Quotes About Community

Throughout the days of Solomon, Judah and Israel dwelt securely from Dan to Beersheba, each man under his own vine and his own fig tree.

Each month the governors in turn provided food for King Solomon and all who came to his table. They saw to it that nothing was lacking.

Each one also brought to the required place their quotas of barley and straw for the chariot horses and other horses.

Then King Solomon conscripted a labor force of 30,000 men from all Israel.

Solomon had 70,000 porters and 80,000 stonecutters in the mountains,

And I will dwell among the Israelites and will not abandon My people Israel.”

And all the men of Israel came together to King Solomon at the feast in the seventh month, the month of Ethanim.

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

then may whatever prayer or petition Your people Israel make—each knowing his own afflictions and spreading out his hands toward this temple—

May the LORD our God be with us, as He was with our fathers. May He never leave us nor forsake us.

On the fifteenth day Solomon sent the people away. So they blessed the king and went home, joyful and glad in heart for all the good things that the LORD had done for His servant David and for His people Israel.

“Your father put a heavy yoke on us. But now you should lighten the burden of your fatherís service and the heavy yoke he put on us, and we will serve you.”

Rehoboam answered, “Go away for three days and then return to me.” So the people departed.

After seeking advice, the king made two golden calves and said to the people, “Going up to Jerusalem is too much for you. Here, O Israel, are your gods, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.”

“Do not be afraid,” Elijah said to her. “Go and do as you have said. But first make me a small cake of bread from what you have, and bring it out to me. Afterward, make some for yourself and your son,

So she went and did according to the word of Elijah, and there was food every day for Elijah and the woman and her household.

Then Elijah said to all the people, “Come near to me.” So all the people approached him, and he repaired the altar of the LORD that had been torn down.

Answer me, O LORD! Answer me, so that this people will know that You, the LORD, are God, and that You have turned their hearts back again.”

So Elisha turned back from him, took his pair of oxen, and slaughtered them. With the oxenís equipment, he cooked the meat and gave it to the people, and they ate. Then he set out to follow and serve Elijah.

And the elders and the people all said, “Do not listen to him or consent to his terms.”

In the letters she wrote: “Proclaim a fast and give Naboth a seat of honor among the people.

So the elders and nobles who lived in Nabothís city did as Jezebel had instructed in the letters she had written to them.

They proclaimed a fast and gave Naboth a seat of honor among the people.

“Go,” said Elisha, “borrow jars, even empty ones, from all your neighbors. Do not gather just a few.