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15 In the twenty-seventh year of Jeroboam, king of Israel, Azariah, son of Amaziah, king of Judah, began to reign.
2 He was sixteen years old when he was made king; and he reigned for fifty-two years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Jecholiah of Jerusalem.
3 And he did uprightly in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Amaziah did.
4 But the high places were not put away. The people still offered and burned incense in the high places.
5 And the LORD struck the king. And he was a leper until the day of his death and dwelt in a separate house. And Jotham, the king’s son, governed the house, judging the people of the land.
6 Concerning the rest of the acts of Azariah, and all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?
7 So Azariah slept with his fathers. And they buried him with his fathers in the City of David. And Jotham, his son, reigned in his place.
8 In the thirty-eighth year of Azariah, king of Judah, Zechariah, the son of Jeroboam, reigned over Israel in Samaria (for six months),
9 and did evil in the sight of the LORD, as did his fathers. He did not depart from the sins of Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, who made Israel sin.
10 And Shallum, the son of Jabesh, conspired against him and struck him, in the sight of the people, and killed him and reigned in his place.
11 Concerning the rest of the acts of Zechariah, behold, they are written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel.
12 This was the Word of the LORD which He spoke to Jehu, saying: “Your sons shall sit on the throne of Israel to the fourth generation after you.” And it was so.
13 Shallum, the son of Jabesh, began to reign in the thirty-ninth year of Uzziah, king of Judah. And he reigned in Samaria for the space of a month.
14 For Menahem, the son of Gadi, went up from Tirzah and came to Samaria and struck Shallum, the son of Jabesh, in Samaria, and killed him and reigned in his place.
15 Concerning the rest of the acts of Shallum and the treason which he worked, behold, they are written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel.
16 Then, from Tirzah, Menahem destroyed Tiphsah and all who were in it, and its territories, because they did not open to him. And he struck it and ripped up all their women with child.
17 The thirty-ninth year of Azariah, king of Judah, Menahem, the son of Gadi, began to reign over Israel in Samaria (for ten years).
18 And he did evil in the sight of the LORD. And for all his days, he did not depart from the sin of Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, who made Israel sin.
19 Then Pul, the king of Assyria, came against the land. And Menahem gave Pul a thousand talents of silver, so that his hand might be with him and establish the kingdom in his hand.
20 And Menahem exacted the money in Israel, so that all men of substance would give the king of Assyria fifty shekels of silver a piece. So, the king of Assyria returned and did not stay there in the land.
21 Concerning the rest of the acts of Menahem, and all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?
22 And Menahem slept with his fathers. And Pekahiah, his son, reigned in his place.
23 In the fiftieth year of Azariah, king of Judah, Pekahiah, the son of Menahem, began to reign over Israel in Samaria (for two years).
24 And he did evil in the sight of the LORD. He did not depart from the sins of Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, who made Israel sin.
25 And Pekah, the son of Remaliah, had his captain conspire against him, and strike him in Samaria, in the place of the king’s palace, with Argob and Arieh, and fifty men of the Gileadites. So he killed him and reigned in his place.
26 Concerning the rest of the acts of Pekahiah, and all that he did, behold, they are written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel.
27 In the fifty-second year of Azariah, king of Judah, Pekah, the son of Remaliah, began to reign over Israel in Samaria (for twenty years).
28 And he did evil in the sight of the LORD. He did not depart from the sins of Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, who made Israel sin.
29 In the days of Pekah, king of Israel, Tiglath-Pileser, king of Assyria, came and took Ijon and Abel Beth Maachah and Janoah and Kedesh and Hazor and Gilead and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and carried them away to Assyria.
30 And Hoshea, the son of Elah, worked treason against Pekah, the son of Remaliah, and struck him and killed him, and reigned in his place in the twentieth year of Jotham, the son of Uzziah.
31 Concerning the rest of the acts of Pekah, and all that he did, behold, they are written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel.
32 In the second year of Pekah, the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, Jotham, son of Uzziah, king of Judah, began to reign.
33 He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign. And he reigned for sixteen years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Jerusha, the daughter of Zadok.
34 And he did uprightly in the sight of the LORD. He did according to all that his father, Uzziah, had done.
35 But the high places were not put away. The people still offered and burnt incense in the high places. He built the highest gate of the House of the LORD.
36 Concerning the rest of the acts of Jotham, and all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?
37 In those days, the LORD began to send Rezin, the king of Aram, and Pekah, the son of Remaliah, against Judah.
38 And Jotham slept with his fathers and was buried with his fathers in the City of David, his father. And Ahaz, his son, reigned in his place.
16 The seventeenth year of Pekah, the son of Remaliah, Ahaz, the son of Jotham, king of Judah, began to reign.
2 Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign. And he reigned for sixteen years in Jerusalem. And he did not do uprightly in the sight of the LORD his God (like David his father),
3 but walked in the way of the kings of Israel, yea, and made his son go through the fire, after the abominations of the heathen, whom the LORD had cast out before the children of Israel.
4 Also, he offered and burnt incense in the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree.
5 Then Rezin, king of Aram, and Pekah, son of Remaliah, king of Israel, came up to Jerusalem to fight. And they besieged Ahaz but could not overcome him.
6 At the same time, Rezin, king of Aram, restored Elath to Aram and drove the Jews from Elath. So, the Aramites came to Elath and dwell there to this day.
7 Then Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath-Pileser, king of Assyria, saying, “I am your servant and your son. Come up and deliver me out of the hand of the king of Aram and out of the hand of the king of Israel, who rise up against me.”
8 And Ahaz took the silver and the gold that was found in the House of the LORD, and in the treasures of the king’s house, and sent a present to the king of Assyria.
9 And the king of Assyria listened to him. And the king of Assyria went up against Damascus. And when he had taken it, he carried the people away to Kir and killed Rezin.
10 And King Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglath-Pileser, king of Assyria. And when King Ahaz saw the altar that was at Damascus, he sent to Urijah the Priest the pattern of the altar, and the fashion of it, and all its workmanship.
11 And Urijah the Priest made an altar, in all points like that which King Ahaz had sent from Damascus. So did Urijah the Priest while King Ahaz came from Damascus.
12 So when the king had come from Damascus, the king saw the altar. And the king drew near to the altar and offered on it.
13 And he burnt his burnt offering and his meat offering and poured his drink offering and sprinkled the blood of his peace offerings beside the altar,
14 and set it by the bronze altar, which was before the LORD, and brought it in further from the front of the House, between the altar and the House of the LORD, and set it on the northern side of the altar.
15 And King Ahaz commanded Urijah the Priest, and said, “In the morning, set the burnt offering on fire upon the great altar, and in the evening the meat offering, and the king’s burnt offering and his meat offering with the burnt offering of all the people of the land, and their meat offering, and their drink offerings. And pour all the blood of the burnt offering by them, and all the blood of the sacrifice. And the bronze altar shall be for me to inquire.”
16 And Urijah the Priest did according to all that King Ahaz had commanded.
17 And King Ahaz broke the borders of the bases, and took the caldrons from off them, and took down the sea from the bronze oxen that were under it and put it upon a pavement of stones.
18 And the veil for the Sabbath (that they had made in the House) and he turned the king’s outside entrance into the house of the LORD, because of the king of Assyria.
19 Concerning the rest of the acts of Ahaz, which he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?
20 And Ahaz slept with his fathers and was buried with his fathers in the City of David. And Hezekiah, his son, reigned in his place.
13 Then exorcists took in hand some of the vagabond Jews to name the Name of the Lord Jesus over those who had evil spirits, saying, “We command you by Jesus, Whom Paul preaches!”
14 And there were about seven sons of Sceva (a Jewish chief priest) who did this.
15 And the evil spirit answered, and said, “Jesus I acknowledge! And Paul I know! But who are you?”
16 And the man in whom the evil spirit was, ran at them, and overcame them, and prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house, naked and wounded.
17 And this was known to all the Jews and Greeks who dwelt at Ephesus. And fear came upon them all. And the Name of the Lord Jesus was magnified.
18 And many who believed came and confessed and declared their works.
19 Also, many of those who used curious arts brought their books and burned them before all. And they priced them at fifty thousand pieces of silver.
20 So the Word of God grew mightily, and prevailed.
21 Now when these things were completed, Paul purposed by the Spirit to pass through Macedonia and Achaia, and to go to Jerusalem, saying, “After I have been there, I must also see Rome.”
22 So he sent two of his assistants, Timothy and Erastus, into Macedonia. But he remained in Asia for a while.
23 And about that time there arose no small trouble about the Way.
24 For a certain man named Demetrius (a silversmith who made silver shrines of Diana) brought great gains to the craftsmen.
25 He called them together, along with workmen of similar things, and said, “Sirs, you know that by this trade we have wealth.
26 “Moreover, you see and hear that not only at Ephesus, but almost throughout all Asia, this Paul has persuaded and turned away many people, saying that things which are made with hands are not Gods.
27 “So that not only is our trade in danger of disrepute, but also the shrine of the great goddess Diana may be despised, causing her magnificence (which all Asia and the world worships) to be destroyed!”
28 Now when they heard it, they were full of wrath, and cried out, saying, “Great is Diana of the Ephesians!”
29 And the whole city was full of confusion. And having caught Gaius and Aristarchus (men of Macedonia, and Paul’s companions on his journey), they rushed into the theatre with one mind.
30 And when Paul wanted to enter in to the people, the disciples did not allow him.
31 Then, some of the rulers of Asia who were his friends sent word to him, begging him not to show himself in the theatre.
32 Therefore some cried one thing, and some another. For the assembly was out of order, and most of them did not know why they had come together.
33 And they brought Alexander out, the Jews thrusting him forward. Alexander then beckoned with his hand, wanting to make a defense to the people.
34 But when they knew that he was a Jew, they all began chanting for almost two hours, “Great is Diana of the Ephesians!”
35 Then the town clerk, after he had silenced the people, said, “Men of Ephesus, what man does not know that the city of the Ephesians is a worshipper of the great goddess Diana, and of the image which came down from heaven?
36 “Seeing, then, that these things are indisputable, you should calm down, and do nothing rashly.
37 “For you have brought these men here who have committed neither sacrilege nor blasphemy of your goddess.
38 “Therefore, if indeed Demetrius and the craftsmen who are with him have a case against anyone, the law is open. And there are proconsuls. Let them accuse one another.
39 “But, if you inquire about other matters, that shall be settled in a lawful assembly.
40 “For we are also in danger of being accused of sedition today, because there is no reason we may give for this riotous multitude.”
41 And after he had said this, he let the assembly depart.
147 Praise the LORD, for it is good to sing to our God; for it is a pleasant thing and praise is comely.
2 The LORD builds up Jerusalem and gathers together the dispersed of Israel.
3 He heals the brokenhearted, and binds up their sores.
4 He counts the number of the stars and calls them all by their names.
5 Great is our LORD, and great is his power. His wisdom is infinite.
6 The LORD relieves the meek and abases the wicked to the ground.
7 Sing to the LORD with praise! Sing upon the harp to our God,
8 Who covers the heavens with clouds and prepares rain for the Earth and makes the grass grow upon the mountains;
9 Who gives food to beasts and to the young ravens that cry.
10 He has no pleasure in the strength of a horse, nor does He delight in the legs of man.
11 The LORD delights in those who fear Him and expectantly await His mercy.
12 Praise the LORD, O Jerusalem! Praise your God, O Zion!
13 For He has made the bars of the gates strong and has blessed your children within you.
14 He sets peace on your borders and satisfies you with the flour of wheat.
15 He sends forth His Commandment upon Earth; and His Word runs very swiftly.
16 He gives snow like wool and scatters the hoary frost like ashes.
17 He casts forth His ice like morsels. Who can abide the cold thereof?
18 He sends His Word and melts them. He causes His wind to blow and the waters to flow.
19 He shows His Word to Jacob, His statutes and His judgments to Israel.
20 He has not dealt so with every nation; nor have they known His judgments. Praise the LORD! Praise the LORD
4 The words of a man’s mouth are like deep waters. And the wellspring of wisdom is like a flowing river.
5 It is not good to accept the person of the wicked; to cause the righteous to fall in judgment.
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