He spoke kindly to him and gave him a more prestigious position than ¹  the other kings who were with him in Babylon.

Now the king of Israel and King Jehoshaphat of Judah were sitting on their respective thrones, ¹  dressed in their robes, at the threshing floor at the entrance of the gate of Samaria. ²  All the prophets were prophesying before them.

The Lord reigns! The nations tremble. ²  He sits enthroned above the winged angels; ³  the earth shakes. ⁴ 

For I will soon summon all the peoples of the kingdoms of the north,” says the Lord. “They will come and their kings will set up their thrones ¹  near the entrances of the gates of Jerusalem. ²  They will attack all the walls surrounding it, and all the towns in Judah. ³ 

There were twelve statues of lions on the six steps, one lion at each end of each step. There was nothing like it in any other kingdom. ¹ 

There were twelve statues of lions on the six steps, one lion at each end of each step. There was nothing like it in any other kingdom. ¹ 

Zedekiah son of Josiah succeeded Jeconiah ¹  son of Jehoiakim as king. He was elevated to the throne of the land of Judah by King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon. ² 

Then a new king, ¹  who did not know about ²  Joseph, came to power ³  over Egypt.

He lifts the weak ¹  from the dust; he raises ²  the poor from the ash heap to seat them with princes and to bestow on them an honored position. ³  The foundations of the earth belong to the Lord, and he has placed the world on them.

In the eighteenth year of the reign of King Jeroboam, Abijah became king over Judah.

Now the king of Israel and King Jehoshaphat of Judah were sitting on their respective thrones, dressed in their royal robes, at the threshing floor at ¹  the entrance of the gate of Samaria. All the prophets were prophesying before them.

“I myself ¹  have installed ²  my king on Zion, my holy hill.”

The countries are assembled all around you; ¹  take once more your rightful place over them! ² 

You are holy; you sit as king receiving the praises of Israel. ¹ 

From the place where he lives he looks carefully at all the earth’s inhabitants.

From the stream along the road he drinks; then he lifts up his head. ¹ 

Who can compare to the Lord our God, who sits on a high throne? ¹ 

until another king who did not know about ¹  Joseph ruled ²  over Egypt. ³ 

Jehoram took control of his father’s kingdom and became powerful. ¹  Then he killed all his brothers, ²  as well as some of the officials of Israel.

“‘As surely as I live, declares the sovereign Lord, surely in the city ¹  of the king who crowned him, whose oath he despised and whose covenant he broke – in the middle of Babylon he will die!