⁵ saying, When will the new·​·moon be past, that we may ration rations, and the Sabbath, that we may open the grain^◦ stores, to make the ephah small, and to make the shekel great, and to subvert the balances by deceit,

¹⁰ And Shallum the son of Jabesh conspired against him, and smote him in front·​·of^◦ the people, and put· him ·to·​·death, and reigned in· his ·stead.