1 Kings 9:10

1 Kings 9:10 in other versions

• King James Version (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,
• New International Version (NIV)At the end of twenty years, during which Solomon built these two buildings—the temple of the Lord and the royal palace—
• New King James Version (NKJV)Now it happened at the end of twenty years, when Solomon had built the two houses, the house of the Lord and the king’s house
• New Living Translation (NLT)It took Solomon twenty years to build the Lord’s Temple and his own royal palace. At the end of that time,

Context of 1 Kings 9:10

8And this house will become a heap of ruins. Everyone passing by it will be astonished and will hiss, and they will say, 'Why has the Lord done thus to this land and to this house?' 9Then they will say, 'Because 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.'" At the end of twenty years, in which Solomon had built the two houses, the house of the Lord and the king's house, 11and 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. 12But when Hiram came from Tyre to see the cities that Solomon had given him, they did not please him.

1 Kings 9:10 word by word

וַיְהִ֗י מִקְצֵה֙ עֶשְׂרִ֣ים שָׁנָ֔ה אֲשֶׁר־בָּנָ֥ה שְׁלֹמֹ֖ה אֶת־שְׁנֵ֣י הַבָּתִּ֑ים אֶת־בֵּ֥ית יְהוָ֖ה וְאֶת־בֵּ֥ית הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And it came to pass at the endקָצֶהqâtseh qêtseh · endH7097
• of twentyעֶשְׂרִים‛eώrîym · twentyH6242
• yearsשָׁנָהshâneh shânâh · yearH8141
• when Solomonשְׁלֹמֹהshelômôh · SolomonH8010
• had builtבָּנָהbânâh · to buildH1129
• the twoשְׁנַ֫יִםshenayim shettayim · twoH8147
• housesבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: homeH1004
• the houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: templeH1004
• of the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• and the king’sמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428

Cross-references for 1 Kings 9:10

• 1 Kings 9:1As soon as Solomon had finished building the house of the Lord and the king's house and all that Solomon desired to build,
• 1 Kings 6:37In the fourth year the foundation of the house of the Lord was laid, in the month of Ziv.
• 1 Kings 7:1Solomon was building his own house thirteen years, and he finished his entire house.
• 2 Chronicles 8:1At the end of twenty years, in which Solomon had built the house of the Lord and his own house,

Commentaries on 1 Kings 9:10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10At the end of twenty years - He employed seven years and a half in building the temple, and twelve years and a half in building the king's house; see 1 Kings 7:1; 2 Chronicles 8:1.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10The “twenty years” are to be counted from the fourth year of Solomon, the year when he commenced the building of the temple. They are made up of the seven years employed in the work of the temple 1 Kings 6:38, and the thirteen years during which Solomon was building his own house 1 Kings 7:1.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 10-14Verses 10-14 Solomon gave Hiram twenty cities. Hiram did not like them. If Solomon would gratify him, let it be in his own element, by becoming his partner in trade, as he did. See how the providence of God suits this earth to the various tempers of men, and the dispositions of men to the earth, and all for the good of mankind in general.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10-14Solomon made a business deal with King Hiram, trading wheat and olive oil for timber and gold (1 Kings 5:10–11). When Solomon owed Hiram, he gave him twenty towns in Galilee as payment. However, Hiram was unhappy with the towns and returned them to Solomon (see 2 Chronicles 8:2). The two friends agreed on other compensation and continued as allies and trading partners (1 Kings 9:26–28; 10:22).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1010. at the end of twenty years--Seven and a half years were spent in building the temple, and twelve and a half or thirteen in the erection of his palace (1Ki 7:1; 2Ch 8:1). This verse is only a recapitulation of 1Ki 9:1, necessary to recover the thread of connection in the narrative.Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Kings 9:10

• Diplomacy
• Solomon
• Treaty
• Tyre

In the dictionaries

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• Cabul
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• Solomon's Servants

Commentaries on 1 Kings 9

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings