1 Kings 9:3-6

3 The LORD said to him: “I have heard the prayer and plea you have made before me; I have consecrated this temple, which you have built, by putting my Name there forever. My eyes and my heart will always be there.

4 “As for you, if you walk before me faithfully with integrity of heart and uprightness, as David your father did, and do all I command and observe my decrees and laws,

5 I will establish your royal throne over Israel forever, as I promised David your father when I said, ‘You shall never fail to have a successor on the throne of Israel.’

6 “But if you^[a] or your descendants turn away from me and do not observe the commands and decrees I have given you^[b] and go off to serve other gods and worship them,

1 Kings 9:3-6 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

• 1. S 1 Samuel 9:16; 2 Kings 19:20; 2 Kings 20:5; Psalms 10:17; Psalms 34:17
• 2. S Exodus 20:24; S Deuteronomy 12:5
• 3. S Deuteronomy 11:12; 1 Kings 8:29
• 4. S Genesis 17:1
• 5. Deuteronomy 17:20; 1 Kings 14:8; 1 Kings 15:5
• 6. S 1 Kings 3:14; 1 Chronicles 28:9; Proverbs 4:4
• 7. 1 Chronicles 22:10
• 8. S 2 Samuel 7:15; 1 Kings 2:4
• 9. Deuteronomy 28:15; 2 Samuel 7:14; 2 Kings 18:12; Jeremiah 17:27; Jeremiah 26:4; Jeremiah 32:23; Jeremiah 44:23
• 10. 1 Kings 11:10

Footnotes

• [a] The Hebrew is plural.
• [b] The Hebrew is plural.