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

His servants conspired against him and killed him in his palace.

But respond favorably to your servant’s prayer and his request for help, O Lord my God. Answer the desperate prayer your servant is presenting to you.

(Huram’s servants, aided by Solomon’s servants, brought gold from Ophir, as well as fine timber and precious gems.

Send me cedars, evergreens, and algum trees from Lebanon, for I know your servants are adept at cutting down trees in Lebanon. My servants will work with your servants

Huram sent him ships and some of his sailors, men who were well acquainted with the sea. They sailed with Solomon’s men to Ophir, and took from there 450 talents of gold, which they brought back to King Solomon.

Now let my lord send to his servants the wheat, barley, olive oil, and wine he has promised;

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

O Lord God, do not reject your chosen ones! Remember the faithful promises you made to your servant David!”

Your attendants, who stand before you at all times and hear your wise sayings, are truly happy!

Yet they will become his subjects, so they can experience how serving me differs from serving the surrounding nations.”

Jeroboam son of Nebat, a servant of Solomon son of David, rose up and rebelled against his master.

When he had secured control of the kingdom, he executed the servants who had assassinated his father.

Archers shot King Josiah; the king ordered his servants, “Take me out of this chariot, for I am seriously wounded.”

and prayed: “O Lord God of Israel, there is no god like you in heaven or on earth! You maintain covenantal loyalty to your servants who obey you with sincerity.

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

listen from heaven and make a just decision about your servants’ claims. Condemn the guilty party, declare the other innocent, and give both of them what they deserve.

Solomon did not assign Israelites to these work crews; the Israelites served as his soldiers, officers, charioteers, and commanders of his chariot forces.

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.”

An edict was sent throughout Judah and Jerusalem requiring the people to bring to the Lord the tax that Moses, God’s servant, imposed on Israel in the wilderness.