Discovery Box| (1.00) | 1Ki 9:9 |
| Others will then answer, 1 ‘Because they abandoned the Lord their God, who led their ancestors 2 out of Egypt. They embraced other gods whom they worshiped and served. 3 That is why the Lord has brought all this disaster down on them.’” |
| (1.00) | 1Ki 9:13 |
| Hiram asked, 1 “Why did you give me these cities, my friend 2 ?” He called that area the region of Cabul, a name which it has retained to this day. 3 |
| (1.00) | 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. |
| (1.00) | 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 |
| (1.00) | 1Ki 9:22 |
| Solomon did not assign Israelites to these work crews; 1 the Israelites served as his soldiers, attendants, officers, charioteers, and commanders of his chariot forces. 2 |
| (1.00) | 1Ki 9:23 |
| These men were also in charge of Solomon’s work projects; there were a total of 550 men who supervised the workers. 1 |
| (1.00) | 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 |
| (1.00) | 1Ki 9:27 |
| Hiram sent his fleet and some of his sailors, who were well acquainted with the sea, to serve with Solomon’s men. 1 |
| (1.00) | 1Ki 10:3 |
| Solomon answered all her questions; there was no question too complex for the king. 1 |
| (1.00) | 1Ki 10:5 |
| the food in his banquet hall, 1 his servants and attendants, 2 their robes, his cupbearers, and his burnt offerings which he presented in the Lord’s temple, she was amazed. 3 |
| (1.00) | 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! |
| (1.00) | 1Ki 10:7 |
| I did not believe these things until I came and saw them with my own eyes. Indeed, I didn’t hear even half the story! 1 Your wisdom and wealth 2 surpass what was reported to me. |
| (1.00) | 1Ki 10:8 |
| Your attendants, who stand before you at all times and hear your wise sayings, are truly happy! 1 |
| (1.00) | 1Ki 10:20 |
| There were twelve statues of lions on the six steps, one lion at each end of each step. There was nothing like it in any other kingdom. 1 |
| (1.00) | 1Ki 10:24 |
| Everyone 1 in the world wanted to visit Solomon to see him display his God-given wisdom. 2 |
| (1.00) | 1Ki 11:2 |
| They came from nations about which the Lord had warned the Israelites, “You must not establish friendly relations with them! 1 If you do, they will surely shift your allegiance to their gods.” 2 But Solomon was irresistibly attracted to them. 3 |
| (1.00) | 1Ki 11:4 |
| When Solomon became old, his wives shifted his allegiance to 1 other gods; he was not wholeheartedly devoted to the Lord his God, as his father David had been. 2 |
| (1.00) | 1Ki 11:5 |
| Solomon worshiped 1 the Sidonian goddess Astarte and the detestable Ammonite god Milcom. 2 |
| (1.00) | 1Ki 11:7 |
| Furthermore, 1 on the hill east of Jerusalem 2 Solomon built a high place 3 for the detestable Moabite god Chemosh 4 and for the detestable Ammonite god Milcom. 5 |
| (1.00) | 1Ki 11:10 |
| and had warned him about this very thing, so that he would not follow other gods. 1 But he did not obey 2 the Lord’s command. |
