1. 1 Kings 3:7-14 “And now, O Lord my God, thou hast made thy servant king in place of David my father, although I am but a little child; I do not know how to go out or come in. And thy servant is in the midst of thy people whom thou hast chosen, a great people, that can not be numbered or counted for multitude. Give thy servant therefore an understanding mind to govern thy people, that I may discern between good and evil; for who is able to govern this, thy great people?” It pleased the Lord that Solomon had asked this. And God said to him, ‘Because you have asked this, and have not asked for yourself long life or riches or the life of your enemies, but have asked for yourself understanding to discern what is right, behold I now do according to your word. Behold, I give you a wise and discerning mind, so that none like you has been before you and none like you shall arise after you.’”

2. 1 Kings 4:7 “Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, who provided food for the king and his household; each man had to make provision for one month in the year.”

3. 1 Kings 4:20,25 “Judah and Israel were as many as the sand by the sea; they ate and drank and were happy.” “And Judah and Israel dwelt in safety, from Dan even to Beersheba, every man under his vine and under his fig tree, all the days of Solomon.”

4. 1 Kings 6:7 “When the house was built it was with stone prepared at the quarry; so that neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron was heard in the temple, while it was being built.”

5. 1 Kings 6:31,33 “For the entrance to the inner sanctuary he made doors of olivewood; the lintel and doorposts formed a pentagon.” “So also he made for the entrance to the nave doorposts of olivewood , in the form of a square.”

6. 1 Kings 7:23-25 “Then he made the molten sea; it was round, ten cubits from brim to brim, and five cubits high, and a line of thirty cubits measured its circumference. Under its brim were gourds, for thirty cubits, compassing the sea round about; the gourds were in two rows, cast with it when it was cast. It stood upon twelve oxen, three facing north, three facing west, three facing south, and three facing east; the sea was set upon them, and all their hinder parts were inward.”