וְעַתָּ֕ה שְֽׁמַֽע־ נָ֖א אֲדֹנִ֣י הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ תִּפָּל־ נָ֤א תְחִנָּתִי֙ לְפָנֶ֔יךָ וְאַל־ תְּשִׁבֵ֗נִי בֵּ֚ית יְהוֹנָתָ֣ן הַסֹּפֵ֔ר וְלֹ֥א אָמ֖וּת שָֽׁם׃

גם כל חפץ זה לעומת זה ברא האלקים, טוב לעומת רע. טוב מטוב, רע מרע. טוב מבחין את הרע, ורע מבחין את הטוב. טוב גנוז לצדיקים ורע לרשעים:

Judge me, O LORD; for I have walked in mine integrity: I have trusted also in the LORD; therefore I shall not slide.

Then I took Jaazaniah the son of Jeremiah, the son of Habaziniah, and his brethren, and all his sons, and the whole house of the Rechabites;

And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother’s blood crieth unto me from the ground.

For what pleasure hath he in his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off in the midst?

Then came forth unto him Eliakim, Hilkiah’s son, which was over the house, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, Asaph’s son, the recorder.