The <sc>Lordsc><n id="1" /> said, &#8220;Go out and stand on the mountain before the <sc>Lordsc>. Look, the <sc>Lordsc> is ready to pass by.&#8221;p> <p class="bodytext">A very powerful wind went before the <sc>Lordsc>, digging into the mountain and causing landslides,<n id="2" /> but the <sc>Lordsc> was not in the wind. After the windstorm there was an earthquake, but the <sc>Lordsc> was not in the earthquake.

You must obey<n id="1" /> all I command you to do, follow my instructions,<n id="2" /> do what I approve,<n id="3" /> and keep my rules and commandments, like my servant David did. Then I will be with you and establish for you a lasting dynasty, as I did for David;<n id="4" /> I will give you Israel.

Elisha<n id="1" /> went back and took his pair of oxen and slaughtered them. He cooked the meat over a fire that he made by burning the harness and yoke.<n id="2" /> He gave the people meat and they ate. Then he got up and followed Elijah and became his assistant.p>

Then you<n id="1" /> will invoke the name of your god, and I will invoke the name of the <sc>Lordsc>. The god who responds with fire will demonstrate that he is the true God.&#8221;<n id="2" /> All the people responded, &#8220;This will be a fair test.&#8221;<n id="3" />p>

But when I leave you, the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s spirit will carry you away so I can&#8217;t find you.<n id="1" /> If I go tell Ahab I&#8217;ve seen you, he won&#8217;t be able to find you and he will kill me.<n id="2" /> That would not be fair,<n id="3" /> because your servant has been a loyal follower of<n id="4" /> the <sc>Lordsc> from my youth.

The young advisers with whom Rehoboam<n id="1" /> had grown up said to him, &#8220;Say this to these people who have said to you, &#8216;Your father made us work hard, but now lighten our burden.&#8217;<n id="2" /> Say this to them: &#8216;I am a lot harsher than my father!<n id="3" />

But the <sc>Lordsc> had told Ahijah, &#8220;Look, Jeroboam&#8217;s wife is coming to find out from you what will happen to her son, for he is sick. Tell her so-and-so.<n id="1" /> When she comes, she will be in a disguise.&#8221;

For today he has gone down and sacrificed many cattle, steers, and sheep and has invited all the king&#8217;s sons, the army commanders, and Abiathar the priest. At this moment<n id="1" /> they are having a feast<n id="2" /> in his presence, and they have declared, &#8216;Long live King Adonijah!&#8217;<n id="3" />

So they took a bull, as he had suggested,<n id="1" /> and prepared it. They invoked the name of Baal from morning until noon, saying, &#8220;Baal, answer us.&#8221; But there was no sound and no answer. They jumped<n id="2" /> around on the altar they had made.<n id="3" />

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.

They paid 600 silver pieces for each chariot from Egypt and 150 silver pieces for each horse. They also sold chariots and horses to all the kings of the Hittites and to the kings of Syria.<n id="1" />p>

This caused Israel to sin;<n id="1" /> the people went to Bethel and Dan to worship the calves.<n id="2" />p>

then I will remove Israel from the land<n id="1" /> I have given them, I will abandon this temple I have consecrated with my presence,<n id="2" /> and Israel will be mocked and ridiculed<n id="3" /> among all the nations.

Certainly my master is aware of what I did<n id="1" /> when Jezebel was killing the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s prophets. I hid one hundred of the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s prophets in two caves in two groups of fifty and I brought them food and water.

When Jezebel was killing<n id="1" /> the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s prophets, Obadiah took one hundred prophets and hid them in two caves in two groups of fifty. He also brought them food and water.)

Then the king of Israel marched out and struck down the horses and chariots; he thoroughly defeated<n id="1" /> Syria.p>

As he was still speaking, Jonathan<n id="1" /> son of Abiathar the priest arrived. Adonijah said, &#8220;Come in, for<n id="2" /> an important man like you must be bringing good news.&#8221;<n id="3" />

<p class="bodytext">King Solomon also built ships<n id="1" /> in Ezion Geber, which is located near Elat in the land of Edom, on the shore of the Red Sea.

<t /><p class="bodytext">One of the members of the prophetic guild, speaking with divine authority, ordered his companion, &#8220;Wound me!&#8221;<n id="1" /> But the man refused to wound him.

He sent them to Lebanon in shifts of 10,000 men per month. They worked in Lebanon for one month, and then spent two months at home. Adoniram was supervisor of<n id="1" /> the work crews.