As he was still speaking, Jonathan son of Abiathar the priest arrived. Adonijah said, “Come in, for an important man like you must be bringing good news.”

Just then, while she was still speaking to the king, Nathan the prophet arrived.

King David was very old; even when they covered him with blankets, he could not get warm.

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.

Whenever the king visited the Lord’s temple, the royal guard carried them and then brought them back to the guardroom.

Solomon received 666 talents of gold per year,

Just then a prophet from Judah, sent by the Lord, arrived in Bethel, as Jeroboam was standing near the altar ready to offer a sacrifice.

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

She gave the king 120 talents of gold, a very large quantity of spices, and precious gems. The quantity of spices the queen of Sheba gave King Solomon has never been matched.

With the timber the king made supports for the Lord’s temple and for the royal palace and stringed instruments for the musicians. No one has seen so much of this fine timber to this very day.)

and he cried out to the prophet from Judah, “This is what the Lord says, ‘You have rebelled against the Lord and have not obeyed the command the Lord your God gave you.