I am willing to shame and humiliate myself even more than this! But with the slave girls whom you mentioned let me be distinguished!”

What more can David say to you? You have given your servant special recognition, O Lord God!

The king said, “Bring to me whoever speaks to you, and he won’t bother you again!”

Then all the nations of the earth will recognize that the Lord is the only genuine God.

But Jehoshaphat asked, “Is there not a prophet of the Lord still here, that we may ask him?”

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

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

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

What more can David say to you? You have honored your servant; you have given your servant special recognition.

He said to them, “Go away for three days, then return to me.” So the people went away.

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

But Jehoshaphat asked, “Is there not a prophet of the Lord still here, that we may ask him?”

Then I would yet have my comfort, then I would rejoice, in spite of pitiless pain, for I have not concealed the words of the Holy One.

Relent, let there be no falsehood; reconsider, for my righteousness is intact!

The womb forgets him, the worm feasts on him, no longer will he be remembered. Like a tree, wickedness will be broken down.

And I have waited. But because they do not speak, because they stand there and answer no more,

For he does not still consider a person, that he should come before God in judgment.

You defend the fatherless and oppressed, so that mere mortals may no longer terrorize them.

We do not see any signs of God’s presence; there are no longer any prophets and we have no one to tell us how long this will last.

They say, “Come on, let’s annihilate them so they are no longer a nation! Then the name of Israel will be remembered no more.”