the <sc>Lordsc> appeared to Solomon a second time, in the same way he had appeared to him at Gibeon.<n id="1" />

The poles were so long their ends were visible from the holy place in front of the inner sanctuary, but they could not be seen from beyond that point.<n id="1" /> They have remained there to this very day.

So Elijah went to make an appearance before Ahab.p> <p class="bodytext">Now the famine was severe in Samaria.<n id="1" />

When the queen of Sheba saw for herself Solomon&#8217;s extensive wisdom,<n id="1" /> the palace<n id="2" /> he had built,

But Elijah said, &#8220;As certainly as the <sc>Lord who rules over allsc><n id="1" /> lives (whom I serve),<n id="2" /> I will make an appearance before him today.&#8221;p>

When Ahab saw Elijah, he<n id="1" /> said to him, &#8220;Is it really you, the one who brings disaster<n id="2" /> on Israel?&#8221;

Micaiah replied, &#8220;Look, you will see in the day when you go into an inner room to hide.&#8221;

When the chariot commanders realized he was not the king of Israel, they turned away from him.

and said<n id="1" /> this: &#8216;The <sc>Lordsc> God of Israel is worthy of praise because<n id="2" /> today he has placed a successor on my throne and allowed me to see it.&#8217;&#8221;<n id="3" />p>

One night in Gibeon the <sc>Lordsc> appeared<n id="1" /> to Solomon in a dream. God said, &#8220;Tell<n id="2" /> me what I should give you.&#8221;

The inside of the temple was all cedar and was adorned with carvings of round ornaments and of flowers in bloom. Everything was cedar; no stones were visible.<n id="1" />p>

When Hiram went out from Tyre to inspect the cities Solomon had given him, he was not pleased with them.<n id="1" />

<p class="bodytext">The <sc>Lordsc> was angry with Solomon because he had shifted his allegiance<n id="1" /> away from the <sc>Lordsc>, the God of Israel, who had appeared to him on two occasions<n id="2" />

Jeroboam was a talented man;<n id="1" /> when Solomon saw that the young man was an accomplished worker, he made him the leader of the work crew from the tribe<n id="2" /> of Joseph.

Their father asked them, &#8220;Which road did he take?&#8221; His sons showed him<n id="1" /> the road the prophet<n id="2" /> from Judah had taken.

<p class="bodytext">Jeroboam&#8217;s wife did as she was told. She went to Shiloh and visited Ahijah.<n id="1" /> Now Ahijah could not see; he had lost his eyesight in his old age.<n id="2" />

When Zimri saw that the city was captured, he went into the fortified area of the royal palace. He set the palace on fire and died in the flames.<n id="1" />

Elijah took the boy, brought him down from the upper room to the house, and handed him to his mother. Elijah then said, &#8220;See, your son is alive!&#8221;

When all the people saw this, they threw themselves down with their faces to the ground and said, &#8220;The <sc>Lordsc> is the true God!<n id="1" /> The <sc>Lordsc> is the true God!&#8221;

<p class="bodytext">Elijah was afraid,<n id="1" /> so he got up and fled for his life to Beer Sheba in Judah. He left his servant there,