It was four fingers thick and its rim was like that of a cup shaped like a lily blossom. It could hold about 12,000 gallons.

So he started back on another road; he did not travel back on the same road he had taken to Bethel.

While they were sitting at the table, the Lord spoke through the old prophet

This sin caused Jeroboam’s dynasty to come to an end and to be destroyed from the face of the earth.

Abijah passed away and was buried in the city of David. His son Asa replaced him as king.

Asa and King Nadab of Israel were continually at war with each other.

Omri passed away and was buried in Samaria. His son Ahab replaced him as king.

The king of Israel went home to Samaria bitter and angry.

There was no war between Syria and Israel for three years.

The water has been pure to this very day, just as Elisha prophesied.

She came in, fell at his feet, and bowed down. Then she picked up her son and left.

His servants took his body back to Jerusalem and buried him in his tomb with his ancestors in the city of David.

Jehu reigned over Israel for twenty-eight years in Samaria.

He hid out with his nurse in the Lord’s temple for six years, while Athaliah was ruling over the land.

(The silver collected in conjunction with reparation offerings and sin offerings was not brought to the Lord’s temple; it belonged to the priests.)

Jehoahaz passed away and was buried in Samaria. His son Joash replaced him as king.

Azariah built up Elat and restored it to Judah after the king had passed away.

Jeroboam passed away and was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel. His son Zechariah replaced him as king.

He was buried in his tomb in the garden of Uzzah, and his son Josiah replaced him as king.

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