Solomon left all these items unweighed; there were so many of them they did not weigh the bronze.

Solomon did evil in the Lord’s sight; he did not remain loyal to the Lord, like his father David had.

However, for your father David’s sake I will not do this while you are alive. I will tear it away from your son’s hand instead.

I will humiliate David’s descendants because of this, but not forever.”

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

The high places were not eliminated, yet Asa was wholeheartedly devoted to the Lord throughout his lifetime.

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

After the earthquake, there was a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire. After the fire, there was a soft whisper.

All the leaders and people said to him, “Do not give in or agree to his demands.”

When the chariot commanders realized he was not the king of Israel, they turned away from him.

Nathan said to Bathsheba, Solomon’s mother, “Has it been reported to you that Haggith’s son Adonijah has become king behind our master David’s back?

The other woman said, “No! My son is alive; your son is dead!” But the first woman replied, “No, your son is dead; my son is alive.” Each presented her case before the king.

Now King Solomon and all the Israelites who had assembled with him went on ahead of the ark and sacrificed more sheep and cattle than could be counted or numbered.

I did not believe these things until I came and saw them with my own eyes. Indeed, I didn’t hear even half the story! Your wisdom and wealth surpass what was reported to me.

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.)

They came from nations about which the Lord had warned the Israelites, “You must not establish friendly relations with them! If you do, they will surely shift your allegiance to their gods.” But Solomon was irresistibly attracted to them.

‘The Lord says this: “Do not attack and make war with your brothers, the Israelites. Each of you go home, for I have caused this to happen.”’” They obeyed the Lord and went home as the Lord had ordered them to do.

He went and found the corpse lying in the road with the donkey and the lion standing beside it; the lion had neither eaten the corpse nor attacked the donkey.

For this is what the Lord God of Israel says, ‘The jar of flour will not be empty and the jug of oil will not run out until the day the Lord makes it rain on the surface of the ground.’”

As certainly as the Lord your God lives, my master has sent to every nation and kingdom in an effort to find you. When they say, ‘He’s not here,’ he makes them swear an oath that they could not find you.