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And the damsel was very fair, and cherished the king, and ministered to him: but the king knew her not.

Verse ConceptsAbsence Of Sex

And his father had not displeased him at any time in saying, Why hast thou done so? and he also was a very goodly man; and his mother bare him after Absalom.

Verse ConceptsChildren, needs ofOpposition, To Sin And EvilRestraintBeauty, In MenNot Asking OthersSoft TreatmentHandsome Men

But Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and Nathan the prophet, and Shimei, and Rei, and the mighty men which belonged to David, were not with Adonijah.

Verse ConceptsGuardsNamed Prophets Of The Lord

But Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah, and the mighty men, and Solomon his brother, he called not.

Verse ConceptsNamed Prophets Of The Lord

Wherefore Nathan spake unto Bathsheba the mother of Solomon, saying, Hast thou not heard that Adonijah the son of Haggith doth reign, and David our lord knoweth it not?

Verse ConceptsMothers Of KingsIgnorant Of FactsMothers And Sons

Go and get thee in unto king David, and say unto him, Didst not thou, my lord, O king, swear unto thine handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne? why then doth Adonijah reign?

Verse ConceptsSittingThrone

And now, behold, Adonijah reigneth; and now, my lord the king, thou knowest it not:

Verse ConceptsIgnorant Of Facts

And he hath slain oxen and fat cattle and sheep in abundance, and hath called all the sons of the king, and Abiathar the priest, and Joab the captain of the host: but Solomon thy servant hath he not called.

But me, even me thy servant, and Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and thy servant Solomon, hath he not called.

Is this thing done by my lord the king, and thou hast not shewed it unto thy servant, who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him?

Verse ConceptsThose Who Did Not Tell

And it was told Solomon, saying, Behold, Adonijah feareth king Solomon: for, lo, he hath caught hold on the horns of the altar, saying, Let king Solomon swear unto me to day that he will not slay his servant with the sword.

Verse ConceptsFear Of IndividualsPeople Bound By Oaths

And Solomon said, If he will shew himself a worthy man, there shall not an hair of him fall to the earth: but if wickedness shall be found in him, he shall die.

Verse ConceptsMercy, Examples OfHeadsHairs ProtectedHair

That the LORD may continue his word which he spake concerning me, saying, If thy children take heed to their way, to walk before me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul, there shall not fail thee (said he) a man on the throne of Israel.

Verse ConceptsHeart, And Holy SpiritWalking In The TruthThroneWatchfulness, Of BelieversWhole HeartednessSaul And David

Do therefore according to thy wisdom, and let not his hoar head go down to the grave in peace.

Verse ConceptsGrave, TheGod Is TranscendentGreyBe Wise!

And, behold, thou hast with thee Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite of Bahurim, which cursed me with a grievous curse in the day when I went to Mahanaim: but he came down to meet me at Jordan, and I sware to him by the LORD, saying, I will not put thee to death with the sword.

Verse ConceptsCursing The Ungodly

Now therefore hold him not guiltless: for thou art a wise man, and knowest what thou oughtest to do unto him; but his hoar head bring thou down to the grave with blood.

Verse ConceptsSheolGrey

And now I ask one petition of thee, deny me not. And she said unto him, Say on.

And he said, Speak, I pray thee, unto Solomon the king, (for he will not say thee nay,) that he give me Abishag the Shunammite to wife.

Verse ConceptsInfatuationTransferring Wives

Then she said, I desire one small petition of thee; I pray thee, say me not nay. And the king said unto her, Ask on, my mother: for I will not say thee nay.

Verse ConceptsSmallness

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

Verse ConceptsPromises, Human

And unto Abiathar the priest said the king, Get thee to Anathoth, unto thine own fields; for thou art worthy of death: but I will not at this time put thee to death, because thou barest the ark of the Lord GOD before David my father, and because thou hast been afflicted in all wherein my father was afflicted.

Verse ConceptsSuffering, HardshipThe Ark In JerusalemDeserving Death

Then tidings came to Joab: for Joab had turned after Adonijah, though he turned not after Absalom. And Joab fled unto the tabernacle of the LORD, and caught hold on the horns of the altar.

Verse ConceptsHornsConspiracy

And the LORD shall return his blood upon his own head, who fell upon two men more righteous and better than he, and slew them with the sword, my father David not knowing thereof, to wit, Abner the son of Ner, captain of the host of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, captain of the host of Judah.

Verse ConceptsGod Makes Evil ReboundGod Will RequiteIgnorant Of Facts

And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said unto him, Build thee an house in Jerusalem, and dwell there, and go not forth thence any whither.

Verse ConceptsBuilding Houses

And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said unto him, Did I not make thee to swear by the LORD, and protested unto thee, saying, Know for a certain, on the day thou goest out, and walkest abroad any whither, that thou shalt surely die? and thou saidst unto me, The word that I have heard is good.

Verse ConceptsAssentingKings SummoningPeople Bound By Oaths

Why then hast thou not kept the oath of the LORD, and the commandment that I have charged thee with?

Verse ConceptsThey Do Not Keep Commands

In Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by night: and God said, Ask what I shall give thee.

Verse ConceptsCommunicationNightGod AppearingDuring One NightGod Answers Prayer

And now, O LORD my God, thou hast made thy servant king instead of David my father: and I am but a little child: I know not how to go out or come in.

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

And God said unto him, Because thou hast asked this thing, and hast not asked for thyself long life; neither hast asked riches for thyself, nor hast asked the life of thine enemies; but hast asked for thyself understanding to discern judgment;

Verse ConceptsGetting RichDiscernmentNatural Disasters

And I have also given thee that which thou hast not asked, both riches, and honour: so that there shall not be any among the kings like unto thee all thy days.

Verse ConceptsAffluenceMoney, Attitudes ToPresent, TheSource Of HonourWealthy People

And when I rose in the morning to give my child suck, behold, it was dead: but when I had considered it in the morning, behold, it was not my son, which I did bear.

Verse ConceptsMorningNursesWho Is This?Not The OneDeath Of A Childsisterhood

Thou knowest how that David my father could not build an house unto the name of the LORD his God for the wars which were about him on every side, until the LORD put them under the soles of his feet.

Verse ConceptsDavid, Abilities OfFootstoolsFeetPeople's Inability To Serve GodSolomon's TemplePeople OvercomingReady For WarA Place For God's NameAll Enemies Under God's Feet

Now therefore command thou that they hew me cedar trees out of Lebanon; and my servants shall be with thy servants: and unto thee will I give hire for thy servants according to all that thou shalt appoint: for thou knowest that there is not among us any that can skill to hew timber like unto the Sidonians.

Verse ConceptsNegotiationServants, Working Conditions OfSkillWagesCommerceFelling TreesCedar Wood

The nethermost chamber was five cubits broad, and the middle was six cubits broad, and the third was seven cubits broad: for without in the wall of the house he made narrowed rests round about, that the beams should not be fastened in the walls of the house.

Verse ConceptsDimensions Of Chambers

And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will not forsake my people Israel.

Verse ConceptsGod Living With UsGod Not Forsaking

And the mouth of it within the chapiter and above was a cubit: but the mouth thereof was round after the work of the base, a cubit and an half: and also upon the mouth of it were gravings with their borders, foursquare, not round.

Verse ConceptsengravingdepthArtSquaresDimensions Of Temple Furniture

And king Solomon, and all the congregation of Israel, that were assembled unto him, were with him before the ark, sacrificing sheep and oxen, that could not be told nor numbered for multitude.

Verse ConceptsSheepUncountableMany CreaturesSacrificing Cattle Sheep And Goats

And they drew out the staves, that the ends of the staves were seen out in the holy place before the oracle, and they were not seen without: and there they are unto this day.

Verse ConceptsLong ThingsPlaces To This Day

So that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud: for the glory of the LORD had filled the house of the LORD.

Verse ConceptsecstasyTheophanyPeople's Inability To Serve GodCloud of glory

Nevertheless thou shalt not build the house; but thy son that shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house unto my name.

Verse ConceptsSolomon's TempleA Place For God's Name

Therefore now, LORD God of Israel, keep with thy servant David my father that thou promisedst him, saying, There shall not fail thee a man in my sight to sit on the throne of Israel; so that thy children take heed to their way, that they walk before me as thou hast walked before me.

Verse ConceptsThroneSaul And David

That thine eyes may be open toward this house night and day, even toward the place of which thou hast said, My name shall be there: that thou mayest hearken unto the prayer which thy servant shall make toward this place.

Verse ConceptsWorship Day And NightCeremoniesA Place For God's NameDirectionGod Answering Prayers

Moreover concerning a stranger, that is not of thy people Israel, but cometh out of a far country for thy name's sake;

Verse ConceptsForeigners

If they sin against thee, (for there is no man that sinneth not,) and thou be angry with them, and deliver them to the enemy, so that they carry them away captives unto the land of the enemy, far or near;

Verse Conceptsethics, and graceImperfection, Influence OfSin, Universality OfSinnersWeights And Measures, DistancesAll Have SinnedWill God Be Angry?Missing The Mark

Blessed be the LORD, that hath given rest unto his people Israel, according to all that he promised: there hath not failed one word of all his good promise, which he promised by the hand of Moses his servant.

Verse ConceptsGod, Goodness OfGod, Faithfulness OfAssurance, basis ofAssurance in the life of faithLoyaltyGod's PromisesReliabilityScripture, Purpose OfGod Is UnchangeableBless The Lord!God Giving Rest

The LORD our God be with us, as he was with our fathers: let him not leave us, nor forsake us:

Verse ConceptsGod, The LordPresent, TheGod Be With YouDo Not Forsake Us!God Being With Us

And let these my words, wherewith I have made supplication before the LORD, be nigh unto the LORD our God day and night, that he maintain the cause of his servant, and the cause of his people Israel at all times, as the matter shall require:

Verse ConceptsWorship Day And Night

Then I will establish the throne of thy kingdom upon Israel for ever, as I promised to David thy father, saying, There shall not fail thee a man upon the throne of Israel.

Verse ConceptsThroneThe Kingdom Of Solomonroyalty

But if ye shall at all turn from following me, ye or your children, and will not keep my commandments and my statutes which I have set before you, but go and serve other gods, and worship them:

Verse ConceptsDifferent GodsIf You Do Not Keep Commands

And Hiram came out from Tyre to see the cities which Solomon had given him; and they pleased him not.

Verse ConceptsNot Pleasing People

And all the people that were left of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, which were not of the children of Israel,

Verse ConceptsNationalism

Their children that were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel also were not able utterly to destroy, upon those did Solomon levy a tribute of bondservice unto this day.

Verse ConceptsForced LabourRelationships To This Day

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

Verse ConceptsRiddlesAnswering People

Howbeit I believed not the words, until I came, and mine eyes had seen it: and, behold, the half was not told me: thy wisdom and prosperity exceedeth the fame which I heard.

Verse ConceptsFractions, One HalfNot Believing PeopleHalf Of ThingsWealthy PeopleWealth And Prosperity

And twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other upon the six steps: there was not the like made in any kingdom.

Verse ConceptsThe Number TwelveLionsSix ThingsUnique ThingsTwelve Animals

Of the nations concerning which the LORD said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall not go in to them, neither shall they come in unto you: for surely they will turn away your heart after their gods: Solomon clave unto these in love.

Verse ConceptsParticipation, In SinCausing People To TurnEncouraged To Serve Foreign godsIntermarriageMen And Women Who LovedNo DealingsLove Marriagerehabilitation

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 the LORD his God, as was the heart of David his father.

Verse ConceptsNot Whole HearteddisrespectReceptivenessTrust, Lack OfYokesYielding To TemptationLimitations Of Old PeopleCausing People To TurnDifferent GodsEncouraged To Serve Foreign godsBeing Devoted to Godrehabilitation

And Solomon did evil in the sight of the LORD, and went not fully after the LORD, as did David his father.

Verse ConceptsNot Whole HeartedKingship, Humanrehabilitation

And had commanded him concerning this thing, that he should not go after other gods: but he kept not that which the LORD commanded.

Verse ConceptsDifferent GodsDo Not Have Other godsThey Do Not Keep Commands

Wherefore the LORD said unto Solomon, Forasmuch as this is done of thee, and thou hast not kept my covenant and my statutes, which I have commanded thee, I will surely rend the kingdom from thee, and will give it to thy servant.

Verse ConceptsBreaking The Covenant

Notwithstanding in thy days I will not do it for David thy father's sake: but I will rend it out of the hand of thy son.

Verse ConceptsDivine DelaysFor The Sake Of God's Peoplegrandfathers

Howbeit I will not rend away all the kingdom; but will give one tribe to thy son for David my servant's sake, and for Jerusalem's sake which I have chosen.

Verse ConceptsFor The Sake Of God's People

Because that they have forsaken me, and have worshipped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and Milcom the god of the children of Ammon, and have not walked in my ways, to do that which is right in mine eyes, and to keep my statutes and my judgments, as did David his father.

Verse ConceptsFalse GodsForsaking GodServing Asherah

Howbeit I will not take the whole kingdom out of his hand: but I will make him prince all the days of his life for David my servant's sake, whom I chose, because he kept my commandments and my statutes:

Verse ConceptsRulers

And I will for this afflict the seed of David, but not for ever.

Verse ConceptsHumilityGod Troubling

And the rest of the acts of Solomon, and all that he did, and his wisdom, are they not written in the book of the acts of Solomon?

Verse ConceptsCommemorationWritingHistorical Books

Wherefore the king hearkened not unto the people; for the cause was from the LORD, that he might perform his saying, which the LORD spake by Ahijah the Shilonite unto Jeroboam the son of Nebat.

Verse ConceptsHistoryProphecy, Fulfilment Of OtWord Of GodPredestination, Of EventsNamed Prophets Of The Lord

So when all Israel saw that the king hearkened not unto them, the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David? neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: to your tents, O Israel: now see to thine own house, David. So Israel departed unto their tents.

Verse ConceptsTentsRevoltsNot Sharing

Thus saith the LORD, Ye shall not go up, nor fight against your brethren the children of Israel: return every man to his house; for this thing is from me. They hearkened therefore to the word of the LORD, and returned to depart, according to the word of the LORD.

Verse ConceptsWarfare, Nature OfLove Between RelativesPaying Attention To GodFighting One Another

And he made an house of high places, and made priests of the lowest of the people, which were not of the sons of Levi.

Verse ConceptsHigh PlacesPriests, Institution In Ot Times

And it came to pass, when king Jeroboam heard the saying of the man of God, which had cried against the altar in Bethel, that he put forth his hand from the altar, saying, Lay hold on him. And his hand, which he put forth against him, dried up, so that he could not pull it in again to him.

Verse ConceptsdisabilitiesLimbs WitheredDiseased Hands

And the man of God said unto the king, If thou wilt give me half thine house, I will not go in with thee, neither will I eat bread nor drink water in this place:

Verse ConceptsFraudSteadfastness, Examples OfHalf Of Possessions

So he went another way, and returned not by the way that he came to Bethel.

Verse ConceptsDifferent Things

And he said, I may not return with thee, nor go in with thee: neither will I eat bread nor drink water with thee in this place:

And he cried unto the man of God that came from Judah, saying, Thus saith the LORD, Forasmuch as thou hast disobeyed the mouth of the LORD, and hast not kept the commandment which the LORD thy God commanded thee,

But camest back, and hast eaten bread and drunk water in the place, of the which the LORD did say to thee, Eat no bread, and drink no water; thy carcase shall not come unto the sepulchre of thy fathers.

Verse ConceptsTombsInadequate BurialsBurial Of Unnamed PeopleLack Of A Proper Burial

And he went and found his carcase cast in the way, and the ass and the lion standing by the carcase: the lion had not eaten the carcase, nor torn the ass.

Verse ConceptsAnimals Eating PeopleCorpses Of Other People

After this thing Jeroboam returned not from his evil way, but made again of the lowest of the people priests of the high places: whosoever would, he consecrated him, and he became one of the priests of the high places.

Verse ConceptsPriests, Institution In Ot TimesSuperstitionConsecration

And Jeroboam said to his wife, Arise, I pray thee, and disguise thyself, that thou be not known to be the wife of Jeroboam; and get thee to Shiloh: behold, there is Ahijah the prophet, which told me that I should be king over this people.

Verse ConceptsdisguisesChanging Yourself

And Jeroboam's wife did so, and arose, and went to Shiloh, and came to the house of Ahijah. But Ahijah could not see; for his eyes were set by reason of his age.

Verse ConceptsVisionLimitations Of Old People

And rent the kingdom away from the house of David, and gave it thee: and yet thou hast not been as my servant David, who kept my commandments, and who followed me with all his heart, to do that only which was right in mine eyes;

Verse ConceptsHeart, And Holy SpiritWhole Heartedness

Now the rest of the acts of Rehoboam, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

Verse ConceptsHistorical Books

And he walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him: and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as the heart of David his father.

Verse ConceptsHeart, Of Unregenerate PeopleNot Whole HeartedHeart, Fallen And RedeemedHeirs

Because David did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, and turned not aside from any thing that he commanded him all the days of his life, save only in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.

Verse ConceptsCommitment, to GodSin, Universality OfPeople Who Did Right

Now the rest of the acts of Abijam, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? And there was war between Abijam and Jeroboam.

Verse ConceptsCivil WarHistorical Books

But the high places were not removed: nevertheless Asa's heart was perfect with the LORD all his days.

Verse ConceptsCommitment, to GodHeart, And Holy SpiritHigh PlacesReformationWhole Heartedness

And Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah, and built Ramah, that he might not suffer any to go out or come in to Asa king of Judah.

Verse ConceptsFortressesSealing ThingsPeople Attacking Their Own

The rest of all the acts of Asa, and all his might, and all that he did, and the cities which he built, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? Nevertheless in the time of his old age he was diseased in his feet.

Verse ConceptsFeetOld Age, DisabilitiesdisabilitiesOld Age, Attainment OfInjury To FeetHistorical Booksaccomplishmentsaccomplishment

And it came to pass, when he reigned, that he smote all the house of Jeroboam; he left not to Jeroboam any that breathed, until he had destroyed him, according unto the saying of the LORD, which he spake by his servant Ahijah the Shilonite:

Verse ConceptsProphecy, Fulfilment Of OtWord Of GodKilling Whole FamiliesNamed Prophets Of The LordWords To Individuals Fulfilled

Now the rest of the acts of Nadab, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

Verse ConceptsHistorical Books

Now the rest of the acts of Baasha, and what he did, and his might, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

Verse ConceptsHistorical Booksaccomplishments

And it came to pass, when he began to reign, as soon as he sat on his throne, that he slew all the house of Baasha: he left him not one that pisseth against a wall, neither of his kinsfolks, nor of his friends.

Verse ConceptsThroneUrinatingDeath Of All MalesKilling Whole FamiliesFamily And Friends

Now the rest of the acts of Elah, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

Verse ConceptsHistorical Booksaccomplishments

Now the rest of the acts of Zimri, and his treason that he wrought, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

Verse ConceptsConspiraciesHistorical Books

Now the rest of the acts of Omri which he did, and his might that he shewed, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

Verse ConceptsHistorical Booksaccomplishments

And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab, As the LORD God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.

Verse ConceptsFamine, Examples OfBaal Worship, HistoryElijah, Prophecies OfElijah, Life Ofdrought, physicaldewLand, As A Divine ResponsibilityPrayerfulnessRainWeather, As God's JudgmentMiracles Of ElijahCrowsImmigrants

And she said, As the LORD thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but an handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruse: and, behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die.

Verse ConceptsFlourLonelinessOlive OilSmall Things God UsesBarrelsResigned To DeathFirewoodDyingcooking

And Elijah said unto her, Fear not; go and do as thou hast said: but make me thereof a little cake first, and bring it unto me, and after make for thee and for thy son.

Verse ConceptsSmallnessSacrificial GivingBreadcooking

For thus saith the LORD God of Israel, The barrel of meal shall not waste, neither shall the cruse of oil fail, until the day that the LORD sendeth rain upon the earth.

Verse ConceptsElijah, Prophecies OfHelpfulnessProphecy, Fulfilment Of OtBarrelsPlenty For The PoorWeedpot