 7walk before me, 8as 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 rules,
5 9then I will establish your royal throne over Israel forever, as I promised David your father, saying, 'You shall not lack a man on the throne of Israel.'
6 10But if you turn aside from following me, you or your children, and do not keep my commandments and my statutes that I have set before you, but go and serve other gods and worship them,

1 Kings 9:1-6 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 1 KINGS 9

This chapter relates a second vision Solomon had at Gibeon, in which he received an answer to his prayer in the preceding chapter, 1Ki 9:1-9 that passed between him and Hiram king of Tyre, 1Ki 9:10-14, the places that Solomon built or repaired, 1Ki 9:15-19, the Canaanitish people that became bondmen to him, and the officers he had among the children of Israel, 1Ki 9:20-23 the removal of Pharaoh's daughter to the house built for her, 1Ki 9:24. Solomon's attention to religious services, 1Ki 9:25 and the navy of ships he employed, which brought him in great riches, 1Ki 9:26-28.

Cross References 10

  • 1. For ver. 1-9, see 2 Chronicles 7:11-22
  • 2. 1 Kings 7:1; 2 Chronicles 8:1
  • 3. ver. 19; 2 Chronicles 8:6
  • 4. 1 Kings 3:5; 1 Kings 11:9
  • 5. 1 Kings 8:16, 29
  • 6. Deuteronomy 11:12
  • 7. [Genesis 17:1]
  • 8. 1 Kings 11:4, 6, 38; 1 Kings 14:8; 1 Kings 15:5
  • 9. 1 Kings 6:12; 1 Chronicles 22:10; See 1 Kings 2:4
  • 10. [2 Samuel 7:14; Psalms 89:30, 32]
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