Quotes about Loyalty

He looked up at the window and called out, “Who is on my side? Who?” And two or three eunuchs looked down at him.

“When this letter arrives, since your master’s sons are with you and you have chariots and horses, a fortified city and weaponry,

select the best and most worthy son of your master, set him on his father’s throne, and fight for your master’s house.”

So Jehu killed everyone in Jezreel who remained of the house of Ahab, as well as all his great men and close friends and priests, leaving him without a single survivor.

When he left there, he found Jehonadab son of Rechab, who was coming to meet him. Jehu greeted him and asked, “Is your heart as true to mine as my heart is to yours?” “It is!” Jehonadab replied. “If it is,” said Jehu, “give me your hand.” So he gave him his hand, and Jehu helped him into his chariot,

Then Jehu brought all the people together and said, “Ahab served Baal a little, but Jehu will serve him a lot.

But Jehosheba daughter of King Joram, the sister of Ahaziah, took Joash son of Ahaziah and stole him away from among the sons of the king who were being murdered. She put him and his nurse in a bedroom to hide him from Athaliah, and he was not killed.

You must surround the king with weapons in hand, and anyone who approaches the ranks must be put to death. You must stay close to the king wherever he goes.”

Then all the people of Judah took Azariah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in place of his father Amaziah.

Then Pul king of Assyria invaded the land, and Menahem gave Pul a thousand talents of silver in order to gain his support and strengthen his own grip on the kingdom.

And Uriah the priest built the altar according to all the instructions King Ahaz had sent from Damascus, and he completed it by the time King Ahaz had returned.

So Uriah the priest did just as King Ahaz had commanded.