Solomon

And Jehovah was angry with Solomon, because his heart was turned away from Jehovah, the God of Israel, who had appeared unto him twice, — read the full passage →

And all the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.

For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned away his heart after other gods; and his heart was not perfect with Jehovah his God, as was the heart of David his father.

And Solomon had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, that he bestowed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem.

And David comforted Bath-sheba his wife, and went in unto her, and lay with her: and she bare a son, and he called his name Solomon. And Jehovah loved him;

And he made three hundred shields of beaten gold; three pounds of gold went to one shield: and the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.

In that night did God appear unto Solomon, and said unto him, Ask what I shall give thee. — read the full passage →

And they brought every man his tribute, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and raiment, armor, and spices, horses, and mules, a rate year by year.

And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines; and his wives turned away his heart.

So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth in riches and in wisdom.

And Solomon ruled over all the kingdoms from the River unto the land of the Philistines, and unto the border of Egypt: they brought tribute, and served Solomon all the days of his life.

Thus Solomon finished the house of Jehovah, and the king’s house: and all that came into Solomon’s heart to make in the house of Jehovah, and in his own house, he prosperously effected.

And the king made of the almug-trees pillars for the house of Jehovah, and for the king’s house, harps also and psalteries for the singers: there came no such almug-trees, nor were seen, unto this day.

And Solomon made affinity with Pharaoh king of Egypt, and took Pharaoh’s daughter, and brought her into the city of David, until he had made an end of building his own house, and the house of Jehovah, and the wall of Jerusalem round about.

The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, a greater than Solomon is here.

of their children that were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel consumed not, of them did Solomon raise a levy of bondservants unto this day.

thou shalt surely set him king over thee, whom Jehovah thy God shall choose: one from among thy brethren shalt thou set king over thee; thou mayest not put a foreigner over thee, who is not thy brother. — read the full passage →

And king Solomon made two hundred bucklers of beaten gold; six hundred shekels of gold went to one buckler.

And she gave the king a hundred and twenty talents of gold, and of spices very great store, and precious stones: there came no more such abundance of spices as these which the queen of Sheba gave to king Solomon.

And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, wherein Solomon had built the two houses, the house of Jehovah and the king’s house

And he made the porch of the throne where he was to judge, even the porch of judgment: and it was covered with cedar from floor to floor.

Barley also and straw for the horses and swift steeds brought they unto the place where the officers were, every man according to his charge.

So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom.

And she gave the king a hundred and twenty talents of gold, and spices in great abundance, and precious stones: neither was there any such spice as the queen of Sheba gave to king Solomon.

And Solomon gathered chariots and horsemen: and he had a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, that he placed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem.

And all the earth sought the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.

And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the sea-shore.

And they kept the charge of their God, and the charge of the purification, and so did the singers and the porters, according to the commandment of David, and of Solomon his son.

And Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years.

And they brought horses for Solomon out of Egypt, and out of all lands.

And all king Solomon’s drinking vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold: silver was nothing accounted of in the days of Solomon.

Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred and threescore and six talents of gold,

And Solomon brought up the daughter of Pharaoh out of the city of David unto the house that he had built for her; for he said, My wife shall not dwell in the house of David king of Israel, because the places are holy, whereunto the ark of Jehovah hath come.

For the king had at sea a navy of Tarshish with the navy of Hiram: once every three years came the navy of Tarshish, bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.

And it came to pass, when Solomon had finished the building of the house of Jehovah, and the king’s house, and all Solomon’s desire which he was pleased to do, — read the full passage →

The two pillars, the one sea, and the twelve brazen bulls that were under the bases, which king Solomon had made for the house of Jehovah—the brass of all these vessels was without weight.

their children that were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel were not able utterly to destroy, of them did Solomon raise a levy of bondservants unto this day.

And Solomon was building his own house thirteen years, and he finished all his house.

And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, in the month Ziv, which is the second month, that he began to build the house of Jehovah. — read the full passage →

And those officers provided victuals for king Solomon, and for all that came unto king Solomon’s table, every man in his month; they let nothing be lacking.

And Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen.

For he had dominion over all the region on this side the River, from Tiphsah even to Gaza, over all the kings on this side the River: and he had peace on all sides round about him.

In Gibeon Jehovah appeared to Solomon in a dream by night; and God said, Ask what I shall give thee. — read the full passage →

it was winter; and Jesus was walking in the temple in Solomon’s porch.

I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards; — read the full passage →

My son, if thou wilt receive my words, And lay up my commandments with thee; — read the full passage →

And he ruled over all the kings from the River even unto the land of the Philistines, and to the border of Egypt.

Then Solomon offered burnt-offerings unto Jehovah on the altar of Jehovah, which he had built before the porch, — read the full passage →

And the horses which Solomon had were brought out of Egypt; the king’s merchants received them in droves, each drove at a price.

And the horses which Solomon had were brought out of Egypt; and the king’s merchants received them in droves, each drove at a price.

and the food of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and their apparel, and his cupbearers, and his ascent by which he went up unto the house of Jehovah; there was no more spirit in her. — read the full passage →

And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of Jehovah, she came to prove him with hard questions. — read the full passage →

And they came to Ophir, and fetched from thence gold, four hundred and twenty talents, and brought it to king Solomon.

And this is the reason of the levy which king Solomon raised, to build the house of Jehovah, and his own house, and Millo, and the wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor, and Megiddo, and Gezer. — read the full passage →

And these are their names: Ben-hur, in the hill-country of Ephraim;

And Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, who provided victuals for the king and his household: each man had to make provision for a month in the year. — read the full passage →

And Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, who provided victuals for the king and his household: each man had to make provision for a month in the year. — read the full passage →

And Solomon loved Jehovah, walking in the statutes of David his father: only he sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.

I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards;

And Jehovah appeared to Solomon by night, and said unto him, I have heard thy prayer, and have chosen this place to myself for a house of sacrifice. — read the full passage →

Moreover he made an altar of brass, twenty cubits the length thereof, and twenty cubits the breadth thereof, and ten cubits the height thereof. — read the full passage →

Then Solomon began to build the house of Jehovah at Jerusalem on mount Moriah, whereJehovahappeared unto David his father, which he made ready in the place that David had appointed, in the threshing-floor of Ornan the Jebusite. — read the full passage →

Now Solomon purposed to build a house for the name of Jehovah, and a house for his kingdom. — read the full passage →

And they fetched up and brought out of Egypt a chariot for six hundred shekels of silver, and a horse for a hundred and fifty: and so for all the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of Syria, did they bring them out by their means.

And the king made silver and gold to be in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars made he to be as the sycomore-trees that are in the lowland, for abundance.

And all the princes, and the mighty men, and all the sons likewise of king David, submitted themselves unto Solomon the king.

and Johanan begat Azariah (he it is that executed the priest’s office in the house that Solomon built in Jerusalem),

And a chariot came up and went out of Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver, and a horse for a hundred and fifty; and so for all the kings of the Hittites, and for the kings of Syria, did they bring them out by their means.

besides that which the traders brought, and the traffic of the merchants, and of all the kings of the mingled people, and of the governors of the country.

And when the queen of Sheba had seen all the wisdom of Solomon, and the house that he had built,

Then there came two women that were harlots, unto the king, and stood before him. — read the full passage →

In Gibeon Jehovah appeared to Solomon in a dream by night; and God said, Ask what I shall give thee. — read the full passage →

And the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there; for that was the great high place: a thousand burnt-offerings did Solomon offer upon that altar.

And the king put Benaiah the son of Jehoiada in his room over the host; and Zadok the priest did the king put in the room of Abiathar.

So I was great, and increased more than all that were before me in Jerusalem: also my wisdom remained with me.

I gathered me also silver and gold, and the treasure of kings and of the provinces; I gat me men-singers and women-singers, and the delights of the sons of men, musical instruments, and that of all sorts.

I communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I have gotten me great wisdom above all that were before me in Jerusalem; yea, my heart hath had great experience of wisdom and knowledge.

And the king made of the algum-trees terraces for the house of Jehovah, and for the king’s house, and harps and psalteries for the singers: and there were none such seen before in the land of Judah.

And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, she came to prove Solomon with hard questions at Jerusalem, with a very great train, and camels that bare spices, and gold in abundance, and precious stones: and when she was come to Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart.

And Huram sent him by the hands of his servants ships, and servants that had knowledge of the sea; and they came with the servants of Solomon to Ophir, and fetched from thence four hundred and fifty talents of gold, and brought them to king Solomon.

Then went Solomon to Ezion-geber, and to Eloth, on the sea-shore in the land of Edom.

And these were the chief officers of king Solomon, even two hundred and fifty, that bare rule over the people.

that the cities which Huram had given to Solomon, Solomon built them, and caused the children of Israel to dwell there.

And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, wherein Solomon had built the house of Jehovah, and his own house,

Then spake Solomon, Jehovah hath said that he would dwell in the thick darkness. — read the full passage →

And the high places that were before Jerusalem, which were on the right hand of the mount of corruption, which Solomon the king of Israel had builded for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Sidonians, and for Chemosh the abomination of Moab, and for Milcom the abomination of the children of Ammon, did the king defile.

Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with the finest gold. — read the full passage →

Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred threescore and six talents of gold,

And the navy also of Hiram, that brought gold from Ophir, brought in from Ophir great plenty of almug-trees and precious stones.

Happy are thy men, happy are these thy servants, that stand continually before thee, and that hear thy wisdom.

And Solomon told her all her questions: there was not anything hid from the king which he told her not.

But Pharaoh’s daughter came up out of the city of David unto her house which Solomon had built for her: then did he build Millo.

And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, wherein Solomon had built the two houses, the house of Jehovah and the king’s house — read the full passage →

And it came to pass, when Solomon had finished the building of the house of Jehovah, and the king’s house, and all Solomon’s desire which he was pleased to do, — read the full passage →

So Solomon held the feast at that time, and all Israel with him, a great assembly, from the entrance of Hamath unto the brook of Egypt, before Jehovah our God, seven days and seven days, even fourteen days.

Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the princes of the fathers’housesof the children of Israel, unto king Solomon in Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of Jehovah out of the city of David, which is Zion. — read the full passage →

And his house where he was to dwell, the other court within the porch, was of the like work. He made also a house for Pharaoh’s daughter (whom Solomon had taken to wife), like unto this porch. — read the full passage →

And his house where he was to dwell, the other court within the porch, was of the like work. He made also a house for Pharaoh’s daughter (whom Solomon had taken to wife), like unto this porch.

And king Solomon was king over all Israel. — read the full passage →

Then king Solomon sware by Jehovah, saying, God do so to me, and more also, if Adonijah hath not spoken this word against his own life.