When Ahab saw Elijah, he said to him, “Is it really you, the one who brings disaster on Israel?”

So King Sennacherib of Assyria broke camp and went on his way. He went home and stayed in Nineveh.

Kenaniah, the leader of the Levites, was in charge of transport, for he was well-informed on this matter;

Then all the people returned to their homes, and David went to pronounce a blessing on his family.

and on the first day of the first month they finished considering all the men who had married foreign wives.

The matter seemed appropriate to the king and the officials. So the king acted on the advice of Memucan.

men who were carried off before their time, when the flood was poured out on their foundations?

Your sons will carry on the dynasty of your ancestors; you will make them princes throughout the land.

The Lord who commands armies is on our side! The God of Jacob is our protector! (Selah)

The Lord who commands armies is on our side! The God of Jacob is our protector! (Selah)

He pronounces this blessing on himself while he is alive: “May men praise you, for you have done well!”

and all people will fear. They will proclaim what God has done, and reflect on his deeds.

O God, you cause abundant showers to fall on your chosen people. When they are tired, you sustain them,

No man can live on without experiencing death, or deliver his life from the power of Sheol. (Selah)

Though a thousand may fall beside you, and a multitude on your right side, it will not reach you.

Praise the Lord our God! Worship on his holy hill, for the Lord our God is holy!

He led them on a level road, that they might find a city in which to live.

She has sent out her female servants; she calls out on the highest places of the city.

Open your mouth on behalf of those unable to speak, for the legal rights of all the dying.

So I began to despair about all the fruit of my labor for which I worked so hard on earth.