1 Kings 9:12

Contextual Overview

¹⁰At the end of twenty years, during which Solomon built these two buildings-the temple of the LORD and the royal palace- ¹⁰ At the end of twenty years, during which Solomon built these two buildings—the temple of the Lord and the royal palace— ¹⁰Now it happened that at the end of twenty years in which Solomon had built the two houses, the house of Yahweh and the king's house ¹⁰ It came about at the end of twenty years in which Solomon had built the two houses, the house of the LORD and the king's house ¹⁰ And it fortuned, that at the ende of twentie yeres when Solomon had finished the buylding of the two houses, [that is to wyte,] the house of the Lorde and the kinges palace, ¹⁰ And it happened, at the end of twenty years Solomon had built the two houses, the house of Jehovah and the house of the king. ¹⁰ It took 20 years for King Solomon to build the Lord 's Temple and the king's palace. ¹⁰ At the end of twenty years, in which Solomon had built the two houses, the house of the LORD and the king's house, ¹⁰ It happened at the end of twenty years, in which Solomon had built the two houses, the house of Yahweh and the king's house ¹⁰ And it came to passe at the end of twentie yeeres, when Solomon had built the two houses, the house of the Lord, and the Kings house,

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they pleased him not: Heb. were not right in his eyes, Numbers 22:34, Judges 14:3, *marg.

Reciprocal: 1 Kings 5:1 - Hiram

Cross-References

Genesis 9:17
So God said to Noah, "This is the sign of the covenant I have established between me and all life on the earth."

Genesis 9:17
So God said to Noah, "This is the sign of the covenant I have established between me and all life on the earth."

Genesis 9:17
And God said to Noah, "This is the sign of the covenant which I have established between Me and all flesh that is on the earth."

Genesis 9:17
And God said to Noah, "This is the sign of the covenant which I have established between Me and all flesh that is on the earth."

Genesis 9:17
And God sayd vnto Noah, This is the token of the couenaunt which I haue made betweene me and all fleshe that is vpon earth.

Genesis 9:17
So God said to Noah, "This rainbow is proof of the agreement that I made with all living things on earth."

Genesis 9:17
God said to Noah, "This is the sign of the covenant which I have established between me and all flesh that is upon the earth."

Genesis 9:17
And God seide to Noe, This schal be a signe of boond of pees, which Y made bitwixe me and ech fleisch on erthe.

Genesis 9:17
And God said vnto Noah, This is the token of the couenant, which I haue established betweene mee and all flesh, that is vpon the earth.

Genesis 9:17
And God said unto Noah, This is the token of the covenant, which I have established between me and all flesh that is upon the earth.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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 not to husbandry, but to merchandise; and the land about these would require a good deal of pains and labour to till, which they were not used to.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

They pleased him not - It is a reasonable conjecture that, when a question arose with respect to a cession of land, Hiram had cast his eyes on the bay or harbour of Acco, or Ptolemais, and was therefore the more disappointed when he received an inland tract of mountain territory.