Discovery Box| (0.11) | 1Ki 2:42 |
| the king summoned 1 Shimei and said to him, “You will recall 2 that I made you take an oath by the Lord, and I solemnly warned you, ‘If you ever leave and go anywhere, 3 know for sure that you will certainly die.’ You said to me, ‘The proposal is acceptable; I agree to it.’ 4 |
| (0.11) | 1Ki 4:34 |
| People from all nations came to hear Solomon’s display of wisdom; 1 they came from all the kings of the earth who heard about his wisdom. |
| (0.11) | 1Ki 7:14 |
| He was the son of a widow from the tribe of Naphtali, 1 and his father was a craftsman in bronze from Tyre. He had the skill and knowledge 2 to make all kinds of works of bronze. He reported to King Solomon and did all the work he was assigned. |
| (0.11) | 1Ki 7:51 |
| When King Solomon finished constructing the Lord’s temple, he 1 put the holy items that belonged to his father David (the silver, gold, and other articles) in the treasuries of the Lord’s temple. |
| (0.11) | 1Ki 8:1 |
| 1 Then Solomon convened in Jerusalem 2 Israel’s elders, all the leaders of the Israelite tribes and families, so they could witness the transferal of the ark of the Lord’s covenant from the city of David (that is, Zion). 3 |
| (0.11) | 1Ki 8:20 |
| The Lord has kept the promise he made. 1 I have taken my father David’s place and have occupied the throne of Israel, as the Lord promised. I have built this temple for the honor 2 of the Lord God of Israel |
| (0.11) | 1Ki 8:36 |
| then listen from heaven and forgive the sin of your servants, your people Israel. Certainly 1 you will then teach them the right way to live 2 and send rain on your land that you have given your people to possess. 3 |
| (0.11) | 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 |
| (0.11) | 1Ki 8:64 |
| That day the king consecrated the middle of the courtyard that is in front of the Lord’s temple. He offered there burnt sacrifices, grain offerings, and the fat from the peace offerings, because the bronze altar that stood before the Lord was too small to hold all these offerings. 1 |
| (0.11) | 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. |
| (0.11) | 1Ki 10:9 |
| May the Lord your God be praised because he favored 1 you by placing you on the throne of Israel! Because of the Lord’s eternal love for Israel, he made you king so you could make just and right decisions.” 2 |
| (0.11) | 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 ) |
| (0.11) | 1Ki 11:33 |
| I am taking the kingdom from him 1 because they have 2 abandoned me and worshiped the Sidonian goddess Astarte, the Moabite god Chemosh, and the Ammonite god Milcom. They have not followed my instructions 3 by doing what I approve and obeying my rules and regulations, like Solomon’s father David did. 4 |
| (0.11) | 1Ki 11:38 |
| You must obey 1 all I command you to do, follow my instructions, 2 do what I approve, 3 and keep my rules and commandments, like my servant David did. Then I will be with you and establish for you a lasting dynasty, as I did for David; 4 I will give you Israel. |
| (0.11) | 1Ki 12:10 |
| The young advisers with whom Rehoboam 1 had grown up said to him, “Say this to these people who have said to you, ‘Your father made us work hard, but now lighten our burden.’ 2 Say this to them: ‘I am a lot harsher than my father! 3 |
| (0.11) | 1Ki 12:24 |
| ‘The Lord says this: “Do not attack and make war with your brothers, the Israelites. Each of you go home, for I have caused this to happen.”’” 1 They obeyed the Lord and went home as the Lord had ordered them to do. 2 |
| (0.11) | 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.” |
| (0.11) | 1Ki 12:32 |
| Jeroboam inaugurated a festival on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, 1 like the festival celebrated in Judah. 2 On the altar in Bethel he offered sacrifices to the calves he had made. 3 In Bethel he also appointed priests for the high places he had made. |
| (0.11) | 1Ki 12:33 |
| On the fifteenth day of the eighth month (a date he had arbitrarily chosen) 1 Jeroboam 2 offered sacrifices on the altar he had made in Bethel. 3 He inaugurated a festival for the Israelites and went up to the altar to offer sacrifices. |
| (0.11) | 1Ki 13:11 |
| Now there was an old prophet living in Bethel. 1 When his sons came home, they told their father 2 everything the prophet 3 had done in Bethel that day and all the words he had spoken to the king. 4 |
