Discovery Box| (0.48) | 1Ki 11:24 |
| He gathered some men and organized a raiding band. 1 When David tried to kill them, 2 they went to Damascus, where they settled down and gained control of the city. |
| (0.48) | 1Ki 11:28 |
| Jeroboam was a talented man; 1 when Solomon saw that the young man was an accomplished worker, he made him the leader of the work crew from the tribe 2 of Joseph. |
| (0.48) | 1Ki 11:29 |
| At that time, when Jeroboam had left Jerusalem, the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite met him on the road; the two of them were alone in the open country. Ahijah 1 was wearing a brand new robe, |
| (0.48) | 1Ki 13:3 |
| That day he also announced 1 a sign, “This is the sign the Lord has predetermined: 2 The altar will be split open and the ashes 3 on it will fall to the ground.” 4 |
| (0.48) | 1Ki 13:24 |
| As the prophet from Judah was traveling, a lion attacked him on the road and killed him. 1 His corpse was lying on the road, and the donkey and the lion just stood there beside it. 2 |
| (0.48) | 1Ki 13:33 |
| After this happened, Jeroboam still did not change his evil ways; 1 he continued to appoint common people 2 as priests at the high places. Anyone who wanted the job he consecrated as a priest. 3 |
| (0.48) | 1Ki 14:13 |
| All Israel will mourn him and bury him. He is the only one in Jeroboam’s family 1 who will receive a decent burial, for he is the only one in whom the Lord God of Israel found anything good. |
| (0.48) | 1Ki 15:13 |
| He also removed Maacah his grandmother 1 from her position as queen because she had made a loathsome Asherah pole. Asa cut down her Asherah pole and burned it in the Kidron Valley. |
| (0.48) | 1Ki 16:9 |
| His servant Zimri, a commander of half of his chariot force, conspired against him. While Elah was drinking heavily 1 at the house of Arza, who supervised the palace in Tirzah, |
| (0.48) | 1Ki 16:24 |
| He purchased the hill of Samaria 1 from Shemer for two talents 2 of silver. He launched a construction project there 3 and named the city he built after Shemer, the former owner of the hill of Samaria. |
| (0.48) | 1Ki 17:13 |
| Elijah said to her, “Don’t be afraid. Go and do as you planned. 1 But first make a small cake for me and bring it to me; then make something for yourself and your son. |
| (0.48) | 1Ki 18:25 |
| Elijah told the prophets of Baal, “Choose one of the bulls for yourselves and go first, for you are the majority. Invoke the name of your god, but do not light a fire.” 1 |
| (0.48) | 1Ki 19:2 |
| Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah with this warning, 1 “May the gods judge me severely 2 if by this time tomorrow I do not take your life as you did theirs!” 3 |
| (0.48) | 1Ki 20:23 |
| Now the advisers 1 of the king of Syria said to him: “Their God is a god of the mountains. That’s why they overpowered us. But if we fight them in the plains, we will certainly overpower them. |
| (0.48) | 1Ki 20:33 |
| The men took this as a good omen and quickly accepted his offer, saying, “Ben Hadad is your brother.” Ahab 1 then said, “Go, get him.” So Ben Hadad came out to him, and Ahab pulled him up into his chariot. |
| (0.48) | 1Ki 20:42 |
| The prophet 1 then said to him, “This is what the Lord says, ‘Because you released a man I had determined should die, you will pay with your life and your people will suffer instead of his people.’” 2 |
| (0.48) | 1Ki 21:7 |
| His wife Jezebel said to him, “You are the king of Israel! 1 Get up, eat some food, and have a good time. 2 I will get the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite for you.” |
| (0.48) | 1Ki 22:22 |
| He replied, ‘I will go out and be a lying spirit in the mouths of all his prophets.’ The Lord 1 said, ‘Deceive and overpower him. 2 Go out and do as you have proposed.’ |
| (0.48) | 2Ki 1:2 |
| Ahaziah fell through a window lattice in his upper chamber in Samaria 1 and was injured. He sent messengers with these orders, 2 “Go, ask 3 Baal Zebub, 4 the god of Ekron, if I will survive this injury.” |
| (0.48) | 2Ki 1:10 |
| Elijah replied to the captain, 1 “If I am indeed a prophet, may fire come down from the sky and consume you and your fifty soldiers!” Fire then came down 2 from the sky and consumed him and his fifty soldiers. |
