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Ahab had instructed Obadiah, "Go throughout the land to all of the water springs and to all of the valleys. Maybe we'll find some grass to keep the horses and mules alive. Also, maybe we won't have to kill some of our cattle."

Verse ConceptsGrassMulesFeeding AnimalsKept Alive By Men

And the water ran round about the altar; and he filled the trench also with water.

Then the fire of the Lord fell and consumed the burnt offering and the wood, and even the stones and the dust; it also licked up the water in the trench.

Verse ConceptsFireAnswers By FireFire From HeavenBurning Sacrifices

And Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and also how he had slain all the prophets with the sword.

Verse ConceptsSwordsKilling ProphetsTelling What People DidProphets Of Other Godsjezebel

And Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah saying, So do the gods to me, and more also, if I make not thy life as the life of one of them by to-morrow about this time!

Verse ConceptsMessengers Sent OutMessengerPersecution, Nature OfProphets, Lives OfRevenge, Examples OfMan's Action TomorrowKilling Prophetsjezebel

And he said - Very jealous, have I been, for Yahweh, God of hosts, because the sons of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thine altars, have they thrown down, thy prophets, also have they slain with the sword, - and, I alone, am left, and they have sought my life, to take it.

Verse ConceptsFriendlessnessFaithfulness, Examples OfForsaking GodExaggerationsdoubtersDepression, SymptomsGod, Zeal OfLonelinessMartyrdom, Examples OfOpposition, To Sin And EvilRejection Of GodSelfishnessSelf PitySoldiersEvil TimesDestruction Of The TempleKilling ProphetsForsaking God's ThingsSole SurvivorsOnly One PersonBreaking The Covenant

And he said - Very jealous, have I been, for Yahweh, God of hosts, because the sons of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thine altars, have they thrown down, thy prophets also, have they slain with the sword, - and, I alone, am left, and they rove sought my life, to take it.

Verse ConceptsFaithfulness, Examples OfeagernessProphets, Lives OfRejection Of GodDestruction Of The TempleKilling ProphetsForsaking God's ThingsSole SurvivorsOnly One PersonBreaking The Covenant

and Jehu son of Nimshi you shall anoint as king over Israel. You shall also anoint Elisha son of Shaphat from Abel-Meholah as prophet in your place.

Verse ConceptsAnointing KingsExchanging Of LeadersMaking Kings

Ben Hadad sent to him, and said, "The gods do so to me, and more also, if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for handfuls for all the people who follow me."

Verse ConceptsBoastersNumerous As DustShortage Other Than Food

And also if they come for war, take them yet alive." And when those men of the sheriffs of the shires were come out of the city and the Host after them,

Also do this: remove each king from his position and appoint captains in their place.

Verse ConceptsExchanging Of Leaders

The ones who remained fled into the city of Aphek, and the wall fell on those 27,000 remaining men.

Ben-hadad also fled and went into an inner room in the city.

Verse ConceptsWallsTwenty Thousand And UpPeoples Who FledPrivate Rooms

The prophet then went and stood by the road, waiting for the king. He also disguised himself by putting a bandage down over his eyes.

Verse ConceptsRoadsStandingWaitingdisguisesEyes Harmed

Also seat two villains opposite him and have them testify, 'You cursed God and the king.' Then take him out and stone him to death."

Verse Conceptsethics, socialPersecution, Forms OfSatan, As The Enemy Of GodTwo WitnessesTwo WitnessesCursing GodKilling Named Individuals

You shall speak to him, saying, 'Thus says Yahweh, "Have you killed and also taken possession?"' You shall speak to him, saying, 'Thus says Yahweh, "In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth, dogs will lick your blood, even yours."'"

Verse ConceptsdogsInjustice, Hated By GodSuffering, Nature OfTongueDivine DirectionAnimals Eating PeopleCreatures Drinking BloodReady To KillTaking Possessionsjezebel

Yahweh also spoke of Jezebel, saying, "The dogs shall eat Jezebel by the rampart of Jezreel.

Verse ConceptsEating Corpsesjezebel

Also, he acted very abominably by going after idols like all the Amorites had done whom Yahweh had driven out from before the {Israelites}."

Verse ConceptsThe Lord Drove Them Out

Jehoshaphat also said to the king of Israel, "Please inquire for the word of Yahweh today."

Verse ConceptsadvisersAdvice, Receiving God's Advice

So he said, "I saw all of Israel scattering to the mountains, like the sheep without a shepherd. Yahweh also said, 'There are no masters for these, let them return in peace, each to his house.'"

Verse ConceptsHillsProphecy, Fulfilment Of OtProphecy, Methods Of OtSheepShepherds, As Kings And LeadersWatchfulness, DivineInadequate ShepherdingScattered Like SheepEscaping To MountainsLet Them Go HomeNo King

Yahweh said to him, 'How?' He said, 'I will go out and will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets.' He said, 'You will entice him, and will also prevail. Go out and do so.'

Verse ConceptsLyingNames And Titles For SatanSpirit BeingsGod DeceivingEnticingStrong DelusionLying And Deceitlieing

And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, "Change thee and get thee to war: but put on thine own apparel." And the king of Israel changed himself, and went to battle also.

Verse ConceptsRobesdisguisesDistinctive Clothing

And, when the chariot was washed out at the pool of Samaria, the dogs lapped up his blood, also, the harlots, bathed there , - according to the word of Yahweh which he had spoken.

Verse ConceptsdogsBathing, For RefreshmentTongueWord Of GodPoolsAnimals Eating PeopleCreatures Drinking BloodClean Objects

Jehoshaphat was also at peace with the king of Israel.

He also eliminated the male cult prostitutes who still remained from the time of his father Asa.

Verse ConceptsHomosexualityExcommunicationMale Prostitutes

Again also he sent to him another captain of fifty with his fifty. And he answered and said to him, O man of God, thus hath the king said, Come down quickly.

Verse ConceptsFiftiesMan Going DownHurrying Others OnMan Of God

So Ahaziah [the son of King Ahab] died in accordance with the word of the Lord which Elijah had spoken. And because he had no son, Jehoram [his younger brother] became king [of Israel, the northern kingdom] in his place in the second year of Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat, king of Judah [the southern kingdom].

Verse ConceptsWord Of GodKings Of The Northern KingdomList Of Kings Of IsraelWords To Individuals Fulfilled

Then the sons of the prophets who [were in] Bethel came out to Elisha, and they said to him, "Do you know that Yahweh [is] going to take your master {from you} today?" He said, "I also know; be quiet!"

Verse ConceptsAskingSchool Of ProphetsSilenceSchoolsSons Of The ProphetsTodayPeople With General KnowledgeTaking Other Peopleassertiveness

Elijah also spoke to him, "Elisha, remain here on this side, please, because the LORD is sending me to Jericho." But Elisha responded, "As the LORD lives, and while you're still alive, I'm not going to leave you!" So they went to Jericho.

Verse ConceptsCompanionship

Then the sons of the prophets who [were] in Jericho came near to Elisha, and they said to him, "Do you know that Yahweh [is] going to take your master {from you} today?" He said, "I also know; be quiet!"

Verse ConceptsSchoolsSons Of The ProphetsTodayPeople With General KnowledgeTaking Other PeopleSchool

Elijah also spoke to him, "Elisha, remain here on this side, please, because the LORD is sending me to the Jordan River."

Verse ConceptsCompanionshipGoing TogetherMotionlessnessStaying Put

Fifty men of the sons of the prophets also went and stood opposite them [to watch] at a distance; and the two of them stood by the Jordan.

Verse ConceptsFiftiesOpposite SidesSons Of The Prophetsdistancefootprints

He took up also the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and went back, and stood by the bank of the Jordan.

He took the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and struck the waters, and said, "Where is Yahweh, the God of Elijah?" When he also had struck the waters, they were divided here and there; and Elisha went over.

Verse ConceptsGod Of The FathersMiracles Of ElishaDivision Of WatersWaters DividedWhere Is God?

For thus sayeth the LORD, 'Ye shall see neither wind nor rain, and yet this brook shall be filled with water, that ye may drink, and your beasts and your cattle also.'

Verse ConceptsWaterAnimals, Care ForProphesyingGod Providing WaterNo Winds

This is but a light thing in the sight of Yahweh. He will also deliver the Moabites into your hand.

Verse ConceptsUnimportant ThingsTo Be Given Into One's Hands

You must also go and shut the door behind you and your children, and you must pour out [oil] into all of these containers and set the filled [ones] aside."

Verse ConceptsShutting DoorsPraying Behind Closed Doors

Now Naaman, captain of the army of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master, and honorable, because by him Yahweh had given victory to Syria: he was also a mighty man of valor, [but he was] a leper.

Verse ConceptsCommanderKingdomsLeprosyOccupationsSoldierssyriaarmy

He also brought the letter to the king of Israel, which read as follows: ""and now as this letter finds its way to you, look! I've sent my servant Naaman to you so you may heal him of his leprosy."

Verse ConceptsServanthood, In SocietyHealing Lepersgays

As far as this matter, may Yahweh pardon your servant when my master goes [into] the house of Rimmon to worship there, and he [is] leaning himself on my arm, that I also bow down [in] the house of Rimmon: when I bow down [in] the house of Rimmon, may Yahweh please pardon your servant in this matter."

Verse ConceptsArmsTemples, HeathenBowing To False GodsGod Forgive!Nervousness

Then he said, "God do so to me, and more also, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat shall stay on him this day."

Verse ConceptsRemoving HeadsKilling ProphetsSkulls

While Elisha was still talking with them, the messenger came down to him [followed by the king] and the king said, “This evil [situation] is from the Lord! Why should I wait for [help from] the Lord any longer?”

Verse ConceptsQuestionsGod Appointed AfflictionsGod DestroyingWhile Still SpeakingGod Harmed ThemWaiting On The Lord

If we say, 'We will enter into the city,' then the famine is in the city, and we shall die there. If we sit still here, we also die. Now therefore come, and let us surrender to the army of the Syrians. If they save us alive, we will live; and if they kill us, we will only die."

Verse ConceptsPessimismResigned To DeathDyingSurrender

When these lepers came to the outermost part of the camp, they went into one tent, and ate and drink, and carried there silver, and gold, and clothing, and went and hid it. Then they came back, and entered into another tent, and carried there also, and went and hid it.

Verse ConceptsGoldDivine SuppliesHidden Things

Now Elisha had spoken to the woman, whose son he had restored to life, saying, "Arise, and go, you and your household, and stay for a while wherever you can; for Yahweh has called for a famine. It shall also come on the land seven years."

Verse ConceptsFamine, Kinds OfSeven Years

So Edom has rebelled {against the rule} of Judah until this day; then Libnah [also] rebelled at that time.

Verse ConceptsRelationships To This Day

But they said, "You're lying! Tell us what he said." So he told them what he had said. He also related how he had said, "This is what the Lord says, 'I have designated you as king over Israel.'"

Verse ConceptsAnointing Kings

Again the watchman reported, “He reached them but hasn’t started back. Also, the driving is like that of Jehu son of Nimshi—he drives like a madman.”

Verse ConceptsDrivingSpeed

When Ahaziah king of Judah saw, he fled the way of Beth-Haggen. Jehu pursued after him and said, "Shoot him also, in the chariot." [They shot him] at the ascent of Gur which [is] in Ibleam, and he fled [to] Megiddo, but he died there.

Verse ConceptsShoutingMegiddo

"Now as soon as this letter comes to you, since your master's sons are with you, and there are with you chariots and horses, a fortified city also, and armor.

Verse ConceptsChariots

He who was over the household, and he who was over the city, the elders also, and those who raised the children, sent to Jehu, saying, "We are your servants, and will do all that you ask us. We will not make any man king. You do that which is good in your eyes."

Verse Conceptselders, as community leadersGovernorsPalaces

They also cut down the pillar to Baal, tore apart Baal's temple, and turned it into a latrine and it remains that way today.

Verse ConceptsDefecation

(one third also shall be at the gate Sur, and one third at the gate behind the guards), shall keep watch over the house for defense.

Verse ConceptsNamed Gates

Two parts of you, even all who go out on the sabbath, shall also keep watch over the house of the Lord for the king.

Jehoiada the priest commanded the captains in charge of the army, "Take her out the back way and execute anybody who follows her," since the priest had also issued this order: "Let's not put her to death in the LORD's Temple."

Verse ConceptsRestraints From KillingApproval To Kill

Then Jehoiada {made} a covenant between Yahweh and the king and the people, that the people should be as a people for Yahweh, and [also a covenant] between the king and the people.

Verse ConceptsCovenant RelationshipsConversion, God's demands forLater Covenants With God

Jehoash said to the priests, “All the money for the dedicated things which is brought into the house of the Lord, in current money, both the money of each man’s assessment [for all those bound by vows], and all the money which any man’s heart prompts him to bring into the house (temple) of the Lord,

Verse ConceptsGiving, Of PossessionsMoney For The TempleMoney ManagementSaving Moneypriests

Then king Jehoash called for Jehoiada the priest and for the other priests also, and said to them, "Why repair ye not the broken places of the temple? Now therefore see ye receive no more money of your acquaintance, but deliver it to repair the temple withal."

Verse ConceptsKings Summoningsales

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.

Verse ConceptsOccupationsWood And Stonefreemasonry

Yet they did not depart from the sins of the house of Jeroboam which he caused Israel to sin, but walked in it; and also, the pole of the Asherah worship was [still] standing in Samaria.

Verse ConceptsServing Asherah

He also killed ten thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt, and he seized Sela in the battle, and he called its name Jokteel, until this day.

Verse ConceptsSaltValleysTens Of ThousandsGiven Names To This DayNumbers Of Foreigners Killed

He also took all of the gold and silver and all the vessels found [in] the temple of Yahweh and in the treasury rooms of the palace of the king, as well as the {hostages}; then he returned to Samaria.

Verse ConceptsGoldStoringMoney For The TempleTaking Mixed Metals

He did what the LORD considered to be evil. Just as Nebat's son Jeroboam had led Israel into sin, so also Pekahiah did not stop doing the same thing.

Pekah the son of Remaliah, his captain, conspired against him, so he attacked him in Samaria in the citadel fortress of [the] palace of the king, with Argob and Arieh. With him [also were] fifty men from the children of the Gileadites, and he killed him and became king in his place.

Verse ConceptsCitadelsConspiraciesOfficersPalacesFiftiesKilling KingsKings Of The Northern KingdomList Of Kings Of IsraelReuben Gad And Half Manasseh

During the lifetime of King Pekah of Israel, King Tiglath-pileser of Assyria attacked. He captured the cities of Ijon, Abel Beth Maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, and Hazor. He also captured Gilead, Galilee, and the entire territory of Naphtali, and carried its people off to Assyria.

Verse ConceptsExile, in assyriaArmies, Against IsraelExile Of Israel To AssyriaCapturing CitiesList Of Kings Of Israel

In those days Jehovah began to send Rezin the king of Syria against Judah, and also Pekah the son of Remaliah.

Verse ConceptsActivity BegunActual Attacks On Jerusalem

and he walketh in the way of the kings of Israel, and also his son he hath caused to pass over into fire, according to the abominations of the nations that Jehovah dispossessed from the presence of the sons of Israel,

Verse ConceptsChild sacrificeSacrifice, In OtSanctity Of LifePagan PracticesInfanticideThe Lord Drove Them Out

Ahaz also took the silver and gold found in the Lord’s temple and in the treasuries of the king’s palace and sent them to the king of Assyria as a gift.

Verse ConceptsGiftsMoney For The TempleTaking Mixed Metals

So the king of Assyria listened to him and he went up to Damascus and captured it and deported them to Kir. He also killed Rezin.

Verse ConceptsExiled ForeignersKilling KingsCapturing Cities

And he brought also the brazen altar, which was before the LORD, from the front of the house, from between the altar and the house of the LORD, and put it on the north side of the altar.

Verse ConceptsNorth Of The AltarSacrifice On The Bronze Altar

Then King Ahaz commanded Uriah the priest, “Offer on the great altar the morning burnt offering, the evening grain offering, and the king’s burnt offering and his grain offering. Also offer the burnt offering of all the people of the land, their grain offering, and their drink offerings. Sprinkle on the altar all the blood of the burnt offering and all the blood of sacrifice. The bronze altar will be for me to seek guidance.”

Verse ConceptsSacrifice On The Bronze Altar

Later, King Ahaz ordered the side panels removed from the bases, along with the washing bowls that had stood on top of the bases. He also removed the large bowl that was called the Sea from on top of the bronze bulls that supported it, and put it on a stone base.

Verse ConceptsBasinsSeaMeans Of Purifying

He also removed the Sabbath awning that had been built in the temple and the king's outer entranceway, on account of the king of Assyria.

Verse ConceptsPavements

And the children of Israel wrapped themselves in things that were not well toward the LORD their God. And they built them Hill altars in all their cities, both in the towers where they kept watch and also in the strong towns.

Verse ConceptsSecrecySecret SinsConcealment, Of SinActing In Secret

where they made offerings on all the high places, as did the nations whom the LORD had expelled before them. They also practiced other wickedness, provoking the LORD to become angry,

Verse ConceptsHigh PlacesGod's Intolerance Of EvilProvoking GodIncense Offered AmissSacrificing On The High Places

Also Judah kept not the commandments of Jehovah their God, but walked in the statutes of Israel which they had made.

Verse ConceptsBreaking God's Lawcommandments

They feared the Lord, but they also appointed from their number priests to serve them in the shrines of the high places.

Verse ConceptsIndividuals Fearing God

They feared the Lord, but they also worshiped their own gods according to the custom of the nations where they had been deported from.

Verse ConceptsFalse WorshipLoyaltyParticipation, In SinServanthood, And Worship Of Goddouble mindednessServing One's Own Gods

These nations feared the Lord but also served their idols. Their children and grandchildren continue doing as their fathers did until today.

Verse ConceptsGrandchildrenInexperienceIndecisionIdol WorshipFalse Religion To This DayServing One's Own Gods

Twenty and five years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Abi, the daughter of Zachariah.

Verse Concepts20 To 30 YearsAge When CrownedMothers Of Kings

He eliminated the high places, smashed the sacred pillars to bits, and cut down the Asherah pole. He also demolished the bronze serpent that Moses had made, for up to that time the Israelites had been offering incense to it; it was called Nehushtan.

Verse ConceptsAbolitionHigh PlacesLeaders, PoliticalReformationShrinesThe Bronze SnakeSnakesStonesDestruction Of Satan's WorksObelisksAbandoning IdolsBronze For IdolsMemorabilia

And Hezekiah gave him all the silver that was found in the house of the LORD and also in the treasure of the king's house.

Verse ConceptsStoringAmassing SilverMoney For The Temple

But the chief adviser said to them, "My master did not send me to speak these words only to your master and to you. His message is also for the men who sit on the wall, for they will eat their own excrement and drink their own urine along with you."

Verse ConceptsSiegesRepulsive FoodDefecationUrinatingpoop

‘Then this shall be the sign [of these things] to you [Hezekiah]: this year you will eat what grows of itself, in the second year what springs up voluntarily, and in the third year sow and reap, plant vineyards, and eat their fruit.

Verse ConceptsProphetic SignsSigns From GodVineyardPlanting VineyardsCultivationLiteral PlantingReapingFallow Land

He rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had destroyed and reestablished the altars for Baal. He made an Asherah, as King Ahab of Israel had done; he also worshiped the whole heavenly host and served them.

Verse ConceptsFalse GodsFalse ReligionBowingAltars, PaganBuilding AltarsList Of Kings Of IsraelServing Asherah

He also built altars in the LORD's Temple, about which the LORD had said, "In Jerusalem I will place my Name."

Verse ConceptsBuilding AltarsA Place For God's Name

He also erected the carved image of Asherah that he had made inside the Temple about which the LORD had spoken to David and to his son Solomon, "I will put my Name forever in this Temple and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen from all of the tribes of Israel.

Verse ConceptsCovenant, God's with Davidelection, privileges ofSculptureSacrilegeServing AsherahA Place For God's NameChristmas Tree

Because Manasseh king of Judah hath done these abominations, and hath done wickedly above all that the Amorites did, who were before him, and hath made Judah also to sin with his idols;

Verse ConceptsDisgustKings of judah

And also Manasseh shed very much innocent blood, until he had filled Jerusalem from one end to another, besides his sin with which he made Judah to sin, in doing the evil in the sight of Jehovah.

Verse ConceptsBlood, as basis of lifeInnocence, Teaching OnSanctity Of LifeSuffering, Causes OfUnfaithfulness, To GodInnocent BloodSheddingKilling The Innocent

He also did evil in the sight of the Lord, just as his father Manasseh had done.

because you have a responsive heart, and you humbled yourself before Yahweh when you heard how I spoke against this place and against its inhabitants to become a desolation and a curse, and you have torn your clothes and wept before my face, I have also heard, declares Yahweh.

Verse ConceptsHumilityRepentance, Examples OfRenewed HeartPenitentConviction Of SinAfflicted Saints, Examples OfHumbling OneselfHumble YourselfChanging Yourself

He put down the idolatrous priests, whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense in the high places in the cities of Judah, and in the places around Jerusalem; those also who burned incense to Baal, to the sun, and to the moon, and to the planets, and to all the army of the sky.

Verse ConceptsConstellationsHigh PlacesMoonPriests, Institution In Ot TimesShrinesIncense Offered AmissIdolatrous Worship Of The Moon

He also tore down the houses of the male cult prostitutes that were in the Lord’s temple, in which the women were weaving tapestries for Asherah.

Verse ConceptsHomosexualityArrogant ExistenceSpinning And WeavingMale ProstitutesServing Asherah

Then he gathered together all the priests from the cities of Judah and defiled the high places from Geba to Beer-sheba, where the priests had burned incense. He also demolished the high places of the gates that had been erected to the left as one enters the city gate that is, near the entrance operated by Joshua, the governor of the city.

Verse ConceptsGatesGovernorsHigh Places

He also defiled Topheth, which is located in the Ben-hinnom Valley, so that no one would force his son or daughter to pass through the fire in dedication to Molech.

Verse ConceptsFalse GodsChild sacrificeHuman SacrificesPolluting The Landdrums

He abolished the horses that the kings of Judah had dedicated to the sun at the entrance to the LORD's Temple, near the offices of Nathan-melech, the official, that were in the precincts. He also set fire to the chariots of the sun.

Verse ConceptsChamberlainsBurning Idolatrous ThingsAbandoning IdolsPrivate Rooms

and, the altars which were on the roof of the upper chamber of Ahaz, which the kings of Judah had made, also the altars which Manasseh had made, in the two courts of the house of Yahweh, did the king break down, - and hurried away from thence, and cast out the powder of them into the Kidron ravine;

Verse ConceptsRoofValleysBuilding AltarsUpper RoomsCourts Of The Temple

The king also defiled the high places that were across from Jerusalem, to the south of the Mount of Destruction, which King Solomon of Israel had built for Ashtoreth, the detestable idol of the Sidonians; for Chemosh, the detestable idol of Moab; and for Milcom, the abomination of the Ammonites.

Verse ConceptsAbominationsFalse GodsHillsAbominations, Idolatry IsPolluting The LandServing Asherah

He also broke into pieces the stone pillars and cut down the Asherah poles and covered their sites [with] human bones.

Verse ConceptsStonesObelisksBones

He also tore down the altar in Bethel at the high place made by Jeroboam son of Nebat, who encouraged Israel to sin. He burned all the combustible items at that high place and crushed them to dust; including the Asherah pole.

Verse ConceptsGrindingAltars, Pagan

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