You have kept your word to your servant, my father David; this very day you have fulfilled what you promised.

They said to him, “If you are fair to these people, grant their request, and are cordial to them, they will be your servants from this time forward.”

The Lord confronted Manasseh and his people, but they paid no attention.

Now, O Lord God of Israel, may the promise you made to your servant David be realized.

They sent for him and Jeroboam and all Israel came and spoke to Rehoboam, saying,

But Micaiah said, “As certainly as the Lord lives, I will say what my God tells me to say!”

Sennacherib’s servants further insulted the Lord God and his servant Hezekiah.

They talked about the God of Jerusalem as if he were one of the man-made gods of the nations of the earth.

The Lord has kept the promise he made. I have taken my father David’s place and have occupied the throne of Israel, as the Lord promised. I have built this temple for the honor of the Lord God of Israel

The young advisers with whom Rehoboam had grown up said to him, “Say this to these people who have said to you, ‘Your father made us work hard, but now lighten our burden’ – say this to them: ‘I am a lot harsher than my father!

Now the messenger who went to summon Micaiah said to him, “Look, the prophets are in complete agreement that the king will succeed. Your words must agree with theirs; you must predict success!”

He said, “The Lord God of Israel is worthy of praise because he has fulfilled what he promised my father David.

Jeroboam and all the people reported to Rehoboam on the third day, just as the king had ordered when he said, “Return to me on the third day.”

and followed the advice of the younger ones. He said, “My father imposed heavy demands on you; I will make them even heavier. My father punished you with ordinary whips; I will punish you with whips that really sting your flesh.”

The king said to him, “How many times must I make you solemnly promise in the name of the Lord to tell me only the truth?”

So now, look, the Lord has placed a lying spirit in the mouths of all these prophets of yours; but the Lord has decreed disaster for you.”

Micaiah said, “If you really do return safely, then the Lord has not spoken through me!” Then he added, “Take note, all you people.”

When Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she was determined to destroy the entire royal line of Judah.

He appointed military officers over the army and assembled them in the square at the city gate. He encouraged them, saying,

He asked them, “How do you advise me to respond to these people who said to me, ‘Lessen the demands your father placed on us’?”