Solomon's reign is the peak — the wisdom, the temple, the prayer of dedication that fills it like a benchmark for how to talk to God. Then the gradual turning away, and everything after goes downhill fast. Rehoboam's folly splits the nation in two. A parade of evil kings. Then Elijah: drought, ravens, a widow with her last handful of flour, Mount Carmel, and a still small voice in a cave on Horeb. Finishes with Ahab dying slowly in his chariot from an arrow that nobody aimed at him.