Discovery Box| (0.46) | 1Ki 6:5 |
| He built an extension all around the walls of the temple’s main hall and holy place and constructed side rooms in it. 1 |
| (0.46) | 1Ki 6:18 |
| The inside of the temple was all cedar and was adorned with carvings of round ornaments and of flowers in bloom. Everything was cedar; no stones were visible. 1 |
| (0.46) | 1Ki 6:21 |
| Solomon plated the inside of the temple with gold. 1 He hung golden chains in front of the inner sanctuary and plated the inner sanctuary 2 with gold. |
| (0.46) | 1Ki 6:33 |
| In the same way he made doorposts of olive wood for the entrance to the main hall, only with four-sided pillars. 1 |
| (0.46) | 1Ki 6:37 |
| In the month Ziv 1 of the fourth year of Solomon’s reign 2 the foundation was laid for the Lord’s temple. |
| (0.46) | 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 |
| (0.46) | 1Ki 7:20 |
| On the top of each pillar, right above the bulge beside the latticework, there were two hundred pomegranate-shaped ornaments arranged in rows all the way around. 1 |
| (0.46) | 1Ki 7:38 |
| He also made ten bronze basins, each of which could hold about 240 gallons. 1 Each basin was six feet in diameter; 2 there was one basin for each stand. |
| (0.46) | 1Ki 8:4 |
| The priests and Levites carried the ark of the Lord, the tent of meeting, 1 and all the holy items in the tent. 2 |
| (0.46) | 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 |
| (0.46) | 1Ki 9:11 |
| King Solomon gave King Hiram of Tyre 1 twenty cities in the region of Galilee, because Hiram had supplied Solomon with cedars, evergreens, and all the gold he wanted. |
| (0.46) | 1Ki 9:20 |
| Now several non-Israelite peoples were left in the land after the conquest of Joshua, including the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites. 1 |
| (0.46) | 1Ki 9:23 |
| These men were also in charge of Solomon’s work projects; there were a total of 550 men who supervised the workers. 1 |
| (0.46) | 1Ki 10:6 |
| She said to the king, “The report I heard in my own country about your wise sayings and insight 1 was true! |
| (0.46) | 1Ki 10:20 |
| There were twelve statues of lions on the six steps, one lion at each end of each step. There was nothing like it in any other kingdom. 1 |
| (0.46) | 1Ki 11:1 |
| King Solomon fell in love with many foreign women (besides Pharaoh’s daughter), including Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Sidonians, and Hittites. |
| (0.46) | 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. |
| (0.46) | 1Ki 11:15 |
| During David’s campaign against Edom, 1 Joab, the commander of the army, while on a mission to bury the dead, killed every male in Edom. |
| (0.46) | 1Ki 11:40 |
| Solomon tried to kill Jeroboam, but Jeroboam escaped to Egypt and found refuge with King Shishak of Egypt. 1 He stayed in Egypt until Solomon died. |
| (0.46) | 1Ki 11:41 |
| The rest of the events of Solomon’s reign, including all his accomplishments and his wise decisions, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of Solomon. 1 |
