Then David passed away and was buried in the city of David.

(Rehoboam continued to rule over the Israelites who lived in the cities of Judah.)

Ahab passed away. His son Ahaziah replaced him as king.

It was four fingers thick and its rim was like that of a cup shaped like a lily blossom. It could hold about 12,000 gallons.

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

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

This sin caused Jeroboam’s dynasty to come to an end and to be destroyed from the face of the earth.

Abijah passed away and was buried in the city of David. His son Asa replaced him as king.

Asa and King Nadab of Israel were continually at war with each other.

Omri passed away and was buried in Samaria. His son Ahab replaced him as king.

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

There was no war between Syria and Israel for three years.

Bathsheba bowed down to the king with her face to the floor and said, “May my master, King David, live forever!”

King Solomon sent men to bring him down from the altar. He came and bowed down to King Solomon, and Solomon told him, “Go home.”

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.

Now the people were offering sacrifices at the high places, because in those days a temple had not yet been built to honor the Lord.

The king said, “One says, ‘My son is alive; your son is dead,’ while the other says, ‘No, your son is dead; my son is alive.’”

Solomon’s and Hiram’s construction workers, along with men from Byblos, did the chiseling and prepared the wood and stones for the building of the temple.

He built an extension all around the temple; it was seven and a half feet high and it was attached to the temple by cedar beams.

Around the great courtyard were three rows of chiseled stones and one row of cedar beams, like the inner courtyard of the Lord’s temple and the hall of the palace.