1 Kings 3:15
3:15 Solomon then woke up and realized it was a dream.
He went to Jerusalem, stood before the ark of the Lord’s covenant, offered up burnt sacrifices, presented peace offerings,
and held a feast for all his servants.
1 Kings 3:2
3:2 Now the people were offering sacrifices at the high places,
because in those days a temple had not yet been built to honor the
Lord.
1 Kings 5:7-9
5:7 When Hiram heard Solomon’s message, he was very happy. He said, “The Lord is worthy of praise today because he has given David a wise son to rule over this great nation.”
5:8 Hiram then sent this message to Solomon: “I received the message you sent to me. I will give you all the cedars and evergreens you need.
5:9 My servants will bring the timber down from Lebanon to the sea. I will send it by sea in raft-like bundles to the place you designate. There I will separate the logs and you can carry them away. In exchange you will supply the food I need for my royal court.”
1 Kings 6:12-17
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.
6:13 I will live among the Israelites and will not abandon my people Israel.”
6:14 So Solomon finished building the temple.
6:15 He constructed the walls inside the temple with cedar planks; he paneled the inside with wood from the floor of the temple to the rafters of the ceiling. He covered the temple floor with boards made from the wood of evergreens.
6:16 He built a wall 30 feet in from the rear of the temple as a partition for an inner sanctuary that would be the most holy place. He paneled the wall with cedar planks from the floor to the rafters.
6:17 The main hall in front of the inner sanctuary was 60 feet long.
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 11:7
11:7 Furthermore,
on the hill east of Jerusalem
Solomon built a high place
for the detestable Moabite god Chemosh
and for the detestable Ammonite god Milcom.
1 Kings 15:29
15:29 When he became king, he executed Jeroboam’s entire family. He wiped out everyone who breathed,
just as the
Lord had predicted
through his servant Ahijah the Shilonite.
1 Kings 16:1
16:1 Jehu son of Hanani received from the Lord this message predicting Baasha’s downfall:
Psalms 9:11
9:11 Sing praises to the Lord, who rules in Zion!
Tell the nations what he has done!
Psalms 102:21
102:21 so they may proclaim the name of the Lord in Zion,
and praise him in Jerusalem,
Isaiah 28:16
28:16 Therefore, this is what the sovereign master, the Lord, says:
“Look, I am laying a stone in Zion,
an approved stone,
set in place as a precious cornerstone for the foundation.
The one who maintains his faith will not panic.
Isaiah 46:13
46:13 I am bringing my deliverance near, it is not far away;
I am bringing my salvation near, it does not wait.
I will save Zion;
I will adorn Israel with my splendor.”
Isaiah 46:1
The Lord Carries His People
46:1 Bel kneels down,
Nebo bends low.
Their images weigh down animals and beasts.
Your heavy images are burdensome to tired animals.
Isaiah 2:6
The Lord’s Day of Judgment
2:6 Indeed, O Lord, you have abandoned your people,
the descendants of Jacob.
For diviners from the east are everywhere;
they consult omen readers like the Philistines do.
Plenty of foreigners are around.