1 Kings 9:1-6

God's Promise and Warning

1 1Now it came about when Solomon had finished building the house of the LORD, and 2the king's house, and 3all that Solomon desired to do,
2 that 4the LORD appeared to Solomon a second time, as He had appeared to him at Gibeon.
3 The LORD said to him, "5I have heard your prayer and your supplication, which you have made before Me; I have consecrated this house which you have built 6by putting My name there forever *, and 7My eyes and My heart will be there perpetually *.
4 "As for you, 8if you will walk before Me as your father David walked, in integrity of heart and uprightness, doing according to all that I have commanded you and will keep My statutes and My ordinances,
5 then 9I will establish the throne of your kingdom over Israel forever, just as I promised to your father David, saying, 'You shall not lack a man on the throne of Israel.'
6 "10But if you or your sons indeed turn away from following Me, and do not keep My commandments and My statutes which I have set before you, and 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. 2 Chronicles 7:11
  • 2. 1 Kings 7:1, 2
  • 3. 2 Chronicles 8:6
  • 4. 1 Kings 3:5; 1 Kings 11:9; 2 Chronicles 1:7
  • 5. 2 Kings 20:5; Psalms 10:17; Psalms 34:17
  • 6. 1 Kings 8:29
  • 7. Deuteronomy 11:12; 2 Chronicles 6:40
  • 8. 1 Kings 3:6, 14; 1 Kings 11:4, 6, 8; 2 Kings 20:3; Psalms 128:1
  • 9. 2 Samuel 7:12, 16; 1 Kings 2:4; 1 Kings 6:12; 1 Chronicles 22:10
  • 10. 2 Samuel 7:14-16; 1 Chronicles 28:9; Psalms 89:30f

Footnotes 3

  • [a]. Lit "Solomon's desire which he was pleased to do"
  • [b]. Lit "spoke"
  • [c]. Lit "There shall not be cut off to you a man"
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