2 Kings 17:17-19
17:17 They passed their sons and daughters through the fire,
and practiced divination and omen reading. They committed themselves to doing evil in the sight of the
Lord and made him angry.
17:18 So the Lord was furious with Israel and rejected them; only the tribe of Judah was left.
17:19 Judah also failed to keep the commandments of the Lord their God; they followed Israel’s example.
2 Kings 21:2
21:2 He did evil in the sight of
the
Lord and committed the same horrible sins practiced by the nations
whom the
Lord drove out from before the Israelites.
2 Kings 21:14-16
21:14 I will abandon this last remaining tribe among my people
and hand them over to their enemies; they will be plundered and robbed by all their enemies,
21:15 because they have done evil in my sight
and have angered me from the time their ancestors left Egypt right up to this very day!’”
21:16 Furthermore Manasseh killed so many innocent people, he stained Jerusalem with their blood from end to end, in addition to encouraging Judah to sin by doing evil in the sight of the Lord.
2 Kings 21:2
21:2 He did evil in the sight of
the
Lord and committed the same horrible sins practiced by the nations
whom the
Lord drove out from before the Israelites.
2 Kings 1:12-16
1:12 Elijah replied to them,
“If I am indeed a prophet, may fire come down from the sky and consume you and your fifty soldiers!” Fire from God
came down from the sky and consumed him and his fifty soldiers.
1:13 The king sent a third captain and his fifty soldiers. This third captain went up and fell on his knees before Elijah. He begged for mercy, “Prophet, please have respect for my life and for the lives of these fifty servants of yours.
1:14 Indeed, fire came down from the sky and consumed the two captains who came before me, along with their men. So now, please have respect for my life.”
1:15 The Lord’s angelic messenger said to Elijah, “Go down with him. Don’t be afraid of him.” So he got up and went down with him to the king.
1:16 Elijah said to the king, “This is what the Lord says, ‘You sent messengers to seek an oracle from Baal Zebub, the god of Ekron. You must think there is no God in Israel from whom you can seek an oracle! Therefore you will not leave the bed you lie on, for you will certainly die.’”
2 Kings 1:1
Elijah Confronts the King and His Commanders
1:1 After Ahab died, Moab rebelled against Israel.
Colossians 1:22
1:22 but now he has reconciled you
by his physical body through death to present you holy, without blemish, and blameless before him –