Verse 1

When Solomon had finished building the house of the LORD, the royal palace, and everything he desired to accomplish,

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  • 1 Kgs 9:19 : 19 along with all the storage cities Solomon had, the cities for his chariots and for his cavalry, and whatever he desired to build in Jerusalem, Lebanon, and throughout his dominion.
  • 2 Chr 7:11-8:6 : 11 So Solomon finished the house of the LORD and the royal palace, and he successfully accomplished everything he had planned to do for the house of the LORD and for his own house. 12 Then the LORD appeared to Solomon at night and said to him: "I have heard your prayer and have chosen this place for Myself as a house of sacrifice. 13 When I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain, or command locusts to devour the land, or send pestilence among My people, 14 if My people, who are called by My name, will humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and heal their land. 15 Now My eyes will be open and My ears attentive to the prayers offered in this place. 16 I have chosen and consecrated this house so that My name may be there forever. My eyes and My heart will always be there. 17 As for you, if you walk before Me as David your father did, and do all I have commanded, and observe My statutes and judgments, 18 Then I will establish your royal throne, as I made a covenant with David your father, saying, 'You will never fail to have a man to rule over Israel.' 19 But if you turn away and forsake the statutes and commandments I have set before you, and go and serve other gods and worship them, 20 then I will uproot you from My land that I have given you, and I will reject this temple I have consecrated for My name. I will make it a byword and an object of ridicule among all peoples. 21 This temple, which was so exalted, will be appalling to every passerby who sees it. They will say, 'Why has the LORD done such a thing to this land and to this temple?' 22 And the answer will be: 'Because they abandoned the LORD, the God of their ancestors, who brought them out of Egypt, and have embraced other gods, worshiping and serving them. That is why He has brought all this disaster upon them.' 1 After twenty years during which Solomon built the house of the Lord and his own house, 2 he rebuilt the cities that Huram had given to him and settled the people of Israel in them. 3 Then Solomon went to Hamath-zobah and took control of it. 4 He built Tadmor in the wilderness and all the storage cities that he had constructed in Hamath. 5 He rebuilt Upper Beth-horon and Lower Beth-horon, which were fortified cities with walls, gates, and bars. 6 Additionally, he built Baalath and all the storage cities Solomon owned, as well as all the cities for his chariots and horses, and everything Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem, in Lebanon, and throughout his dominion.
  • Eccl 2:4 : 4 I undertook great projects: I built houses for myself and planted vineyards.
  • Eccl 2:10 : 10 Anything my eyes desired, I did not withhold from them; I did not keep my heart from any pleasure. My heart took delight in all my labor, for this was my reward for all my efforts.
  • Eccl 6:9 : 9 Better is what the eyes see than the wandering of desire. This too is meaningless and a chasing after the wind.
  • 1 Kgs 6:37-7:1 : 37 In the fourth year, in the month of Ziv (the second month), the foundation of the house of the LORD was laid. 38 In the eleventh year, in the month of Bul (the eighth month), the house was completed in every detail according to its specifications. Solomon built it in seven years. 1 Solomon built his palace over the course of thirteen years, completing its construction entirely.
  • 1 Kgs 7:51 : 51 So all the work King Solomon did for the house of the LORD was completed. Then Solomon brought in the things his father David had dedicated—the silver, the gold, and the furnishings—and placed them in the treasuries of the house of the LORD.
  • 1 Kgs 9:11 : 11 King Hiram of Tyre had supplied Solomon with cedar, juniper wood, and gold, according to all his desire. King Solomon then gave Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee.