Discovery Box| (0.24) | 1Ki 6:3 |
| The porch in front of the main hall of the temple was 30 feet 1 long, corresponding to the width of the temple. It was 15 feet 2 wide, extending out from the front of the temple. |
| (0.24) | 1Ki 6:16 |
| He built a wall 30 feet in from the rear of the temple as a partition for an inner sanctuary that would be the most holy place. 1 He paneled the wall with cedar planks from the floor to the rafters. 2 |
| (0.24) | 1Ki 6:32 |
| On the two doors made of olive wood he carved 1 cherubs, palm trees, and flowers in bloom, and he plated them with gold. 2 He plated the cherubs and the palm trees with hammered gold. 3 |
| (0.24) | 1Ki 7:21 |
| He set up the pillars on the porch in front of the main hall. He erected one pillar on the right 1 side and called it Jakin; 2 he erected the other pillar on the left 3 side and called it Boaz. 4 |
| (0.24) | 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 |
| (0.24) | 1Ki 7:31 |
| Inside the stand was a round opening that was a foot-and-a-half deep; it had a support that was two and one-quarter feet long. 1 On the edge of the opening were carvings in square frames. 2 |
| (0.24) | 1Ki 7:39 |
| He put five basins on the south side of the temple and five on the north side. He put “The Sea” on the south side, in the southeast corner. |
| (0.24) | 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. |
| (0.24) | 1Ki 8:8 |
| The poles were so long their ends were visible from the holy place in front of the inner sanctuary, but they could not be seen from beyond that point. 1 They have remained there to this very day. |
| (0.24) | 1Ki 8:21 |
| and set up in it a place for the ark containing the covenant the Lord made with our ancestors 1 when he brought them out of the land of Egypt.” |
| (0.24) | 1Ki 8:23 |
| He prayed: 1 “O Lord, God of Israel, there is no god like you in heaven above or on earth below! You maintain covenantal loyalty 2 to your servants who obey you with sincerity. 3 |
| (0.24) | 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 |
| (0.24) | 1Ki 8:33 |
| “The time will come when 1 your people Israel are defeated by an enemy 2 because they sinned against you. If they come back to you, renew their allegiance to you, 3 and pray for your help 4 in this temple, |
| (0.24) | 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.) |
| (0.24) | 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 |
| (0.24) | 1Ki 10:2 |
| She arrived in Jerusalem 1 with a great display of pomp, 2 bringing with her camels carrying spices, 3 a very large quantity of gold, and precious gems. She visited Solomon and discussed with him everything that was on her mind. |
| (0.24) | 1Ki 10:17 |
| He also made three hundred small shields of hammered gold; three minas 1 of gold were used for each of these shields. The king placed them in the Palace of the Lebanon Forest. 2 |
| (0.24) | 1Ki 11:21 |
| While in Egypt Hadad heard that David had passed away 1 and that Joab, the commander of the army, was dead. So Hadad asked Pharaoh, “Give me permission to leave 2 so I can return to my homeland.” |
| (0.24) | 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 |
| (0.24) | 1Ki 11:29 |
| At that time, when Jeroboam had left Jerusalem, the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite met him on the road; the two of them were alone in the open country. Ahijah 1 was wearing a brand new robe, |
