See how they are repaying us by coming to drive us out of the possession that You gave us as an inheritance.

Our God, will You not judge them? For we are powerless before this vast army that comes against us. We do not know …

Meanwhile all the men of Judah, with their wives and children and little ones, were standing before the LORD.

Then a letter came to Jehoram from Elijah the prophet, which stated: “This is what the LORD, the God of your father David, …

but you have walked in the ways of the kings of Israel and have caused Judah and the people of Jerusalem to prostitute …

So behold, the LORD is about to strike your people, your sons, your wives, and all your possessions with a serious blow.

And day after day you yourself will suffer from a severe illness, a disease of your bowels, until it causes your bowels to come out.’”

Then the LORD stirred against Jehoram the spirit of the Philistines and Arabs who lived near the Cushites.

So they went to war against Judah, invaded it, and carried off all the possessions found in the king’s palace, along with his …

This continued day after day until two full years had passed. Finally, his intestines came out because of his disease, and he died …

Uzziah, with a censer in his hand to offer incense, was enraged. But while he raged against the priests in their presence in …

So King Uzziah was a leper until the day of his death. He lived in isolation, leprous and cut off from the house …

So the LORD his God delivered Ahaz into the hand of the king of Aram, who attacked him and took many captives to …

For in one day Pekah son of Remaliah killed 120,000 valiant men in Judah. This happened because they had forsaken the LORD, the God of their fathers.

Zichri, a mighty man of Ephraim, killed Maaseiah the son of the king, Azrikam the governor of the palace, and Elkanah the second to the king.

Then the Israelites took 200,000 captives from their kinsmen—women, sons, and daughters. They also carried off a great deal of plunder and brought it to Samaria.

In the time of his distress, King Ahaz became even more unfaithful to the LORD.

He sacrificed to the gods of Damascus, who had defeated him, and he said, “Because the gods of the kings of Aram have …

But because his heart was proud, Hezekiah did not repay the favor shown to him. Therefore wrath came upon him and upon Judah and Jerusalem.

Then Hezekiah humbled the pride of his heart—he and the people of Jerusalem—so that the wrath of the LORD did not come upon …

And in his distress, Manasseh sought the favor of the LORD his God and earnestly humbled himself before the God of his fathers.

And when he prayed to Him, the LORD received his plea and heard his petition. So He brought him back to Jerusalem and …

At the evening offering, I got up from my humiliation with my tunic and cloak torn, and I fell on my knees, spread …

and said: “O my God, I am ashamed and embarrassed to lift up my face to You, my God, because our iniquities are …

From the days of our fathers to this day, our guilt has been great. Because of our iniquities, we and our kings and …