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1 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,
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrator places this statement at the conclusion of Solomon’s construction of the temple and royal palace, marking the immediate moment before Yahweh appears to him a second time as He did at Gibeon.
The words — The verb כַּלּ֣וֹת (kha.Lot) denotes the completed action of finishing or bringing a task to an end, while the noun phrase בֵּית־יְהוָ֖ה (beit-Yah.weh) literally identifies the specific structure dedicated to Yahweh.
The thread — This completion marker parallels the temple's foundation laid in Solomon's fourth year (1 Kings 6:37) and the parallel account in 2 Chronicles 7:11, while 1 Kings 9:19 expands on his subsequent administrative building projects.
Why it lands — The text requires the reader to acknowledge the precise chronological marker of a major construction project before noting a divine appearance, framing Solomon's administrative success as the immediate context for further revelation.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And it came to pass, when Solomon had finished the building of the house of the Lord, and the king’s house, and all Solomon’s desire which he was pleased to do,
Cross-references
- 2 Chronicles 7:11 When Solomon had finished the house of the LORD and the royal palace, successfully carrying out all that was in his heart to do for the house of the LORD and for his own palace,
- 1 Kings 9:19 as well as all the store cities that Solomon had for his chariots and horses—whatever he desired to build in Jerusalem, Lebanon, and throughout the land of his dominion.
- 1 Kings 6:37 The foundation of the house of the LORD was laid in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign, in the month of Ziv.
- 1 Kings 7:51 So all the work that King Solomon had performed for the house of the LORD was completed. Then Solomon brought in the items his father David had dedicated—the silver, the gold, and the furnishings—and he placed them in the treasuries of the house of the LORD.
- 1 Kings 9:11 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.
- Ecclesiastes 2:4 I expanded my pursuits. I built houses and planted vineyards for myself.
- Ecclesiastes 2:10 Anything my eyes desired, I did not deny myself. I refused my heart no pleasure. For my heart took delight in all my work, and this was the reward for all my labor.
- Ecclesiastes 6:9 Better what the eye can see than the wandering of desire. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.