Then a spirit<n id="1" /> stepped forward and stood before the <sc>Lordsc>. He said, &#8216;I will deceive him.&#8217; The <sc>Lordsc> asked him, &#8216;How?&#8217;

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

The king then gave the order to Benaiah son of Jehoiada who went and executed Shimei.<n id="1" />p> <p class="bodytext">So Solomon took firm control of the kingdom.<n id="2" />p>

When Hiram went out from Tyre to inspect the cities Solomon had given him, he was not pleased with them.<n id="1" />

<t /><n id="1" /><p class="bodytext">Jeroboam built up Shechem in the Ephraimite hill country and lived there. From there he went out and built up Penuel.

When Elijah heard it, he covered his face with his robe and went out and stood at the entrance to the cave. All of a sudden<n id="1" /> a voice asked him, &#8220;Why are you here, Elijah?&#8221;

The men took this as a good omen and quickly accepted his offer, saying, &#8220;Ben Hadad is your brother.&#8221; Ahab<n id="1" /> then said, &#8220;Go, get him.&#8221; So Ben Hadad came out to him, and Ahab pulled him up into his chariot.