Category Archives: 1 Kings

Adonijah Sets Himself Up as King 1 When King David was very old, he could not keep warm even when they put covers over him. 2 So his attendants said to him, “Let us look for a young virgin to serve the king and take care of him. She can lie beside him so that […]

David’s Charge to Solomon 1 When the time drew near for David to die, he gave a charge to Solomon his son. 2 “I am about to go the way of all the earth,” he said. “So be strong, act like a man, 3 and observe what theLordyour God requires: Walk in obedience to him, […]

Solomon Asks for Wisdom 1 Solomon made an alliance with Pharaoh king of Egypt and married his daughter. He brought her to the City of David until he finished building his palace and the temple of theLord, and the wall around Jerusalem. 2 The people, however, were still sacrificing at the high places, because a […]

Solomon’s Officials and Governors 1 So King Solomon ruled over all Israel. 2 And these were his chief officials: Azariah son of Zadok—the priest; 3 Elihoreph and Ahijah, sons of Shisha—secretaries; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud—recorder; 4 Benaiah son of Jehoiada—commander in chief; Zadok and Abiathar—priests; 5 Azariah son of Nathan—in charge of the district governors; […]

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 […]

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 […]