Rehoboam passed away<n id="1" /> and was buried with his ancestors in the city of David. His mother was an Ammonite named Naamah. His son Abijah<n id="2" /> replaced him as king.p>

Asa passed away<n id="1" /> and was buried with his ancestors in the city of his ancestor David. His son Jehoshaphat replaced him as king.p>

He said to her, &#8220;Hand me your son.&#8221; He took him from her arms, carried him to the upper room where he was staying, and laid him down on his bed.

He stretched out<n id="1" /> and fell asleep under the shrub. All of a sudden an angelic messenger<n id="2" /> touched him and said, &#8220;Get up and eat.&#8221;

<p class="bodytext">When Ahab heard these words, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and fasted. He slept in sackcloth and walked around dejected.

<p class="bodytext">Jehoshaphat passed away<n id="1" /> and was buried with his ancestors in the city of his ancestor<n id="2" /> David. His son Jehoram replaced him as king.p>

Joram passed away<n id="1" /> and was buried with his ancestors in the city of David. His son Ahaziah replaced him as king.p>

Jehu drove his chariot<n id="1" /> to Jezreel, for Joram was recuperating<n id="2" /> there. (Now King Ahaziah of Judah had come down to visit<n id="3" /> Joram.)p>

Joash passed away<n id="1" /> and Jeroboam succeeded him on the throne.<n id="2" /> Joash was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel.p>

Jehoash passed away<n id="1" /> and was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel. His son Jeroboam replaced him as king.)p>

Azariah passed away<n id="1" /> and was buried<n id="2" /> with his ancestors in the city of David. His son Jotham replaced him as king.p>

Jotham passed away<n id="1" /> and was buried with his ancestors in the city of his ancestor David. His son Ahaz replaced him as king.p>

Ahaz passed away<n id="1" /> and was buried with his ancestors in the city of David. His son Hezekiah replaced him as king.p>

Manasseh passed away<n id="1" /> and was buried in his palace garden, the garden of Uzzah, and his son Amon replaced him as king.p>

<p class="bodytext">Jehoshaphat passed away<n id="1" /> and was buried with his ancestors<n id="2" /> in the City of David.<n id="3" /> His son Jehoram<n id="4" /> replaced him as king.p>

Ahaz passed away<n id="1" /> and was buried in the City of David;<n id="2" /> they did not bring him to the tombs of the kings of Israel. His son Hezekiah replaced him as king.p>

<p class="poetry">And why do you not pardon my transgression,p> <p class="poetry">and take away my iniquity?p> <p class="poetry">For now I will lie down in the dust,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and you will seek me diligently,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">but I will be gone.&#8221;p>

<p class="poetry">I am surrounded by lions;p> <p class="poetry">I lie down<n id="1" /> among those who want to devour me;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">men whose teeth are spears and arrows,p> <p class="poetry">whose tongues are a sharp sword.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">adrift<n id="1" /> among the dead,p> <p class="poetry">like corpses lying in the grave,p> <p class="poetry">whom you remember no more,p> <p class="poetry">and who are cut off from your power.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">For all day long<n id="1" /> his work produces pain and frustration,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">and even at night his mind cannot relax!<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">This also is futile!p>