Discovery Box| (0.50) | 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 |
| (0.50) | 1Ki 6:2 |
| The temple King Solomon built for the Lord was 90 feet 1 long, 30 feet 2 wide, and 45 feet 3 high. |
| (0.50) | 1Ki 8:22 |
| Solomon stood before the altar of the Lord in front of the entire assembly of Israel and spread out his hands toward the sky. 1 |
| (0.50) | 1Ki 9:12 |
| When Hiram went out from Tyre to inspect the cities Solomon had given him, he was not pleased with them. 1 |
| (0.50) | 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 |
| (0.50) | 1Ki 9:26 |
| King Solomon also built ships 1 in Ezion Geber, which is located near Elat in the land of Edom, on the shore of the Red Sea. |
| (0.50) | 1Ki 9:28 |
| They sailed 1 to Ophir, took from there four hundred twenty talents 2 of gold, and then brought them to King Solomon. |
| (0.50) | 1Ki 10:1 |
| When the queen of Sheba heard about Solomon, 1 she came to challenge 2 him with difficult questions. 3 |
| (0.50) | 1Ki 10:3 |
| Solomon answered all her questions; there was no question too complex for the king. 1 |
| (0.50) | 1Ki 10:16 |
| King Solomon made two hundred large shields of hammered gold; 600 measures 1 of gold were used for each shield. |
| (0.50) | 1Ki 11:1 |
| King Solomon fell in love with many foreign women (besides Pharaoh’s daughter), including Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Sidonians, and Hittites. |
| (0.50) | 1Ki 11:6 |
| Solomon did evil in the Lord’s sight; 1 he did not remain loyal to 2 the Lord, like his father David had. |
| (0.50) | 1Ki 11:9 |
| The Lord was angry with Solomon because he had shifted his allegiance 1 away from the Lord, the God of Israel, who had appeared to him on two occasions 2 |
| (0.50) | 1Ki 11:25 |
| He was Israel’s enemy throughout Solomon’s reign and, like Hadad, caused trouble. He loathed 1 Israel and ruled over Syria. |
| (0.50) | 1Ki 11:26 |
| Jeroboam son of Nebat, one of Solomon’s servants, rebelled against 1 the king. He was an Ephraimite 2 from Zeredah whose mother was a widow named Zeruah. |
| (0.50) | 1Ki 12:23 |
| “Say this to King Rehoboam son of Solomon of Judah, and to all Judah and Benjamin, as well as the rest of the people, |
| (0.50) | 1Ch 3:5 |
| These were the sons born to him in Jerusalem: Shimea, 1 Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon – the mother of these four was Bathsheba 2 the daughter of Ammiel. 3 |
| (0.50) | 1Ch 22:6 |
| He summoned his son Solomon and charged him to build a temple for the Lord God of Israel. |
| (0.50) | 1Ch 29:23 |
| Solomon sat on the Lord’s throne as king in place of his father David; he was successful and all Israel was loyal to him. 1 |
| (0.50) | 1Ch 29:28 |
| He died at a good old age, having enjoyed long life, wealth, and honor. 1 His son Solomon succeeded him. |
