1 Kings 9:9-11

Names of God Bible

⁹    They will answer themselves,
        ‘They abandoned Yahweh their Elohim,
            who brought their ancestors out of Egypt.
        They adopted other gods, worshiped, and served them.
        That is why Yahweh brought this disaster on them.’”

Solomon Completes His Construction^(A)

¹⁰It took Solomon 20 years to build the two houses (Yahweh’s house and the royal palace). ¹¹When King Solomon had finished, he gave King Hiram of Tyre 20 cities in Galilee. (Hiram had supplied Solomon with as much cedar and cypress lumber and gold as he wanted.)

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