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

He did evil in the sight of the Lord. He followed in his father’s footsteps and encouraged Israel to sin.

He did evil in the sight of the Lord; he followed in Jeroboam’s footsteps and encouraged Israel to sin.

Jehu son of Hanani received from the Lord this message predicting Baasha’s downfall:

Omri did more evil in the sight of the Lord than all who were before him.

Ahab son of Omri did more evil in the sight of the Lord than all who were before him.

So he did as the Lord told him; he went and lived in the Kerith Valley near the Jordan.

The Lord answered Elijah’s prayer; the boy’s breath returned to him and he lived.

But Elijah said, “As certainly as the Lord who rules over all lives (whom I serve), I will make an appearance before him today.”

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

But Naboth replied to Ahab, “The Lord forbid that I should sell you my ancestral inheritance.”

The Lord says this about Jezebel, ‘Dogs will devour Jezebel by the outer wall of Jezreel.’

Then Jehoshaphat added, “First seek an oracle from the Lord.”

But Jehoshaphat asked, “Is there not a prophet of the Lord still here, that we may ask him?”

“You know that my father David was unable to build a temple to honor the Lord his God, for he was busy fighting battles on all fronts while the Lord subdued his enemies.

So I have decided to build a temple to honor the Lord my God, as the Lord instructed my father David, ‘Your son, whom I will put on your throne in your place, is the one who will build a temple to honor me.’

When King Solomon finished constructing the Lord’s temple, he put the holy items that belonged to his father David (the silver, gold, and other articles) in the treasuries of the Lord’s temple.

When Solomon finished presenting all these prayers and requests to the Lord, he got up from before the altar of the Lord where he had kneeled and spread out his hands toward the sky.

May the Lord our God be constantly aware of these requests of mine I have presented to him, so that he might vindicate his servant and his people Israel as the need arises.

Solomon offered as peace offerings to the Lord 22,000 cattle and 120,000 sheep. Then the king and all the Israelites dedicated the Lord’s temple.