She said, “In the past they would always say, ‘Let them inquire in Abel,’ and that is how they settled things.

King Solomon sent men to bring him down from the altar. He came and bowed down to King Solomon, and Solomon told him, “Go home.”

King Solomon then swore an oath by the Lord, “May God judge me severely, if Adonijah does not pay for this request with his life!

Hiram asked, “Why did you give me these cities, my friend?” He called that area the region of Cabul, a name which it has retained to this day.

Then he said, “May God judge me severely if Elisha son of Shaphat still has his head by the end of the day!”

Then Jehu son of Jehoshaphat son of Nimshi conspired against Joram.Now Joram had been in Ramoth Gilead with the whole Israelite army, guarding against an invasion by King Hazael of Syria.

All the people of the land celebrated, for the city had rest now that they had killed Athaliah with the sword in the royal palace.

Uriah the priest built an altar in conformity to the plans King Ahaz had sent from Damascus. Uriah the priest finished it before King Ahaz arrived back from Damascus.

He trusted in the Lord God of Israel; in this regard there was none like him among the kings of Judah either before or after.

They and their descendants were assigned to guard the gates of the Lord’s sanctuary (that is, the tabernacle).

Huram Abi made the pots, shovels, and bowls. He finished all the work on God’s temple he had been assigned by King Solomon.

The Lord put fear into all the kingdoms surrounding Judah; they did not make war with Jehoshaphat.

Don’t be like your fathers and brothers who were unfaithful to the Lord God of their ancestors, provoking him to destroy them, as you can see.

The messengers journeyed from city to city through the land of Ephraim and Manasseh as far as Zebulun, but people mocked and ridiculed them.

Many were bringing presents to the Lord in Jerusalem and precious gifts to King Hezekiah of Judah. From that time on he was respected by all the nations.

Nowhere in all the land could women be found who were as beautiful as Job’s daughters, and their father granted them an inheritance alongside their brothers.

Yes, he struck a rock and water flowed out, streams gushed forth. But can he also give us food? Will he provide meat for his people?”

when he gave the sea his decree that the waters should not pass over his command, when he marked out the foundations of the earth,

But your sinful acts have alienated you from your God; your sins have caused him to reject you and not listen to your prayers.

The prophets prophesy lies. The priests exercise power by their own authority. And my people love to have it this way. But they will not be able to help you when the time of judgment comes!