He made framed windows for the temple.

He built temples on the high places and appointed as priests people who were not Levites.

You have sinned more than all who came before you. You went and angered me by making other gods, formed out of metal; you have completely disregarded me.

Judah did evil in the sight of the Lord. They made him more jealous by their sins than their ancestors had done.

This happened because of the sins he committed. He did evil in the sight of the Lord and followed in Jeroboam’s footsteps and encouraged Israel to continue sinning.

The rest of the events of Omri’s reign, including his accomplishments and successes, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Israel.

Ahab also made an Asherah pole; he did more to anger the Lord God of Israel than all the kings of Israel who were before him.

Do to him what you think is appropriate, but don’t let him live long and die a peaceful death.

then listen from heaven to their prayers for help and vindicate them.

The king made a large throne decorated with ivory and overlaid it with pure gold.

He built high places for all his foreign wives so they could burn incense and make sacrifices to their gods.

Jeroboam inaugurated a festival on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, like the festival celebrated in Judah. On the altar in Bethel he offered sacrifices to the calves he had made. In Bethel he also appointed priests for the high places he had made.

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

Hiram also made basins, shovels, and bowls. He finished all the work on the Lord’s temple he had been assigned by King Solomon.

Elijah said to her, “Don’t be afraid. Go and do as you planned. But first make a small cake for me and bring it to me; then make something for yourself and your son.

In the inner sanctuary he made two cherubs of olive wood; each stood 15 feet high.

He made doors of olive wood at the entrance to the inner sanctuary; the pillar on each doorpost was five-sided.

In the same way he made doorposts of olive wood for the entrance to the main hall, only with four-sided pillars.

He made the ten stands in this way. All of them were cast in one mold and were identical in measurements and shape.

then listen from your heavenly dwelling place to their prayers for help and vindicate them.