Discovery Box| (0.35) | 1Ki 20:10 |
| Ben Hadad sent another message to him, “May the gods judge me severely 1 if there is enough dirt left in Samaria for my soldiers to scoop up in their hands.” 2 |
| (0.35) | 1Ki 20:22 |
| The prophet 1 visited the king of Israel and instructed him, “Go, fortify your defenses. 2 Determine 3 what you must do, for in the spring 4 the king of Syria will attack 5 you.” |
| (0.35) | 1Ki 20:23 |
| Now the advisers 1 of the king of Syria said to him: “Their God is a god of the mountains. That’s why they overpowered us. But if we fight them in the plains, we will certainly overpower them. |
| (0.35) | 1Ki 20:31 |
| His advisers 1 said to him, “Look, we have heard that the kings of the Israelite dynasty are kind. 2 Allow us to put sackcloth around our waists and ropes on our heads 3 and surrender 4 to the king of Israel. Maybe he will spare our lives.” |
| (0.35) | 1Ki 20:34 |
| Ben Hadad 1 said, “I will return the cities my father took from your father. You may set up markets 2 in Damascus, just as my father did in Samaria.” 3 Ahab then said, “I want to make a treaty with you before I dismiss you.” 4 So he made a treaty with him and then dismissed him. |
| (0.35) | 1Ki 21:4 |
| So Ahab went into his palace, bitter and angry that Naboth the Jezreelite had said, 1 “I will not sell to you my ancestral inheritance.” 2 He lay down on his bed, pouted, 3 and would not eat. |
| (0.35) | 1Ki 21:7 |
| His wife Jezebel said to him, “You are the king of Israel! 1 Get up, eat some food, and have a good time. 2 I will get the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite for you.” |
| (0.35) | 1Ki 21:13 |
| The two villains arrived and sat opposite him. Then the villains testified against Naboth right before the people, saying, “Naboth cursed God and the king.” So they dragged him 1 outside the city and stoned him to death. 2 |
| (0.35) | 1Ki 21:15 |
| When Jezebel heard that Naboth had been stoned to death, she 1 said to Ahab, “Get up, take possession of the vineyard Naboth the Jezreelite refused to sell you for silver, for Naboth is no longer alive; he’s dead.” |
| (0.35) | 1Ki 22:13 |
| Now the messenger who went to summon Micaiah said to him, “Look, the prophets are in complete agreement that the king will succeed. 1 Your words must agree with theirs; you must predict success.” 2 |
| (0.35) | 1Ki 22:31 |
| Now the king of Syria had ordered his thirty-two chariot commanders, “Do not fight common soldiers or high-ranking officers; 1 fight only the king of Israel.” |
| (0.35) | 1Ki 22:34 |
| Now an archer shot an arrow at random, 1 and it struck the king of Israel between the plates of his armor. The king 2 ordered his charioteer, “Turn around and take me from the battle line, 3 because I’m wounded.” |
| (0.35) | 2Ki 1:2 |
| Ahaziah fell through a window lattice in his upper chamber in Samaria 1 and was injured. He sent messengers with these orders, 2 “Go, ask 3 Baal Zebub, 4 the god of Ekron, if I will survive this injury.” |
| (0.35) | 2Ki 2:14 |
| He took the cloak that had fallen off Elijah, 1 hit the water with it, and said, “Where is the Lord, the God of Elijah?” When he hit the water, it divided and Elisha crossed over. |
| (0.35) | 2Ki 2:23 |
| He went up from there to Bethel. 1 As he was traveling up the road, some young boys 2 came out of the city and made fun of him, saying, “Go on up, baldy! Go on up, baldy!” |
| (0.35) | 2Ki 3:14 |
| Elisha said, “As certainly as the Lord who rules over all 1 lives (whom I serve), 2 if I did not respect King Jehoshaphat of Judah, 3 I would not pay attention to you or acknowledge you. 4 |
| (0.35) | 2Ki 4:1 |
| Now a wife of one of the prophets 1 appealed 2 to Elisha for help, saying, “Your servant, my husband is dead. You know that your servant was a loyal follower of the Lord. 3 Now the creditor is coming to take away my two boys to be his servants.” |
| (0.35) | 2Ki 4:25 |
| So she went to visit 1 the prophet at Mount Carmel. When he 2 saw her at a distance, he said to his servant Gehazi, “Look, it’s the Shunammite woman. |
| (0.35) | 2Ki 4:27 |
| But when she reached the prophet on the mountain, she grabbed hold of his feet. Gehazi came near to push her away, but the prophet said, “Leave her alone, for she is very upset. 1 The Lord has kept the matter hidden from me; he didn’t tell me about it.” |
| (0.35) | 2Ki 4:29 |
| Elisha 1 told Gehazi, “Tuck your robes into your belt, take my staff, 2 and go! Don’t stop to exchange greetings with anyone! 3 Place my staff on the child’s face.” |
