But the Lord was gracious to them and had compassion on them and turned to them because of His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and would not destroy them or cast them from His presence until now, (13:23). Continue reading →

Jehoash did right in the sight of the Lord all his days in which Jehoiada the priest instructed him, (12:2). Continue reading →

When Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she rose and destroyed all the royal offspring. ² But Jehosheba, the daughter of King Joram, sister of Ahaziah, took Joash the son of Ahaziah and stole him from among the king’s sons who were being put to death, and placed him and his nurse in the bedroom. So they hid him from Athaliah, and he was not put to death, (11:1-2). Continue reading →

“Know then that there shall fall to the earth nothing of the word of the Lord, which the Lord spoke concerning the house of Ahab, for the Lord has done what He spoke through His servant Elijah,” (10:10). Continue reading →

Avenge: “to take vengeance on behalf of.”
Vengeance: “punishment inflicted, or retribution exacted for an injury or wrong.” Continue reading →

However, the Lord was not willing to destroy Judah, for the sake of David His servant, since He had promised him to give a lamp to him through his sons always, (8:19). Continue reading →

The royal officer on whose hand the king was leaning answered the man of God and said, “Behold, if the Lord should make windows in heaven, could this thing be?”… (7:2). Continue reading →