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Key Verses in 1 Kings
Important passages from 1 Kings, each shown in full in your chosen Bible version with its setting and meaning.
Give your servant therefore an understanding heart to judge your people, that I may discern between good and evil; for who is able to judge this great people of yours?” An understanding heart
At Gibeon God invites Solomon to ask for anything. Solomon asks for an understanding heart to judge God's people and tell good from evil, and God gives him wisdom.
11He said, “Go out and stand on the mountain before the LORD.” Behold, the LORD passed by, and a great and strong wind tore the mountains and broke in pieces the rocks before the LORD; but the LORD was not in the wind. After the wind there was an earthquake; but the LORD was not in the earthquake. 12After the earthquake a fire passed; but the LORD was not in the fire. After the fire, there was a still small voice. A gentle whisper
Elijah, exhausted and afraid after Mount Carmel, has asked to die. At Horeb the LORD is not in the wind, the earthquake or the fire but in a gentle whisper,…
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