Soon after this the hand of death was put upon that house. Not only did death enter David’s house, but it was not long before his eldest son committed adultery with his sister, and another committed murder--murdered his own brothers, and went off into a foreign land into exile. Then he got up a rebellion and drove the king from the throne, and at last died and was buried like a dog, and they heaped stones upon his resting place. “Whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.” David committed adultery, and so did his son; David committed murder, and his son did the same. He was paid back in his own coin. He learned the truth of this passage: “Whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.” ELIJAH. Let us go to Carmel for a few minutes. King Ahab had forsaken the God of Israel, and all the court people and “upper ten” had followed his example. But there was an old prophet out in the mountains, to whom God said: “Go to Ahab, and tell him the heavens shall be shut up and there shall be no rain.” Away he goes to the wicked king. He bursts in upon him like a clap of thunder, gives his message and hurries away. I suppose Ahab laughed at the old prophet. “What! No more rain? Why, the fellow must be crazy.” Pretty soon the weather gets very dry. The earth is parched, and begins to crack open. The rivers have but little water in them, and the brooks dry up altogether. The trees die; all the grass perishes, and the cattle die, too. Famine--starvation--death! If rain does not come pretty soon, there will not be a live man or woman left in all the kingdom. One day the king was talking with the prophet, Obadiah. You see, he did have one good man near him, along with all the prophets of the false god. Almost anybody likes to have one good man within reach, even if he is ever so bad. He may be wanted in a hurry some time. “See here, Obadiah!” says King Ahab. “You go one way and I will go another, and we will see if we can find some water somewhere.” Obadiah has not gone a great way before Elijah bursts out upon him. “O Elijah! Is that you? Ahab has been hunting for you everywhere, and could not find you. He has sent off into all the kingdoms about, to have them fetch you, if you were there.” “Yes; I am here,” says Elijah. “You go and tell Ahab I want to see him.” “I dare not do that,” says Obadiah, “for just as soon as I tell him you are here, the Spirit will catch you away and take you off somewhere else, and then the king will be very angry, and maybe he will kill me.” “No,” says Elijah. “As the Lord liveth, I will meet Ahab face to face this day.” So Obadiah hurries off to find Ahab, and tells him he has seen the prophet. “What! Elijah?” “Yes.” “Why didn’t you bring him along?” “He would not come. He says he wants you to come to him.” Ahab was not used to have people talk that way to him, but he was anxious to see the prophet, so he went. And when he sees Elijah he is very angry, and asks: “Art thou he that troubleth Israel?”