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 Shlomo surpassed all the kings on earth in both wealth and wisdom.

  2. 2 Chronicles 9:23

    All the kings on earth sought to have an audience with Shlomo, in order to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.

  3. 2 Chronicles 9:24

    Each one brought his present - articles of silver, articles of gold, clothing, armor, spices, horses and mules; and this continued year after year.

  4. 2 Chronicles 9:25

    Shlomo also had 4,000 stalls of horses for his chariots and his 12,000 horsemen; he assigned them to the chariot cities and to the king in Yerushalayim.

  5. 2 Chronicles 9:26

    He ruled over all the kingdoms from the [Euphrates] River through the land of the P'lishtim to the border of Egypt.

  6. 2 Chronicles 9:27

    The king made silver in Yerushalayim as common as stones, and he made cedars as abundant as sycamore-fig trees are in the Sh'felah.

  7. 2 Chronicles 9:28

    They brought horses for Shlomo from Egypt and from all countries.

  8. 2 Chronicles 9:29

    Other activities of Shlomo, from beginning to end, are written in the records of Natan the prophet, in the prophecy of Achiyah of Shiloh and in the visions of Ye'do the seer concerning Yarov'am the son of N'vat.

  9. 2 Chronicles 9:30

    Shlomo reigned in Yerushalayim over all Isra'el for forty years.

  10. 2 Chronicles 9:31c. 975 BC

    Then Shlomo slept with his ancestors and was buried in the City of David his father, and Rechav'am his son became king in his place.