²⁰ For it was the Lord’s intention to harden their hearts,^(A) so that they would engage Israel in battle, be completely destroyed without mercy, and be annihilated, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.

¹⁵ The king did not listen to the people, because this turn of events came from the Lord^(A) to carry out his word, which the Lord had spoken through Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam son of Nebat.^(B)

³³ While Elisha was still speaking with them, the messenger^[a] came down to him. Then he said, “This disaster is from the Lord. Why should I wait for the Lord any longer?” ^(A)