He told them, “Look, set an ambush behind the city. Don’t go very far from the city; all of you be ready!

Now Moses had assigned land to the two-and-a-half tribes east of the Jordan, but he assigned no land to the Levites.

When I brought your fathers out of Egypt, you arrived at the sea. The Egyptians chased your fathers with chariots and horsemen to the Red Sea.

The men of Judah attacked the Canaanites living in Hebron. (Hebron used to be called Kiriath Arba.) They killed Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai.

The handle went in after the blade, and the fat closed around the blade, for Ehud did not pull the sword out of his belly.

So they inquired again of the Lord, “Has the man arrived here yet?” The Lord said, “He has hidden himself among the equipment.”

David said to the young man who told this to him, “Where are you from?” He replied, “I am an Amalekite, the son of a resident foreigner.”

So now the sword will never depart from your house. For you have despised me by taking the wife of Uriah the Hittite as your own!’

The elders of his house stood over him and tried to lift him from the ground, but he was unwilling, and refused to eat food with them.

During David’s campaign against Edom, Joab, the commander of the army, while on a mission to bury the dead, killed every male in Edom.

He went into a cave there and spent the night. All of a sudden the Lord spoke to him, “Why are you here, Elijah?”

(There had never been anyone like Ahab, who was firmly committed to doing evil in the sight of the Lord, urged on by his wife Jezebel.

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?”

Jehoshaphat built a fleet of large merchant ships to travel to Ophir for gold, but they never made the voyage because they were shipwrecked in Ezion Geber.

David realized that the Lord had established him as king over Israel and that he had elevated his kingdom for the sake of his people Israel.

David said to God, “I have sinned greatly by doing this! Now, please remove the guilt of your servant, for I have acted very foolishly.”

Now give me wisdom and discernment so I can effectively lead this nation. Otherwise no one is able to make judicial decisions for this great nation of yours.”

then listen from heaven, forgive the sin of your people Israel, and bring them back to the land you gave to them and their ancestors.

Now Jeroboam had sent some men to ambush the Judahite army from behind. The main army was in front of the Judahite army; the ambushers were behind it.

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?”