²⁵ He was an adversary of Israel all the days of Solomon (besides the trouble that Hadad caused); and he abhorred Israel, and reigned over Syria.

⁸ I ^[a]dismissed the three shepherds ^(A)in one month. My soul loathed them, and their soul also abhorred me.

² And he went out ^[a]to meet Asa, and said to him: “Hear me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin. ^(A)The Lord is with you while you are with Him. ^(B)If you seek Him, He will be found by you; but ^(C)if you forsake Him, He will forsake you.

²¹ And Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Go in to your father’s ^(A)concubines, whom he has left to keep the house; and all Israel will hear that you ^(B)are abhorred by your father. Then ^(C)the hands of all who are with you will be strong.”

⁷ “You shall not abhor an Edomite, ^(A)for he is your brother. You shall not abhor an Egyptian, because ^(B)you were an alien in his land.

³⁰ Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, ^(A)“You have ^(B)troubled me ^(C)by making me obnoxious among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites; ^(D)and since I am few in number, they will gather themselves together against me and kill me. I shall be destroyed, my household and I.”