Bible Cross References
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1 Kings 6:37
The foundation of the Temple was laid in the second month, the month of Ziv, in the fourth year of Solomon's reign.
1 Kings 6:38
In the eighth month, the month of Bul, in the eleventh year of Solomon's reign, the Temple was completely finished exactly as it had been planned. It had taken Solomon seven years to build it.
1 Kings 7:1
Solomon also built a palace for himself, and it took him thirteen years.
1 Kings 7:51
When King Solomon finished all the work on the Temple, he placed in the Temple storerooms all the things that his father David had dedicated to the LORD ---the silver, gold, and other articles.
2 Chronicles 7:11-22
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After King Solomon had finished the Temple and the palace, successfully completing all his plans for them,
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the LORD appeared to him at night. He said to him, "I have heard your prayer, and I accept this Temple as the place where sacrifices are to be offered to me.
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Whenever I hold back the rain or send locusts to eat up the crops or send an epidemic on my people,
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if they pray to me and repent and turn away from the evil they have been doing, then I will hear them in heaven, forgive their sins, and make their land prosperous again.
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I will watch over this Temple and be ready to hear all the prayers that are offered here,
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because I have chosen it and consecrated it as the place where I will be worshiped forever. I will watch over it and protect it for all time.
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If you serve me faithfully as your father David did, obeying my laws and doing everything I have commanded you,
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I will keep the promise I made to your father David when I told him that Israel would always be ruled by his descendants.
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But if you and your people ever disobey the laws and commands I have given you and worship other gods,
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then I will remove you from the land that I gave you, and I will abandon this Temple that I have consecrated as the place where I am to be worshiped. People everywhere will ridicule it and treat it with contempt.
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"The Temple is now greatly honored, but then everyone who passes by it will be amazed and will ask, 'Why did the LORD do this to this land and this Temple?'
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People will answer, 'It is because they abandoned the LORD their God, who brought their ancestors out of Egypt. They gave their allegiance to other gods and worshiped them. That is why the LORD has brought this disaster on them.' "
the house
2 Chronicles 8:1-6
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It took Solomon twenty years to build the Temple and his palace.
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He also rebuilt the cities that King Hiram had given him, and sent Israelites to settle in them.
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He captured the territory of Hamath and Zobah
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and fortified the city of Palmyra in the desert. He rebuilt all the cities in Hamath that were centers for storing supplies.
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Solomon also rebuilt the following cities: Upper Beth Horon and Lower Beth Horon (fortified cities with gates that could be barred),
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the city of Baalath, all the cities where he stored supplies, and the cities where his horses and chariots were stationed. He carried out all his plans for building in Jerusalem, in Lebanon, and throughout the territory that he ruled over.
Ecclesiastes 2:4
I accomplished great things. I built myself houses and planted vineyards.
all Solomon's
1 Kings 9:11
King Hiram of Tyre had provided him with all the cedar and pine and with all the gold he wanted for this work. After it was finished, King Solomon gave Hiram twenty towns in the region of Galilee.
1 Kings 9:19
the cities where his supplies were kept, the cities for his horses and chariots, and everything else he wanted to build in Jerusalem, in Lebanon, and elsewhere in his kingdom.
Ecclesiastes 2:10
Anything I wanted, I got. I did not deny myself any pleasure. I was proud of everything I had worked for, and all this was my reward.
Ecclesiastes 6:9
It is useless; it is like chasing the wind. It is better to be satisfied with what you have than to be always wanting something else.