The Covenant Rendering
1 Kings
מְלָכִים א — Melakhim Alef · "Kings"
King David was old, advanced in years. They would cover him with garments, but he could no…
When the time of David's death drew near, he charged his son Solomon, saying:…
Solomon entered into a marriage alliance with Pharaoh king of Egypt. He took Pharaoh's dau…
King Solomon reigned over all Israel.…
Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants to Solomon, because he had heard that Solomon had bee…
In the four hundred and eightieth year after the Israelites came out of Egypt, in the four…
Solomon built his own palace over thirteen years, and he completed the entire complex.…
Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel — all the heads of the tribes, the ancestral c…
When Solomon had finished building the house of the LORD, and the royal palace, and everyt…
The queen of Sheba heard the report about Solomon — his fame connected to the name of the …
King Solomon loved many foreign women — besides Pharaoh's daughter — Moabite, Ammonite, Ed…
Rehoboam went to Shechem, because all Israel had come to Shechem to make him king.…
A man of God came from Judah to Bethel by the word of the LORD, while Jeroboam was standin…
At that time Abijah son of Jeroboam fell ill.…
In the eighteenth year of King Jeroboam son of Nebat, Abijam became king over Judah.…
The word of the LORD came to Jehu son of Hanani against Baasha:…
Elijah the Tishbite, from the settlers of Gilead, said to Ahab, "As the LORD, the God of I…
After many days, the word of the LORD came to Elijah in the third year: "Go, present yours…
Ahab told Jezebel everything Elijah had done — and how he had killed all the prophets with…
Ben-hadad king of Aram gathered his entire army — thirty-two kings were with him, along wi…
After these events, Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard in Jezreel, next to the palace of…
For three years there was no war between Aram and Israel.…