Then a letter came to Jehoram from the prophet Elijah, saying: This is what the LORD, the God of your ancestor David says:“ Because you have not walked in the ways of your father Jehoshaphat or in the ways of King Asa of Judah

先知以利亚达信与约兰说：“耶和华你祖大卫的神如此说：‘因为你不行你父约沙法和犹大王亚撒的道，

以利亚先知写信给约兰说：“耶和华—你祖先大卫的上帝如此说：‘因为你不行你父约沙法和犹大王亚撒的道，

以利亚先知写信给约兰说：“耶和华—你祖先大卫的神如此说：‘因为你不行你父约沙法和犹大王亚撒的道，

以利亚先知写信给约兰说：“你祖先大卫的上帝耶和华这样说，‘因为你没有效法你父亲约沙法，也没有效法犹大王亚撒，

以利亚先知有信送给约兰，说：“耶和华你的先祖大卫的神这样说：‘因为你没有遵行你父亲约沙法的道路，也没有遵行犹大王亚撒的道路，

先知以利亞達信與約蘭說：「耶和華－你祖大衛的神如此說：『因為你不行你父約沙法和猶大王亞撒的道，

以利亞先知寫信給約蘭說：「耶和華－你祖先大衛的上帝如此說：『因為你不行你父約沙法和猶大王亞撒的道，

以利亞先知寫信給約蘭說：「耶和華－你祖先大衛的神如此說：『因為你不行你父約沙法和猶大王亞撒的道，

以利亞先知寫信給約蘭說：「你祖先大衛的上帝耶和華這樣說，『因為你沒有效法你父親約沙法，也沒有效法猶大王亞撒，

以利亞先知有信送給約蘭，說：“耶和華你的先祖大衛的神這樣說：‘因為你沒有遵行你父親約沙法的道路，也沒有遵行猶大王亞撒的道路，

從神言人以利亞那裏有信來給約蘭、說：『永恆主你祖大衛的上帝這麼說：「因為你沒有走你父親約沙法的路，也沒有走猶大王亞撒的路，

有先知以利亞之書至曰、爾祖大衛之上帝耶和華云、因爾不循爾父約沙法、與猶大王亞撒之道、

或以先知以利亞書、陳於王、書畧曰、爾祖大闢之上帝耶和華云、因爾不從猶大王亞撒、及父約沙法之道、

先知以利亞遺書約蘭曰、主爾祖大衛之天主如是云、爾不行爾父約沙法之道、與猶大王亞撒之道、

Jehoram received a letter from Elijah the prophet, which said:“ This is what the Lord, the God of your father David, says:‘ You have not followed the ways of your father Jehoshaphat or of Asa king of Judah.

Jehoram received a letter from Elijah the prophet. In it, Elijah said,“ The Lord is the God of your father David. The Lord says,‘ You have not followed the ways of your own father Jehoshaphat or of Asa, the king of Judah.

And a letter came to him from Elijah the prophet, saying,“ Thus says the Lord, the God of David your father,‘ Because you have not walked in the ways of Jehoshaphat your father, or in the ways of Asa king of Judah,

Then Elijah the prophet wrote Jehoram this letter:“ This is what the Lord, the God of your ancestor David, says: You have not followed the good example of your father, Jehoshaphat, or your grandfather King Asa of Judah.

Then a letter came to him from Elijah the prophet, saying,“ This is what the Lord, the God of your father David says:‘ Because you have not walked in the ways of your father Jehoshaphat and the ways of Asa king of Judah,

And a letter came to him from Elijah the prophet, saying, Thus says the Lord God of your father David: Because you have not walked in the ways of Jehoshaphat your father, or in the ways of Asa king of Judah,

And there came a writing to him from Elijah the prophet, saying, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of David thy father, Because thou hast not walked in the ways of Jehoshaphat thy father, nor in the ways of Asa king of Judah,

Then a letter came to Jehoram from Elijah the prophet, saying: This is what Yahweh, the God of your ancestor David says:“ Because you have not walked in the ways of your father Jehoshaphat or in the ways of Asa king of Judah

And there came a writing to him from Elijah the prophet, saying, Thus saith the LORD God of David thy father, Because thou hast not walked in the ways of Jehoshaphat thy father, nor in the ways of Asa king of Judah,

Jehoram received this letter from Elijah the prophet:“ This is what the LORD God of your ancestor David says:‘ You have not followed in the footsteps of your father Jehoshaphat and of King Asa of Judah,

A letter came to him from Elijah the prophet, saying,“ Yahweh, the God of David your father, says,‘ Because you have not walked in the ways of Jehoshaphat your father, nor in the ways of Asa king of Judah,

Now the LORD was with Jehoshaphat because he walked in the former ways of his ancestor David. He did not seek the Baalsbut sought the God of his father and walked by his commands, not according to the practices of Israel.

Asa did what was good and right in the sight of the LORD his God.He removed the pagan altars and the high places. He shattered their sacred pillars and chopped down their Asherah poles.He told the people of Judah to seek the LORD God of their ancestors and to carry out the instruction and the commands.He also removed the high places and the shrines from all the cities of Judah, and the kingdom experienced peace under him.

The time had come for the LORD to take Elijah up to heaven in a whirlwind. Elijah and Elisha were traveling from Gilgal,

Asa did what was right in the LORD’s sight, as his ancestor David had done.

As they continued walking and talking, a chariot of fire with horses of fire suddenly appeared and separated the two of them. Then Elijah went up into heaven in the whirlwind.

“ This is the writing that was inscribed: MENE, MENE, TEKEL, and PARSIN.This is the interpretation of the message:‘ Mene’ means that God has numbered the days of your kingdom and brought it to an end.‘ Tekel’ means that you have been weighed on the balance and found deficient.‘ Peres’ means that your kingdom has been divided and given to the Medes and Persians.”Then Belshazzar gave an order, and they clothed Daniel in purple, placed a gold chain around his neck, and issued a proclamation concerning him that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom.

As soon as Jehudi would read three or four columns, Jehoiakim would cut the scroll with a scribe’s knife and throw the columns into the fire in the hearth until the entire scroll was consumed by the fire in the hearth.

He walked in all the ways of his father Asa; he did not turn away from them but did what was right in the LORD’s sight. However, the high places were not taken away; the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.

At that moment the fingers of a man’s hand appeared and began writing on the plaster of the king’s palace wall next to the lampstand. As the king watched the hand that was writing,

“ Take a scroll, and write on it all the words I have spoken to you concerning Israel, Judah, and all the nations from the time I first spoke to you during Josiah’s reign until today.

“ Take another scroll, and once again write on it the original words that were on the original scroll that King Jehoiakim of Judah burned.You are to proclaim concerning King Jehoiakim of Judah,‘ This is what the LORD says: You have burned the scroll, asking,“ Why have you written on it that the king of Babylon will certainly come and destroy this land and cause it to be without people or animals?”Therefore, this is what the LORD says concerning King Jehoiakim of Judah: He will have no one to sit on David’s throne, and his corpse will be thrown out to be exposed to the heat of day and the frost of night.I will punish him, his descendants, and his officers for their iniquity. I will bring on them, on the residents of Jerusalem, and on the people of Judah all the disaster, which I warned them about but they did not listen.’”Then Jeremiah took another scroll and gave it to Baruch son of Neriah, the scribe, and he wrote on it at Jeremiah’s dictation all the words of the scroll that Jehoiakim, Judah’s king, had burned in the fire. And many other words like them were added.

So I looked and saw a hand reaching out to me, and there was a written scroll in it.When he unrolled it before me, it was written on the front and back; words of lamentation, mourning, and woe were written on it.