The Lord said, “Go out and stand on the mountain before the Lord. Look, the Lord is ready to pass by.” A very powerful wind went before the Lord, digging into the mountain and causing landslides, but the Lord was not in the wind. After the windstorm there was an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake.

Solomon did evil in the Lord’s sight; he did not remain loyal to the Lord, like his father David had.

But Micaiah said, “As certainly as the Lord lives, I will say what the Lord tells me to say.”

The Lord told him:

The Lord told him,

Solomon dismissed Abiathar from his position as priest of the Lord, fulfilling the decree of judgment the Lord made in Shiloh against the family of Eli.

The priests could not carry out their duties because of the cloud; the Lord’s glory filled his temple.

The Lord was angry with Solomon because he had shifted his allegiance away from the Lord, the God of Israel, who had appeared to him on two occasions

He stretched out over the boy three times and called out to the Lord, “O Lord, my God, please let this boy’s breath return to him.”

Answer me, O Lord, answer me, so these people will know that you, O Lord, are the true God and that you are winning back their allegiance.”

When all the people saw this, they threw themselves down with their faces to the ground and said, “The Lord is the true God! The Lord is the true God!”

Micaiah said, “That being the case, hear the word of the Lord. I saw the Lord sitting on his throne, with all the heavenly assembly standing on his right and on his left.

So now, look, the Lord has placed a lying spirit in the mouths of all these prophets of yours; but the Lord has decreed disaster for you.”

In the month Ziv of the fourth year of Solomon’s reign the foundation was laid for the Lord’s temple.

Then Solomon said, “The Lord has said that he lives in thick darkness.

The king and all Israel with him were presenting sacrifices to the Lord.

Asa did what the Lord approved like his ancestor David had done.

The Lord told Elijah the Tishbite:

The Lord said to Elijah the Tishbite,

Then a spirit stepped forward and stood before the Lord. He said, ‘I will deceive him.’ The Lord asked him, ‘How?’