II Kings Chapter 25
1 And in the ninth year of his reign, the
tenth month and tenth day of the month
Neb-u-chad-nezzar king of Babylon
came, he, and all his host against
Jerusalem, and pitched against it, and
they built forts against it round about it.
2 So the city was besieged unto the
eleventh year of king Zedekiah. 3 And
the ninth day of the month the famine
was sore in the city, so that there was no
bread for the people of the land.
4 Then the city was broken up, and all
the men of war fled by night, by the way
of the gate, which is between two walls
that was by the king's garden: now the
Chaldeans were by the city round about:
and the king went by the way of the
wilderness.
5 But the army of the Chaldeans pursued
after the king, and took him in the deserts
of Jericho, and all his host was scattered
from him.
6 Then they took the king, and carried
him up to the king of Babylon to Riblah,
where they gave judgment upon him.
7 And they slew the sons of Zedekiah
before his eyes, and put out the eyes of
Zedekiah, and bound him in chains, and
carried him to Babylon.
8 And in the fifth month, and seventh day
of the month, which was the nineteenth
year of king Neb-u-chad-nezzar king of
Babylon, came Neb-uzaradan chief
steward and servant of the king of
Babylon, to Jerusalem, 9 And burned the
house of the Lord, and the king's house,
and all the houses of Jerusalem, and all
the great houses burned he with fire.
10 And all the army of the Chaldeans
that were with the chief steward, break
down the walls of Jerusalem round
about.
11 And the rest of the people that were
left in the city, and those that were fled
and fallen to the king of Babylon, with
the remnant of the multitude, did
Nebuzar-adan chief steward carry away
captive. 12 But the chief steward left of
the poor of the land to dress the vines,
and to till the land.
13 Also the pillars of brass that were in
the house of the Lord, and the bases, and
the brazen sea that was in the house of
the Lord, did the Chaldeans break, and
carried the brass of them to Babylon.
14 The pots also and the besoms, and the
instruments of music, and the incense
dishes, and all the vessels of brass that
they ministered in, took they away.
15 And the ash pans, and the basins, and
all that was of gold, and that was of
silver, took the chief steward away,
16 With the two pillars, one sea and the
bases, which Solomon had made for the
house of the Lord: the brass of all these
vessels was without weight. 17 The
height of the one pillar was eighteen
cubits, and the chapiter thereon was
brass, and the height of the chapiter was
with network three cubits, and
pomegranates upon the chapiter round
about, all of brass: and likewise was the
second pillar with the network.
18 And the chief steward took Seraiah
the chief priest, and Zephaniah the
second priest, and the three keepers of
the door.
19 And out of the city he took an eunuch
that had the oversight of the men of war,
and five men of them that were in the
king's presence, which were found in the
city, and Sopher 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. 20 And Nebuzar-
adan the chief steward took them,
and brought them to the king of Babylon
to Riblah.
21 And the king of Babylon smote them,
and slew them at Riblah in the land of
Hamath. So Judah was carried away
captive out of his own land. 22 Howbeit
there remained people in the land of
Judah, whom Neb-u-chadnezzar king of
Babylon left, and made Gedaliah the son
of Ahikam the son of Shaphan ruler over
them.
23 Then when all the captains of the host
and their men heard, that the king of
Babylon had made Gedaliah governor,
they came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, to wit,
Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and
Johanan the son of Careah, and Seraiah
the son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite,
and Jaazaniah the son of Maachathi, they
and their men.
24 And Gedaliah swear to them, and to
their men, and said unto them, Fear not
to be the servants of the Chaldeans:
dwell in the land, and serve the king of
Babylon, and ye shall be well.
25 But in the seventh month Ishmael the
son of Nethaniah the son of Elishama of
the king's seed, came, and ten men with
him, and smote Gedaliah, and he died,
and so did he the Jews, and the
Chaldeans that were with him at Mizpah.
26 Then all the people both small and
great, and the captains of the army arose,
and came to Egypt: for they were afraid
of the Chaldeans. 27 Notwithstanding in
the seven and thirtieth year after
Jehoiachin king of Judah was carried
away, in the twelfth month and the seven
and twentieth day of the month, Evilmerodach
king of Babylon in the year
that he began to reign, did lift up the
head of Jehoiachin king of Judah out of
the prison,
28 And spake kindly to him, and set his
throne above the throne of the kings that
were with him in Babylon,
29 And changed his prison garments:
and he did continually eat bread before
him, all the days of his life.
30 And his portion was a continual
portion given him by the king, every day
a certain, all the days of his life.
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II Kings Chapter 24
II Kings Chapter 24
1 In his days came Neb-u-chad-nezzar
king of Babylon up, and Jehoiakim
became his servant three year: afterward
he turned, and rebelled against him. 2
And the Lord sent against him bands of
the Chaldeans, and bands of the
Aramites [Syrians], and bands of the
Moabites, and bands of the Ammonites,
and he sent them against Judah to destroy
it, according to the word of the Lord,
which he spake by his servants the
prophets.
3 Surely by the commandment of the
Lord came this upon Judah, that he might
put them out of his sight for the sins of
Manasseh, according to all that he did,
4 And for the innocent blood that he
shed, (for he filled Jerusalem with
innocent blood) therefore the Lord
would not pardon it.
5 Concerning 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?
6 So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers,
and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his
stead.
7 And the king of Egypt came no more
out of his land: for the king of Babylon
had taken from the river of Egypt, unto
the river Perath, all that pertained to the
king of Egypt.
8 Jehoiachin was eighteen year old,
when he began to reign, and reigned in
Jerusalem three months. His mother's
name also was Nehushta, the daughter of
Elnathan of Jerusalem.
9 And he did evil in the sight of the
Lord, according to all that his father had
done.
10 In that time came the servants of Nebu-
chad-nezzar king of Babylon up
against Jerusalem: so the city was
besieged.
11 And Neb-u-chad-nezzar king of
Babylon came against the city, and his
servants did besiege it.
12 Then Jehoiachin the king of Judah
came out against the king of Babylon, he,
and his mother and his servants, and his
princes, and his eunuchs: and the king of
Babylon took him in the eighth year of
his reign.
13 And he carried out thence all the
treasures of the house of the Lord, and
the treasures of the king's house, and
break all the vessels of gold, which
Solomon king of Israel had made in the
temple of the Lord, as the Lord had said.
14 And he carried away all Jerusalem,
and all the princes, and all the strong
men of war , even ten thousand into
captivity, and all the workmen, and
cunning men: so none remained saving
the poor people of the land. 15 And he
carried away Jehoiachin into Babylon,
and the king's mother, and the king's
wives, and his eunuchs, and the mighty
of the land carried he away into
captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon,
16 And all the men of war, even seven
thousand, and carpenters, and locksmiths
a thousand: all that were strong and apt
for war, did the king of Babylon bring to
Babylon captives.
17 And the king of Babylon made
Mattaniah his uncle king in his stead, and
changed his name to Zedekiah.
18 Zedekiah was one and twenty year
old, when he began to reign, and he
reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. His
mother's name also was Hamutal the
daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.
19 And he did evil in the sight of the
Lord, according to all that Jehoiakim had
done.
20 Therefore certainly the wrath of the
Lord was against Jerusalem and Judah
until he cast them out of his sight. And
Zedekiah rebelled against the king of
Babylon.
1 In his days came Neb-u-chad-nezzar
king of Babylon up, and Jehoiakim
became his servant three year: afterward
he turned, and rebelled against him. 2
And the Lord sent against him bands of
the Chaldeans, and bands of the
Aramites [Syrians], and bands of the
Moabites, and bands of the Ammonites,
and he sent them against Judah to destroy
it, according to the word of the Lord,
which he spake by his servants the
prophets.
3 Surely by the commandment of the
Lord came this upon Judah, that he might
put them out of his sight for the sins of
Manasseh, according to all that he did,
4 And for the innocent blood that he
shed, (for he filled Jerusalem with
innocent blood) therefore the Lord
would not pardon it.
5 Concerning 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?
6 So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers,
and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his
stead.
7 And the king of Egypt came no more
out of his land: for the king of Babylon
had taken from the river of Egypt, unto
the river Perath, all that pertained to the
king of Egypt.
8 Jehoiachin was eighteen year old,
when he began to reign, and reigned in
Jerusalem three months. His mother's
name also was Nehushta, the daughter of
Elnathan of Jerusalem.
9 And he did evil in the sight of the
Lord, according to all that his father had
done.
10 In that time came the servants of Nebu-
chad-nezzar king of Babylon up
against Jerusalem: so the city was
besieged.
11 And Neb-u-chad-nezzar king of
Babylon came against the city, and his
servants did besiege it.
12 Then Jehoiachin the king of Judah
came out against the king of Babylon, he,
and his mother and his servants, and his
princes, and his eunuchs: and the king of
Babylon took him in the eighth year of
his reign.
13 And he carried out thence all the
treasures of the house of the Lord, and
the treasures of the king's house, and
break all the vessels of gold, which
Solomon king of Israel had made in the
temple of the Lord, as the Lord had said.
14 And he carried away all Jerusalem,
and all the princes, and all the strong
men of war , even ten thousand into
captivity, and all the workmen, and
cunning men: so none remained saving
the poor people of the land. 15 And he
carried away Jehoiachin into Babylon,
and the king's mother, and the king's
wives, and his eunuchs, and the mighty
of the land carried he away into
captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon,
16 And all the men of war, even seven
thousand, and carpenters, and locksmiths
a thousand: all that were strong and apt
for war, did the king of Babylon bring to
Babylon captives.
17 And the king of Babylon made
Mattaniah his uncle king in his stead, and
changed his name to Zedekiah.
18 Zedekiah was one and twenty year
old, when he began to reign, and he
reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. His
mother's name also was Hamutal the
daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.
19 And he did evil in the sight of the
Lord, according to all that Jehoiakim had
done.
20 Therefore certainly the wrath of the
Lord was against Jerusalem and Judah
until he cast them out of his sight. And
Zedekiah rebelled against the king of
Babylon.
II Kings Chapter 23
II Kings Chapter 23
1Then the king sent, and there gathered
unto him all the elders of Judah and of
Jerusalem.
2 And the king went up into the house of
the Lord, with all the men of Judah and
all the inhabitants of Jerusalem with him,
and the priests and 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 the Lord. 3 And the king stood
by the pillar, and made a covenant
before the Lord, that they should walk
after the Lord, and keep his
commandments, and his testimonies, and
his statutes with all their heart, and with
all their soul, that they might accomplish
the words of this covenant written in this
book. And all the people stood to the
covenant.
4 Then the king commanded Hilkiah the
high priest and the priests of the second
order, and the keepers of the door, to
bring out of the temple of the Lord all the
vessels that were made for Baal, and for
the grove, and for all the host of heaven,
and he burned them without Jerusalem in
the fields of Kidron, and carried the
powder of them into Beth-el.
5 And he put down the Chemarims,
whom the kings of Judah had founded to
burn incense in the high places , and in
the cities of Judah, and about Jerusalem,
and also them that burned incense unto
Baal, to the sun and to the moon, and to
the planets, and to all the host of heaven.
6 And he brought out the grove from the
temple of the Lord without Jerusalem
unto the valley of Kidron, and burned it
in the valley Kidron, and stamped it to
powder, and cast the dust thereof upon
the graves of the children of the people.
7 And he break down the houses of the
Sodomites, that were in the house of the
Lord, where the women wove hangings
for the grove.
8 Also he brought all the priests out of
the cities of Judah, and defiled the high
places where the priests had burned
incense, even from Geba to Beer-sheba,
and destroyed the high places of the
gates, that were in the entering in of the
gate of Joshua the governor of the city,
which was at the left hand of the gate of
the city.
9 Nevertheless the priests of the high
places came not up to the altar of the
Lord in Jerusalem, save only they did eat
of the unleavened bread among their
brethren.
10 He defiled also Topheth, which was
in the valley of the children of Hinnom,
that no man should make his son or his
daughter pass through the fire to Molech.
11 He put down also the horses that the
kings of Judah had given to the sun at the
entering in of the house of the Lord, by
the chamber of Nathan-melech the
eunuch, which was ruler of the suburbs,
and burned the chariots of the sun with
fire.
12 And the altars that were on the top of
the 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 the Lord did the king break
down, and hasted thence, and cast the
dust of them in the brook Kidron.
13 Moreover the king defiled the high
places that were before Jerusalem and
on the right hand of the mount of
corruption (which Solomon the king of
Israel had built for Ashtoreth the idol of
the Zidonians, and for Chemosh the idol
of the Moabites, and for Milcom the
abomination of the children of Ammon)
14 And he break the images in pieces,
and cut down the groves and filled their
places with the bones of men.
15 Furthermore the altar that was at
Beth-el, and the high place made by
Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which made
Israel to sin, both this altar and also the
high place, break he down, and burned
the high place, and stamped it to powder
and burned the grove.
16 And as Josiah turned himself, he
spied the graves, that were in the mount,
and sent and took the bones out of the
graves, and burned them upon the altar
and polluted it, according to the word of
the Lord, that the man of God
proclaimed, which cried the same
words.
17 Then he said, What title is that which
I see? And the men of the city said unto
him, It is the sepulchre of the man of
God, which came from Judah, and told
these things that thou hast done to the
altar of Beth-el.
18 Then said he, Let him alone: let none
remove his bones. So his bones were
saved with the bones of the prophet that
came from Samaria. 19 Josiah also took
away all the houses of the high places,
which were in the cities of Samaria,
which the kings of Israel had made to
anger the Lord, and did to them
according to all the facts that he had
done in Beth-el. 20 And he sacrificed all
the priests of the high places, that were
there upon the altars, and burned men's
bones upon them, and returned to
Jerusalem. 21 Then the king commanded
all the people, saying, Keep the
Passover unto the Lord your God, as it is
written in the book of this covenant. 22
And there was no Passover holden like
that from the days of the Judges that
Judged Israel, nor in all the days of the
kings of Israel, and of the kings of Judah.
23 And in the eighteenth year of king
Josiah was this Passover celebrated to
the Lord in Jerusalem.
24 Josiah also took away them that had
familiar spirits, and the soothsayers, and
the images, and the idols, and all the
abominations that were spied in the land
of Judah and in Jerusalem, to perform
the words of the law, which were
written in the book that Hilkiah the priest
found in the house of the Lord. 25 Like
unto him was there no king before him,
that turned to the Lord 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.
26 Notwithstanding the Lord turned not
from the fierceness of his great wrath
wherewith he was angry against Judah,
because of all the provocations
wherewith Manasseh had provoked him.
27 Therefore the Lord said, I will put
Judah also out of my sight, as I have put
away Israel, and will cast off this city
Jerusalem, which I have chosen, and the
house whereof I said, My name shall be
there.
28 Concerning 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?
29 In his days Pharaoh Necho king of
Egypt went up against the king of
Assyria to the river Perath. And king
Josiah went against him, whom when
Pharaoh saw, he slew him at Megiddo.
30 Then his servants carried him 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.
31 Jehoahaz was three and twenty year
old when he began to reign, and reigned
three months in Jerusalem. His mother's
name also was Hamutal the daughter of
Jeremiah of Libnah.
32 And he did evil in the sight of the
Lord, according to all that his fathers
had done.
33 And Pharaoh Necho put him in bonds
at Riblah in the land of Hamath, while he
reigned in Jerusalem, and put the land to
a tribute of an hundred talents of silver,
and a talent of gold.
34 And Pharaoh Necho made Eliakim
the son of Josiah king instead of Josiah
his father, and turned his name to
Jehoiakim, and took Jehoahaz away,
which when he came to Egypt, died
there.
35 And Jehoiakim gave the silver and
the gold to Pharaoh, and taxed the land
to give the money, according to the
commandment of Pharaoh: he levied of
every man of the people of the land,
according to his value, silver and gold to
give unto Pharaoh Necho.
36 Jehoiakim was five and twenty year
old, when he began to reign, and he
reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. His
mother's name also was Zebudah the
daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah.
37 And he did evil in the sight of the
Lord, according to all that his fathers
had done.
1Then the king sent, and there gathered
unto him all the elders of Judah and of
Jerusalem.
2 And the king went up into the house of
the Lord, with all the men of Judah and
all the inhabitants of Jerusalem with him,
and the priests and 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 the Lord. 3 And the king stood
by the pillar, and made a covenant
before the Lord, that they should walk
after the Lord, and keep his
commandments, and his testimonies, and
his statutes with all their heart, and with
all their soul, that they might accomplish
the words of this covenant written in this
book. And all the people stood to the
covenant.
4 Then the king commanded Hilkiah the
high priest and the priests of the second
order, and the keepers of the door, to
bring out of the temple of the Lord all the
vessels that were made for Baal, and for
the grove, and for all the host of heaven,
and he burned them without Jerusalem in
the fields of Kidron, and carried the
powder of them into Beth-el.
5 And he put down the Chemarims,
whom the kings of Judah had founded to
burn incense in the high places , and in
the cities of Judah, and about Jerusalem,
and also them that burned incense unto
Baal, to the sun and to the moon, and to
the planets, and to all the host of heaven.
6 And he brought out the grove from the
temple of the Lord without Jerusalem
unto the valley of Kidron, and burned it
in the valley Kidron, and stamped it to
powder, and cast the dust thereof upon
the graves of the children of the people.
7 And he break down the houses of the
Sodomites, that were in the house of the
Lord, where the women wove hangings
for the grove.
8 Also he brought all the priests out of
the cities of Judah, and defiled the high
places where the priests had burned
incense, even from Geba to Beer-sheba,
and destroyed the high places of the
gates, that were in the entering in of the
gate of Joshua the governor of the city,
which was at the left hand of the gate of
the city.
9 Nevertheless the priests of the high
places came not up to the altar of the
Lord in Jerusalem, save only they did eat
of the unleavened bread among their
brethren.
10 He defiled also Topheth, which was
in the valley of the children of Hinnom,
that no man should make his son or his
daughter pass through the fire to Molech.
11 He put down also the horses that the
kings of Judah had given to the sun at the
entering in of the house of the Lord, by
the chamber of Nathan-melech the
eunuch, which was ruler of the suburbs,
and burned the chariots of the sun with
fire.
12 And the altars that were on the top of
the 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 the Lord did the king break
down, and hasted thence, and cast the
dust of them in the brook Kidron.
13 Moreover the king defiled the high
places that were before Jerusalem and
on the right hand of the mount of
corruption (which Solomon the king of
Israel had built for Ashtoreth the idol of
the Zidonians, and for Chemosh the idol
of the Moabites, and for Milcom the
abomination of the children of Ammon)
14 And he break the images in pieces,
and cut down the groves and filled their
places with the bones of men.
15 Furthermore the altar that was at
Beth-el, and the high place made by
Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which made
Israel to sin, both this altar and also the
high place, break he down, and burned
the high place, and stamped it to powder
and burned the grove.
16 And as Josiah turned himself, he
spied the graves, that were in the mount,
and sent and took the bones out of the
graves, and burned them upon the altar
and polluted it, according to the word of
the Lord, that the man of God
proclaimed, which cried the same
words.
17 Then he said, What title is that which
I see? And the men of the city said unto
him, It is the sepulchre of the man of
God, which came from Judah, and told
these things that thou hast done to the
altar of Beth-el.
18 Then said he, Let him alone: let none
remove his bones. So his bones were
saved with the bones of the prophet that
came from Samaria. 19 Josiah also took
away all the houses of the high places,
which were in the cities of Samaria,
which the kings of Israel had made to
anger the Lord, and did to them
according to all the facts that he had
done in Beth-el. 20 And he sacrificed all
the priests of the high places, that were
there upon the altars, and burned men's
bones upon them, and returned to
Jerusalem. 21 Then the king commanded
all the people, saying, Keep the
Passover unto the Lord your God, as it is
written in the book of this covenant. 22
And there was no Passover holden like
that from the days of the Judges that
Judged Israel, nor in all the days of the
kings of Israel, and of the kings of Judah.
23 And in the eighteenth year of king
Josiah was this Passover celebrated to
the Lord in Jerusalem.
24 Josiah also took away them that had
familiar spirits, and the soothsayers, and
the images, and the idols, and all the
abominations that were spied in the land
of Judah and in Jerusalem, to perform
the words of the law, which were
written in the book that Hilkiah the priest
found in the house of the Lord. 25 Like
unto him was there no king before him,
that turned to the Lord 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.
26 Notwithstanding the Lord turned not
from the fierceness of his great wrath
wherewith he was angry against Judah,
because of all the provocations
wherewith Manasseh had provoked him.
27 Therefore the Lord said, I will put
Judah also out of my sight, as I have put
away Israel, and will cast off this city
Jerusalem, which I have chosen, and the
house whereof I said, My name shall be
there.
28 Concerning 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?
29 In his days Pharaoh Necho king of
Egypt went up against the king of
Assyria to the river Perath. And king
Josiah went against him, whom when
Pharaoh saw, he slew him at Megiddo.
30 Then his servants carried him 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.
31 Jehoahaz was three and twenty year
old when he began to reign, and reigned
three months in Jerusalem. His mother's
name also was Hamutal the daughter of
Jeremiah of Libnah.
32 And he did evil in the sight of the
Lord, according to all that his fathers
had done.
33 And Pharaoh Necho put him in bonds
at Riblah in the land of Hamath, while he
reigned in Jerusalem, and put the land to
a tribute of an hundred talents of silver,
and a talent of gold.
34 And Pharaoh Necho made Eliakim
the son of Josiah king instead of Josiah
his father, and turned his name to
Jehoiakim, and took Jehoahaz away,
which when he came to Egypt, died
there.
35 And Jehoiakim gave the silver and
the gold to Pharaoh, and taxed the land
to give the money, according to the
commandment of Pharaoh: he levied of
every man of the people of the land,
according to his value, silver and gold to
give unto Pharaoh Necho.
36 Jehoiakim was five and twenty year
old, when he began to reign, and he
reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. His
mother's name also was Zebudah the
daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah.
37 And he did evil in the sight of the
Lord, according to all that his fathers
had done.
II Kings Chapter 22
II Kings Chapter 22
1 Josiah was eight year old when he
began to reign, and he reigned one and
thirty year in Jerusalem. His mother's
name also was Jedidah the daughter of
Adaiah of Boscath.
2 And he did uprightly in the sight of the
Lord, and walked in all the ways of
David his father, and bowed neither to
the right hand, nor to the left. 3 And in
the eighteenth year of king Josiah, the
king sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah the
son of Meshullam the chancellor to the
house of the Lord, saying, 4 Go up to
Hilkiah the high priest, that he may sum
the silver which is brought into the house
of the Lord, which the keepers of the
door have gathered of the people.
5 And let them deliver it into the hand of
them that do the work, and have the
oversight of the house of the Lord: let
them give it to them that work in the
house of the Lord, to repair the decayed
places of the house:
6 To wit, unto the artificers and
carpenters and masons, and to buy
timber, and hewed stone to repair the
house.
7 Howbeit, let no reckoning be made
with them of the money, that is delivered
into their hand: for they deal faithfully.
8 And Hilkiah the high priest said unto
Shaphan the chancellor, I have found the
book of the law in the house of the Lord:
and Hilkiah gave the book to Shaphan,
and he read it.
9 So Shaphan the chancellor came to the
king, and brought him word again, and
said, Thy servants have gathered the
money, that was found in the house, and
have delivered it unto the hands of them
that do the work, and have the oversight
of the house of the Lord.
10 Also Shaphan the chancellor showed
the king saying, Hilkiah the priest hath
delivered me a book. And Shaphan read
it before the king.
11 And when the king had heard the
words of the book of the law, he rent his
clothes.
12 Therefore the king commanded
Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam the son of
Shaphan, and Achbor the son of
Michaiah, and Shaphan the chancellor,
and Asahiah the king's servant, saying,
13 Go ye and inquire of the Lord 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 the Lord
that is kindled against us, because our
fathers have not obeyed the words of this
book, to do according unto all that which
is written therein for us. 14 So Hilkiah
the priest and Ahikam, and Achbor and
Shaphan, and Asahiah went unto Huldah
the prophetess the wife of Shallum, the
son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas keeper
of the wardrobe: (and she dwelt in
Jerusalem in the college) and they
communed with her.
15 And she answered them, Thus saith
the Lord God of Israel, Tell the man that
sent you to me,
16 Thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will
bring evil upon this place, and on the
inhabitants thereof, even all the words of
the book which the king of Judah hath
read,
17 Because they have forsaken me, and
have burned incense unto other gods, to
anger me with all the works of their
hands: my wrath also shall be kindled
against this place and shall not be
quenched:
18 But to the king of Judah, who sent you
to inquire of the Lord, so shall ye say
unto him, Thus saith the Lord God of
Israel, The words that thou hast heard,
shall come to pass.
19 But because thine heart did melt, and
thou hast humbled thyself before the
Lord, when thou heardest what I spake
against this place, and against the
inhabitants of the same, to wit, that it
should be destroyed and accursed, and
hast rent thy clothes, and wept before
me, I have also heard it, saith the Lord.
20 Behold therefore, I will gather thee to
thy fathers, and thou shalt be put in thy
grave in peace, and thine eyes shall not
see all the evil, which I will bring upon
this place. Thus they brought the king
word again.
1 Josiah was eight year old when he
began to reign, and he reigned one and
thirty year in Jerusalem. His mother's
name also was Jedidah the daughter of
Adaiah of Boscath.
2 And he did uprightly in the sight of the
Lord, and walked in all the ways of
David his father, and bowed neither to
the right hand, nor to the left. 3 And in
the eighteenth year of king Josiah, the
king sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah the
son of Meshullam the chancellor to the
house of the Lord, saying, 4 Go up to
Hilkiah the high priest, that he may sum
the silver which is brought into the house
of the Lord, which the keepers of the
door have gathered of the people.
5 And let them deliver it into the hand of
them that do the work, and have the
oversight of the house of the Lord: let
them give it to them that work in the
house of the Lord, to repair the decayed
places of the house:
6 To wit, unto the artificers and
carpenters and masons, and to buy
timber, and hewed stone to repair the
house.
7 Howbeit, let no reckoning be made
with them of the money, that is delivered
into their hand: for they deal faithfully.
8 And Hilkiah the high priest said unto
Shaphan the chancellor, I have found the
book of the law in the house of the Lord:
and Hilkiah gave the book to Shaphan,
and he read it.
9 So Shaphan the chancellor came to the
king, and brought him word again, and
said, Thy servants have gathered the
money, that was found in the house, and
have delivered it unto the hands of them
that do the work, and have the oversight
of the house of the Lord.
10 Also Shaphan the chancellor showed
the king saying, Hilkiah the priest hath
delivered me a book. And Shaphan read
it before the king.
11 And when the king had heard the
words of the book of the law, he rent his
clothes.
12 Therefore the king commanded
Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam the son of
Shaphan, and Achbor the son of
Michaiah, and Shaphan the chancellor,
and Asahiah the king's servant, saying,
13 Go ye and inquire of the Lord 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 the Lord
that is kindled against us, because our
fathers have not obeyed the words of this
book, to do according unto all that which
is written therein for us. 14 So Hilkiah
the priest and Ahikam, and Achbor and
Shaphan, and Asahiah went unto Huldah
the prophetess the wife of Shallum, the
son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas keeper
of the wardrobe: (and she dwelt in
Jerusalem in the college) and they
communed with her.
15 And she answered them, Thus saith
the Lord God of Israel, Tell the man that
sent you to me,
16 Thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will
bring evil upon this place, and on the
inhabitants thereof, even all the words of
the book which the king of Judah hath
read,
17 Because they have forsaken me, and
have burned incense unto other gods, to
anger me with all the works of their
hands: my wrath also shall be kindled
against this place and shall not be
quenched:
18 But to the king of Judah, who sent you
to inquire of the Lord, so shall ye say
unto him, Thus saith the Lord God of
Israel, The words that thou hast heard,
shall come to pass.
19 But because thine heart did melt, and
thou hast humbled thyself before the
Lord, when thou heardest what I spake
against this place, and against the
inhabitants of the same, to wit, that it
should be destroyed and accursed, and
hast rent thy clothes, and wept before
me, I have also heard it, saith the Lord.
20 Behold therefore, I will gather thee to
thy fathers, and thou shalt be put in thy
grave in peace, and thine eyes shall not
see all the evil, which I will bring upon
this place. Thus they brought the king
word again.
II Kings Chapter 21
II Kings Chapter 21
1 Manasseh was twelve year old when
he began to reign, and reigned fifty and
five year in Jerusalem: his mother's
name also was Hephzi-bah. 2 And he
did evil in the sight of the Lord after the
abomination of the heathen, whom the
Lord had cast out before the children of
Israel.
3 For he went back and built the high
places, which Hezekiah his father had
destroyed: and he erected up altars for
Baal, and made a grove, as did Ahab
king of Israel, and worshiped all the host
of heaven and served them. 4 Also he
built altars in the house of the Lord, of
the which the Lord said, In Jerusalem
will I put my name.
5 And he built altars for all the host of
the heaven in the two courts of the house
of the Lord.
6 And he caused his sons to pass through
the fire, and gave himself to witchcraft
and sorcery, and he used them that had
familiar spirits and were soothsayers,
and did much evil in the sight of the Lord
to anger him. 7 And he set the image of
the grove, that he had made, in the house,
whereof the Lord had 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 forever.
8 Neither will I make the feet of Israel,
move anymore out of the land, which I
gave their fathers: so that they will
observe and do all that I have
commanded them, and according to all
the law that my servant Moses
commanded them. 9 Yet they obeyed not,
but Manasseh led them out of the way, to
do more wickedly than did the heathen
people, whom the Lord destroyed before
the children of Israel.
10 Therefore the Lord spake by his
servants the prophets, saying, 11
Because that Manasseh king of Judah
hath done such abominations, and hath
wrought more wickedly than all that the
Amorites (which were before him) did,
and hath made Judah sin also with his
idols,
12 Therefore thus saith the Lord God of
Israel, Behold, I will bring an evil upon
Jerusalem and Judah, that whoso heareth
of it, both his ears shall tingle. 13 And 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, which he wipeth, and
turneth it upside down.
14 And I will forsake the remnant of
mine inheritance, and deliver them into
the hand of their enemies, and they shall
be robbed and spoiled of all their
adversaries,
15 Because they have done evil in my
sight, and have provoked me to anger,
since the time their fathers came out of
Egypt until this day.
16 Moreover Manasseh shed innocent
blood exceeding much, till he
replenished Jerusalem from corner to
corner, beside his sin wherewith he
made Judah to sin, and to do evil in the
sight of the Lord.
17 Concerning 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?
18 And Manasseh slept with his fathers,
and was buried in the garden of his own
house, even in the garden of Uzza: and
Amon his son reigned in his stead.
19 Amon was two and twenty year old,
when he began to reign, and he reigned
two year in Jerusalem: his mother's
name also was Meshullemeth the
daughter of Haruz of Jotbah.
20 And he did evil in the sight of the
Lord, as his father Manasseh did. 21 For
he walked in all the way that his father
walked in, and served the idols that his
father served, and worshiped them.
22 And he forsook the Lord God of his
fathers, and walked not in the way of the
Lord.
23 And the servants of Amon conspired
against him, and slew the king in his own
house.
24 And the people of the land slew all
them that had conspired against king
Amon, and the people made Josiah his
son king in his stead.
25 Concerning 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?
26 And they buried him in his sepulchre
in the garden of Uzza: and Josiah his son
reigned in his stead.
1 Manasseh was twelve year old when
he began to reign, and reigned fifty and
five year in Jerusalem: his mother's
name also was Hephzi-bah. 2 And he
did evil in the sight of the Lord after the
abomination of the heathen, whom the
Lord had cast out before the children of
Israel.
3 For he went back and built the high
places, which Hezekiah his father had
destroyed: and he erected up altars for
Baal, and made a grove, as did Ahab
king of Israel, and worshiped all the host
of heaven and served them. 4 Also he
built altars in the house of the Lord, of
the which the Lord said, In Jerusalem
will I put my name.
5 And he built altars for all the host of
the heaven in the two courts of the house
of the Lord.
6 And he caused his sons to pass through
the fire, and gave himself to witchcraft
and sorcery, and he used them that had
familiar spirits and were soothsayers,
and did much evil in the sight of the Lord
to anger him. 7 And he set the image of
the grove, that he had made, in the house,
whereof the Lord had 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 forever.
8 Neither will I make the feet of Israel,
move anymore out of the land, which I
gave their fathers: so that they will
observe and do all that I have
commanded them, and according to all
the law that my servant Moses
commanded them. 9 Yet they obeyed not,
but Manasseh led them out of the way, to
do more wickedly than did the heathen
people, whom the Lord destroyed before
the children of Israel.
10 Therefore the Lord spake by his
servants the prophets, saying, 11
Because that Manasseh king of Judah
hath done such abominations, and hath
wrought more wickedly than all that the
Amorites (which were before him) did,
and hath made Judah sin also with his
idols,
12 Therefore thus saith the Lord God of
Israel, Behold, I will bring an evil upon
Jerusalem and Judah, that whoso heareth
of it, both his ears shall tingle. 13 And 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, which he wipeth, and
turneth it upside down.
14 And I will forsake the remnant of
mine inheritance, and deliver them into
the hand of their enemies, and they shall
be robbed and spoiled of all their
adversaries,
15 Because they have done evil in my
sight, and have provoked me to anger,
since the time their fathers came out of
Egypt until this day.
16 Moreover Manasseh shed innocent
blood exceeding much, till he
replenished Jerusalem from corner to
corner, beside his sin wherewith he
made Judah to sin, and to do evil in the
sight of the Lord.
17 Concerning 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?
18 And Manasseh slept with his fathers,
and was buried in the garden of his own
house, even in the garden of Uzza: and
Amon his son reigned in his stead.
19 Amon was two and twenty year old,
when he began to reign, and he reigned
two year in Jerusalem: his mother's
name also was Meshullemeth the
daughter of Haruz of Jotbah.
20 And he did evil in the sight of the
Lord, as his father Manasseh did. 21 For
he walked in all the way that his father
walked in, and served the idols that his
father served, and worshiped them.
22 And he forsook the Lord God of his
fathers, and walked not in the way of the
Lord.
23 And the servants of Amon conspired
against him, and slew the king in his own
house.
24 And the people of the land slew all
them that had conspired against king
Amon, and the people made Josiah his
son king in his stead.
25 Concerning 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?
26 And they buried him in his sepulchre
in the garden of Uzza: and Josiah his son
reigned in his stead.
II Kings Chapter 20
II Kings Chapter 20
1 About that time was Hezekiah sick
unto death: and the prophet Isaiah the
son of Amoz came to him, and said unto
him, Thus saith the Lord, Put thine house
in an order: for thou shalt die, and not
live.
2 Then he turned his face to the wall,
and prayed to the Lord, saying, 3 I
beseech thee, O Lord, remember now,
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.
4 And afore Isaiah was gone out into the
middle of the court, the word of the Lord
came to him, saying,
5 Turn again, and tell Hezekiah the
captain of my people, Thus saith the
Lord God of David thy father, I have
heard thy prayer, and seen thy tears:
behold, I have healed thee, and the third
day thou shalt go up to the house of the
Lord, 6 And I will add unto thy days
fifteen year, and will deliver thee and
this city out of the hand of the king of
Assyria, and will defend this city for
mine own sake, and for David my
servant's sake.
7 Then Isaiah said, Take a lump of dry
figs. And they took it, and laid it on the
boil, and he recovered.
8 For Hezekiah had said unto Isaiah,
What shall be the sign that the Lord will
heal me, and that I shall go up into the
house of the Lord the third day?
9 And Isaiah answered, This sign shalt
thou have of the Lord, that the Lord will
do that he hath spoken, Wilt thou that the
shadow go forward ten degrees, or go
back ten degrees?
10 And Hezekiah answered, It is a light
thing for the shadow to pass forward ten
degrees: not so then, but let the shadow
go back ten degrees. 11 And Isaiah the
prophet called unto the Lord, and he
brought again the shadow ten degrees
back by the degrees whereby it had gone
down in the dial of Ahaz.
12 The same season Berodach Baladan
the son of Baladan king of Babylon, sent
letters and a present to Hezekiah: for he
had heard how that Hezekiah was sick.
13 And Hezekiah heard them, and
showed them all his treasure house, to
wit, the silver, and the gold, and the
spices, and the precious ointment, and
all the house of his armor, and all that
was found in his treasures: there was
nothing in his house, and in all his realm,
that Hezekiah showed them not. 14 Then
Isaiah the prophet came unto king
Hezekiah, and said unto him, What said
these men? And from whence came they
to thee? And Hezekiah said, They be
come from a far country , even from
Babylon. 15 Then said he, What have
they seen in thine house? And Hezekiah
answered, All that is in mine house have
they seen: there is nothing among my
treasures, that I have not showed them.
16 And Isaiah said unto Hezekiah, Hear
the word of the Lord.
17 Behold, the days come, that all that is
in thine house, and whatsoever thy
fathers have laid up in store unto this
day, shall be carried into Babylon:
Nothing shall be left, saith the Lord.
18 And of thy sons, that shall proceed
out of thee, and which thou shalt beget,
shall they take away, and they shall be
eunuchs in the palace of the king of
Babylon.
19 Then Hezekiah said unto Isaiah, The
word of the Lord which thou hast
spoken, is good: for said he, Shall it not
be good, if peace and truth be in my
days?
20 Concerning the rest of the acts of
Hezekiah, and all his valiant deeds, and
how he made a pool and a conduit, and
brought water into the city, are they not
written in the book of the chronicles of
the kings of Judah?
21 And Hezekiah slept with his fathers:
and Manasseh his son reigned in his
stead.
1 About that time was Hezekiah sick
unto death: and the prophet Isaiah the
son of Amoz came to him, and said unto
him, Thus saith the Lord, Put thine house
in an order: for thou shalt die, and not
live.
2 Then he turned his face to the wall,
and prayed to the Lord, saying, 3 I
beseech thee, O Lord, remember now,
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.
4 And afore Isaiah was gone out into the
middle of the court, the word of the Lord
came to him, saying,
5 Turn again, and tell Hezekiah the
captain of my people, Thus saith the
Lord God of David thy father, I have
heard thy prayer, and seen thy tears:
behold, I have healed thee, and the third
day thou shalt go up to the house of the
Lord, 6 And I will add unto thy days
fifteen year, and will deliver thee and
this city out of the hand of the king of
Assyria, and will defend this city for
mine own sake, and for David my
servant's sake.
7 Then Isaiah said, Take a lump of dry
figs. And they took it, and laid it on the
boil, and he recovered.
8 For Hezekiah had said unto Isaiah,
What shall be the sign that the Lord will
heal me, and that I shall go up into the
house of the Lord the third day?
9 And Isaiah answered, This sign shalt
thou have of the Lord, that the Lord will
do that he hath spoken, Wilt thou that the
shadow go forward ten degrees, or go
back ten degrees?
10 And Hezekiah answered, It is a light
thing for the shadow to pass forward ten
degrees: not so then, but let the shadow
go back ten degrees. 11 And Isaiah the
prophet called unto the Lord, and he
brought again the shadow ten degrees
back by the degrees whereby it had gone
down in the dial of Ahaz.
12 The same season Berodach Baladan
the son of Baladan king of Babylon, sent
letters and a present to Hezekiah: for he
had heard how that Hezekiah was sick.
13 And Hezekiah heard them, and
showed them all his treasure house, to
wit, the silver, and the gold, and the
spices, and the precious ointment, and
all the house of his armor, and all that
was found in his treasures: there was
nothing in his house, and in all his realm,
that Hezekiah showed them not. 14 Then
Isaiah the prophet came unto king
Hezekiah, and said unto him, What said
these men? And from whence came they
to thee? And Hezekiah said, They be
come from a far country , even from
Babylon. 15 Then said he, What have
they seen in thine house? And Hezekiah
answered, All that is in mine house have
they seen: there is nothing among my
treasures, that I have not showed them.
16 And Isaiah said unto Hezekiah, Hear
the word of the Lord.
17 Behold, the days come, that all that is
in thine house, and whatsoever thy
fathers have laid up in store unto this
day, shall be carried into Babylon:
Nothing shall be left, saith the Lord.
18 And of thy sons, that shall proceed
out of thee, and which thou shalt beget,
shall they take away, and they shall be
eunuchs in the palace of the king of
Babylon.
19 Then Hezekiah said unto Isaiah, The
word of the Lord which thou hast
spoken, is good: for said he, Shall it not
be good, if peace and truth be in my
days?
20 Concerning the rest of the acts of
Hezekiah, and all his valiant deeds, and
how he made a pool and a conduit, and
brought water into the city, are they not
written in the book of the chronicles of
the kings of Judah?
21 And Hezekiah slept with his fathers:
and Manasseh his son reigned in his
stead.
II Kings Chapter 19
II Kings Chapter 19
1 And when king Hezekiah heard it, he
rent his clothes and put on sackcloth, and
came into the house of the Lord,
2 And sent Eliakim which was the
steward of the house, and Shebna the
chancellor, and the elders of the priests
clothed in sackcloth to Isaiah the prophet
the son of Amoz.
3 And they said unto him, Thus saith
Hezekiah, This day is a day of
tribulation and of rebuke, and
blasphemy: for the children are come to
the birth, and there is no strength to bring
forth.
4 If so be the Lord thy God hath heard
all the words of Rabshakeh, whom the
king of Assyria his master hath sent to
rail on the living God, and to reproach
him with words which the Lord thy God
hath heard, then lift thou up thy prayer
for the remnant that are left.
5 So the servants of king Hezekiah came
to Isaiah.
6 And Isaiah said unto them, So shall ye
say to your master, Thus saith the Lord,
Be not afraid of the words which thou
hast heard, wherewith the servants of the
king of Assyria have blasphemed me.
7 Behold, I will send a blast upon him,
and he shall hear a noise, and return to
his own land: and I will cause him to
fall by the sword in his own land. 8 So
Rabshakeh returned, and found the king
of Assyria fighting against Libnah: for he
had heard that he was departed from
Lachish.
9 He heard also men say of Tirhakah
king of Ethiopia, Behold, he is come out
to fight against thee: he therefore
departed and sent other messengers unto
Hezekiah, saying,
10 Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king
of Judah, and say, Let not thy God
deceive thee in whom thou trustest,
saying, Jerusalem shall not be delivered
into the hand of the king of Assyria.
11 Behold, thou hast heard what the
kings of Assyria have done to all lands,
how they have destroyed them: and shalt
thou be delivered?
12 Have the gods of the heathen
delivered them which my fathers have
destroyed? As Gozan, and Haran, and
Rezeph, and the children of Eden, which
were in Thelasar?
13 Where is the king of Hamath, and the
king of Arpad, and the king of the city of
Shepharvaim, Hena and Ivah?
14 So Hezekiah received the letter of the
hand of the messengers, and read it: and
Hezekiah went up into the house of the
Lord, and Hezekiah spread it before the
Lord.
15 And Hezekiah prayed before the
Lord, and said, O Lord God of Israel,
which dwellest between the cherubims,
thou art very God alone over all the
kingdoms of the earth: thou hast made the
heaven and the earth. 16 Lord, bow
down thine ear, and hear: Lord open
thine eyes and behold, and hear the
words of Sennacherib, who hath sent to
blaspheme the living God. 17 Truth it is,
Lord, that the kings of Assyria have
destroyed the nations and their lands,
18 And have set fire on their gods: for
they were no gods, but the work of man's
hands, even wood and stone: therefore
they destroyed them. 19 Now therefore,
O Lord our God, I beseech thee, save
thou us out of his hand, that all the
kingdoms of the earth may know, that
thou, O Lord, art only God.
20 Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to
Hezekiah, saying, Thus saith the Lord
God of Israel, I have heard that which
thou hast prayed me, concerning
Sennacherib king of Assyria.
21 This is the word that the Lord hath
spoken against him, O virgin, daughter of
Zion, he hath despised thee, and laughed
thee to scorn: O daughter of Jerusalem,
he hath shaken his head at thee.
22 Whom hast thou railed on? And
whom hast thou blasphemed? And
against whom hast thou exalted thy
voice, and lifted up thine eyes on
high? Even against the Holy one of
Israel.
23 By thy messengers thou hast railed on
the Lord, and said, By the multitude of
my chariots I am come up to the top of
the mountains, by the sides of Lebanon,
and will cut down the high cedars
thereof, and the fair fir trees thereof, and
I will go into the lodging of his borders,
and into the forest of his Carmel.
24 I have digged, and drunk the waters
of others, and with the plant of my feet
have I dried all the floods closed in.
25 Hast thou not heard, how I have of
old time made it, and have formed it
long ago? And should I now bring it, that
it should be destroyed, and laid on
ruinous heaps, as cities defensed?
26 Whose inhabitants have small power,
and are afraid, and confounded: they are
like the grass of the field, and green
herb, or grass on the house tops, or as
corn blasted before it be grown.
27 I know thy dwelling, yea, thy going
out, and thy coming in, and thy fury
against me.
28 And because thou ragest against me,
and thy tumult is come up to mine ears, I
will put mine hook in thy nostrils, and
my bridle in thy lips, and will bring thee
back again the same way thou camest.
29 And this shall be a sign unto thee, O
Hezekiah, Thou shalt eat this year such
things as grow of themselves, and the
next year such as grow without sowing,
and the third year sow ye and reap, and
plant vineyards, and eat the fruits
thereof.
30 And the remnant that is escaped of the
house of Judah, shall again take root
downward, and bear fruit upward.
31 For out of Jerusalem shall go a
remnant, and some that shall escape out
of mount Zion: the zeal of the Lord of
hosts shall do this.
32 Wherefore thus saith the Lord,
concerning the king of Assyria, He shall
not enter into this city, nor shoot an
arrow there, nor come before it with
shield, nor cast a mount against it:
33 But he shall return the way he came,
and shall not come into this city, saith
the Lord.
34 For I will defend this city to save it
for mine own sake, and for David my
servant's sake.
35 And the same night the angel of the
Lord went out and smote in the camp of
Assyria an hundred fourscore and five
thousand: so when they rose early in the
morning, behold, they were all dead
corpses.
36 So Sennacherib king of Assyria
departed, and went his way, and
returned, and dwelt in Nineveh.
37 And as he was in the temple
worshiping Nisroch his god,
Adramelech and Sharezer his sons slew
him with the sword: and they escaped
into the land of Ararat, and Esarhaddon
his son reigned in his stead.
1 And when king Hezekiah heard it, he
rent his clothes and put on sackcloth, and
came into the house of the Lord,
2 And sent Eliakim which was the
steward of the house, and Shebna the
chancellor, and the elders of the priests
clothed in sackcloth to Isaiah the prophet
the son of Amoz.
3 And they said unto him, Thus saith
Hezekiah, This day is a day of
tribulation and of rebuke, and
blasphemy: for the children are come to
the birth, and there is no strength to bring
forth.
4 If so be the Lord thy God hath heard
all the words of Rabshakeh, whom the
king of Assyria his master hath sent to
rail on the living God, and to reproach
him with words which the Lord thy God
hath heard, then lift thou up thy prayer
for the remnant that are left.
5 So the servants of king Hezekiah came
to Isaiah.
6 And Isaiah said unto them, So shall ye
say to your master, Thus saith the Lord,
Be not afraid of the words which thou
hast heard, wherewith the servants of the
king of Assyria have blasphemed me.
7 Behold, I will send a blast upon him,
and he shall hear a noise, and return to
his own land: and I will cause him to
fall by the sword in his own land. 8 So
Rabshakeh returned, and found the king
of Assyria fighting against Libnah: for he
had heard that he was departed from
Lachish.
9 He heard also men say of Tirhakah
king of Ethiopia, Behold, he is come out
to fight against thee: he therefore
departed and sent other messengers unto
Hezekiah, saying,
10 Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king
of Judah, and say, Let not thy God
deceive thee in whom thou trustest,
saying, Jerusalem shall not be delivered
into the hand of the king of Assyria.
11 Behold, thou hast heard what the
kings of Assyria have done to all lands,
how they have destroyed them: and shalt
thou be delivered?
12 Have the gods of the heathen
delivered them which my fathers have
destroyed? As Gozan, and Haran, and
Rezeph, and the children of Eden, which
were in Thelasar?
13 Where is the king of Hamath, and the
king of Arpad, and the king of the city of
Shepharvaim, Hena and Ivah?
14 So Hezekiah received the letter of the
hand of the messengers, and read it: and
Hezekiah went up into the house of the
Lord, and Hezekiah spread it before the
Lord.
15 And Hezekiah prayed before the
Lord, and said, O Lord God of Israel,
which dwellest between the cherubims,
thou art very God alone over all the
kingdoms of the earth: thou hast made the
heaven and the earth. 16 Lord, bow
down thine ear, and hear: Lord open
thine eyes and behold, and hear the
words of Sennacherib, who hath sent to
blaspheme the living God. 17 Truth it is,
Lord, that the kings of Assyria have
destroyed the nations and their lands,
18 And have set fire on their gods: for
they were no gods, but the work of man's
hands, even wood and stone: therefore
they destroyed them. 19 Now therefore,
O Lord our God, I beseech thee, save
thou us out of his hand, that all the
kingdoms of the earth may know, that
thou, O Lord, art only God.
20 Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to
Hezekiah, saying, Thus saith the Lord
God of Israel, I have heard that which
thou hast prayed me, concerning
Sennacherib king of Assyria.
21 This is the word that the Lord hath
spoken against him, O virgin, daughter of
Zion, he hath despised thee, and laughed
thee to scorn: O daughter of Jerusalem,
he hath shaken his head at thee.
22 Whom hast thou railed on? And
whom hast thou blasphemed? And
against whom hast thou exalted thy
voice, and lifted up thine eyes on
high? Even against the Holy one of
Israel.
23 By thy messengers thou hast railed on
the Lord, and said, By the multitude of
my chariots I am come up to the top of
the mountains, by the sides of Lebanon,
and will cut down the high cedars
thereof, and the fair fir trees thereof, and
I will go into the lodging of his borders,
and into the forest of his Carmel.
24 I have digged, and drunk the waters
of others, and with the plant of my feet
have I dried all the floods closed in.
25 Hast thou not heard, how I have of
old time made it, and have formed it
long ago? And should I now bring it, that
it should be destroyed, and laid on
ruinous heaps, as cities defensed?
26 Whose inhabitants have small power,
and are afraid, and confounded: they are
like the grass of the field, and green
herb, or grass on the house tops, or as
corn blasted before it be grown.
27 I know thy dwelling, yea, thy going
out, and thy coming in, and thy fury
against me.
28 And because thou ragest against me,
and thy tumult is come up to mine ears, I
will put mine hook in thy nostrils, and
my bridle in thy lips, and will bring thee
back again the same way thou camest.
29 And this shall be a sign unto thee, O
Hezekiah, Thou shalt eat this year such
things as grow of themselves, and the
next year such as grow without sowing,
and the third year sow ye and reap, and
plant vineyards, and eat the fruits
thereof.
30 And the remnant that is escaped of the
house of Judah, shall again take root
downward, and bear fruit upward.
31 For out of Jerusalem shall go a
remnant, and some that shall escape out
of mount Zion: the zeal of the Lord of
hosts shall do this.
32 Wherefore thus saith the Lord,
concerning the king of Assyria, He shall
not enter into this city, nor shoot an
arrow there, nor come before it with
shield, nor cast a mount against it:
33 But he shall return the way he came,
and shall not come into this city, saith
the Lord.
34 For I will defend this city to save it
for mine own sake, and for David my
servant's sake.
35 And the same night the angel of the
Lord went out and smote in the camp of
Assyria an hundred fourscore and five
thousand: so when they rose early in the
morning, behold, they were all dead
corpses.
36 So Sennacherib king of Assyria
departed, and went his way, and
returned, and dwelt in Nineveh.
37 And as he was in the temple
worshiping Nisroch his god,
Adramelech and Sharezer his sons slew
him with the sword: and they escaped
into the land of Ararat, and Esarhaddon
his son reigned in his stead.
II Kings Chapter 18
II Kings Chapter 18
1 Now in the third year of Hoshea, son
of Elah king of Israel, Hezekiah the son
of Ahaz king of Judah began to reign.
2 He was five and twenty year old when
he began to reign, and reigned nine and
twenty year in Jerusalem. His mother's
name also was Abi the daughter of
Zachariah,
3 And he did uprightly in the sight of the
Lord, according to all that David his
father had done.
4 He took away the high places, and
break the images, and cut down the
groves, and break 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.
5 He trusted in the Lord God of Israel:
so that after him was none like him
among all the kings of Judah, neither
were there any such before him. 6 For he
clave to the Lord, and departed not from
him, but kept his commandments, which
the Lord had commanded Moses.
7 So the Lord was with him, and he
prospered in all things, which he took in
hand: also he rebelled against the king of
Assyria, and served him not. 8 He smote
the Philistines unto Gaza, and the coasts
thereof, from the watch tower unto the
defensed city.
9 And in the fourth year of king
Hezekiah, (which was the seventh year
of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel)
Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up
against Samaria, and besieged it.
10 And after three years they took it,
even in the sixth year of Hezekiah: that
is, the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel
was Samaria taken.
11 Then the king of Assyria did carry
away Israel unto Assyria, and put them
in Halah and in Habor, by the river of
Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes, 12
Because they would not obey the voice
of the Lord their God, but transgressed
his covenant: that is, all that Moses the
servant of the Lord had commanded, and
would neither obey nor do them.
13 Moreover, in the fourteenth year of
king Hezekiah, Sennacherib king of
Assyria came up against all the strong
cities of Judah, and took them. 14 Then
Hezekiah king of Judah sent unto the king
of Assyria to Lachish, saying, I have
offended: depart from me, and what thou
layest upon me, I will bear it. And the
king of Assyria appointed unto Hezekiah
king of Judah three hundred talents of
silver, and thirty talents of gold.
15 Therefore Hezekiah gave all the
silver that was found in the house of the
Lord, and in the treasures of the king's
house.
16 At the same season did Hezekiah pull
off the plates of the doors of the temple
of the Lord, and the pillars (which the
said Hezekiah king of Judah had covered
over) and gave them to the king of
Assyria.
17 And the king of Assyria sent Tartan,
and Rab-saris, and Rabshakeh from
Lachish to king Hezekiah with a great
host against Jerusalem. And they went
up, and came to Jerusalem, and when
they were come up, they stood by the
conduit of the upper pool, which is by
the path of the fuller's field, 18 And
called to the king. Then came out to them
Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, which was
steward of the house, and Shebnah the
chancellor, and Joah the son of Asaph
the recorder.
19 And Rabshakeh said unto them, Tell
ye Hezekiah, I pray you, Thus saith the
great king, even the great king of
Assyria, What confidence is this
wherein thou trustest?
20 Thou thinkest, Surely I have
eloquence, but counsel and strength are
for the war. On whom then dost thou
trust, that thou rebellest against me?
21 Lo, thou trustest now in this broken
staff of reed, to wit, on Egypt, on which
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.
22 But if ye say unto me, We trust in the
Lord our God, is not that he whose high
places, and whose altars Hezekiah hath
taken away, and hath said to Judah and
Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this
altar in Jerusalem?
23 Now therefore give hostages to my
lord the king of Assyria, and I will give
thee two thousand horses, if thou be able
to set riders upon them. 24 For how
canst thou despise any captain of the
least of my master's servants, and put thy
trust on Egypt for chariots and
horsemen?
25 Am I now come up without the Lord
to this place, to destroy it? The Lord
said to me, Go up against this land, and
destroy it.
26 Then Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, and
Shebna, and Joah said unto Rabshakeh,
Speak I pray thee, to thy servants in the
Aramites' [Syrians']
language, for we understand it, and talk
not with us in the Jews' tongue, in the
audience of the people that are on the
wall.
27 But Rabshakeh said unto them, Hath
my master sent me to thy master and to
thee to speak these words, and not to the
men which sit on the wall, that they may
eat their own dung, and drink their own
piss with you?
28 So Rabshakeh stood and cried with a
loud voice in the Jews' language, and
spake, saying, Hear the words of the
great king, of the king of Assyria. 29
Thus saith the king, Let not Hezekiah
deceive you: for he shall not be able to
deliver you out of mine hand.
30 Neither let Hezekiah make you to
trust in the Lord, saying, The Lord will
surely deliver us, and this city shall not
be given over into the hand of the king of
Assyria.
31 Hearken not unto Hezekiah: for thus
saith the king of Assyria, Make
appointment with me, and come out to
me, that every man may eat of his own
vine, and every man of his own fig tree,
and drink every man of the water of his
own well,
32 Till I come, and bring you to a land
like your own land, even a land of wheat
and wine, a land of bread and vineyards,
a land of olive oil, and honey, that ye
may live and not die: and obey not
Hezekiah, for he deceiveth you, saying,
The Lord will deliver us.
33 Hath any of the gods of the nations
delivered his land out of the hand of the
king of Assyria?
34 Where is the god of Hamah, and of
Arpad? Where is the god of Sepharvaim,
Hena and Ivah? How have they
delivered Samaria out of mine hand?
35 Who are they among all the gods of
the nations, that have delivered their
land out of mine hand, that the Lord
should deliver Jerusalem out of mine
hand?
36 But the people held their peace, and
answered not him a word: for the king's
commandment was, saying, Answer ye
him not.
37 Then Eliakim, the son of Hilkiah
which was steward of the house, and
Shebna the chancellor, and Joah the son
of Asaph the recorder came to Hezekiah
with their clothes rent, and told him the
words of Rabshakeh.
1 Now in the third year of Hoshea, son
of Elah king of Israel, Hezekiah the son
of Ahaz king of Judah began to reign.
2 He was five and twenty year old when
he began to reign, and reigned nine and
twenty year in Jerusalem. His mother's
name also was Abi the daughter of
Zachariah,
3 And he did uprightly in the sight of the
Lord, according to all that David his
father had done.
4 He took away the high places, and
break the images, and cut down the
groves, and break 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.
5 He trusted in the Lord God of Israel:
so that after him was none like him
among all the kings of Judah, neither
were there any such before him. 6 For he
clave to the Lord, and departed not from
him, but kept his commandments, which
the Lord had commanded Moses.
7 So the Lord was with him, and he
prospered in all things, which he took in
hand: also he rebelled against the king of
Assyria, and served him not. 8 He smote
the Philistines unto Gaza, and the coasts
thereof, from the watch tower unto the
defensed city.
9 And in the fourth year of king
Hezekiah, (which was the seventh year
of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel)
Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up
against Samaria, and besieged it.
10 And after three years they took it,
even in the sixth year of Hezekiah: that
is, the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel
was Samaria taken.
11 Then the king of Assyria did carry
away Israel unto Assyria, and put them
in Halah and in Habor, by the river of
Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes, 12
Because they would not obey the voice
of the Lord their God, but transgressed
his covenant: that is, all that Moses the
servant of the Lord had commanded, and
would neither obey nor do them.
13 Moreover, in the fourteenth year of
king Hezekiah, Sennacherib king of
Assyria came up against all the strong
cities of Judah, and took them. 14 Then
Hezekiah king of Judah sent unto the king
of Assyria to Lachish, saying, I have
offended: depart from me, and what thou
layest upon me, I will bear it. And the
king of Assyria appointed unto Hezekiah
king of Judah three hundred talents of
silver, and thirty talents of gold.
15 Therefore Hezekiah gave all the
silver that was found in the house of the
Lord, and in the treasures of the king's
house.
16 At the same season did Hezekiah pull
off the plates of the doors of the temple
of the Lord, and the pillars (which the
said Hezekiah king of Judah had covered
over) and gave them to the king of
Assyria.
17 And the king of Assyria sent Tartan,
and Rab-saris, and Rabshakeh from
Lachish to king Hezekiah with a great
host against Jerusalem. And they went
up, and came to Jerusalem, and when
they were come up, they stood by the
conduit of the upper pool, which is by
the path of the fuller's field, 18 And
called to the king. Then came out to them
Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, which was
steward of the house, and Shebnah the
chancellor, and Joah the son of Asaph
the recorder.
19 And Rabshakeh said unto them, Tell
ye Hezekiah, I pray you, Thus saith the
great king, even the great king of
Assyria, What confidence is this
wherein thou trustest?
20 Thou thinkest, Surely I have
eloquence, but counsel and strength are
for the war. On whom then dost thou
trust, that thou rebellest against me?
21 Lo, thou trustest now in this broken
staff of reed, to wit, on Egypt, on which
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.
22 But if ye say unto me, We trust in the
Lord our God, is not that he whose high
places, and whose altars Hezekiah hath
taken away, and hath said to Judah and
Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this
altar in Jerusalem?
23 Now therefore give hostages to my
lord the king of Assyria, and I will give
thee two thousand horses, if thou be able
to set riders upon them. 24 For how
canst thou despise any captain of the
least of my master's servants, and put thy
trust on Egypt for chariots and
horsemen?
25 Am I now come up without the Lord
to this place, to destroy it? The Lord
said to me, Go up against this land, and
destroy it.
26 Then Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, and
Shebna, and Joah said unto Rabshakeh,
Speak I pray thee, to thy servants in the
Aramites' [Syrians']
language, for we understand it, and talk
not with us in the Jews' tongue, in the
audience of the people that are on the
wall.
27 But Rabshakeh said unto them, Hath
my master sent me to thy master and to
thee to speak these words, and not to the
men which sit on the wall, that they may
eat their own dung, and drink their own
piss with you?
28 So Rabshakeh stood and cried with a
loud voice in the Jews' language, and
spake, saying, Hear the words of the
great king, of the king of Assyria. 29
Thus saith the king, Let not Hezekiah
deceive you: for he shall not be able to
deliver you out of mine hand.
30 Neither let Hezekiah make you to
trust in the Lord, saying, The Lord will
surely deliver us, and this city shall not
be given over into the hand of the king of
Assyria.
31 Hearken not unto Hezekiah: for thus
saith the king of Assyria, Make
appointment with me, and come out to
me, that every man may eat of his own
vine, and every man of his own fig tree,
and drink every man of the water of his
own well,
32 Till I come, and bring you to a land
like your own land, even a land of wheat
and wine, a land of bread and vineyards,
a land of olive oil, and honey, that ye
may live and not die: and obey not
Hezekiah, for he deceiveth you, saying,
The Lord will deliver us.
33 Hath any of the gods of the nations
delivered his land out of the hand of the
king of Assyria?
34 Where is the god of Hamah, and of
Arpad? Where is the god of Sepharvaim,
Hena and Ivah? How have they
delivered Samaria out of mine hand?
35 Who are they among all the gods of
the nations, that have delivered their
land out of mine hand, that the Lord
should deliver Jerusalem out of mine
hand?
36 But the people held their peace, and
answered not him a word: for the king's
commandment was, saying, Answer ye
him not.
37 Then Eliakim, the son of Hilkiah
which was steward of the house, and
Shebna the chancellor, and Joah the son
of Asaph the recorder came to Hezekiah
with their clothes rent, and told him the
words of Rabshakeh.
II Kings Chapter 17
II Kings Chapter 17
1 In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of
Judah began Hoshea the son of Elah to
reign in Samaria over Israel, and
reigned nine years. 2 And he did evil in
the sight of the Lord, but not as the kings
of Israel, that were before him.
3 And Shalmaneser king of Assyria
came up against him, and Hoshea
became his servant, and gave him
presents.
4 And the king of Assyria found treason
in Hoshea: for he had sent messengers to
So king of Egypt, and brought no present
unto the king of Assyria, as he had done
yearly: therefore the king of Assyria shut
him up, and put him in prison.
5 Then the king of Assyria came up
throughout all the land, and went against
Samaria, and besieged it three year.
6 In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of
Assyria took Samaria, and carried Israel
away unto Assyria, and put them in
Halah, and in Habor by the river of
Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.
7 For when the children of Israel sinned
against the Lord their God, which had
brought them out of the land of Egypt,
from under the hand of Pharaoh king of
Egypt, and feared other gods,
8 And walked according to the fashions
of the Heathen, whom the Lord had cast
out before the children of Israel, and
after the manners of the kings of Israel,
which they used,
9 And the children of Israel had done
secretly things that were not upright
before the Lord their God, and
throughout all their cities had built high
places, both from the tower of the
watch, to the defensed city, 10 And had
made them images and groves upon
every high hill, and under every green
tree,
11 And there burned incense in all the
high places, as did the heathen, whom
the Lord had taken away before them,
and wrought wicked things to anger the
Lord,
12 And served idols: whereof the Lord
had said unto them, Ye shall do no such
thing,
13 Notwithstanding the Lord testified to
Israel, and to Judah by all the prophets,
and by all the seers, saying, Turn 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.
14 Nevertheless they would not obey,
but hardened their necks, like to the
necks of their fathers, that did not
believe in the Lord their God. 15 And
they refused his statutes and his
covenant, that he made with their fathers,
and his testimonies (wherewith he
witnessed unto them) and they followed
vanity, and became vain, and followed
the heathen that were round about them:
concerning whom the Lord had charged
them, that they should not do like them.
16 Finally they left all the
commandments of the Lord their God,
and made them molten images, even two
calves, and made a grove, and
worshiped all the host of heaven, and
served Baal.
17 And they made their sons and their
daughters pass through the fire, and used
witchcraft and enchantments, yea, sold
themselves to do evil in the sight of the
Lord, to anger him.
18 Therefore the Lord was exceeding
wroth with Israel, and put them out of his
sight, and none was left but the tribe of
Judah only. 19 Yet Judah kept not the
commandments of the Lord their God,
but walked according to the fashion of
Israel, which they used.
20 Therefore the Lord cast off all the
seed of Israel, and afflicted them, and
delivered them into the hands of
spoilers, until he had cast them out of his
sight.
21 For he cut off Israel from the house of
David, and they made Jeroboam the son
of Nebat king: and Jeroboam drew Israel
away from following the Lord, and made
them sin a great sin.
22 For the children of Israel walked in
all the sins of Jeroboam, which he did,
and departed not there from,
23 Until the Lord put Israel away out of
his sight, as he had said by all his
servants the prophets, and carried Israel
away out of their land to Assyria unto
this day.
24 And the king of Assyria brought folk
from Babylon, and from Cuthah, and
from Ava, and from Hamath, and from
Sepharvaim, and placed them in the
cities of Samaria instead of the children
of Israel: so they possessed Samaria,
and dwelt in the cities thereof.
25 And at the beginning of their dwelling
there, they feared not the Lord: therefore
the Lord sent lions among them, which
slew them.
26 Wherefore they spake to the king of
Assyria, saying, The nations which thou
hast removed, and placed in the cities of
Samaria, know not the manner of the
God of the land: therefore he hath sent
lions among them, and behold, they slay
them, because they know not the manner
of the God of the land. 27 Then the king
of Assyria commanded, saying, Carry
thither one of the priests whom ye
brought thence, and let him go and dwell
there, and teach them the manner of the
God of the country.
28 So one of the priests, which they had
carried from Samaria, came and dwelt in
Beth-el, and taught them how they should
fear the Lord. 29 Howbeit every nation
made their gods, and put them in the
houses of the high places, which the
Samaritans had made, every nation in
their cities, wherein they dwelt.
30 For the men of Babylon made
Succoth-Benoth: and the men of Cuth
made Nergal, and the men of Hamath
made Ashima,
31 And the Avites made Nibhaz, and
Tartak: and the Sepharvites burned their
children in the fire to Adrammelech, and
Anammelech the gods of Sepharvaim.
32 Thus they feared the Lord, and
appointed out priests out of themselves
for the high places, who prepared for
them sacrifices in the houses of the high
places.
33 They feared the Lord, but served their
gods after the manner of the nations
whom they carried thence.
34 Unto this day they do after the old
manner: they neither fear God, neither do
after their ordinances, nor after their
customs, nor after the law, nor after the
commandment, which the Lord
commanded the children of Jacob, whom
he named Israel,
35 And with whom the Lord had made a
covenant, and charged them, saying, Fear
none other gods, nor bow yourselves to
them, nor serve them, nor sacrifice to
them:
36 But fear the Lord which brought you
out of the land of Egypt with great
power, and a stretched out arm: him fear
ye, and worship him, and sacrifice to
him.
37 Also keep ye diligently the statutes
and the ordinances, and the law, and the
commandment, which he wrote for you,
that ye do them continually, and fear not
other gods.
38 And forget not the covenant that I
have made with you, neither fear ye
other gods,
39 But fear the Lord your God, and he
will deliver you out of the hands of all
your enemies.
40 Howbeit they obeyed not, but did
after their old custom.
41 So these nations feared the Lord, and
served their images also: so did their
children, and their children's children:
as did their fathers , so do they unto this
day.
1 In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of
Judah began Hoshea the son of Elah to
reign in Samaria over Israel, and
reigned nine years. 2 And he did evil in
the sight of the Lord, but not as the kings
of Israel, that were before him.
3 And Shalmaneser king of Assyria
came up against him, and Hoshea
became his servant, and gave him
presents.
4 And the king of Assyria found treason
in Hoshea: for he had sent messengers to
So king of Egypt, and brought no present
unto the king of Assyria, as he had done
yearly: therefore the king of Assyria shut
him up, and put him in prison.
5 Then the king of Assyria came up
throughout all the land, and went against
Samaria, and besieged it three year.
6 In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of
Assyria took Samaria, and carried Israel
away unto Assyria, and put them in
Halah, and in Habor by the river of
Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.
7 For when the children of Israel sinned
against the Lord their God, which had
brought them out of the land of Egypt,
from under the hand of Pharaoh king of
Egypt, and feared other gods,
8 And walked according to the fashions
of the Heathen, whom the Lord had cast
out before the children of Israel, and
after the manners of the kings of Israel,
which they used,
9 And the children of Israel had done
secretly things that were not upright
before the Lord their God, and
throughout all their cities had built high
places, both from the tower of the
watch, to the defensed city, 10 And had
made them images and groves upon
every high hill, and under every green
tree,
11 And there burned incense in all the
high places, as did the heathen, whom
the Lord had taken away before them,
and wrought wicked things to anger the
Lord,
12 And served idols: whereof the Lord
had said unto them, Ye shall do no such
thing,
13 Notwithstanding the Lord testified to
Israel, and to Judah by all the prophets,
and by all the seers, saying, Turn 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.
14 Nevertheless they would not obey,
but hardened their necks, like to the
necks of their fathers, that did not
believe in the Lord their God. 15 And
they refused his statutes and his
covenant, that he made with their fathers,
and his testimonies (wherewith he
witnessed unto them) and they followed
vanity, and became vain, and followed
the heathen that were round about them:
concerning whom the Lord had charged
them, that they should not do like them.
16 Finally they left all the
commandments of the Lord their God,
and made them molten images, even two
calves, and made a grove, and
worshiped all the host of heaven, and
served Baal.
17 And they made their sons and their
daughters pass through the fire, and used
witchcraft and enchantments, yea, sold
themselves to do evil in the sight of the
Lord, to anger him.
18 Therefore the Lord was exceeding
wroth with Israel, and put them out of his
sight, and none was left but the tribe of
Judah only. 19 Yet Judah kept not the
commandments of the Lord their God,
but walked according to the fashion of
Israel, which they used.
20 Therefore the Lord cast off all the
seed of Israel, and afflicted them, and
delivered them into the hands of
spoilers, until he had cast them out of his
sight.
21 For he cut off Israel from the house of
David, and they made Jeroboam the son
of Nebat king: and Jeroboam drew Israel
away from following the Lord, and made
them sin a great sin.
22 For the children of Israel walked in
all the sins of Jeroboam, which he did,
and departed not there from,
23 Until the Lord put Israel away out of
his sight, as he had said by all his
servants the prophets, and carried Israel
away out of their land to Assyria unto
this day.
24 And the king of Assyria brought folk
from Babylon, and from Cuthah, and
from Ava, and from Hamath, and from
Sepharvaim, and placed them in the
cities of Samaria instead of the children
of Israel: so they possessed Samaria,
and dwelt in the cities thereof.
25 And at the beginning of their dwelling
there, they feared not the Lord: therefore
the Lord sent lions among them, which
slew them.
26 Wherefore they spake to the king of
Assyria, saying, The nations which thou
hast removed, and placed in the cities of
Samaria, know not the manner of the
God of the land: therefore he hath sent
lions among them, and behold, they slay
them, because they know not the manner
of the God of the land. 27 Then the king
of Assyria commanded, saying, Carry
thither one of the priests whom ye
brought thence, and let him go and dwell
there, and teach them the manner of the
God of the country.
28 So one of the priests, which they had
carried from Samaria, came and dwelt in
Beth-el, and taught them how they should
fear the Lord. 29 Howbeit every nation
made their gods, and put them in the
houses of the high places, which the
Samaritans had made, every nation in
their cities, wherein they dwelt.
30 For the men of Babylon made
Succoth-Benoth: and the men of Cuth
made Nergal, and the men of Hamath
made Ashima,
31 And the Avites made Nibhaz, and
Tartak: and the Sepharvites burned their
children in the fire to Adrammelech, and
Anammelech the gods of Sepharvaim.
32 Thus they feared the Lord, and
appointed out priests out of themselves
for the high places, who prepared for
them sacrifices in the houses of the high
places.
33 They feared the Lord, but served their
gods after the manner of the nations
whom they carried thence.
34 Unto this day they do after the old
manner: they neither fear God, neither do
after their ordinances, nor after their
customs, nor after the law, nor after the
commandment, which the Lord
commanded the children of Jacob, whom
he named Israel,
35 And with whom the Lord had made a
covenant, and charged them, saying, Fear
none other gods, nor bow yourselves to
them, nor serve them, nor sacrifice to
them:
36 But fear the Lord which brought you
out of the land of Egypt with great
power, and a stretched out arm: him fear
ye, and worship him, and sacrifice to
him.
37 Also keep ye diligently the statutes
and the ordinances, and the law, and the
commandment, which he wrote for you,
that ye do them continually, and fear not
other gods.
38 And forget not the covenant that I
have made with you, neither fear ye
other gods,
39 But fear the Lord your God, and he
will deliver you out of the hands of all
your enemies.
40 Howbeit they obeyed not, but did
after their old custom.
41 So these nations feared the Lord, and
served their images also: so did their
children, and their children's children:
as did their fathers , so do they unto this
day.
II Kings Chapter 16
II Kings Chapter 16
1 The seventeenth year of Pekah the son
of Remaliah, Ahaz the son of Jotham
king of Judah began to reign.
2 Twenty year old was Ahaz, when he
began to reign, and he reigned sixteen
year in Jerusalem, and did not uprightly
in the sight of the Lord his God, like
David his father:
3 But walked in the way of the kings of
Israel, yea, and made his son to go
through the fire, after the abominations
of the heathen, whom the Lord had cast
out before the children of Israel.
4 Also he offered and burned incense in
the high places and on the hills, and
under every green tree.
5 Then Rezin king of Aram [Syria] and
Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel
came up to Jerusalem to fight: and they
besieged Ahaz, but could not overcome
him.
6 At the same time Rezin king of Aram
[Syria] restored Elath to Aram [Syria],
and drove the Jews from Elath: so the
Aramites [Syrians] came to Elath, and
dwelt there unto this day.
7 Then Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath
Pileser [Pul] king of Assyria, saying, I
am thy servant and thy son: come up, and
deliver me out of the hand of the king of
Aram [Syria], and out of the hand of the
king of Israel which rise up against me.
8 And Ahaz took the silver and the gold
that was found in the house of the Lord,
and in the treasures of the king's house,
and sent a present unto the king of
Assyria.
9 And the king of Assyria consented unto
him: and the king of Assyria went up
against Damascus. and when he had
taken it, he carried the people away to
Kir, and slew Rezin.
10 And king Ahaz went unto Damascus
to meet Tiglath Pileser [Pul] king of
Assyria: and when king Ahaz saw the
altar that was at Damascus, he sent to
Urijah the priest the pattern of the altar,
and the fashion of it, and all the
workmanship thereof.
11 And Urijah the priest made an altar in
all points like to that which king Ahaz
had sent from Damascus, so did Urijah
the priest against king Ahaz came from
Damascus.
12 So when the king was come from
Damascus, the king saw the altar: and
the king drew near to the altar and
offered thereon.
13 And he burned his burnt offering, and
his meat offering, and poured his drink
offering, and sprinkled the blood of his
peace offerings besides the altar, 14 And
set it by the brazen altar which was
before the Lord, and brought it in farther
before the house between the altar and
the house of the Lord, and set it on the
north side of the altar.
15 And king Ahaz commanded Urijah the
priest, and said, Upon the great altar set
on fire in the morning the burnt offering,
and in the even the meat offering, and the
king's burnt offering and his meat
offering, with the burnt offering of all the
people of the land, and their meat
offering, and their drink offerings: and
pour thereby all the blood of the burnt
offering, and all the blood of the
sacrifice, and the brazen altar shall be
for me to inquire of God. 16 And Urijah
the priest did according to all that king
Ahaz had commanded. 17 And king Ahaz
break the borders of the bases, and took
the cauldrons from off them, and took
down the sea from the brazen oxen that
were under it, and put it upon a
pavement of stones.
18 And the veil for the Sabbath (that they
had made in the house) and the king's
entry without turned he to the house of
the Lord, because of the king of Assyria.
19 Concerning 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?
20 And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and
was buried with his fathers in the city of
David, and Hezekiah his son reigned in
his stead.
1 The seventeenth year of Pekah the son
of Remaliah, Ahaz the son of Jotham
king of Judah began to reign.
2 Twenty year old was Ahaz, when he
began to reign, and he reigned sixteen
year in Jerusalem, and did not uprightly
in the sight of the Lord his God, like
David his father:
3 But walked in the way of the kings of
Israel, yea, and made his son to go
through the fire, after the abominations
of the heathen, whom the Lord had cast
out before the children of Israel.
4 Also he offered and burned incense in
the high places and on the hills, and
under every green tree.
5 Then Rezin king of Aram [Syria] and
Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel
came up to Jerusalem to fight: and they
besieged Ahaz, but could not overcome
him.
6 At the same time Rezin king of Aram
[Syria] restored Elath to Aram [Syria],
and drove the Jews from Elath: so the
Aramites [Syrians] came to Elath, and
dwelt there unto this day.
7 Then Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath
Pileser [Pul] king of Assyria, saying, I
am thy servant and thy son: come up, and
deliver me out of the hand of the king of
Aram [Syria], and out of the hand of the
king of Israel which rise up against me.
8 And Ahaz took the silver and the gold
that was found in the house of the Lord,
and in the treasures of the king's house,
and sent a present unto the king of
Assyria.
9 And the king of Assyria consented unto
him: and the king of Assyria went up
against Damascus. and when he had
taken it, he carried the people away to
Kir, and slew Rezin.
10 And king Ahaz went unto Damascus
to meet Tiglath Pileser [Pul] king of
Assyria: and when king Ahaz saw the
altar that was at Damascus, he sent to
Urijah the priest the pattern of the altar,
and the fashion of it, and all the
workmanship thereof.
11 And Urijah the priest made an altar in
all points like to that which king Ahaz
had sent from Damascus, so did Urijah
the priest against king Ahaz came from
Damascus.
12 So when the king was come from
Damascus, the king saw the altar: and
the king drew near to the altar and
offered thereon.
13 And he burned his burnt offering, and
his meat offering, and poured his drink
offering, and sprinkled the blood of his
peace offerings besides the altar, 14 And
set it by the brazen altar which was
before the Lord, and brought it in farther
before the house between the altar and
the house of the Lord, and set it on the
north side of the altar.
15 And king Ahaz commanded Urijah the
priest, and said, Upon the great altar set
on fire in the morning the burnt offering,
and in the even the meat offering, and the
king's burnt offering and his meat
offering, with the burnt offering of all the
people of the land, and their meat
offering, and their drink offerings: and
pour thereby all the blood of the burnt
offering, and all the blood of the
sacrifice, and the brazen altar shall be
for me to inquire of God. 16 And Urijah
the priest did according to all that king
Ahaz had commanded. 17 And king Ahaz
break the borders of the bases, and took
the cauldrons from off them, and took
down the sea from the brazen oxen that
were under it, and put it upon a
pavement of stones.
18 And the veil for the Sabbath (that they
had made in the house) and the king's
entry without turned he to the house of
the Lord, because of the king of Assyria.
19 Concerning 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?
20 And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and
was buried with his fathers in the city of
David, and Hezekiah his son reigned in
his stead.
II Kings Chapter 15
II Kings Chapter 15
1 In the seven and twentieth year of
Jeroboam king of Israel, began Azariah,
son of Amaziah king of Judah to reign.
2 Sixteen year old was he, when he was
made king, and he reigned two and fifty
year in Jerusalem: and his mother's name
was Jecholiah of Jerusalem. 3 And he
did uprightly in the sight of the Lord,
according to all that his father Amaziah
did.
4 But the high places were not put away:
for the people yet offered, and burned
incense in the high places.
5 And the Lord smote the king: and he
was a leper unto the day of his death,
and dwelt in an house apart, and Jotham
the king's son governed the house, and
judged the people of the land.
6 Concerning 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?
7 So 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.
8 In the eight and thirtieth year of
Azariah king of Judah did Zachariah the
son of Jeroboam reign over Israel in
Samaria six months,
9 And did evil in the sight of the Lord,
as did his fathers: for he departed not
from the sins of Jeroboam the son of
Nebat, which made Israel to sin. 10 And
Shallum the son of Jabesh conspired
against him, and smote him in the sight of
the people, and killed him, and reigned
in his stead. 11 Concerning the rest of
the acts of Zachariah, behold, they are
written in the book of the chronicles of
the kings of Israel.
12 This was the word of the Lord, which
he spake unto Jehu, saying, Thy sons
shall sit on the throne of Israel unto the
fourth generation after thee. And it came
so to pass.
13 Shallum 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. 14 For
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 Concerning the rest of the acts of
Shallum, and the treason which he
wrought, behold, they are written in the
book of the chronicles of the kings of
Israel.
16 Then Menahem destroyed Tiphsah,
and all that were therein, and the coasts
thereof from Tirzah, because they
opened not to him, and he smote it, and
ripped up all their women with child.
17 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. 18 And he did evil
in the sight of the Lord, and departed not
all his days from the sin of Jeroboam the
son of Nebat, which made Israel to sin.
19 Then Pul the king of Assyria came
against the land: and Menahem gave Pul
a thousand talents of silver, that his hand
might be with him, and establish the
kingdom in his hand.
20 And Menahem exacted the money in
Israel, that all men of substance should
give the king of Assyria fifty shekels of
silver a piece: so the king of Assyria
returned and tarried not there in the land.
21 Concerning 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?
22 And Menahem slept with his fathers,
and Pekahiah his son did reign in his
stead.
23 In the fiftieth year of Azariah king of
Judah, began Pekahiah the son of
Menahem to reign over Israel in
Samaria, and reigned two year. 24 And
he did evil in the sight of the Lord: for
he departed not from the sins of
Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which made
Israel to sin.
25 And Pekah the son of Remaliah, his
captain conspired against him, and smote
him in Samaria in the place of the king's
palace with Argob and Arieh, and with
him fifty men of the Gileadites: so he
killed him, and reigned in his stead.
26 Concerning 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. 27 In
the two and fiftieth year of Azariah king
of Judah began Pekah the son of
Remaliah to reign over Israel in
Samaria, and reigned twenty year. 28
And he did evil in the sight of the Lord:
for he departed not from the sins of
Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that made
Israel to sin.
29 In the days of Pekah king of Israel
came Tiglath Pileser [Pul] king of
Assyria, and took Ijon, and Abel, Bethmaachah,
and Janoah, and Kedesh, and
Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, and all
the land of Naphtali, and carried them
away to Assyria.
30 And Hoshea the son of Elah wrought
treason 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.
31 Concerning 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. 32 In the second
year of Pekah the son of Remaliah king
of Israel, began Jotham son of Uzziah
king of Judah to reign.
33 Five and twenty year old was he,
when he began to reign, and he reigned
sixteen year in Jerusalem: and his
mother's name was Jerusha the daughter
of Zadok.
34 And he did uprightly in the sight of
the Lord: he did according to all that his
father Uzziah had done.
35 But the high places were not put
away: for the people yet offered and
burned incense in the high places: he
built the highest gate of the house of the
Lord.
36 Concerning 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?
37 In those days the Lord began to send
against Judah Rezin the king of Aram,
[Syria] and Pekah the son of Remaliah.
38 And 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.
1 In the seven and twentieth year of
Jeroboam king of Israel, began Azariah,
son of Amaziah king of Judah to reign.
2 Sixteen year old was he, when he was
made king, and he reigned two and fifty
year in Jerusalem: and his mother's name
was Jecholiah of Jerusalem. 3 And he
did uprightly in the sight of the Lord,
according to all that his father Amaziah
did.
4 But the high places were not put away:
for the people yet offered, and burned
incense in the high places.
5 And the Lord smote the king: and he
was a leper unto the day of his death,
and dwelt in an house apart, and Jotham
the king's son governed the house, and
judged the people of the land.
6 Concerning 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?
7 So 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.
8 In the eight and thirtieth year of
Azariah king of Judah did Zachariah the
son of Jeroboam reign over Israel in
Samaria six months,
9 And did evil in the sight of the Lord,
as did his fathers: for he departed not
from the sins of Jeroboam the son of
Nebat, which made Israel to sin. 10 And
Shallum the son of Jabesh conspired
against him, and smote him in the sight of
the people, and killed him, and reigned
in his stead. 11 Concerning the rest of
the acts of Zachariah, behold, they are
written in the book of the chronicles of
the kings of Israel.
12 This was the word of the Lord, which
he spake unto Jehu, saying, Thy sons
shall sit on the throne of Israel unto the
fourth generation after thee. And it came
so to pass.
13 Shallum 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. 14 For
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 Concerning the rest of the acts of
Shallum, and the treason which he
wrought, behold, they are written in the
book of the chronicles of the kings of
Israel.
16 Then Menahem destroyed Tiphsah,
and all that were therein, and the coasts
thereof from Tirzah, because they
opened not to him, and he smote it, and
ripped up all their women with child.
17 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. 18 And he did evil
in the sight of the Lord, and departed not
all his days from the sin of Jeroboam the
son of Nebat, which made Israel to sin.
19 Then Pul the king of Assyria came
against the land: and Menahem gave Pul
a thousand talents of silver, that his hand
might be with him, and establish the
kingdom in his hand.
20 And Menahem exacted the money in
Israel, that all men of substance should
give the king of Assyria fifty shekels of
silver a piece: so the king of Assyria
returned and tarried not there in the land.
21 Concerning 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?
22 And Menahem slept with his fathers,
and Pekahiah his son did reign in his
stead.
23 In the fiftieth year of Azariah king of
Judah, began Pekahiah the son of
Menahem to reign over Israel in
Samaria, and reigned two year. 24 And
he did evil in the sight of the Lord: for
he departed not from the sins of
Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which made
Israel to sin.
25 And Pekah the son of Remaliah, his
captain conspired against him, and smote
him in Samaria in the place of the king's
palace with Argob and Arieh, and with
him fifty men of the Gileadites: so he
killed him, and reigned in his stead.
26 Concerning 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. 27 In
the two and fiftieth year of Azariah king
of Judah began Pekah the son of
Remaliah to reign over Israel in
Samaria, and reigned twenty year. 28
And he did evil in the sight of the Lord:
for he departed not from the sins of
Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that made
Israel to sin.
29 In the days of Pekah king of Israel
came Tiglath Pileser [Pul] king of
Assyria, and took Ijon, and Abel, Bethmaachah,
and Janoah, and Kedesh, and
Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, and all
the land of Naphtali, and carried them
away to Assyria.
30 And Hoshea the son of Elah wrought
treason 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.
31 Concerning 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. 32 In the second
year of Pekah the son of Remaliah king
of Israel, began Jotham son of Uzziah
king of Judah to reign.
33 Five and twenty year old was he,
when he began to reign, and he reigned
sixteen year in Jerusalem: and his
mother's name was Jerusha the daughter
of Zadok.
34 And he did uprightly in the sight of
the Lord: he did according to all that his
father Uzziah had done.
35 But the high places were not put
away: for the people yet offered and
burned incense in the high places: he
built the highest gate of the house of the
Lord.
36 Concerning 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?
37 In those days the Lord began to send
against Judah Rezin the king of Aram,
[Syria] and Pekah the son of Remaliah.
38 And 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.
II Kings Chapter 14
II Kings Chapter 14
1 The second year of Joash son of
Jehoahaz king of Israel reigned Amaziah
the son of Joash king of Judah.
2 He was five and twenty year old when
he began to reign, and reigned nine and
twenty year in Jerusalem, and his
mother's name was Jehoaddan of
Jerusalem.
3 And he did uprightly in the sight of the
Lord, yet not like David his father, but
did according to all that Joash his father
had done. 4 Notwithstanding the high
places were not taken away: for as yet
the people did sacrifice and burned
incense in the high places.
5 And when the kingdom was confirmed
in his hand, he slew his servants which
had killed the king his father.
6 But the children of those that did slay
him, he slew not, according unto that that
is written in the book of the law of
Moses, wherein the Lord commanded,
saying, The fathers shall not be put to
death for the children, nor the children
put to death for the fathers: but every
man shall be put to death for his own sin.
7 He slew also of Edom in the valley of
salt ten thousand, and took the city of
Sela by war, and called the name thereof
Joktheel unto this day. 8 Then Amaziah
sent messengers to Jehoash the son of
Jehoahaz, son of Jehu king of Israel,
saying, Come, let us see one another in
the face. 9 Then Jehoash the king of
Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah,
saying, The thistle that is in Lebanon,
sent to the cedar that is in Lebanon,
saying, Give thy daughter to my son to
wife: and the wild beast that was in
Lebanon, went and trod down the thistle.
10 Because thou hast smitten Edom,
thine heart hath made thee proud: brag of
glory, and tarry at home. why dost thou
provoke to thine hurt, that thou shouldest
fall, and Judah with thee?
11 But Amaziah would not hear:
therefore Jehoash king of Israel went up:
and he and Amaziah king of Judah saw
one another in the face at Beth-shemesh
which is in Judah.
12 And Judah was put to the worse
before Israel, and they fled every man to
their tents.
13 But Jehoash king of Israel took
Amaziah king of Judah, the son of
Jehoash the son of Ahaziah, at Bethshemesh,
and came to Jerusalem, and
break down the wall of Jerusalem from
the gate of Ephraim to the corner gate,
four hundred cubits.
14 And he took all the gold and silver,
and all the vessels that were found in the
house of the Lord, and in the treasures of
the king's house, and the children that
were in hostage, and returned to
Samaria.
15 Concerning the rest of the acts of
Jehoash which he did and his valiant
deeds, and how he fought with Amaziah
king of Judah, are they not written in the
book of the chronicles of the kings of
Israel?
16 And Jehoash slept with his fathers,
and was buried at Samaria among the
kings of Israel: and Jeroboam his son
reigned in his stead.
17 And Amaziah the son of Joash king of
Judah, lived after the death of Jehoash
son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen
year.
18 Concerning the rest of the acts of
Amaziah, are they not written in the book
of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
19 But they wrought treason against him
in Jerusalem, and he fled to Lachish, but
they sent after him to Lachish, and slew
him there.
20 And they brought him on horses, and
he was buried at Jerusalem with his
fathers in the city of David.
21 Then all the people of Judah took
Azariah which was sixteen year old, and
made him king for his father Amaziah.
22 He built Elath, and restored it to
Judah, after that the king slept with his
fathers.
23 In the fifteenth year of Amaziah the
son of Joash king of Judah, was
Jeroboam the son of Joash made king
over Israel in Samaria, and reigned one
and forty year.
24 And he did evil in the sight of the
Lord: for he departed not from all the
sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat,
which made Israel to sin.
25 He restored the coast of Israel, from
the entering of Hamath, unto the sea of
the wilderness, according to the word of
the Lord God of Israel, which he spake
by his servant Jonah the son of Amittai
the prophet, which was of Gath Hepher.
26 For the Lord saw the exceeding bitter
affliction of Israel, so that there was
none shut up, nor any left, neither yet any
that could help Israel. 27 Yet the Lord
had not decreed to put out the name of
Israel from under the heaven: therefore
he preserved them by the hand of
Jeroboam the son of Joash.
28 Concerning the rest of the acts of
Jeroboam, and all that he did, and his
valiant deeds, and how he fought, and
how he restored Damascus, and Hamath
to Judah in Israel, are they not written in
the book of the chronicles of the kings of
Israel?
29 So Jeroboam slept with his fathers,
even with the kings of Israel, and
Zachariah his son reigned in his stead.
1 The second year of Joash son of
Jehoahaz king of Israel reigned Amaziah
the son of Joash king of Judah.
2 He was five and twenty year old when
he began to reign, and reigned nine and
twenty year in Jerusalem, and his
mother's name was Jehoaddan of
Jerusalem.
3 And he did uprightly in the sight of the
Lord, yet not like David his father, but
did according to all that Joash his father
had done. 4 Notwithstanding the high
places were not taken away: for as yet
the people did sacrifice and burned
incense in the high places.
5 And when the kingdom was confirmed
in his hand, he slew his servants which
had killed the king his father.
6 But the children of those that did slay
him, he slew not, according unto that that
is written in the book of the law of
Moses, wherein the Lord commanded,
saying, The fathers shall not be put to
death for the children, nor the children
put to death for the fathers: but every
man shall be put to death for his own sin.
7 He slew also of Edom in the valley of
salt ten thousand, and took the city of
Sela by war, and called the name thereof
Joktheel unto this day. 8 Then Amaziah
sent messengers to Jehoash the son of
Jehoahaz, son of Jehu king of Israel,
saying, Come, let us see one another in
the face. 9 Then Jehoash the king of
Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah,
saying, The thistle that is in Lebanon,
sent to the cedar that is in Lebanon,
saying, Give thy daughter to my son to
wife: and the wild beast that was in
Lebanon, went and trod down the thistle.
10 Because thou hast smitten Edom,
thine heart hath made thee proud: brag of
glory, and tarry at home. why dost thou
provoke to thine hurt, that thou shouldest
fall, and Judah with thee?
11 But Amaziah would not hear:
therefore Jehoash king of Israel went up:
and he and Amaziah king of Judah saw
one another in the face at Beth-shemesh
which is in Judah.
12 And Judah was put to the worse
before Israel, and they fled every man to
their tents.
13 But Jehoash king of Israel took
Amaziah king of Judah, the son of
Jehoash the son of Ahaziah, at Bethshemesh,
and came to Jerusalem, and
break down the wall of Jerusalem from
the gate of Ephraim to the corner gate,
four hundred cubits.
14 And he took all the gold and silver,
and all the vessels that were found in the
house of the Lord, and in the treasures of
the king's house, and the children that
were in hostage, and returned to
Samaria.
15 Concerning the rest of the acts of
Jehoash which he did and his valiant
deeds, and how he fought with Amaziah
king of Judah, are they not written in the
book of the chronicles of the kings of
Israel?
16 And Jehoash slept with his fathers,
and was buried at Samaria among the
kings of Israel: and Jeroboam his son
reigned in his stead.
17 And Amaziah the son of Joash king of
Judah, lived after the death of Jehoash
son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen
year.
18 Concerning the rest of the acts of
Amaziah, are they not written in the book
of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
19 But they wrought treason against him
in Jerusalem, and he fled to Lachish, but
they sent after him to Lachish, and slew
him there.
20 And they brought him on horses, and
he was buried at Jerusalem with his
fathers in the city of David.
21 Then all the people of Judah took
Azariah which was sixteen year old, and
made him king for his father Amaziah.
22 He built Elath, and restored it to
Judah, after that the king slept with his
fathers.
23 In the fifteenth year of Amaziah the
son of Joash king of Judah, was
Jeroboam the son of Joash made king
over Israel in Samaria, and reigned one
and forty year.
24 And he did evil in the sight of the
Lord: for he departed not from all the
sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat,
which made Israel to sin.
25 He restored the coast of Israel, from
the entering of Hamath, unto the sea of
the wilderness, according to the word of
the Lord God of Israel, which he spake
by his servant Jonah the son of Amittai
the prophet, which was of Gath Hepher.
26 For the Lord saw the exceeding bitter
affliction of Israel, so that there was
none shut up, nor any left, neither yet any
that could help Israel. 27 Yet the Lord
had not decreed to put out the name of
Israel from under the heaven: therefore
he preserved them by the hand of
Jeroboam the son of Joash.
28 Concerning the rest of the acts of
Jeroboam, and all that he did, and his
valiant deeds, and how he fought, and
how he restored Damascus, and Hamath
to Judah in Israel, are they not written in
the book of the chronicles of the kings of
Israel?
29 So Jeroboam slept with his fathers,
even with the kings of Israel, and
Zachariah his son reigned in his stead.
II Kings Chapter 13
II Kings Chapter 13
1 In 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 he reigned
seventeen year.
2 And he did evil in the sight of the
Lord, and followed the sins of Jeroboam
the son of Nebat, which made Israel to
sin, and departed not there from. 3 And
the Lord was angry with Israel, and
delivered them into the hand of Hazael
king of Aram [Syria], and into the hand
of Ben-hadad the son of Hazael, all his
days.
4 And Jehoahaz besought the Lord, and
the Lord heard him: for he saw the
trouble of Israel, wherewith the king of
Aram [Syria] troubled them. 5 (And the
Lord gave Israel a deliverer, so that they
came out from under the subjection of
the Aramites [Syrians]. And the children
of Israel dwelt in their tents as before
time.
6 Nevertheless they departed not from
the sins of the house of Jeroboam which
made Israel sin, but walked in them.
Even the grove also remained still in
Samaria)
7 For he had left of the people to
Jehoahaz but fifty horsemen, and ten
chariots, and ten thousand footmen,
because the king of Aram [Syria] had
destroyed them, and made them like dust
beaten to powder.
8 Concerning the rest of the acts of
Jehoahaz and all that he did, and his
valiant deeds, are they not written in the
book of the chronicles of the kings of
Israel?
9 And Jehoahaz slept with his fathers,
and they buried him in Samaria, and
Joash his son reigned in his stead.
10 In the seven and thirtieth year of
Joash king of Judah began Jehoash the
son of Jehoahaz to reign over Israel in
Samaria, and reigned sixteen year, 11
And did evil in the sight of the Lord: for
he departed not from all the sins of
Jeroboam the son of Nebat that made
Israel to sin, but he walked therein. 12
Concerning the rest of the acts of Joash
and all that he did, and his valiant deeds,
and how he fought against Amaziah king
of Judah, are they not written in the book
of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
13 And Joash slept with his fathers, and
Jeroboam sat upon his seat: and Joash
was buried in Samaria among the kings
of Israel.
14 When Elisha fell sick of his sickness
whereof he died, Joash the king of Israel
came down unto him, and wept upon his
face, and said, O my father, my father,
the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen of
the same. 15 Then Elisha said unto him,
Take a bow and arrows. And he took
unto him bow and arrows.
16 And he said to the king of Israel, Put
thine hand upon the bow. And he put his
hand upon it. And Elisha put his hands
upon the king's hands, 17 And said,
Open the window eastward. And when
he had opened it, Elisha said, Shoot.
And he shot. And he said, Behold the
arrow of the Lord's deliverance and the
arrow of deliverance against Aram
[Syria]: for thou shalt smite the Aramites
[Syrians] in Aphek, till thou hast
consumed them. 18 Again he said, Take
the arrows. And he took them. And he
said unto the king of Israel, Smite the
ground. And he smote thrice, and ceased.
19 Then the man of God was angry with
him, and said, Thou shouldest have
smitten five or six times, so thou
shouldest have smitten Aram [Syria], till
thou hadst consumed it, where now thou
shalt smite Aram [Syria] but thrice. 20
So Elisha died, and they buried him.
And certain bands of the Moabites came
into the land that year.
21 And as they were burying a man,
behold, they saw the soldiers: therefore
they cast the man into the sepulchre of
Elisha. And when the man was down,
and touched the bones of Elisha, he
revived and stood upon his feet. 22 But
Hazael king of Aram [Syria] vexed
Israel all the days of Jehoahaz. 23
Therefore the Lord had mercy on them
and pitied 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 him as yet.
24 So Hazael the king of Aram [Syria]
died: and Ben-hadad his son reigned in
his stead.
25 Therefore Jehoash the son of
Jehoahaz returned, and took out of the
hand of Ben-hadad the son of Hazael the
cities which he had taken away by war
out of the hand of Jehoahaz his father:
for three times did Joash beat him, and
restored the cities unto Israel.
1 In 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 he reigned
seventeen year.
2 And he did evil in the sight of the
Lord, and followed the sins of Jeroboam
the son of Nebat, which made Israel to
sin, and departed not there from. 3 And
the Lord was angry with Israel, and
delivered them into the hand of Hazael
king of Aram [Syria], and into the hand
of Ben-hadad the son of Hazael, all his
days.
4 And Jehoahaz besought the Lord, and
the Lord heard him: for he saw the
trouble of Israel, wherewith the king of
Aram [Syria] troubled them. 5 (And the
Lord gave Israel a deliverer, so that they
came out from under the subjection of
the Aramites [Syrians]. And the children
of Israel dwelt in their tents as before
time.
6 Nevertheless they departed not from
the sins of the house of Jeroboam which
made Israel sin, but walked in them.
Even the grove also remained still in
Samaria)
7 For he had left of the people to
Jehoahaz but fifty horsemen, and ten
chariots, and ten thousand footmen,
because the king of Aram [Syria] had
destroyed them, and made them like dust
beaten to powder.
8 Concerning the rest of the acts of
Jehoahaz and all that he did, and his
valiant deeds, are they not written in the
book of the chronicles of the kings of
Israel?
9 And Jehoahaz slept with his fathers,
and they buried him in Samaria, and
Joash his son reigned in his stead.
10 In the seven and thirtieth year of
Joash king of Judah began Jehoash the
son of Jehoahaz to reign over Israel in
Samaria, and reigned sixteen year, 11
And did evil in the sight of the Lord: for
he departed not from all the sins of
Jeroboam the son of Nebat that made
Israel to sin, but he walked therein. 12
Concerning the rest of the acts of Joash
and all that he did, and his valiant deeds,
and how he fought against Amaziah king
of Judah, are they not written in the book
of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
13 And Joash slept with his fathers, and
Jeroboam sat upon his seat: and Joash
was buried in Samaria among the kings
of Israel.
14 When Elisha fell sick of his sickness
whereof he died, Joash the king of Israel
came down unto him, and wept upon his
face, and said, O my father, my father,
the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen of
the same. 15 Then Elisha said unto him,
Take a bow and arrows. And he took
unto him bow and arrows.
16 And he said to the king of Israel, Put
thine hand upon the bow. And he put his
hand upon it. And Elisha put his hands
upon the king's hands, 17 And said,
Open the window eastward. And when
he had opened it, Elisha said, Shoot.
And he shot. And he said, Behold the
arrow of the Lord's deliverance and the
arrow of deliverance against Aram
[Syria]: for thou shalt smite the Aramites
[Syrians] in Aphek, till thou hast
consumed them. 18 Again he said, Take
the arrows. And he took them. And he
said unto the king of Israel, Smite the
ground. And he smote thrice, and ceased.
19 Then the man of God was angry with
him, and said, Thou shouldest have
smitten five or six times, so thou
shouldest have smitten Aram [Syria], till
thou hadst consumed it, where now thou
shalt smite Aram [Syria] but thrice. 20
So Elisha died, and they buried him.
And certain bands of the Moabites came
into the land that year.
21 And as they were burying a man,
behold, they saw the soldiers: therefore
they cast the man into the sepulchre of
Elisha. And when the man was down,
and touched the bones of Elisha, he
revived and stood upon his feet. 22 But
Hazael king of Aram [Syria] vexed
Israel all the days of Jehoahaz. 23
Therefore the Lord had mercy on them
and pitied 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 him as yet.
24 So Hazael the king of Aram [Syria]
died: and Ben-hadad his son reigned in
his stead.
25 Therefore Jehoash the son of
Jehoahaz returned, and took out of the
hand of Ben-hadad the son of Hazael the
cities which he had taken away by war
out of the hand of Jehoahaz his father:
for three times did Joash beat him, and
restored the cities unto Israel.
II Kings Chapter 12
II Kings Chapter 12
1 In the seventh year of Jehu Jehoash
began to reign, and reigned forty years in
Jerusalem, and his mother's name was
Zibiah of Beer-sheba.
2 And Jehoash did that which was good
in the sight of the Lord all his time that
Jehoiada the priest taught him.
3 But the high places were not taken
away: for the people offered yet and
burned incense in the high places.
4 And Jehoash said to the priests, All the
silver of dedicate things that be brought
to the house of the Lord, that is, the
money of them that are under the count,
the money that every man is set at, and
all the money that one offereth willingly,
and bringeth into the house of the Lord,
5 Let the priests take it to them, every
man of his acquaintance: and they shall
repair the broken places of the house,
wheresoever any decay is found. 6 Yet
in the three and twentieth year of king
Jehoash the priests had not mended that
which was decayed in the temple.
7 Then king Jehoash called for Jehoiada
the priest, and the other priests, and said
unto them, Why repair ye not the ruins of
the temple? Now therefore receive no
more money of your acquaintance,
except ye deliver it to repair the ruins of
the temple.
8 So the priests consented to receive no
more money of the people, neither to
repair the decayed places of the temple.
9 Then Jehoiada the priest took a chest
and bored an hole in the lid of it, and set
it beside the altar, on the right side, as
every man cometh into the temple of the
Lord. And the priests that kept the door,
put therein all the money that was
brought into the house of the Lord.
10 And when they saw there was much
money in the chest, the king's secretary
came up and the high priest, and put it up
after that they had told the money that
was found in the house of the Lord,
11 And they gave the money made ready
into the hands of them, that undertook the
work, and that had the oversight of the
house of the Lord; and they paid it out to
the carpenters and builders that wrought
upon the house of the Lord,
12 And to the masons and hewers of
stone, and to buy timber and hewed
stone, to repair that was decayed in the
house of the Lord, and for all that which
was laid out for the reparation of the
temple.
13 Howbeit there was not made for the
house of the Lord bowls of silver,
instruments of music, basins, trumpets,
nor any vessels of gold, or vessels of
silver of the money that was brought into
the house of the Lord. 14 But they gave it
to the workmen, which repaired
therewith the house of the Lord.
15 Moreover, they reckoned not with the
men, into whose hands they delivered
that money to be bestowed on workmen:
for they dealt faithfully. 16 The money of
the trespass offering and the money of
the sin offerings was not brought into the
house of the Lord: for it was the priests.
17 Then came up Hazael king of Aram
[Syria], and fought against Gath and took
it, and Hazael set his face to go up to
Jerusalem.
18 And Jehoash king of Judah took all
the hallowed things that Jehoshaphat,
and Jehoram, and Ahaziah his father's
kings of Judah had dedicated, and that he
himself had dedicated, and all the gold
that was found in the treasures of the
house of the Lord and in the king's house,
and sent it to Hazael king of Aram
[Syria], and he departed from Jerusalem.
19 Concerning 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?
20 And his servants arose and wrought
treason, and slew Joash in the house of
Millo, when he came down to Silla:
21 Even Jozachar 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.
1 In the seventh year of Jehu Jehoash
began to reign, and reigned forty years in
Jerusalem, and his mother's name was
Zibiah of Beer-sheba.
2 And Jehoash did that which was good
in the sight of the Lord all his time that
Jehoiada the priest taught him.
3 But the high places were not taken
away: for the people offered yet and
burned incense in the high places.
4 And Jehoash said to the priests, All the
silver of dedicate things that be brought
to the house of the Lord, that is, the
money of them that are under the count,
the money that every man is set at, and
all the money that one offereth willingly,
and bringeth into the house of the Lord,
5 Let the priests take it to them, every
man of his acquaintance: and they shall
repair the broken places of the house,
wheresoever any decay is found. 6 Yet
in the three and twentieth year of king
Jehoash the priests had not mended that
which was decayed in the temple.
7 Then king Jehoash called for Jehoiada
the priest, and the other priests, and said
unto them, Why repair ye not the ruins of
the temple? Now therefore receive no
more money of your acquaintance,
except ye deliver it to repair the ruins of
the temple.
8 So the priests consented to receive no
more money of the people, neither to
repair the decayed places of the temple.
9 Then Jehoiada the priest took a chest
and bored an hole in the lid of it, and set
it beside the altar, on the right side, as
every man cometh into the temple of the
Lord. And the priests that kept the door,
put therein all the money that was
brought into the house of the Lord.
10 And when they saw there was much
money in the chest, the king's secretary
came up and the high priest, and put it up
after that they had told the money that
was found in the house of the Lord,
11 And they gave the money made ready
into the hands of them, that undertook the
work, and that had the oversight of the
house of the Lord; and they paid it out to
the carpenters and builders that wrought
upon the house of the Lord,
12 And to the masons and hewers of
stone, and to buy timber and hewed
stone, to repair that was decayed in the
house of the Lord, and for all that which
was laid out for the reparation of the
temple.
13 Howbeit there was not made for the
house of the Lord bowls of silver,
instruments of music, basins, trumpets,
nor any vessels of gold, or vessels of
silver of the money that was brought into
the house of the Lord. 14 But they gave it
to the workmen, which repaired
therewith the house of the Lord.
15 Moreover, they reckoned not with the
men, into whose hands they delivered
that money to be bestowed on workmen:
for they dealt faithfully. 16 The money of
the trespass offering and the money of
the sin offerings was not brought into the
house of the Lord: for it was the priests.
17 Then came up Hazael king of Aram
[Syria], and fought against Gath and took
it, and Hazael set his face to go up to
Jerusalem.
18 And Jehoash king of Judah took all
the hallowed things that Jehoshaphat,
and Jehoram, and Ahaziah his father's
kings of Judah had dedicated, and that he
himself had dedicated, and all the gold
that was found in the treasures of the
house of the Lord and in the king's house,
and sent it to Hazael king of Aram
[Syria], and he departed from Jerusalem.
19 Concerning 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?
20 And his servants arose and wrought
treason, and slew Joash in the house of
Millo, when he came down to Silla:
21 Even Jozachar 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.
II Kings Chapter 11
II Kings Chapter 11
1 Then Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah
when she saw that her son was dead, she
arose, and destroyed all the king's seed.
2 But Jehosheba the daughter of king
Jehoram, and sister to Ahaziah took
Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him
from among the king's sons that should
be slain, both him and his nurse, keeping
them in the bedchamber, and they hid
him from Athaliah, so that he was not
slain.
3 And he was with her hid in the house
of the Lord six year: and Athaliah did
reign over the land.
4 And the seventh year Jehoiada sent and
took the captains over hundreds, with
other captains and them of the guard,
and caused them to come unto him into
the house of the Lord, and made a
covenant with them, and took an oath of
them in the house of the Lord, and
showed them the king's son. 5 And he
commanded them, saying, This is it that
ye must do, The third part of you, that
cometh on the Sabbath, shall ward
toward the king's house: 6 And another
third part in the gate of Sur: and another
third part in the gate behind them of the
guard: and ye shall keep watch in the
house of Massah. 7 And two parts of
you, that is, all that go out on the
Sabbath day, shall keep the watch of the
house of the Lord about the king.
8 And ye shall compass the king round
about, every man with his weapon in his
hand, and whosoever cometh within the
ranges, let him be slain: be you with the
king, as he goeth out and in.
9 And the captains of the hundreds did
according to all that Jehoiada the priest
commanded, and they took every man his
men that entered in to their charge on
the Sabbath with them that went out of it
on the Sabbath, and came to Jehoiada the
priest.
10 And the priest gave to the captains of
hundreds the spears and the shields that
were king David’s, and were in the
house of the Lord.
11 And the guard stood, every man with
his weapon in his hand, from the right
side of the house to the left side, about
the altar and about the house, round
about the king.
12 Then he brought out the king's son,
and put the crown upon him and gave
him the testimony, and they made him
king: also they anointed him, and
clapped their hands, and said, God save
the king.
13 And when Athaliah heard the noise of
the running of the people, she came into
the people in the house of the Lord.
14 And when she looked, behold, the
king stood by a pillar, as the manner
was, and the princes and the trumpeters
by the king, and all the people of the
land rejoiced, and blew with trumpets.
Then Athaliah rent her clothes, and
cried, Treason, treason.
15 But Jehoiada the priest commanded
the captains of the hundreds that had the
rule of the host, and said unto them,
Have her forth of the ranges, and he that
followeth her, let him die by the sword:
for the priest had said, Let her not be
slain in the house of the Lord.
16 Then they laid hands on her, and she
went by the way, by the which the horses
go to the house of the king, and there was
she slain.
17 And Jehoiada made a covenant
between the Lord, and the king and the
people, that they should be the Lord's
people: likewise between the king and
the people.
18 Then all the people of the land went
into the house of Baal, and destroyed it
with his altars, and his images break
they down courageously, and slew
Mattan the priest of Baal before the
altars: and the priest set a guard over the
house of the Lord.
19 Then he took the captains of
hundreds, and the other captains, and the
guard, and all the people of the land: and
they brought the king from the house of
the Lord, and came by the way of the
gate of the guard to the king's house: and
he sat him down on the throne of the
kings.
20 And all the people of the land
rejoiced, and the city was in quiet: for
they had slain Athaliah with the sword
beside the king's house.
21 Seven year old was Jehoash when he
began to reign.
1 Then Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah
when she saw that her son was dead, she
arose, and destroyed all the king's seed.
2 But Jehosheba the daughter of king
Jehoram, and sister to Ahaziah took
Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him
from among the king's sons that should
be slain, both him and his nurse, keeping
them in the bedchamber, and they hid
him from Athaliah, so that he was not
slain.
3 And he was with her hid in the house
of the Lord six year: and Athaliah did
reign over the land.
4 And the seventh year Jehoiada sent and
took the captains over hundreds, with
other captains and them of the guard,
and caused them to come unto him into
the house of the Lord, and made a
covenant with them, and took an oath of
them in the house of the Lord, and
showed them the king's son. 5 And he
commanded them, saying, This is it that
ye must do, The third part of you, that
cometh on the Sabbath, shall ward
toward the king's house: 6 And another
third part in the gate of Sur: and another
third part in the gate behind them of the
guard: and ye shall keep watch in the
house of Massah. 7 And two parts of
you, that is, all that go out on the
Sabbath day, shall keep the watch of the
house of the Lord about the king.
8 And ye shall compass the king round
about, every man with his weapon in his
hand, and whosoever cometh within the
ranges, let him be slain: be you with the
king, as he goeth out and in.
9 And the captains of the hundreds did
according to all that Jehoiada the priest
commanded, and they took every man his
men that entered in to their charge on
the Sabbath with them that went out of it
on the Sabbath, and came to Jehoiada the
priest.
10 And the priest gave to the captains of
hundreds the spears and the shields that
were king David’s, and were in the
house of the Lord.
11 And the guard stood, every man with
his weapon in his hand, from the right
side of the house to the left side, about
the altar and about the house, round
about the king.
12 Then he brought out the king's son,
and put the crown upon him and gave
him the testimony, and they made him
king: also they anointed him, and
clapped their hands, and said, God save
the king.
13 And when Athaliah heard the noise of
the running of the people, she came into
the people in the house of the Lord.
14 And when she looked, behold, the
king stood by a pillar, as the manner
was, and the princes and the trumpeters
by the king, and all the people of the
land rejoiced, and blew with trumpets.
Then Athaliah rent her clothes, and
cried, Treason, treason.
15 But Jehoiada the priest commanded
the captains of the hundreds that had the
rule of the host, and said unto them,
Have her forth of the ranges, and he that
followeth her, let him die by the sword:
for the priest had said, Let her not be
slain in the house of the Lord.
16 Then they laid hands on her, and she
went by the way, by the which the horses
go to the house of the king, and there was
she slain.
17 And Jehoiada made a covenant
between the Lord, and the king and the
people, that they should be the Lord's
people: likewise between the king and
the people.
18 Then all the people of the land went
into the house of Baal, and destroyed it
with his altars, and his images break
they down courageously, and slew
Mattan the priest of Baal before the
altars: and the priest set a guard over the
house of the Lord.
19 Then he took the captains of
hundreds, and the other captains, and the
guard, and all the people of the land: and
they brought the king from the house of
the Lord, and came by the way of the
gate of the guard to the king's house: and
he sat him down on the throne of the
kings.
20 And all the people of the land
rejoiced, and the city was in quiet: for
they had slain Athaliah with the sword
beside the king's house.
21 Seven year old was Jehoash when he
began to reign.
II Kings Chapter 10
II Kings Chapter 10
1 Ahab had now seventy sons in
Samaria. And Jehu wrote letters, and
sent to Samaria unto the rulers of
Jezreel, and to the elders, and to the
bringers up of Ahab’s children, to this
effect,
2 Now when this letter cometh to you,
(for ye have with you your master’s
sons, ye have with you both chariots and
horses, and a defensed city, and armor)
3 Consider therefore which of your
master’s sons is best and most meet, and
set him on his father’s throne, and fight
for your master’s house. 4 But they were
exceedingly afraid, and said, Behold
two kings could not stand before him,
how shall we then stand?
5 And he that was governor of Ahab’s
house, and he that ruled the city, and the
elders, and the bringers up of the
children sent to Jehu, saying, We are thy
servants, and will do all that thou shalt
bid us: we will make no king: do what
seemeth good to thee.
6 Then he wrote another letter to them,
saying, If ye be mine, and will obey my
voice, take the heads of the men that are
your master’s sons, and come to me to
Jezreel by tomorrow this time. (Now the
king’s sons, even seventy persons were
with the great men of the city, which
brought them up) 7 And when the letter
came to them, they took the king’s sons,
and slew the seventy persons, and laid
their heads in baskets, and sent them unto
him to Jezreel.
8 Then there came a messenger and told
him, saying, They have brought the heads
of the king’s sons. And he said, Let them
lay them on two heaps at the entering in
of the gate until the morning.
9 And when it was day, he went out, and
stood and said to all the people, Ye be
righteous: behold, I conspired against
my master, and slew him: but who slew
all these?
10 Know now that there shall fall unto
the earth nothing of the word of the Lord,
which the Lord spake concerning the
house of Ahab: for the Lord hath brought
to pass the things that he spake by his
servant Elijah. 11 So Jehu slew all that
remained of the house of Ahab in
Jezreel, and all that were great with him,
and his familiars and his priests, so that
he let none of his remain.
12 And he arose, and departed and came
to Samaria . And as Jehu was in the way
by an house where the shepherds did
shear,
13 He met with the brethren of Ahaziah
king of Judah, and said, Who are ye?
And they answered; We are the brethren
of Ahaziah, and go down to salute the
children of the king and the children of
the Queen.
14 And he said, Take them alive. And
they took them alive, and slew them at
the well beside the house where the
sheep are shorn, even two and forty men,
and he left not one of them.
15 And when he was departed thence, he
met with Jehonadab the son of Rechab
coming to meet him, and he blessed him,
and said to him, Is thine heart upright, as
mine heart is toward thine? And
Jehonadab answered, Yea, doubtless.
Then give me thine hand. And when he
had given him his hand, he took him up
to him into the chariot.
16 And he said, Come with me, and see
the zeal that I have for the Lord: so they
made him ride in his chariot.
17 And when he came to Samaria, he
slew all that remained unto Ahab in
Samaria, till he had destroyed him,
according to the word of the Lord, which
he spake to Elijah.
18 Then Jehu assembled all the people,
and said unto them, Ahab served Baal a
little, but Jehu shall serve him much
more.
19 Now therefore call unto me all the
prophets of Baal, all his servants, and
all his priests, and let not a man be
lacking: for I have a great sacrifice for
Baal: whosoever is lacking, he shall not
live. But Jehu did it by a subtlety to
destroy the servants of Baal.
20 And Jehu said, Proclaim a solemn
assembly for Baal. And they proclaimed
it.
21 So Jehu sent unto all Israel, and all
the servants of Baal came, and there was
not a man left that came not. And they
came into the house of Baal, and the
house of Baal was full from end to end.
22 Then he said unto him that had the
charge of the vestry, Bring forth
vestments for all the servants of Baal.
And he brought the out vestments. 23
And when Jehu went, and Jehonadab the
son of Rechab into the house of Baal, he
said unto the servants of Baal, Search
diligently, and look, lest there be here
with you any of the servants of the Lord,
but the servants of Baal only. 24 And
when they went in to make sacrifice and
burnt offering, Jehu appointed fourscore
men without, and said, If any of the men
whom I have brought into your hands,
escape, his soul shall be for his soul. 25
And when he had made an end of the
burnt offering, Jehu said to the guard,
and to the captains, Go in, slay them, let
not a man come out. And they smote
them with the edge of the sword. And the
guard, and the captains cast them out,
and went unto the city, where was the
temple of Baal. 26 And they brought out
the images of the temple of Baal, and
burned them. 27 And they destroyed the
image of Baal, and threw down the
house of Baal, and made a jakes of it
unto this day.
28 So Jehu destroyed Baal out of Israel.
29 But from the sins of Jeroboam the son
of Nebat which made Israel to sin, Jehu
departed not from them, neither from the
golden calves that were in Beth-el and
that were in Dan.
30 And the Lord said unto Jehu, Because
thou hast diligently executed that which
was right in mine eyes , and hast done
unto the house of Ahab according to all
things that were in mine heart, therefore
shall thy sons unto the fourth generation
sit on the throne of Israel.
31 But Jehu regarded not to walk in the
law of the Lord God of Israel with all
his heart: for he departed not from the
sins of Jeroboam, which made Israel to
sin.
32 In those days the Lord began to loath
Israel, and Hazael smote them in all the
coasts of Israel,
33 From Jordan eastward, even all the
land of Gilead, the Gadites, and the
Reubenites, and them that were of
Manasseh, from Aroer (which is by the
river Arnon) and Gilead and Bashan.
34 Concerning the rest of the acts of
Jehu, and all that he did, and all his
valiant deeds, are they not written in the
book of the chronicles of the kings of
Israel?
35 And Jehu slept with his fathers, and
they buried him in Samaria, and
Jehoahaz his son reigned in his stead.
36 And the time that Jehu reigned over
Israel in Samaria is eight and twenty
years.
1 Ahab had now seventy sons in
Samaria. And Jehu wrote letters, and
sent to Samaria unto the rulers of
Jezreel, and to the elders, and to the
bringers up of Ahab’s children, to this
effect,
2 Now when this letter cometh to you,
(for ye have with you your master’s
sons, ye have with you both chariots and
horses, and a defensed city, and armor)
3 Consider therefore which of your
master’s sons is best and most meet, and
set him on his father’s throne, and fight
for your master’s house. 4 But they were
exceedingly afraid, and said, Behold
two kings could not stand before him,
how shall we then stand?
5 And he that was governor of Ahab’s
house, and he that ruled the city, and the
elders, and the bringers up of the
children sent to Jehu, saying, We are thy
servants, and will do all that thou shalt
bid us: we will make no king: do what
seemeth good to thee.
6 Then he wrote another letter to them,
saying, If ye be mine, and will obey my
voice, take the heads of the men that are
your master’s sons, and come to me to
Jezreel by tomorrow this time. (Now the
king’s sons, even seventy persons were
with the great men of the city, which
brought them up) 7 And when the letter
came to them, they took the king’s sons,
and slew the seventy persons, and laid
their heads in baskets, and sent them unto
him to Jezreel.
8 Then there came a messenger and told
him, saying, They have brought the heads
of the king’s sons. And he said, Let them
lay them on two heaps at the entering in
of the gate until the morning.
9 And when it was day, he went out, and
stood and said to all the people, Ye be
righteous: behold, I conspired against
my master, and slew him: but who slew
all these?
10 Know now that there shall fall unto
the earth nothing of the word of the Lord,
which the Lord spake concerning the
house of Ahab: for the Lord hath brought
to pass the things that he spake by his
servant Elijah. 11 So Jehu slew all that
remained of the house of Ahab in
Jezreel, and all that were great with him,
and his familiars and his priests, so that
he let none of his remain.
12 And he arose, and departed and came
to Samaria . And as Jehu was in the way
by an house where the shepherds did
shear,
13 He met with the brethren of Ahaziah
king of Judah, and said, Who are ye?
And they answered; We are the brethren
of Ahaziah, and go down to salute the
children of the king and the children of
the Queen.
14 And he said, Take them alive. And
they took them alive, and slew them at
the well beside the house where the
sheep are shorn, even two and forty men,
and he left not one of them.
15 And when he was departed thence, he
met with Jehonadab the son of Rechab
coming to meet him, and he blessed him,
and said to him, Is thine heart upright, as
mine heart is toward thine? And
Jehonadab answered, Yea, doubtless.
Then give me thine hand. And when he
had given him his hand, he took him up
to him into the chariot.
16 And he said, Come with me, and see
the zeal that I have for the Lord: so they
made him ride in his chariot.
17 And when he came to Samaria, he
slew all that remained unto Ahab in
Samaria, till he had destroyed him,
according to the word of the Lord, which
he spake to Elijah.
18 Then Jehu assembled all the people,
and said unto them, Ahab served Baal a
little, but Jehu shall serve him much
more.
19 Now therefore call unto me all the
prophets of Baal, all his servants, and
all his priests, and let not a man be
lacking: for I have a great sacrifice for
Baal: whosoever is lacking, he shall not
live. But Jehu did it by a subtlety to
destroy the servants of Baal.
20 And Jehu said, Proclaim a solemn
assembly for Baal. And they proclaimed
it.
21 So Jehu sent unto all Israel, and all
the servants of Baal came, and there was
not a man left that came not. And they
came into the house of Baal, and the
house of Baal was full from end to end.
22 Then he said unto him that had the
charge of the vestry, Bring forth
vestments for all the servants of Baal.
And he brought the out vestments. 23
And when Jehu went, and Jehonadab the
son of Rechab into the house of Baal, he
said unto the servants of Baal, Search
diligently, and look, lest there be here
with you any of the servants of the Lord,
but the servants of Baal only. 24 And
when they went in to make sacrifice and
burnt offering, Jehu appointed fourscore
men without, and said, If any of the men
whom I have brought into your hands,
escape, his soul shall be for his soul. 25
And when he had made an end of the
burnt offering, Jehu said to the guard,
and to the captains, Go in, slay them, let
not a man come out. And they smote
them with the edge of the sword. And the
guard, and the captains cast them out,
and went unto the city, where was the
temple of Baal. 26 And they brought out
the images of the temple of Baal, and
burned them. 27 And they destroyed the
image of Baal, and threw down the
house of Baal, and made a jakes of it
unto this day.
28 So Jehu destroyed Baal out of Israel.
29 But from the sins of Jeroboam the son
of Nebat which made Israel to sin, Jehu
departed not from them, neither from the
golden calves that were in Beth-el and
that were in Dan.
30 And the Lord said unto Jehu, Because
thou hast diligently executed that which
was right in mine eyes , and hast done
unto the house of Ahab according to all
things that were in mine heart, therefore
shall thy sons unto the fourth generation
sit on the throne of Israel.
31 But Jehu regarded not to walk in the
law of the Lord God of Israel with all
his heart: for he departed not from the
sins of Jeroboam, which made Israel to
sin.
32 In those days the Lord began to loath
Israel, and Hazael smote them in all the
coasts of Israel,
33 From Jordan eastward, even all the
land of Gilead, the Gadites, and the
Reubenites, and them that were of
Manasseh, from Aroer (which is by the
river Arnon) and Gilead and Bashan.
34 Concerning the rest of the acts of
Jehu, and all that he did, and all his
valiant deeds, are they not written in the
book of the chronicles of the kings of
Israel?
35 And Jehu slept with his fathers, and
they buried him in Samaria, and
Jehoahaz his son reigned in his stead.
36 And the time that Jehu reigned over
Israel in Samaria is eight and twenty
years.
II Kings Chapter 9
II Kings Chapter 9
1 Then Elisha the prophet called one of
the children of the prophets, and said
unto him, Gird thy loins and take this box
of oil in thine hand, and get thee to
Ramoth Gilead.
2 And when thou comest thither, look
where is Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat, the
son of Nimshi, and go, and make him
arise up from among his brethren, and
lead him to a secret chamber.
3 Then take the box of oil and pour it on
his head, and say, Thus saith the Lord, I
have anointed thee for king over Israel.
Then open the door, and flee without any
tarrying.
4 So the servant of the prophet gat him to
Ramoth Gilead.
5 And when he came in, behold, the
captains of the army were sitting and he
said, I have a message to thee, O
captain. And Jehu said, Unto which of
all us? And he answered, To thee, O
captain.
6 And he arose, and went into the house,
and he poured the oil on his head and
said unto him, Thus saith the Lord God
of Israel, I have anointed thee for king
over the people of the Lord, even over
Israel. 7 And 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 the Lord
of the hand of Jezebel.
8 For the whole house of Ahab shall be
destroyed: and I will cut off from Ahab,
him that maketh water against the wall,
as well him that is shut up, as him that is
left in Israel.
9 And 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.
10 And the dogs shall eat Jezebel in the
field of Jezreel, and there shall be none
to bury her. And he opened the door, and
fled.
11 Then Jehu came out 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.
12 And they said, It is false, tell us it
now. Then he said, Thus and thus spake
he to me, saying, Thus saith the Lord, I
have anointed thee for king over Israel.
13 Then they made haste, 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. 14 So Jehu
the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi
conspired against Jehoram: (Now
Jehoram kept Ramoth Gilead, he and all
Israel, because of Hazael king of Aram
[Syria].
15 And king Jehoram returned to be
healed in Jezreel of the wounds, which
the Aramites [Syrians] had given him,
when he fought with Hazael king of
Aram [Syria]) and Jehu said, If it be
your minds, let no man depart and
escape out of the city, to go and tell in
Jezreel.
16 So Jehu gat up into a chariot, and
went to Jezreel: for Jehoram lay there,
and Ahaziah king of Judah was come
down to see Jehoram.
17 And the watchman that stood in the
tower in Jezreel spied the company of
Jehu as he came, and said, I see a
company. And Jehoram said, Take a
horseman and send to meet them, that he
may say, Is it peace?
18 So 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 behind me.
And the watchman told, saying, The
messenger came to them, but he cometh
not again.
19 Then he sent out another on
horseback, which came to them, and
said, Thus saith the king, Is it peace?
And Jehu answered, What hast thou to
do with peace? Turn behind me.
20 And the watchman told, saying, He
came to them also, but cometh not again,
and the marching is like the marching of
Jehu the son of Nimshi: for he marcheth
furiously.
21 Then Jehoram said, Make ready: and
his chariot was made ready. And
Jehoram king of Israel and Ahaziah king
of Judah went out either of them in his
chariot against Jehu, and met him in the
field of Naboth the Jezreelite. 22 And
when Jehoram saw Jehu, he said, Is it
peace, Jehu? And he answered, What
peace? The whoredoms of thy mother
Jezebel, and her witchcrafts are yet in
great number?
23 Then Jehoram turned his hand, and
fled, and said to Ahaziah, O
Ahaziah, there is treason.
24 But Jehu took a bow in his hand, and
smote Jehoram between the shoulders,
that the arrow went through his heart:
and he fell down in his chariot.
25 Then said Jehu to Bidkar a captain,
Take, and cast him in some place of the
field of Naboth the Jezreelite: for I
remember that when I and thou rode
together after Ahab his father, the Lord
laid this burden upon him. 26 Surely I
have seen yesterday the blood of
Naboth, and the blood of his sons, said
the Lord, and I will render it thee in this
field, saith the Lord: now therefore take
and cast him in the field, according to
the word of the Lord. 27 But when
Ahaziah the king of Judah saw this, he
fled by the way of the garden house: And
Jehu pursued after him, and said, Smite
him also in the chariot: and they smote
him in the going up to Gur, which is by
Ibleam. And he fled to Megiddo, and
there died.
28 And his servants carried him in a
chariot to Jerusalem, and buried him in
his sepulchre with his fathers in the city
of David.
29 And in the eleventh year of Jehoram
the son of Ahab, began Ahaziah to reign
over Judah.
30 And when Jehu was come to Jezreel,
Jezebel heard of it and painted her face,
and tired her head, and looked out at a
window.
31 And as Jehu entered at the gate, she
said, Had Zimri peace, which slew his
master?
32 And he lift up his eyes to the
window, and said, Who is on my side,
who?
Then two or three of her eunuchs looked
unto him.
33 And he said, Cast her down: and they
cast her down, and he sprinkled of her
blood upon the wall, and upon the
horses, and he trod her under foot. 34
And when he was come in, he did eat
and drink, and said, Visit now yonder
cursed woman, and bury her: for she is a
king’s daughter. 35 And they went to
bury her, but they found no more of her,
than the skull and the feet, and the palms
of her hands.
36 Wherefore they came again and told
him. And he said, This is the word of the
Lord, which he spake by his servant
Elijah the Tishbite, saying, In the field of
Jezreel shall the dogs eat the flesh of
Jezebel.
37 And the carcass of Jezebel shall be
as dung upon the ground in the field of
Jezreel, so that none shall say, This is
Jezebel.
1 Then Elisha the prophet called one of
the children of the prophets, and said
unto him, Gird thy loins and take this box
of oil in thine hand, and get thee to
Ramoth Gilead.
2 And when thou comest thither, look
where is Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat, the
son of Nimshi, and go, and make him
arise up from among his brethren, and
lead him to a secret chamber.
3 Then take the box of oil and pour it on
his head, and say, Thus saith the Lord, I
have anointed thee for king over Israel.
Then open the door, and flee without any
tarrying.
4 So the servant of the prophet gat him to
Ramoth Gilead.
5 And when he came in, behold, the
captains of the army were sitting and he
said, I have a message to thee, O
captain. And Jehu said, Unto which of
all us? And he answered, To thee, O
captain.
6 And he arose, and went into the house,
and he poured the oil on his head and
said unto him, Thus saith the Lord God
of Israel, I have anointed thee for king
over the people of the Lord, even over
Israel. 7 And 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 the Lord
of the hand of Jezebel.
8 For the whole house of Ahab shall be
destroyed: and I will cut off from Ahab,
him that maketh water against the wall,
as well him that is shut up, as him that is
left in Israel.
9 And 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.
10 And the dogs shall eat Jezebel in the
field of Jezreel, and there shall be none
to bury her. And he opened the door, and
fled.
11 Then Jehu came out 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.
12 And they said, It is false, tell us it
now. Then he said, Thus and thus spake
he to me, saying, Thus saith the Lord, I
have anointed thee for king over Israel.
13 Then they made haste, 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. 14 So Jehu
the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi
conspired against Jehoram: (Now
Jehoram kept Ramoth Gilead, he and all
Israel, because of Hazael king of Aram
[Syria].
15 And king Jehoram returned to be
healed in Jezreel of the wounds, which
the Aramites [Syrians] had given him,
when he fought with Hazael king of
Aram [Syria]) and Jehu said, If it be
your minds, let no man depart and
escape out of the city, to go and tell in
Jezreel.
16 So Jehu gat up into a chariot, and
went to Jezreel: for Jehoram lay there,
and Ahaziah king of Judah was come
down to see Jehoram.
17 And the watchman that stood in the
tower in Jezreel spied the company of
Jehu as he came, and said, I see a
company. And Jehoram said, Take a
horseman and send to meet them, that he
may say, Is it peace?
18 So 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 behind me.
And the watchman told, saying, The
messenger came to them, but he cometh
not again.
19 Then he sent out another on
horseback, which came to them, and
said, Thus saith the king, Is it peace?
And Jehu answered, What hast thou to
do with peace? Turn behind me.
20 And the watchman told, saying, He
came to them also, but cometh not again,
and the marching is like the marching of
Jehu the son of Nimshi: for he marcheth
furiously.
21 Then Jehoram said, Make ready: and
his chariot was made ready. And
Jehoram king of Israel and Ahaziah king
of Judah went out either of them in his
chariot against Jehu, and met him in the
field of Naboth the Jezreelite. 22 And
when Jehoram saw Jehu, he said, Is it
peace, Jehu? And he answered, What
peace? The whoredoms of thy mother
Jezebel, and her witchcrafts are yet in
great number?
23 Then Jehoram turned his hand, and
fled, and said to Ahaziah, O
Ahaziah, there is treason.
24 But Jehu took a bow in his hand, and
smote Jehoram between the shoulders,
that the arrow went through his heart:
and he fell down in his chariot.
25 Then said Jehu to Bidkar a captain,
Take, and cast him in some place of the
field of Naboth the Jezreelite: for I
remember that when I and thou rode
together after Ahab his father, the Lord
laid this burden upon him. 26 Surely I
have seen yesterday the blood of
Naboth, and the blood of his sons, said
the Lord, and I will render it thee in this
field, saith the Lord: now therefore take
and cast him in the field, according to
the word of the Lord. 27 But when
Ahaziah the king of Judah saw this, he
fled by the way of the garden house: And
Jehu pursued after him, and said, Smite
him also in the chariot: and they smote
him in the going up to Gur, which is by
Ibleam. And he fled to Megiddo, and
there died.
28 And his servants carried him in a
chariot to Jerusalem, and buried him in
his sepulchre with his fathers in the city
of David.
29 And in the eleventh year of Jehoram
the son of Ahab, began Ahaziah to reign
over Judah.
30 And when Jehu was come to Jezreel,
Jezebel heard of it and painted her face,
and tired her head, and looked out at a
window.
31 And as Jehu entered at the gate, she
said, Had Zimri peace, which slew his
master?
32 And he lift up his eyes to the
window, and said, Who is on my side,
who?
Then two or three of her eunuchs looked
unto him.
33 And he said, Cast her down: and they
cast her down, and he sprinkled of her
blood upon the wall, and upon the
horses, and he trod her under foot. 34
And when he was come in, he did eat
and drink, and said, Visit now yonder
cursed woman, and bury her: for she is a
king’s daughter. 35 And they went to
bury her, but they found no more of her,
than the skull and the feet, and the palms
of her hands.
36 Wherefore they came again and told
him. And he said, This is the word of the
Lord, which he spake by his servant
Elijah the Tishbite, saying, In the field of
Jezreel shall the dogs eat the flesh of
Jezebel.
37 And the carcass of Jezebel shall be
as dung upon the ground in the field of
Jezreel, so that none shall say, This is
Jezebel.
II Kings Chapter 8
II Kings Chapter 8
1 Then spake Elisha unto the woman,
whose son he had restored to life,
saying, Up, and go, thou, and thine
house, and sojourn where thou canst
sojourn: for the Lord hath called for a
famine, and it cometh also upon the land
seven years.
2 And the woman arose, and did after
the saying of the man of God, and went
both she and her household and
sojourned in the land of the Philistines
seven years.
3 And at the seven years' end, the
woman returned out of the land of the
Philistines, and went out to call upon the
king for her house and for her land. 4
And the king talked with Gehazi the
servant of the man of God, saying, Tell
me, I pray thee, all the great acts, that
Elisha hath done.
5 And as he told the king, how he had
restored one dead to life, behold, the
woman, whose son he had raised to life,
called upon the king for her house and
for her land. Then Gehazi said, My lord,
O king, this is the woman, and this is her
son, whom Elisha restored to life.
6 And when the king asked the woman,
she told him: so the king appointed her
an eunuch, saying, Restore thou all that
are hers, and all the fruits of her lands
since the day she left the land, even until
this time. 7 Then Elisha came to
Damascus, and Ben-hadad the king of
Aram [Syria]
was sick, and one told him, saying, The
man of God is come hither. 8 And the
king said unto Hazael, Take a present in
thine hand, and go meet the man of God,
that thou mayest inquire of the Lord by
him, saying, Shall I recover of this
disease?
9 So Hazael went to meet him, and took
the present in his hand, and of every
good thing of Damascus, even the burden
of forty camels, and came and stood
before him, and said, Thy son Ben-hadad
king of Aram [Syria] hath sent me to
thee, saying, Shall I recover of this
disease?
10 And Elisha said to him, Go, and say
unto him, Thou shalt recover: howbeit
the Lord hath showed me, that he shall
surely die.
11 And he looked upon him steadfastly,
till Hazael was ashamed, and the man of
God wept.
12 And Hazael said, Why weepeth my
lord? And he answered, Because I know
the evil that thou shalt do unto the
children of Israel: for their strong cities
shalt thou set on fire, and their young
men shalt thou slay with the sword, and
shalt dash their infants against the
stones, and rent in pieces their women
with child.
13 Then Hazael said, What? Is thy
servant a dog, that I should do this great
thing? And Elisha answered, The Lord
hath showed me, that thou shalt be king
of Aram [Syria].
14 So 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 shouldest
recover.
15 And on the morrow he took a thick
cloth and dipped in it water, and spread
it on his face, and he died: and Hazael
reigned in his stead.
16 Now in the fifth year of Jehoram the
son of Ahab king of Israel, and of
Jehoshaphat king of Judah, Jehoram the
son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah began
to reign.
17 He was two and thirty year old, when
he began to reign: and he reigned eight
year in Jerusalem.
18 And he walked in the ways of the
kings of Israel, as did the house of Ahab:
for the daughter of Ahab was his wife,
and he did evil in the sight of the Lord.
19 Yet the Lord would not destroy
Judah, for David his servant's sake, as
he had promised him to give him a light,
and to his children forever. 20 In those
days Edom rebelled from under the hand
of Judah, and made a king over
themselves.
21 Therefore Jehoram went to Zair, and
all his chariots with him, and he arose
by night, and smote the Edomites which
were about him with the captains of the
chariots, and the people fled into their
tents.
22 So Edom rebelled from under the
hand of Judah unto this day. then Libnah
rebelled at that same time.
23 Concerning the rest of the acts of
Jehoram and all that he did, are they not
written in the book of the chronicles of
the kings of Judah?
24 And Jehoram slept with his fathers,
and was buried with his fathers in the
city of David. And Ahaziah his son
reigned in his stead.
25 In the twelfth year of Jehoram the son
of Ahab king of Israel did Ahaziah the
son of Jehoram king of Judah begin to
reign.
26 Two and twenty year 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.
27 And he walked in the way of the
house of Ahab, and did evil in the sight
of the Lord, like the house of Ahab: for
he was the son in law of the house of
Ahab.
28 And he went with Jehoram the son of
Ahab to war against Hazael king of
Aram [Syria] in Ramoth Gilead, and the
Aramites [Syrians] smote Jehoram. 29
And king Jehoram returned to be healed
in Jezreel of the wounds which the
Aramites [Syrians] had given him at
Ramah, when he fought against Hazael
king of Aram [Syria]. And Ahaziah the
son of Jehoram king of Judah went down
to see Jehoram the son of Ahab in
Jezreel, because he was sick.
1 Then spake Elisha unto the woman,
whose son he had restored to life,
saying, Up, and go, thou, and thine
house, and sojourn where thou canst
sojourn: for the Lord hath called for a
famine, and it cometh also upon the land
seven years.
2 And the woman arose, and did after
the saying of the man of God, and went
both she and her household and
sojourned in the land of the Philistines
seven years.
3 And at the seven years' end, the
woman returned out of the land of the
Philistines, and went out to call upon the
king for her house and for her land. 4
And the king talked with Gehazi the
servant of the man of God, saying, Tell
me, I pray thee, all the great acts, that
Elisha hath done.
5 And as he told the king, how he had
restored one dead to life, behold, the
woman, whose son he had raised to life,
called upon the king for her house and
for her land. Then Gehazi said, My lord,
O king, this is the woman, and this is her
son, whom Elisha restored to life.
6 And when the king asked the woman,
she told him: so the king appointed her
an eunuch, saying, Restore thou all that
are hers, and all the fruits of her lands
since the day she left the land, even until
this time. 7 Then Elisha came to
Damascus, and Ben-hadad the king of
Aram [Syria]
was sick, and one told him, saying, The
man of God is come hither. 8 And the
king said unto Hazael, Take a present in
thine hand, and go meet the man of God,
that thou mayest inquire of the Lord by
him, saying, Shall I recover of this
disease?
9 So Hazael went to meet him, and took
the present in his hand, and of every
good thing of Damascus, even the burden
of forty camels, and came and stood
before him, and said, Thy son Ben-hadad
king of Aram [Syria] hath sent me to
thee, saying, Shall I recover of this
disease?
10 And Elisha said to him, Go, and say
unto him, Thou shalt recover: howbeit
the Lord hath showed me, that he shall
surely die.
11 And he looked upon him steadfastly,
till Hazael was ashamed, and the man of
God wept.
12 And Hazael said, Why weepeth my
lord? And he answered, Because I know
the evil that thou shalt do unto the
children of Israel: for their strong cities
shalt thou set on fire, and their young
men shalt thou slay with the sword, and
shalt dash their infants against the
stones, and rent in pieces their women
with child.
13 Then Hazael said, What? Is thy
servant a dog, that I should do this great
thing? And Elisha answered, The Lord
hath showed me, that thou shalt be king
of Aram [Syria].
14 So 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 shouldest
recover.
15 And on the morrow he took a thick
cloth and dipped in it water, and spread
it on his face, and he died: and Hazael
reigned in his stead.
16 Now in the fifth year of Jehoram the
son of Ahab king of Israel, and of
Jehoshaphat king of Judah, Jehoram the
son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah began
to reign.
17 He was two and thirty year old, when
he began to reign: and he reigned eight
year in Jerusalem.
18 And he walked in the ways of the
kings of Israel, as did the house of Ahab:
for the daughter of Ahab was his wife,
and he did evil in the sight of the Lord.
19 Yet the Lord would not destroy
Judah, for David his servant's sake, as
he had promised him to give him a light,
and to his children forever. 20 In those
days Edom rebelled from under the hand
of Judah, and made a king over
themselves.
21 Therefore Jehoram went to Zair, and
all his chariots with him, and he arose
by night, and smote the Edomites which
were about him with the captains of the
chariots, and the people fled into their
tents.
22 So Edom rebelled from under the
hand of Judah unto this day. then Libnah
rebelled at that same time.
23 Concerning the rest of the acts of
Jehoram and all that he did, are they not
written in the book of the chronicles of
the kings of Judah?
24 And Jehoram slept with his fathers,
and was buried with his fathers in the
city of David. And Ahaziah his son
reigned in his stead.
25 In the twelfth year of Jehoram the son
of Ahab king of Israel did Ahaziah the
son of Jehoram king of Judah begin to
reign.
26 Two and twenty year 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.
27 And he walked in the way of the
house of Ahab, and did evil in the sight
of the Lord, like the house of Ahab: for
he was the son in law of the house of
Ahab.
28 And he went with Jehoram the son of
Ahab to war against Hazael king of
Aram [Syria] in Ramoth Gilead, and the
Aramites [Syrians] smote Jehoram. 29
And king Jehoram returned to be healed
in Jezreel of the wounds which the
Aramites [Syrians] had given him at
Ramah, when he fought against Hazael
king of Aram [Syria]. And Ahaziah the
son of Jehoram king of Judah went down
to see Jehoram the son of Ahab in
Jezreel, because he was sick.
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