1 Kings 9
KJ3 Literal Translation — Chapter 9 of 22
Chapter Summary
God's covenant in a vision with Solomon. The mutual presents of Solomon and Hiram. Pharaoh's daughter moves to her house.
Key Hebrew Words
People & Context
King to whom Jehovah appears a second time; finishes the temple and palace, deals with Hiram, raises forced labor, builds a navy
King of Tyre who supplied cedar, fir, and gold; receives twenty Galilean cities (the land of Cabul) and sends shipmen to Ophir
King of Egypt who captured and burned Gezer and gave it as a dowry to his daughter, Solomon's wife (v.16, 24)
Solomon's father, the standard of faithful walking before Jehovah held up to Solomon in the covenant warning (v.4-5)
Timeline
After Solomon finishes building the house of Jehovah and the king's house, Jehovah appears to him a second time as He did in Gibeon, stating He has sanctified the temple.
1 Kings 9:1-3God promises to establish Solomon's throne forever if he is obedient, but warns that Israel will be cut off and the temple forsaken if they turn to other gods.
1 Kings 9:4-9After twenty years of building, Solomon gives Hiram twenty cities in Galilee. Hiram is displeased, calls the land Cabul, but sends 120 talents of gold to Solomon.
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