The Second Book of the Kings
1:1And Moab rebelled against Israel after
the death of Ahab. 1:2And Ahaziah fell down through the
lattice in his upper chamber that was in Samaria, and was sick: and he
sent messengers, and said unto them, Go, inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of
Ekron, whether I shall recover of this sickness. 1:3But the angel of
Jehovah said to Elijah the Tishbite, Arise, go up to meet the messengers
of the king of Samaria, and say unto them, Is it because there is no God
in Israel, that ye go to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron? 1:4Now
therefore thus saith Jehovah, Thou shalt not come down from the bed
whither thou art gone up, but shalt surely die. And Elijah departed.
1:5And the messengers returned unto him,
and he said unto them, Why is it that ye are returned? 1:6And
they said unto him, There came up a man to meet us, and said unto us, Go,
turn again unto the king that sent you, and say unto him, Thus saith
Jehovah, Is it because there is no God in Israel, that thou sendest to
inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron? therefore thou shalt not come
down from the bed whither thou art gone up, but shalt surely die. 1:7And
he said unto them, What manner of man was he that came up to meet you, and
told you these words? 1:8And they answered him, He was a hairy
man, and girt with a girdle of leather about his loins. And he said, It is
Elijah the Tishbite.
1:9Then the king sent unto him a
captain of fifty with his fifty. And he went up to him: and, behold, he
was sitting on the top of the hill. And he spake unto him, O man of God,
the king hath said, Come down. 1:10And Elijah answered and said to the
captain of fifty, If I be a man of God, let fire come down from heaven,
and consume thee and thy fifty. And there came down fire from heaven, and
consumed him and his fifty. 1:11And again he sent unto him another
captain of fifty and his fifty. And he answered and said unto him, O man
of God, thus hath the king said, Come down quickly. 1:12And Elijah answered
and said unto them, If I be a man of God, let fire come down from heaven,
and consume thee and thy fifty. And the fire of God came down from heaven,
and consumed him and his fifty. 1:13And again he sent the captain of a
third fifty with his fifty. And the third captain of fifty went up, and
came and fell on his knees before Elijah, and besought him, and said unto
him, O man of God, I pray thee, let my life, and the life of these fifty
thy servants, be precious in thy sight. 1:14Behold, there came
fire down from heaven, and consumed the two former captains of fifty with
their fifties; but now let my life be precious in thy sight. 1:15And
the angel of Jehovah said unto Elijah, Go down with him: be not afraid of
him. And he arose, and went down with him unto the king. 1:16And
he said unto him, Thus saith Jehovah, Forasmuch as thou hast sent
messengers to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron, is it because there
is no God in Israel to inquire of his word? therefore thou shalt not come
down from the bed whither thou art gone up, but shalt surely die.
1:17So he died according to the word of
Jehovah which Elijah had spoken. And Jehoram began to reign in his stead
in the second year of Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah;
because he had no son. 1:18Now the rest of the acts of Ahaziah
which he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the
kings of Israel?
2:1And it came to pass, when Jehovah would
take up Elijah by a whirlwind into heaven, that Elijah went with Elisha
from Gilgal. 2:2And Elijah said unto Elisha, Tarry
here, I pray thee; for Jehovah hath sent me as far as Beth-el. And Elisha
said, As Jehovah liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. So
they went down to Beth-el. 2:3And the sons of the prophets that were
at Beth-el came forth to Elisha, and said unto him, Knowest thou that
Jehovah will take away thy master from thy head to-day? And he said, Yea,
I know it; hold ye your peace. 2:4And Elijah said unto him, Elisha, tarry
here, I pray thee; for Jehovah hath sent me to Jericho. And he said, As
Jehovah liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. So they
came to Jericho. 2:5And the sons of the prophets that were
at Jericho came near to Elisha, and said unto him, Knowest thou that
Jehovah will take away thy master from thy head to-day? And he answered,
Yea, I know it; hold ye your peace. 2:6And Elijah said unto him, Tarry here, I
pray thee; for Jehovah hath sent me to the Jordan. And he said, As Jehovah
liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. And they two went
on. 2:7And fifty men of the sons of the
prophets went, and stood over against them afar off: and they two stood by
the Jordan. 2:8And Elijah took his mantle, and wrapped
it together, and smote the waters, and they were divided hither and
thither, so that they two went over on dry ground. 2:9And it came to pass,
when they were gone over, that Elijah said unto Elisha, Ask what I shall
do for thee, before I am taken from thee. And Elisha said, I pray thee,
let a double portion of thy spirit be upon me. 2:10And he said, Thou hast
asked a hard thing: nevertheless, if thou see me when I am taken
from thee, it shall be so unto thee; but if not, it shall not be so. 2:11And
it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that, behold, there
appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, which parted them both
asunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven. 2:12And
Elisha saw it, and he cried, My father, my father, the chariots of Israel
and the horsemen thereof!
And he saw him no more: and he took hold of his own clothes, and rent
them in two pieces. 2:13He took up also the mantle of Elijah
that fell from him, and went back, and stood by the bank of the Jordan. 2:14And
he took the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and smote the waters, and
said, Where is Jehovah, the God of Elijah? and when he also had smitten
the waters, they were divided hither and thither; and Elisha went over.
2:15And when the sons of the prophets that
were at Jericho over against him saw him, they said, The spirit of Elijah
doth rest on Elisha. And they came to meet him, and bowed themselves to
the ground before him. 2:16And they said unto him, Behold now,
there are with thy servants fifty strong men; let them go, we pray thee,
and seek thy master, lest the Spirit of Jehovah hath taken him up, and
cast him upon some mountain, or into some valley. And he said, Ye shall
not send. 2:17And when they urged him till he was
ashamed, he said, Send. They sent therefore fifty men; and they sought
three days, but found him not. 2:18And they came back to him, while he
tarried at Jericho; and he said unto them, Did I not say unto you, Go not?
2:19And the men of the city said unto
Elisha, Behold, we pray thee, the situation of this city is pleasant, as
my lord seeth: but the water is bad, and the land miscarrieth. 2:20And
he said, Bring me a new cruse, and put salt therein. And they brought it
to him. 2:21And he went forth unto the spring of
the waters, and cast salt therein, and said, Thus saith Jehovah, I have
healed these waters; there shall not be from thence any more death or
miscarrying. 2:22So the waters were healed unto this
day, according to the word of Elisha which he spake.
2:23And he went up from thence unto
Beth-el; and as he was going up by the way, there came forth young lads
out of the city, and mocked him, and said unto him, Go up, thou baldhead;
go up, thou baldhead. 2:24And he looked behind him and saw them,
and cursed them in the name of Jehovah. And there came forth two she-bears
out of the wood, and tare forty and two lads of them. 2:25And
he went from thence to mount Carmel, and from thence he returned to
Samaria.
3:1Now Jehoram the son of Ahab began to
reign over Israel in Samaria in the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of
Judah, and reigned twelve years. 3:2And he did that which was evil in the
sight of Jehovah, but not like his father, and like his mother; for he put
away the pillar of Baal that his father had made. 3:3Nevertheless he cleaved
unto the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, wherewith he made Israel to
sin; he departed not therefrom.
3:4Now Mesha king of Moab was a
sheep-master; and he rendered unto the king of Israel the wool of a
hundred thousand lambs, and of a hundred thousand rams. 3:5But
it came to pass, when Ahab was dead, that the king of Moab rebelled
against the king of Israel. 3:6And king Jehoram went out of Samaria at
that time, and mustered all Israel. 3:7And he went and sent to Jehoshaphat the
king of Judah, saying, The king of Moab hath rebelled against me: wilt
thou go with me against Moab to battle? And he said, I will go up: I am as
thou art, my people as thy people, my horses as thy horses. 3:8And
he said, Which way shall we go up? And he answered, The way of the
wilderness of Edom. 3:9So the king of Israel went, and the
king of Judah, and the king of Edom; and they made a circuit of seven
days' journey: and there was no water for the host, nor for the beasts
that followed them. 3:10And the king of Israel said, Alas! for
Jehovah hath called these three kings together to deliver them into the
hand of Moab. 3:11But Jehoshaphat said, Is there not
here a prophet of Jehovah, that we may inquire of Jehovah by him? And one
of the king of Israel's servants answered and said, Elisha the son of
Shaphat is here, who poured water on the hands of Elijah. 3:12And
Jehoshaphat said, The word of Jehovah is with him. So the king of Israel
and Jehoshaphat and the king of Edom went down to him.
3:13And Elisha said unto the king of
Israel, What have I to do with thee? get thee to the prophets of thy
father, and to the prophets of thy mother. And the king of Israel said
unto him, Nay; for Jehovah hath called these three kings together to
deliver them into the hand of Moab. 3:14And Elisha said, As Jehovah of hosts
liveth, before whom I stand, surely, were it not that I regard the
presence of Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, I would not look toward thee,
nor see thee. 3:15But now bring me a minstrel. And it
came to pass, when the minstrel played, that the hand of Jehovah came upon
him. 3:16And he said, Thus saith Jehovah, Make
this valley full of trenches. 3:17For thus saith Jehovah, Ye shall not
see wind, neither shall ye see rain; yet that valley shall be filled with
water, and ye shall drink, both ye and your cattle and your beasts. 3:18And
this is but a light thing in the sight of Jehovah: he will also deliver
the Moabites into your hand. 3:19And ye shall smite every fortified
city, and every choice city, and shall fell every good tree, and stop all
fountains of water, and mar every good piece of land with stones. 3:20And
it came to pass in the morning, about the time of offering the oblation,
that, behold, there came water by the way of Edom, and the country was
filled with water.
3:21Now when all the Moabites heard that
the kings were come up to fight against them, they gathered themselves
together, all that were able to put on armor, and upward, and stood on the
border. 3:22And they rose up early in the morning,
and the sun shone upon the water, and the Moabites saw the water over
against them as red as blood: 3:23and they said, This is blood; the
kings are surely destroyed, and they have smitten each man his fellow: now
therefore, Moab, to the spoil. 3:24And when they came to the camp of
Israel, the Israelites rose up and smote the Moabites, so that they fled
before them; and they went forward into the land smiting the Moabites. 3:25And
they beat down the cities; and on every good piece of land they cast every
man his stone, and filled it; and they stopped all the fountains of water,
and felled all the good trees, until in Kir-hareseth only they left
the stones thereof; howbeit the slingers went about it, and smote it. 3:26And
when the king of Moab saw that the battle was too sore for him, he took
with him seven hundred men that drew sword, to break through unto the king
of Edom; but they could not. 3:27Then he took his eldest son that
should have reigned in his stead, and offered him for a burnt-offering
upon the wall. And there was great wrath against Israel: and they departed
from him, and returned to their own land.
4:1Now there cried a certain woman of the
wives of the sons of the prophets unto Elisha, saying, Thy servant my
husband is dead; and thou knowest that thy servant did fear Jehovah: and
the creditor is come to take unto him my two children to be bondmen. 4:2And
Elisha said unto her, What shall I do for thee? tell me; what hast thou in
the house? And she said, Thy handmaid hath not anything in the house, save
a pot of oil. 4:3Then he said, Go, borrow thee vessels
abroad of all thy neighbors, even empty vessels; borrow not a few. 4:4And
thou shalt go in, and shut the door upon thee and upon thy sons, and pour
out into all those vessels; and thou shalt set aside that which is full.
4:5So
she went from him, and shut the door upon her and upon her sons; they
brought the vessels to her, and she poured out. 4:6And
it came to pass, when the vessels were full, that she said unto her son,
Bring me yet a vessel. And he said unto her, There is not a vessel more.
And the oil stayed. 4:7Then she came and told the man of God.
And he said, Go, sell the oil, and pay thy debt, and live thou and thy
sons of the rest.
4:8And it fell on a day, that Elisha
passed to Shunem, where was a great woman; and she constrained him to eat
bread. And so it was, that as oft as he passed by, he turned in thither to
eat bread. 4:9And she said unto her husband, Behold
now, I perceive that this is a holy man of God, that passeth by us
continually. 4:10Let us make, I pray thee, a little
chamber on the wall; and let us set for him there a bed, and a table, and
a seat, and a candlestick: and it shall be, when he cometh to us, that he
shall turn in thither. 4:11And it fell on a day, that he came
thither, and he turned into the chamber and lay there. 4:12And
he said to Gehazi his servant, Call this Shunammite. And when he had
called her, she stood before him. 4:13And he said unto him, Say now unto
her, Behold, thou hast been careful for us with all this care; what is to
be done for thee? wouldest thou be spoken for to the king, or to the
captain of the host? And she answered, I dwell among mine own people. 4:14And
he said, What then is to be done for her? And Gehazi answered, Verily she
hath no son, and her husband is old. 4:15And he said, Call her. And when he had
called her, she stood in the door. 4:16And he said, At this season, when the
time cometh round, thou shalt embrace a son. And she said, Nay, my lord,
thou man of God, do not lie unto thy handmaid.
4:17And the woman conceived, and bare a
son at that season, when the time came round, as Elisha had said unto her.
4:18And when the child was grown, it fell
on a day, that he went out to his father to the reapers. 4:19And
he said unto his father, My head, my head. And he said to his servant,
Carry him to his mother. 4:20And when he had taken him, and brought
him to his mother, he sat on her knees till noon, and then died. 4:21And
she went up and laid him on the bed of the man of God, and shut the
door upon him, and went out. 4:22And she called unto her husband, and
said, Send me, I pray thee, one of the servants, and one of the asses,
that I may run to the man of God, and come again. 4:23And he said, Wherefore
wilt thou go to him to-day? it is neither new moon nor sabbath. And she
said, It shall be well. 4:24Then she saddled an ass, and said to
her servant, Drive, and go forward; slacken me not the riding, except I
bid thee. 4:25So she went, and came unto the man of
God to mount Carmel.
And it came to pass, when the man of God saw her afar off, that he said
to Gehazi his servant, Behold, yonder is the Shunammite: 4:26run, I pray thee, now to meet her, and
say unto her, Is it well with thee? is it well with thy husband? is it
well with the child? And she answered, It is well. 4:27And when she came to
the man of God to the hill, she caught hold of his feet. And Gehazi came
near to thrust her away; but the man of God said, Let her alone: for her
soul is vexed within her; and Jehovah hath hid it from me, and hath not
told me. 4:28Then she said, Did I desire a son of
my lord? did I not say, Do not deceive me? 4:29Then he said to
Gehazi, Gird up thy loins, and take my staff in thy hand, and go thy way:
if thou meet any man, salute him not; and if any salute thee, answer him
not again: and lay my staff upon the face of the child. 4:30And
the mother of the child said, As Jehovah liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I
will not leave thee. And he arose, and followed her. 4:31And Gehazi passed on
before them, and laid the staff upon the face of the child; but there was
neither voice, nor hearing. Wherefore he returned to meet him, and told
him, saying, The child is not awaked.
4:32And when Elisha was come into the
house, behold, the child was dead, and laid upon his bed. 4:33He
went in therefore, and shut the door upon them twain, and prayed unto
Jehovah. 4:34And he went up, and lay upon the
child, and put his mouth upon his mouth, and his eyes upon his eyes, and
his hands upon his hands: and he stretched himself upon him; and the flesh
of the child waxed warm. 4:35Then he returned, and walked in the
house once to and fro; and went up, and stretched himself upon him: and
the child sneezed seven times, and the child opened his eyes. 4:36And
he called Gehazi, and said, Call this Shunammite. So he called her. And
when she was come in unto him, he said, Take up thy son. 4:37Then she went in, and fell at his
feet, and bowed herself to the ground; and she took up her son, and went
out.
4:38And Elisha came again to Gilgal. And
there was a dearth in the land; and the sons of the prophets were sitting
before him; and he said unto his servant, Set on the great pot, and boil
pottage for the sons of the prophets. 4:39And one went out into
the field to gather herbs, and found a wild vine, and gathered thereof
wild gourds his lap full, and came and shred them into the pot of pottage;
for they knew them not. 4:40So they poured out for the men to eat.
And it came to pass, as they were eating of the pottage, that they cried
out, and said, O man of God, there is death in the pot. And they could not
eat thereof. 4:41But he said, Then bring meal. And he
cast it into the pot; and he said, Pour out for the people, that they may
eat. And there was no harm in the pot.
4:42And there came a man from
Baal-shalishah, and brought the man of God bread of the first-fruits,
twenty loaves of barley, and fresh ears of grain in his sack. And he said,
Give unto the people, that they may eat. 4:43And his servant said,
What, should I set this before a hundred men? But he said, Give the
people, that they may eat; for thus saith Jehovah, They shall eat, and
shall leave thereof. 4:44So he set it before them, and they did
eat, and left thereof, according to the word of Jehovah.
5:1Now Naaman, captain of the host of the
king of Syria, was a great man with his master, and honorable, because by
him Jehovah had given victory unto Syria: he was also a mighty man of
valor, but he was a leper. 5:2And the Syrians had gone out in bands,
and had brought away captive out of the land of Israel a little maiden;
and she waited on Naaman's wife. 5:3And she said unto her mistress, Would
that my lord were with the prophet that is in Samaria! then would he
recover him of his leprosy. 5:4And one went in, and told his lord,
saying, Thus and thus said the maiden that is of the land of Israel. 5:5And
the king of Syria said, Go now, and I will send a letter unto the king of
Israel. And he departed, and took with him ten talents of silver, and six
thousand pieces of gold, and ten changes of raiment. 5:6And
he brought the letter to the king of Israel, saying, And now when this
letter is come unto thee, behold, I have sent Naaman my servant to thee,
that thou mayest recover him of his leprosy. 5:7And it came to pass,
when the king of Israel had read the letter, that he rent his clothes, and
said, Am I God, to kill and to make alive, that this man doth send unto me
to recover a man of his leprosy? but consider, I pray you, and see how he
seeketh a quarrel against me.
5:8And it was so, when Elisha the man of
God heard that the king of Israel had rent his clothes, that he sent to
the king, saying, Wherefore hast thou rent thy clothes? let him come now
to me, and he shall know that there is a prophet in Israel. 5:9So
Naaman came with his horses and with his chariots, and stood at the door
of the house of Elisha. 5:10And Elisha sent a messenger unto him,
saying, Go and wash in the Jordan seven times, and thy flesh shall come
again to thee, and thou shalt be clean. 5:11But Naaman was wroth,
and went away, and said, Behold, I thought, He will surely come out to me,
and stand, and call on the name of Jehovah his God, and wave his hand over
the place, and recover the leper. 5:12Are not Abanah and Pharpar, the rivers
of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? may I not wash in them,
and be clean? So he turned and went away in a rage. 5:13And his servants came
near, and spake unto him, and said, My father, if the prophet had bid thee
do some great thing, wouldest thou not have done it? how much rather then,
when he saith to thee, Wash, and be clean? 5:14Then went he down, and
dipped himself seven times in the Jordan, according to the saying
of the man of God; and his flesh came again like unto the flesh of a
little child, and he was clean.
5:15And he returned to the man of God, he
and all his company, and came, and stood before him; and he said, Behold
now, I know that there is no God in all the earth, but in Israel: now
therefore, I pray thee, take a present of thy servant. 5:16But
he said, As Jehovah liveth, before whom I stand, I will receive none. And
he urged him to take it; but he refused. 5:17And Naaman said, If
not, yet, I pray thee, let there be given to thy servant two mules' burden
of earth; for thy servant will henceforth offer neither burnt-offering nor
sacrifice unto other gods, but unto Jehovah. 5:18In this thing Jehovah
pardon thy servant: when my master goeth into the house of Rimmon to
worship there, and he leaneth on my hand, and I bow myself in the house of
Rimmon, when I bow myself in the house of Rimmon, Jehovah pardon thy
servant in this thing. 5:19And he said unto him, Go in peace. So
he departed from him a little way.
5:20But Gehazi the servant of Elisha the
man of God, said, Behold, my master hath spared this Naaman the Syrian, in
not receiving at his hands that which he brought: as Jehovah liveth, I
will run after him, and take somewhat of him. 5:21So Gehazi followed
after Naaman. And when Naaman saw one running after him, he alighted from
the chariot to meet him, and said, Is all well? 5:22And he said, All is
well. My master hath sent me, saying, Behold, even now there are come to
me from the hill-country of Ephraim two young men of the sons of the
prophets; give them, I pray thee, a talent of silver, and two changes of
raiment. 5:23And Naaman said, Be pleased to take
two talents. And he urged him, and bound two talents of silver in two
bags, with two changes of raiment, and laid them upon two of his servants;
and they bare them before him. 5:24And when he came to the hill, he took
them from their hand, and bestowed them in the house; and he let the men
go, and they departed. 5:25But he went in, and stood before his
master. And Elisha said unto him, Whence comest thou, Gehazi? And he said,
Thy servant went no whither. 5:26And he said unto him, Went not my
heart with thee, when the man turned from his chariot to meet thee?
Is it a time to receive money, and to receive garments, and oliveyards and
vineyards, and sheep and oxen, and men-servants and maid-servants? 5:27The
leprosy therefore of Naaman shall cleave unto thee, and unto thy seed for
ever. And he went out from his presence a leper as white as snow.
6:1And the sons of the prophets said unto
Elisha, Behold now, the place where we dwell before thee is too strait for
us. 6:2Let us go, we pray thee, unto the
Jordan, and take thence every man a beam, and let us make us a place
there, where we may dwell. And he answered, Go ye. 6:3And one said, Be
pleased, I pray thee, to go with thy servants. And he answered, I will go.
6:4So
he went with them. And when they came to the Jordan, they cut down wood.
6:5But as one was felling a beam, the
axe-head fell into the water; and he cried, and said, Alas, my master! for
it was borrowed. 6:6And the man of God said, Where fell it?
And he showed him the place. And he cut down a stick, and cast it in
thither, and made the iron to swim. 6:7And he said, Take it up to thee. So he
put out his hand, and took it.
6:8Now the king of Syria was warring
against Israel; and he took counsel with his servants, saying, In such and
such a place shall be my camp. 6:9And the man of God sent unto the king
of Israel, saying, Beware that thou pass not such a place; for thither the
Syrians are coming down. 6:10And the king of Israel sent to the
place which the man of God told him and warned him of; and he saved
himself there, not once nor twice. 6:11And the heart of the king of Syria was
sore troubled for this thing; and he called his servants, and said unto
them, Will ye not show me which of us is for the king of Israel? 6:12And
one of his servants said, Nay, my lord, O king; but Elisha, the prophet
that is in Israel, telleth the king of Israel the words that thou speakest
in thy bedchamber. 6:13And he said, Go and see where he is,
that I may send and fetch him. And it was told him, saying, Behold, he is
in Dothan.
6:14Therefore sent he thither horses, and
chariots, and a great host: and they came by night, and compassed the city
about. 6:15And when the servant of the man of God
was risen early, and gone forth, behold, a host with horses and chariots
was round about the city. And his servant said unto him, Alas, my master!
how shall we do? 6:16And he answered, Fear not; for they
that are with us are more than they that are with them. 6:17And
Elisha prayed, and said, Jehovah, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may
see. And Jehovah opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw: and,
behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about
Elisha. 6:18And when they came down to him, Elisha
prayed unto Jehovah, and said, Smite this people, I pray thee, with
blindness. And he smote them with blindness according to the word of
Elisha. 6:19And Elisha said unto them, This is not
the way, neither is this the city: follow me, and I will bring you to the
man whom ye seek. And he led them to Samaria.
6:20And it came to pass, when they were
come into Samaria, that Elisha said, Jehovah, open the eyes of these men,
that they may see. And Jehovah opened their eyes, and they saw; and,
behold, they were in the midst of Samaria. 6:21And the king of Israel
said unto Elisha, when he saw them, My father, shall I smite them? shall I
smite them? 6:22And he answered, Thou shalt not smite
them: wouldest thou smite those whom thou hast taken captive with thy
sword and with thy bow? set bread and water before them, that they may eat
and drink, and go to their master. 6:23And he prepared great provision for
them; and when they had eaten and drunk, he sent them away, and they went
to their master. And the bands of Syria came no more into the land of
Israel.
6:24And it came to pass after this, that
Benhadad king of Syria gathered all his host, and went up, and besieged
Samaria. 6:25And there was a great famine in
Samaria: and, behold, they besieged it, until an ass's head was sold for
fourscore pieces of silver, and the fourth part of a kab of dove's
dung for five pieces of silver. 6:26And as the king of
Israel was passing by upon the wall, there cried a woman unto him, saying,
Help, my lord, O king. 6:27And he said, If Jehovah do not help
thee, whence shall I help thee? out of the threshing-floor, or out of the
winepress? 6:28And the king said unto her, What
aileth thee? And she answered, This woman said unto me, Give thy son, that
we may eat him to-day, and we will eat my son to-morrow. 6:29So
we boiled my son, and did eat him: and I said unto her on the next day,
Give thy son, that we may eat him; and she hath hid her son. 6:30And
it came to pass, when the king heard the words of the woman, that he rent
his clothes (now he was passing by upon the wall); and the people looked,
and, behold, he had sackcloth within upon his flesh. 6:31Then he said, God do
so to me, and more also, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat shall
stand on him this day.
6:32But Elisha was sitting in his house,
and the elders were sitting with him; and the king sent a man from
before him: but ere the messenger came to him, he said to the elders, See
ye how this son of a murderer hath sent to take away my head? look, when
the messenger cometh, shut the door, and hold the door fast against him:
is not the sound of his master's feet behind him? 6:33And while he was yet
talking with them, behold, the messenger came down unto him: and he said,
Behold, this evil is of Jehovah; why should I wait for Jehovah any longer?
7:1And Elisha said, Hear ye the word of
Jehovah: thus saith Jehovah, To-morrow about this time shall a measure of
fine flour be sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a
shekel, in the gate of Samaria. 7:2Then the captain on whose hand the king
leaned answered the man of God, and said, Behold, if Jehovah should make
windows in heaven, might this thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt
see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof.
7:3Now there were four leprous men at the
entrance of the gate: and they said one to another, Why sit we here until
we die? 7:4If we say, We will enter into the city,
then the famine is in the city, and we shall die there; and if we sit
still here, we die also. Now therefore come, and let us fall unto the host
of the Syrians: if they save us alive, we shall live; and if they kill us,
we shall but die. 7:5And they rose up in the twilight, to go
unto the camp of the Syrians; and when they were come to the outermost
part of the camp of the Syrians, behold, there was no man there. 7:6For
the Lord had made the host of the Syrians to hear a noise of chariots, and
a noise of horses, even the noise of a great host: and they said one to
another, Lo, the king of Israel hath hired against us the kings of the
Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come upon us. 7:7Wherefore they arose and fled in the
twilight, and left their tents, and their horses, and their asses, even
the camp as it was, and fled for their life. 7:8And when these lepers
came to the outermost part of the camp, they went into one tent, and did
eat and drink, and carried thence silver, and gold, and raiment, and went
and hid it; and they came back, and entered into another tent, and carried
thence also, and went and hid it.
7:9Then they said one to another, We do
not well; this day is a day of good tidings, and we hold our peace: if we
tarry till the morning light, punishment will overtake us; now therefore
come, let us go and tell the king's household. 7:10So they came and
called unto the porter of the city; and they told them, saying, We came to
the camp of the Syrians, and, behold, there was no man there, neither
voice of man, but the horses tied, and the asses tied, and the tents as
they were. 7:11And he called the porters; and they
told it to the king's household within. 7:12And the king arose in
the night, and said unto his servants, I will now show you what the
Syrians have done to us. They know that we are hungry; therefore are they
gone out of the camp to hide themselves in the field, saying, When they
come out of the city, we shall take them alive, and get into the city. 7:13And
one of his servants answered and said, Let some take, I pray thee, five of
the horses that remain, which are left in the city (behold, they are as
all the multitude of Israel that are left in it; behold, they are as all
the multitude of Israel that are consumed); and let us send and see. 7:14They took therefore two chariots with
horses; and the king sent after the host of the Syrians, saying, Go and
see. 7:15And they went after them unto the
Jordan: and, lo, all the way was full of garments and vessels, which the
Syrians had cast away in their haste. And the messengers returned, and
told the king.
7:16And the people went out, and plundered
the camp of the Syrians. So a measure of fine flour was sold for a
shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, according to the word of
Jehovah. 7:17And the king appointed the captain on
whose hand he leaned to have the charge of the gate: and the people trod
upon him in the gate, and he died as the man of God had said, who spake
when the king came down to him. 7:18And it came to pass, as the man of God
had spoken to the king, saying, Two measures of barley for a shekel, and a
measure of fine flour for a shekel, shall be to-morrow about this time in
the gate of Samaria; 7:19and that captain answered the man of
God, and said, Now, behold, if Jehovah should make windows in heaven,
might such a thing be? and he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine
eyes, but shalt not eat thereof: 7:20it came to pass even so unto him; for
the people trod upon him in the gate, and he died.
8:1Now Elisha had spoken unto the woman,
whose son he had restored to life, saying, Arise, and go thou and thy
household, and sojourn wheresoever thou canst sojourn: for Jehovah hath
called for a famine; and it shall also come upon the land seven years. 8:2And
the woman arose, and did according to the word of the man of God; and she
went with her household, and sojourned in the land of the Philistines
seven years. 8:3And it came to pass at the seven years'
end, that the woman returned out of the land of the Philistines: and she
went forth to cry unto the king for her house and for her land. 8:4Now
the king was talking with Gehazi the servant of the man of God, saying,
Tell me, I pray thee, all the great things that Elisha hath done. 8:5And
it came to pass, as he was telling the king how he had restored to life
him that was dead, that, behold, the woman, whose son he had restored to
life, cried to the king for her house and for her land. And Gehazi said,
My lord, O king, this is the woman, and this is her son, whom Elisha
restored to life. 8:6And when the king asked the woman, she
told him. So the king appointed unto her a certain officer, saying,
Restore all that was hers, and all the fruits of the field since the day
that she left the land, even until now.
8:7And Elisha came to Damascus; and
Benhadad the king of Syria was sick; and it was told him, saying, The man
of God is come hither. 8:8And the king said unto Hazael, Take a
present in thy hand, and go, meet the man of God, and inquire of Jehovah
by him, saying, Shall I recover of this sickness? 8:9So Hazael went to meet
him, and took a present with him, even of every good thing of Damascus,
forty camels' burden, and came and stood before him, and said, Thy son
Benhadad king of Syria hath sent me to thee, saying, Shall I recover of
this sickness? 8:10And Elisha said unto him, Go, say unto
him, Thou shalt surely recover; howbeit Jehovah hath showed me that he
shall surely die. 8:11And he settled his countenance
stedfastly upon him, until he was ashamed: and the man of God wept.
8:12And Hazael said, Why weepeth my lord?
And he answered, Because I know the evil that thou wilt do unto the
children of Israel: their strongholds wilt thou set on fire, and their
young men wilt thou slay with the sword, and wilt dash in pieces their
little ones, and rip up their women with child. 8:13And Hazael said, But
what is thy servant, who is but a dog, that he should do this great thing?
And Elisha answered, Jehovah hath showed me that thou shalt be king over
Syria. 8:14Then he departed from Elisha, and came
to his master; who said to him, What said Elisha to thee? And he answered,
He told me that thou wouldest surely recover. 8:15And it came to pass on
the morrow, that he took the coverlet, and dipped it in water, and spread
it on his face, so that he died: and Hazael reigned in his stead.
8:16And in the fifth year of Joram the son
of Ahab king of Israel, Jehoshaphat being then king of Judah, Jehoram the
son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah began to reign. 8:17Thirty and two years
old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned eight years in
Jerusalem. 8:18And he walked in the way of the kings
of Israel, as did the house of Ahab: for he had the daughter of Ahab to
wife; and he did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah. 8:19Howbeit Jehovah would not destroy
Judah, for David his servant's sake, as he promised him to give unto him a
lamp for his children alway.
8:20In his days Edom revolted from under
the hand of Judah, and made a king over themselves. 8:21Then Joram passed over
to Zair, and all his chariots with him: and he rose up by night, and smote
the Edomites that compassed him about, and the captains of the chariots;
and the people fled to their tents. 8:22So Edom revolted from under the hand
of Judah unto this day. Then did Libnah revolt at the same time. 8:23And
the rest of the acts of Joram, and all that he did, are they not written
in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? 8:24And Joram slept with
his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David; and
Ahaziah his son reigned in his stead.
8:25In the twelfth year of Joram the son
of Ahab king of Israel did Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah begin
to reign. 8:26Two and twenty years old was Ahaziah
when he began to reign; and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. And his
mother's name was Athaliah the daughter of Omri king of Israel. 8:27And
he walked in the way of the house of Ahab, and did that which was evil in
the sight of Jehovah, as did the house of Ahab; for he was the son-in-law
of the house of Ahab. 8:28And he went with Joram the son of Ahab
to war against Hazael king of Syria at Ramoth-gilead: and the Syrians
wounded Joram. 8:29And king Joram returned to be healed
in Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians had given him at Ramah, when he
fought against Hazael king of Syria. And Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king
of Judah went down to see Joram the son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he was
sick.
9:1And Elisha the prophet called one of
the sons of the prophets, and said unto him, Gird up thy loins, and take
this vial of oil in thy hand, and go to Ramoth-gilead. 9:2And
when thou comest thither, look out there Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the
son of Nimshi, and go in, and make him arise up from among his brethren,
and carry him to an inner chamber. 9:3Then take the vial of oil, and pour it
on his head, and say, Thus saith Jehovah, I have anointed thee king over
Israel. Then open the door, and flee, and tarry not. 9:4So the young man, even
the young man the prophet, went to Ramoth-gilead. 9:5And when he came,
behold, the captains of the host were sitting; and he said, I have an
errand to thee, O captain. And Jehu said, Unto which of us all? And he
said, To thee, O captain. 9:6And he arose, and went into the house;
and he poured the oil on his head, and said unto him, Thus saith Jehovah,
the God of Israel, I have anointed thee king over the people of Jehovah,
even over Israel. 9:7And thou shalt smite the house of Ahab
thy master, that I may avenge the blood of my servants the prophets, and
the blood of all the servants of Jehovah, at the hand of Jezebel. 9:8For
the whole house of Ahab shall perish; and I will cut off from Ahab every
man-child, and him that is shut up and him that is left at large in
Israel. 9:9And I will make the house of Ahab like
the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the
son of Ahijah. 9:10And the dogs shall eat Jezebel in the
portion of Jezreel, and there shall be none to bury her. And he opened the
door, and fled.
9:11Then Jehu came forth to the servants
of his lord: and one said unto him, Is all well? wherefore came this mad
fellow to thee? And he said unto them, Ye know the man and what his talk
was. 9:12And they said, It is false; tell us
now. And he said, Thus and thus spake he to me, saying, Thus saith
Jehovah, I have anointed thee king over Israel. 9:13Then they hasted, and
took every man his garment, and put it under him on the top of the stairs,
and blew the trumpet, saying, Jehu is king.
9:14So Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son
of Nimshi conspired against Joram. (Now Joram was keeping Ramoth-gilead,
he and all Israel, because of Hazael king of Syria; 9:15but king Joram was
returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians had given
him, when he fought with Hazael king of Syria.) And Jehu said, If this be
your mind, then let none escape and go forth out of the city, to go to
tell it in Jezreel. 9:16So Jehu rode in a chariot, and went to
Jezreel; for Joram lay there. And Ahaziah king of Judah was come down to
see Joram.
9:17Now the watchman was standing on the
tower in Jezreel, and he spied the company of Jehu as he came, and said, I
see a company. And Joram said, Take a horseman, and send to meet them, and
let him say, Is it peace? 9:18So there went one on horseback to meet
him, and said, Thus saith the king, Is it peace? And Jehu said, What hast
thou to do with peace? turn thee behind me. And the watchman told, saying,
The messenger came to them, but he cometh not back. 9:19Then he sent out a
second on horseback, who came to them, and said, Thus saith the king, Is
it peace? And Jehu answered, What hast thou to do with peace? turn thee
behind me. 9:20And the watchman told, saying, He came
even unto them, and cometh not back: and the driving is like the driving
of Jehu the son of Nimshi; for he driveth furiously.
9:21And Joram said, Make ready. And they
made ready his chariot. And Joram king of Israel and Ahaziah king of Judah
went out, each in his chariot, and they went out to meet Jehu, and found
him in the portion of Naboth the Jezreelite. 9:22And it came to pass,
when Joram saw Jehu, that he said, Is it peace, Jehu? And he answered,
What peace, so long as the whoredoms of thy mother Jezebel and her
witchcrafts are so many? 9:23And Joram turned his hands, and fled,
and said to Ahaziah, There is treachery, O Ahaziah. 9:24And Jehu drew his bow
with his full strength, and smote Joram between his arms; and the arrow
went out at his heart, and he sunk down in his chariot. 9:25Then said Jehu to Bidkar his
captain, Take up, and cast him in the portion of the field of Naboth the
Jezreelite; for remember how that, when I and thou rode together after
Ahab his father, Jehovah laid this burden upon him: 9:26Surely I have seen
yesterday the blood of Naboth, and the blood of his sons, saith Jehovah;
and I will requite thee in this plat, saith Jehovah. Now therefore take
and cast him into the plat of ground, according to the word of
Jehovah.
9:27But when Ahaziah the king of Judah saw
this, he fled by the way of the garden-house. And Jehu followed after him,
and said, Smite him also in the chariot: and they smote him at the
ascent of Gur, which is by Ibleam. And he fled to Megiddo, and died there.
9:28And his servants carried him in a
chariot to Jerusalem, and buried him in his sepulchre with his fathers in
the city of David.
9:29And in the eleventh year of Joram the
son of Ahab began Ahaziah to reign over Judah. 9:30And when Jehu was come
to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it; and she painted her eyes, and attired her
head, and looked out at the window. 9:31And as Jehu entered in at the gate,
she said, Is it peace, thou Zimri, thy master's murderer? 9:32And
he lifted up his face to the window, and said, Who is on my side? who? And
there looked out to him two or three eunuchs. 9:33And he said, Throw her
down. So they threw her down; and some of her blood was sprinkled on the
wall, and on the horses: and he trod her under foot. 9:34And when he was come
in, he did eat and drink; and he said, See now to this cursed woman, and
bury her; for she is a king's daughter. 9:35And they went to bury
her; but they found no more of her than the skull, and the feet, and the
palms of her hands. 9:36Wherefore they came back, and told
him. And he said, This is the word of Jehovah, which he spake by his
servant Elijah the Tishbite, saying, In the portion of Jezreel shall the
dogs eat the flesh of Jezebel; 9:37and the body of Jezebel shall be as
dung upon the face of the field in the portion of Jezreel, so that they
shall not say, This is Jezebel.
10:1Now Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria.
And Jehu wrote letters, and sent to Samaria, unto the rulers of Jezreel,
even the elders, and unto them that brought up the sons of Ahab,
saying, 10:2And now as soon as this letter cometh
to you, seeing your master's sons are with you, and there are with you
chariots and horses, a fortified city also, and armor; 10:3look ye out the best and meetest of
your master's sons, and set him on his father's throne, and fight for your
master's house. 10:4But they were exceedingly afraid, and
said, Behold, the two kings stood not before him: how then shall we stand?
10:5And he that was over the household,
and he that was over the city, the elders also, and they that brought up
the children, sent to Jehu, saying, We are thy servants, and will
do all that thou shalt bid us; we will not make any man king: do thou that
which is good in thine eyes. 10:6Then he wrote a letter the second time
to them, saying, If ye be on my side, and if ye will hearken unto my
voice, take ye the heads of the men your master's sons, and come to me to
Jezreel by to-morrow this time. Now the king's sons, being seventy
persons, were with the great men of the city, who brought them up. 10:7And
it came to pass, when the letter came to them, that they took the king's
sons, and slew them, even seventy persons, and put their heads in baskets,
and sent them unto him to Jezreel. 10:8And there came a messenger, and told
him, saying, They have brought the heads of the king's sons. And he said,
Lay ye them in two heaps at the entrance of the gate until the morning. 10:9And
it came to pass in the morning, that he went out, and stood, and said to
all the people, Ye are righteous: behold, I conspired against my master,
and slew him; but who smote all these? 10:10Know now that there
shall fall unto the earth nothing of the word of Jehovah, which Jehovah
spake concerning the house of Ahab: for Jehovah hath done that which he
spake by his servant Elijah. 10:11So Jehu smote all that remained of
the house of Ahab in Jezreel, and all his great men, and his familiar
friends, and his priests, until he left him none remaining.
10:12And he arose and departed, and went
to Samaria. And as he was at the shearing-house of the shepherds in the
way, 10:13Jehu met with the brethren of Ahaziah
king of Judah, and said, Who are ye? And they answered, We are the
brethren of Ahaziah: and we go down to salute the children of the king and
the children of the queen. 10:14And he said, Take them alive. And
they took them alive, and slew them at the pit of the shearing-house, even
two and forty men; neither left he any of them. 10:15And when he was
departed thence, he lighted on Jehonadab the son of Rechab coming to meet
him; and he saluted him, and said to him, Is thy heart right, as my heart
is with thy heart? And Jehonadab answered, It is. If it be, give me thy
hand. And he gave him his hand; and he took him up to him into the
chariot. 10:16And he said, Come with me, and see my
zeal for Jehovah. So they made him ride in his chariot. 10:17And when he came to Samaria, he smote
all that remained unto Ahab in Samaria, till he had destroyed him,
according to the word of Jehovah, which he spake to Elijah.
10:18And Jehu gathered all the people
together, and said unto them, Ahab served Baal a little; but Jehu will
serve him much. 10:19Now therefore call unto me all the
prophets of Baal, all his worshippers, and all his priests; let none be
wanting: for I have a great sacrifice to do to Baal; whosoever
shall be wanting, he shall not live. But Jehu did it in subtlety, to the
intent that he might destroy the worshippers of Baal. 10:20And Jehu said, Sanctify a solemn
assembly for Baal. And they proclaimed it. 10:21And Jehu sent through
all Israel: and all the worshippers of Baal came, so that there was not a
man left that came not. And they came into the house of Baal; and the
house of Baal was filled from one end to another. 10:22And he said unto him
that was over the vestry, Bring forth vestments for all the worshippers of
Baal. And he brought them forth vestments. 10:23And Jehu went, and
Jehonadab the son of Rechab, into the house of Baal; and he said unto the
worshippers of Baal, Search, and look that there be here with you none of
the servants of Jehovah, but the worshippers of Baal only. 10:24And they went in to offer sacrifices
and burnt-offerings. Now Jehu had appointed him fourscore men without, and
said, If any of the men whom I bring into your hands escape, he that
letteth him go, his life shall be for the life of him.
10:25And it came to pass, as soon as he
had made an end of offering the burnt-offering, that Jehu said to the
guard and to the captains, Go in, and slay them; let none come forth. And
they smote them with the edge of the sword; and the guard and the captains
cast them out, and went to the city of the house of Baal. 10:26And they brought forth the pillars
that were in the house of Baal, and burned them. 10:27And they brake down
the pillar of Baal, and brake down the house of Baal, and made it a
draught-house, unto this day. 10:28Thus Jehu destroyed Baal out of
Israel.
10:29Howbeit from the sins of Jeroboam the
son of Nebat, wherewith he made Israel to sin, Jehu departed not from
after them, to wit, the golden calves that were in Beth-el, and
that were in Dan. 10:30And Jehovah said unto Jehu, Because
thou hast done well in executing that which is right in mine eyes,
and hast done unto the house of Ahab according to all that was in
my heart, thy sons of the fourth generation shall sit on the throne of
Israel. 10:31But Jehu took no heed to walk in the
law of Jehovah, the God of Israel, with all his heart: he departed not
from the sins of Jeroboam, wherewith he made Israel to sin.
10:32In those days Jehovah began to cut
off from Israel: and Hazael smote them in all the borders of Israel; 10:33from the Jordan eastward, all the
land of Gilead, the Gadites, and the Reubenites, and the Manassites, from
Aroer, which is by the valley of the Arnon, even Gilead and Bashan. 10:34Now the rest of the acts of Jehu, and
all that he did, and all his might, are they not written in the book of
the chronicles of the kings of Israel? 10:35And Jehu slept with
his fathers; and they buried him in Samaria. And Jehoahaz his son reigned
in his stead. 10:36And the time that Jehu reigned over
Israel in Samaria was twenty and eight years.
11:1Now when Athaliah the mother of
Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed
royal. 11:2But Jehosheba, the daughter of king
Joram, sister of Ahaziah, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him
away from among the king's sons that were slain, even him and his nurse,
and put them in the bedchamber; and they hid him from Athaliah, so
that he was not slain; 11:3And he was with her hid in the house
of Jehovah six years. And Athaliah reigned over the land.
11:4And in the seventh year Jehoiada sent
and fetched the captains over hundreds of the Carites and of the guard,
and brought them to him into the house of Jehovah; and he made a covenant
with them, and took an oath of them in the house of Jehovah, and showed
them the king's son. 11:5And he commanded them, saying, This is
the thing that ye shall do: a third part of you, that come in on the
sabbath, shall be keepers of the watch of the king's house; 11:6And
a third part shall be at the gate Sur; and a third part at the gate behind
the guard: so shall ye keep the watch of the house, and be a barrier. 11:7And
the two companies of you, even all that go forth on the sabbath, shall
keep the watch of the house of Jehovah about the king. 11:8And
ye shall compass the king round about, every man with his weapons in his
hand; and he that cometh within the ranks, let him be slain: and be ye
with the king when he goeth out, and when he cometh in.
11:9And the captains over hundreds did
according to all that Jehoiada the priest commanded; and they took every
man his men, those that were to come in on the sabbath, with those that
were to go out on the sabbath, and came to Jehoiada the priest. 11:10And the priest delivered to the
captains over hundreds the spears and shields that had been king David's,
which were in the house of Jehovah. 11:11And the guard stood, every man with
his weapons in his hand, from the right side of the house to the left side
of the house, along by the altar and the house, by the king round about.
11:12Then he brought out the king's son,
and put the crown upon him, and gave him the testimony; and they
made him king, and anointed him; and they clapped their hands, and said,
Long live the king.
11:13And when Athaliah heard the noise of
the guard and of the people, she came to the people into the house
of Jehovah: 11:14and she looked, and, behold, the king
stood by the pillar, as the manner was, and the captains and the trumpets
by the king; and all the people of the land rejoiced, and blew trumpets.
Then Athaliah rent her clothes, and cried, Treason! treason! 11:15And Jehoiada the priest commanded the
captains of hundreds that were set over the host, and said unto them, Have
her forth between the ranks; and him that followeth her slay with the
sword. For the priest said, Let her not be slain in the house of Jehovah.
11:16So they made way for her; and she
went by the way of the horses' entry to the king's house: and there was
she slain.
11:17And Jehoiada made a covenant between
Jehovah and the king and the people, that they should be Jehovah's people;
between the king also and the people. 11:18And all the people of
the land went to the house of Baal, and brake it down; his altars and his
images brake they in pieces thoroughly, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal
before the altars. And the priest appointed officers over the house of
Jehovah. 11:19And he took the captains over
hundreds, and the Carites, and the guard, and all the people of the land;
and they brought down the king from the house of Jehovah, and came by the
way of the gate of the guard unto the king's house. And he sat on the
throne of the kings. 11:20So all the people of the land
rejoiced, and the city was quiet. And Athaliah they had slain with the
sword at the king's house. 11:21Jehoash was seven years old when he
began to reign.
12:1In the seventh year of Jehu began
Jehoash to reign; and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem: and his
mother's name was Zibiah of Beer-sheba. 12:2And Jehoash did that
which was right in the eyes of Jehovah all his days wherein Jehoiada the
priest instructed him. 12:3Howbeit the high places were not taken
away; the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.
12:4And Jehoash said to the priests, All
the money of the hallowed things that is brought into the house of
Jehovah, in current money, the money of the persons for whom each man is
rated, and all the money that it cometh into any man's heart to bring into
the house of Jehovah, 12:5let the priests take it to them, every
man from his acquaintance; and they shall repair the breaches of the
house, wheresoever any breach shall be found. 12:6But it was so, that in
the three and twentieth year of king Jehoash the priests had not repaired
the breaches of the house. 12:7Then king Jehoash called for Jehoiada
the priest, and for the other priests, and said unto them, Why
repair ye not the breaches of the house? now therefore take no more
money from your acquaintance, but deliver it for the breaches of the
house. 12:8And the priests consented that they
should take no more money from the people, neither repair the
breaches of the house.
12:9But Jehoiada the priest took a chest,
and bored a hole in the lid of it, and set it beside the altar, on the
right side as one cometh into the house of Jehovah: and the priests that
kept the threshold put therein all the money that was brought into the
house of Jehovah. 12:10And it was so, when they saw that
there was much money in the chest, that the king's scribe and the high
priest came up, and they put up in bags and counted the money that was
found in the house of Jehovah. 12:11And they gave the money that was
weighed out into the hands of them that did the work, that had the
oversight of the house of Jehovah: and they paid it out to the carpenters
and the builders, that wrought upon the house of Jehovah, 12:12and to the masons and the hewers of
stone, and for buying timber and hewn stone to repair the breaches of the
house of Jehovah, and for all that was laid out for the house to repair
it. 12:13But there were not made for the house
of Jehovah cups of silver, snuffers, basins, trumpets, any vessels of
gold, or vessels of silver, of the money that was brought into the house
of Jehovah; 12:14for they gave that to them that did
the work, and repaired therewith the house of Jehovah. 12:15Moreover they reckoned not with the
men, into whose hand they delivered the money to give to them that did the
work; for they dealt faithfully. 12:16The money for the trespass-offerings,
and the money for the sin-offerings, was not brought into the house of
Jehovah: it was the priests'.
12:17Then Hazael king of Syria went up,
and fought against Gath, and took it; and Hazael set his face to go up to
Jerusalem. 12:18And Jehoash king of Judah took all
the hallowed things that Jehoshaphat and Jehoram and Ahaziah, his fathers,
kings of Judah, had dedicated, and his own hallowed things, and all the
gold that was found in the treasures of the house of Jehovah, and of the
king's house, and sent it to Hazael king of Syria: and he went away from
Jerusalem.
12:19Now the rest of the acts of Joash,
and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of
the kings of Judah? 12:20And his servants arose, and made a
conspiracy, and smote Joash at the house of Millo, on the way that
goeth down to Silla. 12:21For Jozacar the son of Shimeath, and
Jehozabad the son of Shomer, his servants, smote him, and he died; and
they buried him with his fathers in the city of David: and Amaziah his son
reigned in his stead.
13:1In the three and twentieth year of
Joash the son of Ahaziah, king of Judah, Jehoahaz the son of Jehu began to
reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned seventeen years. 13:2And
he did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, and followed the sins
of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, wherewith he made Israel to sin; he departed
not therefrom. 13:3And the anger of Jehovah was kindled
against Israel, and he delivered them into the hand of Hazael king of
Syria, and into the hand of Benhadad the son of Hazael, continually. 13:4And
Jehoahaz besought Jehovah, and Jehovah hearkened unto him; for he saw the
oppression of Israel, how that the king of Syria oppressed them. 13:5(And Jehovah gave Israel a saviour, so
that they went out from under the hand of the Syrians; and the children of
Israel dwelt in their tents as beforetime. 13:6Nevertheless they
departed not from the sins of the house of Jeroboam, wherewith he made
Israel to sin, but walked therein: and there remained the Asherah also in
Samaria.) 13:7For he left not to Jehoahaz of the
people save fifty horsemen, and ten chariots, and ten thousand footmen;
for the king of Syria destroyed them, and made them like the dust in
threshing. 13:8Now the rest of the acts of Jehoahaz,
and all that he did, and his might, are they not written in the book of
the chronicles of the kings of Israel? 13:9And Jehoahaz slept
with his fathers; and they buried him in Samaria: and Joash his son
reigned in his stead.
13:10In the thirty and seventh year of
Joash king of Judah began Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz to reign over Israel
in Samaria, and reigned sixteen years. 13:11And he did that which
was evil in the sight of Jehovah; he departed not from all the sins of
Jeroboam the son of Nebat, wherewith he made Israel to sin; but he walked
therein. 13:12Now the rest of the acts of Joash,
and all that he did, and his might wherewith he fought against Amaziah
king of Judah, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the
kings of Israel? 13:13And Joash slept with his fathers; and
Jeroboam sat upon his throne: and Joash was buried in Samaria with the
kings of Israel.
13:14Now Elisha was fallen sick of his
sickness whereof he died: and Joash the king of Israel came down unto him,
and wept over him, and said, My father, my father, the chariots of Israel
and the horsemen thereof! 13:15And Elisha said unto him, Take bow
and arrows; and he took unto him bow and arrows. 13:16And he said to the
king of Israel, Put thy hand upon the bow; and he put his hand upon
it. And Elisha laid his hands upon the king's hands. 13:17And he said, Open the window
eastward; and he opened it. Then Elisha said, Shoot; and he shot. And he
said, Jehovah's arrow of victory, even the arrow of victory over Syria;
for thou shalt smite the Syrians in Aphek, till thou have consumed them.
13:18And he said, Take the arrows; and he
took them. And he said unto the king of Israel, Smite upon the ground; and
he smote thrice, and stayed. 13:19And the man of God was wroth with
him, and said, Thou shouldest have smitten five or six times: then hadst
thou smitten Syria till thou hadst consumed it, whereas now thou shalt
smite Syria but thrice.
13:20And Elisha died, and they buried him.
Now the bands of the Moabites invaded the land at the coming in of the
year. 13:21And it came to pass, as they were
burying a man, that, behold, they spied a band; and they cast the man into
the sepulchre of Elisha: and as soon as the man touched the bones of
Elisha, he revived, and stood up on his feet.
13:22And Hazael king of Syria oppressed
Israel all the days of Jehoahaz. 13:23But Jehovah was gracious unto them,
and had compassion on them, and had respect unto them, because of his
covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and would not destroy them,
neither cast he them from his presence as yet. 13:24And Hazael king of
Syria died; and Benhadad his son reigned in his stead. 13:25And Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz took
again out of the hand of Benhadad the son of Hazael the cities which he
had taken out of the hand of Jehoahaz his father by war. Three times did
Joash smite him, and recovered the cities of Israel.
14:1In the second year of Joash son of
Joahaz king of Israel began Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah to
reign. 14:2He was twenty and five years old when
he began to reign; and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem: and
his mother's name was Jehoaddin of Jerusalem. 14:3And he did that which
was right in the eyes of Jehovah, yet not like David his father: he did
according to all that Joash his father had done. 14:4Howbeit the high
places were not taken away: the people still sacrificed and burnt incense
in the high places. 14:5And it came to pass, as soon as the
kingdom was established in his hand, that he slew his servants who had
slain the king his father: 14:6but the children of the murderers he
put not to death; according to that which is written in the book of the
law of Moses, as Jehovah commanded, saying, The fathers shall not be put
to death for the children, nor the children be put to death for the
fathers; but every man shall die for his own sin. 14:7He slew of Edom in the
Valley of Salt ten thousand, and took Sela by war, and called the name of
it Joktheel, unto this day.
14:8Then Amaziah sent messengers to
Jehoash, the son of Jehoahaz son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come,
let us look one another in the face. 14:9And Jehoash the king of Israel sent to
Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the
cedar that was in Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son to wife:
and there passed by a wild beast that was in Lebanon, and trod down the
thistle. 14:10Thou hast indeed smitten Edom, and
thy heart hath lifted thee up: glory thereof, and abide at home; for why
shouldest thou meddle to thy hurt, that thou shouldest fall, even
thou, and Judah with thee?
14:11But Amaziah would not hear. So
Jehoash king of Israel went up; and he and Amaziah king of Judah looked
one another in the face at Beth-shemesh, which belongeth to Judah. 14:12And Judah was put to the worse before
Israel; and they fled every man to his tent. 14:13And Jehoash king of
Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Jehoash the son of Ahaziah,
at Beth-shemesh, and came to Jerusalem, and brake down the wall of
Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim unto the corner gate, four hundred
cubits. 14:14And he took all the gold and silver,
and all the vessels that were found in the house of Jehovah, and in the
treasures of the king's house, the hostages also, and returned to Samaria.
14:15Now the rest of the acts of Jehoash
which he did, and his might, and how he fought with Amaziah king of Judah,
are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
14:16And Jehoash slept with his fathers,
and was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel; and Jeroboam his son
reigned in his stead.
14:17And Amaziah the son of Joash king of
Judah lived after the death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel
fifteen years. 14:18Now the rest of the acts of Amaziah,
are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
14:19And they made a conspiracy against
him in Jerusalem; and he fled to Lachish: but they sent after him to
Lachish, and slew him there. 14:20And they brought him upon horses; and
he was buried at Jerusalem with his fathers in the city of David. 14:21And all the people of Judah took
Azariah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in the room of his
father Amaziah. 14:22He built Elath, and restored it to
Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers.
14:23In the fifteenth year of Amaziah the
son of Joash king of Judah Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel began
to reign in Samaria, and reigned forty and one years. 14:24And he did that which was evil in the
sight of Jehovah: he departed not from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of
Nebat, wherewith he made Israel to sin. 14:25He restored the
border of Israel from the entrance of Hamath unto the sea of the Arabah,
according to the word of Jehovah, the God of Israel, which he spake by his
servant Jonah the son of Amittai, the prophet, who was of Gath-hepher. 14:26For Jehovah saw the affliction of
Israel, that it was very bitter; for there was none shut up nor left at
large, neither was there any helper for Israel. 14:27And Jehovah said not
that he would blot out the name of Israel from under heaven; but he saved
them by the hand of Jeroboam the son of Joash.
14:28Now the rest of the acts of Jeroboam,
and all that he did, and his might, how he warred, and how he recovered
Damascus, and Hamath, which had belonged to Judah, for Israel, are
they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? 14:29And Jeroboam slept with his fathers,
even with the kings of Israel; and Zechariah his son reigned in his stead.
15:1In the twenty and seventh year of
Jeroboam king of Israel began Azariah son of Amaziah king of Judah to
reign. 15:2Sixteen years old was he when he began
to reign; and he reigned two and fifty years in Jerusalem: and his
mother's name was Jecoliah of Jerusalem. 15:3And he did that which
was right in the eyes of Jehovah, according to all that his father Amaziah
had done. 15:4Howbeit the high places were not taken
away: the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places. 15:5And
Jehovah smote the king, so that he was a leper unto the day of his death,
and dwelt in a separate house. And Jotham the king's son was over the
household, judging the people of the land. 15:6Now the rest of the
acts of Azariah, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of
the chronicles of the kings of Judah? 15:7And Azariah slept with
his fathers; and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David:
and Jotham his son reigned in his stead.
15:8In the thirty and eighth year of
Azariah king of Judah did Zechariah the son of Jeroboam reign over Israel
in Samaria six months. 15:9And he did that which was evil in the
sight of Jehovah, as his fathers had done: he departed not from the sins
of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, wherewith he made Israel to sin. 15:10And Shallum the son of Jabesh
conspired against him, and smote him before the people, and slew him, and
reigned in his stead. 15:11Now the rest of the acts of
Zechariah, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the
kings of Israel. 15:12This was the word of Jehovah which he
spake unto Jehu, saying, Thy sons to the fourth generation shall sit upon
the throne of Israel. And so it came to pass.
15:13Shallum the son of Jabesh began to
reign in the nine and thirtieth year of Uzziah king of Judah; and he
reigned the space of a month in Samaria. 15:14And Menahem the son
of Gadi went up from Tirzah, and came to Samaria, and smote Shallum the
son of Jabesh in Samaria, and slew him, and reigned in his stead. 15:15Now the rest of the acts of Shallum,
and his conspiracy which he made, behold, they are written in the book of
the chronicles of the kings of Israel. 15:16Then Menahem smote
Tiphsah, and all that were therein, and the borders thereof, from Tirzah:
because they opened not to him, therefore he smote it; and all the women
therein that were with child he ripped up.
15:17In the nine and thirtieth year of
Azariah king of Judah began Menahem the son of Gadi to reign over Israel,
and reigned ten years in Samaria. 15:18And he did that which
was evil in the sight of Jehovah: he departed not all his days from the
sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, wherewith he made Israel to sin. 15:19There came against the land Pul the
king of Assyria; and Menahem gave Pul a thousand talents of silver, that
his hand might be with him to confirm the kingdom in his hand. 15:20And Menahem exacted the money of
Israel, even of all the mighty men of wealth, of each man fifty shekels of
silver, to give to the king of Assyria. So the king of Assyria turned
back, and stayed not there in the land. 15:21Now the rest of the
acts of Menahem, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of
the chronicles of the kings of Israel? 15:22And Menahem slept
with his fathers; and Pekahiah his son reigned in his stead.
15:23In the fiftieth year of Azariah king
of Judah Pekahiah the son of Menahem began to reign over Israel in
Samaria, and reigned two years. 15:24And he did that which
was evil in the sight of Jehovah: he departed not from the sins of
Jeroboam the son of Nebat, wherewith he made Israel to sin. 15:25And Pekah the son of Remaliah, his
captain, conspired against him, and smote him in Samaria, in the castle of
the king's house, with Argob and Arieh; and with him were fifty men of the
Gileadites: and he slew him, and reigned in his stead. 15:26Now the rest of the acts of Pekahiah,
and all that he did, behold, they are written in the book of the
chronicles of the kings of Israel.
15:27In the two and fiftieth year of
Azariah king of Judah Pekah the son of Remaliah began to reign over Israel
in Samaria, and reigned twenty years. 15:28And he did that which
was evil in the sight of Jehovah: he departed not from the sins of
Jeroboam the son of Nebat, wherewith he made Israel to sin.
15:29In the days of Pekah king of Israel
came Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, and took Ijon, and Abel-beth-maacah,
and Janoah, and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land
of Naphtali; and he carried them captive to Assyria. 15:30And Hoshea the son of Elah made a
conspiracy against Pekah the son of Remaliah, and smote him, and slew him,
and reigned in his stead, in the twentieth year of Jotham the son of
Uzziah. 15:31Now the rest of the acts of Pekah,
and all that he did, behold, they are written in the book of the
chronicles of the kings of Israel.
15:32In the second year of Pekah the son
of Remaliah king of Israel began Jotham the son of Uzziah king of Judah to
reign. 15:33Five and twenty years old was he when
he began to reign; and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem: and his
mother's name was Jerusha the daughter of Zadok. 15:34And he did that which
was right in the eyes of Jehovah; he did according to all that his father
Uzziah had done. 15:35Howbeit the high places were not
taken away: the people still sacrificed and burned incense in the high
places. He built the upper gate of the house of Jehovah. 15:36Now the rest of the acts of Jotham,
and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of
the kings of Judah? 15:37In those days Jehovah began to send
against Judah Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah. 15:38And Jotham slept with his fathers,
and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father: and Ahaz
his son reigned in his stead.
16:1In the seventeenth year of Pekah the
son of Remaliah Ahaz the son of Jotham king of Judah began to reign. 16:2Twenty years old was Ahaz when he
began to reign; and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem: and he did not
that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah his God, like David his
father. 16:3But he walked in the way of the kings
of Israel, yea, and made his son to pass through the fire, according to
the abominations of the nations, whom Jehovah cast out from before the
children of Israel. 16:4And he sacrificed and burnt incense in
the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree.
16:5Then Rezin king of Syria and Pekah son
of Remaliah king of Israel came up to Jerusalem to war: and they besieged
Ahaz, but could not overcome him. 16:6At that time Rezin king of Syria
recovered Elath to Syria, and drove the Jews from Elath; and the Syrians
came to Elath, and dwelt there, unto this day.
16:7So Ahaz sent messengers to
Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, saying, I am thy servant and thy son:
come up, and save me out of the hand of the king of Syria, and out of the
hand of the king of Israel, who rise up against me. 16:8And Ahaz took the
silver and gold that was found in the house of Jehovah, and in the
treasures of the king's house, and sent it for a present to the king of
Assyria. 16:9And the king of Assyria hearkened unto
him; and the king of Assyria went up against Damascus, and took it, and
carried the people of it captive to Kir, and slew Rezin.
16:10And king Ahaz went to Damascus to
meet Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, and saw the altar that was at
Damascus; and king Ahaz sent to Urijah the priest the fashion of the
altar, and the pattern of it, according to all the workmanship thereof. 16:11And Urijah the priest built an altar:
according to all that king Ahaz had sent from Damascus, so did Urijah the
priest make it against the coming of king Ahaz from Damascus. 16:12And when the king was come from
Damascus, the king saw the altar: and the king drew near unto the altar,
and offered thereon. 16:13And he burnt his burnt-offering and
his meal-offering, and poured his drink-offering, and sprinkled the blood
of his peace-offerings, upon the altar. 16:14And the brazen altar,
which was before Jehovah, he brought from the forefront of the house, from
between his altar and the house of Jehovah, and put it on the north side
of his altar. 16:15And king Ahaz commanded Urijah the
priest, saying, Upon the great altar burn the morning burnt-offering, and
the evening meal-offering, and the king's burnt-offering, and his
meal-offering, with the burnt-offering of all the people of the land, and
their meal-offering, and their drink-offerings; and sprinkle upon it all
the blood of the burnt-offering, and all the blood of the sacrifice: but
the brazen altar shall be for me to inquire by. 16:16Thus did Urijah the
priest, according to all that king Ahaz commanded.
16:17And king Ahaz cut off the panels of
the bases, and removed the laver from off them, and took down the sea from
off the brazen oxen that were under it, and put it upon a pavement of
stone. 16:18And the covered way for the sabbath
that they had built in the house, and the king's entry without, turned he
unto the house of Jehovah, because of the king of Assyria. 16:19Now the rest of the acts of Ahaz
which he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the
kings of Judah? 16:20And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and
was buried with his fathers in the city of David: and Hezekiah his son
reigned in his stead.
17:1In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of
Judah began Hoshea the son of Elah to reign in Samaria over Israel, and
reigned nine years. 17:2And he did that which was evil in the
sight of Jehovah, yet not as the kings of Israel that were before him. 17:3Against him came up Shalmaneser king
of Assyria; and Hoshea became his servant, and brought him tribute. 17:4And
the king of Assyria found conspiracy in Hoshea; for he had sent messengers
to So king of Egypt, and offered no tribute to the king of Assyria, as he
had done year by year: therefore the king of Assyria shut him up, and
bound him in prison. 17:5Then the king of Assyria came up
throughout all the land, and went up to Samaria, and besieged it three
years. 17:6In the ninth year of Hoshea the king
of Assyria took Samaria, and carried Israel away unto Assyria, and placed
them in Halah, and on the Habor, the river of Gozan, and in the cities of
the Medes.
17:7And it was so, because the children of
Israel had sinned against Jehovah their God, who brought them up out of
the land of Egypt from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and had
feared other gods, 17:8and walked in the statutes of the
nations, whom Jehovah cast out from before the children of Israel, and of
the kings of Israel, which they made. 17:9And the children of
Israel did secretly things that were not right against Jehovah their God:
and they built them high places in all their cities, from the tower of the
watchmen to the fortified city; 17:10and they set them up pillars and
Asherim upon every high hill, and under every green tree; 17:11and there they burnt incense in all
the high places, as did the nations whom Jehovah carried away before them;
and they wrought wicked things to provoke Jehovah to anger; 17:12and they served idols, whereof
Jehovah had said unto them, Ye shall not do this thing. 17:13Yet Jehovah testified unto Israel,
and unto Judah, by every prophet, and every seer, saying, Turn ye from
your evil ways, and keep my commandments and my statutes, according to all
the law which I commanded your fathers, and which I sent to you by my
servants the prophets. 17:14Notwithstanding, they would not hear,
but hardened their neck, like to the neck of their fathers, who believed
not in Jehovah their God. 17:15And they rejected his statutes, and
his covenant that he made with their fathers, and his testimonies which he
testified unto them; and they followed vanity, and became vain, and
went after the nations that were round about them, concerning whom
Jehovah had charged them that they should not do like them. 17:16And they forsook all the commandments
of Jehovah their God, and made them molten images, even two calves, and
made an Asherah, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served Baal.
17:17And they caused their sons and their
daughters to pass through the fire, and used divination and enchantments,
and sold themselves to do that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, to
provoke him to anger. 17:18Therefore Jehovah was very angry with
Israel, and removed them out of his sight: there was none left but the
tribe of Judah only.
17:19Also Judah kept not the commandments
of Jehovah their God, but walked in the statutes of Israel which they
made. 17:20And Jehovah rejected all the seed of
Israel, and afflicted them, and delivered them into the hand of spoilers,
until he had cast them out of his sight. 17:21For he rent Israel
from the house of David; and they made Jeroboam the son of Nebat king: and
Jeroboam drove Israel from following Jehovah, and made them sin a great
sin. 17:22And the children of Israel walked in
all the sins of Jeroboam which he did; they departed not from them; 17:23until Jehovah removed Israel out of
his sight, as he spake by all his servants the prophets. So Israel was
carried away out of their own land to Assyria unto this day.
17:24And the king of Assyria brought men
from Babylon, and from Cuthah, and from Avva, and from Hamath and
Sepharvaim, and placed them in the cities of Samaria instead of the
children of Israel; and they possessed Samaria, and dwelt in the cities
thereof. 17:25And so it was, at the beginning of
their dwelling there, that they feared not Jehovah: therefore Jehovah sent
lions among them, which killed some of them. 17:26Wherefore they spake
to the king of Assyria, saying, The nations which thou hast carried away,
and placed in the cities of Samaria, know not the law of the god of the
land: therefore he hath sent lions among them, and, behold, they slay
them, because they know not the law of the god of the land.
17:27Then the king of Assyria commanded,
saying, Carry thither one of the priests whom ye brought from thence; and
let them go and dwell there, and let him teach them the law of the god of
the land. 17:28So one of the priests whom they had
carried away from Samaria came and dwelt in Beth-el, and taught them how
they should fear Jehovah. 17:29Howbeit every nation made gods of
their own, and put them in the houses of the high places which the
Samaritans had made, every nation in their cities wherein they dwelt. 17:30And the men of Babylon made
Succoth-benoth, and the men of Cuth made Nergal, and the men of Hamath
made Ashima, 17:31and the Avvites made Nibhaz and
Tartak; and the Sepharvites burnt their children in the fire to
Adrammelech and Anammelech, the gods of Sepharvaim. 17:32So they feared
Jehovah, and made unto them from among themselves priests of the high
places, who sacrificed for them in the houses of the high places. 17:33They feared Jehovah, and served their
own gods, after the manner of the nations from among whom they had been
carried away.
17:34Unto this day they do after the
former manner: they fear not Jehovah, neither do they after their
statutes, or after their ordinances, or after the law or after the
commandment which Jehovah commanded the children of Jacob, whom he named
Israel; 17:35with whom Jehovah had made a
covenant, and charged them, saying, Ye shall not fear other gods, nor bow
yourselves to them, nor serve them, nor sacrifice to them: 17:36but Jehovah, who brought you up out
of the land of Egypt with great power and with an outstretched arm, him
shall ye fear, and unto him shall ye bow yourselves, and to him shall ye
sacrifice: 17:37and the statutes and the ordinances,
and the law and the commandment, which he wrote for you, ye shall observe
to do for evermore; and ye shall not fear other gods: 17:38and the covenant that I have made
with you ye shall not forget; neither shall ye fear other gods: 17:39but Jehovah your God shall ye fear;
and he will deliver you out of the hand of all your enemies. 17:40Howbeit they did not hearken, but
they did after their former manner. 17:41So these nations feared Jehovah, and
served their graven images; their children likewise, and their children's
children, as did their fathers, so do they unto this day.
18:1Now it came to pass in the third year
of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that Hezekiah the son of Ahaz king
of Judah began to reign. 18:2Twenty and five years old was he when
he began to reign; and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem: and
his mother's name was Abi the daughter of Zechariah. 18:3And he did that which
was right in the eyes of Jehovah, according to all that David his father
had done. 18:4He removed the high places, and brake
the pillars, and cut down the Asherah: and he brake in pieces the brazen
serpent that Moses had made; for unto those days the children of Israel
did burn incense to it; and he called it Nehushtan. 18:5He trusted in Jehovah,
the God of Israel; so that after him was none like him among all the kings
of Judah, nor among them that were before him. 18:6For
he clave to Jehovah; he departed not from following him, but kept his
commandments, which Jehovah commanded Moses. 18:7And Jehovah was with
him; whithersoever he went forth he prospered: and he rebelled against the
king of Assyria, and served him not. 18:8He smote the Philistines unto Gaza and
the borders thereof, from the tower of the watchmen to the fortified city.
18:9And it came to pass in the fourth year
of king Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of
Israel, that Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against Samaria, and
besieged it. 18:10And at the end of three years they
took it: in the sixth year of Hezekiah, which was the ninth year of Hoshea
king of Israel, Samaria was taken. 18:11And the king of Assyria carried
Israel away unto Assyria, and put them in Halah, and on the Habor, the
river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes, 18:12because they obeyed
not the voice of Jehovah their God, but transgressed his covenant, even
all that Moses the servant of Jehovah commanded, and would not hear it,
nor do it.
18:13Now in the fourteenth year of king
Hezekiah did Sennacherib king of Assyria come up against all the fortified
cities of Judah, and took them. 18:14And Hezekiah king of Judah sent to
the king of Assyria to Lachish, saying, I have offended; return from me:
that which thou puttest on me will I bear. And the king of Assyria
appointed unto Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of silver and
thirty talents of gold. 18:15And Hezekiah gave him all the
silver that was found in the house of Jehovah, and in the treasures of the
king's house. 18:16At that time did Hezekiah cut off
the gold from the doors of the temple of Jehovah, and from
the pillars which Hezekiah king of Judah had overlaid, and gave it to the
king of Assyria. 18:17And the king of Assyria sent Tartan
and Rab-saris and Rabshakeh from Lachish to king Hezekiah with a great
army unto Jerusalem. And they went up and came to Jerusalem. And when they
were come up, they came and stood by the conduit of the upper pool, which
is in the highway of the fuller's field. 18:18And when they had
called to the king, there came out to them Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who
was over the household, and Shebnah the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph
the recorder.
18:19And Rabshakeh said unto them, Say ye
now to Hezekiah, Thus saith the great king, the king of Assyria, What
confidence is this wherein thou trustest? 18:20Thou sayest (but they
are but vain words), There is counsel and strength for the war. Now
on whom dost thou trust, that thou hast rebelled against me? 18:21Now, behold, thou trustest upon the
staff of this bruised reed, even upon Egypt; whereon if a man lean, it
will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt unto all
that trust on him. 18:22But if ye say unto me, We trust in
Jehovah our God; is not that he, whose high places and whose altars
Hezekiah hath taken away, and hath said to Judah and to Jerusalem, Ye
shall worship before this altar in Jerusalem? 18:23Now therefore, I pray
thee, give pledges to my master the king of Assyria, and I will give thee
two thousand horses, if thou be able on thy part to set riders upon them.
18:24How then canst thou turn away the
face of one captain of the least of my master's servants, and put thy
trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen? 18:25Am I now come up
without Jehovah against this place to destroy it? Jehovah said unto me, Go
up against this land, and destroy it.
18:26Then said Eliakim the son of Hilkiah,
and Shebnah, and Joah, unto Rabshakeh, Speak, I pray thee, to thy servants
in the Syrian language; for we understand it: and speak not with us in the
Jews' language, in the ears of the people that are on the wall. 18:27But Rabshakeh said unto them, Hath my
master sent me to thy master, and to thee, to speak these words? hath
he not sent me to the men that sit on the wall, to eat their
own dung, and to drink their own water with you? 18:28Then Rabshakeh stood,
and cried with a loud voice in the Jews' language, and spake, saying, Hear
ye the word of the great king, the king of Assyria. 18:29Thus saith the king,
Let not Hezekiah deceive you; for he will not be able to deliver you out
of his hand: 18:30neither let Hezekiah make you trust
in Jehovah, saying, Jehovah will surely deliver us, and this city shall
not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria. 18:31Hearken not to
Hezekiah: for thus saith the king of Assyria, Make your peace with me, and
come out to me; and eat ye every one of his vine, and every one of his
fig-tree, and drink ye every one the waters of his own cistern; 18:32Until I come and take you away to a
land like your own land, a land of grain and new wine, a land of bread and
vineyards, a land of olive-trees and of honey, that ye may live, and not
die: and hearken not unto Hezekiah, when he persuadeth you, saying,
Jehovah will deliver us. 18:33Hath any of the gods of the nations
ever delivered his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria? 18:34Where are the gods of Hamath, and of
Arpad? where are the gods of Sepharvaim, of Hena, and Ivvah? have they
delivered Samaria out of my hand? 18:35Who are they among all the gods of
the countries, that have delivered their country out of my hand, that
Jehovah should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?
18:36But the people held their peace, and
answered him not a word; for the king's commandment was, saying, Answer
him not. 18:37Then came Eliakim the son of Hilkiah,
who was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of
Asaph the recorder, to Hezekiah with their clothes rent, and told him the
words of Rabshakeh.
19:1And it came to pass, when king
Hezekiah heard it, that he rent his clothes, and covered himself with
sackcloth, and went into the house of Jehovah. 19:2And he sent Eliakim,
who was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the
priests, covered with sackcloth, unto Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz.
19:3And they said unto him, Thus saith
Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and of contumely;
for the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring
forth. 19:4It may be Jehovah thy God will hear
all the words of Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent
to defy the living God, and will rebuke the words which Jehovah thy God
hath heard: wherefore lift up thy prayer for the remnant that is left. 19:5So
the servants of king Hezekiah came to Isaiah. 19:6And Isaiah said unto
them, Thus shall ye say to your master, Thus saith Jehovah, Be not afraid
of the words that thou hast heard, wherewith the servants of the king of
Assyria have blasphemed me. 19:7Behold, I will put a spirit in him,
and he shall hear tidings, and shall return to his own land; and I will
cause him to fall by the sword in his own land. 19:8So Rabshakeh returned,
and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah; for he had heard
that he was departed from Lachish. 19:9And when he heard say of Tirhakah king
of Ethiopia, Behold, he is come out to fight against thee, he sent
messengers again unto Hezekiah, saying, 19:10Thus shall ye speak
to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, Let not thy God in whom thou trustest
deceive thee, saying, Jerusalem shall not be given into the hand of the
king of Assyria. 19:11Behold, thou hast heard what the
kings of Assyria have done to all lands, by destroying them utterly: and
shalt thou be delivered? 19:12Have the gods of the nations
delivered them, which my fathers have destroyed, Gozan, and Haran, and
Rezeph, and the children of Eden that were in Telassar? 19:13Where is the king of Hamath, and the
king of Arpad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, of Hena, and Ivvah?
19:14And Hezekiah received the letter from
the hand of the messengers, and read it; and Hezekiah went up unto the
house of Jehovah, and spread it before Jehovah. 19:15And Hezekiah prayed
before Jehovah, and said, O Jehovah, the God of Israel, that sittest
above the cherubim, thou art the God, even thou alone, of all the
kingdoms of the earth; thou hast made heaven and earth. 19:16Incline thine ear, O Jehovah, and
hear; open thine eyes, O Jehovah, and see; and hear the words of
Sennacherib, wherewith he hath sent him to defy the living God. 19:17Of a truth, Jehovah, the kings of
Assyria have laid waste the nations and their lands, 19:18and have cast their gods into the
fire; for they were no gods, but the work of men's hands, wood and stone;
therefore they have destroyed them. 19:19Now therefore, O Jehovah our God,
save thou us, I beseech thee, out of his hand, that all the kingdoms of
the earth may know that thou Jehovah art God alone.
19:20Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to
Hezekiah, saying, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, Whereas thou hast
prayed to me against Sennacherib king of Assyria, I have heard
thee. 19:21This is the word that Jehovah hath
spoken concerning him: The virgin daughter of Zion hath despised thee and
laughed thee to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at
thee. 19:22Whom hast thou defied and blasphemed?
and against whom hast thou exalted thy voice and lifted up thine eyes on
high? even against the Holy One of Israel. 19:23By thy messengers
thou hast defied the Lord, and hast said, With the multitude of my
chariots am I come up to the height of the mountains, to the innermost
parts of Lebanon; and I will cut down the tall cedars thereof, and the
choice fir-trees thereof; and I will enter into his farthest
lodging-place, the forest of his fruitful field. 19:24I have digged and
drunk strange waters, and with the sole of my feet will I dry up all the
rivers of Egypt.
19:25Hast thou not heard how I have done
it long ago, and formed it of ancient times? now have I brought it to
pass, that it should be thine to lay waste fortified cities into ruinous
heaps. 19:26Therefore their inhabitants were of
small power, they were dismayed and confounded; they were as the grass of
the field, and as the green herb, as the grass on the housetops, and as
grain blasted before it is grown up. 19:27But I know thy
sitting down, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy raging against
me. 19:28Because of thy raging against me, and
because thine arrogancy is come up into mine ears, therefore will I put my
hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by
the way by which thou camest.
19:29And this shall be the sign unto thee:
Ye shall eat this year that which groweth of itself, and in the second
year that which springeth of the same; and in the third year sow ye, and
reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruit thereof. 19:30And the remnant that is escaped of
the house of Judah shall again take root downward, and bear fruit upward.
19:31For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a
remnant, and out of mount Zion they that shall escape: the zeal of Jehovah
shall perform this. 19:32Therefore thus saith Jehovah
concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not come unto this city, nor
shoot an arrow there, neither shall he come before it with shield, nor
cast up a mound against it. 19:33By the way that he came, by the same
shall he return, and he shall not come unto this city, saith Jehovah. 19:34For I will defend this city to save
it, for mine own sake, and for my servant David's sake.
19:35And it came to pass that night, that
the angel of Jehovah went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a
hundred fourscore and five thousand: and when men arose early in the
morning, behold, these were all dead bodies. 19:36So Sennacherib king
of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh. 19:37And it came to pass, as he was
worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer
smote him with the sword: and they escaped into the land of Ararat. And
Esar-haddon his son reigned in his stead.
20:1In those days was Hezekiah sick unto
death. And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came to him, and said unto
him, Thus saith Jehovah, Set thy house in order: for thou shalt die, and
not live. 20:2Then he turned his face to the wall,
and prayed unto Jehovah, saying, 20:3Remember now, O Jehovah, I beseech
thee, how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and
have done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore. 20:4And
it came to pass, before Isaiah was gone out into the middle part of the
city, that the word of Jehovah came to him, saying, 20:5Turn back, and say to
Hezekiah the prince of my people, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of David thy
father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will
heal thee; on the third day thou shalt go up unto the house of Jehovah. 20:6And
I will add unto thy days fifteen years; and I will deliver thee and this
city out of the hand of the king of Assyria; and I will defend this city
for mine own sake, and for my servant David's sake. 20:7And Isaiah said, Take
a cake of figs. And they took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered.
20:8And Hezekiah said unto Isaiah, What
shall be the sign that Jehovah will heal me, and that I shall go up unto
the house of Jehovah the third day? 20:9And Isaiah said, This shall be the
sign unto thee from Jehovah, that Jehovah will do the thing that he hath
spoken: shall the shadow go forward ten steps, or go back ten steps? 20:10And Hezekiah answered, It is a light
thing for the shadow to decline ten steps: nay, but let the shadow return
backward ten steps. 20:11And Isaiah the prophet cried unto
Jehovah; and he brought the shadow ten steps backward, by which it had
gone down on the dial of Ahaz.
20:12At that time Berodach-baladan the son
of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a present unto Hezekiah; for
he had heard that Hezekiah had been sick. 20:13And Hezekiah
hearkened unto them, and showed them all the house of his precious things,
the silver, and the gold, and the spices, and the precious oil, and the
house of his armor, and all that was found in his treasures: there was
nothing in his house, nor in all his dominion, that Hezekiah showed them
not. 20:14Then came Isaiah the prophet unto
king Hezekiah, and said unto him, What said these men? and from whence
came they unto thee? And Hezekiah said, They are come from a far country,
even from Babylon. 20:15And he said, What have they seen in
thy house? And Hezekiah answered, All that is in my house have they seen:
there is nothing among my treasures that I have not showed them.
20:16And Isaiah said unto Hezekiah, Hear
the word of Jehovah. 20:17Behold, the days come, that all that
is in thy house, and that which thy fathers have laid up in store unto
this day, shall be carried to Babylon: nothing shall be left, saith
Jehovah. 20:18And of thy sons that shall issue from
thee, whom thou shalt beget, shall they take away; and they shall be
eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon. 20:19Then said Hezekiah
unto Isaiah, Good is the word of Jehovah which thou hast spoken. He said
moreover, Is it not so, if peace and truth shall be in my days? 20:20Now the rest of the acts of Hezekiah,
and all his might, and how he made the pool, and the conduit, and brought
water into the city, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of
the kings of Judah? 20:21And Hezekiah slept with his fathers;
and Manasseh his son reigned in his stead.
21:1Manasseh was twelve years old when he
began to reign; and he reigned five and fifty years in Jerusalem: and his
mother's name was Hephzibah. 21:2And he did that which was evil in the
sight of Jehovah, after the abominations of the nations whom Jehovah cast
out before the children of Israel. 21:3For he built again the high places
which Hezekiah his father had destroyed; and he reared up altars for Baal,
and made an Asherah, as did Ahab king of Israel, and worshipped all the
host of heaven, and served them. 21:4And he built altars in the house of
Jehovah, whereof Jehovah said, In Jerusalem will I put my name. 21:5And
he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house
of Jehovah. 21:6And he made his son to pass through
the fire, and practised augury, and used enchantments, and dealt with them
that had familiar spirits, and with wizards: he wrought much evil in the
sight of Jehovah, to provoke him to anger. 21:7And he set the graven
image of Asherah, that he had made, in the house of which Jehovah said to
David and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I
have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever;
21:8neither will I cause the feet of
Israel to wander any more out of the land which I gave their fathers, if
only they will observe to do according to all that I have commanded them,
and according to all the law that my servant Moses commanded them. 21:9But
they hearkened not: and Manasseh seduced them to do that which is evil
more than did the nations whom Jehovah destroyed before the children of
Israel.
21:10And Jehovah spake by his servants the
prophets, saying, 21:11Because Manasseh king of Judah hath
done these abominations, and hath done wickedly above all that the
Amorites did, that were before him, and hath made Judah also to sin with
his idols; 21:12therefore thus saith Jehovah, the God
of Israel, Behold, I bring such evil upon Jerusalem and Judah, that
whosoever heareth of it, both his ears shall tingle. 21:13And I will stretch over Jerusalem the
line of Samaria, and the plummet of the house of Ahab; and I will wipe
Jerusalem as a man wipeth a dish, wiping it and turning it upside down. 21:14And I will cast off the remnant of
mine inheritance, and deliver them into the hand of their enemies; and
they shall become a prey and a spoil to all their enemies; 21:15because they have done that which is
evil in my sight, and have provoked me to anger, since the day their
fathers came forth out of Egypt, even unto this day.
21:16Moreover Manasseh shed innocent blood
very much, till he had filled Jerusalem from one end to another; besides
his sin wherewith he made Judah to sin, in doing that which was evil in
the sight of Jehovah. 21:17Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh,
and all that he did, and his sin that he sinned, are they not written in
the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? 21:18And Manasseh slept
with his fathers, and was buried in the garden of his own house, in the
garden of Uzza: and Amon his son reigned in his stead.
21:19Amon was twenty and two years old
when he began to reign; and he reigned two years in Jerusalem: and his
mother's name was Meshullemeth the daughter of Haruz of Jotbah. 21:20And he did that which was evil in the
sight of Jehovah, as did Manasseh his father. 21:21And he walked in all
the way that his father walked in, and served the idols that his father
served, and worshipped them: 21:22and he forsook Jehovah, the God of
his fathers, and walked not in the way of Jehovah. 21:23And the servants of
Amon conspired against him, and put the king to death in his own house. 21:24But the people of the land slew all
them that had conspired against king Amon; and the people of the land made
Josiah his son king in his stead. 21:25Now the rest of the acts of Amon
which he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the
kings of Judah? 21:26And he was buried in his sepulchre in
the garden of Uzza: and Josiah his son reigned in his stead.
22:1Josiah was eight years old when he
began to reign; and he reigned thirty and one years in Jerusalem: and his
mother's name was Jedidah the daughter of Adaiah of Bozkath. 22:2And
he did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah, and walked in all the
way of David his father, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the
left.
22:3And it came to pass in the eighteenth
year of king Josiah, that the king sent Shaphan, the son of Azaliah the
son of Meshullam, the scribe, to the house of Jehovah, saying, 22:4Go
up to Hilkiah the high priest, that he may sum the money which is brought
into the house of Jehovah, which the keepers of the threshold have
gathered of the people: 22:5and let them deliver it into the hand
of the workmen that have the oversight of the house of Jehovah; and let
them give it to the workmen that are in the house of Jehovah, to repair
the breaches of the house, 22:6unto the carpenters, and to the
builders, and to the masons, and for buying timber and hewn stone to
repair the house. 22:7Howbeit there was no reckoning made
with them of the money that was delivered into their hand; for they dealt
faithfully.
22:8And Hilkiah the high priest said unto
Shaphan the scribe, I have found the book of the law in the house of
Jehovah. And Hilkiah delivered the book to Shaphan, and he read it. 22:9And
Shaphan the scribe came to the king, and brought the king word again, and
said, Thy servants have emptied out the money that was found in the house,
and have delivered it into the hand of the workmen that have the oversight
of the house of Jehovah. 22:10And Shaphan the scribe told the king,
saying, Hilkiah the priest hath delivered me a book. And Shaphan read it
before the king. 22:11And it came to pass, when the king
had heard the words of the book of the law, that he rent his clothes. 22:12And the king commanded Hilkiah the
priest, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Achbor the son of Micaiah, and
Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah the king's servant, saying, 22:13Go ye, inquire of Jehovah for me, and
for the people, and for all Judah, concerning the words of this book that
is found; for great is the wrath of Jehovah that is kindled against us,
because our fathers have not hearkened unto the words of this book, to do
according unto all that which is written concerning us.
22:14So Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam,
and Achbor, and Shaphan, and Asaiah, went unto Huldah the prophetess, the
wife of Shallum the son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the
wardrobe (now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the second quarter); and they
communed with her. 22:15And she said unto them, Thus saith
Jehovah, the God of Israel: Tell ye the man that sent you unto me, 22:16Thus saith Jehovah, Behold, I will
bring evil upon this place, and upon the inhabitants thereof, even all the
words of the book which the king of Judah hath read. 22:17Because they have forsaken me, and
have burned incense unto other gods, that they might provoke me to anger
with all the work of their hands, therefore my wrath shall be kindled
against this place, and it shall not be quenched. 22:18But unto the king of
Judah, who sent you to inquire of Jehovah, thus shall ye say to him, Thus
saith Jehovah, the God of Israel: As touching the words which thou hast
heard, 22:19because thy heart was tender, and
thou didst humble thyself before Jehovah, when thou heardest what I spake
against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, that they should
become a desolation and a curse, and hast rent thy clothes, and wept
before me; I also have heard thee, saith Jehovah. 22:20Therefore, behold, I
will gather thee to thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered to thy grave
in peace, neither shall thine eyes see all the evil which I will bring
upon this place. And they brought the king word again.
23:1And the king sent, and they gathered
unto him all the elders of Judah and of Jerusalem. 23:2And the king went up
to the house of Jehovah, and all the men of Judah and all the inhabitants
of Jerusalem with him, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the
people, both small and great: and he read in their ears all the words of
the book of the covenant which was found in the house of Jehovah. 23:3And
the king stood by the pillar, and made a covenant before Jehovah, to walk
after Jehovah, and to keep his commandments, and his testimonies, and his
statutes, with all his heart, and all his soul, to confirm
the words of this covenant that were written in this book: and all the
people stood to the covenant.
23:4And the king commanded Hilkiah the
high priest, and the priests of the second order, and the keepers of the
threshold, to bring forth out of the temple of Jehovah all the vessels
that were made for Baal, and for the Asherah, and for all the host of
heaven, and he burned them without Jerusalem in the fields of the Kidron,
and carried the ashes of them unto Beth-el. 23:5And he put down the
idolatrous priests, whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense
in the high places in the cities of Judah, and in the places round about
Jerusalem; them also that burned incense unto Baal, to the sun, and to the
moon, and to the planets, and to all the host of heaven. 23:6And
he brought out the Asherah from the house of Jehovah, without Jerusalem,
unto the brook Kidron, and burned it at the brook Kidron, and beat it to
dust, and cast the dust thereof upon the graves of the common people. 23:7And
he brake down the houses of the sodomites, that were in the house of
Jehovah, where the women wove hangings for the Asherah. 23:8And
he brought all the priests out of the cities of Judah, and defiled the
high places where the priests had burned incense, from Geba to Beer-sheba;
and he brake down the high places of the gates that were at the entrance
of the gate of Joshua the governor of the city, which were on a man's left
hand at the gate of the city. 23:9Nevertheless the priests of the high
places came not up to the altar of Jehovah in Jerusalem, but they did eat
unleavened bread among their brethren. 23:10And he defiled
Topheth, which is in the valley of the children of Hinnom, that no man
might make his son or his daughter to pass through the fire to Molech. 23:11And he took away the horses that the
kings of Judah had given to the sun, at the entrance of the house of
Jehovah, by the chamber of Nathan-melech the chamberlain, which was in the
precincts; and he burned the chariots of the sun with fire. 23:12And the altars that were on the roof
of the upper chamber of Ahaz, which the kings of Judah had made, and the
altars which Manasseh had made in the two courts of the house of Jehovah,
did the king break down, and beat them down from thence, and cast
the dust of them into the brook Kidron. 23:13And the high places
that were before Jerusalem, which were on the right hand of the mount of
corruption, which Solomon the king of Israel had builded for Ashtoreth the
abomination of the Sidonians, and for Chemosh the abomination of Moab, and
for Milcom the abomination of the children of Ammon, did the king defile.
23:14And he brake in pieces the pillars,
and cut down the Asherim, and filled their places with the bones of men.
23:15Moreover the altar that was at
Beth-el, and the high place which Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made
Israel to sin, had made, even that altar and the high place he brake down;
and he burned the high place and beat it to dust, and burned the Asherah.
23:16And as Josiah turned himself, he
spied the sepulchres that were there in the mount; and he sent, and took
the bones out of the sepulchres, and burned them upon the altar, and
defiled it, according to the word of Jehovah which the man of God
proclaimed, who proclaimed these things. 23:17Then he said, What
monument is that which I see? And the men of the city told him, It is the
sepulchre of the man of God, who came from Judah, and proclaimed these
things that thou hast done against the altar of Beth-el. 23:18And he said, Let him be; let no man
move his bones. So they let his bones alone, with the bones of the prophet
that came out of Samaria. 23:19And all the houses also of the high
places that were in the cities of Samaria, which the kings of Israel had
made to provoke Jehovah to anger, Josiah took away, and did to them
according to all the acts that he had done in Beth-el. 23:20And he slew all the priests of the
high places that were there, upon the altars, and burned men's bones upon
them; and he returned to Jerusalem.
23:21And the king commanded all the
people, saying, Keep the passover unto Jehovah your God, as it is written
in this book of the covenant. 23:22Surely there was not kept such a
passover from the days of the judges that judged Israel, nor in all the
days of the kings of Israel, nor of the kings of Judah; 23:23but in the eighteenth year of king
Josiah was this passover kept to Jehovah in Jerusalem.
23:24Moreover them that had familiar
spirits, and the wizards, and the teraphim, and the idols, and all the
abominations that were seen in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, did
Josiah put away, that he might confirm the words of the law which were
written in the book that Hilkiah the priest found in the house of Jehovah.
23:25And like unto him was there no king
before him, that turned to Jehovah with all his heart, and with all his
soul, and with all his might, according to all the law of Moses; neither
after him arose there any like him.
23:26Notwithstanding, Jehovah turned not
from the fierceness of his great wrath, wherewith his anger was kindled
against Judah, because of all the provocations wherewith Manasseh had
provoked him. 23:27And Jehovah said, I will remove Judah
also out of my sight, as I have removed Israel, and I will cast off this
city which I have chosen, even Jerusalem, and the house of which I said,
My name shall be there.
23:28Now the rest of the acts of Josiah,
and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of
the kings of Judah? 23:29In his days Pharaoh-necoh king of
Egypt went up against the king of Assyria to the river Euphrates: and king
Josiah went against him; and Pharaoh-necoh slew him at Megiddo,
when he had seen him. 23:30And his servants carried him in a
chariot dead from Megiddo, and brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in
his own sepulchre. And the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of
Josiah, and anointed him, and made him king in his father's stead.
23:31Jehoahaz was twenty and three years
old when he began to reign; and he reigned three months in Jerusalem: and
his mother's name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. 23:32And he did that which was evil in the
sight of Jehovah, according to all that his fathers had done. 23:33And Pharaoh-necoh put him in bonds at
Riblah in the land of Hamath, that he might not reign in Jerusalem; and
put the land to a tribute of a hundred talents of silver, and a talent of
gold. 23:34And Pharaoh-necoh made Eliakim the
son of Josiah king in the room of Josiah his father, and changed his name
to Jehoiakim: but he took Jehoahaz away; and he came to Egypt, and died
there. 23:35And Jehoiakim gave the silver and the
gold to Pharaoh; but he taxed the land to give the money according to the
commandment of Pharaoh: he exacted the silver and the gold of the people
of the land, of every one according to his taxation, to give it unto
Pharaoh-necoh.
23:36Jehoiakim was twenty and five years
old when he began to reign; and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem: and
his mother's name was Zebidah the daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah. 23:37And he did that which was evil in the
sight of Jehovah, according to all that his fathers had done.
24:1In his days Nebuchadnezzar king of
Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim became his servant three years: then he
turned and rebelled against him. 24:2And Jehovah sent against him bands of
the Chaldeans, and bands of the Syrians, and bands of the Moabites, and
bands of the children of Ammon, and sent them against Judah to destroy it,
according to the word of Jehovah, which he spake by his servants the
prophets. 24:3Surely at the commandment of Jehovah
came this upon Judah, to remove them out of his sight, for the sins of
Manasseh, according to all that he did, 24:4and also for the
innocent blood that he shed; for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood:
and Jehovah would not pardon. 24:5Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim,
and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of
the kings of Judah? 24:6So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers;
and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead. 24:7And the king of Egypt
came not again any more out of his land; for the king of Babylon had
taken, from the brook of Egypt unto the river Euphrates, all that
pertained to the king of Egypt.
24:8Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when
he began to reign; and he reigned in Jerusalem three months: and his
mother's name was Nehushta the daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem. 24:9And
he did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, according to all that
his father had done.
24:10At that time the servants of
Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up to Jerusalem, and the city was
besieged. 24:11And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon
came unto the city, while his servants were besieging it; 24:12and Jehoiachin the king of Judah went
out to the king of Babylon, he, and his mother, and his servants, and his
princes, and his officers: and the king of Babylon took him in the eighth
year of his reign. 24:13And he carried out thence all the
treasures of the house of Jehovah, and the treasures of the king's house,
and cut in pieces all the vessels of gold, which Solomon king of Israel
had made in the temple of Jehovah, as Jehovah had said. 24:14And he carried away all Jerusalem,
and all the princes, and all the mighty men of valor, even ten thousand
captives, and all the craftsmen and the smiths; none remained, save the
poorest sort of the people of the land. 24:15And he carried away
Jehoiachin to Babylon; and the king's mother, and the king's wives, and
his officers, and the chief men of the land, carried he into captivity
from Jerusalem to Babylon. 24:16And all the men of might, even seven
thousand, and the craftsmen and the smiths a thousand, all of them strong
and apt for war, even them the king of Babylon brought captive to Babylon.
24:17And the king of Babylon made
Mattaniah, Jehoiachin's father's brother, king is his stead, and
changed his name to Zedekiah.
24:18Zedekiah was twenty and one years old
when he began to reign; and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem: and his
mother's name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. 24:19And he did that which was evil in the
sight of Jehovah, according to all that Jehoiakim had done. 24:20For through the anger of Jehovah did
it come to pass in Jerusalem and Judah, until he had cast them out from
his presence. And Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.
25:1And it came to pass in the ninth year
of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, that
Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, he and all his army, against
Jerusalem, and encamped against it; and they built forts against it round
about. 25:2So the city was besieged unto the
eleventh year of king Zedekiah. 25:3On the ninth day of the fourth
month the famine was sore in the city, so that there was no bread for the
people of the land. 25:4Then a breach was made in the city,
and all the men of war fled by night by the way of the gate between
the two walls, which was by the king's garden (now the Chaldeans were
against the city round about); and the king went by the way of the
Arabah. 25:5But the army of the Chaldeans pursued
after the king, and overtook him in the plains of Jericho; and all his
army was scattered from him. 25:6Then they took the king, and carried
him up unto the king of Babylon to Riblah; and they gave judgment upon
him. 25:7And they slew the sons of Zedekiah
before his eyes, and put out the eyes of Zedekiah, and bound him in
fetters, and carried him to Babylon.
25:8Now in the fifth month, on the seventh
day of the month, which was the nineteenth year of king Nebuchadnezzar,
king of Babylon, came Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard, a servant of
the king of Babylon, unto Jerusalem. 25:9And he burnt the house of Jehovah, and
the king's house; and all the houses of Jerusalem, even every great house,
burnt he with fire. 25:10And all the army of the Chaldeans,
that were with the captain of the guard, brake down the walls of
Jerusalem round about. 25:11And the residue of the people that
were left in the city, and those that fell away, that fell to the king of
Babylon, and the residue of the multitude, did Nebuzaradan the captain of
the guard carry away captive. 25:12But the captain of the guard left of
the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and husbandmen.
25:13And the pillars of brass that were in
the house of Jehovah, and the bases and the brazen sea that were in the
house of Jehovah, did the Chaldeans break in pieces, and carried the brass
of them to Babylon. 25:14And the pots, and the shovels, and
the snuffers, and the spoons, and all the vessels of brass wherewith they
ministered, took they away. 25:15And the firepans, and the basins,
that which was of gold, in gold, and that which was of silver, in silver,
the captain of the guard took away. 25:16The two pillars, the one sea, and the
bases, which Solomon had made for the house of Jehovah, the brass of all
these vessels was without weight. 25:17The height of the one pillar was
eighteen cubits, and a capital of brass was upon it; and the height of the
capital was three cubits, with network and pomegranates upon the capital
round about, all of brass: and like unto these had the second pillar with
network.
25:18And the captain of the guard took
Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three
keepers of the threshold: 25:19and out of the city he took an
officer that was set over the men of war; and five men of them that saw
the king's face, who were found in the city; and the scribe, the captain
of the host, who mustered the people of the land; and threescore men of
the people of the land, that were found in the city. 25:20And Nebuzaradan the captain of the
guard took them, and brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah. 25:21And the king of Babylon smote them,
and put them to death at Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah was
carried away captive out of his land.
25:22And as for the people that were left
in the land of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had left, even
over them he made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan,
governor. 25:23Now when all the captains of the
forces, they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made
Gedaliah governor, they came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, even Ishmael the son
of Nethaniah, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and Seraiah the son of
Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah the son of the Maacathite, they
and their men. 25:24And Gedaliah sware to them and to
their men, and said unto them, Fear not because of the servants of the
Chaldeans: dwell in the land, and serve the king of Babylon, and it shall
be well with you. 25:25But it came to pass in the seventh
month, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the seed
royal, came, and ten men with him, and smote Gedaliah, so that he died,
and the Jews and the Chaldeans that were with him at Mizpah. 25:26And all the people, both small and
great, and the captains of the forces, arose, and came to Egypt; for they
were afraid of the Chaldeans.
25:27And it came to pass in the seven and
thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the
twelfth month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, that
Evil-merodach king of Babylon, in the year that he began to reign, did
lift up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah out of prison; 25:28and he spake kindly to him, and set
his throne above the throne of the kings that were with him in Babylon, 25:29and changed his prison garments. And
Jehoiachin did eat bread before him continually all the days of his
life: 25:30and for his allowance, there was a
continual allowance given him of the king, every day a portion, all the
days of his life.
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