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1 Kings 6

1 Kings 6 ( 1 Kings • Chapter 6 (38 verses)): 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. And the house ... Mentions: Jacob/Israel, Solomon , David , Egypt , Solomon's . Within the broader Biblical Knowledge Graph, this connects directly to Divided Kingdom of Israel and Judah —After the death of Solomon , the monarchy split under Rehoboam and Jeroboam ( 1 Kings 12 ) into the northern Kingdom of Israel (centered at Samaria ) and the southern Kingdom of Judah (ruled by the Davidic line in Jerusalem ).

Biblical Geography & Sacred Architecture

Key geographical locations connected to this topic include Gilgal 1 (Ancient biblical location referenced in Deut 11:30 , Josh 4:19 , Josh 4:20 , Josh 5:9 , Josh 5:10 , Josh 9:6 .) Beth-shemesh 1 (Ancient biblical location referenced in Josh 15:10 , Josh 21:16 , 1 Sam 6:9 , 1 Sam 6:12 , 1 Sam 6:13 , 1 Sam 6:14 .)

Scripture Witness (KJV) & Canonical Context

Primary KJV scripture witnesses include 1 Kings 4:1 : "So king Solomon was king over all Israel ."; 1 Kings 22:47 : "There was then no king in Edom : a deputy was king."; 1 Kings 22:44 : "And Jehoshaphat made peace with the king of Israel .". Related canonical books and chapters: 1 Kings 6 ( 1 Kings • Chapter 6 (38 verses)), 1 Kings (Old Testament • 22 Chapters), 1 Corinthians 6 ( 1 Corinthians • Chapter 6 (20 verses)).

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Topics, People & Places (36)

1 Kings 6
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1 Kings • Chapter 6 (38 verses)

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. And the house ... Mentions: Jacob/Israel, Solomon , David , Egypt , Solomon's .

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PDF • charts

Measured reconstruction of the First Temple according to 1 Kings 6 , 2 Chronicles 3 , and archaeological Iron Age parallels.

The Biblical World Editorial Board (1911) • University of Chicago Press / Internet Archive Public Domain Mark 1.0
1 Kings
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Old Testament • 22 Chapters

1 Kings (Old Testament, 22 chapters). Key figures: David , Jacob/Israel , Zeruiah , Zadok , Nathan , Shimei . Key places: Gihon 2 , Bahurim , Mahanaim , Jordan , Hebron , Jerusalem . Opens with: "Now king David was old and stricken in years; and they covered him with clothes, but he gat no heat...."

1 Kings 6:1
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1 Kings Chapter 6, Verse 1

Scripture passage in 1 Kings 6:1

כִּסֵּא
kisse (kissēʾ) [kis-SAY]
H3678 Hebrew noun masculine 136x
throne, seat of honor and majesty

Throne, royal chair of state; symbol of supreme sovereignty, cosmic rule ('The LORD has established His throne in the heavens', Psalm 103:19; Isaiah 6:1).

Derivation: From כָּסָה (H3680) to cover, canopy.
Wiki Article • History & Monarchy

After the death of Solomon , the monarchy split under Rehoboam and Jeroboam ( 1 Kings 12 ) into the northern Kingdom of Israel (centered at Samaria ) and the southern Kingdom of Judah (ruled by the Davidic line in Jerusalem ).

Gilgal 1
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Biblical Place • 31.864°N, 35.519°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Deut 11:30 , Josh 4:19 , Josh 4:20 , Josh 5:9 , Josh 5:10 , Josh 9:6 .

נֵזֶר
nezer (nēzer) [NAY-zer]
H5145 Hebrew noun masculine 25x
crown, consecration, diadem

Diadem, royal crown, holy crown of high priest (Exodus 29:6), and hair of Nazirite set apart in consecrated devotion to God.

Derivation: From נָזַר (H5144) to separate, dedicate.
1 Corinthians 6
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1 Corinthians • Chapter 6 (20 verses)

Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to law before the unjust, and not before the saints? Do ye not know that the saints shall judge the world? and if the world shall be judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters? Know ye not that we shall judge ... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah .

1 Timothy 6
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1 Timothy • Chapter 6 (21 verses)

Let as many servants as are under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honour, that the name of God and his doctrine be not blasphemed. And they that have believing masters, let them not despise them, because they are brethren; but rather do them service, because they a... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah .

1 Chronicles 6
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1 Chronicles • Chapter 6 (81 verses)

The sons of Levi ; Gershon , Kohath , and Merari . And the sons of Kohath ; Amram , Izhar , and Hebron , and Uzziel . And the children of Amram ; Aaron , and Moses , and Miriam . The sons also of Aaron ; Nadab , and Abihu , Eleazar , and Ithamar . Mentions: Levi , Gershon (Gershom), Kohath, Merari , Amram, Hebron , Jerusalem , Tahath , Uzza , Libnah 1 .

1 Kings 1
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1 Kings • Chapter 1 (53 verses)

Now king David was old and stricken in years; and they covered him with clothes, but he gat no heat. Wherefore his servants said unto him, Let there be sought for my lord the king a young virgin: and let her stand before the king, and let her cherish him, and let her lie in thy b... Mentions: David , Jacob/Israel , Zeruiah , Zadok , Nathan , Gihon 2 .

1 Kings 2
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1 Kings • Chapter 2 (46 verses)

Now the days of David drew nigh that he should die; and he charged Solomon his son, saying, I go the way of all the earth: be thou strong therefore, and shew thyself a man; And keep the charge of the Lord thy God, to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, and his commandments, a... Mentions: David , Solomon , Moses , Jacob/Israel , Zeruiah , Bahurim , Mahanaim , Jordan , Hebron , Jerusalem .

1 Kings 3
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1 Kings • Chapter 3 (28 verses)

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. Only the people sacrificed in high plac... Mentions: Solomon , David , Jacob/Israel , Egypt , Jerusalem , Gibeon .

1 Kings 4
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1 Kings • Chapter 4 (34 verses)

So king Solomon was king over all Israel . And these were the princes which he had; Azariah the son of Zadok the priest, Elihoreph and Ahiah , the sons of Shisha, scribes; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, the recorder. Mentions: Solomon , Jacob/Israel , Azariah (or Uzziah), Zadok , Ahoah (or Ahiah), Ephraim , Makaz , Shaalbim , Elon , Soco .

Tel Dan Stele — 'House of David' (Bytdwd) Inscription
IMAGE • archaeology

Ninth-century BCE basalt stele fragment discovered in northern Israel preserving the earliest extra-biblical reference to King David 's dynasty (' House of David ').

Aram-Damascus Stonecutters • Israel Museum, Jerusalem / Wikimedia Commons CC-BY-SA 4.0
Kurkh Monoliths — Shalmaneser III Inscription Mentions Ahab
IMAGE • archaeology

Assyrian stele documenting the Battle of Qarqar (853 BCE), listing 'Ahab the Israelite' contributing 2,000 chariots and 10,000 troops.

Neo-Assyrian Scribes of Shalmaneser III • The British Museum, London CC-BY-SA 4.0
Megiddo Solomonic City Gate — Six-Chambered Iron Age Gateway
IMAGE • archaeology

Monumental six-chambered ashlar gate matching royal engineering at Hazor and Gezer ( 1 Kings 9:15 ).

Ancient Near Eastern Scribes and Stonemasons • The British Museum / Israel Antiquities Authority CC-BY-SA 4.0
1 Kings 5
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1 Kings • Chapter 5 (18 verses)

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 . And Solomon sent to Hiram, saying, Thou knowest how that David my father could not build an house unto the name ... Mentions: Solomon, David, Jacob/Israel , Tyre , Lebanon , Solomon's .

Tel Dan High Place — Sacred Precinct of Jeroboam's Golden Calf
IMAGE • archaeology

Monumental stone podium and horned altar enclosure established by Jeroboam I at Dan to rival Jerusalem .

Northern Kingdom of Israel Stone Builders • Israel Antiquities Authority CC-BY-SA 4.0
Samaria Ivories — Phoenician Carvings from Ahab's Ivory Palace
IMAGE • archaeology

Intricate openwork ivory plaques with Egyptianizing motifs from the royal palace at Samaria ( 1 Kings 22:39 ).

Ancient Near Eastern Scribes and Stonemasons • The British Museum / Israel Antiquities Authority CC-BY-SA 4.0
Beth-shemesh 1
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Biblical Place • 31.753°N, 34.977°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Josh 15:10 , Josh 21:16 , 1 Sam 6:9 , 1 Sam 6:12 , 1 Sam 6:13 , 1 Sam 6:14 .

Map of the United Monarchy (David & Solomon)
IMAGE • maps

The maximum territorial extent of the Kingdom of Israel from the Euphrates River to the Brook of Egypt (c. 1000–930 BCE).

George Adam Smith (1915) • Atlas of the Historical Geography of the Holy Land / Wikimedia Commons Public Domain Mark 1.0
Map of the Divided Kingdom: Israel & Judah (930 BCE)
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Borders between the Northern Kingdom of Israel (capital Samaria ) and the Southern Kingdom of Judah (capital Jerusalem ).

Historical Biblical Cartographers • Geographicus / Wikimedia Commons Public Domain Mark 1.0
1 Kings 7
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1 Kings • Chapter 7 (51 verses)

But Solomon was building his own house thirteen years, and he finished all his house. 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 pi... Mentions: Solomon , Naphtali , Boaz , David , Lebanon , Tyre , Jordan , Succoth 1 , Zarethan .

Map of Elijah and Elisha Ministry Locations
IMAGE • maps

Sites across Israel and Phoenicia : Mount Carmel , Brook Cherith , Zarephath , Shunem , and Dothan .

Historical Biblical Cartographers • Geographicus / Wikimedia Commons Public Domain Mark 1.0
Map of Solomon's Maritime Trade Routes & Ophir
IMAGE • maps

Port of Ezion-Geber on the Red Sea and Phoenician seafaring ventures with King Hiram of Tyre .

Historical Near Eastern Cartography Project • Wikimedia Commons Cartography Public Domain Mark 1.0
Gustave Doré — Solomon Dedicating the Temple in Jerusalem (1866)
IMAGE • artwork

King Solomon spreading his hands toward heaven as the Shekinah cloud of God's glory fills the sanctuary.

Gustave Doré / La Grande Bible de Tours • La Grande Bible de Tours (1866) Public Domain Mark 1.0
1 Kings 8
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1 Kings • Chapter 8 (66 verses)

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 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 . And all the men ... Mentions: Solomon, Jacob/Israel, David , Moses , Jerusalem , Zion , Horeb , Egypt , Hamath .

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Comprehensive comparative timeline synchronizing the divided monarchy rulers, regnal synchronisms, and active prophets.

The Biblical World Editorial Board (1909) • University of Chicago Press / Internet Archive Public Domain Mark 1.0
Mount Carmel Ridge and Jezreel Valley Overlook
IMAGE • geography

Coastal mountain range in northern Israel , site of Elijah's confrontation with the prophets of Baal .

Israel PikiWiki project • Israel PikiWiki CC-BY 2.5
Temple Theme Video 5:26
VIDEO • theme

Trace the place where heaven and earth overlap—from Eden , the Tabernacle , and Solomon's Temple to Jesus as the true Temple and the church indwelt by the Spirit.

BibleProject • BibleProject CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 / Standard YouTube License
Exile Theme Video 5:48
VIDEO • theme

Explore the universal biblical story of humanity in exile—banished from Eden and Babylon 's captivity—and how Jesus leads humanity back home to God's presence.

BibleProject • BibleProject CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 / Standard YouTube License
1 Kings 9
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1 Kings • Chapter 9 (28 verses)

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, That the Lord appeared to Solomon the second time, as he had appeared unto him at Gibeon . And the Lord said unto him, I... Mentions: Solomon, David , Jacob/Israel , Tamar , Esau ( Edom ), Solomon's , Gibeon , Egypt , Tyre , Galilee .

Scripture Passages (24)

So king Solomon was king over all Israel .

There was then no king in Edom : a deputy was king.

And Jehoshaphat made peace with the king of Israel .

So the servants of king Hezekiah came to Isaiah .

So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth for riches and for wisdom.

1 Kings 6:28 (KJV)
1 Kings 6 KJV

And he overlaid the cherubims with gold.

And also Solomon sitteth on the throne of the kingdom.

And king Solomon sent and fetched Hiram out of Tyre .

And Hiram sent to the king sixscore talents of gold.

And Jonathan answered and said to Adonijah, Verily our lord king David hath made Solomon king.

And the king said, Bring me a sword. And they brought a sword before the king.

So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went up to Ramoth –gilead.

So the king died, and was brought to Samaria ; and they buried the king in Samaria .

And Bath–sheba bowed, and did obeisance unto the king. And the king said, What wouldest thou?

Then king David answered and said, Call me Bath–sheba. And she came into the king's presence, and stood before the king.

And when the king was come from Damascus , the king saw the altar: and the king approached to the altar, and offered thereon.

Where is the king of Hamath , and the king of Arpad , and the king of the city of Sepharvaim , of Hena , and Ivah?

1 Kings 6:14 (KJV)
1 Kings 6 KJV

So Solomon built the house, and finished it.

But Hazael king of Syria oppressed Israel all the days of Jehoahaz .

Thus did Uriah the priest, according to all that king Ahaz commanded.

And the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king Zedekiah .

And Solomon sent to Hiram, saying,

And Bath–sheba went in unto the king into the chamber: and the king was very old; and Abishag the Shunammite ministered unto the king.

And Bath–sheba said, Well; I will speak for thee unto the king.

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