I am willing to shame and humiliate myself even more than this! But with the slave girls whom you mentioned let me be distinguished!”

Then the watchman saw another man running. The watchman called out to the gatekeeper, “There is another man running by himself.” The king said, “This one also is bringing good news.”

The one true God acts in a faithful manner; the Lord’s promise is reliable; he is a shield to all who take shelter in him.

So Shimei got up, saddled his donkey, and went to Achish at Gath to find his servants; Shimei went and brought back his servants from Gath.

Solomon tried to kill Jeroboam, but Jeroboam escaped to Egypt and found refuge with King Shishak of Egypt. He stayed in Egypt until Solomon died.

The watchman reported, “He reached them, but hasn’t started back. The one who drives the lead chariot drives like Jehu son of Nimshi; he drives recklessly.”

pick the best and most capable of your master’s sons, place him on his father’s throne, and defend your master’s dynasty.”

But Amaziah would not heed the warning, so King Jehoash of Israel attacked. He and King Amaziah of Judah met face to face in Beth Shemesh of Judah.

Your claim to have a strategy and military strength is just empty talk. In whom are you trusting that you would dare to rebel against me?

The king heard that King Tirhakah of Ethiopia was marching out to fight him. He again sent messengers to Hezekiah, ordering them:

The four head gatekeepers, who were Levites, were assigned to guard the storerooms and treasuries in God’s sanctuary.

David said, “Of these, 24,000 are to direct the work of the Lord’s temple; 6,000 are to be officials and judges;

Hear, O our God, for we are despised! Return their reproach on their own head! Reduce them to plunder in a land of exile!

They searched for their records in the genealogical materials, but none were found. They were therefore excluded from the priesthood.

But the eyes of the wicked fail, and escape eludes them; their one hope is to breathe their last.”

His anger has torn me and persecuted me; he has gnashed at me with his teeth; my adversary locks his eyes on me.

In the north when he is at work, I do not see him; when he turns to the south, I see no trace of him.

Like wild donkeys in the desert they go out to their labor, seeking diligently for food; the wasteland provides food for them and for their children.

“If only I had someone to hear me! Here is my signature – let the Almighty answer me! If only I had an indictment that my accuser had written.

May the evil deeds of the wicked come to an end! But make the innocent secure, O righteous God, you who examine inner thoughts and motives!