In the twenty-third year of the reign of Judah’s King Joash son of Ahaziah, Jehu’s son Jehoahaz became king over Israel. He reigned in Samaria for seventeen years.

Be careful with them and protect them, until you weigh them out before the leading priests and the Levites and the family leaders of Israel in Jerusalem, in the storerooms of the temple of the Lord.”

And the Moabites were greatly afraid of the people, because they were so numerous. The Moabites were sick with fear because of the Israelites.

and said to him, “This is what Jephthah says, ‘Israel did not steal the land of Moab and the land of the Ammonites.

Jehoshaphat stood before the assembly of Judah and Jerusalem at the Lord’s temple, in front of the new courtyard.

After him Binnui son of Henadad worked on another section, from the house of Azariah to the buttress and the corner.

The river’s channels bring joy to the city of God, the special, holy dwelling place of the sovereign One.

A song of ascents. Attention! Praise the Lord, all you servants of the Lord, who serve in the Lord’s temple during the night.

For you are not being sent to a people of unintelligible speech and difficult language, but to the house of Israel –

He plucked off its topmost shoot; he brought it to a land of merchants and planted it in a city of traders.

so that this generation may be held accountable for the blood of all the prophets that has been shed since the beginning of the world,

Of course, I myself was convinced that it was necessary to do many things hostile to the name of Jesus the Nazarene.

be sure you do not feel self-important and forget the Lord your God who brought you from the land of Egypt, the place of slavery,

A person of illegitimate birth may not enter the assembly of the Lord; to the tenth generation no one related to him may do so.

The Reubenites, Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh crossed over armed for battle ahead of the Israelites, just as Moses had instructed them.

They went to the land of Gilead to the Reubenites, Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, and said to them:

In the twelfth year of King Ahaz’s reign over Judah, Hoshea son of Elah became king over Israel. He reigned in Samaria for nine years.

These are the ones who served along with their sons: From the Kohathites: Heman the musician, son of Joel, son of Samuel,

David said, “Of these, 24,000 are to direct the work of the Lord’s temple; 6,000 are to be officials and judges;

After them Zadok son of Immer worked opposite his house, and after him Shemaiah son of Shecaniah, guard at the East Gate, worked.