Indeed,with your help I can charge against an army; by my God’s power I can jump over a wall.

But he did not invite Nathan the prophet, Benaiah, the elite warriors, or his brother Solomon.

So Bathsheba visited the king in his private quarters. (The king was very old, and Abishag the Shunammite was serving the king.)

Nathan said, “My master, O king, did you announce, ‘Adonijah will be king after me; he will sit on my throne’?

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

David reigned over Israel forty years; he reigned in Hebron seven years, and in Jerusalem thirty-three years.

One night in Gibeon the Lord appeared to Solomon in a dream. God said, “Tell me what I should give you.”

The king then said, “Cut the living child in two, and give half to one and half to the other!”

The king responded, “Give the first woman the living child; don’t kill him. She is the mother.”

The temple King Solomon built for the Lord was 90 feet long, 30 feet wide, and 45 feet high.

O Lord, truly I have built a lofty temple for you, a place where you can live permanently.”

Then they will obey you throughout their lifetimes as they live on the land you gave to our ancestors.

Your attendants, who stand before you at all times and hear your wise sayings, are truly happy!

and had warned him about this very thing, so that he would not follow other gods. But he did not obey the Lord’s command.

This caused Israel to sin; the people went to Bethel and Dan to worship the calves.

“As for you, get up and go home. When you set foot in the city, the boy will die.

They even built for themselves high places, sacred pillars, and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree.

After a while, the stream dried up because there had been no rain in the land.

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

Elisha said, “Get me a new jar and put some salt in it.” So they got it.