Discovery Box| (0.34) | 1Ki 4:24 |
| His royal court was so large because 1 he ruled over all the kingdoms west of the Euphrates River from Tiphsah 2 to Gaza; he was at peace with all his neighbors. 3 |
| (0.34) | 1Ki 4:25 |
| All the people of Judah and Israel had security; everyone from Dan to Beer Sheba enjoyed the produce of their vines and fig trees throughout Solomon’s lifetime. 1 |
| (0.34) | 1Ki 4:27 |
| The district governors acquired supplies for King Solomon and all who ate in his royal palace. 1 Each was responsible for one month in the year; they made sure nothing was lacking. |
| (0.34) | 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. |
| (0.34) | 1Ki 5:3 |
| “You know that my father David was unable to build a temple to honor the Lord 1 his God, for he was busy fighting battles on all fronts while the Lord subdued his enemies. 2 |
| (0.34) | 1Ki 7:23 |
| He also made the large bronze basin called “The Sea.” 1 It measured 15 feet 2 from rim to rim, was circular in shape, and stood seven-and-a-half feet 3 high. Its circumference was 45 feet. 4 |
| (0.34) | 1Ki 7:25 |
| “The Sea” stood on top of twelve bulls. Three faced northward, three westward, three southward, and three eastward. “The Sea” was placed on top of them, and they all faced outward. 1 |
| (0.34) | 1Ki 8:5 |
| Now King Solomon and all the Israelites who had assembled with him went on ahead of the ark and sacrificed more sheep and cattle than could be counted or numbered. 1 |
| (0.34) | 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 |
| (0.34) | 1Ki 8:39 |
| then listen from your heavenly dwelling place, forgive their sin, 1 and act favorably toward each one based on your evaluation of his motives. 2 (Indeed you are the only one who can correctly evaluate the motives of all people.) 3 |
| (0.34) | 1Ki 8:47 |
| When your people 1 come to their senses 2 in the land where they are held prisoner, they will repent and beg for your mercy in the land of their imprisonment, admitting, ‘We have sinned and gone astray; 3 we have done evil.’ |
| (0.34) | 1Ki 8:53 |
| After all, 1 you picked them out of all the nations of the earth to be your special possession, 2 just as you, O sovereign Lord, announced through your servant Moses when you brought our ancestors out of Egypt.” |
| (0.34) | 1Ki 8:56 |
| “The Lord is worthy of praise because he has made Israel his people secure 1 just as he promised! Not one of all the faithful promises he made through his servant Moses is left unfulfilled! 2 |
| (0.34) | 1Ki 8:59 |
| May the Lord our God be constantly aware of these requests of mine I have presented to him, 1 so that he might vindicate 2 his servant and his people Israel as the need arises. |
| (0.34) | 1Ki 9:7 |
| then I will remove Israel from the land 1 I have given them, I will abandon this temple I have consecrated with my presence, 2 and Israel will be mocked and ridiculed 3 among all the nations. |
| (0.34) | 1Ki 9:9 |
| Others will then answer, 1 ‘Because they abandoned the Lord their God, who led their ancestors 2 out of Egypt. They embraced other gods whom they worshiped and served. 3 That is why the Lord has brought all this disaster down on them.’” |
| (0.34) | 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.) |
| (0.34) | 1Ki 9:19 |
| all the storage cities that belonged to him, 1 and the cities where chariots and horses were kept. 2 He built whatever he wanted in Jerusalem, Lebanon, and throughout his entire kingdom. 3 |
| (0.34) | 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 |
| (0.34) | 1Ki 10:5 |
| the food in his banquet hall, 1 his servants and attendants, 2 their robes, his cupbearers, and his burnt offerings which he presented in the Lord’s temple, she was amazed. 3 |
