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His brothers retorted, "Yes, you will certainly be our king. You'll do a great job of bossing us around!" And they hated him still more for his dreams and for what he said.

But Yo'ash said to all those crowding around him, "You're defending Ba‘al, are you? It's your job to save him? Anyone who defends Ba‘al will be put to death before morning! If he's a god, let him defend himself! After all, somebody destroyed his altar!"

They stood up to ‘Uziyahu the king; they told him, "It isn't your job, ‘Uziyahu, to burn incense to Adonai ! The job of burning incense belongs to the cohanim, the descendants of Aharon, who have been consecrated. Get out of the sanctuary! You have trespassed, and Adonai , God, will not honor you for this."

It will go well with that servant if he is found doing his job when his master comes.

It will go well with that servant if he is found doing his job when his master comes.

Aha! I know what I'll do — something that will make people welcome me into their homes after I've lost my job here!'

For if I do this willingly, I have a reward; but if I do it unwillingly, I still do it, simply because I've been entrusted with a job.