Discovery Box| (0.14) | 2Ki 8:21 |
| Joram 1 crossed over to Zair with all his chariots. The Edomites, who had surrounded him, attacked at night and defeated him and his chariot officers. 2 The Israelite army retreated to their homeland. 3 |
| (0.14) | 2Ki 8:27 |
| He followed in the footsteps of Ahab’s dynasty and did evil in the sight of 1 the Lord, like Ahab’s dynasty, for he was related to Ahab’s family. 2 |
| (0.14) | 2Ki 9:1 |
| Now Elisha the prophet summoned a member of the prophetic guild 1 and told him, “Tuck your robes into your belt, take this container 2 of olive oil in your hand, and go to Ramoth Gilead. |
| (0.14) | 2Ki 9:10 |
| Dogs will devour Jezebel on the plot of ground in Jezreel; she will not be buried.’” 1 Then he opened the door and ran away. |
| (0.14) | 2Ki 9:11 |
| When Jehu rejoined 1 his master’s servants, they 2 asked him, “Is everything all right? 3 Why did this madman visit you?” He replied, “Ah, it’s not important. You know what kind of man he is and the kinds of things he says.” 4 |
| (0.14) | 2Ki 9:19 |
| So he sent a second horseman out to them 1 and he said, “This is what the king says, ‘Is everything all right?’” 2 Jehu replied, “None of your business! Follow me.” |
| (0.14) | 2Ki 10:8 |
| The messenger came and told Jehu, 1 “They have brought the heads of the king’s sons.” Jehu 2 said, “Stack them in two piles at the entrance of the city gate until morning.” |
| (0.14) | 2Ki 10:14 |
| He said, “Capture them alive!” So they captured them alive and then executed all forty-two of them in the cistern at Beth Eked. He left no survivors. |
| (0.14) | 2Ki 10:17 |
| He went to Samaria and exterminated all the members of Ahab’s family who were still alive in Samaria, 1 just as the Lord had announced to Elijah. 2 |
| (0.14) | 2Ki 10:29 |
| However, Jehu did not repudiate the sins which Jeroboam son of Nebat had encouraged Israel to commit; the golden calves remained in Bethel 1 and Dan. 2 |
| (0.14) | 2Ki 11:5 |
| He ordered them, “This is what you must do. One third of the unit that is on duty during the Sabbath will guard the royal palace. |
| (0.14) | 2Ki 11:8 |
| You must surround the king. Each of you must hold his weapon in his hand. Whoever approaches your ranks must be killed. You must accompany the king wherever he goes.” 1 |
| (0.14) | 2Ki 12:21 |
| His servants Jozabad son of Shimeath and Jehozabad son of Shomer murdered him. 1 He was buried 2 with his ancestors in the city of David. His son Amaziah replaced him as king. |
| (0.14) | 2Ki 13:18 |
| Then Elisha 1 said, “Take the arrows,” and he did so. 2 He told the king of Israel, “Strike the ground!” He struck the ground three times and stopped. |
| (0.14) | 2Ki 14:11 |
| But Amaziah would not heed the warning, 1 so King Jehoash of Israel attacked. 2 He and King Amaziah of Judah met face to face 3 in Beth Shemesh of Judah. |
| (0.14) | 2Ki 15:12 |
| His assassination brought to fulfillment the Lord’s word to Jehu, 1 “Four generations of your descendants will rule over Israel.” 2 That is exactly what happened. 3 |
| (0.14) | 2Ki 15:15 |
| The rest of the events of Shallum’s reign, including the conspiracy he organized, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Israel. 1 |
| (0.14) | 2Ki 15:35 |
| But the high places were not eliminated; the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense on the high places. He built the Upper Gate to the Lord’s temple. |
| (0.14) | 2Ki 16:2 |
| Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for sixteen years in Jerusalem. 1 He did not do what pleased the Lord his God, in contrast to his ancestor David. 2 |
| (0.14) | 2Ki 16:17 |
| King Ahaz took off the frames of the movable stands, and removed the basins from them. He took “The Sea” 1 down from the bronze bulls that supported it 2 and put it on the pavement. |
