and he said, “This is what the Lord says, ‘Make many cisterns in this valley,’

The mother of the child said, “As certainly as the Lord lives and as you live, I will not leave you.” So Elisha got up and followed her back.

But Elisha replied, “As certainly as the Lord lives (whom I serve), I will take nothing from you.” Naaman insisted that he take it, but he refused.

He replied, “No, let the Lord help you. How can I help you? The threshing floor and winepress are empty.”

In those days the Lord began to reduce the size of Israel’s territory. Hazael attacked their eastern border.

He hid out with his nurse in the Lord’s temple for six years, while Athaliah was ruling over the land.

When Athaliah heard the royal guard shout, she joined the crowd at the Lord’s temple.

Throughout his lifetime Jehoash did what the Lord approved, just as Jehoiada the priest taught him.

It was handed over to the foremen who used it to repair the Lord’s temple.

(The silver collected in conjunction with reparation offerings and sin offerings was not brought to the Lord’s temple; it belonged to the priests.)

He did what the Lord approved, just as his father Amaziah had done.

He did what the Lord approved, just as his father Uzziah had done.

He did evil in the sight of the Lord, but not to the same degree as the Israelite kings who preceded him.

They worshiped the disgusting idols in blatant disregard of the Lord’s command.

Instead you must worship the Lord your God; then he will rescue you from the power of all your enemies.”

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

He was loyal to the Lord and did not abandon him. He obeyed the commandments which the Lord had given to Moses.

The Lord was with him; he succeeded in all his endeavors. He rebelled against the king of Assyria and refused to submit to him.

Hezekiah gave him all the silver in the Lord’s temple and in the treasuries of the royal palace.

When King Hezekiah heard this, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and went to the Lord’s temple.