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Now, Lord our God, rescue us from the Assyrians, so that all the nations of the world will know that only you, O Lord , are God."

Whom do you think you have been insulting and ridiculing? You have been disrespectful to me, the holy God of Israel.

One day, when he was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisroch, two of his sons, Adrammelech and Sharezer, killed him with their swords and then escaped to the land of Ararat. Another of his sons, Esarhaddon, succeeded him as emperor.

to go back to Hezekiah, ruler of the Lord 's people, and say to him, "I, the Lord , the God of your ancestor David, have heard your prayer and seen your tears. I will heal you, and in three days you will go to the Temple.

So I, the Lord God of Israel, will bring such a disaster on Jerusalem and Judah that everyone who hears about it will be stunned.

He rejected the Lord , the God of his ancestors, and disobeyed the Lord 's commands.

Josiah did what was pleasing to the Lord ; he followed the example of his ancestor King David, strictly obeying all the laws of God.

As for the king himself, this is what I, the Lord God of Israel, say: You listened to what is written in the book,

King Josiah also desecrated Topheth, the pagan place of worship in Hinnom Valley, so that no one could sacrifice his son or daughter as a burnt offering to the god Molech.

Josiah desecrated the altars that King Solomon had built east of Jerusalem, south of the Mount of Olives, for the worship of disgusting idols—Astarte the goddess of Sidon, Chemosh the god of Moab, and Molech the god of Ammon.

King Josiah ordered the people to celebrate the Passover in honor of the Lord their God, as written in the book of the covenant.

Achan son of Carmi, one of Zerah's descendants, brought disaster on the people of Israel by keeping loot that had been devoted to God.

But Jabez prayed to the God of Israel, "Bless me, God, and give me much land. Be with me and keep me from anything evil that might cause me pain." And God gave him what he prayed for.

They put their trust in God and prayed to him for help, and God answered their prayers and made them victorious over the Hagrites and their allies.

But the people were unfaithful to the God of their ancestors and deserted him to worship the gods of the nations whom God had driven out of the land.

So God caused Emperor Pul of Assyria (also known as Tiglath Pileser) to invade their country. He deported the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and East Manasseh and settled them permanently in Halah, Habor, and Hara, and by the Gozan River.

Aaron and his descendants presented the offerings of incense and offered the sacrifices that were burnt on the altar. They were responsible for all the worship in the Most Holy Place and for the sacrifices by which God forgives Israel's sins. They did all this in accordance with the instructions given by Moses, God's servant.

They put his weapons in one of their temples and hung his head in the temple of their god Dagon.

In the past, even when Saul was still our king, you led the people of Israel in battle, and the Lord your God promised you that you would lead his people and be their ruler."

David went to meet them and said, "If you are coming as friends to help me, you are welcome here. Join us! But if you intend to betray me to my enemies, even though I have not tried to hurt you, the God of our ancestors will know it and punish you."