GOD in the Old Testament - 1 Kings - Part 3

1 Kings 8:15-17 

Then he said:

 

        "Praise be to the LORD, the God of 

    Israel, who with his own hand has

    fulfilled what he promised with his 

    own mouth to my father David. For

    he said, 'Since the day I brought my

    people out of Egypt I have not

    chosen a city in any tribe of Israel to

    have a temple built so that my Name

    might be there, but I have chosen

    David to rule my people Israel.'

        My father David had it in his 

    heart to build a temple for the Name

    of the LORD, the God of Israel."

 

1 Kings 8:20  

        "The LORD has kept the promise

    he made: I have succeeded David

    my father and now I sit on the throne

    of Israel, just as the LORD promised,

    and I have built the temple for the

    Name of the LORD, the God of Israel."

 

1 Kings 8:22-23  

    Then Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in front of the whole assembly of Israel, spread out his hands toward heaven and said:

        "LORD, the God of Israel, there is

    no God like you in heaven above or

    on earth below--you who keep your

    covenant of love with your servants

    who continue wholeheartedly in your

    way."

 

1 Kings 8:25-26  

        "Now LORD, the God of Israel,

    keep for your servant David my father

    the promises you made to him

    when you said, 'You shall never fail

    to have a successor to sit before me

    on the throne of Israel, if only your

    descendants are careful in all they do

    to walk before me faithfully as you

    have done.' And now, God of Israel,

    let your word that you promised your

    servant David my father come true."

 

1 Kings 8:27-28  

        "But will God really dwell on

    earth? The heavens, even the highest

    heavens, cannot contain you. How

    much less this temple I have built!

    Yet give attention to your servant's

    prayer and his plea for mercy, LORD

    my God. Hear the cry and the prayer

    that your servant is praying in your

    presence this day."

 

1 Kings 8:57  

        "May the LORD our God be with us as he

    was with our ancestors; may he never

    leave us or forsake us."

 

1 Kings 8:59-61  

        "And may these words of mine,

    which I have prayed before the

    LORD, be near to the LORD our God

    day and night, that he may uphold

    the cause of his servant and the cause

    of his people Israel according to each

    day's need, so that all the peoples

    of the earth may know that the LORD

    is God and that there is no other.

    And may your hearts be fully committed

    to the LORD our God, to live by his

    decrees and obey his commands, 

    as at this time."

 

1 Kings 8:65  

    So Solomon observed the festival at that time, and all Israel with him--a vast assembly, the people from Lebo Hamath to the Wadi of Egypt. They celebrated it before the LORD our God for seven days and seven days more, fourteen days in all.

(see all 1 Kings 8) 

    

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GOD in the Old Testament - 1 Kings - Part 2

1 Kings 3:5 

At Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon during the night in a dream, and God said, "Ask for whatever you want me to give you."

 

1 Kings 3:7  

    "Now, LORD my God, you have made your servant king in place of my father David. But I am only a little child and do not know how to carry out my duties."

 

1 Kings 3:10-12  

    The LORD was pleased that Solomon had asked for this. So God said to him, "Since you have asked for this and not for long life or wealth for yourself, nor have asked for the death of your enemies but for discernment in administering justice, I will do what you have asked. I will give you a wise and discerning heart, so that there will never have been anyone like you, nor will there ever be."

 

1 Kings 3:28  

    When all Israel heard the verdict the king had given, they held the king in awe, because they saw that he had wisdom from God to administer justice.

(see all 1 Kings 3)

 

1 Kings 4:29-30  

    God gave Solomon wisdom and very great insight, and a breadth of understanding as measureless as the sand on the seashore. Solomon's wisdom was greater than the wisdom of all the people of the East, and greater than all the wisdom of Egypt.

(see all 1 Kings 4)

 

1 Kings 5:1-5  

    When Hiram king of Tyre heard that Solomon had been anointed king to succeed his father David, he sent his envoys to Solomon, because he had always been on friendly terms with David. Solomon sent back this message to Hiram:

 

    "You know that because of the wars waged against my father David from all sides, he could not build a temple for the Name of the LORD his God until the LORD put his enemies under his feet. But now the LORD my God has given me rest on every side, and there is no adversary or disaster. I intend, therefore, to build a temple for the Name of the LORD my God, as the LORD told my father David, when he said, 'Your son whom I will put on the throne in your place will build the temple for my Name.' "

(see all 1 Kings 5 - 7) 

  

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GOD in the Old Testament - 1 Kings - Part 1

1 Kings 1:16-18 

Bathsheba bowed down, prostrating herself before the king.

    "What is it you want?" the king asked.

    She said to him, "My lord, you yourself swore to me your servant by the LORD your God: 'Solomon your son shall be king after me, and he will sit on my throne.' But now Adonijah has become king, and you, my lord the king do not know about it."

 

1 Kings 1:29-30  

    Then the king took an oath: "As surely as the LORD lives, who has delivered me out of every trouble, I will surely carry out this very day what I swore to you by the LORD, the God of Israel: Solomon your son shall be king after me, and he will sit on my throne in my place."

 

1 Kings 1:36-37  

    Benaiah son of Jehoiada answered the king, "Amen! May the LORD, the God of my lord the king, so declare it. As the LORD was with my lord the king, so may he be with Solomon to make his throne even greater than the throne of my lord King David!"

 

1 Kings 1:47-48  

"Also, the royal officials have come to congratulate our lord King David, saying, 'May your God make Solomon's name more famous than yours!' And the king bowed in worship on his bed and said, 'Praise be to the LORD, the God of Israel, who has allowed my eyes to see a successor on my throne today.' "

(see all 1 Kings 1)

 

1 Kings 2:1-4  

    When the time drew near for David to die, he gave this charge to his son.

    "I am about to go the way of all the earth," he said. "So be strong, act like a man, and observe what the LORD your God requires: Walk in obedience to him, and keep his decrees and commands, his laws and regulations, as written in the Law of Moses. Do this so that you may prosper in all you do and wherever you go and that the LORD may keep his promise to me: 'If your descendants watch how they live, and if they walk faithfully before me with all their heart and soul, you will never fail to have a successor on the throne of Israel.' "  

(see 2 Samuel 7:8-17)

 

1 Kings 2:23-24  

    Then King Solomon swore by the LORD: "May God deal with me, be it ever so severely, if Adonijah does not pay with his life for this request! And now, as surely as the LORD lives--he who has established me securely on the throne of my father David and has founded a dynasty for me as he promised--Adonijah shall be put to death today!"

(see all 1 Kings 2) 

 

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GOD in the Old Testament - 2 Samuel - Part 15

2 Samuel 22:7  (continued) 

    "In my distress I called to the LORD;

        I called out to my God.

    From his temple he heard my voice;

        my cry came to his ears."

 

2 Samuel 22:22  

    "For I have kept the ways of the LORD;

        I am not guilty of turning from my God."

 

2 Samuel 22:30-33  

    "With your help I can advance against a troop;

        with my God I can scale a wall." 

 

    "As for God his way is perfect:

        The LORD's word is flawless;

        he shields all who take refuge in him.

    For who is God besides the LORD?

        And who is the Rock except our God?

    It is God who arms me with strength

        and keeps my way secure."

 

2 Samuel 22:47-49  

    "The LORD lives! Praise be to my Rock!

        Exalted be my God, the Rock, my Savior!

    He is the God who avenges me,

        who puts the nations under me,

        who sets me free from my enemies.

    You exalted me above my foes;

        from a violent man you rescued me."

(see all 2 Samuel 22)

 

2 Samuel 23:1  

    These are the last words of David:

 

    "The inspired utterance of David son of Jesse,

        the utterance of the man exalted by the Most High,

    the man anointed by the God of Jacob,

        the hero of Israel's songs: ...

 

2 Samuel 23:3-5  

    "The God of Israel spoke,

        the Rock of Israel said to me:

    'When one rules over people in righteousness,

        when he rules in the fear of God,

    he is like the light of morning at sunrise

        on a cloudless morning,

    like the brightness after rain

        that brings grass from the earth.'

 

    "If my house were not right with God,

        surely he would not have made with me an 

            everlasting covenant,

        arranged and secured every part;

    surely he would not bring to fruition my salvation

        and grant me my every desire."

(see all 2 Samuel 23)

 

2 Samuel 24:3  

    But Joab replied to the king, "May the LORD your God multiply the troops a hundred times over, and may the eyes of my lord the king see it. But why does my lord the king want to do such a thing?"

 

2 Samuel 24:24  

    But the king replied to Araunah, "No, I insist on paying you for it. I will not sacrifice to the LORD my God burnt offerings that cost me nothing."

(see all 2 Samuel 24) 

    

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GOD in the Old Testament - 2 Samuel - Part 14

2 Samuel 15:24-29  

    Zadok was there, too, and all the Levites who were with him were carrying the ark of the covenant of God. They set down the ark of God, and Abiathar offered sacrifices until all the people had finished leaving the city.

    Then the king said to Zadok, "Take the ark of God back into the city. If I find favor in the LORD's eyes, he will bring me back and let me see it and his dwelling place again. But if he says, 'I am not pleased with you,' then I am ready; let him do to me whatever seems good to him."

    The king also said to Zadok the priest, "Do you understand? Go back to the city with my blessing. Take your son Ahimaaz with you, and also Abiathar's son Jonathan. You and Abiathar return with your two sons. I will wait at the fords in the wilderness until word comes from you to inform me." So Zadok and Abiathar took the ark of God back to Jerusalem and stayed there. 

(see all 2 Samuel 15)

 

2 Samuel 16:23  

    Now in those days the advice Ahithophel gave was like that of one who inquires of God. That was how both David and Absalom regarded all of Ahithophel's advice. 

(see all 2 Samuel 16 - 17)

 

2 Samuel 18:28  

    Then Ahimaaz called out to the king. "All is well!" He bowed down before the king with his face to the ground and said, "Praise be to the LORD your God! He has delivered up those who lifted their hands against my lord the king."

(see all 2 Samuel 18)

 

2 Samuel 19:26-27  

    He said, "My lord the king, since I your servant am lame, I said, 'I will have my donkey saddled and will ride on it, so I can go with the king.' But Ziba my servant betrayed me. And he has slandered your servant to my lord the king. My lord the king is like an angel of God; so do whatever you wish."

(see all 2 Samuel 19 - 20)

 

2 Samuel 21:14  

    They buried the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan in the tomb of Saul's father Kish, at Zela in Benjamin, and did everything the king commanded. After that God answered prayer in behalf of the land.

(see all 2 Samuel 21)

 

2 Samuel 22:1-3  

    David sang to the LORD the words of this song when the LORD delivered him from the hand of his enemies and from the hand of Saul. He said:

    "The LORD is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer;

        my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge,

        my shield and the horn of my salvation. 

    He is my stronghold, my refuge and my savior--

        from violent people you save me."

(2 Samuel 22 continues tomorrow) 

    

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GOD in the Old Testament - 2 Samuel - Part 13

2 Samuel 9:3  

    The king asked, "Is there no one still alive from the house of Saul to whom I can show God's kindness?"

    Ziba answered the king, "There is still a son of Jonathan; he is lame in both feet."

(see all 2 Samuel 9 - 11)

 

2 Samuel 12:7  

    Then Nathan said, "You are the man! This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: 'I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you from the hand of Saul.' "

 

2 Samuel 12:15-16  

    After Nathan had gone home, the LORD struck the child that Uriah's wife had borne to David, and he became ill. David pleaded with God for the child. He fasted and spent the nights lying in sackcloth on the ground.

(see all 2 Samuel 12 - 13)

 

2 Samuel 14:11-14  

    She said, "Then let the king invoke the LORD his God to prevent the avenger of blood from adding to the destruction, so that my son will not be destroyed."

    "As surely as the LORD lives, not one hair of your son's head will fall to the ground."

    Then the woman said, "Let your servant speak a word to my lord the king."

    "Speak," he replied.

    The woman said, "Then why have you devised a thing like this against the people of God? When the king says this does he not convict himself, for the king has not brought back his banished son? Like water spilled on the ground, which cannot be recovered, so we must die. But that is not what God desires; rather, he devises ways so that a banished person does not remain banished from him."

 

2 Samuel 14:16-17  

"Perhaps the king will agree to deliver his servant from the hand of the man who is trying to cut off both me and my son from God's inheritance."

    "And now your servant says, 'May the word of my lord the king secure my inheritance, for my lord the king is like an angel of God in discerning good and evil. May the LORD your God be with you.' "

 

2 Samuel 14:20  

"Your servant Joab did this to change the present situation. My lord has wisdom like that of an angel of God--he knows everything that happens in the land."

(see all 2 Samuel 14) 

    

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GOD in the Old Testament - 2 Samuel - Part 12

2 Samuel 6:2-4  

He and all his men went to Baalah in Judah to bring up from there the ark of God, which is called by the Name, the name of the LORD Almighty, who is enthroned between the cherubim on the ark. They set the ark of God on a new cart and brought it from the house of Abinadab, which was on the hill. Uzzah and Ahio, sons of Abinadab, were guiding the new cart with the ark of God on it, and Ahio was walking in front of it.

 

2 Samuel 6:6-7  

    When they came to the threshing floor of Nakon, Uzzah reached out his hand and took hold of the ark of God, because the oxen stumbled. The LORD's anger burned against Uzzah because of his irreverent act; therefore God struck him down, and he died there beside the ark of God.

 

2 Samuel 6:12  

    Now King David was told, "The LORD has blessed the household of Obed-Edom and everything he has, because of the ark of God." So David went up to bring up the ark of God from the house of Obed-Edom to the City of David with rejoicing.

(see all 2 Samuel 6)

 

2 Samuel 7:22-24  

    "How great you are, Sovereign LORD! There is no one like you, and there is no God but you, as we have heard with our own ears. And who is like your people Israel--the one nation on earth that God went out to redeem as a people for himself, and to make a name for himself, and to perform great and awesome wonders by driving out nations and their gods from before your people, whom you redeemed from Egypt? You have established your people Israel as your very own forever, and you, LORD, have become their God."

 

2 Samuel 7:25-26  

    "And now, LORD God, keep forever the promise you have made concerning your servant and his house. Do as you promised so that your name will be great forever. Then people will say, 'The LORD Almighty is God over Israel!' And the house of your servant David will be established in your sight." 

 

2 Samuel 7:27-29  

    "LORD Almighty, God of Israel, you have revealed this to your servant, saying, 'I will build a house for you.' So your servant has found courage to pray this prayer to you. Sovereign LORD, you are God! Your covenant is trustworthy, and you have promised these good things to your servant. Now be pleased to bless the house of your servant, that it may continue forever in your sight; for you, Sovereign LORD, have spoken, and with your blessing the house of your servant will be blessed forever."

(see all 2 Samuel 7 - 8) 

    

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