TBESH · H9005
/ל · l · to/for
Prefix lamed: to
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/ל (l) means “to/for” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: l STEP transliteration; pronunciation varies by reading tradition.
/ל · l · to/for
Prefix lamed: to
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Page 103 of 241. 12010 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
Then the king said to Abiathar the priest, “Go back to your fields in Anathoth. Even though you deserve to die, I will not put you to death at this time, since you carried the ark of the Lord GOD before my father David, and you suffered through all that my father suffered.”
Read word by wordSo Solomon banished Abiathar from the priesthood of the LORD and thus fulfilled the word that the LORD had spoken at Shiloh against the house of Eli.
Read word by wordIt was reported to King Solomon: “Joab has fled to the tent of the LORD and is now beside the altar.” So Solomon sent Benaiah son of Jehoiada, saying, “Go, strike him down!”
Read word by wordAnd Benaiah entered the tent of the LORD and said to Joab, “The king says, ‘Come out!’” But Joab replied, “No, I will die here.” So Benaiah relayed the message to the king, saying, “This is how Joab answered me.”
Read word by wordAnd the king replied, “Do just as he says. Strike him down and bury him, and so remove from me and from the house of my father the innocent blood that Joab shed.
Read word by wordTheir blood will come back upon the heads of Joab and his descendants forever; but for David, his descendants, his house, and his throne, there shall be peace from the LORD forever.”
Read word by wordThen the king summoned Shimei and said to him, “Build a house for yourself in Jerusalem and live there, but do not go anywhere else.
Read word by word“The sentence is fair,” Shimei replied. “Your servant will do as my lord the king has spoken.” And Shimei lived in Jerusalem for a long time.
Read word by wordAfter three years, however, two of Shimei’s slaves ran away to Achish son of Maacah, king of Gath. And Shimei was told, “Look, your slaves are in Gath.”
Read word by wordSo Shimei saddled his donkey and set out to Achish at Gath in search of his slaves, and he brought them back from Gath.
Read word by wordWhen Solomon was told that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath and had returned,
Read word by wordthe king summoned Shimei and said to him, “Did I not make you swear by the LORD and warn you, ‘On the day you leave and go elsewhere, know for sure that you will die’? And you told me, ‘The sentence is fair; I will comply.’
Read word by wordThe king also said, “You know in your heart all the evil that you did to my father David. Therefore the LORD will bring your evil back upon your head.
Read word by wordBut King Solomon will be blessed and David’s throne will remain secure before the LORD forever.”
Read word by wordLater, Solomon formed an alliance with Pharaoh king of Egypt by marrying his daughter. Solomon brought her to the City of David until he had finished building his palace and the house of the LORD, as well as the wall around Jerusalem.
Read word by wordThe people, however, were still sacrificing on the high places because a house for the Name of the LORD had not yet been built.
Read word by wordAnd Solomon loved the LORD and walked in the statutes of his father David, except that he sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.
Read word by wordNow the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there, for it was the great high place. Solomon offered a thousand burnt offerings on the altar there.
Read word by wordOne night at Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream, and God said, “Ask, and I will give it to you!”
Read word by wordSolomon replied, “You have shown much loving devotion to Your servant, my father David, because he walked before You in faithfulness, righteousness, and uprightness of heart. And You have maintained this loving devotion by giving him a son to sit on his throne this very day.
Read word by wordTherefore give Your servant an understanding heart to judge Your people and to discern between good and evil. For who is able to govern this great people of Yours?”
Read word by wordSo God said to him, “Since you have asked for this instead of requesting long life or wealth for yourself or death for your enemies—but you have asked for discernment to administer justice—
Read word by wordbehold, I will do what you have asked. I will give you a wise and discerning heart, so that there will never have been another like you, nor will there ever be.
Read word by wordMoreover, I will give you what you did not request—both riches and honor—so that during all your days no man in any kingdom will be your equal.
Read word by wordSo if you walk in My ways and keep My statutes and commandments, just as your father David did, I will prolong your days.”
Read word by wordThen Solomon awoke, and indeed it had been a dream. So he returned to Jerusalem, stood before the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. Then he held a feast for all his servants.
Read word by wordAt that time two prostitutes came to the king and stood before him.
Read word by wordOn the third day after I gave birth, this woman also had a baby. We were alone, with no one in the house but the two of us.
Read word by wordThe next morning, when I got up to nurse my son, I discovered he was dead. But when I examined him, I realized that he was not the son I had borne.”
Read word by word“No,” said the other woman, “the living one is my son and the dead one is your son.” But the first woman insisted, “No, the dead one is yours and the living one is mine.” So they argued before the king.
Read word by wordThe king continued, “Bring me a sword.” So they brought him a sword,
Read word by wordand the king declared, “Cut the living child in two and give half to one and half to the other.”
Read word by wordThen the woman whose son was alive spoke to the king because she yearned with compassion for her son. “Please, my lord,” she said, “give her the living baby. Do not kill him!” But the other woman said, “He will be neither mine nor yours. Cut him in two!”
Read word by wordThen the king gave his ruling: “Give the living baby to the first woman. By no means should you kill him; she is his mother.”
Read word by wordWhen all Israel heard of the judgment the king had given, they stood in awe of him, for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him to administer justice.
Read word by wordand these were his chief officials: Azariah son of Zadok was the priest;
Read word by wordSolomon had twelve governors over all Israel to provide food for the king and his household. Each one would arrange provisions for one month of the year,
Read word by wordBen-hesed in Arubboth (Socoh and all the land of Hepher belonged to him);
Read word by wordBen-abinadab in Naphath-dor (Taphath, a daughter of Solomon, was his wife);
Read word by wordBaana son of Ahilud in Taanach, in Megiddo, and in all of Beth-shean next to Zarethan below Jezreel, from Beth-shean to Abel-meholah and on past Jokmeam;
Read word by wordBen-geber in Ramoth-gilead (the villages of Jair son of Manasseh in Gilead belonged to him, as well as the region of Argob in Bashan with its sixty great cities with walls and bronze bars);
Read word by wordAhimaaz in Naphtali (he had married Basemath, a daughter of Solomon);
Read word by wordThe people of Judah and Israel were as numerous as the sand on the seashore, and they were eating and drinking and rejoicing.
Read word by wordSolomon’s provisions for a single day were thirty cors of fine flour, sixty cors of meal,
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 5.2
ten fat oxen, twenty range oxen, and a hundred sheep, as well as deer, gazelles, roebucks, and fattened poultry.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 5.3
For Solomon had dominion over everything west of the Euphrates—over all the kingdoms from Tiphsah to Gaza—and he had peace on all sides.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 5.4
Throughout the days of Solomon, Judah and Israel dwelt securely from Dan to Beersheba, each man under his own vine and his own fig tree.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 5.5
Solomon had 4,000 stalls for his chariot horses and 12,000 horses.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 5.6
Each one also brought to the required place their quotas of barley and straw for the chariot horses and other horses.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 5.8
And God gave Solomon wisdom, exceedingly deep insight, and understanding beyond measure, like the sand on the seashore.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 5.9
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