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First Book of Kings, Chapter 9

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Chapter 9 of 1 Kings—New World Translation (NWT)

  1. ¶ And it came about that, as soon as Solʹo·mon had finished building the house1 of Jehovah and the house of the king2 and every desirable thing of Solʹo·mon that he took delight in making,3
  2. then Jehovah appeared to Solʹo·mon the second time, the same as he had appeared to him in Gibʹe·on.4
  3. And Jehovah went on to say to him: “I have heard your prayer5 and your request for favor with which you requested favor before me. I have sanctified6 this house that you have built by putting my name7 there to time indefinite; and my eyes8 and my heart will certainly prove to be there always.9
  4. And you, if you will walk10 before me, just as David11 your father walked, with integrity12 of heart and with uprightness13 by doing according to all that I have commanded you,14 and you will keep my regulations15 and my judicial decisions,16
  5. I also shall indeed establish the throne of your kingdom over Israel to time indefinite,[a] just as I promised David your father, saying, ‘Not a man of yours will be cut off from [sitting] upon the throne of Israel.’17
  6. If YOU yourselves and YOUR sons should definitely turn back from following me18 and not keep my commandments and my statutes that I have put before YOU men, and YOU actually go and serve other gods19 and bow down to them,[b]
  7. I will also cut Israel off from upon the surface of the ground that I have given to them;20 and the house that I have sanctified to my name I shall throw away[c] from before me,21 and Israel will indeed become a proverbial saying22 and a taunt among all the peoples.
  8. And this house itself will become heaps of ruins.[d]23 Everyone passing by it will stare in amazement24 and will certainly whistle and say, ‘For what reason did Jehovah do like that to this land and this house?’25
  9. And they will have to say, ‘For the reason that they left Jehovah their God who had brought their forefathers out from the land of Egypt,26 and they proceeded to take hold of other gods27 and bow down to them and serve them. That is why Jehovah brought upon them all this calamity.’”28
  10. ¶ And it came about at the end of twenty years, in which Solʹo·mon built the two houses, the house of Jehovah29 and the house of the king,30
  11. (Hiʹram31 the king of Tyre had himself assisted Solʹo·mon32 with timbers of cedar trees and timbers of juniper trees and with gold as much as he delighted in,)33 that at that time King Solʹo·mon proceeded to give to Hiʹram twenty cities in the land of Galʹi·lee.[e]34
  12. Accordingly Hiʹram went out from Tyre to see the cities that Solʹo·mon had given him, and they were not just right in his eyes.35
  13. So he said: “What sort of cities are these that you have given me, my brother?” And they came to be called the Land of Caʹbul[f] down to this day.
  14. ¶ In the meantime Hiʹram sent to the king a hundred and twenty talents[g] of gold.36
  15. ¶ Now this is the account of those conscripted for forced labor37 that King Solʹo·mon levied to build the house of Jehovah38 and his own house and the Mound[h]39 and the wall40 of Jerusalem and Haʹzor41 and Me·gidʹdo42 and Geʹzer.43
  16. (Pharʹaoh the king of Egypt himself had come up and then captured Geʹzer and burned it with fire, and the Caʹnaan·ites44 dwelling in the city he had killed. So he gave it as a parting gift to his daughter,45 the wife of Solʹo·mon.)
  17. And Solʹo·mon went on to build Geʹzer and Lower Beth-hoʹron,46
  18. and Baʹal·ath47 and Taʹmar[i] in the wilderness, in the land,
  19. and all the storage48 cities that became Solʹo·mon’s and the chariot cities49 and the cities for the horsemen, and the desirable things of Solʹo·mon50 that he had desired to build in Jerusalem and in Lebʹa·non and in all the land of his dominion.
  20. As for all the people remaining over from the Amʹor·ites,51 the Hitʹtites,52 the Perʹiz·zites,53 the Hiʹvites54 and the Jebʹu·sites,55 who were no part of the sons of Israel,56
  21. their sons who had been left over after them in the land whom the sons of Israel had been unable to devote to destruction,57 Solʹo·mon kept levying them for slavish forced labor until this day.58
  22. And there were none of the sons of Israel that Solʹo·mon constituted slaves;59 for they were the warriors and his servants and his princes and his adjutants and chiefs of his charioteers and of his horsemen.60
  23. These were the chiefs of the deputies who were over the work of Solʹo·mon, five hundred and fifty, the foremen over the people who were active in the work.61
  24. ¶ However, Pharʹaoh’s daughter62 herself came up out of the City of David63 to her own house that he had built for her. It was then that he built the Mound.64
  25. ¶ And Solʹo·mon continued three65 times in the year to offer up burnt sacrifices and communion sacrifices upon the altar that he had built for Jehovah,66 and there was a making of sacrificial smoke[j] on the [altar],67 which was before Jehovah; and he completed the house.68
  26. ¶ And there was a fleet of ships that King Solʹo·mon made in Eʹzi·on-geʹber,69 which is by Eʹloth,70 upon the shore of the Red Sea in the land of Eʹdom.71
  27. And Hiʹram kept sending in the fleet of ships his own servants,72 seamen,[k] having a knowledge of the sea, along with the servants of Solʹo·mon.
  28. And they proceeded to go to Oʹphir73 and take from there four hundred and twenty talents[l] of gold74 and bring it in to King Solʹo·mon.

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ Or, “over Israel forever.”
  2. ^ Or, “and worship them.”
  3. ^ “Throw away,” TLXXVg and 2Ch 7:20; M, “send away.”
  4. ^ “Become heaps of ruins,” by a minor correction to agree with SyIt; M, “become most prominent (outstanding; conspicuous).”
  5. ^ Or, “the circuit.” Heb., hag·Ga·lilʹ; Gr., Ga·li·laiʹai; Lat., Ga·li·leʹae. “Galilee” later designated the Roman province north of Samaria.
  6. ^ Or, “the Land as Good as Nothing”; perhaps, “the Fettered Land.”
  7. ^ See App 8A.
  8. ^ “The Mound.” Lit., “the filling [of earth].” Heb., ham·mil·lohʼʹ. Possibly a citadellike structure.
  9. ^ “Tadmor,” MmarginSy (see 2Ch 8:4); Vg, “Palmyra.”
  10. ^ “There was a making of sacrificial smoke.” In Heb. this is a verb in the infinitive absolute, indefinite as to time and impersonal.
  11. ^ Lit., “men of ships.”
  12. ^ See App 8A.

REFERENCES

  1. ^ 2Ch 7:11
  2. ^ 2Ch 8:1; Ec 2:4
  3. ^ 2Ch 8:6
  4. ^ 1Ki 3:5; 11:9
  5. ^ Ps 5:2; 10:17; 65:2
  6. ^ Mt 6:9
  7. ^ De 12:5; 1Ki 8:29
  8. ^ De 11:12; 2Ch 6:40; 16:9
  9. ^ Ps 132:13
  10. ^ 1Ki 2:4; 2Ki 20:3; Ps 128:1
  11. ^ 1Ki 3:6
  12. ^ Ps 7:8; 78:72; Pr 10:9; 28:18
  13. ^ 1Ch 29:17
  14. ^ Ec 12:13; 1Jo 5:3
  15. ^ De 4:45
  16. ^ De 4:1
  17. ^ 2Sa 7:16; 1Ki 2:4; Ps 89:29
  18. ^ 2Sa 7:14; 2Ch 15:2; Ps 89:30
  19. ^ Jos 23:16; 1Ki 11:4
  20. ^ Le 18:28; De 4:26; 2Ki 17:23
  21. ^ 2Ki 25:9; Je 7:14
  22. ^ De 28:37; Ps 44:14; Jl 2:17
  23. ^ 2Ch 36:19; Is 64:11; Je 52:13
  24. ^ 2Ch 7:21
  25. ^ De 29:24; Je 22:8
  26. ^ De 29:25; 2Ch 7:22
  27. ^ Je 2:11; 5:19
  28. ^ De 28:64; Je 12:7
  29. ^ 1Ki 6:37, 38
  30. ^ 1Ki 7:1; 2Ch 8:1
  31. ^ 1Ki 5:1, 7; 2Ch 2:3
  32. ^ 2Ch 8:2
  33. ^ 1Ki 5:8
  34. ^ Jos 20:7; Is 9:1
  35. ^ Jg 14:3
  36. ^ 1Ki 9:11; 10:10, 21
  37. ^ 1Ki 4:6; 5:13
  38. ^ 1Ki 6:37
  39. ^ 2Sa 5:9; 1Ki 11:27; 2Ki 12:20
  40. ^ 2Ki 14:13; 2Ch 36:19; Ps 51:18
  41. ^ Jos 19:36; 2Ki 15:29
  42. ^ Jos 17:11; Jg 5:19; 1Ki 4:12; 2Ki 9:27
  43. ^ Jos 10:33; Jg 1:29
  44. ^ Jos 16:10
  45. ^ 1Ki 3:1
  46. ^ Jos 16:3; 2Ch 8:5
  47. ^ Jos 19:44
  48. ^ Ge 41:48; Ex 1:11
  49. ^ 1Ki 4:26
  50. ^ Ec 2:10
  51. ^ Ge 15:21
  52. ^ Ex 23:23
  53. ^ Ex 34:11
  54. ^ De 7:1
  55. ^ Nu 13:29; Jg 1:21
  56. ^ 2Ch 8:7
  57. ^ Jos 17:12
  58. ^ Ge 9:25
  59. ^ Le 25:39; Je 2:14
  60. ^ 1Sa 8:11; 2Ch 8:9
  61. ^ 1Ki 5:16; 2Ch 2:18; 8:10
  62. ^ 1Ki 3:1; 7:8; 2Ch 8:11
  63. ^ 2Sa 5:9
  64. ^ 1Ki 9:15
  65. ^ Ex 23:14; De 16:16; 2Ch 8:13
  66. ^ 2Ch 8:12
  67. ^ Ex 29:38; 1Ch 23:13
  68. ^ 1Ki 6:38; 2Ch 8:16
  69. ^ Nu 33:35; De 2:8; 1Ki 22:48
  70. ^ 2Ki 14:22
  71. ^ 2Ch 8:17
  72. ^ 1Ki 5:12; 22:49; 2Ch 8:18
  73. ^ Ge 10:29; 1Ki 10:11; 1Ch 29:4; 2Ch 9:10; Jb 22:24; Ps 45:9
  74. ^ 2Ch 8:18; 1Pe 1:7; Re 3:18

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Comments

  1. Kiamia DoelKiamia Doel
    Jan 9, 2025 23:00 GMT

    The NWT adds words to the text that are not in the greek Manuscripts to fit it's own doctrinal position for example

    Compare the wording of the NWT and the NKJV at Colossians 1:15-17

    NKJV says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16 For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. 17 And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist.

    NWT says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God,the firstborn OF all creation;16 because by means of him all OTHER things were created in the heavens and on the earth, the things visible and the things invisible,whether they are thrones or lordships or governments or authorities. All OTHER things have been created through him and for him. 17 Also, he is before all OTHER things,and by means of him all OTHER things were made to exist,

    The word “other” is not in the Greek but they add it Why? So they can decieve their followers into thinking that Christ was created by the Father and that he then created other things, that is not what the Greek says.

    1. SmeSme
      Feb 27, 2025 11:17 GMT

      Truth is from God and those that follow him. As for lies? John8:44

      Kiamia, I noticed you used a modern version of kjv to make your point about the nwt.

      Why didn’t you use the original kjv of col1:15?

      Is it because it disproves your point? It proves the opposite of what you wrote?

      Here is kjv col1:15 ¶” Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn OF every creature:“

      Now I appeal to your Christian nature to correct your mistake as God is watching each of us, and let us bless the God of Jesus his father.

      Kjv 1Pe 1:3  Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ….

  2. YanekYanek
    Dec 24, 2024 22:18 GMT

    Joshua, Jehovah’s Witnesses have never denied the deity of the Messiah in his prehuman existence. While on Earth he was fully 100% human. I do not mean he was a mere human, he was not affected by Adam’s unfaithful behavior, he was sinless.

  3. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  4. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. James LernerJames Lerner
      Jul 20, 2024 09:48 GMT

      The NWT is Satanic filth to its very core.

      The JW Cult is Satanic to its very core.

      Praise Yahweh I will never be a victim of JW brainwashing. If I burn in Hell for eternity or I am ultimately annihilated so be it

      May Yahweh's curse rest on the Watchtower Society and its Satanic leadership

    2. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  5. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  6. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

    2. ChrisChris
      Jan 8, 2021 07:15 GMT

      Please site these intentional heresies. I am well versed in the watch tower outline and agree they are in many ways incorrect but i also bet i can point many out from EVERY established or main denomination. There is much to learn from them all as one who drinks milk?

      Judge not lest ye be judged, that is not to pass judgement on you either brother.

      I debate with scripture. I don't hold it to be true that Michael is Y'Shua HaMeshiach but I also firmly hold it to be true that our G-d and Heavenly Father are not the word encarnate and only begotten son.

      I love not seeing "lord" which i relate to baal. I feel the catholic church is a satanic establishment and I am aware a freemason started the hovies but there are evil in high places and our fight is also with principalities.

      What i'm saying is that in my darkest hours, those two were some of if not the only ones who would bring a Bible and eucharist and pray with me.

      We all fall short of the glory of G-d.

      Don't forget the NWT was recognized as the most accurate translation on Jeopardy.

      Lastly, this is different I noted than the NWT i have read and am very familiar with. Pull up the watchtower page and compare. I truly look forward to getting this one!

  7. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  8. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  9. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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