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Jotham was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Jerushah, the daughter of Zadok.
And he said, Thy brother came with subtilty, and hath taken away thy blessing.
Thus saith the LORD; Stand in the court of the LORD'S house, and speak unto all the cities of Judah, which come to worship in the LORD'S house, all the words that I command thee to speak unto them; diminish not a word:
And it came to pass, as he interpreted to us, so it was; me he restored unto mine office, and him he hanged.
And the king of Israel went to his house heavy and displeased, and came to Samaria.
But if ye shall at all turn from following me, ye or your children, and will not keep my commandments and my statutes which I have set before you, but go and serve other gods, and worship them:
For the army of the Syrians came with a small company of men, and the LORD delivered a very great host into their hand, because they had forsaken the LORD God of their fathers. So they executed judgment against Joash.
But the chief priests moved the people, that he should rather release Barabbas unto them.
And his brother Asaph, who stood on his right hand, even Asaph the son of Berachiah, the son of Shimea,
For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?
So the LORD was with Joshua; and his fame was noised throughout all the country.
He was unto me as a bear lying in wait, and as a lion in secret places.
But I say unto you, That in this place is one greater than the temple.
And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the last:
And the LORD said unto me, The backsliding Israel hath justified herself more than treacherous Judah.
And their camels shall be a booty, and the multitude of their cattle a spoil: and I will scatter into all winds them that are in the utmost corners; and I will bring their calamity from all sides thereof, saith the LORD.
Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you.
For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.
A wound and dishonour shall he get; and his reproach shall not be wiped away.
Why should ye be stricken any more? ye will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.
Now these are thy servants and thy people, whom thou hast redeemed by thy great power, and by thy strong hand.
And he said, Let him alone; let no man move his bones. So they let his bones alone, with the bones of the prophet that came out of Samaria.
Then the king said to the wise men, which knew the times, (for so was the king's manner toward all that knew law and judgment:
Neither shall men tear themselves for them in mourning, to comfort them for the dead; neither shall men give them the cup of consolation to drink for their father or for their mother.
