Oct 11, 2026 · 10 min · 7 segments
Our chapter describes the way that Solomon develops the Kingdom of Israel to an imperial capital. Solomon controls the region, has the most powerful army, and warm relations with neighboring leaders…
Alex IsraelHost
The first few pesukim, Shlomo ruled all the kingdoms, hayam shel bechol ha'mamlachot, min ha'nahar, Eretz Plishtim, which really means from the Euphrates all the way to Eretz Plishtim and Gvul Mitzrayim.
And all of them brought gifts, brought tribute to Solomon and served him all the days of his life because he had dominions over the whole region, from the river to Gaza.
He had peace on all sides, shalom hayah lo mikol averav misaviv, vayeshiv Yehuda beYisrael lavetach, ish tachat gafno vetachat einato.
Judah and Israel dwelt safely, each person under their vine, under their fig tree.
40,000 chariots, 12,000 horsemen, um, gatekeepers, a huge military infrastructure which is a huge deterrent force to keep the people safe.
Later in the chapter, we meet Hiram, the king of Phoenicia, the king of Tyre, who approaches Shlomo because he says, "I was friendly with your father.
I want to be friendly with you." He says, "And what can I do for you?" And Shlomo says to him, atah yadata et David avi ki lo yakhol livnot beit lashem hashem elohav.
And now, right, he says, hini ach hashem elohai li misaviv, I have no enemies, ein satan ve'ein pegara, and I want to build a house for God.
These are huge trees which have a very, very straight trunk which can be used for building and paneling and structuring, either very tall cedars or cypresses.
They cut down these huge trees and send them floating down the sea, down to the ports on the, you know, maybe Jaffa or somewhere like that, and then bring them up to Jerusalem.
We also see at the end of the chapter, Shlomo has 150,000 people, 70,000 porters, 80,000 hewers of, of, of stone who are cut.
So now we have the wood for the temple and we have the stone for the temple, and we're, we're getting on project to build the Beit HaMikdash.
The first few pesukim, Shlomo ruled all the kingdoms, hayam shel bechol ha'mamlachot, min ha'nahar, Eretz Plishtim, which really means from the Euphrates all the way to Eretz Plishtim and Gvul Mitzrayim.
And all of them brought gifts, brought tribute to Solomon and served him all the days of his life because he had dominions over the whole region, from the river to Gaza.
He had peace on all sides, shalom hayah lo mikol averav misaviv, vayeshiv Yehuda beYisrael lavetach, ish tachat gafno vetachat einato.
Judah and Israel dwelt safely, each person under their vine, under their fig tree.
40,000 chariots, 12,000 horsemen, um, gatekeepers, a huge military infrastructure which is a huge deterrent force to keep the people safe.
Later in the chapter, we meet Hiram, the king of Phoenicia, the king of Tyre, who approaches Shlomo because he says, "I was friendly with your father.
I want to be friendly with you." He says, "And what can I do for you?" And Shlomo says to him, atah yadata et David avi ki lo yakhol livnot beit lashem hashem elohav.
And now, right, he says, hini ach hashem elohai li misaviv, I have no enemies, ein satan ve'ein pegara, and I want to build a house for God.
These are huge trees which have a very, very straight trunk which can be used for building and paneling and structuring, either very tall cedars or cypresses.
They cut down these huge trees and send them floating down the sea, down to the ports on the, you know, maybe Jaffa or somewhere like that, and then bring them up to Jerusalem.
We also see at the end of the chapter, Shlomo has 150,000 people, 70,000 porters, 80,000 hewers of, of, of stone who are cut.
So now we have the wood for the temple and we have the stone for the temple, and we're, we're getting on project to build the Beit HaMikdash.
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