14:1In the second year of Joash son of Joahaz king of Israel began Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah to reign. 14:2He was twenty and five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Jehoaddin of Jerusalem. 14:3And he did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah, yet not like David his father: he did according to all that Joash his father had done. 14:4Howbeit the high places were not taken away: the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places. 14:5And it came to pass, as soon as the kingdom was established in his hand, that he slew his servants who had slain the king his father: 14:6but the children of the murderers he put not to death; according to that which is written in the book of the law of Moses, as Jehovah commanded, saying, The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, nor the children be put to death for the fathers; but every man shall die for his own sin. 14:7He slew of Edom in the Valley of Salt ten thousand, and took Sela by war, and called the name of it Joktheel, unto this day.
14:8Then Amaziah sent messengers to Jehoash, the son of Jehoahaz son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come, let us look one another in the face. 14:9And Jehoash the king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son to wife: and there passed by a wild beast that was in Lebanon, and trod down the thistle. 14:10Thou hast indeed smitten Edom, and thy heart hath lifted thee up: glory thereof, and abide at home; for why shouldest thou meddle to thy hurt, that thou shouldest fall, even thou, and Judah with thee?
14:11But Amaziah would not hear. So Jehoash king of Israel went up; and he and Amaziah king of Judah looked one another in the face at Beth-shemesh, which belongeth to Judah. 14:12And Judah was put to the worse before Israel; and they fled every man to his tent. 14:13And Jehoash king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Jehoash the son of Ahaziah, at Beth-shemesh, and came to Jerusalem, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim unto the corner gate, four hundred cubits. 14:14And he took all the gold and silver, and all the vessels that were found in the house of Jehovah, and in the treasures of the king's house, the hostages also, and returned to Samaria.
14:15Now the rest of the acts of Jehoash which he did, and his might, and how he fought with Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? 14:16And Jehoash slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel; and Jeroboam his son reigned in his stead.
14:17And Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years. 14:18Now the rest of the acts of Amaziah, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? 14:19And they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem; and he fled to Lachish: but they sent after him to Lachish, and slew him there. 14:20And they brought him upon horses; and he was buried at Jerusalem with his fathers in the city of David. 14:21And all the people of Judah took Azariah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in the room of his father Amaziah. 14:22He built Elath, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers.
14:23In the fifteenth year of Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel began to reign in Samaria, and reigned forty and one years. 14:24And he did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah: he departed not from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, wherewith he made Israel to sin. 14:25He restored the border of Israel from the entrance of Hamath unto the sea of the Arabah, according to the word of Jehovah, the God of Israel, which he spake by his servant Jonah the son of Amittai, the prophet, who was of Gath-hepher. 14:26For Jehovah saw the affliction of Israel, that it was very bitter; for there was none shut up nor left at large, neither was there any helper for Israel. 14:27And Jehovah said not that he would blot out the name of Israel from under heaven; but he saved them by the hand of Jeroboam the son of Joash.
14:28Now the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, and all that he did, and his might, how he warred, and how he recovered Damascus, and Hamath, which had belonged to Judah, for Israel, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? 14:29And Jeroboam slept with his fathers, even with the kings of Israel; and Zechariah his son reigned in his stead.
4:1I charge thee in the sight of God, and of Christ Jesus, who shall judge the living and the dead, and by his appearing and his kingdom: 4:2preach the word; be urgent in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort, with all longsuffering and teaching. 4:3For the time will come when they will not endure the sound doctrine; but, having itching ears, will heap to themselves teachers after their own lusts; 4:4and will turn away their ears from the truth, and turn aside unto fables. 4:5But be thou sober in all things, suffer hardship, do the work of an evangelist, fulfil thy ministry. 4:6For I am already being offered, and the time of my departure is come. 4:7I have fought the good fight, I have finished the course, I have kept the faith: 4:8henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give to me at that day; and not to me only, but also to all them that have loved his appearing. 4:9Give diligence to come shortly unto me: 4:10for Demas forsook me, having loved this present world, and went to Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia, Titus to Dalmatia. 4:11Only Luke is with me. Take Mark, and bring him with thee; for he is useful to me for ministering. 4:12But Tychicus I sent to Ephesus. 4:13The cloak that I left at Troas with Carpus, bring when thou comest, and the books, especially the parchments. 4:14Alexander the coppersmith did me much evil: the Lord will render to him according to his works: 4:15of whom do thou also beware; for he greatly withstood our words. 4:16At my first defence no one took my part, but all forsook me: may it not be laid to their account. 4:17But the Lord stood by me, and strengthened me; that through me the message might me fully proclaimed, and that all the Gentiles might hear: and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion. 4:18The Lord will deliver me from every evil work, and will save me unto his heavenly kingdom: to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen. 4:19Salute Prisca and Aquila, and the house of Onesiphorus. 4:20Erastus remained at Corinth: but Trophimus I left at Miletus sick. 4:21Give diligence to come before winter. Eubulus saluteth thee, and Pudens, and Linus, and Claudia, and all the brethren. 4:22The Lord be with thy spirit. Grace be with you.
7:1When I would heal Israel, then is the iniquity of Ephraim uncovered, and the wickedness of Samaria; for they commit falsehood, and the thief entereth in, and the troop of robbers ravageth without. 7:2And they consider not in their hearts that I remember all their wickedness: now have their own doings beset them about; they are before my face. 7:3They make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies. 7:4They are all adulterers; they are as an oven heated by the baker; he ceaseth to stir the fire, from the kneading of the dough, until it be leavened. 7:5On the day of our king the princes made themselves sick with the heat of wine; he stretched out his hand with scoffers. 7:6For they have made ready their heart like an oven, while they lie in wait: their baker sleepeth all the night; in the morning it burneth as a flaming fire. 7:7They are all hot as an oven, and devour their judges; all their kings are fallen: there is none among them that calleth unto me. 7:8Ephraim, he mixeth himself among the peoples; Ephraim is a cake not turned. 7:9Strangers have devoured his strength, and he knoweth it not: yea, gray hairs are here and there upon him, and he knoweth it not. 7:10And the pride of Israel doth testify to his face: yet they have not returned unto Jehovah their God, nor sought him, for all this. 7:11And Ephraim is like a silly dove, without understanding: they call unto Egypt, they go to Assyria. 7:12When they shall go, I will spread my net upon them; I will bring them down as the birds of the heavens; I will chastise them, as their congregation hath heard. 7:13Woe unto them! for they have wandered from me; destruction unto them! for they have trespassed against me: though I would redeem them, yet they have spoken lies against me. 7:14And they have not cried unto me with their heart, but they howl upon their beds: they assemble themselves for grain and new wine; they rebel against me. 7:15Though I have taught and strengthened their arms, yet do they devise mischief against me. 7:16They return, but not to him that is on high; they are like a deceitful bow; their princes shall fall by the sword for the rage of their tongue: this shall be their derision in the land of Egypt.
A Song of Ascents.
120:1In my distress I cried unto Jehovah,
And he answered me.
120:2Deliver my soul, O Jehovah, from lying lips,
And from a deceitful tongue.
120:3What shall be given unto thee, and what shall be done more unto thee,
Thou deceitful tongue?
120:4 *Sharp arrows of the mighty,
With coals of *juniper.
120:5Woe is me, that I sojourn in Meshech,
That I dwell among the tents of Kedar!
120:6My soul hath long had her dwelling
With him that hateth peace.
120:7I am for peace:
But when I speak, they are for war.
A Song of Ascents.
121:1I will lift up mine eyes unto the mountains:
From whence shall my help come?
121:2My help cometh from Jehovah,
Who made heaven and earth.
121:3 *He will not suffer thy foot to be moved:
He that keepeth thee will not slumber.
121:4Behold, he that keepeth Israel
Will neither slumber nor sleep.
121:5Jehovah is thy keeper:
Jehovah is thy shade upon thy right hand.
121:6The sun shall not smite thee by day,
Nor the moon by night.
121:7Jehovah will keep thee from all evil;
He will keep thy soul.
121:8Jehovah will keep thy going out and thy coming in
From this time forth and for evermore.
A Song of Ascents; of David.
122:1I was glad when they said unto me,
Let us go unto the house of Jehovah.
Within thy gates, O Jerusalem,
122:3Jerusalem, that art builded
As a city that is compact together;
122:4Whither the tribes go up, even the tribes of *Jehovah,
For *an ordinance for Israel,
To give thanks unto the name of Jehovah.
122:5For there *are set thrones for judgment,
The thrones of the house of David.
122:6 *Pray for the peace of Jerusalem:
*They shall prosper that love thee.
122:7Peace be within thy walls,
And prosperity within thy palaces.
122:8For my brethren and companions' sakes,
I will now say, Peace be within thee.
122:9For the sake of the house of Jehovah our God
I will seek thy good.