Verse 18

1 Kings 9:18

New Living Translation

18 Baalath, and Tamar in the wilderness within his land.

Original Language Text

hebrew

וְ/אֶֽת בַּעֲלָ֛ת וְ/אֶת תמר תַּדְמֹ֥ר בַּ/מִּדְבָּ֖ר בָּ/אָֽרֶץ

English Translation

And (with) Baalat and (with) Tamar, the palm tree in the wilderness in the land.

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Chapter 9 Context

1 So Solomon finished building the Temple of the LORD, as well as the royal palace. He completed every... Focus ↗

2 Then the LORD appeared to Solomon a second time, as he had done before at Gibeon. Focus ↗

3 The LORD said to him, “I have heard your prayer and your petition. I have set this Temple apart to b... Focus ↗

4 “As for you, if you will follow me with integrity and godliness, as David your father did, obeying a... Focus ↗

5 then I will establish the throne of your dynasty over Israel forever. For I made this promise to you... Focus ↗

6 “But if you or your descendants abandon me and disobey the commands and decrees I have given you, an... Focus ↗

7 then I will uproot Israel from this land that I have given them. I will reject this Temple that I ha... Focus ↗

8 And though this Temple is impressive now, all who pass by will be appalled and will gasp in horror.... Focus ↗

9 “And the answer will be, ‘Because his people abandoned the LORD their God (Elohim), who brought thei... Focus ↗

10 It took Solomon twenty years to build the LORD’s Temple and his own royal palace. At the end of that... Focus ↗

11 he gave twenty towns in the land of Galilee to King Hiram of Tyre. (Hiram had previously provided al... Focus ↗

12 But when Hiram came from Tyre to see the towns Solomon had given him, he was not at all pleased with... Focus ↗

13 “What kind of towns are these, my brother?” he asked. So Hiram called that area Cabul (which means “... Focus ↗

14 Nevertheless, Hiram paid Solomon 9,000 pounds of gold. Focus ↗

15 This is the account of the forced labor that King Solomon conscripted to build the LORD’s Temple, th... Focus ↗

16 (Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, had attacked and captured Gezer, killing the Canaanite population and b... Focus ↗

17 So Solomon rebuilt the city of Gezer.) He also built up the towns of Lower Beth-horon, Focus ↗

18 Baalath, and Tamar in the wilderness within his land.

19 He built towns as supply centers and constructed towns where his chariots and horses could be statio... Focus ↗

20 There were still some people living in the land who were not Israelites, including Amorites, Hittite... Focus ↗

21 These were descendants of the nations whom the people of Israel had not completely destroyed. So Sol... Focus ↗

22 But Solomon did not conscript any of the Israelites for forced labor. Instead, he assigned them to s... Focus ↗

23 Solomon appointed 550 of them to supervise the people working on his various projects. Focus ↗

24 Solomon moved his wife, Pharaoh’s daughter, from the City of David to the new palace he had built fo... Focus ↗

25 Three times each year Solomon presented burnt offerings and peace offerings on the altar he had buil... Focus ↗

26 King Solomon also built a fleet of ships at Ezion-geber, a port near Elath in the land of Edom, alon... Focus ↗

27 Hiram sent experienced crews of sailors to sail the ships with Solomon’s men. Focus ↗

28 They sailed to Ophir and brought back to Solomon some sixteen tons of gold. Focus ↗

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