Discovery Box| (0.24) | 2Ki 25:7 |
| Zedekiah’s sons were executed while Zedekiah was forced to watch. 1 The king of Babylon 2 then had Zedekiah’s eyes put out, bound him in bronze chains, and carried him off to Babylon. |
| (0.24) | 1Ch 4:10 |
| Jabez called out to the God of Israel, “If only 1 you would greatly bless me and expand my territory! May your hand be with me! Keep me from harm so I might not endure pain!” 2 God answered his prayer. 3 |
| (0.24) | 1Ch 9:13 |
| Their relatives, who were leaders of their families, numbered 1,760. They were capable men who were assigned to carry out the various tasks of service in God’s temple. 1 |
| (0.24) | 1Ch 11:22 |
| Benaiah son of Jehoiada was a brave warrior from Kabzeel who performed great exploits. He struck down the two sons of Ariel of Moab; 1 he also went down and killed a lion inside a cistern on a snowy day. |
| (0.24) | 1Ch 14:14 |
| So David again asked God what he should do. 1 This time 2 God told him, “Don’t march up after them; circle around them and come against them in front of the trees. 3 |
| (0.24) | 1Ch 15:18 |
| along with some of their relatives who were second in rank, including Zechariah, 1 Jaaziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, Obed-Edom, and Jeiel, the gatekeepers. |
| (0.24) | 1Ch 16:35 |
| Say this prayer: 1 “Deliver us, O God who delivers us! Gather us! Rescue us from the nations! Then we will give thanks 2 to your holy name, and boast about your praiseworthy deeds.” 3 |
| (0.24) | 1Ch 17:6 |
| Wherever I moved throughout Israel, I did not say 1 to any of the leaders whom I appointed to care for my people Israel, 2 ‘Why have you not built me a house made from cedar?’”’ |
| (0.24) | 1Ch 17:9 |
| I will establish a place for my people Israel and settle 1 them there; they will live there and not be disturbed 2 anymore. Violent men will not oppress them again, as they did in the beginning 3 |
| (0.24) | 1Ch 17:13 |
| I will become his father and he will become my son. I will never withhold my loyal love from him, as I withheld it from the one who ruled before you. 1 |
| (0.24) | 1Ch 17:16 |
| David went in, sat before the Lord, and said: “Who am I, O Lord God, and what is my family, 1 that you should have brought me to this point? |
| (0.24) | 1Ch 17:17 |
| And you did not stop there, O God! You have also spoken about the future of your servant’s family. 1 You have revealed to me what men long to know, 2 O Lord God. |
| (0.24) | 1Ch 17:25 |
| for you, my God, have revealed to your servant that you will build a dynasty 1 for him. That is why your servant has had the courage to pray to you. 2 |
| (0.24) | 1Ch 17:27 |
| Now you are willing to bless your servant’s dynasty 1 so that it may stand permanently before you, for you, O Lord, have blessed it and it will be blessed from now on into the future.” 2 |
| (0.24) | 1Ch 18:4 |
| David seized from him 1,000 chariots, 7,000 charioteers, 1 and 20,000 infantrymen. David cut the hamstrings of all but a hundred of Hadadezer’s 2 chariot horses. 3 |
| (0.24) | 1Ch 19:4 |
| So Hanun seized David’s servants and shaved their beards off. 1 He cut off the lower part of their robes so that their buttocks were exposed 2 and then sent them away. |
| (0.24) | 1Ch 21:3 |
| Joab replied, “May the Lord make his army 1 a hundred times larger! My master, O king, do not all of them serve my master? Why does my master want to do this? Why bring judgment on Israel?” 2 |
| (0.24) | 1Ch 21:5 |
| Joab reported to David the number of warriors. 1 In all Israel there were 1,100,000 2 sword-wielding soldiers; Judah alone had 470,000 sword-wielding soldiers. 3 |
| (0.24) | 1Ch 21:13 |
| David said to Gad, “I am very upset! I prefer to be attacked by the Lord, for his mercy is very great; I do not want to be attacked by men!” 1 |
| (0.24) | 1Ch 21:24 |
| King David replied to Ornan, “No, I insist on buying it for top price. 1 I will not offer to the Lord what belongs to you or offer a burnt sacrifice 2 that cost me nothing. 3 |
