1 Kings, Chapter 9:

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Verses from 1 Kings, Chapter 9 of the book of 1 Kings of the Bible.

1 Kings - Old Testament — 1 Kings – Old Testament

God speaks to Solomon again

1. When Solomon finished building the temple of the Lord, the royal palace, and everything else he wanted to build,
2. the Lord appeared to him a second time, just as he had appeared in Gibeon.
3. The Lord said to Solomon, “I have heard your prayer and supplication that you have made before me. I consecrated this temple that you built, so that my name may dwell in it forever. My eyes and my heart will be on him every day.
4. “But if you walk before me as your father David walked, with sincerity of heart and uprightness, doing everything I have commanded you, obeying my statutes and commandments,
5. then I will establish the throne of your kingdom over Israel forever, as I promised your father David, saying: You will never lack a successor on the throne of Israel.
6. “But if you or your children turn away from me, and do not follow my commandments and statutes that I have given you, and go to worship and serve other gods,
7. then I will drive them away from my presence and uproot Israel from the land I gave them. This temple, which I have consecrated to my name, will be an object of mockery and contempt among all peoples.
8. And although this temple is now imposing, all who pass by it will be amazed and ask, 'Why has the Lord done this to this land and this temple?'
9. And the answer will be: 'Because they abandoned the Lord their God, who brought their ancestors out of Egypt, and held fast to other gods, worshiping and serving them. Therefore, the Lord brought all this misfortune upon them' “.

Other feats of Solomon

10. Twenty years after the construction of the temple of the Lord, the royal palace and everything that Solomon had built,
11. He gave twenty cities in the land of Galilee to Hiram, king of Tire, as a token of thanks for all the cedar and cypress supplies, as well as gold that had been provided to him.
12. When Hiram went to inspect the cities that Solomon had given him, he was not satisfied with them.
13. Then he said, “What cities are these that you have given me, my brother?” And he called them the Land of Kabul, a name they still have today.
14. Hiram had sent King Solomon one hundred and twenty talents of gold as a gift.
15. King Solomon imposed a tribute of forced labor among the people to build the temple of the Lord, his palace, the wall of Jerusalem, as well as Hazor, Megiddo and Gezer.
16. Pharaoh, king of Egypt, had attacked and conquered Gezer, burning the city and killing the Canaanites who lived there. He then gave the city as a wedding dowry to his daughter, Solomon's wife.
17. Then Solomon rebuilt Gezer, Bethhorom from Below,
18. Baalath, and Tadmor, in the wilderness, in the land of Judah,
19. and all the storage cities that Solomon had, the cities where his chariots were kept, and the cities where his horsemen were stationed. He built everything he wanted in Jerusalem, in Lebanon and throughout the territory under his rule.
20. As for forced labor, Solomon recruited all the descendants of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites who still lived in the land, there being no Israelites among them.
21. They were the ones who performed forced labor for King Solomon as needed. To this day they continue in this role.
22. But Solomon did not enslave any of the Israelites for this work; they were soldiers, officers, captains, chariot drivers, and knights of the king.
23. There were also the senior officials who supervised Solomon's work, five hundred and fifty in total, in charge of the people who carried out the work.
24. After Pharaoh's daughter moved from the City of David to the palace that Solomon had built for her, he built Milo.
25. Three times a year Solomon offered burnt offerings and peace offerings on the altar that he had built for the Lord, burning incense before the Lord. So he finished building the temple.
26. Solomon also built a fleet of ships at Ezion-geber, near Elath, in the land of Edom, on the shore of the Red Sea.
27. Hiram sent his sailors, men experienced at sea, to serve in the fleet along with Solomon's sailors.
28. They sailed to Ophir and brought from there fifteen tons of gold for King Solomon.