\NormalFont\ShortTitle{2 Chronicles}
{\MTB THE SECOND BOOK OF THE
\par }{\MT CHRONICLES

\par }\ChapOne{1}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
Solomon
the
son
of
David
was
strengthened
in
his
kingdom,
and
Jehovah
his
God
was
with
him,
and
magnified
him
exceedingly.
\VS{2}And
Solomon
spake
unto
all
Israel,
to
the
captains
of
thousands
and
of
hundreds,
and
to
the
judges,
and
to
every
prince
in
all
Israel,
the
heads
of
the
fathers’
{\ADD{
houses}}.
\VS{3}So
Solomon,
and
all
the
assembly
with
him,
went
to
the
high
place
that
was
at
Gibeon;
for
there
was
the
tent
of
meeting
of
God,
which
Moses
the
servant
of
Jehovah
had
made
in
the
wilderness.
\VS{4}But
the
ark
of
God
had
David
brought
up
from
Kiriath-jearim
to
{\ADD{
the
place}}
that
David
had
prepared
for
it;
for
he
had
pitched
a
tent
for
it
at
Jerusalem.
\VS{5}Moreover
the
brazen
altar,
that
Bezalel
the
son
of
Uri,
the
son
of
Hur,
had
made,
was
there
before
the
tabernacle
of
Jehovah:
and
Solomon
and
the
assembly
sought
unto
it.
\VS{6}And
Solomon
went
up
thither
to
the
brazen
altar
before
Jehovah,
which
was
at
the
tent
of
meeting,
and
offered
a
thousand burnt-offerings
upon
it.
\par }{\PP \VS{7}In
that
night
did
God
appear
unto
Solomon,
and
said
unto
him,
Ask
what
I
shall
give
thee.
\VS{8}And
Solomon
said
unto
God,
Thou
hast
showed
great
lovingkindness
unto
David
my
father,
and
hast
made
me
king
in
his
stead.
\VS{9}Now,
O
Jehovah
God,
let
thy
promise
unto
David
my
father
be
established;
for
thou
hast
made
me
king
over
a
people
like
the
dust
of
the
earth
in
multitude.
\VS{10}Give
me
now
wisdom
and
knowledge,
that
I
may
go
out
and
come
in
before
this
people;
for
who
can
judge
this
thy
people,
that
is
so
great?
\VS{11}And
God
said
to
Solomon,
Because
this
was
in
thy
heart,
and
thou
hast
not
asked
riches,
wealth,
or
honor,
nor
the
life
of
them
that
hate
thee,
neither
yet
hast
asked
long
life;
but
hast
asked
wisdom
and
knowledge
for
thyself,
that
thou
mayest
judge
my
people,
over
whom
I
have
made
thee
king:
\VS{12}wisdom
and
knowledge
is
granted
unto
thee;
and
I
will
give
thee
riches,
and
wealth,
and
honor,
such
as
none
of
the
kings
have
had
that
have
been
before
thee;
neither
shall
there
any
after
thee
have
the
like.
\VS{13}So
Solomon
came
from
the
high
place
that
was
at
Gibeon,
from
before
the
tent
of
meeting,
unto
Jerusalem;
and
he
reigned
over
Israel.
\par }{\PP \VS{14}And
Solomon
gathered
chariots
and
horsemen:
and
he
had
a
thousand
and
four
hundred
chariots,
and
twelve
thousand
horsemen,
that
he
placed
in
the
chariot
cities,
and
with
the
king
at
Jerusalem.
\VS{15}And
the
king
made
silver
and
gold
to
be
in
Jerusalem
as
stones,
and
cedars
made
he
to
be
as
the sycomore-trees
that
are
in
the
lowland,
for
abundance.
\VS{16}And
the
horses
which
Solomon
had
were
brought
out
of
Egypt;
the
king’s
merchants
received
them
in
droves,
each
drove
at
a
price.
\VS{17}And
they
fetched
up
and
brought
out
of
Egypt
a
chariot
for
six
hundred
{\ADD{
shekels}}
of
silver,
and
a
horse
for
a
hundred
and
fifty:
and
so
for
all
the
kings
of
the
Hittites,
and
the
kings
of
Syria,
did
they
bring
them
out
by
their
means.

\par }\Chap{2}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Now
Solomon
purposed
to
build
a
house
for
the
name
of
Jehovah,
and
a
house
for
his
kingdom.
\VS{2}And
Solomon
counted
out
threescore
and
ten
thousand
men
to
bear
burdens,
and
fourscore
thousand
men
that
were
hewers
in
the
mountains,
and
three
thousand
and
six
hundred
to
oversee
them.
\VS{3}And
Solomon
sent
to
Huram
the
king
of
Tyre,
saying,
As
thou
didst
deal
with
David
my
father,
and
didst
send
him
cedars
to
build
him
a
house
to
dwell
therein,
{\ADD{
even
so
deal
with
me}}.
\VS{4}Behold,
I
am
about
to
build
a
house
for
the
name
of
Jehovah
my
God,
to
dedicate
it
to
him,
and
to
burn
before
him
incense
of
sweet
spices,
and
for
the
continual
showbread,
and
for
the burnt-offerings
morning
and
evening,
on
the
sabbaths,
and
on
the
new
moons,
and
on
the
set
feasts
of
Jehovah
our
God.
This
is
{\ADD{
an
ordinance}}
for
ever
to
Israel.
\VS{5}And
the
house
which
I
build
is
great;
for
great
is
our
God
above
all
gods.
\VS{6}But
who
is
able
to
build
him
a
house,
seeing
heaven
and
the
heaven
of
heavens
cannot
contain
him?
who
am
I
then,
that
I
should
build
him
a
house,
save
only
to
burn
incense
before
him?
\VS{7}Now
therefore
send
me
a
man
skilful
to
work
in
gold,
and
in
silver,
and
in
brass,
and
in
iron,
and
in
purple,
and
crimson,
and
blue,
and
that
knoweth
how
to
grave
{\ADD{
all
manner
of}}
gravings,
{\ADD{
to
be}}
with
the
skilful
men
that
are
with
me
in
Judah
and
in
Jerusalem,
whom
David
my
father
did
provide.
\VS{8}Send
me
also cedar-trees, fir-trees,
and algum-trees,
out
of
Lebanon;
for
I
know
that
thy
servants
know
how
to
cut
timber
in
Lebanon.
And,
behold,
my
servants
shall
be
with
thy
servants,
\VS{9}even
to
prepare
me
timber
in
abundance;
for
the
house
which
I
am
about
to
build
shall
be
great
and
wonderful.
\VS{10}And,
behold,
I
will
give
to
thy
servants,
the
hewers
that
cut
timber,
twenty
thousand
measures
of
beaten
wheat,
and
twenty
thousand
measures
of
barley,
and
twenty
thousand
baths
of
wine,
and
twenty
thousand
baths
of
oil.
\par }{\PP \VS{11}Then
Huram
the
king
of
Tyre
answered
in
writing,
which
he
sent
to
Solomon,
Because
Jehovah
loveth
his
people,
he
hath
made
thee
king
over
them.
\VS{12}Huram
said
moreover,
Blessed
be
Jehovah,
the
God
of
Israel,
that
made
heaven
and
earth,
who
hath
given
to
David
the
king
a
wise
son,
endued
with
discretion
and
understanding,
that
should
build
a
house
for
Jehovah,
and
a
house
for
his
kingdom.
\VS{13}And
now
I
have
sent
a
skilful
man,
endued
with
understanding,
of
Huram
my
father’s,
\VS{14}the
son
of
a
woman
of
the
daughters
of
Dan;
and
his
father
was
a
man
of
Tyre,
skilful
to
work
in
gold,
and
in
silver,
in
brass,
in
iron,
in
stone,
and
in
timber,
in
purple,
in
blue,
and
in
fine
linen,
and
in
crimson,
also
to
grave
any
manner
of
graving,
and
to
devise
any
device;
that
there
may
be
{\ADD{
a
place}}
appointed
unto
him
with
thy
skilful
men,
and
with
the
skilful
men
of
my
lord
David
thy
father.
\VS{15}Now
therefore
the
wheat
and
the
barley,
the
oil
and
the
wine,
which
my
lord
hath
spoken
of,
let
him
send
unto
his
servants:
\VS{16}and
we
will
cut
wood
out
of
Lebanon,
as
much
as
thou shalt
need;
and
we
will
bring
it
to
thee
in
floats
by
sea
to
Joppa;
and
thou shalt
carry
it
up
to
Jerusalem.
\par }{\PP \VS{17}And
Solomon
numbered
all
the
sojourners
that
were
in
the
land
of
Israel,
after
the
numbering
wherewith
David
his
father
had
numbered
them;
and
they
were
found
a
hundred
and
fifty
thousand
and
three
thousand
and
six
hundred.
\VS{18}And
he
set
threescore
and
ten
thousand
of
them
to
bear
burdens,
and
fourscore
thousand
that
were
hewers
in
the
mountains,
and
three
thousand
and
six
hundred
overseers
to
set
the
people
at
work.

\par }\Chap{3}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Then
Solomon
began
to
build
the
house
of
Jehovah
at
Jerusalem
on
mount
Moriah,
where
{\ADD{
Jehovah}}
appeared
unto
David
his
father,
which
he
made
ready
in
the
place
that
David
had
appointed,
in
the threshing-floor
of
Ornan
the
Jebusite.
\VS{2}And
he
began
to
build
in
the
second
{\ADD{
day}}
of
the
second
month,
in
the
fourth
year
of
his
reign.
\VS{3}Now
these
are
the
foundations
which
Solomon
laid
for
the
building
of
the
house
of
God.
The
length
by
cubits
after
the
first
measure
was
threescore
cubits,
and
the
breadth
twenty
cubits.
\VS{4}And
the
porch
that
was
before
{\ADD{
the
house}},
the
length
of
it,
according
to
the
breadth
of
the
house,
was
twenty
cubits,
and
the
height
a
hundred
and
twenty;
and
he
overlaid
it
within
with
pure
gold.
\VS{5}And
the
greater
house
he ceiled
with fir-wood,
which
he
overlaid
with
fine
gold,
and
wrought
thereon palm-trees
and
chains.
\VS{6}And
he
garnished
the
house
with
precious
stones
for
beauty:
and
the
gold
was
gold
of
Parvaim.
\VS{7}He
overlaid
also
the
house,
the
beams,
the
thresholds,
and
the
walls
thereof,
and
the
doors
thereof,
with
gold;
and
graved
cherubim
on
the
walls.
\par }{\PP \VS{8}And
he
made
the
most
holy
house:
the
length
thereof,
according
to
the
breadth
of
the
house,
was
twenty
cubits,
and
the
breadth
thereof
twenty
cubits;
and
he
overlaid
it
with
fine
gold, amounting
to
six
hundred
talents.
\VS{9}And
the
weight
of
the
nails
was
fifty
shekels
of
gold.
And
he
overlaid
the
upper
chambers
with
gold.
\par }{\PP \VS{10}And
in
the
most
holy
house
he
made
two
cherubim
of
image
work;
and
they
overlaid
them
with
gold.
\VS{11}And
the
wings
of
the
cherubim
were
twenty
cubits
long:
the
wing
of
the
one
{\ADD{
cherub}}
was
five
cubits,
reaching
to
the
wall
of
the
house;
and
the
other
wing
was
{\ADD{
likewise}}
five
cubits,
reaching
to
the
wing
of
the
other
cherub.
\VS{12}And
the
wing
of
the
other
cherub
was
five
cubits,
reaching
to
the
wall
of
the
house;
and
the
other
wing
was
five
cubits
{\ADD{
also}},
joining
to
the
wing
of
the
other
cherub.
\VS{13}The
wings
of
these
cherubim
spread
themselves
forth
twenty
cubits:
and
they
stood
on
their
feet,
and
their
faces
were
toward
the
house.
\VS{14}And
he
made
the
veil
of
blue,
and
purple,
and
crimson,
and
fine
linen,
and
wrought
cherubim
thereon.
\par }{\PP \VS{15}Also
he
made
before
the
house
two
pillars
of
thirty
and
five
cubits
high,
and
the
capital
that
was
on
the
top
of
each
of
them
was
five
cubits.
\VS{16}And
he
made
chains
in
the
oracle,
and
put
{\ADD{
them}}
on
the
tops
of
the
pillars;
and
he
made
a
hundred
pomegranates,
and
put
them
on
the
chains.
\VS{17}And
he
set
up
the
pillars
before
the
temple,
one
on
the
right
hand,
and
the
other
on
the
left;
and
called
the
name
of
that
on
the
right
hand
Jachin,
and
the
name
of
that
on
the
left
Boaz.

\par }\Chap{4}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Moreover
he
made
an
altar
of
brass,
twenty
cubits
the
length
thereof,
and
twenty
cubits
the
breadth
thereof,
and
ten
cubits
the
height
thereof.
\VS{2}Also
he
made
the
molten
sea
of
ten
cubits
from
brim
to
brim,
round
in
compass;
and
the
height
thereof
was
five
cubits;
and
a
line
of
thirty
cubits
compassed
it
round
about.
\VS{3}And
under
it
was
the
likeness
of
oxen,
which
did
compass
it
round
about,
for
ten
cubits,
compassing
the
sea
round
about.
The
oxen
were
in
two
rows,
cast
when
it
was
cast.
\VS{4}It
stood
upon
twelve
oxen,
three
looking
toward
the
north,
and
three
looking
toward
the
west,
and
three
looking
toward
the
south,
and
three
looking
toward
the
east:
and
the
sea
was
set
upon
them
above,
and
all
their
hinder
parts
were
inward.
\VS{5}And
it
was
a
handbreadth
thick;
and
the
brim
thereof
was
wrought
like
the
brim
of
a
cup,
like
the
flower
of
a
lily:
it
received
and
held
three
thousand
baths.
\VS{6}He
made
also
ten
lavers,
and
put
five
on
the
right
hand,
and
five
on
the
left,
to
wash
in
them;
such
things
as
belonged
to
the burnt-offering
they
washed
in
them;
but
the
sea
was
for
the
priests
to
wash
in.
\par }{\PP \VS{7}And
he
made
the
ten
candlesticks
of
gold
according
to
the
ordinance
concerning
them;
and
he
set
them
in
the
temple,
five
on
the
right
hand,
and
five
on
the
left.
\VS{8}He
made
also
ten
tables,
and
placed
them
in
the
temple,
five
on
the
right
side,
and
five
on
the
left.
And
he
made
a
hundred
basins
of
gold.
\VS{9}Furthermore
he
made
the
court
of
the
priests,
and
the
great
court,
and
doors
for
the
court,
and
overlaid
the
doors
of
them
with
brass.
\VS{10}And
he
set
the
sea
on
the
right
side
{\ADD{
of
the
house}}
eastward,
toward
the
south.
\VS{11}And
Huram
made
the
pots,
and
the
shovels,
and
the
basins.
\par }{\PP So
Huram
made
an
end
of
doing
the
work
that
he
wrought
for
king
Solomon
in
the
house
of
God:
\VS{12}the
two
pillars,
and
the
bowls,
and
the
two
capitals
which
were
on
the
top
of
the
pillars,
and
the
two
networks
to
cover
the
two
bowls
of
the
capitals
that
were
on
the
top
of
the
pillars,
\VS{13}and
the
four
hundred
pomegranates
for
the
two
networks;
two
rows
of
pomegranates
for
each
network,
to
cover
the
two
bowls
of
the
capitals
that
were
upon
the
pillars.
\VS{14}He
made
also
the
bases,
and
the
lavers
made
he
upon
the
bases;
\VS{15}one
sea,
and
the
twelve
oxen
under
it.
\VS{16}The
pots
also,
and
the
shovels,
and
the flesh-hooks,
and
all
the
vessels
thereof,
did
Huram
his
father
make
for
king
Solomon,
for
the
house
of
Jehovah,
of
bright
brass.
\VS{17}In
the
plain
of
the
Jordan
did
the
king
cast
them,
in
the
clay
ground
between
Succoth
and
Zeredah.
\VS{18}Thus
Solomon
made
all
these
vessels
in
great
abundance:
for
the
weight
of
the
brass
could
not
be
found
out.
\par }{\PP \VS{19}And
Solomon
made
all
the
vessels
that
were
in
the
house
of
God,
the
golden
altar
also,
and
the
tables
whereon
was
the
showbread;
\VS{20}and
the
candlesticks
with
their
lamps,
to
burn
according
to
the
ordinance
before
the
oracle,
of
pure
gold;
\VS{21}and
the
flowers,
and
the
lamps,
and
the
tongs,
of
gold,
and
that
perfect
gold;
\VS{22}and
the
snuffers,
and
the
basins,
and
the
spoons,
and
the
firepans,
of
pure
gold.
And
as
for
the
entry
of
the
house,
the
inner
doors
thereof
for
the
most
holy
place,
and
the
doors
of
the
house,
{\ADD{
to
wit}},
of
the
temple,
were
of
gold.

\par }\Chap{5}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Thus
all
the
work
that
Solomon
wrought
for
the
house
of
Jehovah
was
finished.
And
Solomon
brought
in
the
things
that
David
his
father
had
dedicated,
even
the
silver,
and
the
gold,
and
all
the
vessels,
and
put
them
in
the
treasuries
of
the
house
of
God.
\par }{\PP \VS{2}Then
Solomon
assembled
the
elders
of
Israel,
and
all
the
heads
of
the
tribes,
the
princes
of
the
fathers’
{\ADD{
houses}}
of
the
children
of
Israel,
unto
Jerusalem,
to
bring
up
the
ark
of
the
covenant
of
Jehovah
out
of
the
city
of
David,
which
is
Zion.
\VS{3}And
all
the
men
of
Israel
assembled
themselves
unto
the
king
at
the
feast,
which
was
{\ADD{
in}}
the
seventh
month.
\VS{4}And
all
the
elders
of
Israel
came:
and
the
Levites
took
up
the
ark;
\VS{5}and
they
brought
up
the
ark,
and
the
tent
of
meeting,
and
all
the
holy
vessels
that
were
in
the
Tent;
these
did
the
priests
the
Levites
bring
up.
\VS{6}And
king
Solomon
and
all
the
congregation
of
Israel,
that
were
assembled
unto
him,
were
before
the
ark,
sacrificing
sheep
and
oxen,
that
could
not
be
counted
nor
numbered
for
multitude.
\VS{7}And
the
priests
brought
in
the
ark
of
the
covenant
of
Jehovah
unto
its
place,
into
the
oracle
of
the
house,
to
the
most
holy
place,
even
under
the
wings
of
the
cherubim.
\VS{8}For
the
cherubim
spread
forth
their
wings
over
the
place
of
the
ark,
and
the
cherubim
covered
the
ark
and
the
staves
thereof
above.
\VS{9}And
the
staves
were
so
long
that
the
ends
of
the
staves
were
seen
from
the
ark
before
the
oracle;
but
they
were
not
seen
without:
and
there
it
is
unto
this
day.
\VS{10}There
was
nothing
in
the
ark
save
the
two
tables
which
Moses
put
{\ADD{
there}}
at
Horeb,
when
Jehovah
made
a
covenant
with
the
children
of
Israel,
when
they
came
out
of
Egypt.
\par }{\PP \VS{11}And
it
came
to
pass,
when
the
priests
were
come
out
of
the
holy
place (for
all
the
priests
that
were
present
had
sanctified
themselves,
and
did
not
keep
their
courses;
\VS{12}also
the
Levites
who
were
the
singers,
all
of
them,
even
Asaph,
Heman,
Jeduthun,
and
their
sons
and
their
brethren,
arrayed
in
fine
linen,
with
cymbals
and
psalteries
and
harps,
stood
at
the
east
end
of
the
altar,
and
with
them
a
hundred
and
twenty
priests
sounding
with
trumpets);
\VS{13}it
came
to
pass,
when
the
trumpeters
and
singers
were
as
one,
to
make
one
sound
to
be
heard
in
praising
and
thanking
Jehovah;
and
when
they
lifted
up
their
voice
with
the
trumpets
and
cymbals
and
instruments
of
music,
and
praised
Jehovah,
{\ADD{
saying}},
For
he
is
good;
for
his
lovingkindness
{\ADD{
endureth}}
for
ever;
that
then
the
house
was
filled
with
a
cloud,
even
the
house
of
Jehovah,
\VS{14}so
that
the
priests
could
not
stand
to
minister
by
reason
of
the
cloud:
for
the
glory
of
Jehovah
filled
the
house
of
God.

\par }\Chap{6}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Then
spake
Solomon,
Jehovah
hath
said
that
he
would
dwell
in
the
thick
darkness.
\VS{2}But
I
have
built
thee
a
house
of
habitation,
and
a
place
for
thee
to
dwell
in
for
ever.
\VS{3}And
the
king
turned
his
face,
and
blessed
all
the
assembly
of
Israel:
and
all
the
assembly
of
Israel
stood.
\par }{\PP \VS{4}And
he
said,
Blessed
be
Jehovah,
the
God
of
Israel,
who
spake
with
his
mouth
unto
David
my
father,
and
hath
with
his
hands
fulfilled
it,
saying,
\VS{5}Since
the
day
that
I
brought
forth
my
people
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt,
I
chose
no
city
out
of
all
the
tribes
of
Israel
to
build
a
house
in,
that
my
name
might
be
there;
neither
chose
I
any
man
to
be
prince
over
my
people
Israel:
\VS{6}but
I
have
chosen
Jerusalem,
that
my
name
might
be
there,
and
have
chosen
David
to
be
over
my
people
Israel.
\VS{7}Now
it
was
in
the
heart
of
David
my
father
to
build
a
house
for
the
name
of
Jehovah,
the
God
of
Israel.
\VS{8}But
Jehovah
said
unto
David
my
father,
Whereas
it
was
in
thy
heart
to
build
a
house
for
my
name,
thou
didst
well
that
it
was
in
thy
heart:
\VS{9}nevertheless
thou shalt
not
build
the
house;
but
thy
son
that
shall
come
forth
out
of
thy
loins,
he
shall
build
the
house
for
my
name.
\VS{10}And
Jehovah
hath
performed
his
word
that
he
spake;
for
I
am
risen
up
in
the
room
of
David
my
father,
and
sit
on
the
throne
of
Israel,
as
Jehovah
promised,
and
have
built
the
house
for
the
name
of
Jehovah,
the
God
of
Israel.
\VS{11}And
there
have
I
set
the
ark,
wherein
is
the
covenant
of
Jehovah,
which
he
made
with
the
children
of
Israel.
\par }{\PP \VS{12}And
he
stood
before
the
altar
of
Jehovah
in
the
presence
of
all
the
assembly
of
Israel,
and
spread
forth
his
hands
\VS{13}(for
Solomon
had
made
a
brazen
scaffold,
five
cubits
long,
and
five
cubits
broad,
and
three
cubits
high,
and
had
set
it
in
the
midst
of
the
court;
and
upon
it
he
stood,
and
kneeled
down
upon
his
knees
before
all
the
assembly
of
Israel,
and
spread
forth
his
hands
toward
heaven);
\VS{14}and
he
said,
O
Jehovah,
the
God
of
Israel,
there
is
no
God
like
thee,
in
heaven,
or
on
earth;
who
keepest
covenant
and
lovingkindness
with
thy
servants,
that
walk
before
thee
with
all
their
heart;
\VS{15}who
hast
kept
with
thy
servant
David
my
father
that
which
thou
didst
promise
him:
yea,
thou
spakest
with
thy
mouth,
and
hast
fulfilled
it
with
thy
hand,
as
it
is
this
day.
\VS{16}Now
therefore,
O
Jehovah,
the
God
of
Israel,
keep
with
thy
servant
David
my
father
that
which
thou
hast
promised
him,
saying,
There
shall
not
fail
thee
a
man
in
my
sight
to
sit
on
the
throne
of
Israel,
if
only
thy
children
take
heed
to
their
way,
to
walk
in
my
law
as
thou
hast
walked
before
me.
\VS{17}Now
therefore,
O
Jehovah,
the
God
of
Israel,
let
thy
word
be
verified,
which
thou
spakest
unto
thy
servant
David.
\par }{\PP \VS{18}But
will
God
in
very
deed
dwell
with
men
on
the
earth?
behold,
heaven
and
the
heaven
of
heavens
cannot
contain
thee;
how
much
less
this
house
which
I
have
builded!
\VS{19}Yet
have
thou
respect
unto
the
prayer
of
thy
servant,
and
to
his
supplication,
O
Jehovah
my
God,
to
hearken
unto
the
cry
and
to
the
prayer
which
thy
servant
prayeth
before
thee;
\VS{20}that
thine
eyes
may
be
open
toward
this
house
day
and
night,
even
toward
the
place
whereof
thou
hast
said
that
thou
wouldest
put
thy
name
there;
to
hearken
unto
the
prayer
which
thy
servant
shall
pray
toward
this
place.
\VS{21}And
hearken
thou
to
the
supplications
of
thy
servant,
and
of
thy
people
Israel,
when
they
shall
pray
toward
this
place:
yea,
hear
thou
from
thy dwelling-place,
even
from
heaven;
and
when
thou
hearest,
forgive.
\par }{\PP \VS{22}If
a
man
sin
against
his
neighbor,
and
an
oath
be
laid
upon
him
to
cause
him
to
swear,
and
he
come
{\ADD{
and}}
swear
before
thine
altar
in
this
house;
\VS{23}then
hear
thou
from
heaven,
and
do,
and
judge
thy
servants,
requiting
the
wicked,
to
bring
his
way
upon
his
own
head;
and
justifying
the
righteous,
to
give
him
according
to
his
righteousness.
\par }{\PP \VS{24}And
if
thy
people
Israel
be
smitten
down
before
the
enemy,
because
they
have
sinned
against
thee,
and
shall
turn
again
and
confess
thy
name,
and
pray
and
make
supplication
before
thee
in
this
house;
\VS{25}then
hear
thou
from
heaven,
and
forgive
the
sin
of
thy
people
Israel,
and
bring
them
again
unto
the
land
which
thou
gavest
to
them
and
to
their
fathers.
\par }{\PP \VS{26}When
the
heavens
are
shut
up,
and
there
is
no
rain,
because
they
have
sinned
against
thee;
if
they
pray
toward
this
place,
and
confess
thy
name,
and
turn
from
their
sin,
when
thou
dost
afflict
them:
\VS{27}then
hear
thou
in
heaven,
and
forgive
the
sin
of
thy
servants,
and
of
thy
people
Israel,
when
thou
teachest
them
the
good
way
wherein
they
should
walk;
and
send
rain
upon
thy
land,
which
thou
hast
given
to
thy
people
for
an
inheritance.
\par }{\PP \VS{28}If
there
be
in
the
land
famine,
if
there
be
pestilence,
if
there
be
blasting
or
mildew,
locust
or
caterpillar;
if
their
enemies
besiege
them
in
the
land
of
their
cities;
whatsoever
plague
or
whatsoever
sickness
there
be;
\VS{29}what
prayer
and
supplication
soever
be
made
by
any
man,
or
by
all
thy
people
Israel,
who
shall
know
every
man
his
own
plague
and
his
own
sorrow,
and
shall
spread
forth
his
hands
toward
this
house:
\VS{30}then
hear
thou
from
heaven
thy dwelling-place,
and
forgive,
and
render
unto
every
man
according
to
all
his
ways,
whose
heart
thou
knowest (for
thou,
even
thou
only,
knowest
the
hearts
of
the
children
of
men);
\VS{31}that
they
may
fear
thee,
to
walk
in
thy
ways,
so
long
as
they
live
in
the
land
which
thou
gavest
unto
our
fathers.
\par }{\PP \VS{32}Moreover
concerning
the
foreigner,
that
is
not
of
thy
people
Israel,
when
he
shall
come
from
a
far
country
for
thy
great
name’s
sake,
and
thy
mighty
hand,
and
thine
outstretched
arm;
when
they
shall
come
and
pray
toward
this
house:
\VS{33}then
hear
thou
from
heaven,
even
from
thy dwelling-place,
and
do
according
to
all
that
the
foreigner
calleth
to
thee
for;
that
all
the
peoples
of
the
earth
may
know
thy
name,
and
fear
thee,
as
doth
thy
people
Israel,
and
that
they
may
know
that
this
house
which
I
have
built
is
called
by
thy
name.
\par }{\PP \VS{34}If
thy
people
go
out
to
battle
against
their
enemies,
by
whatsoever
way
thou shalt
send
them,
and
they
pray
unto
thee
toward
this
city
which
thou
hast
chosen,
and
the
house
which
I
have
built
for
thy
name;
\VS{35}then
hear
thou
from
heaven
their
prayer
and
their
supplication,
and
maintain
their
cause.
\par }{\PP \VS{36}If
they
sin
against
thee (for
there
is
no
man
that
sinneth
not),
and
thou
be
angry
with
them,
and
deliver
them
to
the
enemy,
so
that
they
carry
them
away
captive
unto
a
land
far
off
or
near;
\VS{37}yet
if
they
shall
bethink
themselves
in
the
land
whither
they
are
carried
captive,
and
turn
again,
and
make
supplication
unto
thee
in
the
land
of
their
captivity,
saying,
We
have
sinned,
we
have
done
perversely,
and
have
dealt
wickedly;
\VS{38}if
they
return
unto
thee
with
all
their
heart
and
with
all
their
soul
in
the
land
of
their
captivity,
whither
they
have
carried
them
captive,
and
pray
toward
their
land,
which
thou
gavest
unto
their
fathers,
and
the
city
which
thou
hast
chosen,
and
toward
the
house
which
I
have
built
for
thy
name:
\VS{39}then
hear
thou
from
heaven,
even
from
thy dwelling-place,
their
prayer
and
their
supplications,
and
maintain
their
cause,
and
forgive
thy
people
who
have
sinned
against
thee.
\par }{\PP \VS{40}Now,
O
my
God,
let,
I
beseech
thee,
thine
eyes
be
open,
and
let
thine
ears
be
attent,
unto
the
prayer
that
is
made
in
this
place.
\VS{41}Now
therefore
arise,
O
Jehovah
God,
into
thy resting-place,
thou,
and
the
ark
of
thy
strength:
let
thy
priests,
O
Jehovah
God,
be
clothed
with
salvation,
and
let
thy
saints
rejoice
in
goodness.
\VS{42}O
Jehovah
God,
turn
not
away
the
face
of
thine
anointed:
remember
{\ADD{
thy}}
lovingkindnesses
to
David
thy
servant.

\par }\Chap{7}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Now
when
Solomon
had
made
an
end
of
praying,
the
fire
came
down
from
heaven,
and
consumed
the burnt-offering
and
the
sacrifices;
and
the
glory
of
Jehovah
filled
the
house.
\VS{2}And
the
priests
could
not
enter
into
the
house
of
Jehovah,
because
the
glory
of
Jehovah
filled Jehovah’s
house.
\VS{3}And
all
the
children
of
Israel
looked
on,
when
the
fire
came
down,
and
the
glory
of
Jehovah
was
upon
the
house;
and
they
bowed
themselves
with
their
faces
to
the
ground
upon
the
pavement,
and
worshipped,
and
gave
thanks
unto
Jehovah,
{\ADD{
saying}},
For
he
is
good;
for
his
lovingkindness
{\ADD{
endureth}}
for
ever.
\par }{\PP \VS{4}Then
the
king
and
all
the
people
offered
sacrifice
before
Jehovah.
\VS{5}And
king
Solomon
offered
a
sacrifice
of
twenty
and
two
thousand
oxen,
and
a
hundred
and
twenty
thousand
sheep.
So
the
king
and
all
the
people
dedicated
the
house
of
God.
\VS{6}And
the
priests
stood,
according
to
their
offices;
the
Levites
also
with
instruments
of
music
of
Jehovah,
which
David
the
king
had
made
to
give
thanks
unto
Jehovah (for
his
lovingkindness
{\ADD{
endureth}}
for
ever),
when
David
praised
by
their
ministry:
and
the
priests
sounded
trumpets
before
them;
and
all
Israel
stood.
\VS{7}Moreover
Solomon
hallowed
the
middle
of
the
court
that
was
before
the
house
of
Jehovah;
for
there
he
offered
the burnt-offerings,
and
the
fat
of
the peace-offerings,
because
the
brazen
altar
which
Solomon
had
made
was
not
able
to
receive
the burnt-offering,
and
the meal-offering,
and
the
fat.
\par }{\PP \VS{8}So
Solomon
held
the
feast
at
that
time
seven
days,
and
all
Israel
with
him,
a
very
great
assembly,
from
the
entrance
of
Hamath
unto
the
brook
of
Egypt.
\VS{9}And
on
the
eighth
day
they
held
a
solemn
assembly:
for
they
kept
the
dedication
of
the
altar
seven
days,
and
the
feast
seven
days.
\VS{10}And
on
the
three
and
twentieth
day
of
the
seventh
month
he
sent
the
people
away
unto
their
tents,
joyful
and
glad
of
heart
for
the
goodness
that
Jehovah
had
showed
unto
David,
and
to
Solomon,
and
to
Israel
his
people.
\par }{\PP \VS{11}Thus
Solomon
finished
the
house
of
Jehovah,
and
the
king’s
house:
and
all
that
came
into
Solomon’s
heart
to
make
in
the
house
of
Jehovah,
and
in
his
own
house,
he
prosperously
effected.
\VS{12}And
Jehovah
appeared
to
Solomon
by
night,
and
said
unto
him,
I
have
heard
thy
prayer,
and
have
chosen
this
place
to
myself
for
a
house
of
sacrifice.
\VS{13}If
I
shut
up
the
heavens
so
that
there
is
no
rain,
or
if
I
command
the
locust
to
devour
the
land,
or
if
I
send
pestilence
among
my
people;
\VS{14}if
my
people,
who
are
called
by
my
name,
shall
humble
themselves,
and
pray,
and
seek
my
face,
and
turn
from
their
wicked
ways;
then
will
I
hear
from
heaven,
and
will
forgive
their
sin,
and
will
heal
their
land.
\VS{15}Now
mine
eyes
shall
be
open,
and
mine
ears
attent,
unto
the
prayer
that
is
made
in
this
place.
\VS{16}For
now
have
I
chosen
and
hallowed
this
house,
that
my
name
may
be
there
for
ever;
and
mine
eyes
and
my
heart
shall
be
there
perpetually.
\VS{17}And
as
for
thee,
if
thou
wilt
walk
before
me
as
David
thy
father
walked,
and
do
according
to
all
that
I
have
commanded
thee,
and
wilt
keep
my
statutes
and
mine
ordinances;
\VS{18}then
I
will
establish
the
throne
of
thy
kingdom,
according
as
I
covenanted
with
David
thy
father,
saying,
There
shall
not
fail
thee
a
man
to
be
ruler
in
Israel.
\par }{\PP \VS{19}But
if
ye
turn
away,
and
forsake
my
statutes
and
my
commandments
which
I
have
set
before
you,
and
shall
go
and
serve
other
gods,
and
worship
them;
\VS{20}then
will
I
pluck
them
up
by
the
roots
out
of
my
land
which
I
have
given
them;
and
this
house,
which
I
have
hallowed
for
my
name,
will
I
cast
out
of
my
sight,
and
I
will
make
it
a
proverb
and
a
byword
among
all
peoples.
\VS{21}And
this
house,
which
is
so
high,
every
one
that
passeth
by
it
shall
be
astonished,
and
shall
say,
Why
hath
Jehovah
done
thus
unto
this
land,
and
to
this
house?
\VS{22}And
they
shall
answer,
Because
they
forsook
Jehovah,
the
God
of
their
fathers,
who
brought
them
forth
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt,
and
laid
hold
on
other
gods,
and
worshipped
them,
and
served
them:
therefore
hath
he
brought
all
this
evil
upon
them.

\par }\Chap{8}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
it
came
to
pass
at
the
end
of
twenty
years,
wherein
Solomon
had
built
the
house
of
Jehovah,
and
his
own
house,
\VS{2}that
the
cities
which
Huram
had
given
to
Solomon,
Solomon
built
them,
and
caused
the
children
of
Israel
to
dwell
there.
\par }{\PP \VS{3}And
Solomon
went
to
Hamath-zobah,
and
prevailed
against
it.
\VS{4}And
he
built
Tadmor
in
the
wilderness,
and
all
the store-cities,
which
he
built
in
Hamath.
\VS{5}Also
he
built
Beth-horon
the
upper,
and
Beth-horon
the
nether,
fortified
cities,
with
walls,
gates,
and
bars;
\VS{6}and
Baalath,
and
all
the store-cities
that
Solomon
had,
and
all
the
cities
for
his
chariots,
and
the
cities
for
his
horsemen,
and
all
that
Solomon
desired
to
build
for
his
pleasure
in
Jerusalem,
and
in
Lebanon,
and
in
all
the
land
of
his
dominion.
\par }{\PP \VS{7}As
for
all
the
people
that
were
left
of
the
Hittites,
and
the
Amorites,
and
the
Perizzites,
and
the
Hivites,
and
the
Jebusites,
that
were
not
of
Israel;
\VS{8}of
their
children
that
were
left
after
them
in
the
land,
whom
the
children
of
Israel
consumed
not,
of
them
did
Solomon
raise
a
levy
{\ADD{
of bondservants}}
unto
this
day.
\VS{9}But
of
the
children
of
Israel
did
Solomon
make
no
servants
for
his
work;
but
they
were
men
of
war,
and
chief
of
his
captains,
and
rulers
of
his
chariots
and
of
his
horsemen.
\VS{10}And
these
were
the
chief
officers
of
king
Solomon,
even
two
hundred
and
fifty,
that
bare
rule
over
the
people.
\par }{\PP \VS{11}And
Solomon
brought
up
the
daughter
of
Pharaoh
out
of
the
city
of
David
unto
the
house
that
he
had
built
for
her;
for
he
said,
My
wife
shall
not
dwell
in
the
house
of
David
king
of
Israel,
because
the
places
are
holy, whereunto
the
ark
of
Jehovah
hath
come.
\par }{\PP \VS{12}Then
Solomon
offered burnt-offerings
unto
Jehovah
on
the
altar
of
Jehovah,
which
he
had
built
before
the
porch,
\VS{13}even
as
the
duty
of
every
day
required,
offering
according
to
the
commandment
of
Moses,
on
the
sabbaths,
and
on
the
new
moons,
and
on
the
set
feasts,
three
times
in
the
year,
{\ADD{
even}}
in
the
feast
of
unleavened
bread,
and
in
the
feast
of
weeks,
and
in
the
feast
of
tabernacles.
\par }{\PP \VS{14}And
he
appointed,
according
to
the
ordinance
of
David
his
father,
the
courses
of
the
priests
to
their
service,
and
the
Levites
to
their
offices,
to
praise,
and
to
minister
before
the
priests,
as
the
duty
of
every
day
required;
the
doorkeepers
also
by
their
courses
at
every
gate:
for
so
had
David
the
man
of
God
commanded.
\VS{15}And
they
departed
not
from
the
commandment
of
the
king
unto
the
priests
and
Levites
concerning
any
matter,
or
concerning
the
treasures.
\par }{\PP \VS{16}Now
all
the
work
of
Solomon
was
prepared
unto
the
day
of
the
foundation
of
the
house
of
Jehovah,
and
until
it
was
finished.
{\ADD{
So}}
the
house
of
Jehovah
was
completed.
\par }{\PP \VS{17}Then
went
Solomon
to
Ezion-geber,
and
to
Eloth,
on
the sea-shore
in
the
land
of
Edom.
\VS{18}And
Huram
sent
him
by
the
hands
of
his
servants
ships,
and
servants
that
had
knowledge
of
the
sea;
and
they
came
with
the
servants
of
Solomon
to
Ophir,
and
fetched
from
thence
four
hundred
and
fifty
talents
of
gold,
and
brought
them
to
king
Solomon.

\par }\Chap{9}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
when
the
queen
of
Sheba
heard
of
the
fame
of
Solomon,
she
came
to
prove
Solomon
with
hard
questions
at
Jerusalem,
with
a
very
great
train,
and
camels
that
bare
spices,
and
gold
in
abundance,
and
precious
stones:
and
when
she
was
come
to
Solomon,
she
communed
with
him
of
all
that
was
in
her
heart.
\VS{2}And
Solomon
told
her
all
her
questions;
and
there
was
not
anything
hid
from
Solomon
which
he
told
her
not.
\VS{3}And
when
the
queen
of
Sheba
had
seen
the
wisdom
of
Solomon,
and
the
house
that
he
had
built,
\VS{4}and
the
food
of
his
table,
and
the
sitting
of
his
servants,
and
the
attendance
of
his
ministers,
and
their
apparel,
his
cupbearers
also,
and
their
apparel,
and
his
ascent
by
which
he
went
up
unto
the
house
of
Jehovah;
there
was
no
more
spirit
in
her.
\VS{5}And
she
said
to
the
king,
It
was
a
true
report
that
I
heard
in
mine
own
land
of
thine
acts,
and
of
thy
wisdom.
\VS{6}Howbeit
I
believed
not
their
words,
until
I
came,
and
mine
eyes
had
seen
it;
and,
behold,
the
half
of
the
greatness
of
thy
wisdom
was
not
told
me:
thou
exceedest
the
fame
that
I
heard.
\VS{7}Happy
are
thy
men,
and
happy
are
these
thy
servants,
that
stand
continually
before
thee,
and
hear
thy
wisdom.
\VS{8}Blessed
be
Jehovah
thy
God,
who
delighted
in
thee,
to
set
thee
on
his
throne,
to
be
king
for
Jehovah
thy
God:
because
thy
God
loved
Israel,
to
establish
them
for
ever,
therefore
made
he
thee
king
over
them,
to
do
justice
and
righteousness.
\par }{\PP \VS{9}And
she
gave
the
king
a
hundred
and
twenty
talents
of
gold,
and
spices
in
great
abundance,
and
precious
stones:
neither
was
there
any
such
spice
as
the
queen
of
Sheba
gave
to
king
Solomon.
\VS{10}And
the
servants
also
of
Huram,
and
the
servants
of
Solomon,
that
brought
gold
from
Ophir,
brought algum-trees
and
precious
stones.
\VS{11}And
the
king
made
of
the algum-trees
terraces
for
the
house
of
Jehovah,
and
for
the
king’s
house,
and
harps
and
psalteries
for
the
singers:
and
there
were
none
such
seen
before
in
the
land
of
Judah.
\VS{12}And
king
Solomon
gave
to
the
queen
of
Sheba
all
her
desire,
whatsoever
she
asked,
besides
that
which
she
had
brought
unto
the
king.
So
she
turned,
and
went
to
her
own
land,
she
and
her
servants.
\par }{\PP \VS{13}Now
the
weight
of
gold
that
came
to
Solomon
in
one
year
was
six
hundred
and
threescore
and
six
talents
of
gold,
\VS{14}besides
that
which
the
traders
and
merchants
brought:
and
all
the
kings
of
Arabia
and
the
governors
of
the
country
brought
gold
and
silver
to
Solomon.
\VS{15}And
king
Solomon
made
two
hundred
bucklers
of
beaten
gold;
six
hundred
{\ADD{
shekels}}
of
beaten
gold
went
to
one
buckler.
\VS{16}And
{\ADD{
he
made}}
three
hundred
shields
of
beaten
gold;
three
hundred
{\ADD{
shekels}}
of
gold
went
to
one
shield:
and
the
king
put
them
in
the
house
of
the
forest
of
Lebanon.
\VS{17}Moreover
the
king
made
a
great
throne
of
ivory,
and
overlaid
it
with
pure
gold.
\VS{18}And
there
were
six
steps
to
the
throne,
with
a
footstool
of
gold,
which
were
fastened
to
the
throne,
and
stays
on
either
side
by
the
place
of
the
seat,
and
two
lions
standing
beside
the
stays.
\VS{19}And
twelve
lions
stood
there
on
the
one
side
and
on
the
other
upon
the
six
steps:
there
was
not
the
like
made
in
any
kingdom.
\VS{20}And
all
king
Solomon’s
drinking
vessels
were
of
gold,
and
all
the
vessels
of
the
house
of
the
forest
of
Lebanon
were
of
pure
gold:
silver
was
nothing
accounted
of
in
the
days
of
Solomon.
\VS{21}For
the
king
had
ships
that
went
to
Tarshish
with
the
servants
of
Huram;
once
every
three
years
came
the
ships
of
Tarshish,
bringing
gold,
and
silver,
ivory,
and
apes,
and
peacocks.
\par }{\PP \VS{22}So
king
Solomon
exceeded
all
the
kings
of
the
earth
in
riches
and
wisdom.
\VS{23}And
all
the
kings
of
the
earth
sought
the
presence
of
Solomon,
to
hear
his
wisdom,
which
God
had
put
in
his
heart.
\VS{24}And
they
brought
every
man
his
tribute,
vessels
of
silver,
and
vessels
of
gold,
and
raiment,
armor,
and
spices,
horses,
and
mules,
a
rate
year
by
year.
\VS{25}And
Solomon
had
four
thousand
stalls
for
horses
and
chariots,
and
twelve
thousand
horsemen,
that
he
bestowed
in
the
chariot
cities,
and
with
the
king
at
Jerusalem.
\VS{26}And
he
ruled
over
all
the
kings
from
the
River
even
unto
the
land
of
the
Philistines,
and
to
the
border
of
Egypt.
\VS{27}And
the
king
made
silver
to
be
in
Jerusalem
as
stones,
and
cedars
made
he
to
be
as
the sycomore-trees
that
are
in
the
lowland,
for
abundance.
\VS{28}And
they
brought
horses
for
Solomon
out
of
Egypt,
and
out
of
all
lands.
\par }{\PP \VS{29}Now
the
rest
of
the
acts
of
Solomon,
first
and
last,
are
they
not
written
in
the
history
of
Nathan
the
prophet,
and
in
the
prophecy
of
Ahijah
the
Shilonite,
and
in
the
visions
of
Iddo
the
seer
concerning
Jeroboam
the
son
of
Nebat?
\VS{30}And
Solomon
reigned
in
Jerusalem
over
all
Israel
forty
years.
\VS{31}And
Solomon
slept
with
his
fathers,
and
he
was
buried
in
the
city
of
David
his
father:
and
Rehoboam
his
son
reigned
in
his
stead.

\par }\Chap{10}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
Rehoboam
went
to
Shechem;
for
all
Israel
were
come
to
Shechem
to
make
him
king.
\VS{2}And
it
came
to
pass,
when
Jeroboam
the
son
of
Nebat
heard
of
it (for
he
was
in
Egypt,
whither
he
had
fled
from
the
presence
of
king
Solomon),
that
Jeroboam
returned
out
of
Egypt.
\VS{3}And
they
sent
and
called
him;
and
Jeroboam
and
all
Israel
came,
and
they
spake
to
Rehoboam,
saying,
\VS{4}Thy
father
made
our
yoke
grievous:
now
therefore
make
thou
the
grievous
service
of
thy
father,
and
his
heavy
yoke
which
he
put
upon
us,
lighter,
and
we
will
serve
thee.
\VS{5}And
he
said
unto
them,
Come
again
unto
me
after
three
days.
And
the
people
departed.
\par }{\PP \VS{6}And
king
Rehoboam
took
counsel
with
the
old
men,
that
had
stood
before
Solomon
his
father
while
he
yet
lived,
saying,
What
counsel
give
ye
me
to
return
answer
to
this
people?
\VS{7}And
they
spake
unto
him,
saying,
If
thou
be
kind
to
this
people,
and
please
them,
and
speak
good
words
to
them,
then
they
will
be
thy
servants
for
ever.
\VS{8}But
he
forsook
the
counsel
of
the
old
men
which
they
had
given
him,
and
took
counsel
with
the
young
men
that
were
grown
up
with
him,
that
stood
before
him.
\VS{9}And
he
said
unto
them,
What
counsel
give
ye,
that
we
may
return
answer
to
this
people,
who
have
spoken
to
me,
saying,
Make
the
yoke
that
thy
father
did
put
upon
us
lighter?
\VS{10}And
the
young
men
that
were
grown
up
with
him
spake
unto
him,
saying,
Thus shalt
thou
say
unto
the
people
that
spake
unto
thee,
saying,
Thy
father
made
our
yoke
heavy,
but
make
thou
it
lighter
unto
us;
thus shalt
thou
say
unto
them,
My
little
finger
is
thicker
than
my
father’s
loins.
\VS{11}And
now
whereas
my
father
did
lade
you
with
a
heavy
yoke,
I
will
add
to
your
yoke:
my
father
chastised
you
with
whips,
but
I
{\ADD{
will
chastise
you}}
with
scorpions.
\par }{\PP \VS{12}So
Jeroboam
and
all
the
people
came
to
Rehoboam
the
third
day,
as
the
king
bade,
saying,
Come
to
me
again
the
third
day.
\VS{13}And
the
king
answered
them
roughly;
and
king
Rehoboam
forsook
the
counsel
of
the
old
men,
\VS{14}and
spake
to
them
after
the
counsel
of
the
young
men,
saying,
My
father
made
your
yoke
heavy,
but
I
will
add thereto:
my
father
chastised
you
with
whips,
but
I
{\ADD{
will
chastise
you}}
with
scorpions.
\VS{15}So
the
king
hearkened
not
unto
the
people;
for
it
was
brought
about
of
God,
that
Jehovah
might
establish
his
word,
which
he
spake
by
Ahijah
the
Shilonite
to
Jeroboam
the
son
of
Nebat.
\par }{\PP \VS{16}And
when
all
Israel
saw
that
the
king
hearkened
not
unto
them,
the
people
answered
the
king,
saying,
What
portion
have
we
in
David?
neither
have
we
inheritance
in
the
son
of
Jesse:
every
man
to
your
tents,
O
Israel:
now
see
to
thine
own
house,
David.
So
all
Israel
departed
unto
their
tents.
\VS{17}But
as
for
the
children
of
Israel
that
dwelt
in
the
cities
of
Judah,
Rehoboam
reigned
over
them.
\VS{18}Then
king
Rehoboam
sent
Hadoram,
who
was
over
the
men
subject
to taskwork;
and
the
children
of
Israel
stoned
him
to
death
with
stones.
And
king
Rehoboam
made
speed
to
get
him
up
to
his
chariot,
to
flee
to
Jerusalem.
\VS{19}So
Israel
rebelled
against
the
house
of
David
unto
this
day.

\par }\Chap{11}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
when
Rehoboam
was
come
to
Jerusalem,
he
assembled
the
house
of
Judah
and
Benjamin,
a
hundred
and
fourscore
thousand
chosen
men,
that
were
warriors,
to
fight
against
Israel,
to
bring
the
kingdom
again
to
Rehoboam.
\VS{2}But
the
word
of
Jehovah
came
to
Shemaiah
the
man
of
God,
saying,
\VS{3}Speak
unto
Rehoboam
the
son
of
Solomon,
king
of
Judah,
and
to
all
Israel
in
Judah
and
Benjamin,
saying,
\VS{4}Thus
saith
Jehovah,
Ye
shall
not
go
up,
nor
fight
against
your
brethren:
return
every
man
to
his
house;
for
this
thing
is
of
me.
So
they
hearkened
unto
the
words
of
Jehovah,
and
returned
from
going
against
Jeroboam.
\par }{\PP \VS{5}And
Rehoboam
dwelt
in
Jerusalem,
and
built
cities
for
defence
in
Judah.
\VS{6}He
built
Beth-lehem,
and
Etam,
and
Tekoa,
\VS{7}And
Beth-zur,
and
Soco,
and
Adullam,
\VS{8}and
Gath,
and
Mareshah,
and
Ziph,
\VS{9}and
Adoraim,
and
Lachish,
and
Azekah,
\VS{10}and
Zorah,
and
Aijalon,
and
Hebron,
which
are
in
Judah
and
in
Benjamin,
fortified
cities.
\VS{11}And
he
fortified
the
strongholds,
and
put
captains
in
them,
and
stores
of
victuals,
and
oil
and
wine.
\VS{12}And
in
every
city
{\ADD{
he
put}}
shields
and
spears,
and
made
them
exceeding
strong.
And
Judah
and
Benjamin
belonged
to
him.
\par }{\PP \VS{13}And
the
priests
and
the
Levites
that
were
in
all
Israel
resorted
to
him
out
of
all
their
border.
\VS{14}For
the
Levites
left
their
suburbs
and
their
possession,
and
came
to
Judah
and
Jerusalem:
for
Jeroboam
and
his
sons
cast
them
off,
that
they
should
not
execute
the
priest’s
office
unto
Jehovah;
\VS{15}and
he
appointed
him
priests
for
the
high
places,
and
for
the he-goats,
and
for
the
calves
which
he
had
made.
\VS{16}And
after
them,
out
of
all
the
tribes
of
Israel,
such
as
set
their
hearts
to
seek
Jehovah,
the
God
of
Israel,
came
to
Jerusalem
to
sacrifice
unto
Jehovah,
the
God
of
their
fathers.
\VS{17}So
they
strengthened
the
kingdom
of
Judah,
and
made
Rehoboam
the
son
of
Solomon
strong,
three
years;
for
they
walked
three
years
in
the
way
of
David
and
Solomon.
\par }{\PP \VS{18}And
Rehoboam
took
him
a
wife,
Mahalath
the
daughter
of
Jerimoth
the
son
of
David,
{\ADD{
and
of}}
Abihail
the
daughter
of
Eliab
the
son
of
Jesse;
\VS{19}and
she
bare
him
sons:
Jeush,
and
Shemariah,
and
Zaham.
\VS{20}And
after
her
he
took
Maacah
the
daughter
of
Absalom;
and
she
bare
him
Abijah,
and
Attai,
and
Ziza,
and
Shelomith.
\VS{21}And
Rehoboam
loved
Maacah
the
daughter
of
Absalom
above
all
his
wives
and
his
concubines (for
he
took
eighteen
wives,
and
threescore
concubines,
and
begat
twenty
and
eight
sons
and
threescore
daughters).
\VS{22}And
Rehoboam
appointed
Abijah
the
son
of
Maacah
to
be
chief,
{\ADD{
even}}
the
prince
among
his
brethren;
for
{\ADD{
he
was
minded}}
to
make
him
king.
\VS{23}And
he
dealt
wisely,
and
dispersed
of
all
his
sons
throughout
all
the
lands
of
Judah
and
Benjamin,
unto
every
fortified
city:
and
he
gave
them
victuals
in
abundance.
And
he
sought
{\ADD{
for
them}}
many
wives.

\par }\Chap{12}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
it
came
to
pass,
when
the
kingdom
of
Rehoboam
was
established,
and
he
was
strong,
that
he
forsook
the
law
of
Jehovah,
and
all
Israel
with
him.
\VS{2}And
it
came
to
pass
in
the
fifth
year
of
king
Rehoboam,
that
Shishak
king
of
Egypt
came
up
against
Jerusalem,
because
they
had
trespassed
against
Jehovah,
\VS{3}with
twelve
hundred
chariots,
and
threescore
thousand
horsemen.
And
the
people
were
without
number
that
came
with
him
out
of
Egypt:
the
Lubim,
the
Sukkiim,
and
the
Ethiopians.
\VS{4}And
he
took
the
fortified
cities
which
pertained
to
Judah,
and
came
unto
Jerusalem.
\VS{5}Now
Shemaiah
the
prophet
came
to
Rehoboam,
and
to
the
princes
of
Judah,
that
were
gathered
together
to
Jerusalem
because
of
Shishak,
and
said
unto
them,
Thus
saith
Jehovah,
Ye
have
forsaken
me,
therefore
have
I
also
left
you
in
the
hand
of
Shishak.
\VS{6}Then
the
princes
of
Israel
and
the
king
humbled
themselves;
and
they
said,
Jehovah
is
righteous.
\VS{7}And
when
Jehovah
saw
that
they
humbled
themselves,
the
word
of
Jehovah
came
to
Shemaiah,
saying,
They
have
humbled
themselves:
I
will
not
destroy
them;
but
I
will
grant
them
some
deliverance,
and
my
wrath
shall
not
be
poured
out
upon
Jerusalem
by
the
hand
of
Shishak.
\VS{8}Nevertheless
they
shall
be
his
servants,
that
they
may
know
my
service,
and
the
service
of
the
kingdoms
of
the
countries.
\par }{\PP \VS{9}So
Shishak
king
of
Egypt
came
up
against
Jerusalem,
and
took
away
the
treasures
of
the
house
of
Jehovah,
and
the
treasures
of
the
king’s
house:
he
took
all
away:
he
took
away
also
the
shields
of
gold
which
Solomon
had
made.
\VS{10}And
king
Rehoboam
made
in
their
stead
shields
of
brass,
and
committed
them
to
the
hands
of
the
captains
of
the
guard,
that
kept
the
door
of
the
king’s
house.
\VS{11}And
it
was
so,
that,
as
oft
as
the
king
entered
into
the
house
of
Jehovah,
the
guard
came
and
bare
them,
and
brought
them
back
into
the guard-chamber.
\VS{12}And
when
he
humbled
himself,
the
wrath
of
Jehovah
turned
from
him,
so
as
not
to
destroy
him
altogether:
and
moreover
in
Judah
there
were
good
things
{\ADD{
found}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{13}So
king
Rehoboam
strengthened
himself
in
Jerusalem,
and
reigned:
for
Rehoboam
was
forty
and
one
years
old
when
he
began
to
reign,
and
he
reigned
seventeen
years
in
Jerusalem,
the
city
which
Jehovah
had
chosen
out
of
all
the
tribes
of
Israel,
to
put
his
name
there:
and
his
mother’s
name
was
Naamah
the
Ammonitess.
\VS{14}And
he
did
that
which
was
evil,
because
he
set
not
his
heart
to
seek
Jehovah.
\par }{\PP \VS{15}Now
the
acts
of
Rehoboam,
first
and
last,
are
they
not
written
in
the histories
of
Shemaiah
the
prophet
and
of
Iddo
the
seer,
after
the
manner
of
genealogies?
And
there
were
wars
between
Rehoboam
and
Jeroboam
continually.
\VS{16}And
Rehoboam
slept
with
his
fathers,
and
was
buried
in
the
city
of
David:
and
Abijah
his
son
reigned
in
his
stead.

\par }\Chap{13}{\PP \VerseOne{1}In
the
eighteenth
year
of
king
Jeroboam
began
Abijah
to
reign
over
Judah.
\VS{2}Three
years
reigned
he
in
Jerusalem:
and
his
mother’s
name
was
Micaiah
the
daughter
of
Uriel
of
Gibeah.
And
there
was
war
between
Abijah
and
Jeroboam.
\VS{3}And
Abijah
joined
battle
with
an
army
of
valiant
men
of
war,
even
four
hundred
thousand
chosen
men:
and
Jeroboam
set
the
battle
in
array
against
him
with
eight
hundred
thousand
chosen
men,
who
were
mighty
men
of
valor.
\VS{4}And
Abijah
stood
up
upon
mount
Zemaraim,
which
is
in
the hill-country
of
Ephraim,
and
said,
Hear
me,
O
Jeroboam
and
all
Israel:
\VS{5}Ought
ye
not
to
know
that
Jehovah,
the
God
of
Israel,
gave
the
kingdom
over
Israel
to
David
for
ever,
even
to
him
and
to
his
sons
by
a
covenant
of
salt?
\VS{6}Yet
Jeroboam
the
son
of
Nebat,
the
servant
of
Solomon
the
son
of
David,
rose
up,
and
rebelled
against
his
lord.
\VS{7}And
there
were
gathered
unto
him
worthless
men,
base
fellows,
that
strengthened
themselves
against
Rehoboam
the
son
of
Solomon,
when
Rehoboam
was
young
and tender-hearted,
and
could
not
withstand
them.
\VS{8}And
now
ye
think
to
withstand
the
kingdom
of
Jehovah
in
the
hand
of
the
sons
of
David;
and
ye
are
a
great
multitude,
and
there
are
with
you
the
golden
calves
which
Jeroboam
made
you
for
gods.
\VS{9}Have
ye
not
driven
out
the
priests
of
Jehovah,
the
sons
of
Aaron,
and
the
Levites,
and
made
you
priests
after
the
manner
of
the
peoples
of
{\ADD{
other}}
lands?
so
that
whosoever
cometh
to
consecrate
himself
with
a
young
bullock
and
seven
rams,
the
same
may
be
a
priest
of
{\ADD{
them
that
are}}
no
gods.
\VS{10}But
as
for
us,
Jehovah
is
our
God,
and
we
have
not
forsaken
him;
and
{\ADD{
we
have}}
priests
ministering
unto
Jehovah,
the
sons
of
Aaron,
and
the
Levites
in
their
work:
\VS{11}and
they
burn
unto
Jehovah
every
morning
and
every
evening burnt-offerings
and
sweet
incense:
the
showbread
also
{\ADD{
set
they}}
in
order
upon
the
pure
table;
and
the
candlestick
of
gold
with
the
lamps
thereof,
to
burn
every
evening:
for
we
keep
the
charge
of
Jehovah
our
God;
but
ye
have
forsaken
him.
\VS{12}And,
behold,
God
is
with
us
at
our
head,
and
his
priests
with
the
trumpets
of
alarm
to
sound
an
alarm
against
you.
O
children
of
Israel,
fight
ye
not
against
Jehovah,
the
God
of
your
fathers;
for
ye
shall
not
prosper.
\par }{\PP \VS{13}But
Jeroboam
caused
an
ambushment
to
come
about
behind
them:
so
they
were
before
Judah,
and
the
ambushment
was
behind
them.
\VS{14}And
when
Judah
looked
back,
behold,
the
battle
was
before
and
behind
them;
and
they
cried
unto
Jehovah,
and
the
priests
sounded
with
the
trumpets.
\VS{15}Then
the
men
of
Judah
gave
a
shout:
and
as
the
men
of
Judah
shouted,
it
came
to
pass,
that
God
smote
Jeroboam
and
all
Israel
before
Abijah
and
Judah.
\VS{16}And
the
children
of
Israel
fled
before
Judah;
and
God
delivered
them
into
their
hand.
\VS{17}And
Abijah
and
his
people
slew
them
with
a
great
slaughter:
so
there
fell
down
slain
of
Israel
five
hundred
thousand
chosen
men.
\VS{18}Thus
the
children
of
Israel
were
brought
under
at
that
time,
and
the
children
of
Judah
prevailed,
because
they
relied
upon
Jehovah,
the
God
of
their
fathers.
\VS{19}And
Abijah
pursued
after
Jeroboam,
and
took
cities
from
him,
Beth-el
with
the
towns
thereof,
and
Jeshanah
with
the
towns
thereof,
and
Ephron
with
the
towns
thereof.
\VS{20}Neither
did
Jeroboam
recover
strength
again
in
the
days
of
Abijah:
and
Jehovah
smote
him,
and
he
died.
\VS{21}But
Abijah
waxed
mighty,
and
took
unto
himself
fourteen
wives,
and
begat
twenty
and
two
sons,
and
sixteen
daughters.
\VS{22}And
the
rest
of
the
acts
of
Abijah,
and
his
ways,
and
his
sayings,
are
written
in
the commentary
of
the
prophet
Iddo.

\par }\Chap{14}{\PP \VerseOne{1}So
Abijah
slept
with
his
fathers,
and
they
buried
him
in
the
city
of
David;
and
Asa
his
son
reigned
in
his
stead.
In
his
days
the
land
was
quiet
ten
years.
\VS{2}And
Asa
did
that
which
was
good
and
right
in
the
eyes
of
Jehovah
his
God:
\VS{3}for
he
took
away
the
foreign
altars,
and
the
high
places,
and
brake
down
the
pillars,
and
hewed
down
the
Asherim,
\VS{4}and
commanded
Judah
to
seek
Jehovah,
the
God
of
their
fathers,
and
to
do
the
law
and
the
commandment.
\VS{5}Also
he
took
away
out
of
all
the
cities
of
Judah
the
high
places
and
the sun-images:
and
the
kingdom
was
quiet
before
him.
\VS{6}And
he
built
fortified
cities
in
Judah;
for
the
land
was
quiet,
and
he
had
no
war
in
those
years,
because
Jehovah
had
given
him
rest.
\VS{7}For
he
said
unto
Judah,
Let
us
build
these
cities,
and
make
about
them
walls,
and
towers,
gates,
and
bars;
the
land
is
yet
before
us,
because
we
have
sought
Jehovah
our
God;
we
have
sought
him,
and
he
hath
given
us
rest
on
every
side.
So
they
built
and
prospered.
\VS{8}And
Asa
had
an
army
that
bare
bucklers
and
spears,
out
of
Judah
three
hundred
thousand;
and
out
of
Benjamin,
that
bare
shields
and
drew
bows,
two
hundred
and
fourscore
thousand:
all
these
were
mighty
men
of
valor.
\par }{\PP \VS{9}And
there
came
out
against
them
Zerah
the
Ethiopian
with
an
army
of
a
thousand
thousand,
and
three
hundred
chariots;
and
he
came
unto
Mareshah.
\VS{10}Then
Asa
went
out
to
meet
him,
and
they
set
the
battle
in
array
in
the
valley
of
Zephathah
at
Mareshah.
\VS{11}And
Asa
cried
unto
Jehovah
his
God,
and
said,
Jehovah,
there
is
none
besides
thee
to
help,
between
the
mighty
and
him
that
hath
no
strength:
help
us,
O
Jehovah
our
God;
for
we
rely
on
thee,
and
in
thy
name
are
we
come
against
this
multitude.
O
Jehovah,
thou
art
our
God;
let
not
man
prevail
against
thee.
\VS{12}So
Jehovah
smote
the
Ethiopians
before
Asa,
and
before
Judah;
and
the
Ethiopians
fled.
\VS{13}And
Asa
and
the
people
that
were
with
him
pursued
them
unto
Gerar:
and
there
fell
of
the
Ethiopians
so
many
that
they
could
not
recover
themselves;
for
they
were
destroyed
before
Jehovah,
and
before
his
host;
and
they
carried
away
very
much
booty.
\VS{14}And
they
smote
all
the
cities
round
about
Gerar;
for
the
fear
of
Jehovah
came
upon
them:
and
they
despoiled
all
the
cities;
for
there
was
much
spoil
in
them.
\VS{15}They
smote
also
the
tents
of
cattle,
and
carried
away
sheep
in
abundance,
and
camels,
and
returned
to
Jerusalem.

\par }\Chap{15}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
the
Spirit
of
God
came
upon
Azariah
the
son
of
Oded:
\VS{2}and
he
went
out
to
meet
Asa,
and
said
unto
him,
Hear
ye
me,
Asa,
and
all
Judah
and
Benjamin:
Jehovah
is
with
you,
while
ye
are
with
him;
and
if
ye
seek
him,
he
will
be
found
of
you;
but
if
ye
forsake
him,
he
will
forsake
you.
\VS{3}Now
for
a
long
season
Israel
was
without
the
true
God,
and
without
a
teaching
priest,
and
without
law:
\VS{4}but
when
in
their
distress
they
turned
unto
Jehovah,
the
God
of
Israel,
and
sought
him,
he
was
found
of
them.
\VS{5}And
in
those
times
there
was
no
peace
to
him
that
went
out,
nor
to
him
that
came
in;
but
great
vexations
were
upon
all
the
inhabitants
of
the
lands.
\VS{6}And
they
were
broken
in
pieces,
nation
against
nation,
and
city
against
city;
for
God
did
vex
them
with
all
adversity.
\VS{7}But
be
ye
strong,
and
let
not
your
hands
be
slack;
for
your
work
shall
be
rewarded.
\par }{\PP \VS{8}And
when
Asa
heard
these
words,
and
the
prophecy
of
Oded
the
prophet,
he
took
courage,
and
put
away
the
abominations
out
of
all
the
land
of
Judah
and
Benjamin,
and
out
of
the
cities
which
he
had
taken
from
the hill-country
of
Ephraim;
and
he
renewed
the
altar
of
Jehovah,
that
was
before
the
porch
of
Jehovah.
\VS{9}And
he
gathered
all
Judah
and
Benjamin,
and
them
that
sojourned
with
them
out
of
Ephraim
and
Manasseh,
and
out
of
Simeon:
for
they
fell
to
him
out
of
Israel
in
abundance,
when
they
saw
that
Jehovah
his
God
was
with
him.
\VS{10}So
they
gathered
themselves
together
at
Jerusalem
in
the
third
month,
in
the
fifteenth
year
of
the
reign
of
Asa.
\VS{11}And
they
sacrificed
unto
Jehovah
in
that
day,
of
the
spoil
which
they
had
brought,
seven
hundred
oxen
and
seven
thousand
sheep.
\VS{12}And
they
entered
into
the
covenant
to
seek
Jehovah,
the
God
of
their
fathers,
with
all
their
heart
and
with
all
their
soul;
\VS{13}and
that
whosoever
would
not
seek
Jehovah,
the
God
of
Israel,
should
be
put
to
death,
whether
small
or
great,
whether
man
or
woman.
\VS{14}And
they
sware
unto
Jehovah
with
a
loud
voice,
and
with
shouting,
and
with
trumpets,
and
with
cornets.
\VS{15}And
all
Judah
rejoiced
at
the
oath;
for
they
had
sworn
with
all
their
heart,
and
sought
him
with
their
whole
desire;
and
he
was
found
of
them:
and
Jehovah
gave
them
rest
round
about.
\par }{\PP \VS{16}And
also
Maacah,
the
mother
of
Asa
the
king,
he
removed
from
being
queen,
because
she
had
made
an
abominable
image
for
an
Asherah;
and
Asa
cut
down
her
image,
and
made
dust
of
it,
and
burnt
it
at
the
brook
Kidron.
\VS{17}But
the
high
places
were
not
taken
away
out
of
Israel:
nevertheless
the
heart
of
Asa
was
perfect
all
his
days.
\VS{18}And
he
brought
into
the
house
of
God
the
things
that
his
father
had
dedicated,
and
that
he
himself
had
dedicated,
silver,
and
gold,
and
vessels.
\VS{19}And
there
was
no
more
war
unto
the
five
and
thirtieth
year
of
the
reign
of
Asa.

\par }\Chap{16}{\PP \VerseOne{1}In
the
six
and
thirtieth
year
of
the
reign
of
Asa,
Baasha
king
of
Israel
went
up
against
Judah,
and
built
Ramah,
that
he
might
not
suffer
any
one
to
go
out
or
come
in
to
Asa
king
of
Judah.
\VS{2}Then
Asa
brought
out
silver
and
gold
out
of
the
treasures
of
the
house
of
Jehovah
and
of
the
king’s
house,
and
sent
to
Ben-hadad
king
of
Syria,
that
dwelt
at
Damascus,
saying,
\VS{3}{\ADD{
There
is}}
a
league
between
me
and
thee,
as
{\ADD{
there
was}}
between
my
father
and
thy
father:
behold,
I
have
sent
thee
silver
and
gold;
go,
break
thy
league
with
Baasha
king
of
Israel,
that
he
may
depart
from
me.
\VS{4}And
Ben-hadad
hearkened
unto
king
Asa,
and
sent
the
captains
of
his
armies
against
the
cities
of
Israel;
and
they
smote
Ijon,
and
Dan,
and
Abel-maim,
and
all
the store-cities
of
Naphtali.
\VS{5}And
it
came
to
pass,
when
Baasha
heard
thereof,
that
he
left
off
building
Ramah,
and
let
his
work
cease.
\VS{6}Then
Asa
the
king
took
all
Judah;
and
they
carried
away
the
stones
of
Ramah,
and
the
timber
thereof,
wherewith
Baasha
had
builded;
and
he
built
therewith
Geba
and
Mizpah.
\par }{\PP \VS{7}And
at
that
time
Hanani
the
seer
came
to
Asa
king
of
Judah,
and
said
unto
him,
Because
thou
hast
relied
on
the
king
of
Syria,
and
hast
not
relied
on
Jehovah
thy
God,
therefore
is
the
host
of
the
king
of
Syria
escaped
out
of
thy
hand.
\VS{8}Were
not
the
Ethiopians
and
the
Lubim
a
huge
host,
with
chariots
and
horsemen
exceeding
many?
yet,
because
thou
didst
rely
on
Jehovah,
he
delivered
them
into
thy
hand.
\VS{9}For
the
eyes
of
Jehovah
run
to
and
fro
throughout
the
whole
earth,
to
show
himself
strong
in
the
behalf
of
them
whose
heart
is
perfect
toward
him.
Herein
thou
hast
done
foolishly;
for
from
henceforth
thou shalt
have
wars.
\VS{10}Then
Asa
was
wroth
with
the
seer,
and
put
him
in
the prison-house;
for
he
was
in
a
rage
with
him
because
of
this
thing.
And
Asa
oppressed
some
of
the
people
at
the
same
time.
\par }{\PP \VS{11}And,
behold,
the
acts
of
Asa,
first
and
last,
lo,
they
are
written
in
the
book
of
the
kings
of
Judah
and
Israel.
\VS{12}And
in
the
thirty
and
ninth
year
of
his
reign
Asa
was
diseased
in
his
feet;
his
disease
was
exceeding
great:
yet
in
his
disease
he
sought
not
to
Jehovah,
but
to
the
physicians.
\VS{13}And
Asa
slept
with
his
fathers,
and
died
in
the
one
and
fortieth
year
of
his
reign.
\VS{14}And
they
buried
him
in
his
own
sepulchres,
which
he
had
hewn
out
for
himself
in
the
city
of
David,
and
laid
him
in
the
bed
which
was
filled
with
sweet odors
and
divers
kinds
{\ADD{
of
spices}}
prepared
by
the
perfumers’
art:
and
they
made
a
very
great
burning
for
him.

\par }\Chap{17}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
Jehoshaphat
his
son
reigned
in
his
stead,
and
strengthened
himself
against
Israel.
\VS{2}And
he
placed
forces
in
all
the
fortified
cities
of
Judah,
and
set
garrisons
in
the
land
of
Judah,
and
in
the
cities
of
Ephraim,
which
Asa
his
father
had
taken.
\VS{3}And
Jehovah
was
with
Jehoshaphat,
because
he
walked
in
the
first
ways
of
his
father
David,
and
sought
not
unto
the
Baalim,
\VS{4}but
sought
to
the
God
of
his
father,
and
walked
in
his
commandments,
and
not
after
the
doings
of
Israel.
\VS{5}Therefore
Jehovah
established
the
kingdom
in
his
hand;
and
all
Judah
brought
to
Jehoshaphat
tribute;
and
he
had
riches
and
honor
in
abundance.
\VS{6}And
his
heart
was
lifted
up
in
the
ways
of
Jehovah:
and
furthermore
he
took
away
the
high
places
and
the
Asherim
out
of
Judah.
\par }{\PP \VS{7}Also
in
the
third
year
of
his
reign
he
sent
his
princes,
even
Ben-hail,
and
Obadiah,
and
Zechariah,
and
Nethanel,
and
Micaiah,
to
teach
in
the
cities
of
Judah;
\VS{8}and
with
them
the
Levites,
even
Shemaiah,
and
Nethaniah,
and
Zebadiah,
and
Asahel,
and
Shemiramoth,
and
Jehonathan,
and
Adonijah,
and
Tobijah,
and
Tob-adonijah,
the
Levites;
and
with
them
Elishama
and
Jehoram,
the
priests.
\VS{9}And
they
taught
in
Judah,
having
the
book
of
the
law
of
Jehovah
with
them;
and
they
went
about
throughout
all
the
cities
of
Judah,
and
taught
among
the
people.
\par }{\PP \VS{10}And
the
fear
of
Jehovah
fell
upon
all
the
kingdoms
of
the
lands
that
were
round
about
Judah,
so
that
they
made
no
war
against
Jehoshaphat.
\VS{11}And
some
of
the
Philistines
brought
Jehoshaphat
presents,
and
silver
for
tribute;
the
Arabians
also
brought
him
flocks,
seven
thousand
and
seven
hundred
rams,
and
seven
thousand
and
seven
hundred he-goats.
\VS{12}And
Jehoshaphat
waxed
great
exceedingly;
and
he
built
in
Judah
castles
and
cities
of
store.
\VS{13}And
he
had
many
works
in
the
cities
of
Judah;
and
men
of
war,
mighty
men
of
valor,
in
Jerusalem.
\VS{14}And
this
was
the
numbering
of
them
according
to
their
fathers’
houses:
Of
Judah,
the
captains
of
thousands:
Adnah
the
captain,
and
with
him
mighty
men
of
valor
three
hundred
thousand;
\VS{15}and
next
to
him
Jehohanan
the
captain,
and
with
him
two
hundred
and
fourscore
thousand;
\VS{16}and
next
to
him
Amasiah
the
son
of
Zichri,
who
willingly
offered
himself
unto
Jehovah;
and
with
him
two
hundred
thousand
mighty
men
of
valor.
\VS{17}And
of
Benjamin:
Eliada
a
mighty
man
of
valor,
and
with
him
two
hundred
thousand
armed
with
bow
and
shield;
\VS{18}and
next
to
him
Jehozabad,
and
with
him
a
hundred
and
fourscore
thousand
ready
prepared
for
war.
\VS{19}These
were
they
that
waited
on
the
king,
besides
those
whom
the
king
put
in
the
fortified
cities
throughout
all
Judah.

\par }\Chap{18}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Now
Jehoshaphat
had
riches
and
honor
in
abundance;
and
he
joined
affinity
with
Ahab.
\VS{2}And
after
certain
years
he
went
down
to
Ahab
to
Samaria.
And
Ahab
killed
sheep
and
oxen
for
him
in
abundance,
and
for
the
people
that
were
with
him,
and
moved
him
to
go
up
{\ADD{
with
him}}
to
Ramoth-gilead.
\VS{3}And
Ahab
king
of
Israel
said
unto
Jehoshaphat
king
of
Judah,
Wilt
thou
go
with
me
to
Ramoth-gilead?
And
he
answered
him,
I
am
as
thou
art,
and
my
people
as
thy
people;
and
{\ADD{
we
will
be}}
with
thee
in
the
war.
\par }{\PP \VS{4}And
Jehoshaphat
said
unto
the
king
of
Israel,
Inquire
first,
I
pray
thee,
for
the
word
of
Jehovah.
\VS{5}Then
the
king
of
Israel
gathered
the
prophets
together,
four
hundred
men,
and
said
unto
them,
Shall
we
go
to
Ramoth-gilead
to
battle,
or
shall
I
forbear?
And
they
said,
Go
up;
for
God
will
deliver
it
into
the
hand
of
the
king.
\VS{6}But
Jehoshaphat
said,
Is
there
not
here
a
prophet
of
Jehovah
besides,
that
we
may
inquire
of
him?
\VS{7}And
the
king
of
Israel
said
unto
Jehoshaphat,
There
is
yet
one
man
by
whom
we
may
inquire
of
Jehovah:
but
I
hate
him;
for
he
never
prophesieth
good
concerning
me,
but
always
evil:
the
same
is
Micaiah
the
son
of
Imla.
And
Jehoshaphat
said,
Let
not
the
king
say
so.
\VS{8}Then
the
king
of
Israel
called
an
officer,
and
said,
Fetch
quickly
Micaiah
the
son
of
Imla.
\VS{9}Now
the
king
of
Israel
and
Jehoshaphat
the
king
of
Judah
sat
each
on
his
throne,
arrayed
in
their
robes,
and
they
were
sitting
in
an
open
place
at
the
entrance
of
the
gate
of
Samaria;
and
all
the
prophets
were
prophesying
before
them.
\VS{10}And
Zedekiah
the
son
of
Chenaanah
made
him
horns
of
iron
and
said,
Thus
saith
Jehovah,
With
these shalt
thou
push
the
Syrians,
until
they
be
consumed.
\VS{11}And
all
the
prophets
prophesied
so,
saying,
Go
up
to
Ramoth-gilead,
and
prosper;
for
Jehovah
will
deliver
it
into
the
hand
of
the
king.
\par }{\PP \VS{12}And
the
messenger
that
went
to
call
Micaiah
spake
to
him,
saying,
Behold,
the
words
of
the
prophets
{\ADD{
declare}}
good
to
the
king
with
one
mouth:
let
thy
word
therefore,
I
pray
thee,
be
like
one
of
theirs,
and
speak
thou
good.
\VS{13}And
Micaiah
said,
As
Jehovah
liveth,
what
my
God
saith,
that
will
I
speak.
\VS{14}And
when
he
was
come
to
the
king,
the
king
said
unto
him,
Micaiah,
shall
we
go
to
Ramoth-gilead
to
battle,
or
shall
I
forbear?
And
he
said,
Go
ye
up,
and
prosper;
and
they
shall
be
delivered
into
your
hand.
\VS{15}And
the
king
said
to
him,
How
many
times
shall
I
adjure
thee
that
thou
speak
unto
me
nothing
but
the
truth
in
the
name
of
Jehovah?
\VS{16}And
he
said,
I
saw
all
Israel
scattered
upon
the
mountains,
as
sheep
that
have
no
shepherd:
and
Jehovah
said,
These
have
no
master;
let
them
return
every
man
to
his
house
in
peace.
\VS{17}And
the
king
of
Israel
said
to
Jehoshaphat,
Did
I
not
tell
thee
that
he
would
not
prophesy
good
concerning
me,
but
evil?
\VS{18}And
{\ADD{
Micaiah}}
said,
Therefore
hear
ye
the
word
of
Jehovah:
I
saw
Jehovah
sitting
upon
his
throne,
and
all
the
host
of
heaven
standing
on
his
right
hand
and
on
his
left.
\VS{19}And
Jehovah
said,
Who
shall
entice
Ahab
king
of
Israel,
that
he
may
go
up
and
fall
at
Ramoth-gilead?
And
one
spake
saying
after
this
manner,
and
another
saying
after
that
manner.
\VS{20}And
there
came
forth
a
spirit,
and
stood
before
Jehovah,
and
said,
I
will
entice
him.
And
Jehovah
said
unto
him,
Wherewith?
\VS{21}And
he
said,
I
will
go
forth,
and
will
be
a
lying
spirit
in
the
mouth
of
all
his
prophets.
And
he
said,
Thou shalt
entice
him,
and shalt
prevail
also:
go
forth,
and
do
so.
\VS{22}Now
therefore,
behold,
Jehovah
hath
put
a
lying
spirit
in
the
mouth
of
these
thy
prophets;
and
Jehovah
hath
spoken
evil
concerning
thee.
\par }{\PP \VS{23}Then
Zedekiah
the
son
of
Chenaanah
came
near,
and
smote
Micaiah
upon
the
cheek,
and
said,
Which
way
went
the
Spirit
of
Jehovah
from
me
to
speak
unto
thee?
\VS{24}And
Micaiah
said,
Behold,
thou shalt
see
on
that
day,
when
thou shalt
go
into
an
inner
chamber
to
hide
thyself.
\VS{25}And
the
king
of
Israel
said,
Take
ye
Micaiah,
and
carry
him
back
unto
Amon
the
governor
of
the
city,
and
to
Joash
the
king’s
son;
\VS{26}and
say,
Thus
saith
the
king,
Put
this
fellow
in
the
prison,
and
feed
him
with
bread
of
affliction
and
with
water
of
affliction,
until
I
return
in
peace.
\VS{27}And
Micaiah
said,
If
thou
return
at
all
in
peace,
Jehovah
hath
not
spoken
by
me.
And
he
said,
Hear,
ye
peoples,
all
of
you.
\par }{\PP \VS{28}So
the
king
of
Israel
and
Jehoshaphat
the
king
of
Judah
went
up
to
Ramoth-gilead.
\VS{29}And
the
king
of
Israel
said
unto
Jehoshaphat,
I
will
disguise
myself,
and
go
into
the
battle;
but
put
thou
on
thy
robes.
So
the
king
of
Israel
disguised
himself;
and
they
went
into
the
battle.
\VS{30}Now
the
king
of
Syria
had
commanded
the
captains
of
his
chariots,
saying,
Fight
neither
with
small
nor
great,
save
only
with
the
king
of
Israel.
\VS{31}And
it
came
to
pass,
when
the
captains
of
the
chariots
saw
Jehoshaphat,
that
they
said,
It
is
the
king
of
Israel.
Therefore
they
turned
about
to
fight
against
him:
but
Jehoshaphat
cried
out,
and
Jehovah
helped
him;
and
God
moved
them
{\ADD{
to
depart}}
from
him.
\VS{32}And
it
came
to
pass,
when
the
captains
of
the
chariots
saw
that
it
was
not
the
king
of
Israel,
that
they
turned
back
from
pursuing
him.
\VS{33}And
a
certain
man
drew
his
bow
at
a
venture,
and
smote
the
king
of
Israel
between
the
joints
of
the
armor:
wherefore
he
said
to
the
driver
of
the
chariot,
Turn
thy
hand,
and
carry
me
out
of
the
host;
for
I
am
sore
wounded.
\VS{34}And
the
battle
increased
that
day:
howbeit
the
king
of
Israel
stayed
himself
up
in
his
chariot
against
the
Syrians
until
the
even;
and
about
the
time
of
the
going
down
of
the
sun
he
died.

\par }\Chap{19}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
Jehoshaphat
the
king
of
Judah
returned
to
his
house
in
peace
to
Jerusalem.
\VS{2}And
Jehu
the
son
of
Hanani
the
seer
went
out
to
meet
him,
and
said
to
king
Jehoshaphat, Shouldest
thou
help
the
wicked,
and
love
them
that
hate
Jehovah?
for
this
thing
wrath
is
upon
thee
from
before
Jehovah.
\VS{3}Nevertheless
there
are
good
things
found
in
thee,
in
that
thou
hast
put
away
the
Asheroth
out
of
the
land,
and
hast
set
thy
heart
to
seek
God.
\par }{\PP \VS{4}And
Jehoshaphat
dwelt
at
Jerusalem:
and
he
went
out
again
among
the
people
from
Beer-sheba
to
the hill-country
of
Ephraim,
and
brought
them
back
unto
Jehovah,
the
God
of
their
fathers.
\VS{5}And
he
set
judges
in
the
land
throughout
all
the
fortified
cities
of
Judah,
city
by
city,
\VS{6}and
said
to
the
judges,
Consider
what
ye
do:
for
ye
judge
not
for
man,
but
for
Jehovah;
and
{\ADD{
he
is}}
with
you
in
the
judgment.
\VS{7}Now
therefore
let
the
fear
of
Jehovah
be
upon
you;
take
heed
and
do
it:
for
there
is
no
iniquity
with
Jehovah
our
God,
nor
respect
of
persons,
nor
taking
of
bribes.
\par }{\PP \VS{8}Moreover
in
Jerusalem
did
Jehoshaphat
set
of
the
Levites
and
the
priests,
and
of
the
heads
of
the
fathers’
{\ADD{
houses}}
of
Israel,
for
the
judgment
of
Jehovah,
and
for
controversies.
And
they
returned
to
Jerusalem.
\VS{9}And
he
charged
them,
saying,
Thus
shall
ye
do
in
the
fear
of
Jehovah,
faithfully,
and
with
a
perfect
heart.
\VS{10}And whensoever
any
controversy
shall
come
to
you
from
your
brethren
that
dwell
in
their
cities,
between
blood
and
blood,
between
law
and
commandment,
statutes
and
ordinances,
ye
shall
warn
them,
that
they
be
not
guilty towards
Jehovah,
and
so
wrath
come
upon
you
and
upon
your
brethren:
this
do,
and
ye
shall
not
be
guilty.
\VS{11}And,
behold,
Amariah
the
chief
priest
is
over
you
in
all
matters
of
Jehovah;
and
Zebadiah
the
son
of
Ishmael,
the
ruler
of
the
house
of
Judah,
in
all
the
king’s
matters:
also
the
Levites
shall
be
officers
before
you.
Deal
courageously,
and
Jehovah
be
with
the
good.

\par }\Chap{20}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
it
came
to
pass
after
this,
that
the
children
of
Moab,
and
the
children
of
Ammon,
and
with
them
some
of
the
Ammonites,
came
against
Jehoshaphat
to
battle.
\VS{2}Then
there
came
some
that
told
Jehoshaphat,
saying,
There
cometh
a
great
multitude
against
thee
from
beyond
the
sea
from
Syria;
and,
behold,
they
are
in
Hazazon-tamar (the
same
is
En-gedi).
\VS{3}And
Jehoshaphat
feared,
and
set
himself
to
seek
unto
Jehovah;
and
he
proclaimed
a
fast
throughout
all
Judah.
\VS{4}And
Judah
gathered
themselves
together,
to
seek
{\ADD{
help}}
of
Jehovah:
even
out
of
all
the
cities
of
Judah
they
came
to
seek
Jehovah.
\par }{\PP \VS{5}And
Jehoshaphat
stood
in
the
assembly
of
Judah
and
Jerusalem,
in
the
house
of
Jehovah,
before
the
new
court;
\VS{6}and
he
said,
O
Jehovah,
the
God
of
our
fathers,
art
not
thou
God
in
heaven?
and
art
not
thou
ruler
over
all
the
kingdoms
of
the
nations?
and
in
thy
hand
is
power
and
might,
so
that
none
is
able
to
withstand
thee.
\VS{7}Didst
not
thou,
O
our
God,
drive
out
the
inhabitants
of
this
land
before
thy
people
Israel,
and
give
it
to
the
seed
of
Abraham
thy
friend
for
ever?
\VS{8}And
they
dwelt
therein,
and
have
built
thee
a
sanctuary
therein
for
thy
name,
saying,
\VS{9}If
evil
come
upon
us,
the
sword,
judgment,
or
pestilence,
or
famine,
we
will
stand
before
this
house,
and
before
thee (for
thy
name
is
in
this
house),
and
cry
unto
thee
in
our
affliction,
and
thou
wilt
hear
and
save.
\VS{10}And
now,
behold,
the
children
of
Ammon
and
Moab
and
mount
Seir,
whom
thou
wouldest
not
let
Israel
invade,
when
they
came
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt,
but
they
turned
aside
from
them,
and
destroyed
them
not;
\VS{11}behold,
how
they
reward
us,
to
come
to
cast
us
out
of
thy
possession,
which
thou
hast
given
us
to
inherit.
\VS{12}O
our
God,
wilt
thou
not
judge
them?
for
we
have
no
might
against
this
great
company
that
cometh
against
us;
neither
know
we
what
to
do:
but
our
eyes
are
upon
thee.
\VS{13}And
all
Judah
stood
before
Jehovah,
with
their
little
ones,
their
wives,
and
their
children.
\par }{\PP \VS{14}Then
upon
Jahaziel
the
son
of
Zechariah,
the
son
of
Benaiah,
the
son
of
Jeiel,
the
son
of
Mattaniah,
the
Levite,
of
the
sons
of
Asaph,
came
the
Spirit
of
Jehovah
in
the
midst
of
the
assembly;
\VS{15}and
he
said,
Hearken
ye,
all
Judah,
and
ye
inhabitants
of
Jerusalem,
and
thou
king
Jehoshaphat:
Thus
saith
Jehovah
unto
you,
Fear
not
ye,
neither
be
dismayed
by
reason
of
this
great
multitude;
for
the
battle
is
not
yours,
but
God’s.
\VS{16}To-morrow
go
ye
down
against
them:
behold,
they
come
up
by
the
ascent
of
Ziz;
and
ye
shall
find
them
at
the
end
of
the
valley,
before
the
wilderness
of
Jeruel.
\VS{17}Ye
shall
not
need
to
fight
in
this
{\ADD{
battle}}:
set
yourselves,
stand
ye
still,
and
see
the
salvation
of
Jehovah
with
you,
O
Judah
and
Jerusalem;
fear
not,
nor
be
dismayed: to-morrow
go
out
against
them;
for
Jehovah
is
with
you.
\VS{18}And
Jehoshaphat
bowed
his
head
with
his
face
to
the
ground;
and
all
Judah
and
the
inhabitants
of
Jerusalem
fell
down
before
Jehovah,
worshipping
Jehovah.
\VS{19}And
the
Levites,
of
the
children
of
the
Kohathites
and
of
the
children
of
the
Korahites,
stood
up
to
praise
Jehovah,
the
God
of
Israel,
with
an
exceeding
loud
voice.
\par }{\PP \VS{20}And
they
rose
early
in
the
morning,
and
went
forth
into
the
wilderness
of
Tekoa:
and
as
they
went
forth,
Jehoshaphat
stood
and
said,
Hear
me,
O
Judah,
and
ye
inhabitants
of
Jerusalem:
believe
in
Jehovah
your
God,
so
shall
ye
be
established;
believe
his
prophets,
so
shall
ye
prosper.
\VS{21}And
when
he
had
taken
counsel
with
the
people,
he
appointed
them
that
should
sing
unto
Jehovah,
and
give
praise
in
holy
array,
as
they
went
out
before
the
army,
and
say,
Give
thanks
unto
Jehovah;
for
his
lovingkindness
{\ADD{
endureth}}
for
ever.
\VS{22}And
when
they
began
to
sing
and
to
praise,
Jehovah
set liers-in-wait
against
the
children
of
Ammon,
Moab,
and
mount
Seir,
that
were
come
against
Judah;
and
they
were
smitten.
\VS{23}For
the
children
of
Ammon
and
Moab
stood
up
against
the
inhabitants
of
mount
Seir,
utterly
to
slay
and
destroy
them:
and
when
they
had
made
an
end
of
the
inhabitants
of
Seir,
every
one
helped
to
destroy
another.
\par }{\PP \VS{24}And
when
Judah
came
to
the
watch-tower
of
the
wilderness,
they
looked
upon
the
multitude;
and,
behold,
they
were
dead
bodies
fallen
to
the
earth,
and
there
were
none
that
escaped.
\VS{25}And
when
Jehoshaphat
and
his
people
came
to
take
the
spoil
of
them,
they
found
among
them
in
abundance
both
riches
and
dead
bodies,
and
precious
jewels,
which
they
stripped
off
for
themselves,
more
than
they
could
carry
away:
and
they
were
three
days
in
taking
the
spoil,
it
was
so
much.
\VS{26}And
on
the
fourth
day
they
assembled
themselves
in
the
valley
of
Beracah;
for
there
they
blessed
Jehovah:
therefore
the
name
of
that
place
was
called
The
valley
of
Beracah
unto
this
day.
\VS{27}Then
they
returned,
every
man
of
Judah
and
Jerusalem,
and
Jehoshaphat
in
the
forefront
of
them,
to
go
again
to
Jerusalem
with
joy;
for
Jehovah
had
made
them
to
rejoice
over
their
enemies.
\VS{28}And
they
came
to
Jerusalem
with
psalteries
and
harps
and
trumpets
unto
the
house
of
Jehovah.
\VS{29}And
the
fear
of
God
was
on
all
the
kingdoms
of
the
countries,
when
they
heard
that
Jehovah
fought
against
the
enemies
of
Israel.
\VS{30}So
the
realm
of
Jehoshaphat
was
quiet;
for
his
God
gave
him
rest
round
about.
\par }{\PP \VS{31}And
Jehoshaphat
reigned
over
Judah:
he
was
thirty
and
five
years
old
when
he
began
to
reign;
and
he
reigned
twenty
and
five
years
in
Jerusalem:
and
his
mother’s
name
was
Azubah
the
daughter
of
Shilhi.
\VS{32}And
he
walked
in
the
way
of
Asa
his
father,
and
turned
not
aside
from
it,
doing
that
which
was
right
in
the
eyes
of
Jehovah.
\VS{33}Howbeit
the
high
places
were
not
taken
away;
neither
as
yet
had
the
people
set
their
hearts
unto
the
God
of
their
fathers.
\VS{34}Now
the
rest
of
the
acts
of
Jehoshaphat,
first
and
last,
behold,
they
are
written
in
the
history
of
Jehu
the
son
of
Hanani,
which
is
inserted
in
the
book
of
the
kings
of
Israel.
\par }{\PP \VS{35}And
after
this
did
Jehoshaphat
king
of
Judah
join
himself
with
Ahaziah
king
of
Israel;
the
same
did
very
wickedly:
\VS{36}and
he
joined
himself
with
him
to
make
ships
to
go
to
Tarshish;
and
they
made
the
ships
in
Ezion-geber.
\VS{37}Then
Eliezer
the
son
of
Dodavahu
of
Mareshah
prophesied
against
Jehoshaphat,
saying,
Because
thou
hast
joined
thyself
with
Ahaziah,
Jehovah
hath
destroyed
thy
works.
And
the
ships
were
broken,
so
that
they
were
not
able
to
go
to
Tarshish.

\par }\Chap{21}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
Jehoshaphat
slept
with
his
fathers,
and
was
buried
with
his
fathers
in
the
city
of
David:
and
Jehoram
his
son
reigned
in
his
stead.
\VS{2}And
he
had
brethren,
the
sons
of
Jehoshaphat:
Azariah,
and
Jehiel,
and
Zechariah,
and
Azariah,
and
Michael,
and
Shephatiah;
all
these
were
the
sons
of
Jehoshaphat
king
of
Israel.
\VS{3}And
their
father
gave
them
great
gifts,
of
silver,
and
of
gold,
and
of
precious
things,
with
fortified
cities
in
Judah:
but
the
kingdom
gave
he
to
Jehoram,
because
he
was
the first-born.
\VS{4}Now
when
Jehoram
was
risen
up
over
the
kingdom
of
his
father,
and
had
strengthened
himself,
he
slew
all
his
brethren
with
the
sword,
and
divers
also
of
the
princes
of
Israel.
\VS{5}Jehoram
was
thirty
and
two
years
old
when
he
began
to
reign;
and
he
reigned
eight
years
in
Jerusalem.
\VS{6}And
he
walked
in
the
way
of
the
kings
of
Israel,
as
did
the
house
of
Ahab;
for
he
had
the
daughter
of
Ahab
to
wife:
and
he
did
that
which
was
evil
in
the
sight
of
Jehovah.
\VS{7}Howbeit
Jehovah
would
not
destroy
the
house
of
David,
because
of
the
covenant
that
he
had
made
with
David,
and
as
he
promised
to
give
a
lamp
to
him
and
to
his
children
alway.
\par }{\PP \VS{8}In
his
days
Edom
revolted
from
under
the
hand
of
Judah,
and
made
a
king
over
themselves.
\VS{9}Then
Jehoram
passed
over
with
his
captains,
and
all
his
chariots
with
him:
and
he
rose
up
by
night,
and
smote
the
Edomites
that
compassed
him
about,
and
the
captains
of
the
chariots.
\VS{10}So
Edom
revolted
from
under
the
hand
of
Judah
unto
this
day:
then
did
Libnah
revolt
at
the
same
time
from
under
his
hand,
because
he
had
forsaken
Jehovah,
the
God
of
his
fathers.
\par }{\PP \VS{11}Moreover
he
made
high
places
in
the
mountains
of
Judah,
and
made
the
inhabitants
of
Jerusalem
to
play
the
harlot,
and
led
Judah
astray.
\VS{12}And
there
came
a
writing
to
him
from
Elijah
the
prophet,
saying,
Thus
saith
Jehovah,
the
God
of
David
thy
father,
Because
thou
hast
not
walked
in
the
ways
of
Jehoshaphat
thy
father,
nor
in
the
ways
of
Asa
king
of
Judah,
\VS{13}but
hast
walked
in
the
way
of
the
kings
of
Israel,
and
hast
made
Judah
and
the
inhabitants
of
Jerusalem
to
play
the
harlot,
like
as
the
house
of
Ahab
did,
and
also
hast
slain
thy
brethren
of
thy
father’s
house,
who
were
better
than
thyself:
\VS{14}behold,
Jehovah
will
smite
with
a
great
plague
thy
people,
and
thy
children,
and
thy
wives,
and
all
thy
substance;
\VS{15}and
thou shalt
have
great
sickness
by
disease
of
thy
bowels,
until
thy
bowels
fall
out
by
reason
of
the
sickness,
day
by
day.
\par }{\PP \VS{16}And
Jehovah
stirred
up
against
Jehoram
the
spirit
of
the
Philistines,
and
of
the
Arabians
that
are
beside
the
Ethiopians:
\VS{17}and
they
came
up
against
Judah,
and
brake
into
it,
and
carried
away
all
the
substance
that
was
found
in
the
king’s
house,
and
his
sons
also,
and
his
wives;
so
that
there
was
never
a
son
left
him,
save
Jehoahaz,
the
youngest
of
his
sons.
\par }{\PP \VS{18}And
after
all
this
Jehovah
smote
him
in
his
bowels
with
an
incurable
disease.
\VS{19}And
it
came
to
pass,
in
process
of
time,
at
the
end
of
two
years,
that
his
bowels
fell
out
by
reason
of
his
sickness,
and
he
died
of
sore
diseases.
And
his
people
made
no
burning
for
him,
like
the
burning
of
his
fathers.
\VS{20}Thirty
and
two
years
old
was
he
when
he
began
to
reign,
and
he
reigned
in
Jerusalem
eight
years:
and
he
departed
without
being
desired;
and
they
buried
him
in
the
city
of
David,
but
not
in
the
sepulchres
of
the
kings.

\par }\Chap{22}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
the
inhabitants
of
Jerusalem
made
Ahaziah
his
youngest
son
king
in
his
stead;
for
the
band
of
men
that
came
with
the
Arabians
to
the
camp
had
slain
all
the
eldest.
So
Ahaziah
the
son
of
Jehoram
king
of
Judah
reigned.
\VS{2}Forty
and
two
years
old
was
Ahaziah
when
he
began
to
reign;
and
he
reigned
one
year
in
Jerusalem:
and
his
mother’s
name
was
Athaliah
the
daughter
of
Omri.
\VS{3}He
also
walked
in
the
ways
of
the
house
of
Ahab;
for
his
mother
was
his
counsellor
to
do
wickedly.
\VS{4}And
he
did
that
which
was
evil
in
the
sight
of
Jehovah,
as
did
the
house
of
Ahab;
for
they
were
his
counsellors
after
the
death
of
his
father,
to
his
destruction.
\VS{5}He
walked
also
after
their
counsel,
and
went
with
Jehoram
the
son
of
Ahab
king
of
Israel
to
war
against
Hazael
king
of
Syria
at
Ramoth-gilead:
and
the
Syrians
wounded
Joram.
\VS{6}And
he
returned
to
be
healed
in
Jezreel
of
the
wounds
which
they
had
given
him
at
Ramah,
when
he
fought
against
Hazael
king
of
Syria.
And
Azariah
the
son
of
Jehoram
king
of
Judah
went
down
to
see
Jehoram
the
son
of
Ahab
in
Jezreel,
because
he
was
sick.
\par }{\PP \VS{7}Now
the
destruction
of
Ahaziah
was
of
God,
in
that
he
went
unto
Joram:
for
when
he
was
come,
he
went
out
with
Jehoram
against
Jehu
the
son
of
Nimshi,
whom
Jehovah
had
anointed
to
cut
off
the
house
of
Ahab.
\VS{8}And
it
came
to
pass,
when
Jehu
was
executing
judgment
upon
the
house
of
Ahab,
that
he
found
the
princes
of
Judah,
and
the
sons
of
the
brethren
of
Ahaziah,
ministering
to
Ahaziah,
and
slew
them.
\VS{9}And
he
sought
Ahaziah,
and
they
caught
him (now
he
was
hiding
in
Samaria),
and
they
brought
him
to
Jehu,
and
slew
him;
and
they
buried
him,
for
they
said,
He
is
the
son
of
Jehoshaphat,
who
sought
Jehovah
with
all
his
heart.
And
the
house
of
Ahaziah
had
no
power
to
hold
the
kingdom.
\par }{\PP \VS{10}Now
when
Athaliah
the
mother
of
Ahaziah
saw
that
her
son
was
dead,
she
arose
and
destroyed
all
the
seed
royal
of
the
house
of
Judah.
\VS{11}But
Jehoshabeath,
the
daughter
of
the
king,
took
Joash
the
son
of
Ahaziah,
and
stole
him
away
from
among
the
king’s
sons
that
were
slain,
and
put
him
and
his
nurse
in
the
bedchamber.
So
Jehoshabeath,
the
daughter
of
king
Jehoram,
the
wife
of
Jehoiada
the
priest (for
she
was
the
sister
of
Ahaziah),
hid
him
from
Athaliah,
so
that
she
slew
him
not.
\VS{12}And
he
was
with
them
hid
in
the
house
of
God
six
years:
and
Athaliah
reigned
over
the
land.

\par }\Chap{23}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
in
the
seventh
year
Jehoiada
strengthened
himself,
and
took
the
captains
of
hundreds,
Azariah
the
son
of
Jeroham,
and
Ishmael
the
son
of
Jehohanan,
and
Azariah
the
son
of
Obed,
and
Maaseiah
the
son
of
Adaiah,
and
Elishaphat
the
son
of
Zichri,
into
covenant
with
him.
\VS{2}And
they
went
about
in
Judah,
and
gathered
the
Levites
out
of
all
the
cities
of
Judah,
and
the
heads
of
fathers’
{\ADD{
houses}}
of
Israel,
and
they
came
to
Jerusalem.
\VS{3}And
all
the
assembly
made
a
covenant
with
the
king
in
the
house
of
God.
And
he
said
unto
them,
Behold,
the
king’s
son
shall
reign,
as
Jehovah
hath
spoken
concerning
the
sons
of
David.
\VS{4}This
is
the
thing
that
ye
shall
do:
a
third
part
of
you,
that
come
in
on
the
sabbath,
of
the
priests
and
of
the
Levites,
shall
be
porters
of
the
thresholds;
\VS{5}and
a
third
part
shall
be
at
the
king’s
house;
and
a
third
part
at
the
gate
of
the
foundation:
and
all
the
people
shall
be
in
the
courts
of
the
house
of
Jehovah.
\VS{6}But
let
none
come
into
the
house
of
Jehovah,
save
the
priests,
and
they
that
minister
of
the
Levites;
they
shall
come
in,
for
they
are
holy:
but
all
the
people
shall
keep
the
charge
of
Jehovah.
\VS{7}And
the
Levites
shall
compass
the
king
round
about,
every
man
with
his
weapons
in
his
hand;
and
whosoever
cometh
into
the
house,
let
him
be
slain:
and
be
ye
with
the
king
when
he
cometh
in,
and
when
he
goeth
out.
\par }{\PP \VS{8}So
the
Levites
and
all
Judah
did
according
to
all
that
Jehoiada
the
priest
commanded:
and
they
took
every
man
his
men,
those
that
were
to
come
in
on
the
sabbath,
with
those
that
were
to
go
out
on
the
sabbath;
for
Jehoiada
the
priest
dismissed
not
the
courses.
\VS{9}And
Jehoiada
the
priest
delivered
to
the
captains
of
hundreds
the
spears,
and
bucklers,
and
shields,
that
had
been
king
David’s,
which
were
in
the
house
of
God.
\VS{10}And
he
set
all
the
people,
every
man
with
his
weapon
in
his
hand,
from
the
right
side
of
the
house
to
the
left
side
of
the
house,
along
by
the
altar
and
the
house,
by
the
king
round
about.
\VS{11}Then
they
brought
out
the
king’s
son,
and
put
the
crown
upon
him,
and
{\ADD{
gave
him}}
the
testimony,
and
made
him
king:
and
Jehoiada
and
his
sons
anointed
him;
and
they
said,
{\ADD{
Long}}
live
the
king.
\par }{\PP \VS{12}And
when
Athaliah
heard
the
noise
of
the
people
running
and
praising
the
king,
she
came
to
the
people
into
the
house
of
Jehovah:
\VS{13}and
she
looked,
and,
behold,
the
king
stood
by
his
pillar
at
the
entrance,
and
the
captains
and
the
trumpets
by
the
king;
and
all
the
people
of
the
land
rejoiced,
and
blew
trumpets;
the
singers
also
{\ADD{
played}}
on
instruments
of
music,
and
led
the
singing
of
praise.
Then
Athaliah
rent
her
clothes,
and
said,
Treason!
treason!
\VS{14}And
Jehoiada
the
priest
brought
out
the
captains
of
hundreds
that
were
set
over
the
host,
and
said
unto
them,
Have
her
forth
between
the
ranks;
and
whoso
followeth
her,
let
him
be
slain
with
the
sword:
for
the
priest
said,
Slay
her
not
in
the
house
of
Jehovah.
\VS{15}So
they
made
way
for
her;
and
she
went
to
the
entrance
of
the
horse
gate
to
the
king’s
house:
and
they
slew
her
there.
\par }{\PP \VS{16}And
Jehoiada
made
a
covenant
between
himself,
and
all
the
people,
and
the
king,
that
they
should
be Jehovah’s
people.
\VS{17}And
all
the
people
went
to
the
house
of
Baal,
and
brake
it
down,
and
brake
his
altars
and
his
images
in
pieces,
and
slew
Mattan
the
priest
of
Baal
before
the
altars.
\VS{18}And
Jehoiada
appointed
the
officers
of
the
house
of
Jehovah
under
the
hand
of
the
priests
the
Levites,
whom
David
had
distributed
in
the
house
of
Jehovah,
to
offer
the burnt-offerings
of
Jehovah,
as
it
is
written
in
the
law
of
Moses,
with
rejoicing
and
with
singing,
according
to
the
order
of
David.
\VS{19}And
he
set
the
porters
at
the
gates
of
the
house
of
Jehovah,
that
none
that
was
unclean
in
anything
should
enter
in.
\VS{20}And
he
took
the
captains
of
hundreds,
and
the
nobles,
and
the
governors
of
the
people,
and
all
the
people
of
the
land,
and
brought
down
the
king
from
the
house
of
Jehovah:
and
they
came
through
the
upper
gate
unto
the
king’s
house,
and
set
the
king
upon
the
throne
of
the
kingdom.
\VS{21}So
all
the
people
of
the
land
rejoiced,
and
the
city
was
quiet.
And
Athaliah
they
had
slain
with
the
sword.

\par }\Chap{24}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Joash
was
seven
years
old
when
he
began
to
reign;
and
he
reigned
forty
years
in
Jerusalem:
and
his
mother’s
name
was
Zibiah,
of
Beer-sheba.
\VS{2}And
Joash
did
that
which
was
right
in
the
eyes
of
Jehovah
all
the
days
of
Jehoiada
the
priest.
\VS{3}And
Jehoiada
took
for
him
two
wives;
and
he
begat
sons
and
daughters.
\par }{\PP \VS{4}And
it
came
to
pass
after
this,
that
Joash
was
minded
to
restore
the
house
of
Jehovah.
\VS{5}And
he
gathered
together
the
priests
and
the
Levites,
and
said
to
them,
Go
out
unto
the
cities
of
Judah,
and
gather
of
all
Israel
money
to
repair
the
house
of
your
God
from
year
to
year;
and
see
that
ye
hasten
the
matter.
Howbeit
the
Levites
hastened
it
not.
\VS{6}And
the
king
called
for
Jehoiada
the
chief,
and
said
unto
him,
Why
hast
thou
not
required
of
the
Levites
to
bring
in
out
of
Judah
and
out
of
Jerusalem
the
tax
of
Moses
the
servant
of
Jehovah,
and
of
the
assembly
of
Israel,
for
the
tent
of
the
testimony?
\VS{7}For
the
sons
of
Athaliah,
that
wicked
woman,
had
broken
up
the
house
of
God;
and
also
all
the
dedicated
things
of
the
house
of
Jehovah
did
they
bestow
upon
the
Baalim.
\par }{\PP \VS{8}So
the
king
commanded,
and
they
made
a
chest,
and
set
it
without
at
the
gate
of
the
house
of
Jehovah.
\VS{9}And
they
made
a
proclamation
through
Judah
and
Jerusalem,
to
bring
in
for
Jehovah
the
tax
that
Moses
the
servant
of
God
laid
upon
Israel
in
the
wilderness.
\VS{10}And
all
the
princes
and
all
the
people
rejoiced,
and
brought
in,
and
cast
into
the
chest,
until
they
had
made
an
end.
\VS{11}And
it
was
so,
that,
at
what
time
the
chest
was
brought
unto
the
king’s
officers
by
the
hand
of
the
Levites,
and
when
they
saw
that
there
was
much
money,
the
king’s
scribe
and
the
chief
priest’s
officer
came
and
emptied
the
chest,
and
took
it,
and
carried
it
to
its
place
again.
Thus
they
did
day
by
day,
and
gathered
money
in
abundance.
\VS{12}And
the
king
and
Jehoiada
gave
it
to
such
as
did
the
work
of
the
service
of
the
house
of
Jehovah;
and
they
hired
masons
and
carpenters
to
restore
the
house
of
Jehovah,
and
also
such
as
wrought
iron
and
brass
to
repair
the
house
of
Jehovah.
\VS{13}So
the
workmen
wrought,
and
the
work
of
repairing
went
forward
in
their
hands,
and
they
set
up
the
house
of
God
in
its
state,
and
strengthened
it.
\VS{14}And
when
they
had
made
an
end,
they
brought
the
rest
of
the
money
before
the
king
and
Jehoiada,
whereof
were
made
vessels
for
the
house
of
Jehovah,
even
vessels
wherewith
to
minister
and
to
offer,
and
spoons,
and
vessels
of
gold
and
silver.
And
they
offered burnt-offerings
in
the
house
of
Jehovah
continually
all
the
days
of
Jehoiada.
\par }{\PP \VS{15}But
Jehoiada
waxed
old
and
was
full
of
days,
and
he
died;
a
hundred
and
thirty
years
old
was
he
when
he
died.
\VS{16}And
they
buried
him
in
the
city
of
David
among
the
kings,
because
he
had
done
good
in
Israel,
and
toward
God
and
his
house.
\VS{17}Now
after
the
death
of
Jehoiada
came
the
princes
of
Judah,
and
made
obeisance
to
the
king.
Then
the
king
hearkened
unto
them.
\VS{18}And
they
forsook
the
house
of
Jehovah,
the
God
of
their
fathers,
and
served
the
Asherim
and
the
idols:
and
wrath
came
upon
Judah
and
Jerusalem
for
this
their
guiltiness.
\VS{19}Yet
he
sent
prophets
to
them,
to
bring
them
again
unto
Jehovah;
and
they
testified
against
them:
but
they
would
not
give
ear.
\par }{\PP \VS{20}And
the
Spirit
of
God
came
upon
Zechariah
the
son
of
Jehoiada
the
priest;
and
he
stood
above
the
people,
and
said
unto
them,
Thus
saith
God,
Why
transgress
ye
the
commandments
of
Jehovah,
so
that
ye
cannot
prosper?
because
ye
have
forsaken
Jehovah,
he
hath
also
forsaken
you.
\VS{21}And
they
conspired
against
him,
and
stoned
him
with
stones
at
the
commandment
of
the
king
in
the
court
of
the
house
of
Jehovah.
\VS{22}Thus
Joash
the
king
remembered
not
the
kindness
which
Jehoiada
his
father
had
done
to
him,
but
slew
his
son.
And
when
he
died,
he
said,
Jehovah
look
upon
it,
and
require
it.
\par }{\PP \VS{23}And
it
came
to
pass
at
the
end
of
the
year,
that
the
army
of
the
Syrians
came
up
against
him:
and
they
came
to
Judah
and
Jerusalem,
and
destroyed
all
the
princes
of
the
people
from
among
the
people,
and
sent
all
the
spoil
of
them
unto
the
king
of
Damascus.
\VS{24}For
the
army
of
the
Syrians
came
with
a
small
company
of
men;
and
Jehovah
delivered
a
very
great
host
into
their
hand,
because
they
had
forsaken
Jehovah,
the
God
of
their
fathers.
So
they
executed
judgment
upon
Joash.
\par }{\PP \VS{25}And
when
they
were
departed
from
him (for
they
left
him
very
sick),
his
own
servants
conspired
against
him
for
the
blood
of
the
sons
of
Jehoiada
the
priest,
and
slew
him
on
his
bed,
and
he
died;
and
they
buried
him
in
the
city
of
David,
but
they
buried
him
not
in
the
sepulchres
of
the
kings.
\VS{26}And
these
are
they
that
conspired
against
him:
Zabad
the
son
of
Shimeath
the
Ammonitess,
and
Jehozabad
the
son
of
Shimrith
the
Moabitess.
\VS{27}Now
concerning
his
sons,
and
the
greatness
of
the
burdens
{\ADD{
laid}}
upon
him,
and
the
rebuilding
of
the
house
of
God,
behold,
they
are
written
in
the commentary
of
the
book
of
the
kings.
And
Amaziah
his
son
reigned
in
his
stead.

\par }\Chap{25}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Amaziah
was
twenty
and
five
years
old
when
he
began
to
reign;
and
he
reigned
twenty
and
nine
years
in
Jerusalem:
and
his
mother’s
name
was
Jehoaddan,
of
Jerusalem.
\VS{2}And
he
did
that
which
was
right
in
the
eyes
of
Jehovah,
but
not
with
a
perfect
heart.
\VS{3}Now
it
came
to
pass,
when
the
kingdom
was
established
unto
him,
that
he
slew
his
servants
that
had
killed
the
king
his
father.
\VS{4}But
he
put
not
their
children
to
death,
but
did
according
to
that
which
is
written
in
the
law
in
the
book
of
Moses,
as
Jehovah
commanded,
saying,
The
fathers
shall
not
die
for
the
children,
neither
shall
the
children
die
for
the
fathers;
but
every
man
shall
die
for
his
own
sin.
\par }{\PP \VS{5}Moreover
Amaziah
gathered
Judah
together,
and
ordered
them
according
to
their
fathers’
houses,
under
captains
of
thousands
and
captains
of
hundreds,
even
all
Judah
and
Benjamin:
and
he
numbered
them
from
twenty
years
old
and
upward,
and
found
them
three
hundred
thousand
chosen
men,
able
to
go
forth
to
war,
that
could
handle
spear
and
shield.
\VS{6}He
hired
also
a
hundred
thousand
mighty
men
of
valor
out
of
Israel
for
a
hundred
talents
of
silver.
\VS{7}But
there
came
a
man
of
God
to
him,
saying,
O
king,
let
not
the
army
of
Israel
go
with
thee;
for
Jehovah
is
not
with
Israel,
{\ADD{
to
wit}},
with
all
the
children
of
Ephraim.
\VS{8}But
if
thou
wilt
go,
do
{\ADD{
valiantly}},
be
strong
for
the
battle:
God
will
cast
thee
down
before
the
enemy;
for
God
hath
power
to
help,
and
to
cast
down.
\VS{9}And
Amaziah
said
to
the
man
of
God,
But
what
shall
we
do
for
the
hundred
talents
which
I
have
given
to
the
army
of
Israel?
And
the
man
of
God
answered,
Jehovah
is
able
to
give
thee
much
more
than
this.
\VS{10}Then
Amaziah
separated
them,
{\ADD{
to
wit}},
the
army
that
was
come
to
him
out
of
Ephraim,
to
go
home
again:
wherefore
their
anger
was
greatly
kindled
against
Judah,
and
they
returned
home
in
fierce
anger.
\VS{11}And
Amaziah
took
courage,
and
led
forth
his
people,
and
went
to
the
Valley
of
Salt,
and
smote
of
the
children
of
Seir
ten
thousand.
\VS{12}And
{\ADD{
other}}
ten
thousand
did
the
children
of
Judah
carry
away
alive,
and
brought
them
unto
the
top
of
the
rock,
and
cast
them
down
from
the
top
of
the
rock,
so
that
they
were
all
broken
in
pieces.
\VS{13}But
the
men
of
the
army
whom
Amaziah
sent
back,
that
they
should
not
go
with
him
to
battle,
fell
upon
the
cities
of
Judah,
from
Samaria
even
unto
Beth-horon,
and
smote
of
them
three
thousand,
and
took
much
spoil.
\par }{\PP \VS{14}Now
it
came
to
pass,
after
that
Amaziah
was
come
from
the
slaughter
of
the
Edomites,
that
he
brought
the
gods
of
the
children
of
Seir,
and
set
them
up
to
be
his
gods,
and
bowed
down
himself
before
them,
and
burned
incense
unto
them.
\VS{15}Wherefore
the
anger
of
Jehovah
was
kindled
against
Amaziah,
and
he
sent
unto
him
a
prophet,
who
said
unto
him,
Why
hast
thou
sought
after
the
gods
of
the
people,
which
have
not
delivered
their
own
people
out
of
thy
hand?
\VS{16}And
it
came
to
pass,
as
he
talked
with
him,
that
{\ADD{
the
king}}
said
unto
him,
Have
we
made
thee
of
the
king’s
counsel?
forbear;
why shouldest
thou
be
smitten?
Then
the
prophet
forbare,
and
said,
I
know
that
God
hath
determined
to
destroy
thee,
because
thou
hast
done
this,
and
hast
not
hearkened
unto
my
counsel.
\par }{\PP \VS{17}Then
Amaziah
king
of
Judah
took
advice,
and
sent
to
Joash,
the
son
of
Jehoahaz
the
son
of
Jehu,
king
of
Israel,
saying,
Come,
let
us
look
one
another
in
the
face.
\VS{18}And
Joash
king
of
Israel
sent
to
Amaziah
king
of
Judah,
saying,
The
thistle
that
was
in
Lebanon
sent
to
the
cedar
that
was
in
Lebanon,
saying,
Give
thy
daughter
to
my
son
to
wife:
and
there
passed
by
a
wild
beast
that
was
in
Lebanon,
and
trod
down
the
thistle.
\VS{19}Thou
sayest,
Lo,
thou
hast
smitten
Edom;
and
thy
heart
lifteth
thee
up
to
boast:
abide
now
at
home;
why shouldest
thou
meddle
to
{\ADD{
thy}}
hurt,
that
thou shouldest
fall,
even
thou,
and
Judah
with
thee?
\par }{\PP \VS{20}But
Amaziah
would
not
hear;
for
it
was
of
God,
that
he
might
deliver
them
into
the
hand
{\ADD{
of
their
enemies}},
because
they
had
sought
after
the
gods
of
Edom.
\VS{21}So
Joash
king
of
Israel
went
up;
and
he
and
Amaziah
king
of
Judah
looked
one
another
in
the
face
at
Beth-shemesh,
which belongeth
to
Judah.
\VS{22}And
Judah
was
put
to
the
worse
before
Israel;
and
they
fled
every
man
to
his
tent.
\VS{23}And
Joash
king
of
Israel
took
Amaziah
king
of
Judah,
the
son
of
Joash
the
son
of
Jehoahaz,
at
Beth-shemesh,
and
brought
him
to
Jerusalem,
and
brake
down
the
wall
of
Jerusalem
from
the
gate
of
Ephraim
unto
the
corner
gate,
four
hundred
cubits.
\VS{24}And
{\ADD{
he
took}}
all
the
gold
and
silver,
and
all
the
vessels
that
were
found
in
the
house
of
God
with
Obed-edom,
and
the
treasures
of
the
king’s
house,
the
hostages
also,
and
returned
to
Samaria.
\par }{\PP \VS{25}And
Amaziah
the
son
of
Joash
king
of
Judah
lived
after
the
death
of
Joash
son
of
Jehoahaz
king
of
Israel
fifteen
years.
\VS{26}Now
the
rest
of
the
acts
of
Amaziah,
first
and
last,
behold,
are
they
not
written
in
the
book
of
the
kings
of
Judah
and
Israel?
\VS{27}Now
from
the
time
that
Amaziah
did
turn
away
from
following
Jehovah
they
made
a
conspiracy
against
him
in
Jerusalem;
and
he
fled
to
Lachish:
but
they
sent
after
him
to
Lachish,
and
slew
him
there.
\VS{28}And
they
brought
him
upon
horses,
and
buried
him
with
his
fathers
in
the
city
of
Judah.

\par }\Chap{26}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
all
the
people
of
Judah
took
Uzziah,
who
was
sixteen
years
old,
and
made
him
king
in
the
room
of
his
father
Amaziah.
\VS{2}He
built
Eloth,
and
restored
it
to
Judah,
after
that
the
king
slept
with
his
fathers.
\VS{3}Sixteen
years
old
was
Uzziah
when
he
began
to
reign;
and
he
reigned
fifty
and
two
years
in
Jerusalem:
and
his
mother’s
name
was
Jechiliah,
of
Jerusalem.
\VS{4}And
he
did
that
which
was
right
in
the
eyes
of
Jehovah,
according
to
all
that
his
father
Amaziah
had
done.
\VS{5}And
he
set
himself
to
seek
God
in
the
days
of
Zechariah,
who
had
understanding
in
the
vision
of
God:
and
as
long
as
he
sought
Jehovah,
God
made
him
to
prosper.
\par }{\PP \VS{6}And
he
went
forth
and
warred
against
the
Philistines,
and
brake
down
the
wall
of
Gath,
and
the
wall
of
Jabneh,
and
the
wall
of
Ashdod;
and
he
built
cities
in
{\ADD{
the
country
of}}
Ashdod,
and
among
the
Philistines.
\VS{7}And
God
helped
him
against
the
Philistines,
and
against
the
Arabians
that
dwelt
in
Gur-baal,
and
the
Meunim.
\VS{8}And
the
Ammonites
gave
tribute
to
Uzziah:
and
his
name
spread
abroad
even
to
the
entrance
of
Egypt;
for
he
waxed
exceeding
strong.
\VS{9}Moreover
Uzziah
built
towers
in
Jerusalem
at
the
corner
gate,
and
at
the
valley
gate,
and
at
the
turning
{\ADD{
of
the
wall}},
and
fortified
them.
\VS{10}And
he
built
towers
in
the
wilderness,
and
hewed
out
many
cisterns,
for
he
had
much
cattle;
in
the
lowland
also,
and
in
the
plain:
{\ADD{
and
he
had}}
husbandmen
and
vinedressers
in
the
mountains
and
in
the
fruitful
fields;
for
he
loved
husbandry.
\VS{11}Moreover
Uzziah
had
an
army
of
fighting
men,
that
went
out
to
war
by
bands,
according
to
the
number
of
their
reckoning
made
by
Jeiel
the
scribe
and
Maaseiah
the
officer,
under
the
hand
of
Hananiah,
one
of
the
king’s
captains.
\VS{12}The
whole
number
of
the
heads
of
fathers’
{\ADD{
houses}},
even
the
mighty
men
of
valor,
was
two
thousand
and
six
hundred.
\VS{13}And
under
their
hand
was
an
army,
three
hundred
thousand
and
seven
thousand
and
five
hundred,
that
made
war
with
mighty
power,
to
help
the
king
against
the
enemy.
\VS{14}And
Uzziah
prepared
for
them,
even
for
all
the
host,
shields,
and
spears,
and
helmets,
and
coats
of
mail,
and
bows,
and
stones
for
slinging.
\VS{15}And
he
made
in
Jerusalem
engines,
invented
by
skilful
men,
to
be
on
the
towers
and
upon
the
battlements,
wherewith
to
shoot
arrows
and
great
stones.
And
his
name
spread
far
abroad;
for
he
was
marvellously
helped,
till
he
was
strong.
\par }{\PP \VS{16}But
when
he
was
strong,
his
heart
was
lifted
up,
so
that
he
did
corruptly,
and
he
trespassed
against
Jehovah
his
God;
for
he
went
into
the
temple
of
Jehovah
to
burn
incense
upon
the
altar
of
incense.
\VS{17}And
Azariah
the
priest
went
in
after
him,
and
with
him
fourscore
priests
of
Jehovah,
that
were
valiant
men:
\VS{18}and
they
withstood
Uzziah
the
king,
and
said
unto
him,
It
pertaineth
not
unto
thee,
Uzziah,
to
burn
incense
unto
Jehovah,
but
to
the
priests
the
sons
of
Aaron,
that
are
consecrated
to
burn
incense:
go
out
of
the
sanctuary;
for
thou
hast
trespassed;
neither
shall
it
be
for
thine
honor
from
Jehovah
God.
\VS{19}Then
Uzziah
was
wroth;
and
he
had
a
censer
in
his
hand
to
burn
incense;
and
while
he
was
wroth
with
the
priests,
the
leprosy
brake
forth
in
his
forehead
before
the
priests
in
the
house
of
Jehovah,
beside
the
altar
of
incense.
\VS{20}And
Azariah
the
chief
priest,
and
all
the
priests,
looked
upon
him,
and,
behold,
he
was
leprous
in
his
forehead,
and
they
thrust
him
out
quickly
from
thence;
yea,
himself
hasted
also
to
go
out,
because
Jehovah
had
smitten
him.
\VS{21}And
Uzziah
the
king
was
a
leper
unto
the
day
of
his
death,
and
dwelt
in
a
separate
house,
being
a
leper;
for
he
was
cut
off
from
the
house
of
Jehovah:
and
Jotham
his
son
was
over
the
king’s
house,
judging
the
people
of
the
land.
\VS{22}Now
the
rest
of
the
acts
of
Uzziah,
first
and
last,
did
Isaiah
the
prophet,
the
son
of
Amoz,
write.
\VS{23}So
Uzziah
slept
with
his
fathers;
and
they
buried
him
with
his
fathers
in
the
field
of
burial
which
belonged
to
the
kings;
for
they
said,
He
is
a
leper:
and
Jotham
his
son
reigned
in
his
stead.

\par }\Chap{27}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Jotham
was
twenty
and
five
years
old
when
he
began
to
reign;
and
he
reigned
sixteen
years
in
Jerusalem:
and
his
mother’s
name
was
Jerushah
the
daughter
of
Zadok.
\VS{2}And
he
did
that
which
was
right
in
the
eyes
of
Jehovah,
according
to
all
that
his
father
Uzziah
had
done:
howbeit
he
entered
not
into
the
temple
of
Jehovah.
And
the
people
did
yet
corruptly.
\VS{3}He
built
the
upper
gate
of
the
house
of
Jehovah,
and
on
the
wall
of
Ophel
he
built
much.
\VS{4}Moreover
he
built
cities
in
the hill-country
of
Judah,
and
in
the
forests
he
built
castles
and
towers.
\VS{5}He
fought
also
with
the
king
of
the
children
of
Ammon,
and
prevailed
against
them.
And
the
children
of
Ammon
gave
him
the
same
year
a
hundred
talents
of
silver,
and
ten
thousand
measures
of
wheat,
and
ten
thousand
of
barley.
So
much
did
the
children
of
Ammon
render
unto
him,
in
the
second
year
also,
and
in
the
third.
\VS{6}So
Jotham
became
mighty,
because
he
ordered
his
ways
before
Jehovah
his
God.
\VS{7}Now
the
rest
of
the
acts
of
Jotham,
and
all
his
wars,
and
his
ways,
behold,
they
are
written
in
the
book
of
the
kings
of
Israel
and
Judah.
\VS{8}He
was
five
and
twenty
years
old
when
he
began
to
reign,
and
reigned
sixteen
years
in
Jerusalem.
\VS{9}And
Jotham
slept
with
his
fathers,
and
they
buried
him
in
the
city
of
David:
and
Ahaz
his
son
reigned
in
his
stead.

\par }\Chap{28}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Ahaz
was
twenty
years
old
when
he
began
to
reign;
and
he
reigned
sixteen
years
in
Jerusalem:
and
he
did
not
that
which
was
right
in
the
eyes
of
Jehovah,
like
David
his
father;
\VS{2}but
he
walked
in
the
ways
of
the
kings
of
Israel,
and
made
also
molten
images
for
the
Baalim.
\VS{3}Moreover
he
burnt
incense
in
the
valley
of
the
son
of
Hinnom,
and
burnt
his
children
in
the
fire,
according
to
the
abominations
of
the
nations
whom
Jehovah
cast
out
before
the
children
of
Israel.
\VS{4}And
he
sacrificed
and
burnt
incense
in
the
high
places,
and
on
the
hills,
and
under
every
green
tree.
\par }{\PP \VS{5}Wherefore
Jehovah
his
God
delivered
him
into
the
hand
of
the
king
of
Syria;
and
they
smote
him,
and
carried
away
of
his
a
great
multitude
of
captives,
and
brought
them
to
Damascus.
And
he
was
also
delivered
into
the
hand
of
the
king
of
Israel,
who
smote
him
with
a
great
slaughter.
\VS{6}For
Pekah
the
son
of
Remaliah
slew
in
Judah
a
hundred
and
twenty
thousand
in
one
day,
all
of
them
valiant
men;
because
they
had
forsaken
Jehovah,
the
God
of
their
fathers.
\VS{7}And
Zichri,
a
mighty
man
of
Ephraim,
slew
Maaseiah
the
king’s
son,
and
Azrikam
the
ruler
of
the
house,
and
Elkanah
that
was
next
to
the
king.
\par }{\PP \VS{8}And
the
children
of
Israel
carried
away
captive
of
their
brethren
two
hundred
thousand,
women,
sons,
and
daughters,
and
took
also
away
much
spoil
from
them,
and
brought
the
spoil
to
Samaria.
\VS{9}But
a
prophet
of
Jehovah
was
there,
whose
name
was
Oded:
and
he
went
out
to
meet
the
host
that
came
to
Samaria,
and
said
unto
them,
Behold,
because
Jehovah,
the
God
of
your
fathers,
was
wroth
with
Judah,
he
hath
delivered
them
into
your
hand,
and
ye
have
slain
them
in
a
rage
which
hath
reached
up
unto
heaven.
\VS{10}And
now
ye
purpose
to
keep
under
the
children
of
Judah
and
Jerusalem
for
bondmen
and
bondwomen
unto
you:
{\ADD{
but}}
are
there
not
even
with
you
trespasses
of
your
own
against
Jehovah
your
God?
\VS{11}Now
hear
me
therefore,
and
send
back
the
captives,
that
ye
have
taken
captive
of
your
brethren;
for
the
fierce
wrath
of
Jehovah
is
upon
you.
\VS{12}Then
certain
of
the
heads
of
the
children
of
Ephraim,
Azariah
the
son
of
Johanan,
Berechiah
the
son
of
Meshillemoth,
and
Jehizkiah
the
son
of
Shallum,
and
Amasa
the
son
of
Hadlai,
stood
up
against
them
that
came
from
the
war,
\VS{13}and
said
unto
them,
Ye
shall
not
bring
in
the
captives
hither:
for
ye
purpose
that
which
will
bring
upon
us
a
trespass
against
Jehovah,
to
add
unto
our
sins
and
to
our
trespass;
for
our
trespass
is
great,
and
there
is
fierce
wrath
against
Israel.
\VS{14}So
the
armed
men
left
the
captives
and
the
spoil
before
the
princes
and
all
the
assembly.
\VS{15}And
the
men
that
have
been
mentioned
by
name
rose
up,
and
took
the
captives,
and
with
the
spoil
clothed
all
that
were
naked
among
them,
and
arrayed
them,
and
shod
them,
and
gave
them
to
eat
and
to
drink,
and
anointed
them,
and
carried
all
the
feeble
of
them
upon
asses,
and
brought
them
to
Jericho,
the
city
of palm-trees,
unto
their
brethren:
then
they
returned
to
Samaria.
\par }{\PP \VS{16}At
that
time
did
king
Ahaz
send
unto
the
kings
of
Assyria
to
help
him.
\VS{17}For
again
the
Edomites
had
come
and
smitten
Judah,
and
carried
away
captives.
\VS{18}The
Philistines
also
had
invaded
the
cities
of
the
lowland,
and
of
the
South
of
Judah,
and
had
taken
Beth-shemesh,
and
Aijalon,
and
Gederoth,
and
Soco
with
the
towns
thereof,
and
Timnah
with
the
towns
thereof,
Gimzo
also
and
the
towns
thereof:
and
they
dwelt
there.
\VS{19}For
Jehovah
brought
Judah
low
because
of
Ahaz
king
of
Israel;
for
he
had
dealt wantonly
in
Judah,
and
trespassed
sore
against
Jehovah.
\VS{20}And
Tilgath-pilneser
king
of
Assyria
came
unto
him,
and
distressed
him,
but
strengthened
him
not.
\VS{21}For
Ahaz
took
away
a
portion
out
of
the
house
of
Jehovah,
and
out
of
the
house
of
the
king
and
of
the
princes,
and
gave
it
unto
the
king
of
Assyria:
but
it
helped
him
not.
\par }{\PP \VS{22}And
in
the
time
of
his
distress
did
he
trespass
yet
more
against
Jehovah,
this
same
king
Ahaz.
\VS{23}For
he
sacrificed
unto
the
gods
of
Damascus,
which
smote
him;
and
he
said,
Because
the
gods
of
the
kings
of
Syria
helped
them,
{\ADD{
therefore}}
will
I
sacrifice
to
them,
that
they
may
help
me.
But
they
were
the
ruin
of
him,
and
of
all
Israel.
\VS{24}And
Ahaz
gathered
together
the
vessels
of
the
house
of
God,
and
cut
in
pieces
the
vessels
of
the
house
of
God,
and
shut
up
the
doors
of
the
house
of
Jehovah;
and
he
made
him
altars
in
every
corner
of
Jerusalem.
\VS{25}And
in
every
city
of
Judah
he
made
high
places
to
burn
incense
unto
other
gods,
and
provoked
to
anger
Jehovah,
the
God
of
his
fathers.
\VS{26}Now
the
rest
of
his
acts,
and
all
his
ways,
first
and
last,
behold,
they
are
written
in
the
book
of
the
kings
of
Judah
and
Israel.
\VS{27}And
Ahaz
slept
with
his
fathers,
and
they
buried
him
in
the
city,
even
in
Jerusalem;
for
they
brought
him
not
into
the
sepulchres
of
the
kings
of
Israel:
and
Hezekiah
his
son
reigned
in
his
stead.

\par }\Chap{29}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Hezekiah
began
to
reign
when
he
was
five
and
twenty
years
old;
and
he
reigned
nine
and
twenty
years
in
Jerusalem:
and
his
mother’s
name
was
Abijah,
the
daughter
of
Zechariah.
\VS{2}And
he
did
that
which
was
right
in
the
eyes
of
Jehovah,
according
to
all
that
David
his
father
had
done.
\VS{3}He
in
the
first
year
of
his
reign,
in
the
first
month,
opened
the
doors
of
the
house
of
Jehovah,
and
repaired
them.
\VS{4}And
he
brought
in
the
priests
and
the
Levites,
and
gathered
them
together
into
the
broad
place
on
the
east,
\VS{5}and
said
unto
them,
Hear
me,
ye
Levites;
now
sanctify
yourselves,
and
sanctify
the
house
of
Jehovah,
the
God
of
your
fathers,
and
carry
forth
the
filthiness
out
of
the
holy
place.
\VS{6}For
our
fathers
have
trespassed,
and
done
that
which
was
evil
in
the
sight
of
Jehovah
our
God,
and
have
forsaken
him,
and
have
turned
away
their
faces
from
the
habitation
of
Jehovah,
and
turned
their
backs.
\VS{7}Also
they
have
shut
up
the
doors
of
the
porch,
and
put
out
the
lamps,
and
have
not
burned
incense
nor
offered burnt-offerings
in
the
holy
place
unto
the
God
of
Israel.
\VS{8}Wherefore
the
wrath
of
Jehovah
was
upon
Judah
and
Jerusalem,
and
he
hath
delivered
them
to
be
tossed
to
and
fro,
to
be
an
astonishment,
and
a
hissing,
as
ye
see
with
your
eyes.
\VS{9}For,
lo,
our
fathers
have
fallen
by
the
sword,
and
our
sons
and
our
daughters
and
our
wives
are
in
captivity
for
this.
\VS{10}Now
it
is
in
my
heart
to
make
a
covenant
with
Jehovah,
the
God
of
Israel,
that
his
fierce
anger
may
turn
away
from
us.
\VS{11}My
sons,
be
not
now
negligent;
for
Jehovah
hath
chosen
you
to
stand
before
him,
to
minister
unto
him,
and
that
ye
should
be
his
ministers,
and
burn
incense.
\par }{\PP \VS{12}Then
the
Levites
arose,
Mahath,
the
son
of
Amasai,
and
Joel
the
son
of
Azariah,
of
the
sons
of
the
Kohathites;
and
of
the
sons
of
Merari,
Kish
the
son
of
Abdi,
and
Azariah
the
son
of
Jehallelel;
and
of
the
Gershonites,
Joah
the
son
of
Zimmah,
and
Eden
the
son
of
Joah;
\VS{13}and
of
the
sons
of
Elizaphan,
Shimri
and
Jeuel;
and
of
the
sons
of
Asaph,
Zechariah
and
Mattaniah;
\VS{14}and
of
the
sons
of
Heman, Jehuel
and
Shimei;
and
of
the
sons
of
Jeduthun,
Shemaiah
and
Uzziel.
\VS{15}And
they
gathered
their
brethren,
and
sanctified
themselves,
and
went
in,
according
to
the
commandment
of
the
king
by
the
words
of
Jehovah,
to
cleanse
the
house
of
Jehovah.
\VS{16}And
the
priests
went
in
unto
the
inner
part
of
the
house
of
Jehovah,
to
cleanse
it,
and
brought
out
all
the
uncleanness
that
they
found
in
the
temple
of
Jehovah
into
the
court
of
the
house
of
Jehovah.
And
the
Levites
took
it,
to
carry
it
out
abroad
to
the
brook
Kidron.
\VS{17}Now
they
began
on
the
first
{\ADD{
day}}
of
the
first
month
to
sanctify,
and
on
the
eighth
day
of
the
month
came
they
to
the
porch
of
Jehovah;
and
they
sanctified
the
house
of
Jehovah
in
eight
days:
and
on
the
sixteenth
day
of
the
first
month
they
made
an
end.
\VS{18}Then
they
went
in
to
Hezekiah
the
king
within
{\ADD{
the
palace}},
and
said,
We
have
cleansed
all
the
house
of
Jehovah,
and
the
altar
of burnt-offering,
with
all
the
vessels
thereof,
and
the
table
of
showbread,
with
all
the
vessels
thereof.
\VS{19}Moreover
all
the
vessels,
which
king
Ahaz
in
his
reign
did
cast
away
when
he
trespassed,
have
we
prepared
and
sanctified;
and,
behold,
they
are
before
the
altar
of
Jehovah.
\par }{\PP \VS{20}Then
Hezekiah
the
king
arose
early,
and
gathered
the
princes
of
the
city,
and
went
up
to
the
house
of
Jehovah.
\VS{21}And
they
brought
seven
bullocks,
and
seven
rams,
and
seven
lambs,
and
seven he-goats,
for
a sin-offering
for
the
kingdom
and
for
the
sanctuary
and
for
Judah.
And
he
commanded
the
priests
the
sons
of
Aaron
to
offer
them
on
the
altar
of
Jehovah.
\VS{22}So
they
killed
the
bullocks,
and
the
priests
received
the
blood,
and
sprinkled
it
on
the
altar:
and
they
killed
the
rams,
and
sprinkled
the
blood
upon
the
altar:
they
killed
also
the
lambs,
and
sprinkled
the
blood
upon
the
altar.
\VS{23}And
they
brought
near
the he-goats
for
the sin-offering
before
the
king
and
the
assembly;
and
they
laid
their
hands
upon
them:
\VS{24}and
the
priests
killed
them,
and
they
made
a sin-offering
with
their
blood
upon
the
altar,
to
make
atonement
for
all
Israel;
for
the
king
commanded
{\ADD{
that}}
the burnt-offering
and
the sin-offering
{\ADD{
should
be
made}}
for
all
Israel.
\par }{\PP \VS{25}And
he
set
the
Levites
in
the
house
of
Jehovah
with
cymbals,
with
psalteries,
and
with
harps,
according
to
the
commandment
of
David,
and
of
Gad
the
king’s
seer,
and
Nathan
the
prophet;
for
the
commandment
was
of
Jehovah
by
his
prophets.
\VS{26}And
the
Levites
stood
with
the
instruments
of
David,
and
the
priests
with
the
trumpets.
\VS{27}And
Hezekiah
commanded
to
offer
the burnt-offering
upon
the
altar.
And
when
the burnt-offering
began,
the
song
of
Jehovah
began
also,
and
the
trumpets,
together
with
the
instruments
of
David
king
of
Israel.
\VS{28}And
all
the
assembly
worshipped,
and
the
singers
sang,
and
the
trumpeters
sounded;
all
this
{\ADD{
continued}}
until
the burnt-offering
was
finished.
\par }{\PP \VS{29}And
when
they
had
made
an
end
of
offering,
the
king
and
all
that
were
present
with
him
bowed
themselves
and
worshipped.
\VS{30}Moreover
Hezekiah
the
king
and
the
princes
commanded
the
Levites
to
sing
praises
unto
Jehovah
with
the
words
of
David,
and
of
Asaph
the
seer.
And
they
sang
praises
with
gladness,
and
they
bowed
their
heads
and
worshipped.
\par }{\PP \VS{31}Then
Hezekiah
answered
and
said,
Now
ye
have
consecrated
yourselves
unto
Jehovah;
come
near
and
bring
sacrifices
and thank-offerings
into
the
house
of
Jehovah.
And
the
assembly
brought
in
sacrifices
and thank-offerings;
and
as
many
as
were
of
a
willing
heart
{\ADD{
brought}} burnt-offerings.
\VS{32}And
the
number
of
the burnt-offerings
which
the
assembly
brought
was
threescore
and
ten
bullocks,
a
hundred
rams,
and
two
hundred
lambs:
all
these
were
for
a burnt-offering
to
Jehovah.
\VS{33}And
the
consecrated
things
were
six
hundred
oxen
and
three
thousand
sheep.
\VS{34}But
the
priests
were
too
few,
so
that
they
could
not
flay
all
the burnt-offerings:
wherefore
their
brethren
the
Levites
did
help
them,
till
the
work
was
ended,
and
until
the
priests
had
sanctified
themselves;
for
the
Levites
were
more
upright
in
heart
to
sanctify
themselves
than
the
priests.
\VS{35}And
also
the burnt-offerings
were
in
abundance,
with
the
fat
of
the peace-offerings,
and
with
the drink-offerings
for
every burnt-offering.
So
the
service
of
the
house
of
Jehovah
was
set
in
order.
\VS{36}And
Hezekiah
rejoiced,
and
all
the
people,
because
of
that
which
God
had
prepared
for
the
people:
for
the
thing
was
done
suddenly.

\par }\Chap{30}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
Hezekiah
sent
to
all
Israel
and
Judah,
and
wrote
letters
also
to
Ephraim
and
Manasseh,
that
they
should
come
to
the
house
of
Jehovah
at
Jerusalem,
to
keep
the
passover
unto
Jehovah,
the
God
of
Israel.
\VS{2}For
the
king
had
taken
counsel,
and
his
princes,
and
all
the
assembly
in
Jerusalem,
to
keep
the
passover
in
the
second
month.
\VS{3}For
they
could
not
keep
it
at
that
time,
because
the
priests
had
not
sanctified
themselves
in
sufficient
number,
neither
had
the
people
gathered
themselves
together
to
Jerusalem.
\VS{4}And
the
thing
was
right
in
the
eyes
of
the
king
and
of
all
the
assembly.
\VS{5}So
they
established
a
decree
to
make
proclamation
throughout
all
Israel,
from
Beer-sheba
even
to
Dan,
that
they
should
come
to
keep
the
passover
unto
Jehovah,
the
God
of
Israel,
at
Jerusalem:
for
they
had
not
kept
it
in
great
numbers
in
such
sort
as
it
is
written.
\VS{6}So
the
posts
went
with
the
letters
from
the
king
and
his
princes
throughout
all
Israel
and
Judah,
and
according
to
the
commandment
of
the
king,
saying,
Ye
children
of
Israel,
turn
again
unto
Jehovah,
the
God
of
Abraham,
Isaac,
and
Israel,
that
he
may
return
to
the
remnant
that
are
escaped
of
you
out
of
the
hand
of
the
kings
of
Assyria.
\VS{7}And
be
not
ye
like
your
fathers,
and
like
your
brethren,
who
trespassed
against
Jehovah,
the
God
of
their
fathers,
so
that
he
gave
them
up
to
desolation,
as
ye
see.
\VS{8}Now
be
ye
not
stiffnecked,
as
your
fathers
were;
but
yield
yourselves
unto
Jehovah,
and
enter
into
his
sanctuary,
which
he
hath
sanctified
for
ever,
and
serve
Jehovah
your
God,
that
his
fierce
anger
may
turn
away
from
you.
\VS{9}For
if
ye
turn
again
unto
Jehovah,
your
brethren
and
your
children
shall
find
compassion
before
them
that
led
them
captive,
and
shall
come
again
into
this
land:
for
Jehovah
your
God
is
gracious
and
merciful,
and
will
not
turn
away
his
face
from
you,
if
ye
return
unto
him.
\par }{\PP \VS{10}So
the
posts
passed
from
city
to
city
through
the
country
of
Ephraim
and
Manasseh,
even
unto
Zebulun:
but
they
laughed
them
to
scorn,
and
mocked
them.
\VS{11}Nevertheless
certain
men
of
Asher
and
Manasseh
and
of
Zebulun
humbled
themselves,
and
came
to
Jerusalem.
\VS{12}Also
upon
Judah
came
the
hand
of
God
to
give
them
one
heart,
to
do
the
commandment
of
the
king
and
of
the
princes
by
the
word
of
Jehovah.
\par }{\PP \VS{13}And
there
assembled
at
Jerusalem
much
people
to
keep
the
feast
of
unleavened
bread
in
the
second
month,
a
very
great
assembly.
\VS{14}And
they
arose
and
took
away
the
altars
that
were
in
Jerusalem,
and
all
the
altars
for
incense
took
they
away,
and
cast
them
into
the
brook
Kidron.
\VS{15}Then
they
killed
the
passover
on
the
fourteenth
{\ADD{
day}}
of
the
second
month:
and
the
priests
and
the
Levites
were
ashamed,
and
sanctified
themselves,
and
brought burnt-offerings
into
the
house
of
Jehovah.
\VS{16}And
they
stood
in
their
place
after
their
order,
according
to
the
law
of
Moses
the
man
of
God:
the
priests
sprinkled
the
blood
{\ADD{
which
they
received}}
of
the
hand
of
the
Levites.
\VS{17}For
there
were
many
in
the
assembly
that
had
not
sanctified
themselves:
therefore
the
Levites
had
the
charge
of
killing
the
passovers
for
every
one
that
was
not
clean,
to
sanctify
them
unto
Jehovah.
\VS{18}For
a
multitude
of
the
people,
even
many
of
Ephraim
and
Manasseh,
Issachar
and
Zebulun,
had
not
cleansed
themselves,
yet
did
they
eat
the
passover
otherwise
than
it
is
written.
For
Hezekiah
had
prayed
for
them,
saying,
The
good
Jehovah
pardon
every
one
\VS{19}that
setteth
his
heart
to
seek
God,
Jehovah,
the
God
of
his
fathers,
though
{\ADD{
he
be}}
not
{\ADD{
cleansed}}
according
to
the
purification
of
the
sanctuary.
\VS{20}And
Jehovah
hearkened
to
Hezekiah,
and
healed
the
people.
\VS{21}And
the
children
of
Israel
that
were
present
at
Jerusalem
kept
the
feast
of
unleavened
bread
seven
days
with
great
gladness;
and
the
Levites
and
the
priests
praised
Jehovah
day
by
day,
{\ADD{
singing}}
with
loud
instruments
unto
Jehovah.
\VS{22}And
Hezekiah
spake
comfortably
unto
all
the
Levites
that
had
good
understanding
{\ADD{
in
the
service}}
of
Jehovah.
So
they
did
eat
throughout
the
feast
for
the
seven
days,
offering
sacrifices
of peace-offerings,
and
making
confession
to
Jehovah,
the
God
of
their
fathers.
\par }{\PP \VS{23}And
the
whole
assembly
took
counsel
to
keep
other
seven
days;
and
they
kept
{\ADD{
other}}
seven
days
with
gladness.
\VS{24}For
Hezekiah
king
of
Judah
did
give
to
the
assembly
for
offerings
a
thousand
bullocks
and
seven
thousand
sheep;
and
the
princes
gave
to
the
assembly
a
thousand
bullocks
and
ten
thousand
sheep:
and
a
great
number
of
priests
sanctified
themselves.
\VS{25}And
all
the
assembly
of
Judah,
with
the
priests
and
the
Levites,
and
all
the
assembly
that
came
out
of
Israel,
and
the
sojourners
that
came
out
of
the
land
of
Israel,
and
that
dwelt
in
Judah,
rejoiced.
\VS{26}So
there
was
great
joy
in
Jerusalem;
for
since
the
time
of
Solomon
the
son
of
David
king
of
Israel
there
was
not
the
like
in
Jerusalem.
\VS{27}Then
the
priests
the
Levites
arose
and
blessed
the
people:
and
their
voice
was
heard,
and
their
prayer
came
up
to
his
holy
habitation,
even
unto
heaven.

\par }\Chap{31}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Now
when
all
this
was
finished,
all
Israel
that
were
present
went
out
to
the
cities
of
Judah,
and
brake
in
pieces
the
pillars,
and
hewed
down
the
Asherim,
and
brake
down
the
high
places
and
the
altars
out
of
all
Judah
and
Benjamin,
in
Ephraim
also
and
Manasseh,
until
they
had
destroyed
them
all.
Then
all
the
children
of
Israel
returned,
every
man
to
his
possession,
into
their
own
cities.
\par }{\PP \VS{2}And
Hezekiah
appointed
the
courses
of
the
priests
and
the
Levites
after
their
courses,
every
man
according
to
his
service,
both
the
priests
and
the
Levites,
for burnt-offerings
and
for peace-offerings,
to
minister,
and
to
give
thanks,
and
to
praise
in
the
gates
of
the
camp
of
Jehovah.
\VS{3}{\ADD{
He
appointed}}
also
the
king’s
portion
of
his
substance
for
the burnt-offerings,
{\ADD{
to
wit}},
for
the
morning
and
evening burnt-offerings,
and
the burnt-offerings
for
the
sabbaths,
and
for
the
new
moons,
and
for
the
set
feasts,
as
it
is
written
in
the
law
of
Jehovah.
\VS{4}Moreover
he
commanded
the
people
that
dwelt
in
Jerusalem
to
give
the
portion
of
the
priests
and
the
Levites,
that
they
might
give
themselves
to
the
law
of
Jehovah.
\VS{5}And
as
soon
as
the
commandment
came
abroad,
the
children
of
Israel
gave
in
abundance
the first-fruits
of
grain,
new
wine,
and
oil,
and
honey,
and
of
all
the
increase
of
the
field;
and
the
tithe
of
all
things
brought
they
in
abundantly.
\VS{6}And
the
children
of
Israel
and
Judah,
that
dwelt
in
the
cities
of
Judah,
they
also
brought
in
the
tithe
of
oxen
and
sheep,
and
the
tithe
of
dedicated
things
which
were
consecrated
unto
Jehovah
their
God,
and
laid
them
by
heaps.
\VS{7}In
the
third
month
they
began
to
lay
the
foundation
of
the
heaps,
and
finished
them
in
the
seventh
month.
\VS{8}And
when
Hezekiah
and
the
princes
came
and
saw
the
heaps,
they
blessed
Jehovah,
and
his
people
Israel.
\VS{9}Then
Hezekiah
questioned
the
priests
and
the
Levites
concerning
the
heaps.
\VS{10}And
Azariah
the
chief
priest,
of
the
house
of
Zadok,
answered
him
and
said,
Since
{\ADD{
the
people}}
began
to
bring
the
oblations
into
the
house
of
Jehovah,
we
have
eaten
and
had
enough,
and
have
left
plenty:
for
Jehovah
hath
blessed
his
people;
and
that
which
is
left
is
this
great
store.
\par }{\PP \VS{11}Then
Hezekiah
commanded
to
prepare
chambers
in
the
house
of
Jehovah;
and
they
prepared
them;
\VS{12}and
they
brought
in
the
oblations
and
the
tithes
and
the
dedicated
things
faithfully.
And
over
them
Conaniah
the
Levite
was
ruler,
and
Shimei
his
brother
was
second;
\VS{13}and
Jehiel,
and
Azaziah,
and
Nahath,
and
Asahel,
and
Jerimoth,
and
Jozabad,
and
Eliel,
and
Ismachiah,
and
Mahath,
and
Benaiah,
were
overseers
under
the
hand
of
Conaniah
and
Shimei
his
brother,
by
the
appointment
of
Hezekiah
the
king,
and
Azariah
the
ruler
of
the
house
of
God.
\VS{14}And
Kore
the
son
of
Imnah
the
Levite,
the
porter
at
the
east
{\ADD{
gate}},
was
over
the freewill-offerings
of
God,
to
distribute
the
oblations
of
Jehovah,
and
the
most
holy
things.
\VS{15}And
under
him
were
Eden,
and
Miniamin,
and
Jeshua,
and
Shemaiah,
Amariah,
and
Shecaniah,
in
the
cities
of
the
priests,
in
their
office
of
trust,
to
give
to
their
brethren
by
courses,
as
well
to
the
great
as
to
the
small:
\VS{16}besides
them
that
were
reckoned
by
genealogy
of
males,
from
three
years
old
and
upward,
even
every
one
that
entered
into
the
house
of
Jehovah,
as
the
duty
of
every
day
required,
for
their
service
in
their
offices
according
to
their
courses;
\VS{17}and
them
that
were
reckoned
by
genealogy
of
the
priests
by
their
fathers’
houses,
and
the
Levites
from
twenty
years
old
and
upward,
in
their
offices
by
their
courses;
\VS{18}and
them
that
were
reckoned
by
genealogy
of
all
their
little
ones,
their
wives,
and
their
sons,
and
their
daughters,
through
all
the
congregation:
for
in
their
office
of
trust
they
sanctified
themselves
in
holiness.
\VS{19}Also
for
the
sons
of
Aaron
the
priests,
that
were
in
the
fields
of
the
suburbs
of
their
cities,
in
every
city,
there
were
men
that
were
mentioned
by
name,
to
give
portions
to
all
the
males
among
the
priests,
and
to
all
that
were
reckoned
by
genealogy
among
the
Levites.
\par }{\PP \VS{20}And
thus
did
Hezekiah
throughout
all
Judah;
and
he
wrought
that
which
was
good
and
right
and
faithful
before
Jehovah
his
God.
\VS{21}And
in
every
work
that
he
began
in
the
service
of
the
house
of
God,
and
in
the
law,
and
in
the
commandments,
to
seek
his
God,
he
did
it
with
all
his
heart,
and
prospered.

\par }\Chap{32}{\PP \VerseOne{1}After
these
things,
and
this
faithfulness,
Sennacherib
king
of
Assyria
came,
and
entered
into
Judah,
and
encamped
against
the
fortified
cities,
and
thought
to
win
them
for
himself.
\VS{2}And
when
Hezekiah
saw
that
Sennacherib
was
come,
and
that
he
was
purposed
to
fight
against
Jerusalem,
\VS{3}he
took
counsel
with
his
princes
and
his
mighty
men
to
stop
the
waters
of
the
fountains
which
were
without
the
city;
and
they
helped
him.
\VS{4}So
there
was
gathered
much
people
together,
and
they
stopped
all
the
fountains,
and
the
brook
that
flowed
through
the
midst
of
the
land,
saying,
Why
should
the
kings
of
Assyria
come,
and
find
much
water?
\VS{5}And
he
took
courage,
and
built
up
all
the
wall
that
was
broken
down,
and
raised
{\ADD{
it}}
up
to
the
towers,
and
the
other
wall
without,
and
strengthened
Millo
{\ADD{
in}}
the
city
of
David,
and
made
weapons
and
shields
in
abundance.
\VS{6}And
he
set
captains
of
war
over
the
people,
and
gathered
them
together
to
him
in
the
broad
place
at
the
gate
of
the
city,
and
spake
comfortably
to
them,
saying,
\VS{7}Be
strong
and
of
good
courage,
be
not
afraid
nor
dismayed
for
the
king
of
Assyria,
nor
for
all
the
multitude
that
is
with
him;
for
there
is
a
greater
with
us
than
with
him:
\VS{8}with
him
is
an
arm
of
flesh;
but
with
us
is
Jehovah
our
God
to
help
us,
and
to
fight
our
battles.
And
the
people
rested
themselves
upon
the
words
of
Hezekiah
king
of
Judah.
\par }{\PP \VS{9}After
this
did
Sennacherib
king
of
Assyria
send
his
servants
to
Jerusalem (now
he
was
before
Lachish,
and
all
his
power
with
him),
unto
Hezekiah
king
of
Judah,
and
unto
all
Judah
that
were
at
Jerusalem,
saying,
\VS{10}Thus
saith
Sennacherib
king
of
Assyria,
Whereon
do
ye
trust,
that
ye
abide
the
siege
in
Jerusalem?
\VS{11}Doth
not
Hezekiah
persuade
you,
to
give
you
over
to
die
by
famine
and
by
thirst,
saying,
Jehovah
our
God
will
deliver
us
out
of
the
hand
of
the
king
of
Assyria?
\VS{12}Hath
not
the
same
Hezekiah
taken
away
his
high
places
and
his
altars,
and
commanded
Judah
and
Jerusalem,
saying,
Ye
shall
worship
before
one
altar,
and
upon
it
shall
ye
burn
incense?
\VS{13}Know
ye
not
what
I
and
my
fathers
have
done
unto
all
the
peoples
of
the
lands?
Were
the
gods
of
the
nations
of
the
lands
in
any
wise
able
to
deliver
their
land
out
of
my
hand?
\VS{14}Who
was
there
among
all
the
gods
of
those
nations
which
my
fathers
utterly
destroyed,
that
could
deliver
his
people
out
of
my
hand,
that
your
God
should
be
able
to
deliver
you
out
of
my
hand?
\VS{15}Now
therefore
let
not
Hezekiah
deceive
you,
nor
persuade
you
after
this
manner,
neither
believe
ye
him;
for
no
god
of
any
nation
or
kingdom
was
able
to
deliver
his
people
out
of
my
hand,
and
out
of
the
hand
of
my
fathers:
how
much
less
shall
your
God
deliver
you
out
of
my
hand?
\par }{\PP \VS{16}And
his
servants
spake
yet
more
against
Jehovah
God,
and
against
his
servant
Hezekiah.
\VS{17}He
wrote
also
letters,
to
rail
on
Jehovah,
the
God
of
Israel,
and
to
speak
against
him,
saying,
As
the
gods
of
the
nations
of
the
lands,
which
have
not
delivered
their
people
out
of
my
hand,
so
shall
not
the
God
of
Hezekiah
deliver
his
people
out
of
my
hand.
\VS{18}And
they
cried
with
a
loud
voice
in
the
Jews’
language
unto
the
people
of
Jerusalem
that
were
on
the
wall,
to
affright
them,
and
to
trouble
them;
that
they
might
take
the
city.
\VS{19}And
they
spake
of
the
God
of
Jerusalem,
as
of
the
gods
of
the
peoples
of
the
earth,
which
are
the
work
of
men’s
hands.
\par }{\PP \VS{20}And
Hezekiah
the
king,
and
Isaiah
the
prophet
the
son
of
Amoz,
prayed
because
of
this,
and
cried
to
heaven.
\VS{21}And
Jehovah
sent
an
angel,
who
cut
off
all
the
mighty
men
of
valor,
and
the
leaders
and
captains,
in
the
camp
of
the
king
of
Assyria.
So
he
returned
with
shame
of
face
to
his
own
land.
And
when
he
was
come
into
the
house
of
his
god,
they
that
came
forth
from
his
own
bowels
slew
him
there
with
the
sword.
\VS{22}Thus
Jehovah
saved
Hezekiah
and
the
inhabitants
of
Jerusalem
from
the
hand
of
Sennacherib
the
king
of
Assyria,
and
from
the
hand
of
all
{\ADD{
others}},
and
guided
them
on
every
side.
\VS{23}And
many
brought
gifts
unto
Jehovah
to
Jerusalem,
and
precious
things
to
Hezekiah
king
of
Judah;
so
that
he
was
exalted
in
the
sight
of
all
nations
from
thenceforth.
\par }{\PP \VS{24}In
those
days
Hezekiah
was
sick
even
unto
death:
and
he
prayed
unto
Jehovah;
and
he
spake
unto
him,
and
gave
him
a
sign.
\VS{25}But
Hezekiah
rendered
not
again
according
to
the
benefit
done
unto
him;
for
his
heart
was
lifted
up:
therefore
there
was
wrath
upon
him,
and
upon
Judah
and
Jerusalem.
\VS{26}Notwithstanding
Hezekiah
humbled
himself
for
the
pride
of
his
heart,
both
he
and
the
inhabitants
of
Jerusalem,
so
that
the
wrath
of
Jehovah
came
not
upon
them
in
the
days
of
Hezekiah.
\par }{\PP \VS{27}And
Hezekiah
had
exceeding
much
riches
and
honor:
and
he
provided
him
treasuries
for
silver,
and
for
gold,
and
for
precious
stones,
and
for
spices,
and
for
shields,
and
for
all
manner
of
goodly
vessels;
\VS{28}store-houses
also
for
the
increase
of
grain
and
new
wine
and
oil;
and
stalls
for
all
manner
of
beasts,
and
flocks
in
folds.
\VS{29}Moreover
he
provided
him
cities,
and
possessions
of
flocks
and
herds
in
abundance;
for
God
had
given
him
very
much
substance.
\VS{30}This
same
Hezekiah
also
stopped
the
upper
spring
of
the
waters
of
Gihon,
and
brought
them
straight
down
on
the
west
side
of
the
city
of
David.
And
Hezekiah
prospered
in
all
his
works.
\VS{31}Howbeit
in
{\ADD{
the
business
of}}
the
ambassadors
of
the
princes
of
Babylon,
who
sent
unto
him
to
inquire
of
the
wonder
that
was
done
in
the
land,
God
left
him,
to
try
him,
that
he
might
know
all
that
was
in
his
heart.
\par }{\PP \VS{32}Now
the
rest
of
the
acts
of
Hezekiah,
and
his
good
deeds,
behold,
they
are
written
in
the
vision
of
Isaiah
the
prophet
the
son
of
Amoz,
in
the
book
of
the
kings
of
Judah
and
Israel.
\VS{33}And
Hezekiah
slept
with
his
fathers,
and
they
buried
him
in
the
ascent
of
the
sepulchres
of
the
sons
of
David:
and
all
Judah
and
the
inhabitants
of
Jerusalem
did
him
honor
at
his
death.
And
Manasseh
his
son
reigned
in
his
stead.

\par }\Chap{33}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Manasseh
was
twelve
years
old
when
he
began
to
reign;
and
he
reigned
fifty
and
five
years
in
Jerusalem.
\VS{2}And
he
did
that
which
was
evil
in
the
sight
of
Jehovah,
after
the
abominations
of
the
nations
whom
Jehovah
cast
out
before
the
children
of
Israel.
\VS{3}For
he
built
again
the
high
places
which
Hezekiah
his
father
had
broken
down;
and
he
reared
up
altars
for
the
Baalim,
and
made
Asheroth,
and
worshipped
all
the
host
of
heaven,
and
served
them.
\VS{4}And
he
built
altars
in
the
house
of
Jehovah,
whereof
Jehovah
said,
In
Jerusalem
shall
my
name
be
for
ever.
\VS{5}And
he
built
altars
for
all
the
host
of
heaven
in
the
two
courts
of
the
house
of
Jehovah.
\VS{6}He
also
made
his
children
to
pass
through
the
fire
in
the
valley
of
the
son
of
Hinnom;
and
he
practised augury,
and
used
enchantments,
and
practised
sorcery,
and
dealt
with
them
that
had
familiar
spirits,
and
with
wizards:
he
wrought
much
evil
in
the
sight
of
Jehovah,
to
provoke
him
to
anger.
\VS{7}And
he
set
the
graven
image
of
the
idol,
which
he
had
made,
in
the
house
of
God,
of
which
God
said
to
David
and
to
Solomon
his
son,
In
this
house,
and
in
Jerusalem,
which
I
have
chosen
out
of
all
the
tribes
of
Israel,
will
I
put
my
name
for
ever:
\VS{8}neither
will
I
any
more
remove
the
foot
of
Israel
from
off
the
land
which
I
have
appointed
for
your
fathers,
if
only
they
will
observe
to
do
all
that
I
have
commanded
them,
even
all
the
law
and
the
statutes
and
the
ordinances
{\ADD{
given}}
by
Moses.
\VS{9}And
Manasseh
seduced
Judah
and
the
inhabitants
of
Jerusalem,
so
that
they
did
evil
more
than
did
the
nations
whom
Jehovah
destroyed
before
the
children
of
Israel.
\par }{\PP \VS{10}And
Jehovah
spake
to
Manasseh,
and
to
his
people;
but
they
gave
no
heed.
\VS{11}Wherefore
Jehovah
brought
upon
them
the
captains
of
the
host
of
the
king
of
Assyria,
who
took
Manasseh
in
chains,
and
bound
him
with
fetters,
and
carried
him
to
Babylon.
\VS{12}And
when
he
was
in
distress,
he
besought
Jehovah
his
God,
and
humbled
himself
greatly
before
the
God
of
his
fathers.
\VS{13}And
he
prayed
unto
him;
and
he
was
entreated
of
him,
and
heard
his
supplication,
and
brought
him
again
to
Jerusalem
into
his
kingdom.
Then
Manasseh
knew
that
Jehovah
he
was
God.
\par }{\PP \VS{14}Now
after
this
he
built
an
outer
wall
to
the
city
of
David,
on
the
west
side
of
Gihon,
in
the
valley,
even
to
the
entrance
at
the
fish
gate;
and
he
compassed
Ophel
about
{\ADD{
with
it}},
and
raised
it
up
to
a
very
great
height:
and
he
put
valiant
captains
in
all
the
fortified
cities
of
Judah.
\VS{15}And
he
took
away
the
foreign
gods,
and
the
idol
out
of
the
house
of
Jehovah,
and
all
the
altars
that
he
had
built
in
the
mount
of
the
house
of
Jehovah,
and
in
Jerusalem,
and
cast
them
out
of
the
city.
\VS{16}And
he
built
up
the
altar
of
Jehovah,
and
offered
thereon
sacrifices
of peace-offerings
and
of
thanksgiving,
and
commanded
Judah
to
serve
Jehovah,
the
God
of
Israel.
\VS{17}Nevertheless
the
people
sacrificed
still
in
the
high
places,
but
only
unto
Jehovah
their
God.
\par }{\PP \VS{18}Now
the
rest
of
the
acts
of
Manasseh,
and
his
prayer
unto
his
God,
and
the
words
of
the
seers
that
spake
to
him
in
the
name
of
Jehovah,
the
God
of
Israel,
behold,
they
are
written
among
the
acts
of
the
kings
of
Israel.
\VS{19}His
prayer
also,
and
how
{\ADD{
God}}
was
entreated
of
him,
and
all
his
sin
and
his
trespass,
and
the
places
wherein
he
built
high
places,
and
set
up
the
Asherim
and
the
graven
images,
before
he
humbled
himself,
behold,
they
are
written
in
the
history
of
Hozai.
\VS{20}So
Manasseh
slept
with
his
fathers,
and
they
buried
him
in
his
own
house:
and
Amon
his
son
reigned
in
his
stead.
\par }{\PP \VS{21}Amon
was
twenty
and
two
years
old
when
he
began
to
reign;
and
he
reigned
two
years
in
Jerusalem.
\VS{22}And
he
did
that
which
was
evil
in
the
sight
of
Jehovah,
as
did
Manasseh
his
father;
and
Amon
sacrificed
unto
all
the
graven
images
which
Manasseh
his
father
had
made,
and
served
them.
\VS{23}And
he
humbled
not
himself
before
Jehovah,
as
Manasseh
his
father
had
humbled
himself;
but
this
same
Amon
trespassed
more
and
more.
\VS{24}And
his
servants
conspired
against
him,
and
put
him
to
death
in
his
own
house.
\VS{25}But
the
people
of
the
land
slew
all
them
that
had
conspired
against
king
Amon;
and
the
people
of
the
land
made
Josiah
his
son
king
in
his
stead.

\par }\Chap{34}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Josiah
was
eight
years
old
when
he
began
to
reign;
and
he
reigned
thirty
and
one
years
in
Jerusalem.
\VS{2}And
he
did
that
which
was
right
in
the
eyes
of
Jehovah,
and
walked
in
the
ways
of
David
his
father,
and
turned
not
aside
to
the
right
hand
or
to
the
left.
\VS{3}For
in
the
eighth
year
of
his
reign,
while
he
was
yet
young,
he
began
to
seek
after
the
God
of
David
his
father;
and
in
the
twelfth
year
he
began
to
purge
Judah
and
Jerusalem
from
the
high
places,
and
the
Asherim,
and
the
graven
images,
and
the
molten
images.
\VS{4}And
they
brake
down
the
altars
of
the
Baalim
in
his
presence;
and
the sun-images
that
were
on
high
above
them
he
hewed
down;
and
the
Asherim,
and
the
graven
images,
and
the
molten
images,
he
brake
in
pieces,
and
made
dust
of
them,
and strewed
it
upon
the
graves
{\ADD{
of
them}}
that
had
sacrificed
unto
them.
\VS{5}And
he
burnt
the
bones
of
the
priests
upon
their
altars,
and
purged
Judah
and
Jerusalem.
\VS{6}And
{\ADD{
so
did
he}}
in
the
cities
of
Manasseh
and
Ephraim
and
Simeon,
even
unto
Naphtali,
in
their
ruins
round
about.
\VS{7}And
he
brake
down
the
altars,
and
beat
the
Asherim
and
the
graven
images
into
powder,
and
hewed
down
all
the sun-images
throughout
all
the
land
of
Israel,
and
returned
to
Jerusalem.
\par }{\PP \VS{8}Now
in
the
eighteenth
year
of
his
reign,
when
he
had
purged
the
land
and
the
house,
he
sent
Shaphan
the
son
of
Azaliah,
and
Maaseiah
the
governor
of
the
city,
and
Joah
the
son
of
Joahaz
the
recorder,
to
repair
the
house
of
Jehovah
his
God.
\VS{9}And
they
came
to
Hilkiah
the
high
priest,
and
delivered
the
money
that
was
brought
into
the
house
of
God,
which
the
Levites,
the
keepers
of
the
threshold,
had
gathered
of
the
hand
of
Manasseh
and
Ephraim,
and
of
all
the
remnant
of
Israel,
and
of
all
Judah
and
Benjamin,
and
of
the
inhabitants
of
Jerusalem.
\VS{10}And
they
delivered
it
into
the
hand
of
the
workmen
that
had
the
oversight
of
the
house
of
Jehovah;
and
the
workmen
that
wrought
in
the
house
of
Jehovah
gave
it
to
mend
and
repair
the
house:
\VS{11}even
to
the
carpenters
and
to
the
builders
gave
they
it,
to
buy
hewn
stone,
and
timber
for
couplings,
and
to
make
beams
for
the
houses
which
the
kings
of
Judah
had
destroyed.
\VS{12}And
the
men
did
the
work
faithfully:
and
the
overseers
of
them
were
Jahath
and
Obadiah,
the
Levites,
of
the
sons
of
Merari;
and
Zechariah
and
Meshullam,
of
the
sons
of
the
Kohathites,
to
set
it
forward;
and
{\ADD{
others
of}}
the
Levites,
all
that
were
skilful
with
instruments
of
music.
\VS{13}Also
they
were
over
the
bearers
of
burdens,
and
set
forward
all
that
did
the
work
in
every
manner
of
service:
and
of
the
Levites
there
were
scribes,
and
officers,
and
porters.
\par }{\PP \VS{14}And
when
they
brought
out
the
money
that
was
brought
into
the
house
of
Jehovah,
Hilkiah
the
priest
found
the
book
of
the
law
of
Jehovah
{\ADD{
given}}
by
Moses.
\VS{15}And
Hilkiah
answered
and
said
to
Shaphan
the
scribe,
I
have
found
the
book
of
the
law
in
the
house
of
Jehovah.
And
Hilkiah
delivered
the
book
to
Shaphan.
\VS{16}And
Shaphan
carried
the
book
to
the
king,
and
moreover
brought
back
word
to
the
king,
saying,
All
that
was
committed
to
thy
servants,
they
are
doing.
\VS{17}And
they
have
emptied
out
the
money
that
was
found
in
the
house
of
Jehovah,
and
have
delivered
it
into
the
hand
of
the
overseers,
and
into
the
hand
of
the
workmen.
\VS{18}And
Shaphan
the
scribe
told
the
king,
saying,
Hilkiah
the
priest
hath
delivered
me
a
book.
And
Shaphan
read
therein
before
the
king.
\VS{19}And
it
came
to
pass,
when
the
king
had
heard
the
words
of
the
law,
that
he
rent
his
clothes.
\VS{20}And
the
king
commanded
Hilkiah,
and
Ahikam
the
son
of
Shaphan,
and
Abdon
the
son
of
Micah,
and
Shaphan
the
scribe,
and
Asaiah
the
king’s
servant,
saying,
\VS{21}Go
ye,
inquire
of
Jehovah
for
me,
and
for
them
that
are
left
in
Israel
and
in
Judah,
concerning
the
words
of
the
book
that
is
found;
for
great
is
the
wrath
of
Jehovah
that
is
poured
out
upon
us,
because
our
fathers
have
not
kept
the
word
of
Jehovah,
to
do
according
unto
all
that
is
written
in
this
book.
\par }{\PP \VS{22}So
Hilkiah,
and
they
whom
the
king
{\ADD{
had
commanded}},
went
to
Huldah
the
prophetess,
the
wife
of
Shallum
the
son
of
Tokhath,
the
son
of
Hasrah,
keeper
of
the
wardrobe (now
she
dwelt
in
Jerusalem
in
the
second
quarter);
and
they
spake
to
her
to
that
effect.
\VS{23}And
she
said
unto
them,
Thus
saith
Jehovah,
the
God
of
Israel:
Tell
ye
the
man
that
sent
you
unto
me,
\VS{24}Thus
saith
Jehovah,
Behold,
I
will
bring
evil
upon
this
place,
and
upon
the
inhabitants
thereof,
even
all
the
curses
that
are
written
in
the
book
which
they
have
read
before
the
king
of
Judah.
\VS{25}Because
they
have
forsaken
me,
and
have
burned
incense
unto
other
gods,
that
they
might
provoke
me
to
anger
with
all
the
works
of
their
hands;
therefore
is
my
wrath
poured
out
upon
this
place,
and
it
shall
not
be
quenched.
\VS{26}But
unto
the
king
of
Judah,
who
sent
you
to
inquire
of
Jehovah,
thus
shall
ye
say
to
him,
Thus
saith
Jehovah,
the
God
of
Israel:
As
touching
the
words
which
thou
hast
heard,
\VS{27}because
thy
heart
was
tender,
and
thou
didst
humble
thyself
before
God,
when
thou
heardest
his
words
against
this
place,
and
against
the
inhabitants
thereof,
and
hast
humbled
thyself
before
me,
and
hast
rent
thy
clothes,
and
wept
before
me;
I
also
have
heard
thee,
saith
Jehovah.
\VS{28}Behold,
I
will
gather
thee
to
thy
fathers,
and
thou shalt
be
gathered
to
thy
grave
in
peace,
neither
shall
thine
eyes
see
all
the
evil
that
I
will
bring
upon
this
place,
and
upon
the
inhabitants
thereof.
And
they
brought
back
word
to
the
king.
\par }{\PP \VS{29}Then
the
king
sent
and
gathered
together
all
the
elders
of
Judah
and
Jerusalem.
\VS{30}And
the
king
went
up
to
the
house
of
Jehovah,
and
all
the
men
of
Judah
and
the
inhabitants
of
Jerusalem,
and
the
priests,
and
the
Levites,
and
all
the
people,
both
great
and
small:
and
he
read
in
their
ears
all
the
words
of
the
book
of
the
covenant
that
was
found
in
the
house
of
Jehovah.
\VS{31}And
the
king
stood
in
his
place,
and
made
a
covenant
before
Jehovah,
to
walk
after
Jehovah,
and
to
keep
his
commandments,
and
his
testimonies,
and
his
statutes,
with
all
his
heart,
and
with
all
his
soul,
to
perform
the
words
of
the
covenant
that
were
written
in
this
book.
\VS{32}And
he
caused
all
that
were
found
in
Jerusalem
and
Benjamin
to
stand
{\ADD{
to
it}}.
And
the
inhabitants
of
Jerusalem
did
according
to
the
covenant
of
God,
the
God
of
their
fathers.
\VS{33}And
Josiah
took
away
all
the
abominations
out
of
all
the
countries
that
pertained
to
the
children
of
Israel,
and
made
all
that
were
found
in
Israel
to
serve,
even
to
serve
Jehovah
their
God.
All
his
days
they
departed
not
from
following
Jehovah,
the
God
of
their
fathers.

\par }\Chap{35}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
Josiah
kept
a
passover
unto
Jehovah
in
Jerusalem:
and
they
killed
the
passover
on
the
fourteenth
{\ADD{
day}}
of
the
first
month.
\VS{2}And
he
set
the
priests
in
their
offices,
and
encouraged
them
to
the
service
of
the
house
of
Jehovah.
\VS{3}And
he
said
unto
the
Levites
that
taught
all
Israel,
that
were
holy
unto
Jehovah,
Put
the
holy
ark
in
the
house
which
Solomon
the
son
of
David
king
of
Israel
did
build;
there
shall
no
more
be
a
burden
upon
your
shoulders.
Now
serve
Jehovah
your
God,
and
his
people
Israel;
\VS{4}and
prepare
yourselves
after
your
fathers’
houses
by
your
courses,
according
to
the
writing
of
David
king
of
Israel,
and
according
to
the
writing
of
Solomon
his
son.
\VS{5}And
stand
in
the
holy
place
according
to
the
divisions
of
the
fathers’
houses
of
your
brethren
the
children
of
the
people,
and
{\ADD{
let
there
be
for
each}}
a
portion
of
a
father’s
house
of
the
Levites.
\VS{6}And
kill
the
passover,
and
sanctify
yourselves,
and
prepare
for
your
brethren,
to
do
according
to
the
word
of
Jehovah
by
Moses.
\par }{\PP \VS{7}And
Josiah
gave
to
the
children
of
the
people,
of
the
flock,
lambs
and
kids,
all
of
them
for
the passover-offerings,
unto
all
that
were
present,
to
the
number
of
thirty
thousand,
and
three
thousand
bullocks:
these
were
of
the
king’s
substance.
\VS{8}And
his
princes
gave
for
a freewill-offering
unto
the
people,
to
the
priests,
and
to
the
Levites.
Hilkiah
and
Zechariah
and
Jehiel,
the
rulers
of
the
house
of
God,
gave
unto
the
priests
for
the passover-offerings
two
thousand
and
six
hundred
{\ADD{
small
cattle}},
and
three
hundred
oxen.
\VS{9}Conaniah
also,
and
Shemaiah
and
Nethanel,
his
brethren,
and
Hashabiah
and
Jeiel
and
Jozabad,
the
chiefs
of
the
Levites,
gave
unto
the
Levites
for
the passover-offerings
five
thousand
{\ADD{
small
cattle}},
and
five
hundred
oxen.
\par }{\PP \VS{10}So
the
service
was
prepared,
and
the
priests
stood
in
their
place,
and
the
Levites
by
their
courses,
according
to
the
king’s
commandment.
\VS{11}And
they
killed
the
passover,
and
the
priests
sprinkled
{\ADD{
the
blood
which
they
received}}
of
their
hand,
and
the
Levites
flayed
them.
\VS{12}And
they
removed
the burnt-offerings,
that
they
might
give
them
according
to
the
divisions
of
the
fathers’
houses
of
the
children
of
the
people,
to
offer
unto
Jehovah,
as
it
is
written
in
the
book
of
Moses.
And
so
did
they
with
the
oxen.
\VS{13}And
they
roasted
the
passover
with
fire
according
to
the
ordinance:
and
the
holy
offerings
boiled
they
in
pots,
and
in
caldrons,
and
in
pans,
and
carried
them
quickly
to
all
the
children
of
the
people.
\VS{14}And
afterward
they
prepared
for
themselves,
and
for
the
priests,
because
the
priests
the
sons
of
Aaron
{\ADD{
were busied}}
in
offering
the burnt-offerings
and
the
fat
until
night:
therefore
the
Levites
prepared
for
themselves,
and
for
the
priests
the
sons
of
Aaron.
\VS{15}And
the
singers
the
sons
of
Asaph
were
in
their
place,
according
to
the
commandment
of
David,
and
Asaph,
and
Heman,
and
Jeduthun
the
king’s
seer;
and
the
porters
were
at
every
gate:
they
needed
not
to
depart
from
their
service;
for
their
brethren
the
Levites
prepared
for
them.
\par }{\PP \VS{16}So
all
the
service
of
Jehovah
was
prepared
the
same
day,
to
keep
the
passover,
and
to
offer burnt-offerings
upon
the
altar
of
Jehovah,
according
to
the
commandment
of
king
Josiah.
\VS{17}And
the
children
of
Israel
that
were
present
kept
the
passover
at
that
time,
and
the
feast
of
unleavened
bread
seven
days.
\VS{18}And
there
was
no
passover
like
to
that
kept
in
Israel
from
the
days
of
Samuel
the
prophet;
neither
did
any
of
the
kings
of
Israel
keep
such
a
passover
as
Josiah
kept,
and
the
priests,
and
the
Levites,
and
all
Judah
and
Israel
that
were
present,
and
the
inhabitants
of
Jerusalem.
\VS{19}In
the
eighteenth
year
of
the
reign
of
Josiah
was
this
passover
kept.
\par }{\PP \VS{20}After
all
this,
when
Josiah
had
prepared
the
temple,
Neco
king
of
Egypt
went
up
to
fight
against
Carchemish
by
the
Euphrates:
and
Josiah
went
out
against
him.
\VS{21}But
he
sent
ambassadors
to
him,
saying,
What
have
I
to
do
with
thee,
thou
king
of
Judah?
{\ADD{
I
come}}
not
against
thee
this
day,
but
against
the
house
wherewith
I
have
war;
and
God
hath
commanded
me
to
make
haste:
forbear
thee
from
{\ADD{
meddling
with}}
God,
who
is
with
me,
that
he
destroy
thee
not.
\VS{22}Nevertheless
Josiah
would
not
turn
his
face
from
him,
but
disguised
himself,
that
he
might
fight
with
him,
and
hearkened
not
unto
the
words
of
Neco
from
the
mouth
of
God,
and
came
to
fight
in
the
valley
of
Megiddo.
\VS{23}And
the
archers
shot
at
king
Josiah;
and
the
king
said
to
his
servants,
Have
me
away;
for
I
am
sore
wounded.
\VS{24}So
his
servants
took
him
out
of
the
chariot,
and
put
him
in
the
second
chariot
that
he
had,
and
brought
him
to
Jerusalem;
and
he
died,
and
was
buried
in
the
sepulchres
of
his
fathers.
And
all
Judah
and
Jerusalem
mourned
for
Josiah.
\VS{25}And
Jeremiah
lamented
for
Josiah:
and
all
the
singing
men
and
singing
women
spake
of
Josiah
in
their
lamentations
unto
this
day;
and
they
made
them
an
ordinance
in
Israel:
and,
behold,
they
are
written
in
the
lamentations.
\VS{26}Now
the
rest
of
the
acts
of
Josiah,
and
his
good
deeds,
according
to
that
which
is
written
in
the
law
of
Jehovah,
\VS{27}and
his
acts,
first
and
last,
behold,
they
are
written
in
the
book
of
the
kings
of
Israel
and
Judah.

\par }\Chap{36}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Then
the
people
of
the
land
took
Jehoahaz
the
son
of
Josiah,
and
made
him
king
in
his
father’s
stead
in
Jerusalem.
\VS{2}Joahaz
was
twenty
and
three
years
old
when
he
began
to
reign;
and
he
reigned
three
months
in
Jerusalem.
\VS{3}And
the
king
of
Egypt
deposed
him
at
Jerusalem,
and
fined
the
land
a
hundred
talents
of
silver
and
a
talent
of
gold.
\VS{4}And
the
king
of
Egypt
made
Eliakim
his
brother
king
over
Judah
and
Jerusalem,
and
changed
his
name
to
Jehoiakim.
And
Neco
took
Joahaz
his
brother,
and
carried
him
to
Egypt.
\par }{\PP \VS{5}Jehoiakim
was
twenty
and
five
years
old
when
he
began
to
reign;
and
he
reigned
eleven
years
in
Jerusalem:
and
he
did
that
which
was
evil
in
the
sight
of
Jehovah
his
God.
\VS{6}Against
him
came
up
Nebuchadnezzar
king
of
Babylon,
and
bound
him
in
fetters,
to
carry
him
to
Babylon.
\VS{7}Nebuchadnezzar
also
carried
of
the
vessels
of
the
house
of
Jehovah
to
Babylon,
and
put
them
in
his
temple
at
Babylon.
\VS{8}Now
the
rest
of
the
acts
of
Jehoiakim,
and
his
abominations
which
he
did,
and
that
which
was
found
in
him,
behold,
they
are
written
in
the
book
of
the
kings
of
Israel
and
Judah:
and
Jehoiachin
his
son
reigned
in
his
stead.
\par }{\PP \VS{9}Jehoiachin
was
eight
years
old
when
he
began
to
reign;
and
he
reigned
three
months
and
ten
days
in
Jerusalem:
and
he
did
that
which
was
evil
in
the
sight
of
Jehovah.
\VS{10}And
at
the
return
of
the
year
king
Nebuchadnezzar
sent,
and
brought
him
to
Babylon,
with
the
goodly
vessels
of
the
house
of
Jehovah,
and
made
Zedekiah
his
brother
king
over
Judah
and
Jerusalem.
\par }{\PP \VS{11}Zedekiah
was
twenty
and
one
years
old
when
he
began
to
reign;
and
he
reigned
eleven
years
in
Jerusalem:
\VS{12}and
he
did
that
which
was
evil
in
the
sight
of
Jehovah
his
God;
he
humbled
not
himself
before
Jeremiah
the
prophet
{\ADD{
speaking}}
from
the
mouth
of
Jehovah.
\VS{13}And
he
also
rebelled
against
king
Nebuchadnezzar,
who
had
made
him
swear
by
God:
but
he
stiffened
his
neck,
and
hardened
his
heart
against
turning
unto
Jehovah,
the
God
of
Israel.
\VS{14}Moreover
all
the
chiefs
of
the
priests,
and
the
people,
trespassed
very
greatly
after
all
the
abominations
of
the
nations;
and
they
polluted
the
house
of
Jehovah
which
he
had
hallowed
in
Jerusalem.
\VS{15}And
Jehovah,
the
God
of
their
fathers,
sent
to
them
by
his
messengers,
rising
up
early
and
sending,
because
he
had
compassion
on
his
people,
and
on
his dwelling-place:
\VS{16}but
they
mocked
the
messengers
of
God,
and
despised
his
words,
and
scoffed
at
his
prophets,
until
the
wrath
of
Jehovah
arose
against
his
people,
till
there
was
no
remedy.
\par }{\PP \VS{17}Therefore
he
brought
upon
them
the
king
of
the
Chaldeans,
who
slew
their
young
men
with
the
sword
in
the
house
of
their
sanctuary,
and
had
no
compassion
upon
young
man
or
virgin,
old
man
or hoary-headed:
he
gave
them
all
into
his
hand.
\VS{18}And
all
the
vessels
of
the
house
of
God,
great
and
small,
and
the
treasures
of
the
house
of
Jehovah,
and
the
treasures
of
the
king,
and
of
his
princes,
all
these
he
brought
to
Babylon.
\VS{19}And
they
burnt
the
house
of
God,
and
brake
down
the
wall
of
Jerusalem,
and
burnt
all
the
palaces
thereof
with
fire,
and
destroyed
all
the
goodly
vessels
thereof.
\VS{20}And
them
that
had
escaped
from
the
sword
carried
he
away
to
Babylon;
and
they
were
servants
to
him
and
his
sons
until
the
reign
of
the
kingdom
of
Persia:
\VS{21}to
fulfil
the
word
of
Jehovah
by
the
mouth
of
Jeremiah,
until
the
land
had
enjoyed
its
sabbaths:
{\ADD{
for}}
as
long
as
it
lay
desolate
it
kept
sabbath,
to
fulfil
threescore
and
ten
years.
\par }{\PP \VS{22}Now
in
the
first
year
of
Cyrus
king
of
Persia,
that
the
word
of
Jehovah
by
the
mouth
of
Jeremiah
might
be
accomplished,
Jehovah
stirred
up
the
spirit
of
Cyrus
king
of
Persia,
so
that
he
made
a
proclamation
throughout
all
his
kingdom,
and
{\ADD{
put
it}}
also
in
writing,
saying,
\VS{23}Thus
saith
Cyrus
king
of
Persia,
All
the
kingdoms
of
the
earth
hath
Jehovah,
the
God
of
heaven,
given
me;
and
he
hath
charged
me
to
build
him
a
house
in
Jerusalem,
which
is
in
Judah.
Whosoever
there
is
among
you
of
all
his
people,
Jehovah
his
God
be
with
him,
and
let
him
go
up.
\par }