1 Kings 6:11

Contemporary English Version

The Lord told Solomon:

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The word of the Lord came to Solomon:

Hebrew Names Version
The word of the LORD came to Shlomo, saying,

King James Version
And the word of the Lord came to Solomon, saying,

English Standard Version
Now the word of the Lord came to Solomon,

New Century Version
The Lord said to Solomon:

New English Translation
The Lord said to Solomon:

Amplified Bible
Now the word of the LORD came to Solomon, saying,

New American Standard Bible
Now the word of the LORD came to Solomon, saying,

Geneva Bible (1587)
And the worde of the Lord came to Salomon, saying,

Legacy Standard Bible
And the word of Yahweh came to Solomon saying,

Complete Jewish Bible
Then this word of Adonai came to Shlomo:

Darby Translation
And the word of Jehovah came to Solomon saying,

Easy-to-Read Version
The Lord said to Solomon,

George Lamsa Translation
And the word of the LORD came to Solomon, saying,

Good News Translation
The Lord said to Solomon,

Lexham English Bible
Then the word of Yahweh came to Solomon, saying,

Literal Translation
And the Word of Jehovah came to Solomon, saying,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And the worde of the LORDE came vnto Salomon, & sayde:

American Standard Version
And the word of Jehovah came to Solomon, saying,

Bible in Basic English
(And the word of the Lord came to Solomon, saying,

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the word of the Lorde came to Solomon, saying:

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the word of the LORD came to Solomon, saying:

King James Version (1611)
And the word of the Lord came to Solomon, saying;

English Revised Version
And the word of the LORD came to Solomon, saying,

Berean Standard Bible
Then the word of the LORD came to Solomon, saying:

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And the word of the Lord was maad to Salomon, and seide,

Young's Literal Translation
And the word of Jehovah is unto Solomon, saying,

Update Bible Version
And the word of Yahweh came to Solomon, saying,

Webster's Bible Translation
And the word of the LORD came to Solomon, saying,

World English Bible
The word of Yahweh came to Solomon, saying,

New King James Version
Then the word of the LORD came to Solomon, saying:

New Living Translation
Then the Lord gave this message to Solomon:

New Life Bible
Now the word of the Lord came to Solomon, saying,

New Revised Standard
Now the word of the Lord came to Solomon,

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then came the word of Yahweh unto Solomon, saying:

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the word of the Lord came to Solomon,

Revised Standard Version
Now the word of the LORD came to Solomon,

THE MESSAGE
The word of God came to Solomon saying, "About this Temple you are building—what's important is that you live the way I've set out for you and do what I tell you, following my instructions carefully and obediently. Then I'll complete in you the promise I made to David your father. I'll personally take up my residence among the Israelites—I won't desert my people Israel."

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Now the word of the LORD came to Solomon saying,

Contextual Overview

¹¹ The Lord told Solomon: ¹²If you obey my commands and do what I say, I will keep the promise I made to your father David. I will live among my people Israel in this temple you are building, and I will not desert them. ¹⁴ So Solomon's workers finished building the temple.

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Cross-References

Genesis 6:1
More and more people were born, until finally they spread all over the earth. Some of their daughters were so beautiful that supernatural beings came down and married the ones they wanted.

Genesis 7:1
The Lord told Noah: Take your whole family with you into the boat, because you are the only one on this earth who pleases me.

Genesis 13:13
where the people were evil and sinned terribly against the Lord .

Psalms 11:5
The Lord tests honest people, but despises those who are cruel and love violence.

Psalms 55:9
Confuse my enemies, Lord! Upset their plans. Cruelty and violence are all I see in the city,

Psalms 140:11
Chase those cruel liars away! Let trouble hunt them down.

Isaiah 60:18
Violence, destruction, and ruin will never again be heard of within your borders. "Victory" will be the name you give to your walls; "Praise" will be the name you give to your gates.

Jeremiah 6:7
Evil pours from your city like water from a spring. Sounds of violent crimes echo within your walls; victims are everywhere, wounded and dying.

Ezekiel 8:17
God said, "Ezekiel, it's bad enough that the people of Judah are doing these disgusting things. But they have also spread violence and injustice everywhere in Israel and have made me very angry. They have disgraced and insulted me in the worst possible way.

Ezekiel 28:16
You traded with other nations and became more and more cruel and evil. So I forced you to leave my mountain, and the creature that had been your protector now chased you away from the gems.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the word of the Lord came to Solomon,.... The word of prophecy, as the Targum, foretelling what would be the case of this building, according to the obedience or disobedience of him and the people of Israel; which was brought to him either by an impulse of the Spirit of God upon him; or by the hand of a prophet, as Kimchi thinks; and some of the Jewish writers y, as he particularly, name Ahijah the Shilonite as the prophet that was sent with this message to him:

saying, as follows.

y Seder Olam Rabba, c. 20. p. 53.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Kings 6:11. The word of the Lord came to Solomon — Some think that this is the same revelation as that mentioned 1 Kings 9:2, c., which took place after the dedication of the temple: but to me it appears different it was a word to encourage him while building; to warn him against apostasy, and to assure him of God's continued protection of him and his family, if they continued faithful to the grace which God had given.