2 Chronicles 28:6
28:6 In one day King Pekah son of Remaliah of Israel killed 120,000 warriors in Judah, because they had abandoned the
Lord God of their ancestors.
2 Chronicles 33:11
33:11 So the
Lord brought against them the commanders of the army of the king of Assyria. They seized Manasseh, put hooks in his nose,
bound him with bronze chains, and carried him away to Babylon.
2 Chronicles 33:2
33:2 He did evil in the sight of
the
Lord and committed the same horrible sins practiced by the nations
whom the
Lord drove out ahead of the Israelites.
2 Chronicles 17:6-7
17:6 He was committed to following the
Lord;
he even removed the high places and Asherah poles from Judah.
17:7 In the third year of his reign he sent his officials Ben-Hail, Obadiah, Zechariah, Nethanel, and Micaiah to teach in the cities of Judah.
2 Chronicles 22:1
Ahaziah’s Reign
22:1 The residents of Jerusalem made his youngest son Ahaziah king in his place, for the raiding party that invaded the city with the Arabs had killed all the older sons. So Ahaziah son of Jehoram became king of Judah.
Isaiah 37:2-4
37:2 Eliakim the palace supervisor, Shebna the scribe, and the leading priests,
clothed in sackcloth, sent this message to the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz:
37:3 “This is what Hezekiah says:
‘This is a day of distress, insults,
and humiliation,
as when a baby is ready to leave the birth canal, but the mother lacks the strength to push it through.
37:4 Perhaps the
Lord your God will hear all these things the chief adviser has spoken on behalf of his master, the king of Assyria, who sent him to taunt the living God.
When the
Lord your God hears, perhaps he will punish him for the things he has said.
So pray for this remnant that remains.’”
Jeremiah 42:2
42:2 They said to him, “Please grant our request
and pray to the
Lord your God for all those of us who are still left alive here.
For, as you yourself can see, there are only a few of us left out of the many there were before.