Quotes About King

So King Solomon ruled over Israel,

And the king commanded them to quarry large, costly stones to lay the foundation of the temple with dressed stones.

Now King Solomon sent to bring Huram from Tyre.

The king had them cast in clay molds in the plain of the Jordan between Succoth and Zarethan.

And as the whole assembly of Israel stood there, the king turned around and blessed them all

Then the king and all Israel with him offered sacrifices before the LORD.

On that same day the king consecrated the middle of the courtyard in front of the house of the LORD, and there he offered the burnt offerings, the grain offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings, since the bronze altar before the LORD was too small to contain all these offerings.

And Hiram had sent the king 120 talents of gold.

She said to the king, “The report I heard in my own country about your words and wisdom is true.

Blessed be the LORD your God, who has delighted in you to set you on the throne of Israel. Because of the LORDís eternal love for Israel, He has made you king to carry out justice and righteousness.”

The king made the almug wood into steps for the house of the LORD and for the kingís palace, and into lyres and harps for the singers. Never before had such almug wood been brought in, nor has such been seen to this day.)

He also made three hundred small shields of hammered gold; three minas of gold went into each shield. And the king put them in the House of the Forest of Lebanon.

Additionally, the king made a great throne of ivory and overlaid it with pure gold.

and this is the account of his rebellion against the king. Solomon had built the supporting terraces and repaired the gap in the wall of the city of his father David.

But as for you, I will take you, and you shall reign over all that your heart desires, and you will be king over Israel.

Solomon therefore sought to kill Jeroboam. But Jeroboam arose and fled to Egypt, to Shishak king of Egypt, where he remained until the death of Solomon.

And the king answered the people harshly. He rejected the advice of the elders

So the king did not listen to the people, and indeed this turn of events was from the LORD, to fulfill the word He had spoken to Jeroboam son of Nebat through Ahijah the Shilonite.

When all Israel saw that the king had refused to listen to them, they answered the king: “What portion do we have in David, and what inheritance in the son of Jesse? To your tents, O Israel! Look now to your own house, O David!” So the Israelites went home,

When all Israel heard that Jeroboam had returned, they summoned him to the assembly and made him king over all Israel. Only the tribe of Judah followed the house of David.

Now when King Jeroboam, who was at the altar in Bethel, heard the word that the man of God had cried out against it, he stretched out his hand and said, “Seize him!” But the hand he stretched out toward him withered, so that he could not pull it back.

Then the king responded to the man of God, “Intercede with the LORD your God and pray that my hand may be restored.” So the man of God interceded with the LORD, and the kingís hand was restored to him as it was before.

Then the king said to the man of God, “Come home with me and refresh yourself, and I will give you a reward.”

Now a certain old prophet was living in Bethel, and his sons came and told him all the deeds that the man of God had done that day in Bethel. They also told their father the words that the man had spoken to the king.