you are granted wisdom and discernment. Furthermore I am giving you riches, wealth, and honor surpassing that of any king before or after you."

whose mother is a Danite and whose father is a Tyrian. He knows how to work with gold, silver, bronze, iron, stones, and wood, as well as purple, violet, white, and crimson fabrics. He knows how to do all kinds of engraving and understands any design given to him. He will work with your skilled craftsmen and the skilled craftsmen of my lord David your father.

They did not neglect any detail of the king's orders pertaining to the priests, Levites, and treasuries.

There were twelve statues of lions on the six steps, one lion at each end of each step. There was nothing like it in any other kingdom.

King Solomon was wealthier and wiser than any of the kings of the earth.

He posted guards at the gates of the Lord's temple, so no one who was ceremonially unclean in any way could enter.

But a prophet visited him and said: "O king, the Israelite troops must not go with you, for the Lord is not with Israel or any of the Ephraimites.

Now don't let Hezekiah deceive you or mislead you like this. Don't believe him, for no god of any nation or kingdom has been able to rescue his people from my power or the power of my predecessors. So how can your gods rescue you from my power?'"