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These were descendants of the nations whom the people of Israel had not completely destroyed. So Solomon conscripted them as slaves, and they serve as forced laborers to this day.

Aug 15

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highlighted 1 Kings 9:19 NLT

He built towns as supply centers and constructed towns where his chariots and horses could be stationed. He built everything he desired in Jerusalem and Lebanon and throughout his entire realm.

Aug 15

This is the account of the forced labor that King Solomon conscripted to build the LORD’s Temple, the royal palace, the supporting terraces, the wall of Jerusalem, and the cities of Hazor, Megiddo, and Gezer. (Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, had attacked and captured Gezer, killing the Canaanite population and burning it down. He gave the city to his daughter as a wedding gift when she married Solomon. So Solomon rebuilt the city of Gezer.) He also built up the towns of Lower Beth-horon, Baalath, and Tamar in the wilderness within his land.

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highlighted 1 Kings 9:14 NLT

Nevertheless, Hiram paid Solomon 9,000 pounds of gold.

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highlighted 1 Kings 9:13 NLT

“What kind of towns are these, my brother?” he asked. So Hiram called that area Cabul (which means “worthless”), as it is still known today.

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highlighted 1 Kings 9:12 NLT

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

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highlighted 1 Kings 9:10 NLT

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

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highlighted 1 Kings 9:9 NLT

“And the answer will be, ‘Because his people abandoned the LORD their God, who brought their ancestors out of Egypt, and they worshiped other gods instead and bowed down to them. That is why the LORD has brought all these disasters on them.’”

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highlighted 1 Kings 9:8 NLT

And though this Temple is impressive now, all who pass by will be appalled and will gasp in horror. They will ask, ‘Why did the LORD do such terrible things to this land and to this Temple?’

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highlighted 1 Kings 9:6-7 NLT

“But if you or your descendants abandon me and disobey the commands and decrees I have given you, and if you serve and worship other gods, then I will uproot Israel from this land that I have given them. I will reject this Temple that I have made holy to honor my name. I will make Israel an object of mockery and ridicule among the nations.

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highlighted 1 Kings 9:4-5 NLT

“As for you, if you will follow me with integrity and godliness, as David your father did, obeying all my commands, decrees, and regulations, then I will establish the throne of your dynasty over Israel forever. For I made this promise to your father, David: ‘One of your descendants will always sit on the throne of Israel.’

Aug 15

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highlighted 1 Kings 9:3 NLT

The LORD said to him, “I have heard your prayer and your petition. I have set this Temple apart to be holy—this place you have built where my name will be honored forever. I will always watch over it, for it is dear to my heart.

Aug 15

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highlighted 1 Kings 9:1-2 NLT

So Solomon finished building the Temple of the LORD, as well as the royal palace. He completed everything he had planned to do. Then the LORD appeared to Solomon a second time, as he had done before at Gibeon.

Aug 15

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highlighted Hebrews 6:18-20 NLT

So God has given both his promise and his oath. These two things are unchangeable because it is impossible for God to lie. Therefore, we who have fled to him for refuge can have great confidence as we hold to the hope that lies before us. This hope is a strong and trustworthy anchor for our souls. It leads us through the curtain into God’s inner sanctuary. Jesus has already gone in there for us. He has become our eternal High Priest in the order of Melchizedek.

Aug 14

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highlighted Hebrews 6:17 NLT

God also bound himself with an oath, so that those who received the promise could be perfectly sure that he would never change his mind.

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highlighted Hebrews 6:16 NLT

Now when people take an oath, they call on someone greater than themselves to hold them to it. And without any question that oath is binding.

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highlighted Hebrews 6:15 NLT

Then Abraham waited patiently, and he received what God had promised.

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highlighted Hebrews 6:14 NLT

“I will certainly bless you, and I will multiply your descendants beyond number.”

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highlighted Hebrews 6:13 NLT

For example, there was God’s promise to Abraham. Since there was no one greater to swear by, God took an oath in his own name, saying:

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highlighted Hebrews 6:9-11 NLT

For God is not unjust. He will not forget how hard you have worked for him and how you have shown your love to him by caring for other believers, as you still do. Our great desire is that you will keep on loving others as long as life lasts, in order to make certain that what you hope for will come true. Dear friends, even though we are talking this way, we really don’t believe it applies to you. We are confident that you are meant for better things, things that come with salvation.

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