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READ: 1 Kin. 11:1-8: … For it was so, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned his heart after other gods; and his heart was not loyal to the Lord his God, as was the heart of his father David … And he did likewise for all his foreign wives, who burned incense and […]

READ: 1 Kin. 9:26–10:29: … when the queen of Sheba had seen all the wisdom of Solomon, the house that he had built … there was no more spirit in her … Happy are your men … who … hear your wisdom! … King Solomon asked the LORD only for wisdom, but God gave him

READ: 1 Kin. 9:10-25: … Then Hiram sent the king one hundred and twenty talents of gold … to build … built … It is now the 24th year of King Solomon’s reign. The reign of peace and prosperity under Solomon has reached its highest point. The service of the LORD, the administration of justice,

READ: 1 Kin. 9:1-9: … I have heard your prayer and your supplication … when you walk before Me … in integrity of heart and in uprightness … I will establish the throne of your kingdom over Israel forever … But if you or your sons at all turn from following Me … then I

READ: 1 Kin. 8:54-66: … Blessed be the Lord, who has given rest to His people Israel … So the king and all the children of Israel dedicated the house of the Lord … At that time Solomon held a feast … before the Lord our God … fourteen days … The words Solomon now

READ: 1 Kin. 8:22-53: … And so it was, when Solomon had finished praying all this prayer and supplication to the Lord, that he arose from before the altar of the Lord, from kneeling on his knees with his hands spread up to heaven … After praising the Lord and blessing the people, Solomon kneels

READ: 1 Kin. 8:1-21: … Then they brought up the ark of the Lord, the tabernacle of meeting, and all the holy furnishings that were in the tabernacle … sacrificing sheep and oxen … the glory of the Lord filled the house of the Lord … So the Lord has fulfilled His word which He

READ: 1 Kin. 7:13-51: … So all the work that King Solomon had done for the house of the Lord was finished … This section concerns the interior of the temple and all the furnishings that belong there. For the design and construction of these, Solomon appoints a special craftsman, Hiram (not the same as

READ: 1 Kin. 7:1-12: But Solomon took thirteen years to build his own house; so he finished all his house … Solomon also made a house like this hall for Pharaoh’s daughter, whom he had taken as wife. All these were of costly stones cut to size, trimmed with saws, inside and out, from the

READ: 1 Kin. 6:1-38: … Then the word of the Lord came to Solomon, saying: ‘Concerning this temple which you are building, if you … keep all My commandments, and walk in them, then I will perform My word with you, which I spoke to your father David. And I will dwell among the children