1 Kings 2:2

2:2 “I am about to die. ¹  Be strong and become a man!

1 Kings 4:1

Solomon’s Royal Court and Administrators

4:1 King Solomon ruled over all Israel.

1 Kings 4:10

4:10 Ben-Hesed was in charge of Arubboth; he controlled Socoh and all the territory of Hepher.

1 Kings 8:3

8:3 When all Israel’s elders had arrived, the priests lifted the ark.

1 Kings 8:62

Solomon Dedicates the Temple

8:62 The king and all Israel with him were presenting sacrifices to the Lord.

1 Kings 10:23

10:23 King Solomon was wealthier and wiser than any of the kings of the earth. ² 

1 Kings 11:8

11:8 He built high places for all his foreign wives so they could burn incense and make sacrifices to their gods. ³ 

1 Kings 14:30

14:30 Rehoboam and Jeroboam were continually at war with each other.

[2:2]  ¹ tn Heb “going the way of all the earth.”

[10:23]  ² tn Heb “King Solomon was greater than all the kings of the earth with respect to wealth and with respect to wisdom.”

[11:8]  ³ tn Heb “and the same thing he did for all his foreign wives, [who] were burning incense and sacrificing to their gods.”