Monthly Archives: July 2019

Preparations for Building the Temple 1 When Hiram king of Tyre heard that Solomon had been anointed king to succeed his father David, he sent his envoys to Solomon, because he had always been on friendly terms with David. 2 Solomon sent back this message to Hiram: 3 “You know that because of the wars […]

Solomon Builds the Temple 1 In the four hundred and eightiethyear after the Israelites came out of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, in the month of Ziv, the second month, he began to build the temple of theLord. 2 The temple that King Solomon built for theLordwas sixty cubits long, […]

Solomon Builds His Palace 1 It took Solomon thirteen years, however, to complete the construction of his palace. 2 He built the Palace of the Forest of Lebanon a hundred cubits long, fifty wide and thirty high,with four rows of cedar columns supporting trimmed cedar beams. 3 It was roofed with cedar above the beams […]

The Ark Brought to the Temple 1 Then King Solomon summoned into his presence at Jerusalem the elders of Israel, all the heads of the tribes and the chiefs of the Israelite families, to bring up the ark of theLord’s covenant from Zion, the City of David. 2 All the Israelites came together to King […]

The Lord Appears to Solomon 1 When Solomon had finished building the temple of theLordand the royal palace, and had achieved all he had desired to do, 2 theLordappeared to him a second time, as he had appeared to him at Gibeon. 3 TheLordsaid to him: “I have heard the prayer and plea you have […]

The Queen of Sheba Visits Solomon 1 When the queen of Sheba heard about the fame of Solomon and his relationship to theLord, she came to test Solomon with hard questions. 2 Arriving at Jerusalem with a very great caravan—with camels carrying spices, large quantities of gold, and precious stones—she came to Solomon and talked […]

Solomon’s Wives 1 King Solomon, however, loved many foreign women besides Pharaoh’s daughter—Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Sidonians and Hittites. 2 They were from nations about which theLordhad told the Israelites, “You must not intermarry with them, because they will surely turn your hearts after their gods.” Nevertheless, Solomon held fast to them in love. 3 He […]

Israel Rebels Against Rehoboam 1 Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had gone there to make him king. 2 When Jeroboam son of Nebat heard this (he was still in Egypt, where he had fled from King Solomon), he returned fromEgypt. 3 So they sent for Jeroboam, and he and the whole assembly of […]

The Man of God From Judah 1 By the word of theLorda man of God came from Judah to Bethel, as Jeroboam was standing by the altar to make an offering. 2 By the word of theLordhe cried out against the altar: “Altar, altar! This is what theLordsays: ‘A son named Josiah will be born […]

Ahijah’s Prophecy Against Jeroboam 1 At that time Abijah son of Jeroboam became ill, 2 and Jeroboam said to his wife, “Go, disguise yourself, so you won’t be recognized as the wife of Jeroboam. Then go to Shiloh. Ahijah the prophet is there—the one who told me I would be king over this people. 3 […]