1 Kings 3:6
3:6 Solomon replied, “You demonstrated
great loyalty to your servant, my father David, as he served
you faithfully, properly, and sincerely.
You have maintained this great loyalty to this day by allowing his son to sit on his throne.
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 17:11-14
17:11 As she went to get it, he called out to her, “Please bring me a piece of bread.”
17:12 She said, “As certainly as the
Lord your God lives, I have no food, except for a handful of flour in a jar and a little olive oil in a jug. Right now I am gathering a couple of sticks for a fire. Then I’m going home to make one final meal for my son and myself. After we have eaten that, we will die of starvation.”
17:13 Elijah said to her, “Don’t be afraid. Go and do as you planned.
But first make a small cake for me and bring it to me; then make something for yourself and your son.
17:14 For this is what the
Lord God of Israel says, ‘The jar of flour will not be empty and the jug of oil will not run out until the day the
Lord makes it rain on the surface of the ground.’”
1 Kings 17:17
17:17 After this the son of the woman who owned the house got sick. His illness was so severe he could no longer breathe.
Psalms 132:11-12
132:11 The Lord made a reliable promise to David;
he will not go back on his word.
He said, “I will place one of your descendants on your throne.
132:12 If your sons keep my covenant
and the rules I teach them,
their sons will also sit on your throne forever.”
Proverbs 17:6
17:6 Grandchildren are like a crown to the elderly,
and the glory of children is their parents.