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 8:16
8:16 He told David,
‘Since the day I brought my people Israel out of Egypt, I have not chosen a city from all the tribes of Israel to build a temple in which to live.
But I have chosen David to lead my people Israel.’
1 Kings 8:20
8:20 The
Lord has kept the promise he made.
I have taken my father David’s place and have occupied the throne of Israel, as the
Lord promised. I have built this temple for the honor
of the
Lord God of Israel
1 Kings 8:29
8:29 Night and day may you watch over this temple, the place where you promised you would live.
May you answer your servant’s prayer for this place.
1 Kings 8:35
8:35 “The time will come when the skies are shut up tightly and no rain falls because your people sinned against you. When they direct their prayers toward this place, renew their allegiance to you, and turn away from their sin because you punish them,
1 Kings 8:44
8:44 “When you direct your people to march out and fight their enemies, and they direct their prayers to the Lord toward his chosen city and this temple I built for your honor,
1 Kings 8:48
8:48 When they return to you with all their heart and being
in the land where they are held prisoner,
and direct their prayers to you toward the land you gave to their ancestors, your chosen city, and the temple I built for your honor,
1 Kings 9:3
9:3 The
Lord said to him, “I have answered
your prayer and your request for help that you made to me. I have consecrated this temple you built by making it my permanent home;
I will be constantly present there.
1 Kings 9:7
9:7 then I will remove Israel from the land
I have given them, I will abandon this temple I have consecrated with my presence,
and Israel will be mocked and ridiculed
among all the nations.
1 Kings 11:36
11:36 I will leave
his son one tribe so my servant David’s dynasty may continue to serve me
in Jerusalem, the city I have chosen as my home.
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 18:25-26
18:25 Elijah told the prophets of Baal, “Choose one of the bulls for yourselves and go first, for you are the majority. Invoke the name of your god, but do not light a fire.”
18:26 So they took a bull, as he had suggested, and prepared it. They invoked the name of Baal from morning until noon, saying, “Baal, answer us.” But there was no sound and no answer. They jumped around on the altar they had made.