When they first moved in,<n id="1" /> they did not worship<n id="2" /> the <sc>Lordsc>. So the <sc>Lordsc> sent lions among them and the lions were killing them.

He sent Eliakim the palace supervisor, Shebna the scribe, and the leading priests,<n id="1" /> clothed in sackcloth, with this message to the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz:

The king<n id="1" /> heard that King Tirhakah of Ethiopia was marching out to fight him.<n id="2" /> He again sent messengers to Hezekiah, ordering them:

Pay attention, <sc>Lordsc>, and hear! Open your eyes, <sc>Lordsc>, and observe! Listen to the message Sennacherib sent and how he taunts the living God!<n id="1" />

<t /><p class="bodytext">At that time Merodach-Baladan<n id="1" /> son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a gift to Hezekiah, for he had heard that Hezekiah was ill.

<p class="bodytext">In the eighteenth year of King Josiah&#8217;s reign, the king sent the scribe Shaphan son of Azaliah, son of Meshullam, to the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s temple with these orders:<n id="1" />

and she said to them: &#8220;This is what the <sc>Lordsc> God of Israel says: &#8216;Say this to the man who sent you to me:

<p class="bodytext">Now Elisha was sitting in his house with the community leaders.<n id="1" /> The king<n id="2" /> sent a messenger on ahead, but before he arrived,<n id="3" /> Elisha<n id="4" /> said to the leaders,<n id="5" /> &#8220;Do you realize this assassin intends to cut off my head?&#8221;<n id="6" /> Look, when the messenger arrives, shut the door and lean against it. His master will certainly be right behind him.&#8221;<n id="7" />

King Jehoash of Israel sent this message back to King Amaziah of Judah, &#8220;A thornbush in Lebanon sent this message to a cedar in Lebanon, &#8216;Give your daughter to my son as a wife.&#8217; Then a wild animal<n id="1" /> of Lebanon came by and trampled down the thorn.<n id="2" />

They replied,<n id="1" /> &#8220;A man came up to meet us. He told us, &#8220;Go back to the king who sent you and tell him, &#8216;This is what the <sc>Lordsc> says: &#8220;You must think there is no God in Israel! That explains why you are sending for an oracle from Baal Zebub, the god of Ekron.<n id="2" /> Therefore you will not leave the bed you lie on, for you will certainly die.&#8221;&#8217;&#8221;

Ahaziah fell through a window lattice in his upper chamber in Samaria<n id="1" /> and was injured. He sent messengers with these orders,<n id="2" /> &#8220;Go, ask<n id="3" /> Baal Zebub,<n id="4" /> the god of Ekron, if I will survive this injury.&#8221;p>

<p class="bodytext">The king<n id="1" /> sent a captain and his fifty soldiers<n id="2" /> to retrieve Elijah.<n id="3" /> The captain<n id="4" /> went up to him, while he was sitting on the top of a hill.<n id="5" /> He told him, &#8220;Prophet,<n id="6" /> the king says, &#8216;Come down!&#8217;&#8221;

<p class="bodytext">The king<n id="1" /> sent a third captain and his fifty soldiers. This third captain went up and fell<n id="2" /> on his knees before Elijah. He begged for mercy, &#8220;Prophet, please have respect for my life and for the lives of these fifty servants of yours.

Elijah told Elisha, &#8220;Stay here, for the <sc>Lordsc> has sent me to Bethel.&#8221;<n id="1" /> But Elisha said, &#8220;As certainly as the <sc>Lordsc> lives and as you live, I will not leave you.&#8221; So they went down to Bethel.

<p class="bodytext">Elijah said to him, &#8220;Elisha, stay here, for the <sc>Lordsc> has sent me to Jericho.&#8221;<n id="1" /> But he replied, &#8220;As certainly as the <sc>Lordsc> lives and as you live, I will not leave you.&#8221; So they went to Jericho.

<p class="bodytext">Elijah said to him, &#8220;Stay here, for the <sc>Lordsc> has sent me to the Jordan.&#8221; But he replied, &#8220;As certainly as the <sc>Lordsc> lives and as you live, I will not leave you.&#8221; So they traveled on together.

They said to him, &#8220;Look, there are fifty capable men with your servants. Let them go and look for your master, for the wind sent from the <sc>Lordsc><n id="1" /> may have carried him away and dropped him on one of the hills or in one of the valleys.&#8221; But Elisha<n id="2" /> replied, &#8220;Don&#8217;t send them out.&#8221;

He sent<n id="1" /> this message to King Jehoshaphat of Judah: &#8220;The king of Moab has rebelled against me. Will you fight with me against Moab?&#8221; Jehoshaphat<n id="2" /> replied, &#8220;I will join you in the campaign; my army and horses are at your disposal.&#8221;<n id="3" />

The king of Syria said, &#8220;Go! I will send a letter to the king of Israel.&#8221; So Naaman<n id="1" /> went, taking with him ten talents<n id="2" /> of silver, six thousand shekels of gold,<n id="3" /> and ten suits of clothes.

He brought the letter to king of Israel. It read: &#8220;This is a letter of introduction for my servant Naaman,<n id="1" /> whom I have sent to be cured of his skin disease.&#8221;