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And Hazael said, Why weepeth my lord? And he answered, Because I know the evil that thou wilt do unto the children of Israel: their strong holds wilt thou set on fire, and their young men wilt thou slay with the sword, and wilt dash their children, and rip up their women with child.
They bear him upon the shoulder, they carry him, and set him in his place, and he standeth; from his place shall he not remove: yea, one shall cry unto him, yet can he not answer, nor save him out of his trouble.
Then he turned his face to the wall, and prayed unto the LORD, saying,
The ancients of Gebal and the wise men thereof were in thee thy calkers: all the ships of the sea with their mariners were in thee to occupy thy merchandise.
(Also he bade them teach the children of Judah the use of the bow: behold, it is written in the book of Jasher.)
Then answered Amos, and said to Amaziah, I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet's son; but I was an herdman, and a gatherer of sycomore fruit:
And Moses and Aaron went and gathered together all the elders of the children of Israel:
And the men did so; and took two milch kine, and tied them to the cart, and shut up their calves at home:
Unto you, O men, I call; and my voice is to the sons of man.
For then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot; yea, thou shalt be stedfast, and shalt not fear:
Where is the way where light dwelleth? and as for darkness, where is the place thereof,
And thou shalt embroider the coat of fine linen, and thou shalt make the mitre of fine linen, and thou shalt make the girdle of needlework.
For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult: and they that hate thee have lifted up the head.
But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a twoedged sword.
They shall run like mighty men; they shall climb the wall like men of war; and they shall march every one on his ways, and they shall not break their ranks:
But Christ being come an high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building;
They have stricken me, shalt thou say, and I was not sick; they have beaten me, and I felt it not: when shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.
The glory of Lebanon shall come unto thee, the fir tree, the pine tree, and the box together, to beautify the place of my sanctuary; and I will make the place of my feet glorious.
And the priest said, The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom thou slewest in the valley of Elah, behold, it is here wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod: if thou wilt take that, take it: for there is no other save that here. And David said, There is none like that; give it me.
And when they had finished it, they brought the rest of the money before the king and Jehoiada, whereof were made vessels for the house of the LORD, even vessels to minister, and to offer withal, and spoons, and vessels of gold and silver. And they offered burnt offerings in the house of the LORD continually all the days of Jehoiada.
How long will ye imagine mischief against a man? ye shall be slain all of you: as a bowing wall shall ye be, and as a tottering fence.
That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children,
And Jehoiada was the leader of the Aaronites, and with him were three thousand and seven hundred;
And he called his ten servants, and delivered them ten pounds, and said unto them, Occupy till I come.
