Discovery Box| (0.29) | 1Ki 4:21 |
| (5:1) 1 Solomon ruled all the kingdoms from the Euphrates River 2 to the land of the Philistines, as far as the border of Egypt. These kingdoms paid tribute as Solomon’s subjects throughout his lifetime. 3 |
| (0.29) | 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. |
| (0.29) | 1Ki 5:1 |
| (5:15) 1 King Hiram of Tyre 2 sent messengers 3 to Solomon when he heard that he had been anointed king in his father’s place. (Hiram had always been an ally of David.) |
| (0.29) | 1Ki 5:11 |
| and Solomon supplied Hiram annually with 20,000 cors 1 of wheat as provision for his royal court, 2 as well as 20,000 baths 3 of pure 4 olive oil. 5 |
| (0.29) | 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. |
| (0.29) | 1Ki 8:28 |
| But respond favorably to 1 your servant’s prayer and his request for help, O Lord my God. Answer 2 the desperate prayer 3 your servant is presenting to you 4 today. |
| (0.29) | 1Ki 8:31 |
| “When someone is accused of sinning against his neighbor and the latter pronounces a curse on the alleged offender before your altar in this temple, be willing to forgive the accused if the accusation is false. 1 |
| (0.29) | 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 |
| (0.29) | 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 |
| (0.29) | 1Ki 8:54 |
| When Solomon finished presenting all these prayers and requests to the Lord, he got up from before the altar of the Lord where he had kneeled and spread out his hands toward the sky. 1 |
| (0.29) | 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. |
| (0.29) | 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.) |
| (0.29) | 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 |
| (0.29) | 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 |
| (0.29) | 1Ki 9:25 |
| Three times a year Solomon offered burnt offerings and peace offerings 1 on the altar he had built for the Lord, burning incense along with them before the Lord. He made the temple his official worship place. 2 |
| (0.29) | 1Ki 11:20 |
| Tahpenes’ sister gave birth to his son, 1 named Genubath. Tahpenes raised 2 him in Pharaoh’s palace; Genubath grew up in Pharaoh’s palace among Pharaoh’s sons. |
| (0.29) | 1Ki 11:27 |
| This is what prompted him to rebel against the king: 1 Solomon built a terrace and he closed up a gap in the wall of the city of his father David. 2 |
| (0.29) | 1Ki 11:36 |
| I will leave 1 his son one tribe so my servant David’s dynasty may continue to serve me 2 in Jerusalem, the city I have chosen as my home. 3 |
| (0.29) | 1Ki 12:6 |
| King Rehoboam consulted with the older advisers who had served 1 his father Solomon when he had been alive. He asked them, 2 “How do you advise me to answer these people?” |
| (0.29) | 1Ki 12:18 |
| King Rehoboam sent Adoniram, 1 the supervisor of the work crews, 2 out after them, but all Israel stoned him to death. King Rehoboam managed to jump into his chariot and escape to Jerusalem. 3 |
