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21 Some time later there was an incident involving a vineyard belonging to Naboth the Jezreelite. The vineyard was in Jezreel, close to the palace of Ahab king of Samaria. 2 Ahab said to Naboth, “Let me have your vineyard to use for a vegetable garden, since it is close to my palace. In exchange I will give you a better vineyard or, if you prefer, I will pay you whatever it is worth.” 3 But Naboth replied, “The Lord forbid that I should give you the inheritance of my ancestors.” 4 So Ahab went home, sullen and angry because Naboth the Jezreelite had said, “I will not give you the inheritance of my ancestors.” He lay on his bed sulking and refused to eat. 5 His wife Jezebel came in and asked him, “Why are you so sullen? Why won’t you eat?” 6 He answered her, “Because I said to Naboth the Jezreelite, ‘Sell me your vineyard; or if you prefer, I will give you another vineyard in its place.’ But he said, ‘I will not give you my vineyard.’” 7 Jezebel his wife said, “Is this how you act as king over Israel? Get up and eat! Cheer up. I’ll get you the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.” 8 So she wrote letters in Ahab’s name, placed his seal on them, and sent them to the elders and nobles who lived in Naboth’s city with him. 9 In those letters she wrote: “Proclaim a day of fasting and seat Naboth in a prominent place among the people. 10 But seat two scoundrels opposite him and have them bring charges that he has cursed both God and the king. Then take him out and stone him to death.” 11 So the elders and nobles who lived in Naboth’s city did as Jezebel directed in the letters she had written to them. 12 They proclaimed a fast and seated Naboth in a prominent place among the people. 13 Then two scoundrels came and sat opposite him and brought charges against Naboth before the people, saying, “Naboth has cursed both God and the king.” So they took him outside the city and stoned him to death. 14 Then they sent word to Jezebel: “Naboth has been stoned to death.” 15 As soon as Jezebel heard that Naboth had been stoned to death, she said to Ahab, “Get up and take possession of the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite that he refused to sell you. He is no longer alive, but dead.” 16 When Ahab heard that Naboth was dead, he got up and went down to take possession of Naboth’s vineyard. 17 Then the word of the Lord came to Elijah the Tishbite: 18 “Go down to meet Ahab king of Israel, who rules in Samaria. He is now in Naboth’s vineyard, where he has gone to take possession of it. 19 Say to him, ‘This is what the Lord says: Have you not murdered a man and seized his property?’ Then say to him, ‘This is what the Lord says: In the place where dogs licked up Naboth’s blood, dogs will lick up your blood—yes, yours!’” 20 Ahab said to Elijah, “So you have found me, my enemy!” “I have found you,” he answered, “because you have sold yourself to do evil in the eyes of the Lord. 21 He says, ‘I am going to bring disaster on you. I will wipe out your descendants and cut off from Ahab every last male in Israel—slave or free.[a] 22 I will make your house like that of Jeroboam son of Nebat and that of Baasha son of Ahijah, because you have aroused my anger and have caused Israel to sin.’ 23 “And also concerning Jezebel the Lord says: ‘Dogs will devour Jezebel by the wall of[b] Jezreel.’ 24 “Dogs will eat those belonging to Ahab who die in the city, and the birds will feed on those who die in the country.” 25 (There was never anyone like Ahab, who sold himself to do evil in the eyes of the Lord, urged on by Jezebel his wife. 26 He behaved in the vilest manner by going after idols, like the Amorites the Lord drove out before Israel.) 27 When Ahab heard these words, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth and fasted. He lay in sackcloth and went around meekly. 28 Then the word of the Lord came to Elijah the Tishbite: 29 “Have you noticed how Ahab has humbled himself before me? Because he has humbled himself, I will not bring this disaster in his day, but I will bring it on his house in the days of his son.” 22 For three years there was no war between Aram and Israel. 2 But in the third year Jehoshaphat king of Judah went down to see the king of Israel. 3 The king of Israel had said to his officials, “Don’t you know that Ramoth Gilead belongs to us and yet we are doing nothing to retake it from the king of Aram?” 4 So he asked Jehoshaphat, “Will you go with me to fight against Ramoth Gilead?” Jehoshaphat replied to the king of Israel, “I am as you are, my people as your people, my horses as your horses.” 5 But Jehoshaphat also said to the king of Israel, “First seek the counsel of the Lord.” 6 So the king of Israel brought together the prophets—about four hundred men—and asked them, “Shall I go to war against Ramoth Gilead, or shall I refrain?” “Go,” they answered, “for the Lord will give it into the king’s hand.” 7 But Jehoshaphat asked, “Is there no longer a prophet of the Lord here whom we can inquire of?” 8 The king of Israel answered Jehoshaphat, “There is still one prophet through whom we can inquire of the Lord, but I hate him because he never prophesies anything good about me, but always bad. He is Micaiah son of Imlah.” “The king should not say such a thing,” Jehoshaphat replied. 9 So the king of Israel called one of his officials and said, “Bring Micaiah son of Imlah at once.” 10 Dressed in their royal robes, the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah were sitting on their thrones at the threshing floor by the entrance of the gate of Samaria, with all the prophets prophesying before them. 11 Now Zedekiah son of Kenaanah had made iron horns and he declared, “This is what the Lord says: ‘With these you will gore the Arameans until they are destroyed.’” 12 All the other prophets were prophesying the same thing. “Attack Ramoth Gilead and be victorious,” they said, “for the Lord will give it into the king’s hand.” 13 The messenger who had gone to summon Micaiah said to him, “Look, the other prophets without exception are predicting success for the king. Let your word agree with theirs, and speak favorably.” 14 But Micaiah said, “As surely as the Lord lives, I can tell him only what the Lord tells me.” 15 When he arrived, the king asked him, “Micaiah, shall we go to war against Ramoth Gilead, or not?” “Attack and be victorious,” he answered, “for the Lord will give it into the king’s hand.” 16 The king said to him, “How many times must I make you swear to tell me nothing but the truth in the name of the Lord?” 17 Then Micaiah answered, “I saw all Israel scattered on the hills like sheep without a shepherd, and the Lord said, ‘These people have no master. Let each one go home in peace.’” 18 The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “Didn’t I tell you that he never prophesies anything good about me, but only bad?” 19 Micaiah continued, “Therefore hear the word of the Lord: I saw the Lord sitting on his throne with all the multitudes of heaven standing around him on his right and on his left. 20 And the Lord said, ‘Who will entice Ahab into attacking Ramoth Gilead and going to his death there?’ “One suggested this, and another that. 21 Finally, a spirit came forward, stood before the Lord and said, ‘I will entice him.’ 22 “‘By what means?’ the Lord asked. “‘I will go out and be a deceiving spirit in the mouths of all his prophets,’ he said. “‘You will succeed in enticing him,’ said the Lord. ‘Go and do it.’ 23 “So now the Lord has put a deceiving spirit in the mouths of all these prophets of yours. The Lord has decreed disaster for you.” 24 Then Zedekiah son of Kenaanah went up and slapped Micaiah in the face. “Which way did the spirit from[c] the Lord go when he went from me to speak to you?” he asked. 25 Micaiah replied, “You will find out on the day you go to hide in an inner room.” 26 The king of Israel then ordered, “Take Micaiah and send him back to Amon the ruler of the city and to Joash the king’s son 27 and say, ‘This is what the king says: Put this fellow in prison and give him nothing but bread and water until I return safely.’” 28 Micaiah declared, “If you ever return safely, the Lord has not spoken through me.” Then he added, “Mark my words, all you people!” 29 So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah went up to Ramoth Gilead. 30 The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “I will enter the battle in disguise, but you wear your royal robes.” So the king of Israel disguised himself and went into battle. 31 Now the king of Aram had ordered his thirty-two chariot commanders, “Do not fight with anyone, small or great, except the king of Israel.” 32 When the chariot commanders saw Jehoshaphat, they thought, “Surely this is the king of Israel.” So they turned to attack him, but when Jehoshaphat cried out, 33 the chariot commanders saw that he was not the king of Israel and stopped pursuing him. 34 But someone drew his bow at random and hit the king of Israel between the sections of his armor. The king told his chariot driver, “Wheel around and get me out of the fighting. I’ve been wounded.” 35 All day long the battle raged, and the king was propped up in his chariot facing the Arameans. The blood from his wound ran onto the floor of the chariot, and that evening he died. 36 As the sun was setting, a cry spread through the army: “Every man to his town. Every man to his land!” 37 So the king died and was brought to Samaria, and they buried him there. 38 They washed the chariot at a pool in Samaria (where the prostitutes bathed),[d] and the dogs licked up his blood, as the word of the Lord had declared. 39 As for the other events of Ahab’s reign, including all he did, the palace he built and adorned with ivory, and the cities he fortified, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Israel? 40 Ahab rested with his ancestors. And Ahaziah his son succeeded him as king. 41 Jehoshaphat son of Asa became king of Judah in the fourth year of Ahab king of Israel. 42 Jehoshaphat was thirty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-five years. His mother’s name was Azubah daughter of Shilhi. 43 In everything he followed the ways of his father Asa and did not stray from them; he did what was right in the eyes of the Lord. The high places, however, were not removed, and the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense there.[e] 44 Jehoshaphat was also at peace with the king of Israel. 45 As for the other events of Jehoshaphat’s reign, the things he achieved and his military exploits, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Judah? 46 He rid the land of the rest of the male shrine prostitutes who remained there even after the reign of his father Asa. 47 There was then no king in Edom; a provincial governor ruled. 48 Now Jehoshaphat built a fleet of trading ships[f] to go to Ophir for gold, but they never set sail—they were wrecked at Ezion Geber. 49 At that time Ahaziah son of Ahab said to Jehoshaphat, “Let my men sail with yours,” but Jehoshaphat refused. 50 Then Jehoshaphat rested with his ancestors and was buried with them in the city of David his father. And Jehoram his son succeeded him as king. 51 Ahaziah son of Ahab became king of Israel in Samaria in the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and he reigned over Israel two years. 52 He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, because he followed the ways of his father and mother and of Jeroboam son of Nebat, who caused Israel to sin. 53 He served and worshiped Baal and aroused the anger of the Lord, the God of Israel, just as his father had done. 26 As the soldiers led him away, they seized Simon from Cyrene, who was on his way in from the country, and put the cross on him and made him carry it behind Jesus. 27 A large number of people followed him, including women who mourned and wailed for him. 28 Jesus turned and said to them, “Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me; weep for yourselves and for your children. 29 For the time will come when you will say, ‘Blessed are the childless women, the wombs that never bore and the breasts that never nursed!’ 30 Then “‘they will say to the mountains, “Fall on us!” and to the hills, “Cover us!”’[a] 31 For if people do these things when the tree is green, what will happen when it is dry?” 32 Two other men, both criminals, were also led out with him to be executed. 33 When they came to the place called the Skull, they crucified him there, along with the criminals—one on his right, the other on his left. 34 Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.”[b] And they divided up his clothes by casting lots. 35 The people stood watching, and the rulers even sneered at him. They said, “He saved others; let him save himself if he is God’s Messiah, the Chosen One.” 36 The soldiers also came up and mocked him. They offered him wine vinegar 37 and said, “If you are the king of the Jews, save yourself.” 38 There was a written notice above him, which read: this is the king of the jews. 39 One of the criminals who hung there hurled insults at him: “Aren’t you the Messiah? Save yourself and us!” 40 But the other criminal rebuked him. “Don’t you fear God,” he said, “since you are under the same sentence? 41 We are punished justly, for we are getting what our deeds deserve. But this man has done nothing wrong.” 42 Then he said, “Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom.[c]” 43 Jesus answered him, “Truly I tell you, today you will be with me in paradise.” 44 It was now about noon, and darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon, 45 for the sun stopped shining. And the curtain of the temple was torn in two. 46 Jesus called out with a loud voice, “Father, into your hands I commit my spirit.”[d] When he had said this, he breathed his last. 47 The centurion, seeing what had happened, praised God and said, “Surely this was a righteous man.” 48 When all the people who had gathered to witness this sight saw what took place, they beat their breasts and went away. 49 But all those who knew him, including the women who had followed him from Galilee, stood at a distance, watching these things. 50 Now there was a man named Joseph, a member of the Council, a good and upright man, 51 who had not consented to their decision and action. He came from the Judean town of Arimathea, and he himself was waiting for the kingdom of God. 52 Going to Pilate, he asked for Jesus’ body. 53 Then he took it down, wrapped it in linen cloth and placed it in a tomb cut in the rock, one in which no one had yet been laid. 54 It was Preparation Day, and the Sabbath was about to begin. 55 The women who had come with Jesus from Galilee followed Joseph and saw the tomb and how his body was laid in it. 56 Then they went home and prepared spices and perfumes. But they rested on the Sabbath in obedience to the commandment. Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright ©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.
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1 राजा 22Nepali Bible: Easy-to-Read Version (ERV-NE) मीकाया आहाबलाई चेताउनी दिन्छन् 22 दुइ बर्षको अवधिमा इस्राएल र अराम बीच शान्ति थियो। 2 तब, तेस्रो बर्षमा यहूदाका राजा यहोशापात इस्राएलका राजालाई भेट्न गए। 3 यसै समयमा इस्राएला राजाले उसका अधिकारीलाई सोधे, “अरामको राजाले हामीबाट रामोत गिलादमा लगेका थिए सम्झना छ? हामीले रामोतलाई फिर्ता लिनका लागि केही किन गरेनौ? यो हाम्रो शहर हुनुपर्छ।” 4 यसकारण राजाले राजा यहोशापातलाई सोधे, “तपाईं हामीसित सहभागी हुनुन्छ अनि आरामका सैनिकहरूको विरूद्ध रामोतामा युद्ध गर्ने छौं?” यहोशापतले उत्तर दिए, “हो, म तिमीसँग मिल्नेछु। मेरा सैनिकहरू अनि मेरा घोडाहरू तिम्रो सेनामा सामेल हुनेछन्। 5 तर पहिला हामी परमप्रभुसित सल्लाह गरौं।” 6 यसकारण इस्राएलका राजाले अगमवक्ताहरूको एउटा सभा बोलाए। त्यस बेला प्रातः 400 अगमवक्ताहरू थिए। राजाले अगमवक्तालाई सोधे, “के म लड्नु रामोत जानु पर्छ? अथवा के मैंले अर्को मौकाका लागि पर्खिनु पर्छ?” अगमवक्ताहरूले उत्तर दिए, “तिमीले जानु पर्छ अनि अहिले लडाँईं गर्नु पर्छ। परमप्रभुले राजालाई जिताउनु हुनेछ।” 7 तर यहोशापातले भने, “के यहाँ अरू परमेश्वरका अगमवक्ताहरू छन्? यदि छन् भने हामीले सोध्नु पर्छ परमेश्वर के भन्नुहुन्छ।” 8 इस्राएलका राजाले उत्तर दिए, “एक जना अरू अगमवक्ता छन्। उनको नाउँ मीकाया हो, इम्लाहाका छोरा हुन्। तर म उनलाई घृणा गर्दछु। जब उसले अगमवाणी बोल्दछन् उनी मेरो विषयमा राम्रो कुरा भन्दैनन्, तर खालि दुभार्ग्यको विषयमा भन्दछन्।” यहोशापातले भने, “एकजना राजाले त्यस्ता कुराहरू भन्नु हुँदैन!” 9 यसकारण राजाले उसका अधिकारीहरू मध्ये एक जनालाईं इम्लाहका छोरो मीकायाहलाई तत्कालै खोज्नु भनी अह्राए। 10 त्यस समयमा इस्राएलका राजा र यहूदाका राजा यहोशापात राजकीय पोषाकमा त्यहाँ थिए। तिनीहरू सिंहासनहरूमा बसिरहेका थिए। यो सामरियाको प्रवेशद्वारको छेऊ न्याय-आसनमा थियो। सबै अगमवक्ताहरू तिनीहरूको सामु उभिएका थिए अनि अगमवाणी गरिरहेका थिए। 11 अगमवक्ताहरू मध्ये एकजना सिदूकिया नाउँ भएका मानिस थिए। तिनी केनानीका छोरा थिए। सिदूकियाले केही फलामका सींगहरू बनाए। तब उनले आहाबलाई भने, “परमप्रभुले भन्नु भएकोछ, ‘तिनी यी फलामका सींगहरू अरामका सेनाको विरोधमा लडाईं गर्नमा प्रयोगगर्ने छौ। तिमीले तिनीहरूलाई परास्त गर्ने छौ अनि नष्ट पार्ने छौ।’” 12 सबै अरू अगमवक्ताहरू सिदकियाले भनेको कुरासित सहमत भए। अगमवक्ताहरूले भने, “गिलादको रामोतमा जाऊ र लडाईँमा विजयी होऊ। अहिले प्रस्थान गर्नु पर्छ। तिनीहरूले रामोतमा अरामका सेनाको विरोधमा लडाईं गर्नुपर्छ। तिमीले लडाईं जित्ने छौ। परमप्रभुले राजालाई विजयी गराउनुहुनेछ।” 13 यस्तो भइरहेको बेला अधिकारीहरू मीकायालाई खोज्न गए। अधिकारीहरूले मीकायालाई भेटे अनि भने, “अरू सबै अगमवक्ताहरूले भविष्यवाणी गरेका छन्, राजाको जीत हुनेछ। तिमीले पनि राजाको निम्ति असल कुराहरूका भविष्यवाणी गर्नु पर्छ।” 14 तर मीकायाले उत्तर दिए, “होइन, म परमप्रभुको जीवनको शपथ खाएर भन्दछु म त्यो कुराहरू मात्र भन्छु परमप्रभुले मलाई आज्ञा गर्नु हुन्छ।” 15 तब मीकाया राजा आहाब सामु उभिए। राजाले सोधे, “मीकाया, के हामी रामोत गिलादमा गएर युद्ध गर्नु अथवा नगर्नु?” मीकायाले उत्तर दिए, “हो, तपाईं झट्टै जानु पर्छ अनि अहिले तिनीहरूसँग युद्ध गर्नु पर्छ। परमप्रभुले राजालाई विजय गराउँनु हुनेछ।” 16 तर आहाबले उत्तर दिए, “तिमी परमप्रभुको शक्तिले वोलि रहेका छैनौ। तिमी आफ्नै शब्दहरू भनिरहेका छौ। यसकारण मलाई साँच्चो भन! कति पटक मैले तिमीलाई भन्नु पर्छ र भन, मलाई भन परमप्रभु के भन्नुहुन्छ!” 17 यसकारण मीकायाले उत्तर दिए, “म देख्न सक्छु के हुनेछ। इस्राएलका सेनाहरू पर्वत माथि छरिनेछन्। तिनीहरू हेरचाह गर्ने नभएको भेंडाहरू जस्तैं हुनेछन्। यही कुरा परमप्रभु भन्नुहुन्छ, ‘यी मानिसहरूको कोही अगुवा छैन। तिनीले घर जानु पर्छ अनि लडाईं गर्नु हुदैन।’” 18 तब इस्राएलका राजाले यहोशापातलाई भने, “सुन्नुहोस्, मैले तपाईंलाई भने कि यी अगमवक्ताले कहिले पनि मेरो विषयमा राम्रो कुराहरू भन्दैनन्। उसले मेरो निम्ति विपदको विषयमा मात्र अगमवाणी गर्छ।” 19 तब मीकाले भने, “सुन्नुहोस्, यी सबै परमप्रभुका वचनहरू हुन्। मैले परमप्रभुलाई स्वर्गमा सिंहासनमा बसिरहनु भएको देखें। उहाँका स्वर्गदूतहरू उहाँको वरिपरि उभिरहेका थिए। 20 परमप्रभुले भन्नुभयो, ‘तिमीहरूमध्ये कसले राजा आहाबलाई फसाउने? म चाहन्छु ऊ गिलादको रामोतमा जाओस् अनि त्यहाँ मारियोस्।’ विभिन्न स्वर्गदूतहरूले अलग अलग सुझाऊहरू पेश गरे। 21 तब परमप्रभुका आत्मा आए र भने, ‘म उनलाई फसाउने छु।’ परमप्रभुले उत्तर दिनुभयो, ‘तिमीले राजा आहाबलाई कसरी फसाउँछौ?’ 22 र्स्वगदूतले उत्तर दिए, ‘म आहाबका सबै अगमवक्ताहरूलाई अलमलाउनेछु। म अगमवक्ताहरूलाई राजा आहाब समक्ष झूटो बोल्न लाउँनेछु। सबै अगमवक्ताहरूको वचनहरू झूटो हुनेछ।’ यसकारण परमप्रभुले भन्नुभयो, ‘सही हो, जाऊ राजा आहाबलाई फँसाऊ। तिमी सफल हुनेछौ।’” 23 मीकायाले आफ्नो कथा पूरा गरे। तब उनले भने, “यसकारण यहाँ त्यस्तैं कुराहरू भए। परमप्रभुले तिम्रो सबै अगमवक्ताहरूलाई तिम्रो सामु झूटो बोल्न लगाउनुभयो। परमप्रभुले आफैं नै निर्णय लिनुभएकोछ। तिम्रो अघि ठूलो सङ्कट आउँने छ।” 24 तब केनानियाहका छोरा सिदिकया मीकाया कहाँ गए। उसले मीकायाको अनुहारमा हिर्काए अनि भने, “साँच्चै विश्वास गर्छौ परमप्रभुका शक्ति म देखि गयो अनि मबाट तिमीसँग बोल्नलाई जानुभयो?” 25 मीकाया उत्तर दिए, “त्यहाँ एक समय आउनेछ जतिबेला तिमी एउटा सानो कोठा भित्र जानेछौ अनि तिमी आफैं लुक्ने छौ। त्यस समयमा तिमीले थाह पाउनेछौ, कि म साँच्चो बोलिरहेको छु।” 26 तब इस्राएलका राजाले मीकायालाई पक्रिनु भनी उसका अधिकारीहरू मध्ये एक जनालाई आदेश दिए। राजाले भने, “उनलाई पक्र अनि शहरका राजपाल अमोन अनि राजकुमार योआश समक्ष लिएर जाऊ। 27 तिनीहरूलाई भन मीकायालाई जेलमा थुन्नु। उनलाई रोटी र पानी मात्र खान देऊ। म लडाईंबाट नफर्किन्जेल सम्म उनलाई त्यहीं राख।” 28 तब मीकायाले ठूलो स्वरमा भने, “यदि तपाईं लडाईंबाट सुरक्षित फर्केर आउनु भयो भने यो प्रमाण हुन्छ कि परमप्रभुले मद्वारा बोल्नु भएको होइन। उसले यो पनि भने, ‘मानिसहरू तिमीहरू सबैले सुन!’” 29 तब इस्राएलका र यहोशापात यहूदाका राजा रामोत गिलादमा गए। 30 इस्राएलका राजाले यहोशापातलाई भने, “हामी लडाईंका निम्ति तयारी गर्ने छौं। म यस्तो लुगा लगाउने छु जसले गर्दा म राजा जस्तो देखिन्न। तर तपाईंले विशेष लुगा लगाऊ जसले गर्दा तपाईं राजा जस्तो देखिनुहुन्छ।” यसकारण इस्राएलका राजाले राजा जस्तो नदेखिने लुगा लगाएर लडाईं शुरू गरे। 31 त्यहाँ अरामको राजासित 32 वटा रथ र सेनापतिहरू थिए। राजाले इस्राएलको राजा बाहेक, तिनीहरूको उच्चपदको वास्ता नगर्ने कसैसित पनि युद्ध नलड्ने आज्ञा दिनु भएको थियो। 32 यसकारण युद्धको समयमा यी सेनापतिहरूले राजा यहोशापातलाई देखे। सेनापतिहरूले सोचे, उनी नै इस्राएलका राजा हुन्। यसकारण तिनीहरू उनलाई मार्न हिंडे। यहोशापात चिच्याउन थाले। 33 सेनापतिहरूले देखे कि ऊ त्यो इस्राएलको राजा होइनन्। यसकारण तिनीहरूले उनलाई मारेनन्। 34 तर एक जना सैनिकले हावामा वाण हान्यो-उसको वाणले इस्राएलका राजामाथि प्रहार भयो। वाणले राजालाई सानो ठाउँमा लाग्यो जहाँ उसको कवचले छोपेको थिएन। यसकारण इस्राएलका राजाले उसको रथ सारथीलाई भने, “एउटा वाणले मलाई चोट पार्यो। रथलाई यस क्षेत्रबाट बाहिर हाँक। हामीले लडाईं मैदानबाट टाढा जानु पर्छ।” 35 डरलाग्दो लडाईँ भइरहेको थियो। इस्राएलका राजा आफ्नो रथमा नै रहे। उनी रथको एकतिर ढल्कि रहेका थिए। उसले अरामका सेनाहरूलाई हेरिरहेका थिए। उनको रगत तलतिर बगिरहेको थियो अनि रथको तल्लो भागलाई ढाकिरहेको थिए। त्यही दिन बेलुकी तिर राजाको मृत्यु भयो। 36 सूर्यअस्त भए पछि एउटा आवाजद्वारा इस्राएलीहरूका प्रत्येक सैनिकलाई आ-आफ्नो शहर र भूमिमा जाने आदेश भयो। 37 यसकारण यस प्रकार राजा आहाबको मृत्यु भयो। केही मानिसहरूले उनको लाशलाई बोकेर सामरिया ल्याए। तिनीहरूले उनलाई त्यही गडे। 38 मानिसहरूले आहाबको रथलाई सामरियाको पोखरीमा धोए। कुकुरहरूले रथबाट राजा आहाबको रगत चाटे। अनि वेश्याहरूले पानीको प्रयोग नुहाउनमा गरे। यी घटनाहरू त्यसरी नै भए जसरी परमप्रभुले हुन्छ भन्नु भएको थियो। 39 सबै कामहरू जो राजा आहाबले आफ्नो शासन कालमा गरेका थिए इस्राएलका राजाहरूको इतिहासको पुस्तकमा लेखिएको छ। अनि त्यस किताबले हात्तीको दाँतको विषयमा बताउँदछ जसद्वारा राजाले महललाई अझै सुन्दर बनाएका थिए। पुस्तकले त्यस शहरको वर्णन गर्छ जसलाई राजाले बनाएका थिए। 40 आहाबको मृत्यु भयो अनि उनलाई पुर्खाहरू सँगै गाडियो। उनका छोरा अहज्याह उनी पछि राजा भए। यहूदाका राजा यहोशापात 41 आहाब इस्राएलका राजा भएको समयमा चौथो बर्षमा यहोशापात यहूदाका राजा भए। यहोशापात आसाका छोरा थिए। 42 जब यहोशापात 35 बर्षका थिए ऊ राजा भएका थिए। उसले यरूशलेममा 25 बर्ष शासन गरे। यहोशापातकी आमाको नाउँ अजूबा थियो। अजूबा शिल्हीकी छोरी थिइन्। 43 यहोशापातले आफ्ना पिता आसाको उदाहरण अनुशहरण गरे। उनले सबै आदेशहरू पालन गरे जो परमप्रभुले चाहानु भएको थियो। 44 तर यहोशापातले अग्ला स्थलहरूलाई नष्ट गरेनन्। मानिसहरूले लगातार ती ठाँउहरूमा बलि दिने अनि धूप बाल्ने काम गरिरहेका थिए। 45 यहोशापातले इस्राएलका राजासँग शान्ति सम्झौता गरे। यहोशापात साह्रै वीर थिए अनि धेरै युद्धहरू गरे। यी सबै कुराहरू जो उनले गरे यहूदाका राजाको इतिहासको पुस्तकमा लेखिएको छन्। 46 यहोशापातले सबै मानिस र स्त्रीहरूलाई पूजाको स्थान छोड्न वाध्य गराए जसले यौन सम्बन्धका लागि आफ्नो शरीर बेच्ने गर्दथे। ती मानिसहरू ती पूजा-स्थलमा त्यस समय देखि सेवा गर्दै आएका थिए जति बेला उनका पिता आसा राजा थिए। 47 यस समयमा एदोमको भूमिमा कोही राजा थिएनन्। भूमि राजपालद्वारा शासन गरिएको थियो। 48 राजा यहोशापातले केही समुद्री जहाज बनाएका थिए। उनी ती जहाजहरू ओपीर सम्म त्यहाँबाट सुन ल्याउनका लागि चलाउन चाहन्थे। तर कहिल्यै त्यहाँ गएनन् एस्योन गेबेरमा आफ्नै बन्दरगाहमा तिनीहरूलाई नष्ट गरियो। 49 अहाबका छोरो अहज्याहले यहोशापातलाई सहायता गर्न चाहान्थ्यो। अहज्याहले उसका केही नाविकहरू यहोशापातका नाविकहरूलाई सहायता गर्न पठाए तर यहोशापातले अहज्याहका नाविकहरूलाई ग्रहण गर्न अस्वीकार गरे। 50 यहोशापातको मृत्यु भयो अनि उनलाई आफ्ना पुर्खाहरूको छेऊमा गाडियो। उनलाई आफ्ना पुर्खाहरू सँग दाऊदको शहरमा गाडियो। तब उनका छोरा योराम राजा भए। इस्राएलका राजा अहज्याह 51 अहज्याह आहाबका छोरा थिए। तिनी राजा यहोशापातले यहूदामा शासन गरेको सत्रौं बर्षमा इस्राएलका राजा भए। अहज्याहले सामरियामा दुइ बर्ष शासन गरे। 52 अहज्याहले परमप्रभुको विरोधमा पाप गरे। उनले त्यस्तैं कामहरू गरे जस्तो उनका पिता आहाब, आमा इजेबेल अनि नबातका छोरा यारोबामले गरेका थिए। यी सबै शासकहरूले इस्राएली मानिसहरूलाई पापतिर बढी लगे। 53 अहज्याहले उनका पिता जस्तैं बालको पूजा अनि सेवा गरे। यसकारण अहज्याहले परमप्रभु इस्राएलका परमेश्वरलाई रिस उठ्ने बनाए। परमप्रभु ऊ माथि रिसाउनु भयो, जसरी उहाँ उसका पितासित ऊ भन्दा पहिला रिसाउनु भएको थियो।