where your ancestors challenged my authority, and tried my patience, even though they had seen my work.

The one who keeps the law is a discerning child, but a companion of gluttons brings shame to his parents.

Our holy temple, our pride and joy, the place where our ancestors praised you, has been burned with fire; all our prized possessions have been destroyed.

Lord, we confess that we have been wicked. We confess that our ancestors have done wrong. We have indeed sinned against you.

O LORD, we have been humiliated – our kings, our leaders, and our ancestors – because we have sinned against you.

When Jacob entered Egypt, your ancestors cried out to the Lord. The Lord sent Moses and Aaron, and they led your ancestors out of Egypt and settled them in this place.

Rehoboam passed away and was buried with his ancestors in the city of David. His mother was an Ammonite named Naamah. His son Abijah replaced him as king.

Uzziah passed away and was buried near his ancestors in a cemetery belonging to the kings. (This was because he had a skin disease.) His son Jotham replaced him as king.

Our ancestors received possession of it and brought it in with Joshua when they dispossessed the nations that God drove out before our ancestors, until the time of David.

Samson went down to Timnah. When he approached the vineyards of Timnah, he saw a roaring young lion attacking him.

So, this is what the Lord says: ‘I will assuredly make these people stumble to their doom. Parents and children will stumble and fall to their destruction. Friends and neighbors will die.’

The land must be divided by lot; and they will inherit in accordance with the names of their ancestral tribes.

“Not a single person of this evil generation will see the good land that I promised to give to your ancestors!

He delivered us from there so that he could give us the land he had promised our ancestors.

Azariah built up Elat and restored it to Judah after the king had passed away.

He did what the Lord approved, just as his ancestor David had done.

He abandoned the Lord God of his ancestors and did not follow the Lord’s instructions.

He did evil in the sight of the Lord as his ancestors had done.

He did evil in the sight of the Lord as his ancestors had done.

The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the clans of the Levites by their families.