Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
1 Kings 9:25
Verse 1 Kings 9:25. Three times in a year did Solomon offer] These three times were:
1. The passover.
2. The feast of pentecost.
3. The feast of tabernacles.
Verse 1 Kings 9:25. Three times in a year did Solomon offer] These three times were:
1. The passover.
2. The feast of pentecost.
3. The feast of tabernacles.
THREE TIMES - i. e., (see the marginal reference) the three solemn Feasts - the Feast of unleavened bread, the Feast of weeks, and the Feast of tabernacles. DID SOLOMON OFFER ... AND HE BURNT INCENSE...
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...
_three times in a year did Solomon offer_ Most likely this means at the three great feasts, the Passover, Pentecost and Tabernacles. This may be understood in the sense -qui facit per alium, facit per...
B. SOLOMON AND THE _CORVÉE_ 9:15-25 The second means by which Solomon was able to construct so many buildings was the compulsory labor force. The use of forced labor (Heb. _hammas)_ was mentioned in c...
_AND THREE TIMES IN A YEAR DID SOLOMON OFFER BURNT OFFERINGS AND PEACE OFFERINGS UPON THE ALTAR WHICH HE BUILT UNTO THE LORD, AND HE BURNT INCENSE UPON THE ALTAR THAT WAS BEFORE THE LORD. SO HE FINISH...
THREE TIMES IN A YEAR] see 2 Chronicles 8:13, and cp. Exodus 23:14; Exodus 34:23; Deuteronomy 16:1....
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...
AND THREE TIMES IN A YEAR. — This verse seems by the last words to be a kind of note or postscript to the description of the completion and consecration of the Temple. To the record of the great inaug...
וְ הֶעֱלָ֣ה שְׁלֹמֹ֡ה שָׁלֹשׁ֩ פְּעָמִ֨ים בַּ †...
THE TEMPLE SACRIFICES 1 Kings 8:62; 1 Kings 9:25 "I have chosen this house to Myself for a house of sacrifice." - 2 Chronicles 7:12 "Gifts and sacrifices, that cannot, as touching the conscience ma...
PROSPERITY AND WEALTH 1 Kings 9:15 Solomon was a great builder and employed vast numbers of Canaanites, the old inhabitants of the land, as forced laborers. They performed the drudgery, while the Isr...
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...
_Year, at the three great festivals, with peculiar solemnity, (Calmet) as well as holocausts every day, and on the sabbaths and new moons, 2 Paralipomenon viii. 13. See 2 Paralipomenon xxxi. 3. (Calme...
(25) And three times in a year did Solomon offer burnt offerings and peace offerings upon the altar which he built unto the LORD, and he burnt incense upon the altar that was before the LORD. So he fi...
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 THREE TIMES IN A YEAR DID SOLOMON OFFER BURNT OFFERINGS AND PEACE OFFERINGS UPON THE ALTAR WHICH HE BUILT UNTO THE LORD,.... The brasen altar, the altar of burnt offering, which stood in the court...
And three times in a year did Solomon offer burnt offerings and peace offerings upon the altar which he built unto the LORD, and he burnt incense upon the altar that [was] before the LORD. So he finis...
_Three times in a year did Solomon offer burnt offerings_ That is, at least three times, namely, at the three solemn feasts which God had commanded to be observed by till the people. Then he offered s...
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 three times in a year, apparently on the three chief festivals, Passover, Pentecost, and the Feast of Tabernacles, DID SOLOMON OFFER BURNT OFFERINGS AND PEACE-OFFERINGS UPON THE ALTAR WHICH HE BUI...
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...
UPON THE: _ Heb._ upon it...
15-28 Here is a further account of Solomon's greatness. He began at the right end, for he built God's house first, and finished that before he began his own; then God blessed him, and he prospered in...
THREE TIMES IN A YEAR, i.e. at the three solemn feasts, which is not said exclusively, as is evident both from 2 CHRONICLES 8:13, and from the express and oft-repeated commands of God to offer at othe...
1 Kings 9:25 three H7969 times H6471 year H8141 Solomon H8010 offered H5927 (H8689) offerings H5930 offerings H8002
SOLOMON'S EXTENSIVE BUILDING PROJECTS (1 KINGS 9:15). The author now links the building of the Temple and the palace complex with a number of other large scale building works in which Solomon engaged,...
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 ...
1 KINGS—NOTE ON 1 KINGS 9:15 THE ACCOUNT OF THE FORCED LABOR. The author clarifies that Solomon used his task force of 30,000 Canaanite laborers (1 Kings 5:1) for the t
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.— 1 Kings 9:15. Solomon fortified the border cities especially open to attacks from foes, and carried out building projects for the public health and advantage. The lev...
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...
1 Chronicles 23:13; 1 Kings 6:38; 2 Chronicles 26:16; 2 Chronicles 29:11;...
Three times — That is, at the three solemn feasts: and undoubtedly at all other appointed times....