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Keywords: ALIENS,KING,SOLOMON,STRANGERS
Description: Deuteronomy 17:15
NET Translation: you must select without fail a king whom the Lord your God chooses. From among your fellow citizens you must appoint a king—you may not designate a foreigner who is not one of your fellow Israelites.
DARBY Translation: thou shalt only set him king over thee whom Jehovah thy God will choose: from among thy brethren shalt thou set a king over thee; thou mayest not set a foreigner over thee, who is not thy brother.
KJV Translation: Thou shalt in any wise set [him] king over thee, whom the LORD thy God shall choose: [one] from among thy brethren shalt thou set king over thee: thou mayest not set a stranger over thee, which [is] not thy brother.
Keywords: HORSE,RULERS,SOLOMON
Description: Deuteronomy 17:16
NET Translation: Moreover, he must not accumulate horses for himself or allow the people to return to Egypt to do so, for the Lord has said you must never again return that way.
DARBY Translation: Only he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor lead back the people to Egypt, to multiply horses; for Jehovah hath said unto you, Ye shall not return again any more that way.
KJV Translation: But he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt, to the end that he should multiply horses: forasmuch as the LORD hath said unto you, Ye shall henceforth return no more that way.
Keywords: POLYGAMY,SOLOMON
Description: Deuteronomy 17:17
NET Translation: Furthermore, he must not marry many wives lest his affections turn aside, and he must not accumulate much silver and gold.
DARBY Translation: Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart turn not away; neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold.
KJV Translation: Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart turn not away: neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold.
Keywords: DAVID,NATHAN,SHAMMUAH,SHOBAB
Description: 2 Samuel 5:14
NET Translation: These are the names of children born to him in Jerusalem: Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, SOLOMON,
DARBY Translation: And these are the names of those that were born to him in Jerusalem: Shammua, and Shobab, and Nathan, and SOLOMON,
KJV Translation: And these [be] the names of those that were born unto him in Jerusalem; Shammua, and Shobab, and Nathan, and SOLOMON,
Keywords: COVENANT,DAVID,JESUS THE CHRIST,KING,SOLOMON
Description: 2 Samuel 7:12
NET Translation: When the time comes for you to die, I will raise up your descendant, one of your own sons, to succeed you, and I will establish his kingdom.
DARBY Translation: When thy days are fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom.
KJV Translation: And when thy days be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom.
Keywords: DAVID,GOD,SOLOMON
Description: 2 Samuel 12:24
NET Translation: So David comforted his wife Bathsheba. He came to her and went to bed with her. Later she gave birth to a son, and David named him SOLOMON. Now the Lord loved the child
DARBY Translation: And David comforted Bathsheba his wife, and went in to her and lay with her; and she bore a son, and he called his name SOLOMOND1984; and Jehovah loved him.
KJV Translation: And David comforted Bathsheba his wife, and went in unto her, and lay with her: and she bare a son, and he called his name SOLOMON: and the LORD loved him.
Verse Intro: SOLOMON Born to David and Bathsheba
Keywords: DAVID,JEDIDIAH,NATHAN,SOLOMON
Description: 2 Samuel 12:25
NET Translation: and sent word through Nathan the prophet that he should be named Jedidiah for the Lord’s sake.
DARBY Translation: And he sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet; and he called his name JedidiahD1985, for Jehovah's sake.
KJV Translation: And he sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet; and he called his name JedidiahK1591, because of the LORD.
Keywords: NATHAN
Description: 1 Kings 1:10
NET Translation: But he did not invite Nathan the prophet, Benaiah, the elite warriors, or his brother SOLOMON.
DARBY Translation: but Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah, and the mighty men, and SOLOMON his brother, he did not invite.
KJV Translation: But Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah, and the mighty men, and SOLOMON his brother, he called not.
Keywords: BATH-SHEBA (BATHSHEBA),HAGGITH,POLITICS,SOLOMON,STATECRAFT
Description: 1 Kings 1:11
NET Translation: Nathan said to Bathsheba, SOLOMON’s mother, “Has it been reported to you that Haggith’s son Adonijah has become king behind our master David’s back?
DARBY Translation: And Nathan spoke to Bathsheba the mother of SOLOMON, saying, Hast thou not heard that Adonijah the son of Haggith is king, and David our lord does not know [it]?
KJV Translation: Wherefore Nathan spake unto Bathsheba the mother of SOLOMON, saying, Hast thou not heard that Adonijah the son of Haggith doth reign, and David our lord knoweth [it] not?
Verse Intro: David Recieves Report from Bathsheba and Nathan
Description: 1 Kings 1:12
NET Translation: Now let me give you some advice as to how you can save your life and your son SOLOMON’s life.
DARBY Translation: And now, come, let me, I pray thee, give thee counsel, that thou mayest save thine own life, and the life of thy son SOLOMON.
KJV Translation: Now therefore come, let me, I pray thee, give thee counsel, that thou mayest save thine own life, and the life of thy son SOLOMON.
Keywords: SOLOMON
Description: 1 Kings 1:13
NET Translation: Visit King David and say to him, ‘My master, O king, did you not solemnly promise your servant, “Surely your son SOLOMON will be king after me; he will sit on my throne”? So why has Adonijah become king?’
DARBY Translation: Go and get thee in to king David, and say to him, Didst not thou, my lord, O king, swear to thy handmaid saying, SOLOMON thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne? why then does Adonijah reign?
KJV Translation: Go and get thee in unto king David, and say unto him, Didst not thou, my lord, O king, swear unto thine handmaid, saying, Assuredly SOLOMON thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne? why then doth Adonijah reign?
Keywords: SOLOMON
Description: 1 Kings 1:17
NET Translation: She replied to him, “My master, you swore an oath to your servant by the Lord your God, ‘SOLOMON your son will be king after me and he will sit on my throne.’
DARBY Translation: And she said to him, My lord, thou hast sworn by Jehovah thy God to thy handmaid, [saying,] SOLOMON thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne.
KJV Translation: And she said unto him, My lord, thou swarest by the LORD thy God unto thine handmaid, [saying], Assuredly SOLOMON thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne.
Description: 1 Kings 1:19
NET Translation: He has sacrificed many cattle, steers, and sheep and has invited all the king’s sons, Abiathar the priest, and Joab, the commander of the army, but he has not invited your servant SOLOMON.
DARBY Translation: And he has sacrificed oxen and fatted cattle and sheep in abundance, and has invited all the sons of the king and Abiathar the priest and Joab the captain of the host; but SOLOMON thy servant has he not invited.
KJV Translation: And he hath slain oxen and fat cattle and sheep in abundance, and hath called all the sons of the king, and Abiathar the priest, and Joab the captain of the host: but SOLOMON thy servant hath he not called.
Keywords: SOLOMON
Description: 1 Kings 1:21
NET Translation: If a decision is not made, when my master the king is buried with his ancestors, my son SOLOMON and I will be considered state criminals.”
DARBY Translation: Otherwise it shall come to pass when my lord the king shall sleepD2069 with his fathers, that I and my son SOLOMON will be counted offenders.
KJV Translation: Otherwise it shall come to pass, when my lord the king shall sleep with his fathers, that I and my son SOLOMON shall be counted offendersK1753.
Keywords: ZADOK
Description: 1 Kings 1:26
NET Translation: But he did not invite me—your servant—or Zadok the priest, or Benaiah son of Jehoiada, or your servant SOLOMON.
DARBY Translation: But me, [even] me thy servant, and Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and thy servant SOLOMON, he has not invited.
KJV Translation: But me, [even] me thy servant, and Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and thy servant SOLOMON, hath he not called.
Keywords: KING,OATH
Description: 1 Kings 1:28
NET Translation: King David responded, “Summon Bathsheba!” She came and stood before the king.
DARBY Translation: Then king David answered and said, Call me Bathsheba. And she came into the king's presence, and stood before the king.
KJV Translation: Then king David answered and said, Call me Bathsheba. And she came into the king's presence, and stood before the king.
Verse Intro: David Selects SOLOMON as King
Description: 1 Kings 1:30
NET Translation: I will keep today the oath I swore to you by the Lord God of Israel: ‘Surely SOLOMON your son will be king after me; he will sit in my place on my throne.’”
DARBY Translation: even as I swore to thee by Jehovah the God of Israel, saying, SOLOMON thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne in my stead; even so will I certainly do this day.
KJV Translation: Even as I sware unto thee by the LORD God of Israel, saying, Assuredly SOLOMON thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne in my stead; even so will I certainly do this day.
Keywords: GIHON,KING,MULE
Description: 1 Kings 1:33
NET Translation: and he told them, “Take your master’s servants with you, put my son SOLOMON on my mule, and lead him down to Gihon.
DARBY Translation: And the king said to them, Take with you the servants of your lord, and cause SOLOMON my son to ride upon mine own mule, and bring him down to Gihon;
KJV Translation: The king also said unto them, Take with you the servants of your lord, and cause SOLOMON my son to ride upon mine ownK1756mule, and bring him down to Gihon:
Keywords: KING,TRUMPET
Description: 1 Kings 1:34
NET Translation: There Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet will anoint him king over Israel; then blow the trumpet and declare, ‘Long live King SOLOMON!’
DARBY Translation: and let Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet anoint him there king over Israel; and blow ye with the trumpet, and say, Long live king SOLOMON!
KJV Translation: And let Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet anoint him there king over Israel: and blow ye with the trumpet, and say, God save king SOLOMON.
Description: 1 Kings 1:37
NET Translation: As the Lord is with my master the king, so may he be with SOLOMON, and may he make him an even greater king than my master King David!”
DARBY Translation: As Jehovah has been with my lord the king, even so be he with SOLOMON, and make his throne greater than the throne of my lord king David.
KJV Translation: As the LORD hath been with my lord the king, even so be he with SOLOMON, and make his throne greater than the throne of my lord king David.
Keywords: BENAIAH,CHERETHITES,GIHON,PELETHITES
Description: 1 Kings 1:38
NET Translation: So Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, Benaiah son of Jehoiada, the Kerethites, and the Pelethites went down, put SOLOMON on King David’s mule, and led him to Gihon.
DARBY Translation: And Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites and the PelethitesD2071 went down, and caused SOLOMON to ride upon king David's mule, and brought him to Gihon.
KJV Translation: So Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, went down, and caused SOLOMON to ride upon king David's mule, and brought him to Gihon.
Verse Intro: SOLOMON Anointed King in Gihon
Keywords: ANOINTING,HORN,OIL,TRUMPET
Description: 1 Kings 1:39
NET Translation: Zadok the priest took a horn filled with olive oil from the tent and poured it on SOLOMON; the trumpet was blown and all the people declared, “Long live King SOLOMON!”
DARBY Translation: And Zadok the priest took the horn of oil out of the tabernacleD2072, and anointed SOLOMON. And they blew the trumpet; and all the people said, Long live king SOLOMON!
KJV Translation: And Zadok the priest took an horn of oil out of the tabernacle, and anointed SOLOMON. And they blew the trumpet; and all the people said, God save king SOLOMON.
Description: 1 Kings 1:43
NET Translation: Jonathan replied to Adonijah: “No! Our master King David has made SOLOMON king.
DARBY Translation: And Jonathan answered and said to Adonijah, Indeed, our lord king David has made SOLOMON king.
KJV Translation: And Jonathan answered and said to Adonijah, Verily our lord king David hath made SOLOMON king.
Description: 1 Kings 1:46
NET Translation: Furthermore, SOLOMON has assumed the royal throne.
DARBY Translation: And also SOLOMON is sitting on the throne of the kingdom.
KJV Translation: And also SOLOMON sitteth on the throne of the kingdom.
Keywords: KING
Description: 1 Kings 1:47
NET Translation: The king’s servants have even come to congratulate our master King David, saying, ‘May your God make SOLOMON more famous than you and make him an even greater king than you!’ Then the king leaned on the bed
DARBY Translation: And moreover the king's servants came to bless our lord king David, saying, Thy God make the name of SOLOMON more excellent than thy name, and make his throne greater than thy throne! And the king bowed himself on the bed.
KJV Translation: And moreover the king's servants came to bless our lord king David, saying, God make the name of SOLOMON better than thy name, and make his throne greater than thy throne. And the king bowed himself upon the bed.
Keywords: ALTAR
Description: 1 Kings 1:50
NET Translation: Adonijah feared SOLOMON, so he got up and went and grabbed hold of the horns of the altar.
DARBY Translation: And Adonijah feared because of SOLOMON, and arose and went and caught hold of the horns of the altar.
KJV Translation: And Adonijah feared because of SOLOMON, and arose, and went, and caught hold on the horns of the altar.
Description: 1 Kings 1:51
NET Translation: SOLOMON was told, “Look, Adonijah fears you; see, he has taken hold of the horns of the altar, saying, ‘May King SOLOMON solemnly promise me today that he will not kill his servant with the sword.’”
DARBY Translation: And it was told SOLOMON saying, Behold, Adonijah fears king SOLOMON; for behold, he has caught hold of the horns of the altar, saying, Let king SOLOMON swear to me this day that he will not put his servant to death with the sword.
KJV Translation: And it was told SOLOMON, saying, Behold, Adonijah feareth king SOLOMON: for, lo, he hath caught hold on the horns of the altar, saying, Let king SOLOMON swear unto me to day that he will not slay his servant with the sword.
Description: 1 Kings 1:52
NET Translation: SOLOMON said, “If he is a loyal subject, not a hair of his head will be harmed, but if he is found to be a traitor, he will die.”
DARBY Translation: And SOLOMON said, If he be a worthyD2074 man, there shall not one of his hairs fall to the earth; but if wickedness be found in him, he shall die.
KJV Translation: And SOLOMON said, If he will shew himself a worthy man, there shall not an hair of him fall to the earth: but if wickedness shall be found in him, he shall die.
Keywords: FORGIVENESS
Description: 1 Kings 1:53
NET Translation: King SOLOMON sent men to bring him down from the altar. He came and bowed down to King SOLOMON, and SOLOMON told him, “Go home.”
DARBY Translation: And king SOLOMON sent, and they brought him down from the altar. And he came and bowed himself to king SOLOMON; and SOLOMON said to him, Go to thy house.
KJV Translation: So king SOLOMON sent, and they brought him down from the altar. And he came and bowed himself to king SOLOMON: and SOLOMON said unto him, Go to thine house.
Keywords: SOLOMON,CHILDREN,DAVID,DEATH,WILL
Description: 1 Kings 2:1
NET Translation: When David was close to death, he told SOLOMON his son:
DARBY Translation: And the days of David were at hand that he should die; and he enjoined SOLOMON his son saying,
KJV Translation: Now the days of David drew nigh that he should die; and he charged SOLOMON his son, saying,
Verse Intro: David's Final Words to SOLOMON
Keywords: SOLOMON,THRONE
Description: 1 Kings 2:12
NET Translation: SOLOMON sat on his father David’s throne, and his royal authority was firmly solidified.
DARBY Translation: And SOLOMON sat on the throne of David his father; and his kingdom was established greatly.
KJV Translation: Then sat SOLOMON upon the throne of David his father; and his kingdom was established greatly.
Keywords: ABISHAG,ADONIJAH,BATH-SHEBA (BATHSHEBA),HAGGITH,INFLUENCE,INTERCESSION,SHUNAMMITE
Description: 1 Kings 2:13
NET Translation: Haggith’s son Adonijah visited Bathsheba, SOLOMON’s mother. She asked, “Do you come in peace?” He answered, “Yes.”
DARBY Translation: And Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Bathsheba the mother of SOLOMON. And she said, Comest thou peaceably? And he said, Peaceably.
KJV Translation: And Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Bathsheba the mother of SOLOMON. And she said, Comest thou peaceably? And he said, Peaceably.
Verse Intro: SOLOMON Secures the Kingdom
Description: 1 Kings 2:17
NET Translation: He said, “Please ask King SOLOMON if he would give me Abishag the Shunammite as a wife, for he won’t refuse you.”
DARBY Translation: And he said, Speak, I pray thee, to SOLOMON the king for he will not refuse thee that he give me Abishag the Shunammite as wife.
KJV Translation: And he said, Speak, I pray thee, unto SOLOMON the king, (for he will not say thee nay,) that he give me Abishag the Shunammite to wife.
Keywords: CHILDREN,THRONE
Description: 1 Kings 2:19
NET Translation: So Bathsheba visited King SOLOMON to speak to him on Adonijah’s behalf. The king got up to greet her, bowed to her, and then sat on his throne. He ordered a throne to be brought for the king’s mother, and she sat at his right hand.
DARBY Translation: And Bathsheba went to king SOLOMON, to speak to him for Adonijah. And the king rose up to meet her, and bowed himself to her, and sat down on his throne; and he caused a throne to be set for the king's mother, and she sat on his right hand.
KJV Translation: Bathsheba therefore went unto king SOLOMON, to speak unto him for Adonijah. And the king rose up to meet her, and bowed himself unto her, and sat down on his throne, and caused a seat to be set for the king's mother; and she sat on his right hand.
Description: 1 Kings 2:22
NET Translation: King SOLOMON answered his mother, “Why just request Abishag the Shunammite for him? Since he is my older brother, you should also request the kingdom for him, for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab son of Zeruiah!”
DARBY Translation: And king SOLOMON answered and said to his mother, And why dost thou ask Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? ask for him the kingdom also; for he is mine elder brother; even for him, and for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab the son of Zeruiah.
KJV Translation: And king SOLOMON answered and said unto his mother, And why dost thou ask Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? ask for him the kingdom also; for he [is] mine elder brother; even for him, and for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab the son of Zeruiah.
Keywords: FALSEHOOD,FRATRICIDE,GOVERNMENT,HOMICIDE,OATH
Description: 1 Kings 2:23
NET Translation: King SOLOMON then swore an oath by the Lord, “May God judge me severely, if Adonijah does not pay for this request with his life!
DARBY Translation: And king SOLOMON swore by Jehovah saying, God do so to me, and more also, Adonijah has spoken this word against his own life!
KJV Translation: Then king SOLOMON sware by the LORD, saying, God do so to me, and more also, if Adonijah have not spoken this word against his own life.
Keywords: PUNISHMENT
Description: 1 Kings 2:25
NET Translation: King SOLOMON then sent Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and he killed Adonijah.
DARBY Translation: And king SOLOMON sent by the hand of Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; who fell on him, that he died.
KJV Translation: And king SOLOMON sent by the hand of Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he fell upon him that he died.
Keywords: ABIATHAR,CHURCH AND STATE,ELI,USURPATION
Description: 1 Kings 2:27
NET Translation: SOLOMON removed Abiathar from being a priest for the Lord, fulfilling the Lord’s message that he had pronounced against the family of Eli in Shiloh.
DARBY Translation: And SOLOMON thrust out Abiathar from being priest to Jehovah, to fulfil the word of Jehovah, which he had spoken concerning the house of Eli in Shiloh.
KJV Translation: So SOLOMON thrust out Abiathar from being priest unto the LORD; that he might fulfil the word of the LORD, which he spake concerning the house of Eli in Shiloh.
Keywords: JOAB
Description: 1 Kings 2:29
NET Translation: When King SOLOMON heard that Joab had run to the tent of the Lord and was right there beside the altar, he ordered Benaiah son of Jehoiada, “Go, strike him down.”
DARBY Translation: And it was told king SOLOMON that Joab had fled to the tent of Jehovah; and behold, he is by the altar. And SOLOMON sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, saying, Go, fall on him.
KJV Translation: And it was told king SOLOMON that Joab was fled unto the tabernacle of the LORD; and, behold, [he is] by the altar. Then SOLOMON sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, saying, Go, fall upon him.
Keywords: CAPTAIN,SOLOMON,ZADOK
Description: 1 Kings 2:35
NET Translation: The king appointed Benaiah son of Jehoiada to take his place at the head of the army, and the king appointed Zadok the priest to take Abiathar’s place.
DARBY Translation: And the king put Benaiah the son of Jehoiada in his stead over the host; and Zadok the priest the king put in the stead of Abiathar.
KJV Translation: And the king put Benaiah the son of Jehoiada in his room over the host: and Zadok the priest did the king put in the room of Abiathar.
Description: 1 Kings 2:41
NET Translation: When SOLOMON was told that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath and had then returned,
DARBY Translation: And it was told SOLOMON that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath, and had come again.
KJV Translation: And it was told SOLOMON that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath, and was come again.
Description: 1 Kings 2:45
NET Translation: But King SOLOMON will be empowered, and David’s dynasty will endure permanently before the Lord.”
DARBY Translation: and king SOLOMON shall be blessed, and the throne of David shall be established before Jehovah for ever.
KJV Translation: And king SOLOMON [shall be] blessed, and the throne of David shall be established before the LORD for ever.
Keywords: PUNISHMENT
Description: 1 Kings 2:46
NET Translation: The king then gave the order to Benaiah son of Jehoiada who went and executed Shimei. So SOLOMON took firm control of the kingdom.
DARBY Translation: And the king commanded Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; who went out and fell upon him, and he died. And the kingdom was established in the hand of SOLOMON.
KJV Translation: So the king commanded Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; which went out, and fell upon him, that he died. And the kingdom was established in the hand of SOLOMON.
Keywords: CHURCH,EGYPTIANS,JERUSALEM,PHARAOH,PRAYER,SOLOMON
Description: 1 Kings 3:1
NET Translation: SOLOMON made an alliance by marriage with Pharaoh, king of Egypt; he married Pharaoh’s daughter. He brought her to the City of David until he could finish building his residence and the temple of the Lord and the wall around Jerusalem.
DARBY Translation: And SOLOMON allied himself by marriage with Pharaoh king of Egypt, and took Pharaoh's daughter, and brought her into the city of David, until he had ended building his own house, and the house of Jehovah, and the wall of Jerusalem round about.
KJV Translation: And SOLOMON made affinity with Pharaoh king of Egypt, and took Pharaoh's daughter, and brought her into the city of David, until he had made an end of building his own house, and the house of the LORD, and the wall of Jerusalem round about.
Keywords: CHILDREN,DREAM,SOLOMON
Description: 1 Kings 3:3
NET Translation: SOLOMON demonstrated his loyalty to the Lord by following the practices of his father David, except that he offered sacrifices and burned incense on the high places.
DARBY Translation: And SOLOMON loved Jehovah, walking in the statutes of David his father; only, he sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.
KJV Translation: And SOLOMON loved the LORD, walking in the statutes of David his father: only he sacrificed and burnt incense in high places.
Keywords: GIBEON,HIGH PLACES,SOLOMON
Description: 1 Kings 3:4
NET Translation: The king went to Gibeon to offer sacrifices, for it had the most prominent of the high places. SOLOMON would offer up 1,000 burnt sacrifices on the altar there.
DARBY Translation: And the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there; for that was the great high place: a thousand burnt-offerings did SOLOMON offer up upon that altar.
KJV Translation: And the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there; for that [was] the great high place: a thousand burnt offerings did SOLOMON offer upon that altar.
Keywords: COMMUNION,GIBEON,GOD,SOLOMON
Description: 1 Kings 3:5
NET Translation: One night in Gibeon the Lord appeared to SOLOMON in a dream. God said, “Tell me what I should give you.”
DARBY Translation: In Gibeon Jehovah appeared to SOLOMON in a dream by night; and God said, Ask what I shall give thee.
KJV Translation: In Gibeon the LORD appeared to SOLOMON in a dream by night: and God said, Ask what I shall give thee.
Verse Intro: The Lord Appears to SOLOMON
Keywords: CHARACTER
Description: 1 Kings 3:6
NET Translation: SOLOMON replied, “You demonstrated great loyalty to your servant, my father David, as he served you faithfully, properly, and sincerely. You have maintained this great loyalty to this day by allowing his son to sit on his throne.
DARBY Translation: And SOLOMON said, Thou hast shewn unto thy servant David my father great loving-kindness, according as he walked before thee in truth, and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with thee; and thou hast kept for him this great loving-kindness, that thou hast given him a son who sits upon his throne, as it is this day.
KJV Translation: And SOLOMON said, Thou hast shewed unto thy servant David my father great mercyK1764, according as he walked before thee in truth, and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with thee; and thou hast kept for him this great kindness, that thou hast given him a son to sit on his throne, as [it is] this day.
Verse Intro: SOLOMON Requests and Recieves Wisdom
Description: 1 Kings 3:10
NET Translation: The Lord was pleased that SOLOMON made this request.
DARBY Translation: And the word pleased the LordD2083, that SOLOMON had asked this thing.
KJV Translation: And the speech pleased the Lord, that SOLOMON had asked this thing.
Description: 1 Kings 3:15
NET Translation: SOLOMON then woke up and realized it was a dream. He went to Jerusalem, stood before the ark of the Lord’s covenant, offered up burnt sacrifices, presented peace offerings, and held a feast for all his servants.
DARBY Translation: And SOLOMON awoke, and behold, it was a dream. And he came to Jerusalem, and stood before the ark of the covenant of JehovahD2084, and offeredD2085 up burnt-offerings, and offered peace-offerings, and made a feast to all his servants.
KJV Translation: And SOLOMON awoke; and, behold, [it was] a dream. And he came to Jerusalem, and stood before the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and offered up burnt offerings, and offered peace offerings, and made a feast to all his servants.
Keywords: ARBITRATION,JUDGE,RULERS,SOLOMON,WISDOM
Description: 1 Kings 3:16
NET Translation: Then two prostitutes came to the king and stood before him.
DARBY Translation: Then came two women, harlots, to the king, and stood before him.
KJV Translation: Then came there two women, [that were] harlots, unto the king, and stood before him.
Verse Intro: SOLOMON's Wisdom Demonstrated
Keywords: CABINET,OFFICER,SOLOMON
Description: 1 Kings 4:1
NET Translation: King SOLOMON ruled over all Israel.
DARBY Translation: And king SOLOMON was king over all Israel.
KJV Translation: So king SOLOMON was king over all Israel.
Verse Intro: SOLOMON's Key Men
Keywords: CANAAN,COMMISSARY,KING,PURVEYOR,RULERS,SOLOMON,TAX
Description: 1 Kings 4:7
NET Translation: SOLOMON had twelve district governors appointed throughout Israel who acquired supplies for the king and his palace. Each was responsible for one month in the year.
DARBY Translation: And SOLOMON had twelve superintendentsD2090 over all Israel; and they provided food for the king and his household: each man his month in the year had to make provision.
KJV Translation: And SOLOMON had twelve officers over all Israel, which provided victuals for the king and his household: each man his month in a year made provision.
Keywords: ABINADAB,DOR,TAPHATH
Description: 1 Kings 4:11
NET Translation: Ben Abinadab was in charge of Naphath Dor. (He was married to SOLOMON’s daughter Taphath.)
DARBY Translation: Ben-Abinadab had all the upland of Dor; Taphath the daughter of SOLOMON was his wife.
KJV Translation: The son of AbinadabK1778, in all the region of Dor; which had Taphath the daughter of SOLOMON to wife:
Keywords: AHIMAAZ,BASMATH
Description: 1 Kings 4:15
NET Translation: Ahimaaz was in charge of Naphtali. (He married SOLOMON’s daughter Basemath.)
DARBY Translation: Ahimaaz, in Nephtali; he also took Basmath the daughter of SOLOMON as wife.
KJV Translation: Ahimaaz [was] in Naphtali; he also took Basmath the daughter of SOLOMON to wife:
Description: 1 Kings 4:20
NET Translation: The people of Judah and Israel were as innumerable as the sand on the seashore; they had plenty to eat and drink and were happy.
DARBY Translation: Judah and Israel were many, as the sand which is by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking and making merry.
KJV Translation: Judah and Israel [were] many, as the sand which [is] by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking, and making merry.
Verse Intro: SOLOMON's Wealth and Wisdom
Keywords: CANAAN,EUPHRATES,SOLOMON
Description: 1 Kings 4:21
NET Translation: (5:1) SOLOMON ruled all the kingdoms from the Euphrates River to the land of the Philistines, as far as the border of Egypt. These kingdoms paid tribute as SOLOMON’s subjects throughout his lifetime.
DARBY Translation: And SOLOMON ruled over all kingdoms from the river to the land of the Philistines, and as far as the border of Egypt: they brought presents, and served SOLOMON all the days of his life.
KJV Translation: And SOLOMON reigned over all kingdoms from the river unto the land of the Philistines, and unto the border of Egypt: they brought presents, and served SOLOMON all the days of his life.
Keywords: BREAD,COR,FEASTS,MEASURE
Description: 1 Kings 4:22
NET Translation: Each day SOLOMON’s royal court consumed thirty cors of finely milled flour, sixty cors of cereal,
DARBY Translation: And SOLOMON's provisionD2093 for one day was thirty measuresD2094 of fine flour, and sixty measuresD2095 of meal,
KJV Translation: And SOLOMON's provisionK1781for one day was thirty measuresK1782of fine flour, and threescore measures of meal,
Keywords: CANAAN,GAZA,NATION,SOLOMON,TIPHSAH
Description: 1 Kings 4:24
NET Translation: His royal court was so large because he ruled over all the kingdoms west of the Euphrates River from Tiphsah to Gaza; he was at peace with all his neighbors.
DARBY Translation: For he had dominion over all on this side the river, from Tiphsah as far as Gazah, over all the kings on this side the river; and he had peace on all sides round about.
KJV Translation: For he had dominion over all [the region] on this side the river, from Tiphsah even to Azzah, over all the kings on this side the river: and he had peace on all sides round about him.
Keywords: NATION
Description: 1 Kings 4:25
NET Translation: All the people of Judah and Israel had security; everyone from Dan to Beer Sheba enjoyed the produce of their vines and fig trees throughout SOLOMON’s lifetime.
DARBY Translation: And Judah and Israel dwelt safely, every man under his vine and under his fig-tree, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, all the days of SOLOMON.
KJV Translation: And Judah and Israel dwelt safelyK1783, every man under his vine and under his fig tree, from Dan even to Beersheba, all the days of SOLOMON.
Keywords: CAVALRY,KING,SOLOMON
Description: 1 Kings 4:26
NET Translation: SOLOMON had 4,000 stalls for his chariot horses and 12,000 horses.
DARBY Translation: And SOLOMON had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen.
KJV Translation: And SOLOMON had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen.
Keywords: COMMISSARY,KING,PURVEYOR,SOLOMON
Description: 1 Kings 4:27
NET Translation: The district governors acquired supplies for King SOLOMON and all who ate in his royal palace. Each was responsible for one month in the year; they made sure nothing was lacking.
DARBY Translation: And thoseD2096 officers provided food for king SOLOMON, and for all who came to king SOLOMON's table, every man in his month: they let nothing be wanting.
KJV Translation: And those officers provided victual for king SOLOMON, and for all that came unto king SOLOMON's table, every man in his month: they lacked nothing.
Keywords: BARLEY,COMMISSARY,DROMEDARY,KING,SOLOMON
Description: 1 Kings 4:28
NET Translation: Each one also brought to the assigned location his quota of barley and straw for the various horses.
DARBY Translation: And the barley, and the straw for the horses and coursers, they brought to the place where [the superintendents] were, every man according to his charge.
KJV Translation: Barley also and straw for the horses and dromedariesK1784brought they unto the place where [the officers] were, every man according to his charge.
Keywords: HEART,LIBERALITY,SOLOMON,WISDOM,WISE MEN
Description: 1 Kings 4:29
NET Translation: God gave SOLOMON wisdom and very great discernment; the breadth of his understanding was as infinite as the sand on the seashore.
DARBY Translation: And God gave SOLOMON wisdom and very great understanding and largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the sea-shore.
KJV Translation: And God gave SOLOMON wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and largeness of heart, even as the sand that [is] on the sea shore.
Keywords: EGYPT,EGYPTIANS
Description: 1 Kings 4:30
NET Translation: SOLOMON was wiser than all the men of the east and all the sages of Egypt.
DARBY Translation: And SOLOMON's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the sons of the east, and all the wisdom of Egypt.
KJV Translation: And SOLOMON's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east country, and all the wisdom of Egypt.
Description: 1 Kings 4:34
NET Translation: People from all nations came to hear SOLOMON’s display of wisdom; they came from all the kings of the earth who heard about his wisdom.
DARBY Translation: And there came of all peoples to hear the wisdom of SOLOMON, from all the kings of the earth who had heard of his wisdom.
KJV Translation: And there came of all people to hear the wisdom of SOLOMON, from all kings of the earth, which had heard of his wisdom.
Keywords: HIRAM,SOLOMON,AMBASSADORS,DAVID,DIPLOMACY,FRIENDSHIP,TREATY,TYRE
Description: 1 Kings 5:1
NET Translation: (5:15) King Hiram of Tyre sent messengers to SOLOMON when he heard that he had been anointed king in his father’s place. (Hiram had always been an ally of David.)
DARBY Translation: And Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants to SOLOMON; for he had heard that they had anointed him king in the place of his father; for Hiram always loved David.
KJV Translation: And Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants unto SOLOMON; for he had heard that they had anointed him king in the room of his father: for Hiram was ever a lover of David.
Verse Intro: Preparations for Building the Temple
Description: 1 Kings 5:2
NET Translation: SOLOMON then sent this message to Hiram:
DARBY Translation: And SOLOMON sent to Hiram, saying,
KJV Translation: And SOLOMON sent to Hiram, saying,
Description: 1 Kings 5:7
NET Translation: When Hiram heard SOLOMON’s message, he was very happy. He said, “The Lord is worthy of praise today because he has given David a wise son to rule over this great nation.”
DARBY Translation: And it came to pass when Hiram heard the words of SOLOMON, that he rejoiced greatly, and said, Blessed be Jehovah this day, who has given to David a wise son over this great people.
KJV Translation: And it came to pass, when Hiram heard the words of SOLOMON, that he rejoiced greatly, and said, Blessed [be] the LORD this day, which hath given unto David a wise son over this great people.
Keywords: CHURCH AND STATE,COMMERCE,TEMPLE
Description: 1 Kings 5:8
NET Translation: Hiram then sent this message to SOLOMON: “I received the message you sent to me. I will give you all the cedars and evergreens you need.
DARBY Translation: And Hiram sent to SOLOMON, saying, I have heard the things which thou sentest to me for: I will do all thy desire concerning timber of cedar, and concerning timber of cypressD2098.
KJV Translation: And Hiram sent to SOLOMON, saying, I have consideredK1787the things which thou sentest to me for: [and] I will do all thy desire concerning timber of cedar, and concerning timber of fir.
Description: 1 Kings 5:10
NET Translation: So Hiram supplied the cedars and evergreens SOLOMON needed,
DARBY Translation: So Hiram gave SOLOMON cedar-trees and cypress-trees [according to] all his desire.
KJV Translation: So Hiram gave SOLOMON cedar trees and fir trees [according to] all his desire.
Keywords: BREAD,COMMERCE,COR,MEASURE,WHEAT
Description: 1 Kings 5:11
NET Translation: and SOLOMON supplied Hiram annually with 20,000 cors of wheat as provision for his royal court, as well as 120,000 gallons of pure olive oil.
DARBY Translation: And SOLOMON gave Hiram twenty thousand measuresD2099 of wheat as food for his household, and twenty measuresD2100 of beaten oil: thus gave SOLOMON to Hiram year by year.
KJV Translation: And SOLOMON gave Hiram twenty thousand measuresK1789of wheat [for] food to his household, and twenty measures of pure oil: thus gave SOLOMON to Hiram year by year.
Keywords: ALLIANCES,WISDOM
Description: 1 Kings 5:12
NET Translation: So the Lord gave SOLOMON wisdom, as he had promised him. And Hiram and SOLOMON were at peace and made a treaty.
DARBY Translation: And Jehovah gave SOLOMON wisdom as he promised him. And there was peace between Hiram and SOLOMON; and they two made a league.
KJV Translation: And the LORD gave SOLOMON wisdom, as he promised him: and there was peace between Hiram and SOLOMON; and they two made a league together.
Keywords: TEMPLE
Description: 1 Kings 5:13
NET Translation: King SOLOMON conscripted work crews from throughout Israel, 30,000 men in all.
DARBY Translation: And king SOLOMON raised a levy out of all Israel; and the levy was thirty thousand men.
KJV Translation: And king SOLOMON raised a levyK1790out of all Israel; and the levy was thirty thousand men.
Description: 1 Kings 5:15
NET Translation: SOLOMON also had 70,000 common laborers and 80,000 stonecutters in the hills,
DARBY Translation: And SOLOMON had seventy thousand that bore burdens, and eighty thousand stone-masons in the mountains;
KJV Translation: And SOLOMON had threescore and ten thousand that bare burdens, and fourscore thousand hewers in the mountains;
Description: 1 Kings 5:16
NET Translation: besides 3,300 officials who supervised the workers.
DARBY Translation: besides the overseers whom SOLOMON had set over the work, three thousand three hundred, who ruled over the people that wrought in the work.
KJV Translation: Beside the chief of SOLOMON's officers which [were] over the work, three thousand and three hundred, which ruled over the people that wrought in the work.
Keywords: GEBAL,STONES,TEMPLE
Description: 1 Kings 5:18
NET Translation: SOLOMON’s and Hiram’s construction workers, along with men from Byblos, did the chiseling and prepared the wood and stones for the building of the temple.
DARBY Translation: And SOLOMON's builders and Hiram's builders and the Giblites hewed them, and prepared timber and stones to build the house.
KJV Translation: And SOLOMON's builders and Hiram's builders did hew [them], and the stonesquarers: so they prepared timber and stones to build the house.
Keywords: ISRAEL,LIBERALITY,SOLOMON,TEMPLE,MONTH,TIME,ZIF
Description: 1 Kings 6:1
NET Translation: In the four hundred and eightieth year after the Israelites left Egypt, in the fourth year of SOLOMON’s reign over Israel, during the month Ziv (the second month), he began building the Lord’s temple.
DARBY Translation: And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of SOLOMON's reign over Israel, in the month Zif, which is the second month, that he began to build the house of Jehovah.
KJV Translation: And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of SOLOMON's reign over Israel, in the month Zif, which [is] the second month, that he began to build the house of the LORD.
Verse Intro: Building of the Temple
Description: 1 Kings 6:2
NET Translation: The temple King SOLOMON built for the Lord was 90 feet long, 30 feet wide, and 45 feet high.
DARBY Translation: And the house that king SOLOMON built for Jehovah was sixty cubits in length, and twenty in breadth, and thirty cubits in height.
KJV Translation: And the house which king SOLOMON built for the LORD, the length thereof [was] threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty [cubits], and the height thereof thirty cubits.
Description: 1 Kings 6:11
NET Translation: The Lord’s message came to SOLOMON:
DARBY Translation: And the word of Jehovah came to SOLOMON saying,
KJV Translation: And the word of the LORD came to SOLOMON, saying,
Description: 1 Kings 6:14
NET Translation: So SOLOMON finished building the temple.
DARBY Translation: And SOLOMON built the house and finished it.
KJV Translation: So SOLOMON built the house, and finished it.
Keywords: CHAINS
Description: 1 Kings 6:21
NET Translation: SOLOMON plated the inside of the temple with gold. He hung golden chains in front of the inner sanctuary and plated the inner sanctuary with gold.
DARBY Translation: and SOLOMON overlaid the house within with pure gold, and shut off the oracle in front with chains of gold, and overlaid it with gold.
KJV Translation: So SOLOMON overlaid the house within with pure gold: and he made a partition by the chains of gold before the oracle; and he overlaid it with gold.
Keywords: CHURCH,MONTH,TEMPLE
Description: 1 Kings 6:37
NET Translation: In the month of Ziv in the fourth year of SOLOMON’s reign the foundation was laid for the Lord’s temple.
DARBY Translation: In the fourth year was the foundation of the house of Jehovah laid, in the month Zif;
KJV Translation: In the fourth year was the foundation of the house of the LORD laid, in the month Zif:
Keywords: ISRAEL,LAVER,PALACE,SOLOMON
Description: 1 Kings 7:1
NET Translation: SOLOMON took thirteen years to build his palace.
DARBY Translation: And SOLOMON was thirteen years building his own house; and he finished all his house.
KJV Translation: But SOLOMON was building his own house thirteen years, and he finished all his house.
Verse Intro: SOLOMON Builds His Royal Palace
Keywords: CEDAR,LEBANON,SOLOMON
Description: 1 Kings 7:2
NET Translation: He named it “The Palace of the Lebanon Forest”; it was 150 feet long, 75 feet wide, and 45 feet high. It had four rows of cedar pillars and cedar beams above the pillars.
DARBY Translation: And he built the house of the forest of Lebanon; its length was a hundred cubits, and its breadth fifty cubits, and its height thirty cubits, upon four rows of cedar-pillars, with cedar-beams upon the pillars;
KJV Translation: He built also the house of the forest of Lebanon; the length thereof [was] an hundred cubits, and the breadth thereof fifty cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits, upon four rows of cedar pillars, with cedar beams upon the pillars.
Keywords: HOUSE,SOLOMON
Description: 1 Kings 7:7
NET Translation: He also made a throne room, called “The Hall of Judgment,” where he made judicial decisions. It was paneled with cedar from the floor to the rafters.
DARBY Translation: And he made the porch for the throne where he judged, the porch of judgment; and it was covered with cedar from floor to floor.
KJV Translation: Then he made a porch for the throne where he might judge, [even] the porch of judgment: and [it was] covered with cedar from one side of the floor to the otherK1816.
Keywords: SOLOMON
Description: 1 Kings 7:8
NET Translation: The palace where he lived was constructed in a similar way. He also constructed a palace like this hall for Pharaoh’s daughter, whom he had married.
DARBY Translation: And his house where he dwelt had another court within the porch, which was of the like work. And he made, like to this porch, a house for Pharaoh's daughter, whom SOLOMON had taken.
KJV Translation: And his house where he dwelt [had] another court within the porch, [which] was of the like work. SOLOMON made also an house for Pharaoh's daughter, whom he had taken [to wife], like unto this porch.
Keywords: ART,CARVING,HIRAM,MASTER WORKMAN,MECHANIC,PILLAR,TEMPLE
Description: 1 Kings 7:13
NET Translation: King SOLOMON sent for Hiram of Tyre.
DARBY Translation: And king SOLOMON sent and fetched Hiram out of Tyre.
KJV Translation: And king SOLOMON sent and fetched Hiram out of Tyre.
Verse Intro: Making the Temple Furnishings
Keywords: BRASS,WISDOM
Description: 1 Kings 7:14
NET Translation: He was the son of a widow from the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a craftsman in bronze from Tyre. He had the skill and knowledge to make all kinds of works of bronze. He reported to King SOLOMON and did all the work he was assigned.
DARBY Translation: He was a widow's son of the tribe of NaphtaliD2120, and his father was a man of Tyre, a worker in brassD2121; and he was full of wisdomD2122 and understanding and knowledge, to do all kinds of works in brass. And he came to king SOLOMON, and made all his work.
KJV Translation: He [was] a widow's son of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father [was] a man of Tyre, a worker in brass: and he was filled with wisdom, and understanding, and cunning to work all works in brass. And he came to king SOLOMON, and wrought all his work.
Keywords: CHURCH,SHOVEL
Description: 1 Kings 7:40
NET Translation: Hiram also made basins, shovels, and bowls. He finished all the work on the Lord’s temple he had been assigned by King SOLOMON.
DARBY Translation: And Hiram made the laversD2131, and the shovels, and the bowlsD2132. So Hiram ended doing all the work that he made for king SOLOMON [for] the house of Jehovah:
KJV Translation: And Hiram made the lavers, and the shovels, and the basons. So Hiram made an end of doing all the work that he made king SOLOMON for the house of the LORD:
Keywords: BASIN
Description: 1 Kings 7:45
NET Translation: and the pots, shovels, and bowls. All these items King SOLOMON assigned Hiram to make for the Lord’s temple were made from polished bronze.
DARBY Translation: and the pots, and the shovels, and the bowls. And all these thingsD2134, which Hiram made king SOLOMON for the house of Jehovah, were of bright brass.
KJV Translation: And the pots, and the shovels, and the basons: and all these vessels, which Hiram made to king SOLOMON for the house of the LORD, [were of] brightK1826brass.
Keywords: BRASS
Description: 1 Kings 7:47
NET Translation: SOLOMON left all these items unweighed; there were so many of them they did not weigh the bronze.
DARBY Translation: And SOLOMON left all the vessels [unweighed] from their exceeding number; the weight of the brass was not ascertained.
KJV Translation: And SOLOMON left all the vessels [unweighed], because they were exceeding manyK1828: neither was the weight of the brass found outK1829.
Keywords: ALTAR,GOLD,SHEWBREAD (SHOWBREAD),TEMPLE
Description: 1 Kings 7:48
NET Translation: SOLOMON also made all these items for the Lord’s temple: the gold altar, the gold table on which was kept the Bread of the Presence,
DARBY Translation: And SOLOMON made all the vesselsD2136 that were [in] the house of Jehovah: the golden altar; and the table of gold, whereon was the shewbread;
KJV Translation: And SOLOMON made all the vessels that [pertained] unto the house of the LORD: the altar of gold, and the table of gold, whereupon the shewbread [was],
Keywords: LIBERALITY,TREASURE-HOUSES
Description: 1 Kings 7:51
NET Translation: When King SOLOMON finished constructing the Lord’s temple, he put the holy items that belonged to his father David (the silver, gold, and other articles) in the treasuries of the Lord’s temple.
DARBY Translation: And all the work was finished that king SOLOMON made for the house of Jehovah. And SOLOMON brought in the things that David his father had dedicated; the silver and the gold and the vessels he put among the treasures of the house of Jehovah.
KJV Translation: So was ended all the work that king SOLOMON made for the house of the LORD. And SOLOMON brought in the things which DavidK1831his father had dedicated; [even] the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, did he put among the treasures of the house of the LORD.
Keywords: DEDICATION,SOLOMON,TEMPLE,GOVERNMENT,JERUSALEM,TABERNACLE,ZION
Description: 1 Kings 8:1
NET Translation: Then SOLOMON convened in Jerusalem Israel’s elders, all the leaders of the Israelite tribes and families, so they could witness the transferal of the ark of the Lord’s covenant from the City of David (that is, Zion).
DARBY Translation: Then SOLOMON assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the princes of the fathers of the children of Israel, unto king SOLOMON in Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of Jehovah out of the city of David, which is Zion.
KJV Translation: Then SOLOMON assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the chiefK1832of the fathers of the children of Israel, unto king SOLOMON in Jerusalem, that they might bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the city of David, which [is] Zion.
Verse Intro: The Ark Brought to the Temple
Keywords: ETHANIM,MONTH
Description: 1 Kings 8:2
NET Translation: All the men of Israel assembled before King SOLOMON during the festival in the month of Ethanim (the seventh month).
DARBY Translation: And all the men of Israel assembled themselves to king SOLOMON at the feast in the month EthanimD2139, that is, the seventh month.
KJV Translation: And all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto king SOLOMON at the feast in the month Ethanim, which [is] the seventh month.
Keywords: TABERNACLE
Description: 1 Kings 8:5
NET Translation: Now King SOLOMON and all the Israelites who had assembled with him went on ahead of the ark and sacrificed more sheep and cattle than could be counted or numbered.
DARBY Translation: And king SOLOMON, and all the assembly of Israel that were assembled to him, [who were] with him before the ark, sacrificed sheep and oxen, which could not be counted nor numbered for multitude.
KJV Translation: And king SOLOMON, and all the congregation of Israel, that were assembled unto him, [were] with him before the ark, sacrificing sheep and oxen, that could not be told nor numbered for multitude.
Keywords: DARKNESS,GOD,SYMBOLS AND SIMILITUDES
Description: 1 Kings 8:12
NET Translation: Then SOLOMON said, “The Lord has said that he lives in thick darkness.
DARBY Translation: Then said SOLOMON: Jehovah said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.
KJV Translation: Then spake SOLOMON, The LORD said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.
Verse Intro: SOLOMON Blesses the Nation
Keywords: PRAYER,SIN
Description: 1 Kings 8:22
NET Translation: SOLOMON stood before the altar of the Lord in front of the entire assembly of Israel and spread out his hands toward the sky.
DARBY Translation: And SOLOMON stood before the altar of Jehovah in the presence of the whole congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward the heavens.
KJV Translation: And SOLOMON stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven:
Verse Intro: SOLOMON Prays for the Nation
Description: 1 Kings 8:54
NET Translation: When SOLOMON finished presenting all these prayers and requests to the Lord, he got up from before the altar of the Lord where he had kneeled and spread out his hands toward the sky.
DARBY Translation: And it was so, that when SOLOMON had ended praying all this prayer and supplication to Jehovah, he arose from before the altar of Jehovah, from kneeling on his knees with his hands spread forth to the heavens,
KJV Translation: And it was [so], that when SOLOMON had made an end of praying all this prayer and supplication unto the LORD, he arose from before the altar of the LORD, from kneeling on his knees with his hands spread up to heaven.
Verse Intro: SOLOMON Again Blesses the Nation
Keywords: OFFERINGS
Description: 1 Kings 8:62
NET Translation: The king and all Israel with him were presenting sacrifices to the Lord.
DARBY Translation: And the king, and all Israel with him, offered sacrifices before Jehovah.
KJV Translation: And the king, and all Israel with him, offered sacrifice before the LORD.
Verse Intro: SOLOMON Dedicates the Temple
Keywords: CATTLE,CHURCH
Description: 1 Kings 8:63
NET Translation: SOLOMON offered as peace offerings to the Lord 22,000 cattle and 120,000 sheep. Then the king and all the Israelites dedicated the Lord’s temple.
DARBY Translation: And SOLOMON sacrificed a sacrifice of peace-offerings, which he sacrificed to Jehovah, twenty-two thousand oxen and a hundred and twenty thousand sheep. So the king and all the children of Israel dedicated the house of Jehovah.
KJV Translation: And SOLOMON offered a sacrifice of peace offerings, which he offered unto the LORD, two and twenty thousand oxen, and an hundred and twenty thousand sheep. So the king and all the children of Israel dedicated the house of the LORD.
Keywords: DEDICATION,EGYPT,HAMATH,PROTRACTED MEETINGS,SEVEN,SOLOMON
Description: 1 Kings 8:65
NET Translation: At that time SOLOMON and all Israel with him celebrated a festival before the Lord our God for two entire weeks. This great assembly included people from all over the land, from Lebo Hamath in the north to the Stream of Egypt in the south.
DARBY Translation: And at that time SOLOMON held the feast, and all Israel with him, a great congregation, from the entrance of Hamath unto the torrent of Egypt, before Jehovah our God, seven days and seven days, fourteen days.
KJV Translation: And at that time SOLOMON held a feast, and all Israel with him, a great congregation, from the entering in of Hamath unto the river of Egypt, before the LORD our God, seven days and seven days, [even] fourteen days.
Keywords: HELL,SOLOMON
Description: 1 Kings 9:1
NET Translation: After SOLOMON finished building the Lord’s temple, the royal palace, and all the other construction projects he had planned,
DARBY Translation: And it came to pass when SOLOMON had completed the building of the house of Jehovah, and the king's house, and all SOLOMON's desire which he was pleased to do,
KJV Translation: And it came to pass, when SOLOMON had finished the building of the house of the LORD, and the king's house, and all SOLOMON's desire which he was pleased to do,
Verse Intro: The Lord Appears to SOLOMON Again
Keywords: GIBEON,GOD,GOVERNMENT,PRAYER
Description: 1 Kings 9:2
NET Translation: the Lord appeared to SOLOMON a second time, in the same way he had appeared to him at Gibeon.
DARBY Translation: that Jehovah appeared to SOLOMON the second time, as he had appeared to him at Gibeon.
KJV Translation: That the LORD appeared to SOLOMON the second time, as he had appeared unto him at Gibeon.
Keywords: BLESSING,CHURCH,PRAYER,TEMPLE
Description: 1 Kings 9:3
NET Translation: The Lord said to him, “I have answered your prayer and your request for help that you made to me. I have consecrated this temple you built by making it my permanent home; I will be constantly present there.
DARBY Translation: And Jehovah said to him, I have heard thy prayer and thy supplication which thou hast made before me: I have hallowed this house, which thou hast built, to put my name there for ever; and mine eyes and my heart shall be there perpetually.
KJV Translation: And the LORD said unto him, I have heard thy prayer and thy supplication, that thou hast made before me: I have hallowed this house, which thou hast built, to put my name there for ever; and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually.
Verse Intro: The Lord's Charge to SOLOMON
Keywords: DIPLOMACY,SOLOMON,TREATY,TYRE
Description: 1 Kings 9:10
NET Translation: After twenty years, during which SOLOMON built the Lord’s temple and the royal palace,
DARBY Translation: And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, when SOLOMON had built the two houses, the house of Jehovah and the king's house,
KJV Translation: And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, when SOLOMON had built the two houses, the house of the LORD, and the king's house,
Verse Intro: SOLOMON's Other Building Projects
Keywords: CEDAR,CONTRACTS,ELIJAH,GALILEE,HIRAM,TYRE
Description: 1 Kings 9:11
NET Translation: King SOLOMON gave King Hiram of Tyre twenty towns in the region of Galilee, because Hiram had supplied SOLOMON with cedars, evergreens, and all the gold he wanted.
DARBY Translation: Hiram the king of Tyre having furnished SOLOMON with cedar-trees and cypress-trees, and with gold, according to all his desire, that then king SOLOMON gave Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee.
KJV Translation: ([Now] Hiram the king of Tyre had furnished SOLOMON with cedar trees and fir trees, and with gold, according to all his desire,) that then king SOLOMON gave Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee.
Keywords: GALILEE
Description: 1 Kings 9:12
NET Translation: When Hiram went out from Tyre to inspect the towns SOLOMON had given him, he was not pleased with them.
DARBY Translation: And Hiram came out from Tyre to see the cities that SOLOMON had given him; and they did not please him.
KJV Translation: And Hiram came out from Tyre to see the cities which SOLOMON had given him; and they pleased him notK1851.
Keywords: GEZER,HAZOR,JERUSALEM,MEGIDDO,MILLO,SOLOMON,TAX
Description: 1 Kings 9:15
NET Translation: Here are the details concerning the work crews King SOLOMON conscripted to build the Lord’s temple, his palace, the terrace, the wall of Jerusalem, and the cities of Hazor, Megiddo, and Gezer.
DARBY Translation: And this is the account of the levy which king SOLOMON raised, to build the house of Jehovah, and his own house, and Millo, and the wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor, and Megiddo, and Gezer.
KJV Translation: And this [is] the reason of the levy which king SOLOMON raised; for to build the house of the LORD, and his own house, and Millo, and the wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor, and Megiddo, and Gezer.
Keywords: CANAANITES,PHARAOH
Description: 1 Kings 9:16
NET Translation: (Pharaoh, king of Egypt, had attacked and captured Gezer. He burned it and killed the Canaanites who lived in the city. He gave it as a wedding present to his daughter, who had married SOLOMON.)
DARBY Translation: Pharaoh king of Egypt had gone up and taken Gezer, and burned it with fire, and slain the Canaanites that dwelt in the city, and given it as a dowry to his daughter, SOLOMON's wife.
KJV Translation: [For] Pharaoh king of Egypt had gone up, and taken Gezer, and burnt it with fire, and slain the Canaanites that dwelt in the city, and given it [for] a present unto his daughter, SOLOMON's wife.
Keywords: BETH-HORON
Description: 1 Kings 9:17
NET Translation: SOLOMON built up Gezer, lower Beth Horon,
DARBY Translation: And SOLOMON built Gezer, and lower Beth-horon,
KJV Translation: And SOLOMON built Gezer, and Bethhoron the nether,
Keywords: CHARIOT,CITIES,LEBANON,TREASURE CITIES
Description: 1 Kings 9:19
NET Translation: all the storage cities that belonged to him, and the cities where chariots and horses were kept. He built whatever he wanted in Jerusalem, Lebanon, and throughout his entire kingdom.
DARBY Translation: and all the store-cities that SOLOMON had, and cities for chariots, and cities for the horsemen, and that which SOLOMON desired to build in Jerusalem, and on Lebanon, and in all the land of his dominion.
KJV Translation: And all the cities of store that SOLOMON had, and cities for his chariots, and cities for his horsemen, and that which SOLOMON desired to buildSOLOMON which he desired." href="#" data-html="true" data-toggle="tooltip">K1853in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and in all the land of his dominion.
Keywords: AMORITES,HITTITES,HIVITES,JEBUSITES,SERVANT,SOLOMON
Description: 1 Kings 9:21
NET Translation: Their descendants remained in the land (the Israelites were unable to wipe them out completely). SOLOMON conscripted them for his work crews, and they continue in that role to this very day.
DARBY Translation: their children that were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel were not able utterly to destroy, upon them did SOLOMON impose a tributeD2152 of bondservice until this day.
KJV Translation: Their children that were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel also were not able utterly to destroy, upon those did SOLOMON levy a tribute of bondservice unto this day.
Keywords: CHARIOT,OFFICER
Description: 1 Kings 9:22
NET Translation: SOLOMON did not assign Israelites to these work crews; the Israelites served as his soldiers, attendants, officers, charioteers, and commanders of his chariot forces.
DARBY Translation: But of the children of Israel did SOLOMON make no bondmen; but they were men of war, and his servants, and his chiefs, and his captains, and captains of his chariots, and his horsemen.
KJV Translation: But of the children of Israel did SOLOMON make no bondmen: but they [were] men of war, and his servants, and his princes, and his captains, and rulers of his chariots, and his horsemen.
Description: 1 Kings 9:23
NET Translation: These men were also in charge of SOLOMON’s work projects; there were a total of 550 men who supervised the workers.
DARBY Translation: These were the chief superintendents that were over SOLOMON's work, five hundred and fifty, that ruled over the people that wrought in the work.
KJV Translation: These [were] the chief of the officers that [were] over SOLOMON's work, five hundred and fifty, which bare rule over the people that wrought in the work.
Keywords: MILLO,SOLOMON
Description: 1 Kings 9:24
NET Translation: SOLOMON built the terrace as soon as Pharaoh’s daughter moved up from the City of David to the palace SOLOMON built for her.
DARBY Translation: But Pharaoh's daughter came up out of the city of David to her house which he had built for her: then he built Millo.
KJV Translation: But Pharaoh's daughter came up out of the city of David unto her house which [SOLOMON] had built for her: then did he build Millo.
Description: 1 Kings 9:25
NET Translation: Three times a year SOLOMON offered burnt offerings and peace offerings on the altar he had built for the Lord, burning incense along with them before the Lord. He made the temple his official worship place.
DARBY Translation: And three times in the year did SOLOMON offer up burnt-offerings and peace-offerings upon the altar that he had built to Jehovah, and he burned incense upon that which was before Jehovah. So he finished the house.
KJV Translation: And three times in a year did SOLOMON offer burnt offerings and peace offerings upon theK1854altar which he built unto the LORD, and he burnt incense upon the altar that [was] before the LORD. So he finished the house.
Keywords: ART,COMMERCE,DIPLOMACY,ELATH,EZION-GABER (EZION-GEBER),HIRAM,NAVY,RED SEA,SHIP,TYRE
Description: 1 Kings 9:26
NET Translation: King SOLOMON also built ships in Ezion Geber, which is located near Elat in the land of Edom, on the shore of the Red Sea.
DARBY Translation: And king SOLOMON made a fleet of ships in Ezion-Geber, which is beside Eloth, on the shore of the Red Sea, in the land of Edom.
KJV Translation: And king SOLOMON made a navy of ships in Eziongeber, which [is] beside Eloth, on the shoreK1855of the Red sea, in the land of Edom.
Keywords: COMMERCE,DIPLOMACY,MARINERS (SAILORS)
Description: 1 Kings 9:27
NET Translation: Hiram sent his fleet and some of his sailors, who were well acquainted with the sea, to serve with SOLOMON’s men.
DARBY Translation: And Hiram sent in the fleet his servants, shipmen that had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of SOLOMON;
KJV Translation: And Hiram sent in the navy his servants, shipmen that had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of SOLOMON.
Keywords: COMMERCE,GOLD,OPHIR,SOLOMON,TALENT
Description: 1 Kings 9:28
NET Translation: They sailed to Ophir, took from there 420 talents of gold, and then brought them to King SOLOMON.
DARBY Translation: and they went to Ophir, and fetched thence gold, four hundred and twenty talents, and brought it to king SOLOMON.
KJV Translation: And they came to Ophir, and fetched from thence gold, four hundred and twenty talents, and brought [it] to king SOLOMON.
Keywords: QUEEN,SHEBA,SOLOMON,WOMEN
Description: 1 Kings 10:1
NET Translation: When the queen of Sheba heard about SOLOMON, she came to challenge him with difficult questions.
DARBY Translation: And the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of SOLOMON in connection with the name of Jehovah, and came to prove him with enigmas.
KJV Translation: And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of SOLOMON concerning the name of the LORD, she came to prove him with hard questions.
Verse Intro: Queen of Sheba Visits SOLOMON
Keywords: CAMEL,GOLD,KING,SPICES,STONES
Description: 1 Kings 10:2
NET Translation: She arrived in Jerusalem with a great display of pomp, bringing with her camels carrying spices, a very large quantity of gold, and precious gems. She visited SOLOMON and discussed with him everything that was on her mind.
DARBY Translation: And she came to Jerusalem with a very great train, with camels that bore spices and gold in very great abundance, and precious stones; and she came to SOLOMON, and spoke to him of all that was in her heart.
KJV Translation: And she came to Jerusalem with a very great train, with camels that bare spices, and very much gold, and precious stones: and when she was come to SOLOMON, she communed with him of all that was in her heart.
Keywords: SOLOMON
Description: 1 Kings 10:3
NET Translation: SOLOMON answered all her questions; there was no question too complex for the king.
DARBY Translation: And SOLOMON explained to her all she spoke of: there was not a thing hidden from the king that he did not explain to her.
KJV Translation: And SOLOMON told her all her questionsK1856: there was not [any] thing hid from the king, which he told her not.
Keywords: SOLOMON
Description: 1 Kings 10:4
NET Translation: When the queen of Sheba saw for herself SOLOMON’s extensive wisdom, the palace he had built,
DARBY Translation: And when the queen of Sheba saw all SOLOMON's wisdom, and the house that he had built,
KJV Translation: And when the queen of Sheba had seen all SOLOMON's wisdom, and the house that he had built,
Keywords: BUTLER,CHURCH,CUPBEARER,SOLOMON
Description: 1 Kings 10:5
NET Translation: the food in his banquet hall, his servants and attendants, their robes, his cupbearers, and his burnt offerings which he presented in the Lord’s temple, she was amazed.
DARBY Translation: and the food of his table, and the deportment of his servants, and the order of service of his attendants, and their apparel, and his cupbearers, and his ascent by which he went up to the house of Jehovah, there was no more spirit in her.
KJV Translation: And the meat of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendanceK1857of his ministers, and their apparel, and his cupbearersK1858, and his ascent by which he went up unto the house of the LORD; there was no more spirit in her.
Keywords: SOLOMON
Description: 1 Kings 10:8
NET Translation: Your attendants, who stand before you at all times and hear your wise sayings, are truly happy!
DARBY Translation: Happy are thy men! happy are these thy servants, who stand continually before thee, who hear thy wisdom!
KJV Translation: Happy [are] thy men, happy [are] these thy servants, which stand continually before thee, [and] that hear thy wisdom.
Keywords: GOLD,KING,LIBERALITY,SOLOMON,SPICES,STONES,TALENT
Description: 1 Kings 10:10
NET Translation: She gave the king 120 talents of gold, a very large quantity of spices, and precious gems. The quantity of spices the queen of Sheba gave King SOLOMON has never been matched.
DARBY Translation: And she gave the king a hundred and twenty talents of gold, and spices in very great abundance, and precious stones: there came no more such abundance of spices as those which the queen of Sheba gave to king SOLOMON.
KJV Translation: And she gave the king an hundred and twenty talents of gold, and of spices very great store, and precious stones: there came no more such abundance of spices as these which the queen of Sheba gave to king SOLOMON.
Keywords: ALGUM,COMMERCE,DIPLOMACY,EXPORTS,GOLD,HIRAM,NAVY,OPHIR,SHIP,SOLOMON,STONES,TYRE
Description: 1 Kings 10:11
NET Translation: (Hiram’s fleet, which carried gold from Ophir, also brought from Ophir a very large quantity of fine timber and precious gems.
DARBY Translation: (And the fleet also of Hiram, which carried gold from Ophir, brought from Ophir sandal-wood in very great abundance, and precious stones.
KJV Translation: And the navy also of Hiram, that brought gold from Ophir, brought in from Ophir great plenty of almug trees, and precious stones.
Keywords: ALGUM,HARP,MUSIC,SOLOMON
Description: 1 Kings 10:12
NET Translation: With the timber the king made supports for the Lord’s temple and for the royal palace and stringed instruments for the musicians. No one has seen so much of this fine timber to this very day.)
DARBY Translation: And the king made of the sandal-wood a balustrade for the house of Jehovah, and for the king's house, and harps and lutes for the singers. There came no such sandal-wood, nor was there seen to this day.)
KJV Translation: And the king made of the almug trees pillarsK1863for the house of the LORD, and for the king's house, harps also and psalteries for singers: there came no such almug trees, nor were seen unto this day.
Description: 1 Kings 10:13
NET Translation: King SOLOMON gave the queen of Sheba everything she requested, besides what he had freely offered her. Then she left and returned to her homeland with her attendants.
DARBY Translation: And king SOLOMON gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatever she asked, besides what he gave her of the bounty of king SOLOMON. And she turned and went to her own land, she and her servants.
KJV Translation: And king SOLOMON gave unto the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatsoever she asked, beside [that] which SOLOMON gave her of his royal bounty. So she turned and went to her own country, she and her servants.
Keywords: GOLD,SOLOMON,TALENT
Description: 1 Kings 10:14
NET Translation: SOLOMON received 666 talents of gold per year,
DARBY Translation: And the weight of gold that came to SOLOMON in one year was six hundred and sixty-six talents of gold,
KJV Translation: Now the weight of gold that came to SOLOMON in one year was six hundred threescore and six talents of gold,
Verse Intro: SOLOMON's Wealth and Wisdom
Keywords: DUTY (TAX),KING,MERCHANT,SOLOMON
Description: 1 Kings 10:15
NET Translation: besides what he collected from the merchants, traders, Arabian kings, and governors of the land.
DARBY Translation: besides what [came] by the dealers, and by the traffic of the merchants, and by all the kings of Arabia, and by the governors of the country.
KJV Translation: Beside [that he had] of the merchantmen, and of the traffick of the spice merchants, and of all the kings of Arabia, and of the governorsK1869of the country.
Keywords: GOLD,SHEKEL,SHIELD,SOLOMON,TARGET
Description: 1 Kings 10:16
NET Translation: King SOLOMON made 200 large shields of hammered gold; 600 measures of gold were used for each shield.
DARBY Translation: And king SOLOMON made two hundred targets of beaten gold, he applied six hundred [shekels] of gold to one target;
KJV Translation: And king SOLOMON made two hundred targets [of] beaten gold: six hundred [shekels] of gold went to one target.
Keywords: ARMORY,GOLD,MANEH,POUND,SHIELD,SOLOMON
Description: 1 Kings 10:17
NET Translation: He also made 300 small shields of hammered gold; three minas of gold were used for each of these shields. The king placed them in the Palace of the Lebanon Forest.
DARBY Translation: and three hundred shields of beaten gold, he applied three minasD2154 of gold to one shield; and the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.
KJV Translation: And [he made] three hundred shields [of] beaten gold; three pound of gold went to one shield: and the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.
Keywords: IVORY,SOLOMON,THRONE
Description: 1 Kings 10:18
NET Translation: The king made a large throne decorated with ivory and overlaid it with pure gold.
DARBY Translation: And the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with refinedD2155 gold:
KJV Translation: Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with the best gold.
Keywords: GOLD,SOLOMON
Description: 1 Kings 10:21
NET Translation: All of King SOLOMON’s cups were made of gold, and all the household items in the Palace of the Lebanon Forest were made of pure gold. There were no silver items, for silver was not considered very valuable in SOLOMON’s time.
DARBY Translation: And all king SOLOMON's drinking vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of precious gold: none were of silver, [which] was not of the least account in the days of SOLOMON.
KJV Translation: And all king SOLOMON's drinking vessels [were of] gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon [were of] pure gold; none [were of] silver: it was nothing accounted of in the days of SOLOMON.
Keywords: APE,BOTANICAL GARDENS,COMMERCE,EXPORTS,IVORY,PEACOCK,SOLOMON,TARSHISH
Description: 1 Kings 10:22
NET Translation: Along with Hiram’s fleet, the king had a fleet of large merchant ships that sailed the sea. Once every three years the fleet came into port with cargoes of gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.
DARBY Translation: For the king had on the sea a Tarshish-fleet, with the fleet of Hiram: once in three years came the Tarshish-fleet, bringing gold and silver, ivoryD2156, and apes, and peacocks.
KJV Translation: For the king had at sea a navy of Tharshish with the navy of Hiram: once in three years came the navy of Tharshish, bringing gold, and silver, ivoryK1874, and apes, and peacocks.
Keywords: THE RICH,SOLOMON
Description: 1 Kings 10:23
NET Translation: King SOLOMON was wealthier and wiser than any of the kings of the earth.
DARBY Translation: And king SOLOMON was greater than all the kings of the earth in riches and in wisdom.
KJV Translation: So king SOLOMON exceeded all the kings of the earth for riches and for wisdom.
Keywords: SOLOMON,WISDOM
Description: 1 Kings 10:24
NET Translation: Everyone in the world wanted to visit SOLOMON to see him display his God-given wisdom.
DARBY Translation: And all the earth sought the presence of SOLOMON, to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.
KJV Translation: And all the earth sought toK1875SOLOMON, to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.
Keywords: CHARIOT,SOLOMON
Description: 1 Kings 10:26
NET Translation: SOLOMON accumulated chariots and horses. He had 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horses. He kept them in assigned cities and in Jerusalem.
DARBY Translation: And SOLOMON gathered chariots and horsemen; and he had a thousand four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen; and he placed them in the chariot-cities, and with the king at Jerusalem.
KJV Translation: And SOLOMON gathered together chariots and horsemen: and he had a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, whom he bestowed in the cities for chariots, and with the king at Jerusalem.
Keywords: SILVER,SOLOMON,SYCAMORE
Description: 1 Kings 10:27
NET Translation: The king made silver as plentiful in Jerusalem as stones; cedar was as plentiful as sycamore fig trees are in the foothills.
DARBY Translation: And the king made silver in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars made he as the sycamoresD2158 that are in the lowlandD2159 for abundance.
KJV Translation: And the king madeK1876silver [to be] in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars made he [to be] as the sycomore trees that [are] in the vale, for abundance.
Keywords: COMMERCE,EGYPT,EXPORTS,HORSE,IMPORTS,LINEN,MERCHANT,SOLOMON,YARN
Description: 1 Kings 10:28
NET Translation: SOLOMON acquired his horses from Egypt and from Que; the king’s traders purchased them from Que.
DARBY Translation: And the exportation ofD2160 horses that SOLOMON had was from Egypt: a caravan of the king's merchants fetched a drove [of horses], at a price.
KJV Translation: And SOLOMON had horses brought outSOLOMONs." href="#" data-html="true" data-toggle="tooltip">K1877of Egypt, and linen yarn: the king's merchants received the linen yarn at a price.
Keywords: COMMERCE,EGYPT,EXPORTS,HITTITES,HORSE,IMPORTS,SOLOMON
Description: 1 Kings 10:29
NET Translation: They paid 600 silver pieces for each chariot from Egypt and 150 silver pieces for each horse. They also sold chariots and horses to all the kings of the Hittites and to the kings of Syria.
DARBY Translation: And a chariot came up and went out of Egypt for six hundred [shekels] of silver, and a horse for a hundred and fifty; and so they brought [them] by their means, for all the kings of the Hittites and for the kings of Syria.
KJV Translation: And a chariot came up and went out of Egypt for six hundred [shekels] of silver, and an horse for an hundred and fifty: and so for all the kings of the Hittites, and for the kings of Syria, did they bring [them] out by their meansK1878.
Keywords: AMMONITES,FELLOWSHIP,HITTITES,INSTABILITY,LASCIVIOUSNESS,MOABITES,MOLECH,POLYGAMY,RULERS,SIDON,SOLOMON,WOMEN
Description: 1 Kings 11:1
NET Translation: King SOLOMON fell in love with many foreign women (besides Pharaoh’s daughter), including Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Sidonians, and Hittites.
DARBY Translation: But king SOLOMON loved many foreign women, besides the daughter of Pharaoh: women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, Hittites;
KJV Translation: But king SOLOMON loved many strange women, together withK1879the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, [and] Hittites;
Verse Intro: SOLOMON Marries Foreign Women
Description: 1 Kings 11:2
NET Translation: They came from nations about which the Lord had warned the Israelites, “You must not establish friendly relations with them! If you do, they will surely shift your allegiance to their gods.” But SOLOMON was irresistibly attracted to them.
DARBY Translation: of the nations of which Jehovah had said to the children of Israel, Ye shall not go in to them, neither shall they come in to you; they would certainly turn away your heart after their gods: to these SOLOMON was attached in love.
KJV Translation: Of the nations [concerning] which the LORD said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall not go in to them, neither shall they come in unto you: [for] surely they will turn away your heart after their gods: SOLOMON clave unto these in love.
Keywords: CONCUBINAGE,INFLUENCE,SOLOMON
Description: 1 Kings 11:3
NET Translation: He had 700 royal wives and 300 concubines; his wives had a powerful influence over him.
DARBY Translation: And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines; and his wives turned away his heart.
KJV Translation: And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines: and his wives turned away his heart.
Keywords: BACKSLIDERS,CHARACTER,INFLUENCE,PERFECTION,POLYGAMY,SOLOMON,TEMPTATION,WIFE
Description: 1 Kings 11:4
NET Translation: When SOLOMON became old, his wives shifted his allegiance to other gods; he was not wholeheartedly devoted to the Lord his God, as his father David had been.
DARBY Translation: And it came to pass when SOLOMON was old, [that] his wives turned away his heart after other gods; and his heart was not perfect with Jehovah his God, as the heart of David his father.
KJV Translation: For it came to pass, when SOLOMON was old, [that] his wives turned away his heart after other gods: and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as [was] the heart of David his father.
Verse Intro: SOLOMON Shifts Allegiance to Other Gods
Keywords: ASHTORETH
Description: 1 Kings 11:5
NET Translation: SOLOMON worshiped the Sidonian goddess Astarte and the detestable Ammonite god Milcom.
DARBY Translation: And SOLOMON went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.
KJV Translation: For SOLOMON went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.
Keywords: OBEDIENCE,PERFECTION
Description: 1 Kings 11:6
NET Translation: SOLOMON did evil in the Lord’s sight; he did not remain loyal to the Lord, as his father David had.
DARBY Translation: And SOLOMON did evil in the sight of Jehovah, and followed not fully Jehovah, as David his father.
KJV Translation: And SOLOMON did evil in the sight of the LORD, and went not fully afterK1880the LORD, as [did] David his father.
Keywords: CHEMOSH,DISOBEDIENCE TO GOD,HIGH PLACES
Description: 1 Kings 11:7
NET Translation: Furthermore, on the hill east of Jerusalem SOLOMON built a high place for the detestable Moabite god Chemosh and for the detestable Ammonite god Milcom.
DARBY Translation: Then did SOLOMON build a high place for Chemosh the abomination of the Moabites, on the hill that is before Jerusalem, and for Molech the abomination of the children of Ammon.
KJV Translation: Then did SOLOMON build an high place for Chemosh, the abomination of Moab, in the hill that [is] before Jerusalem, and for Molech, the abomination of the children of Ammon.
Keywords: ANGER,GOD,GOVERNMENT,JUDGMENTS,SOLOMON
Description: 1 Kings 11:9
NET Translation: The Lord was angry with SOLOMON because he had shifted his allegiance away from the Lord, the God of Israel, who had appeared to him on two occasions
DARBY Translation: And Jehovah was angry with SOLOMON, because his heart was turned away from Jehovah the God of Israel, who had appeared to him twice,
KJV Translation: And the LORD was angry with SOLOMON, because his heart was turned from the LORD God of Israel, which had appeared unto him twice,
Verse Intro: The Lord to Tear the Kingdom from SOLOMON
Description: 1 Kings 11:11
NET Translation: So the Lord said to SOLOMON, “Because you insist on doing these things and have not kept the covenantal rules I gave you, I will surely tear the kingdom away from you and give it to your servant.
DARBY Translation: And Jehovah said to SOLOMON, Forasmuch as this is done by theeD2161, and thou hast not kept my covenant and my statutes which I commanded thee, I will certainly rend the kingdom from thee, and will give it to thy servant:
KJV Translation: Wherefore the LORD said unto SOLOMON, Forasmuch as this is done of theeK1881, and thou hast not kept my covenant and my statutes, which I have commanded thee, I will surely rend the kingdom from thee, and will give it to thy servant.
Keywords: CITIZENS,EDOMITES,GOD,GOVERNMENT,HADAD
Description: 1 Kings 11:14
NET Translation: The Lord brought against SOLOMON an enemy, Hadad the Edomite, a descendant of the Edomite king.
DARBY Translation: And Jehovah stirred up an adversaryD2162 to SOLOMON, Hadad the Edomite; he was of the king's seed in Edom.
KJV Translation: And the LORD stirred up an adversary unto SOLOMON, Hadad the Edomite: he [was] of the king's seed in Edom.
Verse Intro: The Lord Raises Advesaries
Keywords: DAMASCUS,ELIADAH,GOVERNMENT,HADADEZER,JUDGMENTS,REZON,SYRIA,ZOBAH
Description: 1 Kings 11:23
NET Translation: God also brought against SOLOMON another enemy, Rezon son of Eliada who had run away from his master, King Hadadezer of Zobah.
DARBY Translation: God stirred him up yet an adversary, Rezon the son of Eliada, who had fled from Hadadezer king of Zobah, his lord.
KJV Translation: And God stirred him up [another] adversary, Rezon the son of Eliadah, which fled from his lord Hadadezer king of Zobah:
Keywords: HADAD
Description: 1 Kings 11:25
NET Translation: He was Israel’s enemy throughout SOLOMON’s reign and, like Hadad, caused trouble. He loathed Israel and ruled over Syria.
DARBY Translation: And he was an adversary to Israel all the days of SOLOMON, besides the mischief that Hadad [did]; and he abhorred Israel, and reigned over Syria.
KJV Translation: And he was an adversary to Israel all the days of SOLOMON, beside the mischief that Hadad [did]: and he abhorred Israel, and reigned over Syria.
Keywords: JEROBOAM,NEBAT,PROMOTION,SERVANT,ZEREDA,ZERUAH
Description: 1 Kings 11:26
NET Translation: Jeroboam son of Nebat, one of SOLOMON’s servants, rebelled against the king. He was an Ephraimite from Zeredah whose mother was a widow named Zeruah.
DARBY Translation: And Jeroboam the son of Nebat, an EphrathiteD2163 of Zeredah, SOLOMON's servant (whose mother's name was Zeruah, a widow woman), even he lifted up his hand against the king.
KJV Translation: And Jeroboam the son of Nebat, an Ephrathite of Zereda, SOLOMON's servant, whose mother's name [was] Zeruah, a widow woman, even he lifted up [his] hand against the king.
Verse Intro: Jeroboam to Receive Ten Tribes of the Kingdom
Keywords: MILLO
Description: 1 Kings 11:27
NET Translation: This is what prompted him to rebel against the king: SOLOMON built a terrace, and he closed up a gap in the wall of the city of his father David.
DARBY Translation: And this was the cause that he lifted up his hand against the king: SOLOMON was building Millo, and closing the breachD2164 of the city of David his father;
KJV Translation: And this [was] the cause that he lifted up [his] hand against the king: SOLOMON built Millo, [and] repairedK1884the breaches of the city of David his father.
Keywords: CIVIL SERVICE,INDUSTRY,JEROBOAM
Description: 1 Kings 11:28
NET Translation: Jeroboam was a talented man; when SOLOMON saw that the young man was an accomplished worker, he made him the leader of the work crew from the tribe of Joseph.
DARBY Translation: and the man Jeroboam was strong and valiant; and SOLOMON saw the young man that he was industrious, and he made him ruler over all the chargeD2165 of the house of Joseph.
KJV Translation: And the man Jeroboam [was] a mighty man of valour: and SOLOMON seeing the young man that he was industriousK1885, he made him ruler over all the chargeK1886of the house of Joseph.
Description: 1 Kings 11:31
NET Translation: Then he told Jeroboam, “Take ten pieces, for this is what the Lord God of Israel has said: ‘Look, I am about to tear the kingdom from SOLOMON’s hand and I will give ten tribes to you.
DARBY Translation: and said to Jeroboam, Take thee ten pieces; for thus saith Jehovah the God of Israel: Behold, I will rend the kingdom out of the hand of SOLOMON, and will give ten tribes to thee;
KJV Translation: And he said to Jeroboam, Take thee ten pieces: for thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, Behold, I will rend the kingdom out of the hand of SOLOMON, and will give ten tribes to thee:
Keywords: ASHTORETH,CHEMOSH
Description: 1 Kings 11:33
NET Translation: I am taking the kingdom from him because they have abandoned me and worshiped the Sidonian goddess Astarte, the Moabite god Chemosh, and the Ammonite god Milcom. They have not followed my instructions by doing what I approve and obeying my rules and regulations, as SOLOMON’s father David did.
DARBY Translation: because they have forsaken me, and have worshipped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and Milcom the god of the children of Ammon, and have not walked in my ways, to do that which is right in my sight, and my statutes and mine ordinances, as David his father.
KJV Translation: Because that they have forsaken me, and have worshipped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and Milcom the god of the children of Ammon, and have not walked in my ways, to do [that which is] right in mine eyes, and [to keep] my statutes and my judgments, as [did] David his father.
Keywords: FUGITIVES,SHISHAK
Description: 1 Kings 11:40
NET Translation: SOLOMON tried to kill Jeroboam, but Jeroboam escaped to Egypt and found refuge with King Shishak of Egypt. He stayed in Egypt until SOLOMON died.
DARBY Translation: And SOLOMON sought to kill Jeroboam; and Jeroboam arose and fled into Egypt, to Shishak king of Egypt; and he was in Egypt until the death of SOLOMON.
KJV Translation: SOLOMON sought therefore to kill Jeroboam. And Jeroboam arose, and fled into Egypt, unto Shishak king of Egypt, and was in Egypt until the death of SOLOMON.
Keywords: ISRAEL,KING
Description: 1 Kings 11:41
NET Translation: The rest of the events of SOLOMON’s reign, including all his accomplishments and his wise decisions, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of SOLOMON.
DARBY Translation: And the rest of the acts of SOLOMON, and all that he did, and his wisdom, are they not written in the book of the acts of SOLOMON?
KJV Translation: And the rest of the actsK1888of SOLOMON, and all that he did, and his wisdom, [are] they not written in the book of the acts of SOLOMON?
Verse Intro: End of SOLOMON's Reign
Description: 1 Kings 11:42
NET Translation: SOLOMON ruled over all Israel from Jerusalem for forty years.
DARBY Translation: And the time that SOLOMON reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel was forty years.
KJV Translation: And the timeK1889that SOLOMON reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel [was] forty years.
Keywords: REHOBOAM
Description: 1 Kings 11:43
NET Translation: Then SOLOMON passed away and was buried in the city of his father David. His son Rehoboam replaced him as king.
DARBY Translation: And SOLOMON slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David his father; and Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead.
KJV Translation: And SOLOMON slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David his father: and Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead.
Keywords: NEBAT
Description: 1 Kings 12:2
NET Translation: When Jeroboam son of Nebat heard the news, he was still in Egypt, where he had fled from King SOLOMON and had been living ever since.
DARBY Translation: And it came to pass when Jeroboam the son of Nebat heard it (now he was yet in Egypt, whither he had fled from the presence of king SOLOMON, and Jeroboam dwelt in Egypt;
KJV Translation: And it came to pass, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who was yet in Egypt, heard [of it], (for he was fled from the presence of king SOLOMON, and Jeroboam dwelt in Egypt;)
Keywords: ISRAEL,RULERS,SOLOMON
Description: 1 Kings 12:4
NET Translation: “Your father made us work too hard. Now if you lighten the demands he made and don’t make us work as hard, we will serve you.”
DARBY Translation: Thy father made our yoke grievous; and now lighten thou the grievous servitude of thy father and his heavy yoke that he put upon us, and we will serve thee.
KJV Translation: Thy father made our yoke grievous: now therefore make thou the grievous service of thy father, and his heavy yoke which he put upon us, lighter, and we will serve thee.
Keywords: GOVERNMENT,YOUNG MEN
Description: 1 Kings 12:6
NET Translation: King Rehoboam consulted with the older advisers who had served his father SOLOMON when he had been alive. He asked them, “How do you advise me to answer these people?”
DARBY Translation: And king Rehoboam consulted with the old men, who had stood before SOLOMON his father while he yet lived, saying, How do ye advise to return answer to this people?
KJV Translation: And king Rehoboam consulted with the old men, that stood before SOLOMON his father while he yet lived, and said, How do ye advise that I may answer this people?
Keywords: BENJAMIN
Description: 1 Kings 12:21
NET Translation: When Rehoboam arrived in Jerusalem, he summoned 180,000 skilled warriors from all Judah and the tribe of Benjamin to attack Israel and restore the kingdom to Rehoboam son of SOLOMON.
DARBY Translation: And Rehoboam came to Jerusalem; and he assembled all the house of Judah, with the tribe of Benjamin, a hundred and eighty thousand chosen men apt for war, to fight against the house of Israel, that he might bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam the son of SOLOMON.
KJV Translation: And when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he assembled all the house of Judah, with the tribe of Benjamin, an hundred and fourscore thousand chosen men, which were warriors, to fight against the house of Israel, to bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam the son of SOLOMON.
Keywords: GEZER,INCENSE
Description: 1 Kings 12:23
NET Translation: “Say this to King Rehoboam son of SOLOMON of Judah, and to all Judah and Benjamin, as well as the rest of the people,
DARBY Translation: Speak unto Rehoboam, the son of SOLOMON, king of Judah, and unto all the house of Judah and Benjamin, and to the remainder of the people, saying,
KJV Translation: Speak unto Rehoboam, the son of SOLOMON, king of Judah, and unto all the house of Judah and Benjamin, and to the remnant of the people, saying,
Keywords: PROPHECIES CONCERNING ISRAEL,NAAMAH
Description: 1 Kings 14:21
NET Translation: Now Rehoboam son of SOLOMON ruled in Judah. He was forty-one years old when he became king and he ruled for seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city the Lord chose from all the tribes of Israel to be his home. His mother was an Ammonite woman named Naamah.
DARBY Translation: And Rehoboam the son of SOLOMON reigned in Judah. Rehoboam was forty-one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city that Jehovah had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel to put his name there; and his mother's name was Naamah, an Ammonitess.
KJV Translation: And Rehoboam the son of SOLOMON reigned in Judah. Rehoboam [was] forty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the LORD did choose out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there. And his mother's name [was] Naamah an Ammonitess.
Verse Intro: Rehoboam's Reign Over Judah
Keywords: EGYPTIANS,JERUSALEM,SHISHAK,TEMPLE
Description: 1 Kings 14:26
NET Translation: He took away the treasures of the Lord’s temple and of the royal palace; he took everything, including all the golden shields that SOLOMON had made.
DARBY Translation: And he took away the treasures of the house of Jehovah, and the treasures of the king's house; he even took away all; and he took away all the shields of gold that SOLOMON had made.
KJV Translation: And he took away the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king's house; he even took away all: and he took away all the shields of gold which SOLOMON had made.
Keywords: TEMPLE
Description: 2 Kings 21:7
NET Translation: He put an idol of Asherah he had made in the temple, about which the Lord had said to David and to his son SOLOMON, “This temple in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, will be my permanent home.
DARBY Translation: And he set the graven image of the Asherah that he had made, in the house of which Jehovah had said to David and to SOLOMON his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever;
KJV Translation: And he set a graven image of the grove that he had made in the house, of which the LORD said to David, and to SOLOMON his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever:
Keywords: AMMONITES,ASHTORETH,CHEMOSH,CORRUPTION,MOUNT OF OLIVES,SOLOMON
Description: 2 Kings 23:13
NET Translation: The king ruined the high places east of Jerusalem, south of the Mount of Destruction, that King SOLOMON of Israel had built for the detestable Sidonian goddess Astarte, the detestable Moabite god Chemosh, and the horrible Ammonite god Milcom.
DARBY Translation: And the high places that were before Jerusalem, which were on the right hand of the mount of corruption, which SOLOMON the king of Israel had built for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Zidonians, and for Chemosh the abomination of the Moabites, and for Milcom the abomination of the children of Ammon, did the king defile.
KJV Translation: And the high places that [were] before Jerusalem, which [were] on the right hand of the mount of corruptionK2169, which SOLOMON the king of Israel had builded for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Zidonians, and for Chemosh the abomination of the Moabites, and for Milcom the abomination of the children of Ammon, did the king defile.
Keywords: TEMPLE
Description: 2 Kings 24:13
NET Translation: Nebuchadnezzar took from there all the riches in the treasuries of the Lord’s temple and of the royal palace. He removed all the gold items that King SOLOMON of Israel had made for the Lord’s temple, just as the Lord had warned.
DARBY Translation: And he brought out thence all the treasures of the house of Jehovah, and the treasures of the king's house, and cut in pieces all the vessels of gold that SOLOMON king of Israel had made in the temple of Jehovah, as Jehovah had said.
KJV Translation: And he carried out thence all the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king's house, and cut in pieces all the vessels of gold which SOLOMON king of Israel had made in the temple of the LORD, as the LORD had said.
Keywords: LAVER
Description: 2 Kings 25:16
NET Translation: The bronze of the items that King SOLOMON made for the Lord’s temple—including the two pillars, the big bronze basin called “The Sea,” the twelve bronze bulls under “The Sea,” and the movable stands—was too heavy to be weighed.
DARBY Translation: The two pillars, the one sea, and the bases which SOLOMON had made for the house of Jehovah: for the brass of all these vessels there was no weight.
KJV Translation: The two pillars, one seaK2185, and the bases which SOLOMON had made for the house of the LORD; the brass of all these vessels was without weight.
Keywords: AMMIEL,BATH-SHEBA (BATHSHEBA),DAVID,ELIAM,NATHAN,SHAMMUAH,SHOBAB
Description: 1 Chronicles 3:5
NET Translation: These were the sons born to him in Jerusalem: Shimea, Shobab, Nathan, and SOLOMON—the mother of these four was Bathsheba the daughter of Ammiel.
DARBY Translation: And these were born to him in Jerusalem: Shimea, and Shobab, and Nathan, and SOLOMON, four, of Bath-shuaD2369 the daughter of Ammiel;
KJV Translation: And these were born unto him in Jerusalem; ShimeaK2217, and Shobab, and Nathan, and SOLOMON, four, of BathshuaK2218the daughter of Ammiel:
Keywords: ASA,JEHOSHAPHAT
Description: 1 Chronicles 3:10
NET Translation: SOLOMON’s son was Rehoboam, followed by Abijah his son, Asa his son, Jehoshaphat his son,
DARBY Translation: And SOLOMON's son was Rehoboam; Abijah his son, Asa his son, Jehoshaphat his son,
KJV Translation: And SOLOMON's son [was] Rehoboam, AbiaK2222his son, Asa his son, Jehoshaphat his son,
Verse Intro: David's Son SOLOMON's Descendants
Keywords: AZARIAH,JOHANAN,SOLOMON
Description: 1 Chronicles 6:10
NET Translation: Johanan was the father of Azariah, who served as a priest in the temple SOLOMON built in Jerusalem.
DARBY Translation: and Johanan begot Azariah (he is it that exercised the priesthood in the house that SOLOMON built in Jerusalem);
KJV Translation: And Johanan begat Azariah, (he [it is] that executed the priest's office in the templeK2264that SOLOMON built in Jerusalem:)
Keywords: MUSIC
Description: 1 Chronicles 6:32
NET Translation: They performed music before the sanctuary of the meeting tent until SOLOMON built the Lord’s temple in Jerusalem. They carried out their tasks according to regulations.
DARBY Translation: And they ministered before the tabernacle of the tent of meeting with singing, until SOLOMON had built the house of Jehovah in Jerusalem; and they attended to their office according to their order.
KJV Translation: And they ministered before the dwelling place of the tabernacle of the congregation with singing, until SOLOMON had built the house of the LORD in Jerusalem: and [then] they waited on their office according to their order.
Keywords: DAVID,NATHAN,SHAMMUAH,SHOBAB
Description: 1 Chronicles 14:4
NET Translation: These are the names of children born to him in Jerusalem: Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, SOLOMON,
DARBY Translation: And these are the names of the children which he had in Jerusalem: Shammua, and Shobab, Nathan, and SOLOMON,
KJV Translation: Now these [are] the names of [his] children which he had in Jerusalem; Shammua, and Shobab, Nathan, and SOLOMON,
Keywords: COVENANT,DAVID,SOLOMON
Description: 1 Chronicles 17:11
NET Translation: When the time comes for you to die, I will raise up your descendant, one of your own sons, to succeed you, and I will establish his kingdom.
DARBY Translation: And it shall come to pass, when thy days are fulfilled that thou must go [to be] with thy fathers, that I will set up thy seed after thee, which shall be of thy sons; and I will establish his kingdom.
KJV Translation: And it shall come to pass, when thy days be expired that thou must go [to be] with thy fathers, that I will raise up thy seed after thee, which shall be of thy sons; and I will establish his kingdom.
Keywords: CHUN,TIBHATH
Description: 1 Chronicles 18:8
NET Translation: From Tibhath and Kun, Hadadezer’s cities, David took a great deal of bronze. (SOLOMON used it to make the big bronze basin called “The Sea,” the pillars, and other bronze items.)
DARBY Translation: And from Tibhath, and from Chun, cities of Hadarezer, David took very much brassD2437, of which SOLOMON made the brazen sea, and the pillars, and the vessels of brass.
KJV Translation: Likewise from Tibhath, and from Chun, cities of Hadarezer, brought David very much brass, wherewith SOLOMON made the brasen sea, and the pillars, and the vessels of brass.
Keywords: MUSIC
Description: 1 Chronicles 22:5
NET Translation: David said, “My son SOLOMON is just an inexperienced young man, and the temple to be built for the Lord must be especially magnificent so it will become famous and be considered splendid by all the nations. Therefore I will make preparations for its construction.” So David made extensive preparations before he died.
DARBY Translation: For David said, SOLOMON my son is young and tender, and the house that is to be built for Jehovah must be exceeding great in fame and in beauty in all lands: I will therefore make preparation for it. And David prepared abundantly before his death.
KJV Translation: And David said, SOLOMON my son [is] young and tender, and the house [that is] to be builded for the LORD [must be] exceeding magnifical, of fame and of glory throughout all countries: I will [therefore] now make preparation for it. So David prepared abundantly before his death.
Keywords: CHILDREN,DAVID,MUSIC
Description: 1 Chronicles 22:6
NET Translation: He summoned his son SOLOMON and charged him to build a temple for the Lord God of Israel.
DARBY Translation: And he called for SOLOMON his son, and charged him to build a house for Jehovah the God of Israel.
KJV Translation: Then he called for SOLOMON his son, and charged him to build an house for the LORD God of Israel.
Verse Intro: David's Final Words to SOLOMON
Keywords: TEMPLE
Description: 1 Chronicles 22:7
NET Translation: David said to SOLOMON: “My son, I really wanted to build a temple to honor the Lord my God.
DARBY Translation: And David said to SOLOMON, As for me, my son, I was minded to build a house unto the name of Jehovah my God.
KJV Translation: And David said to SOLOMON, My son, as for me, it was in my mind to build an house unto the name of the LORD my God:
Keywords: GIFTS FROM GOD,GOD,NATION,WAR
Description: 1 Chronicles 22:9
NET Translation: Look, you will have a son, who will be a peaceful man. I will give him rest from all his enemies on every side. Indeed, SOLOMON will be his name; I will give Israel peace and quiet during his reign.
DARBY Translation: Behold, a son shall be born to thee, who shall be a man of rest; and I will give him rest from all his enemies round about; for his name shall be SOLOMOND2449, and in his days I will give peace and quietness unto Israel.
KJV Translation: Behold, a son shall be born to thee, who shall be a man of rest; and I will give him rest from all his enemies round about: for his name shall be SOLOMONK2416, and I will give peace and quietness unto Israel in his days.
Description: 1 Chronicles 22:17
NET Translation: David ordered all the officials of Israel to support his son SOLOMON.
DARBY Translation: And David commanded all the princes of Israel to help SOLOMON his son, [saying,]
KJV Translation: David also commanded all the princes of Israel to help SOLOMON his son, [saying],
Keywords: CHURCH AND STATE,WORSHIP,DAVID,SOLOMON
Description: 1 Chronicles 23:1
NET Translation: When David was old and approaching the end of his life, he made his son SOLOMON king over Israel.
DARBY Translation: And David was old and full of days; and he made SOLOMON his son king over Israel.
KJV Translation: So when David was old and full of days, he made SOLOMON his son king over Israel.
Verse Intro: David Organizes the Levitcal Service
Keywords: DAVID,SOLOMON,ARMIES,CAPTAIN,STEWARD
Description: 1 Chronicles 28:1
NET Translation: David assembled in Jerusalem all the officials of Israel, including the commanders of the tribes, the commanders of the army divisions that served the king, the commanders of units of a thousand and a hundred, the officials who were in charge of all the property and livestock of the king and his sons, the eunuchs, and the warriors, including the most skilled of them.
DARBY Translation: And David assembled all the princes of Israel, the princes of the tribes, and the princes of the divisions that ministered to the king, and the captains over thousands, and the captains over hundreds, and the comptrollers of all the substance and possessions of the king and of his sons, with the chamberlainsD2481, and the mighty men, and all the men of valour, unto Jerusalem.
KJV Translation: And David assembled all the princes of Israel, the princes of the tribes, and the captains of the companies that ministered to the king by course, and the captains over the thousands, and captains over the hundreds, and the stewards over all the substance and possessionK2459of the king, and of his sons, with the officersK2460, and with the mighty men, and with all the valiant men, unto Jerusalem.
Verse Intro: David's Charge to Israel
Keywords: GOVERNMENT
Description: 1 Chronicles 28:5
NET Translation: From all the many sons the Lord has given me, he chose SOLOMON my son to rule on his behalf over Israel.
DARBY Translation: and of all my sons, (for Jehovah has given me many sons,) he has chosen SOLOMON my son to sit upon the throne of the kingdom of Jehovah over Israel.
KJV Translation: And of all my sons, (for the LORD hath given me many sons,) he hath chosen SOLOMON my son to sit upon the throne of the kingdom of the LORD over Israel.
Keywords: ADOPTION,CALL,GOD,SOLOMON
Description: 1 Chronicles 28:6
NET Translation: He said to me, ‘SOLOMON your son is the one who will build my temple and my courts, for I have chosen him to become my son and I will become his father.
DARBY Translation: And he said to me, SOLOMON thy son, he shall build my house and my courts; for I have chosen him to be my son, and I will be his father.
KJV Translation: And he said unto me, SOLOMON thy son, he shall build my house and my courts: for I have chosen him [to be] my son, and I will be his father.
Keywords: BLESSING,CONTINGENCIES,SOLOMON
Description: 1 Chronicles 28:7
NET Translation: I will establish his kingdom permanently, if he remains committed to obeying my commands and regulations, as you are doing this day.’
DARBY Translation: And I will establish his kingdom for ever, if he be firm to do my commandments and mine ordinances, as at this day.
KJV Translation: Moreover I will establish his kingdom for ever, if he be constantK2462to do my commandments and my judgments, as at this day.
Keywords: APOSTASY,CHILDREN,GOD,HEART,IMAGINATION,OBEDIENCE,PENITENT,PERFECTION,PRAYER,SEEKERS,WICKED (PEOPLE)
Description: 1 Chronicles 28:9
NET Translation: “And you, SOLOMON my son, obey the God of your father and serve him with a submissive attitude and a willing spirit, for the Lord examines all minds and understands every motive of one’s thoughts. If you seek him, he will let you find him, but if you abandon him, he will reject you permanently.
DARBY Translation: And thou, SOLOMON my son, knowD2482 the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind; for Jehovah searches all hearts, and discerns all the imaginations of the thoughts. If thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cut thee off for ever.
KJV Translation: And thou, SOLOMON my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.
Verse Intro: David's Charge to SOLOMON
Keywords: HOLY SPIRIT,MERCY-SEAT,PROPHETS,REVELATION,TEMPLE,TREASURE-HOUSES
Description: 1 Chronicles 28:11
NET Translation: David gave to his son SOLOMON the blueprints for the temple porch, its buildings, its treasuries, its upper areas, its inner rooms, and the room for atonement.
DARBY Translation: And David gave to SOLOMON his son the pattern of the porch, and of its houses, and of its treasuries, and of its upper chambers, and of its inner chambers, and of the house of the mercy-seat;
KJV Translation: Then David gave to SOLOMON his son the pattern of the porch, and of the houses thereof, and of the treasuries thereof, and of the upper chambers thereof, and of the inner parlours thereof, and of the place of the mercy seat,
Keywords: CHILDREN,COURAGE,FAITH,GOD,LIBERALITY,OBEDIENCE
Description: 1 Chronicles 28:20
NET Translation: David said to his son SOLOMON: “Be strong and brave! Do it! Don’t be afraid and don’t panic! For the Lord God, my God, is with you. He will not leave you or abandon you before all the work for the service of the Lord’s temple is finished.
DARBY Translation: And David said to SOLOMON his son, Be strong and courageous, and do it; fear not nor be dismayed: for Jehovah Elohim, my God, will be with thee; he will not leave thee, neither forsake thee, until all the work for the service of the house of Jehovah is finished.
KJV Translation: And David said to SOLOMON his son, Be strong and of good courage, and do [it]: fear not, nor be dismayed: for the LORD God, [even] my God, [will be] with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee, until thou hast finished all the work for the service of the house of the LORD.
Keywords: DAVID,TEMPLE
Description: 1 Chronicles 29:1
NET Translation: King David said to the entire assembly: “My son SOLOMON, the one whom God has chosen, is just an inexperienced young man, and the task is great, for this palace is not for man, but for the Lord God.
DARBY Translation: And king David said to all the congregation, SOLOMON my son, the one whom God has chosen, is young and tender, and the work is great; for this palace is not to be for man, but for Jehovah Elohim.
KJV Translation: Furthermore David the king said unto all the congregation, SOLOMON my son, whom alone God hath chosen, [is yet] young and tender, and the work [is] great: for the palace [is] not for man, but for the LORD God.
Verse Intro: Offering for the Building of the Temple
Keywords: CHILDREN,INTERCESSION,PARENTS,PERFECTION,TEMPLE
Description: 1 Chronicles 29:19
NET Translation: Make my son SOLOMON willing to obey your commands, rules, and regulations, and to complete building the palace for which I have made preparations.”
DARBY Translation: And give to SOLOMON my son a perfect heart, to keep thy commandments, thy testimonies, and thy statutes, and to do all, and to build the palace, for which I have made provision.
KJV Translation: And give unto SOLOMON my son a perfect heart, to keep thy commandments, thy testimonies, and thy statutes, and to do all [these things], and to build the palace, [for] the which I have made provision.
Keywords: ANOINTING,GOVERNMENT,SOLOMON,THANKFULNESS,ZADOK
Description: 1 Chronicles 29:22
NET Translation: They held a feast before the Lord that day and celebrated. Then they designated SOLOMON, David’s son, as king a second time; before the Lord they anointed him as ruler and Zadok as priest.
DARBY Translation: And they ate and drank before Jehovah on that day with great joy. And they made SOLOMON the son of David king the second time, and anointed him to Jehovah to be prince, and Zadok to be priest.
KJV Translation: And did eat and drink before the LORD on that day with great gladness. And they made SOLOMON the son of David king the second time, and anointed [him] unto the LORD [to be] the chief governor, and Zadok [to be] priest.
Verse Intro: SOLOMON Anointed King a Second Time
Keywords: THRONE
Description: 1 Chronicles 29:23
NET Translation: SOLOMON sat on the Lord’s throne as king in place of his father David; he was successful and all Israel was loyal to him.
DARBY Translation: And SOLOMON sat on the throne of Jehovah as king instead of David his father, and prospered; and all Israel obeyed him.
KJV Translation: Then SOLOMON sat on the throne of the LORD as king instead of David his father, and prospered; and all Israel obeyed him.
Keywords: SOLOMON
Description: 1 Chronicles 29:24
NET Translation: All the officers and warriors, as well as all of King David’s sons, pledged their allegiance to King SOLOMON.
DARBY Translation: And all the princes, and the mighty men, and all the sons likewise of king David, submitted themselves to SOLOMON the king.
KJV Translation: And all the princes, and the mighty men, and all the sons likewise of king David, submitted themselves unto SOLOMONSOLOMON." href="#" data-html="true" data-toggle="tooltip">K2470the king.
Keywords: BLESSING,GOVERNMENT,SOLOMON
Description: 1 Chronicles 29:25
NET Translation: The Lord greatly magnified SOLOMON before all Israel and bestowed on him greater majesty than any king of Israel before him.
DARBY Translation: And Jehovah magnified SOLOMON exceedingly in the sight of all Israel, and bestowed upon him royal majesty such as had not been on any king before him in Israel.
KJV Translation: And the LORD magnified SOLOMON exceedingly in the sight of all Israel, and bestowed upon him [such] royal majesty as had not been on any king before him in Israel.
Keywords: DAVID,OLD AGE
Description: 1 Chronicles 29:28
NET Translation: He died at a good old age, having enjoyed long life, wealth, and honor. His son SOLOMON succeeded him.
DARBY Translation: And he died in a good old age, full of days, riches, and honour; and SOLOMON his son reigned in his stead.
KJV Translation: And he died in a good old age, full of days, riches, and honour: and SOLOMON his son reigned in his stead.
Keywords: BLESSING
Description: 2 Chronicles 1:1
NET Translation: SOLOMON son of David solidified his royal authority, for the Lord his God was with him and magnified him greatly.
DARBY Translation: And SOLOMON the son of David was strengthened in his kingdom, and Jehovah his God was with him and magnified him exceedingly.
KJV Translation: And SOLOMON the son of David was strengthened in his kingdom, and the LORD his God [was] with him, and magnified him exceedingly.
Verse Intro: SOLOMON Secures the Kingdom
Keywords: GIBEON
Description: 2 Chronicles 1:2
NET Translation: SOLOMON addressed all Israel, including those who commanded units of a thousand and a hundred, the judges, and all the leaders of all Israel who were heads of families.
DARBY Translation: And SOLOMON spoke to all Israel, to the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and to the judges, and to all the princes of all Israel, the chief fathers;
KJV Translation: Then SOLOMON spake unto all Israel, to the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and to the judges, and to every governor in all Israel, the chief of the fathers.
Keywords: GIBEON,HIGH PLACES,TABERNACLE
Description: 2 Chronicles 1:3
NET Translation: SOLOMON and the entire assembly went to the worship center in Gibeon, for the tent where they met God was located there, which Moses the Lord’s servant had made in the wilderness.
DARBY Translation: and SOLOMON, and all the congregation with him, went to the high place at Gibeon; for there was God's tent of meeting which Moses the servant of Jehovah had made in the wilderness.
KJV Translation: So SOLOMON, and all the congregation with him, went to the high place that [was] at Gibeon; for there was the tabernacle of the congregation of God, which Moses the servant of the LORD had made in the wilderness.
Keywords: HUR
Description: 2 Chronicles 1:5
NET Translation: But the bronze altar made by Bezalel son of Uri, son of Hur, was in front of the Lord’s tabernacle. SOLOMON and the entire assembly prayed to him there.)
DARBY Translation: And the brazen altar that Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, had made, was there before the tabernacleD2490 of Jehovah; and SOLOMON and the congregation sought unto it.
KJV Translation: Moreover the brasen altar, that Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, had made, he putK2473before the tabernacle of the LORD: and SOLOMON and the congregation sought unto it.
Description: 2 Chronicles 1:6
NET Translation: SOLOMON went up to the bronze altar before the Lord which was at the meeting tent, and he offered up 1,000 burnt sacrifices.
DARBY Translation: And SOLOMON offered there upon the brazen altar before Jehovah which was at the tent of meeting; and he offered up a thousand burnt-offerings upon it.
KJV Translation: And SOLOMON went up thither to the brasen altar before the LORD, which [was] at the tabernacle of the congregation, and offered a thousand burnt offerings upon it.
Keywords: COMMUNION,GOD,SOLOMON
Description: 2 Chronicles 1:7
NET Translation: That night God appeared to SOLOMON and said to him, “Tell me what I should give you.”
DARBY Translation: In that night God appeared to SOLOMON, and said to him, Ask what I shall give thee.
KJV Translation: In that night did God appear unto SOLOMON, and said unto him, Ask what I shall give thee.
Verse Intro: The Lord Appears to SOLOMON
Description: 2 Chronicles 1:8
NET Translation: SOLOMON replied to God, “You demonstrated great loyalty to my father David and have made me king in his place.
DARBY Translation: And SOLOMON said to God, Thou hast shewn unto David my father great loving-kindness, and hast made me king in his stead.
KJV Translation: And SOLOMON said unto God, Thou hast shewed great mercy unto David my father, and hast made me to reign in his stead.
Verse Intro: SOLOMON Requests and Recieves Wisdom
Description: 2 Chronicles 1:11
NET Translation: God said to SOLOMON, “Because you desire this, and did not ask for riches, wealth, and honor, or for vengeance on your enemies, and because you did not ask for long life, but requested wisdom and discernment so you can make judicial decisions for my people over whom I have made you king,
DARBY Translation: And God said to SOLOMON, Because this was in thy heart, and thou hast not asked riches, wealth, or honourD2491, nor the life of them that hate thee, neither yet hast asked long life; but hast asked for thyself wisdom and knowledge, that thou mayest judge my people, over whom I have made thee king:
KJV Translation: And God said to SOLOMON, Because this was in thine heart, and thou hast not asked riches, wealth, or honour, nor the life of thine enemies, neither yet hast asked long life; but hast asked wisdom and knowledge for thyself, that thou mayest judge my people, over whom I have made thee king:
Keywords: GIBEON
Description: 2 Chronicles 1:13
NET Translation: SOLOMON left the meeting tent at the worship center in Gibeon and went to Jerusalem, where he reigned over Israel.
DARBY Translation: Then SOLOMON came back [from] the high place at Gibeon to Jerusalem, from before the tent of meeting, and reigned over Israel.
KJV Translation: Then SOLOMON came [from his journey] to the high place that [was] at Gibeon to Jerusalem, from before the tabernacle of the congregation, and reigned over Israel.
Keywords: ARMIES,CHARIOT,CITIES,SOLOMON
Description: 2 Chronicles 1:14
NET Translation: SOLOMON accumulated chariots and horses. He had 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horses . He kept them in assigned cities and in Jerusalem.
DARBY Translation: And SOLOMON gathered chariots and horsemen; and he had a thousand four hundred chariots and twelve thousand horsemen; and he placed them in the chariot-cities, and with the king at Jerusalem.
KJV Translation: And SOLOMON gathered chariots and horsemen: and he had a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, which he placed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem.
Verse Intro: SOLOMON's Wealth
Keywords: CEDAR,SILVER,SOLOMON,SYCAMORE
Description: 2 Chronicles 1:15
NET Translation: The king made silver and gold as plentiful in Jerusalem as stones; cedar was as plentiful as sycamore fig trees are in the foothills.
DARBY Translation: And the king made silver and gold in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars made he as the sycamores that are in the lowlandD2493 for abundance.
KJV Translation: And the king madeK2475silver and gold at Jerusalem [as plenteous] as stones, and cedar trees made he as the sycomore trees that [are] in the vale for abundance.
Keywords: EXPORTS,IMPORTS,SOLOMON,YARN
Description: 2 Chronicles 1:16
NET Translation: SOLOMON acquired his horses from Egypt and from Que; the king’s traders purchased them from Que.
DARBY Translation: And the exportation of horses that SOLOMON had was from Egypt: a caravan of the king's merchants fetched a drove [of horses], at a price.
KJV Translation: And SOLOMON had horses brought out of EgyptSOLOMONs." href="#" data-html="true" data-toggle="tooltip">K2476, and linen yarn: the king's merchants received the linen yarn at a price.
Keywords: EXPORTS,HITTITES,SOLOMON
Description: 2 Chronicles 1:17
NET Translation: They paid 600 silver pieces for each chariot from Egypt, and 150 silver pieces for each horse. They also sold chariots and horses to all the kings of the Hittites and to the kings of Syria.
DARBY Translation: And they fetched up and brought forth out of Egypt a chariot for six hundred [shekels] of silver, and a horse for a hundred and fifty; and so they brought [them] by their means, for all the kings of the Hittites and for the kings of Syria.
KJV Translation: And they fetched up, and brought forth out of Egypt a chariot for six hundred [shekels] of silver, and an horse for an hundred and fifty: and so brought they out [horses] for all the kings of the Hittites, and for the kings of Syria, by their meansK2477.
Keywords: SOLOMON,LIBERALITY
Description: 2 Chronicles 2:1
NET Translation: (1:18) SOLOMON ordered a temple to be built to honor the Lord, as well as a royal palace for himself.
DARBY Translation: And SOLOMON purposed to buildD2494 a house for the name of Jehovah, and a house for his kingdom.
KJV Translation: And SOLOMON determined to build an house for the name of the LORD, and an house for his kingdom.
Verse Intro: Preparations for Building the Temple
Keywords: TEMPLE
Description: 2 Chronicles 2:2
NET Translation: (2:1) SOLOMON had 70,000 common laborers and 80,000 stonecutters in the hills, in addition to 3,600 supervisors.
DARBY Translation: And SOLOMON numbered seventy thousand men to bear burdens, and eighty thousand stone-masons in the mountain, and three thousand six hundred to superintend them.
KJV Translation: And SOLOMON told out threescore and ten thousand men to bear burdens, and fourscore thousand to hew in the mountain, and three thousand and six hundred to oversee them.
Keywords: CEDAR,DAVID,HIRAM,TYRE
Description: 2 Chronicles 2:3
NET Translation: SOLOMON sent a message to King Huram of Tyre: “Help me as you did my father David, when you sent him cedar logs for the construction of his palace.
DARBY Translation: And SOLOMON sent to Huram king of Tyre, saying, As thou didst deal with David my father, and didst send him cedars to build him a house to dwell therein [so do for me].
KJV Translation: And SOLOMON sent to HuramK2478the king of Tyre, saying, As thou didst deal with David my father, and didst send him cedars to build him an house to dwell therein, [even so deal with me].
Keywords: KING
Description: 2 Chronicles 2:11
NET Translation: King Huram of Tyre sent this letter to SOLOMON: “Because the Lord loves his people, he has made you their king.”
DARBY Translation: And Huram king of Tyre answeredD2501 in writing, which he sent to SOLOMON, Because Jehovah loved his people, he made thee king over them.
KJV Translation: Then Huram the king of Tyre answered in writing, which he sent to SOLOMON, Because the LORD hath loved his people, he hath made thee king over them.
Keywords: ALIENS,TEMPLE
Description: 2 Chronicles 2:17
NET Translation: SOLOMON took a census of all the male resident foreigners in the land of Israel, after the census his father David had taken. There were 153,600 in all.
DARBY Translation: And SOLOMON numbered all the strangers that were in the land of Israel, after the account that David his father had taken of them, and there were found a hundred and fifty-three thousand six hundred.
KJV Translation: And SOLOMON numbered all the strangersK2487that [were] in the land of Israel, after the numbering wherewith David his father had numbered them; and they were found an hundred and fifty thousand and three thousand and six hundred.
Keywords: SOLOMON,TEMPLE,JERUSALEM,MORIAH,ORNAN
Description: 2 Chronicles 3:1
NET Translation: SOLOMON began building the Lord’s temple in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where the Lord had appeared to his father David. This was the place that David prepared at the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
DARBY Translation: And SOLOMON began to build the house of Jehovah at Jerusalem on mount MoriahD2504, where he appearedD2505 to David his father, in the place that David had prepared in the threshing-floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
KJV Translation: Then SOLOMON began to build the house of the LORD at Jerusalem in mount Moriah, where [the LORD] appeared unto David his father, in the place that David had prepared in the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite.
Verse Intro: Building of the Temple
Keywords: TEMPLE
Description: 2 Chronicles 3:3
NET Translation: SOLOMON laid the foundation for God’s temple; its length (determined according to the old standard of measure) was 90 feet, and its width 30 feet.
DARBY Translation: And this was SOLOMON's foundation for the construction of the house of God. The length by cubits after the first measure was sixty cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits.
KJV Translation: Now these [are the things wherein] SOLOMON was instructedK2490for the building of the house of God. The length by cubits after the first measure [was] threescore cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits.
Keywords: SOLOMON,TEMPLE,ALTAR
Description: 2 Chronicles 4:1
NET Translation: He made a bronze altar, 30 feet long, 30 feet wide, and 15 feet high.
DARBY Translation: And he made a brazen altar: its length was twenty cubits, and its breadth twenty cubits, and its height ten cubits.
KJV Translation: Moreover he made an altar of brass, twenty cubits the length thereof, and twenty cubits the breadth thereof, and ten cubits the height thereof.
Verse Intro: Making the Temple Furnishings
Keywords: HIRAM,MASTER WORKMAN,MECHANIC
Description: 2 Chronicles 4:11
NET Translation: Huram Abi made the pots, shovels, and bowls. He finished all the work on God’s temple he had been assigned by King SOLOMON.
DARBY Translation: And Huram made the pots and the shovels and the bowlsD2515. So Huram ended doing the work that he made for king SOLOMON in the house of God:
KJV Translation: And Huram made the pots, and the shovels, and the basonsK2502. And Huram finished the workK2503that he was to make for king SOLOMON for the house of God;
Keywords: FLESHHOOK
Description: 2 Chronicles 4:16
NET Translation: and the pots, shovels, and meat forks. All the items King SOLOMON assigned Huram Abi to make for the Lord’s temple were made from polished bronze.
DARBY Translation: And the pots, and the shovels, and the forks, and all their instruments did Huram AbivD2516 make king SOLOMON for the house of Jehovah, of bright brass.
KJV Translation: The pots also, and the shovels, and the fleshhooks, and all their instruments, did Huram his father make to king SOLOMON for the house of the LORD of brightK2506brass.
Keywords: TEMPLE
Description: 2 Chronicles 4:18
NET Translation: SOLOMON made so many of these items they did not weigh the bronze.
DARBY Translation: And SOLOMON made all these vesselsD2518 in great number; for the weight of the brass was not ascertained.
KJV Translation: Thus SOLOMON made all these vessels in great abundance: for the weight of the brass could not be found out.
Keywords: SHEWBREAD (SHOWBREAD),TEMPLE
Description: 2 Chronicles 4:19
NET Translation: SOLOMON also made these items for God’s temple: the gold altar, the tables on which the Bread of the Presence was kept,
DARBY Translation: And SOLOMON made all the vessels that were [in] the house of God: the golden altar; and the tables whereon was the shewbread;
KJV Translation: And SOLOMON made all the vessels that [were for] the house of God, the golden altar also, and the tables whereon the shewbread [was set];
Keywords: TEMPLE
Description: 2 Chronicles 5:1
NET Translation: When SOLOMON had finished constructing the Lord’s temple, he put the holy items that belonged to his father David (the silver, gold, and all the other articles) in the treasuries of God’s temple.
DARBY Translation: And all the work was finished that SOLOMON made for the house of Jehovah. And SOLOMON brought in the things that David his father had dedicated; and the silver, and the gold, and all the vessels he put among the treasures of the house of God.
KJV Translation: Thus all the work that SOLOMON made for the house of the LORD was finished: and SOLOMON brought in [all] the things that David his father had dedicated; and the silver, and the gold, and all the instruments, put he among the treasures of the house of God.
Keywords: ARK,GOVERNMENT,TEMPLE,ZION
Description: 2 Chronicles 5:2
NET Translation: Then SOLOMON convened Israel’s elders—all the leaders of the Israelite tribes and families—in Jerusalem, so they could witness the transferal of the ark of the covenant of the Lord from the City of David (that is, Zion).
DARBY Translation: Then SOLOMON assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the princes of the fathers of the children of Israel, to Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of Jehovah out of the city of David, which is Zion.
KJV Translation: Then SOLOMON assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the chief of the fathers of the children of Israel, unto Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the city of David, which [is] Zion.
Verse Intro: The Ark Brought to the Temple
Description: 2 Chronicles 5:6
NET Translation: Now King SOLOMON and all the Israelites who had assembled with him went on ahead of the ark and sacrificed more sheep and cattle than could be counted or numbered.
DARBY Translation: And king SOLOMON, and all the assembly of Israel, that were assembled to him before the ark, sacrificed sheep and oxen which could not be counted nor numbered for multitude.
KJV Translation: Also king SOLOMON, and all the congregation of Israel that were assembled unto him before the ark, sacrificed sheep and oxen, which could not be told nor numbered for multitude.
Keywords: RELIGION,SOLOMON,TEMPLE,DARKNESS,GOD
Description: 2 Chronicles 6:1
NET Translation: Then SOLOMON said, “The Lord has said that he lives in thick darkness.
DARBY Translation: Then said SOLOMON: Jehovah said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.
KJV Translation: Then said SOLOMON, The LORD hath said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.
Verse Intro: SOLOMON Blesses the Nation
Description: 2 Chronicles 6:12
NET Translation: He stood before the altar of the Lord in front of the entire assembly of Israel and spread out his hands.
DARBY Translation: And he stood before the altar of Jehovah in the presence of the whole congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands.
KJV Translation: And he stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands:
Verse Intro: SOLOMON Prays for the Nation
Keywords: PULPIT
Description: 2 Chronicles 6:13
NET Translation: SOLOMON had made a bronze platform and had placed it in the middle of the enclosure. It was 7½ long, 7½ wide, and 4½ feet high. He stood on it and then got down on his knees in front of the entire assembly of Israel. He spread out his hands toward the sky,
DARBY Translation: For SOLOMON had made a platform of bronze, five cubits long, and five cubits broad, and three cubits high, and had set it in the midst of the courtD2527; and upon it he stood, and he kneeled down on his knees before the whole congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward the heavens,
KJV Translation: For SOLOMON had made a brasen scaffold, of five cubits longK2513, and five cubits broad, and three cubits high, and had set it in the midst of the court: and upon it he stood, and kneeled down upon his knees before all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven,
Keywords: TEMPLE,CLOUD,FIRE,MIRACLES,WORSHIP
Description: 2 Chronicles 7:1
NET Translation: When SOLOMON finished praying, fire came down from heaven and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices, and the Lord’s splendor filled the temple.
DARBY Translation: And when SOLOMON had ended praying, the fire came down from the heavens and consumed the burnt-offering and the sacrifices; and the glory of Jehovah filled the house.
KJV Translation: Now when SOLOMON had made an end of praying, the fire came down from heaven, and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices; and the glory of the LORD filled the house.
Description: 2 Chronicles 7:4
NET Translation: The king and all the people were presenting sacrifices to the Lord.
DARBY Translation: And the king and all the people offered sacrifices before Jehovah.
KJV Translation: Then the king and all the people offered sacrifices before the LORD.
Verse Intro: SOLOMON Dedicates the Temple
Keywords: DEDICATION
Description: 2 Chronicles 7:5
NET Translation: King SOLOMON sacrificed 22,000 cattle and 120,000 sheep. Then the king and all the people dedicated God’s temple.
DARBY Translation: And king SOLOMON sacrificed a sacrifice of twenty-two thousand oxen, and a hundred and twenty thousand sheep. So the king and all the people dedicated the house of God.
KJV Translation: And king SOLOMON offered a sacrifice of twenty and two thousand oxen, and an hundred and twenty thousand sheep: so the king and all the people dedicated the house of God.
Description: 2 Chronicles 7:7
NET Translation: SOLOMON consecrated the middle of the courtyard that is in front of the Lord’s temple. He offered burnt sacrifices, grain offerings, and the fat from the peace offerings there, because the bronze altar that SOLOMON had made was too small to hold all these offerings.
DARBY Translation: And SOLOMON hallowed the middle of the court that was before the house of Jehovah; for there he offered the burnt-offerings, and the fat of the peace-offerings, because the brazen altar which SOLOMON had made was not able to receive the burnt-offerings and the oblations and the fat.
KJV Translation: Moreover SOLOMON hallowed the middle of the court that [was] before the house of the LORD: for there he offered burnt offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings, because the brasen altar which SOLOMON had made was not able to receive the burnt offerings, and the meat offerings, and the fat.
Keywords: CANAAN,DEDICATION,PROTRACTED MEETINGS,SOLOMON
Description: 2 Chronicles 7:8
NET Translation: At that time SOLOMON and all Israel with him celebrated a festival for seven days. This great assembly included people from Lebo Hamath in the north to the Stream of Egypt in the south.
DARBY Translation: And at that time SOLOMON held the feast seven days, and all Israel with him, a very great congregation, from the entrance of Hamath unto the torrent of Egypt.
KJV Translation: Also at the same time SOLOMON kept the feast seven days, and all Israel with him, a very great congregation, from the entering in of Hamath unto the river of Egypt.
Keywords: JOY
Description: 2 Chronicles 7:10
NET Translation: On the twenty-third day of the seventh month, SOLOMON sent the people home. They left happy and contented because of the good the Lord had done for David, SOLOMON, and his people Israel.
DARBY Translation: And on the three and twentieth day of the seventh month he sent the people away to their tents, joyful and glad of heart for the goodness that Jehovah had done to David and to SOLOMON, and to Israel his people.
KJV Translation: And on the three and twentieth day of the seventh month he sent the people away into their tents, glad and merry in heart for the goodness that the LORD had shewed unto David, and to SOLOMON, and to Israel his people.
Keywords: SOLOMON
Description: 2 Chronicles 7:11
NET Translation: After SOLOMON finished building the Lord’s temple and the royal palace and accomplished all his plans for the Lord’s temple and his royal palace,
DARBY Translation: And SOLOMON completed the house of Jehovah, and the king's house; and all that came into SOLOMON's heart to make in the house of Jehovah, and in his own house, he did prosperously.
KJV Translation: Thus SOLOMON finished the house of the LORD, and the king's house: and all that came into SOLOMON's heart to make in the house of the LORD, and in his own house, he prosperously effected.
Verse Intro: The Lord Appears to SOLOMON Again
Keywords: AFFLICTIONS AND ADVERSITIES,GOD,OFFERINGS,SOLOMON,TEMPLE
Description: 2 Chronicles 7:12
NET Translation: the Lord appeared to SOLOMON at night and said to him: “I have answered your prayer and chosen this place to be my temple where sacrifices are to be made.
DARBY Translation: Then Jehovah appeared to SOLOMON by night, and said to him: I have heard thy prayer, and I have chosen for myself this place for a house of sacrifice.
KJV Translation: And the LORD appeared to SOLOMON by night, and said unto him, I have heard thy prayer, and have chosen this place to myself for an house of sacrifice.
Verse Intro: The Lord's Charge to SOLOMON
Keywords: SOLOMON
Description: 2 Chronicles 8:1
NET Translation: After twenty years, during which SOLOMON built the Lord’s temple and his royal palace,
DARBY Translation: And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, when SOLOMON had built the house of Jehovah and his own house,
KJV Translation: And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, wherein SOLOMON had built the house of the LORD, and his own house,
Verse Intro: SOLOMON's Other Building Projects
Keywords: SOLOMON
Description: 2 Chronicles 8:2
NET Translation: SOLOMON rebuilt the cities that Huram had given him and settled Israelites there.
DARBY Translation: that the cities which Huram had given to SOLOMON, SOLOMON built them and caused the children of Israel to dwell there.
KJV Translation: That the cities which Huram had restored to SOLOMON, SOLOMON built them, and caused the children of Israel to dwell there.
Keywords: HAMATH-ZOBAH,ZOBAH
Description: 2 Chronicles 8:3
NET Translation: SOLOMON went to Hamath Zobah and seized it.
DARBY Translation: And SOLOMON went to Hamath-Zobah, and overcame it.
KJV Translation: And SOLOMON went to Hamathzobah, and prevailed against it.
Keywords: BAALATH,CAVALRY,CHARIOT,CITIES,TREASURE CITIES
Description: 2 Chronicles 8:6
NET Translation: and built up Baalath, all the storage cities that belonged to him, and all the cities where chariots and horses were kept. He built whatever he wanted in Jerusalem, Lebanon, and throughout his entire kingdom.
DARBY Translation: and Baalath, and all the store-cities that SOLOMON had, and all the cities for chariots, and the cities for the horsemen, and all that SOLOMON desired to build in Jerusalem, and on Lebanon, and in all the land of his dominion.
KJV Translation: And Baalath, and all the store cities that SOLOMON had, and all the chariot cities, and the cities of the horsemen, and all that SOLOMON desired to buildSOLOMON, which he desired to build." href="#" data-html="true" data-toggle="tooltip">K2535in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and throughout all the land of his dominion.
Keywords: HITTITES,HIVITES,SOLOMON
Description: 2 Chronicles 8:8
NET Translation: Their descendants remained in the land (the Israelites were unable to wipe them out). SOLOMON conscripted them for his work crews, and they continue in that role to this very day.
DARBY Translation: their children that were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel had not destroyed, upon them did SOLOMON impose tribute-serviceD2534 until this day.
KJV Translation: [But] of their children, who were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel consumed not, them did SOLOMON make to pay tribute until this day.
Keywords: SOLOMON
Description: 2 Chronicles 8:9
NET Translation: SOLOMON did not assign Israelites to these work crews; the Israelites served as his soldiers, officers, charioteers, and commanders of his chariot forces.
DARBY Translation: But of the children of Israel, of them did SOLOMON make no bondmen for his work; but they were men of war, and chief of his captains, and captains of his chariots and his horsemen.
KJV Translation: But of the children of Israel did SOLOMON make no servants for his work; but they [were] men of war, and chief of his captains, and captains of his chariots and horsemen.
Keywords: SOLOMON
Description: 2 Chronicles 8:10
NET Translation: These men worked for King SOLOMON as supervisors; there were a total of 250 of them who were in charge of the people.
DARBY Translation: And these were the chief of king SOLOMON's superintendents, two hundred and fifty, that ruled over the people.
KJV Translation: And these [were] the chief of king SOLOMON's officers, [even] two hundred and fifty, that bare rule over the people.
Keywords: ARK,SOLOMON
Description: 2 Chronicles 8:11
NET Translation: SOLOMON moved Pharaoh’s daughter up from the City of David to the palace he had built for her, for he said, “My wife must not live in the palace of King David of Israel, for the places where the ark of the Lord has entered are holy.”
DARBY Translation: And SOLOMON brought up the daughter of Pharaoh out of the city of David to the house which he had built for her; for he said, My wife shall not dwell in the house of David king of Israel, because the [places] are holy to which the ark of Jehovah has come.
KJV Translation: And SOLOMON brought up the daughter of Pharaoh out of the city of David unto the house that he had built for her: for he said, My wife shall not dwell in the house of David king of Israel, because [the places are] holyK2536, whereunto the ark of the LORD hath come.
Keywords: SOLOMON
Description: 2 Chronicles 8:12
NET Translation: Then SOLOMON offered burnt sacrifices to the Lord on the altar of the Lord which he had built in front of the temple’s porch.
DARBY Translation: Then SOLOMON offered up burnt-offerings to Jehovah on the altar of Jehovah, which he had built before the porch;
KJV Translation: Then SOLOMON offered burnt offerings unto the LORD on the altar of the LORD, which he had built before the porch,
Keywords: PRIEST,PROPHETS
Description: 2 Chronicles 8:14
NET Translation: As his father David had decreed, SOLOMON appointed the divisions of the priests to do their assigned tasks, the Levitical orders to lead worship and help the priests with their daily tasks, and the divisions of the gatekeepers to serve at their assigned gates. This was what David the man of God had ordered.
DARBY Translation: And he appointed, according to the ordinance of David his father, the divisions of the priests for their service, and the Levites for their charges, to praise and serve before the priests, as the duty of every day requiredD2535; and the doorkeepers by their divisions at every gate: for such was the commandment of David the man of God;
KJV Translation: And he appointed, according to the order of David his father, the courses of the priests to their service, and the Levites to their charges, to praise and minister before the priests, as the duty of every day required: the porters also by their courses at every gate: for so had David the man of God commandedK2537.
Keywords: CHURCH
Description: 2 Chronicles 8:16
NET Translation: All the work ordered by SOLOMON was completed, from the day the foundation of the Lord’s temple was laid until it was finished; the Lord’s temple was completed.
DARBY Translation: And all the work of SOLOMON was prepared, to the day of the foundation of the house of Jehovah and to its completion. [So] the house of Jehovah was finished.
KJV Translation: Now all the work of SOLOMON was prepared unto the day of the foundation of the house of the LORD, and until it was finished. [So] the house of the LORD was perfected.
Keywords: ELATH,EZION-GABER (EZION-GEBER),SHIP,SOLOMON
Description: 2 Chronicles 8:17
NET Translation: Then SOLOMON went to Ezion Geber and to Elat on the coast in the land of Edom.
DARBY Translation: Then went SOLOMON to Ezion-geber, and to Eloth, on the seashore in the land of Edom.
KJV Translation: Then went SOLOMON to Eziongeber, and to ElothK2538, at the sea side in the land of Edom.
Keywords: COMMERCE,GOLD,MARINERS (SAILORS),OPHIR,SHIP,SOLOMON
Description: 2 Chronicles 8:18
NET Translation: Huram sent him ships and some of his sailors, men who were well acquainted with the sea. They sailed with SOLOMON’s men to Ophir and took from there 450 talents of gold, which they brought back to King SOLOMON.
DARBY Translation: And Huram sent him by his servants ships, and servants that had knowledge of the sea; and they went with the servants of SOLOMON to Ophir, and fetched thence four hundred and fifty talents of gold, and brought them to king SOLOMON.
KJV Translation: And Huram sent him by the hands of his servants ships, and servants that had knowledge of the sea; and they went with the servants of SOLOMON to Ophir, and took thence four hundred and fifty talents of gold, and brought [them] to king SOLOMON.
Keywords: SHEBA,SOLOMON
Description: 2 Chronicles 9:1
NET Translation: When the queen of Sheba heard about SOLOMON, she came to challenge him with difficult questions. She arrived in Jerusalem with a great display of pomp, bringing with her camels carrying spices, a very large quantity of gold, and precious gems. She visited SOLOMON and discussed with him everything that was on her mind.
DARBY Translation: And the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of SOLOMON, and came to Jerusalem to prove SOLOMON with enigmas; with a very great train, and camels that bore spices and gold in great abundance, and precious stones; and she came to SOLOMON, and spoke with him of all that was in her heart.
KJV Translation: And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of SOLOMON, she came to prove SOLOMON with hard questions at Jerusalem, with a very great company, and camels that bare spices, and gold in abundance, and precious stones: and when she was come to SOLOMON, she communed with him of all that was in her heart.
Verse Intro: Queen of Sheba Visits SOLOMON
Keywords: SOLOMON
Description: 2 Chronicles 9:2
NET Translation: SOLOMON answered all her questions; there was no question too complex for the king.
DARBY Translation: And SOLOMON explained to her all she spoke of, and there was not a thing hidden from SOLOMON that he did not explain to her.
KJV Translation: And SOLOMON told her all her questions: and there was nothing hid from SOLOMON which he told her not.
Keywords: SOLOMON
Description: 2 Chronicles 9:3
NET Translation: When the queen of Sheba saw for herself SOLOMON’s wisdom, the palace he had built,
DARBY Translation: And when the queen of Sheba saw the wisdom of SOLOMON, and the house that he had built,
KJV Translation: And when the queen of Sheba had seen the wisdom of SOLOMON, and the house that he had built,
Keywords: GOLD,SOLOMON,STONES
Description: 2 Chronicles 9:9
NET Translation: She gave the king 120 talents of gold and a very large quantity of spices and precious gems. The quantity of spices the queen of Sheba gave King SOLOMON has never been matched.
DARBY Translation: And she gave the king a hundred and twenty talents of gold, and spices in very great abundance, and precious stones; neither was there any such spice as that which the queen of Sheba gave to king SOLOMON.
KJV Translation: And she gave the king an hundred and twenty talents of gold, and of spices great abundance, and precious stones: neither was there any such spice as the queen of Sheba gave king SOLOMON.
Keywords: ALGUM,OPHIR,STONES
Description: 2 Chronicles 9:10
NET Translation: (Huram’s servants, aided by SOLOMON’s servants, brought gold from Ophir, as well as fine timber and precious gems.
DARBY Translation: (And the servants also of Huram, and the servants of SOLOMON, who brought gold from Ophir, brought sandal-wood and precious stones.
KJV Translation: And the servants also of Huram, and the servants of SOLOMON, which brought gold from Ophir, brought algum trees and precious stones.
Keywords: ALGUM,MUSIC,SOLOMON
Description: 2 Chronicles 9:11
NET Translation: With the timber the king made steps for the Lord’s temple and royal palace as well as stringed instruments for the musicians. No one had seen anything like them in the land of Judah before that.)
DARBY Translation: And the king made of the sandal-wood stairs for the house of Jehovah, and for the king's house, and harps and lutes for the singers. And there were none such seen before in the land of Judah.)
KJV Translation: And the king made [of] the algum trees terracesK2543to the house of the LORD, and to the king's palace, and harps and psalteries for singers: and there were none such seen before in the land of Judah.
Description: 2 Chronicles 9:12
NET Translation: King SOLOMON gave the queen of Sheba everything she requested, more than what she had brought him. Then she left and returned to her homeland with her attendants.
DARBY Translation: And king SOLOMON gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatever she asked, besidesD2538 what she had brought to the king. And she turned and went to her own land, she and her servants.
KJV Translation: And king SOLOMON gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatsoever she asked, beside [that] which she had brought unto the king. So she turned, and went away to her own land, she and her servants.
Keywords: REVENUE,SOLOMON
Description: 2 Chronicles 9:13
NET Translation: SOLOMON received 666 talents of gold per year,
DARBY Translation: And the weight of gold that came to SOLOMON in one year was six hundred and sixty-six talents of gold,
KJV Translation: Now the weight of gold that came to SOLOMON in one year was six hundred and threescore and six talents of gold;
Verse Intro: SOLOMON's Wealth and Wisdom
Keywords: ARABIA,ARABIANS,MERCHANT,REVENUE,TRIBUTE (TAXES)
Description: 2 Chronicles 9:14
NET Translation: besides what he collected from the merchants and traders. All the Arabian kings and the governors of the land also brought gold and silver to SOLOMON.
DARBY Translation: besides [what] dealers and merchants brought, and [what] all the kings of Arabia and the governors of the country brought of gold and silver to SOLOMON.
KJV Translation: Beside [that which] chapmen and merchants brought. And all the kings of Arabia and governorsK2544of the country brought gold and silver to SOLOMON.
Keywords: GOLD,SHIELD,TARGET
Description: 2 Chronicles 9:15
NET Translation: King SOLOMON made 200 large shields of hammered gold; 600 measures of hammered gold were used for each shield.
DARBY Translation: And king SOLOMON made two hundred targets of beaten gold, he applied six hundred [shekels] of beaten gold to one target;
KJV Translation: And king SOLOMON made two hundred targets [of] beaten gold: six hundred [shekels] of beaten gold went to one target.
Keywords: SOLOMON
Description: 2 Chronicles 9:20
NET Translation: All of King SOLOMON’s cups were made of gold, and all the household items in the Palace of the Lebanon Forest were made of pure gold. There were no silver items, for silver was not considered very valuable in SOLOMON’s time.
DARBY Translation: And all king SOLOMON's drinking vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of precious gold: silver was not of the least account in the days of SOLOMON.
KJV Translation: And all the drinking vessels of king SOLOMON [were of] gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon [were of] pureK2546gold: none [were of] silver; it was [not] any thing accounted of in the days of SOLOMON.
Keywords: SOLOMON
Description: 2 Chronicles 9:22
NET Translation: King SOLOMON was wealthier and wiser than any of the kings of the earth.
DARBY Translation: And king SOLOMON was greater than all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom.
KJV Translation: And king SOLOMON passed all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom.
Keywords: SOLOMON
Description: 2 Chronicles 9:23
NET Translation: All the kings of the earth wanted to visit SOLOMON to see him display his God-given wisdom.
DARBY Translation: And all the kings of the earth sought the presence of SOLOMON, to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.
KJV Translation: And all the kings of the earth sought the presence of SOLOMON, to hear his wisdom, that God had put in his heart.
Keywords: KING,SOLOMON
Description: 2 Chronicles 9:24
NET Translation: Year after year visitors brought their gifts, which included items of silver, items of gold, clothes, perfume, spices, horses, and mules.
DARBY Translation: And they brought every man his present, vessels of silver and vessels of gold, and clothing, armour, and spices, horses and mules, a rate yearD2540 by year.
KJV Translation: And they brought every man his present, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and raiment, harness, and spices, horses, and mules, a rate year by year.
Keywords: CAVALRY,CHARIOT,CITIES,HORSE,KING,SOLOMON
Description: 2 Chronicles 9:25
NET Translation: SOLOMON had 4,000 stalls for his chariot horses and 12,000 horses. He kept them in assigned cities and also with him in Jerusalem.
DARBY Translation: And SOLOMON had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen; and he placed them in the chariot-cities, and with the king at Jerusalem.
KJV Translation: And SOLOMON had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen; whom he bestowed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem.
Keywords: CANAAN,SOLOMON
Description: 2 Chronicles 9:26
NET Translation: He ruled all the kingdoms from the Euphrates River to the land of the Philistines as far as the border of Egypt.
DARBY Translation: And he ruled over all the kings from the river as far as the land of the Philistines, and up to the border of Egypt.
KJV Translation: And he reigned over all the kings from the riverK2549even unto the land of the Philistines, and to the border of Egypt.
Keywords: SOLOMON,SYCAMORE
Description: 2 Chronicles 9:27
NET Translation: The king made silver as plentiful in Jerusalem as stones; cedar was as plentiful as sycamore fig trees are in the foothills.
DARBY Translation: And the king made silver in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars made he as the sycamores that are in the lowlandD2541 for abundance.
KJV Translation: And the king madeK2550silver in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar trees made he as the sycomore trees that [are] in the low plains in abundance.
Keywords: HORSE,SOLOMON
Description: 2 Chronicles 9:28
NET Translation: SOLOMON acquired horses from Egypt and from all the lands.
DARBY Translation: And they brought to SOLOMON horses out of Egypt, and out of all lands.
KJV Translation: And they brought unto SOLOMON horses out of Egypt, and out of all lands.
Keywords: IDDO,KING,NATHAN,PROPHETS,SHILONITE,SOLOMON
Description: 2 Chronicles 9:29
NET Translation: The rest of the events of SOLOMON’s reign, from start to finish, are recorded in the Annals of Nathan the Prophet, the Prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and the Vision of Iddo the Seer pertaining to Jeroboam son of Nebat.
DARBY Translation: And the rest of the acts of SOLOMON first and last, are they not written in the words of Nathan the prophet, and in the prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and in the visions of Iddo the seer concerning Jeroboam the son of Nebat?
KJV Translation: Now the rest of the acts of SOLOMON, first and last, [are] they not written in the bookK2551of Nathan the prophet, and in the prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and in the visions of Iddo the seer against Jeroboam the son of Nebat?
Verse Intro: End of SOLOMON's Reign
Keywords: SOLOMON
Description: 2 Chronicles 9:30
NET Translation: SOLOMON ruled over all Israel from Jerusalem for forty years.
DARBY Translation: And SOLOMON reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years.
KJV Translation: And SOLOMON reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years.
Keywords: REHOBOAM
Description: 2 Chronicles 9:31
NET Translation: Then SOLOMON passed away and was buried in the city of his father David. His son Rehoboam replaced him as king.
DARBY Translation: And SOLOMON slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David his father; and Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead.
KJV Translation: And SOLOMON slept with his fathers, and he was buried in the city of David his father: and Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead.
Description: 2 Chronicles 10:2
NET Translation: When Jeroboam son of Nebat heard the news, he was still in Egypt, where he had fled from King SOLOMON. Jeroboam returned from Egypt.
DARBY Translation: And it came to pass when Jeroboam the son of Nebat heard it (now he was in Egypt, whither he had fled from the presence of king SOLOMON) that Jeroboam returned out of Egypt.
KJV Translation: And it came to pass, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who [was] in Egypt, whither he had fled from the presence of SOLOMON the king, heard [it], that Jeroboam returned out of Egypt.
Keywords: SOLOMON
Description: 2 Chronicles 10:4
NET Translation: “Your father made us work too hard! Now if you lighten the demands he made and don’t make us work as hard, we will serve you.”
DARBY Translation: Thy father made our yoke grievous; and now lighten the grievous servitude of thy father, and his heavy yoke that he put upon us, and we will serve thee.
KJV Translation: Thy father made our yoke grievous: now therefore ease thou somewhat the grievous servitude of thy father, and his heavy yoke that he put upon us, and we will serve thee.
Description: 2 Chronicles 10:6
NET Translation: King Rehoboam consulted with the older advisers who had served his father SOLOMON when he had been alive. He asked them, “How do you advise me to answer these people?”
DARBY Translation: And king Rehoboam consulted with the old men, who had stood before SOLOMON his father while he yet lived, saying, How do ye advise to return answer to this people?
KJV Translation: And king Rehoboam took counsel with the old men that had stood before SOLOMON his father while he yet lived, saying, What counsel give ye [me] to return answer to this people?
Description: 2 Chronicles 11:3
NET Translation: “Say this to King Rehoboam son of SOLOMON of Judah and to all the Israelites in Judah and Benjamin,
DARBY Translation: Speak unto Rehoboam, the son of SOLOMON, king of Judah, and unto all Israel in Judah and Benjamin, saying,
KJV Translation: Speak unto Rehoboam the son of SOLOMON, king of Judah, and to all Israel in Judah and Benjamin, saying,
Keywords: CHARACTER
Description: 2 Chronicles 11:17
NET Translation: They supported the kingdom of Judah and were loyal to Rehoboam son of SOLOMON for three years; they followed the edicts of David and SOLOMON for three years.
DARBY Translation: And they strengthened the kingdom of Judah, and made Rehoboam the son of SOLOMON strong three years; for during three years they walked in the way of David and SOLOMON.
KJV Translation: So they strengthened the kingdom of Judah, and made Rehoboam the son of SOLOMON strong, three years: for three years they walked in the way of David and SOLOMON.
Keywords: JERUSALEM
Description: 2 Chronicles 12:9
NET Translation: King Shishak of Egypt attacked Jerusalem and took away the treasures of the Lord’s temple and of the royal palace; he took everything, including the gold shields that SOLOMON had made.
DARBY Translation: And Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, and took away the treasures of the house of Jehovah, and the treasures of the king's house; he took away all; and he took away the shields of gold that SOLOMON had made.
KJV Translation: So Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, and took away the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king's house; he took all: he carried away also the shields of gold which SOLOMON had made.
Description: 2 Chronicles 13:6
NET Translation: Jeroboam son of Nebat, a servant of SOLOMON son of David, rose up and rebelled against his master.
DARBY Translation: But Jeroboam the son of Nebat, the servant of SOLOMON the son of David, rose up and rebelled against his lord.
KJV Translation: Yet Jeroboam the son of Nebat, the servant of SOLOMON the son of David, is risen up, and hath rebelled against his lord.
Description: 2 Chronicles 13:7
NET Translation: Lawless good-for-nothing men gathered around him and conspired against Rehoboam son of SOLOMON, when Rehoboam was an inexperienced young man and could not resist them.
DARBY Translation: And vain men, sons of Belial, gathered to him and strengthened themselves against Rehoboam the son of SOLOMON, and Rehoboam was young and faint-hearted, and did not shew himself strong against them.
KJV Translation: And there are gathered unto him vain men, the children of Belial, and have strengthened themselves against Rehoboam the son of SOLOMON, when Rehoboam was young and tenderhearted, and could not withstand them.
Keywords: JOY
Description: 2 Chronicles 30:26
NET Translation: There was a great celebration in Jerusalem, unlike anything that had occurred in Jerusalem since the time of King SOLOMON son of David of Israel.
DARBY Translation: And there was great joy in Jerusalem; for since the time of SOLOMON the son of David, king of Israel, there had not been the like in Jerusalem.
KJV Translation: So there was great joy in Jerusalem: for since the time of SOLOMON the son of David king of Israel [there was] not the like in Jerusalem.
Keywords: CHURCH
Description: 2 Chronicles 33:7
NET Translation: He put an idolatrous image he had made in God’s temple, about which God had said to David and to his son SOLOMON, “This temple in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, will be my permanent home.
DARBY Translation: And he set the graven image of the idol that he had made, in the house of God, of which God had said to David and to SOLOMON his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever;
KJV Translation: And he set a carved image, the idol which he had made, in the house of God, of which God had said to David and to SOLOMON his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen before all the tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever:
Keywords: ARK,LAW,LEVITES,PASSOVER
Description: 2 Chronicles 35:3
NET Translation: He told the Levites, who instructed all Israel about things consecrated to the Lord, “Place the holy ark in the temple which King SOLOMON son of David of Israel built. Don’t carry it on your shoulders. Now serve the Lord your God and his people Israel!
DARBY Translation: And he said to the Levites, that taught all Israel, [and] who were holy to Jehovah, Put the holy ark in the house that SOLOMON the son of David, king of Israel, built; ye have not to carry it upon your shoulders. Serve now Jehovah your God, and his people Israel;
KJV Translation: And said unto the Levites that taught all Israel, which were holy unto the LORD, Put the holy ark in the house which SOLOMON the son of David king of Israel did build; [it shall] not [be] a burden upon [your] shoulders: serve now the LORD your God, and his people Israel,
Keywords: CHURCH AND STATE,PRIEST,SOLOMON
Description: 2 Chronicles 35:4
NET Translation: Prepare yourselves by your families according to your divisions, as instructed in writing by King David of Israel and his son SOLOMON.
DARBY Translation: and prepare yourselves by your fathers' houses, in your divisions, according to the writing of David king of Israel, and according to the writing of SOLOMON his son;
KJV Translation: And prepare [yourselves] by the houses of your fathers, after your courses, according to the writing of David king of Israel, and according to the writing of SOLOMON his son.
Keywords: PERIDA,PERUDA,SOPHERETH,SOTAI
Description: Ezra 2:55
NET Translation: The descendants of the servants of SOLOMON: the descendants of Sotai, the descendants of Hassophereth, the descendants of Peruda,
DARBY Translation: The children of SOLOMON's servants: the children of Sotai, the children of Sophereth, the children of Peruda,
KJV Translation: The children of SOLOMON's servants: the children of Sotai, the children of Sophereth, the children of PerudaK2786,
Keywords: NETHINIMS
Description: Ezra 2:58
NET Translation: All the temple servants and the descendants of the servants of SOLOMON: 392.
DARBY Translation: All the Nethinim and the children of SOLOMON's servants, three hundred and ninety-two.
KJV Translation: All the Nethinims, and the children of SOLOMON's servants, [were] three hundred ninety and two.
Keywords: PERIDA,PERUDA,SOPHERETH,SOTAI
Description: Nehemiah 7:57
NET Translation: The descendants of the servants of SOLOMON: the descendants of Sotai, the descendants of Sophereth, the descendants of Perida,
DARBY Translation: The children of SOLOMON's servants: the children of Sotai, the children of Sophereth, the children of Perida,
KJV Translation: The children of SOLOMON's servants: the children of Sotai, the children of Sophereth, the children of Perida,
Keywords: NETHINIMS
Description: Nehemiah 7:60
NET Translation: All the temple servants and the descendants of the servants of SOLOMON, 392.
DARBY Translation: All the Nethinim, and the children of SOLOMON's servants, three hundred and ninety-two.
KJV Translation: All the Nethinims, and the children of SOLOMON's servants, [were] three hundred ninety and two.
Keywords: NETHINIMS
Description: Nehemiah 11:3
NET Translation: These are the provincial leaders who settled in Jerusalem. (While other Israelites, the priests, the Levites, the temple attendants, and the sons of the servants of SOLOMON settled in the cities of Judah, each on his own property in their cities,
DARBY Translation: And these are the chiefs of the province that dwelt in Jerusalem; but in the cities of Judah dwelt every one in his possession in their cities, Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the Nethinim, and the children of SOLOMON's servants.
KJV Translation: Now these [are] the chief of the province that dwelt in Jerusalem: but in the cities of Judah dwelt every one in his possession in their cities, [to wit], Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the Nethinims, and the children of SOLOMON's servants.
Keywords: SOLOMON
Description: Nehemiah 12:45
NET Translation: They performed the service of their God and the service of purification, along with the singers and gatekeepers, according to the commandment of David and his son SOLOMON.
DARBY Translation: And, with the singers and the doorkeepers, they kept the ward of their God, and the ward of the purification, according to the commandment of David [and] of SOLOMON his son.
KJV Translation: And both the singers and the porters kept the ward of their God, and the ward of the purification, according to the commandment of David, [and] of SOLOMON his son.
Keywords: AMMONITES,BACKSLIDERS,GOD,MARRIAGE,SOLOMON,TEMPTATION,WIFE,WOMEN
Description: Nehemiah 13:26
NET Translation: Was it not because of things like these that King SOLOMON of Israel sinned? Among the many nations there was no king like him. He was loved by his God, and God made him king over all Israel. But the foreign wives made even him sin!
DARBY Translation: Did not SOLOMON king of Israel sin by these things? Yet among the many nations was there no king like him, who was beloved of his God, and God made him king over all Israel; but even him did foreign wives cause to sin.
KJV Translation: Did not SOLOMON king of Israel sin by these things? yet among many nations was there no king like him, who was beloved of his God, and God made him king over all Israel: nevertheless even him did outlandish women cause to sin.
Keywords: JESUS THE CHRIST,SOLOMON,WOMEN
Description: Psalms 45:2
NET Translation: You are the most handsome of all men. You speak in an impressive and fitting manner. For this reason God grants you continual blessings.
DARBY Translation: Thou art fairer than the sons of men; grace is poured into thy lips: therefore God hath blessed thee for ever.
KJV Translation: Thou art fairer than the children of men: grace is poured into thy lips: therefore God hath blessed thee for ever.
Keywords: PSALMS,CHURCH,GENTILES,GOD,JESUS THE CHRIST,JUDGE,JUSTICE,KING,RULERS
Description: Psalms 72:1
NET Translation: For SOLOMON. O God, grant the king the ability to make just decisions. Grant the king’s son the ability to make fair decisions.
DARBY Translation: ForD3652 SOLOMON. O God, give the king thy judgments, and thy righteousness unto the king's son
KJV Translation: [A Psalm] for SOLOMON. Give the king thy judgments, O God, and thy righteousness unto the king's son.
Verse Intro: Prayer for the Future King to Judge Rightly
Keywords: PSALMS,BLESSING,GOD,PROSPERITY,WORKS
Description: Psalms 127:1
NET Translation: A song of ascents; by SOLOMON. If the Lord does not build a house, then those who build it work in vain. If the Lord does not guard a city, then the watchman stands guard in vain.
DARBY Translation: A Song of degrees. Of SOLOMON. Unless Jehovah build the house, in vain do its builders labour in it; unless Jehovah keep the city, the keeper watcheth in vain
KJV Translation: A Song of degrees for SOLOMON. Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build itK4043: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh [but] in vain.
Verse Intro: Secuirty is Found in God Alone
Keywords: DAVID,GOD,JESUS THE CHRIST,OATH,PROPHECY,SOLOMON,THRONE
Description: Psalms 132:11
NET Translation: The Lord made a reliable promise to David; he will not go back on his word. He said, “I will place one of your descendants on your throne.
DARBY Translation: Jehovah hath sworn [in] truth unto David; he will not turn from it: Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne;
KJV Translation: The LORD hath sworn [in] truth unto David; he will not turn from it; Of the fruit of thy bodyK4053will I set upon thy throne.
Keywords: PERSONIFICATION,CHILDREN,INSTRUCTION,PROVERBS,YOUNG MEN
Description: Proverbs 1:1
NET Translation: The proverbs of SOLOMON, son of David, king of Israel:
DARBY Translation: Proverbs of SOLOMON, son of David, king of Israel:
KJV Translation: The proverbs of SOLOMON the son of David, king of Israel;
Verse Intro: Introduction to the Book of Proverbs
Keywords: CHILDREN,FOOL,MOTHER,YOUNG MEN
Description: Proverbs 10:1
NET Translation: The proverbs of SOLOMON: A wise child makes a father rejoice, but a foolish child is a grief to his mother.
DARBY Translation: The Proverbs of SOLOMON. A wise son maketh a glad father; but a foolish son is the grief of his mother.
KJV Translation: The proverbs of SOLOMON. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son [is] the heaviness of his mother.
Verse Intro: Proverbs of SOLOMON 1-32
Keywords: ABOMINATION,BALANCES,DISHONESTY,HONESTY,MEASURE,WEIGHTS
Description: Proverbs 11:1
NET Translation: The Lord abhors dishonest scales, but an accurate weight is his delight.
DARBY Translation: A false balance is an abomination to Jehovah; but a justD4249 weight is his delight.
KJV Translation: A false balanceK4185[is] abomination to the LORD: but a just weightK4186[is] his delight.
Verse Intro: Proverbs of SOLOMON 33-63
Keywords: KNOWLEDGE,REPROOF,WISDOM
Description: Proverbs 12:1
NET Translation: The one who loves discipline loves knowledge, but the one who hates reproof is stupid.
DARBY Translation: Whoso loveth discipline loveth knowledge, but he that hateth reproof is brutish.
KJV Translation: Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof [is] brutish.
Verse Intro: Proverbs of SOLOMON 64-91
Keywords: CHILDREN,SCOFFING,YOUNG MEN
Description: Proverbs 13:1
NET Translation: A wise son accepts his father’s discipline, but a scoffer has never listened to rebuke.
DARBY Translation: A wise son [heareth]D4270 his father's instruction; but a scorner heareth not rebuke.
KJV Translation: A wise son [heareth] his father's instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke.
Verse Intro: Proverbs of SOLOMON 92-116
Keywords: FAMILY,FOOL,WIFE,WOMEN
Description: Proverbs 14:1
NET Translation: Every wise woman has built her household, but a foolish woman tears it down with her own hands.
DARBY Translation: The wisdom of women buildeth their house; but folly plucketh it down with her hands.
KJV Translation: Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands.
Verse Intro: Proverbs of SOLOMON 117-151
Keywords: ANGER,MEEKNESS,SPEAKING,TACT
Description: Proverbs 15:1
NET Translation: A gentle response turns away anger, but a harsh word stirs up wrath.
DARBY Translation: A soft answer turneth away fury; but a grievous word stirreth up anger.
KJV Translation: A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.
Verse Intro: Proverbs of SOLOMON 152-184
Keywords: HEART,PRAYER,REGENERATION
Description: Proverbs 16:1
NET Translation: The intentions of the heart belong to a man, but the answer of the tongue comes from the Lord.
DARBY Translation: The purposesD4304 of the heart are of man, but the answer of the tongue is from Jehovah.
KJV Translation: The preparationsK4222of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, [is] from the LORD.
Verse Intro: Proverbs of SOLOMON 185-217
Keywords: CONTENTMENT,MEEKNESS,PEACE,STRIFE
Description: Proverbs 17:1
NET Translation: Better is a dry crust of bread where there is quietness than a house full of feasting with strife.
DARBY Translation: Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than a house full of feastingD4317 [with] strife.
KJV Translation: Better [is] a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrificesK4233[with] strife.
Verse Intro: Proverbs of SOLOMON 218-245
Keywords: WISDOM
Description: Proverbs 18:1
NET Translation: One who has isolated himself seeks his own desires; he rejects all sound judgment.
DARBY Translation: He that separateth himself seeketh [his] pleasure, he is vehement against all sound wisdom.
KJV Translation: Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeketh [and] intermeddleth with all wisdom.
Verse Intro: Proverbs of SOLOMON 246-269
Keywords: INTEGRITY,POOR,SPEAKING
Description: Proverbs 19:1
NET Translation: Better is a poor person who walks in his integrity than one who is perverse in his speech and is a fool.
DARBY Translation: Better is a poor [man] that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.
KJV Translation: Better [is] the poor that walketh in his integrity, than [he that is] perverse in his lips, and is a fool.
Verse Intro: Proverbs of SOLOMON 270-298
Keywords: ABOMINATION,DRUNKENNESS,WINE
Description: Proverbs 20:1
NET Translation: Wine is a mocker and strong drink is a brawler; whoever goes astray by them is not wise.
DARBY Translation: Wine is a scorner, strong drink is raging; and whoso erreth thereby is not wise.
KJV Translation: Wine [is] a mocker, strong drink [is] raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.
Verse Intro: Proverbs of SOLOMON 299-328
Keywords: GOD,HEART,IRRIGATION,RULERS
Description: Proverbs 21:1
NET Translation: The king’s heart is in the hand of the Lord like channels of water; he turns it wherever he wants.
DARBY Translation: The king's heart in the hand of Jehovah is [as] brooks of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.
KJV Translation: The king's heart [is] in the hand of the LORD, [as] the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.
Verse Intro: Proverbs of SOLOMON 329-359
Keywords: CHARACTER,HOLINESS,NAME,REPUTATION
Description: Proverbs 22:1
NET Translation: A good name is to be chosen rather than great wealth, good favor more than silver or gold.
DARBY Translation: A [good] name is rather to be chosen than great riches; loving favour rather than silver and gold.
KJV Translation: A [good] name [is] rather to be chosen than great riches, [and] loving favour rather than silver and gold.
Verse Intro: Proverbs of SOLOMON 360-375
Keywords: HEZEKIAH,PROVERBS
Description: Proverbs 25:1
NET Translation: These also are proverbs of SOLOMON, which the men of King Hezekiah of Judah copied:
DARBY Translation: These are also proverbs of SOLOMON, which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah transcribed.
KJV Translation: These [are] also proverbs of SOLOMON, which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah copied out.
Verse Intro: Proverbs of SOLOMON Collected by Hezekiah
Keywords: GOD,KING,PHILOSOPHY,RULERS
Description: Proverbs 25:2
NET Translation: It is the glory of God to conceal a matter, and it is the glory of a king to search out a matter.
DARBY Translation: It is the glory of God to conceal a thing; but the glory of kings is to search out a thing.
KJV Translation: [It is] the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings [is] to search out a matter.
Verse Intro: Proverbs of SOLOMON 376-402
Keywords: METEOROLOGY AND CELESTIAL PHENOMENA,SUMMER
Description: Proverbs 26:1
NET Translation: Like snow in summer or rain in harvest, so honor is not fitting for a fool.
DARBY Translation: As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honour beseemeth not a foolD4415.
KJV Translation: As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honour is not seemly for a fool.
Verse Intro: Proverbs of SOLOMON 403-430
Keywords: BOASTING,IGNORANCE,LIFE,PROCRASTINATION,WORLDLINESS
Description: Proverbs 27:1
NET Translation: Do not boast about tomorrow; for you do not know what a day may bring forth.
DARBY Translation: Boast not thyself of to-morrow, for thou knowest not what a day will bring forth.
KJV Translation: Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.
Verse Intro: Proverbs of SOLOMON 431-457
Keywords: BOLDNESS,CHARACTER,CONSCIENCE,COURAGE,COWARDICE,REMORSE,RIGHTEOUS,SIN,WICKED (PEOPLE)
Description: Proverbs 28:1
NET Translation: The wicked person fled, though no one was pursuing, but the righteous person can be as confident as a lion.
DARBY Translation: The wicked flee when no man pursueth; but the righteous are bold as a lion.
KJV Translation: The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion.
Verse Intro: Proverbs of SOLOMON 458-485
Keywords: DEATH,GOD,IMPENITENCE,OBDURACY (HARDNESS),PUNISHMENT,SELF-WILL,WICKED (PEOPLE)
Description: Proverbs 29:1
NET Translation: The one who stiffens his neck after numerous rebukes will suddenly be destroyed without remedy.
DARBY Translation: He that being often reprovedD4433 hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and without remedy.
KJV Translation: He, that being often reproved hardeneth [his] neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.
Verse Intro: Proverbs of SOLOMON 486-512
Keywords: PREACHING,SOLOMON
Description: Ecclesiastes 1:12
NET Translation: I, the Teacher, have been king over Israel in Jerusalem.
DARBY Translation: I, the Preacher, was king over Israel in Jerusalem.
KJV Translation: I the Preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem.
Verse Intro: Futility of Man's Earthly Accomplishments
Keywords: SOLOMON
Description: Ecclesiastes 1:16
NET Translation: I thought to myself, “I have become much wiser than any of my predecessors who ruled over Jerusalem; I have acquired much wisdom and knowledge.”
DARBY Translation: I communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I have become great and have acquired wisdom more than all they that have been before me over Jerusalem; and my heart hath seen much of wisdom and knowledge.
KJV Translation: I communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I am come to great estate, and have gotten more wisdom than all [they] that have been before me in Jerusalem: yea, my heart had great experienceK4395of wisdom and knowledge.
Verse Intro: Futility of Man's Wisdom
Keywords: AGRICULTURE,SOLOMON,VANITY,VINEYARD
Description: Ecclesiastes 2:4
NET Translation: I increased my possessions: I built houses for myself; I planted vineyards for myself.
DARBY Translation: I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards;
KJV Translation: I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards:
Verse Intro: Futility of Materialism
Keywords: AMUSEMENTS AND WORLDLY PLEASURES,MUSIC,SILVER,SOLOMON
Description: Ecclesiastes 2:8
NET Translation: I also amassed silver and gold for myself, as well as valuable treasures taken from kingdoms and provinces. I acquired male singers and female singers for myself, and what gives a man sensual delight—a harem of beautiful concubines.
DARBY Translation: I gathered me also silver and gold, and the peculiar treasure of kings and of the provinces; I got me menD4481-singers and women-singers, and the delights of the children of men, a wife and concubines.
KJV Translation: I gathered me also silver and gold, and the peculiar treasure of kings and of the provinces: I gat me men singers and women singers, and the delights of the sons of men, [as] musical instruments, and that of all sortsK4399.
Keywords: SOLOMON
Description: Ecclesiastes 2:9
NET Translation: So I was far wealthier than all my predecessors in Jerusalem, yet I maintained my objectivity.
DARBY Translation: And I became great, and increased more than all that had been before me in Jerusalem: also my wisdom remained with me.
KJV Translation: So I was great, and increased more than all that were before me in Jerusalem: also my wisdom remained with me.
Keywords: SONG
Description: Song of SOLOMON 1:1
NET Translation: SOLOMON’s Most Excellent Love Song.
DARBY Translation: The song of songs, which is SOLOMON'sD4556.
KJV Translation: The song of songs, which [is] SOLOMON's.
Verse Intro: SOLOMON's Song of Love
Description: Song of SOLOMON 1:2
NET Translation: The Beloved to Her Lover: Oh, how I wish you would kiss me passionately! For your lovemaking is more delightful than wine.
DARBY Translation: Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth; For thy loveD4557 is better than wine.
KJV Translation: Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth: for thy love [is] better than wine.
Verse Intro: The Desire for Love
Keywords: ANOINTING,OINTMENT
Description: Song of SOLOMON 1:3
NET Translation: The fragrance of your colognes is delightful; your name is like the finest perfume. No wonder the young women adore you!
DARBY Translation: Thine ointments savour sweetly; Thy name is an ointment poured forth: Therefore do the virgins love thee.
KJV Translation: Because of the savour of thy good ointments thy name [is as] ointment poured forth, therefore do the virgins love thee.
Keywords: JESUS THE CHRIST
Description: Song of SOLOMON 1:4
NET Translation: Draw me after you; let us hurry! May the king bring me into his bedroom chambers!
DARBY Translation: Draw me, we will run after thee! The king hath brought me into his chambers We will be glad and rejoice in thee, We will rememberD4558 thy love more than wine. They love thee uprightly.
KJV Translation: Draw me, we will run after thee: the king hath brought me into his chambers: we will be glad and rejoice in thee, we will remember thy love more than wine: the upright love theeK4462.
Keywords: KEDAR,TAPESTRY
Description: Song of SOLOMON 1:5
NET Translation: The Beloved to the Maidens: I am dark but lovely, O maidens of Jerusalem, dark like the tents of Qedar, lovely like the tent curtains of Salmah.
DARBY Translation: I am black, but comely, daughters of Jerusalem, As the tents of Kedar, As the curtains of SOLOMON.
KJV Translation: I [am] black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of SOLOMON.
Verse Intro: The Beloved Unble to Look After Her Appearwnce
Keywords: WOMEN
Description: Song of SOLOMON 1:6
NET Translation: Do not stare at me because I am dark, for the sun has burned my skin. My brothers were angry with me; they made me the keeper of the vineyards. Alas, my own vineyard I could not keep!
DARBY Translation: Look not upon meD4559, because I am black; Because the sun hath looked upon me. My mother's children were angry with me: They made me keeper of the vineyards; Mine own vineyard have I not kept.
KJV Translation: Look not upon me, because I [am] black, because the sun hath looked upon me: my mother's children were angry with me; they made me the keeper of the vineyards; [but] mine own vineyard have I not kept.
Keywords: SHEPHERD
Description: Song of SOLOMON 1:7
NET Translation: The Beloved to Her Lover: Tell me, O you whom my heart loves, where do you pasture your sheep? Where do you rest your sheep during the midday heat? Tell me lest I wander around beside the flocks of your companions!
DARBY Translation: Tell me, thou whom my soul loveth, Where thou feedest [thy flock], Where thou makest it to rest at noon; For why should I be as one veiledD4560 Beside the flocks of thy companions?
KJV Translation: Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest, where thou makest [thy flock] to rest at noon: for why should I be as one that turneth asideK4463by the flocks of thy companions?
Verse Intro: The Beloved Wants to Know Where to Find Her Lover
Description: Song of SOLOMON 1:8
NET Translation: The Lover to His Beloved: If you do not know, O most beautiful of women, simply follow the tracks of my flock, and pasture your little lambs beside the tents of the shepherds.
DARBY Translation: If thou know not, thou fairest among women, Go thy way forth by the footsteps of the flock, And feed thy kids beside the shepherds' booths.
KJV Translation: If thou know not, O thou fairest among women, go thy way forth by the footsteps of the flock, and feed thy kids beside the shepherds' tents.
Verse Intro: The Beloved Can Follow the Tracks of the Lover's Flock
Description: Song of SOLOMON 1:9
NET Translation: The Lover to His Beloved: O my beloved, you are like a mare among Pharaoh’s stallions.
DARBY Translation: I compare thee, my loveD4561, To a steed in Pharaoh's chariots.
KJV Translation: I have compared thee, O my love, to a company of horses in Pharaoh's chariots.
Verse Intro: The Beloved Like a Beautiful Mare
Keywords: GOLD
Description: Song of SOLOMON 1:10
NET Translation: Your cheeks are beautiful with ornaments; your neck is lovely with strings of jewels.
DARBY Translation: Thy cheeks are comely with bead-rows, Thy neck with ornamental chains.
KJV Translation: Thy cheeks are comely with rows [of jewels], thy neck with chains [of gold].
Keywords: SILVER
Description: Song of SOLOMON 1:11
NET Translation: We will make for you gold ornaments studded with silver.
DARBY Translation: We will make thee bead-rows of gold With studs of silver.
KJV Translation: We will make thee borders of gold with studs of silver.
Keywords: JESUS THE CHRIST,SPIKENARD
Description: Song of SOLOMON 1:12
NET Translation: The Beloved about Her Lover: While the king was at his banqueting table, my nard gave forth its fragrance.
DARBY Translation: While the king is at his table, My spikenard sendeth forth its fragrance.
KJV Translation: While the king [sitteth] at his table, my spikenard sendeth forth the smell thereof.
Verse Intro: The Lover and Beloved Fragrantly Drawn to Each Other
Description: Song of SOLOMON 1:13
NET Translation: My beloved is like a fragrant pouch of myrrh spending the night between my breasts.
DARBY Translation: A bundle of myrrh is my beloved unto me; He shall pass the nightD4562 between my breasts.
KJV Translation: A bundle of myrrh [is] my wellbeloved unto me; he shall lie all night betwixt my breasts.
Keywords: CAMPHIRE,CYPRESS,EN-GEDI,GRAPE
Description: Song of SOLOMON 1:14
NET Translation: My beloved is like a cluster of henna blossoms in the vineyards of En Gedi.
DARBY Translation: My beloved is unto me a cluster of henna-flowers In the vineyards of Engedi.
KJV Translation: My beloved [is] unto me [as] a cluster of camphire in the vineyards of Engedi.
Description: Song of SOLOMON 1:15
NET Translation: The Lover to His Beloved: Oh, how beautiful you are, my beloved! Oh, how beautiful you are! Your eyes are like doves!
DARBY Translation: Behold, thou art fair, my love; Behold, thou art fair: thine eyes are doves.
KJV Translation: Behold, thou [art] fair, my loveK4465; behold, thou [art] fair; thou [hast] doves' eyes.
Verse Intro: The Lover and Beloved Admire Each Other
Description: Song of SOLOMON 1:16
NET Translation: The Beloved to Her Lover: Oh, how handsome you are, my lover! Oh, how delightful you are! The lush foliage is our canopied bed;
DARBY Translation: Behold, thou art fair, my beloved, yea, pleasant; Also our bed is green.
KJV Translation: Behold, thou [art] fair, my beloved, yea, pleasant: also our bed [is] green.
Keywords: FIR TREE,HOUSE
Description: Song of SOLOMON 1:17
NET Translation: the cedars are the beams of our bedroom chamber; the pines are the rafters of our bedroom.
DARBY Translation: The beams of our houses are cedars, Our rafters are cypresses.
KJV Translation: The beams of our house [are] cedar, [and] our raftersK4466of fir.
Keywords: AMBASSADORS,SONG,JESUS THE CHRIST,ROSE,SHARON
Description: Song of SOLOMON 2:1
NET Translation: The Beloved to Her Lover: I am a meadow flower from Sharon, a lily from the valleys.
DARBY Translation: I am a narcissusD4563 of SharonD4564, A lily of the valleys.
KJV Translation: I [am] the rose of Sharon, [and] the lily of the valleys.
Verse Intro: The Lover and Beloved are Unique from Other Maidens and Men
Keywords: RIGHTEOUS
Description: Song of SOLOMON 2:2
NET Translation: The Lover to His Beloved: Like a lily among the thorns, so is my darling among the maidens.
DARBY Translation: As the lily among thorns, So is my love among the daughters.
KJV Translation: As the lily among thorns, so [is] my love among the daughters.
Keywords: APPLE
Description: Song of SOLOMON 2:3
NET Translation: The Beloved about Her Lover: Like an apple tree among the trees of the forest, so is my beloved among the young men. I delight to sit in his shade, and his fruit is sweet to my taste.
DARBY Translation: As the apple-tree among the trees of the wood, So is my beloved among the sons: In his shadow have I rapture and sit down; And his fruit is sweet to my taste.
KJV Translation: As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so [is] my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delightK4467, and his fruit [was] sweet to my tasteK4468.
Description: Song of SOLOMON 2:4
NET Translation: The Beloved about Her Lover: He brought me into the banquet hall, and he looked at me lovingly.
DARBY Translation: He hath brought me to the house of wine, And his banner over me is love.
KJV Translation: He brought me to the banqueting houseK4469, and his banner over me [was] love.
Verse Intro: The Beloved Faint with Love Seeing her Lover in His Banquet Hall
Keywords: APPLE
Description: Song of SOLOMON 2:5
NET Translation: Sustain me with raisin cakes, refresh me with apples, for I am faint with love.
DARBY Translation: Sustain ye me with raisin-cakes, Refresh me with apples; For I am sick of love.
KJV Translation: Stay me with flagons, comfort me with applesK4470: for I [am] sick of love.
Keywords: ARM
Description: Song of SOLOMON 2:6
NET Translation: His left hand is under my head, and his right hand embraces me.
DARBY Translation: His left hand is under my head, And his right hand doth embrace me.
KJV Translation: His left hand [is] under my head, and his right hand doth embrace me.
Description: Song of SOLOMON 2:7
NET Translation: The Beloved to the Maidens: I admonish you, O maidens of Jerusalem, by the gazelles and by the young does of the open fields: Do not awaken or arouse love until it pleases!
DARBY Translation: I chargeD4565 you, daughters of Jerusalem, By the gazelles, or by the hinds of the field, That ye stir not up, nor awake [my] love, till he pleaseD4566.
KJV Translation: I charge youK4471, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake [my] love, till he please.
Verse Intro: Be Careful
Description: Song of SOLOMON 2:8
NET Translation: The Beloved about Her Lover: Listen! My lover is approaching! Look! Here he comes, leaping over the mountains, bounding over the hills!
DARBY Translation: The voice of my beloved! Behold, he cometh Leaping upon the mountains, Skipping upon the hills.
KJV Translation: The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills.
Verse Intro: The Beloved at Home is Appoached by Her Lover
Description: Song of SOLOMON 2:9
NET Translation: My lover is like a gazelle or a young stag. Look! There he stands behind our wall, gazing through the window, peering through the lattice.
DARBY Translation: My beloved is like a gazelle or a young hart. Behold, he standeth behind our wall, He looketh in through the windows, GlancingD4567 through the lattice.
KJV Translation: My beloved is like a roe or a young hart: behold, he standeth behind our wall, he looketh forth at the windows, shewing himselfK4472through the lattice.
Description: Song of SOLOMON 2:10
NET Translation: The Lover to His Beloved: My lover spoke to me, saying: “Arise, my darling; My beautiful one, come away with me!
DARBY Translation: My beloved spake and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away.
KJV Translation: My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away.
Verse Intro: The Lover Calls for the Beloved to Come with Him
Keywords: SPRING,WINTER
Description: Song of SOLOMON 2:11
NET Translation: Look! The winter has passed, the winter rains are over and gone.
DARBY Translation: For behold, the winter is past, The rain is over, it is gone:
KJV Translation: For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over [and] gone;
Keywords: BIRDS
Description: Song of SOLOMON 2:12
NET Translation: Blossoms have appeared in the land, the time for pruning and singing has come; the voice of the turtledove is heard in our land.
DARBY Translation: The flowers appear on the earth; The time of singing is come, And the voice of the turtle-dove is heard in our land;
KJV Translation: The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing [of birds] is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land;
Description: Song of SOLOMON 2:13
NET Translation: The fig tree has ripened its figs, the vines have blossomed and give off their fragrance. Arise, come away my darling; my beautiful one, come away with me!”
DARBY Translation: The fig-tree melloweth her winter figs, And the vines in bloom give forth [their] fragrance. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away!
KJV Translation: The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, and the vines [with] the tender grape give a [good] smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.
Keywords: CHURCH
Description: Song of SOLOMON 2:14
NET Translation: The Lover to His Beloved: O my dove, in the clefts of the rock, in the hiding places of the mountain crags, let me see your face, let me hear your voice; for your voice is sweet, and your face is lovely.
DARBY Translation: My dove, in the clefts of the rock, In the covert of the precipice, Let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice; For sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely.
KJV Translation: O my dove, [that art] in the clefts of the rock, in the secret [places] of the stairs, let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice; for sweet [is] thy voice, and thy countenance [is] comely.
Verse Intro: Like Spring Their Love is Blooming and Needs to be Protected
Keywords: FLAGON,FOX,SIN
Description: Song of SOLOMON 2:15
NET Translation: The Beloved to Her Lover: Catch the foxes for us, the little foxes, that ruin the vineyards—for our vineyard is in bloom.
DARBY Translation: Take us the foxes, The little foxes, that spoil the vineyards; For our vineyards are in bloom.
KJV Translation: Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines [have] tender grapes.
Description: Song of SOLOMON 2:16
NET Translation: The Beloved about Her Lover: My lover is mine and I am his; he grazes among the lilies.
DARBY Translation: My beloved is mine, and I am his; He feedeth [his flock] among the lilies,
KJV Translation: My beloved [is] mine, and I [am] his: he feedeth among the lilies.
Keywords: BETHER
Description: Song of SOLOMON 2:17
NET Translation: The Beloved to Her Lover: Until the dawn arrives and the shadows flee, turn, my beloved—be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountain gorges.
DARBY Translation: Until the day dawn, and the shadows flee away. TurnD4568, my beloved: be thou like a gazelle or a young hart, Upon the mountains of BetherD4569.
KJV Translation: Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, turn, my beloved, and be thou like a roe or a young hart upon the mountains of BetherK4473.
Keywords: SONG,SEEKERS
Description: Song of SOLOMON 3:1
NET Translation: The Beloved about Her Lover: All night long on my bed I longed for my lover. I longed for him but he never appeared.
DARBY Translation: On my bed, in the nights, I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.
KJV Translation: By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.
Verse Intro: The Beloved Longs for Her Lover, She Seeks Him and Brings Him Home"""
Description: Song of SOLOMON 3:2
NET Translation: “I will arise and look all around throughout the town, and throughout the streets and squares; I will search for my beloved.” I searched for him but I did not find him.
DARBY Translation: I will rise now, and go about the city; In the streets and in the broadways Will I seek him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.
KJV Translation: I will rise now, and go about the city in the streets, and in the broad ways I will seek him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.
Keywords: WATCHMAN
Description: Song of SOLOMON 3:3
NET Translation: The night watchmen found me—the ones who guard the city walls. “Have you seen my beloved?”
DARBY Translation: The watchmen that go about the city found me: Have ye seen him whom my soul loveth?
KJV Translation: The watchmen that go about the city found me: [to whom I said], Saw ye him whom my soul loveth?
Description: Song of SOLOMON 3:4
NET Translation: Scarcely had I passed them by when I found my beloved! I held onto him tightly and would not let him go until I brought him to my mother’s house, to the bedroom chamber of the one who conceived me.
DARBY Translation: Scarcely had I passed from them, When I found him whom my soul loveth: I held him, and would not let him go, Until I had brought him into my mother's house, And into the chamber of her that conceived me.
KJV Translation: [It was] but a little that I passed from them, but I found him whom my soul loveth: I held him, and would not let him go, until I had brought him into my mother's house, and into the chamber of her that conceived me.
Description: Song of SOLOMON 3:5
NET Translation: The Beloved to the Maidens: I admonish you, O maidens of Jerusalem, by the gazelles and by the young does of the open fields: “Do not awaken or arouse love until it pleases!”
DARBY Translation: I charge youD4570, daughters of Jerusalem, By the gazelles, or by the hinds of the field, That ye stir not up, nor awake [my] love, till he please.
KJV Translation: I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake [my] love, till he please.
Verse Intro: Be Careful
Keywords: COMMERCE,FRANKINCENSE,MERCHANT,MYRRH,PERFUME
Description: Song of SOLOMON 3:6
NET Translation: The Speaker: Who is this coming up from the wilderness like a column of smoke, like a fragrant billow of myrrh and frankincense, every kind of fragrant powder of the traveling merchants?
DARBY Translation: Who is this, [she] that cometh up from the wilderness Like pillars of smoke, Perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, With all powders of the merchant?
KJV Translation: Who [is] this that cometh out of the wilderness like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all powders of the merchant?
Verse Intro: SOLOMON's Royal Wedding Procession
Keywords: BED
Description: Song of SOLOMON 3:7
NET Translation: Look! It is SOLOMON’s portable couch! It is surrounded by sixty warriors, some of Israel’s mightiest warriors.
DARBY Translation: Behold his couch, SOLOMON's own: Threescore mighty men are about it, Of the mighty of Israel.
KJV Translation: Behold his bed, which [is] SOLOMON's; threescore valiant men [are] about it, of the valiant of Israel.
Description: Song of SOLOMON 3:8
NET Translation: All of them are skilled with a sword, well trained in the art of warfare. Each has his sword at his side, to guard against the terrors of the night.
DARBY Translation: They all hold the sword, Experts in war; Each hath his sword upon his thigh Because of alarm in the nights.
KJV Translation: They all hold swords, [being] expert in war: every man [hath] his sword upon his thigh because of fear in the night.
Description: Song of SOLOMON 3:9
NET Translation: King SOLOMON made a sedan chair for himself of wood imported from Lebanon.
DARBY Translation: King SOLOMON made himself a palanquin Of the wood of Lebanon.
KJV Translation: King SOLOMON made himself a chariotK4474of the wood of Lebanon.
Description: Song of SOLOMON 3:10
NET Translation: Its posts were made of silver; its back was made of gold. Its seat was upholstered with purple wool; its interior was inlaid with leather by the maidens of Jerusalem.
DARBY Translation: Its pillars he made of silver, Its supportD4571 of gold, Its seat of purple; The midst thereof was paved [with] love ByD4572 the daughters of Jerusalem.
KJV Translation: He made the pillars thereof [of] silver, the bottom thereof [of] gold, the covering of it [of] purple, the midst thereof being paved [with] love, for the daughters of Jerusalem.
Keywords: CROWN,ZION
Description: Song of SOLOMON 3:11
NET Translation: Come out, O maidens of Zion, and gaze upon King SOLOMON! He is wearing the crown with which his mother crowned him on his wedding day, on the most joyous day of his life!
DARBY Translation: Go forth, daughters of Zion, And behold king SOLOMON With the crown wherewith his mother crowned him In the day of his espousals, And in the day of the gladness of his heart.
KJV Translation: Go forth, O ye daughters of Zion, and behold king SOLOMON with the crown wherewith his mother crowned him in the day of his espousals, and in the day of the gladness of his heart.
Keywords: SONG,GILEAD,GOAT
Description: Song of SOLOMON 4:1
NET Translation: The Lover to His Beloved: Oh, you are beautiful, my darling! Oh, you are beautiful! Your eyes behind your veil are like doves. Your hair is like a flock of female goats descending from Mount Gilead.
DARBY Translation: Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; Thine eyes are doves behind thy veil; Thy hair is as a flock of goats, On the slopes of mount Gilead.
KJV Translation: Behold, thou [art] fair, my love; behold, thou [art] fair; thou [hast] doves' eyes within thy locks: thy hair [is] as a flock of goats, that appearK4475from mount Gilead.
Verse Intro: SOLOMON Beholding His Beloved on Their Wedding Night
Description: Song of SOLOMON 4:2
NET Translation: Your teeth are like a flock of newly shorn sheep coming up from the washing place; each of them has a twin, and not one of them is missing.
DARBY Translation: Thy teeth are like a flock of shorn sheep, Which go up from the washing; Which have all borne twins, And none is barren among them.
KJV Translation: Thy teeth [are] like a flock [of sheep that are even] shorn, which came up from the washing; whereof every one bear twins, and none [is] barren among them.
Description: Song of SOLOMON 4:3
NET Translation: Your lips are like a scarlet thread; your mouth is lovely. Your forehead behind your veil is like a slice of pomegranate.
DARBY Translation: Thy lips are like a thread of scarlet, And thy speech is comely; As a piece of a pomegranate are thy templesD4573 Behind thy veil.
KJV Translation: Thy lips [are] like a thread of scarlet, and thy speech [is] comely: thy temples [are] like a piece of a pomegranate within thy locks.
Keywords: ARMORY,TOWER
Description: Song of SOLOMON 4:4
NET Translation: Your neck is like the tower of David built with courses of stones; one thousand shields are hung on it—all shields of valiant warriors.
DARBY Translation: Thy neck is like the tower of David, Built for an armoury: A thousand bucklers hang thereon, All shields of mighty men.
KJV Translation: Thy neck [is] like the tower of David builded for an armoury, whereon there hang a thousand bucklers, all shields of mighty men.
Description: Song of SOLOMON 4:5
NET Translation: Your two breasts are like two fawns, twins of the gazelle grazing among the lilies.
DARBY Translation: Thy two breasts are like two fawns, twins of a gazelle, Which feed among the lilies.
KJV Translation: Thy two breasts [are] like two young roes that are twins, which feed among the lilies.
Keywords: MYRRH
Description: Song of SOLOMON 4:6
NET Translation: Until the dawn arrives and the shadows flee, I will go up to the mountain of myrrh, and to the hill of frankincense.
DARBY Translation: Until the day dawn, and the shadows flee away, I will get me to the mountain of myrrh, And to the hill of frankincense.
KJV Translation: Until the day breakK4476, and the shadows flee away, I will get me to the mountain of myrrh, and to the hill of frankincense.
Keywords: BRIDEGROOM
Description: Song of SOLOMON 4:7
NET Translation: You are altogether beautiful, my darling! There is no blemish in you!
DARBY Translation: Thou art all fair, my love; And there is no spot in thee.
KJV Translation: Thou [art] all fair, my love; [there is] no spot in thee.
Keywords: AMANA,HERMON,LEOPARD,SHENIR
Description: Song of SOLOMON 4:8
NET Translation: Come with me from Lebanon, my bride, come with me from Lebanon. Descend from the crest of Amana, from the top of Senir, the summit of Hermon, from the lions’ dens and the mountain haunts of the leopards.
DARBY Translation: [Come] with me, from Lebanon, [my] spouse, With me from Lebanon, Come, look from the top of AmanahD4574, From the top of Senir and Hermon, From the lions' dens, From the mountains of the leopards.
KJV Translation: Come with me from Lebanon, [my] spouse, with me from Lebanon: look from the top of Amana, from the top of Shenir and Hermon, from the lions' dens, from the mountains of the leopards.
Description: Song of SOLOMON 4:9
NET Translation: You have stolen my heart, my sister, my bride! You have stolen my heart with one glance of your eyes, with one jewel of your necklace.
DARBY Translation: Thou hast ravished my heart, my sister, [my] spouse; Thou hast ravished my heart with one of thine eyes, With one chain of thy neck.
KJV Translation: Thou hast ravishedK4477my heart, my sister, [my] spouse; thou hast ravished my heart with one of thine eyes, with one chain of thy neck.
Keywords: ANOINTING,OINTMENT
Description: Song of SOLOMON 4:10
NET Translation: How delightful is your love, my sister, my bride! How much better is your love than wine; the fragrance of your perfume is better than any spice!
DARBY Translation: How fair is thy love, my sister, [my] spouse! How much better is thy love than wine! And the fragrance of thine ointments than all spices!
KJV Translation: How fair is thy love, my sister, [my] spouse! how much better is thy love than wine! and the smell of thine ointments than all spices!
Keywords: HONEY
Description: Song of SOLOMON 4:11
NET Translation: Your lips drip sweetness like the honeycomb, my bride, honey and milk are under your tongue. The fragrance of your garments is like the fragrance of Lebanon.
DARBY Translation: Thy lips, [my] spouse, drop [as] the honeycomb; Honey and milk are under thy tongue; And the smell of thy garments is like the smell of Lebanon.
KJV Translation: Thy lips, O [my] spouse, drop [as] the honeycomb: honey and milk [are] under thy tongue; and the smell of thy garments [is] like the smell of Lebanon.
Keywords: CHURCH,FENCE
Description: Song of SOLOMON 4:12
NET Translation: The Lover to His Beloved: You are a locked garden, my sister, my bride; you are an enclosed spring, a sealed-up fountain.
DARBY Translation: A garden enclosed is my sister, [my] spouse; A spring shut up, a fountain sealed.
KJV Translation: A garden inclosed [is] my sister, [my] spouse; a spring shut up, a fountain sealed.
Verse Intro: SOLOMON Describes His Bride as His Prepared Garden
Keywords: CAMPHIRE,CYPRESS,RIGHTEOUS,SPIKENARD
Description: Song of SOLOMON 4:13
NET Translation: Your shoots are a royal garden full of pomegranates with choice fruits: henna with nard,
DARBY Translation: Thy shoots are a paradise of pomegranates, with precious fruits; Henna with spikenard plants;
KJV Translation: Thy plants [are] an orchard of pomegranates, with pleasant fruits; camphire, with spikenard,
Keywords: ALOES,CALAMUS,CINNAMON,MYRRH,SPIKENARD
Description: Song of SOLOMON 4:14
NET Translation: nard and saffron, calamus and cinnamon with every kind of spice, myrrh and aloes with all the finest spices.
DARBY Translation: Spikenard and saffron; CalamusD4575 and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; Myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices:
KJV Translation: Spikenard and saffron; calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices:
Keywords: LEBANON
Description: Song of SOLOMON 4:15
NET Translation: You are a garden spring, a well of fresh water flowing down from Lebanon.
DARBY Translation: A fountain in the gardens, A well of living waters, Which stream from Lebanon.
KJV Translation: A fountain of gardens, a well of living waters, and streams from Lebanon.
Keywords: SYMBOLS AND SIMILITUDES
Description: Song of SOLOMON 4:16
NET Translation: The Beloved to Her Lover: Awake, O north wind; come, O south wind! Blow on my garden so that its fragrant spices may send out their sweet smell. May my beloved come into his garden and eat its delightful fruit!
DARBY Translation: Awake, north wind, and come, [thou] south; Blow upon my garden, [that] the spices thereof may flow forth. Let my beloved come into his garden, And eat its precious fruits.
KJV Translation: Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south; blow upon my garden, [that] the spices thereof may flow out. Let my beloved come into his garden, and eat his pleasant fruits.
Verse Intro: The Bride Invites SOLOMON into the Garden
Keywords: SONG,CHURCH,FOOD,MILK,MYRRH
Description: Song of SOLOMON 5:1
NET Translation: The Lover to His Beloved: I have entered my garden, O my sister, my bride; I have gathered my myrrh with my balsam spice. I have eaten my honeycomb and my honey; I have drunk my wine and my milk!
DARBY Translation: I am come into my garden, my sister, [my] spouse; I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk. Eat, O friends; drink, yea, drink abundantly, beloved ones!
KJV Translation: I am come into my garden, my sister, [my] spouse: I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk: eat, O friends; drink, yea, drink abundantly, O beloved.
Verse Intro: SOLOMON Enters and Enjoys His Garden
Keywords: CHURCH
Description: Song of SOLOMON 5:2
NET Translation: The Beloved about Her Lover: I was asleep, but my mind was dreaming. Listen! My lover is knocking at the door!
DARBY Translation: I slept, but my heart was awake. The voice of my beloved! he knocketh: Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, mine undefiled; For my head is filled with dew, My locks with the drops of the night.
KJV Translation: I sleep, but my heart waketh: [it is] the voice of my beloved that knocketh, [saying], Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled: for my head is filled with dew, [and] my locks with the drops of the night.
Verse Intro: The Bride, Now Asleep, Dreams of Losing SOLOMON"""
Keywords: ABLUTION
Description: Song of SOLOMON 5:3
NET Translation: The Beloved to Her Lover: “I have already taken off my robe—must I put it on again? I have already washed my feet—must I soil them again?”
DARBY Translation: I have put off my tunic, how should I put it on? I have washed my feet, how should I pollute them?
KJV Translation: I have put off my coat; how shall I put it on? I have washed my feet; how shall I defile them?
Keywords: BOWELS
Description: Song of SOLOMON 5:4
NET Translation: My lover thrust his hand through the hole, and my feelings were stirred for him.
DARBY Translation: My beloved put in his hand by the hole [of the door]; And my bowels yearned for him.
KJV Translation: My beloved put in his hand by the hole [of the door], and my bowels were moved for himK4481.
Keywords: LOCK
Description: Song of SOLOMON 5:5
NET Translation: I arose to open for my beloved; my hands dripped with myrrh—my fingers flowed with myrrh on the handles of the lock.
DARBY Translation: I rose up to open to my beloved; And my hands dropped with myrrh, And my fingers with liquid myrrh, Upon the handles of the lock.
KJV Translation: I rose up to open to my beloved; and my hands dropped [with] myrrh, and my fingers [with] sweet smellingK4482myrrh, upon the handles of the lock.
Description: Song of SOLOMON 5:6
NET Translation: I opened for my beloved, but my lover had already turned and gone away. I fell into despair when he departed. I looked for him but did not find him; I called him but he did not answer me.
DARBY Translation: I opened to my beloved; But my beloved had withdrawn himself; he was gone: My soul went forth when he spoke. I sought him, but I found him not; I called him, but he gave me no answer.
KJV Translation: I opened to my beloved; but my beloved had withdrawn himself, [and] was gone: my soul failed when he spake: I sought him, but I could not find him; I called him, but he gave me no answer.
Keywords: WATCHMAN
Description: Song of SOLOMON 5:7
NET Translation: The watchmen found me as they made their rounds in the city. They beat me, they bruised me; they took away my cloak, those watchmen on the walls!
DARBY Translation: The watchmen that went about the city found me; They smote me, they wounded me; The keepers of the walls took away my veil from me.
KJV Translation: The watchmen that went about the city found me, they smote me, they wounded me; the keepers of the walls took away my veil from me.
Description: Song of SOLOMON 5:8
NET Translation: The Beloved to the Maidens: I admonish you, O maidens of Jerusalem—If you find my beloved, what will you tell him? Tell him that I am lovesick!
DARBY Translation: I chargeD4576 you, daughters of Jerusalem, If ye find my beloved, What will ye tell him? That I am sick of love.
KJV Translation: I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if ye find my beloved, thatK4483ye tell him, that I [am] sick of love.
Verse Intro: The Bride Describes the Lover She Has Lost
Description: Song of SOLOMON 5:9
NET Translation: The Maidens to The Beloved: Why is your beloved better than others, O most beautiful of women? Why is your beloved better than others, that you would admonish us in this manner?
DARBY Translation: What is thy beloved more than [another] beloved, Thou fairest among women? What is thy beloved more than [another] beloved, That thou dost so charge us?
KJV Translation: What [is] thy beloved more than [another] beloved, O thou fairest among women? what [is] thy beloved more than [another] beloved, that thou dost so charge us?
Keywords: JESUS THE CHRIST
Description: Song of SOLOMON 5:10
NET Translation: The Beloved to the Maidens: My beloved is dazzling and ruddy; he stands out in comparison to all other men.
DARBY Translation: My beloved is white and ruddy, The chiefestD4577 among ten thousand.
KJV Translation: My beloved [is] white and ruddy, the chiefestK4484among ten thousand.
Keywords: RAVEN
Description: Song of SOLOMON 5:11
NET Translation: His head is like the purest gold. His hair is curly—black like a raven.
DARBY Translation: His head is [as] the finest gold; His locks are flowing, black as the raven;
KJV Translation: His head [is as] the most fine gold, his locks [are] bushyK4485, [and] black as a raven.
Description: Song of SOLOMON 5:12
NET Translation: His eyes are like doves by streams of water, washed in milk, mounted like jewels.
DARBY Translation: His eyes are like doves by the water-brooks, Washed with milk, fitly set;
KJV Translation: His eyes [are] as [the eyes] of doves by the rivers of waters, washed with milk, [and] fitly setK4486.
Keywords: LILY,MYRRH
Description: Song of SOLOMON 5:13
NET Translation: His cheeks are like garden beds full of balsam trees yielding perfume. His lips are like lilies dripping with drops of myrrh.
DARBY Translation: His cheeks are as a bed of spices, raised beds of sweet plants; His lips lilies, dropping liquid myrrh.
KJV Translation: His cheeks [are] as a bed of spices, [as] sweet flowersK4487: his lips [like] lilies, dropping sweet smelling myrrh.
Keywords: BERYL,GOLD,IVORY
Description: Song of SOLOMON 5:14
NET Translation: His arms are like rods of gold set with chrysolite. His abdomen is like polished ivory inlaid with sapphires.
DARBY Translation: His hands gold rings, set with the chrysolite; His belly is brightD4578 ivory, overlaid [with] sapphires;
KJV Translation: His hands [are as] gold rings set with the beryl: his belly [is as] bright ivory overlaid [with] sapphires.
Keywords: MARBLE
Description: Song of SOLOMON 5:15
NET Translation: His legs are like pillars of marble set on bases of pure gold. His appearance is like Lebanon, choice as its cedars.
DARBY Translation: His legs, pillars of marble, set upon bases of fine gold: His bearing as Lebanon, excellent as the cedars;
KJV Translation: His legs [are as] pillars of marble, set upon sockets of fine gold: his countenance [is] as Lebanon, excellent as the cedars.
Description: Song of SOLOMON 5:16
NET Translation: His mouth is very sweet; he is totally desirable. This is my beloved! This is my companion, O maidens of Jerusalem!
DARBY Translation: His mouth is most sweet: Yea, he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, yea, this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.
KJV Translation: His mouth [is] most sweet: yea, he [is] altogether lovely. This [is] my beloved, and this [is] my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.
Keywords: SONG
Description: Song of SOLOMON 6:1
NET Translation: The Maidens to the Beloved: Where has your beloved gone, O most beautiful among women? Where has your beloved turned? Tell us, that we may seek him with you.
DARBY Translation: Whither is thy beloved gone, Thou fairest among women? Whither is thy beloved turned aside? And we will seek him with thee.
KJV Translation: Whither is thy beloved gone, O thou fairest among women? whither is thy beloved turned aside? that we may seek him with thee.
Verse Intro: Lost Lover Found in His Garden
Description: Song of SOLOMON 6:2
NET Translation: The Beloved to the Maidens: My beloved has gone down to his garden, to the flowerbeds of balsam spices, to graze in the gardens, and to gather lilies.
DARBY Translation: My beloved is gone down into his garden, to the beds of spices, To feed in the gardens and to gather lilies.
KJV Translation: My beloved is gone down into his garden, to the beds of spices, to feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies.
Description: Song of SOLOMON 6:3
NET Translation: The Beloved about Her Lover: I am my lover’s and my lover is mine; he grazes among the lilies.
DARBY Translation: I am my beloved's, and my beloved is mine: He feedeth [his flock] among the lilies.
KJV Translation: I [am] my beloved's, and my beloved [is] mine: he feedeth among the lilies.
Keywords: JERUSALEM,STANDARD,TIRZAH
Description: Song of SOLOMON 6:4
NET Translation: The Lover to His Beloved: My darling, you are as beautiful as Tirzah, as lovely as Jerusalem, as awe-inspiring as bannered armies.
DARBY Translation: Thou art fair, my love, as Tirzah, Comely as Jerusalem, Terrible as troops with banners:
KJV Translation: Thou [art] beautiful, O my love, as Tirzah, comely as Jerusalem, terrible as [an army] with banners.
Verse Intro: The Lover Describes His Beloved
Keywords: GILEAD,GOAT
Description: Song of SOLOMON 6:5
NET Translation: Turn your eyes away from me—they overwhelm me! Your hair is like a flock of goats descending from Mount Gilead.
DARBY Translation: Turn away thine eyes from me, For they overcome me. Thy hair is as a flock of goats On the slopes of Gilead.
KJV Translation: Turn away thine eyes from me, for they have overcome meK4489: thy hair [is] as a flock of goats that appear from Gilead.
Description: Song of SOLOMON 6:6
NET Translation: Your teeth are like a flock of sheep coming up from the washing; each has its twin; not one of them is missing.
DARBY Translation: Thy teeth are like a flock of sheep Which go up from the washing; Which have all borne twins, And none is barren among them.
KJV Translation: Thy teeth [are] as a flock of sheep which go up from the washing, whereof every one beareth twins, and [there is] not one barren among them.
Description: Song of SOLOMON 6:7
NET Translation: Like a slice of pomegranate is your forehead behind your veil.
DARBY Translation: As a piece of a pomegranate are thy temples Behind thy veil.
KJV Translation: As a piece of a pomegranate [are] thy temples within thy locks.
Description: Song of SOLOMON 6:8
NET Translation: There may be sixty queens, and eighty concubines, and young women without number.
DARBY Translation: There are threescore queens, and fourscore concubines, And virgins without number:
KJV Translation: There are threescore queens, and fourscore concubines, and virgins without number.
Description: Song of SOLOMON 6:9
NET Translation: But she is unique, my dove, my perfect one! She is the special daughter of her mother; she is the favorite of the one who bore her. The maidens saw her and complimented her; the queens and concubines praised her:
DARBY Translation: My dove, mine undefiled, is but one; She is the only one of her mother, She is the choice one of her that bore her. The daughters saw her, and they called her blessed; The queens and the concubines, and they praised her.
KJV Translation: My dove, my undefiled is [but] one; she [is] the [only] one of her mother, she [is] the choice [one] of her that bare her. The daughters saw her, and blessed her; [yea], the queens and the concubines, and they praised her.
Keywords: CHURCH,MOON,STANDARD
Description: Song of SOLOMON 6:10
NET Translation: “Who is this who appears like the dawn? Beautiful as the moon, bright as the sun, awe-inspiring as the stars in procession?”
DARBY Translation: Who is she that looketh forth as the dawn, Fair as the moon, clear as the sun, Terrible as troops with banners?
KJV Translation: Who [is] she [that] looketh forth as the morning, fair as the moon, clear as the sun, [and] terrible as [an army] with banners?
Keywords: GRAPE,NUT,RIGHTEOUS
Description: Song of SOLOMON 6:11
NET Translation: The Lover to His Beloved: I went down to the orchard of walnut trees, to look for the blossoms of the valley, to see if the vines had budded or if the pomegranates were in bloom.
DARBY Translation: I went down into the garden of nuts, To see the verdure of the valley, To see whether the vine budded, Whether the pomegranates blossomed.
KJV Translation: I went down into the garden of nuts to see the fruits of the valley, [and] to see whether the vine flourished, [and] the pomegranates budded.
Description: Song of SOLOMON 6:12
NET Translation: I was beside myself with joy! There please give me your myrrh, O daughter of my princely people.
DARBY Translation: Before I was aware, My soul set me upon the chariots of my willing peopleD4579.
KJV Translation: Or ever I was aware, my soul made me [like] the chariots of Amminadib.
Description: Song of SOLOMON 6:13
NET Translation: The Lover to His Beloved: (7:1) Turn, turn, O Perfect One! Turn, turn, that I may stare at you!
DARBY Translation: Return, return, O Shulamite; Return, return, that we may look upon thee. What would ye look upon in the Shulamite? As it were the dance of two campsD4580.
KJV Translation: Return, return, O Shulamite; return, return, that we may look upon thee. What will ye see in the Shulamite? As it were the company of two armiesK4492.
Verse Intro: The Lover Desires to See All of His Beloved
Keywords: SONG
Description: Song of SOLOMON 7:1
NET Translation: The Lover to His Beloved: (7:2) How beautiful are your sandaled feet, O nobleman’s daughter! The curves of your thighs are like jewels, the work of the hands of a master craftsman.
DARBY Translation: How beautiful are thy footsteps in sandals, O prince's daughter! The roundings of thy thighs are like jewels, The work of the hands of an artist.
KJV Translation: How beautiful are thy feet with shoes, O prince's daughter! the joints of thy thighs [are] like jewels, the work of the hands of a cunning workman.
Verse Intro: The Lover Describes His Beloved
Description: Song of SOLOMON 7:2
NET Translation: Your navel is a round mixing bowl—may it never lack mixed wine! Your belly is a mound of wheat, encircled by lilies.
DARBY Translation: Thy navel is a round goblet, [which] wanteth not mixed wine; Thy belly a heap of wheat, set about with lilies;
KJV Translation: Thy navel [is like] a round goblet, [which] wanteth not liquorK4493: thy belly [is like] an heap of wheat set about with lilies.
Description: Song of SOLOMON 7:3
NET Translation: Your two breasts are like two fawns, twins of a gazelle.
DARBY Translation: Thy two breasts are like two fawns, twins of a gazelle;
KJV Translation: Thy two breasts [are] like two young roes [that are] twins.
Keywords: BATH-RABBIM,FISH,FISHPOOL,HESHBON,IVORY,LEBANON,POOL
Description: Song of SOLOMON 7:4
NET Translation: Your neck is like a tower made of ivory. Your eyes are the pools in Heshbon by the gate of Bath Rabbim. Your nose is like the tower of Lebanon overlooking Damascus.
DARBY Translation: Thy neck is as a tower of ivory; Thine eyes, [like] the pools in Heshbon, By the gate of Bath-rabbim; Thy nose like the tower of Lebanon, Which looketh toward Damascus;
KJV Translation: Thy neck [is] as a tower of ivory; thine eyes [like] the fishpools in Heshbon, by the gate of Bathrabbim: thy nose [is] as the tower of Lebanon which looketh toward Damascus.
Keywords: CARMEL
Description: Song of SOLOMON 7:5
NET Translation: Your head crowns you like Mount Carmel. The locks of your hair are like royal tapestries—the king is held captive in its tresses!
DARBY Translation: Thy head upon thee is like Carmel, And the locks of thy head like purple; The king is fettered by [thy] ringlets!
KJV Translation: Thine head upon thee [is] like CarmelK4494, and the hair of thine head like purple; the king [is] heldK4495in the galleries.
Description: Song of SOLOMON 7:6
NET Translation: How beautiful you are! How lovely, O love, with your delights!
DARBY Translation: How fair and how pleasant art thou, [my] love, in delights!
KJV Translation: How fair and how pleasant art thou, O love, for delights!
Description: Song of SOLOMON 7:7
NET Translation: The Lover to His Beloved: Your stature is like a palm tree, and your breasts are like clusters of grapes.
DARBY Translation: This thy stature is like to a palm-tree, And thy breasts to grape clusters.
KJV Translation: This thy stature is like to a palm tree, and thy breasts to clusters [of grapes].
Verse Intro: The Beloved as a Palm Tree and the Lover a a Climber
Keywords: APPLE
Description: Song of SOLOMON 7:8
NET Translation: I want to climb the palm tree, and take hold of its fruit stalks. May your breasts be like the clusters of grapes, and may the fragrance of your breath be like apples!
DARBY Translation: I said, I will go up to the palm-tree, I will take hold of the boughs thereof; And thy breasts shall indeed be like clusters of the vine, And the fragrance of thy nose like apples,
KJV Translation: I said, I will go up to the palm tree, I will take hold of the boughs thereof: now also thy breasts shall be as clusters of the vine, and the smell of thy nose like apples;
Description: Song of SOLOMON 7:9
NET Translation: May your mouth be like the best wine, flowing smoothly for my beloved, gliding gently over our lips as we sleep together.
DARBY Translation: And the roof of thy mouth like the best wine, That goeth down smoothly forD4581 my beloved, And stealeth over the lips of them that are asleepD4582.
KJV Translation: And the roof of thy mouth like the best wine for my beloved, that goeth [down] sweetlyK4496, causing the lips of those that are asleepK4497to speak.
Description: Song of SOLOMON 7:10
NET Translation: The Beloved about Her Lover: I am my beloved’s, and he desires me!
DARBY Translation: I am my beloved's, And his desire is toward me.
KJV Translation: I [am] my beloved's, and his desire [is] toward me.
Description: Song of SOLOMON 7:11
NET Translation: The Beloved to Her Lover: Come, my beloved, let us go to the countryside; let us spend the night in the villages.
DARBY Translation: Come, my beloved, let us go forth into the fields; Let us lodge in the villages.
KJV Translation: Come, my beloved, let us go forth into the field; let us lodge in the villages.
Verse Intro: Enjoing Love as in a Countryside Garden
Keywords: RISING
Description: Song of SOLOMON 7:12
NET Translation: Let us rise early to go to the vineyards, to see if the vines have budded, to see if their blossoms have opened, if the pomegranates are in bloom—there I will give you my love.
DARBY Translation: We will go up early to the vineyards, We will see if the vine hath budded, [If] the blossom is opening, And the pomegranates are in bloom: There will I give thee my loves.
KJV Translation: Let us get up early to the vineyards; let us see if the vine flourish, [whether] the tender grape appearK4498, [and] the pomegranates bud forth: there will I give thee my loves.
Keywords: MANDRAKE
Description: Song of SOLOMON 7:13
NET Translation: The mandrakes send out their fragrance; over our door is every delicacy, both new and old, which I have stored up for you, my lover.
DARBY Translation: The mandrakesD4583 yield fragrance; And at our gates are all choice fruits, new and old: I have laid them up for thee, my beloved.
KJV Translation: The mandrakes give a smell, and at our gates [are] all manner of pleasant [fruits], new and old, [which] I have laid up for thee, O my beloved.
Keywords: SONG,BROTHER
Description: Song of SOLOMON 8:1
NET Translation: The Beloved to Her Lover: Oh, how I wish you were my little brother, nursing at my mother’s breasts; if I saw you outside, I could kiss you—surely no one would despise me!
DARBY Translation: Oh that thou wert as my brother, That sucked the breasts of my mother! Should I find thee without, I would kiss thee; And they would not despise me.
KJV Translation: O that thou [wert] as my brother, that sucked the breasts of my mother! [when] I should find thee without, I would kiss thee; yea, I should not be despisedK4499.
Keywords: POMEGRANATE,WINE
Description: Song of SOLOMON 8:2
NET Translation: I would lead you and bring you to my mother’s house, the one who taught me. I would give you spiced wine to drink, the nectar of my pomegranates.
DARBY Translation: I would lead thee, bring thee into my mother's house; Thou wouldestD4584 instruct me: I would cause thee to drink of spiced wine, Of the juice of my pomegranate.
KJV Translation: I would lead thee, [and] bring thee into my mother's house, [who] would instruct me: I would cause thee to drink of spiced wine of the juice of my pomegranate.
Description: Song of SOLOMON 8:3
NET Translation: The Beloved about Her Lover: His left hand is under my head, and his right hand embraces me.
DARBY Translation: His left hand would be under my head, And his right hand embrace me.
KJV Translation: His left hand [should be] under my head, and his right hand should embrace me.
Description: Song of SOLOMON 8:4
NET Translation: The Beloved to the Maidens: I admonish you, O maidens of Jerusalem: “Do not arouse or awaken love until it pleases!”
DARBY Translation: I charge you, daughters of Jerusalem, Why should ye stir up, why awake [my] love, till he pleaseD4585?
KJV Translation: I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, that ye stir not upK4500, nor awake [my] love, until he please.
Verse Intro: Be Careful
Keywords: APPLE
Description: Song of SOLOMON 8:5
NET Translation: The Maidens about His Beloved: Who is this coming up from the wilderness, leaning on her beloved?
DARBY Translation: Who is this that cometh up from the wilderness, Leaning upon her beloved? I awoke thee under the apple-tree: There thy mother brought thee forth; There she brought thee forth [that] bore thee.
KJV Translation: Who [is] this that cometh up from the wilderness, leaning upon her beloved? I raised thee up under the apple tree: there thy mother brought thee forth: there she brought thee forth [that] bare thee.
Verse Intro: The Awakening and Nature of Genuine Love
Keywords: ENVY,HELL,JEALOUSY,LOVE
Description: Song of SOLOMON 8:6
NET Translation: The Beloved to Her Lover: Set me like a cylinder seal over your heart, like a signet on your arm. For love is as strong as death, passion is as unrelenting as Sheol. Its flames burst forth, it is a blazing flame.
DARBY Translation: Set me as a seal upon thy heart, As a seal upon thine arm: For love is strong as death; Jealousy is cruel as Sheol: The flashes thereof are flashes of fire, Flames of Jah.
KJV Translation: Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love [is] strong as death; jealousy [is] cruelK4501as the grave: the coals thereof [are] coals of fire, [which hath a] most vehement flame.
Keywords: LOVE
Description: Song of SOLOMON 8:7
NET Translation: Surging waters cannot quench love; floodwaters cannot overflow it. If someone were to offer all his possessions to buy love, the offer would be utterly despised.
DARBY Translation: Many waters cannot quench love, Neither do the floods drown it: Even if a man gave all the substance of his house for love, It would utterly be contemned.
KJV Translation: Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it: if [a] man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would utterly be contemned.
Description: Song of SOLOMON 8:8
NET Translation: The Beloved’s Brothers: We have a little sister, and as yet she has no breasts. What shall we do for our sister on the day when she is spoken for?
DARBY Translation: We have a little sister, And she hath no breasts: What shall we do for our sister In the day when she shall be spoken for?
KJV Translation: We have a little sister, and she hath no breasts: what shall we do for our sister in the day when she shall be spoken for?
Verse Intro: Beloved's Brothers Seek to Help but She Matures and is Loved
Keywords: SILVER
Description: Song of SOLOMON 8:9
NET Translation: If she is a wall, we will build on her a battlement of silver; but if she is a door, we will barricade her with boards of cedar.
DARBY Translation: If she be a wall, We will build upon her a turret of silver; And if she be a door, We will enclose her with boards of cedar.
KJV Translation: If she [be] a wall, we will build upon her a palace of silver: and if she [be] a door, we will inclose her with boards of cedar.
Description: Song of SOLOMON 8:10
NET Translation: The Beloved: I was a wall, and my breasts were like fortress towers. Then I found favor in his eyes.
DARBY Translation: I am a wall, and my breasts like towers; Then was I in his eyes as one that findeth peace.
KJV Translation: I [am] a wall, and my breasts like towers: then was I in his eyes as one that found favourK4502.
Keywords: BAAL-HAMON,GRAPE,VINEYARD
Description: Song of SOLOMON 8:11
NET Translation: The Beloved to Her Lover: SOLOMON had a vineyard at Baal Hamon; he leased out the vineyard to those who maintained it. Each was to bring 1,000 shekels of silver for its fruit.
DARBY Translation: SOLOMON had a vineyard at Baal-hamonD4586: He let out the vineyard unto keepers; Every one for the fruit thereof was to bring a thousand silver-pieces.
KJV Translation: SOLOMON had a vineyard at Baalhamon; he let out the vineyard unto keepers; every one for the fruit thereof was to bring a thousand [pieces] of silver.
Verse Intro: SOLOMON's and the Beloved's Vinyeards Contrasted
Keywords: VINEYARD
Description: Song of SOLOMON 8:12
NET Translation: My vineyard, which belongs to me, is at my disposal alone. The thousand shekels belong to you, O SOLOMON, and 200 shekels belong to those who maintain it for its fruit.
DARBY Translation: My vineyard, which is mine, is before me: The thousand [silver-pieces] be to thee, SOLOMON; And to the keepers of its fruit, two hundred.
KJV Translation: My vineyard, which [is] mine, [is] before me: thou, O SOLOMON, [must have] a thousand, and those that keep the fruit thereof two hundred.
Description: Song of SOLOMON 8:13
NET Translation: The Lover to His Beloved: O you who stay in the gardens, my companions are listening attentively for your voice; let me be the one to hear it!
DARBY Translation: Thou that dwellest in the gardens, The companions hearken to thy voice: Let me hear [it].
KJV Translation: Thou that dwellest in the gardens, the companions hearken to thy voice: cause me to hear [it].
Verse Intro: The Lover's Desire and the Beloved's Invitation
Keywords: DEER
Description: Song of SOLOMON 8:14
NET Translation: The Beloved to Her Lover: Make haste, my beloved! Be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of spices.
DARBY Translation: HasteD4587, my beloved, And be thou like a gazelle or a young hart Upon the mountains of spices.
KJV Translation: Make haste, my beloved, and be thou like to a roe or to a young hart upon the mountains of spices.
Keywords: BULLOCK,LAVER,PILLAR,SOLOMON
Description: Jeremiah 52:20
NET Translation: The bronze of the items that King SOLOMON made for the Lord’s temple (including the two pillars, the large bronze basin called “The Sea,” the twelve bronze bulls under “The Sea,” and the movable stands) was too heavy to be weighed.
DARBY Translation: The two pillars, the one sea, and the twelve brazen oxen that formed the basesD5519, which king SOLOMON had made for the house of Jehovah: for the brass of all these vessels there was no weight.
KJV Translation: The two pillars, one sea, and twelve brasen bulls that [were] under the bases, which king SOLOMON had made in the house of the LORD: the brassK5410of all these vessels was without weight.
Keywords: JESSE,SOLOMON,URIAH
Description: Matthew 1:6
NET Translation: and Jesse the father of David the king. David was the father of SOLOMON (by the wife of Uriah),
DARBY Translation: and Jesse begat David the king. And David begat SOLOMON, of her [that had been the wife] of Urias;
KJV Translation: And Jesse begat David the king; and David the king begat SOLOMON of her [that had been the wife] of Urias;
Keywords: ASA,REHOBOAM
Description: Matthew 1:7
NET Translation: SOLOMON the father of Rehoboam, Rehoboam the father of Abijah, Abijah the father of Asa,
DARBY Translation: and SOLOMON begat Roboam, and Roboam begat Abia, and Abia begat Asa,
KJV Translation: And SOLOMON begat Roboam; and Roboam begat Abia; and Abia begat Asa;
Keywords: BOTANY,SOLOMON
Description: Matthew 6:29
NET Translation: Yet I tell you that not even SOLOMON in all his glory was clothed like one of these!
DARBY Translation: but I say unto you, that not even SOLOMON in all his glory was clothed as one of these.
KJV Translation: “And yet I say unto you, That even SOLOMON in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.”
Keywords: IMPENITENCE,JESUS THE CHRIST,JUDGMENT,RESPONSIBILITY,SOLOMON
Description: Matthew 12:42
NET Translation: The queen of the South will rise up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of SOLOMON—and now, something greater than SOLOMON is here!
DARBY Translation: A queen of [the] south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it; for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of SOLOMON; and behold, more than SOLOMON [is] here.
KJV Translation: “The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for she came from the uttermost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of SOLOMON; and, behold, a greater than SOLOMON” [is] “here.”
Keywords: JUDGMENT,RESPONSIBILITY
Description: Luke 11:31
NET Translation: The queen of the South will rise up at the judgment with the people of this generation and condemn them, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of SOLOMON—and now, something greater than SOLOMON is here!
DARBY Translation: A queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with the men of this generation, and shall condemn them: for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of SOLOMON; and behold, more than SOLOMON is here.
KJV Translation: “The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with the men of this generation, and condemn them: for she came from the utmost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of SOLOMON; and, behold, a greater than SOLOMON” [is] “here.”
Keywords: CARE,LILY,SOLOMON
Description: Luke 12:27
NET Translation: Consider how the flowers grow; they do not work or spin. Yet I tell you, not even SOLOMON in all his glory was clothed like one of these!
DARBY Translation: Consider the lilies how they grow: they neither toil nor spin; but I say unto you, Not even SOLOMON in all his glory was clothed as one of these.
KJV Translation: “Consider the lilies how they grow: they toil not, they spin not; and yet I say unto you, that SOLOMON in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.”
Keywords: SOLOMON’S PORCH,TEMPLE
Description: John 10:23
NET Translation: It was winter, and Jesus was walking in the temple area in SOLOMON’s Portico.
DARBY Translation: And Jesus walked in the temple in the porch of SOLOMON.
KJV Translation: And Jesus walked in the temple in SOLOMON's porch.
Keywords: SOLOMON’S PORCH,TEMPLE
Description: Acts 3:11
NET Translation: While the man was hanging on to Peter and John, all the people, completely astounded, ran together to them in the covered walkway called SOLOMON’s Portico.
DARBY Translation: And as he held Peter and John, all the people ran together to them in the portico which is called SOLOMON's, greatly wondering.
KJV Translation: And as the lame man which was healed held Peter and John, all the people ran together unto them in the porch that is called SOLOMON's, greatly wondering.
Verse Intro: Peter's Address to the Crownd in SOLOMON's Portico
Keywords: APOSTLES,SOLOMON’S PORCH,TEMPLE
Description: Acts 5:12
NET Translation: Now many miraculous signs and wonders came about among the people through the hands of the apostles. By common consent they were all meeting together in SOLOMON’s Portico.
DARBY Translation: And by the hands of the apostles were many signs and wonders done among the people; (and they were all with one accord in SOLOMON's porch,
KJV Translation: And by the hands of the apostles were many signs and wonders wrought among the people; (and they were all with one accord in SOLOMON's porch.
Verse Intro: Miraculous Signs and Miracles Performed by the Apostles
Keywords: DEFENSE,JERUSALEM,PERSECUTION,PRIEST,SOLOMON,STEPHEN,COURT,GOVERNMENT,PLEADING
Description: Acts 7:1
NET Translation: Then the high priest said, “Are these things true?”
DARBY Translation: And the high priest said, Are these things then so?
KJV Translation: Then said the high priest, Are these things so?
Verse Intro: Stephen's Defence Before the Sanhedrin
Keywords: TEMPLE
Description: Acts 7:47
NET Translation: But SOLOMON built a house for him.
DARBY Translation: but SOLOMON built him a house.
KJV Translation: But SOLOMON built him an house.