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1 Kings 9 4
“ As for you, if you will follow me with integrity and godliness, as David your father did, obeying all my commands, decrees, and regulations,
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1 Kings 8 61
And may you be completely faithful to the Lord our God. May you always obey his decrees and commands, just as you are doing today.”
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1 Kings 11 6
In this way, Solomon did what was evil in the Lord’s sight; he refused to follow the Lord completely, as his father, David, had done.
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Nehemiah 13:26-27
“ Wasn’t this exactly what led King Solomon of Israel into sin?” I demanded.“ There was no king from any nation who could compare to him, and God loved him and made him king over all Israel. But even he was led into sin by his foreign wives.How could you even think of committing this sinful deed and acting unfaithfully toward God by marrying foreign women?”
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1 Kings 9 10
It took Solomon twenty years to build the Lord’s Temple and his own royal palace. At the end of that time,
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1 Chronicles 28 9
“ And Solomon, my son, learn to know the God of your ancestors intimately. Worship and serve him with your whole heart and a willing mind. For the Lord sees every heart and knows every plan and thought. If you seek him, you will find him. But if you forsake him, he will reject you forever.
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2 Chronicles 17 3
The Lord was with Jehoshaphat because he followed the example of his father’s early years and did not worship the images of Baal.
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1 Kings 15 14
Although the pagan shrines were not removed, Asa’s heart remained completely faithful to the Lord throughout his life.
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2 Chronicles 25 2
Amaziah did what was pleasing in the Lord’s sight, but not wholeheartedly.
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Deuteronomy 7:4
for they will lead your children away from me to worship other gods. Then the anger of the Lord will burn against you, and he will quickly destroy you.
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2 Chronicles 34 2
He did what was pleasing in the Lord’s sight and followed the example of his ancestor David. He did not turn away from doing what was right.
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1 Kings 15 3
He committed the same sins as his father before him, and he was not faithful to the Lord his God, as his ancestor David had been.
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1 Chronicles 29 19
Give my son Solomon the wholehearted desire to obey all your commands, laws, and decrees, and to do everything necessary to build this Temple, for which I have made these preparations.”
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1 Kings 11 38
If you listen to what I tell you and follow my ways and do whatever I consider to be right, and if you obey my decrees and commands, as my servant David did, then I will always be with you. I will establish an enduring dynasty for you as I did for David, and I will give Israel to you.
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2 Kings 20 3
“ Remember, O Lord, how I have always been faithful to you and have served you single mindedly, always doing what pleases you.” Then he broke down and wept bitterly.
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1 Kings 14 21
Meanwhile, Rehoboam son of Solomon was king in Judah. He was forty one years old when he became king, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city the Lord had chosen from among all the tribes of Israel as the place to honor his name. Rehoboam’s mother was Naamah, an Ammonite woman.
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1 Kings 6 1
It was in midspring, in the month of Ziv, during the fourth year of Solomon’s reign, that he began to construct the Temple of the Lord. This was 480 years after the people of Israel were rescued from their slavery in the land of Egypt.
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Deuteronomy 17:17
The king must not take many wives for himself, because they will turn his heart away from the Lord. And he must not accumulate large amounts of wealth in silver and gold for himself.
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1 Kings 6 12-1 Kings 6 13
“ Concerning this Temple you are building, if you keep all my decrees and regulations and obey all my commands, I will fulfill through you the promise I made to your father, David.I will live among the Israelites and will never abandon my people Israel.”
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2 Chronicles 31 20-2 Chronicles 31 21
In this way, King Hezekiah handled the distribution throughout all Judah, doing what was pleasing and good in the sight of the Lord his God.In all that he did in the service of the Temple of God and in his efforts to follow God’s laws and commands, Hezekiah sought his God wholeheartedly. As a result, he was very successful.
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1 Kings 11 42
Solomon ruled in Jerusalem over all Israel for forty years.
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1 Kings 11 2
The Lord had clearly instructed the people of Israel,“ You must not marry them, because they will turn your hearts to their gods.” Yet Solomon insisted on loving them anyway.