Wherefore, the LORDhis Goddeliveredhim into the handof the kingof Aram;and they defeatedhim and carriedaway from him a greatnumber of captivesand brought[them] to Damascus.And he was alsodeliveredinto the handof the kingof Israel,who inflictedhim with heavycasualties.
Indeedthe armyof the Arameanscamewith a smallnumber of men;yet the LORDdelivereda verygreatarmyinto their hands,becausethey had forsakenthe LORD,the Godof their fathers.Thus they executedjudgmenton Joash.
"For behold,our fathershave fallenby the sword,and our sonsand our daughtersand our wivesare in captivityfor this.
Therefore the LORDbroughtthe commandersof the armyof the kingof Assyriaagainstthem, and they capturedManassehwith hooks,boundhim with bronze[chains] and tookhim to Babylon.
Therefore He broughtup againstthem the kingof the Chaldeanswho slewtheir youngmenwith the swordin the houseof their sanctuary,and hadnocompassionon youngmanor virgin,oldmanor infirm;He gave[them] allinto his hand.
Jehoiakimwas twenty-fiveyearsoldwhen he becameking,and he reignedelevenyearsin Jerusalem;and he didevilin the sightof the LORDhis God.
Now it cameabout in the daysof Ahaz,the sonof Jotham,the sonof Uzziah,kingof Judah,that Rezinthe kingof Aramand Pekahthe sonof Remaliah,kingof Israel,wentup to Jerusalemto [wage] waragainstit, but couldnot conquerit.
"Let us goup against Judahand terrorizeit, and makefor ourselves a breachin its walls and setup the sonof Tabeelas kingin the midstof it,"
beforeyour wickednesswas uncovered,sonowyou have become the reproachof the daughtersof Edomand of allwho are aroundher, of the daughtersof the Philistines--those surrounding[you] who despiseyou.
The angerof the LORDburnedagainst Israel,and He gavethem into the handsof plundererswho plunderedthem; and He soldthem into the handsof their enemiesaround[them], so that they couldnolongerstandbeforetheir enemies.
