Discovery Box| (0.50) | 1Ki 4:7 |
| Solomon had twelve district governors appointed throughout Israel who acquired supplies for the king and his palace. Each was responsible for one month in the year. |
| (0.50) | 1Ki 7:40 |
| Hiram also made basins, shovels, and bowls. He 1 finished all the work on the Lord’s temple he had been assigned by King Solomon. 2 |
| (0.50) | 1Ki 7:45 |
| and the pots, shovels, and bowls. All these items King Solomon assigned Hiram to make for the Lord’s temple 1 were made from polished bronze. |
| (0.50) | 1Ki 9:26 |
| King Solomon also built ships 1 in Ezion Geber, which is located near Elat in the land of Edom, on the shore of the Red Sea. |
| (0.50) | 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! |
| (0.50) | 1Ki 10:13 |
| King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba everything she requested, besides what he had freely offered her. 1 Then she left and returned 2 to her homeland with her attendants. |
| (0.50) | 1Ki 10:27 |
| The king made silver as plentiful 1 in Jerusalem as stones; cedar was 2 as plentiful as sycamore fig trees are in the lowlands. 3 |
| (0.50) | 1Ki 11:1 |
| King Solomon fell in love with many foreign women (besides Pharaoh’s daughter), including Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Sidonians, and Hittites. |
| (0.50) | 1Ki 11:23 |
| God also brought against Solomon 1 another enemy, Rezon son of Eliada who had run away from his master, King Hadadezer of Zobah. |
| (0.50) | 1Ki 11:26 |
| Jeroboam son of Nebat, one of Solomon’s servants, rebelled against 1 the king. He was an Ephraimite 2 from Zeredah whose mother was a widow named Zeruah. |
| (0.50) | 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. |
| (0.50) | 1Ki 11:43 |
| Then Solomon passed away 1 and was buried in the city of his father David. 2 His son Rehoboam replaced him as king. 3 |
| (0.50) | 1Ki 12:2 |
| 1 When Jeroboam son of Nebat heard the news, he was still in Egypt, where he had fled from King Solomon and had been living ever since. 2 |
| (0.50) | 1Ki 12:12 |
| Jeroboam and all the people reported 1 to Rehoboam on the third day, just as the king had ordered when he said, “Return to me on the third day.” |
| (0.50) | 1Ki 12:23 |
| “Say this to King Rehoboam son of Solomon of Judah, and to all Judah and Benjamin, as well as the rest of the people, |
| (0.50) | 1Ki 13:7 |
| The king then said to the prophet, “Come home with me and have something to eat. I’d like to give a present.” |
| (0.50) | 1Ki 14:14 |
| The Lord will raise up a king over Israel who will cut off Jeroboam’s dynasty. 1 It is ready to happen! 2 |
| (0.50) | 1Ki 14:27 |
| King Rehoboam made bronze shields to replace them and assigned them to the officers of the royal guard 1 who protected the entrance to the royal palace. |
| (0.50) | 1Ki 14:28 |
| Whenever the king visited the Lord’s temple, the royal guard carried them and then brought them back to the guardroom. |
| (0.50) | 1Ki 14:31 |
| Rehoboam passed away 1 and was buried with his ancestors in the city of David. His mother was an Ammonite named Naamah. His son Abijah 2 replaced him as king. |
