1 Kings 9 (NET)

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1 Kings 9:1¹After Solomon finished building the Lord ’s temple, the royal palace, and all the other construction projects he had planned,Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

1 Kings 9:2²the Lord appeared to Solomon a second time, in the same way he had appeared to him at Gibeon.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

1 Kings 9:3³The Lord said to him, “I have answered your prayer and your request for help that you made to me. I have consecrated this temple you built by making it my permanent home; I will be constantly present there.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

1 Kings 9:4⁴You must serve me with integrity and sincerity, just as your father David did. Do everything I commanded and obey my rules and regulations.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

1 Kings 9:5⁵Then I will allow your dynasty to rule over Israel permanently, just as I promised your father David, ‘You will not fail to have a successor on the throne of Israel.’Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

1 Kings 9:6⁶“But if you or your sons ever turn away from me, fail to obey the regulations and rules I instructed you to keep, and decide to serve and worship other gods,Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

1 Kings 9:7⁷then I will remove Israel from the land I have given them, I will abandon this temple I have consecrated with my presence, and Israel will be mocked and ridiculed among all the nations.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

1 Kings 9:8⁸This temple will become a heap of ruins; everyone who passes by it will be shocked and will hiss out their scorn, saying, ‘Why did the Lord do this to this land and this temple?’Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

1 Kings 9:9⁹Others will then answer, ‘Because they abandoned the Lord their God, who led their ancestors out of Egypt. They embraced other gods whom they worshiped and served. That is why the Lord has brought all this disaster down on them.’”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

1 Kings 9:10¹⁰After twenty years, during which Solomon built the Lord ’s temple and the royal palace,Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

1 Kings 9:11¹¹King Solomon gave King Hiram of Tyre twenty towns in the region of Galilee, because Hiram had supplied Solomon with cedars, evergreens, and all the gold he wanted.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

1 Kings 9:12¹²When Hiram went out from Tyre to inspect the towns Solomon had given him, he was not pleased with them.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

1 Kings 9:13¹³Hiram asked, “Why did you give me these towns, my friend?” He called that area the region of Cabul, a name which it has retained to this day.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

1 Kings 9:14¹⁴Hiram had sent to the king 120 talents of gold.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

1 Kings 9:15¹⁵Here are the details concerning the work crews King Solomon conscripted to build the Lord ’s temple, his palace, the terrace, the wall of Jerusalem, and the cities of Hazor, Megiddo, and Gezer.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

1 Kings 9:16¹⁶(Pharaoh, king of Egypt, had attacked and captured Gezer. He burned it and killed the Canaanites who lived in the city. He gave it as a wedding present to his daughter, who had married Solomon.)Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

1 Kings 9:17¹⁷Solomon built up Gezer, lower Beth Horon,Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

1 Kings 9:18¹⁸Baalath, Tadmor in the wilderness,Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

1 Kings 9:19¹⁹all the storage cities that belonged to him, and the cities where chariots and horses were kept. He built whatever he wanted in Jerusalem, Lebanon, and throughout his entire kingdom.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

1 Kings 9:20²⁰Now several non-Israelite peoples were left in the land after the conquest of Joshua, including the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

1 Kings 9:21²¹Their descendants remained in the land (the Israelites were unable to wipe them out completely). Solomon conscripted them for his work crews, and they continue in that role to this very day.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

1 Kings 9:22²²Solomon did not assign Israelites to these work crews; the Israelites served as his soldiers, attendants, officers, charioteers, and commanders of his chariot forces.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

1 Kings 9:23²³These men were also in charge of Solomon’s work projects; there were a total of 550 men who supervised the workers.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

1 Kings 9:24²⁴Solomon built the terrace as soon as Pharaoh’s daughter moved up from the City of David to the palace Solomon built for her.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

1 Kings 9:25²⁵Three times a year Solomon offered burnt offerings and peace offerings on the altar he had built for the Lord, burning incense along with them before the Lord. He made the temple his official worship place.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

1 Kings 9:26²⁶King Solomon also built ships in Ezion Geber, which is located near Elat in the land of Edom, on the shore of the Red Sea.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

1 Kings 9:27²⁷Hiram sent his fleet and some of his sailors, who were well acquainted with the sea, to serve with Solomon’s men.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

1 Kings 9:28²⁸They sailed to Ophir, took from there 420 talents of gold, and then brought them to King Solomon.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions