Throughout the afternoon they were in an ecstatic frenzy, but there was no sound, no answer, and no response.

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.

When the old prophet who had invited him to his house heard the news, he said, “It is the prophet who rebelled against the Lord. The Lord delivered him over to the lion and it ripped him up and killed him, just as the Lord warned him.”

and took off after the prophet, whom he found sitting under an oak tree. He asked him, “Are you the prophet from Judah?” He answered, “Yes, I am.”

“I raised you up from the dust and made you ruler over my people Israel. Yet you followed in Jeroboam’s footsteps and encouraged my people Israel to sin; their sins have made me angry.

They sent for him, and Jeroboam and the whole Israelite assembly came and spoke to Rehoboam, saying,

She asked Elijah, “Why, prophet, have you come to me to confront me with my sin and kill my son?”

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.

Solomon had 4,000 stalls for his chariot horses and 12,000 horses.

Rehoboam and Jeroboam were continually at war with each other throughout Abijah’s lifetime.

He brought the holy items that he and his father had made into the Lord’s temple, including the silver, gold, and other articles.

Furthermore, Solomon has assumed the royal throne.

Each stand had four bronze wheels with bronze axles and four supports. Under the basin the supports were fashioned on each side with wreaths.

Baalath, Tadmor in the wilderness,

Jeroboam then thought to himself: “Now the Davidic dynasty could regain the kingdom.

The king then said to the prophet, “Come home with me and have something to eat. I’d like to give a present.”

The Lord will raise up a king over Israel who will cut off Jeroboam’s dynasty. It is ready to happen!

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

Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah with this warning, “May the gods judge me severely if by this time tomorrow I do not take your life as you did theirs!”

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?