14So Solomon built the house, and finished it.
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And in the eleventh year, in the month Bul, which is the eighth month, was the house finished throughout all the parts thereof, and according to all the fashion of it. So was he seven years in building it.
So he built the house, and finished it; and covered the house with beams and boards of cedar.
But Solomon built him an house. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 11-14)Here is, I. The word God sent to Solomon, when he was engaged in building the temple. God let him know that he took notice of what he was doing, the house he was now building , 1 Kgs. 6:12. None employ themselves for God without having his eye upon them. “ I know thy works , thy good works.” He assured him that if he would proceed and persevere in obedience to the divine law, and keep in the way o…
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