circa 970–930 BC

Solomon & The Temple

Solomon builds the great Temple in Jerusalem and rules with unprecedented wisdom and wealth before foreign gods divide his heart.

635 verses · 2 books covered

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  1. 2 Chronicles 9:22

    So King Solomon surpassed all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom.

  2. 2 Chronicles 9:23

    All the kings of the earth sought an audience with Solomon to hear the wisdom that God had put in his heart.

  3. 2 Chronicles 9:24

    Year after year, each visitor would bring his tribute: articles of silver and gold, clothing, weapons, spices, horses, and mules.

  4. 2 Chronicles 9:25

    Solomon had 4,000 stalls for horses and chariots, and 12,000 horses, which he stationed in the chariot cities and also with him in Jerusalem.

  5. 2 Chronicles 9:26

    He reigned over all the kings from the Euphrates to the land of the Philistines, as far as the border of Egypt.

  6. 2 Chronicles 9:27

    The king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar as abundant as sycamore in the foothills.

  7. 2 Chronicles 9:28

    Solomon’s horses were imported from Egypt and from all the lands.

  8. 2 Chronicles 9:29

    As for the rest of the acts of Solomon, from beginning to end, are they not written in the Records of Nathan the Prophet, in the Prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and in the Visions of Iddo the Seer concerning Jeroboam son of Nebat?

  9. 2 Chronicles 9:30

    Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years.

  10. 2 Chronicles 9:31c. 975 BC

    And Solomon rested with his fathers and was buried in the city of his father David. And his son Rehoboam reigned in his place.