Discovery Box| (0.01) | 1Ki 2:9 |
| But now 1 don’t treat him as if he were innocent. You are a wise man and you know how to handle him; 2 make sure he has a bloody death.” 3 |
| (0.01) | 1Ki 2:27 |
| Solomon dismissed Abiathar from his position as priest of the Lord, 1 fulfilling the decree of judgment the Lord made in Shiloh against the family of Eli. 2 |
| (0.01) | 1Ki 2:35 |
| The king appointed Benaiah son of Jehoiada to take his place at the head of 1 the army, and the king appointed Zadok the priest to take Abiathar’s place. 2 |
| (0.01) | 1Ki 2:36 |
| Next the king summoned 1 Shimei and told him, “Build yourself a house in Jerusalem 2 and live there – but you may not leave there to go anywhere! 3 |
| (0.01) | 1Ki 2:38 |
| Shimei said to the king, “My master the king’s proposal is acceptable. 1 Your servant will do as you say.” 2 So Shimei lived in Jerusalem for a long time. 3 |
| (0.01) | 1Ki 2:39 |
| Three years later two of Shimei’s servants ran away to King Achish son of Maacah of Gath. Shimei was told, “Look, your servants are in Gath.” |
| (0.01) | 1Ki 3:9 |
| So give your servant a discerning mind 1 so he can make judicial decisions for 2 your people and distinguish right from wrong. 3 Otherwise 4 no one is able 5 to make judicial decisions for 6 this great nation of yours.” 7 |
| (0.01) | 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. |
| (0.01) | 1Ki 4:7 |
| Solomon had twelve district governors appointed throughout Israel who acquired supplies for the king and his palace. Each was responsible for one month in the year. |
| (0.01) | 1Ki 4:33 |
| He produced manuals on botany, describing every kind of plant, 1 from the cedars of Lebanon to the hyssop that grows on walls. He also produced manuals on biology, describing 2 animals, birds, insects, and fish. |
| (0.01) | 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 |
| (0.01) | 1Ki 6:24 |
| Each of the first cherub’s wings was seven and a half feet long; its entire wingspan was 15 feet. 1 |
| (0.01) | 1Ki 7:6 |
| He made a colonnade 1 75 feet 2 long and 45 feet 3 wide. There was a porch in front of this and pillars and a roof in front of the porch. 4 |
| (0.01) | 1Ki 7:8 |
| The palace where he lived was constructed in a similar way. 1 He also constructed a palace like this hall for Pharaoh’s daughter, whom he had married. 2 |
| (0.01) | 1Ki 7:40 |
| Hiram also made basins, shovels, and bowls. He 1 finished all the work on the Lord’s temple he had been assigned by King Solomon. 2 |
| (0.01) | 1Ki 7:48 |
| Solomon also made all these items for the Lord’s temple: the gold altar, the gold table on which was kept the Bread of the Presence, 1 |
| (0.01) | 1Ki 8:31 |
| “When someone is accused of sinning against his neighbor and the latter pronounces a curse on the alleged offender before your altar in this temple, be willing to forgive the accused if the accusation is false. 1 |
| (0.01) | 1Ki 8:35 |
| “The time will come when 1 the skies are shut up tightly and no rain falls because your people 2 sinned against you. When they direct their prayers toward this place, renew their allegiance to you, 3 and turn away from their sin because you punish 4 them, |
| (0.01) | 1Ki 8:37 |
| “The time will come when the land suffers from a famine, a plague, blight and disease, or a locust 1 invasion, or when their enemy lays siege to the cities of the land, 2 or when some other type of plague or epidemic occurs. |
| (0.01) | 1Ki 8:52 |
| “May you be attentive 1 to your servant’s and your people Israel’s requests for help and may you respond to all their prayers to you. 2 |
