What Does 1 Kings 9:10 Mean?
And 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,
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Selah Decoded Version The Selah Decoded Version renders what the Hebrew and Greek words meant to the people who first heard them.
King James wording
King James Version
And 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,THE KEY
One verb, בָּנָה (banah, to build), holds the LORD’s house and the king’s house together without making them the same.
THE MEANING
The verse places two kinds of dwelling side by side: one dedicated to the LORD, one belonging to the king. Sacred presence and public responsibility occupy distinct places within one shared life, held together by the same act of building.
THE ROOT
בָּנָה
banah
GROWS FROM
בנה
To build, establish, or build up.
The root names both the work of construction and the forming of something that endures. Hebrew can also use this root for being built up through descendants, so building reaches beyond stone into the life a house holds.
ALSO GROWS
binyan: building, construction
בִּנְיָן
This branch keeps the verse’s focus on the work that gives a dwelling its form.
mivneh: structure, form
מִבְנֶה
A built thing has a structure; the LORD’s house and the king’s house are distinct forms within the same account.
ibbaneh: I may be built up
אִבָּנֶה
This form uses the same root for being built up through descendants, opening the idea of a house from a structure toward an enduring household.
THE PATTERN
A dwelling gives visible form to the presence or authority it is built to hold.
And let them make me a set-apart place, that I may pitch my tent among them.He shall build a house for my name, and I will set firm the throne of his kingdom for the ages.For every house is built by someone, but the one who built all things is God.THE THREAD
He shall build a house for my name; and he shall be my son, and I will be his father; and I will set firm the throne of his kingdom over Israel for the ages.This verse uses the same בנה (banah, to build) root for the house made for the LORD’s name, then places sonship and the throne beside it. The root opens the idea of a house beyond its walls, toward the enduring life and authority it holds.
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