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Selected Verse: 1 Kings 9:2 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| 1Ki 9:2 |
Strong Concordance |
That the LORD [03068] appeared [07200] to Solomon [08010] the second time [08145], as he had appeared [07200] unto him at Gibeon [01391]. |
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King James |
That the LORD appeared to Solomon the second time, as he had appeared unto him at Gibeon. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
That--rather, "For."
the Lord appeared--This appearance was, like the former one at Gibeon, most probably made in a supernatural vision, and on the night immediately following the dedication of the temple (Ch2 7:12). The strain of it corresponds to this view, for it consists of direct answers to his solemn inaugural prayer (Kg1 9:3 is in answer to Kg1 8:29; Kg1 9:4-5 is in answer to Kg1 8:25-26; Kg1 9:6-9 to Kg1 8:33-46; see also Deu 29:22-24). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| This appearance is fixed by Kg1 9:1 to Solomon's twenty-fourth year, the year in which he completed his palace Kg1 6:37-38; Kg1 7:1. The fact seems to be that, though the temple was finished in Solomon's eleventh year, the dedication did not take place until his twenty-fourth year. The order of the narrative in Kings agrees with this view, since it interposes the account of the building of the palace Kg1 7:1-12, and of the making of the furniture 1 Kings 7:13-51, between the completion of the building of the temple Kg1 6:38 and the ceremony of the Dedication 1 Kings 8. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| The Lord appeared to Solomon - The design of this appearance, which was in a dream, as that was at Gibeon, was to assure Solomon that God had accepted his service, and had taken that house for his dwelling-place, and would continue it, and establish him and his descendants upon the throne of Israel for ever, provided they served him with an upright heart; but, on the contrary, if they forsook him, he would abandon both them and his temple. |
22 So that the generation [01755] to come [0314] of your children [01121] that shall rise up [06965] after [0310] you, and the stranger [05237] that shall come [0935] from a far [07350] land [0776], shall say [0559], when they see [07200] the plagues [04347] of that land [0776], and the sicknesses [08463] which the LORD [03068] hath laid [02470] upon it;
23 And that the whole land [0776] thereof is brimstone [01614], and salt [04417], and burning [08316], that it is not sown [02232], nor beareth [06779], nor any grass [06212] groweth [05927] therein, like the overthrow [04114] of Sodom [05467], and Gomorrah [06017], Admah [0126], and Zeboim [06636], which the LORD [03068] overthrew [02015] in his anger [0639], and in his wrath [02534]:
24 Even all nations [01471] shall say [0559], Wherefore hath the LORD [03068] done [06213] thus unto this land [0776]? what meaneth the heat [02750] of this great [01419] anger [0639]?
33 When thy people [05971] Israel [03478] be smitten down [05062] before [06440] the enemy [0341], because they have sinned [02398] against thee, and shall turn again [07725] to thee, and confess [03034] thy name [08034], and pray [06419], and make supplication [02603] unto thee in this house [01004]:
34 Then hear [08085] thou in heaven [08064], and forgive [05545] the sin [02403] of thy people [05971] Israel [03478], and bring them again [07725] unto the land [0127] which thou gavest [05414] unto their fathers [01].
35 When heaven [08064] is shut up [06113], and there is no rain [04306], because they have sinned [02398] against thee; if they pray [06419] toward this place [04725], and confess [03034] thy name [08034], and turn [07725] from their sin [02403], when thou afflictest [06031] them:
36 Then hear [08085] thou in heaven [08064], and forgive [05545] the sin [02403] of thy servants [05650], and of thy people [05971] Israel [03478], that thou teach [03384] them the good [02896] way [01870] wherein they should walk [03212], and give [05414] rain [04306] upon thy land [0776], which thou hast given [05414] to thy people [05971] for an inheritance [05159].
37 If there be in the land [0776] famine [07458], if there be pestilence [01698], blasting [07711], mildew [03420], locust [0697], or if there be caterpiller [02625]; if their enemy [0341] besiege [06887] them in the land [0776] of their cities [08179]; whatsoever plague [05061], whatsoever sickness [04245] there be;
38 What prayer [08605] and supplication [08467] soever be made by any man [0120], or by all thy people [05971] Israel [03478], which shall know [03045] every man [0376] the plague [05061] of his own heart [03824], and spread forth [06566] his hands [03709] toward this house [01004]:
39 Then hear [08085] thou in heaven [08064] thy dwelling [03427] place [04349], and forgive [05545], and do [06213], and give [05414] to every man [0376] according to his ways [01870], whose heart [03824] thou knowest [03045]; (for thou, even thou only, knowest [03045] the hearts [03824] of all the children [01121] of men [0120];)
40 That they may fear [03372] thee all the days [03117] that they live [02416] in [06440] the land [0127] which thou gavest [05414] unto our fathers [01].
41 Moreover concerning a stranger [05237], that is not of thy people [05971] Israel [03478], but cometh out [0935] of a far [07350] country [0776] for [04616] thy name's [08034] sake;
42 (For they shall hear [08085] of thy great [01419] name [08034], and of thy strong [02389] hand [03027], and of thy stretched out [05186] arm [02220];) when he shall come [0935] and pray [06419] toward this house [01004];
43 Hear [08085] thou in heaven [08064] thy dwelling [03427] place [04349], and do [06213] according to all that the stranger [05237] calleth [07121] to thee for: that all people [05971] of the earth [0776] may know [03045] thy name [08034], to fear [03372] thee, as do thy people [05971] Israel [03478]; and that they may know [03045] that this house [01004], which I have builded [01129], is called [07121] by thy name [08034].
44 If thy people [05971] go out [03318] to battle [04421] against their enemy [0341], whithersoever [01870] thou shalt send [07971] them, and shall pray [06419] unto the LORD [03068] toward [01870] the city [05892] which thou hast chosen [0977], and toward the house [01004] that I have built [01129] for thy name [08034]:
45 Then hear [08085] thou in heaven [08064] their prayer [08605] and their supplication [08467], and maintain [06213] their cause [04941].
46 If they sin [02398] against thee, (for there is no man [0120] that sinneth [02398] not,) and thou be angry [0599] with them, and deliver [05414] them to the enemy [0341], so that they carry them away [07617] captives [07617] unto [06440] the land [0776] of the enemy [0341], far [07350] or near [07138];
6 But if ye shall at all [07725] turn [07725] from following [0310] me, ye or your children [01121], and will not keep [08104] my commandments [04687] and my statutes [02708] which I have set [05414] before [06440] you, but go [01980] and serve [05647] other [0312] gods [0430], and worship [07812] them:
7 Then will I cut off [03772] Israel [03478] out [06440] of the land [0127] which I have given [05414] them; and this house [01004], which I have hallowed [06942] for my name [08034], will I cast out [07971] of my sight [06440]; and Israel [03478] shall be a proverb [04912] and a byword [08148] among all people [05971]:
8 And at this house [01004], which is high [05945], every one that passeth [05674] by it shall be astonished [08074], and shall hiss [08319]; and they shall say [0559], Why hath the LORD [03068] done [06213] thus unto this land [0776], and to this house [01004]?
9 And they shall answer [0559], Because they forsook [05800] the LORD [03068] their God [0430], who brought forth [03318] their fathers [01] out of the land [0776] of Egypt [04714], and have taken hold [02388] upon other [0312] gods [0430], and have worshipped [07812] them, and served [05647] them: therefore hath the LORD [03068] brought [0935] upon them all this evil [07451].
25 Therefore now, LORD [03068] God [0430] of Israel [03478], keep [08104] with thy servant [05650] David [01732] my father [01] that thou promisedst [01696] him, saying [0559], There shall not fail [03772] thee a man [0376] in my sight [06440] to sit [03427] on the throne [03678] of Israel [03478]; so [07535] that thy children [01121] take heed [08104] to their way [01870], that they walk [03212] before [06440] me as thou hast walked [01980] before [06440] me.
26 And now, O God [0430] of Israel [03478], let thy word [01697], I pray thee, be verified [0539], which thou spakest [01696] unto thy servant [05650] David [01732] my father [01].
4 And if thou wilt walk [03212] before [06440] me, as David [01732] thy father [01] walked [01980], in integrity [08537] of heart [03824], and in uprightness [03476], to do [06213] according to all that I have commanded [06680] thee, and wilt keep [08104] my statutes [02706] and my judgments [04941]:
5 Then I will establish [06965] the throne [03678] of thy kingdom [04467] upon Israel [03478] for ever [05769], as I promised [01696] to David [01732] thy father [01], saying [0559], There shall not fail [03772] thee a man [0376] upon the throne [03678] of Israel [03478].
29 That thine eyes [05869] may be open [06605] toward this house [01004] night [03915] and day [03117], even toward the place [04725] of which thou hast said [0559], My name [08034] shall be there: that thou mayest hearken [08085] unto the prayer [08605] which thy servant [05650] shall make [06419] toward this place [04725].
3 And the LORD [03068] said [0559] unto him, I have heard [08085] thy prayer [08605] and thy supplication [08467], that thou hast made [02603] before [06440] me: I have hallowed [06942] this house [01004], which thou hast built [01129], to put [07760] my name [08034] there for [05704] ever [05769]; and mine eyes [05869] and mine heart [03820] shall be there perpetually [03117].
12 And the LORD [03068] appeared [07200] to Solomon [08010] by night [03915], and said [0559] unto him, I have heard [08085] thy prayer [08605], and have chosen [0977] this place [04725] to myself for an house [01004] of sacrifice [02077].
38 And in the eleventh [0259] [06240] year [08141], in the month [03391] Bul [0945], which is the eighth [08066] month [02320], was the house [01004] finished [03615] throughout all the parts [01697] thereof, and according to all the fashion [04941] of it. So was he seven [07651] years [08141] in building [01129] it.
1 But Solomon [08010] was building [01129] his own house [01004] thirteen [07969] [06240] years [08141], and he finished [03615] all his house [01004].
2 He built [01129] also the house [01004] of the forest [03293] of Lebanon [03844]; the length [0753] thereof was an hundred [03967] cubits [0520], and the breadth [07341] thereof fifty [02572] cubits [0520], and the height [06967] thereof thirty [07970] cubits [0520], upon four [0702] rows [02905] of cedar [0730] pillars [05982], with cedar [0730] beams [03773] upon the pillars [05982].
3 And it was covered [05603] with cedar [0730] above [04605] upon the beams [06763], that lay on forty [0705] five [02568] pillars [05982], fifteen [06240] in a row [02905].
4 And there were windows [08261] in three [07969] rows [02905], and light [04237] was against light [04237] in three [07969] ranks [06471].
5 And all the doors [06607] and posts [04201] were square [07251], with the windows [08260]: and light [04237] was against [04136] light [04237] in three [07969] ranks [06471].
6 And he made [06213] a porch [0197] of pillars [05982]; the length [0753] thereof was fifty [02572] cubits [0520], and the breadth [07341] thereof thirty [07970] cubits [0520]: and the porch [0197] was before [06440] them: and the other pillars [05982] and the thick beam [05646] were before them.
7 Then he made [06213] a porch [0197] for the throne [03678] where he might judge [08199], even the porch [0197] of judgment [04941]: and it was covered [05603] with cedar [0730] from one side of the floor [07172] to the other [07172].
8 And his house [01004] where he dwelt [03427] had another [0312] court [02691] within [01004] the porch [0197], which was of the like work [04639]. Solomon [08010] made [06213] also an house [01004] for Pharaoh's [06547] daughter [01323], whom he had taken [03947] to wife, like unto this porch [0197].
9 All these were of costly [03368] stones [068], according to the measures [04060] of hewed stones [01496], sawed [01641] with saws [04050], within [01004] and without [02351], even from the foundation [04527] unto the coping [02947], and so on the outside [02351] toward the great [01419] court [02691].
10 And the foundation [03245] was of costly [03368] stones [068], even great [01419] stones [068], stones [068] of ten [06235] cubits [0520], and stones [068] of eight [08083] cubits [0520].
11 And above [04605] were costly [03368] stones [068], after the measures [04060] of hewed stones [01496], and cedars [0730].
12 And the great [01419] court [02691] round about [05439] was with three [07969] rows [02905] of hewed stones [01496], and a row [02905] of cedar [0730] beams [03773], both for the inner [06442] court [02691] of the house [01004] of the LORD [03068], and for the porch [0197] of the house [01004].
1 But Solomon [08010] was building [01129] his own house [01004] thirteen [07969] [06240] years [08141], and he finished [03615] all his house [01004].
37 In the fourth [07243] year [08141] was the foundation [03245] of the house [01004] of the LORD [03068] laid [03245], in the month [03391] Zif [02099]:
38 And in the eleventh [0259] [06240] year [08141], in the month [03391] Bul [0945], which is the eighth [08066] month [02320], was the house [01004] finished [03615] throughout all the parts [01697] thereof, and according to all the fashion [04941] of it. So was he seven [07651] years [08141] in building [01129] it.
1 And it came to pass, when Solomon [08010] had finished [03615] the building [01129] of the house [01004] of the LORD [03068], and the king's [04428] house [01004], and all Solomon's [08010] desire [02837] which he was pleased [02654] to do [06213],