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and kill anyone who tries to rescue her.” For
the priest had said, “She must not be killed in
the Temple of the Lord.” 15 So they seized her
and led her out to the entrance of the Horse
Gate on the palace grounds, and they killed
her there.
16 Then Jehoiada made a covenant between
himself and the king and the people that they
would be the Lord’s people. 17 And all the
people went over to the temple of Baal and
tore it down. They demolished the altars and
smashed the idols, and they killed Mattan the
priest of Baal in front of the altars.
18 Jehoiada now put the priests and Levites
in charge of the Temple of the Lord, following
all the directions given by David. He also com
manded them to p
resent burnt offerings to the
Lord, as prescribed by the Law of Moses, and
to sing and rejoice as David had instructed.
19 He also stationed g
atekeepers at the gates of
the Lord’s Temple to keep out those who for
any reason were ceremonially unclean.
20 Then the commanders, nobles, rulers,
and all the people of the land escorted the
king from the Temple of the Lord. They went
through the upper gate and into the palace,
and they seated the king on the royal throne.
21 So all the people of the land rejoiced, and the
city was peaceful because Athaliah had been
killed.
21:2 Masoretic Text reads of Israel; also in 21:4. The author
of Chronicles sees Judah as representative of the true Israel.
(Some Hebrew manuscripts, Greek and Syriac versions, and
Latin Vulgate read of Judah.)
21:9 Or he went out and escaped.
The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain. 21:16 Hebrew the
Cushites.
21:17 Hebrew Jehoahaz, a variant spelling of Ahaziah;
compare 22:1. 22:1 Or marauding bands of Arabs.
22:2 As
in some Greek manuscripts and Syriac version (see also 2 Kgs
8:26); Hebrew reads forty-two.
22:5a Hebrew Jehoram, a variant
spelling of J oram; also in 22:6, 7. 22:5b As in two Hebrew
manuscripts and Latin Vulgate (see also 2 Kgs 8:28); Masoretic
Text reads the archers.
22:6a Hebrew Ramah, a variant spelling
of Ramoth. 22:6b As in some Hebrew manuscripts, Greek and
Syriac versions, and Latin Vulgate (see also 2 Kgs 8:29); most
Hebrew manuscripts read Azariah.
22:7 Hebrew descendant
of Nimshi; compare 2 Kgs 9:2, 14. 22:8 As in Greek version
(see also 2 Kgs 10:13); Hebrew reads and sons of the brothers of
Ahaziah.
22:11 As in parallel text at 2 Kgs 11:2; Hebrew lacks
Ahaziah’s sister and reads Jehoshabeath [a variant spelling of
Jehosheba]. 23:11 Or a copy of the covenant.
23:14 Or Bring
her out from between the ranks; or Take her out of the Temple
precincts. The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain.
ROMANS 11:13‑36
I am saying all this especially for you Gentiles.
God has appointed me as the apostle to the
Gentiles. I stress this, 14 for I want somehow to
make the people of Israel jealous of what you
Gentiles have, so I might save some of them.
15 For since their rejection meant that God of
fered salvation to the rest of the world, their
acceptance will be even more wonderful. It
will be life for those who were dead! 16 And
since Abraham and the other patriarchs were
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holy, their descendants will also be holy—just
as the entire batch of dough is holy because
the portion given as an offering is holy. For if
the roots of the tree are holy, the branches will
be, too.
17 But some of these branches from Abra
ham’s t ree—some of the people of Israel—
have been broken off. And you Gentiles, who
were branches from a wild olive tree, have
been grafted in. So now you also receive the
blessing God has promised Abraham and his
children, sharing in the rich nourishment
from the root of God’s special olive tree. 18 But
you must not brag about being grafted in to
replace the branches that were broken off.
You are just a branch, not the root.
19 “Well,” you may say, “those branches were
broken off to make room for me.” 20 Yes, but
remember—those branches were broken
off because they didn’t believe in Christ, and
you are there because you do believe. So don’t
think highly of yourself, but fear what could
happen. 21 For if God did not spare the original
branches, he won’t* spare you either.
22 Notice how God is both kind and severe.
He is severe toward those who disobeyed, but
kind to you if you continue to trust in his kind
ness. But if you stop trusting, you also will be
cut off. 23 And if the people of Israel turn from
their unbelief, they will be grafted in again,
for God has the power to graft them back into
the tree. 24 You, by nature, were a branch cut
from a wild olive tree. So if God was willing to
do something contrary to nature by grafting
you into his cultivated tree, he will be far more
eager to graft the original branches back into
the tree where they belong.
25 I want you to understand this mystery,
dear brothers and sisters,* so that you will
not feel proud about yourselves. Some of the
people of Israel have hard hearts, but this
will last only until the full number of Gentiles
comes to Christ. 26 And so all Israel will be
saved. As the Scriptures say,
27
“The one who rescues will come from
Jerusalem,*
and he will turn Israel* away from
ungodliness.
And this is my covenant with them,
that I will take away their sins.”*
28 Many of the people of Israel are now en
emies of the Good News, and this benefits you
Gentiles. Yet they are still the people he loves
because he chose their ancestors Abraham,
Isaac, and Jacob. 29 For God’s gifts and his call
can never be withdrawn. 30 Once, you Gentiles
were rebels against God, but when the people
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