The Better Report

About Solomon

Solomon

Timeline

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Song 1:1 - 3:5
The Courtship

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

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3m
Song 3:6 - 4:16
The Wedding

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

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2m
Song 8:1-14
Longing for Her Beloved

O that you were to me like a brother who nursed at my mother’s breasts! If I...

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2m
2 Samuel 5:6-16
David Conquers Jerusalem & David’s Family Grows

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

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2m
2 Samuel 12:13-25
David’s Loss and Repentance & Solomon’s Birth

Then David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the LORD.” “The LORD has taken...

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1m
2 Samuel 12:26-31
The Capture of Rabbah

Meanwhile, Joab fought against Rabbah of the Ammonites and captured the royal...

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2m
1 Kings 1:1-10
Abishag Cares for David & Adonijah Usurps the Kingdom

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

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3m
1 Kings 1:11-31
Nathan and Bathsheba before David

Then Nathan said to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon, “Have you not heard that...

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2m
1 Kings 1:32-40
Solomon Anointed King

Then King David said, “Call in for me Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and...

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2m
1 Kings 1:41-53
Adonijah Learns of Solomon’s Kingship

Now Adonijah and all his guests were finishing their feast when they heard the...

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2m
1 Kings 2:1-12
The Rise of Solomon to King

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

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5m
1 Kings 2:13-46
Solomon Establishes His Kingship

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

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4m
1 Kings 3:1-28
Solomon the Wise

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

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1 Kings 4:1-34
Solomon's Kingdom, Wealth, and Wisdom

So King Solomon ruled over Israel, and these were his chief officials: Azariah...

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1 Kings 5:1-18
Preparation for The Temple

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

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4m
1 Kings 6:1-38
Building the Temple

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

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2m
1 Kings 7:1-12
The Palace

Solomon, however, took thirteen years to complete the construction of his entire...

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5m
1 Kings 7:13-51
Furnishings for the Temple

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

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2m
1 Kings 8:1-11
The Ark Enters the Temple

At that time Solomon assembled before him in Jerusalem the elders of Israel—all...

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2m
1 Kings 8:12-21
Solomon Blesses the LORD

Then Solomon declared: “The LORD has said that He would dwell in the thick...

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5m
1 Kings 8:22-53
Solomon’s Prayer of Dedication

Then Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in front of the whole assembly...

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1m
1 Kings 8:54-61
Solomon’s Benediction

Now when Solomon had finished praying this entire prayer and petition to the...

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2m
1 Kings 9:1-9
The LORD’s Response to Solomon

Now when Solomon had finished building the house of the LORD and the royal...

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2m
1 Kings 9:10-28
Solomon’s Further Building Projects

Now at the end of the twenty years during which Solomon built these two houses,...

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2m
1 Kings 10:1-13
The Queen of Sheba

Now when the queen of Sheba heard about the fame of Solomon concerning the name...

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2m
1 Kings 10:14-29
Solomon's Wealth and Splendor

The weight of gold that came to Solomon each year was 666 talents, not including...

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1m
1 Kings 11:1-8
Solomon’s Foreign Wives

King Solomon, however, loved many foreign women along with the daughter of...

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1m
1 Kings 11:9-13
God’s Anger against Solomon

Now the LORD grew angry with Solomon, because his heart had turned away from the...

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2m
1 Kings 11:14-25
Hadad’s Return & Rezon’s Hostility

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

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3m
1 Kings 11:26-43
Jeroboam’s Rebellion & The Death of Solomon

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

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3m
1 Kings 12:1-24
Rebellion against Rehoboam

Then Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had gone there to make him king....

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2m
1 Kings 14:21-31
The End of Rehoboam of Judah

Meanwhile, Rehoboam son of Solomon reigned in Judah. He was forty-one years old...

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2 Kings 21:1-18
Manasseh of Judah

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

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6m
2 Kings 23:1-30
Josiah of Judah

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

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2m
2 Kings 24:8-17
Jehoiachin of Judah

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

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2 Kings 24:18 - 25:21
Zedekiah of Judah

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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2m
1 Chronicles 3:1-24
From David to the Babylonian Exile

These were the sons of David who were born to him in Hebron: The firstborn was...

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2m
1 Chronicles 6:31-52
The Temple Musicians & The Descendants of Aaron

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

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2m
1 Chronicles 13:8 - 14:7
Uzzah Touches the Ark & David’s Family Grows

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

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1 Chronicles 22:1-19
Preparations for the Temple

Then David said, “Here shall be the house of the LORD God, as well as the altar...

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1 Chronicles 23:1-32
The Levites

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

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2m
1 Chronicles 28:1-10
David Commissions Solomon

Now David summoned all the leaders of Israel to Jerusalem: the leaders of the...

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2m
1 Chronicles 28:11-21
The Plans for the Temple

Then David gave his son Solomon the plans for the portico of the temple, its...

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2m
1 Chronicles 29:1-9
Offerings for the Temple

Then King David said to the whole assembly, “My son Solomon, the one whom God...

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2m
1 Chronicles 29:10-20
David’s Prayer of Blessing

Then David blessed the LORD in the sight of all the assembly and said: “May You...

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2m
1 Chronicles 29:21-30
Solomon Succeeds David

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

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2 Chronicles 1:1-17
Solomon’s Prayer for Wisdom & Solomon’s Riches

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

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2 Chronicles 2:1-18
Preparations for the Temple

Now Solomon purposed to build a house for the Name of the LORD and a royal...

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2 Chronicles 3:1 - 5:1
Construction of the Temple

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

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3m
2 Chronicles 5:2 - 6:11
Dedication of the Temple (Part 1)

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

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2m
2 Chronicles 5:1-14
The Ark Enters the Temple

So all the work that Solomon had performed for the house of the LORD was...

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8m
2 Chronicles 6:12 - 7:22
Dedication of the Temple (Part 2)

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

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2m
2 Chronicles 6:1-11
Solomon Blesses the LORD

Then Solomon declared: “The LORD has said that He would dwell in the thick...

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5m
2 Chronicles 6:12 - 7:3
Solomon’s Prayer of Dedication & Fire from Heaven

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

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2m
2 Chronicles 7:4-10
Sacrifices of Dedication

Then the king and all the people offered sacrifices before the LORD. And King...

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2m
2 Chronicles 7:11-22
The LORD’s Response to Solomon

When Solomon had finished the house of the LORD and the royal palace,...

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3m
2 Chronicles 8:1-18
Solomon's Additional Achievements

Now at the end of the twenty years during which Solomon had built the house of...

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4m
2 Chronicles 9:1-31
The Reign of Solomon

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

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2m
2 Chronicles 10:1-15
Rebellion against Rehoboam

Then Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had gone there to make him king....

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4m
2 Chronicles 10:16 - 12:12
The Kingdom Divided

When all Israel saw that the king had refused to listen to them, they answered...

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2 Chronicles 13:1-22
Abijah

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

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2 Chronicles 30:1-27
The Passover

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

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2 Chronicles 33:1-20
Manasseh

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

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2 Chronicles 35:1-19
Josiah Restores the Passover

Then Josiah celebrated the Passover to the LORD in Jerusalem, and the Passover...

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1m
Nehemiah 12:44-47
Provisions for Temple Worship

And on that same day men were appointed over the rooms that housed the supplies,...

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5m
Nehemiah 13:1-31
The People’s Failure and Nehemiah’s Correction

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

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2m
Psalms 72:1-20
Psalm 72: Endow the King with Your Justice

Endow the king with Your justice, O God, and the son of the king with Your...

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1m
Psalms 127:1-5
Psalm 127: Children Are a Heritage from the LORD

Unless the LORD builds the house, its builders labor in vain; unless the LORD...

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1m
Proverbs 1:1-7
The Beginning of Knowledge

These are the proverbs of Solomon son of David, king of Israel, for gaining...

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3m
Proverbs 10:1-32
The Wise Son

A modern lifestyle guide distilling ancient principles for long-term success, character development, and emotional intelligence in today's fast-paced world.

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Proverbs 25:1-28
Hezekiah's Collection of Solomon's Proverbs (Part 1)

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

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Jeremiah 52:1-34
The Fall of Jerusalem Recounted

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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2m
Matthew 1:1-17
The Genealogy of Jesus

We investigate the ancestral trail from Abraham to the birth of Jesus, mapping the forty-two generations that shaped history's most pivotal arrival.

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4m
Matthew 6:1-34
The Lord Sees What is Done in Secret

We break down a transformative set of principles focused on secret giving, honest prayer, and letting go of the constant cycle of worry to find real peace.

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4m
Matthew 12:15-50
Responses to Jesus

Jesus faces growing backlash from local leaders, addresses accusations of dark magic, and reveals a new standard for what it means to belong to His inner circle

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1m
Luke 11:29-32
The Sign of Jonah

Jesus addresses the crowds, critiquing their obsession with signs and pointing to his own presence as the ultimate proof, warning of coming judgment.

#judgment+3
2m
Luke 12:22-34
Do Not Worry

Learn how to break free from the constant cycle of worry and focus on what truly lasts, according to the latest life-changing insights.

#faith+2
1m
Acts 7:44-53
The Tabernacle of the Testimony

In a blistering final report, Stephen confronts the establishment, claiming they are repeating the mistakes of their ancestors by resisting God’s truth.

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