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1 Kings · read by A.J. Higgins
170 verses, in order. Only the verses A.J. read aloud are shown.
1 Kings 1
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Now King David was old and well along in years, and though they covered him with blankets, he could not keep warm.Read from KJV · Solomon elevated to the throne
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So his servants said to him, "Let us search for a young virgin for our lord the king, to attend to him and care for him and lie by his side to keep him warm."Read from KJV · Solomon elevated to the throne
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Then they searched throughout Israel for a beautiful girl, and they found Abishag the Shunammite and brought her to the king.Read from KJV · Solomon elevated to the throne
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The girl was unsurpassed in beauty; she cared for the king and served him, but he had no relations with her.Read from KJV · Solomon elevated to the throne
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At that time Adonijah, David's son by Haggith, began to exalt himself, saying, "I will be king!" And he acquired chariots and horsemen and fifty men to run ahead of him.Read from KJV · Solomon elevated to the throne
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(His father had never once reprimanded him by saying, "Why do you act this way?" Adonijah was also very handsome, born next after Absalom.)Read from KJV · Solomon elevated to the throne
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So Adonijah conferred with Joab son of Zeruiah and with Abiathar the priest, who supported him.Read from KJV · Solomon elevated to the throne
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But Zadok the priest, Benaiah son of Jehoiada, Nathan the prophet, Shimei, Rei, and David's mighty men would not join Adonijah.Read from KJV · Solomon elevated to the throne
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Then Nathan said to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon, "Have you not heard that Adonijah son of Haggith has become king, and our lord David does not know it?Read from KJV · Solomon elevated to the throne
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Now please, come and let me advise you. Save your own life and the life of your son Solomon.Read from KJV · Solomon elevated to the throne
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And just then, while Bathsheba was still speaking with the king, Nathan the prophet arrived.Read from KJV · Solomon elevated to the throne
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So the king was told, "Nathan the prophet is here." And Nathan went in and bowed facedown before the king.Read from KJV · Solomon elevated to the throne
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"My lord the king," said Nathan, "did you say, 'Adonijah will reign after me, and he will sit on my throne'?Read from KJV · Solomon elevated to the throne
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And the king swore an oath, saying, "As surely as the LORD lives, who has redeemed my life from all distress,Read from KJV · Solomon elevated to the throne
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I will carry out this very day exactly what I swore to you by the LORD, the God of Israel: Surely your son Solomon will reign after me, and he will sit on my throne in my place."Read from KJV · Solomon elevated to the throne
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Then King David said, "Call in for me Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada." So they came before the king.Read from KJV · Solomon elevated to the throne
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Zadok the priest took the horn of oil from the tabernacle and anointed Solomon. Then they blew the ram's horn, and all the people proclaimed, "Long live King Solomon!"Read from KJV · Solomon elevated to the throne
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All the people followed him, playing flutes and rejoicing with such a great joy that the earth was split by the sound.Read from KJV · Solomon elevated to the throne
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Now Adonijah and all his guests were finishing their feast when they heard the sound of the ram's horn. "Why is the city in such a loud uproar?" asked Joab.Read from KJV · Solomon elevated to the throne
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"Not at all," Jonathan replied. "Our lord King David has made Solomon king.Read from KJV · Solomon elevated to the throne
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And with Solomon, the king has sent Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada, along with the Cherethites and Pelethites, and they have set him on the king's mule.Read from KJV · Solomon elevated to the throne
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Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king at Gihon, and they have gone up from there with rejoicing that rings out in the city. That is the noise you hear.Read from KJV · Solomon elevated to the throne
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Moreover, Solomon has taken his seat on the royal throne.Read from KJV · Solomon elevated to the throne
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The king's servants have also gone to congratulate our lord King David, saying, 'May your God make the name of Solomon more famous than your own name, and may He make his throne greater than your throne.' And the king has bowed in worship on his bed,Read from KJV · Solomon elevated to the throne
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saying, 'Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel! Today He has provided one to sit on my throne, and my eyes have seen it.'"Read from KJV · Solomon elevated to the throne
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At this, all the guests of Adonijah arose in terror and scattered.Read from KJV · Solomon elevated to the throne
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But Adonijah, in fear of Solomon, got up and went to take hold of the horns of the altar.Read from KJV · Solomon elevated to the throne
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It was reported to Solomon: "Behold, Adonijah fears King Solomon, and he has taken hold of the horns of the altar, saying, 'Let King Solomon first swear to me not to put his servant to the sword.'"Read from KJV · Solomon elevated to the throne
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So King Solomon summoned Adonijah down from the altar, and he came and bowed down before King Solomon, who said to him, "Go to your home."Read from KJV · Solomon elevated to the throne
1 Kings 2
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As the time drew near for David to die, he charged his son Solomon,Read from KJV · Solomon established in the kingdom
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"I am about to go the way of all the earth. So be strong and prove yourself a man.Read from KJV · Solomon established in the kingdom
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And keep the charge of the LORD your God to walk in His ways and to keep His statutes, commandments, ordinances, and decrees, as is written in the Law of Moses, so that you may prosper in all you do and wherever you turn,Read from KJV · Solomon established in the kingdom
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and so that the LORD may fulfill His promise to me: 'If your descendants take heed to walk faithfully before Me with all their heart and soul, you will never fail to have a man on the throne of Israel.'Read from KJV · Solomon established in the kingdom
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Moreover, you know what Joab son of Zeruiah did to me—what he did to Abner son of Ner and Amasa son of Jether, the two commanders of the armies of Israel. He killed them in peacetime to avenge the blood of war. He stained with the blood of war the belt around his waist and the sandals on his feet.Read from KJV · Solomon established in the kingdom
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But show loving devotion to the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be among those who eat at your table, because they stood by me when I fled from your brother Absalom.Read from KJV · Solomon established in the kingdom
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Keep an eye on Shimei the son of Gera, the Benjamite from Bahurim who is with you. He called down bitter curses against me on the day I went to Mahanaim, but when he came down to meet me at the Jordan, I swore to him by the LORD: 'I will never put you to the sword.'Read from KJV · Solomon established in the kingdom
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Now therefore, do not hold him guiltless, for you are a wise man. You know what you ought to do to him to bring his gray head down to Sheol in blood."Read from KJV · Solomon established in the kingdom
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Then David rested with his fathers and was buried in the City of David.Read from KJV · Solomon established in the kingdom
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The length of David's reign over Israel was forty years—seven years in Hebron and thirty-three years in Jerusalem.Read from KJV · Solomon established in the kingdom
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So Solomon sat on the throne of his father David, and his kingdom was firmly established.Read from KJV · Solomon established in the kingdom
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Then he said, "I have something to tell you." "Say it," she answered.Read from KJV · Solomon established in the kingdom
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Adonijah replied, "Please speak to King Solomon, since he will not turn you down. Let him give me Abishag the Shunammite as my wife."Read from KJV · Solomon established in the kingdom
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So Bathsheba went to King Solomon to speak to him for Adonijah. The king stood up to greet her, bowed to her, and sat down on his throne. Then the king had a throne brought for his mother, who sat down at his right hand.Read from KJV · Solomon established in the kingdom
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King Solomon answered his mother, "Why do you request Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? Since he is my older brother, you might as well request the kingdom for him and for Abiathar the priest and for Joab son of Zeruiah!"Read from KJV · Solomon established in the kingdom
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Then King Solomon swore by the LORD: "May God punish me, and ever so severely, if Adonijah has not made this request at the expense of his life.Read from KJV · Solomon established in the kingdom
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So King Solomon sent the order to Benaiah son of Jehoiada, who struck down Adonijah, and he died.Read from KJV · Solomon established in the kingdom
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Then the king said to Abiathar the priest, "Go back to your fields in Anathoth. Even though you deserve to die, I will not put you to death at this time, since you carried the ark of the Lord GOD before my father David, and you suffered through all that my father suffered."Read from KJV · Solomon established in the kingdom
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So Solomon banished Abiathar from the priesthood of the LORD and thus fulfilled the word that the LORD had spoken at Shiloh against the house of Eli.Read from KJV · Solomon established in the kingdom
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When the news reached Joab, who had conspired with Adonijah but not with Absalom, he fled to the tent of the LORD and took hold of the horns of the altar.Read from KJV · Solomon established in the kingdom
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So Benaiah son of Jehoiada went up, struck down Joab, and killed him. He was buried at his own home in the wilderness.Read from KJV · Solomon established in the kingdom
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And the king appointed Benaiah son of Jehoiada in Joab's place over the army, and he appointed Zadok the priest in Abiathar's place.Read from KJV · Solomon established in the kingdom
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Then the king summoned Shimei and said to him, "Build a house for yourself in Jerusalem and live there, but do not go anywhere else.Read from KJV · Solomon established in the kingdom
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On the day you go out and cross the Kidron Valley, know for sure that you will die; your blood will be on your own head."Read from KJV · Solomon established in the kingdom
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"The sentence is fair," Shimei replied. "Your servant will do as my lord the king has spoken." And Shimei lived in Jerusalem for a long time.Read from KJV · Solomon established in the kingdom
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After three years, however, two of Shimei's slaves ran away to Achish son of Maacah, king of Gath. And Shimei was told, "Look, your slaves are in Gath."Read from KJV · Solomon established in the kingdom
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So Shimei saddled his donkey and set out to Achish at Gath in search of his slaves, and he brought them back from Gath.Read from KJV · Solomon established in the kingdom
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When Solomon was told that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath and had returned,Read from KJV · Solomon established in the kingdom
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So why have you not kept your oath to the LORD and the command that I gave you?"Read from KJV · Solomon established in the kingdom
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But King Solomon will be blessed and David's throne will remain secure before the LORD forever."Read from KJV · Solomon established in the kingdom
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Then the king commanded Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and he went out and struck Shimei down, and he died. Thus the kingdom was firmly established in the hand of Solomon.Read from KJV · Solomon established in the kingdom
1 Kings 3
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Later, Solomon formed an alliance with Pharaoh king of Egypt by marrying his daughter. Solomon brought her to the City of David until he had finished building his palace and the house of the LORD, as well as the wall around Jerusalem.Read from KJV · Solomon enabled for leadership
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The people, however, were still sacrificing on the high places because a house for the Name of the LORD had not yet been built.Read from KJV · Solomon enabled for leadership
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And Solomon loved the LORD and walked in the statutes of his father David, except that he sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.Read from KJV · Solomon enabled for leadership
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One night at Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream, and God said, "Ask, and I will give it to you!"Read from KJV · Solomon enabled for leadership
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And now, O LORD my God, You have made Your servant king in my father David's place. But I am only a little child, not knowing how to go out or come in.Read from KJV · Solomon enabled for leadership
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Your servant is here among the people You have chosen, a people too numerous to count or number.Read from KJV · Solomon enabled for leadership
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Therefore give Your servant an understanding heart to judge Your people and to discern between good and evil. For who is able to govern this great people of Yours?"Read from KJV · Solomon enabled for leadership
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Now it pleased the Lord that Solomon had made this request.Read from NKJV · Solomon enabled for leadership
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So God said to him, "Since you have asked for this instead of requesting long life or wealth for yourself or death for your enemies—but you have asked for discernment to administer justice—Read from KJV · Solomon enabled for leadership
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behold, I will do what you have asked. I will give you a wise and discerning heart, so that there has never been nor will ever be another like you.Read from KJV · Solomon enabled for leadership
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Moreover, I will give you what you did not request—both riches and honor—so that during all your days no man in any kingdom will be your equal.Read from KJV · Solomon enabled for leadership
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So if you walk in My ways and keep My statutes and commandments, just as your father David did, I will prolong your days."Read from KJV · Solomon enabled for leadership
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Then Solomon awoke, and indeed it had been a dream. So he returned to Jerusalem, stood before the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. Then he held a feast for all his servants.Read from KJV · Solomon enabled for leadership
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At that time two prostitutes came to the king and stood before him.Read from KJV · Solomon enabled for leadership
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On the third day after I gave birth, this woman also had a baby. We were alone, with no one in the house but the two of us.Read from KJV · Solomon enabled for leadership
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During the night this woman's son died because she rolled over on him.Read from KJV · Solomon enabled for leadership
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The next morning, when I got up to nurse my son, I discovered he was dead. But when I examined him, I realized that he was not the son I had borne."Read from KJV · Solomon enabled for leadership
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"No," said the other woman, "the living one is my son and the dead one is your son." But the first woman insisted, "No, the dead one is yours and the living one is mine." So they argued before the king.Read from KJV · Solomon enabled for leadership
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Then the king replied, "This woman says, 'My son is alive and yours is dead,' but that woman says, 'No, your son is dead and mine is alive.'"Read from KJV · Solomon enabled for leadership
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The king continued, "Bring me a sword." So they brought him a sword,Read from KJV · Solomon enabled for leadership
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and the king declared, "Cut the living child in two and give half to one and half to the other."Read from ESV · Solomon enabled for leadership
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Then the woman whose son was alive spoke to the king because she yearned with compassion for her son. "Please, my lord," she said, "give her the living baby. Do not kill him!" But the other woman said, "He will be neither mine nor yours. Cut him in two!"Read from KJV · Solomon enabled for leadership
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Then the king gave his ruling: "Give the living baby to the first woman. By no means should you kill him; she is his mother."Read from KJV · Solomon enabled for leadership
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When all Israel heard of the judgment the king had given, they stood in awe of him, for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him to administer justice.Read from KJV · Solomon enabled for leadership
1 Kings 4
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and these were his chief officials: Azariah son of Zadok was the priest;Read from KJV · Solomon enlarging and enriching the kingdom
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Elihoreph and Ahijah, the sons of Shisha, were secretaries; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was the recorder;Read from KJV · Solomon enlarging and enriching the kingdom
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Azariah son of Nathan was in charge of the governors; Zabud son of Nathan was a priest and adviser to the king;Read from KJV · Solomon enlarging and enriching the kingdom
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Solomon had twelve governors over all Israel to provide food for the king and his household. Each one would arrange provisions for one month of the year,Read from KJV · Solomon enlarging and enriching the kingdom
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and these were their names: Ben-hur in the hill country of Ephraim;Read from KJV · Solomon enlarging and enriching the kingdom
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Ben-deker in Makaz, in Shaalbim, in Beth-shemesh, and in Elon-beth-hanan;Read from KJV · Solomon enlarging and enriching the kingdom
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Ben-abinadab in Naphath-dor (Taphath, a daughter of Solomon, was his wife);Read from KJV · Solomon enlarging and enriching the kingdom
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Ahimaaz in Naphtali (he had married Basemath, a daughter of Solomon);Read from KJV · Solomon enlarging and enriching the kingdom
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Geber son of Uri in the land of Gilead, including the territories of Sihon king of the Amorites and of Og king of Bashan. There was also one governor in the land of Judah.Read from KJV · Solomon enlarging and enriching the kingdom
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The people of Judah and Israel were as numerous as the sand on the seashore, and they were eating and drinking and rejoicing.Read from KJV · Solomon enlarging and enriching the kingdom
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And Solomon reigned over all the kingdoms from the Euphrates to the land of the Philistines, as far as the border of Egypt. These kingdoms offered tribute and served Solomon all the days of his life.Read from KJV · Solomon enlarging and enriching the kingdom
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For Solomon had dominion over everything west of the Euphrates —over all the kingdoms from Tiphsah to Gaza—and he had peace on all sides.Read from KJV · Solomon enlarging and enriching the kingdom
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Solomon had 4,000 stalls for his chariot horses and 12,000 horses.Read from NASB1995 · Solomon enlarging and enriching the kingdom
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Each month the governors in turn provided food for King Solomon and all who came to his table. They saw to it that nothing was lacking.Read from KJV · Solomon enlarging and enriching the kingdom
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Each one also brought to the required place their quotas of barley and straw for the chariot horses and other horses.Read from KJV · Solomon enlarging and enriching the kingdom
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Solomon's wisdom was greater than that of all the men of the East, greater than all the wisdom of Egypt.Read from KJV · Solomon enlarging and enriching the kingdom
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He was wiser than all men—wiser than Ethan the Ezrahite, and wiser than Heman, Calcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol. And his fame spread throughout the surrounding nations.Read from KJV · Solomon enlarging and enriching the kingdom
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Solomon composed three thousand proverbs, and his songs numbered a thousand and five.Read from KJV · Solomon enlarging and enriching the kingdom
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He spoke of trees, from the cedar in Lebanon to the hyssop growing in the wall, and he taught about animals, birds, reptiles, and fish.Read from KJV · Solomon enlarging and enriching the kingdom
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So men of all nations came to listen to Solomon's wisdom, sent by all the kings of the earth, who had heard of his wisdom.Read from KJV · Solomon enlarging and enriching the kingdom
1 Kings 5
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Now when Hiram king of Tyre heard that Solomon had been anointed king in his father's place, he sent envoys to Solomon; for Hiram had always been a friend of David.Read from KJV · Solomon engaged in building
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"As you are well aware, due to the wars waged on all sides against my father David, he could not build a house for the Name of the LORD his God until the LORD had put his enemies under his feet.Read from KJV · Solomon engaged in building
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But now the LORD my God has given me rest on every side, and there is no adversary or crisis.Read from KJV · Solomon engaged in building
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So behold, I plan to build a house for the Name of the LORD my God, according to what the LORD said to my father David: 'I will put your son on your throne in your place, and he will build the house for My Name.'Read from KJV · Solomon engaged in building
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Now therefore, order that cedars of Lebanon be cut down for me. My servants will be with your servants, and I will pay your servants whatever wages you set, for you know that there are none among us as skilled in logging as the Sidonians."Read from KJV · Solomon engaged in building
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When Hiram received Solomon's message, he rejoiced greatly and said, "Blessed be the LORD this day! He has given David a wise son over this great people!"Read from KJV · Solomon engaged in building
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Then Hiram sent a reply to Solomon, saying: "I have received your message; I will do all you desire regarding the cedar and cypress timber.Read from KJV · Solomon engaged in building
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My servants will haul the logs from Lebanon to the Sea, and I will float them as rafts by sea to the place you specify. There I will separate the logs, and you can take them away. And in exchange, you can meet my needs by providing my household with food."Read from KJV · Solomon engaged in building
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So Hiram provided Solomon with all the cedar and cypress timber he wanted,Read from KJV · Solomon engaged in building
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and year after year Solomon would provide Hiram with 20,000 cors of wheat as food for his household, as well as 20,000 baths of pure olive oil.Read from KJV · Solomon engaged in building
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Then King Solomon conscripted a labor force of 30,000 men from all Israel.Read from KJV · Solomon engaged in building
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He sent them to Lebanon in monthly shifts of 10,000 men, so that they would spend one month in Lebanon and two months at home. And Adoniram was in charge of the forced labor.Read from KJV · Solomon engaged in building
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not including his 3,300 foremen who supervised the workers.Read from KJV · Solomon engaged in building
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And the king commanded them to quarry large, costly stones to lay the foundation of the temple with dressed stones.Read from KJV · Solomon engaged in building
1 Kings 6
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In the four hundred and eightieth year after the Israelites had come out of the land of Egypt, in the month of Ziv, the second month of the fourth year of Solomon's reign over Israel, he began to build the house of the LORD.Read from KJV · Solomon engaged in building
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And I will dwell among the Israelites and will not abandon My people Israel."Read from ESV · Solomon engaged in building
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The foundation of the house of the LORD was laid in the fourth year of Solomon's reign, in the month of Ziv.Read from KJV · Solomon engaged in building
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In his eleventh year and eighth month, the month of Bul, the temple was finished in every detail and according to every specification. So he built the temple in seven years.Read from KJV · Solomon engaged in building
1 Kings 7
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So all the work that King Solomon had performed for the house of the LORD was completed. Then Solomon brought in the items his father David had dedicated—the silver, the gold, and the furnishings—and he placed them in the treasuries of the house of the LORD.Read from KJV · Solomon engaged in building
1 Kings 8
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At that time Solomon assembled before him in Jerusalem the elders of Israel—all the tribal heads and family leaders of the Israelites—to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD from Zion, the City of David.Read from KJV · Solomon engaged in building
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and they brought up the ark of the LORD and the Tent of Meeting with all its sacred furnishings. So the priests and Levites carried them up.Read from KJV · Solomon engaged in building
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Then the priests brought the ark of the covenant of the LORD to its place in the inner sanctuary of the temple, the Most Holy Place, beneath the wings of the cherubim.Read from KJV · Solomon engaged in building
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And when the priests came out of the Holy Place, the cloud filled the house of the LORDRead from KJV · Solomon engaged in building
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so that the priests could not stand there to minister because of the cloud; for the glory of the LORD filled the house of the LORD.Read from KJV · Solomon engaged in building
1 Kings 10
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The weight of gold that came to Solomon each year was 666 talents,Read from KJV · Solomon's erosion and enemies
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not including the revenue from the merchants, traders, and all the Arabian kings and governors of the land.Read from KJV · Solomon's erosion and enemies
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King Solomon made two hundred large shields of hammered gold; six hundred shekels of gold went into each shield.Read from KJV · Solomon's erosion and enemies
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He also made three hundred small shields of hammered gold; three minas of gold went into each shield. And the king put them in the House of the Forest of Lebanon.Read from KJV · Solomon's erosion and enemies
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Additionally, the king made a great throne of ivory and overlaid it with pure gold.Read from KJV · Solomon's erosion and enemies
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So King Solomon surpassed all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom.Read from KJV · Solomon's erosion and enemies
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The whole world sought an audience with Solomon to hear the wisdom that God had put in his heart.Read from KJV · Solomon's erosion and enemies
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The king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar as abundant as sycamore in the foothills.Read from KJV · Solomon's erosion and enemies
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Solomon's horses were imported from Egypt and Kue; the royal merchants purchased them from Kue.Read from KJV · Solomon's erosion and enemies
1 Kings 11
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These women were from the nations about which the LORD had told the Israelites, "You must not intermarry with them, for surely they will turn your hearts after their gods." Yet Solomon clung to these women in love.Read from KJV · Solomon's erosion and enemies
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He had seven hundred wives of royal birth and three hundred concubines—and his wives turned his heart away.Read from NKJV · Solomon's erosion and enemies
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For when Solomon grew old, his wives turned his heart after other gods, and he was not wholeheartedly devoted to the LORD his God, as his father David had been.Read from KJV · Solomon's erosion and enemies
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Solomon followed Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians and Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.Read from KJV · Solomon's erosion and enemies
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So Solomon did evil in the sight of the LORD; unlike his father David, he did not follow the LORD completely.Read from KJV · Solomon's erosion and enemies
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At that time on a hill east of Jerusalem, Solomon built a high place for Chemosh the abomination of Moab and for Molech the abomination of the Ammonites.Read from KJV · Solomon's erosion and enemies
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He did the same for all his foreign wives, who burned incense and sacrificed to their gods.Read from KJV · Solomon's erosion and enemies
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Now the LORD grew angry with Solomon, because his heart had turned away from the LORD, the God of Israel, who had appeared to him twice.Read from KJV · Solomon's erosion and enemies
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Then the LORD said to Solomon, "Because you have done this and have not kept My covenant and My statutes, which I have commanded you, I will tear the kingdom away from you and give it to your servant.Read from KJV · Solomon's erosion and enemies
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Nevertheless, for the sake of your father David, I will not do it during your lifetime; I will tear it out of the hand of your son.Read from KJV · Solomon's erosion and enemies
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But Hadad, still just a young boy, had fled to Egypt, along with some Edomites who were servants of his father.Read from KJV · Solomon's erosion and enemies
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When Hadad heard in Egypt that David had rested with his fathers and that Joab, the commander of the army, was dead, he said to Pharaoh, "Let me go, that I may return to my own country."Read from KJV · Solomon's erosion and enemies
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Rezon was Israel's enemy throughout the days of Solomon, adding to the trouble caused by Hadad. So Rezon ruled over Aram with hostility toward Israel.Read from KJV · Solomon's erosion and enemies
1 Kings 19
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Now Ahab told Jezebel everything that Elijah had done and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword.Read from ESV · Our Minds and our Hopelessness
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So Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, "May the gods deal with me, and ever so severely, if by this time tomorrow I do not make your life like the lives of those you killed!"Read from KJV · Our Minds and our Hopelessness
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And Elijah was afraid and ran for his life. When he came to Beersheba in Judah, he left his servant there,Read from KJV · Our Minds and our Hopelessness
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while he himself traveled on a day's journey into the wilderness. He sat down under a broom tree and prayed that he might die. "I have had enough, LORD," he said. "Take my life, for I am no better than my fathers."Read from KJV · Our Minds and our Hopelessness
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Then he lay down under the broom tree and fell asleep. Suddenly an angel touched him and said, "Get up and eat."Read from KJV · Our Minds and our Hopelessness
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And he looked around, and there by his head was a cake of bread baked over hot coals, and a jar of water. So he ate and drank and lay down again.Read from KJV · Our Minds and our Hopelessness
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A second time the angel of the LORD returned and touched him, saying, "Get up and eat, or the journey will be too much for you."Read from KJV · Our Minds and our Hopelessness
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So he got up and ate and drank. And strengthened by that food, he walked forty days and forty nights until he reached Horeb, the mountain of God.Read from KJV · Our Minds and our Hopelessness
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There Elijah entered a cave and spent the night. And the word of the LORD came to him, saying, "What are you doing here, Elijah?"Read from KJV · Our Minds and our Hopelessness
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"I have been very zealous for the LORD, the God of Hosts," he replied, "but the Israelites have forsaken Your covenant, torn down Your altars, and killed Your prophets with the sword. I am the only one left, and they are seeking my life as well."Read from KJV · Our Minds and our Hopelessness
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Then the LORD said, "Go out and stand on the mountain before the LORD. Behold, the LORD is about to pass by." And a great and mighty wind tore into the mountains and shattered the rocks before the LORD, but the LORD was not in the wind. After the wind there was an earthquake, but the LORD was not in the earthquake.Read from KJV · Our Minds and our Hopelessness
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After the earthquake there was a fire, but the LORD was not in the fire. And after the fire came a still, small voice.Read from NKJV · Our Minds and our Hopelessness
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When Elijah heard it, he wrapped his face in his cloak and went out and stood at the mouth of the cave. Suddenly a voice came to him and said, "What are you doing here, Elijah?"Read from KJV · Our Minds and our Hopelessness
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"I have been very zealous for the LORD, the God of Hosts," he replied, "but the Israelites have forsaken Your covenant, torn down Your altars, and killed Your prophets with the sword. I am the only one left, and they are seeking my life as well."Read from KJV · Our Minds and our Hopelessness
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Then the LORD said to him, "Go back by the way you came, and go to the Desert of Damascus. When you arrive, you are to anoint Hazael as king over Aram.Read from KJV · Our Minds and our Hopelessness
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Nevertheless, I have reserved seven thousand in Israel—all whose knees have not bowed to Baal and whose mouths have not kissed him."Read from KJV · Our Minds and our Hopelessness