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.

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

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

Solomon worshiped the Sidonian goddess Astarte and the detestable Ammonite god Milcom.

Rehoboam traveled to Shechem, for all Israel had gathered in Shechem to make Rehoboam king.

So he started back on another road; he did not travel back on the same road he had taken to Bethel.

He did evil in the sight of the Lord. He followed in his father’s footsteps and encouraged Israel to sin.

He did evil in the sight of the Lord; he followed in Jeroboam’s footsteps and encouraged Israel to sin.

The prophet then went and stood by the road, waiting for the king. He also disguised himself by putting a bandage down over his eyes.

The king of Israel went home to Samaria bitter and angry.

The king went to Gibeon to offer sacrifices, for it had the most prominent of the high places. Solomon would offer up a thousand burnt sacrifices on the altar there.

and took off after the prophet, whom he found sitting under an oak tree. He asked him, “Are you the prophet from Judah?” He answered, “Yes, I am.”

As the prophet from Judah was traveling, a lion attacked him on the road and killed him. His corpse was lying on the road, and the donkey and the lion just stood there beside it.

He followed all the sinful practices of his father before him. He was not wholeheartedly devoted to the Lord his God, as his ancestor David had been.

He followed in the footsteps of Jeroboam son of Nebat and encouraged Israel to sin; they angered the Lord God of Israel with their worthless idols.

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

Elijah was afraid, so he got up and fled for his life to Beer Sheba in Judah. He left his servant there,

So he got up and ate and drank. That meal gave him the strength to travel forty days and forty nights until he reached Horeb, the mountain of God.