Gath, Mareshah, Ziph,

Adoraim, Lachish, Azekah,

Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa,

Beth Zur, Soco, Adullam,

He later married Maacah the daughter of Absalom. She bore to him Abijah, Attai, Ziza, and Shelomith.

The Philistines had raided the cities of Judah in the lowlands and the Negev. They captured and settled in Beth Shemesh, Aijalon, Gederoth, Soco and its surrounding villages, Timnah and its surrounding villages, and Gimzo and its surrounding villages.

Zorah, Aijalon, and Hebron. These were the fortified cities in Judah and Benjamin.

She bore him sons named Jeush, Shemariah, and Zaham.

He removed the pagan altars and the high places, smashed the sacred pillars, and cut down the Asherah poles.

When Hezekiah and the officials came and saw the heaps, they praised the Lord and pronounced blessings on his people Israel.

and the pots, shovels, and meat forks. All the items King Solomon assigned Huram Abi to make for the Lord’s temple were made from polished bronze.

The priests and Levites carried the ark, the tent where God appeared to his people, and all the holy items in the tent.

Jehoiada and his sons led out the king’s son and placed on him the crown and the royal insignia. They proclaimed him king and poured olive oil on his head. They declared, “Long live the king!”

the ten movable stands with their ten basins,

the big bronze basin called “The Sea” with its twelve bulls underneath,

He brought in the priests and Levites and assembled them in the square on the east side.

He summoned the officers of the units of hundreds, the nobles, the rulers of the people, and all the people of land, and he then led the king down from the Lord’s temple. They entered the royal palace through the Upper Gate and seated the king on the royal throne.

and built up Baalath, all the storage cities that belonged to him, and all the cities where chariots and horses were kept. He built whatever he wanted in Jerusalem, Lebanon, and throughout his entire kingdom.

Abijah chased Jeroboam; he seized from him these cities: Bethel and its surrounding towns, Jeshanah and its surrounding towns, and Ephron and its surrounding towns.

Ben Hadad accepted King Asa’s offer and ordered his army commanders to attack the cities of Israel. They conquered Ijon, Dan, Abel Maim, and all the storage cities of Naphtali.