Look how they are repaying us! They come to drive us out of our allotted land which you assigned to us!

And you will get a serious, chronic intestinal disease which will cause your intestines to come out.” ¹ 

The Lord stirred up against Jehoram the Philistines ¹  and the Arabs who lived beside the Cushites.

Joash did what the Lord approved ¹  throughout the lifetime ²  of Jehoiada the priest.

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

He did what the Lord approved, ¹  but not with wholehearted devotion. ² 

His body was carried back by horses, ¹  and he was buried in Jerusalem with his ancestors ²  in the City of David. ³ 

Uzziah ¹  built up Elat and restored it to Judah after King Amaziah ²  had passed away. ³ 

God helped him in his campaigns ¹  against the Philistines, the Arabs living in Gur Baal, and the Meunites.

Azariah the priest and eighty other brave priests of the Lord followed him in.

When the sacrifices were completed, the king and all who were with him bowed down and worshiped.

This is what Hezekiah did throughout Judah. He did what the Lord his God considered good and right and faithful.

and she said to them: “This is what the Lord God of Israel says: ‘Say this to the man who sent you to me:

The rest of the events of Josiah’s reign, including the faithful acts he did in obedience to what is written in the law of the Lord ¹ 

“Now send me a man who is skilled in working with gold, silver, bronze, and iron, as well as purple, crimson, and violet colored fabrics, and who knows how to engrave. He will work with my skilled craftsmen here in Jerusalem ¹  and Judah, whom my father David provided.

Huram also said, “Worthy of praise is the Lord God of Israel, who made the sky and the earth! He has given David a wise son who has discernment and insight and will build a temple for the Lord, as well as a royal palace for himself. ¹ 

The priests stood in their assigned spots, along with the Levites who had the musical instruments used for praising the Lord. ¹  (These were the ones King David made for giving thanks to the Lord and which were used by David when he offered praise, saying, “Certainly his loyal love endures.”) ²  Opposite the Levites, ³  the priests were blowing the trumpets, while all Israel stood there.

May the Lord your God be praised because he favored ¹  you by placing you on his throne as the one ruling on his behalf! ²  Because of your God’s love for Israel and his lasting commitment to them, ³  he made you king over them so you could make just and right decisions.” ⁴ 

The young advisers with whom Rehoboam ¹  had grown up said to him, “Say this to these people who have said to you, ‘Your father made us work hard, but now lighten our burden’ ²  – say this to them: ‘I am a lot harsher than my father! ³ 

King Rehoboam solidified his rule in Jerusalem; ¹  he ²  was forty-one years old when he became king and he ruled for seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city the Lord chose from all the tribes of Israel to be his home. ³  Rehoboam’s ⁴  mother was an Ammonite named Naamah.