211 Then Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers and was buried with his fathers in the city of David , and Jehoram his son became king in his place . 2 He had brothers , the sons of Jehoshaphat : Azariah , Jehiel , Zechariah , Azaryahu , Michael and Shephatiah . All these were the sons of Jehoshaphat king of Israel . 3 Their father gave them many gifts of silver , gold and precious things , with fortified cities in Judah , but he gave the kingdom to Jehoram because he was the firstborn . 4 Now when Jehoram had taken over the kingdom of his father and made himself secure , he killed all his brothers with the sword , and some of the rulers of Israel also . 5 Jehoram was thirty-two e years old when he became king , and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem . 6 He walked in the way of the kings of Israel , just as the house of Ahab did ( for Ahab's daughter was his wife ), and he did evil in the sight of the Lord . 7 Yet the Lord was not willing to destroy the house of David because of the covenant which He had made with David , and since He had promised to give a lamp to him and his sons forever e . 8 In his days Edom revolted against e e the rule of Judah and set up a king over themselves. 9 Then Jehoram crossed over with his commanders and all his chariots with him. And he arose by night and struck down the Edomites who were surrounding him and the commanders of the chariots . 10 So Edom revolted against e e Judah to this day . Then Libnah revolted at the same time against e his rule , because he had forsaken the Lord God of his fathers . 11 Moreover , he made high places in the mountains of Judah , and caused the inhabitants of Jerusalem to play the harlot and led Judah astray .
12 Then a letter came to him from Elijah the prophet saying , "Thus says the Lord God of your father David , 'Because e you have not walked in the ways of Jehoshaphat your father and the ways of Asa king of Judah , 13 but have walked in the way of the kings of Israel , and have caused Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to play the harlot as the house of Ahab played the harlot , and you have also killed your brothers , your own family e , who were better than you, 14 behold , the Lord is going to strike your people , your sons , your wives and all your possessions with a great calamity ; 15 and you will suffer severe sickness , a disease of your bowels , until your bowels come out because of the sickness , day by day .' " 16 Then the Lord stirred up against Jehoram the spirit of the Philistines and the Arabs who bordered e the Ethiopians ; 17 and they came against Judah and invaded it, and carried away all the possessions found in the king's house together with his sons and his wives , so that no son was left to him except e Jehoahaz , the youngest of his sons . 18 So after all this the Lord smote him in his bowels with an incurable e sickness . 19 Now it came about in the course e of time , at the end of two years , that his bowels came out because of his sickness and he died in great pain . And his people made no fire for him like the fire for his fathers . 20 He was thirty-two e years old when he became king , and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years ; and he departed with no one's regret , and they buried him in the city of David , but not in the tombs of the kings .
221 Then the inhabitants of Jerusalem made Ahaziah , his youngest son , king in his place , for the band of men who came with the Arabs to the camp had slain all the older sons. So Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah began to reign . 2 Ahaziah was twenty-two e years old when he became king , and he reigned one year in Jerusalem . And his mother's name was Athaliah , the granddaughter of Omri . 3 He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab , for his mother was his counselor to do wickedly . 4 He did evil in the sight of the Lord like the house of Ahab , for they were his counselors after the death of his father , to his destruction . 5 He also walked according to their counsel , and went with Jehoram the son of Ahab king of Israel to wage war against Hazael king of Aram at Ramoth-gilead . But the Arameans wounded Joram . 6 So he returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which they had inflicted on him at Ramah , when he fought against Hazael king of Aram . And Ahaziah , the son of Jehoram king of Judah , went down to see Jehoram the son of Ahab in Jezreel , because he was sick .
7 Now the destruction of Ahaziah was from God , in that he went to Joram . For when he came , he went out with Jehoram against Jehu the son of Nimshi , whom the Lord had anointed to cut off the house of Ahab . 8 It came about when Jehu was executing judgment on the house of Ahab , he found the princes of Judah and the sons of Ahaziah's brothers ministering to Ahaziah , and slew them. 9 He also sought Ahaziah , and they caught him while he was hiding in Samaria ; they brought him to Jehu , put him to death and buried him. For they said , "He is the son of Jehoshaphat , who sought the Lord with all his heart ." So there was no one of the house of Ahaziah to retain the power of the kingdom .
10 Now when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead , she rose and destroyed all the royal offspring of the house of Judah . 11 But Jehoshabeath the king's daughter took Joash the son of Ahaziah , and stole him from among the king's sons who were being put to death , and placed him and his nurse in the bedroom e . So Jehoshabeath , the daughter of King Jehoram , the wife of Jehoiada the priest (for she was the sister of Ahaziah ), hid him from Athaliah so that she would not put him to death . 12 He was hidden with them in the house of God six years while Athaliah reigned over the land .
141 " Do not let your heart be troubled ; believe in God , believe also in Me. 2 "In My Father's house are many dwelling places ; if it were not so, I would have told you; for I go to prepare a place for you. 3 "If I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself , that where I am , there you may be also .
4 "And you know the way where I am going ." 5 Thomas said to Him, "Lord , we do not know where You are going , how do we know the way ?" 6 Jesus said to him, "I am the way , and the truth , and the life ; no one comes to the Father but through Me. 7 " If you had known Me, you would have known My Father also ; from now on you know Him, and have seen Him." 8 Philip said to Him, "Lord , show us the Father , and it is enough for us." 9 Jesus said to him, "Have I been so long e with you, and yet you have not come to know Me, Philip ? He who has seen Me has seen the Father ; how can you say , 'Show us the Father '? 10 "Do you not believe that I am in the Father , and the Father is in Me? The words that I say to you I do not speak on My own initiative , but the Father abiding in Me does His works . 11 "Believe Me that I am in the Father and the Father is in Me; otherwise believe because of the works themselves .
12 "Truly , truly , I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do , he will do also ; and greater works than these he will do ; because I go to the Father . 13 " Whatever you ask in My name , that will I do , so that the Father may be glorified in the Son . 14 "If you ask Me anything in My name , I will do it.
15 " If you love Me, you will keep My commandments . 16 "I will ask the Father , and He will give you another Helper , that He may be with you forever ; 17 that is the Spirit of truth , whom the world cannot e receive , because it does not see Him or know Him, but you know Him because He abides with you and will be in you.
18 "I will not leave you as orphans ; I will come to you. 19 " After a little while the world will no longer see Me, but you will see Me; because I live , you will live also . 20 " In that day you will know that I am in My Father , and you in Me, and I in you. 21 " He who has My commandments and keeps them is the one who loves Me; and he who loves Me will be loved by My Father , and I will love him and will disclose Myself to him." 22 Judas (not Iscariot ) said to Him, "Lord , what then has happened that You are going to disclose Yourself to us and not to the world ?" 23 Jesus answered and said to him, " If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word ; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our abode with him. 24 "He who does not love Me does not keep My words ; and the word which you hear is not Mine , but the Father's who sent Me.
25 "These things I have spoken to you while abiding with you. 26 "But the Helper , the Holy Spirit , whom the Father will send in My name , He will teach you all things , and bring to your remembrance all that I said to you. 27 " Peace I leave with you; My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Do not let your heart be troubled , nor let it be fearful .
28 " You heard that I said to you, 'I go away , and I will come to you.' If you loved Me, you would have rejoiced because I go to the Father , for the Father is greater than I. 29 "Now I have told you before it happens , so that when it happens , you may believe . 30 "I will not speak much more with you, for the ruler of the world is coming , and he has nothing e in Me; 31 but so that the world may know that I love the Father , I do exactly as the Father commanded Me. Get up, let us go from here .
