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1 Kings 9:8

King James Version (KJV)

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And at this house, [which] is high, every one that passeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss; and they shall say, Why hath the LORD done thus unto this land, and to this house?

1 Kings 9:8 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on 1 Kings 9:8

Theological / Devotional

High. Heb. ‘elyon, “highest,” “most high,” probably in the sense of being conspicuous as an example. The Syriac and the Arabic read le ‘iyin, “ruins.”

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