1 Kings 9:1

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

The LORD's temple and Solomon's palace were now finished, and Solomon had built everything he wanted.

Cross References

1 Kings 3:1

Solomon signed a treaty with the king of Egypt and married his daughter. She lived in the older part of Jerusalem until the palace, the LORD's temple, and the wall around Jerusalem were completed.

1 Kings 6:37

Work began on the temple during Ziv, the second month of the year, four years after Solomon became king of Israel.

1 Kings 7:1

Solomon's palace took thirteen years to build.

1 Kings 7:2

Forest Hall was the largest room in the palace. It was forty-four metres long, twenty-two metres wide, and thirteen and a half metres high, and was lined with cedar from Lebanon. It had four rows of cedar pillars, fifteen in a row, and they held up forty-five cedar beams. The ceiling was covered with cedar.

1 Kings 7:51

After the LORD's temple was finished, Solomon put into its storage rooms everything that his father David had dedicated to the LORD, including the gold and the silver.

1 Kings 8:66

Then on the eighth day, he sent everyone home. They said goodbye and left, very happy, because of all the good things the LORD had done for his servant David and his people Israel.

1 Kings 9:10

It took twenty years for the LORD's temple and Solomon's palace to be built.

1 Kings 9:11

Later, Solomon gave King Hiram of Tyre twenty towns in the region of Galilee to repay him for the cedar, pine, and gold he had given Solomon.

1 Kings 9:19

They also built towns where he could keep his supplies and his chariots and horses. Solomon made them build whatever he wanted in Jerusalem, Lebanon, and anywhere in his kingdom.

2 Chronicles 7:1

As soon as Solomon finished praying, fire came down from heaven and burnt up the offerings. The LORD's dazzling glory then filled the temple,

2 Chronicles 7:11

The LORD's temple and Solomon's palace were now finished. In fact, everything Solomon had planned to do was completed.

2 Chronicles 8:1

It took twenty years for the LORD's temple and Solomon's palace to be built.

2 Chronicles 8:6

He did the same thing to the town of Baalath and to the cities where he kept supplies, chariots, and horses. Solomon made his workers build whatever he wanted in Jerusalem, Lebanon, and anywhere else in his kingdom.

Ecclesiastes 2:10

I got whatever I wanted and did whatever made me happy. But most of all, I enjoyed my work.

Ecclesiastes 2:4

I did some great things. I built houses and planted vineyards.

Ecclesiastes 6:9

It's better to enjoy what we have than always to want something else, because that makes no more sense than chasing the wind.