"This is none of your business," the king said to Abishai and his brother Joab. "If he curses me because the LORD told him to, who has the right to ask why he does it?"

At once they screamed, "What do you want with us, you Son of God? Have you come to punish us before the right time?"

"You must not tell me what to do," Jesus replied. "My time has not yet come."

Do you think I have attacked your country and destroyed it without the LORD's help? The LORD himself told me to attack it and destroy it."

Do you think I have attacked your country and destroyed it without the LORD's help? The LORD himself told me to attack it and destroy it."

Now Amaziah, you boast that you have defeated the Edomites, but I advise you to stay at home. Why stir up trouble that will only bring disaster on you and your people?"