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Chiefly in acquiring cities rebuilt and taken from the enemy.

I. Cities for STORES (1 Kings 9:19).

II. Cities for COLONISATION.

III. Cities for PLEASURE.

IV. Cities for DEFENCE. Lessons:

1. That those who attend to the spiritual will not neglect the temporal interests of a nation.

2. That amidst the temporal interests of a nation great risks exist. Hence —

(1)  Lessons of prudence.

(2)  The danger of prosperity.

(J. Wolfendale.)

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KJV: And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, wherein Solomon had built the house of the LORD, and his own house,

WEB: It happened at the end of twenty years, in which Solomon had built the house of Yahweh, and his own house,