About the Author of the Blogsite, Not the Author of the Bible::

About the Author of the Blogsite, Not the Author of the Bible: Since the Lord had it on my heart to write this blog, I was uncertain of how to accomplish this, mindful of Revelation 22:18-19, which says that nobody is to add to, or to take away from what was written in the Bible. After lots of prayerful contemplation, the Lord had it on my heart that I’m not to change the meaning of what is written in the Bible. He has also shown ways to add to people’s understating of that meaning, without altering the meaning, by putting that info within [brackets]. This is primarily accomplished with the KJV Bible and lots of prayers, but at times, BibleGateway.com, Biblehub.com, NIV Bible, Webster Dictionary, and other internet resources, as needed. Debra Seiling

About Understanding the Bible:

Understanding the Bible: After reading Isaiah 28:10 many times over the years and not totally understanding it, it recently became apparent to me that the Lord God has this passage as the means for understanding the Bible. For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little. Isaiah 28:10 KJV. Being prayerful about this passage, and looking up 'precept' in the Webster's Dictionary, it gave this passage a whole new meaning, once 'commandment' is substituted for 'precept'. Within brackets are additional words the Lord had on my heart to aid in understanding the meaning. For commandment must be [built up] upon commandment; commandment upon commandment; line upon line, line upon line; [developing understanding] here a little, and there a little.

The Table Format:

The Table Format: I was overwhelmed with how to explain the process for determining if someone had leprosy in Leviticus 13, which seemed very complicated. After praying, "Lord, if this is difficult for me to understand after reading it many times, how can this be explained to others?" The thought the Lord God had on my heart was for me to put it into a vertical chart to visually see the process. This made it much easier for me to follow the progression. After doing so, I prayed, "Lord, how can this be conveyed to readers, so that they can understand this process?" The thought the Lord God had on my heart was to put it within the lines of a table. Being a stiff-necked, stubborn person, as it's often called in the Bible, I prayed, asking the Lord God if He's sure that's really what He wanted me to do? I reluctantly put Leviticus 13 into a table format. When I read this difficult leprosy process within a table format, it suddenly became easier for me to understand. That's because it builds line upon line, as explained in the Understanding the Bible section. Shortly after that, the Lord God had it on my heart, to put all of The Books of the Bible in Smaller Chunks within a table format, to aid in understanding, line upon line.

By 2/20/26 All Chapters of the Bible [in Smaller Chunks] Will Be Posted

By 2/20/26 All Chapters of the Bible [in Smaller Chunks] Will Be Posted. If you want to read any chapters, just Click the desired Book of the Bible on the Right, and Click on the chapters of that Book of the Bible you want to read. My personal recommendation for those who are just beginning reading the Bible, is to start in the New Testament first.

9/11/2023

1 Kings 9:1-28 The Lord God Appeared to Solomon a Second Time

 

The Lord God Appeared to Solomon a Second Time

1 Kings 9:1-28                               1 Kings [in Smaller Chunks]

It [happened,] when Solomon had finished building the house of the Lord, & the king’s house, [a.k.a. palace,] & all Solomon’ desire [that] he was pleased to do, the Lord appeared to Solomon [a] 2nd time, [like God] had appeared to him [in] Gibeon. 

The Lord said to [Solomon,] I’ve heard your prayer & your [request] that you made before Me. I have hallowed, [a.k.a. consecrated,] this house, [a.k.a. temple, that] you [have] built, to put My Name there forever. And [My] eyes & [My] heart shall [continually] be there. 

And if you [will] walk, [a.k.a. follow,] before, Me [like] David, your father walked, [with an] [upright] heart in integrity, [doing] according to all that I’ve commanded you, & [if you] [will] keep My [mandates] & My judgments:

Then, I will establish the throne of your kingdom [in] Israel forever, [like] I promised David, your father, saying, There shall not fail you [to be] a man on the throne of Israel.

But if you or your children turn [away] at all, from following Me, & won’t keep My commandments & My [mandates that] I have [put] before you, but [you] go & serve other gods, & worship them: 

Then, I will cut off Israel [from] the land [that] I have given them; & I will cast [them,] & this [temple that] I have [consecrated] for My [Name’s] [sake,] out of My sight. And Israel shall be a proverb, [a.k.a. an old saying to clarify a truth,] & a byword, among all [the] people. [Psalm 69:12 [Those, who] sit in the gate, speak against me; & I was the song of the drunkards.]

Everyone [who] passes by this [exalted] house [of the Lord,] shall [gasp,] & they shall say, Why [has] the Lord done [this] to: this land, & this [temple?]

And they shall answer, Because [the Israelites forgot] the Lord their God, Who brought their [forefathers] out of the land of Egypt, & [they] have [embraced] other gods, & have worshiped, & served them,

Therefore, the Lord [God,] [has] brought all this evil, [a.k.a. calamity,] upon them. And it [happened after] 20 years, when Solomon had built the 2 houses: the [Lord’s] house, & the king’s [palace.]

(Now, Hiram, the king of Tyre, had furnished Solomon with [lumber from:] cedar & fir trees & all [the] gold [he desired.] Then, king Solomon gave Hiram, 20 cities in the land of Galilee. 

And Hiram came from Tyre to see the cities [that] Solomon had given him; & they [didn't please] him. And [Hiram] said, What [kind of] cities are these [that] you [have] given me, my brother?

And [Hiram] called them the land of Cabul, [which is called this] [until] this day. Hiram sent king [Solomon] 120 talents of gold. And this is the reason king Solomon raised the levy; for [building] the [Lord’s] house, his own [palace,] Millo, & the Wall of Jerusalem, & [also:] Hazor, Megiddo, & Gezer. 

[1 Kings 5:13-14 And king Solomon raised a levy out of all Israel, & the levy was [for] 30,000 men. And he sent them to Lebanon, 10,000 a month by [shifts: 1] month they were in Lebanon, & 2 months at home. And Adoniram was over the levy.]

For Pharaoh, king of Egypt, had gone up, & [captured & burned] Gezer with fire, & [struck down] the Canaanites [who lived] in the city, & [gave] it for a present to his daughter, Solomon’s wife. 

Solomon [rebuilt:] Gezer; lower BethHoron; Baalath; & Tadmor in the land [of] the wilderness. All [these storage] cities that Solomon had, & cities for: his chariots, & horsemen, & [what] Solomon desired to build in: Jerusalem, Lebanon, & in all the land of his [kingdom.] 

And all the [remaining] people of the: Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, & Jebusites, [who] weren't [from] the children, [a.k.a. people,] of Israel, & their children [who] were left after them in the land, whom the [people,] of Israel weren’t also able to [totally] destroy, Solomon [levied] upon those, a tribute of [bond servants] to this day.

But Solomon [didn’t] make the [people] of Israel [bond servants,] but they were: men of war, his servants, his princes, his captains, & rulers of his chariots, & his horsemen. 

These were the [550] chief officers, [who] were: over Solomon’s work, & over the people [who did] the work. But Pharaoh’s daughter came up, out of the city of David, [a.k.a. Jerusalem,] [to go] to her house [that] Solomon had [built] for her. Then, [Solomon] built Millo. 

And 3 times a year, Solomon [offered] burnt offerings & Peace Offerings on the altar [that] he built to the Lord. And he [also] [burned] incense upon the altar that was before the Lord. So, [Solomon] finished the house.

And king Solomon made a navy of ships in: Ezion Geber, which is beside Eloth, on the shore of the Red Sea, in the land of Edom. 

And Hiram sent [to] the navy, his servants, & [sailors, who] had knowledge of the sea, [to serve] with the servants of Solomon. And they came to Ophir, & [brought] from [there] 420 talents [of] gold, & brought it to king Solomon.