Monthly Archives: August 2017

Alliance with King Hiram 1 Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants to Solomon when he heard that they had anointed him king in place of his father, for Hiram had always been a friend of David. 2 Then Solomon sentwordto Hiram, saying, 3 “You know that David my father could not build a house […]

The Building of the Temple 1 Now it came about in the four hundred and eightieth year after the Israelites came out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, in the month of Ziv (April-May) which is the second month, that he began to build the Lord’s house […]

Solomon’s Palace 1 Now Solomon built his own house (palace)in thirteen years, and he finished all of his house [in that time]. 2 He also built the House of the Forest of Lebanon; its length was a hundredcubits (150 ft.), its width fifty cubits (75 ft.), and its height thirty cubits (45 ft.), upon four […]

The Ark Brought into the Temple 1 Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel and all the heads of the tribes, the leaders of the fathers’householdsof the sons of Israel, to King Solomon in Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of the Lord from the City of David, which is Zion. 2 […]

God’s Promise and Warning 1 Now it happened when Solomon had finished building the house (temple) of the Lordand the king’s house (palace), and all else which he was pleased to do, 2 that the Lordappeared to Solomon a second time, just as He had appeared to himat Gibeon. 3 The Lordtold him, “I have […]

The Queen of Sheba 1 Now when the queen ofSheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the Lord, she came to test him with riddles. 2 So she came to Jerusalem with a very large caravan (entourage), with camels carrying spices, a great quantity of gold, and precious stones. When she […]

Solomon Turns from God 1 Now king Solomon [defiantly] lovedmany foreign women along with the daughter of Pharaoh: Moabite, Ammonite, Edomite, Sidonian, and Hittite women, 2 from the very nations of whom the Lordsaid to the Israelites, “You shall not associate with them, nor shall they associate with you, for the result will be that […]

King Rehoboam Acts Foolishly 1 Rehoboam went toShechem, for all Israel had come to Shechem to make him king. 2 Now when Jeroboam the son of Nebat heard about it, he was living in Egypt (for he was still in Egypt, where he had fled from King Solomon). 3 So they sentwordand called for him, […]

Jeroboam Warned, Stricken 1 Now behold, there came a man of God from Judah to Bethel by the word (command) of the Lord, while Jeroboam was standing by the altar [which he had built] to burn incense. 2 The man cried out against the [idolatrous] altar by the word of the Lord, “O altar, altar, […]

Ahijah Prophesies against the King 1 At that time Abijah the son [and crown prince, heir] of Jeroboam became sick. 2 Jeroboam said to his wife, “Please get up and disguise yourself, so that people will not know that you are Jeroboam’s wife, and go to Shiloh. Ahijah the prophet is there, the one who […]