But now the LORD my God has given me peace on all my borders. I have no enemies, and there is no danger of attack.

and he went to meet King Asa. He called out, "Listen to me, King Asa, and all you people of Judah and Benjamin! The LORD is with you as long as you are with him. If you look for him, he will let you find him, but if you turn away, he will abandon you.

Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, "You have gotten me into trouble; now the Canaanites, the Perizzites, and everybody else in the land will hate me. I do not have many men; if they all band together against me and attack me, our whole family will be destroyed."

"Do not despise the Edomites; they are your relatives. And do not despise the Egyptians; you once lived in their land.

Ahithophel answered, "Go and have intercourse with your father's concubines whom he left behind to take care of the palace. Then everyone in Israel will know that your father regards you as his enemy, and your followers will be greatly encouraged."

So the LORD was angry with his people; he was disgusted with them.

I lost patience with three other shepherds, who hated me, and I got rid of them all in a single month.