Passage Research
1 Kings 9 — Sermon Preparation
God appears to Solomon a second time, affirming and warning him; the chapter also notes the settlement with Hiram and Solomon's use of forced labor. Below is a research summary for 1 Kings 9, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 28
- verses
- 472 / 179
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 8
- classic sermon excerpts
- 4
- preachers & commentators
1 Kings 9 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| שְׁלֹמֹה | Shᵉlômôh | H8010 | 19 | Shelomah |
| בָּנָה | bânâh | H1129 | 9 | build |
| חִירָם | Chîyrâm | H2438 | 5 | Chiram, Chirom |
| עִיר | ʻîyr | H5892 | 8 | city, waking |
| נָתַן | nâthan | H5414 | 7 | give, put |
| גֶּזֶר | Gezer | H1507 | 3 | Gezer |
| עָלָה | ʻâlâh | H5927 | 5 | ascend, high |
How preachers through history handled this text
8 public-domain excerpts on 1 Kings 9, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“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 all his other buildings. Let piety begin, and profit follow; leave pleasure to the last. Whatever pains we take for the glory of God, and to profit others, we are likely to have the advantage. Canaan, the holy land, the glory of all lands, had no gold in it; …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on 1 Kings 9:15–30 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Galilee 1— 1 Kgs 9:11
- Tyre— 1 Kgs 9:11
- Cabul 2— 1 Kgs 9:13
- Gezer— 1 Kgs 9:15
- Hazor 1— 1 Kgs 9:15
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