1 Kings 3

1 Kings 3

Shawn Bumpers / General

1 Kings

Introduction

v1

1 Kings 11:3 NKJV

And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines; and his wives turned away his heart.

Deuteronomy 17:14–17 NKJV

“When you come to the land which the Lord your God is giving you, and possess it and dwell in it, and say, ‘I will set a king over me like all the nations that are around me,’ you shall surely set a king over you whom the Lord your God chooses; one from among your brethren you shall set as king over you; you may not set a foreigner over you, who is not your brother. But he shall not multiply horses for himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt to multiply horses, for the Lord has said to you, ‘You shall not return that way again.’ Neither shall he multiply wives for himself, lest his heart turn away; nor shall he greatly multiply silver and gold for himself.

2 Chronicles 8:11 NKJV

Now Solomon brought the daughter of Pharaoh up from the City of David to the house he had built for her, for he said, “My wife shall not dwell in the house of David king of Israel, because the places to which the ark of the Lord has come are holy.”

Leviticus 20:24 NKJV

But I have said to you, “You shall inherit their land, and I will give it to you to possess, a land flowing with milk and honey.” I am the Lord your God, who has separated you from the peoples.

Leviticus 20:26 NKJV

And you shall be holy to Me, for I the Lord am holy, and have separated you from the peoples, that you should be Mine.

Deuteronomy 33:28 NKJV

Then Israel shall dwell in safety, The fountain of Jacob alone, In a land of grain and new wine; His heavens shall also drop dew.

Numbers 23:9 NKJV

For from the top of the rocks I see him, And from the hills I behold him; There! A people dwelling alone, Not reckoning itself among the nations.

Isaiah 42:6 NKJV

“I, the Lord, have called You in righteousness, And will hold Your hand; I will keep You and give You as a covenant to the people, As a light to the Gentiles,

Psalm 20:7 NKJV

Some trust in chariots, and some in horses; But we will remember the name of the Lord our God.

v2-4

Ecclesiastes 7:8 NKJV

The end of a thing is better than its beginning; The patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.

Ecclesiastes 7:1 NKJV

A good name is better than precious ointment, And the day of death than the day of one’s birth;

v5

v6-9

Proverbs 4:23 NKJV

Keep your heart with all diligence, For out of it spring the issues of life.

v10-15

Matthew 6:33 NKJV

But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.

Exodus 20:12 NKJV

“Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long upon the land which the Lord your God is giving you.

Ephesians 6:1–3 NKJV

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. “Honor your father and mother,” which is the first commandment with promise: “that it may be well with you and you may live long on the earth.”

v16-28

Luke 15:1–2 NKJV

Then all the tax collectors and the sinners drew near to Him to hear Him. And the Pharisees and scribes complained, saying, “This Man receives sinners and eats with them.”

Matthew 12:42 NKJV

The queen of the South will rise up in the judgment with this generation and condemn it, for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and indeed a greater than Solomon is here.