Discovery Box| (0.28) | 1Ki 1:38 |
| So Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, Benaiah son of Jehoiada, the Kerethites, and the Pelethites 1 went down, put Solomon on King David’s mule, and led him to Gihon. |
| (0.28) | 1Ki 1:41 |
| Now Adonijah and all his guests heard the commotion just as they had finished eating. 1 When Joab heard the sound of the trumpet, he asked, “Why is there such a noisy commotion in the city?” 2 |
| (0.28) | 1Ki 1:44 |
| The king sent with him Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, Benaiah son of Jehoiada, the Kerethites, and the Pelethites and they put him on the king’s mule. |
| (0.28) | 1Ki 1:52 |
| Solomon said, “If he is a loyal subject, 1 not a hair of his head will be harmed, but if he is found to be a traitor, 2 he will die.” |
| (0.28) | 1Ki 2:22 |
| King Solomon answered his mother, “Why just request Abishag the Shunammite for him? 1 Since he is my older brother, you should also request the kingdom for him, for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab son of Zeruiah!” |
| (0.28) | 1Ki 2:30 |
| When Benaiah arrived at the tent of the Lord, he said to him, “The king says, ‘Come out!’” But he replied, “No, I will die here!” So Benaiah sent word to the king and reported Joab’s reply. 1 |
| (0.28) | 1Ki 2:31 |
| The king told him, “Do as he said! Strike him down and bury him. Take away from me and from my father’s family 1 the guilt of Joab’s murderous, bloody deeds. 2 |
| (0.28) | 1Ki 3:4 |
| The king went to Gibeon to offer sacrifices, for it had the most prominent of the high places. 1 Solomon would offer up 2 a thousand burnt sacrifices on the altar there. |
| (0.28) | 1Ki 3:9 |
| So give your servant a discerning mind 1 so he can make judicial decisions for 2 your people and distinguish right from wrong. 3 Otherwise 4 no one is able 5 to make judicial decisions for 6 this great nation of yours.” 7 |
| (0.28) | 1Ki 3:15 |
| Solomon then woke up and realized it was a dream. 1 He went to Jerusalem, stood before the ark of the Lord’s covenant, offered up burnt sacrifices, presented peace offerings, 2 and held a feast for all his servants. |
| (0.28) | 1Ki 3:18 |
| Then three days after I had my baby, this woman also had a baby. We were alone; there was no one else in the house except the two of us. 1 |
| (0.28) | 1Ki 3:20 |
| She got up in the middle of the night and took my son from my side, while your servant was sleeping. She put him in her arms, and put her dead son in my arms. |
| (0.28) | 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 |
| (0.28) | 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.” |
| (0.28) | 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 |
| (0.28) | 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. |
| (0.28) | 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. |
| (0.28) | 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 |
| (0.28) | 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 |
| (0.28) | 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 |
