7. He heeded the judgment at Sinai, and the judgments of punishment at Horeb.
8. He anointed kings unto repentance, and he chose the prophets who would follow after him.
9. He was received into a whirlwind of fire, into a swift chariot with fiery horses.
10. He is written in the judgments of the times, so as to lessen the wrath of the Lord, to reconcile the heart of the father to the son, and to restore the tribes of Jacob.
11. Blessed are those who saw you, and who were adorned with your friendship.
12. For we live only in our life, and after death, our name will not be the same.
13. Certainly, Elijah was covered by the whirlwind, and his spirit was completed in Elisha. In his days, he was not fearful of the ruler, and no power defeated him.
14. No word overwhelmed him, and after death, his body prophesied.
15. In his life, he gave great portents, and in death, he wrought miracles.
16. In all these things, the people did not repent, and they did not withdraw from their sins, even until they were cast out of their land, and were dispersed throughout all the earth.
17. And there was left behind a people very few in number, but with a leader in the house of David.
18. Some of these did what pleased God. But others committed many sins.
19. Hezekiah fortified his city, and he brought water into its midst, and he dug into rock with iron, and he built a well for water.
20. In his days, Sennacherib rose up, and he sent Rabshakeh, and he lifted up his hand against them, and he extended his hand against Zion, and he became arrogant in his power.
21. Then their hearts and hands shook. And they were in pain, like women giving birth.
22. And they called upon the merciful Lord. And they spread their hands and lifted them up to heaven. And the holy Lord God quickly heeded their voice.
23. He was not mindful of their sins, and he did not give them over to their enemies. Instead, he purified them by the hand of Isaiah, the holy prophet.
24. He threw down the army of the Assyrians, and the Angel of the Lord crushed them.