Now he came to a Samaritan town called Sychar, near the plot of land that Jacob had given to his son Joseph.

Therefore when you sent for me, I came without any objection. Now may I ask why you sent for me?”

Then the commanding officer sent the young man away, directing him, “Tell no one that you have reported these things to me.”

Thus I am eager also to preach the gospel to you who are in Rome.

Consequently faith comes from what is heard, and what is heard comes through the preached word of Christ.

Therefore, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live your lives in him,

Those guilty of sin must be rebuked before all, as a warning to the rest.

Such testimony is true. For this reason rebuke them sharply that they may be healthy in the faith

At times you were publicly exposed to abuse and afflictions, and at other times you came to share with others who were treated in that way.

Then they struck the men who were at the door of the house, from the youngest to the oldest, with blindness. The men outside wore themselves out trying to find the door.

Joshua and the whole army marched against Ai. Joshua selected thirty thousand brave warriors and sent them out at night.

Absalom acted this way toward everyone in Israel who came to the king for justice. In this way Absalom won the loyalty of the citizens of Israel.

Hiram also made basins, shovels, and bowls. He finished all the work on the Lord’s temple he had been assigned by King Solomon.

Jezebel’s corpse will be like manure on the surface of the ground in the plot of land at Jezreel. People will not be able to even recognize her.’”

Then Jehu killed all who were left of Ahab’s family in Jezreel, and all his nobles, close friends, and priests. He left no survivors.

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

His assassination brought to fulfillment the Lord’s word to Jehu, “Four generations of your descendants will rule over Israel.” That is exactly what happened.

They seized her and took her into the precincts of the royal palace through the horses’ entrance. There they executed her.

But he does not agree with this, his mind does not reason this way, for his goal is to destroy, and to eliminate many nations.

“For I, the Lord, say: ‘I will surely bring on these people all the good fortune that I am hereby promising them. I will be just as sure to do that as I have been in bringing all this great disaster on them.