1 Kings 9:10
8 And when this temple has become a heap of rubble, all who pass by it will be appalled and will hiss and say, ‘Why has the LORD done such a thing to this land and to this temple?’
9 And others will answer, ‘Because they have forsaken the LORD their God who brought their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and have embraced other gods, worshiping and serving them—because of this, the LORD has brought all this disaster upon them.’”
Now at the end of the twenty years during which Solomon built these two houses, the house of the LORD and the royal palace,
11 King Solomon gave twenty towns in the land of Galilee to Hiram king of Tyre, who had supplied him with cedar and cypress logs and gold for his every desire.
12 So Hiram went out from Tyre to inspect the towns that Solomon had given him, but he was not pleased with them.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- Now at the end of the twenty years during which Solomon built these two houses, the house of the LORD and the royal palace,
- KJV
- And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, when Solomon had built the two houses, the house of the LORD, and the king’s house,
- WEB
- At the end of twenty years, in which Solomon had built the two houses, the LORD’s house and the king’s house
- ASV
- And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, wherein Solomon had built the two houses, the house of Jehovah and the king`s house
- DARBY
- And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, when Solomon had built the two houses, the house of Jehovah and the king's house,
- BLB
- And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, when Solomon had built the two houses—the house of YHWH and the house of the king—
- ÅB
- Da nå de tyve år var til ende som Salomo hadde bygget på de to hus, Herrens hus og kongens hus,
- OTB
- Ved slutten av tjue år, i løpet av hvilke Salomo hadde bygget de to husene, Herrens hus og kongens hus,
- B1930
- Da nu de tyve år var til ende som Salomo hadde bygget på de to hus, Herrens hus og kongens hus,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Kings 6:37–7:1
The foundation of the house of the LORD was laid in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign, in the month of Ziv.
Read in context2 Chronicles 8:1–18
Now at the end of the twenty years during which Solomon had built the house of the LORD and his own palace,
Read in context1 Kings 9:1
Now when Solomon had finished building the house of the LORD and the royal palace, and had achieved all that he had desired to do,
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