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1 Kings 6 - Solomon Builds the Temple, The Furnishings of the Temple

In the four hundred eightieth year after the Israelites came out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel,...

1 Kings 7 - Solomon’s Palace and Other Buildings, Products of Hiram the Bronzeworker

Solomon was building his own house thirteen years, and he finished his entire house. 2 He built the House of the Forest of the Lebanon...

1 Kings 8 - Dedication of the Temple, Solomon’s Speech, Prayer of Dedication, Blesses the Assembly

Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel and all the heads of the tribes, the leaders of the ancestral houses of the Israelites,...

1 Kings 9 - God Appears Again to Solomon, Other Acts of Solomon, Solomon’s Commercial Activity

When Solomon had finished building the house of the Lord and the king’s house and all that Solomon desired to build, 2 the Lord appeared...

1 Kings 10 - Visit of the Queen of Sheba

When the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon (fame due to[a] the name of the Lord), she came to test him with hard questions....

1 Kings 11 - Solomon’s Errors, Adversaries of Solomon, Jeroboam’s Rebellion, Death of Solomon

King Solomon loved many foreign women along with the daughter of Pharaoh: Moabite, Ammonite, Edomite, Sidonian, and Hittite women, 2 from...

1 Kings 12 - The Northern Tribes Secede, First Dynasty: Jeroboam Reigns, Jeroboam’s Gold Calves

Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had come to Shechem to make him king. 2 When Jeroboam son of Nebat heard of it (for he was still...

1 Kings 13 - A Man of God from Judah

While Jeroboam was standing by the altar to offer incense, a man of God came out of Judah by the word of the Lord to Bethel 2 and...

1 Kings 14 - Judgment on the House of Jeroboam, Death of Jeroboam, Rehoboam Reigns over Judah

At that time Abijah son of Jeroboam fell sick. 2 Jeroboam said to his wife, “Go, disguise yourself, so that it will not be known that you...

1 Kings 15 - Abijam Reigns over Judah: Idolatry and War, Asa Reigns, Alliance with Aram, Nadab Reign

Now in the eighteenth year of King Jeroboam son of Nebat, Abijam began to reign over Judah. 2 He reigned for three years in Jerusalem....

1 Kings 16 - Second, Third, Fourth Dynasty Reigns over Israel, Samaria the New Capital, Ahab Reigns

The word of the Lord came to Jehu son of Hanani against Baasha, saying, 2 “Since I exalted you out of the dust and made you leader over...

1 Kings 17 - Elijah Predicts a Drought, The Widow of Zarephath, Elijah Revives the Widow’s Son

Now Elijah the Tishbite, of Tishbe[a] in Gilead, said to Ahab, “As the Lord the God of Israel lives, before whom I stand, there shall be...

1 Kings 18 - Elijah’s Message to Ahab, Elijah’s Triumph over the Priests of Baal, The Drought Ends

After many days the word of the Lord came to Elijah, in the third year of the drought,[a] saying, “Go, present yourself to Ahab; I will...

1 Kings 19 - Elijah Flees from Jezebel, Elijah Meets God at Horeb, Elisha Becomes Elijah’s Disciple

Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword. 2 Then Jezebel sent a messenger to...

1 Kings 20 - Ahab’s Wars with the Arameans, Prophetic Opposition to Ahab, Arameans Are Defeated

King Ben-hadad of Aram gathered all his army together; thirty-two kings were with him, along with horses and chariots. He marched against...

1 Kings 21 - Naboth’s Vineyard, Elijah Pronounces God’s Sentence

Later the following events took place: Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard in Jezreel, beside the palace of King Ahab of Samaria. 2 And...

1 Kings 22 - Joint Campaign with Judah against Aram, Micaiah Predicts Failure, Death of Ahab

For three years Aram and Israel continued without war. 2 But in the third year King Jehoshaphat of Judah came down to the king of Israel....

2 Kings 1 - Elijah Denounces Ahaziah, Death of Ahaziah

After the death of Ahab, Moab rebelled against Israel. 2 Ahaziah had fallen through the lattice in his upper chamber in Samaria, and lay...

2 Kings 2 - Elijah Ascends to Heaven, Elisha Succeeds Elijah, Elisha Performs Miracles

Now when the Lord was about to take Elijah up to heaven by a whirlwind, Elijah and Elisha were on their way from Gilgal. 2 Elijah said to...

2 Kings 3 - Jehoram Reigns over Israel, War with Moab

In the eighteenth year of King Jehoshaphat of Judah, Jehoram son of Ahab became king over Israel in Samaria; he reigned twelve years....

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