1 Kings 9:8-9

8 This temple will become a heap of rubble. All^[a] who pass by will be appalled and will scoff and say, ‘Why has the LORD done such a thing to this land and to this temple?’

9 People will answer, ‘Because they have forsaken the LORD their God, who brought their ancestors out of Egypt, and have embraced other gods, worshiping and serving them—that is why the LORD brought all this disaster on them.’ ”

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1 Kings 9:8-9 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.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

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1. S Leviticus 26:32
2. S Deuteronomy 29:24; Jeremiah 7:4-15; Matthew 23:38; Jeremiah 22:8-9
3. Deuteronomy 29:25; 2 Kings 22:17; Jeremiah 5:19; Jeremiah 13:22; Jeremiah 16:11,13; Jeremiah 22:9
4. S Numbers 25:3; Jeremiah 40:3; Jeremiah 44:23; Lamentations 4:12
5. S Deuteronomy 31:29

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[a]. See some Septuagint manuscripts, Old Latin, Syriac, Arabic and Targum; Hebrew "And though this temple is now imposing, all"

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1 Kings 9:8-9 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 1 KINGS 9

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