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1 Kings 3:16–28 recounts that two mothers living in the same house, each the mother of an infant son, came to Solomon. One of the babies had been smothered, and each claimed the remaining boy as her own. Calling for a sword, Solomon declared his judgment: the baby would be cut in two, each woman to receive half.
1 Kings 3 is the third chapter of the Books of Kings in the Hebrew Bible or the First Book of Kings in the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. [1] [2] The book is a compilation of various annals recording the acts of the kings of Israel and Judah by a Deuteronomic compiler in the seventh century BCE, with a supplement added in the sixth century BCE. [3]
1 Kings 1:1–2:46. The Davidic succession; 1 Kings 3:1–11:43. Solomon in all his glory; 1 Kings 12:1–13:34. The political and religious schism; 1 Kings 14:1–16:34. The two kingdoms until Elijah; 1 Kings 17:1 – 2 Kings 1:18. The Elijah cycle; 2 Kings 2:1–13:25. The Elisha cycle; 2 Kings 14:1–17:41. The two kingdoms to the fall of ...
In 1 Kings 3:1, it is narrated that to seal an alliance, the pharaoh of Egypt gave a daughter in marriage to Solomon. The same ruler later captured the city of Gezer and gave it to Solomon as well (1 Kings 9:16). No name is given for the pharaoh, and some hypotheses have been proposed:
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1 Kings 16 is the sixteenth chapter of the Books of Kings in the Hebrew Bible or the First Book of Kings in the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. [1] [2] The book is a compilation of various annals recording the acts of the kings of Israel and Judah by a Deuteronomic compiler in the seventh century BCE, with a supplement added in the sixth century BCE.
The Book of Jasher is mentioned in Joshua 10:13 [1] and 2 Samuel 1:18 [2] and also possibly referenced in the Septuagint rendition of 1 Kings 8:53. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] From the context in the Book of Samuel, it is implied that it was a collection of poetry.
[1] [2] The book is a compilation of various annals recording the acts of the kings of Israel and Judah by a Deuteronomic compiler in the seventh century BCE, with a supplement added in the sixth century BCE. [3] This chapter belongs to the section comprising 1 Kings 16:15 to 2 Kings 8:29 which documents the period of Omri's dynasty. [4]