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1 Kings 9:25 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 25. 25And three times in a year did Solomon offer burnt offerings and peace offerings upon the altar which he built unto the LORD, and he burnt incense upon the altar that was before the LORD. So he finished the house.
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Role in This Section
This verse closes the thought unit with its stated result or transition: “And three times in a year did Solomon offer burnt offerings and peace offerings upon the altar which….” Its responsible meaning belongs to the complete movement “Pharaoh's daughter moves and Solomon maintains temple offerings.”
Read It With
- 1 Kings 9:24–25
Read 1 Kings 9:25 with 9:24–25. 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: Moves Pharaoh's daughter from David's city to her completed residence before work on Millo; summarizes Solomon's three annual cycles of offerings at the temple altar.
Why It Needs Context
1 Kings 9:25 depends on 9:24–25; isolating “And three times in a year did Solomon offer burnt offerings and peace offerings upon the altar which…” would detach a supporting action, quotation, name, number, object, or transition from “Pharaoh's daughter moves and Solomon maintains temple offerings.”
Read 1 Kings 9:24–25 together
Why these verses belong together: Pharaoh's daughter moves and Solomon maintains temple offerings is the complete reviewed scene, prayer, oracle, list, or regnal notice bounded at 9:24–9:25.
Verse 24. 24 But Pharaoh’s daughter came up out of the city of David unto her house which Solomon had built for her: then did he build Millo.
Verse 25. 25 And three times in a year did Solomon offer burnt offerings and peace offerings upon the altar which he built unto the LORD, and he burnt incense upon the altar that was before the LORD. So he finished the house.
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 9:24–25 — Pharaoh's daughter moves and Solomon maintains temple offeringsSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? strong
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
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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.
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Exact location: 1 Kings 9:24–25, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: 1 Kings
Open Scriptures
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Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v.2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/1Kgs.xml, Masoretic words and morphology for 9:24–25
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