1 Kings 9:11 — Community Reflections

1 KINGS 9:11 — KING JAMES VERSION 1 2

“(Now Hiram the king of Tyre had furnished Solomon with cedar trees and fir trees, and with gold, according to all his desire,) that then king Solomon gave Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee.”

"These were the chief officers who were over Solomon's work: five hundred and fifty, who had charge of the people who did the work." — The *bureaucratic structure*: *five hundred and fifty* *chief officers* (*sar ha-netzivim*) supervised the *labor force*. The *scale of administration* reflects the *complexity* of Solomon's *state apparatus*.

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Elena Petrova (Test User)1d ago

The heart of worship — 1 Kings 9

Reading the Psalms alongside this gives a fuller picture of what the author was experiencing — both the anguish and the hope.. God is faithful in every circumstance.. What a reminder that God's ways a...