And when they were departed from him, (for they left him in great diseases,) his own servants conspired against him for the blood of the sons of Jehoiada the priest, and slew him on his bed, and he died: and they buried him in the city of David, but they buried him not in the sepulchres of the kings.
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ClearWoe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye cleanse the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full from extortion and excess.
Do not keep a secret watch, O evil-doer, against the fields of the upright man, or send destruction on his resting-place:
When the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father even the Spirit of true knowledge who comes from the Father--he will give witness about me;
For the army of the Syrians came with a small company of men, and the LORD delivered a very great host into their hand, because they had forsaken the LORD God of their fathers. So they executed judgment against Joash.
So let your desire be for wisdom: if you have it, there will be a future, and your hope will not be cut off.
Ye blind guides, that strain out the gnat, and swallow the camel!
This comes about so that the writing in their law may be made true, Their hate for me was without cause.
My son, take honey, for it is good; and the flowing honey, which is sweet to your taste:
And it came to pass at the end of the year, {that} the host of Syria came up against him: and they came to Judah and Jerusalem, and destroyed all the princes of the people from among the people, and sent all the spoil of them unto the king of Damascus. {at the...: Heb. in the revolution of the year} {Damascus: Heb. Darmesek}
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye tithe mint and anise and cummin, and have left undone the weightier matters of the law, justice, and mercy, and faith: but these ye ought to have done, and not to have left the other undone.
If I had not done among them the works which no other man ever did, they would have had no sin: but now they have seen, and they have had hate in their hearts for me and my Father.
Thus Joash the king remembered not the kindness which Jehoiada his father had done to him, but slew his son. And when he died, he said, The LORD look upon {it}, and require {it}.
He who has hate for me has hate for my Father.
If you say, See, we had no knowledge of this: does not the tester of hearts give thought to it? and he who keeps your soul, has he no knowledge of it? and will he not give to every man the reward of his work?
And he that sweareth by the heaven, sweareth by the throne of God, and by him that sitteth thereon.
And they conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at the commandment of the king in the court of the house of the LORD.
Be the saviour of those who are given up to death, and do not keep back help from those who are slipping to destruction.
If I had not come and been their teacher they would have had no sin: but now they have no reason to give for their sin.
And he that sweareth by the temple, sweareth by it, and by him that dwelleth therein.