David lived in the fortress; for this reason it is called the City of David.

These are the names of children born to him in Jerusalem: Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, Solomon,

Gad went to David and told him, “This is what the Lord says: ‘Pick one of these:

That night God appeared to Solomon and said to him, “Tell me what I should give you.”

They sent for him and Jeroboam and all Israel came and spoke to Rehoboam, saying,

In each city there were shields and spears; he strongly fortified them. Judah and Benjamin belonged to him.

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

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

Because of their distress, they turned back to the Lord God of Israel. They sought him and he responded to them.

He had many supplies stored in the cities of Judah and an army of skilled warriors stationed in Jerusalem.

At that time King Ahaz asked the king of Assyria for help.

King Tiglath-pileser of Assyria came, but he gave him more trouble than support.

During his time of trouble King Ahaz was even more unfaithful to the Lord.

In his pain Manasseh asked the Lord his God for mercy and truly humbled himself before the God of his ancestors.

All of them conspired together to move with armed forces against Jerusalem and to create a disturbance in it.

When Haman saw that Mordecai was not bowing or paying homage to him, he was filled with rage.

Job took a shard of broken pottery to scrape himself with while he was sitting among the ashes.

Then his wife said to him, “Are you still holding firmly to your integrity? Curse God, and die!”

If he passes by me, I cannot see him, if he goes by, I cannot perceive him.

Even if he slays me, I will hope in him; I will surely defend my ways to his face!