With the stones he constructed an altar for the Lord. Around the altar he made a trench large enough to contain two seahs of seed.

So now, look, the Lord has placed a lying spirit in the mouths of all these prophets of yours; but the Lord has decreed disaster for you.”

He said, “About this time next year you will be holding a son.” She said, “No, my master! O prophet, do not lie to your servant!”

Elisha sent out a messenger who told him, “Go and wash seven times in the Jordan; your skin will be restored and you will be healed.”

Now the king of Syria was at war with Israel. He consulted his advisers, who said, “Invade at such and such a place.”

But the Lord was unwilling to destroy Judah. He preserved Judah for the sake of his servant David to whom he had promised a perpetual dynasty.

The Lord provided a deliverer for Israel and they were freed from Syria’s power. The Israelites once more lived in security.

At that time Merodach-Baladan son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a gift to Hezekiah, for he had heard that Hezekiah was ill.

Maacah, Makir’s wife, gave birth to a son, whom she named Peresh. His brother was Sheresh, and his sons were Ulam and Rekem.

He had sexual relations with his wife; she became pregnant and gave birth to a son. Ephraim named him Beriah because tragedy had come to his family.

So now, look, the Lord has placed a lying spirit in the mouths of all these prophets of yours; but the Lord has decreed disaster for you.”

The governor instructed them not to eat any of the sacred food until there was a priest who could consult the Urim and Thummim.

The governor instructed them not to eat any of the sacred food until there was a priest who could consult the Urim and Thummim.

“But there is hope for a tree: If it is cut down, it will sprout again, and its new shoots will not fail.

“O that you would hide me in Sheol, and conceal me till your anger has passed! O that you would set me a time and then remember me!

In a moment they die, in the middle of the night, people are shaken and they pass away. The mighty are removed effortlessly.

When you make a vow to God, do not delay in paying it. For God takes no pleasure in fools: Pay what you vow!

However, a poor but wise man lived in the city, and he could have delivered the city by his wisdom, but no one listened to that poor man.

Turn your eyes away from me – they overwhelm me! Your hair is like a flock of goats descending from Mount Gilead.

In the year of King Uzziah’s death, I saw the sovereign master seated on a high, elevated throne. The hem of his robe filled the temple.