1 Kings 6:11

11 Then the word of Yahweh came to Solomon, saying,

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 he built the house and finished it. He covered the temple [with] rafters and wood planks and with the cedars.

10 He also built the structure against all of the temple five cubits in height and fastened it to the temple with beams of cedar.

11 Then the word of Yahweh came to Solomon, saying,

12 "[Regarding] this temple that you are building: if you walk in my ordinances and if you do my judgments and you keep all my commandments to walk in them, then I will establish my promise with you which I made to David your father.

13 And I will dwell {among} the {Israelites}, and I will not forsake my people Israel."