Elisha said, “Get me a new jar and put some salt in it.” So they got it.

Elisha told him, “Ask her to come here.” So he did so and she came and stood in the doorway.

The Israelites followed in the sinful ways of Jeroboam son of Nebat and did not repudiate them.

The king of Babylon made Mattaniah, Jehoiachin’s uncle, king in Jehoiachin’s place. He renamed him Zedekiah.

These who are named above were the leaders of their clans. Their extended families increased greatly in numbers.

Kenaniah, the leader of the Levites, was in charge of transport, for he was well-informed on this matter;

Iddo son of Zechariah led the half-tribe of Manasseh in Gilead, Jaasiel son of Abner led Benjamin,

Solomon replied to God, “You demonstrated great loyalty to my father David and have made me king in his place.

Then Solomon went to Ezion Geber and to Elat on the coast in the land of Edom.

He followed in the footsteps of the kings of Israel; he also made images of the Baals.

Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem.

Also in those days I saw the men of Judah who had married women from Ashdod, Ammon, and Moab.

When Mordecai learned of the conspiracy, he informed Queen Esther, and Esther told the king in Mordecai’s behalf.

So the Lord said to Satan, “All right, he is in your power; only preserve his life.”

He catches the wise in their own craftiness, and the counsel of the cunning is brought to a quick end.

And you will be secure, because there is hope; you will be protected and will take your rest in safety.

He deprives the leaders of the earth of their understanding; he makes them wander in a trackless desert waste.

If you say, ‘How we will pursue him, since the root of the trouble is found in him!’

His bones were full of his youthful vigor, but that vigor will lie down with him in the dust.

if he retains it for himself and does not let it go, and holds it fast in his mouth,