Zimri destroyed Baasha&#8217;s entire family, just as the <sc>Lordsc> had predicted to Baasha<n id="1" /> through Jehu the prophet.

<p class="bodytext">Elijah then told all the people, &#8220;Approach me.&#8221; So all the people approached him. He repaired the altar of the <sc>Lordsc> that had been torn down.<n id="1" />

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;

I still have left in Israel seven thousand followers who have not bowed their knees to Baal or kissed the images of him.&#8221;<n id="1" />p>

So now, look, the <sc>Lordsc> has placed a lying spirit in the mouths of all these prophets of yours; but the <sc>Lordsc> has decreed disaster for you.&#8221;

Ben Hadad accepted King Asa&#8217;s offer and ordered his army commanders to attack the cities of Israel.<n id="1" /> They conquered<n id="2" /> Ijon, Dan, Abel Beth Maacah, and all the territory of Naphtali, including the region of Kinnereth.<n id="3" />

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.

Zadok the priest took a horn filled with olive oil<n id="1" /> from the tent and poured it on<n id="2" /> Solomon; the trumpet was blown and all the people declared, &#8220;Long live King Solomon!&#8221;

He said, &#8220;You know that the kingdom<n id="1" /> was mine and all Israel considered me king.<n id="2" /> But then the kingdom was given to my brother, for the <sc>Lordsc> decided it should be his.<n id="3" />

Then the king said to Shimei, &#8220;You are well aware of the way you mistreated my father David.<n id="1" /> The <sc>Lordsc> will punish you for what you did.<n id="2" />

When all Israel heard about the judicial decision which the king had rendered, they respected<n id="1" /> the king, for they realized<n id="2" /> that he possessed supernatural wisdom<n id="3" /> to make judicial decisions.p>

<p class="bodytext">Solomon had twelve district governors appointed throughout Israel who acquired supplies for the king and his palace. Each was responsible for one month in the year.

<v id="(5:1)" /><n id="1" /> Solomon ruled all the kingdoms from the Euphrates River<n id="2" /> to the land of the Philistines, as far as the border of Egypt. These kingdoms paid tribute as Solomon&#8217;s subjects throughout his lifetime.<n id="3" />

The district governors acquired supplies for King Solomon and all who ate in his royal palace.<n id="1" /> Each was responsible for one month in the year; they made sure nothing was lacking.

<t /><p class="bodytext"><v id="(5:15)" /><n id="1" /> King Hiram of Tyre<n id="2" /> sent messengers<n id="3" /> to Solomon when he heard that he had been anointed king in his father&#8217;s place. (Hiram had always been an ally of David.)

Hiram then sent this message to Solomon: &#8220;I received<n id="1" /> the message you sent to me. I will give you all the cedars and evergreens you need.<n id="2" />

&#8220;As for this temple you are building, if you follow<n id="1" /> my rules, observe<n id="2" /> my regulations, and obey all my commandments,<n id="3" /> I will fulfill through you the promise I made to your father David.<n id="4" />

<p class="bodytext">Hiram also made basins, shovels, and bowls. He<n id="1" /> finished all the work on the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s temple he had been assigned by King Solomon.<n id="2" />

and the pots, shovels, and bowls. All these items King Solomon assigned Hiram to make for the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s temple<n id="1" /> were made from polished bronze.

When King Solomon finished constructing the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s temple, he<n id="1" /> put the holy items that belonged to his father David (the silver, gold, and other articles) in the treasuries of the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s temple.p>