But Rehoboam rejected their advice and consulted the young advisers who served him, with whom he had grown up.

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

He was so wicked he worshiped the disgusting idols, just like the Amorites whom the Lord had driven out from before the Israelites.)

She said, “I would like to ask you for just one small favor. Please don’t refuse me.” He said, “Go ahead and ask, my mother, for I would not refuse you.”

all the storage cities that belonged to him, and the cities where chariots and horses were kept. He built whatever he wanted in Jerusalem, Lebanon, and throughout his entire kingdom.

So the prophet said to him, “Because you have disobeyed the Lord, as soon as you leave me a lion will kill you.” When he left him, a lion attacked and killed him.

But the Lord had told Ahijah, “Look, Jeroboam’s wife is coming to find out from you what will happen to her son, for he is sick. Tell her so-and-so. When she comes, she will be in a disguise.”

The young woman was very beautiful; she became the king’s nurse and served him, but the king did not have sexual relations with her.

The king swore an oath: “As certainly as the Lord lives (he who has rescued me from every danger),

When David was close to death, he told Solomon his son:

ten calves fattened in the stall, twenty calves from the pasture, and a hundred sheep, not to mention rams, gazelles, deer, and well-fed birds.

Solomon also had 70,000 common laborers and 80,000 stonecutters in the hills,

So the prophet went back with him and ate and drank in his house.

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

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

Drink from the stream; I have already told the ravens to bring you food there.”

She went and did as Elijah told her; there was always enough food for Elijah and for her and her family.

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

Micaiah said, “If you really do safely return, then the Lord has not spoken through me.” Then he added, “Take note, all you people.”

On these frames and joints were ornamental lions, bulls, and cherubs. Under the lions and bulls were decorative wreaths.