1 Kings 11:4

Conservative English Version

(SEE 11:3)

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1 Kings 11:2

(SEE 11:1)

1 Kings 11:33

"Solomon and the Israelites are not like their ancestor David. They will not listen to me, obey me, or do what is right. They have turned from me to worship Astarte the goddess of Sidon, Chemosh the god of Moab, and Milcom the god of Ammon.

1 Kings 11:38

I'll help you if you obey me. And if you do what I say, as my servant David did, I will always let someone from your family rule in Israel, just as someone from David's family will always rule in Judah. The nation of Israel will be yours.

1 Kings 11:42

After he had ruled forty years from Jerusalem,

1 Kings 11:6

Solomon's father had obeyed the LORD with all his heart, but Solomon disobeyed and did what the LORD hated.

1 Kings 11:9

The LORD God of Israel had appeared to Solomon two times and warned him not to worship foreign gods. But Solomon disobeyed and did it anyway. This made the LORD very angry,

1 Kings 14:21

Rehoboam son of Solomon was forty-one years old when he became king of Judah, and he ruled seventeen years from Jerusalem, the city where the LORD had chosen to be worshiped. His mother Naamah was from Ammon.

1 Kings 15:14

As long as Asa lived, he was completely faithful to the LORD, even though he did not destroy the local shrines.

1 Kings 15:3

Abijam did not truly obey the LORD his God as his ancestor David had done. Instead, he was sinful just like his father Rehoboam.

1 Kings 3:3

Solomon loved the LORD and followed his father David's instructions, but Solomon also offered sacrifices and burned incense at the shrines.

1 Kings 6:1

Solomon's workers started building the temple during Ziv, the second month of the year. It had been four years since Solomon became king of Israel, and four hundred eighty years since the people of Israel left Egypt.

1 Kings 8:61

Obey the LORD our God and follow his commands with all your heart, just as you are doing today.

1 Kings 9:10

It took twenty years for the LORD's temple and Solomon's palace to be built.

1 Kings 9:4

You must obey me, as your father David did, and be honest and fair. Obey my laws and teachings,

2 Kings 20:3

"Don't forget that I have been faithful to you, LORD. I have obeyed you with all my heart, and I do whatever you say is right." After this, he cried hard.

1 Chronicles 28:9

Solomon, my son, worship God and obey him with all your heart and mind, just as I have done. He knows all your thoughts and your reasons for doing things, and so if you turn to him, he will hear your prayers. But if you ignore him, he will reject you forever.

1 Chronicles 29:19

And give Solomon the desire to completely obey your laws and teachings, and the desire to build the temple for which I have provided these gifts.

2 Chronicles 17:3

When Jehoshaphat's father had first become king of Judah, he was faithful to the LORD and refused to worship the god Baal as the kings of Israel did. Jehoshaphat followed his father's example and obeyed and worshiped the LORD. And so the LORD blessed Jehoshaphat

2 Chronicles 25:2

Even though Amaziah obeyed the LORD by doing right, he refused to be completely faithful.

2 Chronicles 34:2

He followed the example of his ancestor David and always obeyed the LORD.

Exodus 20:3

Do not worship any god except me.

Deuteronomy 17:17

And the king must not have a lot of wives--they might tempt him to be unfaithful to the LORD. Finally, the king must not try to get huge amounts of silver and gold.

Deuteronomy 7:4

If you do, those people will lead your descendants to worship other gods and to turn their backs on the LORD. That will make him very angry, and he will quickly destroy Israel.