the chief men refrained from talking and covered their mouths with their hands;

Phinehas took a stand and intervened, and the plague subsided.

For the Lord had caused infertility to strike every woman in the household of Abimelech because he took Sarah, Abraham’s wife.

He stood between the dead and the living, and the plague was stopped.

“If someone should attempt a word with you, will you be impatient? But who can refrain from speaking?

If he holds back the waters, then they dry up; if he releases them, they destroy the land.

Then Aaron returned to Moses at the entrance of the tent of meeting, and the plague was stopped.

Manoah said to the Lord’s messenger, “Please stay here awhile, so we can prepare a young goat for you to eat.”

Ahab’s entire family will die. I will cut off every last male belonging to Ahab in Israel, including even the weak and incapacitated.

Jeroboam did not regain power during the reign of Abijah. The Lord struck him down and he died.

“Do I bring a baby to the birth opening and then not deliver it?” asks the Lord. “Or do I bring a baby to the point of delivery and then hold it back?” asks your God.

The Lord spoke to Jeremiah a second time while he was still confined in the courtyard of the guardhouse.

Then Jeremiah told Baruch, “I am no longer allowed to go into the Lord’s temple.

Now the Lord had spoken to Jeremiah while he was still confined in the courtyard of the guardhouse,

The Lord will judge his people, and will change his plans concerning his servants; when he sees that their power has disappeared, and that no one is left, whether confined or set free.

When Samuel saw Saul, the Lord said, “Here is the man that I told you about! He will rule over my people.”

(One of Saul’s servants was there that day, detained before the Lord. His name was Doeg the Edomite, who was in charge of Saul’s shepherds.)

Then David built an altar for the Lord there and offered burnt sacrifices and peace offerings. And the Lord accepted prayers for the land, and the plague was removed from Israel.

The Lord says, ‘Look, I am ready to bring disaster on you. I will destroy you and cut off every last male belonging to Ahab in Israel, including even the weak and incapacitated.

She saddled the donkey and told her servant, “Lead on. Do not stop unless I say so.”