1 Reis 9

1 Reis 9

1 Kings Commentaries Chart from recommended resource Jensen's Survey of the OT - used by permission 1 Kings Chart from Charles Swindoll THE DOWNWARD SPIRAL 1 Kings 9:1 Now it came about when Solomon had finished building the house of the LORD, and the king's house, and all that Solomon desired to do, it came: 1Ki 6:37-38 1Ki 7:1,51 2Ch 7:11-22 the house: 2Ch 8:1-6 Ec 2:4 all Solomon: 1Ki 9:11,19 Ec 2:10 Ec 6:9 Related Passages: 1 Kings 6:37-38 In the fourth year the foundation of the house of the LORD was laid, in the month of Ziv. 38 In the eleventh year, in the month of Bul, which is the eighth month, the house was finished throughout all its parts and according to all its plans. So he was seven years in building it. 1 Kings 7:1; 51 Now Solomon was building his own house thirteen years, and he finished all his house. 51 Thus all the work that King Solomon performed in the house of the LORD was finished. And Solomon brought in the things dedicated by his father David, the silver and the gold and the utensils, and he put them in the treasuries of the house of the LORD. 2 Chronicles 8:1-6 Now it came about at the end of the twenty years in which Solomon had built the house of the LORD and his own house 2 that he built the cities which Huram had given to him, and settled the sons of Israel there. 3 Then Solomon went to Hamath-zobah and captured it. 4 He built Tadmor in the wilderness and all the storage cities which he had built in Hamath. 5He also built upper Beth-horon and lower Beth-horon, fortified cities with walls, gates and bars; 6and Baalath and all the storage cities that Solomon had, and all the cities for his chariots and cities for his horsemen, and all that it pleased Solomon to build in Jerusalem, in Lebanon, and in all the land under his rule. Ecclesiastes 2:4; 10; 11 I enlarged my works: I built houses for myself, I planted vineyards for myself; (2:10) All that my eyes desired I did not refuse them. I did not withhold my heart from any pleasure, for my heart was pleased because of all my labor and this was my reward for all my labor. (2:11) Thus I considered all my activities which my hands had done and the labor which I had exerted, and behold all was vanity and striving after wind and there was no profit under the sun. Now it came about when Solomon had finished building the house of the LORD (Jehovah), and the king's house, and all that Solomon desired to do (2Ch 7:11KJV adds "all that came into Solomon's heart") The Temple dedication occurred about 11 months after the completion of the Temple in the month of Bul (Sep./Oct). The word for desired (cheseq from chashaq used in 1Ki 9:19+ = to be attached to, to love, to long for) is used only 4x in OT, 3 of Solomon referring to the Temple and other constructions he desired to accomplish. In Eccl 2:10 Solomon declared "All that my eyes desired I did not refuse them. I did not withhold my heart from any pleasure, for my heart was pleased because of all my labor and this was my reward for all my labor." Solomon's desires and eyes would lead to his ruin! John