1 Kings 9:5-13

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Kings 9:1-9

God 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. 7:1); but here we have a more express and distinct answer to it. Observe, I. In what way God gave him this answer. He appeared to him, as he had done at Gibeon, in the beginning of his reign, in a dream or vision, 1 Kgs. 9:2. The comparing of it with that intimates that it was the very night after he had finished the... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Kings 9:10-14

What agreement was made between Solomon and Hiram, when the building-work was to be begun, we read before, 1 Kgs. 5:1-18 Here we have an account of their fair and friendly parting when the work was done. 1. Hiram made good his bargain to the utmost. He had furnished Solomon with materials for his buildings, according to all his desire (1 Kgs. 9:11), and with gold, 1 Kgs. 9:15. So far was he from envying Solomon's growing greatness and reputation, and being jealous of him, that he helped to... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 9:5

Then I will establish the throne of thy kingdom upon Israel for ever ,.... In a succession in his posterity, until the coming of the Messiah: as I promised unto David thy father, saying, there shall not fail thee a man upon the throne of Israel ; not fail one of his posterity to sit upon it; see 2 Samuel 7:12 . read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 9:6

But if you shall at all turn from following me, you or your children ,.... From my worship, as the Targum; either Solomon or his successors, or the people of Israel and their posterity; should they turn their backs on God and his worship, meaning not in a single instance, or in some small degree; but as in the original, "if in turning ye turn" F5 אם שוב תשבון "si avertendo aversi fueritis", Pagninus, Montanus, &c.; , that is, utterly, and entirely, or wholly turn from him and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 9:7

Then will I cut off Israel out of the land I have given them ,.... Suffer them to be carried captive into other lands, as the ten tribes were into Assyria, and the two tribes to Babylon; which is called a plucking them up by the roots in 2 Chronicles 7:20 . and this house, which I have hallowed for my name, will I cast out of my sight : as it was when burnt by Nebuchadnezzar: and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword among all people ; both for their sins and for their miseries;... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 9:8

And at this house which is high ,.... The house of the most High, as some render it, and in high esteem, fame, and glory, as well as it was built on an high hill, and was itself one hundred and twenty cubits high, 2 Chronicles 3:4 , the Targum is, "and this house which was high shall be destroyed:' everyone that passeth by it shall be astonished ; at the ruins of the temple, and of the city of Jerusalem, which had been so magnificent: and shall hiss ; in scorn and derision of the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 9:9

And they shall answer ,.... Who were left in the land when others were carried captive, as were some by Nebuchadnezzar, and who were capable of making the following answer: because they forsook the Lord ; the worship of the Lord their God, as the Targum: who brought forth their fathers out of the land Egypt ; which is observed as an aggravation of their sin: and have taken hold upon other gods : the gods of the people, as the Targum; of the Gentiles, who knew not the true God: ... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 9:10

And it came to pass at the end of twenty years ,.... From the time Solomon first began to build: when Solomon had built the two houses, the house of the Lord, and the king's house; the first was seven years in building, and the other thirteen; in all twenty. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 9:11

(Now Hiram the king of Tyre had furnished Solomon with cedar trees and fir trees ,.... For the building of both his houses; see 1 Kings 5:8 , and with gold, according to all his desire) : which is not before mentioned, and accounts for it from whence Solomon had his gold; if he made no use, as some think he did not, of what his father left him; see 1 Kings 7:51 with which he covered several parts of the temple, and made several vessels in it. Hiram traded to Ophir, and had it from... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 9:12

And Hiram came out from Tyre to see the cities which Solomon had given him ,.... For these cities, being in or near Galilee, were not far from Tyre: and they pleased him not ; being either out of repair, as some think; see 2 Chronicles 8:2 or the ground barren, and unfruitful; which is not likely, being in a very fruitful country, as the tribes on which they bordered were: but they were not agreeable to him, they did not suit with the disposition of him and his people, who were given... read more

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