He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, copying the sins of Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, which he did and made Israel do he did not keep himself from them.

Then Jehoahaz made prayer to the Lord, and the Lord gave ear to him, for he saw how cruelly Israel was crushed by the king of Aram.

But still they did not give up the sin of Jeroboam, which he made Israel do, but went on with it and there was an image of Asherah in Samaria.)

Now the rest of the acts of Jehoahaz, and all he did, and his great power, are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Israel?

In the thirty-seventh year of the rule of Joash, king of Judah, Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, became king over Israel in Samaria, ruling for sixteen years.

Now the rest of the acts of Joash, and all he did, and the force with which he went to war against Amaziah, king of Judah, are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Israel?

Now Elisha became ill with the disease which was the cause of his death: and Joash, king of Israel, came down to him, and weeping over him said, My father, my father, the war-carriages of Israel and its horsemen!

And he said to the king of Israel, Put your hand on the bow: and he put his hand on it and Elisha put his hands on the king's hands.

And he said, Take the arrows: and he took them. And he said to the king of Israel, Send them down into the earth and he did so three times and no more.

And death came to Elisha and they put his body into the earth. Now in the spring of the year, armed bands of Moabites frequently came, overrunning the land.

And Israel was crushed under the power of Hazael, king of Aram, all the days of Jehoahaz.

Then Hazael, king of Aram, came to his end and Ben-hadad his son became king in his place.

He was twenty-five years old when he became king and he was ruling in Jerusalem for twenty-nine years his mother's name was Jehoaddin of Jerusalem.

But still the high places were not taken away the people went on making offerings and burning them in the high places.

But he did not put their children to death for the orders of the Lord recorded in the book of the law of Moses say, The fathers are not to be put to death for the children, or the children for their fathers but a man is to be put to death for the sin which he himself has done.

Then Amaziah sent representatives to Jehoash, the son of Jehoahaz, son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come, let us have a meeting face to face.

It is true that you have overcome Edom and your heart is uplifted let that glory be enough for you, and keep in your country why do you make causes of trouble, putting yourself, and Judah with you, in danger of downfall?

And Judah was overcome before Israel, so that they went in flight, every man to his tent.

And he took all the gold and silver and all the vessels which were in the house of the Lord and in the store-house of the king, together with those whose lives would be the price of broken faith, and went back to Samaria.

And Jehoash went to rest with his fathers, and was put into the earth in Samaria with the kings of Israel and Jeroboam his son became king in his place.

And the rest of the acts of Amaziah, are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Judah?

And they took his body on horseback and put it into the earth with his fathers in Jerusalem, the town of David.

He was the builder of Elath, which he got back for Judah after the death of the king.

He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, not turning away from the sin which Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, did and made Israel do.

For the Lord saw how bitter was the trouble of Israel, and that everyone was cut off, he who was shut up and he who went free, and that Israel had no helper.

Now the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, and all he did, and his power, and how he went to war with Damascus, causing the wrath of the Lord to be turned away from Israel, are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Israel?

He was sixteen years old when he became king, and he was ruling in Jerusalem for fifty-two years his mother's name was Jecoliah of Jerusalem.

But he did not take away the high places, and the people still went on making offerings and burning them in the high places.

Now the rest of the acts of Azariah, and all he did, are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Judah?

In the thirty-eighth year of Azaliah, king of Judah, Zechariah, son of Jeroboam, was king over Israel for six months.

And Shallum, the son of Jabesh, made a secret design against him, and, attacking him in Ibleam, put him to death and became king in his place.

This was what the Lord had said to Jehu, Your sons to the fourth generation will be kings of Israel. And so it came about.

Then Menahem, the son of Gadi, went up from Tirzah and came to Samaria, and attacking Shallum, son of Jabesh, in Samaria, put him to death and made himself king in his place.

Then Menahem sent destruction on Tappuah and all the people in it, and its limits, from Tirzah, because they would not let him come in and he had all the women who were with child cut open.

He did evil in the eyes of the Lord he did not keep himself from the sin which Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, did and made Israel do.

And Menahem got the money from Israel, from all the men of wealth, fifty silver shekels from every man, to give to the king of Assyria. So the king of Assyria went back without stopping in the land.

And Menahem went to rest with his fathers and Pekahiah his son became king in his place.

He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, not turning from the sin which Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, did and made Israel do.

Now the rest of the acts of Pekahiah, and all he did, are recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Israel.

He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, not turning from the sin which Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, did and made Israel do.

And Hoshea, the son of Elah, made a secret design against Pekah, the son of Remaliah, and, attacking him, put him to death and became king in his place, in the twentieth year of Jotham, the son of Uzziah.

In the second year of Pekah, the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, Jotham, the son of Uzziah, became king of Judah.

And he did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, as his father Uzziah had done.

Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, and all he did, are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Judah?

And Jotham went to rest with his fathers, and was put into the earth in the town of David his father and Ahaz his son became king in his place.

And those who were troubled with unclean spirits were made well.

And turning his eyes to his disciples he said, Happy are you who are poor: for the kingdom of God is yours.

Happy are you, when men have hate for you, and put you away from among them and say angry words to you, turning away in disgust at your name, because of the Son of man.

But unhappy are you who have wealth: for you have been comforted now.

Unhappy are you when all men give you their approval: for so their fathers did to the false prophets.

Give blessing to those who give you curses, say prayers for those who are cruel to you.

Give to everyone who comes with a request, and if a man takes away your property, make no attempt to get it back again.

If you have love for those who have love for you, what credit is it to you? for even sinners have love for those who have love for them.

And if you let those have the use of your money, from whom you are hoping to get it back, what credit is it to you? even sinners do so to sinners, hoping to get back as much as they gave.

Be full of pity, even as your Father is full of pity.

Give, and it will be given to you good measure, crushed down, full and running over, they will give to you. For in the same measure as you give, it will be given to you again.

The disciple is not greater than his master, but everyone whose learning is complete will be like his master.

How will you say to your brother, Brother, let me take the grain of dust out of your eye, when you yourself do not see the bit of wood in your eye? O false one! first take the wood out of your eye and then you will see clearly to take the dust out of your brother's eye.

For every tree is judged by its fruit. Men do not get figs from thorns, or grapes from blackberry plants.

Why do you say to me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?

He is like a man building a house, who went deep and put the base of it on a rock and when the water came up and the river was driving against that house, it was not moved, because the building was good.