1 Kings 6:11

11 The Lord said to Solomon,

1 Kings 6:11 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 6:11

And the word of the Lord came to Solomon
The word of prophecy, as the Targum, foretelling what would be the case of this building, according to the obedience or disobedience of him and the people of Israel; which was brought to him either by an impulse of the Spirit of God upon him; or by the hand of a prophet, as Kimchi thinks; and some of the Jewish writers ^F25, as he particularly, name Ahijah the Shilonite as the prophet that was sent with this message to him:

saying,
as follows.

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FOOTNOTES:

F25 Seder Olam Rabba, c. 20. p. 53.

1 Kings 6:11 In-Context

9 So King Solomon finished building the Temple. He put in a ceiling made of beams and boards of cedar.

10 The three-storied annex, each story 7 1/2 feet high, was built against the outside walls of the Temple, and was joined to them by cedar beams.

11 The Lord said to Solomon,

12 "If you obey all my laws and commands, I will do for you what I promised your father David.

13 I will live among my people Israel in this Temple that you are building, and I will never abandon them."