Discovery Box| (0.29) | 1Ki 1:9 |
| Adonijah sacrificed sheep, cattle, and fattened steers at the Stone of Zoheleth near En Rogel. He invited all his brothers, the king’s sons, 1 as well as all the men of Judah, the king’s servants. |
| (0.29) | 1Ki 1:13 |
| Visit 1 King David and say to him, ‘My master, O king, did you not solemnly promise 2 your servant, “Surely your son Solomon will be king after me; he will sit on my throne”? So why has Adonijah become king?’ |
| (0.29) | 1Ki 1:17 |
| She replied to him, “My master, you swore an oath to your servant by the Lord your God, ‘Solomon your son will be king after me and he will sit on my throne.’ |
| (0.29) | 1Ki 1:37 |
| As the Lord is with my master the king, so may he be with Solomon, and may he make him an even greater king than my master King David!” 1 |
| (0.29) | 1Ki 1:41 |
| Now Adonijah and all his guests heard the commotion just as they had finished eating. 1 When Joab heard the sound of the trumpet, he asked, “Why is there such a noisy commotion in the city?” 2 |
| (0.29) | 1Ki 1:47 |
| The king’s servants have even come to congratulate 1 our master 2 King David, saying, ‘May your God 3 make Solomon more famous than you and make him an even greater king than you!’ 4 Then the king leaned 5 on the bed |
| (0.29) | 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 |
| (0.29) | 1Ki 2:15 |
| He said, “You know that the kingdom 1 was mine and all Israel considered me king. 2 But then the kingdom was given to my brother, for the Lord decided it should be his. 3 |
| (0.29) | 1Ki 2:20 |
| She said, “I would like to ask you for just one small favor. 1 Please don’t refuse me.” 2 He said, 3 “Go ahead and ask, my mother, for I would not refuse you.” |
| (0.29) | 1Ki 2:22 |
| King Solomon answered his mother, “Why just request Abishag the Shunammite for him? 1 Since he is my older brother, you should also request the kingdom for him, for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab son of Zeruiah!” |
| (0.29) | 1Ki 2:24 |
| Now, as certainly as the Lord lives (he who made me secure, allowed me to sit on my father David’s throne, and established a dynasty 1 for me as he promised), Adonijah will be executed today!” |
| (0.29) | 1Ki 2:28 |
| When the news reached Joab (for Joab had supported 1 Adonijah, although he had not supported Absalom), he 2 ran to the tent of the Lord and grabbed hold of the horns of the altar. 3 |
| (0.29) | 1Ki 2:29 |
| When King Solomon heard 1 that Joab had run to the tent of the Lord and was right there beside the altar, he ordered Benaiah son of Jehoiada, 2 “Go, strike him down.” |
| (0.29) | 1Ki 2:30 |
| When Benaiah arrived at the tent of the Lord, he said to him, “The king says, ‘Come out!’” But he replied, “No, I will die here!” So Benaiah sent word to the king and reported Joab’s reply. 1 |
| (0.29) | 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 |
| (0.29) | 1Ki 3:6 |
| Solomon replied, “You demonstrated 1 great loyalty to your servant, my father David, as he served 2 you faithfully, properly, and sincerely. 3 You have maintained this great loyalty to this day by allowing his son to sit on his throne. 4 |
| (0.29) | 1Ki 3:7 |
| Now, O Lord my God, you have made your servant king in my father David’s place, even though I am only a young man and am inexperienced. 1 |
| (0.29) | 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 |
| (0.29) | 1Ki 3:21 |
| I got up in the morning to nurse my son, and there he was, 1 dead! But when I examined him carefully in the morning, I realized it was not my baby.” 2 |
| (0.29) | 1Ki 4:19 |
| Geber son of Uri was in charge of the land of Gilead (the territory which had once belonged to King Sihon of the Amorites and to King Og of Bashan). He was sole governor of the area. |
