“Leave here and travel eastward. Hide out in the Kerith Valley near the Jordan.

O <sc>Lordsc>,<n id="1" /> truly I have built a lofty temple for you, a place where you can live permanently.&#8221;

He then said to him, &#8220;Come home with me and eat something.&#8221;

He replied, &#8220;Yes,<n id="1" /> go and say to your master, &#8216;Elijah is back.&#8217;&#8221;<n id="2" />

Now you say, &#8216;Go and say to your master, &#8220;Elijah is back.&#8221;&#8217;<n id="1" />

God said to him, &#8220;Because you asked for the ability to make wise judicial decisions, and not for long life, or riches, or vengeance on your enemies,<n id="1" />

Bathsheba bowed down on the floor before<n id="1" /> the king. The king said, &#8220;What do you want?&#8221;

I will take the kingdom from the hand of his son and give ten tribes to you.<n id="1" />

The king then said to the prophet, &#8220;Come home with me and have something to eat. I&#8217;d like to give a present.&#8221;

Now you say, &#8216;Go and say to your master, &#8220;Elijah is back,&#8221;&#8217;<n id="1" /> but he will kill me.&#8221;

The king of Israel replied, &#8220;It is just as you say, my master, O king. I and all I own belong to you.&#8221;p>

But Naboth replied to Ahab, &#8220;The <sc>Lordsc> forbid that I should sell you my ancestral inheritance.&#8221;<n id="1" />p>

Then he told Jeroboam, &#8220;Take ten pieces, for this is what the <sc>Lordsc> God of Israel says: &#8216;Look, I am about to tear the kingdom from Solomon&#8217;s hand and I will give ten tribes to you.

&#8220;I want to make a treaty with you, like the one our fathers made.<n id="1" /> See, I have sent you silver and gold as a present. Break your treaty with King Baasha of Israel, so he will retreat from my land.&#8221;<n id="2" />

He left the oxen, ran after Elijah, and said, &#8220;Please let me kiss my father and mother goodbye, then I will follow you.&#8221; Elijah<n id="1" /> said to him, &#8220;Go back! Indeed, what have I done to you?&#8221;

He answered her, &#8220;While I was talking to Naboth the Jezreelite, I said to him, &#8216;Sell me your vineyard for silver, or if you prefer, I will give you another vineyard in its place.&#8217; But he said, &#8216;I will not sell you my vineyard.&#8217;&#8221;<n id="1" />

King Solomon sent men to bring him down<n id="1" /> from the altar. He came and bowed down to King Solomon, and Solomon told him, &#8220;Go home.&#8221;<n id="2" />p>

<p class="bodytext">Next the king summoned<n id="1" /> Shimei and told him, &#8220;Build yourself a house in Jerusalem<n id="2" /> and live there &#8211; but you may not leave there to go anywhere!<n id="3" />

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;

I<n id="1" /> grant your request,<n id="2" /> and give<n id="3" /> you a wise and discerning mind<n id="4" /> superior to that of anyone who has preceded or will succeed you.<n id="5" />