1Ki 9:1-5 | Clarke | STEP | The Lord appears a second time to Solomon, and assures him that he had heard his prayer; and that he would establish his worship for ever in that temple, and him and his successors on the throne of Israel, provided he and they would keep his statutes and judgments, ; but if they should transgress and forsake the Lord, then they should be cast off, the temple itself abandoned, and their enemies permitted to prevail over them, . Solomon having finished the temple and the king's house, about which he was employed twenty years, and having received assistance from Hiram king of Tyre, he gave him in return twenty cities in Galilee, with which he was not pleased, . Solomon's levies, buildings, and the persons employed, . Pharaoh's daughter comes to the city of David, . He sacrifices thrice a year at the temple, . Solomon's navy, and the gold they brought from Ophir, .

1 Kings 9:1-5

Introduction

The Lord appears a second time to Solomon, and assures him that he had heard his prayer; and that he would establish his worship for ever in that temple, and him and his successors on the throne of Israel, provided he and they would keep his statutes and judgments, 1Kgs 9:1-5; but if they should transgress and forsake the Lord, then they should be cast off, the temple itself abandoned, and their enemies permitted to prevail over them, 1Kgs 9:6-9. Solomon having finished the temple and the king's house, about which he was employed twenty years, and having received assistance from Hiram king of Tyre, he gave him in return twenty cities in Galilee, with which he was not pleased, 1Kgs 9:10-14. Solomon's levies, buildings, and the persons employed, 1Kgs 9:15-23. Pharaoh's daughter comes to the city of David, 1Kgs 9:24. He sacrifices thrice a year at the temple, 1Kgs 9:25. Solomon's navy, and the gold they brought from Ophir, 1Kgs 9:26-28. Verse 2

The Lord appeared to Solomon - The design of this appearance, which was in a dream, as that was at Gibeon, was to assure Solomon that God had accepted his service, and had taken that house for his dwelling-place, and would continue it, and establish him and his descendants upon the throne of Israel for ever, provided they served him with an upright heart; but, on the contrary, if they forsook him, he would abandon both them and his temple.