And cas she came to the threshold of the house, the child died. 14 For thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, ‘The jar of flour shall not be spent, and the jug of oil shall not be empty, until the day that the Lord sends rain upon the earth.’” 14 kBut the high places were not taken away. 24 And you call upon the name of your god, and I will call upon the name of the Lord, and the God who vanswers by fire, he is God.” And all the people answered, “It is well spoken.” God had to punish many Israeli rulers for their worship of the Golden Calf. 16 And he will give Israel up because of the sins of Jeroboam, which he sinned and made Israel to sin.”. 32 and with the stones he built an altar in the name of the Lord. 40 And Elijah said to them, “Seize the prophets of Baal; let not one of them escape.” And they seized them. 11 And now you say, ‘Go, tell your lord, “Behold, Elijah is here.”’ "But Omri did evil in the eyes of The Lord and sinned more than all those before him. 46 nAnd the hand of the Lord was on Elijah, oand he gathered up his garment and ran before Ahab to the entrance of pJezreel. And Asa his son reigned in his place. 13 iHe also removed Maacah his mother from being queen mother because she had made an abominable image for Asherah. And when they would say, ‘He is not here,’ he would take an oath of the kingdom or nation, that they had not found you. 15 And Elijah said, g“As the Lord of hosts lives, before whom I stand, I will surely show myself to him today.” 7 Moreover, the word of the Lord came by the prophet nJehu the son of Hanani against Baasha and his house, both because of all the evil that he did in the sight of the Lord, provoking him to anger with the work of his hands, in being like the house of Jeroboam, and also because whe destroyed it. 39 And when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces and said, h“The Lord, he is God; the Lord, he is God.” 19 Now therefore send and gather all Israel to me at Mount nCarmel, and the o450 prophets of Baal and pthe 400 prophets of Asherah, qwho eat at Jezebel’s table.”. 28 And they cried aloud and wcut themselves after their custom with swords and lances, until the blood gushed out upon them. 2 “Since I pexalted you out of the dust and made you leader over my people Israel, and qyou have walked in the way of Jeroboam and have made my people Israel to sin, provoking me to anger with their sins, 29 sNow the rest of the acts of Rehoboam and all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah? 20 And he cried to the Lord, “O Lord my God, have you brought calamity even upon the widow with whom I sojourn, by killing her son?” 30 Then Elijah said to all the people, “Come near to me.” And all the people came near to him. 27 Now the rest of the acts of Omri that he did, and the might that he showed, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel? [see Images and Idols] 17 Then Jeroboam’s wife arose and departed and came to bTirzah. 8 Then the word of the Lord came to him, 24 He bought the hill of fSamaria from Shemer for two talents1 of silver, and he fortified the hill and called the name of the city that he built gSamaria, after the name of Shemer, the owner of the hill. 27 iBaasha the son of Ahijah, of the house of Issachar, conspired against him. And I will prepare the other bull and lay it on the wood and put no fire to it. He laid its foundation at the cost of Abiram his firstborn, and set up its gates at the cost of his youngest son Segub, according to the word of the Lord, which he spoke by Joshua the son of Nun. 44 And at the seventh time he said, “Behold, la little cloud like a man’s hand is rising from the sea.” And he said, “Go up, say to Ahab, ‘Prepare your chariot and go down, lest the rain stop you.’”