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This is Solomon’s Song of Songs. Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth! For your love is more delightful than wine. The fragrance of your perfume is plea
Who is this coming up from the wilderness like a column of smoke, scented with myrrh and frankincense from all the spices of the merchant? Behold, it is Solomon
O that you were to me like a brother who nursed at my mother’s breasts! If I...
Now the king and his men marched to Jerusalem against the Jebusites who inhabited the land. The Jebusites said to David: “You will never get in here. Even the b
Then David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the LORD.” “The LORD has taken...
Meanwhile, Joab fought against Rabbah of the Ammonites and captured the royal...
Now King David was old and well along in years, and though they covered him with blankets, he could not keep warm. So his servants said to him, “Let us search f
Then Nathan said to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon, “Have you not heard that...
Then King David said, “Call in for me Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and...
Now Adonijah and all his guests were finishing their feast when they heard the...
As the time drew near for David to die, he charged his son Solomon, “I am about to go the way of all the earth. So be strong and prove yourself a man. And keep
Now Adonijah son of Haggith went to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon, and she asked, “Do you come in peace?” “Yes, in peace,” he replied. Then he said, “I have s
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 h
So King Solomon ruled over Israel, and these were his chief officials: Azariah...
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 Da
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 Solom
Solomon, however, took thirteen years to complete the construction of his entire...
Now King Solomon sent to bring Huram from Tyre. He was the son of a widow from the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a craftsman in bronze. H
At that time Solomon assembled before him in Jerusalem the elders of Israel—all...
Then Solomon declared: “The LORD has said that He would dwell in the thick...
Then Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in front of the whole assembly...
Now when Solomon had finished praying this entire prayer and petition to the...
Now when Solomon had finished building the house of the LORD and the royal...
Now at the end of the twenty years during which Solomon built these two houses,...
Now when the queen of Sheba heard about the fame of Solomon concerning the name...
The weight of gold that came to Solomon each year was 666 talents, not including...
King Solomon, however, loved many foreign women along with the daughter of...
Now the LORD grew angry with Solomon, because his heart had turned away from the...
Then the LORD raised up against Solomon an adversary, Hadad the Edomite, from the royal line of Edom. Earlier, when David was in Edom, Joab the commander of the
Now Jeroboam son of Nebat was an Ephraimite from Zeredah whose mother was a widow named Zeruah. Jeroboam was a servant of Solomon, but he rebelled against the k
Then Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had gone there to make him king....
Meanwhile, Rehoboam son of Solomon reigned in Judah. He was forty-one years old...
Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem fifty-five years. His mother’s name was Hephzibah. And he did evil in the sight o
Then the king summoned all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem. And he went up to the house of the LORD with all the people of Judah and Jerusalem, as well as the
Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months. His mother’s name was Nehushta daughter of Elnathan; she was fr
Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years. His mother’s name was Hamutal daughter of Jeremiah; she was fro
These were the sons of David who were born to him in Hebron: The firstborn was...
These are the men David put in charge of the music in the house of the LORD after the ark rested there. They ministered with song before the tabernacle, the Ten
David and all the Israelites were celebrating before God with all their might, with songs and on harps and lyres, with tambourines, cymbals, and trumpets. When
Then David said, “Here shall be the house of the LORD God, as well as the altar...
When David was old and full of years, he installed his son Solomon as king over Israel. Then he gathered all the leaders of Israel, as well as the priests and L
Now David summoned all the leaders of Israel to Jerusalem: the leaders of the...
Then David gave his son Solomon the plans for the portico of the temple, its...
Then King David said to the whole assembly, “My son Solomon, the one whom God...
Then David blessed the LORD in the sight of all the assembly and said: “May You...
The next day they offered sacrifices and presented burnt offerings to the LORD: a thousand bulls, a thousand rams, and a thousand lambs, along with their drink
Now Solomon son of David established himself securely over his kingdom, and the LORD his God was with him and highly exalted him. Then Solomon spoke to all Isra
Now Solomon purposed to build a house for the Name of the LORD and a royal...
Then Solomon began to build the house of the LORD in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where the LORD had appeared to his father David. This was the place that David h
At that time Solomon assembled in Jerusalem the elders of Israel—all the tribal heads and family leaders of the Israelites—to bring up the ark of the covenant o
So all the work that Solomon had performed for the house of the LORD was...
Then Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in front of the whole assembly of Israel and spread out his hands. Now Solomon had made a bronze platform five c
Then Solomon declared: “The LORD has said that He would dwell in the thick...
Then Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in front of the whole assembly of Israel and spread out his hands. Now Solomon had made a bronze platform five c
Then the king and all the people offered sacrifices before the LORD. And King...
When Solomon had finished the house of the LORD and the royal palace,...
Now at the end of the twenty years during which Solomon had built the house of...
Now when the queen of Sheba heard about the fame of Solomon, she came to test him with difficult questions. She arrived in Jerusalem with a very large caravan—w
Then Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had gone there to make him king....
When all Israel saw that the king had refused to listen to them, they answered...
In the eighteenth year of Jeroboam’s reign, Abijah became king of Judah, and he reigned in Jerusalem three years. His mother’s name was Micaiah daughter of Urie
Then Hezekiah sent word throughout all Israel and Judah, and he also wrote letters to Ephraim and Manasseh inviting them to come to the house of the LORD in Jer
Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem fifty-five years. And he did evil in the sight of the LORD by following the abomi
Then Josiah celebrated the Passover to the LORD in Jerusalem, and the Passover...
And on that same day men were appointed over the rooms that housed the supplies,...
At that time the Book of Moses was read aloud in the hearing of the people, and in it they found the passage stating that no Ammonite or Moabite should ever ent
Endow the king with Your justice, O God, and the son of the king with Your...
Unless the LORD builds the house, its builders labor in vain; unless the LORD...
These are the proverbs of Solomon son of David, king of Israel, for gaining...
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These are additional proverbs of Solomon, which were copied by the men of Hezekiah king of Judah: It is the glory of God to conceal a matter and the glory of ki
Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years. His mother’s name was Hamutal daughter of Jeremiah; she was fro
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