1 Kings 5:3
5:3 “You know that my father David was unable to build a temple to honor the
Lord his God, for he was busy fighting battles on all fronts while the
Lord subdued his enemies.
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 7:51
7:51 When King Solomon finished constructing the
Lord’s temple, he
put the holy items that belonged to his father David (the silver, gold, and other articles) in the treasuries of the
Lord’s temple.
1 Kings 8:54
8:54 When Solomon finished presenting all these prayers and requests to the Lord, he got up from before the altar of the Lord where he had kneeled and spread out his hands toward the sky.
1 Kings 8:59
8:59 May the
Lord our God be constantly aware of these requests of mine I have presented to him,
so that he might vindicate
his servant and his people Israel as the need arises.
1 Kings 8:63
8:63 Solomon offered as peace offerings
to the
Lord 22,000 cattle and 120,000 sheep. Then the king and all the Israelites dedicated the
Lord’s temple.
1 Kings 9:9
9:9 Others will then answer,
‘Because they abandoned the
Lord their God, who led their ancestors
out of Egypt. They embraced other gods whom they worshiped and served.
That is why the
Lord has brought all this disaster down on them.’”
1 Kings 9:25
9:25 Three times a year Solomon offered burnt offerings and peace offerings on the altar he had built for the Lord, burning incense along with them before the Lord. He made the temple his official worship place.
1 Kings 10:9
10:9 May the
Lord your God be praised because he favored
you by placing you on the throne of Israel! Because of the
Lord’s eternal love for Israel, he made you king so you could make just and right decisions.”
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.
1 Kings 13:2
13:2 With the authority of the
Lord he cried out against the altar, “O altar, altar! This is what the
Lord says, ‘Look, a son named Josiah will be born to the Davidic dynasty. He will sacrifice on you the priests of the high places who offer sacrifices on you. Human bones will be burned on you.’”
1 Kings 13:6
13:6 The king pled with
the prophet,
“Seek the favor of
the
Lord your God and pray for me, so that my hand may be restored.” So the prophet sought the
Lord’s favor
and the king’s hand was restored to its former condition.
1 Kings 14:15
14:15 The
Lord will attack Israel, making it like a reed that sways in the water.
He will remove Israel from this good land he gave to their ancestors
and scatter them beyond the Euphrates River,
because they angered the
Lord by making Asherah poles.
1 Kings 16:7
16:7 The prophet Jehu son of Hanani received from the
Lord the message predicting the downfall of Baasha and his family because of all the evil Baasha had done in the sight of the
Lord.
His actions angered the
Lord (including the way he had destroyed Jeroboam’s dynasty), so that his family ended up like Jeroboam’s.
1 Kings 18:12-13
18:12 But when I leave you, the
Lord’s spirit will carry you away so I can’t find you.
If I go tell Ahab I’ve seen you, he won’t be able to find you and he will kill me.
That would not be fair,
because your servant has been a loyal follower of
the
Lord from my youth.
18:13 Certainly my master is aware of what I did
when Jezebel was killing the
Lord’s prophets. I hid one hundred of the
Lord’s prophets in two caves in two groups of fifty and I brought them food and water.
1 Kings 20:13
The Lord Delivers Israel
20:13 Now a prophet visited King Ahab of Israel and said, “This is what the Lord says, ‘Do you see this huge army? Look, I am going to hand it over to you this very day. Then you will know that I am the Lord.’”
1 Kings 21:19
21:19 Say to him, ‘This is what the
Lord says: “Haven’t you committed murder and taken possession of the property of the deceased?”’ Then say to him, ‘This is what the
Lord says: “In the spot where dogs licked up Naboth’s blood they will also lick up your blood – yes, yours!”’”