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“Even as I sware unto thee by the Lord God of Israel, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne in my stead; even so will I certainly do this day.”
— 1 Kings 1:30
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“And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada answered the king, and said, Amen: the Lord God of my lord the king say so too.”
— 1 Kings 1:36
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“And moreover the king's servants came to bless our lord king David, saying, God make the name of Solomon better than thy name, and make his throne greater than thy throne. And the king bowed himself upon the bed.”
— 1 Kings 1:47
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“And also thus said the king, Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, which hath given one to sit on my throne this day, mine eyes even seeing it.”
— 1 Kings 1:48
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“And keep the charge of the Lord thy God, to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and his testimonies, as it is written in the law of Moses, that thou mayest prosper in all that thou doest, and whithersoever thou turnest thyself:”
— 1 Kings 2:3
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“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.”
— 1 Kings 2:23
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“In Gibeon the Lord appeared to Solomon in a dream by night: and God said, Ask what I shall give thee.”
— 1 Kings 3:5
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“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.”
— 1 Kings 3:7
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“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;”
— 1 Kings 3:11
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“And all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had judged; and they feared the king: for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him, to do judgment.”
— 1 Kings 3:28
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“And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the sea shore.”
— 1 Kings 4:29
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“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.”
— 1 Kings 5:3
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“But now the Lord my God hath given me rest on every side, so that there is neither adversary nor evil occurrent.”
— 1 Kings 5:4
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“And, behold, I purpose to build an house unto the name of the Lord my God, as the Lord spake unto David my father, saying, Thy son, whom I will set upon thy throne in thy room, he shall build an house unto my name.”
— 1 Kings 5:5
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“And he said, Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, which spake with his mouth unto David my father, and hath with his hand fulfilled it, saying,”
— 1 Kings 8:15
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“And it was in the heart of David my father to build an house for the name of the Lord God of Israel.”
— 1 Kings 8:17
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“And the Lord hath performed his word that he spake, and I am risen up in the room of David my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, as the Lord promised, and have built an house for the name of the Lord God of Israel.”
— 1 Kings 8:20
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“And he said, Lord God of Israel, there is no God like thee, in heaven above, or on earth beneath, who keepest covenant and mercy with thy servants that walk before thee with all their heart:”
— 1 Kings 8:23
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“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.”
— 1 Kings 8:25
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“And now, O God of Israel, let thy word, I pray thee, be verified, which thou spakest unto thy servant David my father.”
— 1 Kings 8:26
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“But will God indeed dwell on the earth? behold, the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house that I have builded?”
— 1 Kings 8:27
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“Yet have thou respect unto the prayer of thy servant, and to his supplication, O Lord my God, to hearken unto the cry and to the prayer, which thy servant prayeth before thee to day:”
— 1 Kings 8:28
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“The Lord our God be with us, as he was with our fathers: let him not leave us, nor forsake us:”
— 1 Kings 8:57
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“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:”
— 1 Kings 8:59
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“That all the people of the earth may know that the Lord is God, and that there is none else.”
— 1 Kings 8:60
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“Let your heart therefore be perfect with the Lord our God, to walk in his statutes, and to keep his commandments, as at this day.”
— 1 Kings 8:61
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“And at that time Solomon held a feast, and all Israel with him, a great congregation, from the entering in of Hamath unto the river of Egypt, before the Lord our God, seven days and seven days, even fourteen days.”
— 1 Kings 8:65
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“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:”
— 1 Kings 9:6
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“And they shall answer, Because they forsook the Lord their God, who brought forth their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and have taken hold upon other gods, and have worshipped them, and served them: therefore hath the Lord brought upon them all this evil.”
— 1 Kings 9:9
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“Blessed be the Lord thy God, which delighted in thee, to set thee on the throne of Israel: because the Lord loved Israel for ever, therefore made he thee king, to do judgment and justice.”
— 1 Kings 10:9
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“And all the earth sought to Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.”
— 1 Kings 10:24
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“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.”
— 1 Kings 11:2
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“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.”
— 1 Kings 11:4
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“For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.”
— 1 Kings 11:5
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“And likewise did he for all his strange wives, which burnt incense and sacrificed unto their gods.”
— 1 Kings 11:8
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“And the Lord was angry with Solomon, because his heart was turned from the Lord God of Israel, which had appeared unto him twice,”
— 1 Kings 11:9
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“And had commanded him concerning this thing, that he should not go after other gods: but he kept not that which the Lord commanded.”
— 1 Kings 11:10
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“And God stirred him up another adversary, Rezon the son of Eliadah, which fled from his lord Hadadezer king of Zobah:”
— 1 Kings 11:23
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“And he said to Jeroboam, Take thee ten pieces: for thus saith the Lord, the God of Israel, Behold, I will rend the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon, and will give ten tribes to thee:”
— 1 Kings 11:31
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“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.”
— 1 Kings 11:33
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“But the word of God came unto Shemaiah the man of God, saying,”
— 1 Kings 12:22
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“Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold, and said unto them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem: behold thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.”
— 1 Kings 12:28
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“And, behold, there came a man of God out of Judah by the word of the Lord unto Beth-el: and Jeroboam stood by the altar to burn incense.”
— 1 Kings 13:1
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“And it came to pass, when king Jeroboam heard the saying of the man of God, which had cried against the altar in Beth-el, 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.”
— 1 Kings 13:4
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“The altar also was rent, and the ashes poured out from the altar, according to the sign which the man of God had given by the word of the Lord.”
— 1 Kings 13:5
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“And the king answered and said unto the man of God, Intreat now the face of the Lord thy God, and pray for me, that my hand may be restored me again. And the man of God besought the Lord, and the king's hand was restored him again, and became as it was before.”
— 1 Kings 13:6
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“And the king said unto the man of God, Come home with me, and refresh thyself, and I will give thee a reward.”
— 1 Kings 13:7
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“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:”
— 1 Kings 13:8
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“Now there dwelt an old prophet in Beth-el; and his sons came and told him all the works that the man of God had done that day in Beth-el: the words which he had spoken unto the king, them they told also to their father.”
— 1 Kings 13:11
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“And their father said unto them, What way went he? For his sons had seen what way the man of God went, which came from Judah.”
— 1 Kings 13:12