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Themes in 1 Kings 9

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Themes in 1 Kings 9

1 Kings 9:1 (show verse)

Now it happened when Solomon had finished building the house (temple) of the Lord and the king’s house (palace), and all else which he was pleased to do,

Jerusalem » What shall be put in jerusalem
Kings » Who reigned over all israel » Solomon
Name » A place being established for the name of the lord
Solomon » Covenant renewed in a vision after the dedication of the temple

1 Kings 9:2 (show verse)

that the Lord appeared to Solomon a second time, just as He had appeared to him at Gibeon.

Appearances » Outward » Of God
gibeon » A city » A city of the hivites » Has the dream concerning righteousness
God » Ability of » Appearances of
Government » God in » In counseling solomon
Jerusalem » What shall be put in jerusalem
Kings » Who reigned over all israel » Solomon
Name » A place being established for the name of the lord
Prayer » Answered » Solomon, asking for wisdom
Solomon » Covenant renewed in a vision after the dedication of the temple

The Lord told him, “I have heard your prayer and supplication which you have made before Me; I have consecrated this house which you have built by putting My Name and My Presence there forever. My eyes and My heart shall be there perpetually.

Church » Holy
Government » God in » In counseling solomon
Jerusalem » What shall be put in jerusalem
Kings » Who reigned over all israel » Solomon
Name » A place being established for the name of the lord
Prayer » Examples of Prayers answered » Solomon
Prayer » Answered » Solomon, asking for wisdom
Solomon » Covenant renewed in a vision after the dedication of the temple
Temple » Solomon's » Uses of the temple » A dwelling place of the lord
Temple » Solomon's » Holiness of

1 Kings 9:4 (show verse)

As for you, if you walk (live your life) before Me, as David your father walked, in integrity of heart and in uprightness, acting in accordance with everything that I have commanded you, and will keep My statutes and My precepts,

Example » Inspiration of example » Parental example, good
Government » God in » In counseling solomon
Home » Parental influence and example » Parental example, good
Kings » Who reigned over all israel » Solomon
Parents » Duty » Example, good
Probation » Solomon
Solomon » Covenant renewed in a vision after the dedication of the temple

1 Kings 9:5 (show verse)

then I will establish the throne of your kingdom over Israel forever, just as I promised your father David, saying, ‘You shall not be without a man (descendant) on the throne of Israel.’

Government » God in » In counseling solomon
Kings » Who reigned over all israel » Solomon
Probation » Solomon
Solomon » Covenant renewed in a vision after the dedication of the temple

1 Kings 9:6 (show verse)

“But if you or your sons turn away from following Me, and do not keep My commandments and My statutes which I have set before you, but go and serve other gods and worship them,

Government » God in » In counseling solomon
Kings » Who reigned over all israel » Solomon
Probation » Solomon
Solomon » Covenant renewed in a vision after the dedication of the temple
Turning » The reward for turning from the lord

1 Kings 9:7 (show verse)

then I will cut off Israel from the land which I have given them, and I will cast out of My sight the house which I have consecrated for My Name and Presence. Then Israel will become a proverb (a saying) and a byword (object of ridicule) among all the peoples.

Government » God in » In counseling solomon
Israel » A type of the apostate church when disobedient » Became a by-word to neighbouring nations
Kings » Who reigned over all israel » Solomon
Probation » Solomon
Solomon » Covenant renewed in a vision after the dedication of the temple
Turning » The reward for turning from the lord
The wicked » Appointed by God corrupt » Threatenings against

1 Kings 9:8 (show verse)

This house (temple) will become a heap of ruins; everyone who passes by will be appalled and sneer and say, ‘Why has the Lord done such a thing to this land and to this house?’

1 Kings 9:9 (show verse)

And they [who know] will say, ‘Because they abandoned the Lord their God, who brought their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and they have chosen other gods and have worshiped and served them; that is the reason the Lord has brought on them all this adversity.’”

1 Kings 9:10 (show verse)

Now at the end of twenty years, in which Solomon had built the two houses, the temple of the Lord and the palace of the king

Diplomacy » Instances of » Solomon, in his alliance with hiram
Kings » Who reigned over all israel » Solomon
Solomon » Builds the temple
Solomon » Builds his palace
Solomon » Cedes some inferior cities to hiram
Time » Eras from which, computed » Building of the temple
Treaty » Ceding of the territory by
Tyre » Kingdom of » Men and materials sent from, to solomon, for the erection of the temple and his castles

1 Kings 9:11 (show verse)

(Hiram king of Tyre had supplied Solomon with as much cedar and cypress timber [from Lebanon] and gold as he desired), at that time King Solomon gave Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee (northern Israel).

Cedar » Furnished by hiram, king of tyre, for solomon's temple
Contracts » Between solomon and hiram
Diplomacy » Instances of » Solomon, in his alliance with hiram
Elijah » Consolation given to
Galilee » Pprovince of
Galilee » Twenty cities of, given to hiram
Galilee » The northern district of palestine » Cities in, given to hiram
Gold » Imported by solomon
Hiram » Or huram, king of tyre
Hiram » Called huram, king of tyre » Dissatisfied with the cities given to him by solomon
Kings » Who reigned over all israel » Solomon
Solomon » Cedes some inferior cities to hiram
Treaty » Ceding of the territory by
Tyre » Kingdom of » Men and materials sent from, to solomon, for the erection of the temple and his castles

1 Kings 9:12 (show verse)

So Hiram came from Tyre to see the cities which Solomon had given him, and they did not please him.

Diplomacy » Instances of » Solomon, in his alliance with hiram
Elijah » Consolation given to
Galilee » The northern district of palestine » Cities in, given to hiram
Hiram » Called huram, king of tyre » Dissatisfied with the cities given to him by solomon
Kings » Who reigned over all israel » Solomon
Solomon » Cedes some inferior cities to hiram
Treaty » Ceding of the territory by

1 Kings 9:13 (show verse)

He said, “What are these cities [good for] which you have given me, my brother?” So they have been called the land of Cabul (like nothing, unproductive) to this day.

Cabul » Name given by hiram to certain cities in galilee
Diplomacy » Instances of » Solomon, in his alliance with hiram
Elijah » Consolation given to
Hiram » Called huram, king of tyre » Dissatisfied with the cities given to him by solomon
Kings » Who reigned over all israel » Solomon
Solomon » Cedes some inferior cities to hiram
Treaty » Ceding of the territory by

1 Kings 9:14 (show verse)

And Hiram sent to the king 120 talents of gold.

Diplomacy » Instances of » Solomon, in his alliance with hiram
Elijah » Consolation given to
Hiram » Called huram, king of tyre » Makes presents of gold and sailors to solomon
Kings » Who reigned over all israel » Solomon
Money » Pieces of mentioned » Talent of gold
Treaty » Ceding of the territory by

1 Kings 9:15 (show verse)

Now this is the account of the forced labor which King Solomon conscripted to build the house of the Lord, his own house, the Millo (fortification), the wall of Jerusalem, [and the fortress cities of] Hazor, Megiddo, and Gezer.

Elijah » Consolation given to
Gezer » Fortified by solomon
Hazor » A city » South » Tribe of judah
Jerusalem » Fortified by solomon
Kings » Who reigned over all israel » Solomon
Megiddo » Walled by solomon
Millo » A name given to part of the citadel of jerusalem » King solomon raises a levy to repair
Solomon » Builds » wall of Jerusalem
Tax » Personal
Tribute » Often exacted in » Labor

1 Kings 9:16 (show verse)

For Pharaoh king of Egypt had gone up and taken Gezer, burned it with fire and killed the Canaanites who lived in the city, and he had given it as a dowry to his daughter, Solomon’s wife.

Canaanites » By the egyptians
Egypt » The armies of » Captured and burned gezer
Elijah » Consolation given to
Gezer » Fortified by solomon
Kings » Who reigned over all israel » Solomon
Pharaoh » Father-in-law of solomon
Solomon » Builds » wall of Jerusalem

1 Kings 9:17 (show verse)

So Solomon rebuilt [and fortified] Gezer and Lower Beth-horon,

Beth-horon » Solomon builds
Elijah » Consolation given to
Gezer » Fortified by solomon
Kings » Who reigned over all israel » Solomon
Solomon » Builds » wall of Jerusalem

1 Kings 9:18 (show verse)

Baalath and Tamar in the wilderness, in the land of Judah,

Baalath » A city » A city of the tribe of dan
Elijah » Consolation given to
Kings » Who reigned over all israel » Solomon
Solomon » Builds » wall of Jerusalem
Tadmor » A city built » In wilderness » By solomon

1 Kings 9:19 (show verse)

and all the storage cities [for surplus provisions] which Solomon had, and the cities for his chariots and cities for his horsemen, and whatever it pleased Solomon to build in Jerusalem, in Lebanon, and in all the land under his rule.

Chariot » Cities for
Chariots » For war » Kept in chariot cities
Cities » Designated as » Treasure
Kings » Who reigned over all israel » Solomon
Lebanon » Solomon built » Storehouses in
Lebanon » Solomon had storage cities in
Solomon » Builds » wall of Jerusalem
Treasure cities » Built » Storage » Kings » Substances

1 Kings 9:20 (show verse)

As for all the people who were left of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, who were not of the sons (descendants) of Israel,

Amorites » Not exterminated
the Amorites » Brought into bondage by solomon
Hittites » The remnant of, made tributary in the reign of solomon
Hittites » Pay tribute to solomon
Hivites » Remnant of, made tributary in the reign of solomon
Jebusites » They pay taxes to solomon
Kings » Who reigned over all israel » Solomon
Nethinim » The remnant of the canaanites appointed as, by solomon
Strangers in israel » Chiefly consisted of » The remnant of the nations of the land

1 Kings 9:21 (show verse)

their children who were left after them in the land, whom the Israelites were unable to completely destroy, from them Solomon levied (conscripted) forced laborers, even to this day (the date of this writing).

Amorites » Not exterminated
the Amorites » Brought into bondage by solomon
Hittites » The remnant of, made tributary in the reign of solomon
Hittites » Pay tribute to solomon
Hivites » Pay tribute to solomon
Hivites » Remnant of, made tributary in the reign of solomon
Jebusites » They pay taxes to solomon
Kings » Who reigned over all israel » Solomon
Nethinim » The remnant of the canaanites appointed as, by solomon
Servant » Instances of » Canaanites
Solomon » Receives tribute (taxes)
Tribute » Often exacted in » Labor

1 Kings 9:22 (show verse)

But Solomon did not make slaves of the sons of Israel; for they were men of war (soldiers), his servants, his officers, his captains, his chariot commanders, and his horsemen.

Chariot » Commanded by captains
Kings » Who reigned over all israel » Solomon
Officer » Civil » Appointed by kings

1 Kings 9:23 (show verse)

These were the chief officers who were over Solomon’s work, five hundred and fifty, who ruled over the people doing the work.

Kings » Who reigned over all israel » Solomon

1 Kings 9:24 (show verse)

As soon as Pharaoh’s daughter came up from the City of David to her house which Solomon had built for her, then he built the Millo (fortification).

Kings » Who reigned over all israel » Solomon
Millo » A name given to part of the citadel of jerusalem » King solomon raises a levy to repair
Solomon » Builds another house for pharaoh's daughter

1 Kings 9:25 (show verse)

Three times a year [during the major annual festivals] Solomon offered burnt offerings and peace offerings on the altar he had built to the Lord, and he burned incense with them before the Lord. So he finished the house [of the Lord].

Altar of incense » Said to be before the lord
the anniversary Feasts » Were seasons of » Sacrificing
Kings » Who reigned over all israel » Solomon
Peace offerings » Was offered » By solomon three times a year

1 Kings 9:26 (show verse)

King Solomon built a fleet of ships in Ezion-geber, which is near Eloth on the shore of the Red Sea (Sea of Reeds), in the land of Edom.

Art » Primitive » Of the shipbuilder
Arts and crafts » Names of various » Boat-building
Arts of the » Ship-builder
Commerce » Of the jews » Greatly extended by solomon
Commerce » israelites
Diplomacy » Instances of » Solomon, in his alliance with hiram
Edomites, the » Cities of » Ezion-geber, a sea port
Elath » A city » A city of idumea
Ezion-gaber (ezion-geber) » Solomon built a navy at
Hiram » Called huram, king of tyre » Makes presents of gold and sailors to solomon
Holy land » Extensive commerce of, in solomon's reign
Kings » Who reigned over all israel » Solomon
Navy » Solomon's
Red sea » Solomon builds ships beside
ship » Built » By solomon
Ships » Solomon built a navy of
Tyre » City of » Commerce of

1 Kings 9:27 (show verse)

And Hiram [king of Tyre] sent his servants with the fleet, sailors who knew the sea, along with the servants of Solomon.

Commerce » Carried on by means of ships
Commerce » Of the jews » Greatly extended by solomon
Commerce » israelites
Diplomacy » Instances of » Solomon, in his alliance with hiram
Hiram » Or huram, king of tyre
Hiram » Called huram, king of tyre » Makes presents of gold and sailors to solomon
Holy land » Extensive commerce of, in solomon's reign
Kings » Who reigned over all israel » Solomon
Sciences » Navigation
Strangers in israel » Chiefly consisted of » Persons who sought employment among the jews
Tyre » City of » Commerce of
Tyre » Supplied » Seamen for solomon's navy

1 Kings 9:28 (show verse)

They came to Ophir and took four hundred and twenty talents of gold from there, and brought it to King Solomon.

Commerce » Carried on by means of ships
Commerce » Articles of » Gold
Commerce » israelites
Gold » From ophir
Gold » Abounded in » Ophir
Hiram » Called huram, king of tyre » Makes presents of gold and sailors to solomon
Holy land » Extensive commerce of, in solomon's reign
Kings » Who reigned over all israel » Solomon
Ophir » Products of » used by » Solomon
Solomon » Commerce of
Tyre » City of » Commerce of