1 Kings 6:11

New American Standard Bible (1995)

Now the word of the LORD came to Solomon saying,

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,

Contemporary English Version
The Lord told Solomon:

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."

Contextual Overview

¹¹ Now the word of the LORD came to Solomon saying,¹² "Concerning this house which you are building, if you will walk in My statutes and execute My ordinances and keep all My commandments by walking in them, then I will carry out My word with you which I spoke to David your father. ¹³ "I will dwell among the sons of Israel, and will not forsake My people Israel." ¹⁴ So Solomon built the house and finished it.

Bible Verse Review
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Cross-References

Genesis 6:1
Now it came about, when men began to multiply on the face of the land, and daughters were born to them,

Genesis 6:2
that the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were beautiful; and they took wives for themselves, whomever they chose.

Genesis 7:1
Then the LORD said to Noah, "Enter the ark, you and all your household, for you alone I have seen to be righteous before Me in this time.

Genesis 10:9
He was a mighty hunter before the LORD; therefore it is said, "Like Nimrod a mighty hunter before the LORD."

Genesis 13:13
Now the men of Sodom were wicked exceedingly and sinners against the LORD.

2 Chronicles 34:27
"Because your heart was tender and you humbled yourself before God when you heard His words against this place and against its inhabitants, and because you humbled yourself before Me, tore your clothes and wept before Me, I truly have heard you," declares the LORD.

Psalms 11:5
The Lord tests the righteous and the wicked, And the one who loves violence His soul hates.

Psalms 55:9
Confuse, O Lord, divide their tongues, For I have seen violence and strife in the city.

Psalms 140:11
"May a slanderer not be established in the earth; May evil hunt the violent man speedily."

Isaiah 60:18
"Violence will not be heard again in your land, Nor devastation or destruction within your borders; But you will call your walls salvation, and your gates praise.

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.