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!”

While you are still there speaking to the king, I will arrive and verify your report.”

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

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

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.

He was committed to following the Lord; he even removed the high places and Asherah poles from Judah.

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

However, the high places were not eliminated; the people were still not devoted to the God of their ancestors.

Sennacherib’s servants further insulted the Lord God and his servant Hezekiah.

Then his wife said to him, “Are you still holding firmly to your integrity? Curse God, and die!”

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!

“But there is hope for a tree: If it is cut down, it will sprout again, and its new shoots will not fail.