Talált 6746 Eredmények: Trust In The Lord
Forgotten, thy oath to the Lord, forgotten, the warning I gave thee! (1 Kings 2, 43)
Then he added, Bethink thee, for it rankles yet in thy heart, of thy malice towards my father king David. Now the Lord has made thy ill will recoil on thyself; (1 Kings 2, 44)
it is a blessing, not a curse, king Solomon inherits, and David’s dynasty remains firm on the throne, to serve the Lord for ever. (1 Kings 2, 45)
By now, Solomon’s power was firmly established, and he allied himself by mar-riage to the king of Egypt, whose daughter he wedded. He took her to live in the Keep of David; not yet had he built his own palace, or the Lord’s house; not yet had he finished walling in Jerusalem. (1 Kings 3, 1)
In those days, the Lord had no temple built for him, and men used to sacrifice on hill-tops. (1 Kings 3, 2)
Great love had Solomon for the Lord, and followed the counsel of his father David, though indeed he too went to mountain shrines, to sacrifice and offer up incense. (1 Kings 3, 3)
And that night the Lord appeared to him in a dream, bidding him choose what gift he would. (1 Kings 3, 5)
Yes, Lord God, thou hast bidden this servant of thine reign where his father reigned; but, Lord, what am I? No better than a little child, that has no skill to find its way back and forth. (1 Kings 3, 7)
The Lord listened well pleased, and looked with favour on the choice he had made. (1 Kings 3, 10)
With that, Solomon awoke; it was a dream. But when he came back to Jerusalem, he stood before the ark that bears record of the Lord’s covenant, and brought burnt-sacrifice, and made welcome-offerings, with a great feast for all his servants. (1 Kings 3, 15)
Justice, my lord! said one of them. This woman and I share a single house, and there, in her presence, I gave birth to a child; (1 Kings 3, 17)
So, rising at dead of night, when all was still, she took my son from beside me, my lord, while I slept, put him in her own bosom, and her dead son in mine. (1 Kings 3, 20)
