Old Testament
1 Kings
So be strong, act like a man, and observe what the Lord your God requires: Walk in obedience to him .
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Chapters
Chapter I: Adonijah Sets Himself Up as King
1 Now King David was old and advanced in years; and they covered him with clothes, but he couldn’t keep warm. 2 Therefor…
Chapter II: David’s Charge to Solomon
1 Now the days of David came near that he should die; and he commanded Solomon his son, saying, 2 “I am going the way of…
Chapter III: Solomon Asks for Wisdom
1 Solomon made a marriage alliance with Pharaoh king of Egypt. He took Pharaoh’s daughter and brought her into David’s c…
Chapter IV: Solomon’s Officials and Governors
1 King Solomon was king over all Israel. 2 These were the princes whom he had: Azariah the son of Zadok, the priest; 3 E…
Chapter V: Preparations for Building the Temple
1 Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants to Solomon, for he had heard that they had anointed him king in the place of his …
Chapter VI: Solomon Builds the Temple
1 In the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel had come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth y…
Chapter VII: Solomon Builds His Palace
1 Solomon was building his own house thirteen years, and he finished all his house. 2 For he built the House of the Fore…
Chapter VIII: The Ark Brought to the Temple
1 Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel with all the heads of the tribes, the princes of the fathers’ households o…
Chapter IX: The Lord Appears to Solomon
1 When Solomon had finished the building of Yahweh’s house, the king’s house, and all Solomon’s desire which he was plea…
Chapter X: The Queen of Sheba Visits Solomon
1 When the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning Yahweh’s name, she came to test him with hard question…
Chapter XI: Solomon’s Wives
1 Now King Solomon loved many foreign women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh: women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Ed…
Chapter XII: Israel Rebels Against Rehoboam
1 Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had come to Shechem to make him king. 2 When Jeroboam the son of Nebat heard …
Chapter XIII: The Man of God From Judah
1 Behold, a man of God came out of Judah by Yahweh’s word to Bethel; and Jeroboam was standing by the altar to burn ince…
Chapter XIV: Ahijah’s Prophecy Against Jeroboam
1 At that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam became sick. 2 Jeroboam said to his wife, “Please get up and disguise yourself…
Chapter XV: Abijah King of Judah
1 Now in the eighteenth year of King Jeroboam the son of Nebat, Abijam began to reign over Judah. 2 He reigned three yea…
Chapter XVI: Then the word of the Lord came to Jehu
1 Yahweh’s word came to Jehu the son of Hanani against Baasha, saying, 2 “Because I exalted you out of the dust and made…
Chapter XVII: Elijah Announces a Great Drought
1 Elijah the Tishbite, who was one of the settlers of Gilead, said to Ahab, “As Yahweh, the God of Israel, lives, before…
Chapter XVIII: Elijah and Obadiah
1 After many days, Yahweh’s word came to Elijah, in the third year, saying, “Go, show yourself to Ahab; and I will send …
Chapter XIX: Elijah Flees to Horeb
1 Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword. 2 Then Jezebel sent…
Chapter XX: Ben-Hadad Attacks Samaria
1 Ben Hadad the king of Syria gathered all his army together; and there were thirty-two kings with him, with horses and …
Chapter XXI: Naboth’s Vineyard
1 After these things, Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard which was in Jezreel, next to the palace of Ahab king of Sama…
Chapter XXII: Micaiah Prophesies Against Ahab
1 They continued three years without war between Syria and Israel. 2 In the third year, Jehoshaphat the king of Judah ca…
