David said on that day, “Whoever attacks the Jebusites must approach the ‘lame’ and the ‘blind’ who are David’s enemies ¹  by going through the water tunnel.” ²  For this reason it is said, “The blind and the lame cannot enter the palace.” ³ 

Solomon made an alliance by marriage with Pharaoh, king of Egypt; he married Pharaoh’s daughter. He brought her to the City of David ¹  until he could finish building his residence and the temple of the Lord and the wall around Jerusalem. ² 

Ahab said to Naboth, “Give me your vineyard so I can make a vegetable garden out of it, for it is adjacent to my palace. I will give you an even better vineyard in its place, or if you prefer, ¹  I will pay you silver for it.” ² 

Hezekiah welcomed ¹  them and showed them his storehouse with its silver, gold, spices, and high-quality olive oil, as well as his whole armory and everything in his treasuries. Hezekiah showed them everything in his palace and in his whole kingdom. ² 

But the Lord struck Pharaoh and his household with severe diseases ¹  because of Sarai, Abram’s wife.

so he imprisoned them in the house of the captain of the guard in the same facility where Joseph was confined.

The man did just as Joseph said; he ¹  brought the men into Joseph’s house. ² 

So they approached the man who was in charge of Joseph’s household and spoke to him at the entrance to the house.

Saul retained David ¹  on that day and did not allow him to return to his father’s house.

Each day Solomon’s royal court consumed ¹  thirty cors ²  of finely milled flour, sixty cors of cereal,

The king then said to the prophet, “Come home with me and have something to eat. I’d like to give a present.”

King Jehoash of Judah collected all the sacred items that his ancestors Jehoshaphat, Jehoram, and Ahaziah, kings of Judah, had consecrated, as well as his own sacred items and all the gold that could be found in the treasuries of the Lord’s temple and the royal palace. He sent it all ¹  to King Hazael of Syria, who then withdrew ²  from Jerusalem.

Jehoshaphat’s power kept increasing. He built fortresses and storage cities throughout Judah.

Now when the young women were being gathered again, ¹  Mordecai was sitting at the king’s gate. ² 

So Hathach went to Mordecai at the plaza of the city in front of the king’s gate.

Yet all of this fails to satisfy me so long as I have to see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king’s gate.”

He made his sanctuary as enduring as the heavens above; ¹  as secure as the earth, which he established permanently. ² 

The rules you set down ¹  are completely reliable. ²  Holiness ³  aptly adorns your house, O Lord, forever. ⁴ 

He waters the mountains from the upper rooms of his palace; ¹  the earth is full of the fruit you cause to grow. ² 

They ¹  removed the defenses ²  of Judah. At that time ³  you looked for the weapons in the House of the Forest. ⁴