After Solomon finished building the Lord’s temple, the royal palace, and all the other construction projects he had planned,

After twenty years, during which Solomon built the Lord’s temple and the royal palace,

When Zimri saw that the city was captured, he went into the fortified area of the royal palace. He set the palace on fire and died in the flames.

In the month Ziv of the fourth year of Solomon’s reign the foundation was laid for the Lord’s temple.

O Lord, truly I have built a lofty temple for you, a place where you can live permanently.”

Solomon built up Gezer, lower Beth Horon,

He set up an altar for Baal in the temple of Baal he had built in Samaria.

Ben-Deker was in charge of Makaz, Shaalbim, Beth Shemesh, and Elon Beth Hanan.

Once the priests left the holy place, a cloud filled the Lord’s temple.

Now my father David had a strong desire to build a temple to honor the Lord God of Israel.

So he started back on another road; he did not travel back on the same road he had taken to Bethel.

This sin caused Jeroboam’s dynasty to come to an end and to be destroyed from the face of the earth.

Whenever the king visited the Lord’s temple, the royal guard carried them and then brought them back to the guardroom.

He brought the holy items that he and his father had made into the Lord’s temple, including the silver, gold, and other articles.

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.

Tahpenes’ sister gave birth to his son, named Genubath. Tahpenes raised him in Pharaoh’s palace; Genubath grew up in Pharaoh’s palace among Pharaoh’s sons.

When Rehoboam arrived in Jerusalem, he summoned 180,000 skilled warriors from all of Judah and the tribe of Benjamin to attack Israel and restore the kingdom to Rehoboam son of Solomon.

So I am ready to bring disaster on the dynasty of Jeroboam. I will cut off every last male belonging to Jeroboam in Israel, including even the weak and incapacitated. I will burn up the dynasty of Jeroboam, just as one burns manure until it is completely consumed.

He took away the treasures of the Lord’s temple and of the royal palace; he took everything, including all the golden shields that Solomon had made.

Solomon dismissed Abiathar from his position as priest of the Lord, fulfilling the decree of judgment the Lord made in Shiloh against the family of Eli.