May it whirl about the head of Joab, and on all his father’s house; and let there not fail from the house of Joab one that has a discharge, or that is leprous, or that leans on a staff, or who falls by the sword, or that lacks bread!
And Jehovah touched the king, and he was being leprous to the day of his death; and he lived in a separate house, and Jotham the son of the king was over the house, judging the people of the land.
Solomon had made a bronze platform, and put it in the middle of the court, five cubits long, and five cubits broad, and three cubits high; and he stood on it, and knelt on his knees before all the congregation of Israel, and spread out his palms toward Heaven.
And He having gone out into the highway, running up and kneeling down to Him, one questioned Him, Good Teacher, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life?