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For they erected high places, standing-stones and sacred poles on every high hill and under every green tree.

Nevertheless, for David's sake Adonai his God gave him a lamp burning in Yerushalayim by establishing his son after him and making Yerushalayim secure.

For David had done what was right from Adonai 's perspective; he had not turned away from anything he had ordered him to do, as long as he lived, except in the matter of Uriyah the Hitti.

Ba‘sha the son of Achiyah, from the descendants of Yissakhar, conspired against him; and Ba‘sha attacked him at Gib'ton, which belonged to the P'lishtim; for at the time Nadav and all Isra'el were besieging Gib'ton.

it was the punishment for the sins Yarov‘am had committed and through which he had made Isra'el sin, thereby angering Adonai the God of Isra'el.

It was in the twenty-sixth year of Asa king of Y'hudah that Elah the son of Ba‘sha began his reign over all Isra'el in Tirtzah, and he ruled for two years.

It was in the twenty-seventh year of Asa king of Y'hudah that Zimri ruled for seven days in Tirtzah. At that time, the army was besieging Gib'ton, which belonged to the P'lishtim.

It was in the thirty-first year of Asa king of Y'hudah that ‘Omri began his reign over Isra'el, and he ruled for twelve years, six of them in Tirtzah.

He bought Mount Shomron from Shemer for 132 pounds of silver. On the mountain he built a city, which he named Shomron after Shemer, who had owned the mountain.

for he lived entirely in the manner of Yarov‘am the son of N'vat, committing the sins with which he made Isra'el sin, thereby angering Adonai the God of Isra'el with their worthless idols.

But then, as if it had been a trifling thing for him to commit the sins of Yarov‘am the son of N'vat, he took as his wife Izevel the daughter of Etba‘al king of the Tzidonim, and went and served Ba‘al and worshipped him.

He erected an altar for Ba‘al in the house of Ba‘al, which he had built in Shomron.

"Get up; go to Tzarfat, a village in Tzidon; and live there. I have ordered a widow there to provide for you."

So he set out and went to Tzarfat. On reaching the gate of the city, he saw a widow there gathering sticks. He called out to her, "Please bring a little water in a container for me to drink."

She answered, "As Adonai your God lives, I have nothing baked, only a handful of meal in a pot and a little oil in the jug. Here I am, gathering a couple sticks of wood, so that I can go and cook it for myself and my son. After we have eaten that, we will die."

Eliyahu said to her, "Don't be afraid. Go; and do what you said; but first, use a little of it to make me a small loaf of bread; and bring it out to me. After that, make food for yourself and your son.

For this is what Adonai the God of Isra'el, says: ‘The pot of meal will not get used up, nor will there fail to be oil in the jug, until the day Adonai sends rain down on the land.'"

She went and acted according to what Eliyahu had said; and she, he and her household had food to eat for a long time.

for example, when Izevel was murdering Adonai 's prophets, ‘Ovadyah took a hundred prophets, hid them in two caves, fifty in each, and supplied them with food and water.

Let them give us two young bulls, and they can choose the bull they want for themselves. Then let them cut it in pieces and lay it on the wood but put no fire under it. I will prepare the other bull, lay it on the wood and put no fire under it.