Solomon

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

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

When Solomon was old, his wives turned away his heart after other gods; and his heart was not perfect with Yahweh his God, as was the heart of David his father.

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

David comforted Bathsheba his wife, and went in to her, and lay with her. She bore a son, and he called his name Solomon. Yahweh loved him;

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

In that night God appeared to Solomon, and said to him, “Ask what I shall give you.” — read the full passage →

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

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.

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

Thus Solomon finished Yahweh’s house, and the king’s house: and he successfully completed all that came into Solomon’s heart to make in Yahweh’s house, and in his own house.

The king made of the almug trees pillars for Yahweh’s house, and for the king’s house, harps also and stringed instruments for the singers: there came no such almug trees, nor were seen, to this day.

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 Yahweh’s house, and the wall of Jerusalem all around.

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

of their children who were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel didn’t consume, of them Solomon conscripted forced labor to this day.

you shall surely set him king over yourselves, whom Yahweh your God chooses. You shall set as king over you one from among your brothers. You may not put a foreigner over you, who is not your brother. — read the full passage →

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

She gave the king one hundred 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.

At the end of twenty years, in which Solomon had built the two houses, Yahweh’s house and the king’s house

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 to the place where the officers were, every man according to his duty.

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

She gave the king one 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.

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

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

God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and very great understanding, even as the sand that is on the seashore.

They performed the duty of their God, and the duty of the purification, and so did the singers and the porters, according to the commandment of David, and of Solomon his son.

Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years.

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

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 sixty-six talents of gold,

Solomon brought up the daughter of Pharaoh out of the city of David to 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 where Yahweh’s ark has come are holy.”

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.

When Solomon had finished the building of Yahweh’s house, and the king’s house, and all Solomon’s desire which he was pleased to do, — read the full passage →

They took the two pillars, the one sea, and the twelve bronze bulls that were under the bases, which king Solomon had made for Yahweh’s house. The brass of all these vessels was without weight.

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

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

In the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel had 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, he began to build Yahweh’s house. — read the full passage →

Those officers provided food for king Solomon, and for all who came to king Solomon’s table, every man in his month; they let nothing be lacking.

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

For he had dominion over all 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 around him.

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

It was winter, and Jesus was walking in the temple, in Solomon’s porch.

I made myself great works. I built myself houses. I planted myself vineyards. — read the full passage →

My son, if you will receive my words, and store up my commandments within you; — read the full passage →

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

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

The horses which Solomon had were brought out of Egypt and from Kue; the king’s merchants purchased them from Kue.

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 clothing, and his cup bearers, and his ascent by which he went up to Yahweh’s house; there was no more spirit in her. — read the full passage →

When the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning Yahweh’s name, she came to prove him with hard questions. — read the full passage →

They came to Ophir, and fetched from there gold, four hundred and twenty talents, and brought it to king Solomon.

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

These are their names: Ben Hur, in the hill country of Ephraim;

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

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

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

I made myself great works. I built myself houses. I planted myself vineyards.

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

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

Then Solomon began to build Yahweh’s house at Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where Yahweh appeared to David his father, which he prepared in the place that David had appointed, in the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite. — read the full passage →

Now Solomon decided to build a house for Yahweh’s name, and a house for his kingdom. — read the full passage →

They brought up and brought out of Egypt a chariot for six hundred pieces of silver, and a horse for one hundred fifty: and so for all the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of Syria, they brought them out by their means.

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

All the princes, the mighty men, and also all of the sons of king David submitted themselves to Solomon the king.

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

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

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

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

Then two women who were prostitutes came to the king, and stood before him. — read the full passage →

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

The king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there; for that was the great high place. Solomon offered a thousand burnt offerings on that altar.

The king put Benaiah the son of Jehoiada in his place over the army; and the king put Zadok the priest in the place of Abiathar.

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

I also gathered silver and gold for myself, and the treasure of kings and of the provinces. I got myself male and female singers, and the delights of the sons of men—musical instruments, and that of all sorts.

I said to myself, “Behold, I have obtained for myself great wisdom above all who were before me in Jerusalem. Yes, my heart has had great experience of wisdom and knowledge.”

The king made of the algum trees terraces for Yahweh’s house, and for the king’s house, and harps and stringed instruments for the singers: and there were none like these seen before in the land of Judah.

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 bore spices, and gold in abundance, and precious stones: and when she had come to Solomon, she talked with him of all that was in her heart.

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

Then went Solomon to Ezion Geber, and to Eloth, on the seashore in the land of Edom.

These were the chief officers of king Solomon, even two-hundred fifty, who ruled over the people.

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

At the end of twenty years, in which Solomon had built Yahweh’s house, and his own house,

Then Solomon said, “Yahweh has said that he would dwell in the thick darkness. — read the full passage →

The king defiled the high places that were before Jerusalem, which were on the right hand of the mountain of corruption, which Solomon the king of Israel had built for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Sidonians, and for Chemosh the abomination of Moab, and for Milcom the abomination of the children of Ammon.

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 sixty-six talents of gold,

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

Happy are your men, happy are these your servants, who stand continually before you, who hear your wisdom.

Solomon told her all her questions: there was not anything hidden from the king which he didn’t tell her.

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

At the end of twenty years, in which Solomon had built the two houses, Yahweh’s house and the king’s house — read the full passage →

When Solomon had finished the building of Yahweh’s house, 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 to the brook of Egypt, before Yahweh 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’ households of the children of Israel, to king Solomon in Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of Yahweh out of the city of David, which is Zion. — read the full passage →

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 as wife), like this porch. — read the full passage →

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 as wife), like this porch.

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

Then king Solomon swore by Yahweh, saying, “God do so to me, and more also, if Adonijah has not spoken this word against his own life.