⁹ David’s young men gave this message to Nabal in David’s name, and they waited for a reply.

⁷ Asa told the people of Judah, “Let us build towns and fortify them with walls, towers, gates, and bars. The land is still ours because we sought the Lord our God, and he has given us peace on every side.” So they went ahead with these projects and brought them to completion.

¹⁵ When the group of prophets from Jericho saw from a distance what happened, they exclaimed, “Elijah’s spirit rests upon Elisha!” And they went to meet him and bowed to the ground before him.

⁴ exactly five months from the time the flood began,^[a] the boat came to rest on the mountains of Ararat.