Now, come up at night with your men and set an ambush in the field outside the city.

Abijah passed away and was buried in the city of David. His son Asa replaced him as king.

Jehoash passed away and was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel. His son Jeroboam replaced him as king.)

The first to resettle on their property and in their cities were some Israelites, priests, Levites, and temple servants.

Then Rehoboam passed away and was buried in the City of David. His son Abijah replaced him as king.

Jotham passed away and was buried in the City of David. His son Ahaz replaced him as king.

The nations fell into the pit they had made; their feet were caught in the net they had hidden.

ד (Dalet) To me he is like a bear lying in ambush, like a hidden lion stalking its prey.

For I can testify that he has worked hard for you and for those in Laodicea and Hierapolis.

You have lived indulgently and luxuriously on the earth. You have fattened your hearts in a day of slaughter.

There was a famine in the land, subsequent to the earlier famine that occurred in the days of Abraham. Isaac went to Abimelech king of the Philistines at Gerar.

He has not looked on iniquity in Jacob, nor has he seen trouble in Israel. The Lord their God is with them; his acclamation as king is among them.

The Lord found him in a desolate land, in an empty wasteland where animals howl. He continually guarded him and taught him; he continually protected him like the pupil of his eye.

Dogs will eat the members of Baasha’s family who die in the city, and the birds of the sky will eat the ones who die in the country.”

In the twenty-sixth year of King Asa’s reign over Judah, Baasha’s son Elah became king over Israel; he ruled in Tirzah for two years.

As for Ahab’s family, dogs will eat the ones who die in the city, and the birds of the sky will eat the ones who die in the country.”

In the seventeenth year of King Jehoshaphat’s reign over Judah, Ahab’s son Ahaziah became king over Israel in Samaria. He ruled for two years over Israel.

In the thirty-eighth year of King Azariah’s reign over Judah, Jeroboam’s son Zechariah became king over Israel. He reigned in Samaria for six months.

Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned for eleven years in Jerusalem. He did evil in the sight of the Lord his God.

These all served in the days of Joiakim son of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor and of Ezra the priestly scribe.