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

But Zadok the priest, Benaiah son of Jehoiada, Nathan the prophet, Shimei, Rei, and David&#8217;s elite warriors<n id="1" /> did not ally themselves<n id="2" /> with Adonijah.

Your servant stands<n id="1" /> among your chosen people;<n id="2" /> they are a great nation that is too numerous to count or number.

and set up in it a place for the ark containing the covenant the <sc>Lordsc> made with our ancestors<n id="1" /> when he brought them out of the land of Egypt.&#8221;p>

Jeroboam ruled for twenty-two years; then he passed away.<n id="1" /> His son Nadab replaced him as king.p>

He followed all the sinful practices of his father before him. He was not wholeheartedly devoted to the <sc>Lordsc> his God, as his ancestor David had been.<n id="1" />

<p class="bodytext">In the spring<n id="1" /> Ben Hadad mustered the Syrian army<n id="2" /> and marched to Aphek to fight Israel.<n id="3" />

Then Ahaziah son of Ahab said to Jehoshaphat, &#8220;Let my sailors join yours in the fleet,&#8221;<n id="1" /> but Jehoshaphat refused.p>

Adonijah sacrificed sheep, cattle, and fattened steers at the Stone of Zoheleth near En Rogel. He invited all his brothers, the king&#8217;s sons,<n id="1" /> as well as all the men of Judah, the king&#8217;s servants.

So now order some cedars of Lebanon to be cut for me. My servants will work with your servants. I will pay your servants whatever you say is appropriate, for you know that we have no one among us who knows how to cut down trees like the Sidonians.&#8221;p>

There was nothing in the ark except the two stone tablets Moses had placed there in Horeb.<n id="1" /> It was there that<n id="2" /> the <sc>Lordsc> made an agreement with the Israelites after he brought them out of the land of Egypt.

She arrived in Jerusalem<n id="1" /> with a great display of pomp,<n id="2" /> bringing with her camels carrying spices,<n id="3" /> a very large quantity of gold, and precious gems. She visited Solomon and discussed with him everything that was on her mind.

Along with Hiram&#8217;s fleet, the king had a fleet of large merchant ships<n id="1" /> that sailed the sea. Once every three years the fleet<n id="2" /> came into port with cargoes of<n id="3" /> gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.<n id="4" />p>

When Solomon became old, his wives shifted his allegiance to<n id="1" /> other gods; he was not wholeheartedly devoted to the <sc>Lordsc> his God, as his father David had been.<n id="2" />

While in Egypt Hadad heard that David had passed away<n id="1" /> and that Joab, the commander of the army, was dead. So Hadad asked Pharaoh, &#8220;Give me permission to leave<n id="2" /> so I can return to my homeland.&#8221;

<p class="bodytext">When Rehoboam arrived in Jerusalem, he summoned 180,000 skilled warriors from all of Judah and the tribe of Benjamin<n id="1" /> to attack Israel and restore the kingdom to Rehoboam son of Solomon.

&#8216;The <sc>Lordsc> says this: &#8220;Do not attack and make war with your brothers, the Israelites. Each of you go home, for I have caused this to happen.&#8221;&#8217;&#8221;<n id="1" /> They obeyed the <sc>Lordsc> and went home as the <sc>Lordsc> had ordered them to do.<n id="2" />p>

Solomon replied, &#8220;You demonstrated<n id="1" /> great loyalty to your servant, my father David, as he served<n id="2" /> you faithfully, properly, and sincerely.<n id="3" /> You have maintained this great loyalty to this day by allowing his son to sit on his throne.<n id="4" />