The Covenant Rendering

1 Kings

מְלָכִים א — Melakhim Alef · "Kings"

22 chapters 831 verses Translated from the Westminster Leningrad Codex
Chapter 1 53 verses

King David was old, advanced in years. They would cover him with garments, but he could no…

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Chapter 2 46 verses

When the time of David's death drew near, he charged his son Solomon, saying:…

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Chapter 3 28 verses

Solomon entered into a marriage alliance with Pharaoh king of Egypt. He took Pharaoh's dau…

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Chapter 4 34 verses

King Solomon reigned over all Israel.…

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Chapter 5 32 verses

Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants to Solomon, because he had heard that Solomon had bee…

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Chapter 6 38 verses

In the four hundred and eightieth year after the Israelites came out of Egypt, in the four…

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Chapter 7 51 verses

Solomon built his own palace over thirteen years, and he completed the entire complex.…

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Chapter 8 66 verses

Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel — all the heads of the tribes, the ancestral c…

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Chapter 9 28 verses

When Solomon had finished building the house of the LORD, and the royal palace, and everyt…

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Chapter 10 29 verses

The queen of Sheba heard the report about Solomon — his fame connected to the name of the …

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Chapter 11 43 verses

King Solomon loved many foreign women — besides Pharaoh's daughter — Moabite, Ammonite, Ed…

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Chapter 12 33 verses

Rehoboam went to Shechem, because all Israel had come to Shechem to make him king.…

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Chapter 13 34 verses

A man of God came from Judah to Bethel by the word of the LORD, while Jeroboam was standin…

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Chapter 14 31 verses

At that time Abijah son of Jeroboam fell ill.…

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Chapter 15 34 verses

In the eighteenth year of King Jeroboam son of Nebat, Abijam became king over Judah.…

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Chapter 16 34 verses

The word of the LORD came to Jehu son of Hanani against Baasha:…

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Chapter 17 24 verses

Elijah the Tishbite, from the settlers of Gilead, said to Ahab, "As the LORD, the God of I…

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Chapter 18 46 verses

After many days, the word of the LORD came to Elijah in the third year: "Go, present yours…

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Chapter 19 21 verses

Ahab told Jezebel everything Elijah had done — and how he had killed all the prophets with…

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Chapter 20 43 verses

Ben-hadad king of Aram gathered his entire army — thirty-two kings were with him, along wi…

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Chapter 21 29 verses

After these events, Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard in Jezreel, next to the palace of…

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Chapter 22 54 verses

For three years there was no war between Aram and Israel.…

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