II Kings 5:15-16: Then he returned to the man of God, he and all his company and he came and stood before him. And he said: ‘Behold, I know that there is no God in all the earth but in Israel; so accept now a blessing from your servant.’ But he said: ‘As the Lord
II Chronicles 7:14: “If my people who are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked way, then will I hear from the heavens and will forgive their sin, and heal their land.” II Chronicles 12:7: “And when the Lord saw that they humbled
I Kings 18:28, “And they cried aloud, and cut themselves after their manner with knives and lancets, till the blood gushed out upon them.” This classic story pits God Jehovah against the god Baal worshipped by King Ahab of the Northern Kingdom of Israel. The land of Israel has been without rain for
II Samuel 22:27: “With the pure thou will show thyself pure, and with the fraudulent thou wilt show thyself unsavory.” This passage is part of a Psalm of praise by David. It is the same as Psalm 18:26. This sounds real good that to the pure he will be pure. Still I am really
II Samuel 16:11b-12: “Let him alone, let him curse for the Lord has bidden him. It may be that the Lord will look upon my affliction and that the Lord will requite me good for his cursing this day.” “If a man loses pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a
II Samuel 12:8; “And I gave thee thy master’s house, and thy master’s wives into thy bosom, and gave thee the house of Israel and of Judah; and if that had been too little, I would moreover have given unto thee such and such things.” “As the last straw breaks the laden camels’ back.”
II Samuel 18:10: “And it came to pass on the morrow that the evil spirit from God came upon Saul and he prophesied in the midst of the house.” “There is no witness so terrible, no accuser so powerful as conscience which dwells within us.” – Sophocles The spelling for the word ra’ah
II Kings 22:19: “Because your heart was tender and you humbled yourself before the Lord when you heard what I spoke against this place.” Josiah was a king who not only sought to serve God, he loved God. He became King of Judah at the age of 8 years. Ten years into his reign
II Samuel 12:10 “Now therefore the sword shall never depart from your house; because you have despised me, and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your wife.” Every modern translation renders the Hebrew word bazah as despised. When you check this word out in the lexicon or the back of
II Kings 14:26-27: “For the Lord saw the affliction of Israel, that it was bitter, for there was not any shut up, nor any left, nor any helper for Israel. And the Lord said that he would not blot out the name of Israel from under heaven: but he saved them by the hand of
