Discovery Box| (0.55) | 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 |
| (0.55) | 1Ki 5:7 |
| When Hiram heard Solomon’s message, he was very happy. He said, “The Lord is worthy of praise today because he 1 has given David a wise son to rule over this great nation.” |
| (0.55) | 1Ki 5:18 |
| Solomon’s and Hiram’s construction workers, 1 along with men from Byblos, 2 did the chiseling and prepared the wood and stones for the building of the temple. 3 |
| (0.55) | 1Ki 6:1 |
| In the four hundred and eightieth year after the Israelites left Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, during the month Ziv 1 (the second month), he began building the Lord’s temple. |
| (0.55) | 1Ki 6:7 |
| As the temple was being built, only stones shaped at the quarry 1 were used; the sound of hammers, pickaxes, or any other iron tool was not heard at the temple while it was being built. |
| (0.55) | 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 |
| (0.55) | 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 |
| (0.55) | 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 |
| (0.55) | 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 |
| (0.55) | 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. |
| (0.55) | 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. |
| (0.55) | 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 |
| (0.55) | 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. |
| (0.55) | 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 |
| (0.55) | 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 |
| (0.55) | 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 |
| (0.55) | 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.’ |
| (0.55) | 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 |
| (0.55) | 1Ki 9:5 |
| Then I will allow your dynasty to rule over Israel permanently, 1 just as I promised your father David, ‘You will not fail to have a successor on the throne of Israel.’ 2 |
| (0.55) | 1Ki 9:8 |
| This temple will become a heap of ruins; 1 everyone who passes by it will be shocked and will hiss out their scorn, 2 saying, ‘Why did the Lord do this to this land and this temple?’ |
