1 Kings 9:1
When Solomon had finished the building of Yahweh’s house, the king’s house, and all Solomon’s desire which he was pleased to do,
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1 Kings 9:1
When Solomon had finished the building of Yahweh’s house, the king’s house, and all Solomon’s desire which he was pleased to do,
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1 Kings 9:2
Yahweh appeared to Solomon the second time, as he had appeared to him at Gibeon.
1 Kings 9:3
Yahweh said to him, “I have heard your prayer and your supplication that you have made before me. I have made this house holy, which you have built, to put my name there forever; and my eyes and my heart shall be there perpetually.
1 Kings 9:4
As for you, if you will walk before me as David your father walked, in integrity of heart and in uprightness, to do according to all that I have commanded you, and will keep my statutes and my ordinances,
1 Kings 9:5
then I will establish the throne of your kingdom over Israel forever, as I promised to David your father, saying, ‘There shall not fail from you a man on the throne of Israel.’
1 Kings 9:8
Though this house is so high, yet everyone who passes by it will be astonished and hiss; and they will say, ‘Why has Yahweh done this to this land and to this house?’
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1 Kings 7:1
Solomon was building his own house thirteen years, and he finished all his house.
1 Kings 9:10
At the end of twenty years, in which Solomon had built the two houses, Yahweh’s house and the king’s house
2 Chronicles 8:1
At the end of twenty years, in which Solomon had built Yahweh’s house and his own house,
1 Kings 6:37
The foundation of Yahweh’s house was laid in the fourth year, in the month Ziv.
1 Kings 6:38
In the eleventh year, in the month Bul, which is the eighth month, the house was finished throughout all its parts and according to all its specifications. So he spent seven years building it.
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2 Chronicles 7:11
Thus Solomon finished Yahweh’s house and the king’s house; and he successfully completed all that came into Solomon’s heart to make in Yahweh’s house and in his own house.
2 Chronicles 7:12
Then Yahweh appeared to Solomon by night, and said to him, “I have heard your prayer, and have chosen this place for myself for a house of sacrifice.
2 Chronicles 2:1
Now Solomon decided to build a house for Yahweh’s name, and a house for his kingdom.
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1 Kings 9:19
all the storage cities that Solomon had, the cities for his chariots, the cities for his horsemen, and that which Solomon desired to build for his pleasure in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and in all the land of his dominion.
2 Chronicles 8:2
Solomon built the cities which Huram had given to Solomon, and caused the children of Israel to dwell there.
2 Chronicles 8:3
Solomon went to Hamath Zobah, and prevailed against it.
2 Chronicles 8:4
He built Tadmor in the wilderness, and all the storage cities, which he built in Hamath.
2 Chronicles 8:5
Also he built Beth Horon the upper and Beth Horon the lower, fortified cities with walls, gates, and bars;
2 Chronicles 8:6
and Baalath, and all the storage cities that Solomon had, and all the cities for his chariots, the cities for his horsemen, and all that Solomon desired to build for his pleasure in Jerusalem, in Lebanon, and in all the land of his dominion.
Ecclesiastes 2:4
I made myself great works. I built myself houses. I planted myself vineyards.
2 Chronicles 8:11
Solomon brought up Pharaoh’s daughter out of David’s city to the house that he had built for her; for he said, “My wife shall not dwell in the house of David king of Israel, because the places where Yahweh’s ark has come are holy.”
Ecclesiastes 2:10
Whatever my eyes desired, I didn’t keep from them. I didn’t withhold my heart from any joy, for my heart rejoiced because of all my labor, and this was my portion from all my labor.
Ecclesiastes 6:9
Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire. This also is vanity and a chasing after wind.
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