20 And they proceeded to rise early in the morning and go out to the wilderness+ of Te·koʹa.+ And as they went out, Je·hoshʹa·phat stood up and then said: “Hear me, O Judah and YOU inhabitants of Jerusalem!+ Put faith+ in Jehovah YOUR God that YOU may prove yourselves of long duration. Put faith in his prophets+ and so prove successful.”

41 He that receives a prophet because he is a prophet will get a prophet’s reward,+ and he that receives a righteous man because he is a righteous man will get a righteous man’s reward.+

25 For instance, I tell YOU in truth, There were many widows in Israel in the days of E·liʹjah, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, so that a great famine fell upon all the land,+