Monthly Archives: July 2017

Solomon’s Officials 1 Now King Solomon was king over all Israel. 2 These were his officials: Azariah the son of Zadokwasthe priest; 3 Elihoreph and Ahijah, the sons of Shishaweresecretaries; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahiludwasthe recorder; 4 and Benaiah the son of Jehoiadawasover the army; and Zadok and Abiatharwerepriests; 5 and Azariah the son of […]

Alliance with King Hiram 1 Now Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants to Solomon, when he heard that they had anointed him king in place of his father, for Hiram had always been a friend of David. 2 Then Solomon sentwordto Hiram, saying, 3 “You know that David my father was unable to build […]

The Building of the Temple 1 Now it came about in the four hundred and eightieth year after the sons of Israel came out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, in the month of Ziv which is the second month, that he began to build the house […]

Solomon’s Palace 1 Now Solomon was building his own house thirteen years, and he finished all his house. 2 He built the house of the forest of Lebanon; its length was 100cubits and its width 50 cubits and its height 30 cubits, on four rows of cedar pillars with cedar beams on the pillars. 3 […]

The Ark Brought into the Temple 1 Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel and all the heads of the tribes, the leaders of the fathers’householdsof the sons of Israel, to King Solomon in Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of the Lordfrom the city of David, which is Zion. 2 All […]

God’s Promise and Warning 1 Now it came about when Solomon had finished building the house of the Lord, and the king’s house, and all that Solomon desired to do, 2 that the Lordappeared to Solomon a second time, as He had appeared to him at Gibeon. 3 The Lordsaid to him, “I have heard […]

The Queen of Sheba 1 Now when the queen of Sheba heard about the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the Lord, she came to test him with difficult questions. 2 So she came to Jerusalem with a very large retinue, with camels carrying spices and very much gold and precious stones. When she […]

Solomon Turns from God 1 Now King Solomon loved many foreign women along with the daughter of Pharaoh: Moabite, Ammonite, Edomite, Sidonian, and Hittite women, 2 from the nations concerning which the Lordhad said to the sons of Israel, “You shall not associate with them, nor shall they associate with you,forthey will surely turn your […]

King Rehoboam Acts Foolishly 1 Then Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had come to Shechem to make him king. 2 Now when Jeroboam the son of Nebat heardof it,he was living in Egypt (for he was yet in Egypt, where he had fled from the presence of King Solomon). 3 Then they sent […]

Jeroboam Warned, Stricken 1 Now behold, there came a man of God from Judah to Bethel by the word of the Lord, while Jeroboam was standing by the altar to burn incense. 2 He cried against the altar by the word of the Lord, and said, “O altar, altar, thus says the Lord, ‘Behold, a […]