I Kings
מלכים א
Rabbi Mike Feuer, Jerusalem Anthology
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I Kings



Chapter 1



Chapter 2










And David slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David.

Chapter 3



Chapter 4



Chapter 5



Chapter 6



Chapter 7



Chapter 8

Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the princes of the fathers' (houses) of the children of Israel, unto king Solomon in Jerusalem; to bring up the ark of the covenant of the Lord out of the city of David, which is Zion.











I have surely built You a house to dwell in; a settled place for You to dwell in forever.


Since the day that I brought forth My people Israel out of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel to build a house, that My name might be therein; but I chose David to be over My people Israel.










But will God indeed dwell on the earth? Behold the heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain You; much less this temple that I have erected.

Chapter 9



Chapter 10



Chapter 11













But I shall not tear the entire kingdom away from you; one tribe I shall grant to your son for the sake of David My servant, and for the sake of Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen.













And this was the matter [concerning] which he raised his hand against the king; Solomon built up the Millo and closed up the breach of the city of David, his father.