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Then Johanan the son of Kareah spake to Gedaliah in Mizpah secretly, saying, Let me go, I pray thee, and I will slay Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and no man shall know it: wherefore should he slay thee, that all the Jews which are gathered unto thee should be scattered, and the remnant in Judah perish?
He sendeth forth his commandment upon earth: his word runneth very swiftly.
And God spake all these words, saying,
And these were of the father of Etam; Jezreel, and Ishma, and Idbash: and the name of their sister was Hazelelponi:
So I came to Jerusalem, and was there three days.
Then Shaphan the scribe told the king, saying, Hilkiah the priest hath given me a book. And Shaphan read it before the king.
I also will not henceforth drive out any from before them of the nations which Joshua left when he died:
Receive him therefore in the Lord with all gladness; and hold such in reputation:
It was planted in a good soil by great waters, that it might bring forth branches, and that it might bear fruit, that it might be a goodly vine.
And a certain man was there, which had an infirmity thirty and eight years.
And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them?
Then said they, Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us smite him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.
And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints.
And the arches round about were five and twenty cubits long, and five cubits broad.
He said unto him, What is written in the law? how readest thou?
Then the Levites arose, Mahath the son of Amasai, and Joel the son of Azariah, of the sons of the Kohathites: and of the sons of Merari, Kish the son of Abdi, and Azariah the son of Jehalelel: and of the Gershonites; Joah the son of Zimmah, and Eden the son of Joah:
And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:
Sing unto the LORD a new song, and his praise from the end of the earth, ye that go down to the sea, and all that is therein; the isles, and the inhabitants thereof.
The thoughts of the righteous are right: but the counsels of the wicked are deceit.
And Shallum the son of Jabesh conspired against him, and smote him before the people, and slew him, and reigned in his stead.
And they took their daughters to be their wives, and gave their daughters to their sons, and served their gods.
A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children's children: and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just.
Then shalt thou delight thyself in the LORD; and I will cause thee to ride upon the high places of the earth, and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.
Jehoram was thirty and two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.
