1 Kings 9:1

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

• וַיְהִי֙and it was

  vayhiH1961 →3559 times

• כְּכַלּ֣וֹתwhen had finished

  kekhalotH3615 →208 times

• שְׁלֹמֹ֔הSolomon

  shelomohH8010 →291 times

• לִבְנ֥וֹתto build

  livnotH1129 →376 times

• אֶת־<obj.>

  ʾet-H853 →10935 times

• בֵּית־[the] house of

  beit-H1004 →2046 times

• יְהוָ֖הYahweh

  yahwehH3068 →6520 times

• וְאֶת־and <obj.>

  veetH853 →10935 times

• בֵּ֣ית[the] house of

  beitH1004 →2046 times

• הַמֶּ֑לֶךְthe king

  hamelekhH4428 →2525 times

• וְאֵת֙and <obj.>

  veetH853 →10935 times

• כָּל־all

  kol-H3605 →5413 times

• חֵ֣שֶׁק[the] desire of

  cheshekH2837 →

• שְׁלֹמֹ֔הSolomon

  shelomohH8010 →291 times

• אֲשֶׁ֥רwhich

  ʾasherH834 →5497 times

• חָפֵ֖ץhe delighted

  chafetzH2654 →

• לַעֲשֽׂוֹת׃ פto do

  laasotH6213 →2628 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

• Through

  Ecclesiastes 2:10

  Anything my eyes desired, I did not deny myself. I refused my heart no pleasure. For my heart took delight in all my work, and this was the reward for all my labor.

  it leads to

  • Ecclesiastes 3:22

    I have seen that there is nothing better for a man than to enjoy his work, because that is his lot. For who can bring him to see what will come after him?

  • Ecclesiastes 9:9

    Enjoy life with your beloved wife all the days of the fleeting life that God has given you under the sun—all your fleeting days. For this is your portion in life and in your…

  • Ecclesiastes 5:18

    Here is what I have seen to be good and fitting: to eat and drink, and to find satisfaction in all the labor one does under the sun during the few days of life…

  • Psalms 119:37

    Turn my eyes away from worthless things; revive me with Your word.

• Through

  2 Chronicles 7:11

  When Solomon had finished the house of the LORD and the royal palace, successfully carrying out all that was in his heart to do for the house of the LORD and for his own…

  it leads to

  • 1 Kings 9:1–9

    Now when Solomon had finished building the house of the LORD and the royal palace, and had achieved all that he had desired to do,

  • 2 Chronicles 2:1

    Now Solomon purposed to build a house for the Name of the LORD and a royal palace for himself.

• Through

  Ecclesiastes 2:4

  I expanded my pursuits. I built houses and planted vineyards for myself.

  it leads to

  • 1 Kings 7:1–12

    Solomon, however, took thirteen years to complete the construction of his entire palace.

• Through

  1 Kings 9:11

  King Solomon gave twenty towns in the land of Galilee to Hiram king of Tyre, who had supplied him with cedar and cypress logs and gold for his every desire.

  it leads to

  • 2 Chronicles 8:2

    Solomon rebuilt the cities Hiram had given him and settled Israelites there.