1And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, wherein Solomon had built the house of the LORD, and his own house,
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And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, when Solomon had built the two houses, the house of the LORD, and the king's house, …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-11)This we had 1 Kgs. 9:10-24, and therefore shall only observe here, I. Though Solomon was a man of great learning and knowledge, yet he spent his days, not in contemplation, but in action, not in his study, but in his country, in building cities and fortifying them, in a time of peace preparing for a time of war, which is as much a man’s business as it is in summer to provide food for winter. II. A…
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