Jotham grew powerful because he was determined to please the Lord his God.

He prepares to use deadly weapons against him; he gets ready to shoot flaming arrows.

The Lord has established his throne in heaven; his kingdom extends over everything.

He prepared the inner sanctuary inside the temple so that the ark of the covenant of the Lord could be placed there.

David supplied a large amount of iron for the nails of the doors of the gates and for braces, more bronze than could be weighed,

He did evil because he was not determined to follow the Lord.

everyone who has determined to follow God, the Lord God of his ancestors, even if he is not ceremonially clean according to the standards of the temple.”

So they hanged Haman on the very gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. The king’s rage then abated.

Joshua summoned the twelve men he had appointed from the Israelites, one per tribe.

David assembled all Israel at Jerusalem to bring the ark of the Lord up to the place he had prepared for it.

Now Ezra had dedicated himself to the study of the law of the Lord, to its observance, and to teaching its statutes and judgments in Israel.

Then they will not be like their ancestors, who were a stubborn and rebellious generation, a generation that was not committed and faithful to God.

Be silent before the Lord God, for the Lord’s day of judgment is almost here. The Lord has prepared a sacrificial meal; he has ritually purified his guests.

Instruct them, ‘Pick up twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan, from the very place where the priests stand firmly, and carry them over with you and put them in the place where you camp tonight.’”

Then Samuel said to Saul, “You have made a foolish choice! You have not obeyed the commandment that the Lord your God gave you. Had you done that, the Lord would have established your kingdom over Israel forever!

“Now send me a man who is skilled in working with gold, silver, bronze, and iron, as well as purple, crimson, and violet colored fabrics, and who knows how to engrave. He will work with my skilled craftsmen here in Jerusalem and Judah, whom my father David provided.

Solomon began building the Lord’s temple in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where the Lord had appeared to his father David. This was the place that David prepared at the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

After Josiah had done all this for the temple, King Necho of Egypt marched up to do battle at Carchemish on the Euphrates River. Josiah marched out to oppose him.

Then the king said, “Who is that in the courtyard?” Now Haman had come to the outer courtyard of the palace to suggest that the king hang Mordecai on the gallows that he had constructed for him.