The <sc>Lordsc> will cause your enemies who attack<n id="1" /> you to be struck down before you; they will attack you from one direction<n id="2" /> but flee from you in seven different directions.

Just as we obeyed<n id="1" /> Moses, so we will obey you. But<n id="2" /> may the <sc>Lordsc> your God be with you as he was with Moses!

I will bring Sisera, the general of Jabin&#8217;s army, to you at the Kishon River, along with his chariots and huge army.<n id="1" /> I will hand him over to you.&#8221;

Do not leave this place until I come back<n id="1" /> with a gift<n id="2" /> and present it to you.&#8221; The <sc>Lordsc> said, &#8220;I will stay here until you come back.&#8221;p>

<p class="bodytext">When Samuel saw Saul, the <sc>Lordsc> said,<n id="1" /> &#8220;Here is the man that I told you about! He will rule over my people.&#8221;

Samuel said to the cook, &#8220;Give me the portion of meat that I gave to you &#8211; the one I asked you to keep with you.&#8221;p>

Then invite Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will show you what you should do. You will anoint for me the one I point out<n id="1" /> to you.&#8221;p>

<p class="bodytext">So the servants of David went to Abigail at Carmel and said to her, &#8220;David has sent us to you to bring you back to be his wife.&#8221;

<p class="bodytext">So Joab went to the king and said, &#8220;What have you done? Abner<n id="1" /> has come to you! Why would you send him away? Now he&#8217;s gone on his way!<n id="2" />

and will bring the entire army back to you. In exchange for the life of the man you are seeking, you will get back everyone.<n id="1" /> The entire army will return unharmed.&#8221;<n id="2" />p>

a wise woman called out from the city, &#8220;Listen up! Listen up! Tell Joab, &#8216;Come near so that I may speak to you.&#8217;&#8221;p>

When your people<n id="1" /> come to their senses<n id="2" /> in the land where they are held prisoner, they will repent and beg for your mercy in the land of their imprisonment, admitting, &#8216;We have sinned and gone astray;<n id="3" /> we have done evil.&#8217;

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;May you be attentive<n id="1" /> to your servant&#8217;s and your people Israel&#8217;s requests for help and may you respond to all their prayers to you.<n id="2" />

<p class="bodytext">The messengers came again and said, &#8220;This is what Ben Hadad says, &#8216;I sent this message to you, &#8220;You must give me your silver, gold, wives, and sons.&#8221;

The <sc>Lordsc> says,<n id="1" /> &#8216;Look, I am ready to bring disaster<n id="2" /> on you. I will destroy you<n id="3" /> and cut off every last male belonging to Ahab in Israel, including even the weak and incapacitated.<n id="4" />

The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, &#8220;Didn&#8217;t I tell you he does not prophesy prosperity for me, but disaster?&#8221;

O <sc>Lordsc> God of our ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, maintain the motives of your people and keep them devoted to you.<n id="1" />

When your people<n id="1" /> come to their senses<n id="2" /> in the land where they are held prisoner, they will repent and beg for your mercy in the land of their imprisonment, admitting, &#8216;We have sinned and gone astray<n id="3" />, we have done evil!&#8217;

The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, &#8220;Didn&#8217;t I tell you he does not prophesy prosperity for me, but disaster?&#8221;

I prayed,<n id="1" />p> <p class="bodytext">&#8220;O my God, I am ashamed and embarrassed to lift my face to you, my God! For our iniquities have climbed higher than our heads, and our guilt extends to the heavens.