“Say this to King Rehoboam son of Solomon of Judah and to all the Israelites in Judah and Benjamin,

Jeroboam son of Nebat, a servant of Solomon son of David, rose up and rebelled against his master.

and Jesse the father of David the king. David was the father of Solomon (by the wife of Uriah ¹ ),

Solomon the father of Rehoboam, Rehoboam the father of Abijah, Abijah the father of Asa, ¹ 

Solomon’s and Hiram’s construction workers, ¹  along with men from Byblos, ²  did the chiseling and prepared the wood and stones for the building of the temple. ³ 

Solomon acquired his horses from Egypt ¹  and from Que; the king’s traders purchased them from Que.

Solomon acquired his horses from Egypt ¹  and from Que; the king’s traders purchased them from Que.

While the man ¹  was hanging on to Peter and John, all the people, completely astounded, ran together to them in the covered walkway ²  called Solomon’s Portico. ³ 

The queen of the South ¹  will rise up at the judgment ²  with the people ³  of this generation and condemn them, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon – and now, ⁴  something greater ⁵  than Solomon is here!

These men were also in charge of Solomon’s work projects; there were a total of 550 men who supervised the workers. ¹ 

Jeroboam son of Nebat, one of Solomon’s servants, rebelled against ¹  the king. He was an Ephraimite ²  from Zeredah whose mother was a widow named Zeruah.

Solomon’s son was Rehoboam, followed by Abijah his son, Asa his son, Jehoshaphat his son,

But King Solomon will be empowered ¹  and David’s dynasty ²  will endure permanently before the Lord.”

Solomon also had 70,000 common laborers ¹  and 80,000 stonecutters ²  in the hills,

All the men of Israel assembled before King Solomon during the festival ¹  in the month Ethanim ²  (the seventh month).

Solomon worshiped ¹  the Sidonian goddess Astarte and the detestable Ammonite god Milcom. ² 

Solomon rebuilt the cities that Huram ¹  had given him and settled Israelites there.

Haggith’s son Adonijah visited Bathsheba, Solomon’s mother. She asked, “Do you come in peace?” He answered, “Yes.” ¹ 

After Solomon finished building the Lord’s temple and the royal palace, and accomplished all his plans for the Lord’s temple and his royal palace, ¹ 

When the queen of Sheba heard about Solomon, ¹  she came to challenge ²  him ³  with difficult questions. ⁴  She arrived in Jerusalem ⁵  with a great display of pomp, ⁶  bringing with her camels carrying spices, ⁷  a very large quantity of gold, and precious gems. She visited Solomon and discussed with him everything that was on her mind.