¹⁰ By the life of the Lord your God, there is not a nation or kingdom where my lord has not sent in search of you; and when they said, He is not here; he made them take an oath that they had not seen you.

¹ And Elijah the Tishbite, of Tishbe in Gilead, said to Ahab, By the living Lord, the God of Israel, whose servant I am, there will be no dew or rain in these years, but only at my word.

⁵⁹ So they took up stones to send at him: but Jesus got secretly out of their way and went out of the Temple.

²⁶ And the king gave orders to Jerahmeel, the king's son, and Seraiah, the son of Azriel, and Shelemiah, the son of Abdeel, to take Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet: but the Lord kept them safe.

²⁰ And there was another man who was a prophet of the Lord, Uriah, the son of Shemaiah of Kiriath-jearim; he said against this town and against this land all the words which Jeremiah had said:

²¹ And when his words came to the ears of Jehoiakim the king and all his men of war and his captains, the king would have put him to death; but Uriah, hearing of it, was full of fear and went in flight into Egypt:

²² And Jehoiakim the king sent Elnathan, the son of Achbor, and certain men with him, into Egypt.

²³ And they took Uriah out of Egypt and came back with him to Jehoiakim the king; who put him to death with the sword, and had his dead body put into the resting-place of the bodies of the common people.

¹ Happy is he whose resting-place is in the secret of the Lord, and under the shade of the wings of the Most High;

²⁰ You will keep them safe in your house from the designs of man; in the secret of your tent will you keep them from angry tongues.

⁷ You will keep them, O Lord, you will keep them safe from this generation for ever.

⁸ The sinners are walking on every side, and evil is honoured among the children of men.

² The evil-doer in his pride is cruel to the poor; let him be taken by the tricks of his invention.

¹⁵ And Elijah said, By the life of the Lord of armies, whose servant I am, I will certainly let him see me today.

¹² Then she said, By the life of the Lord your God, I have nothing but a little meal in my store, and a drop of oil in the bottle; and now I am getting two sticks together so that I may go in and make it ready for me and my son, so that we may have a meal before our death.

⁹ Up! go now to Zarephath, in Zidon, and make your living-place there; I have given orders to a widow woman there to see that you have food.

⁵ So he went and did as the Lord said, living by the stream Cherith, east of Jordan.

²⁴ Now by the living Lord, who has given me my place on the seat of David my father, and made me one of a line of kings, as he gave me his word, truly Adonijah will be put to death this day.

²⁹ And the king took an oath, and said, By the living Lord, who has been my saviour from all my troubles,

⁶ Then Achish sent for David and said to him, By the living Lord, you are upright, and everything you have done with me in the army has been pleasing to me: I have seen no evil in you from the day when you came to me till now: but still, the lords are not pleased with you.