Discovery Box| (0.31) | 1Ki 9:5 |
| Then I will allow your dynasty to rule over Israel permanently, 1 just as I promised your father David, ‘You will not fail to have a successor on the throne of Israel.’ 2 |
| (0.31) | 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?’ |
| (0.31) | 1Ki 9:16 |
| (Pharaoh, king of Egypt, had attacked and captured Gezer. He burned it and killed the Canaanites who lived in the city. He gave it as a wedding present to his daughter, who had married Solomon.) |
| (0.31) | 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 |
| (0.31) | 1Ki 10:10 |
| She gave the king 120 talents 1 of gold, a very large quantity of spices, and precious gems. The quantity of spices the queen of Sheba gave King Solomon has never been matched. 2 |
| (0.31) | 1Ki 10:22 |
| Along with Hiram’s fleet, the king had a fleet of large merchant ships 1 that sailed the sea. Once every three years the fleet 2 came into port with cargoes of 3 gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks. 4 |
| (0.31) | 1Ki 11:18 |
| They went from Midian to Paran; they took some men from Paran and went to Egypt. Pharaoh, king of Egypt, supplied him with a house and food and even assigned him some land. 1 |
| (0.31) | 1Ki 11:24 |
| He gathered some men and organized a raiding band. 1 When David tried to kill them, 2 they went to Damascus, where they settled down and gained control of the city. |
| (0.31) | 1Ki 11:28 |
| Jeroboam was a talented man; 1 when Solomon saw that the young man was an accomplished worker, he made him the leader of the work crew from the tribe 2 of Joseph. |
| (0.31) | 1Ki 11:29 |
| At that time, when Jeroboam had left Jerusalem, the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite met him on the road; the two of them were alone in the open country. Ahijah 1 was wearing a brand new robe, |
| (0.31) | 1Ki 13:3 |
| That day he also announced 1 a sign, “This is the sign the Lord has predetermined: 2 The altar will be split open and the ashes 3 on it will fall to the ground.” 4 |
| (0.31) | 1Ki 13:24 |
| As the prophet from Judah was traveling, a lion attacked him on the road and killed him. 1 His corpse was lying on the road, and the donkey and the lion just stood there beside it. 2 |
| (0.31) | 1Ki 13:33 |
| After this happened, Jeroboam still did not change his evil ways; 1 he continued to appoint common people 2 as priests at the high places. Anyone who wanted the job he consecrated as a priest. 3 |
| (0.31) | 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. |
| (0.31) | 1Ki 15:13 |
| He also removed Maacah his grandmother 1 from her position as queen because she had made a loathsome Asherah pole. Asa cut down her Asherah pole and burned it in the Kidron Valley. |
| (0.31) | 1Ki 16:9 |
| His servant Zimri, a commander of half of his chariot force, conspired against him. While Elah was drinking heavily 1 at the house of Arza, who supervised the palace in Tirzah, |
| (0.31) | 1Ki 16:24 |
| He purchased the hill of Samaria 1 from Shemer for two talents 2 of silver. He launched a construction project there 3 and named the city he built after Shemer, the former owner of the hill of Samaria. |
| (0.31) | 1Ki 17:13 |
| Elijah said to her, “Don’t be afraid. Go and do as you planned. 1 But first make a small cake for me and bring it to me; then make something for yourself and your son. |
| (0.31) | 1Ki 18:25 |
| Elijah told the prophets of Baal, “Choose one of the bulls for yourselves and go first, for you are the majority. Invoke the name of your god, but do not light a fire.” 1 |
| (0.31) | 1Ki 19:2 |
| Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah with this warning, 1 “May the gods judge me severely 2 if by this time tomorrow I do not take your life as you did theirs!” 3 |
