1 Kings 3:9
3:9 So give your servant a discerning mind
so he can make judicial decisions for
your people and distinguish right from wrong.
Otherwise
no one is able
to make judicial decisions for
this great nation of yours.”
1 Kings 5:1
Solomon Gathers Building Materials for the Temple
5:1 (5:15) King Hiram of Tyre sent messengers to Solomon when he heard that he had been anointed king in his father’s place. (Hiram had always been an ally of David.)
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 12:15
12:15 The king refused to listen to the people, because the
Lord was instigating this turn of events
so that he might bring to pass the prophetic announcement he had made
through Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam son of Nebat.