Ahab sent messengers to all the Israelites and had the prophets assemble at Mount Carmel.

Now Elisha was sitting in his house with the community leaders. The king sent a messenger on ahead, but before he arrived, Elisha said to the leaders, “Do you realize this assassin intends to cut off my head?” Look, when the messenger arrives, shut the door and lean against it. His master will certainly be right behind him.”

Joash passed away and Jeroboam succeeded him on the throne. Joash was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel.

All the people of Judah took Azariah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in his father Amaziah’s place.

In the two courtyards of the Lord’s temple he built altars for all the stars in the sky.

Sheshan gave his daughter to his servant Jarha as a wife; she bore him Attai.

Naaman, Ahijah, and Gera, who moved them. Gera was the father of Uzzah and Ahihud.

All Israel joined David at Hebron and said, “Look, we are your very flesh and blood!

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

He put his brother Abishai in charge of the rest of the army and they were deployed against the Ammonites.

and set up in it a place for the ark containing the covenant the Lord made with the Israelites.”

Solomon rebuilt the cities that Huram had given him and settled Israelites there.

(Rehoboam continued to rule over the Israelites who lived in the cities of Judah.)

All the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in his father Amaziah’s place.

So the Israelites who were present observed the Passover at that time, as well as the Feast of Unleavened Bread for seven days.

When the seventh month arrived and the Israelites were living in their towns, the people assembled in Jerusalem.

Some of the descendants of Benjamin settled in Geba, Micmash, Aija, Bethel and its villages,

What is man that he should be pure, or one born of woman, that he should be righteous?

How then can a human being be righteous before God? How can one born of a woman be pure?

If his children increase – it is for the sword! His offspring never have enough to eat.