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Ask a QuestionThen Elijah said, "As the LORD of hosts lives, before whom I stand, I will surely present myself to him today."
Then the men of the city said to Elisha, "Please notice, the situation of this city is pleasant, as my lord sees; but the water is bad, and the ground barren."
Then the LORD gave Israel a deliverer, so that they escaped from under the hand of the Syrians; and the children of Israel dwelt in their tents as before.
Jahath was the first and Zizah the second. But Jeush and Beriah did not have many sons; therefore they were assigned as one father's house.
Then Solomon sat on the throne of the LORD as king instead of David his father, and prospered; and all Israel obeyed him.
So the LORD exalted Solomon exceedingly in the sight of all Israel, and bestowed on him such royal majesty as had not been on any king before him in Israel.
And Rehoboam appointed Abijah the son of Maachah as chief, to be leader among his brothers; for he intended to make him king.
When he humbled himself, the wrath of the LORD turned from him, so as not to destroy him completely; and things also went well in Judah.
Then the men of Judah gave a shout; and as the men of Judah shouted, it happened that God struck Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah.
And they spoke against the God of Jerusalem, as against the gods of the people of the earth - the work of men's hands.
They also kept the Feast of Tabernacles, as it is written, and offered the daily burnt offerings in the number required by ordinance for each day.
They assigned the priests to their divisions and the Levites to their divisions, over the service of God in Jerusalem, as it is written in the Book of Moses.
Then all the assembly answered and said with a loud voice, "Yes! As you have said, so we must do.
And the king said to Haman, "The money and the people are given to you, to do with them as seems good to you."
"Yet all this avails me nothing, so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king's gate."
Do you intend to rebuke my words, And the speeches of a desperate one, which are as wind?
I also could speak as you do, If your soul were in my soul's place. I could heap up words against you, And shake my head at you;
As for the Almighty, we cannot find Him; He is excellent in power, In judgment and abundant justice; He does not oppress.
He lies in wait secretly, as a lion in his den; He lies in wait to catch the poor; He catches the poor when he draws him into his net.
As a lion is eager to tear his prey, And like a young lion lurking in secret places.