1 Kings 9:1, God’s covenant in a vision with Solomon; 1 Kings 9:10, The mutual presents of Solomon and Hiram; 1 Kings 9:15, In Solomon’s works the Gentiles were his bondmen, the Israelites honourable servants; 1 Kings 9:24, Pharaoh’s daughter removes to her house; 1 Kings 9:25, Solomon’s yearly solemn sacrifices; 1 Kings 9:26, His navy fetches gold from Ophir.
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1 Kings 9
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1 Kings 9 — Overview1 Kings 9 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleIn this chapter we have, I. The answer which God, in a vision, gave to
Solomon's prayer, and the terms he settled with him, ver. 1-9. II. The
interchanging of grateful kindnesses between Solomon and Hiram, ver.…1 Kings 9 — Overview1 Kings 9 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleThis chapter relates a second vision Solomon had at Gibeon, in which he received an answer to his prayer in the preceding chapter, 1Ki 9:1 that passed between him and Hiram king of Tyre, 1Ki 9:10, the places that…1 Kings 9:1-91 Kings 9:1-9 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleGod had given a real answer to Solomon's prayer, and tokens of his
acceptance of it, immediately, by the fire from heaven which consumed
the sacrifices (as we find 2 Chron. vii. 1); but here we have a more…1 Kings 9:11 Kings 9:1 · Treasury of Scripture Knowledgeam 3013, bc 991
it came: 1 Kings 6:37-38, 1 Kings 7:1, 1 Kings 7:51; 2 Chronicles 7:11-22
the house: 2 Chronicles 8:1-6; Ecclesiastes 2:4
all Solomon's: 1 Kings 9:11, 1 Kings 9:19; Ecclesiastes 2:10, Ecclesiastes 6:91 Kings 9:21 Kings 9:2 · Treasury of Scripture Knowledgeas he: 1 Kings 3:5, 1 Kings 11:9; 2 Chronicles 1:7-12, 2 Chronicles 7:121 Kings 9:21 Kings 9:2 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleThat the Lord appeared to Solomon the second time,.... Junius and Tremellius read this verse with the following, to the end of the ninth, in a parenthesis, and render this clause, "for the Lord had appeared", &c. and…