for the prophecy he announced with the Lord’s authority against the altar in Bethel and against all the temples on the high places in the cities of the north will certainly be fulfilled.”

If a decision is not made, when my master the king is buried with his ancestors, my son Solomon and I will be considered state criminals.”

Once the priests left the holy place, a cloud filled the Lord’s temple.

In the third year King Jehoshaphat of Judah came down to visit the king of Israel.

Some time later, in the third year of the famine, the Lord told Elijah, “Go, make an appearance before Ahab, so I may send rain on the surface of the ground.”

After Solomon finished building the Lord’s temple, the royal palace, and all the other construction projects he had planned,

After this the following episode took place. Naboth the Jezreelite owned a vineyard in Jezreel adjacent to the palace of King Ahab of Samaria.

Zedekiah son of Kenaanah approached, hit Micaiah on the jaw, and said, “Which way did the Lord’s spirit go when he went from me to speak to you?”

When all Israel heard that Jeroboam had returned, they summoned him to the assembly and made him king over all Israel. No one except the tribe of Judah remained loyal to the Davidic dynasty.

When he became king and occupied the throne, he killed Baasha’s entire family. He did not spare any male belonging to him; he killed his relatives and his friends.

As if following in the sinful footsteps of Jeroboam son of Nebat were not bad enough, he married Jezebel the daughter of King Ethbaal of the Sidonians. Then he worshiped and bowed to Baal.

When Jezebel heard that Naboth had been stoned to death, she said to Ahab, “Get up, take possession of the vineyard Naboth the Jezreelite refused to sell you for silver, for Naboth is no longer alive; he’s dead.”

After twenty years, during which Solomon built the Lord’s temple and the royal palace,

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

When the prophet from Judah finished his meal, the old prophet saddled his visitor’s donkey for him.

In King Rehoboam’s fifth year, King Shishak of Egypt attacked Jerusalem.

When Baasha heard the news, he stopped fortifying Ramah and settled down in Tirzah.

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

When Ahab saw Elijah, he said to him, “Is it really you, the one who brings disaster on Israel?”

In the spring Ben Hadad mustered the Syrian army and marched to Aphek to fight Israel.