2 Kings 4:25

“The glory of Lebanon shall come to you, the cypress tree, the pine, and the box tree together, to beautify the place of my sanctuary; and I will make the place of my feet glorious.

Their border was to Jezreel, Chesulloth, Shunem,

Allammelech, Amad, Mishal. It reached to Carmel westward, and to Shihorlibnath.

Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, about four hundred men, and said to them, “Should I go against Ramoth Gilead to battle, or should I refrain?” They said, “Go up; for the Lord will deliver it into the hand of the king.”

He went from there to Mount Carmel, and from there he returned to Samaria.

It shall be said in that day, “Behold, this is our God! We have waited for him, and he will save us! This is Yahweh! We have waited for him. We will be glad and rejoice in his salvation!”

Sharon will be a fold of flocks, and the valley of Achor a place for herds to lie down in, for my people who have sought me.

I will be like the dew to Israel. He will blossom like the lily, and send down his roots like Lebanon.

In the morning, you shall see Yahweh’s glory; because he hears your murmurings against Yahweh. Who are we, that you murmur against us?”

Ahab made the Asherah; and Ahab did more yet to provoke Yahweh, the God of Israel, to anger than all the kings of Israel who were before him.

Elisha said to the king of Israel, “What have I to do with you? Go to the prophets of your father, and to the prophets of your mother.” The king of Israel said to him, “No, for Yahweh has called these three kings together to deliver them into the hand of Moab.”

Moreover there were at my table, of the Jews and the rulers, one hundred fifty men, in addition to those who came to us from among the nations that were around us.

Yahweh’s glory shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together; for the mouth of Yahweh has spoken it.”

And how will they preach unless they are sent? As it is written: “How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the Good News of peace, who bring glad tidings of good things!”

Now to him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us,

The Philistines gathered themselves together, and came and encamped in Shunem; and Saul gathered all Israel together, and they encamped in Gilboa.

David was greatly distressed; for the people spoke of stoning him, because the souls of all the people were grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters; but David strengthened himself in Yahweh his God.

Behold, a man of God came out of Judah by Yahweh’s word to Bethel; and Jeroboam was standing by the altar to burn incense.

Now therefore call to me all the prophets of Baal, all of his worshipers, and all of his priests. Let no one be absent; for I have a great sacrifice to Baal. Whoever is absent, he shall not live.” But Jehu did deceptively, intending to destroy the worshipers of Baal.

They lived in Gilead in Bashan, and in its towns, and in all the pasture lands of Sharon, as far as their borders.

But Yahweh’s word came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying,

Now Shemaiah the prophet came to Rehoboam, and to the princes of Judah, who were gathered together to Jerusalem because of Shishak, and said to them, “Yahweh says, ‘You have forsaken me, therefore I have also left you in the hand of Shishak.’ ”

Now the acts of Rehoboam, first and last, aren’t they written in the histories of Shemaiah the prophet and of Iddo the seer, in the genealogies? There were wars between Rehoboam and Jeroboam continually.

“As God lives, who has taken away my right, the Almighty, who has made my soul bitter

Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God shines out.

Abundance of grain shall be throughout the land. Its fruit sways like Lebanon. Let it flourish, thriving like the grass of the field.

Blessed be his glorious name forever! Let the whole earth be filled with his glory! Amen and amen.

Your head on you is like Carmel. The hair of your head like purple. The king is held captive in its tresses.

The land mourns and languishes. Lebanon is confounded and withers away. Sharon is like a desert, and Bashan and Carmel are stripped bare.

The sun will be no more your light by day; nor will the brightness of the moon give light to you, but Yahweh will be your everlasting light, and your God will be your glory.

to provide for those who mourn in Zion, to give to them a garland for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness, that they may be called trees of righteousness, the planting of Yahweh, that he may be glorified.

and I brought them into Yahweh’s house, into the room of the sons of Hanan the son of Igdaliah, the man of God, which was by the room of the princes, which was above the room of Maaseiah the son of Shallum, the keeper of the threshold.

For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of Yahweh’s glory, as the waters cover the sea.

Father, I desire that they also whom you have given me be with me where I am, that they may see my glory, which you have given me, for you loved me before the foundation of the world.

All who lived at Lydda and in Sharon saw him, and they turned to the Lord.

seeing it is God who said, “Light will shine out of darkness,” who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

The city has no need for the sun or moon to shine, for the very glory of God illuminated it, and its lamp is the Lamb.

Yahweh said, “Will I hide from Abraham what I do,

When Abraham’s servant heard their words, he bowed himself down to the earth to Yahweh.

Joshua tore his clothes, and fell to the earth on his face before Yahweh’s ark until the evening, he and the elders of Israel; and they put dust on their heads.

the king of Kedesh, one; the king of Jokneam in Carmel, one;

Maon, Carmel, Ziph, Jutah,

She was in bitterness of soul, and prayed to Yahweh, weeping bitterly.

Samuel rose early to meet Saul in the morning; and Samuel was told, saying, “Saul came to Carmel, and behold, he set up a monument for himself, and turned, and passed on, and went down to Gilgal.”

David therefore begged God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night on the ground.

So they sought for a beautiful young lady throughout all the borders of Israel, and found Abishag the Shunammite, and brought her to the king.

She said, “Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah your brother as wife.”

But the word of God came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying,

Yahweh said to Ahijah, “Behold, Jeroboam’s wife is coming to inquire of you concerning her son; for he is sick. Tell her such and such; for it will be, when she comes in, that she will pretend to be another woman.”

Then Yahweh’s word came to him, saying,

Now therefore send, and gather to me all Israel to Mount Carmel, and four hundred fifty of the prophets of Baal, and four hundred of the prophets of the Asherah, who eat at Jezebel’s table.”

So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; and he bowed himself down on the earth, and put his face between his knees.

When Elijah heard it, he wrapped his face in his mantle, went out, and stood in the entrance of the cave. Behold, a voice came to him, and said, “What are you doing here, Elijah?”

One day Elisha went to Shunem, where there was a prominent woman; and she persuaded him to eat bread. So it was, that as often as he passed by, he turned in there to eat bread.

When she came to the man of God to the hill, she caught hold of his feet. Gehazi came near to thrust her away; but the man of God said, “Leave her alone; for her soul is troubled within her; and Yahweh has hidden it from me, and has not told me.”

Then she went in, fell at his feet, and bowed herself to the ground; then she picked up her son, and went out.

The man of God sent to the king of Israel, saying, “Beware that you not pass this place; for the Syrians are coming down there.”

and I said, “My God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to you, my God; for our iniquities have increased over our head, and our guiltiness has grown up to the heavens.

Esther spoke yet again before the king, and fell down at his feet, and begged him with tears to put away the mischief of Haman the Agagite, and his plan that he had planned against the Jews.

“Why is light given to him who is in misery, life to the bitter in soul,

“My soul is weary of my life. I will give free course to my complaint. I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.

a very awesome God in the council of the holy ones, to be feared above all those who are around him?

for I am poor and needy. My heart is wounded within me.

The heart knows its own bitterness and joy; he will not share these with a stranger.

Give strong drink to him who is ready to perish, and wine to the bitter in soul.

Above him stood the seraphim. Each one had six wings. With two he covered his face. With two he covered his feet. With two he flew.

You have multiplied the nation. You have increased their joy. They rejoice before you according to the joy in harvest, as men rejoice when they divide the plunder.

These shall lift up their voice. They will shout for the majesty of Yahweh. They cry aloud from the sea.

It will blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and singing. Lebanon’s glory will be given to it, the excellence of Carmel and Sharon. They will see Yahweh’s glory, the excellence of our God.

Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to Yahweh,

What will I say? He has both spoken to me, and himself has done it. I will walk carefully all my years because of the anguish of my soul.

“As I live,” says the King, whose name is Yahweh of Armies, “surely like Tabor among the mountains, and like Carmel by the sea, so he will come.

I will bring Israel again to his pasture, and he will feed on Carmel and Bashan. His soul will be satisfied on the hills of Ephraim and in Gilead.

I set my face to the Lord God, to seek by prayer and petitions, with fasting and sackcloth and ashes.

“Lord, righteousness belongs to you, but to us confusion of face, as it is today; to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to all Israel, who are near, and who are far off, through all the countries where you have driven them, because of their trespass that they have trespassed against you.

He said: “Yahweh will roar from Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the pastures of the shepherds will mourn, and the top of Carmel will wither.”

Surely the Lord Yahweh will do nothing, unless he reveals his secret to his servants the prophets.

Shepherd your people with your staff, the flock of your heritage, who dwell by themselves in a forest, in the middle of fertile pasture land, let them feed; in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old.

Sing, daughter of Zion! Shout, Israel! Be glad and rejoice with all your heart, daughter of Jerusalem.

After he had sent the multitudes away, he went up into the mountain by himself to pray. When evening had come, he was there alone.

But he answered her not a word. His disciples came and begged him, saying, “Send her away; for she cries after us.”

The multitude rebuked them, telling them that they should be quiet, but they cried out even more, “Lord, have mercy on us, you son of David!”

As they went to tell his disciples, behold, Jesus met them, saying, “Rejoice!” They came and took hold of his feet, and worshiped him.

But Jesus said, “Leave her alone. Why do you trouble her? She has done a good work for me.

He went forward a little, and fell on the ground, and prayed that, if it were possible, the hour might pass away from him.

Behold, an angel of the Lord stood by them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified.

In these days, he went out to the mountain to pray, and he continued all night in prayer to God.

Now on the next day as they were on their journey, and got close to the city, Peter went up on the housetop to pray at about noon.

The beast was taken, and with him the false prophet who worked the signs in his sight, with which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and those who worshiped his image. These two were thrown alive into the lake of fire that burns with sulfur.