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.
5. JEHOVAH APPEARS UNTO SOLOMON AND THE GREATNESS OF THE KING CHAPTER 9 _ 1. The second appearance of the LORD to Solomon (1 Kings 9:1)_ 2. Transactions with Hiram (1 Kings 9:10) 3. The levy of th...
SOLOMON'S DEALINGS WITH HIRAM. THE LEVY. The source of this section seems to be the Acts of Solomon (see above). After Solomon had completed his buildings he was obliged to give Hiram cities in Galile...
_came out from Tyre_ The LXX. adds -and went into Galilee....
I. THE BASIS OF SOLOMON'S GLORY 9:10-28 Whereas it was David who established the kingdom in its extent and power, it was Solomon who added the glamour. In 1 Kings 9:10-28 all that remains to be said a...
_AND HIRAM CAME OUT FROM TYRE TO SEE THE CITIES WHICH SOLOMON HAD GIVEN HIM; AND THEY PLEASED HIM NOT._ No JFB commentary on these verses....
GOD'S RESPONSE TO SOLOMON'S PRAYER. SOLOMON AND HIRAM 1. When.. finished] The Temple does not seem to have been dedicated until all the king's buildings were completed, the Temple and Palace being pr...
GOD’S LESSONS FROM HISTORY 1 KINGS _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 9 GOD APPEARS TO SOLOMON AGAIN V1 So Solomon finished the *temple of the *Lord. He finished the royal palace and everything else that he...
The cities are said to have been in “the land of Galilee.” The name _Galilee_, signifying properly a “circle” or “ring” of territory, is used twice in the Book of Joshua for a region round Kedesh-Naph...
וַ יֵּצֵ֤א חִירָם֙ מִ צֹּ֔ר לִ רְאֹות֙
A SEARCHING WORD TO THE WISE 1 Kings 9:1 God's second revelation of Himself to Solomon had a double object. In the first place, it assured the king that his prayer was heard and that the new building...
BREAKING THREE COMMANDMENTS 1 Kings 21:1; 1 Kings 1:1; 1 Kings 2:1; 1 Kings 3:1;...
Jehovah now appeared to Solomon for the second time, and declared that his prayer was heard and answered, but insisted that there were conditions for the people to fulfil. These conditions were clearl...
(12) And Hiram came out from Tyre to see the cities which Solomon had given him; and they pleased him not. (13) And he said, What cities are these which thou hast given me, my brother? And he called t...
Solomon was now at the height of his glory, a vivid type of a greater than Solomon. And it is only when we see that he really does thus prefigure the Lord Jesus as King that we can understand the impo...
The answer which God gives establishes the house as the place in which He has set His name for ever. His eyes and His heart shall be there perpetually; but, at the same time, for the enjoyment of the...
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 repai...
And Hiram came out from Tyre to see the cities which Solomon had given him; and they pleased him not. Ver. 12. _And they pleased him not._] Here some tax Hiram of covetousness, which he expressed by...
_Solomon gave Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee_ Or, _near the land of Galilee_, bordering upon it; in those parts which were near, and adjoining to, Hiram's dominions: with the cities, under...
1 Gods Couenant in a vision, with Solomon. 10 The mutual presents of Solomon and Hiram. 15 In Solomons workes the Gentiles were his bondmen, the Israelites honourable seruants. 24 Pharaohs daughter...
And Hiram came out from Tyre to see the cities which Solomon had given him, to make a tour of inspection; AND THEY PLEASED HIM NOT, they were not located in a prosperous part of the country....
Solomon's Resources and Power...
GOD APPEARING AGAIN TO SOLOMON (vs.1-9) The Lord had appeared to Solomon before he built the temple (ch.3:5), now at its completion the Lord appears again to him. There was a danger of Solomon's bein...
PLEASED HIM NOT: _ Heb._ were not right in his eyes...
10-14 Solomon gave Hiram twenty cities. Hiram did not like them. If Solomon would gratify him, let it be in his own element, by becoming his partner in trade, as he did. See how the providence of God...
He did not accept them for satisfaction, because the cities were out of repair, as appears from 1 KINGS 9:13, and the soil not good in his eyes, and therefore he refused them, 2 CHRONICLES 8:2, and ex...
1 Kings 9:12 Hiram H2438 went H3318 (H8799) Tyre H6865 see H7200 (H8800) cities H5892 Solomon H8010 given...
SOLOMON HAS SO EXTENDED HIS RESOURCES THAT HE FEELS IT NECESSARY TO OBTAIN A SECURED LOAN FROM HIRAM, SECURED AGAINST GALILEAN SETTLEMENTS (1 KINGS 9:11). It is an indication of the wealth that Solomo...
CONTENTS: Jehovah appears to Solomon. Covenant made. Solomon's fame. CHARACTERS: God, Solomon, Hiram. CONCLUSION: God deals plainly with men and sets before them blessing or cursing. God never fails...
1 Kings 9:2. _The Lord appeared to Solomon the second time._ This seems to be in answer to the prayer offered up in the temple. 1 Kings 9:13. _Cabul,_ vile, argillaceous, arenaceous. These twenty town...
1 KINGS—NOTE ON 1 KINGS 9:10 Solomon’s rule over the surrounding kingdoms, combined with his status in the world in general (1 Kings 4:21), put him in a position to build and dedicate the temple ...
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.— 1 Kings 9:10. AT THE END OF TWENTY YEARS—Seven and a-half years spent in erecting temple, twelve and a-half upon his own house. This verse takes up again the suspended...
EXPOSITION SOLOMON'S BUILDINGS AND UNDERTAKINGS.—So far the historian has spoken exclusively of the two greatest works of Solomon's reign, the Temple and the Palace, and principally of the former. Eve...
First Kings chapter nine as we begin our study in the Word this evening. At the beginning of Solomon's reign, the Lord appeared unto him while he was in Gibeon, there offering sacrifices unto God. And...
Judges 14:3; Numbers 22:34...