The young woman was very beautiful; she became the king’s nurse and served him, but the king did not have sexual relations with her.

The king swore an oath: “As certainly as the Lord lives (he who has rescued me from every danger),

When David was close to death, he told Solomon his son:

ten calves fattened in the stall, twenty calves from the pasture, and a hundred sheep, not to mention rams, gazelles, deer, and well-fed birds.

Solomon also had 70,000 common laborers and 80,000 stonecutters in the hills,

So the prophet went back with him and ate and drank in his house.

When the prophet from Judah finished his meal, the old prophet saddled his visitor’s donkey for him.

The high places were not eliminated, yet Asa was wholeheartedly devoted to the Lord throughout his lifetime.

Drink from the stream; I have already told the ravens to bring you food there.”

She went and did as Elijah told her; there was always enough food for Elijah and for her and her family.

In the spring Ben Hadad mustered the Syrian army and marched to Aphek to fight Israel.

Micaiah said, “If you really do safely return, then the Lord has not spoken through me.” Then he added, “Take note, all you people.”

This is what the king says: ‘Don’t let Hezekiah mislead you, for he is not able to rescue you from my hand!

Zebadiah, Arad, Eder,

Recall the miraculous deeds he performed, his mighty acts and the judgments he decreed,

in using gold, silver, bronze, and iron. Get up and begin the work! May the Lord be with you!”

He made a bronze altar, 30 feet long, 30 feet wide, and 15 feet high.

Abijah’s power grew; he had fourteen wives and fathered twenty-two sons and sixteen daughters.

He removed the pagan altars and the high places, smashed the sacred pillars, and cut down the Asherah poles.

Hezekiah and all the people were happy about what God had done for them, for it had been done quickly.