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Jonathan answered and said to Adonijah, "But our lord King David has made Solomon king!

He sent Zadok the priest with the king, and Nathan the prophet, Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the Kerethites, and the Pelethites; they made him ride on the king's mule.

Verse ConceptsMulesRiding Mules

The servants of the king also came to congratulate our lord King David, saying, 'Your God has made the name of Solomon better than your name and his throne greater than your throne!' So the king worshiped on the bed.

Verse ConceptsBowingBowing Before GodThe Kingdom Of Solomon

Regarding the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, you shall do loyal love and let them be among those who eat at your table, because they met me when I fled from Absalom your brother.

Verse ConceptsGrace, In Human RelationshipsKindnessTablesGratitudeBenevolence

And look, Shimei the son of Gera the son of the Benjaminite from Bahurim is with you. Now he {cursed me severely} when I went to Mahanaim, but he came down to meet me at the Jordan, so I swore to him by Yahweh, 'I surely will not kill you with the sword.'

Verse ConceptsCursing The Ungodly

Bathsheba came to King Solomon to speak to him concerning Adonijah, and the king got up to meet her, bowed down to her, and then sat on his throne. Then he set up a throne for the king's mother, and she sat on his right.

Verse ConceptsQueensRespect, For Human BeingsThroneRight Sides

So then, O Yahweh, you are my God. You have made your servant king in place of David my father [though] I [am] a young boy. I do not know going out or coming in.

Verse ConceptsInexperienceHumilityMinistry, Qualifications ForYouthChildlikenessFoolish PeopleLike ChildrenGoing Out And Coming InServant LeadershipFathers Responsibilities

My servants will bring [them] down from Lebanon to the sea, and I will make them [into] rafts in the sea [to float to] the place which you indicated to me. Then I shall break them up there, and you may carry [them further], and {you shall meet my needs} by giving food for my house."

Verse ConceptsRafts

Yahweh gave wisdom to Solomon as he promised to him, and there was peace between Hiram and Solomon, and the two of them {made} a covenant.

Verse ConceptsCovenant RelationshipsAgreements, LegalCovenant breakersAliancesWisdom, Human NatureAllegiancesTime Of Peace

And he made for the temple specially designed framed windows,

Verse ConceptsWindows For The Temple

and he built a structure against the wall of the temple [running] all along the walls of the house, for the outer sanctuary and for the inner sanctuary, and made side rooms all around.

Verse Conceptsstructure

The lower structure [was] five cubits in its width and the middle [was] six cubits in its width and the third [was] seven cubits in its width, for he made niches for the temple all around to the outside, [so that] beams [would] not attach to the walls of the temple.

Verse ConceptsDimensions Of Chambers

"[Regarding] this temple that you are building: if you walk in my ordinances and if you do my judgments and you keep all my commandments to walk in them, then I will establish my promise with you which I made to David your father.

Verse ConceptsKeep The Commandments!

He made two cherubim of olive wood for the inner sanctuary, ten cubits high.

Verse ConceptsWoodDimensions Of Temple FurnitureTwo AngelsCherubim Depicted

He made doors of olive wood for the doorway of the inner sanctuary, [as well as for] the doorpost of the fifth doorframe.

[On] the two doors of olive wood he made carvings of cherubim and palm tree images and budding flowers, and he overlaid them with gold {by beating} out the gold on the cherubim and the palm tree images.

Verse ConceptsSculptureCherubim, As DecorationsOverlaid With GoldCherubim Depicted

Thus he made doorframes of olive wood on four sides for the doorway of the main hall

Verse ConceptsFourfold

The hall of pillars he made fifty cubits [in] its length and thirty cubits [in] its width, and a porch [was] {in front of them}, with pillars and an overhang {in front of them}.

Verse ConceptsHousesHallsDimensions Of Buildings

He made the hall of the throne where he [would] pronounce judgment, the hall of justice, and [it was] covered with cedar from the floor to the rafters.

Verse ConceptsCedarJudgment SeatThroneHallsOverlaid With WoodPeople Involved In JudgementCedar Wood

He made two capitals to place on the tops of the pillars [out of] molten bronze; the first capital [was] five cubits [in] height, and the second capital [was] five cubits [in] height.

Verse ConceptsDimensions Of PillarsBronze Items For The Tabernacle

He also made the pillars with two rows around on the lattice, each to cover the capitals which [were] on top, [out of] the pomegranate-shaped ornaments, and thus he did for the second capital [as well].

Verse ConceptsPomegranates

He also made the molten sea, ten cubits {in diameter}, and five cubits [was] its height. A measuring line of thirty cubits would encircle it all around.

Verse ConceptsSculptureWeights And Measures, DistancesDimensions Of Temple FurnitureCircles

He made the ten stands of bronze; each stand [was] four cubits long, four cubits wide, and three cubits in height.

Verse ConceptsTen ThingsDimensions Of Temple FurnitureBronze Items For The Tabernacle

He made the ten stands like this in one cast, with the same measurement and shape for each of them.

Verse ConceptsTen ThingsSame Sizes

He also made ten bronze basins, [each] holding forty baths; each basin [was] four cubits, one basin on each of the ten stands.

Verse ConceptsWashingWeights And Measures, LiquidTen ThingsDimensions Of Temple FurnitureMeans Of PurifyingBronze Items For The Tabernacle

Hiram also made the basins and the shovels and the bowls for drinking wine; and so Hiram finished doing all of the work {that he was to do} for King Solomon in the house of Yahweh:

Verse ConceptsGiving, Of TalentsBasinsShovelsProvision Of Temple UtensilsMan's Work Finished

and the pots, the shovels, and the bowls for drinking wine. All the vessels of the tent which Hiram had made for King Solomon [for] the house of Yahweh [were] polished bronze.

Verse ConceptsHoly VesselsShovelsSacred VesselsProvision Of Temple UtensilsWeedpot

Solomon also made all of the vessels which [were] in the house of Yahweh: the golden altar and the golden table on which [was] the bread of the presence;

Verse ConceptsTablesGold Items For The Tabernacl

The cups, the snuffers, the bowls for drinking wine, the bowls for the incense, and the firepans [were made from] beaten gold; the facades for the doors of the inner house, for the {most holy place}, for the doors of the main hall of the temple [were of] gold.

Verse ConceptsSpoonsBowlsCensersGold Items For The TabernaclProvision Of Temple Utensils

There was not [anything] in the ark {except} the two tablets of stone which Moses had placed there at Horeb, where Yahweh {made} [a covenant] with the {Israelites} after they went out from the land of Egypt.

Verse ConceptsArk Of The Covenant, ContentsArk Of The Covenant, FunctionStonesTabletsEmpty ThingsStone ItemsTwo Stone TabletsCovenant Made At SinaiArk Of The Covenant

'From the day that I brought out my people Israel from Egypt I have not chosen a city from all the tribes of Israel to build a house where my name might be, but I have chosen David to be over my people Israel.'

Verse ConceptsFreedom, Acts Of In OtCovenant, God's with DavidGod Bringing Israel Out Of EgyptA Place For God's NameGod's Election Of David

Yahweh has carried out his promise which he had made; I have risen in place of David my father, and I sit on the throne of Israel as Yahweh promised, and I have built the house for the name of Yahweh the God of Israel.

Verse ConceptsConfidence, In God's WordThroneA Place For God's Name

I have provided a place there for the ark, in which is the covenant which Yahweh made with our ancestors when He brought them out of the land of Egypt."

Verse ConceptsThe Ark In The TempleGod Bringing Israel Out Of EgyptTerms Of The Covenant At Sinai

Yahweh said to him, "I have heard your prayer and your plea which you have made before me. I have consecrated this house which you have built, by putting my name there forever. My eyes and my heart will always be there.

Verse ConceptsHeart, DivineHoliness, Believers' Growth InHoliness, As Set Apart For GodHoliness, Purpose OfPrayer, Answers ToReceptivenessWatchfulness, DivineGod Answered PrayerGod Pays AttentionA Place For God's Namesupplication

May Yahweh your God be blessed, who has delighted in you to set you on the throne of Israel, because of the love of Yahweh for Israel forever, and he has made you king to execute justice and righteousness."

Verse ConceptsPeople Of God, In OtPleasing GodThroneJews As God's Chosen PeopleBlessed Be God!God's Love For Israel

The king made a raised structure for the house of Yahweh and for the house of the king out of the almug wood, as well as lyres and harps for the singers. [This much] almug wood has not come nor been seen [again] up to this day.

Verse ConceptsHarpsLyreSingingMusical Instruments, Made OfLyres

King Solomon made two hundred shields of hammered gold; six hundred [measures of] gold went up over each shield.

Verse ConceptsThe Number Two HundredWeights Of Gold

Also [he made] three hundred small shields of hammered gold; three minas of gold went up over each of the small shields; and the king put them [into] the House of the Forest of Lebanon.

Verse ConceptsForestsThree To Four HundredRoyal HousesThree Hundred And AboveWeights Of Gold

The king also made a large ivory throne, and he overlaid it [with] fine gold.

Verse ConceptsArtIvoryOverlaid With Gold

Twelve lions [were] standing there, six on each of the six steps {on either side}; nothing like this was made for any of the kingdoms.

Verse ConceptsThe Number TwelveLionsSix ThingsUnique ThingsTwelve Animals

The king made the silver in Jerusalem as the stones, and the cedars he made as the sycamore fig trees which are in the Shephelah in abundance.

Verse ConceptsCedarSilverSycamoresTreesCedar WoodThe Shephelah

It happened at that time that Jeroboam went out from Jerusalem, and he accidentally met Ahijah the Shilonite the prophet on the way. Now he had clothed himself with new clothing. While the two of them [were] alone in the field,

Verse ConceptsFine ClothesUnusedNamed Prophets Of The Lord

"Your father made our yoke heavy; now lighten the hard labor of your father and the heavy yoke which he placed on us, and we will serve you."

Verse ConceptsLeaders, PoliticalMastersWork, And The FallYokesRemoving BurdensLight YokeEasy Burdens

Then the youngsters who had grown up with him spoke to him, saying, "Thus you shall say to this people who spoke to you: 'Your father made our yoke heavy, but you lighten [it] for us,' you shall say to them, 'My little finger is thicker than my father's loins.

Verse ConceptsFingersBroadnessRemoving BurdensLight YokeFingers Of PeopleEasy Burdens

He spoke to them according to the advice of the youngsters, saying, "My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add onto your yoke; my father disciplined you with whips, but I will discipline you with scorpions."

Verse ConceptsAbuse Of Authority, Examples OfYokesWhippingHeavy BurdensScorpionsAdding Evil

It happened that just when all of Israel heard that Jeroboam had returned, they sent and called him to the assembly and made him king over all of Israel. Not one [followed] after the house of David except the tribe of Judah alone.

Verse ConceptsLoyaltyCoronationsMaking KingsList Of Kings Of Israelalignment

And the king had decided, so he made two golden calves and he said to them, "{You have been going up to Jerusalem long enough}; here are your gods, O Israel, who brought you up from the land of Egypt."

Verse ConceptsAdvice, Bad Human AdviceGolden CalvesWhat Is Not GodTwo AnimalsBringing Israel Out Of EgyptOthers Bringing Israel Out Of EgyptMan's Counsel

Jeroboam also inaugurated a religious feast in the eighth month on the fifteenth day of the month, like the religious feast which was in Judah, and he offered [sacrifices] on the altar. Thus he did in Bethel, by sacrificing to the calves that he had made; and he placed in Bethel the priests of the high places which he had made.

Verse ConceptsNew Year, TheMonth 8the anniversary Feasts

He offered [sacrifices] on the altar which he had made in Bethel on the fifteenth day of the eighth month which his heart had devised. He inaugurated a religious feast for the {Israelites}, and he went up to the altar to offer incense.

Verse ConceptsNew Year, TheMonth 8Building AltarsIncense Offered Amiss

After this event, Jeroboam did not turn from his evil way, but he returned and [again] made priests for the high places of people from {all walks of life}. He filled his hand with all [his] desire and became [one of] the priests of the high places [himself].

Verse ConceptsPriests, Institution In Ot TimesSuperstitionConsecration

Go, tell Jeroboam, 'Thus says Yahweh the God of Israel: "Because I raised you from the midst of the people and I made you leader over my people Israel,

Verse ConceptsHumilityPromotionGod Lifting People

But you did more evil than all who were before you. You have gone and made for yourself other gods and molten idols to provoke me, but me you have {completely disregarded}.

Verse ConceptsProvoking GodDifferent Gods

Yahweh will strike Israel as one shakes the reed plant in the water, and he will root Israel up from this good land that he gave to their ancestors. He will scatter them beyond the River because they have made their sacred poles [which are] provoking Yahweh.

Verse ConceptsFalse Godsdispersion, theReedsRootsGod Scattering IsraelGod Beating PeopleGod ShakingBeyond The EuphratesServing Asherah

and he took the treasures of the house of Yahweh, and he took all the treasures of the king's house. He took the small gold shields that Solomon had made,

Verse ConceptsGoldShieldsMoney For The Temple

so King Rehoboam made small copper shields in place of them and {entrusted them} to the commanders of the royal guard who keep the doorway of the king's house.

Verse ConceptsShields

He put away the male shrine prostitutes from the land, and he removed all of the idols that his ancestors made.

Verse ConceptsBanishmentHomosexualityShrinesIdolatry, Wicked Practices OfMale ProstitutesAbandoning Idols

Also, he had Maacah his mother removed from the office of queen mother, [as] she had made a repulsive image for the Asherah. Asa also cut down her repulsive image and burned it in the Wadi Kidron.

Verse ConceptsFalse GodsGrandparentsQueensDestruction Of Satan's WorksBurning Idolatrous ThingsDeposingServing AsherahGrandmothersgrandmas

"Because I exalted you from the dust and I made you a leader over my people Israel, but you have walked in the way of Jeroboam and you caused my people Israel to sin, to provoke me with their sins,

Verse ConceptsImitating Wicked KingsGod Lifting People

The encamping army heard that Zimri had conspired and moreover had killed the king, so they made Omri the commander of the army of Israel king over all Israel in the camp on that day.

Verse ConceptsConspiraciesMaking KingsList Of Kings Of Israel

The remainder of the acts of Zimri and his conspiracy which he made, [are] they not written on the scroll of the events of the days of the kings of Israel?

Verse ConceptsConspiraciesHistorical Books

Ahab also made the sacred pole, and {he continued to provoke} Yahweh the God of Israel more than all the kings of Israel who were before him.

Verse ConceptsFalse GodsServing Asherahjezebel

The crows [were] bringing bread and meat in the morning for him and bread and meat in the evening, and he drank from the wadi.

Verse ConceptsCooking, Types Of FoodGod, The ProviderCrowsFrugalityDivine SuppliesDrinking WaterRavensAt Morning And EveningBrooks

She said, "{As Yahweh your God lives}, surely I do not have a cake, {but only a handful of flour} in the jar and a little olive oil in the jug. Here I [am] gathering a few pieces of wood, and I will go and prepare it for me and my son, that we might eat it and die."

Verse ConceptsFlourLonelinessOlive OilSmall Things God UsesBarrelsResigned To DeathFirewoodDyingcooking

Ahab said to Obadiah, "Go through the land to all the springs of water and to all the wadis. Perhaps we may find green grass that we may keep horses and mules alive and that we might not lose any of the animals."

Verse ConceptsGrassMulesFeeding AnimalsKept Alive By Men

It happened that Obadiah [was] on the way, and suddenly Elijah was there to meet him. When he recognized him, he fell on his face and said, "[Is] this you, my lord Elijah?"

Verse ConceptsWalkingRecognising PeopleIs It Really?

So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and he told him, so Ahab went to meet Elijah.

Verse ConceptsMeeting PeopleAltars

So they took the bull that he allowed to them, prepared it, and called upon the name of Baal from morning until noon, saying, "O Baal, answer us!" But there was no voice and there was no answer, so they limped about the altar which they had made.

Verse ConceptsLeapingdanceMorning WorshipMorningReligionPeople JumpingOthers Not AnsweringHinduism

With them, he built an altar in the name of Yahweh, and he made a trench {which would have held} about two seahs of seed, all around the altar.

Verse ConceptsFurrowsWeights And Measures, DryOther Volume Measures

Then he went into the wilderness one day's journey, and he went and sat under a certain broom tree. Then {he asked Yahweh that he might die}, and he said, "It is enough now, Yahweh; take my life, for I am no better than my ancestors."

Verse ConceptsDisappointments, Examples OfHope, Results Of Its AbsenceJourneyUniversality Of DeathLonelinessPrayer, As Asking GodPrayer, Doubts AboutSelf PitySittingTreesComplaintsUnwise PrayersDesire For DeathDimensions Of Other ThingsTemporary Stay In The WildernessDeathDepression

So [at this] time tomorrow, I will send my servants to you that they might search your house and the houses of your servants. All the desire of your eyes {they will lay hands on} and take it away.'"

Verse ConceptsMan's Action TomorrowTaking Possessions

So he said to the messengers of Ben-Hadad, "Say to my lord the king, 'All that you demanded from your servant at the first, I will do, but this thing I am not able to do.'" Then the messengers went and {made a report to him}.

[Ben-Hadad] said to him, "The cities which my father took from your father I shall return. You may set up streets with stalls for yourself in Damascus just as my father set up in Samaria." [Then Ahab said], "{On these terms} I will let you go," So he made a covenant with him and let him go.

Verse ConceptsCovenant RelationshipsAgreements, LegalCovenant breakersFaithfulness, In Human RelationshipsMarketsRestitutionTradeTreatyCities In Israel

"Arise, go down to meet Ahab the king of Israel who is in Samaria. Look in the vineyard of Naboth, where he has gone to take possession of it.

Verse ConceptsDivine DirectionList Of Kings Of IsraelTaking Possessions

I will make your house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah, {because you made me angry} and have caused Israel to sin.'

Verse ConceptsGod, Suffering OfReprobatesLike Bad People

So Jehoshaphat said, "Is there no prophet of Yahweh here that we might still inquire from him?"

Zedekiah son of Kenaanah made horns of iron for himself and said, "Thus says Yahweh: 'With these you shall gore the Arameans until finishing them.'"

Verse ConceptsHornsIronProphecy, Methods Of OtHorns VictoriousIron ObjectsPowerful Individuals

But, Jehoshaphat made peace with the king of Israel.