1 Kings 9:2 BSB — MannaFest

1 Kings 9:2

the LORD appeared to him a second time, as He had appeared to him at Gibeon.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

that Jehovah appeared to Solomon the second time, as he had appeared unto him at Gibeon.

KJV

That the Lord appeared to Solomon the second time, as he had appeared unto him at Gibeon.

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Commentary

1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

The comparing of it with that intimates that it was the very night after he had finished the solemnities of his festival, for so that was, 2 Chron. i.

Voices on this verse

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Original language & word study

9 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיֵּרָ֧א	vai.ye.Ra'	and he appeared	H7200 →
יְהוָ֛ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
שְׁלֹמֹ֖ה	she.lo.Moh	Solomon	H8010 →
שֵׁנִ֑ית	she.Nit	a second [time]	H8145 →
כַּאֲשֶׁ֛ר	ka.'a.Sher	just as	H834 →
נִרְאָ֥ה	nir.'Ah	he had appeared	H7200 →
אֵלָ֖יו	'e.Lav	to him	H413 →
בְּגִבְעֽוֹן׃	be.giv.'on	at Gibeon	H1391 →

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The walk

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
1 Kings 3:5
One night at Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream, and God said, “Ask, and I will give it to you!”
leads to
- James 1:5–6
  Now if any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him.
- Numbers 12:6
  He said, “Hear now My words: If there is a prophet among you, I, the LORD, will reveal Myself to him in a vision; I will speak to him in a dream.
- 2 Chronicles 1:7–12
  That night God appeared to Solomon and said, “Ask, and I will give it to you!”
- John 14:13–14
  And I will do whatever you ask in My name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
- Genesis 28:12–13
  And Jacob had a dream about a ladder that rested on the earth with its top reaching up to heaven, and God’s angels were going up and down the ladder.
Through
1 Kings 11:9
Now the LORD grew angry with Solomon, because his heart had turned away from the LORD, the God of Israel, who had appeared to him twice.
leads to
- 1 Kings 3:5
  One night at Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream, and God said, “Ask, and I will give it to you!”
Through
2 Chronicles 7:12
the LORD appeared to him at night and said to him: “I have heard your prayer and have chosen this place for Myself as a house of sacrifice.
leads to
- Genesis 17:1
  When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to him and said, “I am God Almighty. Walk before Me and be blameless.
- 2 Chronicles 7:16
  For I have now chosen and consecrated this temple so that My Name may be there forever. My eyes and My heart will be there for all time.

About 1 Kings

The Judgment of Solomon — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

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02Original language & word study

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06About 1 Kings

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

About 1 Kings