Whenever the king visited the Lord’s temple, the royal guard carried them and then brought them back to the guardroom.

He brought the holy items that he and his father had made into the Lord’s temple, including the silver, gold, and other articles.

Ahab’s entire family will die. I will cut off every last male belonging to Ahab in Israel, including even the weak and incapacitated.

I will make Ahab’s dynasty like those of Jeroboam son of Nebat and Baasha son of Ahijah.

Jehu then left there and set out for Samaria. While he was traveling through Beth Eked of the Shepherds,

They demolished the sacred pillar of Baal and the temple of Baal; it is used as a latrine to this very day.

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.

They seized her and took her into the precincts of the royal palace through the horses’ entrance. There she was executed.

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.)

His servants conspired against him and murdered Joash at Beth-Millo, on the road that goes down to Silla.

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

Those who remain in Judah will take root in the ground and bear fruit.

In the two courtyards of the Lord’s temple he built altars for all the stars in the sky.

These are the men David put in charge of music in the Lord’s sanctuary, after the ark was placed there.

The rest of their fellow Levites were assigned to perform the remaining tasks at God’s sanctuary.

Ashan and its pasturelands, and Beth Shemesh and its pasturelands.

Jokmeam and its pasturelands, Beth Horon and its pasturelands,

There were 20,200 family leaders and warriors listed in their genealogical records.