But the high places were not eliminated; the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense on the high places.

The king of Assyria marched through the whole land. He attacked Samaria and besieged it for three years.

They set up sacred pillars and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree.

So the Lord was furious with Israel and rejected them; only the tribe of Judah was left.

You must never forget the agreement I made with you, and you must not worship other gods.

He was loyal to the Lord and did not abandon him. He obeyed the commandments which the Lord had given to Moses.

This is what the king says: ‘Don’t let Hezekiah mislead you, for he is not able to rescue you from my hand!

The people were silent and did not respond, for the king had ordered, “Don’t respond to him.”

Certainly you have heard how the kings of Assyria have annihilated all lands. Do you really think you will be rescued?

Hezekiah answered, “It is easy for the shadow to lengthen ten steps, but not for it to go back ten steps.”

At that time the generals of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon marched to Jerusalem and besieged the city.

But he left behind some of the poor of the land and gave them fields and vineyards.

Now Elisha advised the woman whose son he had brought back to life, “You and your family should go and live somewhere else for a while, for the Lord has decreed that a famine will overtake the land for seven years.”

But the chief adviser said to them, “My master did not send me to speak these words only to your master and to you. His message is also for the men who sit on the wall, for they will eat their own excrement and drink their own urine along with you.”

The fifty members of the prophetic guild went and stood opposite them at a distance, while Elijah and Elisha stood by the Jordan.

Now King Mesha of Moab was a sheep breeder. He would send as tribute to the king of Israel 100,000 male lambs and the wool of 100,000 rams.

Therefore Naaman’s skin disease will afflict you and your descendants forever!” When Gehazi went out from his presence, his skin was as white as snow.

But the prophet sent this message to the king of Israel, “Make sure you don’t pass through this place because Syria is invading there.”

So the king of Israel sent a message to the place the prophet had pointed out, warning it to be on its guard. This happened on several occasions.

As they approached him, Elisha prayed to the Lord, “Strike these people with blindness.” The Lord struck them with blindness as Elisha requested.