\NormalFont\ShortTitle{2 Kings}
{\MTB THE SECOND BOOK OF THE
\par }{\MT KINGS

\par }\ChapOne{1}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
Moab
rebelled
against
Israel
after
the
death
of
Ahab.
\VS{2}And
Ahaziah
fell
down
through
the
lattice
in
his
upper
chamber
that
was
in
Samaria,
and
was
sick:
and
he
sent
messengers,
and
said
unto
them,
Go,
inquire
of
Baal-zebub,
the
god
of
Ekron,
whether
I
shall
recover
of
this
sickness.
\VS{3}But
the
angel
of
Jehovah
said
to
Elijah
the
Tishbite,
Arise,
go
up
to
meet
the
messengers
of
the
king
of
Samaria,
and
say
unto
them,
Is
it
because
there
is
no
God
in
Israel,
that
ye
go
to
inquire
of
Baal-zebub,
the
god
of
Ekron?
\VS{4}Now
therefore
thus
saith
Jehovah,
Thou shalt
not
come
down
from
the
bed
whither
thou
art
gone
up,
but shalt
surely
die.
And
Elijah
departed.
\par }{\PP \VS{5}And
the
messengers
returned
unto
him,
and
he
said
unto
them,
Why
is
it
that
ye
are
returned?
\VS{6}And
they
said
unto
him,
There
came
up
a
man
to
meet
us,
and
said
unto
us,
Go,
turn
again
unto
the
king
that
sent
you,
and
say
unto
him,
Thus
saith
Jehovah,
Is
it
because
there
is
no
God
in
Israel,
that
thou
sendest
to
inquire
of
Baal-zebub,
the
god
of
Ekron?
therefore
thou shalt
not
come
down
from
the
bed
whither
thou
art
gone
up,
but shalt
surely
die.
\VS{7}And
he
said
unto
them,
What
manner
of
man
was
he
that
came
up
to
meet
you,
and
told
you
these
words?
\VS{8}And
they
answered
him,
He
was
a
hairy
man,
and
girt
with
a
girdle
of
leather
about
his
loins.
And
he
said,
It
is
Elijah
the
Tishbite.
\par }{\PP \VS{9}Then
{\ADD{
the
king}}
sent
unto
him
a
captain
of
fifty
with
his
fifty.
And
he
went
up
to
him:
and,
behold,
he
was
sitting
on
the
top
of
the
hill.
And
he
spake
unto
him,
O
man
of
God,
the
king
hath
said,
Come
down.
\VS{10}And
Elijah
answered
and
said
to
the
captain
of
fifty,
If
I
be
a
man
of
God,
let
fire
come
down
from
heaven,
and
consume
thee
and
thy
fifty.
And
there
came
down
fire
from
heaven,
and
consumed
him
and
his
fifty.
\VS{11}And
again
he
sent
unto
him
another
captain
of
fifty
with
his
fifty.
And
he
answered
and
said
unto
him,
O
man
of
God,
thus
hath
the
king
said,
Come
down
quickly.
\VS{12}And
Elijah
answered
and
said
unto
them,
If
I
be
a
man
of
God,
let
fire
come
down
from
heaven,
and
consume
thee
and
thy
fifty.
And
the
fire
of
God
came
down
from
heaven,
and
consumed
him
and
his
fifty.
\VS{13}And
again
he
sent
the
captain
of
a
third
fifty
with
his
fifty.
And
the
third
captain
of
fifty
went
up,
and
came
and
fell
on
his
knees
before
Elijah,
and
besought
him,
and
said
unto
him,
O
man
of
God,
I
pray
thee,
let
my
life,
and
the
life
of
these
fifty
thy
servants,
be
precious
in
thy
sight.
\VS{14}Behold,
there
came
fire
down
from
heaven,
and
consumed
the
two
former
captains
of
fifty
with
their
fifties;
but
now
let
my
life
be
precious
in
thy
sight.
\VS{15}And
the
angel
of
Jehovah
said
unto
Elijah,
Go
down
with
him:
be
not
afraid
of
him.
And
he
arose,
and
went
down
with
him
unto
the
king.
\VS{16}And
he
said
unto
him,
Thus
saith
Jehovah,
Forasmuch
as
thou
hast
sent
messengers
to
inquire
of
Baal-zebub,
the
god
of
Ekron,
is
it
because
there
is
no
God
in
Israel
to
inquire
of
his
word?
therefore
thou shalt
not
come
down
from
the
bed
whither
thou
art
gone
up,
but shalt
surely
die.
\par }{\PP \VS{17}So
he
died
according
to
the
word
of
Jehovah
which
Elijah
had
spoken.
And
Jehoram
began
to
reign
in
his
stead
in
the
second
year
of
Jehoram
the
son
of
Jehoshaphat
king
of
Judah;
because
he
had
no
son.
\VS{18}Now
the
rest
of
the
acts
of
Ahaziah
which
he
did,
are
they
not
written
in
the
book
of
the
chronicles
of
the
kings
of
Israel?

\par }\Chap{2}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
it
came
to
pass,
when
Jehovah
would
take
up
Elijah
by
a
whirlwind
into
heaven,
that
Elijah
went
with
Elisha
from
Gilgal.
\VS{2}And
Elijah
said
unto
Elisha,
Tarry
here,
I
pray
thee;
for
Jehovah
hath
sent
me
as
far
as
Beth-el.
And
Elisha
said,
As
Jehovah
liveth,
and
as
thy
soul
liveth,
I
will
not
leave
thee.
So
they
went
down
to
Beth-el.
\VS{3}And
the
sons
of
the
prophets
that
were
at
Beth-el
came
forth
to
Elisha,
and
said
unto
him,
Knowest
thou
that
Jehovah
will
take
away
thy
master
from
thy
head to-day?
And
he
said,
Yea,
I
know
it;
hold
ye
your
peace.
\VS{4}And
Elijah
said
unto
him,
Elisha,
tarry
here,
I
pray
thee;
for
Jehovah
hath
sent
me
to
Jericho.
And
he
said,
As
Jehovah
liveth,
and
as
thy
soul
liveth,
I
will
not
leave
thee.
So
they
came
to
Jericho.
\VS{5}And
the
sons
of
the
prophets
that
were
at
Jericho
came
near
to
Elisha,
and
said
unto
him,
Knowest
thou
that
Jehovah
will
take
away
thy
master
from
thy
head to-day?
And
he
answered,
Yea,
I
know
it;
hold
ye
your
peace.
\VS{6}And
Elijah
said
unto
him,
Tarry
here,
I
pray
thee;
for
Jehovah
hath
sent
me
to
the
Jordan.
And
he
said,
As
Jehovah
liveth,
and
as
thy
soul
liveth,
I
will
not
leave
thee.
And
they
two
went
on.
\VS{7}And
fifty
men
of
the
sons
of
the
prophets
went,
and
stood
over
against
them
afar
off:
and
they
two
stood
by
the
Jordan.
\VS{8}And
Elijah
took
his
mantle,
and
wrapped
it
together,
and
smote
the
waters,
and
they
were
divided
hither
and
thither,
so
that
they
two
went
over
on
dry
ground.
\VS{9}And
it
came
to
pass,
when
they
were
gone
over,
that
Elijah
said
unto
Elisha,
Ask
what
I
shall
do
for
thee,
before
I
am
taken
from
thee.
And
Elisha
said,
I
pray
thee,
let
a
double
portion
of
thy
spirit
be
upon
me.
\VS{10}And
he
said,
Thou
hast
asked
a
hard
thing:
{\ADD{
nevertheless}},
if
thou
see
me
when
I
am
taken
from
thee,
it
shall
be
so
unto
thee;
but
if
not,
it
shall
not
be
so.
\VS{11}And
it
came
to
pass,
as
they
still
went
on,
and
talked,
that,
behold,
{\ADD{
there
appeared}}
a
chariot
of
fire,
and
horses
of
fire,
which
parted
them
both
asunder;
and
Elijah
went
up
by
a
whirlwind
into
heaven.
\VS{12}And
Elisha
saw
it,
and
he
cried,
My
father,
my
father,
the
chariots
of
Israel
and
the
horsemen
thereof!
\par }{\PP And
he
saw
him
no
more:
and
he
took
hold
of
his
own
clothes,
and
rent
them
in
two
pieces.
\VS{13}He
took
up
also
the
mantle
of
Elijah
that
fell
from
him,
and
went
back,
and
stood
by
the
bank
of
the
Jordan.
\VS{14}And
he
took
the
mantle
of
Elijah
that
fell
from
him,
and
smote
the
waters,
and
said,
Where
is
Jehovah,
the
God
of
Elijah?
and
when
he
also
had
smitten
the
waters,
they
were
divided
hither
and
thither;
and
Elisha
went
over.
\par }{\PP \VS{15}And
when
the
sons
of
the
prophets
that
were
at
Jericho
over
against
him
saw
him,
they
said,
The
spirit
of
Elijah
doth
rest
on
Elisha.
And
they
came
to
meet
him,
and
bowed
themselves
to
the
ground
before
him.
\VS{16}And
they
said
unto
him,
Behold
now,
there
are
with
thy
servants
fifty
strong
men;
let
them
go,
we
pray
thee,
and
seek
thy
master,
lest
the
Spirit
of
Jehovah
hath
taken
him
up,
and
cast
him
upon
some
mountain,
or
into
some
valley.
And
he
said,
Ye
shall
not
send.
\VS{17}And
when
they
urged
him
till
he
was
ashamed,
he
said,
Send.
They
sent
therefore
fifty
men;
and
they
sought
three
days,
but
found
him
not.
\VS{18}And
they
came
back
to
him,
while
he
tarried
at
Jericho;
and
he
said
unto
them,
Did
I
not
say
unto
you,
Go
not?
\par }{\PP \VS{19}And
the
men
of
the
city
said
unto
Elisha,
Behold,
we
pray
thee,
the
situation
of
this
city
is
pleasant,
as
my
lord
seeth:
but
the
water
is
bad,
and
the
land miscarrieth.
\VS{20}And
he
said,
Bring
me
a
new
cruse,
and
put
salt
therein.
And
they
brought
it
to
him.
\VS{21}And
he
went
forth
unto
the
spring
of
the
waters,
and
cast
salt
therein,
and
said,
Thus
saith
Jehovah,
I
have
healed
these
waters;
there
shall
not
be
from
thence
any
more
death
or
miscarrying.
\VS{22}So
the
waters
were
healed
unto
this
day,
according
to
the
word
of
Elisha
which
he
spake.
\par }{\PP \VS{23}And
he
went
up
from
thence
unto
Beth-el;
and
as
he
was
going
up
by
the
way,
there
came
forth
young
lads
out
of
the
city,
and
mocked
him,
and
said
unto
him,
Go
up,
thou
baldhead;
go
up,
thou
baldhead.
\VS{24}And
he
looked
behind
him
and
saw
them,
and
cursed
them
in
the
name
of
Jehovah.
And
there
came
forth
two she-bears
out
of
the
wood,
and
tare
forty
and
two
lads
of
them.
\VS{25}And
he
went
from
thence
to
mount
Carmel,
and
from
thence
he
returned
to
Samaria.

\par }\Chap{3}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Now
Jehoram
the
son
of
Ahab
began
to
reign
over
Israel
in
Samaria
in
the
eighteenth
year
of
Jehoshaphat
king
of
Judah,
and
reigned
twelve
years.
\VS{2}And
he
did
that
which
was
evil
in
the
sight
of
Jehovah,
but
not
like
his
father,
and
like
his
mother;
for
he
put
away
the
pillar
of
Baal
that
his
father
had
made.
\VS{3}Nevertheless
he
cleaved
unto
the
sins
of
Jeroboam
the
son
of
Nebat,
wherewith
he
made
Israel
to
sin;
he
departed
not therefrom.
\par }{\PP \VS{4}Now
Mesha
king
of
Moab
was
a sheep-master;
and
he
rendered
unto
the
king
of
Israel
the
wool
of
a
hundred
thousand
lambs,
and
of
a
hundred
thousand
rams.
\VS{5}But
it
came
to
pass,
when
Ahab
was
dead,
that
the
king
of
Moab
rebelled
against
the
king
of
Israel.
\VS{6}And
king
Jehoram
went
out
of
Samaria
at
that
time,
and
mustered
all
Israel.
\VS{7}And
he
went
and
sent
to
Jehoshaphat
the
king
of
Judah,
saying,
The
king
of
Moab
hath
rebelled
against
me:
wilt
thou
go
with
me
against
Moab
to
battle?
And
he
said,
I
will
go
up:
I
am
as
thou
art,
my
people
as
thy
people,
my
horses
as
thy
horses.
\VS{8}And
he
said,
Which
way
shall
we
go
up?
And
he
answered,
The
way
of
the
wilderness
of
Edom.
\VS{9}So
the
king
of
Israel
went,
and
the
king
of
Judah,
and
the
king
of
Edom;
and
they
made
a
circuit
of
seven
days’
journey:
and
there
was
no
water
for
the
host,
nor
for
the
beasts
that
followed
them.
\VS{10}And
the
king
of
Israel
said,
Alas!
for
Jehovah
hath
called
these
three
kings
together
to
deliver
them
into
the
hand
of
Moab.
\VS{11}But
Jehoshaphat
said,
Is
there
not
here
a
prophet
of
Jehovah,
that
we
may
inquire
of
Jehovah
by
him?
And
one
of
the
king
of
Israel’s
servants
answered
and
said,
Elisha
the
son
of
Shaphat
is
here,
who
poured
water
on
the
hands
of
Elijah.
\VS{12}And
Jehoshaphat
said,
The
word
of
Jehovah
is
with
him.
So
the
king
of
Israel
and
Jehoshaphat
and
the
king
of
Edom
went
down
to
him.
\par }{\PP \VS{13}And
Elisha
said
unto
the
king
of
Israel,
What
have
I
to
do
with
thee?
get
thee
to
the
prophets
of
thy
father,
and
to
the
prophets
of
thy
mother.
And
the
king
of
Israel
said
unto
him,
Nay;
for
Jehovah
hath
called
these
three
kings
together
to
deliver
them
into
the
hand
of
Moab.
\VS{14}And
Elisha
said,
As
Jehovah
of
hosts
liveth,
before
whom
I
stand,
surely,
were
it
not
that
I
regard
the
presence
of
Jehoshaphat
the
king
of
Judah,
I
would
not
look
toward
thee,
nor
see
thee.
\VS{15}But
now
bring
me
a
minstrel.
And
it
came
to
pass,
when
the
minstrel
played,
that
the
hand
of
Jehovah
came
upon
him.
\VS{16}And
he
said,
Thus
saith
Jehovah,
Make
this
valley
full
of
trenches.
\VS{17}For
thus
saith
Jehovah,
Ye
shall
not
see
wind,
neither
shall
ye
see
rain;
yet
that
valley
shall
be
filled
with
water,
and
ye
shall
drink,
both
ye
and
your
cattle
and
your
beasts.
\VS{18}And
this
is
but
a
light
thing
in
the
sight
of
Jehovah:
he
will
also
deliver
the
Moabites
into
your
hand.
\VS{19}And
ye
shall
smite
every
fortified
city,
and
every
choice
city,
and
shall
fell
every
good
tree,
and
stop
all
fountains
of
water,
and
mar
every
good
piece
of
land
with
stones.
\VS{20}And
it
came
to
pass
in
the
morning,
about
the
time
of
offering
the
oblation,
that,
behold,
there
came
water
by
the
way
of
Edom,
and
the
country
was
filled
with
water.
\par }{\PP \VS{21}Now
when
all
the
Moabites
heard
that
the
kings
were
come
up
to
fight
against
them,
they
gathered
themselves
together,
all
that
were
able
to
put
on
armor,
and
upward,
and
stood
on
the
border.
\VS{22}And
they
rose
up
early
in
the
morning,
and
the
sun
shone
upon
the
water,
and
the
Moabites
saw
the
water
over
against
them
as
red
as
blood:
\VS{23}and
they
said,
This
is
blood;
the
kings
are
surely
destroyed,
and
they
have
smitten
each
man
his
fellow:
now
therefore,
Moab,
to
the
spoil.
\VS{24}And
when
they
came
to
the
camp
of
Israel,
the
Israelites
rose
up
and
smote
the
Moabites,
so
that
they
fled
before
them;
and
they
went
forward
into
the
land
smiting
the
Moabites.
\VS{25}And
they
beat
down
the
cities;
and
on
every
good
piece
of
land
they
cast
every
man
his
stone,
and
filled
it;
and
they
stopped
all
the
fountains
of
water,
and
felled
all
the
good
trees,
until
in
Kir-hareseth
{\ADD{
only}}
they
left
the
stones
thereof;
howbeit
the
slingers
went
about
it,
and
smote
it.
\VS{26}And
when
the
king
of
Moab
saw
that
the
battle
was
too
sore
for
him,
he
took
with
him
seven
hundred
men
that
drew
sword,
to
break
through
unto
the
king
of
Edom;
but
they
could
not.
\VS{27}Then
he
took
his
eldest
son
that
should
have
reigned
in
his
stead,
and
offered
him
for
a burnt-offering
upon
the
wall.
And
there
was
great
wrath
against
Israel:
and
they
departed
from
him,
and
returned
to
their
own
land.

\par }\Chap{4}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Now
there
cried
a
certain
woman
of
the
wives
of
the
sons
of
the
prophets
unto
Elisha,
saying,
Thy
servant
my
husband
is
dead;
and
thou
knowest
that
thy
servant
did
fear
Jehovah:
and
the
creditor
is
come
to
take
unto
him
my
two
children
to
be
bondmen.
\VS{2}And
Elisha
said
unto
her,
What
shall
I
do
for
thee?
tell
me;
what
hast
thou
in
the
house?
And
she
said,
Thy
handmaid
hath
not
anything
in
the
house,
save
a
pot
of
oil.
\VS{3}Then
he
said,
Go,
borrow
thee
vessels
abroad
of
all
thy
neighbors,
even
empty
vessels;
borrow
not
a
few.
\VS{4}And
thou shalt
go
in,
and
shut
the
door
upon
thee
and
upon
thy
sons,
and
pour
out
into
all
those
vessels;
and
thou shalt
set
aside
that
which
is
full.
\VS{5}So
she
went
from
him,
and
shut
the
door
upon
her
and
upon
her
sons;
they
brought
{\ADD{
the
vessels}}
to
her,
and
she
poured
out.
\VS{6}And
it
came
to
pass,
when
the
vessels
were
full,
that
she
said
unto
her
son,
Bring
me
yet
a
vessel.
And
he
said
unto
her,
There
is
not
a
vessel
more.
And
the
oil
stayed.
\VS{7}Then
she
came
and
told
the
man
of
God.
And
he
said,
Go,
sell
the
oil,
and
pay
thy
debt,
and
live
thou
and
thy
sons
of
the
rest.
\par }{\PP \VS{8}And
it
fell
on
a
day,
that
Elisha
passed
to
Shunem,
where
was
a
great
woman;
and
she
constrained
him
to
eat
bread.
And
so
it
was,
that
as
oft
as
he
passed
by,
he
turned
in
thither
to
eat
bread.
\VS{9}And
she
said
unto
her
husband,
Behold
now,
I
perceive
that
this
is
a
holy
man
of
God,
that
passeth
by
us
continually.
\VS{10}Let
us
make,
I
pray
thee,
a
little
chamber
on
the
wall;
and
let
us
set
for
him
there
a
bed,
and
a
table,
and
a
seat,
and
a
candlestick:
and
it
shall
be,
when
he
cometh
to
us,
that
he
shall
turn
in
thither.
\VS{11}And
it
fell
on
a
day,
that
he
came
thither,
and
he
turned
into
the
chamber
and
lay
there.
\VS{12}And
he
said
to
Gehazi
his
servant,
Call
this
Shunammite.
And
when
he
had
called
her,
she
stood
before
him.
\VS{13}And
he
said
unto
him,
Say
now
unto
her,
Behold,
thou
hast
been
careful
for
us
with
all
this
care;
what
is
to
be
done
for
thee?
wouldest
thou
be
spoken
for
to
the
king,
or
to
the
captain
of
the
host?
And
she
answered,
I
dwell
among
mine
own
people.
\VS{14}And
he
said,
What
then
is
to
be
done
for
her?
And
Gehazi
answered,
Verily
she
hath
no
son,
and
her
husband
is
old.
\VS{15}And
he
said,
Call
her.
And
when
he
had
called
her,
she
stood
in
the
door.
\VS{16}And
he
said,
At
this
season,
when
the
time
cometh
round,
thou shalt
embrace
a
son.
And
she
said,
Nay,
my
lord,
thou
man
of
God,
do
not
lie
unto
thy
handmaid.
\par }{\PP \VS{17}And
the
woman
conceived,
and
bare
a
son
at
that
season,
when
the
time
came
round,
as
Elisha
had
said
unto
her.
\VS{18}And
when
the
child
was
grown,
it
fell
on
a
day,
that
he
went
out
to
his
father
to
the
reapers.
\VS{19}And
he
said
unto
his
father,
My
head,
my
head.
And
he
said
to
his
servant,
Carry
him
to
his
mother.
\VS{20}And
when
he
had
taken
him,
and
brought
him
to
his
mother,
he
sat
on
her
knees
till
noon,
and
then
died.
\VS{21}And
she
went
up
and
laid
him
on
the
bed
of
the
man
of
God,
and
shut
{\ADD{
the
door}}
upon
him,
and
went
out.
\VS{22}And
she
called
unto
her
husband,
and
said,
Send
me,
I
pray
thee,
one
of
the
servants,
and
one
of
the
asses,
that
I
may
run
to
the
man
of
God,
and
come
again.
\VS{23}And
he
said,
Wherefore
wilt
thou
go
to
him to-day?
it
is
neither
new
moon
nor
sabbath.
And
she
said,
It
shall
be
well.
\VS{24}Then
she
saddled
an
ass,
and
said
to
her
servant,
Drive,
and
go
forward; slacken
me
not
the
riding,
except
I
bid
thee.
\VS{25}So
she
went,
and
came
unto
the
man
of
God
to
mount
Carmel.
\par }{\PP And
it
came
to
pass,
when
the
man
of
God
saw
her
afar
off,
that
he
said
to
Gehazi
his
servant,
Behold,
yonder
is
the
Shunammite:
\VS{26}run,
I
pray
thee,
now
to
meet
her,
and
say
unto
her,
Is
it
well
with
thee?
is
it
well
with
thy
husband?
is
it
well
with
the
child?
And
she
answered,
It
is
well.
\VS{27}And
when
she
came
to
the
man
of
God
to
the
hill,
she
caught
hold
of
his
feet.
And
Gehazi
came
near
to
thrust
her
away;
but
the
man
of
God
said,
Let
her
alone:
for
her
soul
is
vexed
within
her;
and
Jehovah
hath
hid
it
from
me,
and
hath
not
told
me.
\VS{28}Then
she
said,
Did
I
desire
a
son
of
my
lord?
did
I
not
say,
Do
not
deceive
me?
\VS{29}Then
he
said
to
Gehazi,
Gird
up
thy
loins,
and
take
my
staff
in
thy
hand,
and
go
thy
way:
if
thou
meet
any
man,
salute
him
not;
and
if
any
salute
thee,
answer
him
not
again:
and
lay
my
staff
upon
the
face
of
the
child.
\VS{30}And
the
mother
of
the
child
said,
As
Jehovah
liveth,
and
as
thy
soul
liveth,
I
will
not
leave
thee.
And
he
arose,
and
followed
her.
\VS{31}And
Gehazi
passed
on
before
them,
and
laid
the
staff
upon
the
face
of
the
child;
but
there
was
neither
voice,
nor
hearing.
Wherefore
he
returned
to
meet
him,
and
told
him,
saying,
The
child
is
not
awaked.
\par }{\PP \VS{32}And
when
Elisha
was
come
into
the
house,
behold,
the
child
was
dead,
and
laid
upon
his
bed.
\VS{33}He
went
in
therefore,
and
shut
the
door
upon
them
twain,
and
prayed
unto
Jehovah.
\VS{34}And
he
went
up,
and
lay
upon
the
child,
and
put
his
mouth
upon
his
mouth,
and
his
eyes
upon
his
eyes,
and
his
hands
upon
his
hands:
and
he
stretched
himself
upon
him;
and
the
flesh
of
the
child
waxed
warm.
\VS{35}Then
he
returned,
and
walked
in
the
house
once
to
and
fro;
and
went
up,
and
stretched
himself
upon
him:
and
the
child
sneezed
seven
times,
and
the
child
opened
his
eyes.
\VS{36}And
he
called
Gehazi,
and
said,
Call
this
Shunammite.
So
he
called
her.
And
when
she
was
come
in
unto
him,
he
said,
Take
up
thy
son.
\VS{37}Then
she
went
in,
and
fell
at
his
feet,
and
bowed
herself
to
the
ground;
and
she
took
up
her
son,
and
went
out.
\par }{\PP \VS{38}And
Elisha
came
again
to
Gilgal.
And
there
was
a
dearth
in
the
land;
and
the
sons
of
the
prophets
were
sitting
before
him;
and
he
said
unto
his
servant,
Set
on
the
great
pot,
and
boil
pottage
for
the
sons
of
the
prophets.
\VS{39}And
one
went
out
into
the
field
to
gather
herbs,
and
found
a
wild
vine,
and
gathered
thereof
wild
gourds
his
lap
full,
and
came
and
shred
them
into
the
pot
of
pottage;
for
they
knew
them
not.
\VS{40}So
they
poured
out
for
the
men
to
eat.
And
it
came
to
pass,
as
they
were
eating
of
the
pottage,
that
they
cried
out,
and
said,
O
man
of
God,
there
is
death
in
the
pot.
And
they
could
not
eat
thereof.
\VS{41}But
he
said,
Then
bring
meal.
And
he
cast
it
into
the
pot;
and
he
said,
Pour
out
for
the
people,
that
they
may
eat.
And
there
was
no
harm
in
the
pot.
\par }{\PP \VS{42}And
there
came
a
man
from
Baal-shalishah,
and
brought
the
man
of
God
bread
of
the first-fruits,
twenty
loaves
of
barley,
and
fresh
ears
of
grain
in
his
sack.
And
he
said,
Give
unto
the
people,
that
they
may
eat.
\VS{43}And
his
servant
said,
What,
should
I
set
this
before
a
hundred
men?
But
he
said,
Give
the
people,
that
they
may
eat;
for
thus
saith
Jehovah,
They
shall
eat,
and
shall
leave
thereof.
\VS{44}So
he
set
it
before
them,
and
they
did
eat,
and
left
thereof,
according
to
the
word
of
Jehovah.

\par }\Chap{5}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Now
Naaman,
captain
of
the
host
of
the
king
of
Syria,
was
a
great
man
with
his
master,
and
honorable,
because
by
him
Jehovah
had
given
victory
unto
Syria:
he
was
also
a
mighty
man
of
valor,
{\ADD{
but
he
was}}
a
leper.
\VS{2}And
the
Syrians
had
gone
out
in
bands,
and
had
brought
away
captive
out
of
the
land
of
Israel
a
little
maiden;
and
she
waited
on
Naaman’s
wife.
\VS{3}And
she
said
unto
her
mistress,
Would
that
my
lord
were
with
the
prophet
that
is
in
Samaria!
then
would
he
recover
him
of
his
leprosy.
\VS{4}And
one
went
in,
and
told
his
lord,
saying,
Thus
and
thus
said
the
maiden
that
is
of
the
land
of
Israel.
\VS{5}And
the
king
of
Syria
said,
Go
now,
and
I
will
send
a
letter
unto
the
king
of
Israel.
And
he
departed,
and
took
with
him
ten
talents
of
silver,
and
six
thousand
{\ADD{
pieces}}
of
gold,
and
ten
changes
of
raiment.
\VS{6}And
he
brought
the
letter
to
the
king
of
Israel,
saying,
And
now
when
this
letter
is
come
unto
thee,
behold,
I
have
sent
Naaman
my
servant
to
thee,
that
thou
mayest
recover
him
of
his
leprosy.
\VS{7}And
it
came
to
pass,
when
the
king
of
Israel
had
read
the
letter,
that
he
rent
his
clothes,
and
said,
Am
I
God,
to
kill
and
to
make
alive,
that
this
man
doth
send
unto
me
to
recover
a
man
of
his
leprosy?
but
consider,
I
pray
you,
and
see
how
he
seeketh
a
quarrel
against
me.
\par }{\PP \VS{8}And
it
was
so,
when
Elisha
the
man
of
God
heard
that
the
king
of
Israel
had
rent
his
clothes,
that
he
sent
to
the
king,
saying,
Wherefore
hast
thou
rent
thy
clothes?
let
him
come
now
to
me,
and
he
shall
know
that
there
is
a
prophet
in
Israel.
\VS{9}So
Naaman
came
with
his
horses
and
with
his
chariots,
and
stood
at
the
door
of
the
house
of
Elisha.
\VS{10}And
Elisha
sent
a
messenger
unto
him,
saying,
Go
and
wash
in
the
Jordan
seven
times,
and
thy
flesh
shall
come
again
to
thee,
and
thou shalt
be
clean.
\VS{11}But
Naaman
was
wroth,
and
went
away,
and
said,
Behold,
I
thought,
He
will
surely
come
out
to
me,
and
stand,
and
call
on
the
name
of
Jehovah
his
God,
and
wave
his
hand
over
the
place,
and
recover
the
leper.
\VS{12}Are
not
Abanah
and
Pharpar,
the
rivers
of
Damascus,
better
than
all
the
waters
of
Israel?
may
I
not
wash
in
them,
and
be
clean?
So
he
turned
and
went
away
in
a
rage.
\VS{13}And
his
servants
came
near,
and
spake
unto
him,
and
said,
My
father,
if
the
prophet
had
bid
thee
do
some
great
thing,
wouldest
thou
not
have
done
it?
how
much
rather
then,
when
he
saith
to
thee,
Wash,
and
be
clean?
\VS{14}Then
went
he
down,
and
dipped
{\ADD{
himself}}
seven
times
in
the
Jordan,
according
to
the
saying
of
the
man
of
God;
and
his
flesh
came
again
like
unto
the
flesh
of
a
little
child,
and
he
was
clean.
\par }{\PP \VS{15}And
he
returned
to
the
man
of
God,
he
and
all
his
company,
and
came,
and
stood
before
him;
and
he
said,
Behold
now,
I
know
that
there
is
no
God
in
all
the
earth,
but
in
Israel:
now
therefore,
I
pray
thee,
take
a
present
of
thy
servant.
\VS{16}But
he
said,
As
Jehovah
liveth,
before
whom
I
stand,
I
will
receive
none.
And
he
urged
him
to
take
it;
but
he
refused.
\VS{17}And
Naaman
said,
If
not,
yet,
I
pray
thee,
let
there
be
given
to
thy
servant
two
mules’
burden
of
earth;
for
thy
servant
will
henceforth
offer
neither burnt-offering
nor
sacrifice
unto
other
gods,
but
unto
Jehovah.
\VS{18}In
this
thing
Jehovah
pardon
thy
servant:
when
my
master
goeth
into
the
house
of
Rimmon
to
worship
there,
and
he
leaneth
on
my
hand,
and
I
bow
myself
in
the
house
of
Rimmon,
when
I
bow
myself
in
the
house
of
Rimmon,
Jehovah
pardon
thy
servant
in
this
thing.
\VS{19}And
he
said
unto
him,
Go
in
peace.
So
he
departed
from
him
a
little
way.
\par }{\PP \VS{20}But
Gehazi
the
servant
of
Elisha
the
man
of
God,
said,
Behold,
my
master
hath
spared
this
Naaman
the
Syrian,
in
not
receiving
at
his
hands
that
which
he
brought:
as
Jehovah
liveth,
I
will
run
after
him,
and
take
somewhat
of
him.
\VS{21}So
Gehazi
followed
after
Naaman.
And
when
Naaman
saw
one
running
after
him,
he
alighted
from
the
chariot
to
meet
him,
and
said,
Is
all
well?
\VS{22}And
he
said,
All
is
well.
My
master
hath
sent
me,
saying,
Behold,
even
now
there
are
come
to
me
from
the hill-country
of
Ephraim
two
young
men
of
the
sons
of
the
prophets;
give
them,
I
pray
thee,
a
talent
of
silver,
and
two
changes
of
raiment.
\VS{23}And
Naaman
said,
Be
pleased
to
take
two
talents.
And
he
urged
him,
and
bound
two
talents
of
silver
in
two
bags,
with
two
changes
of
raiment,
and
laid
them
upon
two
of
his
servants;
and
they
bare
them
before
him.
\VS{24}And
when
he
came
to
the
hill,
he
took
them
from
their
hand,
and
bestowed
them
in
the
house;
and
he
let
the
men
go,
and
they
departed.
\VS{25}But
he
went
in,
and
stood
before
his
master.
And
Elisha
said
unto
him,
Whence
comest
thou,
Gehazi?
And
he
said,
Thy
servant
went
no
whither.
\VS{26}And
he
said
unto
him,
Went
not
my
heart
{\ADD{
with
thee}},
when
the
man
turned
from
his
chariot
to
meet
thee?
Is
it
a
time
to
receive
money,
and
to
receive
garments,
and
oliveyards
and
vineyards,
and
sheep
and
oxen,
and men-servants
and maid-servants?
\VS{27}The
leprosy
therefore
of
Naaman
shall
cleave
unto
thee,
and
unto
thy
seed
for
ever.
And
he
went
out
from
his
presence
a
leper
{\ADD{
as
white}}
as
snow.

\par }\Chap{6}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
the
sons
of
the
prophets
said
unto
Elisha,
Behold
now,
the
place
where
we
dwell
before
thee
is
too
strait
for
us.
\VS{2}Let
us
go,
we
pray
thee,
unto
the
Jordan,
and
take
thence
every
man
a
beam,
and
let
us
make
us
a
place
there,
where
we
may
dwell.
And
he
answered,
Go
ye.
\VS{3}And
one
said,
Be
pleased,
I
pray
thee,
to
go
with
thy
servants.
And
he
answered,
I
will
go.
\VS{4}So
he
went
with
them.
And
when
they
came
to
the
Jordan,
they
cut
down
wood.
\VS{5}But
as
one
was
felling
a
beam,
the axe-head
fell
into
the
water;
and
he
cried,
and
said,
Alas,
my
master!
for
it
was
borrowed.
\VS{6}And
the
man
of
God
said,
Where
fell
it?
And
he
showed
him
the
place.
And
he
cut
down
a
stick,
and
cast
it
in
thither,
and
made
the
iron
to
swim.
\VS{7}And
he
said,
Take
it
up
to
thee.
So
he
put
out
his
hand,
and
took
it.
\par }{\PP \VS{8}Now
the
king
of
Syria
was
warring
against
Israel;
and
he
took
counsel
with
his
servants,
saying,
In
such
and
such
a
place
shall
be
my
camp.
\VS{9}And
the
man
of
God
sent
unto
the
king
of
Israel,
saying,
Beware
that
thou
pass
not
such
a
place;
for
thither
the
Syrians
are
coming
down.
\VS{10}And
the
king
of
Israel
sent
to
the
place
which
the
man
of
God
told
him
and
warned
him
of;
and
he
saved
himself
there,
not
once
nor
twice.
\VS{11}And
the
heart
of
the
king
of
Syria
was
sore
troubled
for
this
thing;
and
he
called
his
servants,
and
said
unto
them,
Will
ye
not
show
me
which
of
us
is
for
the
king
of
Israel?
\VS{12}And
one
of
his
servants
said,
Nay,
my
lord,
O
king;
but
Elisha,
the
prophet
that
is
in
Israel,
telleth
the
king
of
Israel
the
words
that
thou
speakest
in
thy
bedchamber.
\VS{13}And
he
said,
Go
and
see
where
he
is,
that
I
may
send
and
fetch
him.
And
it
was
told
him,
saying,
Behold,
he
is
in
Dothan.
\par }{\PP \VS{14}Therefore
sent
he
thither
horses,
and
chariots,
and
a
great
host:
and
they
came
by
night,
and
compassed
the
city
about.
\VS{15}And
when
the
servant
of
the
man
of
God
was
risen
early,
and
gone
forth,
behold,
a
host
with
horses
and
chariots
was
round
about
the
city.
And
his
servant
said
unto
him,
Alas,
my
master!
how
shall
we
do?
\VS{16}And
he
answered,
Fear
not;
for
they
that
are
with
us
are
more
than
they
that
are
with
them.
\VS{17}And
Elisha
prayed,
and
said,
Jehovah,
I
pray
thee,
open
his
eyes,
that
he
may
see.
And
Jehovah
opened
the
eyes
of
the
young
man;
and
he
saw:
and,
behold,
the
mountain
was
full
of
horses
and
chariots
of
fire
round
about
Elisha.
\VS{18}And
when
they
came
down
to
him,
Elisha
prayed
unto
Jehovah,
and
said,
Smite
this
people,
I
pray
thee,
with
blindness.
And
he
smote
them
with
blindness
according
to
the
word
of
Elisha.
\VS{19}And
Elisha
said
unto
them,
This
is
not
the
way,
neither
is
this
the
city:
follow
me,
and
I
will
bring
you
to
the
man
whom
ye
seek.
And
he
led
them
to
Samaria.
\par }{\PP \VS{20}And
it
came
to
pass,
when
they
were
come
into
Samaria,
that
Elisha
said,
Jehovah,
open
the
eyes
of
these
men,
that
they
may
see.
And
Jehovah
opened
their
eyes,
and
they
saw;
and,
behold,
they
were
in
the
midst
of
Samaria.
\VS{21}And
the
king
of
Israel
said
unto
Elisha,
when
he
saw
them,
My
father,
shall
I
smite
them?
shall
I
smite
them?
\VS{22}And
he
answered,
Thou shalt
not
smite
them:
wouldest
thou
smite
those
whom
thou
hast
taken
captive
with
thy
sword
and
with
thy
bow?
set
bread
and
water
before
them,
that
they
may
eat
and
drink,
and
go
to
their
master.
\VS{23}And
he
prepared
great
provision
for
them;
and
when
they
had
eaten
and
drunk,
he
sent
them
away,
and
they
went
to
their
master.
And
the
bands
of
Syria
came
no
more
into
the
land
of
Israel.
\par }{\PP \VS{24}And
it
came
to
pass
after
this,
that
Ben-hadad
king
of
Syria
gathered
all
his
host,
and
went
up,
and
besieged
Samaria.
\VS{25}And
there
was
a
great
famine
in
Samaria:
and,
behold,
they
besieged
it,
until
an
ass’s
head
was
sold
for
fourscore
{\ADD{
pieces}}
of
silver,
and
the
fourth
part
of
a
kab
of
dove’s
dung
for
five
{\ADD{
pieces}}
of
silver.
\VS{26}And
as
the
king
of
Israel
was
passing
by
upon
the
wall,
there
cried
a
woman
unto
him,
saying,
Help,
my
lord,
O
king.
\VS{27}And
he
said,
If
Jehovah
do
not
help
thee,
whence
shall
I
help
thee?
out
of
the threshing-floor,
or
out
of
the
winepress?
\VS{28}And
the
king
said
unto
her,
What aileth
thee?
And
she
answered,
This
woman
said
unto
me,
Give
thy
son,
that
we
may
eat
him to-day,
and
we
will
eat
my
son to-morrow.
\VS{29}So
we
boiled
my
son,
and
did
eat
him:
and
I
said
unto
her
on
the
next
day,
Give
thy
son,
that
we
may
eat
him;
and
she
hath
hid
her
son.
\VS{30}And
it
came
to
pass,
when
the
king
heard
the
words
of
the
woman,
that
he
rent
his
clothes (now
he
was
passing
by
upon
the
wall);
and
the
people
looked,
and,
behold,
he
had
sackcloth
within
upon
his
flesh.
\VS{31}Then
he
said,
God
do
so
to
me,
and
more
also,
if
the
head
of
Elisha
the
son
of
Shaphat
shall
stand
on
him
this
day.
\par }{\PP \VS{32}But
Elisha
was
sitting
in
his
house,
and
the
elders
were
sitting
with
him;
and
{\ADD{
the
king}}
sent
a
man
from
before
him:
but
ere
the
messenger
came
to
him,
he
said
to
the
elders,
See
ye
how
this
son
of
a
murderer
hath
sent
to
take
away
my
head?
look,
when
the
messenger
cometh,
shut
the
door,
and
hold
the
door
fast
against
him:
is
not
the
sound
of
his
master’s
feet
behind
him?
\VS{33}And
while
he
was
yet
talking
with
them,
behold,
the
messenger
came
down
unto
him:
and
he
said,
Behold,
this
evil
is
of
Jehovah;
why
should
I
wait
for
Jehovah
any
longer?

\Chap{7}\VerseOne{1}And
Elisha
said,
Hear
ye
the
word
of
Jehovah:
thus
saith
Jehovah, To-morrow
about
this
time
shall
a
measure
of
fine
flour
be
{\ADD{
sold}}
for
a
shekel,
and
two
measures
of
barley
for
a
shekel,
in
the
gate
of
Samaria.
\VS{2}Then
the
captain
on
whose
hand
the
king
leaned
answered
the
man
of
God,
and
said,
Behold,
if
Jehovah
should
make
windows
in
heaven,
might
this
thing
be?
And
he
said,
Behold,
thou shalt
see
it
with
thine
eyes,
but shalt
not
eat
thereof.
\par }{\PP \VS{3}Now
there
were
four
leprous
men
at
the
entrance
of
the
gate:
and
they
said
one
to
another,
Why
sit
we
here
until
we
die?
\VS{4}If
we
say,
We
will
enter
into
the
city,
then
the
famine
is
in
the
city,
and
we
shall
die
there;
and
if
we
sit
still
here,
we
die
also.
Now
therefore
come,
and
let
us
fall
unto
the
host
of
the
Syrians:
if
they
save
us
alive,
we
shall
live;
and
if
they
kill
us,
we
shall
but
die.
\VS{5}And
they
rose
up
in
the
twilight,
to
go
unto
the
camp
of
the
Syrians;
and
when
they
were
come
to
the
outermost
part
of
the
camp
of
the
Syrians,
behold,
there
was
no
man
there.
\VS{6}For
the
Lord
had
made
the
host
of
the
Syrians
to
hear
a
noise
of
chariots,
and
a
noise
of
horses,
even
the
noise
of
a
great
host:
and
they
said
one
to
another,
Lo,
the
king
of
Israel
hath
hired
against
us
the
kings
of
the
Hittites,
and
the
kings
of
the
Egyptians,
to
come
upon
us.
\VS{7}Wherefore
they
arose
and
fled
in
the
twilight,
and
left
their
tents,
and
their
horses,
and
their
asses,
even
the
camp
as
it
was,
and
fled
for
their
life.
\VS{8}And
when
these
lepers
came
to
the
outermost
part
of
the
camp,
they
went
into
one
tent,
and
did
eat
and
drink,
and
carried
thence
silver,
and
gold,
and
raiment,
and
went
and
hid
it;
and
they
came
back,
and
entered
into
another
tent,
and
carried
thence
also,
and
went
and
hid
it.
\par }{\PP \VS{9}Then
they
said
one
to
another,
We
do
not
well;
this
day
is
a
day
of
good
tidings,
and
we
hold
our
peace:
if
we
tarry
till
the
morning
light,
punishment
will
overtake
us;
now
therefore
come,
let
us
go
and
tell
the
king’s
household.
\VS{10}So
they
came
and
called
unto
the
porter
of
the
city;
and
they
told
them,
saying,
We
came
to
the
camp
of
the
Syrians,
and,
behold,
there
was
no
man
there,
neither
voice
of
man,
but
the
horses
tied,
and
the
asses
tied,
and
the
tents
as
they
were.
\VS{11}And
he
called
the
porters;
and
they
told
it
to
the
king’s
household
within.
\VS{12}And
the
king
arose
in
the
night,
and
said
unto
his
servants,
I
will
now
show
you
what
the
Syrians
have
done
to
us.
They
know
that
we
are
hungry;
therefore
are
they
gone
out
of
the
camp
to
hide
themselves
in
the
field,
saying,
When
they
come
out
of
the
city,
we
shall
take
them
alive,
and
get
into
the
city.
\VS{13}And
one
of
his
servants
answered
and
said,
Let
some
take,
I
pray
thee,
five
of
the
horses
that
remain,
which
are
left
in
the
city (behold,
they
are
as
all
the
multitude
of
Israel
that
are
left
in
it;
behold,
they
are
as
all
the
multitude
of
Israel
that
are
consumed);
and
let
us
send
and
see.
\VS{14}They
took
therefore
two
chariots
with
horses;
and
the
king
sent
after
the
host
of
the
Syrians,
saying,
Go
and
see.
\VS{15}And
they
went
after
them
unto
the
Jordan:
and,
lo,
all
the
way
was
full
of
garments
and
vessels,
which
the
Syrians
had
cast
away
in
their
haste.
And
the
messengers
returned,
and
told
the
king.
\par }{\PP \VS{16}And
the
people
went
out,
and
plundered
the
camp
of
the
Syrians.
So
a
measure
of
fine
flour
was
{\ADD{
sold}}
for
a
shekel,
and
two
measures
of
barley
for
a
shekel,
according
to
the
word
of
Jehovah.
\VS{17}And
the
king
appointed
the
captain
on
whose
hand
he
leaned
to
have
the
charge
of
the
gate:
and
the
people
trod
upon
him
in
the
gate,
and
he
died
as
the
man
of
God
had
said,
who
spake
when
the
king
came
down
to
him.
\VS{18}And
it
came
to
pass,
as
the
man
of
God
had
spoken
to
the
king,
saying,
Two
measures
of
barley
for
a
shekel,
and
a
measure
of
fine
flour
for
a
shekel,
shall
be to-morrow
about
this
time
in
the
gate
of
Samaria;
\VS{19}and
that
captain
answered
the
man
of
God,
and
said,
Now,
behold,
if
Jehovah
should
make
windows
in
heaven,
might
such
a
thing
be?
and
he
said,
Behold,
thou shalt
see
it
with
thine
eyes,
but shalt
not
eat
thereof:
\VS{20}it
came
to
pass
even
so
unto
him;
for
the
people
trod
upon
him
in
the
gate,
and
he
died.

\par }\Chap{8}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Now
Elisha
had
spoken
unto
the
woman,
whose
son
he
had
restored
to
life,
saying,
Arise,
and
go
thou
and
thy
household,
and
sojourn
wheresoever
thou
canst
sojourn:
for
Jehovah
hath
called
for
a
famine;
and
it
shall
also
come
upon
the
land
seven
years.
\VS{2}And
the
woman
arose,
and
did
according
to
the
word
of
the
man
of
God;
and
she
went
with
her
household,
and
sojourned
in
the
land
of
the
Philistines
seven
years.
\VS{3}And
it
came
to
pass
at
the
seven
years’
end,
that
the
woman
returned
out
of
the
land
of
the
Philistines:
and
she
went
forth
to
cry
unto
the
king
for
her
house
and
for
her
land.
\VS{4}Now
the
king
was
talking
with
Gehazi
the
servant
of
the
man
of
God,
saying,
Tell
me,
I
pray
thee,
all
the
great
things
that
Elisha
hath
done.
\VS{5}And
it
came
to
pass,
as
he
was
telling
the
king
how
he
had
restored
to
life
him
that
was
dead,
that,
behold,
the
woman,
whose
son
he
had
restored
to
life,
cried
to
the
king
for
her
house
and
for
her
land.
And
Gehazi
said,
My
lord,
O
king,
this
is
the
woman,
and
this
is
her
son,
whom
Elisha
restored
to
life.
\VS{6}And
when
the
king
asked
the
woman,
she
told
him.
So
the
king
appointed
unto
her
a
certain
officer,
saying,
Restore
all
that
was hers,
and
all
the
fruits
of
the
field
since
the
day
that
she
left
the
land,
even
until
now.
\par }{\PP \VS{7}And
Elisha
came
to
Damascus;
and
Ben-hadad
the
king
of
Syria
was
sick;
and
it
was
told
him,
saying,
The
man
of
God
is
come
hither.
\VS{8}And
the
king
said
unto
Hazael,
Take
a
present
in
thy
hand,
and
go,
meet
the
man
of
God,
and
inquire
of
Jehovah
by
him,
saying,
Shall
I
recover
of
this
sickness?
\VS{9}So
Hazael
went
to
meet
him,
and
took
a
present
with
him,
even
of
every
good
thing
of
Damascus,
forty
camels’
burden,
and
came
and
stood
before
him,
and
said,
Thy
son
Ben-hadad
king
of
Syria
hath
sent
me
to
thee,
saying,
Shall
I
recover
of
this
sickness?
\VS{10}And
Elisha
said
unto
him,
Go,
say
unto
him,
Thou shalt
surely
recover;
howbeit
Jehovah
hath
showed
me
that
he
shall
surely
die.
\VS{11}And
he
settled
his
countenance
stedfastly
{\ADD{
upon
him}},
until
he
was
ashamed:
and
the
man
of
God
wept.
\VS{12}And
Hazael
said,
Why
weepeth
my
lord?
And
he
answered,
Because
I
know
the
evil
that
thou
wilt
do
unto
the
children
of
Israel:
their
strongholds
wilt
thou
set
on
fire,
and
their
young
men
wilt
thou
slay
with
the
sword,
and
wilt
dash
in
pieces
their
little
ones,
and
rip
up
their
women
with
child.
\VS{13}And
Hazael
said,
But
what
is
thy
servant,
who
is
but
a
dog,
that
he
should
do
this
great
thing?
And
Elisha
answered,
Jehovah
hath
showed
me
that
thou shalt
be
king
over
Syria.
\VS{14}Then
he
departed
from
Elisha,
and
came
to
his
master;
who
said
to
him,
What
said
Elisha
to
thee?
And
he
answered,
He
told
me
that
thou
wouldest
surely
recover.
\VS{15}And
it
came
to
pass
on
the
morrow,
that
he
took
the coverlet,
and
dipped
it
in
water,
and
spread
it
on
his
face,
so
that
he
died:
and
Hazael
reigned
in
his
stead.
\par }{\PP \VS{16}And
in
the
fifth
year
of
Joram
the
son
of
Ahab
king
of
Israel,
Jehoshaphat
being
then
king
of
Judah,
Jehoram
the
son
of
Jehoshaphat
king
of
Judah
began
to
reign.
\VS{17}Thirty
and
two
years
old
was
he
when
he
began
to
reign;
and
he
reigned
eight
years
in
Jerusalem.
\VS{18}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{19}Howbeit
Jehovah
would
not
destroy
Judah,
for
David
his
servant’s
sake,
as
he
promised
him
to
give
unto
him
a
lamp
for
his
children
alway.
\par }{\PP \VS{20}In
his
days
Edom
revolted
from
under
the
hand
of
Judah,
and
made
a
king
over
themselves.
\VS{21}Then
Joram
passed
over
to
Zair,
and
all
his
chariots
with
him:
and
he
rose
up
by
night,
and
smote
the
Edomites
that
compassed
him
about,
and
the
captains
of
the
chariots;
and
the
people
fled
to
their
tents.
\VS{22}So
Edom
revolted
from
under
the
hand
of
Judah
unto
this
day.
Then
did
Libnah
revolt
at
the
same
time.
\VS{23}And
the
rest
of
the
acts
of
Joram,
and
all
that
he
did,
are
they
not
written
in
the
book
of
the
chronicles
of
the
kings
of
Judah?
\VS{24}And
Joram
slept
with
his
fathers,
and
was
buried
with
his
fathers
in
the
city
of
David;
and
Ahaziah
his
son
reigned
in
his
stead.
\par }{\PP \VS{25}In
the
twelfth
year
of
Joram
the
son
of
Ahab
king
of
Israel
did
Ahaziah
the
son
of
Jehoram
king
of
Judah
begin
to
reign.
\VS{26}Two
and
twenty
years
old
was
Ahaziah
when
he
began
to
reign;
and
he
reigned
one
year
in
Jerusalem.
And
his
mother’s
name
was
Athaliah
the
daughter
of
Omri
king
of
Israel.
\VS{27}And
he
walked
in
the
way
of
the
house
of
Ahab,
and
did
that
which
was
evil
in
the
sight
of
Jehovah,
as
did
the
house
of
Ahab;
for
he
was
the
son-in-law
of
the
house
of
Ahab.
\VS{28}And
he
went
with
Joram
the
son
of
Ahab
to
war
against
Hazael
king
of
Syria
at
Ramoth-gilead:
and
the
Syrians
wounded
Joram.
\VS{29}And
king
Joram
returned
to
be
healed
in
Jezreel
of
the
wounds
which
the
Syrians
had
given
him
at
Ramah,
when
he
fought
against
Hazael
king
of
Syria.
And
Ahaziah
the
son
of
Jehoram
king
of
Judah
went
down
to
see
Joram
the
son
of
Ahab
in
Jezreel,
because
he
was
sick.

\par }\Chap{9}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
Elisha
the
prophet
called
one
of
the
sons
of
the
prophets,
and
said
unto
him,
Gird
up
thy
loins,
and
take
this
vial
of
oil
in
thy
hand,
and
go
to
Ramoth-gilead.
\VS{2}And
when
thou
comest
thither,
look
out
there
Jehu
the
son
of
Jehoshaphat
the
son
of
Nimshi,
and
go
in,
and
make
him
arise
up
from
among
his
brethren,
and
carry
him
to
an
inner
chamber.
\VS{3}Then
take
the
vial
of
oil,
and
pour
it
on
his
head,
and
say,
Thus
saith
Jehovah,
I
have
anointed
thee
king
over
Israel.
Then
open
the
door,
and
flee,
and
tarry
not.
\VS{4}So
the
young
man,
even
the
young
man
the
prophet,
went
to
Ramoth-gilead.
\VS{5}And
when
he
came,
behold,
the
captains
of
the
host
were
sitting;
and
he
said,
I
have
an
errand
to
thee,
O
captain.
And
Jehu
said,
Unto
which
of
us
all?
And
he
said,
To
thee,
O
captain.
\VS{6}And
he
arose,
and
went
into
the
house;
and
he
poured
the
oil
on
his
head,
and
said
unto
him,
Thus
saith
Jehovah,
the
God
of
Israel,
I
have
anointed
thee
king
over
the
people
of
Jehovah,
even
over
Israel.
\VS{7}And
thou shalt
smite
the
house
of
Ahab
thy
master,
that
I
may
avenge
the
blood
of
my
servants
the
prophets,
and
the
blood
of
all
the
servants
of
Jehovah,
at
the
hand
of
Jezebel.
\VS{8}For
the
whole
house
of
Ahab
shall
perish;
and
I
will
cut
off
from
Ahab
every man-child,
and
him
that
is
shut
up
and
him
that
is
left
at
large
in
Israel.
\VS{9}And
I
will
make
the
house
of
Ahab
like
the
house
of
Jeroboam
the
son
of
Nebat,
and
like
the
house
of
Baasha
the
son
of
Ahijah.
\VS{10}And
the
dogs
shall
eat
Jezebel
in
the
portion
of
Jezreel,
and
there
shall
be
none
to
bury
her.
And
he
opened
the
door,
and
fled.
\par }{\PP \VS{11}Then
Jehu
came
forth
to
the
servants
of
his
lord:
and
one
said
unto
him,
Is
all
well?
wherefore
came
this
mad
fellow
to
thee?
And
he
said
unto
them,
Ye
know
the
man
and
what
his
talk
was.
\VS{12}And
they
said,
It
is
false;
tell
us
now.
And
he
said,
Thus
and
thus
spake
he
to
me,
saying,
Thus
saith
Jehovah,
I
have
anointed
thee
king
over
Israel.
\VS{13}Then
they
hasted,
and
took
every
man
his
garment,
and
put
it
under
him
on
the
top
of
the
stairs,
and
blew
the
trumpet,
saying,
Jehu
is
king.
\par }{\PP \VS{14}So
Jehu
the
son
of
Jehoshaphat
the
son
of
Nimshi
conspired
against
Joram. (Now
Joram
was
keeping
Ramoth-gilead,
he
and
all
Israel,
because
of
Hazael
king
of
Syria;
\VS{15}but
king
Joram
was
returned
to
be
healed
in
Jezreel
of
the
wounds
which
the
Syrians
had
given
him,
when
he
fought
with
Hazael
king
of
Syria.)
And
Jehu
said,
If
this
be
your
mind,
then
let
none
escape
and
go
forth
out
of
the
city,
to
go
to
tell
it
in
Jezreel.
\VS{16}So
Jehu
rode
in
a
chariot,
and
went
to
Jezreel;
for
Joram
lay
there.
And
Ahaziah
king
of
Judah
was
come
down
to
see
Joram.
\par }{\PP \VS{17}Now
the
watchman
was
standing
on
the
tower
in
Jezreel,
and
he
spied
the
company
of
Jehu
as
he
came,
and
said,
I
see
a
company.
And
Joram
said,
Take
a
horseman,
and
send
to
meet
them,
and
let
him
say,
Is
it
peace?
\VS{18}So
there
went
one
on
horseback
to
meet
him,
and
said,
Thus
saith
the
king,
Is
it
peace?
And
Jehu
said,
What
hast
thou
to
do
with
peace?
turn
thee
behind
me.
And
the
watchman
told,
saying,
The
messenger
came
to
them,
but
he
cometh
not
back.
\VS{19}Then
he
sent
out
a
second
on
horseback,
who
came
to
them,
and
said,
Thus
saith
the
king,
Is
it
peace?
And
Jehu
answered,
What
hast
thou
to
do
with
peace?
turn
thee
behind
me.
\VS{20}And
the
watchman
told,
saying,
He
came
even
unto
them,
and
cometh
not
back:
and
the
driving
is
like
the
driving
of
Jehu
the
son
of
Nimshi;
for
he
driveth
furiously.
\par }{\PP \VS{21}And
Joram
said,
Make
ready.
And
they
made
ready
his
chariot.
And
Joram
king
of
Israel
and
Ahaziah
king
of
Judah
went
out,
each
in
his
chariot,
and
they
went
out
to
meet
Jehu,
and
found
him
in
the
portion
of
Naboth
the
Jezreelite.
\VS{22}And
it
came
to
pass,
when
Joram
saw
Jehu,
that
he
said,
Is
it
peace,
Jehu?
And
he
answered,
What
peace,
so
long
as
the
whoredoms
of
thy
mother
Jezebel
and
her
witchcrafts
are
so
many?
\VS{23}And
Joram
turned
his
hands,
and
fled,
and
said
to
Ahaziah,
There
is
treachery,
O
Ahaziah.
\VS{24}And
Jehu
drew
his
bow
with
his
full
strength,
and
smote
Joram
between
his
arms;
and
the
arrow
went
out
at
his
heart,
and
he
sunk
down
in
his
chariot.
\VS{25}Then
said
{\ADD{
Jehu}}
to
Bidkar
his
captain,
Take
up,
and
cast
him
in
the
portion
of
the
field
of
Naboth
the
Jezreelite;
for
remember
how
that,
when
I
and
thou
rode
together
after
Ahab
his
father,
Jehovah
laid
this
burden
upon
him:
\VS{26}Surely
I
have
seen
yesterday
the
blood
of
Naboth,
and
the
blood
of
his
sons,
saith
Jehovah;
and
I
will
requite
thee
in
this
plat,
saith
Jehovah.
Now
therefore
take
and
cast
him
into
the
plat
{\ADD{
of
ground}},
according
to
the
word
of
Jehovah.
\par }{\PP \VS{27}But
when
Ahaziah
the
king
of
Judah
saw
this,
he
fled
by
the
way
of
the garden-house.
And
Jehu
followed
after
him,
and
said,
Smite
him
also
in
the
chariot:
{\ADD{
and
they
smote
him}}
at
the
ascent
of
Gur,
which
is
by
Ibleam.
And
he
fled
to
Megiddo,
and
died
there.
\VS{28}And
his
servants
carried
him
in
a
chariot
to
Jerusalem,
and
buried
him
in
his
sepulchre
with
his
fathers
in
the
city
of
David.
\par }{\PP \VS{29}And
in
the
eleventh
year
of
Joram
the
son
of
Ahab
began
Ahaziah
to
reign
over
Judah.
\par }{\PP \VS{30}And
when
Jehu
was
come
to
Jezreel,
Jezebel
heard
of
it;
and
she
painted
her
eyes,
and
attired
her
head,
and
looked
out
at
the
window.
\VS{31}And
as
Jehu
entered
in
at
the
gate,
she
said,
Is
it
peace,
thou
Zimri,
thy
master’s
murderer?
\VS{32}And
he
lifted
up
his
face
to
the
window,
and
said,
Who
is
on
my
side?
who?
And
there
looked
out
to
him
two
or
three
eunuchs.
\VS{33}And
he
said,
Throw
her
down.
So
they
threw
her
down;
and
some
of
her
blood
was
sprinkled
on
the
wall,
and
on
the
horses:
and
he
trod
her
under
foot.
\VS{34}And
when
he
was
come
in,
he
did
eat
and
drink;
and
he
said,
See
now
to
this
cursed
woman,
and
bury
her;
for
she
is
a
king’s
daughter.
\VS{35}And
they
went
to
bury
her;
but
they
found
no
more
of
her
than
the
skull,
and
the
feet,
and
the
palms
of
her
hands.
\VS{36}Wherefore
they
came
back,
and
told
him.
And
he
said,
This
is
the
word
of
Jehovah,
which
he
spake
by
his
servant
Elijah
the
Tishbite,
saying,
In
the
portion
of
Jezreel
shall
the
dogs
eat
the
flesh
of
Jezebel;
\VS{37}and
the
body
of
Jezebel
shall
be
as
dung
upon
the
face
of
the
field
in
the
portion
of
Jezreel,
so
that
they
shall
not
say,
This
is
Jezebel.

\par }\Chap{10}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Now
Ahab
had
seventy
sons
in
Samaria.
And
Jehu
wrote
letters,
and
sent
to
Samaria,
unto
the
rulers
of
Jezreel,
even
the
elders,
and
unto
them
that
brought
up
{\ADD{
the
sons
of}}
Ahab,
saying,
\VS{2}And
now
as
soon
as
this
letter
cometh
to
you,
seeing
your
master’s
sons
are
with
you,
and
there
are
with
you
chariots
and
horses,
a
fortified
city
also,
and
armor;
\VS{3}look
ye
out
the
best
and
meetest
of
your
master’s
sons,
and
set
him
on
his
father’s
throne,
and
fight
for
your
master’s
house.
\VS{4}But
they
were
exceedingly
afraid,
and
said,
Behold,
the
two
kings
stood
not
before
him:
how
then
shall
we
stand?
\VS{5}And
he
that
was
over
the
household,
and
he
that
was
over
the
city,
the
elders
also,
and
they
that
brought
up
{\ADD{
the
children}},
sent
to
Jehu,
saying,
We
are
thy
servants,
and
will
do
all
that
thou shalt
bid
us;
we
will
not
make
any
man
king:
do
thou
that
which
is
good
in
thine
eyes.
\VS{6}Then
he
wrote
a
letter
the
second
time
to
them,
saying,
If
ye
be
on
my
side,
and
if
ye
will
hearken
unto
my
voice,
take
ye
the
heads
of
the
men
your
master’s
sons,
and
come
to
me
to
Jezreel
by to-morrow
this
time.
Now
the
king’s
sons,
being
seventy
persons,
were
with
the
great
men
of
the
city,
who
brought
them
up.
\VS{7}And
it
came
to
pass,
when
the
letter
came
to
them,
that
they
took
the
king’s
sons,
and
slew
them,
even
seventy
persons,
and
put
their
heads
in
baskets,
and
sent
them
unto
him
to
Jezreel.
\VS{8}And
there
came
a
messenger,
and
told
him,
saying,
They
have
brought
the
heads
of
the
king’s
sons.
And
he
said,
Lay
ye
them
in
two
heaps
at
the
entrance
of
the
gate
until
the
morning.
\VS{9}And
it
came
to
pass
in
the
morning,
that
he
went
out,
and
stood,
and
said
to
all
the
people,
Ye
are
righteous:
behold,
I
conspired
against
my
master,
and
slew
him;
but
who
smote
all
these?
\VS{10}Know
now
that
there
shall
fall
unto
the
earth
nothing
of
the
word
of
Jehovah,
which
Jehovah
spake
concerning
the
house
of
Ahab:
for
Jehovah
hath
done
that
which
he
spake
by
his
servant
Elijah.
\VS{11}So
Jehu
smote
all
that
remained
of
the
house
of
Ahab
in
Jezreel,
and
all
his
great
men,
and
his
familiar
friends,
and
his
priests,
until
he
left
him
none
remaining.
\par }{\PP \VS{12}And
he
arose
and
departed,
and
went
to
Samaria.
And
as
he
was
at
the shearing-house
of
the
shepherds
in
the
way,
\VS{13}Jehu
met
with
the
brethren
of
Ahaziah
king
of
Judah,
and
said,
Who
are
ye?
And
they
answered,
We
are
the
brethren
of
Ahaziah:
and
we
go
down
to
salute
the
children
of
the
king
and
the
children
of
the
queen.
\VS{14}And
he
said,
Take
them
alive.
And
they
took
them
alive,
and
slew
them
at
the
pit
of
the shearing-house,
even
two
and
forty
men;
neither
left
he
any
of
them.
\par }{\PP \VS{15}And
when
he
was
departed
thence,
he
lighted
on
Jehonadab
the
son
of
Rechab
coming
to
meet
him;
and
he
saluted
him,
and
said
to
him,
Is
thy
heart
right,
as
my
heart
is
with
thy
heart?
And
Jehonadab
answered,
It
is.
If
it
be,
give
me
thy
hand.
And
he
gave
him
his
hand;
and
he
took
him
up
to
him
into
the
chariot.
\VS{16}And
he
said,
Come
with
me,
and
see
my
zeal
for
Jehovah.
So
they
made
him
ride
in
his
chariot.
\VS{17}And
when
he
came
to
Samaria,
he
smote
all
that
remained
unto
Ahab
in
Samaria,
till
he
had
destroyed
him,
according
to
the
word
of
Jehovah,
which
he
spake
to
Elijah.
\par }{\PP \VS{18}And
Jehu
gathered
all
the
people
together,
and
said
unto
them,
Ahab
served
Baal
a
little;
but
Jehu
will
serve
him
much.
\VS{19}Now
therefore
call
unto
me
all
the
prophets
of
Baal,
all
his
worshippers,
and
all
his
priests;
let
none
be
wanting:
for
I
have
a
great
sacrifice
{\ADD{
to
do}}
to
Baal;
whosoever
shall
be
wanting,
he
shall
not
live.
But
Jehu
did
it
in subtlety,
to
the
intent
that
he
might
destroy
the
worshippers
of
Baal.
\VS{20}And
Jehu
said,
Sanctify
a
solemn
assembly
for
Baal.
And
they
proclaimed
it.
\VS{21}And
Jehu
sent
through
all
Israel:
and
all
the
worshippers
of
Baal
came,
so
that
there
was
not
a
man
left
that
came
not.
And
they
came
into
the
house
of
Baal;
and
the
house
of
Baal
was
filled
from
one
end
to
another.
\VS{22}And
he
said
unto
him
that
was
over
the
vestry,
Bring
forth
vestments
for
all
the
worshippers
of
Baal.
And
he
brought
them
forth
vestments.
\VS{23}And
Jehu
went,
and
Jehonadab
the
son
of
Rechab,
into
the
house
of
Baal;
and
he
said
unto
the
worshippers
of
Baal,
Search,
and
look
that
there
be
here
with
you
none
of
the
servants
of
Jehovah,
but
the
worshippers
of
Baal
only.
\VS{24}And
they
went
in
to
offer
sacrifices
and burnt-offerings.
Now
Jehu
had
appointed
him
fourscore
men
without,
and
said,
If
any
of
the
men
whom
I
bring
into
your
hands
escape,
{\ADD{
he
that letteth
him
go}},
his
life
shall
be
for
the
life
of
him.
\par }{\PP \VS{25}And
it
came
to
pass,
as
soon
as
he
had
made
an
end
of
offering
the burnt-offering,
that
Jehu
said
to
the
guard
and
to
the
captains,
Go
in,
and
slay
them;
let
none
come
forth.
And
they
smote
them
with
the
edge
of
the
sword;
and
the
guard
and
the
captains
cast
them
out,
and
went
to
the
city
of
the
house
of
Baal.
\VS{26}And
they
brought
forth
the
pillars
that
were
in
the
house
of
Baal,
and
burned
them.
\VS{27}And
they
brake
down
the
pillar
of
Baal,
and
brake
down
the
house
of
Baal,
and
made
it
a draught-house,
unto
this
day.
\VS{28}Thus
Jehu
destroyed
Baal
out
of
Israel.
\par }{\PP \VS{29}Howbeit
from
the
sins
of
Jeroboam
the
son
of
Nebat,
wherewith
he
made
Israel
to
sin,
Jehu
departed
not
from
after
them,
{\ADD{
to
wit}},
the
golden
calves
that
were
in
Beth-el,
and
that
were
in
Dan.
\VS{30}And
Jehovah
said
unto
Jehu,
Because
thou
hast
done
well
in
executing
that
which
is
right
in
mine
eyes,
{\ADD{
and}}
hast
done
unto
the
house
of
Ahab
according
to
all
that
was
in
my
heart,
thy
sons
of
the
fourth
generation
shall
sit
on
the
throne
of
Israel.
\VS{31}But
Jehu
took
no
heed
to
walk
in
the
law
of
Jehovah,
the
God
of
Israel,
with
all
his
heart:
he
departed
not
from
the
sins
of
Jeroboam,
wherewith
he
made
Israel
to
sin.
\par }{\PP \VS{32}In
those
days
Jehovah
began
to
cut
off
from
Israel:
and
Hazael
smote
them
in
all
the
borders
of
Israel;
\VS{33}from
the
Jordan
eastward,
all
the
land
of
Gilead,
the
Gadites,
and
the
Reubenites,
and
the
Manassites,
from
Aroer,
which
is
by
the
valley
of
the
Arnon,
even
Gilead
and
Bashan.
\VS{34}Now
the
rest
of
the
acts
of
Jehu,
and
all
that
he
did,
and
all
his
might,
are
they
not
written
in
the
book
of
the
chronicles
of
the
kings
of
Israel?
\VS{35}And
Jehu
slept
with
his
fathers;
and
they
buried
him
in
Samaria.
And
Jehoahaz
his
son
reigned
in
his
stead.
\VS{36}And
the
time
that
Jehu
reigned
over
Israel
in
Samaria
was
twenty
and
eight
years.

\par }\Chap{11}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Now
when
Athaliah
the
mother
of
Ahaziah
saw
that
her
son
was
dead,
she
arose
and
destroyed
all
the
seed
royal.
\VS{2}But
Jehosheba,
the
daughter
of
king
Joram,
sister
of
Ahaziah,
took
Joash
the
son
of
Ahaziah,
and
stole
him
away
from
among
the
king’s
sons
that
were
slain,
even
him
and
his
nurse,
{\ADD{
and
put
them}}
in
the
bedchamber;
and
they
hid
him
from
Athaliah,
so
that
he
was
not
slain;
\VS{3}And
he
was
with
her
hid
in
the
house
of
Jehovah
six
years.
And
Athaliah
reigned
over
the
land.
\par }{\PP \VS{4}And
in
the
seventh
year
Jehoiada
sent
and
fetched
the
captains
over
hundreds
of
the
Carites
and
of
the
guard,
and
brought
them
to
him
into
the
house
of
Jehovah;
and
he
made
a
covenant
with
them,
and
took
an
oath
of
them
in
the
house
of
Jehovah,
and
showed
them
the
king’s
son.
\VS{5}And
he
commanded
them,
saying,
This
is
the
thing
that
ye
shall
do:
a
third
part
of
you,
that
come
in
on
the
sabbath,
shall
be
keepers
of
the
watch
of
the
king’s
house;
\VS{6}and
a
third
part
shall
be
at
the
gate
Sur;
and
a
third
part
at
the
gate
behind
the
guard:
so
shall
ye
keep
the
watch
of
the
house,
and
be
a
barrier.
\VS{7}And
the
two
companies
of
you,
even
all
that
go
forth
on
the
sabbath,
shall
keep
the
watch
of
the
house
of
Jehovah
about
the
king.
\VS{8}And
ye
shall
compass
the
king
round
about,
every
man
with
his
weapons
in
his
hand;
and
he
that
cometh
within
the
ranks,
let
him
be
slain:
and
be
ye
with
the
king
when
he
goeth
out,
and
when
he
cometh
in.
\par }{\PP \VS{9}And
the
captains
over
hundreds
did
according
to
all
that
Jehoiada
the
priest
commanded;
and
they
took
every
man
his
men,
those
that
were
to
come
in
on
the
sabbath,
with
those
that
were
to
go
out
on
the
sabbath,
and
came
to
Jehoiada
the
priest.
\VS{10}And
the
priest
delivered
to
the
captains
over
hundreds
the
spears
and
shields
that
had
been
king
David’s,
which
were
in
the
house
of
Jehovah.
\VS{11}And
the
guard
stood,
every
man
with
his
weapons
in
his
hand,
from
the
right
side
of
the
house
to
the
left
side
of
the
house,
along
by
the
altar
and
the
house,
by
the
king
round
about.
\VS{12}Then
he
brought
out
the
king’s
son,
and
put
the
crown
upon
him,
and
{\ADD{
gave
him}}
the
testimony;
and
they
made
him
king,
and
anointed
him;
and
they
clapped
their
hands,
and
said,
{\ADD{
Long}}
live
the
king.
\par }{\PP \VS{13}And
when
Athaliah
heard
the
noise
of
the
guard
{\ADD{
and
of}}
the
people,
she
came
to
the
people
into
the
house
of
Jehovah:
\VS{14}and
she
looked,
and,
behold,
the
king
stood
by
the
pillar,
as
the
manner
was,
and
the
captains
and
the
trumpets
by
the
king;
and
all
the
people
of
the
land
rejoiced,
and
blew
trumpets.
Then
Athaliah
rent
her
clothes,
and
cried,
Treason!
treason!
\VS{15}And
Jehoiada
the
priest
commanded
the
captains
of
hundreds
that
were
set
over
the
host,
and
said
unto
them,
Have
her
forth
between
the
ranks;
and
him
that
followeth
her
slay
with
the
sword.
For
the
priest
said,
Let
her
not
be
slain
in
the
house
of
Jehovah.
\VS{16}So
they
made
way
for
her;
and
she
went
by
the
way
of
the
horses’
entry
to
the
king’s
house:
and
there
was
she
slain.
\par }{\PP \VS{17}And
Jehoiada
made
a
covenant
between
Jehovah
and
the
king
and
the
people,
that
they
should
be Jehovah’s
people;
between
the
king
also
and
the
people.
\VS{18}And
all
the
people
of
the
land
went
to
the
house
of
Baal,
and
brake
it
down;
his
altars
and
his
images
brake
they
in
pieces
thoroughly,
and
slew
Mattan
the
priest
of
Baal
before
the
altars.
And
the
priest
appointed
officers
over
the
house
of
Jehovah.
\VS{19}And
he
took
the
captains
over
hundreds,
and
the
Carites,
and
the
guard,
and
all
the
people
of
the
land;
and
they
brought
down
the
king
from
the
house
of
Jehovah,
and
came
by
the
way
of
the
gate
of
the
guard
unto
the
king’s
house.
And
he
sat
on
the
throne
of
the
kings.
\VS{20}So
all
the
people
of
the
land
rejoiced,
and
the
city
was
quiet.
And
Athaliah
they
had
slain
with
the
sword
at
the
king’s
house.
\par }{\PP \VS{21}Jehoash
was
seven
years
old
when
he
began
to
reign.

\Chap{12}\VerseOne{1}In
the
seventh
year
of
Jehu
began
Jehoash
to
reign;
and
he
reigned
forty
years
in
Jerusalem:
and
his
mother’s
name
was
Zibiah
of
Beer-sheba.
\VS{2}And
Jehoash
did
that
which
was
right
in
the
eyes
of
Jehovah
all
his
days
wherein
Jehoiada
the
priest
instructed
him.
\VS{3}Howbeit
the
high
places
were
not
taken
away;
the
people
still
sacrificed
and
burnt
incense
in
the
high
places.
\par }{\PP \VS{4}And
Jehoash
said
to
the
priests,
All
the
money
of
the
hallowed
things
that
is
brought
into
the
house
of
Jehovah,
in
current
money,
the
money
of
the
persons
for
whom
each
man
is rated,
and
all
the
money
that
it
cometh
into
any
man’s
heart
to
bring
into
the
house
of
Jehovah,
\VS{5}let
the
priests
take
it
to
them,
every
man
from
his
acquaintance;
and
they
shall
repair
the
breaches
of
the
house,
wheresoever
any
breach
shall
be
found.
\VS{6}But
it
was
so,
that
in
the
three
and
twentieth
year
of
king
Jehoash
the
priests
had
not
repaired
the
breaches
of
the
house.
\VS{7}Then
king
Jehoash
called
for
Jehoiada
the
priest,
and
for
the
{\ADD{
other}}
priests,
and
said
unto
them,
Why
repair
ye
not
the
breaches
of
the
house?
now
therefore
take
no
{\ADD{
more}}
money
from
your
acquaintance,
but
deliver
it
for
the
breaches
of
the
house.
\VS{8}And
the
priests
consented
that
they
should
take
no
{\ADD{
more}}
money
from
the
people,
neither
repair
the
breaches
of
the
house.
\par }{\PP \VS{9}But
Jehoiada
the
priest
took
a
chest,
and
bored
a
hole
in
the
lid
of
it,
and
set
it
beside
the
altar,
on
the
right
side
as
one
cometh
into
the
house
of
Jehovah:
and
the
priests
that
kept
the
threshold
put
therein
all
the
money
that
was
brought
into
the
house
of
Jehovah.
\VS{10}And
it
was
so,
when
they
saw
that
there
was
much
money
in
the
chest,
that
the
king’s
scribe
and
the
high
priest
came
up,
and
they
put
up
in
bags
and
counted
the
money
that
was
found
in
the
house
of
Jehovah.
\VS{11}And
they
gave
the
money
that
was
weighed
out
into
the
hands
of
them
that
did
the
work,
that
had
the
oversight
of
the
house
of
Jehovah:
and
they
paid
it
out
to
the
carpenters
and
the
builders,
that
wrought
upon
the
house
of
Jehovah,
\VS{12}and
to
the
masons
and
the
hewers
of
stone,
and
for
buying
timber
and
hewn
stone
to
repair
the
breaches
of
the
house
of
Jehovah,
and
for
all
that
was
laid
out
for
the
house
to
repair
it.
\VS{13}But
there
were
not
made
for
the
house
of
Jehovah
cups
of
silver,
snuffers,
basins,
trumpets,
any
vessels
of
gold,
or
vessels
of
silver,
of
the
money
that
was
brought
into
the
house
of
Jehovah;
\VS{14}for
they
gave
that
to
them
that
did
the
work,
and
repaired
therewith
the
house
of
Jehovah.
\VS{15}Moreover
they
reckoned
not
with
the
men,
into
whose
hand
they
delivered
the
money
to
give
to
them
that
did
the
work;
for
they
dealt
faithfully.
\VS{16}The
money
for
the trespass-offerings,
and
the
money
for
the sin-offerings,
was
not
brought
into
the
house
of
Jehovah:
it
was
the
priests’.
\par }{\PP \VS{17}Then
Hazael
king
of
Syria
went
up,
and
fought
against
Gath,
and
took
it;
and
Hazael
set
his
face
to
go
up
to
Jerusalem.
\VS{18}And
Jehoash
king
of
Judah
took
all
the
hallowed
things
that
Jehoshaphat
and
Jehoram
and
Ahaziah,
his
fathers,
kings
of
Judah,
had
dedicated,
and
his
own
hallowed
things,
and
all
the
gold
that
was
found
in
the
treasures
of
the
house
of
Jehovah,
and
of
the
king’s
house,
and
sent
it
to
Hazael
king
of
Syria:
and
he
went
away
from
Jerusalem.
\par }{\PP \VS{19}Now
the
rest
of
the
acts
of
Joash,
and
all
that
he
did,
are
they
not
written
in
the
book
of
the
chronicles
of
the
kings
of
Judah?
\VS{20}And
his
servants
arose,
and
made
a
conspiracy,
and
smote
Joash
at
the
house
of
Millo,
{\ADD{
on
the
way}}
that
goeth
down
to
Silla.
\VS{21}For
Jozacar
the
son
of
Shimeath,
and
Jehozabad
the
son
of
Shomer,
his
servants,
smote
him,
and
he
died;
and
they
buried
him
with
his
fathers
in
the
city
of
David:
and
Amaziah
his
son
reigned
in
his
stead.

\par }\Chap{13}{\PP \VerseOne{1}In
the
three
and
twentieth
year
of
Joash
the
son
of
Ahaziah,
king
of
Judah,
Jehoahaz
the
son
of
Jehu
began
to
reign
over
Israel
in
Samaria,
{\ADD{
and
reigned}}
seventeen
years.
\VS{2}And
he
did
that
which
was
evil
in
the
sight
of
Jehovah,
and
followed
the
sins
of
Jeroboam
the
son
of
Nebat,
wherewith
he
made
Israel
to
sin;
he
departed
not therefrom.
\VS{3}And
the
anger
of
Jehovah
was
kindled
against
Israel,
and
he
delivered
them
into
the
hand
of
Hazael
king
of
Syria,
and
into
the
hand
of
Ben-hadad
the
son
of
Hazael,
continually.
\VS{4}And
Jehoahaz
besought
Jehovah,
and
Jehovah
hearkened
unto
him;
for
he
saw
the
oppression
of
Israel,
how
that
the
king
of
Syria
oppressed
them.
\VS{5}(And
Jehovah
gave
Israel
a
saviour,
so
that
they
went
out
from
under
the
hand
of
the
Syrians;
and
the
children
of
Israel
dwelt
in
their
tents
as
beforetime.
\VS{6}Nevertheless
they
departed
not
from
the
sins
of
the
house
of
Jeroboam,
wherewith
he
made
Israel
to
sin,
but
walked
therein:
and
there
remained
the
Asherah
also
in
Samaria.)
\VS{7}For
he
left
not
to
Jehoahaz
of
the
people
save
fifty
horsemen,
and
ten
chariots,
and
ten
thousand
footmen;
for
the
king
of
Syria
destroyed
them,
and
made
them
like
the
dust
in
threshing.
\VS{8}Now
the
rest
of
the
acts
of
Jehoahaz,
and
all
that
he
did,
and
his
might,
are
they
not
written
in
the
book
of
the
chronicles
of
the
kings
of
Israel?
\VS{9}And
Jehoahaz
slept
with
his
fathers;
and
they
buried
him
in
Samaria:
and
Joash
his
son
reigned
in
his
stead.
\par }{\PP \VS{10}In
the
thirty
and
seventh
year
of
Joash
king
of
Judah
began
Jehoash
the
son
of
Jehoahaz
to
reign
over
Israel
in
Samaria,
{\ADD{
and
reigned}}
sixteen
years.
\VS{11}And
he
did
that
which
was
evil
in
the
sight
of
Jehovah;
he
departed
not
from
all
the
sins
of
Jeroboam
the
son
of
Nebat,
wherewith
he
made
Israel
to
sin;
but
he
walked
therein.
\VS{12}Now
the
rest
of
the
acts
of
Joash,
and
all
that
he
did,
and
his
might
wherewith
he
fought
against
Amaziah
king
of
Judah,
are
they
not
written
in
the
book
of
the
chronicles
of
the
kings
of
Israel?
\VS{13}And
Joash
slept
with
his
fathers;
and
Jeroboam
sat
upon
his
throne:
and
Joash
was
buried
in
Samaria
with
the
kings
of
Israel.
\par }{\PP \VS{14}Now
Elisha
was
fallen
sick
of
his
sickness
whereof
he
died:
and
Joash
the
king
of
Israel
came
down
unto
him,
and
wept
over
him,
and
said,
My
father,
my
father,
the
chariots
of
Israel
and
the
horsemen
thereof!
\VS{15}And
Elisha
said
unto
him,
Take
bow
and
arrows;
and
he
took
unto
him
bow
and
arrows.
\VS{16}And
he
said
to
the
king
of
Israel,
Put
thy
hand
upon
the
bow;
and
he
put
his
hand
{\ADD{
upon
it}}.
And
Elisha
laid
his
hands
upon
the
king’s
hands.
\VS{17}And
he
said,
Open
the
window
eastward;
and
he
opened
it.
Then
Elisha
said,
Shoot;
and
he
shot.
And
he
said, Jehovah’s
arrow
of
victory,
even
the
arrow
of
victory
over
Syria;
for
thou shalt
smite
the
Syrians
in
Aphek,
till
thou
have
consumed
them.
\VS{18}And
he
said,
Take
the
arrows;
and
he
took
them.
And
he
said
unto
the
king
of
Israel,
Smite
upon
the
ground;
and
he
smote
thrice,
and
stayed.
\VS{19}And
the
man
of
God
was
wroth
with
him,
and
said,
Thou shouldest
have
smitten
five
or
six
times:
then hadst
thou
smitten
Syria
till
thou hadst
consumed
it;
whereas
now
thou shalt
smite
Syria
but
thrice.
\par }{\PP \VS{20}And
Elisha
died,
and
they
buried
him.
Now
the
bands
of
the
Moabites
invaded
the
land
at
the
coming
in
of
the
year.
\VS{21}And
it
came
to
pass,
as
they
were
burying
a
man,
that,
behold,
they
spied
a
band;
and
they
cast
the
man
into
the
sepulchre
of
Elisha:
and
as
soon
as
the
man
touched
the
bones
of
Elisha,
he
revived,
and
stood
up
on
his
feet.
\par }{\PP \VS{22}And
Hazael
king
of
Syria
oppressed
Israel
all
the
days
of
Jehoahaz.
\VS{23}But
Jehovah
was
gracious
unto
them,
and
had
compassion
on
them,
and
had
respect
unto
them,
because
of
his
covenant
with
Abraham,
Isaac,
and
Jacob,
and
would
not
destroy
them,
neither
cast
he
them
from
his
presence
as
yet.
\VS{24}And
Hazael
king
of
Syria
died;
and
Ben-hadad
his
son
reigned
in
his
stead.
\VS{25}And
Jehoash
the
son
of
Jehoahaz
took
again
out
of
the
hand
of
Ben-hadad
the
son
of
Hazael
the
cities
which
he
had
taken
out
of
the
hand
of
Jehoahaz
his
father
by
war.
Three
times
did
Joash
smite
him,
and
recovered
the
cities
of
Israel.

\par }\Chap{14}{\PP \VerseOne{1}In
the
second
year
of
Joash
son
of
Joahaz
king
of
Israel
began
Amaziah
the
son
of
Joash
king
of
Judah
to
reign.
\VS{2}He
was
twenty
and
five
years
old
when
he
began
to
reign;
and
he
reigned
twenty
and
nine
years
in
Jerusalem:
and
his
mother’s
name
was
Jehoaddin
of
Jerusalem.
\VS{3}And
he
did
that
which
was
right
in
the
eyes
of
Jehovah,
yet
not
like
David
his
father:
he
did
according
to
all
that
Joash
his
father
had
done.
\VS{4}Howbeit
the
high
places
were
not
taken
away:
the
people
still
sacrificed
and
burnt
incense
in
the
high
places.
\VS{5}And
it
came
to
pass,
as
soon
as
the
kingdom
was
established
in
his
hand,
that
he
slew
his
servants
who
had
slain
the
king
his
father:
\VS{6}but
the
children
of
the
murderers
he
put
not
to
death;
according
to
that
which
is
written
in
the
book
of
the
law
of
Moses,
as
Jehovah
commanded,
saying,
The
fathers
shall
not
be
put
to
death
for
the
children,
nor
the
children
be
put
to
death
for
the
fathers;
but
every
man
shall
die
for
his
own
sin.
\VS{7}He
slew
of
Edom
in
the
Valley
of
Salt
ten
thousand,
and
took
Sela
by
war,
and
called
the
name
of
it
Joktheel,
unto
this
day.
\par }{\PP \VS{8}Then
Amaziah
sent
messengers
to
Jehoash,
the
son
of
Jehoahaz
son
of
Jehu,
king
of
Israel,
saying,
Come,
let
us
look
one
another
in
the
face.
\VS{9}And
Jehoash
the
king
of
Israel
sent
to
Amaziah
king
of
Judah,
saying,
The
thistle
that
was
in
Lebanon
sent
to
the
cedar
that
was
in
Lebanon,
saying,
Give
thy
daughter
to
my
son
to
wife:
and
there
passed
by
a
wild
beast
that
was
in
Lebanon,
and
trod
down
the
thistle.
\VS{10}Thou
hast
indeed
smitten
Edom,
and
thy
heart
hath
lifted
thee
up:
glory
thereof,
and
abide
at
home;
for
why shouldest
thou
meddle
to
{\ADD{
thy}}
hurt,
that
thou shouldest
fall,
even
thou,
and
Judah
with
thee?
\par }{\PP \VS{11}But
Amaziah
would
not
hear.
So
Jehoash
king
of
Israel
went
up;
and
he
and
Amaziah
king
of
Judah
looked
one
another
in
the
face
at
Beth-shemesh,
which belongeth
to
Judah.
\VS{12}And
Judah
was
put
to
the
worse
before
Israel;
and
they
fled
every
man
to
his
tent.
\VS{13}And
Jehoash
king
of
Israel
took
Amaziah
king
of
Judah,
the
son
of
Jehoash
the
son
of
Ahaziah,
at
Beth-shemesh,
and
came
to
Jerusalem,
and
brake
down
the
wall
of
Jerusalem
from
the
gate
of
Ephraim
unto
the
corner
gate,
four
hundred
cubits.
\VS{14}And
he
took
all
the
gold
and
silver,
and
all
the
vessels
that
were
found
in
the
house
of
Jehovah,
and
in
the
treasures
of
the
king’s
house,
the
hostages
also,
and
returned
to
Samaria.
\par }{\PP \VS{15}Now
the
rest
of
the
acts
of
Jehoash
which
he
did,
and
his
might,
and
how
he
fought
with
Amaziah
king
of
Judah,
are
they
not
written
in
the
book
of
the
chronicles
of
the
kings
of
Israel?
\VS{16}And
Jehoash
slept
with
his
fathers,
and
was
buried
in
Samaria
with
the
kings
of
Israel;
and
Jeroboam
his
son
reigned
in
his
stead.
\par }{\PP \VS{17}And
Amaziah
the
son
of
Joash
king
of
Judah
lived
after
the
death
of
Jehoash
son
of
Jehoahaz
king
of
Israel
fifteen
years.
\VS{18}Now
the
rest
of
the
acts
of
Amaziah,
are
they
not
written
in
the
book
of
the
chronicles
of
the
kings
of
Judah?
\VS{19}And
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{20}And
they
brought
him
upon
horses;
and
he
was
buried
at
Jerusalem
with
his
fathers
in
the
city
of
David.
\VS{21}And
all
the
people
of
Judah
took
Azariah,
who
was
sixteen
years
old,
and
made
him
king
in
the
room
of
his
father
Amaziah.
\VS{22}He
built
Elath,
and
restored
it
to
Judah,
after
that
the
king
slept
with
his
fathers.
\par }{\PP \VS{23}In
the
fifteenth
year
of
Amaziah
the
son
of
Joash
king
of
Judah
Jeroboam
the
son
of
Joash
king
of
Israel
began
to
reign
in
Samaria,
{\ADD{
and
reigned}}
forty
and
one
years.
\VS{24}And
he
did
that
which
was
evil
in
the
sight
of
Jehovah:
he
departed
not
from
all
the
sins
of
Jeroboam
the
son
of
Nebat,
wherewith
he
made
Israel
to
sin.
\VS{25}He
restored
the
border
of
Israel
from
the
entrance
of
Hamath
unto
the
sea
of
the
Arabah,
according
to
the
word
of
Jehovah,
the
God
of
Israel,
which
he
spake
by
his
servant
Jonah
the
son
of
Amittai,
the
prophet,
who
was
of
Gath-hepher.
\VS{26}For
Jehovah
saw
the
affliction
of
Israel,
that
it
was
very
bitter;
for
there
was
none
shut
up
nor
left
at
large,
neither
was
there
any
helper
for
Israel.
\VS{27}And
Jehovah
said
not
that
he
would
blot
out
the
name
of
Israel
from
under
heaven;
but
he
saved
them
by
the
hand
of
Jeroboam
the
son
of
Joash.
\par }{\PP \VS{28}Now
the
rest
of
the
acts
of
Jeroboam,
and
all
that
he
did,
and
his
might,
how
he
warred,
and
how
he
recovered
Damascus,
and
Hamath,
{\ADD{
which
had
belonged}}
to
Judah,
for
Israel,
are
they
not
written
in
the
book
of
the
chronicles
of
the
kings
of
Israel?
\VS{29}And
Jeroboam
slept
with
his
fathers,
even
with
the
kings
of
Israel;
and
Zechariah
his
son
reigned
in
his
stead.

\par }\Chap{15}{\PP \VerseOne{1}In
the
twenty
and
seventh
year
of
Jeroboam
king
of
Israel
began
Azariah
son
of
Amaziah
king
of
Judah
to
reign.
\VS{2}Sixteen
years
old
was
he
when
he
began
to
reign;
and
he
reigned
two
and
fifty
years
in
Jerusalem:
and
his
mother’s
name
was
Jecoliah
of
Jerusalem.
\VS{3}And
he
did
that
which
was
right
in
the
eyes
of
Jehovah,
according
to
all
that
his
father
Amaziah
had
done.
\VS{4}Howbeit
the
high
places
were
not
taken
away:
the
people
still
sacrificed
and
burnt
incense
in
the
high
places.
\VS{5}And
Jehovah
smote
the
king,
so
that
he
was
a
leper
unto
the
day
of
his
death,
and
dwelt
in
a
separate
house.
And
Jotham
the
king’s
son
was
over
the
household,
judging
the
people
of
the
land.
\VS{6}Now
the
rest
of
the
acts
of
Azariah,
and
all
that
he
did,
are
they
not
written
in
the
book
of
the
chronicles
of
the
kings
of
Judah?
\VS{7}And
Azariah
slept
with
his
fathers;
and
they
buried
him
with
his
fathers
in
the
city
of
David:
and
Jotham
his
son
reigned
in
his
stead.
\par }{\PP \VS{8}In
the
thirty
and
eighth
year
of
Azariah
king
of
Judah
did
Zechariah
the
son
of
Jeroboam
reign
over
Israel
in
Samaria
six
months.
\VS{9}And
he
did
that
which
was
evil
in
the
sight
of
Jehovah,
as
his
fathers
had
done:
he
departed
not
from
the
sins
of
Jeroboam
the
son
of
Nebat,
wherewith
he
made
Israel
to
sin.
\VS{10}And
Shallum
the
son
of
Jabesh
conspired
against
him,
and
smote
him
before
the
people,
and
slew
him,
and
reigned
in
his
stead.
\VS{11}Now
the
rest
of
the
acts
of
Zechariah,
behold,
they
are
written
in
the
book
of
the
chronicles
of
the
kings
of
Israel.
\VS{12}This
was
the
word
of
Jehovah
which
he
spake
unto
Jehu,
saying,
Thy
sons
to
the
fourth
generation
shall
sit
upon
the
throne
of
Israel.
And
so
it
came
to
pass.
\par }{\PP \VS{13}Shallum
the
son
of
Jabesh
began
to
reign
in
the
nine
and
thirtieth
year
of
Uzziah
king
of
Judah;
and
he
reigned
the
space
of
a
month
in
Samaria.
\VS{14}And
Menahem
the
son
of
Gadi
went
up
from
Tirzah,
and
came
to
Samaria,
and
smote
Shallum
the
son
of
Jabesh
in
Samaria,
and
slew
him,
and
reigned
in
his
stead.
\VS{15}Now
the
rest
of
the
acts
of
Shallum,
and
his
conspiracy
which
he
made,
behold,
they
are
written
in
the
book
of
the
chronicles
of
the
kings
of
Israel.
\VS{16}Then
Menahem
smote
Tiphsah,
and
all
that
were
therein,
and
the
borders
thereof,
from
Tirzah:
because
they
opened
not
to
him,
therefore
he
smote
it;
and
all
the
women
therein
that
were
with
child
he
ripped
up.
\par }{\PP \VS{17}In
the
nine
and
thirtieth
year
of
Azariah
king
of
Judah
began
Menahem
the
son
of
Gadi
to
reign
over
Israel,
{\ADD{
and
reigned}}
ten
years
in
Samaria.
\VS{18}And
he
did
that
which
was
evil
in
the
sight
of
Jehovah:
he
departed
not
all
his
days
from
the
sins
of
Jeroboam
the
son
of
Nebat,
wherewith
he
made
Israel
to
sin.
\VS{19}There
came
against
the
land
Pul
the
king
of
Assyria;
and
Menahem
gave
Pul
a
thousand
talents
of
silver,
that
his
hand
might
be
with
him
to
confirm
the
kingdom
in
his
hand.
\VS{20}And
Menahem
exacted
the
money
of
Israel,
even
of
all
the
mighty
men
of
wealth,
of
each
man
fifty
shekels
of
silver,
to
give
to
the
king
of
Assyria.
So
the
king
of
Assyria
turned
back,
and
stayed
not
there
in
the
land.
\VS{21}Now
the
rest
of
the
acts
of
Menahem,
and
all
that
he
did,
are
they
not
written
in
the
book
of
the
chronicles
of
the
kings
of
Israel?
\VS{22}And
Menahem
slept
with
his
fathers;
and
Pekahiah
his
son
reigned
in
his
stead.
\par }{\PP \VS{23}In
the
fiftieth
year
of
Azariah
king
of
Judah
Pekahiah
the
son
of
Menahem
began
to
reign
over
Israel
in
Samaria,
{\ADD{
and
reigned}}
two
years.
\VS{24}And
he
did
that
which
was
evil
in
the
sight
of
Jehovah:
he
departed
not
from
the
sins
of
Jeroboam
the
son
of
Nebat,
wherewith
he
made
Israel
to
sin.
\VS{25}And
Pekah
the
son
of
Remaliah,
his
captain,
conspired
against
him,
and
smote
him
in
Samaria,
in
the
castle
of
the
king’s
house,
with
Argob
and
Arieh;
and
with
him
were
fifty
men
of
the
Gileadites:
and
he
slew
him,
and
reigned
in
his
stead.
\VS{26}Now
the
rest
of
the
acts
of
Pekahiah,
and
all
that
he
did,
behold,
they
are
written
in
the
book
of
the
chronicles
of
the
kings
of
Israel.
\par }{\PP \VS{27}In
the
two
and
fiftieth
year
of
Azariah
king
of
Judah
Pekah
the
son
of
Remaliah
began
to
reign
over
Israel
in
Samaria,
{\ADD{
and
reigned}}
twenty
years.
\VS{28}And
he
did
that
which
was
evil
in
the
sight
of
Jehovah:
he
departed
not
from
the
sins
of
Jeroboam
the
son
of
Nebat,
wherewith
he
made
Israel
to
sin.
\par }{\PP \VS{29}In
the
days
of
Pekah
king
of
Israel
came
Tiglath-pileser
king
of
Assyria,
and
took
Ijon,
and
Abel-beth-maacah,
and
Janoah,
and
Kedesh,
and
Hazor,
and
Gilead,
and
Galilee,
all
the
land
of
Naphtali;
and
he
carried
them
captive
to
Assyria.
\VS{30}And
Hoshea
the
son
of
Elah
made
a
conspiracy
against
Pekah
the
son
of
Remaliah,
and
smote
him,
and
slew
him,
and
reigned
in
his
stead,
in
the
twentieth
year
of
Jotham
the
son
of
Uzziah.
\VS{31}Now
the
rest
of
the
acts
of
Pekah,
and
all
that
he
did,
behold,
they
are
written
in
the
book
of
the
chronicles
of
the
kings
of
Israel.
\par }{\PP \VS{32}In
the
second
year
of
Pekah
the
son
of
Remaliah
king
of
Israel
began
Jotham
the
son
of
Uzziah
king
of
Judah
to
reign.
\VS{33}Five
and
twenty
years
old
was
he
when
he
began
to
reign;
and
he
reigned
sixteen
years
in
Jerusalem:
and
his
mother’s
name
was
Jerusha
the
daughter
of
Zadok.
\VS{34}And
he
did
that
which
was
right
in
the
eyes
of
Jehovah;
he
did
according
to
all
that
his
father
Uzziah
had
done.
\VS{35}Howbeit
the
high
places
were
not
taken
away:
the
people
still
sacrificed
and
burned
incense
in
the
high
places.
He
built
the
upper
gate
of
the
house
of
Jehovah.
\VS{36}Now
the
rest
of
the
acts
of
Jotham,
and
all
that
he
did,
are
they
not
written
in
the
book
of
the
chronicles
of
the
kings
of
Judah?
\VS{37}In
those
days
Jehovah
began
to
send
against
Judah
Rezin
the
king
of
Syria,
and
Pekah
the
son
of
Remaliah.
\VS{38}And
Jotham
slept
with
his
fathers,
and
was
buried
with
his
fathers
in
the
city
of
David
his
father:
and
Ahaz
his
son
reigned
in
his
stead.

\par }\Chap{16}{\PP \VerseOne{1}In
the
seventeenth
year
of
Pekah
the
son
of
Remaliah
Ahaz
the
son
of
Jotham
king
of
Judah
began
to
reign.
\VS{2}Twenty
years
old
was
Ahaz
when
he
began
to
reign;
and
he
reigned
sixteen
years
in
Jerusalem:
and
he
did
not
that
which
was
right
in
the
eyes
of
Jehovah
his
God,
like
David
his
father.
\VS{3}But
he
walked
in
the
way
of
the
kings
of
Israel,
yea,
and
made
his
son
to
pass
through
the
fire,
according
to
the
abominations
of
the
nations,
whom
Jehovah
cast
out
from
before
the
children
of
Israel.
\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}Then
Rezin
king
of
Syria
and
Pekah
son
of
Remaliah
king
of
Israel
came
up
to
Jerusalem
to
war:
and
they
besieged
Ahaz,
but
could
not
overcome
him.
\VS{6}At
that
time
Rezin
king
of
Syria
recovered
Elath
to
Syria,
and
drove
the
Jews
from
Elath;
and
the
Syrians
came
to
Elath,
and
dwelt
there,
unto
this
day.
\par }{\PP \VS{7}So
Ahaz
sent
messengers
to
Tiglath-pileser
king
of
Assyria,
saying,
I
am
thy
servant
and
thy
son:
come
up,
and
save
me
out
of
the
hand
of
the
king
of
Syria,
and
out
of
the
hand
of
the
king
of
Israel,
who
rise
up
against
me.
\VS{8}And
Ahaz
took
the
silver
and
gold
that
was
found
in
the
house
of
Jehovah,
and
in
the
treasures
of
the
king’s
house,
and
sent
it
for
a
present
to
the
king
of
Assyria.
\VS{9}And
the
king
of
Assyria
hearkened
unto
him;
and
the
king
of
Assyria
went
up
against
Damascus,
and
took
it,
and
carried
{\ADD{
the
people
of}}
it
captive
to
Kir,
and
slew
Rezin.
\par }{\PP \VS{10}And
king
Ahaz
went
to
Damascus
to
meet
Tiglath-pileser
king
of
Assyria,
and
saw
the
altar
that
was
at
Damascus;
and
king
Ahaz
sent
to
Urijah
the
priest
the
fashion
of
the
altar,
and
the
pattern
of
it,
according
to
all
the
workmanship
thereof.
\VS{11}And
Urijah
the
priest
built
an
altar:
according
to
all
that
king
Ahaz
had
sent
from
Damascus,
so
did
Urijah
the
priest
make
it
against
the
coming
of
king
Ahaz
from
Damascus.
\VS{12}And
when
the
king
was
come
from
Damascus,
the
king
saw
the
altar:
and
the
king
drew
near
unto
the
altar,
and
offered
thereon.
\VS{13}And
he
burnt
his burnt-offering
and
his meal-offering,
and
poured
his drink-offering,
and
sprinkled
the
blood
of
his peace-offerings,
upon
the
altar.
\VS{14}And
the
brazen
altar,
which
was
before
Jehovah,
he
brought
from
the
forefront
of
the
house,
from
between
his
altar
and
the
house
of
Jehovah,
and
put
it
on
the
north
side
of
his
altar.
\VS{15}And
king
Ahaz
commanded
Urijah
the
priest,
saying,
Upon
the
great
altar
burn
the
morning burnt-offering,
and
the
evening meal-offering,
and
the
king’s burnt-offering,
and
his meal-offering,
with
the burnt-offering
of
all
the
people
of
the
land,
and
their meal-offering,
and
their drink-offerings;
and
sprinkle
upon
it
all
the
blood
of
the burnt-offering,
and
all
the
blood
of
the
sacrifice:
but
the
brazen
altar
shall
be
for
me
to
inquire
by.
\VS{16}Thus
did
Urijah
the
priest,
according
to
all
that
king
Ahaz
commanded.
\par }{\PP \VS{17}And
king
Ahaz
cut
off
the panels
of
the
bases,
and
removed
the
laver
from
off
them,
and
took
down
the
sea
from
off
the
brazen
oxen
that
were
under
it,
and
put
it
upon
a
pavement
of
stone.
\VS{18}And
the
covered
way
for
the
sabbath
that
they
had
built
in
the
house,
and
the
king’s
entry
without,
turned
he
unto
the
house
of
Jehovah,
because
of
the
king
of
Assyria.
\VS{19}Now
the
rest
of
the
acts
of
Ahaz
which
he
did,
are
they
not
written
in
the
book
of
the
chronicles
of
the
kings
of
Judah?
\VS{20}And
Ahaz
slept
with
his
fathers,
and
was
buried
with
his
fathers
in
the
city
of
David:
and
Hezekiah
his
son
reigned
in
his
stead.

\par }\Chap{17}{\PP \VerseOne{1}In
the
twelfth
year
of
Ahaz
king
of
Judah
began
Hoshea
the
son
of
Elah
to
reign
in
Samaria
over
Israel,
{\ADD{
and
reigned}}
nine
years.
\VS{2}And
he
did
that
which
was
evil
in
the
sight
of
Jehovah,
yet
not
as
the
kings
of
Israel
that
were
before
him.
\VS{3}Against
him
came
up
Shalmaneser
king
of
Assyria;
and
Hoshea
became
his
servant,
and
brought
him
tribute.
\VS{4}And
the
king
of
Assyria
found
conspiracy
in
Hoshea;
for
he
had
sent
messengers
to
So
king
of
Egypt,
and
offered
no
tribute
to
the
king
of
Assyria,
as
he
had
done
year
by
year:
therefore
the
king
of
Assyria
shut
him
up,
and
bound
him
in
prison.
\VS{5}Then
the
king
of
Assyria
came
up
throughout
all
the
land,
and
went
up
to
Samaria,
and
besieged
it
three
years.
\VS{6}In
the
ninth
year
of
Hoshea
the
king
of
Assyria
took
Samaria,
and
carried
Israel
away
unto
Assyria,
and
placed
them
in
Halah,
and
on
the
Habor,
the
river
of
Gozan,
and
in
the
cities
of
the
Medes.
\par }{\PP \VS{7}And
it
was
so,
because
the
children
of
Israel
had
sinned
against
Jehovah
their
God,
who
brought
them
up
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt
from
under
the
hand
of
Pharaoh
king
of
Egypt,
and
had
feared
other
gods,
\VS{8}and
walked
in
the
statutes
of
the
nations,
whom
Jehovah
cast
out
from
before
the
children
of
Israel,
and
of
the
kings
of
Israel,
which
they
made.
\VS{9}And
the
children
of
Israel
did
secretly
things
that
were
not
right
against
Jehovah
their
God:
and
they
built
them
high
places
in
all
their
cities,
from
the
tower
of
the
watchmen
to
the
fortified
city;
\VS{10}and
they
set
them
up
pillars
and
Asherim
upon
every
high
hill,
and
under
every
green
tree;
\VS{11}and
there
they
burnt
incense
in
all
the
high
places,
as
did
the
nations
whom
Jehovah
carried
away
before
them;
and
they
wrought
wicked
things
to
provoke
Jehovah
to
anger;
\VS{12}and
they
served
idols,
whereof
Jehovah
had
said
unto
them,
Ye
shall
not
do
this
thing.
\VS{13}Yet
Jehovah
testified
unto
Israel,
and
unto
Judah,
by
every
prophet,
and
every
seer,
saying,
Turn
ye
from
your
evil
ways,
and
keep
my
commandments
and
my
statutes,
according
to
all
the
law
which
I
commanded
your
fathers,
and
which
I
sent
to
you
by
my
servants
the
prophets.
\VS{14}Notwithstanding,
they
would
not
hear,
but
hardened
their
neck,
like
to
the
neck
of
their
fathers,
who
believed
not
in
Jehovah
their
God.
\VS{15}And
they
rejected
his
statutes,
and
his
covenant
that
he
made
with
their
fathers,
and
his
testimonies
which
he
testified
unto
them;
and
they
followed
vanity,
and
became
vain,
and
{\ADD{
went}}
after
the
nations
that
were
round
about
them,
concerning
whom
Jehovah
had
charged
them
that
they
should
not
do
like
them.
\VS{16}And
they
forsook
all
the
commandments
of
Jehovah
their
God,
and
made
them
molten
images,
even
two
calves,
and
made
an
Asherah,
and
worshipped
all
the
host
of
heaven,
and
served
Baal.
\VS{17}And
they
caused
their
sons
and
their
daughters
to
pass
through
the
fire,
and
used
divination
and
enchantments,
and
sold
themselves
to
do
that
which
was
evil
in
the
sight
of
Jehovah,
to
provoke
him
to
anger.
\VS{18}Therefore
Jehovah
was
very
angry
with
Israel,
and
removed
them
out
of
his
sight:
there
was
none
left
but
the
tribe
of
Judah
only.
\par }{\PP \VS{19}Also
Judah
kept
not
the
commandments
of
Jehovah
their
God,
but
walked
in
the
statutes
of
Israel
which
they
made.
\VS{20}And
Jehovah
rejected
all
the
seed
of
Israel,
and
afflicted
them,
and
delivered
them
into
the
hand
of
spoilers,
until
he
had
cast
them
out
of
his
sight.
\VS{21}For
he
rent
Israel
from
the
house
of
David;
and
they
made
Jeroboam
the
son
of
Nebat
king:
and
Jeroboam
drove
Israel
from
following
Jehovah,
and
made
them
sin
a
great
sin.
\VS{22}And
the
children
of
Israel
walked
in
all
the
sins
of
Jeroboam
which
he
did;
they
departed
not
from
them;
\VS{23}until
Jehovah
removed
Israel
out
of
his
sight,
as
he
spake
by
all
his
servants
the
prophets.
So
Israel
was
carried
away
out
of
their
own
land
to
Assyria
unto
this
day.
\par }{\PP \VS{24}And
the
king
of
Assyria
brought
men
from
Babylon,
and
from
Cuthah,
and
from
Avva,
and
from
Hamath
and
Sepharvaim,
and
placed
them
in
the
cities
of
Samaria
instead
of
the
children
of
Israel;
and
they
possessed
Samaria,
and
dwelt
in
the
cities
thereof.
\VS{25}And
so
it
was,
at
the
beginning
of
their
dwelling
there,
that
they
feared
not
Jehovah:
therefore
Jehovah
sent
lions
among
them,
which
killed
some
of
them.
\VS{26}Wherefore
they
spake
to
the
king
of
Assyria,
saying,
The
nations
which
thou
hast
carried
away,
and
placed
in
the
cities
of
Samaria,
know
not
the
law
of
the
god
of
the
land:
therefore
he
hath
sent
lions
among
them,
and,
behold,
they
slay
them,
because
they
know
not
the
law
of
the
god
of
the
land.
\par }{\PP \VS{27}Then
the
king
of
Assyria
commanded,
saying,
Carry
thither
one
of
the
priests
whom
ye
brought
from
thence;
and
let
them
go
and
dwell
there,
and
let
him
teach
them
the
law
of
the
god
of
the
land.
\VS{28}So
one
of
the
priests
whom
they
had
carried
away
from
Samaria
came
and
dwelt
in
Beth-el,
and
taught
them
how
they
should
fear
Jehovah.
\VS{29}Howbeit
every
nation
made
gods
of
their
own,
and
put
them
in
the
houses
of
the
high
places
which
the
Samaritans
had
made,
every
nation
in
their
cities
wherein
they
dwelt.
\VS{30}And
the
men
of
Babylon
made
Succoth-benoth,
and
the
men
of
Cuth
made
Nergal,
and
the
men
of
Hamath
made
Ashima,
\VS{31}and
the
Avvites
made
Nibhaz
and
Tartak;
and
the
Sepharvites
burnt
their
children
in
the
fire
to
Adrammelech
and
Anammelech,
the
gods
of
Sepharvaim.
\VS{32}So
they
feared
Jehovah,
and
made
unto
them
from
among
themselves
priests
of
the
high
places,
who
sacrificed
for
them
in
the
houses
of
the
high
places.
\VS{33}They
feared
Jehovah,
and
served
their
own
gods,
after
the
manner
of
the
nations
from
among
whom
they
had
been
carried
away.
\par }{\PP \VS{34}Unto
this
day
they
do
after
the
former
manner:
they
fear
not
Jehovah,
neither
do
they
after
their
statutes,
or
after
their
ordinances,
or
after
the
law
or
after
the
commandment
which
Jehovah
commanded
the
children
of
Jacob,
whom
he
named
Israel;
\VS{35}with
whom
Jehovah
had
made
a
covenant,
and
charged
them,
saying,
Ye
shall
not
fear
other
gods,
nor
bow
yourselves
to
them,
nor
serve
them,
nor
sacrifice
to
them:
\VS{36}but
Jehovah,
who
brought
you
up
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt
with
great
power
and
with
an
outstretched
arm,
him
shall
ye
fear,
and
unto
him
shall
ye
bow
yourselves,
and
to
him
shall
ye
sacrifice:
\VS{37}and
the
statutes
and
the
ordinances,
and
the
law
and
the
commandment,
which
he
wrote
for
you,
ye
shall
observe
to
do
for
evermore;
and
ye
shall
not
fear
other
gods:
\VS{38}and
the
covenant
that
I
have
made
with
you
ye
shall
not
forget;
neither
shall
ye
fear
other
gods:
\VS{39}but
Jehovah
your
God
shall
ye
fear;
and
he
will
deliver
you
out
of
the
hand
of
all
your
enemies.
\VS{40}Howbeit
they
did
not
hearken,
but
they
did
after
their
former
manner.
\VS{41}So
these
nations
feared
Jehovah,
and
served
their
graven
images;
their
children
likewise,
and
their
children’s
children,
as
did
their
fathers,
so
do
they
unto
this
day.

\par }\Chap{18}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Now
it
came
to
pass
in
the
third
year
of
Hoshea
son
of
Elah
king
of
Israel,
that
Hezekiah
the
son
of
Ahaz
king
of
Judah
began
to
reign.
\VS{2}Twenty
and
five
years
old
was
he
when
he
began
to
reign;
and
he
reigned
twenty
and
nine
years
in
Jerusalem:
and
his
mother’s
name
was
Abi
the
daughter
of
Zechariah.
\VS{3}And
he
did
that
which
was
right
in
the
eyes
of
Jehovah,
according
to
all
that
David
his
father
had
done.
\VS{4}He
removed
the
high
places,
and
brake
the
pillars,
and
cut
down
the
Asherah:
and
he
brake
in
pieces
the
brazen
serpent
that
Moses
had
made;
for
unto
those
days
the
children
of
Israel
did
burn
incense
to
it;
and
he
called
it
Nehushtan.
\VS{5}He
trusted
in
Jehovah,
the
God
of
Israel;
so
that
after
him
was
none
like
him
among
all
the
kings
of
Judah,
nor
{\ADD{
among
them}}
that
were
before
him.
\VS{6}For
he
clave
to
Jehovah;
he
departed
not
from
following
him,
but
kept
his
commandments,
which
Jehovah
commanded
Moses.
\VS{7}And
Jehovah
was
with
him;
whithersoever
he
went
forth
he
prospered:
and
he
rebelled
against
the
king
of
Assyria,
and
served
him
not.
\VS{8}He
smote
the
Philistines
unto
Gaza
and
the
borders
thereof,
from
the
tower
of
the
watchmen
to
the
fortified
city.
\par }{\PP \VS{9}And
it
came
to
pass
in
the
fourth
year
of
king
Hezekiah,
which
was
the
seventh
year
of
Hoshea
son
of
Elah
king
of
Israel,
that
Shalmaneser
king
of
Assyria
came
up
against
Samaria,
and
besieged
it.
\VS{10}And
at
the
end
of
three
years
they
took
it:
in
the
sixth
year
of
Hezekiah,
which
was
the
ninth
year
of
Hoshea
king
of
Israel,
Samaria
was
taken.
\VS{11}And
the
king
of
Assyria
carried
Israel
away
unto
Assyria,
and
put
them
in
Halah,
and
on
the
Habor,
the
river
of
Gozan,
and
in
the
cities
of
the
Medes,
\VS{12}because
they
obeyed
not
the
voice
of
Jehovah
their
God,
but
transgressed
his
covenant,
even
all
that
Moses
the
servant
of
Jehovah
commanded,
and
would
not
hear
it,
nor
do
it.
\par }{\PP \VS{13}Now
in
the
fourteenth
year
of
king
Hezekiah
did
Sennacherib
king
of
Assyria
come
up
against
all
the
fortified
cities
of
Judah,
and
took
them.
\VS{14}And
Hezekiah
king
of
Judah
sent
to
the
king
of
Assyria
to
Lachish,
saying,
I
have
offended;
return
from
me:
that
which
thou
puttest
on
me
will
I
bear.
And
the
king
of
Assyria
appointed
unto
Hezekiah
king
of
Judah
three
hundred
talents
of
silver
and
thirty
talents
of
gold.
\VS{15}And
Hezekiah
gave
{\ADD{
him}}
all
the
silver
that
was
found
in
the
house
of
Jehovah,
and
in
the
treasures
of
the
king’s
house.
\VS{16}At
that
time
did
Hezekiah
cut
off
{\ADD{
the
gold
from}}
the
doors
of
the
temple
of
Jehovah,
and
{\ADD{
from}}
the
pillars
which
Hezekiah
king
of
Judah
had
overlaid,
and
gave
it
to
the
king
of
Assyria.
\VS{17}And
the
king
of
Assyria
sent
Tartan
and
Rab-saris
and
Rabshakeh
from
Lachish
to
king
Hezekiah
with
a
great
army
unto
Jerusalem.
And
they
went
up
and
came
to
Jerusalem.
And
when
they
were
come
up,
they
came
and
stood
by
the
conduit
of
the
upper
pool,
which
is
in
the
highway
of
the
fuller’s
field.
\VS{18}And
when
they
had
called
to
the
king,
there
came
out
to
them
Eliakim
the
son
of
Hilkiah,
who
was
over
the
household,
and
Shebnah
the
scribe,
and
Joah
the
son
of
Asaph
the
recorder.
\par }{\PP \VS{19}And
Rabshakeh
said
unto
them,
Say
ye
now
to
Hezekiah,
Thus
saith
the
great
king,
the
king
of
Assyria,
What
confidence
is
this
wherein
thou
trustest?
\VS{20}Thou
sayest (but
they
are
but
vain
words),
{\ADD{
There
is}}
counsel
and
strength
for
the
war.
Now
on
whom
dost
thou
trust,
that
thou
hast
rebelled
against
me?
\VS{21}Now,
behold,
thou
trustest
upon
the
staff
of
this
bruised
reed,
even
upon
Egypt;
whereon
if
a
man
lean,
it
will
go
into
his
hand,
and
pierce
it:
so
is
Pharaoh
king
of
Egypt
unto
all
that
trust
on
him.
\VS{22}But
if
ye
say
unto
me,
We
trust
in
Jehovah
our
God;
is
not
that
he,
whose
high
places
and
whose
altars
Hezekiah
hath
taken
away,
and
hath
said
to
Judah
and
to
Jerusalem,
Ye
shall
worship
before
this
altar
in
Jerusalem?
\VS{23}Now
therefore,
I
pray
thee,
give
pledges
to
my
master
the
king
of
Assyria,
and
I
will
give
thee
two
thousand
horses,
if
thou
be
able
on
thy
part
to
set
riders
upon
them.
\VS{24}How
then
canst
thou
turn
away
the
face
of
one
captain
of
the
least
of
my
master’s
servants,
and
put
thy
trust
on
Egypt
for
chariots
and
for
horsemen?
\VS{25}Am
I
now
come
up
without
Jehovah
against
this
place
to
destroy
it?
Jehovah
said
unto
me,
Go
up
against
this
land,
and
destroy
it.
\par }{\PP \VS{26}Then
said
Eliakim
the
son
of
Hilkiah,
and
Shebnah,
and
Joah,
unto
Rabshakeh,
Speak,
I
pray
thee,
to
thy
servants
in
the
Syrian
language;
for
we
understand
it:
and
speak
not
with
us
in
the
Jews’
language,
in
the
ears
of
the
people
that
are
on
the
wall.
\VS{27}But
Rabshakeh
said
unto
them,
Hath
my
master
sent
me
to
thy
master,
and
to
thee,
to
speak
these
words?
{\ADD{
hath
he}}
not
{\ADD{
sent
me}}
to
the
men
that
sit
on
the
wall,
to
eat
their
own
dung,
and
to
drink
their
own
water
with
you?
\VS{28}Then
Rabshakeh
stood,
and
cried
with
a
loud
voice
in
the
Jews’
language,
and
spake,
saying,
Hear
ye
the
word
of
the
great
king,
the
king
of
Assyria.
\VS{29}Thus
saith
the
king,
Let
not
Hezekiah
deceive
you;
for
he
will
not
be
able
to
deliver
you
out
of
his
hand:
\VS{30}neither
let
Hezekiah
make
you
trust
in
Jehovah,
saying,
Jehovah
will
surely
deliver
us,
and
this
city
shall
not
be
given
into
the
hand
of
the
king
of
Assyria.
\VS{31}Hearken
not
to
Hezekiah:
for
thus
saith
the
king
of
Assyria,
Make
your
peace
with
me,
and
come
out
to
me;
and
eat
ye
every
one
of
his
vine,
and
every
one
of
his fig-tree,
and
drink
ye
every
one
the
waters
of
his
own
cistern;
\VS{32}until
I
come
and
take
you
away
to
a
land
like
your
own
land,
a
land
of
grain
and
new
wine,
a
land
of
bread
and
vineyards,
a
land
of olive-trees
and
of
honey,
that
ye
may
live,
and
not
die:
and
hearken
not
unto
Hezekiah,
when
he
persuadeth
you,
saying,
Jehovah
will
deliver
us.
\VS{33}Hath
any
of
the
gods
of
the
nations
ever
delivered
his
land
out
of
the
hand
of
the
king
of
Assyria?
\VS{34}Where
are
the
gods
of
Hamath,
and
of
Arpad?
where
are
the
gods
of
Sepharvaim,
of
Hena,
and
Ivvah?
have
they
delivered
Samaria
out
of
my
hand?
\VS{35}Who
are
they
among
all
the
gods
of
the
countries,
that
have
delivered
their
country
out
of
my
hand,
that
Jehovah
should
deliver
Jerusalem
out
of
my
hand?
\par }{\PP \VS{36}But
the
people
held
their
peace,
and
answered
him
not
a
word;
for
the
king’s
commandment
was,
saying,
Answer
him
not.
\VS{37}Then
came
Eliakim
the
son
of
Hilkiah,
who
was
over
the
household,
and
Shebna
the
scribe,
and
Joah
the
son
of
Asaph
the
recorder,
to
Hezekiah
with
their
clothes
rent,
and
told
him
the
words
of
Rabshakeh.

\par }\Chap{19}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
it
came
to
pass,
when
king
Hezekiah
heard
it,
that
he
rent
his
clothes,
and
covered
himself
with
sackcloth,
and
went
into
the
house
of
Jehovah.
\VS{2}And
he
sent
Eliakim,
who
was
over
the
household,
and
Shebna
the
scribe,
and
the
elders
of
the
priests,
covered
with
sackcloth,
unto
Isaiah
the
prophet
the
son
of
Amoz.
\VS{3}And
they
said
unto
him,
Thus
saith
Hezekiah,
This
day
is
a
day
of
trouble,
and
of
rebuke,
and
of contumely;
for
the
children
are
come
to
the
birth,
and
there
is
not
strength
to
bring
forth.
\VS{4}It
may
be
Jehovah
thy
God
will
hear
all
the
words
of
Rabshakeh,
whom
the
king
of
Assyria
his
master
hath
sent
to
defy
the
living
God,
and
will
rebuke
the
words
which
Jehovah
thy
God
hath
heard:
wherefore
lift
up
thy
prayer
for
the
remnant
that
is
left.
\VS{5}So
the
servants
of
king
Hezekiah
came
to
Isaiah.
\VS{6}And
Isaiah
said
unto
them,
Thus
shall
ye
say
to
your
master,
Thus
saith
Jehovah,
Be
not
afraid
of
the
words
that
thou
hast
heard,
wherewith
the
servants
of
the
king
of
Assyria
have
blasphemed
me.
\VS{7}Behold,
I
will
put
a
spirit
in
him,
and
he
shall
hear
tidings,
and
shall
return
to
his
own
land;
and
I
will
cause
him
to
fall
by
the
sword
in
his
own
land.
\par }{\PP \VS{8}So
Rabshakeh
returned,
and
found
the
king
of
Assyria
warring
against
Libnah;
for
he
had
heard
that
he
was
departed
from
Lachish.
\VS{9}And
when
he
heard
say
of
Tirhakah
king
of
Ethiopia,
Behold,
he
is
come
out
to
fight
against
thee,
he
sent
messengers
again
unto
Hezekiah,
saying,
\VS{10}Thus
shall
ye
speak
to
Hezekiah
king
of
Judah,
saying,
Let
not
thy
God
in
whom
thou
trustest
deceive
thee,
saying,
Jerusalem
shall
not
be
given
into
the
hand
of
the
king
of
Assyria.
\VS{11}Behold,
thou
hast
heard
what
the
kings
of
Assyria
have
done
to
all
lands,
by
destroying
them
utterly:
and shalt
thou
be
delivered?
\VS{12}Have
the
gods
of
the
nations
delivered
them,
which
my
fathers
have
destroyed,
Gozan,
and
Haran,
and
Rezeph,
and
the
children
of
Eden
that
were
in
Telassar?
\VS{13}Where
is
the
king
of
Hamath,
and
the
king
of
Arpad,
and
the
king
of
the
city
of
Sepharvaim,
of
Hena,
and
Ivvah?
\par }{\PP \VS{14}And
Hezekiah
received
the
letter
from
the
hand
of
the
messengers,
and
read
it;
and
Hezekiah
went
up
unto
the
house
of
Jehovah,
and
spread
it
before
Jehovah.
\VS{15}And
Hezekiah
prayed
before
Jehovah,
and
said,
O
Jehovah,
the
God
of
Israel,
that
sittest
{\ADD{
above}}
the
cherubim,
thou
art
the
God,
even
thou
alone,
of
all
the
kingdoms
of
the
earth;
thou
hast
made
heaven
and
earth.
\VS{16}Incline
thine
ear,
O
Jehovah,
and
hear;
open
thine
eyes,
O
Jehovah,
and
see;
and
hear
the
words
of
Sennacherib,
wherewith
he
hath
sent
him
to
defy
the
living
God.
\VS{17}Of
a
truth,
Jehovah,
the
kings
of
Assyria
have
laid
waste
the
nations
and
their
lands,
\VS{18}and
have
cast
their
gods
into
the
fire;
for
they
were
no
gods,
but
the
work
of
men’s
hands,
wood
and
stone;
therefore
they
have
destroyed
them.
\VS{19}Now
therefore,
O
Jehovah
our
God,
save
thou
us,
I
beseech
thee,
out
of
his
hand,
that
all
the
kingdoms
of
the
earth
may
know
that
thou
Jehovah
art
God
alone.
\par }{\PP \VS{20}Then
Isaiah
the
son
of
Amoz
sent
to
Hezekiah,
saying,
Thus
saith
Jehovah,
the
God
of
Israel,
Whereas
thou
hast
prayed
to
me
against
Sennacherib
king
of
Assyria,
I
have
heard
{\ADD{
thee}}.
\VS{21}This
is
the
word
that
Jehovah
hath
spoken
concerning
him:
The
virgin
daughter
of
Zion
hath
despised
thee
and
laughed
thee
to
scorn;
the
daughter
of
Jerusalem
hath
shaken
her
head
at
thee.
\VS{22}Whom
hast
thou
defied
and
blasphemed?
and
against
whom
hast
thou
exalted
thy
voice
and
lifted
up
thine
eyes
on
high?
{\ADD{
even}}
against
the
Holy
One
of
Israel.
\VS{23}By
thy
messengers
thou
hast
defied
the
Lord,
and
hast
said,
With
the
multitude
of
my
chariots
am
I
come
up
to
the
height
of
the
mountains,
to
the
innermost
parts
of
Lebanon;
and
I
will
cut
down
the
tall
cedars
thereof,
and
the
choice fir-trees
thereof;
and
I
will
enter
into
his
farthest lodging-place,
the
forest
of
his
fruitful
field.
\VS{24}I
have
digged
and
drunk
strange
waters,
and
with
the
sole
of
my
feet
will
I
dry
up
all
the
rivers
of
Egypt.
\par }{\PP \VS{25}Hast
thou
not
heard
how
I
have
done
it
long
ago,
and
formed
it
of
ancient
times?
now
have
I
brought
it
to
pass,
that
it
should
be
thine
to
lay
waste
fortified
cities
into
ruinous
heaps.
\VS{26}Therefore
their
inhabitants
were
of
small
power,
they
were
dismayed
and
confounded;
they
were
as
the
grass
of
the
field,
and
as
the
green
herb,
as
the
grass
on
the
housetops,
and
as
grain
blasted
before
it
is
grown
up.
\VS{27}But
I
know
thy
sitting
down,
and
thy
going
out,
and
thy
coming
in,
and
thy
raging
against
me.
\VS{28}Because
of
thy
raging
against
me,
and
because
thine
arrogancy
is
come
up
into
mine
ears,
therefore
will
I
put
my
hook
in
thy
nose,
and
my
bridle
in
thy
lips,
and
I
will
turn
thee
back
by
the
way
by
which
thou
camest.
\par }{\PP \VS{29}And
this
shall
be
the
sign
unto
thee:
ye
shall
eat
this
year
that
which
groweth
of
itself,
and
in
the
second
year
that
which
springeth
of
the
same;
and
in
the
third
year
sow
ye,
and
reap,
and
plant
vineyards,
and
eat
the
fruit
thereof.
\VS{30}And
the
remnant
that
is
escaped
of
the
house
of
Judah
shall
again
take
root
downward,
and
bear
fruit
upward.
\VS{31}For
out
of
Jerusalem
shall
go
forth
a
remnant,
and
out
of
mount
Zion
they
that
shall
escape:
the
zeal
of
Jehovah
shall
perform
this.
\VS{32}Therefore
thus
saith
Jehovah
concerning
the
king
of
Assyria,
He
shall
not
come
unto
this
city,
nor
shoot
an
arrow
there,
neither
shall
he
come
before
it
with
shield,
nor
cast
up
a
mound
against
it.
\VS{33}By
the
way
that
he
came,
by
the
same
shall
he
return,
and
he
shall
not
come
unto
this
city,
saith
Jehovah.
\VS{34}For
I
will
defend
this
city
to
save
it,
for
mine
own
sake,
and
for
my
servant
David’s
sake.
\par }{\PP \VS{35}And
it
came
to
pass
that
night,
that
the
angel
of
Jehovah
went
forth,
and
smote
in
the
camp
of
the
Assyrians
a
hundred
fourscore
and
five
thousand:
and
when
men
arose
early
in
the
morning,
behold,
these
were
all
dead
bodies.
\VS{36}So
Sennacherib
king
of
Assyria
departed,
and
went
and
returned,
and
dwelt
at
Nineveh.
\VS{37}And
it
came
to
pass,
as
he
was
worshipping
in
the
house
of
Nisroch
his
god,
that
Adrammelech
and
Sharezer
smote
him
with
the
sword:
and
they
escaped
into
the
land
of
Ararat.
And
Esar-haddon
his
son
reigned
in
his
stead.

\par }\Chap{20}{\PP \VerseOne{1}In
those
days
was
Hezekiah
sick
unto
death.
And
Isaiah
the
prophet
the
son
of
Amoz
came
to
him,
and
said
unto
him,
Thus
saith
Jehovah,
Set
thy
house
in
order;
for
thou shalt
die,
and
not
live.
\VS{2}Then
he
turned
his
face
to
the
wall,
and
prayed
unto
Jehovah,
saying,
\VS{3}Remember
now,
O
Jehovah,
I
beseech
thee,
how
I
have
walked
before
thee
in
truth
and
with
a
perfect
heart,
and
have
done
that
which
is
good
in
thy
sight.
And
Hezekiah
wept
sore.
\VS{4}And
it
came
to
pass,
before
Isaiah
was
gone
out
into
the
middle
part
of
the
city,
that
the
word
of
Jehovah
came
to
him,
saying,
\VS{5}Turn
back,
and
say
to
Hezekiah
the
prince
of
my
people,
Thus
saith
Jehovah,
the
God
of
David
thy
father,
I
have
heard
thy
prayer,
I
have
seen
thy
tears:
behold,
I
will
heal
thee;
on
the
third
day
thou shalt
go
up
unto
the
house
of
Jehovah.
\VS{6}And
I
will
add
unto
thy
days
fifteen
years;
and
I
will
deliver
thee
and
this
city
out
of
the
hand
of
the
king
of
Assyria;
and
I
will
defend
this
city
for
mine
own
sake,
and
for
my
servant
David’s
sake.
\VS{7}And
Isaiah
said,
Take
a
cake
of
figs.
And
they
took
and
laid
it
on
the
boil,
and
he
recovered.
\par }{\PP \VS{8}And
Hezekiah
said
unto
Isaiah,
What
shall
be
the
sign
that
Jehovah
will
heal
me,
and
that
I
shall
go
up
unto
the
house
of
Jehovah
the
third
day?
\VS{9}And
Isaiah
said,
This
shall
be
the
sign
unto
thee
from
Jehovah,
that
Jehovah
will
do
the
thing
that
he
hath
spoken:
shall
the
shadow
go
forward
ten
steps,
or
go
back
ten
steps?
\VS{10}And
Hezekiah
answered,
It
is
a
light
thing
for
the
shadow
to
decline
ten
steps:
nay,
but
let
the
shadow
return
backward
ten
steps.
\VS{11}And
Isaiah
the
prophet
cried
unto
Jehovah;
and
he
brought
the
shadow
ten
steps
backward,
by
which
it
had
gone
down
on
the
dial
of
Ahaz.
\par }{\PP \VS{12}At
that
time
Berodach-baladan
the
son
of
Baladan,
king
of
Babylon,
sent
letters
and
a
present
unto
Hezekiah;
for
he
had
heard
that
Hezekiah
had
been
sick.
\VS{13}And
Hezekiah
hearkened
unto
them,
and
showed
them
all
the
house
of
his
precious
things,
the
silver,
and
the
gold,
and
the
spices,
and
the
precious
oil,
and
the
house
of
his
armor,
and
all
that
was
found
in
his
treasures:
there
was
nothing
in
his
house,
nor
in
all
his
dominion,
that
Hezekiah
showed
them
not.
\VS{14}Then
came
Isaiah
the
prophet
unto
king
Hezekiah,
and
said
unto
him,
What
said
these
men?
and
from
whence
came
they
unto
thee?
And
Hezekiah
said,
They
are
come
from
a
far
country,
even
from
Babylon.
\VS{15}And
he
said,
What
have
they
seen
in
thy
house?
And
Hezekiah
answered,
All
that
is
in
my
house
have
they
seen:
there
is
nothing
among
my
treasures
that
I
have
not
showed
them.
\par }{\PP \VS{16}And
Isaiah
said
unto
Hezekiah,
Hear
the
word
of
Jehovah.
\VS{17}Behold,
the
days
come,
that
all
that
is
in
thy
house,
and
that
which
thy
fathers
have
laid
up
in
store
unto
this
day,
shall
be
carried
to
Babylon:
nothing
shall
be
left,
saith
Jehovah.
\VS{18}And
of
thy
sons
that
shall
issue
from
thee,
whom
thou shalt
beget,
shall
they
take
away;
and
they
shall
be
eunuchs
in
the
palace
of
the
king
of
Babylon.
\VS{19}Then
said
Hezekiah
unto
Isaiah,
Good
is
the
word
of
Jehovah
which
thou
hast
spoken.
He
said
moreover,
Is
it
not
so,
if
peace
and
truth
shall
be
in
my
days?
\VS{20}Now
the
rest
of
the
acts
of
Hezekiah,
and
all
his
might,
and
how
he
made
the
pool,
and
the
conduit,
and
brought
water
into
the
city,
are
they
not
written
in
the
book
of
the
chronicles
of
the
kings
of
Judah?
\VS{21}And
Hezekiah
slept
with
his
fathers;
and
Manasseh
his
son
reigned
in
his
stead.

\par }\Chap{21}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Manasseh
was
twelve
years
old
when
he
began
to
reign;
and
he
reigned
five
and
fifty
years
in
Jerusalem:
and
his
mother’s
name
was
Hephzibah.
\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
destroyed;
and
he
reared
up
altars
for
Baal,
and
made
an
Asherah,
as
did
Ahab
king
of
Israel,
and
worshipped
all
the
host
of
heaven,
and
served
them.
\VS{4}And
he
built
altars
in
the
house
of
Jehovah,
whereof
Jehovah
said,
In
Jerusalem
will
I
put
my
name.
\VS{5}And
he
built
altars
for
all
the
host
of
heaven
in
the
two
courts
of
the
house
of
Jehovah.
\VS{6}And
he
made
his
son
to
pass
through
the
fire,
and
practised augury,
and
used
enchantments,
and
dealt
with
them
that
had
familiar
spirits,
and
with
wizards:
he
wrought
much
evil
in
the
sight
of
Jehovah,
to
provoke
him
to
anger.
\VS{7}And
he
set
the
graven
image
of
Asherah,
that
he
had
made,
in
the
house
of
which
Jehovah
said
to
David
and
to
Solomon
his
son,
In
this
house,
and
in
Jerusalem,
which
I
have
chosen
out
of
all
the
tribes
of
Israel,
will
I
put
my
name
for
ever;
\VS{8}neither
will
I
cause
the
feet
of
Israel
to
wander
any
more
out
of
the
land
which
I
gave
their
fathers,
if
only
they
will
observe
to
do
according
to
all
that
I
have
commanded
them,
and
according
to
all
the
law
that
my
servant
Moses
commanded
them.
\VS{9}But
they
hearkened
not:
and
Manasseh
seduced
them
to
do
that
which
is
evil
more
than
did
the
nations
whom
Jehovah
destroyed
before
the
children
of
Israel.
\par }{\PP \VS{10}And
Jehovah
spake
by
his
servants
the
prophets,
saying,
\VS{11}Because
Manasseh
king
of
Judah
hath
done
these
abominations,
and
hath
done
wickedly
above
all
that
the
Amorites
did,
that
were
before
him,
and
hath
made
Judah
also
to
sin
with
his
idols;
\VS{12}therefore
thus
saith
Jehovah,
the
God
of
Israel,
Behold,
I
bring
such
evil
upon
Jerusalem
and
Judah,
that
whosoever
heareth
of
it,
both
his
ears
shall
tingle.
\VS{13}And
I
will
stretch
over
Jerusalem
the
line
of
Samaria,
and
the
plummet
of
the
house
of
Ahab;
and
I
will
wipe
Jerusalem
as
a
man
wipeth
a
dish,
wiping
it
and
turning
it
upside
down.
\VS{14}And
I
will
cast
off
the
remnant
of
mine
inheritance,
and
deliver
them
into
the
hand
of
their
enemies;
and
they
shall
become
a
prey
and
a
spoil
to
all
their
enemies;
\VS{15}because
they
have
done
that
which
is
evil
in
my
sight,
and
have
provoked
me
to
anger,
since
the
day
their
fathers
came
forth
out
of
Egypt,
even
unto
this
day.
\par }{\PP \VS{16}Moreover
Manasseh
shed
innocent
blood
very
much,
till
he
had
filled
Jerusalem
from
one
end
to
another;
besides
his
sin
wherewith
he
made
Judah
to
sin,
in
doing
that
which
was
evil
in
the
sight
of
Jehovah.
\VS{17}Now
the
rest
of
the
acts
of
Manasseh,
and
all
that
he
did,
and
his
sin
that
he
sinned,
are
they
not
written
in
the
book
of
the
chronicles
of
the
kings
of
Judah?
\VS{18}And
Manasseh
slept
with
his
fathers,
and
was
buried
in
the
garden
of
his
own
house,
in
the
garden
of
Uzza:
and
Amon
his
son
reigned
in
his
stead.
\par }{\PP \VS{19}Amon
was
twenty
and
two
years
old
when
he
began
to
reign;
and
he
reigned
two
years
in
Jerusalem:
and
his
mother’s
name
was
Meshullemeth
the
daughter
of
Haruz
of
Jotbah.
\VS{20}And
he
did
that
which
was
evil
in
the
sight
of
Jehovah,
as
did
Manasseh
his
father.
\VS{21}And
he
walked
in
all
the
way
that
his
father
walked
in,
and
served
the
idols
that
his
father
served,
and
worshipped
them:
\VS{22}and
he
forsook
Jehovah,
the
God
of
his
fathers,
and
walked
not
in
the
way
of
Jehovah.
\VS{23}And
the
servants
of
Amon
conspired
against
him,
and
put
the
king
to
death
in
his
own
house.
\VS{24}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.
\VS{25}Now
the
rest
of
the
acts
of
Amon
which
he
did,
are
they
not
written
in
the
book
of
the
chronicles
of
the
kings
of
Judah?
\VS{26}And
he
was
buried
in
his
sepulchre
in
the
garden
of
Uzza:
and
Josiah
his
son
reigned
in
his
stead.

\par }\Chap{22}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Josiah
was
eight
years
old
when
he
began
to
reign;
and
he
reigned
thirty
and
one
years
in
Jerusalem:
and
his
mother’s
name
was
Jedidah
the
daughter
of
Adaiah
of
Bozkath.
\VS{2}And
he
did
that
which
was
right
in
the
eyes
of
Jehovah,
and
walked
in
all
the
way
of
David
his
father,
and
turned
not
aside
to
the
right
hand
or
to
the
left.
\par }{\PP \VS{3}And
it
came
to
pass
in
the
eighteenth
year
of
king
Josiah,
that
the
king
sent
Shaphan,
the
son
of
Azaliah
the
son
of
Meshullam,
the
scribe,
to
the
house
of
Jehovah,
saying,
\VS{4}Go
up
to
Hilkiah
the
high
priest,
that
he
may
sum
the
money
which
is
brought
into
the
house
of
Jehovah,
which
the
keepers
of
the
threshold
have
gathered
of
the
people:
\VS{5}and
let
them
deliver
it
into
the
hand
of
the
workmen
that
have
the
oversight
of
the
house
of
Jehovah;
and
let
them
give
it
to
the
workmen
that
are
in
the
house
of
Jehovah,
to
repair
the
breaches
of
the
house,
\VS{6}unto
the
carpenters,
and
to
the
builders,
and
to
the
masons,
and
for
buying
timber
and
hewn
stone
to
repair
the
house.
\VS{7}Howbeit
there
was
no
reckoning
made
with
them
of
the
money
that
was
delivered
into
their
hand;
for
they
dealt
faithfully.
\par }{\PP \VS{8}And
Hilkiah
the
high
priest
said
unto
Shaphan
the
scribe,
I
have
found
the
book
of
the
law
in
the
house
of
Jehovah.
And
Hilkiah
delivered
the
book
to
Shaphan,
and
he
read
it.
\VS{9}And
Shaphan
the
scribe
came
to
the
king,
and
brought
the
king
word
again,
and
said,
Thy
servants
have
emptied
out
the
money
that
was
found
in
the
house,
and
have
delivered
it
into
the
hand
of
the
workmen
that
have
the
oversight
of
the
house
of
Jehovah.
\VS{10}And
Shaphan
the
scribe
told
the
king,
saying,
Hilkiah
the
priest
hath
delivered
me
a
book.
And
Shaphan
read
it
before
the
king.
\VS{11}And
it
came
to
pass,
when
the
king
had
heard
the
words
of
the
book
of
the
law,
that
he
rent
his
clothes.
\VS{12}And
the
king
commanded
Hilkiah
the
priest,
and
Ahikam
the
son
of
Shaphan,
and
Achbor
the
son
of
Micaiah,
and
Shaphan
the
scribe,
and
Asaiah
the
king’s
servant,
saying,
\VS{13}Go
ye,
inquire
of
Jehovah
for
me,
and
for
the
people,
and
for
all
Judah,
concerning
the
words
of
this
book
that
is
found;
for
great
is
the
wrath
of
Jehovah
that
is
kindled
against
us,
because
our
fathers
have
not
hearkened
unto
the
words
of
this
book,
to
do
according
unto
all
that
which
is
written
concerning
us.
\par }{\PP \VS{14}So
Hilkiah
the
priest,
and
Ahikam,
and
Achbor,
and
Shaphan,
and
Asaiah,
went
unto
Huldah
the
prophetess,
the
wife
of
Shallum
the
son
of
Tikvah,
the
son
of
Harhas,
keeper
of
the
wardrobe (now
she
dwelt
in
Jerusalem
in
the
second
quarter);
and
they
communed
with
her.
\VS{15}And
she
said
unto
them,
Thus
saith
Jehovah,
the
God
of
Israel:
Tell
ye
the
man
that
sent
you
unto
me,
\VS{16}Thus
saith
Jehovah,
Behold,
I
will
bring
evil
upon
this
place,
and
upon
the
inhabitants
thereof,
even
all
the
words
of
the
book
which
the
king
of
Judah
hath
read.
\VS{17}Because
they
have
forsaken
me,
and
have
burned
incense
unto
other
gods,
that
they
might
provoke
me
to
anger
with
all
the
work
of
their
hands,
therefore
my
wrath
shall
be
kindled
against
this
place,
and
it
shall
not
be
quenched.
\VS{18}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{19}because
thy
heart
was
tender,
and
thou
didst
humble
thyself
before
Jehovah,
when
thou
heardest
what
I
spake
against
this
place,
and
against
the
inhabitants
thereof,
that
they
should
become
a
desolation
and
a
curse,
and
hast
rent
thy
clothes,
and
wept
before
me;
I
also
have
heard
thee,
saith
Jehovah.
\VS{20}Therefore,
behold,
I
will
gather
thee
to
thy
fathers,
and
thou shalt
be
gathered
to
thy
grave
in
peace,
neither
shall
thine
eyes
see
all
the
evil
which
I
will
bring
upon
this
place.
And
they
brought
the
king
word
again.

\par }\Chap{23}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
the
king
sent,
and
they
gathered
unto
him
all
the
elders
of
Judah
and
of
Jerusalem.
\VS{2}And
the
king
went
up
to
the
house
of
Jehovah,
and
all
the
men
of
Judah
and
all
the
inhabitants
of
Jerusalem
with
him,
and
the
priests,
and
the
prophets,
and
all
the
people,
both
small
and
great:
and
he
read
in
their
ears
all
the
words
of
the
book
of
the
covenant
which
was
found
in
the
house
of
Jehovah.
\VS{3}And
the
king
stood
by
the
pillar,
and
made
a
covenant
before
Jehovah,
to
walk
after
Jehovah,
and
to
keep
his
commandments,
and
his
testimonies,
and
his
statutes,
with
all
{\ADD{
his}}
heart,
and
all
{\ADD{
his}}
soul,
to
confirm
the
words
of
this
covenant
that
were
written
in
this
book:
and
all
the
people
stood
to
the
covenant.
\par }{\PP \VS{4}And
the
king
commanded
Hilkiah
the
high
priest,
and
the
priests
of
the
second
order,
and
the
keepers
of
the
threshold,
to
bring
forth
out
of
the
temple
of
Jehovah
all
the
vessels
that
were
made
for
Baal,
and
for
the
Asherah,
and
for
all
the
host
of
heaven,
and
he
burned
them
without
Jerusalem
in
the
fields
of
the
Kidron,
and
carried
the
ashes
of
them
unto
Beth-el.
\VS{5}And
he
put
down
the
idolatrous
priests,
whom
the
kings
of
Judah
had
ordained
to
burn
incense
in
the
high
places
in
the
cities
of
Judah,
and
in
the
places
round
about
Jerusalem;
them
also
that
burned
incense
unto
Baal,
to
the
sun,
and
to
the
moon,
and
to
the
planets,
and
to
all
the
host
of
heaven.
\VS{6}And
he
brought
out
the
Asherah
from
the
house
of
Jehovah,
without
Jerusalem,
unto
the
brook
Kidron,
and
burned
it
at
the
brook
Kidron,
and
beat
it
to
dust,
and
cast
the
dust
thereof
upon
the
graves
of
the
common
people.
\VS{7}And
he
brake
down
the
houses
of
the
sodomites,
that
were
in
the
house
of
Jehovah,
where
the
women
wove
hangings
for
the
Asherah.
\VS{8}And
he
brought
all
the
priests
out
of
the
cities
of
Judah,
and
defiled
the
high
places
where
the
priests
had
burned
incense,
from
Geba
to
Beer-sheba;
and
he
brake
down
the
high
places
of
the
gates
that
were
at
the
entrance
of
the
gate
of
Joshua
the
governor
of
the
city,
which
were
on
a
man’s
left
hand
at
the
gate
of
the
city.
\VS{9}Nevertheless
the
priests
of
the
high
places
came
not
up
to
the
altar
of
Jehovah
in
Jerusalem,
but
they
did
eat
unleavened
bread
among
their
brethren.
\VS{10}And
he
defiled
Topheth,
which
is
in
the
valley
of
the
children
of
Hinnom,
that
no
man
might
make
his
son
or
his
daughter
to
pass
through
the
fire
to
Molech.
\VS{11}And
he
took
away
the
horses
that
the
kings
of
Judah
had
given
to
the
sun,
at
the
entrance
of
the
house
of
Jehovah,
by
the
chamber
of
Nathan-melech
the
chamberlain,
which
was
in
the
precincts;
and
he
burned
the
chariots
of
the
sun
with
fire.
\VS{12}And
the
altars
that
were
on
the
roof
of
the
upper
chamber
of
Ahaz,
which
the
kings
of
Judah
had
made,
and
the
altars
which
Manasseh
had
made
in
the
two
courts
of
the
house
of
Jehovah,
did
the
king
break
down,
and
beat
{\ADD{
them}}
down
from
thence,
and
cast
the
dust
of
them
into
the
brook
Kidron.
\VS{13}And
the
high
places
that
were
before
Jerusalem,
which
were
on
the
right
hand
of
the
mount
of
corruption,
which
Solomon
the
king
of
Israel
had
builded
for
Ashtoreth
the
abomination
of
the
Sidonians,
and
for
Chemosh
the
abomination
of
Moab,
and
for
Milcom
the
abomination
of
the
children
of
Ammon,
did
the
king
defile.
\VS{14}And
he
brake
in
pieces
the
pillars,
and
cut
down
the
Asherim,
and
filled
their
places
with
the
bones
of
men.
\par }{\PP \VS{15}Moreover
the
altar
that
was
at
Beth-el,
and
the
high
place
which
Jeroboam
the
son
of
Nebat,
who
made
Israel
to
sin,
had
made,
even
that
altar
and
the
high
place
he
brake
down;
and
he
burned
the
high
place
and
beat
it
to
dust,
and
burned
the
Asherah.
\VS{16}And
as
Josiah
turned
himself,
he
spied
the
sepulchres
that
were
there
in
the
mount;
and
he
sent,
and
took
the
bones
out
of
the
sepulchres,
and
burned
them
upon
the
altar,
and
defiled
it,
according
to
the
word
of
Jehovah
which
the
man
of
God
proclaimed,
who
proclaimed
these
things.
\VS{17}Then
he
said,
What
monument
is
that
which
I
see?
And
the
men
of
the
city
told
him,
It
is
the
sepulchre
of
the
man
of
God,
who
came
from
Judah,
and
proclaimed
these
things
that
thou
hast
done
against
the
altar
of
Beth-el.
\VS{18}And
he
said,
Let
him
be;
let
no
man
move
his
bones.
So
they
let
his
bones
alone,
with
the
bones
of
the
prophet
that
came
out
of
Samaria.
\VS{19}And
all
the
houses
also
of
the
high
places
that
were
in
the
cities
of
Samaria,
which
the
kings
of
Israel
had
made
to
provoke
{\ADD{
Jehovah}}
to
anger,
Josiah
took
away,
and
did
to
them
according
to
all
the
acts
that
he
had
done
in
Beth-el.
\VS{20}And
he
slew
all
the
priests
of
the
high
places
that
were
there,
upon
the
altars,
and
burned
men’s
bones
upon
them;
and
he
returned
to
Jerusalem.
\par }{\PP \VS{21}And
the
king
commanded
all
the
people,
saying,
Keep
the
passover
unto
Jehovah
your
God,
as
it
is
written
in
this
book
of
the
covenant.
\VS{22}Surely
there
was
not
kept
such
a
passover
from
the
days
of
the
judges
that
judged
Israel,
nor
in
all
the
days
of
the
kings
of
Israel,
nor
of
the
kings
of
Judah;
\VS{23}but
in
the
eighteenth
year
of
king
Josiah
was
this
passover
kept
to
Jehovah
in
Jerusalem.
\par }{\PP \VS{24}Moreover
them
that
had
familiar
spirits,
and
the
wizards,
and
the
teraphim,
and
the
idols,
and
all
the
abominations
that
were
seen
in
the
land
of
Judah
and
in
Jerusalem,
did
Josiah
put
away,
that
he
might
confirm
the
words
of
the
law
which
were
written
in
the
book
that
Hilkiah
the
priest
found
in
the
house
of
Jehovah.
\VS{25}And
like
unto
him
was
there
no
king
before
him,
that
turned
to
Jehovah
with
all
his
heart,
and
with
all
his
soul,
and
with
all
his
might,
according
to
all
the
law
of
Moses;
neither
after
him
arose
there
any
like
him.
\par }{\PP \VS{26}Notwithstanding,
Jehovah
turned
not
from
the
fierceness
of
his
great
wrath,
wherewith
his
anger
was
kindled
against
Judah,
because
of
all
the
provocations
wherewith
Manasseh
had
provoked
him.
\VS{27}And
Jehovah
said,
I
will
remove
Judah
also
out
of
my
sight,
as
I
have
removed
Israel,
and
I
will
cast
off
this
city
which
I
have
chosen,
even
Jerusalem,
and
the
house
of
which
I
said,
My
name
shall
be
there.
\par }{\PP \VS{28}Now
the
rest
of
the
acts
of
Josiah,
and
all
that
he
did,
are
they
not
written
in
the
book
of
the
chronicles
of
the
kings
of
Judah?
\VS{29}In
his
days Pharaoh-necoh
king
of
Egypt
went
up
against
the
king
of
Assyria
to
the
river
Euphrates:
and
king
Josiah
went
against
him;
and
{\ADD{Pharaoh-necoh}}
slew
him
at
Megiddo,
when
he
had
seen
him.
\VS{30}And
his
servants
carried
him
in
a
chariot
dead
from
Megiddo,
and
brought
him
to
Jerusalem,
and
buried
him
in
his
own
sepulchre.
And
the
people
of
the
land
took
Jehoahaz
the
son
of
Josiah,
and
anointed
him,
and
made
him
king
in
his
father’s
stead.
\par }{\PP \VS{31}Jehoahaz
was
twenty
and
three
years
old
when
he
began
to
reign;
and
he
reigned
three
months
in
Jerusalem:
and
his
mother’s
name
was
Hamutal
the
daughter
of
Jeremiah
of
Libnah.
\VS{32}And
he
did
that
which
was
evil
in
the
sight
of
Jehovah,
according
to
all
that
his
fathers
had
done.
\VS{33}And Pharaoh-necoh
put
him
in
bonds
at
Riblah
in
the
land
of
Hamath,
that
he
might
not
reign
in
Jerusalem;
and
put
the
land
to
a
tribute
of
a
hundred
talents
of
silver,
and
a
talent
of
gold.
\VS{34}And Pharaoh-necoh
made
Eliakim
the
son
of
Josiah
king
in
the
room
of
Josiah
his
father,
and
changed
his
name
to
Jehoiakim:
but
he
took
Jehoahaz
away;
and
he
came
to
Egypt,
and
died
there.
\VS{35}And
Jehoiakim
gave
the
silver
and
the
gold
to
Pharaoh;
but
he
taxed
the
land
to
give
the
money
according
to
the
commandment
of
Pharaoh:
he
exacted
the
silver
and
the
gold
of
the
people
of
the
land,
of
every
one
according
to
his
taxation,
to
give
it
unto Pharaoh-necoh.
\par }{\PP \VS{36}Jehoiakim
was
twenty
and
five
years
old
when
he
began
to
reign;
and
he
reigned
eleven
years
in
Jerusalem:
and
his
mother’s
name
was
Zebidah
the
daughter
of
Pedaiah
of
Rumah.
\VS{37}And
he
did
that
which
was
evil
in
the
sight
of
Jehovah,
according
to
all
that
his
fathers
had
done.

\par }\Chap{24}{\PP \VerseOne{1}In
his
days
Nebuchadnezzar
king
of
Babylon
came
up,
and
Jehoiakim
became
his
servant
three
years:
then
he
turned
and
rebelled
against
him.
\VS{2}And
Jehovah
sent
against
him
bands
of
the
Chaldeans,
and
bands
of
the
Syrians,
and
bands
of
the
Moabites,
and
bands
of
the
children
of
Ammon,
and
sent
them
against
Judah
to
destroy
it,
according
to
the
word
of
Jehovah,
which
he
spake
by
his
servants
the
prophets.
\VS{3}Surely
at
the
commandment
of
Jehovah
came
this
upon
Judah,
to
remove
them
out
of
his
sight,
for
the
sins
of
Manasseh,
according
to
all
that
he
did,
\VS{4}and
also
for
the
innocent
blood
that
he
shed;
for
he
filled
Jerusalem
with
innocent
blood:
and
Jehovah
would
not
pardon.
\VS{5}Now
the
rest
of
the
acts
of
Jehoiakim,
and
all
that
he
did,
are
they
not
written
in
the
book
of
the
chronicles
of
the
kings
of
Judah?
\VS{6}So
Jehoiakim
slept
with
his
fathers;
and
Jehoiachin
his
son
reigned
in
his
stead.
\VS{7}And
the
king
of
Egypt
came
not
again
any
more
out
of
his
land;
for
the
king
of
Babylon
had
taken,
from
the
brook
of
Egypt
unto
the
river
Euphrates,
all
that
pertained
to
the
king
of
Egypt.
\par }{\PP \VS{8}Jehoiachin
was
eighteen
years
old
when
he
began
to
reign;
and
he
reigned
in
Jerusalem
three
months:
and
his
mother’s
name
was
Nehushta
the
daughter
of
Elnathan
of
Jerusalem.
\VS{9}And
he
did
that
which
was
evil
in
the
sight
of
Jehovah,
according
to
all
that
his
father
had
done.
\par }{\PP \VS{10}At
that
time
the
servants
of
Nebuchadnezzar
king
of
Babylon
came
up
to
Jerusalem,
and
the
city
was
besieged.
\VS{11}And
Nebuchadnezzar
king
of
Babylon
came
unto
the
city,
while
his
servants
were
besieging
it;
\VS{12}and
Jehoiachin
the
king
of
Judah
went
out
to
the
king
of
Babylon,
he,
and
his
mother,
and
his
servants,
and
his
princes,
and
his
officers:
and
the
king
of
Babylon
took
him
in
the
eighth
year
of
his
reign.
\VS{13}And
he
carried
out
thence
all
the
treasures
of
the
house
of
Jehovah,
and
the
treasures
of
the
king’s
house,
and
cut
in
pieces
all
the
vessels
of
gold,
which
Solomon
king
of
Israel
had
made
in
the
temple
of
Jehovah,
as
Jehovah
had
said.
\VS{14}And
he
carried
away
all
Jerusalem,
and
all
the
princes,
and
all
the
mighty
men
of
valor,
even
ten
thousand
captives,
and
all
the
craftsmen
and
the
smiths;
none
remained,
save
the
poorest
sort
of
the
people
of
the
land.
\VS{15}And
he
carried
away
Jehoiachin
to
Babylon;
and
the
king’s
mother,
and
the
king’s
wives,
and
his
officers,
and
the
chief
men
of
the
land,
carried
he
into
captivity
from
Jerusalem
to
Babylon.
\VS{16}And
all
the
men
of
might,
even
seven
thousand,
and
the
craftsmen
and
the
smiths
a
thousand,
all
of
them
strong
and
apt
for
war,
even
them
the
king
of
Babylon
brought
captive
to
Babylon.
\VS{17}And
the
king
of
Babylon
made
Mattaniah,
{\ADD{
Jehoiachin’s}}
father’s
brother,
king
in
his
stead,
and
changed
his
name
to
Zedekiah.
\par }{\PP \VS{18}Zedekiah
was
twenty
and
one
years
old
when
he
began
to
reign;
and
he
reigned
eleven
years
in
Jerusalem:
and
his
mother’s
name
was
Hamutal
the
daughter
of
Jeremiah
of
Libnah.
\VS{19}And
he
did
that
which
was
evil
in
the
sight
of
Jehovah,
according
to
all
that
Jehoiakim
had
done.
\VS{20}For
through
the
anger
of
Jehovah
did
it
come
to
pass
in
Jerusalem
and
Judah,
until
he
had
cast
them
out
from
his
presence.
\par }{\PP And
Zedekiah
rebelled
against
the
king
of
Babylon.

\Chap{25}\VerseOne{1}And
it
came
to
pass
in
the
ninth
year
of
his
reign,
in
the
tenth
month,
in
the
tenth
day
of
the
month,
that
Nebuchadnezzar
king
of
Babylon
came,
he
and
all
his
army,
against
Jerusalem,
and
encamped
against
it;
and
they
built
forts
against
it
round
about.
\VS{2}So
the
city
was
besieged
unto
the
eleventh
year
of
king
Zedekiah.
\VS{3}On
the
ninth
day
of
the
{\ADD{
fourth}}
month
the
famine
was
sore
in
the
city,
so
that
there
was
no
bread
for
the
people
of
the
land.
\VS{4}Then
a
breach
was
made
in
the
city,
and
all
the
men
of
war
{\ADD{
fled}}
by
night
by
the
way
of
the
gate
between
the
two
walls,
which
was
by
the
king’s
garden (now
the
Chaldeans
were
against
the
city
round
about);
and
{\ADD{
the
king}}
went
by
the
way
of
the
Arabah.
\VS{5}But
the
army
of
the
Chaldeans
pursued
after
the
king,
and
overtook
him
in
the
plains
of
Jericho;
and
all
his
army
was
scattered
from
him.
\VS{6}Then
they
took
the
king,
and
carried
him
up
unto
the
king
of
Babylon
to
Riblah;
and
they
gave
judgment
upon
him.
\VS{7}And
they
slew
the
sons
of
Zedekiah
before
his
eyes,
and
put
out
the
eyes
of
Zedekiah,
and
bound
him
in
fetters,
and
carried
him
to
Babylon.
\par }{\PP \VS{8}Now
in
the
fifth
month,
on
the
seventh
day
of
the
month,
which
was
the
nineteenth
year
of
king
Nebuchadnezzar,
king
of
Babylon,
came
Nebuzaradan
the
captain
of
the
guard,
a
servant
of
the
king
of
Babylon,
unto
Jerusalem.
\VS{9}And
he
burnt
the
house
of
Jehovah,
and
the
king’s
house;
and
all
the
houses
of
Jerusalem,
even
every
great
house,
burnt
he
with
fire.
\VS{10}And
all
the
army
of
the
Chaldeans,
that
were
{\ADD{
with}}
the
captain
of
the
guard,
brake
down
the
walls
of
Jerusalem
round
about.
\VS{11}And
the
residue
of
the
people
that
were
left
in
the
city,
and
those
that
fell
away,
that
fell
to
the
king
of
Babylon,
and
the
residue
of
the
multitude,
did
Nebuzaradan
the
captain
of
the
guard
carry
away
captive.
\VS{12}But
the
captain
of
the
guard
left
of
the
poorest
of
the
land
to
be
vinedressers
and
husbandmen.
\par }{\PP \VS{13}And
the
pillars
of
brass
that
were
in
the
house
of
Jehovah,
and
the
bases
and
the
brazen
sea
that
were
in
the
house
of
Jehovah,
did
the
Chaldeans
break
in
pieces,
and
carried
the
brass
of
them
to
Babylon.
\VS{14}And
the
pots,
and
the
shovels,
and
the
snuffers,
and
the
spoons,
and
all
the
vessels
of
brass
wherewith
they
ministered,
took
they
away.
\VS{15}And
the
firepans,
and
the
basins,
that
which
was
of
gold,
in
gold,
and
that
which
was
of
silver,
in
silver,
the
captain
of
the
guard
took
away.
\VS{16}The
two
pillars,
the
one
sea,
and
the
bases,
which
Solomon
had
made
for
the
house
of
Jehovah,
the
brass
of
all
these
vessels
was
without
weight.
\VS{17}The
height
of
the
one
pillar
was
eighteen
cubits,
and
a
capital
of
brass
was
upon
it;
and
the
height
of
the
capital
was
three
cubits,
with
network
and
pomegranates
upon
the
capital
round
about,
all
of
brass:
and
like
unto
these
had
the
second
pillar
with
network.
\par }{\PP \VS{18}And
the
captain
of
the
guard
took
Seraiah
the
chief
priest,
and
Zephaniah
the
second
priest,
and
the
three
keepers
of
the
threshold:
\VS{19}and
out
of
the
city
he
took
an
officer
that
was
set
over
the
men
of
war;
and
five
men
of
them
that
saw
the
king’s
face,
who
were
found
in
the
city;
and
the
scribe,
the
captain
of
the
host,
who
mustered
the
people
of
the
land;
and
threescore
men
of
the
people
of
the
land,
that
were
found
in
the
city.
\VS{20}And
Nebuzaradan
the
captain
of
the
guard
took
them,
and
brought
them
to
the
king
of
Babylon
to
Riblah.
\VS{21}And
the
king
of
Babylon
smote
them,
and
put
them
to
death
at
Riblah
in
the
land
of
Hamath.
So
Judah
was
carried
away
captive
out
of
his
land.
\par }{\PP \VS{22}And
as
for
the
people
that
were
left
in
the
land
of
Judah,
whom
Nebuchadnezzar
king
of
Babylon
had
left,
even
over
them
he
made
Gedaliah
the
son
of
Ahikam,
the
son
of
Shaphan,
governor.
\VS{23}Now
when
all
the
captains
of
the
forces,
they
and
their
men,
heard
that
the
king
of
Babylon
had
made
Gedaliah
governor,
they
came
to
Gedaliah
to
Mizpah,
even
Ishmael
the
son
of
Nethaniah,
and
Johanan
the
son
of
Kareah,
and
Seraiah
the
son
of
Tanhumeth
the
Netophathite,
and
Jaazaniah
the
son
of
the
Maacathite,
they
and
their
men.
\VS{24}And
Gedaliah
sware
to
them
and
to
their
men,
and
said
unto
them,
Fear
not
because
of
the
servants
of
the
Chaldeans:
dwell
in
the
land,
and
serve
the
king
of
Babylon,
and
it
shall
be
well
with
you.
\VS{25}But
it
came
to
pass
in
the
seventh
month,
that
Ishmael
the
son
of
Nethaniah,
the
son
of
Elishama,
of
the
seed
royal,
came,
and
ten
men
with
him,
and
smote
Gedaliah,
so
that
he
died,
and
the
Jews
and
the
Chaldeans
that
were
with
him
at
Mizpah.
\VS{26}And
all
the
people,
both
small
and
great,
and
the
captains
of
the
forces,
arose,
and
came
to
Egypt;
for
they
were
afraid
of
the
Chaldeans.
\par }{\PP \VS{27}And
it
came
to
pass
in
the
seven
and
thirtieth
year
of
the
captivity
of
Jehoiachin
king
of
Judah,
in
the
twelfth
month,
on
the
seven
and
twentieth
day
of
the
month,
that
Evil-merodach
king
of
Babylon,
in
the
year
that
he
began
to
reign,
did
lift
up
the
head
of
Jehoiachin
king
of
Judah
out
of
prison;
\VS{28}and
he
spake
kindly
to
him,
and
set
his
throne
above
the
throne
of
the
kings
that
were
with
him
in
Babylon,
\VS{29}and
changed
his
prison
garments.
And
{\ADD{
Jehoiachin}}
did
eat
bread
before
him
continually
all
the
days
of
his
life:
\VS{30}and
for
his
allowance,
there
was
a
continual
allowance
given
him
of
the
king,
every
day
a
portion,
all
the
days
of
his
life.
\par }