¹⁰ He replied, “I have been very zealous^(A) for the Lord God Almighty. The Israelites have rejected your covenant,^(B) torn down your altars,^(C) and put your prophets to death with the sword. I am the only one left,^(D) and now they are trying to kill me too.”

²³ They brought Uriah out of Egypt and took him to King Jehoiakim, who had him struck down with a sword^(A) and his body thrown into the burial place of the common people.)^(B)