What Does 1 Kings 9:10 Mean in the King James?

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,

1 Kings 9:10 · 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

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 sanctuary; that I may dwell among them.

Exodus 25:8 · KJVThe sanctuary gives a dwelling place to the presence named in the verse.

He shall build an house for my name, and I will stablish the throne of his kingdom for ever.

2 Samuel 7:13 · KJVThe house and the throne give form to the name and authority they serve.

For every house is builded by some man; but he that built all things is God.

Hebrews 3:4 · KJVThe verse connects a house to the one whose work gives it form.

THE THREAD

He shall build an house for my name; and he shall be my son, and I will be his father; and I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel for ever.

1 Chronicles 22:10 · KJV

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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