How the gold has become dim; the fine gold has changed! The stones of the sanctuary are poured out at the head of every street.

The precious sons of Zion, weighed against refined gold, are counted as earthen vessels, the work of the hands of the potter!

At that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam was sick.

And Jehovah had said to Ahijah, Behold, the wife of Jeroboam is coming to ask you something about her son, for he is sick. Thus and thus you shall say to her; for it will be, when she comes in, that she will pretend to be another woman.

And the hand of Jehovah came upon Elijah; and he girded up his loins and ran ahead of Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.

And he said, This shall be the manner of the king who shall reign over you: He will take your sons and appoint them for his own chariots and to be his horsemen, and some will run before his chariots.

And the king said to the guards who stood about him, Turn and kill the priests of Jehovah, because their hand also is with David, and because they knew when he was fleeing and did not disclose it in my ear. But the servants of the king would not lift their hands to fall upon the priests of Jehovah.

After this it happened that Absalom provided himself with chariots and horses, and fifty men to run before him.