About the Author of the Blogsite, Not the Author of the Bible:

About the Author of the Blogsite, Not the Author of the Bible: I was uncertain of how to accomplish this, mindful of Revelation 22:18-19, which says that nobody is to add to, or to take away from what was written in the Bible. After lots of prayerful contemplation, the Lord had it on my heart that I’m not to change the meaning of what is written in the Bible. He has also shown ways to add to people’s understating of that meaning, without altering the meaning, by putting that info within [brackets]. This is primarily accomplished with the KJV Bible and lots of prayers, but at times, BibleGateway.com, Biblehub.com, NIV Bible, Webster Dictionary, and other internet resources, as needed. Debra Seiling

About Understanding the Bible:

Understanding the Bible: After reading Isaiah 28:10 many times over the years and not totally understanding it, it recently became apparent to me that the Lord God has this passage as the means for understanding the Bible. For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little. Isaiah 28:10 KJV. Being prayerful about this passage, and looking up 'precept' in the Webster's Dictionary, it gave this passage a whole new meaning, once 'commandment' is substituted for 'precept'. Within brackets are additional words the Lord had on my heart to aid in understanding the meaning. For commandment must be [built up] upon commandment; commandment upon commandment; line upon line, line upon line; [developing understanding] here a little, and there a little.

The Table Format:

The Table Format: I was overwhelmed with how to explain the process for determining if someone had leprosy in Leviticus 13, which seemed very complicated. After praying, "Lord, if this is difficult for me to understand after reading it many times, how can this be explained to others?" The thought the Lord God had on my heart was for me to put it into a vertical chart to visually see the process. This made it much easier for me to follow the progression. After doing so, I prayed, "Lord, how can this be conveyed to readers, so that they can understand this process?" The thought the Lord God had on my heart was to put it within the lines of a table. Being a stiff-necked, stubborn person, as it's often called in the Bible, I prayed, asking the Lord God if He's sure that's really what He wanted me to do? I reluctantly put Leviticus 13 into a table format. When I read this difficult leprosy process within a table format, it suddenly became easier for me to understand. That's because it builds line upon line, as explained in the Understanding the Bible section. Shortly after that, the Lord God had it on my heart, to put all of The Books of the Bible in Smaller Chunks within a table format, to aid in understanding, line upon line.

1 Kings 9:1-28 The Lord God Appeared to Solomon a Second Time

 

The Lord God Appeared to Solomon a Second Time

1 Kings 9:1-28                               1 Kings [in Smaller Chunks]

It [happened] when Solomon finished building the house of the Lord & the king’s [palace] & all that Solomon was pleased to do. The Lord appeared to Solomon a 2nd time, [like God] had appeared to him in Gibeon. 

The Lord said to [Solomon], I’ve heard your prayer & your [request] that you made before Me. I have [consecrated this temple] you [have] built, to put My name there forever. My eyes & My heart shall [continually] be there. 

And if you walk before Me [like] David, your father walked, [with an] upright heart of integrity, [doing] all I’ve commanded you & keep My [rules] & My judgments:

Then, I will establish the throne of your kingdom [in] Israel forever, as I promised David, your father, saying, There shall not fail to be a man [of your family] on the throne of Israel.

But if you or your children turn [away] from following Mie & won’t keep My commandments & My [rules] I have [put] before you & you go & serve other gods [idols] & worship them: 

Then, I will cut off Israel [from] the land I have given them & I will cast [them] out of My sight & this [temple that] I have [consecrated] for My [name’s sake]. Israel shall be [mocked & ridiculed] among all [the] people.

Everyone [who] passes by this [holy temple that will become a heap of ruins,] shall [gasp in astonishment & thy shall say, Why has the Lord done [such a terrible thing] to this land & this [temple]?

They shall answer, Because [the Israelites forgot] the Lord their God, who brought their [forefathers] out of the land of Egypt & [they have turned] to other gods [idols] & have worshiped & served them,

[So] the Lord brought all this [calamity] upon them [as a consequence for turning to false gods]. It [happened after] 20 years, when Solomon had built [these] 2: the [Lord’s] house & the king’s [palace],

(Now, Hiram, king of Tyre, had furnished Solomon with [lumber from] cedar & fir trees & [all the] gold [he desired]. Then, Solomon gave Hiram, 20 cities in the land of Galilee. 

Hiram came from Tyre to see the cities Solomon had given him & he wasn’t [pleased with them]. [Hiram] said, What [kind of] cities [are these that] you have given me, my brother?

[Hiram] called them the land of Cabul, [which] it is called to this day. Hiram sent king [Solomon] 120 talents of gold. [vCalc.com says 120 talents of gold at current U.S. rates is valued at: $243,498,927.] 

The reason King Solomon raised this levy [of workers was] to build the [Lord’s] house, his own [palace], Millo, Jerusalem’s wall, Hazor, Megiddo & Gezer. 

Pharaoh, king of Egypt, had [captured & burned] Gezer with fire & [struck down] the Canaanites [who lived] in that city & gave it as a present to his daughter, Solomon’s wife. 

Solomon [rebuilt] Gezer & lower BethHoron, Baalath & Tadmor in the land [of] the wilderness. All [these] cities, Solomon [stored things] & cities for his chariots & horsemen [that] Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem, Lebanon & all the land [that he ruled]. 

And all the [remaining] Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites & Jebusites & their children [who remained in the land] after them [who weren’t totally] destroyed & weren’t of the children [people] of Israel, Solomon [made] a levy of [bond servants] to this day.

Solomon didn’t make the [people] of Israel [bond servants,] but they were men of war, his servants, his princes, his captains & rulers of his chariots & horsemen. 

These were the [550] chief officers over Solomon’s work & over the people [who did] the work. Pharaoh’s daughter came up out of the city of David [Jerusalem] to her house [that] Solomon had [built] for her. Then, [Solomon] built Millo. 

3 times a year, Solomon [offered] burnt offerings & peace offerings on the altar [that] he built to the Lord. He [also burned] Incense on the altar that was before the Lord. So, [Solomon] finished the house.

King Solomon made a navy of ships in Ezion Geber, beside Eloth on the shore of the Red Sea, in the land of Edom. 

Hiram sent his servants & shipmen [who] had knowledge of the sea, [to serve] with the servants of Solomon [as] the navy. They came to Ophir & [brought out] 420 talents of gold & [took] it to king Solomon.