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When does it all start to go wrong for Solomon?
1 Kings Chapter 10 broadly seems to detail the fulfillment of God's promise to Solomon from Chapter 3:
13I give you also what you have not asked, both riches and honor, so that no other king shall ...
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When the Kingdom of Israel split, what happened to Benjamin?
All my life I've been told that the tribe of Benjamin remained with the faithful tribe of Judah. And I've read the passage in 1 Kings 11:29-35 where the kingdom is split in two many times before, but ...
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How would Elisha plowing with 12 oxen have been understood at the time of writing?
In 1 Kings 19 we see Elijah finds Elisha plowing with 12 yoke of oxen. What would this have said about Elisha to the people of the time?
Note: I'm not looking for an allegorical answer about the ...
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Is Elijah fed by ravens or Arabians?
A couple of commentaries mention that scholars dispute that Elijah was fed by ravens and instead think the word in 1 Kings 17:4-6 ought to be translated black arabs or perhaps "Orbites, i.e., ...
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Pi in the Bible [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Does 1st Kings say that pi = 3?
This is a standard question often asked about the accuracy of the Bible.
And he [Hiram] made a molten sea, ten cubits from the one ...
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What do the days of Obadyahu's youth concern us?
I Kings 18 contains an extended dialogue between Obadyahu (Obadyah in the translations) and Elijah. Verse 12, (NIV) states:
I don’t know where the Spirit of the Lord may carry you when I leave ...
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What and where is the Kerith ravine?
I Kings 17:2-4 (NIV) Reads:
Then the word of the Lord came to Elijah: “Leave here, turn eastward and hide in the Kerith Ravine, east of the Jordan. You will drink from the brook, and I have ...
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Why was Elijah so afraid of Jezebel that he fled immediately after performing a great miracle?
In 1 Kings 18, verse 16 onwards we read that Elijah performed a miracle.
He prays to God and brings fire down from heaven to consume the sacrifice.
He is shown as a courageous prophet who is not ...
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How many wives does Deuteronomy allow a king to have?
According to Deuteronomy 17:14-17, there are limits to a king's possessions:
When you have come into the land that the Lord your God is giving you, and have taken possession of it and settled in ...
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Is David the Godfather?
As David neared the end of his life, he calls Solomon to himself and gives him some final instructions recorded in 1 Kings 2:1-10. It starts out how you'd maybe expect, with David admonishing Solomon ...
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Why was Abishag the Shunammite important?
When we shift from Samuel to Kings, we start with this fairly benign story:
King David was now old, advanced in years; and though they covered him with bedclothes, he never felt warm. His ...
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What did Jesus mean by “the queen of the South”?
Answering a different question, I noticed this passage:
Then some of the scribes and Pharisees answered him, saying, “Teacher, we wish to see a sign from you.” But he answered them, “An evil and ...
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Does 1st Kings say that pi = 3?
The construction of Solomon's temple includes a piece of furnishing described in 1 Kings 7:23 (ESV):
Then he made the sea of cast metal. It was round, ten cubits from brim to brim, and five cubits ...
