What Does 1 Kings 5:9 Mean in the King James?

My servants shall bring them down from Lebanon unto the sea: and I will convey them by sea in floats unto the place that thou shalt appoint me, and will cause them to be discharged there, and thou shalt receive them: and thou shalt accomplish my desire, in giving food for my household.

1 Kings 5:9 · KJV

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King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.

This verse in the Selah Decoded Version

THE KEY

Provision reaches its purpose through release and reception: what is sent from the heights becomes food in a household.

THE MEANING

What sustains you can arrive through a chain of hands: one releases, another carries, and another receives. The verse makes fulfillment concrete in food reaching a household.

WHAT THIS UNDOES

You must be the source and carrier of everything that sustains your household.

THE ROOT

תִּשְׁלַח

tishlaḥ

GROWS FROM

שלח

sh-l-ḥ

To send forth, send away, or release.

“appoint” in this verse is tishlaḥ. The destination is named through the act of sending: the timber goes where it is sent. The root holds sending and releasing together, revealing provision as something made available through a directed handoff.

ALSO GROWS

shalach: To send, send forth, or release.

שָׁלַח

This is the root’s basic action: what is carried by sea is released toward the place its recipient names.

mishloach: A sending or dispatch.

מִשְׁלוֹחַ

This branch makes the movement concrete: provision travels through a directed dispatch before it reaches the people who receive it.

חֶפְצִי

ḥeftsi

GROWS FROM

חפץ

ḥ-p-ṣ

To desire, take pleasure in, or delight.

The desire in this verse does not remain abstract; it reaches its purpose as food for a household. The root connects what is wanted with what gives delight, here made tangible in sustenance.

ALSO GROWS

ḥefets: Desire, pleasure, or delight.

חֵפֶץ

This noun shows that the household’s food is not incidental to the desire; it is the concrete fulfillment named in the verse.

ḥafets: To desire or take delight in.

חָפֵץ

The verbal form links desire to its object: what is desired comes into view as provision reaching the household.

THE PATTERN

Provision reaches people through a chain that turns what is released into shared sustenance.

He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth;

Psalm 104:14 · KJVFood reaches living creatures through a sequence of growth and provision.

Now he that ministereth seed to the sower both minister bread for your food, and multiply your seed sown, and increase the fruits of your righteousness;)

2 Corinthians 9:10 · KJVSeed is given, bread is supplied, and provision continues through what is shared.

Then the disciples, every man according to his ability, determined to send relief unto the brethren which dwelt in Judæa:

Acts 11:29 · KJVRelief becomes provision through people sending what others need.

THE THREAD

Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life.

Genesis 45:5 · KJV

Both verses use ⁨שלח⁩ (shalach, to send or release): the timber is sent toward the place its recipient names, and Joseph is sent ahead to preserve life. In both, sending carries provision toward where it is needed.

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