Discovery Box| (0.29) | 1Ki 3:28 |
| When all Israel heard about the judicial decision which the king had rendered, they respected 1 the king, for they realized 2 that he possessed supernatural wisdom 3 to make judicial decisions. |
| (0.29) | 1Ki 5:3 |
| “You know that my father David was unable to build a temple to honor the Lord 1 his God, for he was busy fighting battles on all fronts while the Lord subdued his enemies. 2 |
| (0.29) | 1Ki 5:11 |
| and Solomon supplied Hiram annually with 20,000 cors 1 of wheat as provision for his royal court, 2 as well as 20,000 baths 3 of pure 4 olive oil. 5 |
| (0.29) | 1Ki 5:14 |
| He sent them to Lebanon in shifts of 10,000 men per month. They worked in Lebanon for one month, and then spent two months at home. Adoniram was supervisor of 1 the work crews. |
| (0.29) | 1Ki 5:18 |
| 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 |
| (0.29) | 1Ki 6:12 |
| “As for this temple you are building, if you follow 1 my rules, observe 2 my regulations, and obey all my commandments, 3 I will fulfill through you the promise I made to your father David. 4 |
| (0.29) | 1Ki 6:16 |
| He built a wall 30 feet in from the rear of the temple as a partition for an inner sanctuary that would be the most holy place. 1 He paneled the wall with cedar planks from the floor to the rafters. 2 |
| (0.29) | 1Ki 7:42 |
| the four hundred pomegranate-shaped ornaments for the latticework of the two pillars (each latticework had two rows of these ornaments at the bowl-shaped top of the pillar), |
| (0.29) | 1Ki 8:21 |
| and set up in it a place for the ark containing the covenant the Lord made with our ancestors 1 when he brought them out of the land of Egypt.” |
| (0.29) | 1Ki 8:28 |
| But respond favorably to 1 your servant’s prayer and his request for help, O Lord my God. Answer 2 the desperate prayer 3 your servant is presenting to you 4 today. |
| (0.29) | 1Ki 8:33 |
| “The time will come when 1 your people Israel are defeated by an enemy 2 because they sinned against you. If they come back to you, renew their allegiance to you, 3 and pray for your help 4 in this temple, |
| (0.29) | 1Ki 8:44 |
| “When you direct your people to march out and fight their enemies, 1 and they direct their prayers to the Lord 2 toward his chosen city and this temple I built for your honor, 3 |
| (0.29) | 1Ki 8:47 |
| When your people 1 come to their senses 2 in the land where they are held prisoner, they will repent and beg for your mercy in the land of their imprisonment, admitting, ‘We have sinned and gone astray; 3 we have done evil.’ |
| (0.29) | 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 |
| (0.29) | 1Ki 9:21 |
| Their descendants remained in the land (the Israelites were unable to wipe them out completely). Solomon conscripted them for his work crews, and they continue in that role to this very day. 1 |
| (0.29) | 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 |
| (0.29) | 1Ki 10:17 |
| He also made three hundred small shields of hammered gold; three minas 1 of gold were used for each of these shields. The king placed them in the Palace of the Lebanon Forest. 2 |
| (0.29) | 1Ki 11:12 |
| However, for your father David’s sake I will not do this while you are alive. I will tear it away from your son’s hand instead. |
| (0.29) | 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. |
| (0.29) | 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.” |
