He did evil in the sight of the Lord as his ancestors had done.

He did evil in the sight of the Lord as his ancestors had done.

He did evil in the sight of the Lord, as Jehoiakim had done.

‘“Know for sure that I saw the shed blood of Naboth and his sons yesterday,” says the Lord, “and that I will give you what you deserve right here in this plot of land,” says the Lord.’ So now pick him up and throw him into this plot of land, just as the Lord said.”

Nebuchadnezzar took from there all the riches in the treasuries of the Lord’s temple and of the royal palace. He removed all the gold items which King Solomon of Israel had made for the Lord’s temple, just as the Lord had warned.

Just before the Lord took Elijah up to heaven in a windstorm, Elijah and Elisha were traveling from Gilgal.

But now, get me a musician.” When the musician played, the Lord energized him,

and he said, “This is what the Lord says, ‘Make many cisterns in this valley,’

The mother of the child said, “As certainly as the Lord lives and as you live, I will not leave you.” So Elisha got up and followed her back.

But Elisha replied, “As certainly as the Lord lives (whom I serve), I will take nothing from you.” Naaman insisted that he take it, but he refused.

He replied, “No, let the Lord help you. How can I help you? The threshing floor and winepress are empty.”

In those days the Lord began to reduce the size of Israel’s territory. Hazael attacked their eastern border.

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

When Athaliah heard the royal guard shout, she joined the crowd at the Lord’s temple.

Throughout his lifetime Jehoash did what the Lord approved, just as Jehoiada the priest taught him.

It was handed over to the foremen who used it to repair the Lord’s temple.

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

He did what the Lord approved, just as his father Amaziah had done.

He did what the Lord approved, just as his father Uzziah had done.

He did evil in the sight of the Lord, but not to the same degree as the Israelite kings who preceded him.