If a decision is not made, when my master the king is buried with his ancestors, my son Solomon and I will be considered state criminals.”

May the Lord our God be with us, as he was with our ancestors. May he not abandon us or leave us.

While they were sitting at the table, the Lord spoke through the old prophet

After a while, the stream dried up because there had been no rain in the land.

The Lord said to Solomon:

The Lord told him:

The Lord told him,

As the Lord is with my master the king, so may he be with Solomon, and may he make him an even greater king than my master King David!”

If you ever do leave and cross the Kidron Valley, know for sure that you will certainly die! You will be responsible for your own death.”

The Lord told my father David, ‘It is right for you to have a strong desire to build a temple to honor me.

During David’s campaign against Edom, Joab, the commander of the army, while on a mission to bury the dead, killed every male in Edom.

Then Elijah took twelve stones, corresponding to the number of tribes that descended from Jacob, to whom the Lord had said, “Israel will be your new name.”

Meanwhile the sky was covered with dark clouds, the wind blew, and there was a heavy rainstorm. Ahab rode toward Jezreel.

After this the following episode took place. Naboth the Jezreelite owned a vineyard in Jezreel adjacent to the palace of King Ahab of Samaria.

“I am about to die. Be strong and become a man!

King Solomon ruled over all Israel.

The main hall in front of the inner sanctuary was 60 feet long.

But God told Shemaiah the prophet,

Rehoboam and Jeroboam were continually at war with each other.

Drink from the stream; I have already told the ravens to bring you food there.”