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

‘The Lord says this: “Do not attack and make war with your brothers, the Israelites. Each of you go home, for I have caused this to happen.”’” They obeyed the Lord and went home as the Lord had ordered them to do.

and he cried out to the prophet from Judah, “This is what the Lord says, ‘You have rebelled against the Lord and have not obeyed the command the Lord your God gave you.

When the old prophet who had invited him to his house heard the news, he said, “It is the prophet who rebelled against the Lord. The Lord delivered him over to the lion and it ripped him up and killed him, just as the Lord warned him.”

The prophet visited the king of Israel and said, “This is what the Lord says: ‘Because the Syrians said, “The Lord is a god of the mountains and not a god of the valleys,” I will hand over to you this entire huge army. Then you will know that I am the Lord.’”

The king swore an oath: “As certainly as the Lord lives (he who has rescued me from every danger),

Why then have you broken the oath you made before the Lord and disobeyed the order I gave you?”

But King Solomon will be empowered and David’s dynasty will endure permanently before the Lord.”

But now the Lord my God has made me secure on all fronts; there is no adversary or dangerous threat.

He prepared the inner sanctuary inside the temple so that the ark of the covenant of the Lord could be placed there.

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.

Solomon stood before the altar of the Lord in front of the entire assembly of Israel and spread out his hands toward the sky.

May the Lord our God be with us, as he was with our ancestors. May he not abandon us or leave us.

Then all the nations of the earth will recognize that the Lord is the only genuine God.

May you demonstrate wholehearted devotion to the Lord our God by following his rules and obeying his commandments, as you are presently doing.”

the Lord appeared to Solomon a second time, in the same way he had appeared to him at Gibeon.

When the queen of Sheba heard about Solomon, she came to challenge him with difficult questions.

The Lord brought against Solomon an enemy, Hadad the Edomite, a descendant of the Edomite king.

While they were sitting at the table, the Lord spoke through the old prophet