7 And Jehovah proved to be with him.+ Wherever he would go out, he would act prudently;+ and he proceeded to rebel against the king of As·syrʹi·a and did not serve him.+

15 that there may be an investigation of the book of records+ of your ancestors. Then you will find in the book of records and learn that that city is a city rebellious and causing loss to kings and jurisdictional districts, and within it there were movers of revolt from the days of old. For this reason that city has been laid waste.+