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1 Kings 9:8-10
New International Reader's Version
1 Kings 9:8-10
New International Reader's Version
8 This temple will become a pile of stones. All those who pass by it will be shocked. They will make fun of it. And they will say, ‘Why has the Lord done a thing like this to this land and temple?’ 9 People will answer, ‘Because they have deserted the Lord their God. He brought out of Egypt their people of long ago. But they have been holding on to other gods. They’ve been worshiping them. They’ve been serving them. That’s why the Lord has brought all this horrible trouble on them.’ ”
Other Things Solomon Did
10 Solomon built the Lord’s temple and the royal palace. It took him 20 years to construct those two buildings.
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