Though this temple is now exalted,[a] everyone who passes by will be appalled and will scoff.[b] They will say, “Why did the Lord do this to this land and this temple?”(A) Then they will say, “Because they abandoned the Lord their God who brought their ancestors out of the land of Egypt. They held on to other gods and bowed in worship to them and served them. Because of this, the Lord brought all this ruin on them.”(B)

King Hiram’s Twenty Towns

10 At the end of twenty years, during which Solomon had built the two houses, the Lord’s temple and the royal palace(C)

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Footnotes

  1. 9:8 Some ancient versions read temple will become a ruin
  2. 9:8 Lit hiss

This temple will become a heap of rubble. All[a] who pass by will be appalled(A) and will scoff and say, ‘Why has the Lord done such a thing to this land and to this temple?’(B) People will answer,(C) ‘Because they have forsaken(D) the Lord their God, who brought their ancestors out of Egypt, and have embraced other gods, worshiping and serving them—that is why the Lord brought all this disaster(E) on them.’”

Solomon’s Other Activities(F)

10 At the end of twenty years, during which Solomon built these two buildings—the temple of the Lord and the royal palace—

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 9:8 See some Septuagint manuscripts, Old Latin, Syriac, Arabic and Targum; Hebrew And though this temple is now imposing, all