1 When King David was very old, he could not keep warm even when they put covers over him. 2 So his attendants said to him, “Let us look for…

1 When the time drew near for David to die, he gave a charge to Solomon his son. 2 “I am about to go the way of all the earth,”…

1 Solomon made an alliance with Pharaoh king of Egypt and married his daughter. He brought her to the City of David until he finished building his palace and the…

1 So King Solomon ruled over all Israel. 2 And these were his chief officials: Azariah son of Zadok—the priest; 3 Elihoreph and Ahijah, sons of Shisha—secretaries; Jehoshaphat son of…

1 When Hiram king of Tyre heard that Solomon had been anointed king to succeed his father David, he sent his envoys to Solomon, because he had always been on…

1 In the four hundred and eightiethyear after the Israelites came out of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, in the month of Ziv, the second…

1 It took Solomon thirteen years, however, to complete the construction of his palace. 2 He built the Palace of the Forest of Lebanon a hundred cubits long, fifty wide…

1 Then King Solomon summoned into his presence at Jerusalem the elders of Israel, all the heads of the tribes and the chiefs of the Israelite families, to bring up…

1 When Solomon had finished building the temple of theLordand the royal palace, and had achieved all he had desired to do, 2 theLordappeared to him a second time, as…

1 When the queen of Sheba heard about the fame of Solomon and his relationship to theLord, she came to test Solomon with hard questions. 2 Arriving at Jerusalem with…