Solomon Builds the Temple 1 Then Solomon began to build the temple of theLordin Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where theLordhad appeared to his father David. It was on the threshing…

The Temple’s Furnishings 1 He made a bronze altar twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide and ten cubits high. 2 He made the Sea of cast metal, circular in shape,…

1 When all the work Solomon had done for the temple of theLordwas finished, he brought in the things his father David had dedicated—the silver and gold and all the…

1 Then Solomon said, “TheLordhas said that he would dwell in a dark cloud; 2 I have built a magnificent temple for you, a place for you to dwell forever.”…

The Dedication of the Temple 1 When Solomon finished praying, fire came down from heaven and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices, and the glory of theLordfilled the temple….

Solomon’s Other Activities 1 At the end of twenty years, during which Solomon built the temple of theLordand his own palace, 2 Solomon rebuilt the villages that Hiramhad given him,…

The Queen of Sheba Visits Solomon 1 When the queen of Sheba heard of Solomon’s fame, she came to Jerusalem to test him with hard questions. Arriving with a very…

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 in…

1 When Rehoboam arrived in Jerusalem, he mustered Judah and Benjamin—a hundred and eighty thousand able young men—to go to war against Israel and to regain the kingdom for Rehoboam….

Shishak Attacks Jerusalem 1 After Rehoboam’s position as king was established and he had become strong, he and all Israelwith him abandoned the law of theLord. 2 Because they had…