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So he said to his servants, "See, Yo'av's field is close to mine, and he has barley there; go, and set it on fire." Avshalom's servants set the field on fire.

Then Avshalom would continue, "Now if I were made judge in the land, anyone with a suit or other cause could come to me, and I would see that he gets justice!"

The king then said to Tzadok the cohen, "Do you see? Return to the city in peace, your two sons with you — Achima‘atz your own son and Y'honatan the son of Evyatar.

But you love those who hate you and hate those who love you. Today you said that princes and servants mean nothing to you — for I can see today that it would have pleased you more if Avshalom had lived today, and we had all died!

Yo'av said to the king, "May Adonai your God add to the people a hundredfold, no matter how many there are; and may the eyes of my lord the king see it. But why does my lord the king take pleasure in doing this?"

Go, get in to see King David, and say to him, ‘My lord, king, didn't you swear to your servant, "Your son Shlomo will be king after me; he will sit on my throne"? So why is Adoniyah king?'

Finally, the king said, ‘Blessed be Adonai the God of Isra'el, who has given someone to sit on my throne today, when my own eyes can see it.'"

Hiram came over from Tzor to see the cities Shlomo had given him, but he was not satisfied with them.

Yarov‘am's wife did this; she set out, went to Shiloh and arrived at the house of Achiyah. Now Achiyah could not see, because his eyes were dim with age.

Eliyahu took the child, brought him down from the upstairs room into the house and gave him to his mother; and Eliyahu said, "See? Your son is alive."

But I am going to send my servants to you tomorrow around this time; they will ransack your house and the houses of your servants; and whatever they see that they like they will seize and remove.'"

Then the king of Isra'el summoned all the leaders of the land and said, "Please take notice! Do you see how this man is trying to make trouble? First he demanded my wives, children, silver and gold; and I denied him nothing."

"Do you see how Ach'av has humbled himself before me? Since he has humbled himself before me, I will not bring this evil during his lifetime; but during his son's lifetime I will bring the evil on his house."

He replied, "You have requested a hard thing. Nevertheless, if you see me when I am taken from you, you will get what you asked for; but if not, you won't."

The men of the city said to Elisha, "My lord can see that this is a pleasant city to live in; but the water is bad, so that the ground is causing miscarriages."

For here is what Adonai says: ‘You won't see wind, and you won't see rain. Nevertheless the valley will be filled with water; and you will drink — you, your cattle and your other animals.

She said to her husband, "I can see that this is a holy man of God who keeps stopping at our place.

He brought the king of Isra'el the letter, which said, "When this letter reaches you, you will see that I have sent my servant Na‘aman to you, so that you can heal his tzara‘at."

When the king of Isra'el finished reading the letter, he tore his clothes. "Am I God, able to kill and make alive," he asked, "so that he sends me a man to heal of tzara‘at? You can see that he is only seeking an excuse to quarrel with me."

The guild prophets said to Elisha, "As you can see, the place where we are living in order to be with you is too small for us.