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He knows that I am faultless, that I have kept myself from doing wrong.

And so he rewards me because I do what is right, because he knows that I am innocent.

The Lord said to Gad, David's prophet, "Go and tell David that I am giving him three choices. I will do whichever he chooses." The next morning, after David had gotten up,

David answered, "I am in a desperate situation! But I don't want to be punished by people. Let the Lord himself be the one to punish us, for he is merciful."

David saw the angel who was killing the people, and said to the Lord , "I am the guilty one. I am the one who did wrong. What have these poor people done? You should punish me and my family."

O Lord God, you have let me succeed my father as king, even though I am very young and don't know how to rule.

Here I am among the people you have chosen to be your own, a people who are so many that they cannot be counted.

Then Hiram sent Solomon the following message: "I have received your message, and I am ready to do what you ask. I will provide the cedars and the pine trees.

Lord my God, I am your servant. Listen to my prayer, and grant the requests I make to you today.

then I will remove my people Israel from the land that I have given them. I will also abandon this Temple which I have consecrated as the place where I am to be worshiped. People everywhere will ridicule Israel and treat her with contempt.

and said to Jeroboam, "Take ten pieces for yourself, because the Lord , the God of Israel, says to you, ‘I am going to take the kingdom away from Solomon, and I will give you ten tribes.

I am going to do this because Solomon has rejected me and has worshiped foreign gods: Astarte, the goddess of Sidon; Chemosh, the god of Moab; and Molech, the god of Ammon. Solomon has disobeyed me; he has done wrong and has not kept my laws and commands as his father David did.

but I will let Solomon's son keep one tribe, so that I will always have a descendant of my servant David ruling in Jerusalem, the city I have chosen as the place where I am worshiped.

down the road after the prophet from Judah and found him sitting under an oak tree. "Are you the prophet from Judah?" he asked. "I am," the man answered.

Then the old prophet from Bethel said to him, "I, too, am a prophet just like you, and at the Lord 's command an angel told me to take you home with me and offer you my hospitality." But the old prophet was lying.

"Yes, I'm Elijah," he answered. "Go and tell your master the king that I am here."

Then Elijah said, "I am the only prophet of the Lord still left, but there are 450 prophets of Baal.

At the hour of the afternoon sacrifice the prophet Elijah approached the altar and prayed, "O Lord , the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, prove now that you are the God of Israel and that I am your servant and have done all this at your command.

He answered, " Lord God Almighty, I have always served you—you alone. But the people of Israel have broken their covenant with you, torn down your altars, and killed all your prophets. I am the only one left—and they are trying to kill me!"

He answered, " Lord God Almighty, I have always served you—you alone. But the people of Israel have broken their covenant with you, torn down your altars, and killed all your prophets. I am the only one left—and they are trying to kill me."