Verse Lens · Concise explanation
1 Kings 6:14 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 14. 14So Solomon built the house, and finished it.
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Quick Meaning
This verse closes the thought unit with its stated result or transition: “So Solomon built the house, and finished it.” Its responsible meaning belongs to the complete movement “God's conditional word interrupts the building account.”
A word interrupts the architecture
This verse is one part of that explanation in 1 Kings 6:11–14. The complete section carries the connected meaning and how it should shape life.
Read It With
- 1 Kings 6:11–14
Read 1 Kings 6:14 with 6:11–14. The selected wording supplies one closing in the thought unit with its stated result or transition; the surrounding verses supply the causes, responses, and outcome summarized here: Interrupts the building description with a divine word to Solomon; repeats that Solomon finished the temple structure.
Why This Verse Appears Here
Within “God's conditional word interrupts the building account,” 1 Kings 6:14 closes the thought unit with its stated result or transition through the wording “So Solomon built the house, and finished it.” Its placement is governed by this reviewed relationship: 1 Kings 6:1–10 establishes this prior movement: Dates the temple's foundation by Israel's exodus memory, Solomon's fourth year, and the month Zif; returns to the surrounding chambers and their cedar attachment to the house. 1 Kings 6:11–14 reverses or redirects the preceding movement; that demonstrated relationship, rather than database adjacency alone, explains its placement.
Read 1 Kings 6:11–14 together
Why these verses belong together: God's conditional word interrupts the building account is the complete reviewed scene, prayer, oracle, list, or regnal notice bounded at 6:11–6:14.
Verse 11. 11 And the word of the LORD came to Solomon, saying,
Verse 12. 12 Concerning this house which thou art in building, if thou wilt walk in my statutes, and execute my judgments, and keep all my commandments to walk in them; then will I perform my word with thee, which I spake unto David thy father:
Verse 13. 13 And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will not forsake my people Israel.
Verse 14. 14 So Solomon built the house, and finished it.
What Remains True
Sacred beauty and public worship remain subordinate to God's freedom, covenant faithfulness, justice, and the dignity of people who build and serve. This unit tests that truth through interrupts the building description with a divine word to Solomon; repeats that Solomon finished the temple structure. In 1 Kings 6:14, the concrete line “So Solomon built the house, and finished it” keeps that truth accountable to the narrated evidence.
Continue in Context
Read the complete section for the connected explanation and how it should shape life. This verse is a doorway into that passage, not a saying that stands alone.
Read 1 Kings 6:11–14 — God's conditional word interrupts the building accountSources used for this Verse Lens
How certain is this explanation? strong
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete verse coverage.
Exact location: 1 Kings 6:11–14, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: 1 Kings
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Hebrew wording and morphology used for lexical, grammatical, name, clause, and older-English checks; this is not a critical apparatus or historical proof.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v.2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/1Kgs.xml, Masoretic words and morphology for 6:11–14
Open source ↗translation and translator notes
NET Bible: 1 Kings with translators' notes
Biblical Studies Press
Biblical Studies Press, 2006
Supports: Only printed unit-level translation, lexical, grammatical, textual, historical, and verse-numbering notes; silence is not evidence.
Exact location: NET Bible 1 Kings PDF, printed pp. 594–596, translation and translator notes for 6:11–14
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