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So after searching through all the land of Israel for a fair young girl, they saw Abishag the Shunammite, and took her to the king.

Verse ConceptsThose Looking For People

And he had talk with Joab, the son of Zeruiah, and with Abiathar the priest; and they were on his side and gave him their support.

Verse ConceptsGroups Helping

And they said to the king, Here is Nathan the prophet. And when he came in before the king, he went down on his face on the earth.

Verse ConceptsBowing Before David

Because today he has gone down and has put to death oxen and fat beasts and sheep in great numbers, and has sent for all the king's sons to come to him, with the captains of the army and Abiathar the priest; and they are feasting before him and crying, Long life to King Adonijah!

Verse ConceptsFeasting

And King David said, Send for Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada. And they came before the king.

Verse ConceptsKings SummoningNamed Prophets Of The Lord

And all the people came up after him, piping with pipes, and they were glad with great joy, so that the earth was shaking with the sound.

Verse ConceptsMusical Instruments, types ofMusic To CelebrateRejoicing In God's Works

And he sent with him Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and they put him on the king's beast:

Verse ConceptsMulesRiding Mules

And Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet put the holy oil on him and made him king in Gihon; and they came back from there with joy, and the town was all worked up. This is the noise which has come to your ears.

Verse ConceptsExcitementAnointing Kings

And they gave Solomon word of it, saying, See, Adonijah goes in such fear of King Solomon, that he has put his hands on the horns of the altar, saying, Let King Solomon first give me his oath that he will not put his servant to death with the sword.

Verse ConceptsFear Of IndividualsPeople Bound By Oaths

So King Solomon sent, and they took him down from the altar. And he came and gave honour to King Solomon; and Solomon said to him, Go to your house.

And keep the orders of the Lord your God, walking in his ways, keeping his laws and his orders and his rules and his words, as they are recorded in the law of Moses; so that you may do well in all you do and wherever you go,

Verse Conceptsethics, and graceSecrets To SuccessMoses, Significance OfWatchfulness, Of BelieversKings, How They Should ActTestimoniesKeep The Commandments!Success Through GodThe Law Given Through Moses

But be good to the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be guests at your table; for so they came to me when I went in flight from Absalom your brother.

Verse ConceptsGrace, In Human RelationshipsKindnessTablesGratitudeBenevolence

And they said to King Solomon, Joab has gone in flight to the Tent of the Lord and is by the altar. Then Solomon sent Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, saying, Go, make an attack on him.

Verse ConceptsDeath penalty

And your servant has round him the people of your selection, a people so great that they may not be numbered, and no account of them may be given.

Verse Conceptselection, privileges ofBlessings, To AbrahamPeople Of God, In OtUncountableMany In Israel

And the other woman said, No; but the living child is my son and the dead one yours. But the first said, No; the dead child is your son and the living one mine. So they kept on talking before the king.

Verse ConceptsContradictingDeath Of A Child

Then he said, Get me a sword. So they went and put a sword before the king.

And news of this decision which the king had made went through all Israel; and they had fear of the king, for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him to give decisions.

Verse ConceptsGod, Wisdom OfJudging OthersShrewdnessWisdom, Human ImportanceFear Of Individuals

Judah and Israel were as great in number as the sand by the seaside, and they took their food and drink with joy in their hearts.

Verse ConceptsHappinessSandTribes Of IsraelMany In IsraelSand And GravelEating Drinking And Rejoicing

And those overseers, every man in his month, saw that food was produced for Solomon and all his guests, they took care that nothing was overlooked.

Verse ConceptsGovernorsTables

And they took grain and dry grass for the horses and the carriage-horses, to the right place, every man as he was ordered.

Verse ConceptsGrainFeeding Animals

Now the Lord had given Solomon wisdom, as he had said to him; and there was peace between Hiram and Solomon, and they made an agreement together.

Verse ConceptsCovenant RelationshipsAgreements, LegalCovenant breakersAliancesWisdom, Human NatureAllegiancesTime Of Peace

And sent them to Lebanon in bands of ten thousand every month: for a month they were working in Lebanon and for two months in their country, and Adoniram was in control of them.

Verse ConceptsTens Of ThousandsOne MonthTwo To Four MonthsForced Labour

(And the stones used in the building of the house were squared at the place where they were cut out; there was no sound of hammer or axe or any iron instrument while they were building the house.)

Verse ConceptsBuildingIronMasonsToolsHammersThe First Templeconstruction

The door to the lowest side rooms was in the right side of the house; and they went up by twisting steps into the middle rooms, and from the middle into the third.

Verse ConceptsStairwaysRight SidesSteps

The walls of the house were covered inside with cedar-wood boards; from the floor to the roof of the house they were covered inside with wood; and the floor was covered with boards of cypress-wood.

Verse ConceptsCedar Wood

The wheels were made like carriage-wheels, the rods on which they were fixed, the parts forming their edges, their rods and the middle points of them, were all formed out of liquid metal.

They took up the ark of the Lord, and the Tent of meeting, and all the holy vessels which were in the Tent; all these the priests and the Levites took up.

Verse ConceptsTent Of MeetingHoly VesselsSacred VesselsPriests In ActionThe Tabernaclereuniting

The rods were so long that their ends were seen from the holy place, in front of the inmost room; but they were not seen from outside: and there they are to this day.

Verse ConceptsLong ThingsPlaces To This Day

There was nothing in the ark but the two flat stones which Moses put there at Horeb, where the Lord made an agreement with the children of Israel when they came out of the land of Egypt.

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

Then, turning his face about, the king gave a blessing to all the men of Israel; and they were all on their feet together.

Verse ConceptsPeople Who Blessed Others

Said, O Lord, the God of Israel, there is no God like you in heaven or on the earth; keeping faith and mercy unchanging for your servants, while they go in your ways with all their hearts.

Verse ConceptsGod, Uniqueness OfGod's WaysLoyaltyMonotheismNo One Is Like GodGod Keeps Covenant

Give ear to the prayers of your servant, and the prayers of your people Israel, when they make their prayers, turning to this place; give ear in heaven your living-place, and hearing, have mercy.

Verse ConceptsHeaven, Nature OfHousesSinnersHeaven, Glimpsed By HumansGod Acts From HeavenGod Forgive!supplication

When your people Israel are overcome in war, because of their sin against you; if they are turned to you again, honouring your name, making prayers to you and requesting your grace in this house:

Verse ConceptsdefeatSin Brings Impoverishment

When heaven is shut up and there is no rain, because of their sin against you; if they make prayers with their faces turned to this place, honouring your name and turning away from their sin when you send trouble on them:

Verse ConceptsLack Of RainSigns Of RepentanceSin Brings ImpoverishmentSin Producing Afflictions

Then give ear in heaven, so that the sin of your servants, and of your people Israel, may have forgiveness, when you make clear to them the good way in which they are to go; and send rain on your land which you have given to your people for their heritage.

Verse ConceptsGod Sending RainGod TeachingGod Acts From HeavenGod Forgive!Forgiving Yourself

So that they may give you worship all the days of their life in the land which you gave to our fathers.

(For they will have news of your great name and your strong hand and your out-stretched arm;) when he comes to make his prayer, turning to this house:

Verse ConceptsGod, Greatness OfStrength Of God

Give ear in heaven your living-place, and give him his desire, whatever it may be; so that all the peoples of the earth may have knowledge of your name, worshipping you as do your people Israel, and that they may see that this house which I have put up is truly named by your name.

Verse ConceptsHousesReverence, And God's NatureGod Acts From HeavenA Place For God's NameKnowing God's Character

If your people go out to war against their attackers, by whatever way you may send them, if they make their prayer to the Lord, turning their faces to this town of yours and to this house which I have made for your name:

Verse ConceptsPrinciples Of WarA Place For God's Name

If they do wrong against you, (for no man is without sin,) and you are angry with them and give them up into the power of those who are fighting against them, so that they take them away as prisoners into a strange land, far off or near;

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

And if they take thought, in the land where they are prisoners, and are turned again to you, crying out in prayer to you in that land, and saying, We are sinners, we have done wrong, we have done evil;

Verse ConceptsWe Have Sinned

Answering with forgiveness the people who have done wrong against you, and overlooking the evil which they have done against you; let those who made them prisoners be moved with pity for them, and have pity on them;

Verse ConceptsMercifulnessThe Need For MercyGod Forgive!ForgivenessGod's ForgivenessLove And Forgivenessforgiving

For they are your people and your heritage, which you took out of Egypt, out of the iron fireplace;

Verse ConceptsFurnacesIronGod Bringing Israel Out Of Egypt

And on the eighth day he sent the people away, and, blessing the king, they went to their tents full of joy and glad in their hearts, because of all the good which the Lord had done to David his servant and to Israel his people.

Verse ConceptsHappinessDay 8Rejoicing In God's Works

And this house will become a mass of broken walls, and everyone who goes by will be overcome with wonder at it and make whistling sounds; and they will say, Why has the Lord done so to this land and to this house?

Verse ConceptsDestruction Of The TempleWhy Does God Do This?

And their answer will be, Because they were turned away from the Lord their God, who took their fathers out of the land of Egypt; they took for themselves other gods and gave them worship and became their servants: that is why the Lord has sent all this evil on them.

Verse ConceptsDifferent GodsGod Bringing Israel Out Of Egypt

And he said, What sort of towns are these which you have given me, my brother? So they were named the land of Cabul, to this day.

Verse ConceptsWhat Is This?

But Solomon did not put the children of Israel to forced work; they were the men of war, his servants, his captains, and his chiefs, captains of his war-carriages and of his horsemen.

Verse ConceptsCaptainsRank

And they came to Ophir, where they got four hundred and twenty talents of gold, and took it back to King Solomon.

Verse ConceptsCoinageCommerceWeights Of GoldTalents

But I had no faith in what was said about you, till I came and saw for myself; and now I see that it was not half the story; your wisdom and your wealth are much greater than they said.

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

And from all over the earth they came to see Solomon and to give ear to his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.

Verse ConceptsHeart, HumanHuman IntellectThose Looking For People

A war-carriage might be got from Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver, and a horse for a hundred and fifty; they got them at the same rate for all the kings of the Hittites and the kings of Aram.

Verse ConceptsCommerce

The nations of which the Lord had said to the children of Israel, You are not to take wives from them and they are not to take wives from you; or they will certainly make you go after their gods: to these Solomon was united in love.

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

And they went on from Midian and came to Paran; and, taking men from Paran with them, they came to Egypt, to Pharaoh, king of Egypt, who gave him a house and gave orders for his food and gave him land.

Because they are turned away from me to the worship of Ashtoreth, the goddess of the Zidonians, and Chemosh, the god of Moab, and Milcom, the god of the Ammonites; they have not been walking in my ways or doing what is right in my eyes or keeping my laws and my decisions as his father David did.

Verse ConceptsFalse GodsForsaking GodServing Asherah

Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, and all he did, and his wisdom, are they not recorded in the book of the acts of Solomon?

Verse ConceptsCommemorationWritingHistorical Books

And they said to him, If you will be a servant to this people today, caring for them and giving them a gentle answer, then they will be your servants for ever.

Verse ConceptsWise CouncelServants Of People

Now when all Israel had news that Jeroboam had come back, they sent for him to come before the meeting of the people, and made him king over Israel: not one of them was joined to the family of David but only the tribe of Judah.

Verse ConceptsLoyaltyCoronationsMaking KingsList Of Kings Of Israelalignment

The Lord has said, You are not to go to war against your brothers, the children of Israel; go back, every man to his house, because this thing is my purpose. So they gave ear to the word of the Lord, and went back, as the Lord had said.

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

If the people go up to make offerings in the house of the Lord at Jerusalem, their heart will be turned again to their lord, to Rehoboam, king of Judah; and they will put me to death and go back to Rehoboam, king of Judah.

Verse ConceptsSeducersHow To Worship God

Now there was an old prophet living in Beth-el; and one of his sons came and gave him word of all the man of God had done that day in Beth-el, and they gave their father an account of the words he had said to the king.

Verse ConceptsAnonymityTelling What People DidUnnamed Prophets Of The Lord

So the prophet said to his sons, Make ready an ass for me. So they made an ass ready, and he got on it,

Verse ConceptsPreparing To TravelSaddling Donkeys

But while they were seated at the table, the word of the Lord came to the prophet who had taken him back;

Verse ConceptsProphecy, Inspiration Of Ot

And some men, going by, saw the body stretched out in the road with the lion by its side; and they came and gave news of it in the town where the old prophet was living.

Verse ConceptsTelling Of Happenings

And he said to his sons, Make ready the ass for me. And they did so.

Verse ConceptsPreparing To TravelSaddling Donkeys

And even now the hand of the Lord has come down on Israel, shaking it like a river-grass in the water; and, uprooting Israel from this good land, which he gave to their fathers, he will send them this way and that on the other side of the River; because they have made for themselves images, moving the Lord to wrath.

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

For they made high places and upright stones and wood pillars on every high hill and under every green tree;

Verse ConceptsHillsSacred PlacesPolytheismObelisksServing Asherah

Now the rest of the acts of Rehoboam, and all he did, are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Judah?

Verse ConceptsHistorical Books

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

Verse ConceptsCivil WarHistorical Books

Then Abijam went to rest with his fathers, and they put him into the earth in the town of David: and Asa his son became king in his place.

Verse ConceptsBuried In The City Of DavidKings Of All Israel Or Judah

Then King Asa got all Judah together, making every man come; and they took away the stones and the wood with which Baasha was building Ramah, and King Asa made use of them for building Geba in the land of Benjamin, and Mizpah.

Verse ConceptsExemptCarrying Other LoadsWood And Stone

Now the rest of the acts of Asa, and his power, and all he did, and the towns of which he was the builder, are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Judah? But when he was old he had a disease of the feet.

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

Now the rest of the acts of Nadab, and all he did, are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Israel?

Verse ConceptsHistorical Books

Now the rest of the acts of Baasha, and what he did, and his power, are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Israel?

Verse ConceptsHistorical Booksaccomplishments

Because of all the sins of Baasha, and the sins of Elah his son, which they did and made Israel do, moving the Lord, the God of Israel, to wrath by their foolish acts.

Verse ConceptsProvoking GodVanityGod Opposes Idolatry

Now the rest of the acts of Elah, and all he did, are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Israel?

Verse ConceptsHistorical Booksaccomplishments

Then Omri went up from Gibbethon, with all the army of Israel, and they made an attack on Tirzah, shutting in the town on every side.

Verse ConceptsPeople Attacking Their Own

Now the rest of the acts of Zimri, and the secret design he made, are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Israel?

Verse ConceptsConspiraciesHistorical Books

Now the rest of the acts which Omri did, and his great power, are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Israel?

Verse ConceptsHistorical Booksaccomplishments

So they went through all the country, covering it between them; Ahab went in one direction by himself, and Obadiah went in another by himself.

By the life of the Lord your God, there is not a nation or kingdom where my lord has not sent in search of you; and when they said, He is not here; he made them take an oath that they had not seen you.

Verse ConceptsNowhere To Be FoundThose Looking For People

So they took the ox which was given them, and made it ready, crying out to Baal from morning till the middle of the day, and saying, O Baal, give ear to us. But there was no voice and no answer. And they were jumping up and down before the altar they had made.

Verse ConceptsLeapingdanceMorning WorshipMorningReligionPeople JumpingOthers Not AnsweringHinduism

So they gave loud cries, cutting themselves with knives and swords, as was their way, till the blood came streaming out all over them.

Verse ConceptsCustomKnivesMutilationSuperstitionDisfigurementCovered With BloodGroups ShoutingGashing Bodiescutting

And from the middle of the day they went on with their prayers till the time of the offering; but there was no voice, or any answer, or any who gave attention to them.

Verse ConceptsFutilityFalse ReligionAction Until EveningOthers Not AnsweringTime Passing

And he put the wood in order, and, cutting up the ox, put it on the wood. Then he said, Get four vessels full of water and put it on the burned offering and on the wood. And he said, Do it a second time, and they did it a second time;

Verse ConceptsBarrelsAnimals Cut In PiecesPutting In OrderFour VesselsFirewood

And he said, Do it a third time, and they did it a third time.

Verse ConceptsActing Three Times

And when the people saw it, they all went down on their faces, and said, The Lord, he is God, the Lord, he is God.

Verse ConceptsProstrationReligious AwakeningsDuplicating WordsThe Lord Is GodThe Lord [Yahweh] Is God

And Elijah said to them, Take the prophets of Baal, let not one of them get away. So they took them, and Elijah made them go down to the stream Kishon, and put them to death there.

Verse ConceptsCommands, in OTRivers And StreamsKilling ProphetsRiver KishonProphets Of Other GodsBrooks

And the hand of the Lord was on Elijah; and he made himself strong, and went running before Ahab till they came to Jezreel.

Verse ConceptsBeltsWaistsPower, HumanRunningTranceGod's HandOutrunningPreparing For ActionGod's Hands On PeopleGifts Of Supernatural StrengthRace

And he said, I have been burning for the honour of the Lord, the God of armies; for the children of Israel have not kept your agreement; they have made destruction of your altars, and have put your prophets to death with the sword: till I, even I, am the only one living; and now they are attempting to take away my life.

Verse ConceptsFriendlessnessFaithfulness, Examples OfForsaking GodExaggerationsdoubtersDepression, SymptomsGod, Zeal OfLonelinessMartyrdom, Examples OfOpposition, To Sin And EvilRejection Of GodSelfishnessSelf PitySoldiersEvil TimesDestruction Of The TempleKilling ProphetsForsaking God's ThingsSole SurvivorsOnly One PersonBreaking The Covenant

And he said, I have been burning for the honour of the Lord, the God of armies; for the children of Israel have not kept your agreement; they have had your altars broken down, and have put your prophets to death with the sword: till I, even I, am the only one living; and now they are attempting to take away my life.

Verse ConceptsFaithfulness, Examples OfeagernessProphets, Lives OfRejection Of GodDestruction Of The TempleKilling ProphetsForsaking God's ThingsSole SurvivorsOnly One PersonBreaking The Covenant

And letting the oxen be where they were, he came running after Elijah, and said, Only let me give a kiss to my father and mother, and then I will come after you. But he said to him, Go back again; for what have I done to you?

Verse ConceptsPeople KissingKissingLove, And The WorldRespect, For Human BeingsUnquestioning ServiceParting From ParentsIndividuals Runninggoodbyes

And they said to him, Ben-hadad says, Your silver and your gold are mine; and your wives and children are mine.

Verse ConceptsIndeterminate Sums Of MoneyPeople Possessing Other ThingsTaking Mixed MetalsTransferring Wives

But I will send my servants to you tomorrow about this time, to make a search through your house and the houses of your people, and everything which is pleasing in your eyes they will take away in their hands.

Verse ConceptsMan's Action TomorrowTaking Possessions

Now when this answer was given to Ben-hadad, he was drinking with the kings in the tents, and he said to his men, Take up your positions. So they put themselves in position for attacking the town.

Verse ConceptsReadinessDrunk Individuals

And in the middle of the day they went out. But Ben-hadad was drinking in the tents with the thirty-two kings who were helping him.

Verse Conceptsdrinking, abstention fromNoonTentsDrunkenness, Examples OfThirty SomeDrunk IndividualsPartying

And the servants of the chiefs who were over the divisions of the land went forward first; and when Ben-hadad sent out, they gave him the news, saying, Men have come out from Samaria.

Verse ConceptsFirst To Fight

And he said, If they have come out for peace, take them living, and if they have come out for war, take them living.

Verse ConceptsMen Of PeaceReady For WarWhilst Alive

Then the king of Aram's servants said to him, Their god is a god of the hills; that is why they were stronger than we: but if we make an attack on them in the lowlands, we will certainly be stronger than they.

Verse ConceptsReligionSuperstitionServing One's Own Godssyria