1 Kings 9:8-10

Expanded Bible

⁸ If the ·Temple is destroyed [^Lhouse becomes a heap of rubble], everyone who passes by will be ·shocked [astonished; appalled]. They will ·make fun of you [scoff; hiss] and ask, ‘Why did the Lord do this terrible thing to this land and this ·Temple [^Lhouse]?’ ⁹ People will answer, ‘This happened because they ·left [abandoned; deserted; forsook] the Lord their God. This was the God who brought their ancestors out of Egypt, but they ·decided to follow [embraced; adopted] other gods. They worshiped and served those gods, so the Lord brought all this ·disaster [adversity; calamity] on them.’”

Solomon’s Other Achievements^(A)

¹⁰ By the end of twenty years, King Solomon had built two buildings—the ·Temple [^Lhouse] of the Lord and the ·royal palace [^Lking’s house].