11:1Now when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal. 11:2But Jehosheba, the daughter of king Joram, sister of Ahaziah, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him away from among the king's sons that were slain, even him and his nurse, and put them in the bedchamber; and they hid him from Athaliah, so that he was not slain; 11:3And he was with her hid in the house of Jehovah six years. And Athaliah reigned over the land.
11:4And in the seventh year Jehoiada sent and fetched the captains over hundreds of the Carites and of the guard, and brought them to him into the house of Jehovah; and he made a covenant with them, and took an oath of them in the house of Jehovah, and showed them the king's son. 11:5And he commanded them, saying, This is the thing that ye shall do: a third part of you, that come in on the sabbath, shall be keepers of the watch of the king's house; 11:6And a third part shall be at the gate Sur; and a third part at the gate behind the guard: so shall ye keep the watch of the house, and be a barrier. 11:7And the two companies of you, even all that go forth on the sabbath, shall keep the watch of the house of Jehovah about the king. 11:8And ye shall compass the king round about, every man with his weapons in his hand; and he that cometh within the ranks, let him be slain: and be ye with the king when he goeth out, and when he cometh in.
11:9And the captains over hundreds did according to all that Jehoiada the priest commanded; and they took every man his men, those that were to come in on the sabbath, with those that were to go out on the sabbath, and came to Jehoiada the priest. 11:10And the priest delivered to the captains over hundreds the spears and shields that had been king David's, which were in the house of Jehovah. 11:11And the guard stood, every man with his weapons in his hand, from the right side of the house to the left side of the house, along by the altar and the house, by the king round about. 11:12Then he brought out the king's son, and put the crown upon him, and gave him the testimony; and they made him king, and anointed him; and they clapped their hands, and said, Long live the king.
11:13And when Athaliah heard the noise of the guard and of the people, she came to the people into the house of Jehovah: 11:14and she looked, and, behold, the king stood by the pillar, as the manner was, and the captains and the trumpets by the king; and all the people of the land rejoiced, and blew trumpets. Then Athaliah rent her clothes, and cried, Treason! treason! 11:15And Jehoiada the priest commanded the captains of hundreds that were set over the host, and said unto them, Have her forth between the ranks; and him that followeth her slay with the sword. For the priest said, Let her not be slain in the house of Jehovah. 11:16So they made way for her; and she went by the way of the horses' entry to the king's house: and there was she slain.
11:17And Jehoiada made a covenant between Jehovah and the king and the people, that they should be Jehovah's people; between the king also and the people. 11:18And all the people of the land went to the house of Baal, and brake it down; his altars and his images brake they in pieces thoroughly, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. And the priest appointed officers over the house of Jehovah. 11:19And he took the captains over hundreds, and the Carites, and the guard, and all the people of the land; and they brought down the king from the house of Jehovah, and came by the way of the gate of the guard unto the king's house. And he sat on the throne of the kings. 11:20So all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was quiet. And Athaliah they had slain with the sword at the king's house. 11:21Jehoash was seven years old when he began to reign.
12:1In the seventh year of Jehu began Jehoash to reign; and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Zibiah of Beer-sheba. 12:2And Jehoash did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah all his days wherein Jehoiada the priest instructed him. 12:3Howbeit the high places were not taken away; the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.
12:4And Jehoash said to the priests, All the money of the hallowed things that is brought into the house of Jehovah, in current money, the money of the persons for whom each man is rated, and all the money that it cometh into any man's heart to bring into the house of Jehovah, 12:5let the priests take it to them, every man from his acquaintance; and they shall repair the breaches of the house, wheresoever any breach shall be found. 12:6But it was so, that in the three and twentieth year of king Jehoash the priests had not repaired the breaches of the house. 12:7Then king Jehoash called for Jehoiada the priest, and for the other priests, and said unto them, Why repair ye not the breaches of the house? now therefore take no more money from your acquaintance, but deliver it for the breaches of the house. 12:8And the priests consented that they should take no more money from the people, neither repair the breaches of the house.
12:9But Jehoiada the priest took a chest, and bored a hole in the lid of it, and set it beside the altar, on the right side as one cometh into the house of Jehovah: and the priests that kept the threshold put therein all the money that was brought into the house of Jehovah. 12:10And it was so, when they saw that there was much money in the chest, that the king's scribe and the high priest came up, and they put up in bags and counted the money that was found in the house of Jehovah. 12:11And they gave the money that was weighed out into the hands of them that did the work, that had the oversight of the house of Jehovah: and they paid it out to the carpenters and the builders, that wrought upon the house of Jehovah, 12:12and to the masons and the hewers of stone, and for buying timber and hewn stone to repair the breaches of the house of Jehovah, and for all that was laid out for the house to repair it. 12:13But there were not made for the house of Jehovah cups of silver, snuffers, basins, trumpets, any vessels of gold, or vessels of silver, of the money that was brought into the house of Jehovah; 12:14for they gave that to them that did the work, and repaired therewith the house of Jehovah. 12:15Moreover they reckoned not with the men, into whose hand they delivered the money to give to them that did the work; for they dealt faithfully. 12:16The money for the trespass-offerings, and the money for the sin-offerings, was not brought into the house of Jehovah: it was the priests'.
12:17Then Hazael king of Syria went up, and fought against Gath, and took it; and Hazael set his face to go up to Jerusalem. 12:18And Jehoash king of Judah took all the hallowed things that Jehoshaphat and Jehoram and Ahaziah, his fathers, kings of Judah, had dedicated, and his own hallowed things, and all the gold that was found in the treasures of the house of Jehovah, and of the king's house, and sent it to Hazael king of Syria: and he went away from Jerusalem.
12:19Now the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? 12:20And his servants arose, and made a conspiracy, and smote Joash at the house of Millo, on the way that goeth down to Silla. 12:21For Jozacar the son of Shimeath, and Jehozabad the son of Shomer, his servants, smote him, and he died; and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David: and Amaziah his son reigned in his stead.
2:1Thou therefore, my child, be strengthened in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. 2:2And the things which thou hast heard from me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also. 2:3Suffer hardship with me, as a good soldier of Christ Jesus. 2:4No soldier on service entangleth himself in the affairs of this life; that he may please him who enrolled him as a soldier. 2:5And if also a man contend in the games, he is not crowded, except he have contended lawfully. 2:6The husbandmen that laboreth must be the first to partake of the fruits. 2:7Consider what I say; for the Lord shall give thee understanding in all things. 2:8Remember Jesus Christ, risen from the dead, of the seed of David, according to my gospel: 2:9wherein I suffer hardship unto bonds, as a malefactor; but the word of God is not bound. 2:10Therefore I endure all things for the elect's sake, that they also may obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory. 2:11Faithful is the saying: For if we died with him, we shall also live with him: 2:12if we endure, we shall also reign with him: if we shall deny him, he also will deny us: 2:13if we are faithless, he abideth faithful; for he cannot deny himself. 2:14Of these things put them in remembrance, charging them in the sight of the Lord, that they strive not about words, to no profit, to the subverting of them that hear. 2:15Give diligence to present thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, handling aright the word of truth. 2:16But shun profane babblings: for they will proceed further in ungodliness, 2:17and their word will eat as doth a gangrene: or whom is Hymenaeus an Philetus; 2:18men who concerning the truth have erred, saying that the resurrection is past already, and overthrow the faith of some. 2:19Howbeit the firm foundation of God standeth, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his: and, Let every one that nameth the name of the Lord depart from unrighteousness. 2:20Now in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth; and some unto honor, and some unto dishonor. 2:21If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honor, sanctified, meet for the master's use, prepared unto every good work. 2:22after righteousness, faith, love, pace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart. 2:23But foolish and ignorant questionings refuse, knowing that they gender strifes. 2:24And the Lord's servant must not strive, but be gentle towards all, apt to teach, forbearing, 2:25in meekness correcting them that oppose themselves; if peradventure God may give them repentance unto the knowledge of the truth, 2:26and they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, having been taken captive by him unto his will.
3:1And Jehovah said unto me, Go again, love a woman beloved of her friend, and an adulteress, even as Jehovah loveth the children of Israel, though they turn unto other gods, and love cakes of raisins. 3:2So I bought her to me for fifteen pieces of silver, and a homer of barley, and a half-homer of barley; 3:3and I said unto her, Thou shalt abide for me many days; thou shalt not play the harlot, and thou shalt not be any man's wife: so will I also be toward thee. 3:4For the children of Israel shall abide many days without king, and without prince, and without sacrifice, and without pillar, and without ephod or teraphim: 3:5afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek Jehovah their God, and David their king, and shall come with fear unto Jehovah and to his goodness in the latter days.
4:1Hear the word of Jehovah, ye children of Israel; for Jehovah hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor goodness, nor knowledge of God in the land. 4:2There is nought but swearing and breaking faith, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery; they break out, and blood toucheth blood. 4:3Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field and the birds of the heavens; yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away. 4:4Yet let no man strive, neither let any man reprove; for thy people are as they that strive with the priest. 4:5And thou shalt stumble in the day, and the prophet also shall stumble with thee in the night; and I will destroy thy mother. 4:6My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I also will forget thy children. 4:7As they were multiplied, so they sinned against me: I will change their glory into shame. 4:8They feed on the sin of my people, and set their heart on their iniquity. 4:9And it shall be, like people, like priest; and I will punish them for their ways, and will requite them their doings. 4:10And they shall eat, and not have enough; they shall play the harlot, and shall not increase; because they have left off taking heed to Jehovah. 4:11Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the understanding. 4:12My people ask counsel at their stock, and their staff declareth unto them; for the spirit of whoredom hath caused them to err, and they have played the harlot, departing from under their God. 4:13They sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains, and burn incense upon the hills, under oaks and poplars and terebinths, because the shadow thereof is good: therefore your daughters play the harlot, and your brides commit adultery. 4:14I will not punish your daughters when they play the harlot, nor your brides when they commit adultery; for the men themselves go apart with harlots, and they sacrifice with the prostitutes; and the people that doth not understand shall be overthrown. 4:15Though thou, Israel, play the harlot, yet let not Judah offend; and come not ye unto Gilgal, neither go ye up to Beth-aven, nor swear, As Jehovah liveth. 4:16For Israel hath behaved himself stubbornly, like a stubborn heifer: now will Jehovah feed them as a lamb in a large place. 4:17Ephraim is joined to idols; let him alone. 4:18Their drink is become sour; they play the harlot continually; her rulers dearly love shame. 4:19The wind hath wrapped her up in its wings; and they shall be put to shame because of their sacrifices.
AYIN.
119:121I have done justice and righteousness:
Leave me not to mine oppressors.
119:122Be surety for thy servant for good:
Let not the proud oppress me.
119:123Mine eyes fail for thy salvation,
And for thy righteous word.
119:124Deal with thy servant according unto thy lovingkindness,
And teach me thy statutes.
119:125I am thy servant; give me understanding,
That I may know thy testimonies.
119:126It is time for Jehovah to work;
For they have made void thy law.
119:127Therefore I love thy commandments
Above gold, yea, above fine gold.
119:128Therefore I esteem all thy precepts concerning all things to be right;
And I hate every false way.
PE.
119:129Thy testimonies are wonderful;
Therefore doth my soul keep them.
119:130The opening of thy words giveth light;
It giveth understanding unto the simple.
119:131I opened wide my mouth, and panted;
For I longed for thy commandments.
119:132Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me,
As thou usest to do unto those that love thy name.
119:133Establish my footsteps in thy word;
And let not any iniquity have dominion over me.
119:134Redeem me from the oppression of man:
So will I observe thy precepts.
119:135Make thy face to shine upon thy servant;
And teach me thy statutes.
119:136Streams of water run down mine eyes,
Because they observe not thy law.
TSADHE.
119:137Righteous art thou, O Jehovah,
And upright *are thy judgments.
119:138Thou hast commanded thy testimonies in righteousness
And very faithfulness.
119:139My zeal hath *consumed me,
Because mine adversaries have forgotten thy words.
119:140Thy word is very *pure;
Therefore thy servant loveth it.
119:141I am small and despised;
Yet do I not forget thy precepts.
119:142Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness,
And thy law is truth.
119:143Trouble and anguish have *taken hold on me;
Yet thy commandments are my delight.
119:144Thy testimonies are righteous for ever:
Give me understanding, and I shall live.