1 Kings 1:10

1:10 But he did not invite Nathan the prophet, Benaiah, the elite warriors, or his brother Solomon.

1 Kings 1:43

1:43 Jonathan replied to Adonijah: “No! Our master King David has made Solomon king.

David’s Final Words to Solomon

2:1 When David was close to death, he told Solomon his son:

Solomon Secures the Throne

2:12 Solomon sat on his father David’s throne, and his royal authority was firmly solidified.

2:25 King Solomon then sent Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and he killed Adonijah.

2:41 When Solomon was told that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath and had then returned,

4:15 Ahimaaz was in charge of Naphtali. (He married Solomon’s daughter Basemath.)

4:26 Solomon had 4,000 stalls for his chariot horses and 12,000 horses.

4:30 Solomon was wiser than all the men of the east and all the sages of Egypt.

5:13 King Solomon conscripted work crews from throughout Israel, 30,000 men in all.

5:15 Solomon also had 70,000 common laborers and 80,000 stonecutters in the hills,

8:12 Then Solomon said, “The Lord has said that he lives in thick darkness.

Foreign Affairs and Building Projects

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

Solomon Entertains a Queen

10:1 When the queen of Sheba heard about Solomon, she came to challenge him with difficult questions.

10:3 Solomon answered all her questions; there was no question too complex for the king.

10:23 King Solomon was wealthier and wiser than any of the kings of the earth.

11:5 Solomon worshiped the Sidonian goddess Astarte and the detestable Ammonite god Milcom.

11:14 The Lord brought against Solomon an enemy, Hadad the Edomite, a descendant of the Edomite king.