1 Kings 4:1

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Now Solomon was king over all Israel.

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Referenced Verses

  • 2 Sam 5:5 : 5 Ruling over Judah in Hebron for seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem, over all Israel and Judah, for thirty-three years.
  • 1 Kgs 11:13 : 13 Still I will not take all the kingdom from him; but I will give one tribe to your son, because of my servant David, and because of Jerusalem, the town of my selection.
  • 1 Kgs 11:35-36 : 35 But I will take the kingdom from his son, and give it to you. 36 And one tribe I will give to his son, so that David my servant may have a light for ever burning before me in Jerusalem, the town which I have made mine to put my name there.
  • 1 Kgs 12:19-20 : 19 So Israel was turned away from the family of David to this day. 20 Now when all Israel had news that Jeroboam had come back, they sent for him to come before the meeting of the people, and made him king over Israel: not one of them was joined to the family of David but only the tribe of Judah.
  • 1 Chr 12:38 : 38 All these men of war, expert in ordering the fight, came to Hebron with the full purpose of making David king over all Israel; and all the rest of Israel were united in their desire to make David king.
  • 2 Chr 9:30 : 30 Solomon was king over Israel in Jerusalem for forty years.
  • Eccl 1:12 : 12 I, the Preacher, was king over Israel in Jerusalem.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 2 Chr 9:30-31
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    79%

    30Solomon was king over Israel in Jerusalem for forty years.

    31And Solomon went to rest with his fathers, and was put into the earth in the town of David his father; and Rehoboam his son became king in his place.

  • 2 Chr 1:13
    78%

    13So Solomon went back from the high place at Gibeon, from before the Tent of meeting, to Jerusalem; and he was king over Israel.

  • 2 Chr 1:1-2
    2 verses
    78%

    1And Solomon, the son of David, made himself strong in his kingdom, and the Lord his God was with him, and made him very great.

    2And Solomon sent word to all Israel, to the captains of thousands and of hundreds and to the judges and to every chief in all Israel, heads of their families.

  • 1 Chr 29:23-26
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    77%

    23So Solomon was put on the seat of the Lord as king in place of his father David, and everything went well for him; and all Israel was under his authority.

    24And all the chiefs and the men of war and all the sons of King David put themselves under the authority of Solomon the king.

    25And the Lord made Solomon great in the eyes of all Israel, clothing him with glory and honour such as no other king in Israel had had before him.

    26Now David, the son of Jesse, was king over all Israel.

  • 1 Kgs 4:21
    77%

    21And Solomon was ruler over all the kingdoms from the River to the land of the Philistines, and as far as the edge of Egypt; men gave him offerings and were his servants all the days of his life.

  • 1 Kgs 11:41-43
    3 verses
    76%

    41Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, and all he did, and his wisdom, are they not recorded in the book of the acts of Solomon?

    42And the time Solomon was king in Jerusalem over all Israel was forty years.

    43And Solomon went to rest with his fathers, and was put into the earth in the town of David his father: and Solomon went to rest with his fathers and Rehoboam his son became king in his place.

  • 1 Kgs 1:46
    76%

    46And now Solomon is seated on the seat of the kingdom.

  • 1 Chr 23:1
    76%

    1Now David was old and full of days; and he made his son Solomon king over Israel.

  • 2 Chr 9:22-23
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    74%

    22And King Solomon was greater than all the kings of the earth in wealth and in wisdom.

    23And all the kings of the earth came to see Solomon and to give ear to his wisdom, which God had put into his heart.

  • Prov 1:1
    74%

    1The wise sayings of Solomon, the son of David, king of Israel.

  • 1 Kgs 4:34
    74%

    34People came from every nation to give ear to the wisdom of Solomon, from all the kings of the earth who had word of his wisdom.

  • 1 Kgs 10:23-24
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    74%

    23And King Solomon was greater than all the kings of the earth in wealth and in wisdom.

    24And from all over the earth they came to see Solomon and to give ear to his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.

  • 2 Chr 1:8-9
    2 verses
    73%

    8And Solomon said to God, Great was your mercy to David my father, and you have made me king in his place.

    9Now, O Lord God, let your word to David my father come true; for you have made me king over a people like the dust of the earth in number.

  • Eccl 1:12
    73%

    12I, the Preacher, was king over Israel in Jerusalem.

  • 1 Kgs 10:4
    72%

    4And when the queen of Sheba had seen all the wisdom of Solomon, and the house which he had made,

  • 1 Kgs 1:34-35
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    72%

    34And there let Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet put the holy oil on him to make him king over Israel; and sounding the horn say, Long life to King Solomon!

    35Then come up after him and he will come in and take his place on the seat of my kingdom; for he is to be king in my place, and I have given orders that he is to be ruler over Israel and over Judah.

  • Song 1:1
    72%

    1The song of Songs, which is Solomon's.

  • 1 Kgs 4:2
    72%

    2And these were his chief men: Azariah, the son of Zadok, was the priest;

  • 2 Chr 9:26
    72%

    26And he was ruler over all the kings from the River to the land of the Philistines, as far as the limit of Egypt.

  • 1 Chr 28:5
    71%

    5And of all my sons (for the Lord has given me a great number of sons) he has made selection of Solomon to take his place on the seat of the kingdom of the Lord over Israel.

  • 2 Chr 7:4
    71%

    4Then the king and all the people made offerings before the Lord.

  • 1 Kgs 4:24
    71%

    24For he had authority over all the country on this side of the River, from Tiphsah to Gaza, over all the kings on this side of the River; and he had peace round him on every side.

  • 1 Kgs 1:20
    71%

    20And now, my lord the king, the eyes of all Israel are on you, waiting for you to say who is to take the place of my lord the king after him.

  • 1 Kgs 2:12
    71%

    12And Solomon took his place on the seat of David his father, and his kingdom was made safe and strong.

  • 1 Kgs 8:62
    70%

    62Now the king, and all Israel with him, were making offerings before the Lord.

  • 1 Kgs 1:39
    70%

    39And Zadok the priest took the vessel of oil out of the Tent, and put the holy oil on Solomon. And when the horn was sounded, all the people said, Long life to King Solomon!

  • 1 Kgs 10:9
    70%

    9May the Lord your God be praised, whose pleasure it was to put you on the seat of the kingdom of Israel; because the Lord's love for Israel is eternal, he has made you king, to be their judge in righteousness.

  • 1 Kgs 4:30-31
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    70%

    30And Solomon's wisdom was greater than the wisdom of all the people of the East and all the wisdom of Egypt.

    31For he was wiser than all men, even than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman and Calcol and Darda, the sons of Mahol; and he had a great name among all the nations round about.

  • 1 Kgs 5:13
    70%

    13Then King Solomon got together men for the forced work through all Israel, thirty thousand men in number;

  • 1 Kgs 12:1
    69%

    1And Rehoboam went to Shechem, where all Israel had come together to make him king,

  • 1 Kgs 9:1
    69%

    1Now when Solomon came to the end of building the house of the Lord and the king's house, and all Solomon's desires, which he had in mind were effected;

  • 1 Kgs 6:11
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    11(And the word of the Lord came to Solomon, saying,

  • 1 Kgs 3:4
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    4And the king went to Gibeon to make an offering there, because that was the chief high place: it was Solomon's way to make a thousand burned offerings on that altar.

  • 1 Chr 29:30
    69%

    30Together with all his rule and his power, and the events which took place in his time, in Israel and in all the kingdoms of other lands.

  • 2 Chr 10:1
    69%

    1And Rehoboam went to Shechem, where all Israel had come together to make him king.

  • 2 Chr 9:8
    69%

    8Praise be to the Lord your God whose pleasure it was to put you on the seat of his kingdom to be king for the Lord your God: because, in his love for Israel, it was the purpose of your God to make them strong for ever, he made you king over them, to be their judge in righteousness.

  • 1 Kgs 1:37
    69%

    37As the Lord has been with my lord the king, even so may he be with Solomon and make the seat of his authority greater than that of my lord King David.

  • 2 Chr 8:16
    69%

    16And all the work of Solomon was complete, from the day when he put the base of the Lord's house in position, till Solomon had come to the end of building the Lord's house.