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Now when King Jeroboam, who was at the altar in Bethel, heard the word that the man of God had cried out against it, he stretched out his hand and said, “Seize him!” But the hand he stretched out toward him withered, so that he could not pull it back.
- 1 Kings 13:4
Then the king said to the man of God, “Come home with me and refresh yourself, and I will give you a reward.”
- 1 Kings 13:7
Go, tell Jeroboam that this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘I raised you up from among the people and appointed you ruler over My people Israel.
- 1 Kings 14:7
So now I will consume Baasha and his house, and I will make your house like that of Jeroboam son of Nebat:
- 1 Kings 16:3
“It is I,” he answered. “Go tell your master, ‘Elijah is here!’”
- 1 Kings 18:8
And now you say, ‘Go tell your master that Elijah is here!’
- 1 Kings 18:11
Then the LORD said to him, “Go back by the way you came, and go to the Desert of Damascus. When you arrive, you are to anoint Hazael as king over Aram.
- 1 Kings 19:15
You are also to anoint Jehu son of Nimshi as king over Israel and Elisha son of Shaphat from Abel-meholah to succeed you as prophet.
- 1 Kings 19:16
So do this: Dismiss all the kings from their positions and replace them with other officers.
- 1 Kings 20:24
Then the prophet said to him, “Because you have not obeyed the voice of the LORD, as soon as you depart from me a lion will kill you.” And when he left, a lion found him and killed him.
- 1 Kings 20:36
So the elders and nobles who lived in Naboth’s city did as Jezebel had instructed in the letters she had written to them.
- 1 Kings 21:11
Then Zedekiah son of Chenaanah went up, struck Micaiah in the face, and demanded, “Which way did the Spirit of the LORD go when He departed from me to speak with you?”
- 1 Kings 22:24