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

Then the king said to Shimei, “You are well aware of the way you mistreated my father David. The Lord will punish you for what you did.

The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “I will disguise myself and then enter into the battle; but you wear your royal robes.” So the king of Israel disguised himself and then entered into the battle.

“Note well, you still have to contend with Shimei son of Gera, the Benjaminite from Bahurim, who tried to call down upon me a horrible judgment when I went to Mahanaim. He came down and met me at the Jordan, and I solemnly promised him by the Lord, ‘I will not strike you down with the sword.’

At noon Elijah mocked them, “Yell louder! After all, he is a god; he may be deep in thought, or perhaps he stepped out for a moment or has taken a trip. Perhaps he is sleeping and needs to be awakened.”

May the Lord punish him for the blood he shed; behind my father David’s back he struck down and murdered with the sword two men who were more innocent and morally upright than he – Abner son of Ner, commander of Israel’s army, and Amasa son of Jether, commander of Judah’s army.

He built an extension all around the temple; it was seven and a half feet high and it was attached to the temple by cedar beams.

He stretched out over the boy three times and called out to the Lord, “O Lord, my God, please let this boy’s breath return to him.”

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

the food in his banquet hall, his servants and attendants, their robes, his cupbearers, and his burnt offerings which he presented in the Lord’s temple, she was amazed.

King David was very old; even when they covered him with blankets, he could not get warm.

But King Solomon will be empowered and David’s dynasty will endure permanently before the Lord.”

He also made two doors out of wood from evergreens; each door had two folding leaves.

Omri and all Israel went up from Gibbethon and besieged Tirzah.

Ahab sent messengers to all the Israelites and had the prophets assemble at Mount Carmel.

So they yelled louder and, in accordance with their prescribed ritual, mutilated themselves with swords and spears until their bodies were covered with blood.

This is what she wrote: “Observe a time of fasting and seat Naboth in front of the people.

His servants advised him, “A young virgin must be found for our master, the king, to take care of the king’s needs and serve as his nurse. She can also sleep with you and keep our master, the king, warm.”

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.”

When the news reached Joab (for Joab had supported Adonijah, although he had not supported Absalom), he ran to the tent of the Lord and grabbed hold of the horns of the altar.