1Sa 8:7-8, 1Ki 19:10, 14, 2Ch 24:19-22, 36:16, Neh 9:26, Jer 2:30 | ESV | STEP | And the Lord said to Samuel , Obey the voice of the people in all that they say to you, for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected me from being king over them.

7 And the Lord said to Samuel, “Obey the voice of the people in all that they say to you, ^afor they have not rejected you, ^bbut they have rejected me from being king over them. 8 According to all the deeds that they have done, from the day I brought them up out of Egypt even to this day, forsaking me and serving other gods, so they are also doing to you.

1 Kings 19:10

10 He said, “I have been very ^cjealous for the Lord, the God of hosts. For the people of Israel have forsaken your covenant, ^dthrown down your altars, and ^ekilled your prophets with the sword, ^fand I, even I only, am left, and they seek my life, to take it away.”

1 Kings 19:14

14 He said, ^g“I have been very jealous for the Lord, the God of hosts. For the people of Israel have forsaken your covenant, ^hthrown down your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword, and I, even I only, am left, and they seek my life, to take it away.”

2 Chronicles 24:19-22

19 ⁱYet he sent prophets among them to bring them back to the Lord. ^jThese testified against them, but they would not pay attention.

Joash’s Treachery

20 ^kThen the Spirit of God clothed Zechariah ^lthe son of Jehoiada the priest, and he stood above the people, and said to them, “Thus says God, ^m‘Why do you break the commandments of the Lord, so that you cannot prosper? ⁿBecause you have forsaken the Lord, he has forsaken you.’” 21 But ^othey conspired against him, ^pand by command of the king they stoned him with stones in the court of the house of the Lord. 22 Thus Joash the king did not remember the kindness that Jehoiada, Zechariah’s father, had shown him, but killed his son. And when he was dying, he said, “May the Lord see ^qand avenge!” ^{▼▼Hebrew and seek}

2 Chronicles 36:16

16 ^sBut they kept mocking the messengers of God, ^tdespising his words and scoffing at his prophets, ^uuntil the wrath of the Lord rose against his people, until there was no remedy.

Nehemiah 9:26

26 ^v“Nevertheless, they were disobedient and rebelled against you ^wand cast your law behind their back ^xand killed your prophets, who ^yhad warned them in order to turn them back to you, ^zand they committed great blasphemies.

Jeremiah 2:30

30 In vain have I ^aastruck your children;
they took no correction;
^abyour own sword devoured your prophets
like a ravening lion.