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So Solomon, and all the assembly with him, went to the high place that was at Gibeon. For the tent of meeting of God was there, which Moses the servant of LORD had made in the wilderness.

Verse ConceptsAccess To God, In Old TestamentServanthood, In Life Of BelieversTent Of Meeting

And Solomon went up there to the brazen altar before LORD, which was at the tent of meeting, and offered a thousand burnt-offerings upon it.

Verse ConceptsGenerosity, HumanA Thousand AnimalsSacrifice On The Bronze AltarSetting Up The Bronze Altar

And the horses which Solomon had were brought out of Egypt. The king's merchants received them in herds, each herd at a price.

even to prepare for me timber in abundance. For the house which I am about to build shall be great and wonderful.

Then Huram the king of Tyre answered in writing, which he sent to Solomon, Because LORD loves his people, he has made thee king over them.

Verse ConceptsLetters

Now therefore the wheat and the barley, the oil and the wine, which my lord has spoken of, let him send to his servants.

Verse ConceptsCommerce

And Solomon numbered all the aliens that were in the land of Israel, after the numbering with which David his father had numbered them. And they were found a hundred and fifty-three thousand and six hundred.

Verse ConceptsOne Hundred Thousand And More

Then Solomon began to build the house of LORD at Jerusalem on mount Moriah, where [LORD] appeared to David his father, which he made ready in the place that David had appointed, in the threshing-floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

Verse ConceptsCalvaryBeginningJerusalem, Significance OfKingsMountainsSolomon, Life OfThreshing FloorSolomon's TempleStarting To BuildThe First Temple

Now these are the foundations which Solomon laid for the building of the house of God. The length by cubits after the first measure was sixty cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits.

Verse ConceptsFoundationsBreadthThe First Templeconstructionmeasurement

And the greater house he ceiled with fir-wood, which he overlaid with fine gold, and wrought thereon palm trees and chains.

Verse ConceptsChainsOverlaid With Wood

And under it was the likeness of oxen, which compassed it round about for ten cubits, encompassing the sea round about. The oxen were in two rows, cast when it was cast.

Verse ConceptsSculpture

He also made ten basins, and put five on the right hand, and five on the left, to wash in them. They washed in them such things as belonged to the burnt-offering, but the sea was for the priests to wash in.

Verse ConceptsBasinsPurificationWashing

the two pillars, and the bowls, and the two capitals which were on the top of the pillars, and the two networks to cover the two bowls of the capitals that were on the top of the pillars,

Verse ConceptsPillars For Solomon's TempleTwo Parts Of Constructions

And Solomon made all the vessels that were in the house of God, also the golden altar, and the tables on which was the showbread,

Verse ConceptsTables

Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the rulers of the fathers of the sons of Israel, to Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of LORD out of the city of David, which is Zion.

Verse Conceptszion

And all the men of Israel assembled themselves to the king at the feast, which was [in] the seventh month.

Verse ConceptsMonth 7

There was nothing in the ark except the two tablets which Moses put [there] at Horeb when LORD made a covenant with the sons of Israel, when they came out of Egypt.

Verse ConceptsTabletsTwo Stone Tablets

And there I have set the ark in which is the covenant of LORD, which he made with the sons of Israel.

Verse ConceptsThe Ark In The Temple

who have kept with thy servant David my father that which thou promised him. Yea, thou spoke with thy mouth, and have fulfilled it with thy hand, as it is this day.

Verse ConceptsMouths

Now therefore, O LORD, the God of Israel, keep with thy servant David my father that which thou have promised him, saying, There shall not fail thee a man in my sight to sit on the throne of Israel, if only thy sons take heed to th

Verse ConceptsThrone

Now therefore, O LORD, the God of Israel, let thy word be verified, which thou spoke to thy servant David.

But will God in very deed dwell with men on the earth? Behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee. How much less this house which I have built!

Verse ConceptsGod, As SpiritGod, Present EverywhereHeaven, God's HabitationGod, InfiniteGod's Dwelling

Yet have thou respect to the prayer of thy servant, and to his supplication, O LORD my God, to hearken to the cry and to the prayer which thy servant prays before thee,

that thine eyes may be open toward this house day and night, even toward the place of which thou have said that thou would put thy name there, to hearken to the prayer which thy servant shall pray toward this place.

Verse ConceptsWorship Day And NightCeremoniesWatchfulness, Divine

then hear thou from heaven, and forgive the sin of thy people Israel, and bring them again to the land which thou gave to them and to their fathers.

then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy servants, and of thy people Israel, when thou teach them the good way wherein they should walk, and send rain upon thy land, which thou have given to thy people for an inheritanc

that they may fear thee, to walk in thy ways so long as they live in the land which thou gave to our fathers.

If thy people go out to battle against their enemies, by whatever way thou shall send them, and they pray to thee toward this city which thou have chosen, and the house which I have built for thy name,

if they return to thee with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their captivity where they have carried them captive, and pray toward their land, which thou gave to their fathers, and the city which thou have cho

And the priests stood according to their offices, also the Levites with instruments of music of LORD, which David the king had made to give thanks to LORD (for his loving kindness [is] forever) when David praised by their ministry,

Verse ConceptsPraise, Manner And Methods OfTrumpetInventions

Moreover Solomon hallowed the middle of the court that was before the house of LORD. For there he offered the burnt-offerings, and the fat of the peace-offerings, because the brazen altar which Solomon had made was not able to rece

Verse ConceptsFellowship OfferingCourtyardSacrifice On The Bronze Altar

But if ye turn away, and forsake my statutes and my commandments which I have set before you, and shall go and serve other gods, and worship them,

Verse ConceptsForsaking God's Things

then I will pluck them up by the roots out of my land which I have given them. And this house, which I have hallowed for my name, I will cast out of my sight, and I will make it a proverb and a byword among all peoples.

And this house, which is so high, everyone who passes by it shall be astonished, and shall say, Why has LORD done thus to this land, and to this house?

And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, in which Solomon had built the house of LORD, and his own house,

Verse Concepts20 To 30 Years

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

And he built Tadmor in the wilderness, and all the store-cities, which he built in Hamath.

And 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 are holy in which the ark

Verse ConceptsPalaces

Then Solomon offered burnt-offerings to LORD on the altar of LORD, which he had built before the porch,

Verse ConceptsThe Altar Of The Lordflexibility

and the food of his table, and the seating of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and their apparel, also his cupbearers, and their apparel, and his ascent by which he went up to the house of LORD, there was no more

Verse ConceptsCupbearerorganization

And king Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatever she asked, besides that which she had brought to the king. So she turned, and went to her own land, she and her servants.

Verse ConceptsQueensIndividuals going home

besides that which the traders and merchants brought. And all the kings of Arabia and the governors of the country brought gold and silver to Solomon.

Verse ConceptsGovernors

And there were six steps to the throne, with a footstool of gold, which were fastened to the throne, and supports on either side by the place of the seat, and two lions standing beside the supports.

Verse ConceptsFootstoolsTwo Animals

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

Thy father made our yoke grievous. Now therefore make thou the grievous service of thy father, and his heavy yoke which he put upon us, lighter, and we will serve thee.

Verse ConceptsYokesApproval To Kill Oneself

But he forsook the counsel of the old men which they had given him, and took counsel with the young men that grew up with him, who stood before him.

Verse ConceptsAdvice, Rejecting Good AdviceThe Elderly

So the king did not hearkened to the people. For it was brought about by God, that LORD might establish his word, which he spoke by Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.

Verse ConceptsHistory

and Zorah, and Aijalon, and Hebron, which are in Judah and in Benjamin, fortified cities.

And he appointed priests for him for the high places, and for the he-goats, and for the calves which he had made.

Verse ConceptsCalvesShrinesGolden CalvesThirty

And he took the fortified cities which pertained to Judah, and came to Jerusalem.

So Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, and took away the treasures of the house of LORD, and the treasures of the king's house; he took all away. He also took away the shields of gold which Solomon had made.

Verse ConceptsGoldPalacesSacrilege

So king Rehoboam strengthened himself in Jerusalem, and reigned. For Rehoboam was forty-one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which LORD had chosen out of all the tribes of Isra

Verse Conceptselection, privileges ofJerusalem, Significance Of15 To 20 Years

And Abijah stood up upon mount Zemaraim, which is in the hill-country of Ephraim, and said, Hear me, O Jeroboam and all Israel.

And now ye think to withstand the kingdom of LORD in the hand of the sons of David, and ye are a great multitude, and there are with you the golden calves which Jeroboam made you for gods.

Verse ConceptsCalf worshipGolden Calves

And Asa did that which was good and right in the eyes of LORD his God.

Verse ConceptsGrandmothers

And when Asa heard these words, and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he took courage, and put away the abominations out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the cities which he had taken from the hill-country of Ephra

Verse ConceptsReformationBraveryThe Altar Of The LordDestruction Of Satan's WorksImmigrants

And they sacrificed to LORD in that day of the spoil which they had brought, seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep.

Verse ConceptsHeadsSpoils Of WarSeven To Nine HundredSeven Thousand

Then Asa the king took all Judah, and they carried away the stones of Ramah, and the timber of it, with which Baasha had built. And he built Geba and Mizpah with it.

Verse ConceptsStones

And they buried him in his own sepulchers, which he had hewn out for himself in the city of David, and laid him in the bed which was filled with sweet odors and various kinds [of spices] prepared by the perfumers' art. And they mad

Verse ConceptsThe DeadSweet OdoursFuneralsCremationHerbs And SpicesOintmentPerfumeTombsCemeterySepulchresCampfires

And he placed forces in all the fortified cities of Judah, and set garrisons in the land of Judah, and in the cities of Ephraim, which Asa his father had taken.

Verse ConceptsFortificationsFortified CitiesCity

Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near, and smote Micaiah upon the cheek, and said, Which way did the Spirit of LORD go from me to speak to thee?

Verse ConceptsThe Spirit Of The Lord

behold, how they reward us, to come to cast us out of thy possession, which thou have given us to inherit.

And when Judah came to the watch-tower of the wilderness, they looked upon the multitude. And, behold, they were dead bodies fallen to the earth, and there were none who escaped.

Verse ConceptsObliteration

And when Jehoshaphat and his people came to take the spoil of them, they found among them in abundance both riches and dead bodies, and precious jewels, which they stripped off for themselves, more than they could carry away. And t

Verse ConceptsSpoils Of Wargatheringjewelry

And he walked in the way of Asa his father, and did not turn aside from it, doing that which was right in the eyes of LORD.

Verse ConceptsImitating Good Kings

Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, first and last, behold, they are written in the history of Jehu the son of Hanani, which is inserted in the book of the kings of Israel.

Verse ConceptsBooks, Not Preserved

And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as did the house of Ahab, for he had the daughter of Ahab to wife. And he did that which was evil in the sight of LORD.

Verse ConceptsImitating Wicked Kings

And he did that which was evil in the sight of LORD, as did the house of Ahab. For they were his counselors after the death of his father, to his destruction.

And he returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which they had given him at Ramah when he fought against Hazael king of Syria. And Azariah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see Jehoram the son of Ahab in Jezreel b

Verse ConceptsVisiting

And Jehoiada the priest delivered to the captains of hundreds the spears, and bucklers, and shields, that had been king David's, which were in the house of God.

And Joash did that which was right in the eyes of LORD all the days of Jehoiada the priest.

And when they had made an end, they brought the rest of the money before the king and Jehoiada, from which were made vessels for the house of LORD, even vessels with which to minister and to offer, and spoons, and vessels of gold a

Verse ConceptsLeaders, SpiritualSilverSpoons

Thus Joash the king did not remember the kindness which Jehoiada his father had done to him, but killed his son. And when he died, he said, LORD look upon it, and require it.

Verse ConceptsIngratitudeKindness

And he did that which was right in the eyes of LORD, but not with a perfect heart.

Verse ConceptsHalf HeartednessLosing A FriendDoing The Right Thingdevotion

But he did not put their sons to death, but did according to that which is written in the law in the book of Moses, as LORD commanded, saying, The fathers shall not die for the sons, neither shall the sons die for the fathers, but

Verse ConceptsBook of the Law

And Amaziah said to the man of God, But what shall we do for the hundred talents which I have given to the army of Israel? And the man of God answered, LORD is able to give thee much more than this.

Verse ConceptsTalentsRiches, Nature OfTwelve BeingsTwenty SomeLosing A FriendGiving Backarmy

Therefore the anger of LORD was kindled against Amaziah. And he sent a prophet to him, who said to him, Why have thou sought after the gods of the people, which have not delivered their own people out of thy hand?

Verse ConceptsTwelve Beings

So Joash king of Israel went up. And he and Amaziah king of Judah looked each other in the face at Beth-shemesh, which belongs to Judah.

Verse ConceptsTwelve Beings

And he did that which was right in the eyes of LORD, according to all that his father Amaziah had done.

Verse ConceptsChildren, needs ofChildren, Good Parental ExamplesSports

And he made engines in Jerusalem, invented by skilful men, to be on the towers and upon the battlements, with which to shoot arrows and great stones. And his name spread far abroad. For he was marvelously helped, till he was strong

Verse ConceptsFameIntelligenceStonesInventionsArrowsSports

So Uzziah slept with his fathers, and they buried him with his fathers in the field of burial which belonged to the kings. For they said, He is a leper. And Jotham his son reigned in his stead.

Verse ConceptsTombs

And he did that which was right in the eyes of LORD, according to all that his father Uzziah had done. However he did not enter into the temple of LORD. And the people still did corruptly.

Verse ConceptsImitating Good KingsEntering The Temple

Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. And he did not do that which was right in the eyes of LORD like David his father,

Verse Concepts15 To 20 YearsAge When Crowned

and said to them, Ye shall not bring in the captives here. For ye propose that which will bring upon us a trespass against LORD, to add to our sins and to our trespass. For our trespass is great, and there is fierce wrath against I

For he sacrificed to the gods of Damascus, which smote him. And he said, Because the gods of the kings of Syria helped them, [therefore] I will sacrifice to them, that they may help me. But they were the ruin of him, and of all Isr

Verse ConceptsTemples, Heathendamascus

And he did that which was right in the eyes of LORD, according to all that David his father had done.

Verse ConceptsImitating Good Kings

For our fathers have trespassed, and done that which was evil in the sight of LORD our God, and have forsaken him, and have turned away their faces from the habitation of LORD, and turned their backs.

Moreover all the vessels, which king Ahaz in his reign cast away when he trespassed, we have prepared and sanctified. And, behold, they are before the altar of LORD.

Verse ConceptsUnfaithfulness, To GodThe Altar Of The Lord

And the number of the burnt-offerings which the assembly brought was seventy bullocks, a hundred rams, and two hundred lambs. All these were for a burnt-offering to LORD.

Verse ConceptsOfferingsOne HundredThe Number Two HundredSeventies

And Hezekiah rejoiced, and all the people, because of that which God had prepared for the people; for the thing was done suddenly.

Verse ConceptsJoy, Of IsraelSuddenly

Now be ye not stiff-necked, as your fathers were, but yield yourselves to LORD, and enter into his sanctuary, which he has sanctified forever, and serve LORD your God, that his fierce anger may turn away from you.

Verse ConceptsSanctuaryStiffnecked People

And they stood in their place after their order, according to the law of Moses the man of God; the priests sprinkled the blood [which they received] from the hand of the Levites.

Verse ConceptsSprinkling

And the sons of Israel and Judah, who dwelt in the cities of Judah, they also brought in the tithe of oxen and sheep, and the tithe of dedicated things which were consecrated to LORD their God, and laid them by heaps.

Verse ConceptsRemnantConsecration

And thus Hezekiah did throughout all Judah. And he wrought that which was good and right and faithful before LORD his God.

Verse ConceptsFaithfulness, Examples OfFaith, Growth InCommitment, to GodRighteousness, Of Believersimprovement

he took counsel with his rulers and his mighty men to stop the waters of the fountains which were outside the city. And they helped him.

Who was there among all the gods of those nations, which my fathers utterly destroyed, that could deliver his people out of my hand that your God should be able to deliver you out of my hand?

Verse ConceptsAbilityTo DeliverAnnihilation

He also wrote letters, to rail on LORD, the God of Israel, and to speak against him, saying, As the gods of the nations of the lands, which have not delivered their people out of my hand, so shall the God of Hezekiah not deliver hi

Verse Conceptsdefence, divineLettersUnrighteousnessImpiety

And they spoke of the God of Jerusalem, as of the gods of the peoples of the earth, which are the work of men's hands.

Verse ConceptsThe Same As God