"Let us goup against Judahand terrorizeit, and makefor ourselves a breachin its walls and setup the sonof Tabeelas kingin the midstof it,"
When allIsrael[saw] that the kingdid not listento them, the peopleansweredthe king,saying,"Whatportiondo we have in David?[We have] noinheritancein the sonof Jesse;To your tents,O Israel!Nowlookafter your own house,David!"So Israeldepartedto their tents.
But Jehosheba,the daughterof KingJoram,sisterof Ahaziah,tookJoashthe sonof Ahaziahand stolehim from amongthe king'ssonswho were being putto death,and placedhim and his nursein the bedroom.So they hidhim from Athaliah,and he was not putto death.
"So nowyou intendto resistthe kingdomof the LORDthroughthe sonsof David,being a greatmultitudeand [having] with you the goldencalveswhichJeroboammadefor godsfor you.
Yet the LORDwas not willingto destroythe houseof Davidbecauseof the covenantwhichHe had madewith David,and sinceHe had promisedto givea lampto him and his sonsforever.
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.
Thoughthey intendedevilagainstYou [And] deviseda plot,They will not succeed.
They makeshrewdplansagainstYour people,And conspiretogether againstYour treasuredones.
Manyplansare in a man'sheart,But the counselof the LORDwill stand.
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.
BecauseAram,[with] Ephraimand the sonof Remaliah,has plannedevilagainstyou, saying,
thussaysthe LordGOD:"It shall not standnorshall it cometo pass.
"Inasmuchas thesepeoplehave rejectedthe gentlyflowingwatersof ShiloahAnd rejoicein Rezinand the sonof Remaliah;
