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1 Kings 8:62-9:14
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1 Kings 8:62-9:14
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Solomon's Sacrifices
62 (A)Then (B)the king, and all Israel with him, offered sacrifice before the Lord. 63 Solomon offered as peace offerings to the Lord 22,000 oxen and 120,000 sheep. So the king and all the people of Israel dedicated the house of the Lord. 64 The same day the king consecrated the middle of the court that was before the house of the Lord, for there he offered the burnt offering and the grain offering and the fat pieces of the peace offerings, because (C)the bronze altar that was before the Lord was too small to receive the burnt offering and the grain offering and the fat pieces of the peace offerings.
65 So Solomon held (D)the feast at that time, and all Israel with him, a great assembly, from (E)Lebo-hamath to (F)the Brook of Egypt, before the Lord our God, seven days.[a] 66 On the eighth day he sent the people away, and they blessed the king and went to their homes joyful and glad of heart for all the goodness that the Lord had shown to David his servant and to Israel his people.
The Lord Appears to Solomon
9 (G)As soon as Solomon had finished building the house of the Lord (H)and the king's house and (I)all that Solomon desired to build, 2 (J)the Lord appeared to Solomon a second time, as he had appeared to him at Gibeon. 3 And the Lord said to him, “I have heard your prayer and your plea, which you have made before me. I have consecrated this house that you have built, (K)by putting my name there forever. (L)My eyes and my heart will be there for all time. 4 And as for you, if you will (M)walk before me, (N)as David your father walked, with integrity of heart and uprightness, doing according to all that I have commanded you, and keeping my statutes and my rules, 5 (O)then I will establish your royal throne over Israel forever, as I promised David your father, saying, ‘You shall not lack a man on the throne of Israel.’ 6 (P)But if you turn aside from following me, you or your children, and do not keep my commandments and my statutes that I have set before you, but go and serve other gods and worship them, 7 (Q)then I will cut off Israel from the land that I have given them, (R)and the house that I have consecrated for my name I will cast out of my sight, (S)and Israel will become a proverb and a byword among all peoples. 8 And this house will become a heap of ruins.[b] Everyone passing by it will be astonished and will hiss, and they will say, (T)‘Why has the Lord done thus to this land and to this house?’ 9 Then they will say, ‘Because (U)they abandoned the Lord their God who brought their fathers out of the land of Egypt and laid hold on other gods and worshiped them and served them. Therefore the Lord has brought all this disaster on them.’”
Solomon's Other Acts
10 (V)At the end of (W)twenty years, in which Solomon had built the two houses, the house of the Lord and the king's house, 11 and Hiram king of Tyre had supplied Solomon with cedar and cypress timber and gold, as much as he desired, King Solomon gave to Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee. 12 But when Hiram came from Tyre to see the cities that Solomon had given him, they did not please him. 13 Therefore he said, “What kind of cities are these that you have given me, my brother?” So they are called the land of (X)Cabul to this day. 14 Hiram had sent to the king 120 talents[c] of gold.
Footnotes
- 1 Kings 8:65 Septuagint; Hebrew seven days and seven days, fourteen days
- 1 Kings 9:8 Syriac, Old Latin; Hebrew will become high
- 1 Kings 9:14 A talent was about 75 pounds or 34 kilograms
1 Kings 8:62-9:14
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1 Kings 8:62-9:14
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The Dedication of the Temple(A)
62 Then the king and all Israel with him offered sacrifices(B) before the Lord. 63 Solomon offered a sacrifice of fellowship offerings to the Lord: twenty-two thousand cattle and a hundred and twenty thousand sheep and goats. So the king and all the Israelites dedicated(C) the temple of the Lord.
64 On that same day the king consecrated the middle part of the courtyard in front of the temple of the Lord, and there he offered burnt offerings, grain offerings and the fat(D) of the fellowship offerings, because the bronze altar(E) that stood before the Lord was too small to hold the burnt offerings, the grain offerings and the fat of the fellowship offerings.(F)
65 So Solomon observed the festival(G) at that time, and all Israel with him—a vast assembly, people from Lebo Hamath(H) to the Wadi of Egypt.(I) They celebrated it before the Lord our God for seven days and seven days more, fourteen days in all. 66 On the following day he sent the people away. They blessed the king and then went home, joyful and glad in heart for all the good(J) things the Lord had done for his servant David and his people Israel.
The Lord Appears to Solomon(K)
9 When Solomon had finished(L) building the temple of the Lord and the royal palace, and had achieved all he had desired to do, 2 the Lord appeared(M) to him a second time, as he had appeared to him at Gibeon. 3 The Lord said to him:
“I have heard(N) the prayer and plea you have made before me; I have consecrated this temple, which you have built, by putting my Name(O) there forever. My eyes(P) and my heart will always be there.
4 “As for you, if you walk before me faithfully with integrity of heart(Q) and uprightness, as David(R) your father did, and do all I command and observe my decrees and laws,(S) 5 I will establish(T) your royal throne over Israel forever, as I promised David your father when I said, ‘You shall never fail(U) to have a successor on the throne of Israel.’
6 “But if you[a] or your descendants turn away(V) from me and do not observe the commands and decrees I have given you[b] and go off to serve other gods(W) and worship them, 7 then I will cut off Israel from the land(X) I have given them and will reject this temple I have consecrated for my Name.(Y) Israel will then become a byword(Z) and an object of ridicule(AA) among all peoples. 8 This temple will become a heap of rubble. All[c] who pass by will be appalled(AB) and will scoff and say, ‘Why has the Lord done such a thing to this land and to this temple?’(AC) 9 People will answer,(AD) ‘Because they have forsaken(AE) the Lord their God, who brought their ancestors out of Egypt, and have embraced other gods, worshiping and serving them—that is why the Lord brought all this disaster(AF) on them.’”
Solomon’s Other Activities(AG)
10 At the end of twenty years, during which Solomon built these two buildings—the temple of the Lord and the royal palace— 11 King Solomon gave twenty towns in Galilee to Hiram king of Tyre, because Hiram had supplied him with all the cedar and juniper and gold(AH) he wanted. 12 But when Hiram went from Tyre to see the towns that Solomon had given him, he was not pleased with them. 13 “What kind of towns are these you have given me, my brother?” he asked. And he called them the Land of Kabul,[d](AI) a name they have to this day. 14 Now Hiram had sent to the king 120 talents[e] of gold.(AJ)
Footnotes
- 1 Kings 9:6 The Hebrew is plural.
- 1 Kings 9:6 The Hebrew is plural.
- 1 Kings 9:8 See some Septuagint manuscripts, Old Latin, Syriac, Arabic and Targum; Hebrew And though this temple is now imposing, all
- 1 Kings 9:13 Kabul sounds like the Hebrew for good-for-nothing.
- 1 Kings 9:14 That is, about 4 1/2 tons or about 4 metric tons
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