1 Reis 9

ARC · Chapter 9/22

1Succedeu pois que, acabando Salomão de edificar a casa do Senhor, e a casa do rei, e todo o desejo de Salomão, que lhe veiu á vontade fazer,

2O Senhor tornou a apparecer a Salomão; como lhe tinha apparecido em Gibeon.

3E o Senhor lhe disse: Ouvi a tua oração, e a tua supplica que supplicando fizeste perante mim; sanctifiquei a casa que edificaste, afim de pôr ali o meu nome para sempre: e os meus olhos e o meu coração estarão ali todos os dias.

4E se tu andares perante mim como andou David teu pae, com inteireza de coração e com sinceridade, para fazeres segundo tudo o que te mandei, e guardares os meus estatutos e os meus juizos,

5Então confirmarei o throno de teu reino sobre Israel para sempre: como fallei ácerca de teu pae David, dizendo: Não te faltará varão sobre o throno d'Israel:

6Porém se vós e vossos filhos de qualquer maneira vos apartardes de apoz mim, e não guardardes os meus mandamentos, e os meus estatutos, que vos tenho proposto, mas fôrdes, e servirdes a outros deuses, e vos curvardes perante elles,

7Então destruirei a Israel da terra que lhes dei; e a esta casa, que sanctifiquei a meu nome, lançarei longe da minha presença: e Israel será por ditado e mote, entre todos os povos.

8E esta casa será tão exaltada, que todo aquelle que por ella passar pasmará, e assobiará, e dirá: Porque fez o Senhor assim a esta terra e a esta casa

9E dirão: Porque deixaram ao Senhor seu Deus, que tirou da terra do Egypto a seus paes, e se apegaram a deuses alheios, e se encurvaram perante elles, e os serviram: por isso trouxe o Senhor sobre elles todo este mal.

10E succedeu, ao fim de vinte annos, que Salomão edificara as duas casas; a casa do Senhor e a casa do rei

11(Para o que Hirão, rei de Tyro, trouxera a Salomão madeira de cedro e de faia, e oiro, segundo todo o seu desejo): então deu o rei Salomão a Hirão vinte cidades na terra de Galiléa.

12E saiu Hirão de Tyro a ver as cidades que Salomão lhe déra, porém não foram boas aos seus olhos.

13Pelo que disse: Que cidades são estas que me déste, irmão meu? E chamaram-n'as: Terra de Cabuli, até hoje.

14E enviara Hirão ao rei cento e vinte talentos de oiro.

15E esta é a causa do tributo que impoz o rei Salomão, para edificar a casa do Senhor e a sua casa e Millo, e o muro de Jerusalem, como tambem a Hasor, e a Megiddo, e a Gezer.

16Porque Pharaó, rei do Egypto, subiu e tomou a Gezer, e a queimou a fogo, e matou os cananeos que moravam na cidade, e a deu em dote a sua filha, mulher de Salomão.

17Assim edificou Salomão a Gezer, e Beth-horon, a baixa,

18E a Baalath, e a Tadmor, no deserto d'aquella terra,

19E a todas as cidades das munições que Salomão tinha, e as cidades dos carros, e as cidades dos cavalleiros, e o que o desejo de Salomão quiz edificar em Jerusalem, e no Libano, e em toda a terra do seu dominio.

20Quanto a todo o povo que restou dos amorrheos, hetheos, pherezeos, heveos, e jebuseos, e que não eram dos filhos de Israel,

21A seus filhos, que restaram depois d'elles na terra, os quaes os filhos de Israel não poderam destruir totalmente, Salomão os reduziu a tributo servil, até hoje.

22Porém dos filhos de Israel não fez Salomão servo algum: porém eram homens de guerra, e seus creados, e seus principes, e seus capitães, e chefes dos seus carros e dos seus cavalleiros.

23Estes eram os chefes dos officiaes que estavam sobre a obra de Salomão, quinhentos e cincoenta, que davam ordens ao povo que trabalhava na obra.

24Subiu porém a filha de Pharaó da cidade de David á sua casa, que Salomão lhe edificara; então edificou a Millo.

25E offerecia Salomão tres vezes cada anno holocaustos e sacrificios pacificos sobre o altar que edificaram ao Senhor, e queimava incenso sobre o que estava perante o Senhor: e assim acabou a casa.

26Tambem o rei Salomão fez náos em Eseon-geber, que está junto a Eloth, á praia do mar de Suph, na terra de Edom.

27E mandou Hirão com aquellas náos a seus servos, marinheiros, que sabiam do mar, com os servos de Salomão.

28E vieram a Ophir, e tomaram de lá quatrocentos e vinte talentos de oiro, e o trouxeram ao rei Salomão.

📖 Chapter study

Summary

God appears to Solomon a second time, confirming the covenant but warning that disobedience would lead to the destruction of the temple and the kingdom. Solomon completes other building projects, expands his navy with Hiram's help, and seeks gold in the land of Ophir.

Explanation

God's second appearance to Solomon balances the glorious promise of the previous chapter with a serious warning: continued blessing depends on continued faithfulness — it is not unconditional. The warning that the temple would become a 'ruin' and an object of horror among the nations if the people turned away from God is literally fulfilled centuries later, in the Babylonian destruction. This teaches that divine promises of blessing generally come with responsibilities — the covenant is two-sided, not merely a blank check.

Fun facts

  • The 'land of Cabul,' the name King Hiram gave to the twenty cities Solomon gave him as payment (because they did not please Hiram), may mean 'like nothing' or 'barren land' in Phoenician — a rare recorded moment of dissatisfaction between international allies.
  • Ophir, the source of Solomon's finest gold, is a location whose exact whereabouts archaeologists still debate, with theories pointing to Arabia, East Africa, or even India.

Verse-by-verse explanation

  1. 1 Reis 9:1After finishing the Temple, his own palace, and everything else he wanted to build, Solomon enters a new phase — and it is right at this moment that God appears to him again.
  2. 1 Reis 9:2The Lord appears to Solomon a second time, in the same way He had appeared before at Gibeon.
  3. 1 Reis 9:3God says He has heard Solomon’s prayer, has consecrated the Temple to put His name there forever, and that His eyes and His heart will be there every day.
  4. 1 Reis 9:4God repeats the condition: if Solomon walks before Him with integrity and uprightness as David did, doing everything commanded and keeping His statutes and judgments.
  5. 1 Reis 9:5Then God will establish the throne of Solomon’s kingdom over Israel forever, as He promised David — a descendant will never be missing from the throne.
  6. 1 Reis 9:6But if Solomon or his children turn away and do not keep God’s commandments, going to serve and bow down before other gods.
  7. 1 Reis 9:7Then God will cut Israel off from the land and will cast this consecrated Temple away from His presence; Israel will become a byword among all peoples.
  8. 1 Reis 9:8This house, so exalted today, will become an object of horror: whoever passes by it will be appalled and ask why God did this to the land and to the Temple.
  9. 1 Reis 9:9The expected answer: because they abandoned the Lord who brought their ancestors out of Egypt, and clung to other gods, serving and bowing down before them — that is why God brought all this disaster.
  10. 1 Reis 9:10At the end of twenty years, Solomon had finished building the two great projects: the Temple and his own palace.
  11. 1 Reis 9:11Hiram is unhappy with the twenty cities he received and nicknames them Cabul, a play on words scholars connect to an expression similar to “as nothing.” It is a rare moment when Solomon’s trading partner openly complains about the deal.
  12. 1 Reis 9:12Hiram goes to inspect the cities Solomon had given him in Galilee, but he does not like what he sees at all.
  13. 1 Reis 9:13Hiram calls those cities “the land of Cabul,” a name that stuck — a polite way of saying he felt shortchanged.
  14. 1 Reis 9:14The text recalls the background of the deal: Hiram had sent Solomon a hundred and twenty talents of gold before receiving the cities.
  15. 1 Reis 9:15The text makes a point of saying that the heaviest forced labor fell on the non-Israelite population still left in the land, while Israelites served as soldiers and officials. It is a distinction chapter 5 had already blurred a bit, and one that will fall apart completely under Rehoboam.
  16. 1 Reis 9:16It explains where Gezer came from: Pharaoh had attacked and burned the city, killed the Canaanites who lived there, and given it as a dowry to his daughter, Solomon’s wife.
  17. 1 Reis 9:17So Solomon rebuilds Gezer and Lower Beth-horon, expanding the territory under his control.
  18. 1 Reis 9:18He also builds Baalath and Tadmor, in the wilderness of that region.
  19. 1 Reis 9:19As well as all the store cities, the cities for his chariots, the cities for his horsemen, and everything else Solomon wanted to build in Jerusalem, in Lebanon, and throughout his whole domain.
  20. 1 Reis 9:20As for all the people left from the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites — peoples who were not Israelites.
  21. 1 Reis 9:21Their descendants who remained in the land, whom Israel had not been able to destroy completely, Solomon reduced to forced labor, a practice that continued after him.
  22. 1 Reis 9:22But no Israelite became Solomon’s slave; they served as soldiers, officials, commanders, and chiefs of his chariots and horsemen.
  23. 1 Reis 9:23Five hundred and fifty foremen supervised the people working on Solomon’s building projects.
  24. 1 Reis 9:24Pharaoh’s daughter moves from the City of David to her own house, built by Solomon especially for her; after that he builds the Millo.
  25. 1 Reis 9:25Three times a year Solomon offered burnt offerings and peace offerings on the altar he had built, and burned incense before the Lord — the Temple entering regular use.
  26. 1 Reis 9:26Ophir was a gold-rich region whose exact location scholars still debate, with candidates ranging from Arabia to East Africa. What the text makes clear is that Solomon depended on experienced Phoenician sailors to reach that trade route across the Red Sea.
  27. 1 Reis 9:27Hiram sends his own experienced sailors, along with Solomon’s servants, to crew those ships.
  28. 1 Reis 9:28They sail to Ophir and bring back four hundred and twenty talents of gold for King Solomon.

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