Quotes About Destiny

Then Jehu set out toward Samaria. At Beth-eked of the Shepherds,

Then in the seventh year, Jehoiada sent for the commanders of hundreds, the Carites, and the guards, and had them brought into the house of the LORD. There he made a covenant with them and put them under oath. He showed them the kingís son

Joash was seven years old when he became king.

Behold, I will put a spirit in him so that he will hear a rumor and return to his own land, where I will cause him to fall by the sword.í”

ëTherefore I will indeed gather you to your fathers, and you will be gathered to your grave in peace. Your eyes will not see all the calamity that I will bring on this place.í” So they brought her answer back to the king.

Then Pharaoh Neco made Eliakim son of Josiah king in place of his father Josiah, and he changed Eliakimís name to Jehoiakim. But Neco took Jehoahaz and carried him off to Egypt, where he died.

The Chaldeans seized the king and brought him up to the king of Babylon at Riblah, where they pronounced judgment on him.

And the king provided Jehoiachin a daily portion for the rest of his life.

And though Judah prevailed over his brothers and a ruler came from him, the birthright belonged to Joseph.

From the half-tribe of Manasseh: 18,000 designated by name to come and make David king.

ëI will give you the land of Canaan as the portion of your inheritance.í

and have done since the day I appointed judges over My people Israel. And I will subdue all your enemies. Moreover, I declare to you that the LORD will build a house for you.

Yet the LORD, the God of Israel, chose me out of all my fatherís house to be king over Israel forever. For He chose Judah as leader, and from the house of Judah He chose my fatherís household, and from my fatherís sons He was pleased to make me king over all Israel.

Nevertheless, you are not the one to build it; but your son, your own offspring, will build the house for My Name.í

When Jeroboam son of Nebat heard about this, he returned from Egypt, where he had fled from King Solomon.

Then Jehoiada and his sons brought out the kingís son, put the crown on him, presented him with the Testimony, and proclaimed him king. They anointed him and shouted, “Long live the king!”

But Neco sent messengers to him, saying, “What is the issue between you and me, O king of Judah? I have not come against you today, but I am fighting another dynasty. God told me to hurry; so stop opposing God, who is with me, or He will destroy you!”

Esther did not reveal her people or her lineage, because Mordecai had instructed her not to do so.

When the young woman would go to the king, she was given whatever she requested to take with her from the harem to the kingís palace.

She was taken to King Xerxes in the royal palace in the tenth month, the month of Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign.

And the king loved Esther more than all the other women, and she found grace and favor in his sight more than all of the other virgins. So he placed the royal crown upon her head and made her queen in place of Vashti.

When the virgins were assembled a second time, Mordecai was sitting at the kingís gate.

So Hathach went out to Mordecai in the city square in front of the kingís gate,

Mordecai also gave Hathach a copy of the written decree issued in Susa for the destruction of the Jews, to show and explain to Esther, urging her to approach the king, implore his favor, and plead before him for her people.