Bathsheba bowed low and said, "May my lord the king live forever!"

They answered the king in Aramaic, "May Your Majesty live forever! Tell us your dream, and we will explain it to you."

They said to King Nebuchadnezzar, "May Your Majesty live forever!

The queen mother heard the noise made by the king and his noblemen and entered the banquet hall. She said, "May Your Majesty live forever! Please do not be so disturbed and look so pale.

So they went to see the king and said, "King Darius, may Your Majesty live forever!

Daniel answered, "May Your Majesty live forever!

They told me that those who had survived and were back in the homeland were in great difficulty and that the foreigners who lived nearby looked down on them. They also told me that the walls of Jerusalem were still broken down and that the gates had not been restored since the time they were burned.

Your servants love her, even though she is destroyed; they have pity on her, even though she is in ruins.

May I never be able to sing again if I do not remember you, if I do not think of you as my greatest joy!

The gates lie buried in rubble, their bars smashed to pieces. The king and the noblemen now are in exile. The Law is no longer taught, and the prophets have no visions from the LORD.

Jehoram had become king at the age of thirty-two and had ruled in Jerusalem for eight years. Nobody was sorry when he died. They buried him in David's City, but not in the royal tombs.

King Ahaz died and was buried in Jerusalem, but not in the royal tombs. His son Hezekiah succeeded him as king.

Hezekiah died and was buried in the upper section of the royal tombs. All the people of Judah and Jerusalem paid him great honor at his death. His son Manasseh succeeded him as king.