1 Kings 9
- 1When Solomon had finished the building of the house of the Lord, and the king's house, and all Solomon's desire which he was pleased to do,
- 2That the Lord appeared to Solomon the second time, as he had appeared to him at Gibeon.
- 3And the Lord said to him, I have heard your prayer and your pleading, that you have made before me: I have made holy this house, which you have built, to put my name there for ever. My eyes and my heart shall be there forever.
- 4And if you will walk before me, as David your father walked, in integrity of heart, and in uprightness, to do according to all that I have commanded you, and will keep my laws and my judgments:
- 5Then I will establish the throne of your kingdom on Israel for ever, as I promised to David your father, saying, There shall not fail you a man on the throne of Israel.
- 6But if you shall at all turn from following me, you or your children, and will not keep my commandments and my laws which I have set before you, but go and serve other gods, and worship them:
- 7Then I will cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them. This house, which I have made holy for my name, will I cast out of my sight. Israel shall be a proverb and a byword among all people:
- 8And at this house, which is high, every one that passes by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss. They shall say, Why has the Lord done this to this land, and to this house?
- 9And they shall answer, Because they abandoned the Lord their God, who brought out their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and have taken hold on other gods, and have worshiped them, and served them: therefore has the Lord brought on them all this evil.
- 10At the end of twenty years, when Solomon had built the two houses, the house of the Lord, and the king's house,
- 11Now Hiram the king of Tyre had furnished Solomon with cedar trees and fir trees, and with gold, according to all his desire. That then king Solomon gave Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee.
- 12And Hiram came out from Tyre to see the cities which Solomon had given him, and they did not please him.
- 13And he said, What cities are these which you have given me, my brother? And he called them the land of Cabul to this day.
- 14And Hiram sent to the king about 4½ tons of gold.
- 15And this is the reason of the levy which king Solomon raised. To build the house of the Lord, and his own house, and Millo, and the wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor, and Megiddo, and Gezer.
- 16For Pharaoh king of Egypt had gone up, and taken Gezer, and burnt it with fire, and killed the Canaanites that lived in the city, and given it for a present to his daughter, Solomon's wife.
- 17And Solomon built Gezer, and Bethhoron the lower,
- 18And Baalath, and Tadmor in the wilderness, in the land,
- 19And all the cities of store that Solomon had, and cities for his chariots, and cities for his horsemen, and that which Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and in all the land of his rule.
- 20And all the people who were left of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, which were not of the children of Israel,
- 21Their children who were left after them in the land, who the children of Israel had not been able to completely destroy, those Solomon made into slave laborers, as they are to this day.
- 22But of the children of Israel did Solomon make no slaves: but they were men of war, and his servants, and his princes, and his captains, and rulers of his chariots, and his horsemen.
- 23These were the chief of the officers that were over Solomon's work, five hundred and fifty, which bore rule over the people who worked in the work.
- 24But Pharaoh's daughter came up out of the city of David to her house which Solomon had built for her: then he built Millo.
- 25And three times in a year did Solomon offer burnt offerings and peace offerings on the altar which he built to the Lord, and he burnt incense on the altar that was before the Lord. So he finished the house.
- 26And king Solomon made a navy of ships in Eziongeber, which is beside Eloth, on the shore of the Red sea, in the land of Edom.
- 27And Hiram sent in the navy his servants, sailors that had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon.
- 28And they came to Ophir, and brought from there gold, about 16 tons, and brought it to king Solomon.
What changed from the KJV
GIGAKJV is a modern English revision of the King James Version. The comparison below uses the project's KJV text in the later 1769 tradition and marks, word by word, each verse of 1 Kings 9 where the wording differs: struck-through words are the KJV's, highlighted words are GIGAKJV's.
KJVAnd it came to pass, when Solomon had finished the building of the house of the Lord, and the king's house, and all Solomon's desire which he was pleased to do,
GIGAKJVWhen Solomon had finished the building of the house of the Lord, and the king's house, and all Solomon's desire which he was pleased to do,
KJVThat the Lord appeared to Solomon the second time, as he had appeared unto him at Gibeon.
GIGAKJVThat the Lord appeared to Solomon the second time, as he had appeared to him at Gibeon.
KJVAnd the Lord said unto him, I have heard thy prayer and thy supplication, that thou hast made before me: I have hallowed this house, which thou hast built, to put my name there for ever; and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually.
GIGAKJVAnd the Lord said to him, I have heard your prayer and your pleading, that you have made before me: I have made holy this house, which you have built, to put my name there for ever. My eyes and my heart shall be there forever.
KJVAnd if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father walked, in integrity of heart, and in uprightness, to do according to all that I have commanded thee, and wilt keep my statutes and my judgments:
GIGAKJVAnd if you will walk before me, as David your father walked, in integrity of heart, and in uprightness, to do according to all that I have commanded you, and will keep my laws and my judgments:
KJVThen I will establish the throne of thy kingdom upon Israel for ever, as I promised to David thy father, saying, There shall not fail thee a man upon the throne of Israel.
GIGAKJVThen I will establish the throne of your kingdom on Israel for ever, as I promised to David your father, saying, There shall not fail you a man on the throne of Israel.
KJVBut if ye shall at all turn from following me, ye or your children, and will not keep my commandments and my statutes which I have set before you, but go and serve other gods, and worship them:
GIGAKJVBut if you shall at all turn from following me, you or your children, and will not keep my commandments and my laws which I have set before you, but go and serve other gods, and worship them:
KJVThen will I cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them; and this house, which I have hallowed for my name, will I cast out of my sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword among all people:
GIGAKJVThen I will cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them. This house, which I have made holy for my name, will I cast out of my sight. Israel shall be a proverb and a byword among all people:
KJVAnd at this house, which is high, every one that passeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss; and they shall say, Why hath the Lord done thus unto this land, and to this house?
GIGAKJVAnd at this house, which is high, every one that passes by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss. They shall say, Why has the Lord done this to this land, and to this house?
KJVAnd they shall answer, Because they forsook the Lord their God, who brought forth their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and have taken hold upon other gods, and have worshipped them, and served them: therefore hath the Lord brought upon them all this evil.
GIGAKJVAnd they shall answer, Because they abandoned the Lord their God, who brought out their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and have taken hold on other gods, and have worshiped them, and served them: therefore has the Lord brought on them all this evil.
KJVAnd it came to pass at the end of twenty years, when Solomon had built the two houses, the house of the Lord, and the king's house,
GIGAKJVAt the end of twenty years, when Solomon had built the two houses, the house of the Lord, and the king's house,
KJV(Now Hiram the king of Tyre had furnished Solomon with cedar trees and fir trees, and with gold, according to all his desire,) that then king Solomon gave Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee.
GIGAKJVNow Hiram the king of Tyre had furnished Solomon with cedar trees and fir trees, and with gold, according to all his desire. That then king Solomon gave Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee.
KJVAnd Hiram came out from Tyre to see the cities which Solomon had given him; and they pleased him not.
GIGAKJVAnd Hiram came out from Tyre to see the cities which Solomon had given him, and they did not please him.
KJVAnd he said, What cities are these which thou hast given me, my brother? And he called them the land of Cabul unto this day.
GIGAKJVAnd he said, What cities are these which you have given me, my brother? And he called them the land of Cabul to this day.
KJVAnd Hiram sent to the king sixscore talents of gold.
GIGAKJVAnd Hiram sent to the king about 4½ tons of gold.
KJVAnd this is the reason of the levy which king Solomon raised; for to build the house of the Lord, and his own house, and Millo, and the wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor, and Megiddo, and Gezer.
GIGAKJVAnd this is the reason of the levy which king Solomon raised. To build the house of the Lord, and his own house, and Millo, and the wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor, and Megiddo, and Gezer.
KJVFor Pharaoh king of Egypt had gone up, and taken Gezer, and burnt it with fire, and slain the Canaanites that dwelt in the city, and given it for a present unto his daughter, Solomon's wife.
GIGAKJVFor Pharaoh king of Egypt had gone up, and taken Gezer, and burnt it with fire, and killed the Canaanites that lived in the city, and given it for a present to his daughter, Solomon's wife.
KJVAnd Solomon built Gezer, and Bethhoron the nether,
GIGAKJVAnd Solomon built Gezer, and Bethhoron the lower,
KJVAnd all the cities of store that Solomon had, and cities for his chariots, and cities for his horsemen, and that which Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and in all the land of his dominion.
GIGAKJVAnd all the cities of store that Solomon had, and cities for his chariots, and cities for his horsemen, and that which Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and in all the land of his rule.
KJVAnd all the people that were left of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, which were not of the children of Israel,
GIGAKJVAnd all the people who were left of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, which were not of the children of Israel,
KJVTheir children that were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel also were not able utterly to destroy, upon those did Solomon levy a tribute of bondservice unto this day.
GIGAKJVTheir children who were left after them in the land, who the children of Israel had not been able to completely destroy, those Solomon made into slave laborers, as they are to this day.
KJVBut of the children of Israel did Solomon make no bondmen: but they were men of war, and his servants, and his princes, and his captains, and rulers of his chariots, and his horsemen.
GIGAKJVBut of the children of Israel did Solomon make no slaves: but they were men of war, and his servants, and his princes, and his captains, and rulers of his chariots, and his horsemen.
KJVThese were the chief of the officers that were over Solomon's work, five hundred and fifty, which bare rule over the people that wrought in the work.
GIGAKJVThese were the chief of the officers that were over Solomon's work, five hundred and fifty, which bore rule over the people who worked in the work.
KJVBut Pharaoh's daughter came up out of the city of David unto her house which Solomon had built for her: then did he build Millo.
GIGAKJVBut Pharaoh's daughter came up out of the city of David to her house which Solomon had built for her: then he built Millo.
KJVAnd three times in a year did Solomon offer burnt offerings and peace offerings upon the altar which he built unto the Lord, and he burnt incense upon the altar that was before the Lord. So he finished the house.
GIGAKJVAnd three times in a year did Solomon offer burnt offerings and peace offerings on the altar which he built to the Lord, and he burnt incense on the altar that was before the Lord. So he finished the house.
KJVAnd Hiram sent in the navy his servants, shipmen that had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon.
GIGAKJVAnd Hiram sent in the navy his servants, sailors that had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon.
KJVAnd they came to Ophir, and fetched from thence gold, four hundred and twenty talents, and brought it to king Solomon.
GIGAKJVAnd they came to Ophir, and brought from there gold, about 16 tons, and brought it to king Solomon.
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