1 Kings 6:11

Contextual Overview

¹¹The word of the LORD came to Solomon:¹¹ The word of the Lord came to Solomon: ¹¹And the word of Yahweh came to Solomon saying, ¹¹ Now the word of the LORD came to Solomon saying,¹¹ And the word of the Lorde came to Solomon, saying: ¹¹ And the Word of Jehovah came to Solomon, saying, ¹¹ The Lord said to Solomon, ¹¹ Now the word of the LORD came to Solomon, ¹¹ The word of Yahweh came to Solomon, saying, ¹¹ And the word of the Lord came to Solomon, saying;

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Cross-References

Genesis 6:1
When men began to increase in number on the earth and daughters were born to them,

Genesis 6:1
When human beings began to increase in number on the earth and daughters were born to them,

Genesis 6:1
Now it happened, when men began to multiply on the face of the land, and daughters were born to them,

Genesis 6:1
Now it came about, when men began to multiply on the face of the land, and daughters were born to them,

Genesis 6:1
And it came to passe, that when men began to be multiplied in the vpper face of the earth, there were daughters borne vnto the:

Genesis 6:1
The number of people on earth continued to increase. When these people had daughters, the sons of God saw how beautiful they were. So they chose the women they wanted. They married them, and the women had their children. Then the Lord said, "People are only human. I will not let my Spirit be troubled by them forever. I will let them live only 120 years." During this time and also later, the Nephilim people lived in the land. They have been famous as powerful soldiers since ancient times.

Genesis 6:1
When men began to multiply on the face of the ground, and daughters were born to them,

Genesis 6:1
And whanne men bigunnen to be multiplied on erthe, and hadden gendrid douytris,

Genesis 6:1
And it came to passe, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were borne vnto them:

Genesis 6:1
And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them,

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the word of the Lord came to Solomon,.... The word of prophecy, as the Targum, foretelling what would be the case of this building, according to the obedience or disobedience of him and the people of Israel; which was brought to him either by an impulse of the Spirit of God upon him; or by the hand of a prophet, as Kimchi thinks; and some of the Jewish writers y, as he particularly, name Ahijah the Shilonite as the prophet that was sent with this message to him:

saying, as follows.

y Seder Olam Rabba, c. 20. p. 53.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Kings 6:11. The word of the Lord came to Solomon — Some think that this is the same revelation as that mentioned 1 Kings 9:2, c., which took place after the dedication of the temple: but to me it appears different it was a word to encourage him while building; to warn him against apostasy, and to assure him of God's continued protection of him and his family, if they continued faithful to the grace which God had given.