King Solomon made two hundred large shields of hammered gold; 600 measures of hammered gold were used for each shield.

“Say this to King Rehoboam son of Solomon of Judah and to all the Israelites in Judah and Benjamin,

The conspirators were Zabad son of Shimeath (an Ammonite woman) and Jehozabad son of Shimrith (a Moabite woman).

and his accomplishments, from start to finish, are recorded in the Scroll of the Kings of Israel and Judah.

The men of Jericho built adjacent to it, and Zaccur son of Imri built adjacent to them.

that the elation of the wicked is brief, the joy of the godless lasts but a moment.

For all of them, the morning is to them like deep darkness; they are friends with the terrors of darkness.

Certainly the Lord guards the way of the godly, but the way of the wicked ends in destruction.

Protect me as you would protect the pupil of your eye! Hide me in the shadow of your wings!

The nations will respect the reputation of the Lord, and all the kings of the earth will respect his splendor,

For the sake of the temple of the Lord our God I will pray for you to prosper.

So you will walk in the way of good people, and will keep on the paths of the righteous.

In the speech of a fool is a rod for his back, but the words of the wise protect them.

The wisdom of the shrewd person is to discern his way, but the folly of fools is deception.

Do you see what they are doing in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?

Then the glory of the Lord moved away from the threshold of the temple and stopped above the cherubim.

In the eleventh year, on the first day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me:

I will silence the noise of your songs; the sound of your harps will be heard no more.

“‘For this is what the sovereign Lord says: “‘The sword of the king of Babylon will attack you.

But if I cast out demons by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God has already overtaken you.