Discovery Box| (0.29) | 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 |
| (0.29) | 1Ki 10:10 |
| She gave the king 120 talents 1 of gold, a very large quantity of spices, and precious gems. The quantity of spices the queen of Sheba gave King Solomon has never been matched. 2 |
| (0.29) | 1Ki 10:19 |
| There were six steps leading up to the throne, and the back of it was rounded on top. The throne had two armrests with a statue of a lion standing on each side. 1 |
| (0.29) | 1Ki 10:22 |
| Along with Hiram’s fleet, the king had a fleet of large merchant ships 1 that sailed the sea. Once every three years the fleet 2 came into port with cargoes of 3 gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks. 4 |
| (0.29) | 1Ki 11:13 |
| But I will not tear away the entire kingdom; I will leave 1 your son one tribe for my servant David’s sake and for the sake of my chosen city Jerusalem.” |
| (0.29) | 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.” |
| (0.29) | 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 |
| (0.29) | 1Ki 11:31 |
| Then he told Jeroboam, “Take ten pieces, for this is what the Lord God of Israel says: ‘Look, I am about to tear the kingdom from Solomon’s hand and I will give ten tribes to you. |
| (0.29) | 1Ki 11:32 |
| He will retain one tribe, for my servant David’s sake and for the sake of Jerusalem, the city I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel. |
| (0.29) | 1Ki 11:34 |
| I will not take the whole kingdom from his hand. I will allow him to be ruler for the rest of his life for the sake of my chosen servant David who kept my commandments and rules. |
| (0.29) | 1Ki 12:18 |
| King Rehoboam sent Adoniram, 1 the supervisor of the work crews, 2 out after them, but all Israel stoned him to death. King Rehoboam managed to jump into his chariot and escape to Jerusalem. 3 |
| (0.29) | 1Ki 12:20 |
| When all Israel heard that Jeroboam had returned, they summoned him to the assembly and made him king over all Israel. No one except the tribe of Judah remained loyal to the Davidic dynasty. 1 |
| (0.29) | 1Ki 12:27 |
| If these people go up to offer sacrifices in the Lord’s temple in Jerusalem, 1 their loyalty could shift to their former master, 2 King Rehoboam of Judah. They might kill me and return to King Rehoboam of Judah.” |
| (0.29) | 1Ki 13:3 |
| That day he also announced 1 a sign, “This is the sign the Lord has predetermined: 2 The altar will be split open and the ashes 3 on it will fall to the ground.” 4 |
| (0.29) | 1Ki 13:5 |
| The altar split open and the ashes 1 fell from the altar to the ground, 2 in fulfillment of the sign the prophet had announced with the Lord’s authority. 3 |
| (0.29) | 1Ki 13:11 |
| Now there was an old prophet living in Bethel. 1 When his sons came home, they told their father 2 everything the prophet 3 had done in Bethel that day and all the words he had spoken to the king. 4 |
| (0.29) | 1Ki 13:32 |
| for the prophecy he announced with the Lord’s authority 1 against the altar in Bethel 2 and against all the temples on the high places in the cities of the north 3 will certainly be fulfilled.” |
| (0.29) | 1Ki 14:4 |
| Jeroboam’s wife did as she was told. She went to Shiloh and visited Ahijah. 1 Now Ahijah could not see; he had lost his eyesight in his old age. 2 |
| (0.29) | 1Ki 14:11 |
| Dogs will eat the members of your family 1 who die in the city, and the birds of the sky will eat the ones who die in the country.”’ Indeed, the Lord has announced it! |
| (0.29) | 1Ki 14:13 |
| All Israel will mourn him and bury him. He is the only one in Jeroboam’s family 1 who will receive a decent burial, for he is the only one in whom the Lord God of Israel found anything good. |
