All of Adonijah's guests panicked; they jumped up and rushed off their separate ways.

Then the king said to Shimei, "You are well aware of the way you mistreated my father David. The Lord will punish you for what you did.

In the same way he made doorposts of olive wood for the entrance to the main hall, only with four-sided pillars.

The palace where he lived was constructed in a similar way. He also constructed a palace like this hall for Pharaoh's daughter, whom he had married.

On the top of each pillar, right above the bulge beside the latticework, there were two hundred pomegranate-shaped ornaments arranged in rows all the way around.

Under the rim all the way around it were round ornaments arranged in settings 15 feet long. The ornaments were in two rows and had been cast with "The Sea."

He made the ten stands in this way. All of them were cast in one mold and were identical in measurements and shape.

then listen from heaven and forgive the sin of your servants, your people Israel. Certainly you will then teach them the right way to live and send rain on your land that you have given your people to possess.

the Lord appeared to Solomon a second time, in the same way he had appeared to him at Gibeon.

For the Lord gave me strict orders, 'Do not eat or drink there and do not go home the way you came.'"

For the Lord gave me strict orders, 'Do not eat or drink there; do not go back the way you came.'"

After this happened, Jeroboam still did not change his evil ways; he continued to appoint common people as priests at the high places. Anyone who wanted the job he consecrated as a priest.

The prophet Jehu son of Hanani received from the Lord the message predicting the downfall of Baasha and his family because of all the evil Baasha had done in the sight of the Lord. His actions angered the Lord (including the way he had destroyed Jeroboam's dynasty), so that his family ended up like Jeroboam's.

They divided up the land between them; Ahab went one way and Obadiah went the other.

Now the Lord energized Elijah with power; he tucked his robe into his belt and ran ahead of Ahab all the way to Jezreel.

The Lord said to him, "Go back the way you came and then head for the Desert of Damascus. Go and anoint Hazael king over Syria.

Zedekiah son of Kenaanah approached, hit Micaiah on the jaw, and said, "Which way did the Lord's spirit go when he went from me to speak to you?"