May the Lord enable each of you to find security in the home of a new husband!” Then she kissed them goodbye and they wept loudly.

At that time, Naomi, her mother-in-law, said to her, “My daughter, I must find a home for you so you will be secure.

She said, “He gave me these sixty pounds of barley, for he said to me, ‘Do not go to your mother-in-law empty-handed.’”

The village women said to Naomi, “May the Lord be praised because he has not left you without a guardian today! May he become famous in Israel!

Eli’s eyes had begun to fail, so that he was unable to see well. At that time he was lying down in his place,

Why haven’t you obeyed the Lord? Instead you have greedily rushed upon the plunder! You have done what is wrong in the Lord’s estimation.”

So when David returned from striking down the Philistine, Abner took him and brought him before Saul. He still had the head of the Philistine in his hand.

These men were very good to us. They did not insult us, nor did we sustain any loss during the entire time we were together in the field.

In the morning, when Nabal was sober, his wife told him about these matters. He had a stroke and was paralyzed.

So David and his men got up early in the morning to return to the land of the Philistines, but the Philistines went up to Jezreel.

They entered the house under the pretense of getting wheat and mortally wounded him in the stomach. Then Recab and his brother Baanah escaped.

The ark of the Lord remained in the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite for three months. The Lord blessed Obed-Edom and all his family.

But Absalom, whom we anointed as our king, has died in battle. So now why do you hesitate to bring the king back?”

The priests and Levites carried the ark of the Lord, the tent of meeting, and all the holy items in the tent.

Solomon tried to kill Jeroboam, but Jeroboam escaped to Egypt and found refuge with King Shishak of Egypt. He stayed in Egypt until Solomon died.

The king said to him, “How many times must I make you solemnly promise in the name of the Lord to tell me only the truth?”

The king ordered, “Go, find out where he is, so I can send some men to capture him.” The king was told, “He is in Dothan.”

He went to Samaria and exterminated all the members of Ahab’s family who were still alive in Samaria, just as the Lord had announced to Elijah.

So one of the priests whom they had deported from Samaria went back and settled in Bethel. He taught them how to worship the Lord.

At the same time they worshiped the Lord. They appointed some of their own people to serve as priests in the shrines on the high places.