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13 In the twenty-third year of Joash, the son of Ahaziah, king of Judah, Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu, began to reign over Israel in Samaria (for seventeen years).
2 And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, and followed the sins of Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, who made Israel sin, and did not depart from it.
3 And the LORD was angry with Israel, and delivered them into the hand of Hazael, king of Aram, and into the hand of Ben-Hadad, the son of Hazael, all his days.
4 And Jehoahaz prayed to the LORD, and the LORD heard him. For He saw the trouble of Israel with which the king of Aram troubled them.
5 And the LORD gave Israel a deliverer, so that they came out from under the subjection of the Aramites. And the children of Israel dwelt in their tents as before.
6 Nevertheless, they did not depart from the sins of the House of Jeroboam, who made Israel sin, but still walked in them. Even the grove still remained in Samaria.
7 For he had only fifty horsemen left of the people to Jehoahaz, and ten chariots, and ten thousand footmen, because the king of Aram had destroyed them, and made them like dust, beaten to powder.
8 Concerning the rest of the acts of Jehoahaz and all that he did, and his valiant deeds, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?
9 And Jehoahaz slept with his fathers. And they buried him in Samaria. And Joash his son reigned in his place.
10 In the thirty-seventh year of Joash, king of Judah, Jehoash, the son of Jehoahaz, began to reign over Israel in Samaria (for sixteen years)
11 and did evil in the sight of the LORD. He did not depart from all the sins of Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, who made Israel sin, but he walked in them.
12 Concerning the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, and his valiant deeds — how he fought against Amaziah, king of Judah — are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?
13 And Joash slept with his fathers, and Jeroboam sat upon his seat. And Joash was buried in Samaria, among the kings of Israel.
14 When Elisha fell sick with the sickness of which he died, Joash, the king of Israel, came down to him and wept upon his face, and said, “O my father, my father, the chariot of Israel and the horsemen of the same!”
15 Then Elisha said to him, “Take a bow and arrows.” And he took to him bow and arrows.
16 And he said to the king of Israel, “Put your hand upon the bow.” And he put his hand upon it. And Elisha put his hands upon the king’s hands,
17 And said, “Open the east-facing window.” And when he had opened it, Elisha said, “Shoot.” And he shot. And he said, “The arrow of the LORD’s deliverance, and the arrow of deliverance against Aram. For you shall strike the Aramites in Aphek, until you have consumed them.”
18 Again he said, “Take the arrows.” And he took them. And he said to the king of Israel, “Strike the ground.” And he struck three times and ceased.
19 Then the man of God was angry with him, and said, “You should have struck five or six times! So you should have struck Aram, until you had consumed it! Whereas now you shall strike Aram but three times.”
20 So Elisha died, and they buried him. And bands of the Moabites came into the land that year.
21 And as they were burying a man, behold, they saw the soldiers. Therefore, they cast the man into the sepulcher of Elisha. And when the man was down, and touched the bones of Elisha, he revived and stood upon his feet.
22 But Hazael, king of Aram, troubled Israel all the days of Jehoahaz.
23 Therefore, the LORD had mercy on them and pitied them and regarded them — because of His Covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob — and would neither destroy them nor cast them from Him yet.
24 So Hazael, the king of Aram, died. And Ben-Hadad, his son, reigned in his place.
25 Therefore Jehoash, the son of Jehoahaz, returned and took the cities out of the hand of Ben-Hadad (the son of Hazael) which he had taken away by war out of the hand of Jehoahaz, his father. Three times Joash beat him and restored the cities to Israel.
14 The second year of Joash, son of Jehoahaz, king of Israel, reigned Amaziah, the son of Joash, king of Judah.
2 He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign and reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem.
3 And he did uprightly in the sight of the LORD, yet not like David, his father, but did according to all that Joash, his father, had done.
4 Nevertheless, the high places were not taken away, as the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.
5 And when the kingdom was confirmed in his hand, he killed his servants who had killed the king, his father.
6 But he did not kill the children of those who killed him, according to that which is written in the Book of the Law of Moses, in which the LORD Commanded, saying, “The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, nor the children put to death for the fathers. But every man shall be put to death for his own sin.”
7 He killed ten thousand Edomites, in the Valley of Salt, and took the city of Sela by war, and called its name “Joktheel” to this day.
8 Then Amaziah sent messengers to Jehoash, the son of Jehoahaz, son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, “Come. Let us face one another.”
9 Then Jehoash, the king of Israel, sent to Amaziah, king of Judah, saying, “The thistle that is in Lebanon, sent to the cedar that is in Lebanon, saying, “Give your daughter to my son as a wife. And the wild beast that was in Lebanon went and trod down the thistle.
10 “You have struck Edom. Your heart has made you proud, bragging of glory. Wait at home. Why do you provoke hurt, so that you should fall, and Judah with you?”
11 But Amaziah would not hear. Therefore Jehoash, king of Israel, went up. And he and Amaziah, king of Judah, faced one another at Beth Shemesh, which is in Judah.
12 And Judah was defeated by Israel. And they fled, every man to his tent.
13 But 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 broke down the wall of Jerusalem, from the gate of Ephraim to the corner gate (four hundred cubits).
14 And he took all the gold and silver, and all the vessels that were found in the House of the LORD, and in the treasures of the king’s house, and the children who were hostages, and returned to Samaria.
15 Concerning the rest of the acts of Jehoash which he did, and his valiant deeds, and how he fought with Amaziah, king of Judah, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?
16 And Jehoash slept with his fathers and was buried at Samaria, among the kings of Israel. And Jeroboam, his son, reigned in his place.
17 And Amaziah, the son of Joash, king of Judah, lived for fifteen years after the death of Jehoash, son of Jehoahaz, king of Israel.
18 Concerning the rest of the acts of Amaziah, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?
19 But they worked treason against him in Jerusalem. And he fled to Lachish. But they sent after him to Lachish and killed him there.
20 And they brought him on horses. And he was buried in Jerusalem with his fathers, in the City of David.
21 Then all the people of Judah took Azariah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in place of his father, Amaziah.
22 He built Elath and restored it to Judah. After that, the king slept with his fathers.
23 In the fifteenth year of Amaziah, the son of Joash, king of Judah, Jeroboam, the son of Joash, was made king over Israel in Samaria (for forty-one years).
24 And he did evil in the sight of the LORD. He did not depart from all the sins of Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, who made Israel sin.
25 He restored the territory of Israel, from the entrance of Hamath to the sea of the wilderness, according to the Word of the LORD God of Israel which He spoke by His servant Jonah, the son of Amittai the Prophet, who was from Gath Hepher.
26 For the LORD saw the exceedingly bitter affliction of Israel, so that there was no one shut up, or anyone left, or anyone who could still help Israel.
27 Still, the LORD had not decreed to put out the name of Israel from under the heaven. Therefore, He preserved them by the hand of Jeroboam, the son of Joash.
28 Concerning the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, and all that he did, and his valiant deeds, how he fought and how he restored Damascus and Hamath to Judah in Israel, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?
29 So Jeroboam slept with his fathers, with the kings of Israel. And Zechariah, his son, reigned in his place.
23 And after he had remained there a while, he left, and went through the countries of Galatia and Phrygia successively, strengthening all the disciples.
24 And a certain Jew named Apollos, born at Alexandria, came to Ephesus (an eloquent man and mighty in the Scriptures).
25 This man was instructed in the way of the Lord. And, being fervent in spirit, he spoke and taught diligently the things of the Lord but knew only of the baptism of John.
26 And he began to speak boldly in the synagogue. Whom when Aquila and Priscilla had heard, they took him aside, and explained the way of God more perfectly to him.
27 And when he intended to go into Achaia, the brothers (exhorting him) wrote to the disciples to receive him. And after he had come there, he greatly helped those who had believed through grace.
28 For he powerfully refuted the Jews in public, with great vehemence, showing by the Scriptures that Jesus was the Christ.
19 And it so happened (while Apollos was at Corinth) that Paul, when he passed through the upper coasts, came to Ephesus, and found some disciples,
2 and said to them, “Have you received the Holy Ghost since you believed?” And they said to him, “We have not even heard whether there is a Holy Ghost.”
3 And he said to them, “Into what were you baptized then?” And they said, “Into John’s baptism.”
4 Then Paul said, “Truly, John baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying to the people that they should believe in Him Who should come after him; that is, in Christ Jesus.”
5 And when they heard it, they were baptized in the Name of the Lord Jesus.
6 So Paul laid his hands upon them, and the Holy Ghost came on them, and they spoke the tongues, and prophesied.
7 And there were, in all, about twelve men.
8 Moreover, he went into the synagogue, and spoke boldly for three months, disputing and persuading in things concerning the Kingdom of God.
9 But when some were hardened and disobeyed, speaking evil of the Way before the multitude, he left them; and separated the disciples, and disputed daily in the school of one Tyrannus.
10 And this was done for two years. So that all those who dwelt in Asia heard the Word of the Lord Jesus, both Jews and Greeks.
11 And God wrought no small miracles by the hands of Paul,
12 So that kerchiefs (or handkerchiefs) were brought from his body to the sick, and the diseases departed from them. And the evil spirits went out of them.
146 Praise the LORD, O my soul!
2 I will praise the LORD during my life. As long as I have any being, I will sing to my God.
3 Do not put your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, for there is no help in him.
4 His breath departs. He returns to his earth. Then, his thoughts perish.
5 Blessed is he who has the God of Jacob for his help; whose hope is in the LORD his God,
6 Who made Heaven and Earth, the sea, and all that therein is. Who keeps his fidelity forever.
7 Who executes justice for the oppressed, Who gives bread to the hungry. The LORD frees the prisoners.
8 The LORD gives sight to the blind. The LORD raises up the crooked. The LORD loves the righteous.
9 The LORD keeps the strangers. He relieves the fatherless and widow; but He overthrows the way of the wicked.
10 The LORD shall reign forever! O Zion, your God endures from generation to generation. Praise the LORD!
2 A fool has no delight in understanding, but only in revealing his own heart.
3 When the wicked comes, then comes contempt. And with the vile comes reproach.
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