1 Kings 1:21
1:21 If a decision is not made,
when my master the king is buried with his ancestors,
my son Solomon and I
will be considered state criminals.”
1 Kings 2:12
Solomon Secures the Throne
2:12 Solomon sat on his father David’s throne, and his royal authority was firmly solidified.
1 Kings 8:17
8:17 Now my father David had a strong desire
to build a temple to honor the
Lord God of Israel.
1 Kings 8:26
8:26 Now, O God of Israel, may the promise you made
to your servant, my father David, be realized.
1 Kings 8:57
8:57 May the
Lord our God be with us, as he was with our ancestors. May he not abandon us or leave us.
1 Kings 11:6
11:6 Solomon did evil in the
Lord’s sight;
he did not remain loyal to
the
Lord, like his father David had.
1 Kings 11:12
11:12 However, for your father David’s sake I will not do this while you are alive. I will tear it away from your son’s hand instead.
1 Kings 15:8
15:8 Abijah passed away
and was buried
in the city of David. His son Asa replaced him as king.
1 Kings 15:12
15:12 He removed the male cultic prostitutes from the land and got rid of all the disgusting idols
his ancestors
had made.
1 Kings 15:15
15:15 He brought the holy items that he and his father had made into the
Lord’s temple, including the silver, gold, and other articles.
1 Kings 15:26
15:26 He did evil in the sight of
the
Lord. He followed in his father’s footsteps and encouraged Israel to sin.
1 Kings 16:6
16:6 Baasha passed away
and was buried in Tirzah. His son Elah replaced him as king.
1 Kings 16:28
16:28 Omri passed away
and was buried in Samaria. His son Ahab replaced him as king.
1 Kings 21:3
21:3 But Naboth replied to Ahab, “The
Lord forbid that I should sell you my ancestral inheritance.”
1 Kings 22:46
22:46 He removed from the land any male cultic prostitutes who had managed to survive the reign of his father Asa.