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in the house of the LORD continually all the days Psalm 83:9–18
of Jehoiada. 9 Deal with them as with Midian,
15 But Jehoiada grew old and was full of days,
and he died; he was one hundred and thirty As with Sisera,
As with Jabin at the Brook Kishon,
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years old when he died. And they buried him 10 Who perished at En Dor,
in the City of David among the kings, because Who became as refuse on the earth.
he had done good in Israel, both toward God 11 Make their nobles like Oreb and like
and His house. Zeeb,
17 Now after the death of Jehoiada the lead-
ers of Judah came and bowed down to the Yes, all their princes like Zebah and
Zalmunna,
king. And the king listened to them. There- 12 Who said, “Let us take for ourselves
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fore they left the house of the LORD God of The pastures of God for a possession.”
their fathers, and served wooden images and
idols; and wrath came upon Judah and Jerusa- 13 O my God, make them like the
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lem because of their trespass. Yet He sent whirling dust,
prophets to them, to bring them back to the Like the chaff before the wind!
LORD; and they testified against them, but they 14 As the fire burns the woods,
would not listen. And as the flame sets the mountains
20 Then the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah on fire,
15 So pursue them with Your tempest,
the son of Jehoiada the priest, who stood above
the people, and said to them, “Thus says God: And frighten them with Your storm.
16 Fill their faces with shame,
‘Why do you transgress the commandments of
the LORD, so that you cannot prosper? Because That they may seek Your name,
you have forsaken the LORD, He also has for- 17 O LORD.
saken you.’ ” So they conspired against him, Let them be confounded and dismayed
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and at the command of the king they stoned forever;
him with stones in the court of the house of Yes, let them be put to shame and
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the LORD. Thus Joash the king did not perish,
18 That they may know that You, whose
remember the kindness which Jehoiada his fa-
ther had done to him, but killed his son; and name alone is the LORD,
as he died, he said, “The LORD look on it, and Are the Most High over all the earth.
repay!”
23 So it happened in the spring of the year
that the army of Syria came up against him;
and they came to Judah and Jerusalem, and 83:18 know…Most High. The purpose of the
destroyed all the leaders of the people from maledictions against the hostile nations is nei-
among the people, and sent all their spoil to ther personal nor national, but spiritual: that
the king of Damascus. For the army of the the nations may know and glorify God.whose
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Syrians came with a small company of men; but name alone is the LORD. “Alone” should pre-
the LORD delivered a very great army into their cede “are” in the next phrase. The Gentile
hand, because they had forsaken the LORD God nations need to know that the God of the
of their fathers. So they executed judgment Bible is the only God.
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against Joash. And when they had withdrawn
from him (for they left him severely wounded),
his own servants conspired against him Proverbs 21:2–3
because of the blood of the sons of Jehoiada 2
the priest, and killed him on his bed. So he Every way of a man is right in his own
died. And they buried him in the City of David, eyes,
but they did not bury him in the tombs of the But the LORD weighs the hearts.
kings. 3 To do righteousness and justice
26 These are the ones who conspired against Is more acceptable to the LORD than
him: Zabad the son of Shimeath the sacrifice.
Ammonitess, and Jehozabad the son of Acts 18:1–28
Shimrith the Moabitess. Now concerning his
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sons, and the many oracles about him, and the After these things Paul departed from
repairing of the house of God, indeed they are 18 Athens and went to Corinth. And he
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written in the annals of the book of the kings. found a certain Jew named Aquila, born in
Then Amaziah his son reigned in his place. Pontus, who had recently come from Italy
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