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

He offered sacrifices and burned incense on the high places, on the hills, and under every green tree.

When the king heard the words of the law scroll, he tore his clothes.

They went to the entrance of Gedor, to the east of the valley, looking for pasture for their sheep.

Now the Philistines fought against Israel. The Israelites fled before the Philistines and many of them fell dead on Mount Gilboa.

along with Zadok, a young warrior, and twenty-two leaders from his family.

David divided them into groups corresponding to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

the second Hilkiah, the third Tebaliah, and the fourth Zechariah. All of Hosah’s sons and relatives numbered thirteen.

Shebuel son of Gershom, the son of Moses, was the supervisor of the storehouses.

He made a bronze altar, 30 feet long, 30 feet wide, and 15 feet high.

He offered sacrifices and burned incense on the high places, on the hills, and under every green tree.

King Hezekiah and the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz prayed about this and cried out to heaven.

When the king heard the words of the law scroll, he tore his clothes.

Rehum the commander and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter concerning Jerusalem to King Artaxerxes as follows:

The sons of Hassenaah rebuilt the Fish Gate. They laid its beams and positioned its doors, its bolts, and its bars.

Wherever you hear the sound of the trumpet, gather there with us. Our God will fight for us!”

So we worked on, with half holding spears, from dawn till dusk.

Now when the young women were being gathered again, Mordecai was sitting at the king’s gate.

Job took a shard of broken pottery to scrape himself with while he was sitting among the ashes.

“Let the day on which I was born perish, and the night that said, ‘A man has been conceived!’