Discovery Box| (0.31) | 2Ki 12:12 |
| as well as masons and stonecutters. They bought wood and chiseled stone to repair the damage to the Lord’s temple and also paid for all the other expenses. 1 |
| (0.31) | 2Ki 13:2 |
| He did evil in the sight of 1 the Lord. He continued in 2 the sinful ways of Jeroboam son of Nebat who had encouraged Israel to sin; he did not repudiate those sins. 3 |
| (0.31) | 2Ki 13:11 |
| He did evil in the sight of 1 the Lord. He did not repudiate 2 the sinful ways of Jeroboam son of Nebat who encouraged Israel to sin; he continued in those sins. 3 |
| (0.31) | 2Ki 13:17 |
| Elisha 1 said, “Open the east window,” and he did so. 2 Elisha said, “Shoot!” and he did so. 3 Elisha 4 said, “This arrow symbolizes the victory the Lord will give you over Syria. 5 You will annihilate Syria in Aphek!” 6 |
| (0.31) | 2Ki 14:14 |
| He took away all the gold and silver, all the items found in the Lord’s temple and in the treasuries of the royal palace, and some hostages. 1 Then he went back to Samaria. 2 ( |
| (0.31) | 2Ki 15:9 |
| He did evil in the sight of 1 the Lord, as his ancestors had done. He did not repudiate 2 the sinful ways of Jeroboam son of Nebat who encouraged Israel to sin. |
| (0.31) | 2Ki 15:18 |
| He did evil in the sight of 1 the Lord; he did not repudiate 2 the sinful ways of Jeroboam son of Nebat who encouraged Israel to sin. 3 During his reign, |
| (0.31) | 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. |
| (0.31) | 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 |
| (0.31) | 2Ki 16:3 |
| He followed in the footsteps of 1 the kings of Israel. He passed his son through the fire, 2 a horrible sin practiced by the nations 3 whom the Lord drove out from before the Israelites. |
| (0.31) | 2Ki 16:8 |
| Then Ahaz took the silver and gold that were 1 in the Lord’s temple and in the treasuries of the royal palace and sent it as tribute 2 to the king of Assyria. |
| (0.31) | 2Ki 17:7 |
| This happened because the Israelites sinned against the Lord their God, who brought them up from the land of Egypt and freed them from the power of 1 Pharaoh king of Egypt. They worshiped 2 other gods; |
| (0.31) | 2Ki 17:16 |
| They abandoned all the commandments of the Lord their God; they made two metal calves and an Asherah pole, bowed down to all the stars in the sky, 1 and worshiped 2 Baal. |
| (0.31) | 2Ki 17:17 |
| They passed their sons and daughters through the fire, 1 and practiced divination and omen reading. They committed themselves to doing evil in the sight of the Lord and made him angry. 2 |
| (0.31) | 2Ki 17:21 |
| He tore Israel away from David’s dynasty, and Jeroboam son of Nebat became their king. 1 Jeroboam drove Israel away 2 from the Lord and encouraged them to commit a serious sin. 3 |
| (0.31) | 2Ki 17:23 |
| Finally 1 the Lord rejected Israel 2 just as he had warned he would do 3 through all his servants the prophets. Israel was deported from its land to Assyria and remains there to this very day. |
| (0.31) | 2Ki 17:35 |
| The Lord made an agreement 1 with them 2 and instructed them, “You must not worship other gods. Do not bow down to them, serve them, or offer sacrifices to them. |
| (0.31) | 2Ki 17:36 |
| Instead you must worship the Lord, who brought you up from the land of Egypt by his great power and military ability; 1 bow down to him and offer sacrifices to him. |
| (0.31) | 2Ki 17:41 |
| These nations are worshiping the Lord and at the same time serving their idols; their sons and grandsons do just as their fathers have done, to this very day. |
| (0.31) | 2Ki 18:16 |
| At that time King Hezekiah of Judah stripped the metal overlays from the doors of the Lord’s temple and from the posts which he had plated 1 and gave them to the king of Assyria. |
