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28 Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem, and did not do uprightly in the sight of the LORD, like David his father.
2 But he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, and even made molten images for Baalim.
3 Moreover, he burnt incense in the valley of Ben-hinnom, and burnt his sons with fire, after the abominations of the heathen whom the LORD had cast out before the children of Israel.
4 He also sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places, and on hills, and under every green tree.
5 Therefore, the LORD his God delivered him into the hand of the king of the Aramites. And they struck him and took some of his many prisoners and brought them to Damascus. And he was also delivered into the hand of the king of Israel, who struck him with a great slaughter.
6 For Pekah, the son of Remaliah, killed one hundred twenty thousand in Judah in one day, all valiant men, because they had forsaken the LORD God of their fathers.
7 And Zichri, a mighty man of Ephraim, killed Maaseiah, the king’s son, and Azrikam, the governor of the House, and Elkanah, the second after the king.
8 And the children of Israel took prisoners of their brethren—two hundred thousand of the women, sons and daughters—and carried away much spoil from them and brought the spoil to Samaria.
9 But there was a Prophet of the LORD whose name Oded. And he went out before the army that came to Samaria, and said to them, “Behold! Because the LORD God of your fathers is angry with Judah, He has delivered them into your hand. And you have killed them in a rage that reaches up to Heaven!
10 “And now you intend to keep the children of Judah and Jerusalem under, as servants and handmaids to you. But are not your sins also with you before the LORD your God?
11 “Now therefore, hear me and bring back the captives whom you have taken prisoners from your brethren. For the fierce wrath of the LORD is toward you.”
12 Therefore, some of the chiefs of the children of Ephraim — Azariah the son of Johanan, Berechiah the son of Meshillemoth, Jehizkiah the son of Shallum and Amasa the son of Hadlai — stood up against those who came from the war,
13 and said to them, “Do not bring the captives in here. For this shall be a sin upon us against the LORD. You intend to add more to our sins and to our trespass, though our trespass is great, as is the fierce wrath of God against Israel.”
14 So, the army left the captives and the spoil before the princes and all the Congregation.
15 And the men who were named by name rose up and took the prisoners, and clothed all who were naked among them with the spoil, and arrayed them, and gave them sandals and food and drink, and anointed them, and carried all of them who were feeble upon donkeys, and brought them to Jericho, the City of Palm Trees, to their brethren. So, they returned to Samaria.
16 At that time, King Ahaz sent to the kings of Assyria for help.
17 For the Edomites had come again and struck Judah and carried away captives.
18 The Philistines also invaded the cities in the low country, and toward the South of Judah, and took Beth Shemesh and Aijalon and Gederoth and Sochoh (with their villages) and Timnah with its villages and Gimzo with its villages. And they dwelt there.
19 For the LORD had humbled Judah because of Ahaz, king of Israel. For he had brought vengeance upon Judah and had grievously transgressed against the LORD.
20 And Tilgath-Pilneser, king of Assyria, came to him, who troubled him and did not strengthen him.
21 For Ahaz took a portion out of the House of the LORD and out of the king’s house and of the princes’ and gave to the king of Assyria. Still, it did not help him.
22 And in the time of his tribulation, he trespassed even more against the LORD (this is King Ahaz).
23 For he sacrificed to the gods of Damascus which plagued him, and he said, “Because the gods of the kings of Aram helped them, I will sacrifice to them. And they will help me.” Yet they were his ruin, and all of Israel.
24 And Ahaz gathered the vessels of the House of God, and broke the vessels of the House of God, and shut up the doors of the House of the LORD and made himself altars in every corner of Jerusalem.
25 And he made high places in every city of Judah, to burn incense to other gods, and the LORD God of his fathers was provoked to anger.
26 Concerning the rest of his acts and all his ways, first and last, behold, they are written in the Book of the Kings of Judah and Israel.
27 And Ahaz slept with his fathers. And they buried him in the city of Jerusalem but did not bring him to the sepulchers of the kings of Israel. And Hezekiah, his son, reigned in his place.
29 Hezekiah began to reign when he was twenty-five years old and reigned for twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Abijah, the daughter of Zechariah.
2 And he did uprightly in the sight of the LORD, according to all that David his father had done.
3 He opened the Doors of the House of the LORD in the first year, and in the first month of his reign, and repaired them.
4 And he brought in the priests and the Levites and gathered them into the east street,
5 and said to them, “Hear me, you Levites! Sanctify yourselves now, and sanctify the House of the LORD God of your fathers, and carry forth the filthiness out of the Sanctuary!
6 “For our fathers have trespassed and done evil in the Eyes of the LORD our God, and have forsaken Him, and turned away their faces from the Tabernacle of the LORD and turned their backs.”
7 “They have also shut the doors of the porch and quenched the lamps and have neither burnt incense nor offered Burnt Offerings to the God of Israel in the Sanctuary.
8 “Therefore, the wrath of the LORD has been on Judah and Jerusalem. And He has made them a scattering, a desolation, and a hissing, as you see with your eyes.
9 “For lo, our fathers have fallen by the sword. And our sons and our daughters and our wives are in captivity for the same reason.
10 “Now I intend to make a Covenant with the LORD God of Israel, so that He may turn away His fierce wrath from us.
11 “Now my sons, do not be deceived. For the LORD has chosen you to stand before Him, to serve Him, and to be His ministers, and to burn incense.”
12 Then the Levites arose. Of the sons of the Kohathites came Mahath, the son of Amasai, and Joel, the son of Azariah. And of the sons of Merari came Kish, the son of Abdi, and Azariah, the son of Jehallelel. And of the Gershonites came Joah, the son of Zimmah, and Eden, the son of Joah.
13 And of the sons of Elizaphan came Shimri and Jeiel. And of the sons of Asaph came Zechariah and Mattaniah.
14 And of the sons of Heman came Jehiel and Shimei. And of the sons of Jeduthun came Shemaiah and Uzziel.
15 And they gathered their brethren and sanctified themselves and came according to the commandment of the king, by the Words of the LORD, to cleanse the House of the LORD.
16 And the priests went into the inner parts of the House of the LORD, to cleanse it, and brought out all the uncleanness that they found in the Temple of the LORD into the court of the House of the LORD. And the Levites took it, to carry it out to the brook Kidron.
17 They began to sanctify it on the first day of the first month. And on the eighth day of the month, they came to the porch of the LORD. So they sanctified the House of the LORD in eight days. And on the sixteenth day of the first month, they finished.
18 Then they went in to Hezekiah the king and said, “We have cleansed all the House of the LORD, and the Altar of Burnt Offering, with all its vessels, and the Showbread Table, with all its vessels.
19 “And have we prepared and sanctified all the vessels which King Ahaz had cast aside when he reigned and transgressed. And behold, they are before the Altar of the LORD.”
20 And Hezekiah the king rose early and gathered the princes of the city and went up to the House of the LORD.
21 And they brought seven bullocks and seven rams and seven lambs and seven male goats for a Sin Offering for the kingdom, and for the sanctuary, and for Judah. And he commanded the Priests (the sons of Aaron) to offer them on the Altar of the LORD.
22 So, they killed the bulls, and the Priests received the blood, and sprinkled it upon the Altar. They also killed the rams and sprinkled the blood upon the Altar. And they killed the lambs; and they sprinkled the blood upon the Altar.
23 Then they brought the male goats for the Sin Offering before the king and the Congregation. And they laid their hands upon them.
24 And the Priests killed them. And they cleansed the Altar with their blood, to reconcile all Israel. For the king had commanded the Burnt Offering and the Sin Offering for all Israel.
25 He also appointed the Levites in the House of the LORD, and Gad the king’s Seer and Nathan the Prophet, with cymbals, with viols, and with harps, according to the commandment of David. For the commandment was by the Hand of the LORD and by the hands of His Prophets.
26 And the Levites stood with the instruments of David, and the priests with the trumpets.
27 And Hezekiah commanded to offer the Burnt Offering upon the Altar. And when the Burnt Offering began, the song of the LORD began with the trumpets, and the instruments of David, king of Israel.
28 And all the congregation worshipped, singing a song. And they blew the trumpets. All this continued until the Burnt Offering was finished.
29 And after they had finished offering, the king and all who were present with him bowed themselves and worshipped.
30 Then Hezekiah the king and the princes commanded the Levites to praise the LORD with the words of David, and of Asaph the Seer. So, they praised with joy, and they bowed themselves and worshipped.
31 And Hezekiah spoke, and said, “Now you have consecrated yourselves to the LORD. Come near and bring the Sacrifices and Thank Offerings into the House of the LORD.” And the Congregation brought Sacrifices and Thank Offerings. And every man who was willing in heart offered Burnt Offerings.
32 And the number of the Burnt Offerings which the Congregation brought was seventy bulls, a hundred rams, and two hundred lambs. All these were for a Burnt Offering to the LORD.
33 And they brought six hundred bulls and three thousand sheep for sanctification.
34 But the priests were too few and were not able to skin all the Burnt Offerings. Therefore their brethren, the Levites, helped them, until they had ended the work, and until other priests were sanctified. For the Levites were more upright in heart to sanctify themselves than the priests.
35 And also the Burnt Offerings were many, with the fat of the Peace Offerings and the Drink Offerings for the Burnt Offering. So, the service of the House of the LORD was set in order.
36 Then, Hezekiah rejoiced (and all the people) that God had made the people so ready. For the thing was done suddenly.
17 Jesus spoke these things. And having lifted up his eyes to Heaven, He said, “Father, the hour has come. Glorify Your Son, so that Your Son may also glorify You,
2 “as You have given Him power over all flesh, so that He should give eternal life to all those whom You have given Him.
3 “And this is life eternal: that they know You to be the only true God, and Whom You have sent, Jesus Christ.
4 “I have glorified You on the Earth. I have finished the work which You gave Me to do.
5 “And now, glorify Me, Father, with Your own Self, with the Glory which I had with You before the world was.
6 “I have declared Your Name to the men whom You gave Me out of the world. They were Yours, and You gave them to Me. And they have kept Your word.
7 “Now they know that all things which You have given Me are from You.
8 “For I have given them the words which You gave Me. And they have received them and have known surely that I came out from You, and have believed that You have sent Me.
9 “I pray for them. I do not pray for the world, but for those whom You have given Me. For they are yours.
10 “And all Mine are Yours, and Yours are Mine. And I am glorified in them.
11 “And now I am no longer in the world. But these are in the world. And I come to You, Holy Father. Keep them in Your Name, even those whom You have given Me. So that they may be one, as We are.
12 “While I was with them in the world, I kept them in Your Name. Those whom You gave Me, I have kept. And none of them is lost, except the child of perdition. So that the Scripture might be fulfilled.
13 “And now I come to you. And these things I speak in the world so that they might have My joy fulfilled in themselves.
14 “I have given them Your Word. And the world has hated them. Because they are not of the world, as I am not of the world.
15 “I do not pray that You should take them out of the world, but that You keep them from evil.
16 “They are not of the world, as I am not of the world.
17 “Sanctify them in Your Truth. Your Word is Truth.
18 “As You sent Me into the world, so have I sent them into the world.
19 “And for their sakes, I sanctify Myself. So that they also may be sanctified through the Truth.
20 “I do not pray for these alone, but also for those who shall believe in Me through their Word,
21 “so that they may all be one; as you, O Father, are in Me, and I in you. And that they may also be one in Us, so that the world may believe that You have sent Me.
22 “And the Glory that You gave Me, I have given them. So that they may be one, as We are one;
23 “I in them and You in Me. So that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that You have sent Me, and have loved them as You have loved Me.
24 “Father, I desire that those whom You have given Me, also be with Me where I am. So that they may behold My Glory which You have given Me. For You loved Me before the foundation of the world.
25 “O righteous Father, the world also has not known You. But I have known You. And these have known that You have sent Me.
26 “And I have declared to them Your Name (and will declare it), so that the love with which You have loved Me may be in them, and I in them.”
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