The <sc>Lordsc> told my father David, &#8216;It is right for you to have a strong desire to build a temple to honor me.<n id="1" />

The high places were not eliminated from Israel, yet Asa was wholeheartedly devoted to the <sc>Lordsc> throughout his lifetime.<n id="1" />

He had many supplies stored in the cities of Judah and an army of skilled warriors stationed in Jerusalem.<n id="1" />

When the chariot commanders realized he was not the king of Israel, they turned away from him.

<p class="bodytext">Joash was determined to repair the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s temple.<n id="1" />

He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for sixteen years in Jerusalem.

Hezekiah and all the people were happy about what God had done<n id="1" /> for them,<n id="2" /> for it had been done quickly.<n id="3" />p>

He built towers in the desert and dug many cisterns, for he owned many herds in the lowlands<n id="1" /> and on the plain. He had workers in the fields and vineyards in the hills and in Carmel,<n id="2" /> for he loved agriculture.<n id="3" />p>

As for this temple, which was once majestic,<n id="1" /> everyone who passes by it will be shocked and say, &#8216;Why did the <sc>Lordsc> do this to this land and this temple?&#8217;

<p class="bodytext">So when Rehoboam<n id="1" /> humbled himself, the <sc>Lordsc> relented from his anger and did not annihilate him;<n id="2" /> Judah experienced some good things.<n id="3" />

While the battle raged throughout the day, the king stood propped up in his chariot opposite the Syrians. He died in the evening as the sun was setting.p>

<p class="bodytext">Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he became king and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem. No one regretted his death;<n id="1" /> he was buried in the City of David,<n id="2" /> but not in the royal tombs.p>

So when the envoys arrived from the Babylonian officials to visit him and inquire about the sign that occurred in the land,<n id="1" /> God left him alone to test him, in order to know his true motives.<n id="2" />p>

Solomon and the entire assembly went to the worship center<n id="1" /> in Gibeon, for the tent where they met God<n id="2" /> was located there, which Moses the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s servant had made in the wilderness.

you are granted wisdom and discernment.<n id="1" /> Furthermore I am giving you riches, wealth, and honor surpassing that of any king before or after you.&#8221;<n id="2" />p>

the food in his banquet hall,<n id="1" /> his servants and attendants<n id="2" /> in their robes, his cupbearers in their robes, and his burnt sacrifices which he presented in the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s temple,<n id="3" /> she was amazed.<n id="4" />

She gave the king 120 talents<n id="1" /> of gold and a very large quantity of spices and precious gems. The quantity of spices the queen of Sheba gave King Solomon has never been matched.<n id="2" />

When the <sc>Lordsc> saw that they humbled themselves, he gave this message to Shemaiah:<n id="1" /> &#8220;They have humbled themselves, so I will not destroy them. I will deliver them soon.<n id="2" /> My anger will not be unleashed against<n id="3" /> Jerusalem through<n id="4" /> Shishak.

Lawless good-for-nothing men<n id="1" /> gathered around him and conspired<n id="2" /> against Rehoboam son of Solomon, when Rehoboam was an inexperienced young man<n id="3" /> and could not resist them.

They defeated all the cities surrounding Gerar, for the <sc>Lordsc> caused them to panic.<n id="1" /> The men of Judah<n id="2" /> looted all the cities, for they contained a huge amount of goods.<n id="3" />