The king appointed Benaiah son of Jehoiada to take his place at the head of<n id="1" /> the army, and the king appointed Zadok the priest to take Abiathar&#8217;s place.<n id="2" />p>

All the people of Judah and Israel had security; everyone from Dan to Beer Sheba enjoyed the produce of their vines and fig trees throughout Solomon&#8217;s lifetime.<n id="1" />

The prophet<n id="1" /> then said to him, &#8220;This is what the <sc>Lordsc> says, &#8216;Because you released a man I had determined should die, you will pay with your life and your people will suffer instead of his people.&#8217;&#8221;<n id="2" />

Ahab passed away.<n id="1" /> His son Ahaziah replaced him as king.p>

the big bronze basin called &#8220;The Sea&#8221; with its twelve bulls underneath,<n id="1" />

Then Solomon passed away<n id="1" /> and was buried in the city of his father David.<n id="2" /> His son Rehoboam replaced him as king.<n id="3" />p>

Abijah passed away<n id="1" /> and was buried<n id="2" /> in the city of David. His son Asa replaced him as king.p>

Baasha killed him in the third year of Asa&#8217;s reign over Judah and replaced him as king.

Baasha passed away<n id="1" /> and was buried in Tirzah. His son Elah replaced him as king.

Zimri came in and struck him dead. (This happened in the twenty-seventh year of Asa&#8217;s reign over Judah.) Zimri replaced Elah as king.<n id="1" />

Omri passed away<n id="1" /> and was buried in Samaria. His son Ahab replaced him as king.<n id="2" />p>

So do this: Dismiss the kings from their command, and replace them with military commanders.

Then follow him up as he comes and sits on my throne. He will be king in my place; I have decreed<n id="1" /> that he will be ruler over Israel and Judah.&#8221;

Now, O <sc>Lordsc> my God, you have made your servant king in my father David&#8217;s place, even though I am only a young man and am inexperienced.<n id="1" />

Under the rim all the way around it<n id="1" /> were round ornaments<n id="2" /> arranged in settings 15 feet long.<n id="3" /> The ornaments were in two rows and had been cast with &#8220;The Sea.&#8221;<n id="4" />

On these frames and joints were ornamental lions, bulls, and cherubs. Under the lions and bulls were decorative wreaths.<n id="1" />

Each stand had four bronze wheels with bronze axles and four supports. Under the basin the supports were fashioned on each side with wreaths.<n id="1" />

The four wheels were under the frames and the crossbars of the axles were connected to the stand. Each wheel was two and one-quarter feet<n id="1" /> high.

<p class="bodytext">The priests brought the ark of the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s covenant to its assigned<n id="1" /> place in the inner sanctuary of the temple, in the most holy place, under the wings of the cherubs.

and took off after the prophet,<n id="1" /> whom he found sitting under an oak tree. He asked him, &#8220;Are you the prophet<n id="2" /> from Judah?&#8221; He answered, &#8220;Yes, I am.&#8221;