1 Kings (Melachim I)

Solomon overlaid the inside of the house with pure gold.

The Books of the Tanakh (Hebrew Scriptures)

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Original Language Hebrew Section of Tanakh Prophets (Nevi'im)

People David Solomon Queen of Sheba Elijah Elisha

Chapters

Chapter 1	The Struggle for the Succession The Accession of Solomon
​Chapter 2	David’s Instruction to Solomon Death of David Solomon Consolidates His Reign
Chapter 3	Solomon’s Prayer for Wisdom Solomon’s Wisdom in Judgment
Chapter 4	Solomon’s Administrative Officers Magnificence of Solomon’s Rule Fame of Solomon’s Wisdom
Chapter 5	Preparations and Materials for the Temple
Chapter 6	Solomon Builds the Temple The Furnishings of the Temple
Chapter 7	Solomon’s Palace and Other Buildings Products of Hiram the Bronzeworker
Chapter 8	Dedication of the Temple Solomon’s Speech Solomon’s Prayer of Dedication Solomon Blesses the Assembly Solomon Offers Sacrifices
Chapter 9	God Appears Again to Solomon Other Acts of Solomon Solomon’s Commercial Activity
Chapter 10	Visit of the Queen of Sheba
Chapter 11	Solomon’s Errors Adversaries of Solomon Jeroboam’s Rebellion Death of Solomon
​Chapter 12	The Northern Tribes Secede First Dynasty: Jeroboam Reigns over Israel Jeroboam’s Golden Calves
​Chapter 13	A Man of God from Judah
​Chapter 14	Judgment on the House of Jeroboam Death of Jeroboam Rehoboam Reigns over Judah
Chapter 15	Abijam Reigns over Judah: Idolatry and War Asa Reigns over Judah Alliance with Aram against Israel Nadab Reigns over Israel Second Dynasty: Baasha Reigns over Israel
​Chapter 16	Elah Reigns over Israel Third Dynasty: Zimri Reigns over Israel Fourth Dynasty: Omri Reigns over Israel Samaria the New Capital Ahab Reigns over Israel Ahab Marries Jezebel and Worships Baal
​Chapter 17	Elijah Predicts a Drought The Widow of Zarephath Elijah Revives the Widow’s Son
​Chapter 18	Elijah’s Message to Ahab Elijah’s Triumph over the Priests of Baal The Drought Ends
​Chapter 19	Elijah Flees from Jezebel Elijah Meets God at Horeb Elisha Becomes Elijah’s Disciple
​Chapter 20	Ahab’s Wars with the Arameans Prophetic Opposition to Ahab The Arameans Are Defeated A Prophet Condemns Ahab
​Chapter 21	Naboth’s Vineyard Elijah Pronounces God’s Sentence
​Chapter 22	Joint Campaign with Judah against Aram Micaiah Predicts Failure Defeat and Death of Ahab Jehoshaphat Reigns over Judah Ahaziah Reigns over Israel

Highlights

Solomon Builds the Temple

1 Kings 6:1

1 In the four hundred eightieth year after the Israelites came out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, in the month of Ziv, which is the second month, he began to build the house of the LORD. 2 The house that King Solomon built for the LORD was sixty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and thirty cubits high. 3 The vestibule in front of the nave of the house was twenty cubits wide, across the width of the house. Its depth was ten cubits in front of the house. 4 For the house he made windows with recessed frames. 5 He also built a structure against the wall of the house, running around the walls of the house, both the nave and the inner sanctuary; and he made side chambers all around. 6 The lowest story was five cubits wide, the middle one was six cubits wide, and the third was seven cubits wide; for around the outside of the house he made offsets on the wall in order that the supporting beams should not be inserted into the walls of the house.

7 The house was built with stone finished at the quarry, so that neither hammer nor ax nor any tool of iron was heard in the temple while it was being built.

8 The entrance for the middle story was on the south side of the house: one went up by winding stairs to the middle story, and from the middle story to the third. 9 So he built the house, and finished it; he roofed the house with beams and planks of cedar. 10 He built the structure against the whole house, each storya five cubits high, and it was joined to the house with timbers of cedar.

11 Now the word of the LORD came to Solomon, 12 “Concerning this house that you are building, if you will walk in my statutes, obey my ordinances, and keep all my commandments by walking in them, then I will establish my promise with you, which I made to your father David. 13 I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will not forsake my people Israel.”

14 So Solomon built the house, and finished it. 15 He lined the walls of the house on the inside with boards of cedar; from the floor of the house to the rafters of the ceiling, he covered them on the inside with wood; and he covered the floor of the house with boards of cypress. 16 He built twenty cubits of the rear of the house with boards of cedar from the floor to the rafters, and he built this within as an inner sanctuary, as the most holy place. 17 The house, that is, the nave in front of the inner sanctuary, was forty cubits long. 18 The cedar within the house had carvings of gourds and open flowers; all was cedar, no stone was seen. 19 The inner sanctuary he prepared in the innermost part of the house, to set there the ark of the covenant of the LORD. 20 The interior of the inner sanctuary was twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and twenty cubits high; he overlaid it with pure gold. He also overlaid the altar with cedar. 21 Solomon overlaid the inside of the house with pure gold, then he drew chains of gold across, in front of the inner sanctuary, and overlaid it with gold. 22 Next he overlaid the whole house with gold, in order that the whole house might be perfect; even the whole altar that belonged to the inner sanctuary he overlaid with gold.

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