1Kings 2:26-46
Solomon continues carrying out the judgments and blessings recommended by his father David.

The Kings duties
Proverbs 20:2,8,26

1Kings 3:1-15

3:14
If thou wilt walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as thy father David did walk,

3:16-28
Any class of people could come before Solomon. He is in the process of correcting an error David allowed

4:1-19
Solomon's government

4:20-25
The land of Israel is closest to all that God had promised to Israel than it will be until the millennium

4:31-34
Solomon's wisdom surpasses
Ps 88, 89

5
Planning for the temple

6
Building the temple

6:11-13
If thou wilt walk in my statutes, and execute my judgments, and keep all my commandments to walk in them;

7:1-12
Constructing his own palace
(Eccl 2:4)

7:13-51
Furnishing the temple