The king stood by the pillar and renewed the covenant in the presence of the Lord—to follow the Lord and keep his commands, statutes and decrees with all his heart and all his soul, thus confirming the words of the covenant written in this book. Then all the people pledged themselves to the covenant.

All these were fighting men who volunteered to serve in the ranks. They came to Hebron fully determined to make David king over all Israel. All the rest of the Israelites were also of one mind to make David king.

Nathan replied to David, “Whatever you have in mind, do it, for God is with you.”

“And you, my son Solomon, acknowledge the God of your father, and serve him with wholehearted devotion and with a willing mind, for the Lord searches every heart and understands every desire and every thought. If you seek him, he will be found by you; but if you forsake him, he will reject you forever.

He gave him the plans of all that the Spirit had put in his mind for the courts of the temple of the Lord and all the surrounding rooms, for the treasuries of the temple of God and for the treasuries for the dedicated things.

The Lord Appears to Solomon

When Solomon had finished the temple of the Lord and the royal palace, and had succeeded in carrying out all he had in mind to do in the temple of the Lord and in his own palace,

The Queen of Sheba Visits Solomon

When the queen of Sheba heard of Solomon’s fame, she came to Jerusalem to test him with hard questions. Arriving with a very great caravan—with camels carrying spices, large quantities of gold, and precious stones—she came to Solomon and talked with him about all she had on her mind.

Also in Judah the hand of God was on the people to give them unity of mind to carry out what the king and his officials had ordered, following the word of the Lord.

The king stood by his pillar and renewed the covenant in the presence of the Lord—to follow the Lord and keep his commands, statutes and decrees with all his heart and all his soul, and to obey the words of the covenant written in this book.

I pondered them in my mind and then accused the nobles and officials. I told them, “You are charging your own people interest!” So I called together a large meeting to deal with them

“But this is what you concealed in your heart, and I know that this was in your mind:

But I have a mind as well as you; I am not inferior to you. Who does not know all these things?

If someone dies, will they live again? All the days of my hard service I will wait for my renewal to come.

You have closed their minds to understanding; therefore you will not let them triumph.

let their flesh be renewed like a child’s; let them be restored as in the days of their youth’—

Bring to an end the violence of the wicked and make the righteous secure— you, the righteous God who probes minds and hearts.

what is mankind that you are mindful of them, human beings that you care for them?

who despises a vile person but honors those who fear the Lord; who keeps an oath even when it hurts, and does not change their mind;

Test me, Lord, and try me, examine my heart and my mind;

for I have always been mindful of your unfailing love and have lived in reliance on your faithfulness.

Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me.

They plot injustice and say, “We have devised a perfect plan!” Surely the human mind and heart are cunning.

With one mind they plot together; they form an alliance against you—

who satisfies your desires with good things so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.

When you send your Spirit, they are created, and you renew the face of the ground.