He said to them, “Go away for three days, then return to me.” So the people went away.

So he did as the Lord told him; he went and lived in the Kerith Valley near the Jordan.

When Obadiah went and informed Ahab, the king went to meet Elijah.

So Shimei got up, saddled his donkey, and went to Achish at Gath to find his servants; Shimei went and brought back his servants from Gath.

If you follow my instructions by obeying my rules and regulations, just as your father David did, then I will grant you long life.”

You must serve me with integrity and sincerity, just as your father David did. Do everything I commanded and obey my rules and regulations.

Their father asked them, “Which road did he take?” His sons showed him the road the prophet from Judah had taken.

They divided up the land between them; Ahab went one way and Obadiah went the other.

So the prophet said to him, “Because you have disobeyed the Lord, as soon as you leave me a lion will kill you.” When he left him, a lion attacked and killed him.

Jehoshaphat built a fleet of large merchant ships to travel to Ophir for gold, but they never made the voyage because they were shipwrecked in Ezion Geber.

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

When Solomon was told that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath and had then returned,

He then said to him, “Come home with me and eat something.”

So Elijah went to make an appearance before Ahab. Now the famine was severe in Samaria.

He replied, “Yes, go and say to your master, ‘Elijah is back.’”

Now you say, ‘Go and say to your master, “Elijah is back.”’

Now let me give you some advice as to how you can save your life and your son Solomon’s life.

All of Adonijah’s guests panicked; they jumped up and rushed off their separate ways.

Adonijah feared Solomon, so he got up and went and grabbed hold of the horns of the altar.

May you demonstrate wholehearted devotion to the Lord our God by following his rules and obeying his commandments, as you are presently doing.”