Discovery Box| (0.35) | 1Ki 8:56 |
| “The Lord is worthy of praise because he has made Israel his people secure 1 just as he promised! Not one of all the faithful promises he made through his servant Moses is left unfulfilled! 2 |
| (0.35) | 1Ki 8:63 |
| Solomon offered as peace offerings 1 to the Lord 22,000 cattle and 120,000 sheep. Then the king and all the Israelites dedicated the Lord’s temple. |
| (0.35) | 1Ki 8:65 |
| At that time Solomon and all Israel with him celebrated a festival before the Lord our God for two entire weeks. This great assembly included people from all over the land, from Lebo Hamath in the north to the Brook of Egypt 1 in the south. 2 |
| (0.35) | 1Ki 8:66 |
| On the fifteenth day after the festival started, 1 he dismissed the people. They asked God to empower the king 2 and then went to their homes, happy and content 3 because of all the good the Lord had done for his servant David and his people Israel. |
| (0.35) | 1Ki 9:3 |
| The Lord said to him, “I have answered 1 your prayer and your request for help that you made to me. I have consecrated this temple you built by making it my permanent home; 2 I will be constantly present there. 3 |
| (0.35) | 1Ki 9:8 |
| This temple will become a heap of ruins; 1 everyone who passes by it will be shocked and will hiss out their scorn, 2 saying, ‘Why did the Lord do this to this land and this temple?’ |
| (0.35) | 1Ki 9:15 |
| Here are the details concerning the work crews 1 King Solomon conscripted 2 to build the Lord’s temple, his palace, the terrace, the wall of Jerusalem, 3 and the cities of 4 Hazor, 5 Megiddo, 6 and Gezer. |
| (0.35) | 1Ki 9:25 |
| Three times a year Solomon offered burnt offerings and peace offerings 1 on the altar he had built for the Lord, burning incense along with them before the Lord. He made the temple his official worship place. 2 |
| (0.35) | 1Ki 10:12 |
| With the timber the king made supports 1 for the Lord’s temple and for the royal palace and stringed instruments 2 for the musicians. No one has seen so much of this fine timber to this very day. 3 ) |
| (0.35) | 1Ki 11:2 |
| They came from nations about which the Lord had warned the Israelites, “You must not establish friendly relations with them! 1 If you do, they will surely shift your allegiance to their gods.” 2 But Solomon was irresistibly attracted to them. 3 |
| (0.35) | 1Ki 11:4 |
| When Solomon became old, his wives shifted his allegiance to 1 other gods; he was not wholeheartedly devoted to the Lord his God, as his father David had been. 2 |
| (0.35) | 1Ki 11:11 |
| So the Lord said to Solomon, “Because you insist on doing these things and have not kept the covenantal rules I gave you, 1 I will surely tear the kingdom away from you and give it to your servant. |
| (0.35) | 1Ki 11:31 |
| Then he told Jeroboam, “Take ten pieces, for this is what the Lord God of Israel says: ‘Look, I am about to tear the kingdom from Solomon’s hand and I will give ten tribes to you. |
| (0.35) | 1Ki 12:27 |
| If these people go up to offer sacrifices in the Lord’s temple in Jerusalem, 1 their loyalty could shift to their former master, 2 King Rehoboam of Judah. They might kill me and return to King Rehoboam of Judah.” |
| (0.35) | 1Ki 13:17 |
| For the Lord gave me strict orders, 1 ‘Do not eat or drink 2 there; do not go back the way you came.’” |
| (0.35) | 1Ki 13:18 |
| The old prophet then said, 1 “I too am a prophet like you. An angel told me with the Lord’s authority, 2 ‘Bring him back with you to your house so he can eat and drink.’” 3 But he was lying to him. 4 |
| (0.35) | 1Ki 13:32 |
| for the prophecy he announced with the Lord’s authority 1 against the altar in Bethel 2 and against all the temples on the high places in the cities of the north 3 will certainly be fulfilled.” |
| (0.35) | 1Ki 14:13 |
| All Israel will mourn him and bury him. He is the only one in Jeroboam’s family 1 who will receive a decent burial, for he is the only one in whom the Lord God of Israel found anything good. |
| (0.35) | 1Ki 14:26 |
| He took away the treasures of the Lord’s temple and of the royal palace; he took everything, including all the golden shields that Solomon had made. |
| (0.35) | 1Ki 15:5 |
| He did this 1 because David had done what he approved 2 and had not disregarded any of his commandments 3 his entire lifetime, except for the incident involving Uriah the Hittite. |
