“Look, here is the man who would not make ¹  God his protector! He trusted in his great wealth and was confident about his plans to destroy others.” ² 

Then ¹  Peter ²  took hold ³  of him by the right hand and raised him up, and at once the man’s ⁴  feet and ankles were made strong. ⁵ 

King Rehoboam solidified his rule in Jerusalem; ¹  he ²  was forty-one years old when he became king and he ruled for seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city the Lord chose from all the tribes of Israel to be his home. ³  Rehoboam’s ⁴  mother was an Ammonite named Naamah.

So she grabbed him and kissed him, and with a bold expression ¹  she said to him,

just as the testimony about Christ has been confirmed among you –

For you are certainly giving thanks well, but the other person is not strengthened.

Finally, be strengthened in the Lord and in the strength of his power.

All their neighbors assisted ¹  them with silver utensils, ²  gold, equipment, animals, and expensive gifts, not to mention ³  all the voluntary offerings.

Then ¹  the church throughout Judea, Galilee, ²  and Samaria experienced ³  peace and thus was strengthened. ⁴  Living ⁵  in the fear of the Lord and in the encouragement of the Holy Spirit, the church ⁶  increased in numbers.

For if someone weak sees you who possess knowledge dining in an idol’s temple, will not his conscience be “strengthened” ¹  to eat food offered to idols?

When Naomi ¹  realized that Ruth ²  was determined to go with her, she stopped trying to dissuade her. ³ 

King Tiglath-pileser ¹  of Assyria came, but he gave him more trouble than support. ² 

the root ¹  your right hand planted, the shoot you made to grow! ² 

You have allowed his adversaries to be victorious, ¹  and all his enemies to rejoice.

When ¹  I cried out for help, you answered me. You made me bold and energized me. ² 

Then the Lord provoked ¹  their adversaries to attack them, ²  he stirred up ³  their enemies –

that is, that we may be mutually comforted by one another’s faith, ¹  both yours and mine.

The one who speaks in a tongue builds himself up, ¹  but the one who prophesies builds up the church.

In the seventh year Jehoiada made a bold move. He made a pact ¹  with the officers of the units of hundreds: Azariah son of Jehoram, Ishmael son of Jehochanan, Azariah son of Obed, Maaseiah son of Adaiah, and Elishaphat son of Zikri.

He has also conferred his favor on me before the king, his advisers, and all the influential leaders of the king. I gained strength as the hand of the Lord my God was on me, and I gathered leaders from Israel to go up with me.