Your sons will carry on the dynasty of your ancestors; you will make them princes throughout the land.

May his ancestors’ sins be remembered by the Lord! May his mother’s sin not be forgotten!

Fill up then the measure of your ancestors!

Your ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died.

Adah gave birth to Jabal; he was the first of those who live in tents and keep livestock.

The name of his brother was Jubal; he was the first of all who play the harp and the flute.

But as for you, you will go to your ancestors in peace and be buried at a good old age.

He did not make this covenant with our ancestors but with us, we who are here today, all of us living now.

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

Then they will obey you throughout their lifetimes as they live on the land you gave to our ancestors.

May the Lord our God be with us, as he was with our ancestors. May he not abandon us or leave us.

Jeroboam ruled for twenty-two years; then he passed away. His son Nadab replaced him as king.

Abijah passed away and was buried in the city of David. His son Asa replaced him as king.

He removed the male cultic prostitutes from the land and got rid of all the disgusting idols his ancestors had made.

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

Omri passed away and was buried in Samaria. His son Ahab replaced him as king.

But Naboth replied to Ahab, “The Lord forbid that I should sell you my ancestral inheritance.”

His servants took his body back to Jerusalem and buried him in his tomb with his ancestors in the city of David.

Jehu passed away and was buried in Samaria. His son Jehoahaz replaced him as king.

Jehoahaz passed away and was buried in Samaria. His son Joash replaced him as king.