The queen of Sheba tests Solomon and leaves praising the Lord. 1 Kings 10 celebrates wisdom’s reach and warns how wealth can turn from gift to snare.
Bible Themes and Doctrines
The queen of Sheba tests Solomon and leaves praising the Lord. 1 Kings 10 celebrates wisdom’s reach and warns how wealth can turn from gift to snare.
God’s second appearance to Solomon places promise and warning over a thriving kingdom. The narrative that follows weighs towns, labor, and trade under that word.
Solomon’s palaces rise as the temple receives its pillars, Sea, stands, and gold vessels in 1 Kings 7. This study follows the craft, theology, and readiness for God’s presence.
Solomon builds the temple with reverent care and clear obedience in 1 Kings 6. This study follows the design, the warning, and the hope the house proclaims.
Solomon uses God-given rest to begin the temple through treaty and skilled labor. This study follows the diplomacy, logistics, and worship aim of 1 Kings 5.
Solomon’s ordered court and God-given wisdom brought tangible peace to Israel in 1 Kings 4. This study explores the structure, promises, and hope it foreshadows.
Joab scripts a Tekoa parable that brings Absalom back but not fully home. Second Samuel 14 reveals God’s heart to devise a way for the banished while warning against reconciliation that avoids truth.
David’s idleness becomes adultery and murder, but God’s verdict breaks through the palace’s secrecy. Second Samuel 11 warns with clarity and opens a path toward repentance that God Himself supplies.
David’s condolence to Hanun is twisted into a crisis, yet God protects His people as Joab plans, prays, and fights. The chapter turns insult into peace and teaches leaders to pair courage with trust in the Lord.
David keeps his oath to Jonathan by seeking Mephibosheth, restoring his inheritance, and seating him at the royal table. Second Samuel 9 showcases a king’s mercy that points beyond David to the Son of David who welcomes the undeserving.
David’s campaigns in 2 Samuel 8 unfold under a single banner: the Lord gave victory. Tribute, garrisons, and just administration turn hard-won peace into worship.
God surprises David by promising to build him a “house,” a dynasty culminating in an everlasting throne. Second Samuel 7 anchors present faith and points to future fullness in the Son of David.
Covenant love and corrosive envy collide in Saul’s court. 1 Samuel 18 shows that the Lord’s presence with David—not optics or schemes—drives the story forward.
The Valley of Elah reveals a God who saves “not by sword or spear.” David’s trust and skill become vessels for God’s honor and Israel’s courage. The victory points forward to the Son of David, whose greater deliverance grounds our hope.
God’s command to judge Amalek exposes Saul’s half-hearted leadership and the danger of dressing disobedience as worship. 1 Samuel 15 calls readers to listening obedience under the faithful King whose word does not fail.