Joash Assassinated

23 At the end of the year (A)the army of the Syrians came up against Joash. They came to Judah and Jerusalem and destroyed all the princes of the people from among the people and sent all their spoil to the king of Damascus.

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17 At that time (A)Hazael king of Syria went up and fought against Gath and took it. But when Hazael set his face (B)to go up against Jerusalem, 18 Jehoash king of Judah (C)took all the sacred gifts that Jehoshaphat and Jehoram and Ahaziah his fathers, the kings of Judah, had dedicated, (D)and his own sacred gifts, and all the gold that was found in the treasuries of the house of the Lord and of the king's house, and sent these to Hazael king of Syria. Then Hazael went away from Jerusalem.

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(A)I said, “You are gods,
    sons of the Most High, all of you;
nevertheless, like men (B)you shall die,
    and fall like any prince.”[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 82:7 Or fall as one man, O princes

10 (A)The righteous will rejoice when he sees the vengeance;
    he will (B)bathe his feet in the blood of the wicked.
11 Mankind will say, “Surely there is (C)a reward for the righteous;
    surely there is a God who (D)judges on earth.”

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10 Now therefore, O kings, be wise;
    be warned, O rulers of the earth.
11 (A)Serve the Lord with (B)fear,
    and (C)rejoice with (D)trembling.

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17 Now after the death of Jehoiada the princes of Judah came and paid homage to the king. Then the king listened to them. 18 And they abandoned the house of the Lord, the God of their fathers, and served (A)the Asherim and the idols. And (B)wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for this guilt of theirs.

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Ahab Defeats Ben-hadad Again

26 (A)In the spring, Ben-hadad mustered the Syrians and went up to (B)Aphek to fight against Israel.

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22 Then (A)the prophet came near to the king of Israel and said to him, “Come, strengthen yourself, and consider well what you have to do, for (B)in the spring the king of Syria will come up against you.”

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35 (A)Vengeance is mine, and recompense,[a]
    (B)for the time when their foot shall slip;
for (C)the day of their calamity is at hand,
    and their doom comes swiftly.’

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 32:35 Septuagint and I will repay

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