From all nations people came to listen to Solomon’s wisdom, sent by all the kings of the world, who had heard of his wisdom.

These poles were so long that their ends could be seen from the Holy Place in front of the inner sanctuary, but not from outside the Holy Place; and they are still there today.

For you singled them out from all the nations of the world to be your own inheritance, just as you declared through your servant Moses when you, Sovereign Lord, brought our ancestors out of Egypt.”

Solomon’s Other Activities

At the end of twenty years, during which Solomon built these two buildings—the temple of the Lord and the royal palace—

Twelve lions stood on the six steps, one at either end of each step. Nothing like it had ever been made for any other kingdom.

The whole world sought audience with Solomon to hear the wisdom God had put in his heart.

If you do whatever I command you and walk in obedience to me and do what is right in my eyes by obeying my decrees and commands, as David my servant did, I will be with you. I will build you a dynasty as enduring as the one I built for David and will give Israel to you.