Discovery Box| (0.16) | 2Ki 6:22 |
| He replied, “Do not strike them down! You did not capture them with your sword or bow, so what gives you the right to strike them down? 1 Give them some food and water, so they can eat and drink and then go back to their master.” |
| (0.16) | 2Ki 9:27 |
| When King Ahaziah of Judah saw what happened, he took off 1 up the road to Beth Haggan. Jehu chased him and ordered, “Shoot him too.” They shot him while he was driving his chariot up the ascent of Gur near Ibleam. 2 He fled to Megiddo 3 and died there. |
| (0.16) | 2Ki 10:30 |
| The Lord said to Jehu, “You have done well. You have accomplished my will and carried out my wishes with regard to Ahab’s dynasty. Therefore four generations of your descendants will rule over Israel.” 1 |
| (0.16) | 2Ki 21:3 |
| He rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had destroyed; he set up altars for Baal and made an Asherah pole just like King Ahab of Israel had done. He bowed down to all the stars in the sky 1 and worshiped 2 them. |
| (0.16) | 2Ch 7:6 |
| The priests stood in their assigned spots, along with the Levites who had the musical instruments used for praising the Lord. 1 (These were the ones King David made for giving thanks to the Lord and which were used by David when he offered praise, saying, “Certainly his loyal love endures.”) 2 Opposite the Levites, 3 the priests were blowing the trumpets, while all Israel stood there. |
| (0.16) | 2Ch 25:16 |
| While he was speaking, Amaziah 1 said to him, “Did we appoint you to be a royal counselor? Stop prophesying or else you will be killed!” 2 So the prophet stopped, but added, “I know that the Lord has decided 3 to destroy you, because you have done this thing and refused to listen to my advice.” |
| (0.16) | 2Ch 29:34 |
| But there were not enough priests to skin all the animals, 1 so their brothers, the Levites, helped them until the work was finished and the priests could consecrate themselves. (The Levites had been more conscientious about consecrating themselves than the priests.) 2 |
| (0.16) | 2Ch 30:24 |
| King Hezekiah of Judah supplied 1,000 bulls and 7,000 sheep 1 for the assembly, while the officials supplied them 2 with 1,000 bulls and 10,000 sheep. Many priests consecrated themselves. |
| (0.16) | 2Ch 32:17 |
| He wrote letters mocking the Lord God of Israel and insulting him with these words: 1 “The gods of the surrounding nations could not rescue their people from my power. Neither can Hezekiah’s god rescue his people from my power.” 2 |
| (0.16) | Ezr 5:17 |
| “Now if the king is so inclined, 1 let a search be conducted in the royal archives 2 there in Babylon in order to determine whether King Cyrus did in fact issue orders for this temple of God to be rebuilt in Jerusalem. Then let the king send us a decision concerning this matter.” |
| (0.16) | Ezr 9:9 |
| Although we are slaves, our God has not abandoned us in our servitude. He has extended kindness to us in the sight of the kings of Persia, in that he has revived us 1 to restore the temple of our God and to raise 2 up its ruins and to give us a protective wall in Judah and Jerusalem. 3 |
| (0.16) | Est 2:14 |
| In the evening she went, and in the morning she returned to a separate part 1 of the harem, to the authority of Shaashgaz the king’s eunuch who was overseeing the concubines. She would not go back to the king unless the king was pleased with her 2 and she was requested by name. |
| (0.16) | Est 2:15 |
| When it became the turn of Esther daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai (who had raised her as if she were his own daughter 1 ) to go to the king, she did not request anything except what Hegai the king’s eunuch, who was overseer of the women, had recommended. Yet Esther met with the approval of all who saw her. |
| (0.16) | Isa 9:1 |
| (8:23) 1 The gloom will be dispelled for those who were anxious. 2 In earlier times he 3 humiliated the land of Zebulun, and the land of Naphtali; 4 but now he brings honor 5 to the way of the sea, the region beyond the Jordan, and Galilee of the nations. 6 |
| (0.16) | Isa 9:17 |
| So the sovereign master was not pleased 1 with their young men, he took no pity 2 on their orphans and widows; for the whole nation was godless 3 and did wicked things, 4 every mouth was speaking disgraceful words. 5 Despite all this, his anger does not subside, and his hand is ready to strike again. 6 |
| (0.16) | Isa 41:26 |
| Who decreed this from the beginning, so we could know? Who announced it 1 ahead of time, so we could say, ‘He’s correct’? Indeed, none of them decreed it! Indeed, none of them announced it! Indeed, no one heard you say anything! |
| (0.16) | Isa 50:2 |
| Why does no one challenge me when I come? Why does no one respond when I call? 1 Is my hand too weak 2 to deliver 3 you? Do I lack the power to rescue you? Look, with a mere shout 4 I can dry up the sea; I can turn streams into a desert, so the fish rot away and die from lack of water. 5 |
| (0.16) | Isa 63:7 |
| I will tell of the faithful acts of the Lord, of the Lord’s praiseworthy deeds. I will tell about all 1 the Lord did for us, the many good things he did for the family of Israel, 2 because of 3 his compassion and great faithfulness. |
| (0.16) | Jer 5:3 |
| Lord, I know you look for faithfulness. 1 But even when you punish these people, they feel no remorse. 2 Even when you nearly destroy them, they refuse to be corrected. They have become as hardheaded as a rock. 3 They refuse to change their ways. 4 |
| (0.16) | Jer 34:5 |
| You will die a peaceful death. They will burn incense at your burial just as they did at the burial of your ancestors, the former kings who preceded you. 1 They will mourn for you, saying, “Poor, poor master!” 2 Indeed, you have my own word on this. 3 I, the Lord, affirm it!’” 4 |
