1 Kings 9:10

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9:10 After twenty years, during which Solomon built the Lord’s temple and the royal palace,

1 Kings 12:31

12:31 He built temples on the high places and appointed as priests people who were not Levites.


tn Heb “the two houses, the house of the Lord and the house of the king.”

tn The Hebrew text has the singular, but the plural is preferable here (see 1 Kgs 13:32). The Old Greek translation and the Vulgate have the plural.