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32 In those days the Lord began to reduce the size of Israel’s territory.[a] Hazael attacked their eastern border.[b] 33 He conquered all the land of Gilead, including the territory of Gad, Reuben, and Manasseh, extending all the way from the Aroer in the Arnon Valley through Gilead to Bashan.[c]
34 The rest of the events of Jehu’s reign, including all his accomplishments and successes, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Israel.[d] 35 Jehu passed away[e] and was buried in Samaria. His son Jehoahaz replaced him as king. 36 Jehu reigned over Israel for twenty-eight years in Samaria.
Athaliah is Eliminated
11 When Athaliah, the mother of Ahaziah, saw that her son was dead, she was determined to destroy the entire royal line.[f] 2 So Jehosheba, the daughter of King Jehoram[g] and sister of Ahaziah, took Ahaziah’s son Joash and stole him away from the rest of the royal descendants who were to be executed. She hid him and his nurse in the room where the bed covers were stored.[h] So he was hidden from Athaliah and escaped execution.[i] 3 He hid out with his nurse in the Lord’s temple[j] for six years, while Athaliah was ruling over the land.
4 In the seventh year Jehoiada summoned[k] the officers of the units of hundreds of the Carians[l] and the royal bodyguard.[m] He met with them[n] in the Lord’s temple. He made an agreement[o] with them and made them swear an oath of allegiance in the Lord’s temple. Then he showed them the king’s son. 5 He ordered them, “This is what you must do. One third of the unit that is on duty during the Sabbath will guard the royal palace. 6 Another third of you will be stationed at the Foundation[p] Gate. Still another third of you will be stationed at the gate behind the royal guard.[q] You will take turns guarding the palace.[r] 7 The two units who are off duty on the Sabbath will guard the Lord’s temple and protect the king.[s] 8 You must surround the king. Each of you must hold his weapon in his hand. Whoever approaches your ranks must be killed. You must accompany the king wherever he goes.”[t]
9 The officers of the units of hundreds did just as[u] Jehoiada the priest ordered. Each of them took his men, those who were on duty during the Sabbath as well as those who were off duty on the Sabbath, and reported[v] to Jehoiada the priest. 10 The priest gave to the officers of the units of hundreds King David’s spears and the shields that were kept in the Lord’s temple. 11 The royal bodyguard[w] took their stations, each holding his weapon in his hand. They lined up from the south side of the temple to the north side and stood near the altar and the temple, surrounding the king.[x] 12 Jehoiada[y] led out the king’s son and placed on him the crown and the royal insignia.[z] They proclaimed him king and poured olive oil on his head.[aa] They clapped their hands and cried out, “Long live the king!”
13 When Athaliah heard the royal guard[ab] shout, she joined the crowd[ac] at the Lord’s temple. 14 Then she saw[ad] the king standing by the pillar, according to custom. The officers stood beside the king with their trumpets, and all the people of the land were celebrating and blowing trumpets. Athaliah tore her clothes and screamed, “Treason, treason!”[ae] 15 Jehoiada the priest ordered the officers of the units of hundreds, who were in charge of the army,[af] “Bring her outside the temple to the guards.[ag] Put to death by the sword anyone who follows her.” The priest gave this order because he had decided she should not be executed in the Lord’s temple.[ah] 16 They seized her and took her into the precincts of the royal palace through the horses’ entrance.[ai] There she was executed.
17 Jehoiada then drew up a covenant between the Lord and the king and people, stipulating that they should be loyal to the Lord.[aj] 18 All the people of the land went and demolished[ak] the temple of Baal. They smashed its altars and idols[al] to bits.[am] They killed Mattan the priest of Baal in front of the altar. Jehoiada the priest[an] then placed guards at the Lord’s temple. 19 He took the officers of the units of hundreds, the Carians, the royal bodyguard, and all the people of the land, and together they led the king down from the Lord’s temple. They entered the royal palace through the Gate of the Royal Bodyguard,[ao] and the king[ap] sat down on the royal throne. 20 All the people of the land celebrated, for the city had rest now that they had killed Athaliah with the sword in the royal palace.
Joash’s Reign over Judah
21 (12:1)[aq] Jehoash[ar] was seven years old when he began to reign. 12 1 (12:2) In Jehu’s seventh year Jehoash became king; he reigned for forty years in Jerusalem. His mother was Zibiah, who was from Beer Sheba. 2 Jehoash did what the Lord approved[as] all his days when[at] Jehoiada the priest taught him. 3 But the high places were not eliminated; the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense on the high places.
4 Jehoash said to the priests, “I place at your disposal[au] all the consecrated silver that has been brought to the Lord’s temple, including the silver collected from the census tax,[av] the silver received from those who have made vows,[aw] and all the silver that people have voluntarily contributed to the Lord’s temple.[ax] 5 The priests should receive the silver they need from the treasurers and repair any damage to the temple they discover.”[ay]
6 By the twenty-third year of King Jehoash’s reign the priests had still not repaired the damage to the temple. 7 So King Jehoash summoned Jehoiada the priest along with the other priests, and said to them, “Why have you not repaired the damage to the temple? Now, take no more silver from your treasurers unless you intend to use it to repair the damage.”[az] 8 The priests agreed[ba] not to collect silver from the people and relieved themselves of personal responsibility for the temple repairs.[bb]
9 Jehoiada the priest took a chest and drilled a hole in its lid. He placed it on the right side of the altar near the entrance of[bc] the Lord’s temple. The priests who guarded the entrance would put into it all the silver brought to the Lord’s temple. 10 When they saw the chest was full of silver, the royal secretary[bd] and the high priest counted the silver that had been brought to the Lord’s temple and bagged it up.[be] 11 They would then hand over[bf] the silver that had been weighed to the construction foremen[bg] assigned to the Lord’s temple. They hired carpenters and builders to work on the Lord’s temple, 12 as well as masons and stonecutters. They bought wood and chiseled stone to repair the damage to the Lord’s temple and also paid for all the other expenses.[bh] 13 The silver brought to the Lord’s temple was not used for silver bowls, trimming shears, basins, trumpets, or any kind of gold or silver implements. 14 It was handed over[bi] to the foremen who used it to repair the Lord’s temple. 15 They did not audit the treasurers who disbursed[bj] the funds to the foremen, for they were honest.[bk] 16 (The silver collected in conjunction with reparation offerings and sin offerings was not brought to the Lord’s temple; it belonged to the priests.)
17 At that time King Hazael of Syria attacked[bl] Gath and captured it. Hazael then decided to attack Jerusalem.[bm] 18 King Jehoash of Judah collected all the sacred items that his ancestors Jehoshaphat, Jehoram, and Ahaziah, kings of Judah, had consecrated, as well as his own sacred items and all the gold that could be found in the treasuries of the Lord’s temple and the royal palace. He sent it all[bn] to King Hazael of Syria, who then withdrew[bo] from Jerusalem.
19 The rest of the events of Joash’s reign, including all his accomplishments, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Judah.[bp] 20 His servants conspired against him[bq] and murdered Joash at Beth Millo, on the road that goes down to Silla.[br] 21 His servants Jozabad son of Shimeath and Jehozabad son of Shomer murdered him.[bs] He was buried[bt] with his ancestors in the City of David. His son Amaziah replaced him as king.
Paul at Corinth
18 After this[a] Paul[b] departed from[c] Athens and went to Corinth.[d] 2 There he[e] found[f] a Jew named Aquila,[g] a native of Pontus,[h] who had recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius[i] had ordered all the Jews to depart from[j] Rome. Paul approached[k] them, 3 and because he worked at the same trade, he stayed with them and worked with them[l] (for they were tentmakers[m] by trade).[n] 4 He addressed[o] both Jews and Greeks in the synagogue[p] every Sabbath, attempting to persuade[q] them.
5 Now when Silas and Timothy arrived[r] from Macedonia,[s] Paul became wholly absorbed with proclaiming[t] the word, testifying[u] to the Jews that Jesus was the Christ.[v] 6 When they opposed him[w] and reviled him,[x] he protested by shaking out his clothes[y] and said to them, “Your blood[z] be on your own heads! I am guiltless![aa] From now on I will go to the Gentiles!” 7 Then Paul[ab] left[ac] the synagogue[ad] and went to the house of a person named Titius Justus, a Gentile who worshiped God,[ae] whose house was next door to the synagogue. 8 Crispus, the president of the synagogue,[af] believed in the Lord together with his entire household, and many of the Corinthians who heard about it[ag] believed and were baptized. 9 The Lord said to Paul by a vision[ah] in the night,[ai] “Do not be afraid,[aj] but speak and do not be silent, 10 because I am with you, and no one will assault[ak] you to harm[al] you, because I have many people in this city.” 11 So he stayed there[am] a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them.[an]
Paul Before the Proconsul Gallio
12 Now while Gallio[ao] was proconsul[ap] of Achaia,[aq] the Jews attacked Paul together[ar] and brought him before the judgment seat,[as] 13 saying, “This man is persuading[at] people to worship God in a way contrary to[au] the law!” 14 But just as Paul was about to speak,[av] Gallio said to the Jews, “If it were a matter of some crime or serious piece of villainy,[aw] I would have been justified in accepting the complaint[ax] of you Jews,[ay] 15 but since it concerns points of disagreement[az] about words and names and your own law, settle[ba] it yourselves. I will not be[bb] a judge of these things!” 16 Then he had them forced away[bc] from the judgment seat.[bd] 17 So they all seized Sosthenes, the president of the synagogue,[be] and began to beat[bf] him in front of the judgment seat.[bg] Yet none of these things were of any concern[bh] to Gallio.
Paul Returns to Antioch in Syria
18 Paul, after staying[bi] many more days in Corinth, said farewell to[bj] the brothers and sailed away to Syria accompanied by[bk] Priscilla and Aquila.[bl] He[bm] had his hair cut off[bn] at Cenchrea[bo] because he had made a vow.[bp] 19 When they reached Ephesus,[bq] Paul[br] left Priscilla and Aquila[bs] behind there, but he himself went[bt] into the synagogue[bu] and addressed[bv] the Jews. 20 When they asked him to stay longer, he would not consent,[bw] 21 but said farewell to[bx] them and added,[by] “I will come back[bz] to you again if God wills.”[ca] Then[cb] he set sail from Ephesus, 22 and when he arrived[cc] at Caesarea,[cd] he went up and greeted[ce] the church at Jerusalem[cf] and then went down to Antioch.[cg]
Psalm 145[a]
A psalm of praise; by David.
145 I will extol you, my God, O King.
I will praise your name continually.[b]
2 Every day I will praise you.
I will praise your name continually.[c]
3 The Lord is great and certainly worthy of praise.
No one can fathom his greatness.[d]
4 One generation will praise your deeds to another,
and tell about your mighty acts.[e]
5 I will focus on your honor and majestic splendor,
and your amazing deeds.[f]
6 They will proclaim[g] the power of your awesome acts.
I will declare your great deeds.
7 They will talk about the fame of your great kindness,[h]
and sing about your justice.[i]
8 The Lord is merciful and compassionate;
he is patient[j] and demonstrates great loyal love.[k]
9 The Lord is good to all,
and has compassion on all he has made.[l]
10 All your works will give thanks to you, Lord.
Your loyal followers will praise you.
11 They will proclaim the splendor of your kingdom;
they will tell about your power,
12 so that mankind[m] might acknowledge your mighty acts,
and the majestic splendor of your kingdom.
13 Your kingdom is an eternal kingdom,[n]
and your dominion endures through all generations.
14 [o] The Lord supports all who fall,
and lifts up all who are bent over.[p]
15 Everything looks to you in anticipation,[q]
and you provide them with food on a regular basis.[r]
16 You open your hand,
and fill every living thing with the food it desires.[s]
17 The Lord is just in all his actions,[t]
and exhibits love in all he does.[u]
18 The Lord is near all who cry out to him,
all who cry out to him sincerely.[v]
19 He satisfies the desire[w] of his loyal followers;[x]
he hears their cry for help and delivers them.
20 The Lord protects all those who love him,
but he destroys all the wicked.
21 My mouth will praise the Lord.[y]
Let all who live[z] praise his holy name forever.
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