He replied, “No, let the Lord help you. How can I help you? The threshing floor and winepress are empty.”

Jehu said, “Come with me and see how zealous I am for the Lord’s cause.” So he took him along in his chariot.

In those days the Lord began to reduce the size of Israel’s territory. Hazael attacked their eastern border.

He hid out with his nurse in the Lord’s temple for six years, while Athaliah was ruling over the land.

When Athaliah heard the royal guard shout, she joined the crowd at the Lord’s temple.

Throughout his lifetime Jehoash did what the Lord approved, just as Jehoiada the priest taught him.

It was handed over to the foremen who used it to repair the Lord’s temple.

(The silver collected in conjunction with reparation offerings and sin offerings was not brought to the Lord’s temple; it belonged to the priests.)

He did what the Lord approved, just as his father Amaziah had done.

He did what the Lord approved, just as his father Uzziah had done.

He did evil in the sight of the Lord, but not to the same degree as the Israelite kings who preceded him.

They worshiped the disgusting idols in blatant disregard of the Lord’s command.

But they did not pay attention and were as stubborn as their ancestors, who had not trusted the Lord their God.

Instead you must worship the Lord your God; then he will rescue you from the power of all your enemies.”

He did what the Lord approved, just as his ancestor David had done.

The Lord was with him; he succeeded in all his endeavors. He rebelled against the king of Assyria and refused to submit to him.

Hezekiah gave him all the silver in the Lord’s temple and in the treasuries of the royal palace.

When King Hezekiah heard this, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and went to the Lord’s temple.

It is true, Lord, that the kings of Assyria have destroyed the nations and their lands.

For a remnant will leave Jerusalem; survivors will come out of Mount Zion. The intense devotion of the sovereign Lord to his people will accomplish this.