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 1:30
1:30 I will keep
today the oath I swore to you by the
Lord God of Israel: ‘Surely Solomon your son will be king after me; he will sit in my place on my throne.’”
1 Kings 2:22
2:22 King Solomon answered his mother, “Why just request Abishag the Shunammite for him?
Since he is my older brother, you should also request the kingdom for him, for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab son of Zeruiah!”
1 Kings 4:24
4:24 His royal court was so large because
he ruled over all the kingdoms west of the Euphrates River from Tiphsah
to Gaza; he was at peace with all his neighbors.
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 6:1
The Building of the Temple
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 (the second month), he began building the Lord’s temple.
1 Kings 7:14
7:14 He was the son of a widow from the tribe of Naphtali,
and his father was a craftsman in bronze from Tyre. He had the skill and knowledge
to make all kinds of works of bronze. He reported to King Solomon and did all the work he was assigned.
1 Kings 8:1
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 8:65
8:65 At that time Solomon and all Israel with him celebrated a festival before the
Lord our God for two entire weeks. This great assembly included people from all over the land, from Lebo Hamath in the north to the Brook of Egypt
in the south.
1 Kings 10:10
10:10 She gave the king 120 talents
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.
1 Kings 10:13
10:13 King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba everything she requested, besides what he had freely offered her.
Then she left and returned
to her homeland with her attendants.
1 Kings 13:26
13:26 When the old prophet who had invited him to his house heard the news,
he said, “It is the prophet
who rebelled against the
Lord.
The
Lord delivered him over to the lion and it ripped him up
and killed him, just as the
Lord warned him.”
1 Kings 14:2
14:2 Jeroboam told his wife, “Disguise
yourself so that people cannot recognize you are Jeroboam’s wife. Then go to Shiloh; Ahijah the prophet, who told me I would rule over this nation, lives there.
1 Kings 16:16
16:16 While deployed there, the army received this report:
“Zimri has conspired against the king and assassinated him.”
So all Israel made Omri, the commander of the army, king over Israel that very day in the camp.
1 Kings 18:24
18:24 Then you
will invoke the name of your god, and I will invoke the name of the
Lord. The god who responds with fire will demonstrate that he is the true God.”
All the people responded, “This will be a fair test.”
1 Kings 19:4
19:4 while he went a day’s journey into the desert. He went and sat down under a shrub
and asked the
Lord to take his life:
“I’ve had enough! Now, O
Lord, take my life. After all, I’m no better than my ancestors.”
1 Kings 20:32
20:32 So they put sackcloth around their waists and ropes on their heads and went to the king of Israel. They said, “Your servant
Ben Hadad says, ‘Please let me live!’” Ahab
replied, “Is he still alive? He is my brother.”