Discovery Box| (0.44) | 2Ki 22:3 |
| In the eighteenth year of King Josiah’s reign, the king sent the scribe Shaphan son of Azaliah, son of Meshullam, to the Lord’s temple with these orders: 1 |
| (0.44) | 2Ki 22:4 |
| “Go up to Hilkiah the high priest and have him melt down 1 the silver that has been brought by the people to the Lord’s temple and has been collected by the guards at the door. |
| (0.44) | 2Ki 22:15 |
| and she said to them: “This is what the Lord God of Israel says: ‘Say this to the man who sent you to me: |
| (0.44) | 2Ki 23:7 |
| He tore down the quarters 1 of the male cultic prostitutes in the Lord’s temple, where women were weaving shrines 2 for Asherah. |
| (0.44) | 2Ki 23:9 |
| (Now the priests of the high places did not go up to the altar of the Lord in Jerusalem, but they did eat unleavened cakes among their fellow priests.) 1 |
| (0.44) | 2Ki 23:21 |
| The king ordered all the people, “Observe the Passover of the Lord your God, as prescribed in this scroll of the covenant.” |
| (0.44) | 2Ki 23:26 |
| Yet the Lord’s great anger against Judah did not subside; he was still infuriated by all the things Manasseh had done. 1 |
| (0.44) | 2Ki 24:3 |
| Just as the Lord had announced, he rejected Judah because of all the sins which Manasseh had committed. 1 |
| (0.44) | 2Ki 24:4 |
| Because he killed innocent people and stained Jerusalem with their blood, the Lord was unwilling to forgive them. 1 |
| (0.44) | 2Ki 24:20 |
| What follows is a record of what happened to Jerusalem and Judah because of the Lord’s anger; he finally threw them out of his presence. 1 Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon. |
| (0.44) | 2Ki 25:9 |
| He burned down the Lord’s temple, the royal palace, and all the houses in Jerusalem, including every large house. 1 |
| (0.44) | 2Ki 25:16 |
| The bronze of the items that King Solomon made for the Lord’s temple – including the two pillars, the big bronze basin called “The Sea,” the twelve bronze bulls under “The Sea,” 1 and the movable stands – was too heavy to be weighed. |
| (0.44) | 1Ch 11:10 |
| These were the leaders of David’s warriors who helped establish and stabilize his rule over all Israel, in accordance with the Lord’s word. 1 |
| (0.44) | 1Ch 12:23 |
| The following is a record of the armed warriors who came with their leaders and joined David in Hebron in order to make David king in Saul’s place, in accordance with the Lord’s decree: 1 |
| (0.44) | 1Ch 13:10 |
| The Lord was so furious with Uzzah, 1 he killed him, because he reached out his hand and touched the ark. 2 He died right there before God. 3 |
| (0.44) | 1Ch 13:11 |
| David was angry because the Lord attacked Uzzah; 1 so he called that place Perez Uzzah, 2 which remains its name to this very day. |
| (0.44) | 1Ch 14:2 |
| David realized that the Lord had established him as king over Israel and that he had elevated 1 his kingdom for the sake of his people Israel. |
| (0.44) | 1Ch 14:10 |
| David asked God, “Should I march up against the Philistines? Will you hand them over to me?” The Lord said to him, “March up! I will hand them over to you!” |
| (0.44) | 1Ch 15:3 |
| David assembled all Israel at Jerusalem 1 to bring the ark of the Lord up to the place he had prepared for it. |
| (0.44) | 1Ch 15:12 |
| He told them: “You are the leaders of the Levites’ families. You and your relatives must consecrate yourselves and bring the ark of the Lord God of Israel up to the place I have prepared for it. |
