When Joab and all the army that was with him arrived, Joab was told: “Abner the son of Ner came to the king; he sent him away, and he left in peace!”p>

<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" />

<p class="bodytext">When David reached the summit, where he used to worship God, Hushai the Arkite met him with his clothes torn and dirt on his head.

When David&#8217;s friend Hushai the Arkite came to Absalom, Hushai said to him,<n id="1" /> &#8220;Long live the king! Long live the king!&#8221;p>

<p class="bodytext">Then the Cushite arrived and said,<n id="1" /> &#8220;May my lord the king now receive the good news! The <sc>Lordsc> has vindicated you today and delivered you from the hand of all who have rebelled against you!&#8221;<n id="2" />

So the king returned and came to the Jordan River.<n id="1" />p> <p class="bodytext">Now the people of Judah<n id="2" /> had come to Gilgal to meet the king and to help him<n id="3" /> cross the Jordan.

<p class="bodytext">When he came from Jerusalem to meet the king, the king asked him, &#8220;Why didn&#8217;t you go with me, Mephibosheth?&#8221;

Mephibosheth said to the king, &#8220;Let him have<n id="1" /> the whole thing! My lord the king has returned safely<n id="2" /> to his house!&#8221;p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">Solomon received 666 talents<n id="1" /> of gold per year,<n id="2" />

Just then<n id="1" /> a prophet<n id="2" /> from Judah, sent by the <sc>Lordsc>, arrived in Bethel,<n id="3" /> as Jeroboam was standing near the altar ready to offer a sacrifice.

Their father asked them, &#8220;Which road did he take?&#8221; His sons showed him<n id="1" /> the road the prophet<n id="2" /> from Judah had taken.

<t /><p class="bodytext">Now a man from Baal Shalisha brought some food for the prophet<n id="1" /> &#8211; twenty loaves of bread made from the firstfruits of the barley harvest, as well as fresh ears of grain.<n id="2" /> Elisha<n id="3" /> said, &#8220;Set it before the people so they may eat.&#8221;

<p class="bodytext">When he came and stood before his master, Elisha asked him, &#8220;Where have you been, Gehazi?&#8221; He answered, &#8220;Your servant hasn&#8217;t been anywhere.&#8221;

<t /><p class="bodytext">Elisha traveled to Damascus while King Ben Hadad of Syria was sick. The king<n id="1" /> was told, &#8220;The prophet<n id="2" /> has come here.&#8221;

The watchman reported, &#8220;He reached them, but hasn&#8217;t started back. The one who drives the lead chariot drives like Jehu son of Nimshi;<n id="1" /> he drives recklessly.&#8221;

Pul<n id="1" /> king of Assyria invaded the land, and Menahem paid<n id="2" /> him<n id="3" /> a thousand talents<n id="4" /> of silver to gain his support<n id="5" /> and to solidify his control of the kingdom.<n id="6" />

The king<n id="1" /> said, &#8220;Leave it alone! No one must touch his bones.&#8221; So they left his bones undisturbed, as well as the bones of the Israelite prophet buried beside him.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="bodytext">Later<n id="1" /> Hezron had sexual relations with<n id="2" /> the daughter of Makir, the father of Gilead. (He had married<n id="3" /> her when he was sixty years old.) She bore him Segub.

He received honor from<n id="1" /> the thirty warriors, though he was not one of the three elite warriors. David put him in charge of his bodyguard.p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">Solomon received 666 talents<n id="1" /> of gold per year,<n id="2" />