1 Kings 6:11-13

11 The word of the LORD came to Solomon:

12 “As for this temple you are building, if you follow my decrees, observe my laws and keep all my commands and obey them, I will fulfill through you the promise I gave to David your father.

13 And I will live among the Israelites and will not abandon my people Israel.”

1 Kings 6:11-13 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO FIRST KINGS 6

This chapter gives an account of the building of the temple, for which preparations were before made and begins with the time of its building, 1Ki 6:1; gives the dimensions of it and the porch before it, 1Ki 6:2,3; observes the windows in it and chambers about it, 1Ki 6:4-10; and while it was building, Solomon had a word from the Lord relative to it, 1Ki 6:11-14; and then the account goes on concerning the walls of the house, and the flooring of it, 1Ki 6:15-18; and the oracle in it, and the cherubim in that, 1Ki 6:19-30; and the doors into it, and the carved work of them, 1Ki 6:31-36; and the chapter is concluded with observing the time when it was begun and finished 1Ki 6:37,38.

Cross References

• 1. 1 Kings 12:22; 1 Kings 13:20; 1 Kings 16:1,7; 1 Kings 17:2; 1 Kings 21:17; Jeremiah 40:1
• 2. 1 Kings 11:10
• 3. 2 Samuel 7:12-16; 1 Kings 2:4; 1 Kings 9:5
• 4. Exodus 25:8; S Leviticus 26:11; S Deuteronomy 31:6; John 14:18; Hebrews 13:5