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1 Kings · read by James Jennings
66 verses, in order. Only the verses James read aloud are shown.
1 Kings 2
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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 ESV · Abuse and Immorality Among Religious Leaders
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 ESV · Discernment and Asking In Prayer
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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 ESV · Discernment and Asking In Prayer
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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 ESV · Discernment and Asking In Prayer
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Now the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there, for it was the great high place. Solomon offered a thousand burnt offerings on the altar there.Read from ESV · Discernment and Asking In Prayer
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Solomon replied, "You have shown much loving devotion to Your servant, my father David, because he walked before You in faithfulness, righteousness, and uprightness of heart. And You have maintained this loving devotion by giving him a son to sit on his throne this very day.Read from ESV · Discernment and Asking In Prayer
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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 ESV · Discernment and Asking In Prayer
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Your servant is here among the people You have chosen, a people too numerous to count or number.Read from ESV · Discernment and Asking In Prayer
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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 ESV · Discernment and Asking In Prayer
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Now it pleased the Lord that Solomon had made this request.Read from ESV · Discernment and Asking In Prayer
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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 ESV · Discernment and Asking In Prayer
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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 ESV · Discernment and Asking In Prayer
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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 ESV · Discernment and Asking In Prayer
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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 ESV · Discernment and Asking In Prayer
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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 ESV · Discernment and Asking In Prayer
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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 ESV · Discernment and Asking In Prayer
1 Kings 4
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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 ESV · The Importance Of Getting Counsel
1 Kings 10
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Now when the queen of Sheba heard about the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the LORD, she came to test him with difficult questions.Read from ESV · The Importance Of Getting Counsel
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And Solomon answered all her questions; nothing was too difficult for the king to explain.Read from ESV · The Importance Of Getting Counsel
1 Kings 11
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Thus the time that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel was forty years.Read from ESV · The Importance Of Getting Counsel
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And Solomon rested with his fathers and was buried in the city of his father David. And his son Rehoboam reigned in his place.Read from ESV · The Importance Of Getting Counsel
1 Kings 12
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Then Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had gone there to make him king.Read from ESV · The Importance Of Getting Counsel
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When Jeroboam son of Nebat heard about this, he was still in Egypt where he had fled from King Solomon and had been living ever since.Read from ESV · The Importance Of Getting Counsel
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"Your father put a heavy yoke on us. But now you should lighten the burden of your father's service and the heavy yoke he put on us, and we will serve you."Read from ESV · The Importance Of Getting Counsel
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Rehoboam answered, "Go away for three days and then return to me." So the people departed.Read from ESV · The Importance Of Getting Counsel
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Then King Rehoboam consulted with the elders who had served his father Solomon during his lifetime. "How do you advise me to respond to these people?" he asked.Read from ESV · The Importance Of Getting Counsel
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They replied, "If you will be a servant to these people and serve them this day, and if you will respond by speaking kind words to them, they will be your servants forever."Read from ESV · The Importance Of Getting Counsel
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But Rehoboam rejected the advice of the elders; instead, he consulted the young men who had grown up with him and served him.Read from ESV · The Importance Of Getting Counsel
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He asked them, "What message do you advise that we send back to these people who have spoken to me, saying, 'Lighten the yoke your father put on us'?"Read from ESV · The Importance Of Getting Counsel
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The young men who had grown up with him replied, "This is how you should answer these people who said to you, 'Your father made our yoke heavy, but you should make it lighter.' This is what you should tell them: 'My little finger is thicker than my father's waist!Read from ESV · The Importance Of Getting Counsel
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Whereas my father burdened you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke. Whereas my father scourged you with whips, I will scourge you with scorpions.'"Read from ESV · The Importance Of Getting Counsel
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After three days, Jeroboam and all the people returned to Rehoboam, since the king had said, "Come back to me on the third day."Read from ESV · The Importance Of Getting Counsel
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And the king answered the people harshly. He rejected the advice of the eldersRead from ESV · The Importance Of Getting Counsel
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and spoke to them as the young men had advised, saying, "Whereas my father made your yoke heavy, I will add to your yoke. Whereas my father scourged you with whips, I will scourge you with scorpions."Read from ESV · The Importance Of Getting Counsel
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So the king did not listen to the people, and indeed this turn of events was from the LORD, to fulfill the word He had spoken to Jeroboam son of Nebat through Ahijah the Shilonite.Read from ESV · The Importance Of Getting Counsel
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When all Israel saw that the king had refused to listen to them, they answered the king: "What portion do we have in David, and what inheritance in the son of Jesse? To your tents, O Israel! Look now to your own house, O David!" So the Israelites went home,Read from ESV · The Importance Of Getting Counsel
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but Rehoboam still reigned over the Israelites living in the cities of Judah.Read from ESV · The Importance Of Getting Counsel
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Then King Rehoboam sent out Adoram, who was in charge of the forced labor, but all Israel stoned him to death. And King Rehoboam mounted his chariot in haste and escaped to Jerusalem.Read from ESV · The Importance Of Getting Counsel
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So to this day Israel has been in rebellion against the house of David.Read from ESV · The Importance Of Getting Counsel
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When all Israel heard that Jeroboam had returned, they summoned him to the assembly and made him king over all Israel. Only the tribe of Judah followed the house of David.Read from ESV · The Importance Of Getting Counsel
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And when Rehoboam arrived in Jerusalem, he mobilized the whole house of Judah and the tribe of Benjamin—180,000 chosen warriors—to fight against the house of Israel and restore the kingdom to Rehoboam son of Solomon.Read from ESV · The Importance Of Getting Counsel
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But the word of God came to Shemaiah the man of God:Read from ESV · The Importance Of Getting Counsel
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"Tell Rehoboam son of Solomon king of Judah, all the house of Judah and Benjamin, and the rest of the peopleRead from ESV · The Importance Of Getting Counsel
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that this is what the LORD says: 'You are not to go up and fight against your brothers, the Israelites. Each of you must return home, for this word is from Me.'" So they listened to the word of the LORD and turned back according to the word of the LORD.Read from ESV · The Importance Of Getting Counsel
1 Kings 15
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He banished the male shrine prostitutes from the land and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.Read from ESV · Don't Forget the Word, But Obey It
1 Kings 16
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However, Ahab son of Omri did evil in the sight of the LORD, more than all who were before him.Read from ESV · The Curse of Jericho, God Does What He Says
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And as if it were not enough for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, he even married Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians, and he then proceeded to serve and worship Baal.Read from ESV · The Curse of Jericho, God Does What He Says
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First, Ahab set up an altar for Baal in the temple of Baal that he had built in Samaria.Read from ESV · The Curse of Jericho, God Does What He Says
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Then he set up an Asherah pole. Thus Ahab did more to provoke the LORD, the God of Israel, to anger than all the kings of Israel before him.Read from ESV · Avoid Ahab's Self Pity Party
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In Ahab's days, Hiel the Bethelite rebuilt Jericho. At the cost of Abiram his firstborn he laid its foundation, and at the cost of Segub his youngest he set up its gates, according to the word that the LORD had spoken through Joshua son of Nun.Read from ESV · The Curse of Jericho, God Does What He Says
1 Kings 19
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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 ESV · Avoid Ahab's Self Pity Party
1 Kings 20
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Sullen and angry, the king of Israel went home to Samaria.Read from ESV · Avoid Ahab's Self Pity Party
1 Kings 21
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Some time later, Naboth the Jezreelite happened to own a vineyard in Jezreel next to the palace of Ahab king of Samaria.Read from ESV · Avoid Ahab's Self Pity Party
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But Naboth replied, "The LORD forbid that I should give you the inheritance of my fathers."Read from ESV · Avoid Ahab's Self Pity Party
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So Ahab went to his palace, sullen and angry because Naboth the Jezreelite had told him, "I will not give you the inheritance of my fathers." He lay down on his bed, turned his face away, and refused to eat.Read from ESV · Avoid Ahab's Self Pity Party
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Ahab answered, "Because I spoke to Naboth the Jezreelite and told him, 'Give me your vineyard for silver, or if you wish, I will give you another vineyard in its place.' And he replied, 'I will not give you my vineyard!'"Read from NKJV · Avoid Ahab's Self Pity Party
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But his wife Jezebel said to him, "Do you not reign over Israel? Get up, eat some food, and be cheerful, for I will get you the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite."Read from ESV · Avoid Ahab's Self Pity Party
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Then Jezebel wrote letters in Ahab's name, sealed them with his seal, and sent them to the elders and nobles who lived with Naboth in his city.Read from ESV · Avoid Ahab's Self Pity Party
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In the letters she wrote: "Proclaim a fast and give Naboth a seat of honor among the people.Read from ESV · Avoid Ahab's Self Pity Party
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They proclaimed a fast and gave Naboth a seat of honor among the people.Read from ESV · Avoid Ahab's Self Pity Party
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And the two scoundrels came in and sat opposite Naboth, and these men testified against him before the people, saying, "Naboth has cursed both God and the king!" So they took him outside the city and stoned him to death.Read from ESV · Avoid Ahab's Self Pity Party
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Then they sent word to Jezebel: "Naboth has been stoned to death."Read from ESV · Avoid Ahab's Self Pity Party
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When Jezebel heard that Naboth had been stoned to death, she said to Ahab, "Get up and take possession of the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, who refused to give it to you for silver. For Naboth is no longer alive, but dead."Read from ESV · Avoid Ahab's Self Pity Party
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And when Ahab heard that Naboth was dead, he got up and went down to take possession of the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.Read from ESV · Avoid Ahab's Self Pity Party
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Then the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,Read from KJV · Avoid Ahab's Self Pity Party
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Then the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying:Read from ESV · Avoid Ahab's Self Pity Party