Solomon answered all her questions; there was no question too complex for the king.

Baasha passed away and was buried in Tirzah. His son Elah replaced him as king.

In the spring Ben Hadad mustered the Syrian army and marched to Aphek to fight Israel.

The king of Israel summoned an official and said, “Quickly bring Micaiah son of Imlah.”

He replied, “Don’t be afraid, for our side outnumbers them.”

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

By the twenty-third year of King Jehoash’s reign the priests had still not repaired the damage to the temple.

Elisha died and was buried. Moabite raiding parties invaded the land at the beginning of the year.

Jehoash passed away and was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel. His son Jeroboam replaced him as king.)

Ahaz passed away and was buried with his ancestors in the city of David. His son Hezekiah replaced him as king.

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

Sheshan gave his daughter to his servant Jarha as a wife; she bore him Attai.

Tremble before him, all the earth! The world is established, it cannot be moved.

When David was old and approaching the end of his life, he made his son Solomon king over Israel.

He overlaid the temple’s rafters, thresholds, walls and doors with gold; he carved decorative cherubim on the walls.

Solomon answered all her questions; there was no question too complex for the king.

The leaders of Israel and the king humbled themselves and said, “The Lord is just.”

Jeroboam did not regain power during the reign of Abijah. The Lord struck him down and he died.

The king of Israel summoned an officer and said, “Quickly bring Micaiah son of Imlah.”

They entered Jerusalem to the sound of stringed instruments and trumpets and proceeded to the temple of the Lord.