Thisis the wordof the LORDwhichHe spoketo Jehu,saying,"Your sonsto the fourthgeneration shall siton the throneof Israel."And soit was.
"Knowthenthat there shall fallto the earthnothingof the wordof the LORD,whichthe LORDspokeconcerningthe houseof Ahab,for the LORDhas donewhatHe spokethroughHis servantElijah."
The LORDsaidto Jehu,"Becauseyou have donewellin executingwhatis rightin My eyes,[and] have doneto the houseof Ahabaccording to allthat [was] in My heart,your sonsof the fourthgeneration shall siton the throneof Israel."
In the twenty-thirdyearof Joashthe sonof Ahaziah,kingof Judah,Jehoahazthe sonof JehubecamekingoverIsraelat Samaria,[and he reigned] seventeenyears.
In the thirty-seventhyearof Joashkingof Judah,Jehoashthe sonof JehoahazbecamekingoverIsraelin Samaria,[and reigned] sixteenyears.
So Joashsleptwith his fathers,and Jeroboamsaton his throne;and Joashwas buriedin Samariawith the kingsof Israel.
And Jeroboamsleptwith his fathers,even with the kingsof Israel,and Zechariahhis sonbecamekingin his place.
Now the restof the actsof Zechariah,beholdthey are writtenin the Bookof the Chroniclesof the Kingsof Israel.
"But did not My wordsand My statutes,whichI commandedMy servantsthe prophets,overtakeyour fathers?Then they repentedand said,As the LORDof hostspurposedto doto us in accordance with our waysand our deeds,soHe has dealtwith us.'"'"
"Godis not a man,that He should lie,Nora sonof man,that He should repent;Has He said,and will He not doit? Or has He spoken,and will He not makeit good?
"Heavenand earthwill passaway,but My wordswill not pass away.
"Ifhe calledthem gods,to whomthe wordof Godcame(and the Scripturecannotbe broken),
Sothey saidto one another,"Let us not tearit, but cast lotsfor it, [to decide] whoseit shall be"; [this was] to fulfillthe Scripture:"THEY DIVIDEDMY OUTER GARMENTSAMONGTHEM, AND FOR MY CLOTHINGTHEY CASTLOTS."
"Brethren,the Scripturehadto be fulfilled,whichthe HolySpiritforetoldby the mouthof DavidconcerningJudas,who becamea guideto thosewho arrestedJesus.
Thus Samuelgrewand the LORDwas with him and let noneof his wordsfail.
