One of the promises to those who put on the armor of God is that they will stand in the evil day. Have you ever observed someone’s life fall apart when an unforeseen event caught them off guard? The loss of a loved one, loss of a job, loss of property, broken relationships and many other circumstances in life cause many to spiral out of control. Everyone feels the pain when these things happen, but one clings to the unmovable foundation and the other tries to grasp things that cannot be secured and fall is eminent. Where your confidence lies is where your foundation is built. Look at these two wonderful passages:
Psalm 18:2 The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and
my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the
horn of my salvation, and my high tower.
Psalm 62:5 My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him. 6 He only is my rock and my salvation: he is my defense; I shall not be moved. 7 In God is my salvation and my glory: the rock of my strength, and my refuge, is in God. 8 Trust in him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before him: God is a refuge for us.
Is the Lord the source of your expectation? Is He your trust, defense and protection? Is your life founded upon the Rock? Jesus Christ is that Rock and the life founded upon Him will not move, but will withstand in the evil day. Life often brings pain, but those who are built on the rock will not fall. The evil day will come. Everyone’s life has pain, suffering, trials, hardship, joy, prosperity, happiness and all the emotions of the human experience. No one wants pain, but we live in a fallen world and there is no promise of ease and comfort. The promise of a pain free life where there is no more sorrow or tears is in our eternal home, but not here on earth. Otherwise there would be no need for armor.
We must prepare for the evil day at this time – not after it comes upon us. We rejoice in good times but always prepare for hardship for the enemy seeks to steal, kill and destroy. Surprise attacks are his specialty. Remember the life of Job. For many years he spent his life being blessed and prospering in this life. Though he was rich in this world, he set his heart to know God and be rich toward Him. One moment he was at peace and in happiness and the next moment a messenger rushed in the door to inform him that tragedy had struck and all his children perished. While he was yet speaking, another messenger rushed up to inform him that an enemy had invaded and stolen all his livestock. In a moment, everything that we all acknowledge that brings us pleasure was taken from Job without warning.
We know that Job felt the pain for he covered himself with sackcloth and ashes as he mourned for his children. He also turned to the Lord and blessed the Lord during the anguish of his heart. His wife was devastated and told Job to cast away his integrity, curse God and die[1]. I have seen people with this same reaction. It is so easy to feel betrayed and then revolt from righteousness in order to express anger toward God. This is the difference between the one whose expectation is from the Lord and the one whose expectation is based on fleeting pleasures in our temporary life in this world. How could a loving God do such a thing to a man like Job? How could a loving God allow such pain and suffering in the world? It is a hard question and has overthrown the faith of many.
Charles Templeton was an evangelist in late 1930s to the mid 1950s. He and Billy Graham co-founded ‘Youth for Christ International’. One day he was challenged with this very question by an atheist and it sent his life in a tailspin. For many years he struggled with doubt and could not come to grips with the concept that God loves all men yet there was so much pain in the world. In 1957 he publically abandoned his faith and declared himself to be an atheist.
Why does God allow evil? The Bible does not specifically
answer this question, but I do believe we can reasonably understand this
question based on the scripture as a whole. The first thing we must realize is
that we are not meant to find solace in this life in the flesh. This is not our
destination and if we live for this life in the flesh then we can only draw
comfort from what we deem as good based on the comfort of ourselves and the
peace and comfort of humanity. This is a fragile comfort indeed for any wicked
leader, catastrophe or painful event in our own lives or the world around us
shatters that glass house. Those who look to this world alone will spend their
lives looking for ways to keep anything from threatening their glass house
rather than living life to its fullest. This is not home. We are pilgrims[2]
and sojourners[3] looking
for a kingdom[4] yet to
be revealed and the city[5] of
5 Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; in whose heart are the ways of them.
Some versions translate this as ‘whose heart is on a
pilgrimage’. The phrase ‘ways of them’ is from a single Greek word: mecillah (pronounced mes-il-law'). This word means
highway. This passage is informing us that the one whose heart is on a highway
will be blessed. In other words, we are travelling on a highway to another
destination. Since our strength is in the Lord, the purpose of that strength is
to get us to that destination which is our eternal home. The problem is that
most Christians are trying to make a home on the side of this highway rather
than setting their hearts on a pilgrimage as they travel on the road of life.
When we forget that we are sojourners then we will look at the events of life
as though it were the meaning of life. It is not.
So why does God allow
suffering? In Job’s life, God never informed Job as to why he suffered. In the
same way, God is not required to gain our permission or explain to us why we
have to go through pain or hardships. This is why a foundation of faith is so
important for when we trust God as Job did, we will be willing to endure
knowing that in the end we will see the good that God is bringing to us. I love
the faith of Job for he provides so much encouragement through his example.
Job’s statement of faith, “Though He slay me, yet will I trust Him[7]”, is
probably the greatest words of faith ever uttered. Not only did he testify that
he would continue to trust God, but in that same passage Job declared that he
would maintain his ways with the Lord. Rather than getting frustrated and
giving up, through faith he declared that he would stay the course. Look at the
end of Job’s faith in Job 19:25-26
25 For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth: 26 And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God:
He did not know if God would deliver him for he testified
that he may see his body destroyed; however, in the end he would have the
victory of standing before God and seeing the goodness of the Lord. This is the
resurrection taught in scriptures long before the New Testament revealed the
details of this hope for the Christian. This is exactly what is being taught in
1 Peter 1:5-9
5 Who are kept by the power
of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. 6 Wherein ye greatly rejoice,
though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold
temptations: 7 That the trial
of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it
be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the
appearing of Jesus Christ: 8
Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet
believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory: 9 Receiving the end of your faith,
even the salvation of your souls.
We can expect many trials, but we endure with the hope based on the end of our faith – salvation. Our total redemption will give us joy unspeakable and we will stand upon the glory delivered by God. We are told many times to endure throughout the scriptures for this life will not be easy. The early church was encouraged by the apostles by telling them that it is through many tribulations that we enter into the kingdom of heaven[8]. Today we think of tribulations as something to be dreaded, but it truly is an encouragement for it reminds the saints that hardship is something to be endured for the joy that is before us.
God, in His wisdom, has chosen to call us out of the world
so that we are no longer of the world, but He has kept us in the world as we
set our hearts on a pilgrimage to heaven. We endure knowing that the trials of
this life refine us, test us and prove our faith so that we will inherit the
goodness of the Lord. I believe that when you look at the entire word of God
you can clearly see that God uses this life to test our faith so that we are
proven, refined, and are found faithful. Those who are faithful will reign with
Christ. Look at the promise of James 1:
12 Blessed is the
man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown
of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.
This is the meaning behind trials. We will not receive this
promise if we become bitter. This includes bitterness toward others for every
person and event in life is part of this journey of faith in Christ. We must be
founded upon Christ and then we build this foundation through works of faith,
endurance and faithfulness. Look at 1
Corinthians 3:11-15
11 For other foundation can
no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ. 12 Now if any man build upon this
foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble; 13 Every man's work shall be made
manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire;
and the fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is. 14 If any man's work abide which
he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward. 15 If any man's work shall be
burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire.
Sadly, some will enter into heaven without any fruit for the testing of the Lord strips away what is temporal and only leaves what has been built upon our foundation of Christ. Those who invest in this life will see nothing of value enter into eternal life. Wood, hay and stubble are things founded in the world or accomplished through the flesh. The precious things are the works of God that He has accomplished through our lives here on earth. Trials force us to remove or let go of things that do not have eternal value or crowd our lives so that we let go of eternal things. God removes worldliness in order to build godliness. Trials, tribulations and hardships prune away what is dead in the flesh so that God can build on our eternal foundation. Those who fight against God never see God build on that foundation. Even bitterness is our work to build worldliness on that eternal foundation. In this life we can build on that foundation things that will not survive God’s fire at the judgment seat of Christ. We will then suffer loss for anything that we have built that was not established by God and through our lives which have been established upon faith will not stand but will be lost.
When we realize that this life is a pilgrimage where we are tested, tried, refined and built up, it will change our perspective. Pain is still pain and we still will not enjoy suffering; however, we can endure when we know God is using these things for our eternal good and we surrender ourselves to Him by faith to allow Him to do His work in our lives. Any Christian who does not trust Him are building wood, hay, and stubble on their eternal foundation and will suffer loss at the end. Those who do trust the Lord are willing to suffer the loss of what is passing so that they can build precious things on the eternal foundation that was laid through Jesus Christ. Pain and suffering in this world are the result of a fallen world through sin at the beginning; however, we as Christians are no longer part of that fallen world. Even though our bodies are still subject to it and we still must pass through this fallen world, we also know that God has all things ordained for our eternal good and those who endure with faith will see the end of the Lord and be able to say with Job, “I know that my Redeemer lives, and even if this body is destroyed, in my flesh shall I see God”.
Before leaving the topic of spiritual warfare, let’s take a little time to look at the so-called generational curse. There are a lot of misconceptions on this topic and while some say that they are proclaiming liberty, they are actually putting God’s people under bondage as they think that their human efforts are necessary to break this curse.
There are varying views, but the general idea is that we are under the curse of the sins of our parents, grandparents, great grandparents and great, great grandparents. This teaching is that if I sin and do not do something to rectify that sin, the curse of that sin will affect my children. My children, their children and so on down to the fourth generation will be under the bondage of a curse for up to four generations. This supposedly is the reason for financial problems, addictions, rebellious children, sickness and any other problems that affect the lives and families of each generation. Any sins of my ancestors up to four generations supposedly affects me and my family as well.
This is not at all what the Bible teaches on this topic.
Part of the problem is that people are confusing God’s warning to the nation of
6 And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth, 7 Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, unto the third and to the fourth generation.
For some reason many teachers focus solely on the last part
of this passage and overlook the foundation this passage is built upon. This
begins by declaring the Lord’s mercy and how He forgives transgressions and
iniquities. This is a reiteration of God’s declaration a few chapters earlier
in Exodus 20:5-6
5 Thou shalt not bow down
thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous
God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and
fourth generation of them that hate me;
6 And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and
keep my commandments.
Once again, take note of the entire passage in context.
Those who hate the Lord will suffer the consequences up to four generations;
however, those who love God will receive mercy. This promise is not nullified
just because you are within four generations of sin. If we are all held
accountable for the sins of our forefathers, who could obtain mercy for all
have sinned and fallen short of God’s glory? Look at James 2:
10 For whoever shall keep the whole law, and yet stumble in one point, he is guilty of all.
Is there any who are not guilty of breaking the law? Based
on the erroneous interpretation of this passage, if we were bound under a
generational curse because of the sins of our ancestors, no one could be free
from the curse for each generation sins and is guilty of breaking the whole law
until we come to Christ and have our sins forgiven. If you read the passages
above in their full context you will see that this is a commandment and warning
given to the entire nation of
A good example of this is the prophet Daniel. For years God
warned
Daniel studied and kept the scriptures and only later in
life did he begin to pray for the sins of the nation. He studied in Jeremiah
and knew that God proclaimed that their captivity would be 70 years. He began
to pray for God to forgive the sins of the nation that they might be reconciled
to God and brought back into their Promised Land. It was not a generational
curse he was petitioning, but forgiveness for the nation for while the nation
was in rebellion against God, there can be no reconciliation and therefore no
blessing. Never will you see God hold an individual accountable for what others
do nor do we ever see God calling for us to confess our father’s sins before He
will accept us. God indeed calls for us to make supplications for others, but
that is so God can show mercy on a people and not on us as individuals. In
fact, when God calls for others to intercede, He always calls those whom He has
already sanctified for Himself. Mercy is shown to those who seek the Lord
regardless of the sins of others. Look at Ezekiel 14:
14 Though these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they should deliver but their own souls by their righteousness, saith the Lord GOD.
This is God’s proclamation against
16 The fathers shall not be
put to death for the children, neither shall the children be put to death for
the fathers: every man shall be put to death for his own sin.
When a nation is judged,
it will affect those who are not part of the sin, but God still works in our
individual lives and each Christian has the promise that all things are used by
God for our good if we are walking according to His calling in our lives[10]. God
delivers those who trust Him and walk in His ways. This is true even when we
are affected by the consequences of the sins of previous generations.
The Bible is filled with
examples of those who walked with the Lord even though their forefathers were
wicked. According to scripture, King Asa walked before God with a perfect heart[11] even
though his grandfather, Rehoboam turned from the Lord and established his
kingdom upon paganism and idol worship. King Asa even removed his own mother
from being queen because she built an idol to worship. Joash followed the Lord
with all his heart even though his grandfather Jehoram did evil before the Lord[12] and
his father Ahaziah served Baal, worshipped this idol, and provoked the Lord to
anger[13]. If
you go through the list of the kings of
When Josiah repented and
turned to the Lord when the scriptures were found in the temple after
generations of neglect, he repented and God refused to pardon the sins of the
nation; however, God did declare that judgment would not fall in the days of
Josiah because he followed the Lord[14].
When
There is a curse of sin
for God has warned us from the beginning that we would be under the curse if we
disobeyed the word of the Lord or we would be blessed if we obeyed. In a
passage we read earlier, God equates those who do not obey with those who hate
the Lord. Many try to break the curse of sin by their own works as though
something were dependent on us; however, Jesus explained the works we need to
break the curse. Look at this passage from John 6:28-29
28 Then said they unto him,
What shall we do, that we might work the works of God? 29 Jesus answered and said unto
them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent.
Those who put their trust
in Christ and believe on His works have this promise from John 8:
36 If the Son therefore
shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.
Are you in Christ?
According to Jesus you are free indeed. How can we believe that we are still
bound by a curse from bygone generations after Jesus has declared us free? To
declare that we are under a curse is a denial of Jesus’ own words. Also look at
Luke 4:18-19
18 "The Spirit of the
LORD is upon Me, Because He has anointed Me To preach the gospel to the
poor; He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, To proclaim liberty to the
captives And recovery of sight to the blind, To set at liberty those
who are oppressed; 19 To
proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD."
Who sets the captives free? Is it our man-made methods of
searching out the sins of our fathers so we can do something to atone for them?
Or do we believe what God has declared that our only work is to believe on
Jesus Christ and then we are free indeed. Any who think they are under a curse
can not believe that they are indeed free for the very doctrine of the
so-called generational curse is called ‘bondage breaking’. Are you trusting in
yourself to break your bondage or are you trusting in Christ’s work to break
that bondage to sin? Your works cannot break bondage but rather this creates
bondage. Those who live with anxiety because of a fear of a curse are indeed
under bondage. When someone is born into the
17 Therefore if any man be
in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold,
all things are become new. 18
And all things are of God,
We are now born of the
Spirit and the flesh along with its curses no longer have a hold on our lives.
The generational curse is never discussed in the New Testament for it no longer
applies. Rather than dealing with nations to proclaim the gospel, God has now
called all people into the church which is the body of Christ. We are chastised
for our sin because our heavenly Father loves and corrects us so that we do not
miss the eternal promises He has, but we must always realize that we are
chastised for our sins to correct our ways. Those who do not believe remain
under condemnation and the curse of sin; however, for those who believe, our
sins have been taken away. Sin was judged on the cross so there is no need to
judge it in the lives of those who abide in Christ. Look at Colossians
2:13-14
13 And you, being dead in
your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with
him, having forgiven you all trespasses;
14 Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was
against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to
his cross;
All our sins were nailed
to the cross and everything that was held against us has been taken out of the
way. Do we believe this? If it has been taken out of the way, we are a new
creation born after the Spirit and have been made free; there is no curse. We
as Christians are free from sin, its consequences, and its curse. This is the
work me must do to be right with God – believe on Jesus Christ and be free
indeed.
As we conclude this look into spiritual warfare there are a few closing thoughts that should be considered. There is no reason why the Christian should fear or get caught up in superstitious beliefs. I know a man that made a purchase that totaled $6.66 and he refused to pay it. He bought a pack of gum so he would not have a total that he described as the mark of the devil. He said he was afraid that it was a curse. A few years back my wife received a tape from a man who claimed to be an ex-witch. In this video he warned Christians that witches were trying to get demons into Christian homes by cursing items. He even claimed that the reason figurines were hollow was so that demons could possess them and get into Christian homes. He then taught people how to rid themselves of curses by performing certain actions and to get rid of any item that might possibly have a curse.
How absurd it is for the Christian to be caught up into such
superstitious ideas. I will show you the secret to breaking all curses. It is
found in Psalm 112:1-3
Blessed is the man that feareth the LORD, that delighteth
greatly in his commandments. 2
His seed shall be mighty upon earth: the generation of the upright shall be
blessed. 3 Wealth and riches shall
be in his house: and his righteousness endureth for ever.
Just think for a moment about the power of this promise. The man who fears the Lord, delights in God’s ways, keeps God’s commandments and walks in God’s ways will be blessed – period. Are we so weak in faith that we think that Satan can overcome the promises of God by placing a cursed item in our home? Does a curse have the power to overcome the word of God? Do we really think that we must do something to enable God to keep His promises? No! If you obey you will be blessed; if you disobey you are cursed. This is the promise and the warning God gave from the very beginning and it has not changed. If you are walking with the Lord and keeping His word, let the witches curse to their hearts content for they have no power. Satan has no power to nullify even the least of God’s promises. He can only persuade you to turn from the Lord so that you are not walking in the blessing of God.
If you look through the word of God you will see that there
is only one who can curse. It is not the devil for he has no power outside of
what God permits. Only one can bless and only one can curse – the Lord our God.
An object cannot be cursed any more than an object can bring good. Lucky
charms, idols and so-called magical items have no more power than the person
who holds it in their hand. You may be able to use an idol as a hammer, but you
cannot pray to it and get results. An idol is nothing but a tool that Satan
uses to persuade people to submit to him. We are commanded not to fear an idol
and definitely not to submit to it. Look at Jeremiah 10:3-5
3 For the customs of the
people are vain: for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the
work of the hands of the workman, with the axe.
4 They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with
nails and with hammers, that it move not.
5 They are upright as the palm tree, but speak not:
they must needs be borne, because they cannot go. Be not afraid of them; for
they cannot do evil, neither also is it in them to do good.
Some have claimed that this is a Christmas tree, but this does not apply unless you are worshipping it. If you read the entire passage, God is condemning the foolishness of His people. The Bible goes on to show how absurd it is to trust in this inanimate object. The Bible goes on to ask how a man can cut down a tree, use part of it for heating their home, part of it for cooking their food and then fashion the rest of it into an idol? How foolish it is to burn part of it in a fire and then suddenly think another block cut from the same log somehow has power in itself. How foolish is it to ask a lucky rabbit’s foot to bring you fortune when the rabbit killed didn’t have much power to bring itself good fortune. Idolatry has not diminished, it has just been refashioned for our modern culture. Notice what the Bible says about idols – do not be afraid of them for they cannot do good, neither can they do evil.
When my father was in service he was stationed in
1 Corinthians 8:4 As concerning therefore the eating of those
things that are offered in sacrifice unto idols, we know that an idol is nothing
in the world, and that there is none other God but one.
1 Corinthians 10:18 Behold
Notice the plainly stated truth – an idol is nothing. In this passage, the Bible is addressing Christians who eat meat that has been offered to an idol. The issue was that meat sold in the market place was often used in pagan sacrifices. Some were willing to buy this discounted meat and others were offended by it since it was considered pagan or cursed. In the first passage the church is being instructed not to worry about this meat for the idol is nothing and even if it was offered to demons, what does that have to do with the Christian’s life for the idol has no power for good or bad. The only restriction given was that if a fellow believer was weak in faith, the mature Christian should avoid this meat in their presence so their conscience will not be offended.
In the second passage the issue being addressed is participation in idolatrous practices. It is reaffirmed that the idol is nothing, but those who participate in the sacrifice are submitting themselves to demons. The same holds true today. The idol or object of faith is nothing – it can do no good; it can do no evil; it should not be feared. However, if we put our faith in an object, we turn that object into an idol and we are submitting ourselves to the worshipping of devils. Our faith in an object is the only difference between an item and an idol.
We as Christians should not fear Satan, curses or any other
thing. We fear God alone. Since God alone works all things together for the
good of those who are called into His purpose what is there to fear? We have
the promise that if God is for us, who can be against us? We stand upon the
promise that if we fear the Lord and walk in obedience to His word, we will be
blessed. There is not a power on earth that can thwart the blessing of God to
those who delight in keeping His word. In the Old Testament an enemy of
So the Christian has nothing to fear for the armor of God
has been given to us and if we equip ourselves what can harm us? The armor of
God is the power of God in our lives when we receive the word, keep the word,
and apply the word in our own lives by faith. The armor of God is our
foundation of faith that equips us for both defense and to move ahead in good
works. Our weapons are not physical nor do we fight as the world does. Look at
this passage from Luke 10:2-3
2 Therefore said he unto them, The harvest truly is great, but the labourers are few: pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth labourers into his harvest. 3 Go your ways: behold, I send you forth as lambs among wolves.
What defense does a lamb have among a wolf? Absolutely none.
A lamb cannot attack a wolf nor can it fight off the wolf by its own power. Our
defense comes from God alone and the armor of God is the biblical principles
that we must apply in our lives as we trust the Lord to be our defense. I want
to conclude the topic of spiritual warfare with a passage we normally do not
associate with putting on the armor of God. Look at Psalm 23:1-6
The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. 2 He maketh me to lie down in
green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. 3 He restoreth my soul: he leadeth
me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake. 4 Yea, though I walk through the
valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with
me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.
5 Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine
enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over. 6 Surely goodness and mercy shall
follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD
for ever.
We are lambs among wolves who are guarded and protected by our good shepherd, Jesus Christ. His rod and staff comfort us for He is our defense. We equip ourselves with the armor which is the application of the word of God and then we rest in the comfort that the Lord is leading and protecting us by the power of His might. We will walk through the valley of the shadow of death, but we fear no evil for He is with us. If you follow the word of God you will be equipped, confident and will have the power to go out as a sheep among wolves knowing that they have no power to harm you for the Lord is our shield and defense. This promise is given to those who keep His word. The trickery of the enemy is to turn you away from obedience to the word through deception, intimidation, fear, hardship and temptations. If you take on the whole armor of God you will stand for it is a promise of the Lord. If we have selective obedience we leave ourselves vulnerable and weak for some of the armor is missing; however, if we put on the whole armor of God we will stand for it is the Lord who makes us to stand.
Eddie Snipes
Exchanged Life Outreach
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[1] Job 2:9
[2] Hebrews 11:13, 1 Peter 2:11
[3] 1 Peter 1:17
[4] 2 Thessalonians 1:5
[5] Hebrews 11:10
[6] 2 Timothy 2:12
[7] Job 13:15
[8] Acts 14:22
[9] Daniel 9:23, 10:11, 10:19
[10] Romans 8:28-31
[11] 1 Kings 15:14
[12] 2 Kings 3:1-2
[13] 1 Kings 22:51-53
[14] 2 Kings 22:1-20
[15] Jeremiah 39:16-17
[16] Numbers 23:20