1 Kings 1:11
1:11 Nathan said to Bathsheba, Solomon’s mother, “Has it been reported to you that Haggith’s son Adonijah has become king behind our master David’s back?
1 Kings 1:13
1:13 Visit
King David and say to him, ‘My master, O king, did you not solemnly promise
your servant, “Surely your son Solomon will be king after me; he will sit on my throne”? So why has Adonijah become king?’
1 Kings 1:38
1:38 So Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, Benaiah son of Jehoiada, the Kerethites, and the Pelethites went down, put Solomon on King David’s mule, and led him to Gihon.
1 Kings 1:47
1:47 The king’s servants have even come to congratulate
our master
King David, saying, ‘May your God
make Solomon more famous than you and make him an even greater king than you!’
Then the king leaned
on the bed
1 Kings 2:24
2:24 Now, as certainly as the
Lord lives (he who made me secure, allowed me to sit on my father David’s throne, and established a dynasty
for me as he promised), Adonijah will be executed today!”
1 Kings 3:1
The Lord Gives Solomon Wisdom
3:1 Solomon made an alliance by marriage with Pharaoh, king of Egypt; he married Pharaoh’s daughter. He brought her to the City of David until he could finish building his residence and the temple of the Lord and the wall around Jerusalem.
1 Kings 5:3
5:3 “You know that my father David was unable to build a temple to honor the
Lord his God, for he was busy fighting battles on all fronts while the
Lord subdued his enemies.
1 Kings 5:5
5:5 So I have decided
to build a temple to honor the
Lord my God, as the
Lord instructed my father David, ‘Your son, whom I will put on your throne in your place, is the one who will build a temple to honor me.’
1 Kings 6:12
6:12 “As for this temple you are building, if you follow
my rules, observe
my regulations, and obey all my commandments,
I will fulfill through you the promise I made to your father David.
1 Kings 7:51--8:1
7:51 When King Solomon finished constructing the
Lord’s temple, he
put the holy items that belonged to his father David (the silver, gold, and other articles) in the treasuries of the
Lord’s temple.
Solomon Moves the Ark into the Temple
8:1 Then Solomon convened in Jerusalem Israel’s elders, all the leaders of the Israelite tribes and families, so they could witness the transferal of the ark of the Lord’s covenant from the city of David (that is, Zion).
1 Kings 8:20
8:20 The
Lord has kept the promise he made.
I have taken my father David’s place and have occupied the throne of Israel, as the
Lord promised. I have built this temple for the honor
of the
Lord God of Israel
1 Kings 9:5
9:5 Then I will allow your dynasty to rule over Israel permanently,
just as I promised your father David, ‘You will not fail to have a successor on the throne of Israel.’
1 Kings 11:21
11:21 While in Egypt Hadad heard that David had passed away
and that Joab, the commander of the army, was dead. So Hadad asked Pharaoh, “Give me permission to leave
so I can return to my homeland.”
1 Kings 11:34
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.
1 Kings 12:20
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 Kings 13:2
13:2 With the authority of the
Lord he cried out against the altar, “O altar, altar! This is what the
Lord says, ‘Look, a son named Josiah will be born to the Davidic dynasty. He will sacrifice on you the priests of the high places who offer sacrifices on you. Human bones will be burned on you.’”
1 Kings 15:5
15:5 He did this
because David had done what he approved
and had not disregarded any of his commandments
his entire lifetime, except for the incident involving Uriah the Hittite.