\NormalFont\ShortTitle{2 Kings}
{\MT The Second Book of Kings

\par }\ChapOne{1}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
Moab
rebelled
against
Israel,
after
the
death
of Achab.
\VS{2}And Ochozias
fell
through
the lattices
of
his
upper
chamber
which
he
had
in
Samaria,
and
was
sick:
and
he
sent
messengers,
saying
to
them:
Go,
consult Beelzebub,
the
god
of Accaron,
whether
I
shall
recover
of
this
my
illness.
\VS{3}And
an
angel
of
the
Lord
spoke
to Elias
the Thesbite,
saying:
Arise,
and
go
up
to
meet
the
messengers
of
the
king
of
Samaria,
and
say
to
them:
Is
there
not
a
God
in
Israel,
that ye
go
to
consult Beelzebub
the
god
of Accaron?
\VS{4}Wherefore
thus saith
the
Lord:
From
the
bed,
on
which thou art
gone
up, thou shalt
not
come
down,
but thou shalt
surely
die.
And Elias
went
away.
\VS{5}And
the
messengers
turned
back
to Ochozias.
And
he
said
to
them:
Why
are
you
come
back?
\VS{6}But
they
answered
him:
A
man
met
us,
and
said
to
us:
Go,
and
return
to
the
king,
that
sent
you,
and
you
shall
say
to
him:
Thus saith
the
Lord:
Is
it
because
there
was
no
God
in
Israel
that thou sendest
to Beelzebub
the
god
of Accaron?
Therefore thou shalt
not
come
down
from
the
bed,
on
which thou art
gone
up,
but
then shalt
surely
die.
\VS{7}And
he
said
to
them:
What
manner
of
man
was
he
who
met
you,
and
spoke
these
words?
\VS{8}But
they
said:
A
hairy
man
with
a
girdle
of
leather
about
his
loins.
And
he
said:
It
is Elias
the Thesbite.
\VS{9}And
he
sent
to
him
a
captain
of
fifty,
and
the
fifty
men
that
were
under
him.
And
he
went
up
to
him,
and
as
he
was
sitting
on
the
top
of
a
hill,
said
to
him:
Man
of
God,
the
king hath
commanded
that thou
come
down.
\VS{10}And Elias answering,
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
the
fifty
that
were
with
him.
\VS{11}And
again
he
sent
to
him
another
captain
of
fifty
men,
and
his
fifty
with
him.
And
he
said
to
him:
Man
of
God,
thus saith
the
king:
Make haste
and
come
down.
\VS{12}Elias answering,
said:
If
I
be
a
man
of
God,
let
fire
come
down
from
heaven,
and
consume thee
and thy
fifty.
And
fire
came
down
from
heaven,
and
consumed
him
and
his
fifty.
\VS{13}Again
he
sent
a
third
captain
of
fifty
men,
and
the
fifty
that
were
with
him.
And
when
he
was
come,
he
fell
upon
his
knees,
before Elias,
and besought
him
and
said:
Man
of
God, despise
not
my
life,
and
the
lives
of thy
servants
that
are
with
me.
\VS{14}Behold
fire
came
down
from
heaven,
and
consumed
the
two
first
captains
of
fifty
men,
and
the
fifties
that
were
with
them:
but
now
I beseech thee
to spare
my
life.
\VS{15}And
the
angel
of
the
Lord
spoke
to Elias,
saying:
Go
down
with
him,
fear
not.
He
arose
therefore,
and
went
down
with
him
to
the
king,
\VS{16}And
said
to
him:
Thus saith
the
Lord:
Because thou hast
sent
messengers
to
consult Beelzebub
the
god
of Accaron,
as
though
there
were
not
a
God
in
Israel,
of
whom thou mightest
inquire
the
word;
therefore
from
the
bed
on
which thou art
gone
up, thou shalt
not
come
down,
but thou shalt
surely
die.
\VS{17}So
he
died according
to
the
word
of
the
Lord
which Elias
spoke,
and
Joram
his brother
reigned
in
his
stead,
in
the
second
year
of
Joram
the
son
of Josaphat
king
of Juda:
because
he
had
no
son.
\VS{18}But
the
rest
of
the
acts
of Ochozias
which
he
did,
are
they
not
written
in
the
book
of
the
words
of
the
days
of
the
kings
of
Israel?

\par }\Chap{2}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
it
came
to
pass,
when
the
Lord
would
take
up Elias
into
heaven
by
a whirlwind,
that Elias
and Eliseus
were
going
from Galgal.
\VS{2}And Elias
said
to Eliseus:
Stay thou
here,
because
the
Lord hath
sent
me
as
far
as
Bethel.
And Eliseus
said
to
him:
As
the
Lord liveth,
and
as thy
soul liveth,
I
will
not
leave thee.
And
when
they
were
come
down
to
Bethel,
\VS{3}The
sons
of
the
prophets,
that
were
at
Bethel,
came
forth
to Eliseus,
and
said
to
him: Dost thou
know
that
this
day
the
Lord
will
take
away thy
master
from thee?
And
he
answered:
I
also
know
it: hold
your peace.
\VS{4}And Elias
said
to Eliseus:
Stay
here
because
the
Lord hath
sent
me
to
Jericho.
And
he
said:
As
the
Lord liveth,
and
as thy
soul liveth,
I
will
not
leave thee.
And
when
they
were
come
to
Jericho,
\VS{5}The
sons
of
the
prophets
that
were
at
Jericho,
came
to Eliseus,
and
said
to
him: Dost thou
know
that
this
day
the
Lord
will
take
away thy
master
from thee?
And
he
said:
I
also
know
it: hold
your peace.
\VS{6}And Elias
said
to
him:
Stay
here,
because
the
Lord hath
sent
me
as far
as
the
Jordan.
And
he
said:
As
the
Lord liveth,
and
as thy
soul liveth,
I
will
not
leave thee;
and
they
two went
on together,
\VS{7}And
fifty
men
of
the
sons
of
the
prophets
followed
them,
and
stood
in
sight
at
a
distance:
but
they
two
stood
by
the
Jordan.
\VS{8}And Elias
took
his
mantle
and
folded
it
together,
and
struck
the
waters,
and
they
were
divided hither
and thither,
and
they
both
passed
over
on
dry
ground.
\VS{9}And
when
they
were
gone
over, Elias
said
to Eliseus:
Ask
what thou wilt
have
me
to
do
for thee,
before
I
be
taken
away
from thee.
And Eliseus
said:
I
beseech thee
that
in
me
may
be thy
double
spirit.
\VS{10}And
he
answered: Thou hast
asked
a
hard
thing:
nevertheless
if thou
see
me
when
I
am
taken
from thee, thou shalt
have
what thou hast
asked:
but
if thou
see
me
not, thou shalt
not
have
it.
\VS{11}And
as
they
went
on,
walking
and
talking together,
behold
a
fiery
chariot,
and
fiery
horses
parted
them
both asunder:
and Elias
went
up
by
a whirlwind
into
heaven.
\VS{12}And Eliseus
saw
him,
and
cried:
My
father,
my
father,
the
chariot
of
Israel,
and
the driver thereof.
And
he
saw
him
no
more:
and
he
took
hold
of
his
own
garments,
and rent
them
in
two
pieces.
\VS{13}And
he
took
up
the
mantle
of Elias,
that
fell
from
him:
and
going
back,
he
stood
upon
the
bank
of
the
Jordan,
\VS{14}And
he
struck
the
waters
with
the
mantle
of Elias,
that
had
fallen
from
him,
and
they
were
not
divided.
And
he
said:
Where
is
now
the
God
of Elias?
And
he
struck
the
waters,
and
they
were
divided, hither
and thither,
and Eliseus
passed
over.
\VS{15}And
the
sons
of
the
prophets
at
Jericho,
who
were
over
against
him,
seeing
it
said:
The
spirit
of Elias hath
rested
upon Eliseus.
And
coming
to
meet
him,
they worshipped
him, falling
to
the
ground,
\VS{16}And
they
said
to
him:
Behold,
there
are
with thy
servants
fifty
strong
men,
that
can
go,
and
seek thy
master,
lest
perhaps
the
spirit
of
the
Lord hath
taken
him
up
and
cast
him
upon
some
mountain
or
into
some
valley.
And
he
said:
Do
not
send.
\VS{17}But
they
pressed
him,
till
he consented,
and
said:
Send.
And
they
sent
fifty
men:
and
they
sought
three
days
but
found
him
not.
\VS{18}And
they
came
back
to
him:
for
he
abode
at
Jericho,
and
he
said
to
them:
Did
I
not
say
to
you:
Do
not send?
\VS{19}And
the
men
of
the
city
said
to Eliseus:
Behold
the
situation
of
this
city
is very
good,
as thou,
my
lord, seest:
but
the
waters
are very
bad,
and
the
ground barren.
\VS{20}And
he
said:
Bring
me
a
new vessel,
and
put
salt
into
it.
And
when
they
had
brought
it,
\VS{21}He
went
out
to
the
spring
of
the
waters,
and
cast
the
salt
into
it,
and
said:
Thus saith
the
Lord:
I
have
healed
these
waters,
and
there
shall
be
no
more
in
them
death
or barrenness.
\VS{22}And
the
waters
were
healed unto
this
day, according
to
the
word
of Eliseus,
which
he
spoke.
\VS{23}And
he
went
up
from thence
to
Bethel:
and
as
he
was
going
up
by
the
way,
little
boys
came
out
of
the
city
and
mocked
him,
saying:
Go
up, thou
bald head;
go
up, thou
bald head.
\VS{24}And
looking
back,
he
saw
them,
and
cursed
them
in
the
name
of
the
Lord:
and
there
came
forth
two
bears
out
of
the
forest,
and
tore
of
them
two
and
forty
boys.
\VS{25}And
from thence
he
went
to
mount
Carmel,
and
from thence
he
returned
to
Samaria.

\par }\Chap{3}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
Joram
the
son
of Achab
reigned
over
Israel
in
Samaria
in
the
eighteenth
year
of Josaphat
king
of Juda.
And
he
reigned
twelve
years.
\VS{2}And
he
did
evil
before
the
Lord,
but
not
like
his
father
and
his
mother:
for
he
took
away
the statues
of
Baal,
which
his
father
had
made.
\VS{3}Nevertheless
he
stuck
to
the
sins
of
Jeroboam
the
son
of Nabat,
who
made
Israel
to
sin,
nor
did
he
depart
from
them.
\VS{4}Now Mesa,
king
of
Moab, nourished many
sheep,
and
he
paid
to
the
king
of
Israel
a
hundred
thousand
lambs,
and
a
hundred
thousand
rams
with
their fleeces.
\VS{5}And
when Achab
was
dead,
he broke
the league which
he
had
made
with
the
king
of
Israel.
\VS{6}And
king
Joram
went
out
that
day
from
Samaria,
and
mustered
all
Israel.
\VS{7}And
he
sent
to Josaphat
king
of Juda,
saying:
The
king
of
Moab
is
revolted
from
me,
come
with
me
against
him
to
battle.
And
he
answered:
I
will
come
up:
he
that
is mine,
is thine:
my
people, thy
people:
and
my
horses, thy
horses.
\VS{8}And
he
said:
Which
way
shall we
go
up?
But
he
answered:
By
the
desert
of
Edom.
\VS{9}So
the
king
of
Israel,
and
the
king
of Juda,
and
the
king
of
Edom
went,
and
they fetched
a compass
of
seven
days’
journey,
and
there
was
no
water
for
the
army,
and
for
the
beasts,
that
followed
them.
\VS{10}And
the
king
of
Israel
said:
Alas,
alas,
alas,
the
Lord hath
gathered
us
three
kings together,
to
deliver
us
into
the
hands
of
Moab!
\VS{11}And Josaphat
said:
Is
there
not
here
a
prophet
of
the
Lord,
that
we
may beseech
the
Lord
by
him?
And
one
of
the
servants
of
the
king
of
Israel
answered:
Here
is Eliseus
the
son
of Saphat,
who
poured
water
on
the
hands
of Elias.
\VS{12}And Josaphat
said:
The
word
of
the
Lord
is
with
him.
And
the
king
of
Israel,
and Josaphat
king
of Juda,
and
the
king
of
Edom
went
down
to
him.
\VS{13}And Eliseus
said
to
the
king
of
Israel:
What
have
I
to
do
with thee? go
to
the
prophets
of thy
father,
and thy
mother.
And
the
king
of
Israel
said
to
him:
Why hath
the
Lord
gathered together
these
three
kings,
to
deliver
them
into
the
hands
of
Moab?
\VS{14}And Eliseus
said
to
him:
As
the
Lord
of
hosts liveth,
in
whose
sight
I
stand,
if
I
did
not reverence
the
face
of Josaphat
king
of Juda,
I
would
not
have hearkened
to thee,
nor
looked
on thee.
\VS{15}But
now
bring
me hither
a
minstrel.
And
when
the
minstrel
played,
the
hand
of
the
Lord
came
upon
him,
and
he said:
\VS{16}Thus saith
the
Lord:
Make
the channel
of
this torrent full
of ditches.
\VS{17}For
thus saith
the
Lord:
You
shall
not
see
wind,
nor
rain:
and
yet
this channel
shall
be
filled
with
waters,
and
you
shall
drink,
you
and
your families,
and
your
beasts.
\VS{18}And
this
is
a
small
thing
in
the
sight
of
the
Lord: moreover
he
will
deliver
also
Moab
into
your
hands.
\VS{19}And
you
shall
destroy
every fenced
city,
and
every
choice
city,
and
shall
cut
down
every fruitful
tree,
and
shall
stop
up
all
the
springs
of
waters,
and
every goodly
field
you
shall
cover
with
stones.
\VS{20}And
it
came
to
pass
in
the
morning,
when
the
sacrifices
used
to
be
offered,
that
behold,
water
came
by
the
way
of
Edom,
and
the
country
was
filled
with
water.
\VS{21}And
all
the
Moabites
hearing
that
the
kings
were
come
up
to
fight
against
them,
gathered
together
all
that
were
girded
with
a belt
upon
them,
and
stood
in
the
borders.
\VS{22}And
they
rose
early
in
the
morning,
and
the
sun being now
up,
and shining
upon
the
waters,
the
Moabites
saw
the
waters
over
against
them
red,
like
blood,
\VS{23}And
they
said:
It
is
the
blood
of
the sword:
the
kings
have fought
among themselves,
and
they
have
killed
one
another: go
now,
Moab,
to
the
spoils.
\VS{24}And
they
went
into
the
camp
of
Israel:
but
Israel
rising
up
defeated
Moab,
who
fled
before
them.
And
they being conquerors,
went
and
smote
Moab.
\VS{25}And
they
destroyed
the
cities:
and
they
filled
every goodly
field,
every
man casting
his
stone:
and
they stopt
up
all
the
springs
of
waters:
and
cut
down
all
the
trees
that bore
fruit,
so
that brick walls
only
remained:
and
the
city
was beset
by
the
slingers,
and
a
great
part thereof
destroyed.
\VS{26}And
when
the
king
of
Moab
saw
this,
to wit,
that
the enemies
had
prevailed,
he
took
with
him
seven
hundred
men
that
drew
the
sword,
to
break
in
upon
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 indignation
in
Israel,
and presently
they
departed
from
him,
and
returned
into
their
own
country.

\par }\Chap{4}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Now
a
certain
woman
of
the
wives
of
the
prophets
cried
to Eliseus,
saying: Thy
servant
my
husband
is
dead,
and thou knowest
that thy
servant
was
one
that
feared
God,
and behold
the
creditor
is
come
to
take
away
my
two
sons
to
serve
him.
\VS{2}And Eliseus
said
to
her:
What wilt thou
have
me
to
do
for thee?
Tell
me,
what hast thou
in thy
house?
And
she
answered:
I thy handmaid
have
nothing
in
my
house
but
a little
oil,
to anoint
me.
\VS{3}And
he
said
to
her: Go,
borrow
of
all thy neighbours
empty
vessels
not
a
few.
\VS{4}And
go
in,
and
shut thy
door,
when thou art
within,
and thy
sons:
and
pour
out thereof
into
all
those
vessels:
and
when
they
are
full
take
them
away.
\VS{5}So
the woman
went,
and
shut
the
door
upon
her,
and
upon
her
sons:
they
brought
her
the vessels,
and
she
poured
in.
\VS{6}And
when
the
vessels
were
full, she
said
to
her
son:
Bring
me
yet
a
vessel.
And
he
answered:
I
have
no
more.
And
the
oil
stood.
\VS{7}And she
came,
and
told
the
man
of
God.
And
he
said:
Go,
sell
the
oil,
and
pay thy creditor:
and thou
and thy
sons
live
of
the
rest.
\VS{8}And
there
was
a
day
when Eliseus
passed
by Sunam:
now
there
was
a
great
woman
there,
who
detained
him
to
eat
bread;
and
as
he
passed
often
that way,
he
turned
into
her house
to
eat
bread.
\VS{9}And
she
said
to
her
husband:
I
perceive
that
this
is
a
holy
man
of
God,
who often passeth
by
us.
\VS{10}Let
us
therefore
make
him
a
little
chamber,
and
put
a
little
bed
in
it
for
him,
and
a
table,
and
a stool,
and
a candlestick,
that
when
he cometh
to
us,
he
may abide
there.
\VS{11}Now
there
was
a certain
day
when
he
came
and
turned
in
to
the
chamber,
and
rested
there.
\VS{12}And
he
said
to Giezi
his
servant
Call
this Sunamitess.
And
when
he had
called
her,
and
she
stood
before
him,
\VS{13}He
said
to
his servant:
Say
to
her
Behold thou hast diligently served
us
in
all
things,
what wilt thou
have
me
to
do
for thee? hast thou
any business,
and wilt thou
that
I
speak
to
the
king,
or
to
the
general
of
the
army?
And
she
answered:
I
dwell
in
the
midst
of
my own
people.
\VS{14}And
he
said:
What
will
she
then
that
I
do
for
her?
And Giezi
said:
Do
not
ask,
for
she hath
no
son,
and
her
husband
is
old.
\VS{15}Then
he bid
him
call
her:
And
when
she
was
called,
and
stood before
the
door.
\VS{16}He
said
to
her:
At
this
time,
and
this
same hour,
if
life accompany, thou shalt
have
a
son
in thy womb.
But
she
answered:
Do
not,
I beseech thee,
my
lord, thou
man
of
God,
do
not
lie
to thy handmaid.
\VS{17}And
the
woman
conceived,
and
brought
forth
a
son
in
the
time,
and
at
the
same hour,
that Eliseus
had
said.
\VS{18}And
the
child
grew.
And
on
a certain
day,
when
he
went
out
to
his
father
to
the reapers,
\VS{19}He
said
to
his
father:
My
head acheth,
my
head acheth.
But
he
said
to
his
servant:
Take
him,
and
carry
him
to
his
mother.
\VS{20}And
when
he
had
taken
him,
and
brought
him
to
his
mother,
she
set
him
on
her
knees
until
noon,
and
then
he
died.
\VS{21}And
she
went
up
and
laid
him
upon
the
bed
of
the
man
of
God,
and
shut
the door:
and
going
out,
\VS{22}She
called
her
husband,
and
said:
Send
with
me,
I
beseech thee,
one
of thy
servants,
and
an ass
that
I
may
run
to
the
man
of
God,
and
come
again.
\VS{23}And
he
said
to
her:
Why dost thou
go
to
him?
today
is
neither
new
moon
nor
sabbath.
She
answered:
I
will
go.
\VS{24}And
she
saddled
an ass,
and
commanded
her
servant: Drive,
and
make haste,
make
no stay
in going.
And
do
that which
I bid thee.
\VS{25}So she
went
forward,
and
came
to
the
man
of
God
to
mount
Carmel:
and
when
the mall
of
God
saw
her
coming towards,
he
said
to Giezi
his
servant:
Behold
that Sunamitess.
\VS{26}Go
therefore
to
meet
her,
and
say
to
her:
Is
all
well
with thee,
and
with thy
husband,
and
with thy son?
and she
answered:
Well.
\VS{27}And
when
she
came
to
the
man
of
God
to
the
mount,
she
caught
hold
on
his
feet:
and Giezi
came
to remove
her.
And
the
man
of
God
said:
Let
her
alone
for
her
soul
is
in anguish,
and
the
Lord hath hid
it
from
me,
and hath
not
told
me.
\VS{28}And
she
said
to
him:
Did
I
ask
a
son
of
my
lord?
did
I
not
say
to thee: Do
not deceive
me?
\VS{29}Then
he
said
to Giezi:
Gird
up thy
loins,
and
take
my
staff
in thy
hand,
and go.
If
any
man
meet thee,
salute
him
not:
and
if
any
man
salute thee,
answer
him
not:
and
lay
my
staff
upon
the
face
of
the
child.
\VS{30}But
the
mother
of
the
child
said:
As
the
Lord liveth,
and
as thy
soul liveth,
I
will
not
leave thee.
He
arose,
therefore,
and
followed
her.
\VS{31}But Giezi
was
gone
before
them,
and
laid
the
staff
upon
the
face
of
the
child,
and
there
was
no
voice
nor sense:
and
he
returned
to
meet
him,
and
told
him,
saying:
The
child
is
not risen.
\VS{32}Eliseus therefore
went
into
the
house,
and
behold
the
child
lay
dead
on
his
bed.
\VS{33}And
going
in
he
shut
the
door
upon
him,
and
upon
the child,
and
prayed
to
the
Lord.
\VS{34}And
he
went
up,
and
lay
upon
the
child:
and
he
put
his
mouth
upon
his
mouth,
and
his
eyes
upon
his
eyes,
and
his
hands
upon
his
hands:
and
he bowed himself
upon
him,
and
the
child’s
flesh
grew
warm.
\VS{35}Then
he
returned
and walked
in
the
house,
once
to
and
fro:
and
he
went
up,
and lay
upon
him:
and
the
child gaped
seven
times,
and
opened
his
eyes.
\VS{36}And
he
called Giezi,
and
said
to
him:
Call
this Sunamitess.
And
she
being
called,
went
in
to
him:
and
he
said:
Take
up thy
son.
\VS{37}She
came
and
fell
at
his
feet,
and worshipped
upon
the
ground:
and
took
up
her
son,
and
went
out.
\VS{38}And Eliseus
returned
to Galgal,
and
there
was
a
famine
in
the
land,
and
the
sons
of
the
prophets
dwelt
before
him.
And
he
said
to
one
of
his
servants:
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
wild herbs:
and
he
found something
like
a
wild
vine,
and
gathered
of
it
wild
gourds
of
the
field,
and
filled
his mantle,
and
coming
back
he shred
them
into
the
pot
of pottage,
for
he
knew
not
what
it
was.
\VS{40}And
they
poured
it
out
for
their companions
to
eat:
and
when
they
had tasted
of
the pottage,
they
cried
out,
saying:
Death
is
in
the
pot,
O
man
of
God.
And
they
could
not
eat thereof.
\VS{41}But
he
said:
Bring
some
meal.
And
when
they
had
brought
it,
he
cast
it
into
the
pot,
and
said:
Pour
out
for
the
people,
that
they
may
eat.
And
there
was
now
no bitterness
in
the
pot.
\VS{42}And
a
certain
man
came
from Baalsalisa
bringing
to
the
man
of
God
bread
of
the firstfruits,
twenty leaves
of
barley,
and
new corn
in
his scrip.
And
he
said:
Give
to
the
people,
that
they
may
eat.
\VS{43}And
his
servant
answered
him:
How
much
is
this,
that
I
should
set
it
before
a
hundred
men?
He
said
again:
Give
to
the
people,
that
they
may
eat:
for
thus saith
the
Lord:
They
shall
eat,
and
there
shall
be
left.
\VS{44}So
he
set
it
before
them:
and
they
ate,
and
there
was
left according
to
the
word
of
the
Lord.

\par }\Chap{5}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Naaman,
general
of
the
army
of
the
king
of
Syria,
was
a
great
man
with
his
master,
and honourable:
for
by
him
the
Lord
gave
deliverance
to
Syria:
and
he
was
a
valiant
man
and
rich,
but
a
leper.
\VS{2}Now
there
had
gone
out robbers
from
Syria,
and
had
led
away
captive
out
of
the
land
of
Israel
a
little maid,
and
she
waited
upon
Naaman’s
wife.
\VS{3}And
she
said
to
her
mistress:
I
wish
my
master
had
been
with
the
prophet,
that
is
in
Samaria:
he
would certainly
have healed
him
of
the
leprosy
which
he hath.
\VS{4}Then
Naaman
went
in
to
his
lord,
and
told
him,
saying: Thus
and thus
said tile
girl
from
the
land
of
Israel.
\VS{5}And
the
king
of
Syria sad
to
him:
Go,
and
I
will
send
a
letter
to
the
king
of
Israel.
And
he
departed,
and
took
with
him
ten
talents
of
silver,
and
six
thousand pieces
of
gold,
and
tell
changes
of raiment,
\VS{6}And
brought
the
letter
to
the
king
of
Israel,
in
these words:
When thou shalt receive
this
letter, know
that
I
have
sent
to thee
Naaman
my
servant,
that thou mayest heal
him
of
his
leprosy.
\VS{7}And
when
the
king
of
Israel
had
read
the
letter,
he rent
his
garments,
and
said:
Am
I
God,
to
be able
to
kill
and
give
life,
that
this
man hath
sent
to
me,
to heal
a
man
of
his
leprosy?
mark,
and
see
how
he seeketh occasions
against
me.
\VS{8}And
when Eliseus
the
man
of
God
had
heard
this,
to wit,
that
the
king
of
Israel
had rent
his
garments,
he
sent
to
him,
saying:
Why hast thou rent thy
garments?
let
him
come
to
me,
and
let
him
know
that
there
is
a
prophet
in
Israel.
\VS{9}So
Naaman
came
with Iris
horses
and
chariots,
and
stood
at
the
door
of
the
house
of Eliseus:
\VS{10}And Eliseus
sent
a
messenger
to
him,
saying:
Go,
and
wash
seven
times
in
the
Jordan,
and thy
flesh
shall recover health,
and thee shalt
be
clean.
\VS{11}Naaman
was
angry
and
went
away,
saying:
I
thought
he
would hare
come
out
to
me,
and
standing
would hare invoked
the
name
of
the
Lord
his
God,
and touched
with
his
hand
the
place
of
the leprosy,
and healed
me.
\VS{12}Are
not
the Abana,
and
the Pharphar,
rivers
of
Damascus,
better
than
all
the
waters
of
Israel,
that
I
may
wash
in
them,
and
be
made
clean?
So
as
he
turned,
and
was going
away
with indignation,
\VS{13}His
servants
came
to
him,
and
said
to
him:
Father,
if
the
prophet
had bid thee
do
some
great
thing,
surely thou shouldst
have
done
it:
how
much
rather
what
he
now hath
said
to thee:
Wash,
and thou shalt
he
clean?
\VS{14}Then
he
went
down,
and washed
in
the
Jordan
seven
times:
according
to
the
word
of
the
man
of
God,
and
his
flesh
was
restored,
like
the
flesh
of
a
little
child,
and
he
was
made
clean.
\VS{15}And
returning
to
the
man
of
God
with
all
his train,
be
came,
and
stood
before
him,
and
said:
In truth,
I
know
there
is
no
other
God
in
all
the
earth,
but
only
in
Israel:
I
beseech thee
therefore
take
a
blessing
of thy
servant.
\VS{16}But
he
answered:
As
the
Lord liveth,
before
whom
I
stand,
I
will
receive
none.
And
when
he
pressed
him,
he
still
refused.
\VS{17}And
Naaman
said:
As thou wilt:
but
I
beseech thee,
grant
to
me thy
servant,
to
take
from hence
two
mules’
burden
of
earth:
for thy
servant
will
not henceforth
offer holocaust,
or victim,
to
other
gods,
but
to
the
Lord.
\VS{18}But
there
is only
this,
for
which thou shalt entreat
the
Lord
for thy
servant,
when
my
master goeth
into
the
temple
of Remmon,
to
worship:
and
he leaneth
upon
my
hand,
if
I
bow
down
in
the
temple
of Remmon,
when
he boweth
down
in
the
same
place,
that
the
Lord
pardon
me thy
servant
for
this
thing.
\VS{19}And
he
said
to
him: Go
in
peace.
So
he departed
from
him
in
the springtime
of
the
earth.
\VS{20}But Giezi
the
servant
of
the
man
of
God
said:
My
master hath
spared
Naaman
this
Syrian,
in
not
receiving
of
him
that
which
he
brought:
as
the
Lord liveth,
I
will
run
after
him,
and
take
some
thing
of
him:
\VS{21}And Giezi
followed
after
Naaman:
and
when
he
saw
him
running
after
him,
he leapt
down
from
his
chariot
to
meet
him,
and
said:
Is
all
well?
\VS{22}And
he
said:
Well:
my
master hath
sent
me
to thee,
saying:
Just
now
there
are
come
to
me
from
mount
Ephraim,
two
young
men
of
the
sons
of
the
prophets:
give
them
a
talent
of
silver,
and
two
changes
of
garments.
\VS{23}And
Naaman
said:
It
is better
that thou
take
two
talents.
And
he forced
him,
and bound
two
talents
of
silver
in
two
bags,
and
two
changes
of
garments,
and
laid
them
upon
two
of
his
servants,
and
they
carried
them
before
him.
\VS{24}And
when
he
was
come,
and
now
it
was
the evening,
he
took
them
from
their
hands,
and
laid
them
up
in
the
house,
and
sent
the
men
away,
and
they
departed.
\VS{25}But
he
went
in,
and
stood
before
his
master.
And Eliseus
said: Whence comest thou, Giezi?
He
answered: Thy
servant
went
no whither.
\VS{26}But
he
said:
Was
not
my
heart present,
when
the
man
turned
back
from
his
chariot
to
meet thee?
So
now thou hast
received
money,
and
received
garments,
to
buy oliveyards,
and
vineyards,
and
sheep,
and
oxen,
and menservants,
and
maidservants.
\VS{27}But
the
leprosy
of
Naaman
shall also
stick
to thee,
and
to thy
seed
for
ever.
And
he
went
out
from
him
a
leper
as white
as
snow.

\par }\Chap{6}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
the
sons
of
the
prophets
said
to Eliseus:
Behold
the
place
where
we
dwell
with thee
is
too strait
for
us.
\VS{2}Let
us
go
as
far
as
the
Jordan
and
take
out
of
the wood
every
man
a piece
of timber,
that
we
may build
us
there
a
place
to
dwell
in.
And
he
said:
Go.
\VS{3}And
one
of
them
said:
But
come thou also
with thy
servants.
He
answered:
I
will
come.
\VS{4}So
he
went
with
them.
And
when
they
were
come
to
the
Jordan
they
cut
down
wood.
\VS{5}And
it
happened,
as
one
was
felling
some timber,
that
the
head
of
the
axe
fell
into
the
water:
and
he
cried
out,
and
said:
Alas,
alas,
alas,
my
lord,
for
this
same
was
borrowed.
\VS{6}And
the
man
of
God
said:
Where
did
it
fall?
and
he shewed
him
the
place.
Then
he
cut
off
a piece
of
wood,
and
cast
it
in thither:
and
the
iron swam.
\VS{7}And
he
said:
Take
it
up.
And
he
put
out
his
hand
and
took
it.
\VS{8}And
the
king
of
Syria warred
against
Israel,
and
took
counsel
with
his
servants,
saying:
In
such
and
such
a
place
let
us
lay ambushes.
\VS{9}And
the
man
of
God
sent
to
the
king
of
Israel,
saying:
Beware
that thou
pass
not
to
such
a
place:
for
the Syrians
are
there
in ambush.
\VS{10}And
the
king
of
Israel
sent
to
the
place
which
the
man
of
God
had
told
him,
and prevented
him,
and looked
well
to
himself
there
not
once
nor
twice.
\VS{11}And
the
heart
of
the
king
of
Syria
was troubled
for
this
thing.
And
calling
together
his
servants,
he
said:
Why
do
you
not
tell
me
who
it
is
that betrays
me
to
the
king
of
Israel?
\VS{12}And
one
of
his
servants
said:
No
one,
my
lord O
king:
but Eliseus
the
prophet,
that
is
in
Israel, telleth
the
king
of
Israel
all
the
words,
that thou speakest
in thy privy
chamber.
\VS{13}And
he
said
to
them:
Go,
and
see
where
he
is:
that
I
may
send,
and
take
him.
And
they
told
him,
saying:
Behold
he
is
in
Dothan.
\VS{14}Therefore
he
sent thither
horses
and
chariots,
and
the
strength
of
an
army:
and
they
came
by
night,
and beset
the
city.
\VS{15}And
the
servant
of
the
man
of
God
rising
early,
went
out,
and
saw
an
army
round
about
the
city,
and
horses
and
chariots:
and
he
told
him,
saying:
Alas,
alas,
alas,
my
lord,
what
shall
we
do?
\VS{16}But
he
answered:
Fear
not:
for
there
are
more
with
us
than
with
them.
\VS{17}And Eliseus
prayed,
and
said:
Lord,
open
his
eyes,
that
he
may
see.
And
the
Lord
opened
the
eyes
of
the
servant,
and
he
saw:
and
behold
the
mountain
was
full
of
horses,
and
chariots
of
fire
round
about Eliseus.
\VS{18}And
the enemies
came
down
to
him,
but Eliseus
prayed
to
the
Lord,
saying:
Strike,
I
beseech thee,
this
people
with
blindness.
And
the
Lord
struck
them
with
blindness,
according
to
the
word
of Eliseus.
\VS{19}And Eliseus
said
to
them:
This
is
not
the
way,
neither
is
this
the
city:
follow
me,
and
I
will shew
you
the
man
whom
you
seek.
So
he led
them
into
Samaria.
\VS{20}And
when
they
were
come
into
Samaria, Eliseus
said:
Lord,
open
the
eyes
of
these
men,
that
they
may
see.
And
the
Lord
opened
their
eyes,
and
they
saw
themselves
to
be
in
the
midst
of
Samaria.
\VS{21}And
the
king
of
Israel
said
to Eliseus,
when
he
saw
them:
My
father,
shall
I
kill
them?
\VS{22}And
he
said: Thou shalt
not
kill
them:
for thou didst
not
take
them
with thy
sword,
or thy
bow,
that thou mayst
kill
them:
but
set
bread
and
water
before
them,
that
they
may
eat
and
drink,
and go
to
their
master.
\VS{23}And
a
great provision
of meats
was
set
before
them,
and
they
ate
and
drank,
and
he
let
them
go,
and
they
went
away
to
their
master,
and
the robbers
of
Syria
came
no
more
into
the
land
of
Israel.
\VS{24}And
it
came
to
pass
after
these
things,
that Benadad
king
of
Syria
gathered
together
all
his
army,
and
went
up,
and besieged
Samaria.
\VS{25}And
there
was
a
great
famine
in
Samaria:
and
so
long did
the siege
continue,
till
the
head
of
an ass
was
sold
for fourscore pieces
of
silver,
and
the
fourth
part
of
a cabe
of pigeon’s dung,
for
five pieces
of
silver.
\VS{26}And
as
the
king
of
Israel
was
passing
by
the
wall,
a certain
woman
cried
out
to
him,
saying:
Save
me,
my
lord O
king.
\VS{27}And
he
said:
If
the
Lord doth
not
save thee, how
can
I
save thee?
out
of
the barnfloor,
or
out
of
the
winepress?
And
the king
said
to
her: What aileth thee?
And she
answered:
\VS{28}This
woman
said
to
me:
Give thy
son,
that
we
may
eat
him
today,
and
we
will
eat
my
son
tomorrow.
\VS{29}So
we
boiled
my
son,
and
ate
him.
And
I
said
to
her
on
the
next
day:
Give thy
son
that
we
may
eat
him.
And she hath
hid
her
son.
\VS{30}When
the
king
heard
this,
he rent
his
garments,
and
passed
by
upon
the
wall.
And
all
the
people
saw
the haircloth
which
he
wore
within
next
to
his
flesh.
\VS{31}And
the
king
said:
May
God
do
so
and
so
to
me,
and
may
he
add
more,
if
the
head
of Eliseus
the
son
of Saphat
shall
stand
on
him
this
day.
\VS{32}But Eliseus
sat
in
his
house,
and
the ancients
sat
with
him.
So
he
sent
a
man
before:
and
before
that
messenger
came,
he
said
to
the ancients:
Do
you
know
that
this
son
of
a
murderer hath
sent
to
cut
off
my
head?
Look
then,
when
the
messenger
shall
come,
shut
the
door,
and
suffer
him
not
to
come
in:
for
behold
the
sound
of
his
master’s
feet
is
behind
him.
\VS{33}While
he
was
yet
speaking
to
them,
the
messenger appeared
who
was
coming
to
him.
And
he
said:
Behold,
so great
an
evil
is
from
the
Lord:
what
shall
I
look
for
more
from
the
Lord?

\par }\Chap{7}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And Eliseus
said:
Hear ye
the
word
of
the
Lord:
Thus saith
the
Lord:
Tomorrow
about
this
time
a bushel
of
fine hour
shall
be sold
for
a stater,
and two bushels
of
barley
for
a stater,
in
the
gate
of
Samaria.
\VS{2}Then
one
of
the lords,
upon
whose
hand
the
king
leaned, answering
the
man
of
God,
said:
If
the
Lord
should
make flood-gates
in
heaven,
can
that possibly
be
which thou sayest?
And
he
said: Thou shalt
see
it
with thy
eyes,
but shalt
not
eat thereof.
\VS{3}Now
there
were
four
lepers,
at
the entering
in
of
the
gate:
and
they
said
one
to
another:
What mean
we
to
stay
here
till
we
die?
\VS{4}If
we
will
enter
into
the
city,
we
shall
die
with
the
famine:
and
if
we
will
remain
here,
we
must
also
die:
come,
therefore,
and
let
us run
over
to
the
camp
of
the Syrians.
If
they spare
us,
we
shall
live:
but
if
they
kill
us,
we
shall
but
die.
\VS{5}So
they
arose
in
the
evening,
to
go
to
the
Syrian
camp,
And
when
they
were
come
to
the first part
of
the
camp
of
the Syrians,
they
found
no
man
there.
\VS{6}For
the
Lord
had
made
them
hear,
in
the
camp
of
Syria,
the
noise
of
chariots,
and
of
horses,
and
of
a
very
great
army,
and
they
said
one
to
another:
Behold
the
king
of
Israel hath
hired
against
us
the
kings
of
the Hethites,
and
of
the
Egyptians,
and
they
are
come
upon
us.
\VS{7}Wherefore
they
arose,
and
fled
away
in
the
dark,
and
left
their
tents,
and
their
horses
and asses
in
the
camp,
and
fled, desiring
to
save
their
lives.
\VS{8}So
when
these
lepers
were
come
to
the
beginning
of
the
camp,
they
went
into
one
tent,
and
ate
and
drank:
and
they
took
from thence
silver,
and
gold,
and raiment,
and
went,
and
hid
it:
and
they
came
again,
and
went
into
another
tent,
and
carried
from thence
in
like
manner,
and
hid
it.
\VS{9}Then
they
said
one
to
another:
We
do
not
well:
for
this
is
a
day
of good tidings.
If
we
hold
our peace,
and
do
not
tell
it
till
the
morning,
we
shall
be charged
with
a crime:
come,
let
us
go
and
tell
it
in
the
king’s
court.
\VS{10}So
they
came
to
the gate
of
the
city,
and
told
them,
saying:
We
went
to
the
camp
of
the Syrians,
and
we
found
no
man
there,
but
horses,
and asses
tied,
and
the
tents standing.
\VS{11}Then
the
guards
of
the gate
went,
and
told
it
within
the
king’s
palace.
\VS{12}And
he
arose
in
the
night
and
said
to
his
servants:
I
tell
you
what
the Syrians
have
done
to
us:
They
know
that
we suffer great famine,
and
therefore
they
are
gone
out
of
the
camp,
and lie hid
in
the
fields,
saying:
When
they
come
out
of
the
city
we
shall
take
them
alive,
and
then
we
may
get
into
the
city.
\VS{13}And
one
of
his
servants
answered:
Let
us
take
the
five
horses
that
are
remaining
in
the city (because
there
are
no
more
in
the
whole
multitude
of
Israel,
for
the
rest
are
consumed,)
and
let
us
send
and
see.
\VS{14}They
brought
therefore
two
horses,
and
the
king
sent
into
the
camp
of
the Syrians,
saying:
Go,
and
see.
\VS{15}And
they
went
after
them
as
far
as
the
Jordan:
and
behold
all
the
way
was
full
of
garments,
and
vessels,
which
the Syrians
had
cast
away
in
their fright,
and
the
messengers
returned
and
told
the
king.
\VS{16}And
the
people
going
out pillaged
the
camp
of
the Syrians:
and
a bushel
of
fine
flour
was
sold
for
a stater,
and two bushels
of
barley
for
a stater, according
to
the
word
of
the
Lord.
\VS{17}And
the
king
appointed
that lord
on
whose
hand
he
leaned,
to stand
at
the
gate:
and
the
people trod
upon
him
in
the
entrance
of
the
gate;
and
he
died,
as
the
man
of
God
had
said,
when
the
king
came
down
to
him.
\VS{18}And
it
came
to
pass
according
to
the
word
of
the
man
of
God, which
he
spoke
to
the
king,
when
he
said: Two bushels
of
barley
shall
be
for
a stater,
and
a bushel
of
fine
flour
for
a stater,
at
this very
time
tomorrow
in
the
gate
of
Samaria.
\VS{19}When
that
lord
answered
the
man
of
God,
and
said:
Although
the
Lord
should
make flood-gates
in
heaven,
could
this
come
to
pass
which thou sayest?
And
he
said
to
him: Thou shalt
see
with thy
eyes,
and shalt
not
eat thereof.
\VS{20}And
so
it
fell
out
to
him
as
it
was foretold,
and
the
people trod
upon
him
in
the
gate,
and
he
died.

\par }\Chap{8}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And Eliseus
spoke
to
the
woman,
whose
son
he
had
restored
to
life,
saying:
Arise,
and
go thou
and thy
household,
and sojourn wheresoever thou canst find:
for
the
Lord hath exiled
a
famine,
and
it
shall
come
upon
the
land
seven
years.
\VS{2}And
she
arose,
and
did
according
to
the
word
of
the
man
of
God:
and going
with
her
household,
she sojourned
in
the
land
of
the
Philistines many
days.
\VS{3}And
when
the
seven
years
were ended,
the
woman
returned
out
of
the
land
of
the
Philistines,
and she
went
forth
to speak
to
the
king
for
her
house,
and
for
her
lands.
\VS{4}And
the
king
talked
with Giezi,
the
servant
of
the
man
of
God,
saying:
Tell
me
all
the
great
things
that Eliseus hath
done.
\VS{5}And
when
he
was
telling
the
king
how
he
had raised
one
dead
to
life,
the
woman appeared,
whose
son
he
had
restored
to
life,
crying
to
the
king
for
her
house,
and
her
lands.
And Giezi
said:
My
lord
O
king,
this
is
the
woman,
and
this
is
her
son,
whom Eliseus raised
to
life.
\VS{6}And
the
king
asked
the
woman:
and
she
told
him.
And
the
king
appointed
her
an
eunuch,
saying:
Restore
her
all
that
is hers,
and
all
the revenues
of
the
lands,
from
the
day
that
she
left
the
land,
to
this
present.
\VS{7}Eliseus
also
came
to
Damascus,
and Benadad
king
of
Syria
was
sick:
and
they
told
him,
saying:
The
man
of
God
is
come hither.
\VS{8}And
the
king
said
to
Hazael:
Take
with thee
presents,
and go
to
meet
the
man
of
God,
and
consult
the
Lord
by
him,
saying:
Can
I
recover
of
this
my
illness?
\VS{9}And
Hazael
went
to
meet
him,
taking
with
him
presents,
and
all
the
good
things
of
Damascus,
the burdens
of
forty
camels.
And
when
he
stood
before
him,
he
said: Thy
son Benadad
the
king
of
Syria hath
sent
me
to thee,
saying:
Can
I
recover
of
this
my
illness?
\VS{10}And Eliseus
said
to
him: Go
tell
him: Thou shalt
recover: bat
the
Lord hath shewn
me
that
he
shall
surely
die.
\VS{11}And
he
stood
with
him,
and
was troubled
so
far
as
to blush:
and
the
man
of
God
wept.
\VS{12}And
Hazael
said
to
him:
Why doth
my
lord
weep?
And
he
said:
Because
I
know
the
evil
that thou wilt
do
to
the
children
of
Israel.
Their strong
cities
then wilt burn
with
fire,
and
their
young
men thou wilt
kill
with
the
sword,
and thou wilt
dash
their
children,
and
rip
up
their
pregnant
women.
\VS{13}And
Hazael
said:
But
what
am
I thy
servant
a
dog,
that
I
should
do
this
great
thing?
And Eliseus
said:
The
Lord hath shewn
me
that thou shalt
be
king
of
Syria.
\VS{14}And
when
he
was
departed
from Eliseus,
he
came
to
his
master,
who
said
to
him:
What saith Eliseus
to thee?
And
he
answered:
He
told
me: Thou shalt
recover.
\VS{15}And
on
the
next
day
he
took
a blanket,
and
pouted
water
on
it,
and
spread
it
upon
his
face:
and
he
died,
and
Hazael
reigned
in
his
stead.
\VS{16}In
the
fifth
year
of
Joram
son
of Achab
king
of
Israel,
and
of Josaphat
king
of Juda,
reigned
Joram
son
of Josaphat
king
of Juda.
\VS{17}He
was
two
and
thirty
years
old
when
he
began
to
reign,
and
he
reigned
eight
years
in
Jerusalem.
\VS{18}And
he walked
in
the
ways
of
the
kings
of
Israel,
as
the
house
of Achab
had walked:
for
the
daughter
of Achab
was
his
wife:
and
he
did
that
which
was
evil
in
the
sight
of
the
Lord.
\VS{19}But
the
Lord
would
not
destroy Juda,
for
David
his
servant’s
sake,
as
he
had
promised
him,
to
give
him
a light,
and
to
his
children
always.
\VS{20}In
his
days
Edom
revolted,
from being
under Juda,
and made
themselves
a
king.
\VS{21}And
Joram
came
to Seira,
and
all
the
chariots
with
him:
and
he
arose
in
the
night,
and
defeated
the
Edomites
that
had
surrounded
him,
and
the
captains
of
the
chariots,
but
the
people
fled
into
their
tents.
\VS{22}So
Edom
revolted
from being
under Juda, unto
this
day.
Then Lobna
also
revolted
at
the
same
time.
\VS{23}But
the
rest
of
the
acts
of
Joram,
and
all
that
he
did,
are
they
not
written
in
the
book
of
the
words
of
the
days
of
the
kings
of Juda?
\VS{24}And
Joram
slept
with
his
fathers,
and
was
buried
with
them
in
the
city
of
David,
and Ochozias
his
son
reigned
in Iris
stead.
\VS{25}In
the twelfth
year
of
Joram
son
of Achab
king
of
Israel,
reigned Ochozias
son
of
Joram
king
of Juda.
\VS{26}Ochozias
was
two
and
twenty
years
old
when
he began
to
reign,
and
he
reigned
one
year
in
Jerusalem:
the
name
of
his
mother
was Athalia
the
daughter
of Amri
king
of
Israel.
\VS{27}And
he walked
in
the
ways
of
the
house
of Achab:
and
he
did
evil
before
the
Lord,
as
did
the
house
of Achab:
for
he
was
the son
in law
of
the
house
of Achab.
\VS{28}He went
also
with
Joram
son
of Achab,
to
fight
against
Hazael
king
of
Syria
in
Ramoth Galaad,
and
the Syrians
wounded
Joram:
\VS{29}And
he
went
back
to
be
healed,
in Jezrahel:
because
the Syrians
had
wounded
him
in Ramoth
when
he
fought
against
Hazael
king
of
Syria.
And Ochozias
the
son
of
Joram
king
of Juda,
went
down
to
visit
Joram
the
son
of Achab
in Jezrahel,
because
he
was
sick
there.

\par }\Chap{9}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And Eliseus
the
prophet
called
one
of
the
sons
of
the
prophets, slid
said
to
him:
Gird
up thy
loins,
and
take
this little bottle
of
oil
in thy
hand,
and go
to
Ramoth Galaad.
\VS{2}And
when thou art
come thither, thou shalt
see
Jehu
the
son
of Josaphat
the
son
of Namsi:
and
going
in thou shalt
make
him
rise
up
from amongst
his
brethren,
and
carry
him
into
an
inner
chamber.
\VS{3}Then
taking
the little bottle
of
oil, thou shalt
pour
it
on
his
head,
and shalt
say:
Thus saith
the
Lord:
I
have
anointed thee
king
over
Israel.
And thou shalt
open
the
door
and
flee,
and shalt
not stay
there.
\VS{4}So
the
young
man,
the
servant
of
the
prophet, went awry
to
Ramoth Galaad,
\VS{5}And
went
in thither:
and
behold
the
captains
of
the
army
were
sitting:
and
he
said:
I
have
a
word
to thee,
O
prince.
And
Jehu
said: Unto
whom
of
us
all?
And
he
said:
To thee,
O
prince.
\VS{6}And
he
arose,
and
went
into
the chamber:
and
he
poured
the
oil
upon
his
head,
and
said:
Thus saith
the
Lord
God
of
Israel:
I
have
anointed thee
king
over
Israel,
the
people
of
the
Lord.
\VS{7}And thou shalt cut
off
the
house
of Achab thy
master,
and
I
will
revenge
the
blood
of
my
servants
the
prophets,
and
the
blood
of
all
the
servants
of
the
Lord
at
the
hand
of Jezabel.
\VS{8}And
I
will
destroy
all
the
house
of Achab,
and
I
will
cut
off
from Achab
him
that pisseth
against
the well,
and
him
that
is
shut
up,
and
the meanest
in
Israel.
\VS{9}And
I
will
make
the
house
of Achab
like
the
house
of
Jeroboam
the
son
of Nabat,
and
like
the
house
of Baasa
the
son
of Ahias.
\VS{10}And
the
dogs
shall
eat Jezabel
in
the field
of Jezrahel,
and
there
shall
be
no
one
to
bury
her.
And
he
opened
the
door
and
fled.
\VS{11}Then
Jehu
went
forth
to
the
servants
of
his
lord:
and
they
said
to
him:
Are
all things
well?
why
came
this
mad
man
to thee?
And
he
said
to
them:
You
know
the
man,
and
what
he
said.
\VS{12}But
they
answered:
It
is
false,
but rather
do thou
tell
us.
And
he
said
to
them:
Thus
and
thus did
he
speak
to
me:
and
he
said:
Thus saith
the
Lord:
I
have
anointed thee
king
over
Israel.
\VS{13}Then
they
made
haste
and
taking
every
man
his
garment
laid
it
under
his feet,
after
the manner
of
a judgment seat,
and
they
sounded
the
trumpet,
and
said:
Jehu
is
king.
\VS{14}So
Jehu
the
son
of Josaphat
the
son
of Namsi
conspired
against
Joram.
Now
Joram
had besieged
Ramoth Galaad,
he
and
all
Israel fighting
with
Hazael
king
of
Syria:
\VS{15}And
was
returned
to
be
healed
in Jezrahel
of
his
wounds,
for
the Syrians
had
wounded
him,
when
he
fought
with
Hazael
king
of
Syria.
And
Jehu
said:
If
it please
you,
let
no mall
go
forth
or
flee
out
of
the
city, lest
he
go,
and
tell
in Jezrahel.
\VS{16}And
he got
up,
and
went
into Jezrahel:
for
Joram
was sick
there,
and Ochozias
king
of Juda
was
come
down
to
visit
Joram.
\VS{17}The
watchmen
therefore,
that
stood
upon
the
tower
of Jezrahel,
saw
the troop
of
Jehu
coming,
and
said:
I
see
a troop.
And
Joram
said:
Take
a
chariot,
and
send
to
meet
them,
and
let
him
that goeth
say:
Is all
well?
\VS{18}So
there
went
one
in
a
chariot
to
meet
him,
and
said:
Thus saith
the
king:
Are
all
things peaceable?
And
Jehu
said:
What hast thou
to
do
with
peace?
go
behind
and
follow
me.
And
the
watchman
told,
saying:
The
messenger
came
to
them,
but
he returneth
not.
\VS{19}And
he
sent
a
second
chariot
of
horses:
and
he
came
to
them,
and
said:
Thus saith
the
king:
Is
there
peace?
And
Jehu
said:
What hast thou
to
do
with
peace?
pass,
and
follow
me.
\VS{20}And
the
watchman
told,
saying:
He
came
even
to
them,
but returneth
not:
and
the
driving
is
like
the
driving
of
Jehu
the
son
of Namsi,
for
he
drives
furiously.
\VS{21}And
Joram
said: Make
ready
the
chariot.
And
they
made
ready
his
chariot,
and
Joram
king
of
Israel,
and Ochozias
king
of Juda
went
out,
each
in
his
chariot,
and
they
went
out
to
meet
Jehu,
and
met
him
in
the
field
of
Naboth
the Jezrahelite.
\VS{22}And
when
Joram
saw
Jehu,
he
said:
Is
there
peace,
Jehu?
And
he
answered:
What
peace?
so
long
as
the fornications
of Jezabel thy
mother,
and
her
many
sorceries
are
in
their vigour.
\VS{23}And
Joram
turned
his
hand,
and
fleeing,
said
to Ochozias: There
is
treachery, Ochozias.
\VS{24}But
Jehu bent Iris
bow
with
his
hand,
and
shot
Joram
between
the shoulders:
and
the
arrow
went
out
through
his
heart,
and immediately
he
fell
in
his
chariot.
\VS{25}And
Jehu
said
to Badacer
his captain:
Take
him,
and
cast
him
into
the
field
of
Naboth
the Jezrahelite:
for
I
remember
when
I
and thou sitting
in
a
chariot
followed Achab
this man’s
father,
that
the
Lord
laid
this
burden
upon
him,
saying:
\VS{26}If
I
do
not requite thee
in
this
field, saith
the
Lord,
for
the
blood
of
Naboth,
and
for
the
blood
of
his
children,
which
I
saw
yesterday, saith
the
Lord.
So
now
take
him,
and
cast
him
into
the
field, according
to
the
word
of
the
Lord.
\VS{27}But Ochozias
king
of Juda
seeing
this,
fled
by
the
way
of
the
garden
house:
and
Jehu
pursued
him,
and
said:
Strike
him
also
in
his
chariot.
And
they
struck
him
in
the going
up
to Gaver,
which
is
by Jeblaam:
and
he
fled
into Mageddo,
and
died
there.
\VS{28}And
his
servants laid
him upon
his
chariot,
and
carried
him
to
Jerusalem:
and
they
buried
him
in
his sepulchre
with
his
fathers
in
the
city
of
David.
\VS{29}In
the
eleventh
year
of
Joram
the
son
of Achab, Ochozias
reigned
over Juda,
\VS{30}And
Jehu
came
into Jezrahel.
But Jezabel
hearing
of
his
coming
in, painted
her
face
with stibic stone,
and
adorned
her
head,
and
looked
out
of
a
window
\VS{31}At
Jehu
coming
in
at
the
gate,
and
said:
Can
there
be
peace
for Zambri,
that hath
killed
his
master?
\VS{32}And
Jehu
lifted
up
his
face
to
the
window,
and
said:
Who
is this?
And
two
or
three
eunuchs bowed
down
to
him.
\VS{33}And
he
said
to
them:
Throw
her
down headlong:
and
they
threw
her
down,
and
the
wall
was sprinkled
with
her
blood,
and
the hoofs
of
the
horses trod
upon
her.
\VS{34}And
when
he
was
come
in,
to
eat,
and
to
drink,
he
said:
Go,
and
see
after
that
cursed
woman,
and
bury
her:
because
she
is
a
king’s
daughter.
\VS{35}And
when
they went
to
bury
her,
they
found
nothing
but
the
skull,
and
the
feet,
and
the extremities
of
her
hands.
\VS{36}And coming
back
they
told
him.
And
Jehu
said:
It
is
the
word
of
the
Lord,
which
he
spoke
by
his
servant Elias
the Thesbite,
saying:
In
the field
of Jezrahel
the
dogs
shall
eat
the
flesh
of Jezabel,
\VS{37}And
the flesh
of Jezabel
shall
be
as
dung
upon
the
face
of
the earth
in
the
field
of Jezrahel,
so
that
they
who
pass
by
shall
say:
Is
this
that same Jezabel?

\par }\Chap{10}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And Achab
had
seventy
sons
in
Samaria:
so
Jehu
wrote
letters,
and
sent
to
Samaria,
to
the
chief
men
of
the city,
and
to
the ancients,
and
to
them
that brought
up Achab’s
children,
saying:
\VS{2}As
soon
as
you receive
these
letters, ye
that
have
your
master’s
sons,
and
chariots,
and
horses,
and fenced
cities,
and armour,
\VS{3}Choose
the
best,
and
him
that
shall please
you most
of
your
master’s
sons,
and
set
him
on
his
father’s
throne,
and
fight
for
the
house
of
your
master.
\VS{4}But
they
were
exceedingly
afraid,
and
said:
Behold
two
kings could
not
stand
before
him,
and
how
shall
we
be able
to resist?
\VS{5}Therefore
the overseers
of
the
house,
and
the rulers
of
the
city,
and
the ancients,
and
the tutors
sent
to
Jehu,
saying:
We
are thy
servants,
whatsoever thou shalt
command
us
we
will
do,
neither
will
we
make
us
a
king:
do thou
all
that pleaseth thee.
\VS{6}And
he
wrote
letters
the
second
time
to
them,
saying:
If
you
be mine,
and
will
obey
me,
take
the
heads
of
the
sons
of
your
master,
and
come
to
me
to Jezrahel
by
tomorrow
this
time.
Now
the
king’s
sons,
being
seventy
men,
were
brought
up
with
the
chief
men
of
the
city.
\VS{7}And
when
the
letters
came
to
them,
they
took
the
king’s
sons,
and
slew
seventy
persons,
and
put
their
heads
in
baskets,
and
sent
them
to
him
to Jezrahel.
\VS{8}And
a
messenger
came,
and
told
him,
saying:
They
have
brought
the
heads
of
the
king’s
sons.
And
he
said:
Lay ye
them
in
two
heaps
by
the
entering
in
of
the
gate
until
the
morning.
\VS{9}And
when
it
was light,
he
went
out,
and
standing
said
to
all
the
people:
You
are
just:
if
I
conspired
against
my
master,
and
slew
him,
who hath
slain
all
these?
\VS{10}See
therefore
now
that
there hath
not
fallen
to
the
ground
any
of
the
words
of
the
Lord,
which
the
Lord
spoke
concerning
the
house
of Achab,
and
the
Lord hath
done
that
which
he
spoke
in
the
hand
of
his
servant Elias.
\VS{11}So
Jehu
slew
all
that
were
left
of
the
house
of Achab
in Jezrahel,
and
all
his
chief
men,
and
his
friends,
and
his
priests,
till
there
were
no
remains
left
of
him.
\VS{12}And
he
arose,
and
went
to
Samaria:
and
when
he
was
come
to
the shepherds’ cabin
in
the
way,
\VS{13}He
met
with
the
brethren
of Ochozias
king
of Juda,
and
he
said
to
them:
Who
are
you?
And
they
answered:
We
are
the
brethren
of Ochozias,
and
are
come
down
to salute
the
sons
of
the
king,
and
the
sons
of
the
queen.
\VS{14}And
he
said:
Take
them
alive.
And
they
took
them
alive,
and
killed
them
at
the
pit
by
the cabin,
two
and
forty
men,
and
he
left
not
any
of
them.
\VS{15}And
when
he
was departed thence,
he
found
Jonadab
the
son
of
Rechab
coming
to
meet
him,
and
he
blessed
him.
And
he
said
to
him:
Is thy
heart
right
as
my
heart
is
with thy
heart?
And
Jonadab
said:
It
is.
If
it
be,
said
he,
give
me thy
hand.
He
gave
him
his
hand.
And
he
lifted
him
up
to
him
into
the
chariot,
\VS{16}And
he
said
to
him:
Come
with
me,
and
see
my
zeal
for
the
Lord.
So
he made
him
ride
in
his
chariot,
\VS{17}And
brought
him
into
Samaria.
And
he
slew
all
that
were
left
of Achab
in
Samaria,
to
a
man,
according
to
the
word
of
the
Lord,
which
he
spoke
by Elias.
\VS{18}And
Jehu
gathered
together
all
the
people,
and
said
to
them: Achab worshipped
Baal
a
little,
but
I
will
worship
him
more.
\VS{19}Now
therefore
call
to
me
all
the
prophets
of
Baal,
and
all
his
servants,
and
all
his
priests:
let
none
be wanting,
for
I
have
a
great
sacrifice
to
offer
to
Baal: whosoever
shall
be wanting
shall
not
live.
Now
Jehu
did
this craftily,
that
he
might
destroy
the worshippers
of
Baal.
\VS{20}And
he
said:
Proclaim
a festival
for
Baal.
And
he
called,
\VS{21}And
he
sent
into
all
the borders
of
Israel,
and
all
the
servants
of
Baal
came:
there
was
not
one
left
that
did
not
come.
And
they
went
into
the
temple
of
Baal:
and
the
house
of
Baal
was
filled,
from
one
end
to
the
other.
\VS{22}And
he
said
to
them
that
were
over
the
wardrobe:
Bring
forth
garments
for
all
the
servants
of
Baal.
And
they
brought
them
forth
garments.
\VS{23}And
Jehu
and
Jonadab
the
son
of
Rechab
went
to
the
temple
of
Baal,
and
said
to
the worshippers
of
Baal:
Search,
and
see
that
there
be
not
any
with
you
of
the
servants
of
the
Lord,
but
that
there
be
the
servants
of
Baal
only.
\VS{24}And
they
went
in
to
offer
sacrifices
and
burnt
offerings:
but
Jehu
had
prepared
him fourscore
men
without,
and
said
to
them:
If
any
of
the
men
escape,
whom
I
have
brought
into
your
hands,
he
that letteth
him
go
shall
answer
life
for
life.
\VS{25}And
it
came
to
pass,
when
the
burnt offering
was
ended,
that
Jehu
commanded
his
soldiers
and captains,
saying:
Go
in,
and
kill
them,
let
none
escape.
And
the
soldiers
and captains
slew
them
with
the
edge
of
the
sword,
and
cast
them
out:
and
they
went
into
the
city
of
the
temple
of
Baal,
\VS{26}And
brought
the statue
out
of Baal’s
temple,
and
burnt
it,
\VS{27}And
broke
it
in pieces.
They
destroyed
also
the
temple
of
Baal,
and
made
a jakes
in
its
place unto
this
day.
\VS{28}So
Jehu
destroyed
Baal
out
of
Israel:
\VS{29}But
yet
he
departed
not
from
the sills
of
Jeroboam
the
son
of Nabat,
who
made
Israel
to
sin,
nor
did
he forsake
the
golden
calves
that
were
in
Bethel
and
Dan.
\VS{30}And
the
Lord
said
to
Jehu:
Because thou hast diligently executed
that
which
was
right
and
pleasing
in
my
eyes,
and hast
done
to
the
house
of Achab
according
to
all
that
was
in
my
heart: thy
children
shall
sit
upon
the
throne
of
Israel
to
the
fourth Generation.
\VS{31}But
Jehu
took
no
heed
to walk
in
the
law
of
the
Lord
the
God
of
Israel
with
all
his
heart:
for
he
departed
not
from
the
sins
of
Jeroboam,
who
had
made
Israel
to
sin.
\VS{32}In
those
days
the
Lord
began
to
he weary
of
Israel:
and
Hazael ravaged
them
in
all
the coasts
of
Israel,
\VS{33}From
the
Jordan
eastward,
all
the
land
of Galaad,
and
Gad,
and Ruben,
and Manasses,
from
Aroer,
which
is
upon
the torrent Amen,
and Galaad,
and Basan.
\VS{34}But
the
rest
of
the
acts
of
Jehu,
and
all
that
he
did,
and
his
strength,
are
they
not
written
in
the
book
of
the
words
of
the
days
of
the
kings
of
Israel?
\VS{35}And
Jehu
slept
with
his
fathers,
and
they
buried
him
in
Samaria:
and Joachaz
his
son
reigned
in
his
stead.
\VS{36}And
the
time
that
Jehu
reigned
over
Israel,
in
Samaria,
was
eight
and
twenty
years.

\par }\Chap{11}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And Athalia
the
mother
of Ochozias
seeing
that
her
son
was
dead,
arose,
and slew
all
the
royal
seed.
\VS{2}But Josaba
the
daughter
of
king
Joram,
sister
of Ochozias,
took Joas
the
son
of Ochozias,
and
stole
him
from
among
the
king’s
sons
that
were slain,
out
of
the bedchamber
with
his
nurse:
and
hid
him
from
the
face
of Athalia,
so
that
he
was
not slain.
\VS{3}And
he
was
with
her
six
years
hid
in
the
house
of
the
Lord.
And Athalia
reigned
over
the
land.
\VS{4}And
in
the
seventh
year
Joiada seat,
and
taking
the centurions
and
the
soldiers,
brought
them
in
to
him
into
the
temple
of
the
Lord,
and
made
a
covenant
with
them:
and
taking
an
oath
of
them
in
the
house
of
the
Lord, shewed
them
the
king’s
son:
\VS{5}And
he
commanded
them,
saying:
This
is
the
thing
that
you must
do:
\VS{6}Let
a
third
part
of
you go
in
on
the sabbath,
and
keep
the
watch
of
the king’s
house.
And let
a
third
part
be
at
the
gate
of
Sur:
and let
a
third
part
be
at
the
gate
behind
the dwelling
of
the shieldbearers:
and
you
shall
keep
the
watch
of
the
house
of Messa.
\VS{7}But let
two
parts
of
you,
all
that
go
forth
on
the
sabbath,
keep
the
watch
of
the
house
of
the
Lord
about
the
king.
\VS{8}And
you
shall compass
him
round
about,
having
weapons
in
your
hands:
and
if
any
man
shall
enter
the precinct
of
the temple,
let
him
be slain:
and
you
shall
be
with
the
king
coming
in
and
going
out.
\VS{9}And
the centurions
did
according
to
all
things
that
Joiada
the
priest
had
commanded
them:
and
taking
every
one
their
men,
that
went
in
on
the
sabbath,
with
them
that
went
out
on
the
sabbath,
came
to
Joiada
the
priest.
\VS{10}And
he
gave
them
the
spears,
and
the arms
of
king
David,
which
were
in
the
house
of
the
Lord.
\VS{11}And
they
stood
having
every
one
their
weapons
in
their
hands,
from
the
right
side
of
the
temple, unto
the
left
side
of
the
altar,
and
of
the
temple,
about
the
king.
\VS{12}And
he
brought
forth
the
king’s
son,
and
put
the
diadem
upon
him,
and
the
testimony:
and
they
made
him
king,
and
anointed
him:
and clapping
their
hands.
they
said,
God save
the
king.
\VS{13}And Athalia
heard
the
noise
of
the
people
running:
and
going
in
to
the
people
into
the
temple
of
the
Lord,
\VS{14}She
saw
the
king
standing
upon
a tribunal,
as
the
manner
was,
and
the singers,
and
the
trumpets
near
him,
and
all
the
people
of
the
land
rejoicing,
and sounding
the
trumpets:
and
she rent
her
garments,
and
cried:
A
conspiracy,
a
conspiracy.
\VS{15}But
Joiada commended
the centurions
that
were
over
the
army,
and
said
to
them:
Have
her
forth
without
the precinct
of
the
temple,
and whosoever
shall
follow
her,
let
him
be slain
with
the
sword.
For
the
priest
had
said:
Let
her
not
be slain
in
the
temple
of
the
Lord.
\VS{16}And
they
laid
hands
on
her:
and thrust
her
out
by
the
way
by
which
the
horses
go
in,
by
the
palace,
and she
was slain
there.
\VS{17}And
Joiada
made
a
covenant
between
the
Lord,
and
the
king,
and
the
people,
that
they
should
be
the
people
of
the
Lord,
and
between
the
king
and
the
people.
\VS{18}And
all
the
people
of
the
land
went
into
the
temple
of
Baal,
and
broke
down
his
altars,
and
his
images
they
broke
in
pieces
thoroughly:
they
slew
also Mathan
the
priest
of
Baal
before
the
altar.
And
the
priest
set
guards
in
the
house
of
the
Lord.
\VS{19}And
he
took
the centurions,
and
the bands
of
the Cerethi
and
the Phelethi,
and
all
the
people
of
the
land,
and
they
brought
the
king
from
the
house
of
the
Lord:
and
they
came
by
the
way
of
the
gate
of
the shieldbearers
into
the
palace.
and
he
sat
on
the
throne
of
the
kings.
\VS{20}And
all
the
people
of
the
land
rejoiced,
and
the
city
was
quiet:
but Athalia
was slain
with
the
sword
in
the
king’s
house.
\VS{21}Now Joas was seven years old, when he began to reign.

\par }\Chap{12}{\PP \VerseOne{1}In
the
seventh
year
of Jehu Joas began
to
reign:
and
he
reigned forty
years
in Jerusalem.
The name
of
his mother
was Sebia
of Bersabee.
\VS{2}And Joas did
that which
was right before
the Lord all
the
days
that Joiada
the priest taught
him.
\VS{3}But
yet
he took not
away
the high
places:
for
the
people still sacrificed
and burnt incense
in
the high
places.
\VS{4}And Joas said
to
the
priests: O
All
the money
of
the sanctified
things, which
is brought
into
the temple
of
the Lord
by those
that
pass, which
is
offered
for
the price
of
a soul,
and which
of
their own accord,
and
of
their own free heart
they bring
into
the temple
of
the Lord:
\VS{5}Let
the
priests
take
it
according
to
their
order,
and repair
the
house, wheresoever
they
shall
see
any
thing
that wanteth repairing.
\VS{6}Now till
the three
and twentieth year
of king Joas,
the
priests
did not
make
the
repairs
of
the
temple.
\VS{7}And
king Joas called Joiada
the high
priest
and
the
priests, saying
to
them:
Why do
you
not
repair
the
temple?
Take
you
therefore money
no
more according
to
your order,
but restore
it
for
the
repairing
of
the
temple.
\VS{8}And
the
priests
were forbidden
to
take
any
more
money
of
the
people,
and
to
make
the
repairs
of
the
house.
\VS{9}And Joiada
the high
priest
took
a chest
and bored
a hole
in
the top,
and set
it
by
the altar
at
the right hand
of
them
that came
into
the
house
of
the Lord,
and
the
priests
that kept
the doors
put therein all
the
money
that
was
brought
to
the
temple
of
the Lord.
\VS{10}And
when
they saw
that
there
was very
much
money
in
the
chest,
the king’s scribe
and
the high
priest
came
up,
and poured
it
out,
and counted
the
money
that
was found
in
the
house
of
the
Lord:
\VS{11}And
they
gave
it
out
by
number
and measure
into
the hands
of
them
that
were
over
the builders
of
the
house
of
the
Lord:
and
they laid
it
out
to
the carpenters,
and
the masons
that wrought
in
the
house
of
the
Lord,
\VS{12}And
made
the repairs:
and
to
them
that cut stones,
and
to buy
timber,
and stones,
to
be hewed,
that
the repairs
of
the
house
of
the
Lord
might
be completely finished,
and wheresoever
there
was need
of expenses
to uphold
the
house.
\VS{13}But
there
were not
made
of
the
same money
for
the
temple
of
the
Lord, bowls,
or fleshhooks,
or censers,
or trumpets,
or
any vessel
of gold
and silver,
of
the money
that
was
brought
into
the
temple
of
the
Lord.
\VS{14}For
it
was given
to
them
that
did
the work,
that
the
temple
of
the
Lord
might
be repaired.
\VS{15}And
they reckoned
not
with
the
men
that
received
the money
to
distribute
it
to
the
workmen,
but
they
bestowed
it faithfully.
\VS{16}But
the
money
for trespass,
and
the
money
for sins,
they
brought
not
into
the temple
of
the Lord,
because
it
was
for
the
priests.
\VS{17}Then Hazael king
of Syria
went
up
and fought
against Geth,
and
took
it
and
set
his face
to
go
up
to Jerusalem.
\VS{18}Wherefore Joas
king
of Juda
took
all
the sanctified things, which Josaphat,
and Joram,
and Ochozias
his fathers
the
kings
of Juda
had dedicated
to holy uses,
and which
he
himself
had
offered:
and
all
the silver
that could
be found
in
the treasures
of
the temple
of
the Lord,
and
in
the
king’s palace:
and
sent
it
to
Hazael
king
of
Syria,
and
he
went
off
from
Jerusalem.
\VS{19}And
the rest
of
the acts
of Joas,
and
all
that
he
did,
are
they not written
in
the book
of
the words
of
the days
of
the
kings
of Juda?
\VS{20}And
his servants arose,
and conspired
among
themselves,
and slew Joas
in
the house
of Mello
in
the descent
of Sella.
\VS{21}For Josachar
the son
of Semaath,
and Jozabad
the son
of Somer
his
servant
struck
him,
and
he died:
and
they buried
him
with
his fathers
in
the city
of David,
and Amasias
his son reigned
in
his stead.

\par }\Chap{13}{\PP \VerseOne{1}In
the
three
and
twentieth
year
of Joas
son
of Ochozias
king
of Juda, Joachaz
the
son
of
Jehu
reigned
over
Israel
in
Samaria,
seventeen
years.
\VS{2}And
he
did
evil
before
the
Lord,
and
followed
the
sins
of
Jeroboam
the
son
of Nabat,
who
made
Israel
to
sin,
and
he
departed
not
from
them.
\VS{3}And
the
wrath
of
the
Lord
was
kindled
against
Israel,
and
he
delivered
them
into
the
hand
of
Hazael
the
king
of
Syria,
and
into
the
hand
of Benadad
the
son
of
Hazael
all
days.
\VS{4}But Joachaz besought
the
face
of
the
Lord,
and
the
Lord
heard
him:
for
he
saw
the distress
of
Israel,
because
the
king
of
Syria
had
oppressed
them:
\VS{5}And
the
Lord
gave
Israel
a saviour,
and
they
were
delivered
out
of
the
hand
of
the king
of
Syria:
and
the
children
of
Israel
dwelt
in
their pavilions
as
yesterday
and
the day
before.
\VS{6}But
yet
they
departed
not
from
the
sins
of
Jeroboam,
who
made
Israel
to
sin,
but
walked
in
them:
and
there
still
remained
a grove
also
in
Samaria.
\VS{7}And Joachaz
had
no
more
left
of
the
people
than
fifty
horsemen,
and
ten
chariots,
and
ten
thousand
footmen:
for
the
king
of
Syria
had slain
them,
and
had
brought
them low
as
dust
by thrashing
in
the barnfloor.
\VS{8}Rut
the
rest
of
the
acts
of Joachaz,
and
all
that
he
did,
and
his valour,
are
they
not
written
in
the
book
of
the
words
of
the
days
of
the
kings
of
Israel?
\VS{9}And Joachaz
slept
with
his
fathers,
and
they
buried
him
in
Samaria:
and Joas
his
son
reigned
in
his
stead.
\VS{10}In
the
seven
and
thirtieth
year
of Joas
king
of Juda, Joas
the
son
of Joachaz
reigned
over
Israel
in
Samaria
sixteen
years.
\VS{11}And
he
did
that
which
is
evil
in
the
sight
of
the
Lord:
he
departed
not
from
all
the
sins
of
Jeroboam
the
son
of Nabat,
who
made
Israel
to
sin,
but
he
walked
in
them.
\VS{12}But
the
rest
of
the
acts
of Joas,
and
all
that
he
did,
and
his valour wherewith
he
fought
against Amasias
king
of Juda,
are
they
not
written
in
the
book
of
the
words
of
the
days
of
the
kings
of
Israel?
\VS{13}And Joas
slept
with
his
fathers:
and
Jeroboam
sat
upon
his
throne.
But Joas
was
buried
in
Samaria
with
the
kings
of
Israel.
\VS{14}Now Eliseus
was
sick
of
the
illness whereof
he
died:
and Joas
king
of
Israel
went
down
to
him,
and
wept
before
him,
and
said: O
my
father,
my
father,
the
chariot
of
Israel
and
the guider thereof.
\VS{15}And Eliseus
said
to
him:
Bring
a
bow
and
arrows.
And
when
he
had
brought
him
a
bow,
and
arrows,
\VS{16}He
said
to
the
king
of
Israel:
Put thy
hand
upon
the
bow.
And
when
he
had
put
his
hand, Eliseus
put
his
hands
over
the
king’s
hands,
\VS{17}And
said:
Open
the
window
to
the
east.
And
when
he
had
opened
it, Eliseus
said:
Shoot
an
arrow.
And
he
shot.
And Eliseus
said:
The
arrow
of
the
Lord’s
deliverance,
and
the
arrow
of
the
deliverance
from
Syria:
and thou shalt
strike
the Syrians
in Aphec,
till thou
consume
them.
\VS{18}And
he
said:
Take
the
arrows.
And
when
he
had
taken
them,
he
said
to
him:
Strike
with
an
arrow upon
the
ground.
And
he
struck
three
times
and
stood
still.
\VS{19}And
the
man
of
God
was
angry
with
him,
and
said:
If thou hadst
smitten
five
or
six
or seven
times, thou hadst
smitten
Syria
even
to utter
destruction:
but
now
three
times shalt thou
smite
it.
\VS{20}And Eliseus
died,
and
they
buried
him.
And
the rovers
from
Moab
came
into
the
land
the same
year.
\VS{21}And
some
that
were
burying
a
man,
saw
the rovers,
and
cast
the
body
into
the sepulchre
of Eliseus.
And
when
it
had
touched
the
bones
of Eliseus,
the
man
came
to
life,
and
stood
upon
his
feet.
\VS{22}Now
Hazael
king
of
Syria afflicted
Israel
all
the
days
of Joachaz:
\VS{23}And
the
Lord
had
mercy
on
them,
and returned
to
them
because
of
his
covenant, which
he
had made
with
Abraham
and
Isaac
and
Jacob:
and
he
would
not
destroy
them,
nor utterly
cast
them
away, unto
this
present
time.
\VS{24}And
Hazael
king
of
Syria
died,
and Benadad
his
son
reigned
in
his
stead.
\VS{25}Now Joas
the
son
of Joachaz,
took
the
cities
out
of
the
hand
of Benadad,
the
son
of
Hazael,
which
he
had
taken
out
of
the
hand
of Joachaz
his
father
by
war,
three
times
did Joas
beat
him,
and
he
restored
the
cities
to
Israel.

\par }\Chap{14}{\PP \VerseOne{1}In
the
second
year
of Joas
son
of Joachaz,
king
of
Israel,
reigned Amasias
son
of Joas
king
of Juda.
\VS{2}He
was
five
and
twenty
years
old
when
he
began
to
reign:
and
nine
and
twenty
years
he
reigned
in
Jerusalem:
the
name
of
his
mother
was Joadan
of
Jerusalem.
\VS{3}And
he
did
that
which
was
right
before
the
Lord,
but
yet
not
like
David
his
father.
He
did according
to
all
things
that Joas
his
father
did:
\VS{4}But this
only,
that
he
took
not
away
the
high
places:
for
yet
the
people
sacrificed
and
burnt
incense
in
the
high
places.
\VS{5}And
when
he
had
possession
of
the
kingdom,
he
put
his
servants
to death
that
had
slain
the
king
his
father:
\VS{6}But
the
children
of
the murderers
he
did
not
put
to
death,
according
to
that
which
is
written
in
the
book
of
the
law
of
Moses,
wherein
the
Lord
commanded,
saying:
The
fathers
shall
not
be
put
to
death
for
the
children,
neither
shall
the
children
be
put
to
death
for
the
fathers:
but
every
man
shall
die
for
his
own
sins.
\VS{7}He
slew
of
Edom
in
the
valley
of
the Saltpits
ten
thousand
men,
and
took
the rock
by
war,
and
called
the
name thereof Jectehel, unto
this
day.
\VS{8}Then Amasias
sent
messengers
to Joas
son
of Joachaz,
son
of
Jehu
king
of
Israel,
saying: Come
let
us
see
one another.
\VS{9}And Joas
king
of
Israel
sent
again
to Amasias
king
of Juda,
saying:
A thistle
of Libanus
sent
to
a
cedar tree,
which
is
in Libanus,
saying:
Give thy
daughter
to
my
son
to
wife.
And
the
beasts
of
the forest,
that
are
in Libanus,
passed
and trod
down
the thistle.
\VS{10}Thou hast
beaten
and prevailed
over
Edom,
and thy
heart hath
lifted thee
up:
be content
with
the
glory,
and
sit
at
home:
why provokest thou
evil,
that thou shouldst
fall,
and Juda
with thee?
\VS{11}But Amasias
did
not rest satisfied.
So Joas
king
of
Israel
went
up,
and
he
and Amasias
king
of Juda
saw
one
another
in Bethsames
a town
in Juda.
\VS{12}And Juda
was
put
to
the worst
before
Israel,
and
they
fled
every
man
to
their dwellings.
\VS{13}But Joas
king
of
Israel
took Amasias,
king
of Juda
the
son
of Joas,
the
son
of Ochozias,
in Bethsames,
and
brought
him
into
Jerusalem:
and
he
broke
down
the
wall
of
Jerusalem,
from
the
gate
of
Ephraim
to
the
gate
of
the
corner,
four
hundred
cubits.
\VS{14}And
he
took
all
the
gold,
and
silver,
and
all
the
vessels,
that
were
found
in
the
house
of
the
Lord,
and
in
the
king’s
treasures,
and
hostages,
and
returned
to
Samaria.
\VS{15}But
the
rest
of
the
acts
of Joas,
which
he
did,
and
his valour, wherewith
he
fought
against Amasias
king
of Juda,
are
they
not
written
in
the
book
of
the
words
of
the
days
of
the
kings
of
Israel?
\VS{16}And Joas
slept
with
his
fathers,
and
was
buried
in
Samaria,
with
the
kings
of
Israel:
and
Jeroboam
his
son
reigned
in
his
stead.
\VS{17}And Amasias
the
son
of Joas
king
of Juda
lived,
after
the
death
of Joas
son
of Joachaz
king
of
Israel
fifteen
years.
\VS{18}And
the
rest
of
the
acts
of Amasias,
are
they
not
written
in
the
book
of
the
words
of
the
days
of
the
kings
of Juda?
\VS{19}Now
they
made
a
conspiracy
against
him
in
Jerusalem:
and
he
fled
to Lachis.
And
they
sent
after
him
to Lachis,
and
killed
him
there.
\VS{20}And
they
brought
him
away
upon
horses,
and
he
was
buried
in
Jerusalem
with
his
fathers
in
the
city
of
David.
\VS{21}And
all
the
people
of Juda
took Azarias,
who
was
sixteen
years
old,
and
made
him
king
instead
of
his
father Amasias.
\VS{22}He
built
Elath,
and
restored
it
to Juda,
after
that
the
king
slept
with
his
fathers.
\VS{23}In
the fifteenth
year
of Amasias
son
of Joas
king
of Juda,
reigned
Jeroboam
the
son
of Joas
king
of
Israel
in
Samaria,
one
and
forty
years:
\VS{24}And
he
did
that
which
was
evil
before
the
Lord.
He
departed
not
from
all
the
sins
of
Jeroboam
the
son
of Nabat,
who
made
Israel
to
sin.
\VS{25}He
restored
the
borders
of
Israel
from
the
entrance
of Emath, unto
the
sea
of
the
wilderness,
according
to
the
word
of
the
Lord
the
God
of
Israel,
which
he
spoke
by
his
servant Jonas
the
son
of Amathi,
the
prophet,
who
was
of Geth,
which
is
in Opher.
\VS{26}For
the
Lord
saw
the affliction
of
Israel
that
it
was
exceeding
bitter,
and
that
they
were consumed
even
to
them
that
were
shut
up
in prison,
and
the lowest persons,
and
that
there
was
no
one
to
help
Israel.
\VS{27}And
the
Lord
did
not
say
that
he
would blot
out
the
name
of
Israel
from
under
heaven,
but
he
saved
them
by
the
hand
of
Jeroboam
the
son
of Joas.
\VS{28}But
the
rest
of
the
acts
of
Jeroboam,
and
all
that
he
did,
and
his velour, wherewith
he
fought,
and
how
he
restored
Damascus,
and Emath
to Juda
in
Israel,
are
they
not
written
in
the
book
of
the
words
of
the
days
of
the
kings
of
Israel?
\VS{29}And
Jeroboam
slept
with
his
fathers
the
kings
of
Israel,
and Zacharias
his
son
reigned
in
his
stead.

\par }\Chap{15}{\PP \VerseOne{1}In
the
seven
and
twentieth
year
of
Jeroboam
king
of
Israel
reigned Azarias
son
of Amasias,
king
of Juda.
\VS{2}He
was
sixteen
years
old,
when
he
began
to
reign,
and
he
reigned
two
and
fifty
years
in
Jerusalem:
the
name
of
his
mother
was Jechelia
of
Jerusalem.
\VS{3}And
he
did
that
which
was pleasing
before
the
Lord, according
to
all
that
his
father Amasias
had
done.
\VS{4}But
the
high
places
he
did
not destroy:
for
the
people
sacrificed
and
burnt
incense
in
the
high
places.
\VS{5}And
the
Lord
struck
the
king,
so
that
he
was
a
leper unto
the
day
of
his
death,
and
he
dwelt
in
a free
house apart:
but Joatham
the
king’s
soil
governed
the
palace,
and
judged
the
people
of
the
land.
\VS{6}And
the
rest
of
the
acts
of Azarias,
and
all
that
he
did,
are
they
not
written
in
the
book
of
the
words
of
the
days
of
the
kings
of Juda?
\VS{7}And Azarias
slept
with
his
fathers:
and
they
buried
him
with
his
ancestors
in
the
city
of
David,
and Joatham
his
son
reigned
in
his
stead.
\VS{8}In
the
eight
and
thirtieth
year
of Azarias
king
of Juda,
reigned Zacharias
son
of
Jeroboam
over
Israel
in
Samaria
six
months:
\VS{9}And
he
did
that
which
is
evil
before
the
Lord,
as
his
fathers
had
done:
he
departed
not
from
the
sins
of
Jeroboam
the
son
of Nabat
who
made
Israel
to
sin.
\VS{10}And Sellum
the
son
of Jabes
conspired
against
him:
and
struck
him publicly
and
killed
him,
and
reigned
in
his
place.
\VS{11}Now
the
rest
of
the
acts
of Zacharias,
are
they not
written
in
the
book
of
the
words
of
the
days
of
the
kings
of
Israel?
\VS{12}This
was
the
word
of
the
Lord,
which
he
spoke
to
Jehu,
saying: Thy
children
to
the
fourth generation
shall
sit
upon
the
throne
of
Israel.
And
so
it
came
to
pass.
\VS{13}Sellum
the
son
of Jabes began
to
reign
in
the
nine
and
thirtieth
year
of Azarias
king
of Juda:
and
reigned
one
month
in
Samaria.
\VS{14}And Manahem
the
son
of
Gadi
went
up
from Thersa:
and
he
came
into
Samaria,
and
struck Sellum
the
son
of Jabes
in
Samaria,
and
slew
him,
and
reigned
in
his
stead.
\VS{15}And
the
rest
of
the
acts
of Sellum,
and
his
conspiracy,
which
he
made,
are
they not
written
in
the
book
of
the
words
of
the
days
of
the
kings
of
Israel?
\VS{16}Then Manahem
destroyed Thapsa
and
all
that
were
in
it
and
the
borders thereof
from Thersa,
because
they
would
not
open
to
him:
and
he
slew
all
the
women thereof
that
were
with
child,
and
ripped
them
up.
\VS{17}In
the
nine
and
thirtieth
year
of Azarias
king
of Juda,
reigned Manahem
son
of
Gadi
over
Israel
ten
years
in
Samaria.
\VS{18}And
he
did
that
which
was
evil
before
the
Lord:
he
departed
not
from
the
sins
of
Jeroboam
the
son
of Nabat,
who
made
Israel
to
sin
all
his
days.
\VS{19}And Phul
king
of
the Assyrians
came
into
the
land,
and Manahem
gave Phul
a
thousand
talents
of
silver,
to aid
him
and
to
establish
him
in
the
kingdom.
\VS{20}And Manahem
laid
a tax
upon
Israel,
on
all
that
were
mighty
and rich,
to
give
the
king
of
the Assyrians,
each
man
fifty sides
of
silver:
so
the
king
of
the Assyrians
turned
back,
and
did
not
stay
in
the
land.
\VS{21}And
the
rest
of
the
acts
of Manahem,
and
all
that
he
did,
are
they
not
written
in
the
book
of
the
words
of
the
days
of
the
kings
of
Israel?
\VS{22}And Manahem
slept
with
his
fathers:
and Phaceia
his
son
reigned
in
his
stead.
\VS{23}In
the
fiftieth
year
of Azarias
king
of Juda
reigned Phaceia
the
son
of Manahem
over
Israel
in
Samaria two
years.
\VS{24}And
he
did
that
which
was
evil
before
the
Lord:
he
departed
not
from
the
sins
of
Jeroboam
the
son
of Nabat,
who
made
Israel
to
sin.
\VS{25}And Phacee
the
son
of Romelia,
his captain
conspired
against
him,
and
smote
him
in
Samaria,
in
the tower
of
the
king’s
house,
near Argob,
and
near Arie,
and
with
him
fifty
men
of
the
sons
of
the Galaadites,
and
he
slew
him
and
reigned
in
his
stead.
\VS{26}And
the
rest
of
the
acts
of Phaceia,
and
all
that
he
did,
are
they not
written
in
the
book
of
the
words
of
the
days
of
the
kings
of
Israel?
\VS{27}In
the
two
and
fiftieth
year
of Azarias
king
of Juda
reigned Phacee
the
son
of Romelia
over
Israel
in
Samaria
twenty
years.
\VS{28}And
he
did
that
which
was
evil
before
the
Lord:
he
departed
not
from
the
sins
of
Jeroboam
the
son
of Nabat,
who
made
Israel
to
sin.
\VS{29}In
the
days
of Phacee
king
of
Israel
came Theglathphalasar
king
of
Assyria,
and
took Aion,
and
Abel Domum Maacha
and Janoe,
and Cedes,
and Asor,
and Galaad,
and
Galilee,
and
all
the
land
of Nephtali:
and
carried
them
captives
into
Assyria.
\VS{30}Now Osee
son
of Ela
conspired,
and formed
a plot
against Phacee,
the
son
of Romelia,
and
struck
him,
and
slew
him:
and
reigned
in
his
stead
in
the
twentieth
year
of Joatham
the
son
of Ozias.
\VS{31}But
the
rest
of
the
acts
of Phaces,
and
all
that
he
did,
are
they not
written
in
the
book
of
the
words
of
the
days
of
the
kings
of
Israel?
\VS{32}In
the
second
year
of Phacee
the
son
of Romelia
king
of
Israel
reigned Joatham
son
of Ozias
king
of Juda.
\VS{33}He
was
five
and
twenty
years
old
when
he
began
to
reign,
and
he
reigned
sixteen
years
in
Jerusalem:
the
name
of
his
mother
was Jerusa,
the
daughter
of Sadoc.
\VS{34}And
he
did
that
which
was
right
before
the
Lord: according
to
all
that
his
father Ozias
had
done,
so
did
he.
\VS{35}But
the
high
places
he
took
not
away:
the
people
still
sacrificed
and
burnt
incense
in
the
high
places:
he
built
the highest
gate
of
the
house
of
the
Lord.
\VS{36}But
the
rest
of
the
acts
of Joatham,
and
all
that
he
did,
are
they
not
written
in
the
book
of
the
words
of
the
days
of
the
kings
of Juda?
\VS{37}In
those
days
the
Lord
began
to
send
into Juda Basin
king
of
Syria,
and Phacee
the
son
of Romelia.
\VS{38}And Joatham
slept
with
his
fathers,
and
was
buried
with
them
in
the
city
of
David
his
father,
and Achaz
his
son
reigned
in
his
stead.

\par }\Chap{16}{\PP \VerseOne{1}In
the seventeenth
year
of Phacee
the
son
of Romelia
reigned Achaz
the
son
of Joatham
king
of Juda.
\VS{2}Achaz
was
twenty
years
old
when
he began
to
reign,
and
he
reigned
sixteen
years
in
Jerusalem:
he
did
not
that
which
was pleasing
in
the
sight
of
the
Lord
his
God,
as
David
his
father.
\VS{3}But
he walked
in
the
way
of
the
kings
of
Israel:
moreover
he consecrated
also
his
son, making
him
pass
through
the
fire according
to
the idols
of
the
nations:
which
the
Lord destroyed
before
the
children
of
Israel.
\VS{4}He
sacrificed also
and
burnt
incense
in
the
high
places
and
on
the
hills,
and
under
every
green
tree.
\VS{5}Then Basin
king
of
Syria,
and Phacee
son
of Romelia
king
of
Israel
came
up
to
Jerusalem
to
fight:
and
they besieged Achaz,
but
were
not
able
to
overcome
him.
\VS{6}At
that
time Rasin
king
of
Syria
restored Aila
to
Syria,
and drove
the men
of Juda
out
of Aila:
and
the Edomites
came
into Aila,
and
dwelt
there unto
this
day.
\VS{7}And Achaz
sent
messengers
to Theglathphalasar
king
of
the Assyrians,
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
are
risen
up
together
against
me.
\VS{8}And
when
he
had gathered together
the
silver
and
gold
that could
be
found
in
the
house
of
the
Lord,
and
in
the
king’s
treasures,
he
sent
it
for
a
present
to
the
king
of
the Assyrians.
\VS{9}And
he
agreed
to
his desire:
for
the
king
of
the Assyrians
went
up
against
Damascus,
and
laid
it waste:
and
he
carried
away
the inhabitants thereof
to Cyrene,
but Basin
he slew.
\VS{10}And
king Achaz
went
to
Damascus
to
meet Theglathphalasar
king
of
the Assyrians,
and
when
he
had
seen
the
altar
of
Damascus,
king Achaz
sent
to Urias
the
priest
a
pattern
of
it,
and
its
likeness
according
to
all
the
work thereof.
\VS{11}And Urias
the
priest
built
an
altar according
to
all
that
king Achaz
had commanded
from
Damascus,
so
did Urias
the
priest,
until
king Achaz
came
from
Damascus.
\VS{12}And
when
the
king
was
come
from
Damascus,
he
saw
the
altar
and worshipped
it:
and
went
up
and
offered holocausts,
and
his own sacrifice.
\VS{13}And
offered libations
and poured
the
blood
of
the
peace
offerings,
which
he
had
offered
upon
the
altar.
\VS{14}But
the
altar
of
brass
that
was
before
the
Lord,
he removed
from
the
face
of
the
temple,
and
from
the
place
of
the
altar,
and
from
the
place
of
the
temple
of
the
Lord:
and
he
set
it
at
the
side
of
the
altar
toward
the
north.
\VS{15}And
king Achaz
commanded Urias
the
priest
saying:
Upon
the
great
altar
offer
the
morning holocaust,
and
the
evening
sacrifice,
and
the
king’s holocaust,
and
his
sacrifice,
and
the holocaust
of
the
whole
people
of
the
land,
and
their
sacrifices,
and
their libations:
and
all
the
blood
of
the holocaust,
and
all
the
blood
of
the victim thou shalt pour
out
upon
it:
but
the
altar
of
brass
shall
be ready
at
my pleasure.
\VS{16}So Urias
the
priest
did according
to
all
that
king Achaz
had
commanded
him.
\VS{17}And
king Achaz
took
away
the graven bases,
and
the laver
that
was
upon
them:
and
he
took
down
the
sea
from
the brazen
oxen
that
held
it
up,
and
put
it
upon
a
pavement
of
stone.
\VS{18}The Musach
also
for
the
sabbath,
which
he
had
built
in
the
temple:
and
the
king’s
entry
from without
he
turned into
the
temple
of
the
Lord,
because
of
the
king
of
the Assyrians.
\VS{19}Now
the
rest
of
the
acts
of Achaz,
which
he
did,
are
they
not
written
in
the
book
of
the
words
of
the
days
of
the
kings
of Juda?
\VS{20}And Achaz
slept
with
his
fathers,
and
was
buried
with
them
in
the
city
of
David,
and Ezechias
his
son
reigned
in
his
stead.

\par }\Chap{17}{\PP \VerseOne{1}In
the twelfth
year
of Achaz
king
of Juda, Osee
the
son
of Ela
reigned
in
Samaria
over
Israel
nine
years.
\VS{2}And
he
did
evil
before
the
Lord:
but
not
as
the
kings
of
Israel
that
had
been
before
him.
\VS{3}Against
him
came
up Salmanasar
king
of
the Assyrians,
and Osee
became
his
servant,
and
paid
him
tribute.
\VS{4}And
when
the
king
of
the Assyrians
found
that Osee endeavouring
to rebel
had
sent
messengers
to Sua
the
king
of
Egypt,
that
he
might
not pay
tribute
to
the
king
of
the Assyrians,
as
he
had done
every
year,
he besieged
him,
bound
him,
and
cast
him
into
prison,
\VS{5}And
he
went
through
all
the
land:
and
going
up
to
Samaria,
he besieged
it
three
years.
\VS{6}And
in
the
ninth
year
of Osee,
the
king
of
the Assyrians
took
Samaria,
and
carried
Israel
away
to
Assyria:
and
he
placed
them
in Hala
and
Habor
by
the
river
of
Gozan,
in
the
cities
of
the
Medes.
\VS{7}For
so
it
was
that
the
children
of
Israel
had
sinned
against
the
Lord
their
God,
who
brought
them
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt,
from
under
the
hand
of Pharao
king
of
Egypt,
and
they worshipped strange
gods.
\VS{8}And
they walked according
to
the
way
of
the
nations
which
the
Lord
had destroyed
in
the
sight
of
the
children
of
Israel
and
of
the
kings
of
Israel:
because
they
had
done
in
like manner.
\VS{9}And
the
children
of
Israel offended
the
Lord
their
God
with
things
that
were
not
right:
and
built
them
high
places
in
all
their
cities
from
the
tower
of
the
watchmen
to
the fenced
city.
\VS{10}And
they
made
them statues
and groves
on
every
high
hill,
and
under
every shady
tree:
\VS{11}And
they
burnt
incense
there upon altars after
the
manner
of
the
nations
which
the
Lord
had
removed
from
their
face:
and
they
did
wicked
things,
provoking
the
Lord.
\VS{12}And
they worshipped abominations,
concerning
which
the
Lord
had
commanded
them
that
they
should
not
do
this
thing.
\VS{13}And
the
Lord
testified
to
them
in
Israel
and
in Juda
by
the
hand
of
all
the
prophets
and
seers,
saying:
Return
from
your
wicked
ways,
and
keep
my precepts,
and ceremonies,
according
to
all
the
law
which
I
commanded
your
fathers:
and
as
I
have
sent
to
you
in
the
hand
of
my
servants
the
prophets.
\VS{14}And
they hearkened
not,
but
hardened
their
necks
like
to
the
neck
of
their
fathers,
who
would
not
obey
the
Lord
their
God.
\VS{15}And
they
rejected
his ordinances
and
the
covenant
that
he
made
with
their
fathers,
and
the
testimonies
which
he
testified
against
them:
and
they
followed
vanities,
and
acted
vainly:
and
they
followed
the
nations
that
were
round
about
them,
concerning
which
the
Lord
had
commanded
them
that
they
should
not
do
as
they
did.
\VS{16}And
they forsook
all
the precepts
of
the
Lord
their
God:
and
made
to
themselves
two molten
calves,
and groves,
and adored
all
the
host
of
heaven:
and
they
served
Baal.
\VS{17}And consecrated
their
sons,
and
their
daughters
through
fire:
and
they
gave
themselves
to
divinations,
and soothsayings:
and
they delivered
themselves
up
to
do
evil
before
the
Lord,
to
provoke
him.
\VS{18}And
the
Lord
was
very
angry
with
Israel,
and
removed
them
from
his
sight,
and
there
remained
only
the
tribe
of Juda.
\VS{19}But
neither
did Juda
itself
keep
the
commandments
of
the
Lord
their
God:
but
they walked
in
the errors
of
Israel,
which
they
had wrought.
\VS{20}And
the
Lord
cast
off
all
the
seed
of
Israel,
and afflicted
them
and
delivered
them
into
the
hand
of spoilers,
till
he
cast
them
away
from
his
face:
\VS{21}Even
from
that
time,
when
Israel
was rent
from
the
house
of
David,
and made
Jeroboam
son
of Nabat
their
king:
for
Jeroboam separated
Israel
from
the
Lord,
and made
them
commit
a
great
sin.
\VS{22}And
the
children
of
Israel walked
in
all
the
sins
of
Jeroboam,
which
he
had
done:
and
they
departed
not
from
them,
\VS{23}Till
the
Lord
removed
Israel
from
his
face,
as
he
had
spoken
in
the
hand
of
all
his
servants
the
prophets:
and
Israel
was
carried
away
out
of
their
land
to
Assyria, unto
this
day.
\VS{24}And
the
king
of
the Assyrians
brought
people
from
Babylon,
and
from Cutha,
and
from Avah,
and
from Emath,
and
from
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
when
they
began
to
dwell
there,
they
feared
not
the
Lord:
and
the
Lord
sent
lions
among
them,
which
killed
them.
\VS{26}And
it
was
told
the
king
of
the Assyrians,
and
it
was
said:
The
nations
which thou hast
removed,
and
made
to
dwell
in
the
cities
of
Samaria,
know
not
the
ordinances
of
the
God
of
the
land:
and
the Lord hath
sent
lions
among
them:
and
behold
they
kill
them,
because
they
know
not
the
manner
of
the
God
of
the
land.
\VS{27}And
the
king
of
the Assyrians
commanded,
saying:
Carry thither
one
of
the
priests
whom
you brought
from thence
captive,
and
let
him
go,
and
dwell
with
them:
and
let
him
teach
them
the
ordinances
of
the
God
of
the
land.
\VS{28}So
one
of
the
priests
who
had
been
carried
away
captive
from
Samaria,
came
and
dwelt
in
Bethel,
and
taught
them
how
they
should
worship
the
Lord.
\VS{29}And
every
nation
made
gods
of
their
own,
and
put
them
in
the
temples
of
the
high
places,
which
the Samaritans
had
made,
every
nation
in
their
cities
where
they
dwelt.
\VS{30}For
the
men
of
Babylon
made Sochothbenoth:
and
the Cuthites
made Nergel:
and
the
men
of Emath
made Asima.
\VS{31}And
the Hevites
made Nebahaz
and Tharthac.
And
they
that
were
of
Sepharvaim
burnt
their
children
in
fire,
to Adramelech
and Anamelech
the gods
of
Sepharvaim.
\VS{32}And nevertheless
they worshipped
the
Lord.
And
they
made
to
themselves,
of
the lowest
of
the people,
priests
of
the
high
places,
and
they
placed
them
in
the
temples
of
the
high
places.
\VS{33}And
when
they worshipped
the
Lord,
they
served
also
their
own
gods
according
to
the
custom
of
the
nations
out
of
which
they
were
brought
to Samaria:
\VS{34}Unto
this
day
they followed
the
old
manner:
they
fear
not
the
Lord,
neither
do
they
keep
his ceremonies,
and
judgments,
and
law,
and
the
commandment,
which
the
Lord
commanded
the
children
of
Jacob,
whom
he surnamed
Israel:
\VS{35}With whom
he
made
a
covenant,
and
charged
them,
saying:
You
shall
not
fear strange
gods,
nor
shall
you adore
them,
nor
worship
them,
nor
sacrifice
to
them.
\VS{36}But
the
Lord
your
God,
who
brought
you
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt
with
great
power,
and
a
stretched
out
arm,
him
shall
you
fear,
and
him
shall
you adore,
and
to
him
shall
you
sacrifice.
\VS{37}And
the ceremonies,
and
judgments,
and
law,
and
the
commandment,
which
he
wrote
for
you,
you
shall
observe
to
do
them
always:
and
you
shall
not
fear strange
gods.
\VS{38}And
the
covenant
that
he
made
with
you,
you
shall
not
forget:
neither
shall ye
worship strange
gods,
\VS{39}But
fear
the
Lord
your
God,
and
he
shall
deliver
you
out
of
the
hand
of
all
your
enemies.
\VS{40}But
they
did
not hearken,
but
did
according
to
their
old
custom.
\VS{41}So
these
nations
feared
the
Lord,
but
nevertheless
served
also
their
idols:
their
children
also
and
grandchildren,
as
their
fathers
did,
so
do
they unto
this
day.

\par }\Chap{18}{\PP \VerseOne{1}In
the
third
year
of Osee
the
son
of Ela
king
of
Israel,
reigned Ezechias
the
son
of Achaz
king
of Juda.
\VS{2}He
was
five
and
twenty
years
old
when
he
began
to
reign:
and
he
reigned
nine
and
twenty
years
in
Jerusalem:
the
name
of
his
mother
was
Abi
the
daughter
of Zacharias.
\VS{3}And
he
did
that
which
was good
before
the
Lord, according
to
all
that
David
his
father
had
done.
\VS{4}He
destroyed
the
high
places,
and
broke
the statues
in
pieces,
and
cut
down
the
groves,
and
broke
the brazen
serpent,
which
Moses
had
made:
for
till
that
time
the
children
of
Israel
burnt
incense
to
it:
and
he
called
its
name Nohestan.
\VS{5}He
trusted
in
the
Lord
the
God
of
Israel:
so
that
after
him
there
was
none
like
him
among
all
the
kings
of Juda,
nor
any
of
them
that
were
before
him:
\VS{6}And
he
stuck
to
the
Lord,
and
departed
not
from
his steps,
but
kept
his
commandments,
which
the
Lord
commanded
Moses.
\VS{7}Wherefore
the
Lord
also
was
with
him,
and
in
all
things,
to
which
he
went
forth,
he behaved
himself wisely.
And
he
rebelled
against
the
king
of
the Assyrians,
and
served
him
not.
\VS{8}He
smote
the
Philistines
as
far
as
Gaza,
and
all
their
borders,
from
the
tower
of
the
watchmen
to
the fenced
city.
\VS{9}In
the
fourth
year
of
king Ezechias,
which
was
the
seventh
year
of Osee
the
son
of Ela
king
of
Israel, Salmanasar
king
of
the Assyrians
came
up
to
Samaria,
and besieged
it,
\VS{10}And
took
it.
For
after
three
years,
in
the sixth
year
of Ezechias,
that
is,
in
the
ninth
year
of Osee
king
of
Israel,
Samaria
was
taken:
\VS{11}And
the
king
of
the Assyrians
carried
away
Israel
into
Assyria,
and placed
them
in Hale,
and
in
Habor
by
the
rivers
of
Gozan
in
the
cities
of
the
Medes:
\VS{12}Because
they hearkened
not
to
the
voice
of
the
Lord
their
God,
but transgressed
his
covenant:
all
that
Moses
the
servant
of
the
Lord
commanded,
they
would
not
hear
nor
do.
\VS{13}In
the fourteenth
year
of
king Ezechias,
Sennacherib
king
of
the Assyrians
came
up
against
the fenced
cities
of Juda:
and
took
them.
\VS{14}Then Ezechias
king
of Juda
sent messengers
to
the
king
of
the Assyrians
to Lachis,
saying:
I
have
offended, depart
from
me:
and all
that thou shalt
put
upon
me,
I
will
bear.
And
the
king
of
the Assyrians
put
a tax
upon Ezechias
king
of Juda,
of
three
hundred
talents
of
silver,
and
thirty
talents
of
gold.
\VS{15}And Ezechias
gave
all
the
silver
that
was
found
in
the
house
of
the
Lord,
and
in
the
king’s
treasures.
\VS{16}At
that
time Ezechias broke
the
doors
of
the
temple
of
the
Lord,
and
the plates
of gold
which
he
had
fastened
on
them,
and
gave
them
to
the
king
of
the Assyrians.
\VS{17}And
the
king
of
the Assyrians
sent Tharthan
and Rabsaris,
and Rabsaces
from Lachis
to
king Ezechias
with
a strong
army
to
Jerusalem:
and
they
went
up
and
came
to
Jerusalem,
and
they
stood
by
the conduit
of
the
upper
pool,
which
is
in
the
way
of
the
fuller’s
field.
\VS{18}And
they
called
for
the
king:
and
there
went
out
to
them Eliacim
the
son
of Helcias
who
was
over
the
house,
and Sobna
the
scribe,
and Joahe
the
son
of
Asaph
the
recorder.
\VS{19}And Rabsaces
said
to
them:
Speak
to Ezechias:
Thus saith
the
great
king,
the
king
of
the Assyrians:
What
is
this
confidence,
wherein thou trustest?
\VS{20}Perhaps thou hast taken
counsel,
to prepare thyself
for
battle.
On
whom dost thou
trust,
that thou darest
to
rebel?
\VS{21}Dost thou
trust
in
Egypt
a
staff
of
a broken
reed,
upon
which
if
a
man
lean,
it
will break
and
go
into
his
hand,
and pierce
it?
so
is Pharao
king
of
Egypt,
to
all
that
trust
in
him.
\VS{22}But
if
you
say
to
me:
We
trust
in
the
Lord
our
God:
is
it
not
he,
whose
high
places
and
altars Ezechias hath
taken
away:
and hath
commanded Juda
and
Jerusalem:
You
shall
worship
before
this
altar
in
Jerusalem?
\VS{23}Now
therefore
come
over
to
my
master
the
king
of
the Assyrians,
and
I
will
give
you two
thousand
horses,
and
see
whether
you
be
able
to
have
riders
for
them.
\VS{24}And
how
can
you stand
against
one
lord
of
the least
of
my
master’s
servants? Dost thou
trust
in
Egypt
for
chariots
and
for
horsemen?
\VS{25}Is
it
without
the
will
of
the
Lord
that
I
am
come
up
to
this
place
to
destroy
it?
The
Lord
said
to
me:
Go
up
to
this
land
and
destroy
it.
\VS{26}Then Eliacim
the
son
of Helcias,
and Sobna,
and Joahe
said
to Rabsaces:
We
pray thee
speak
to
us thy
servants
in Syriac:
for
we
understand
that tongue:
and
speak
not
to
us
in
the Jews’
language,
in
the
hearing
of
the
people
that
are
upon
the
wall.
\VS{27}And Rabsaces
answered
them,
saying: Hath
my
master
sent
me
to thy
master
and
to thee,
to
speak
these
words,
and
not
rather
to
the
men
that
sit
upon
the
wall,
that
they
may
eat
their
own dung,
and
drink
their
urine
with
you?
\VS{28}Then Rabsaces
stood,
and
cried
out
with
a
loud
voice
in
the Jews’
language,
and
said:
Hear
the
words
of
the
great
king,
the
king
of
the Assyrians.
\VS{29}Thus saith
the
king:
Let
not Ezechias
deceive
you:
for
he
shall
not
be
able
to
deliver
you
out
of
my
hand.
\VS{30}Neither
let
him
make
you
trust
in
the
Lord,
saying:
The
Lord
will
surely
deliver
us,
and
this
city
shall
not
be
given
into
the
hand
of
the
king
of
the Assyrians.
\VS{31}Do
not hearken
to Ezechias.
For
thus saith
the
king
of
the Assyrians:
Do
with
me
that
which
is
for
your advantage,
and
come
out
to
me:
and
every
man
of
you
shall
eat
of
his
own vineyard,
and
of
his
own
fig
tree:
and
you
shall
drink
water
of
your
own
cisterns,
\VS{32}Till
I
come,
and
take
you
away
to
a
land,
like
to
your own
land,
a fruitful
land,
and plentiful
in
wine,
a
land
of
bread
and
vineyards,
a
land
of
olives,
and
oil
and
honey,
and
you
shall
live,
and
not
die. Hearken
not
to Ezechias,
who deceiveth
you,
saying:
The
Lord
will
deliver
us.
\VS{33}Have
any
of
the
gods
of
the
nations
delivered
their
land
from
the
hand
of
the
king
of
Assyria?
\VS{34}Where
is
the
god
of Emath,
and
of Arphad?
where
is
the
god
of
Sepharvaim,
of Ana,
and
of Ava?
have
they
delivered
Samaria
out
of
my
hand?
\VS{35}Who
are
they
among
all
the
gods
of
the
nations,
that
have
delivered
their
country
out
of
my
hand,
that
the
Lord
may
deliver
Jerusalem
out
of
my
hand?
\VS{36}But
the
people held
their peace,
and
answered
him
not
a
word:
for
they
had received
commandment
from
the
king
that
they
should
not
answer
him.
\VS{37}And Eliacim
the
son
of Helcias,
who
was
over
the
house,
and Sobna
the
scribe,
and Joahe
the
son
of
Asaph
the
recorder,
came
to Ezechias,
with
their
garments rent,
and
told
him
the
words
of Rabsaces.

\par }\Chap{19}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
when
king Ezechias
heard these words,
he rent
his
garments,
and
covered himself
with
sackcloth,
and
went
into
the
house
of
the
Lord.
\VS{2}And
he
sent Eliacim,
who
was
over
the
house,
and Sobna
the
scribe,
and
the ancients
of
the
priests
covered
with sackcloths,
to Isaias
the
prophet
the
son
of Amos,
\VS{3}And
they
said
to
him:
Thus saith Ezechias:
This
day
is
a
day
of tribulation,
and
of
rebuke,
and
of blasphemy:
the
children
are
come
to
the
birth,
and
the
woman
in travail hath
not
strength.
\VS{4}It
may
be
the
Lord thy
God
will
hear
all
the
words
of Rabsaces,
whom
the
king
of
the Assyrians
his
master hath
sent
to
reproach
the
living
God,
and
to
reprove
with
words,
which
the
Lord thy
God hath
heard:
and
do thou
offer
prayer
for
the remnants
that
are
found.
\VS{5}So
the
servants
of
king Ezechias
came
to Isaias.
\VS{6}And Isaias
said
to
them:
Thus
shall
you
say
to
your
master:
Thus saith
the
Lord:
Be
not
afraid
for
the
words
which thou hast
heard,
with
which
the
servants
of
the
king
of
the Assyrians
have
blasphemed
me.
\VS{7}Behold
I
will
send
a
spirit
upon
him,
and
he
shall
hear
a
message,
and
shall
return
into
his own
country,
and
I
will
make
him
fall
by
the
sword
in
his own
country.
\VS{8}And Rabsaces
returned,
and
found
the
king
of
the Assyrians
besieging Lobna:
for
he
had
heard
that
he
was
departed
from Lachis.
\VS{9}And
when
he
heard
of Theraca
king
of
Ethiopia:
Behold,
he
is
come
out
to
fight
with thee:
and
was
going
against
him,
he
sent
messengers
to Ezechias,
saying:
\VS{10}Thus
shall
you
say
to Ezechias
king
of Juda:
Let
not thy
God
deceive thee,
in
whom thou trustest:
and
do
not
say:
Jerusalem
shall
not
be
delivered
into
the
hands
of
the
king
of
the Assyrians.
\VS{11}Behold thou hast
heard
what
the
kings
of
the Assyrians
have
done
to
all
countries,
how
they
have laid
them waste:
and canst thou
alone
be
delivered?
\VS{12}Have
the
gods
of
the
nations
delivered any
of
them,
whom
my
fathers
have
destroyed,
to wit,
Gozan,
and
Haran,
and Reseph,
and
the
children
of
Eden
that
were
in Thelassar?
\VS{13}Where
is
the
king
of Emath,
and
the
king
of Arphad,
and
the
king
of
the
city
of
Sepharvaim,
of Ana
and
of Ava?
\VS{14}And
when Ezechias
had
received
the
letter
of
the
hand
of
the
messengers,
and
had
read
it,
he
went
up
to
the
house
of
the
Lord,
and
spread
it
before
the
Lord,
\VS{15}And
he
prayed
in
his
sight,
saying:
O
Lord
God
of
Israel,
who sitteth
upon
the cherubims, thou
alone art
the
God
of
all
the kings
of
the
earth: thou madest
heaven
and
earth:
\VS{16}Incline thy
ear,
and
hear:
open,
O
Lord, thy
eyes,
and
see:
and
hear
all
the
words
of
Sennacherib,
who hath
sent
to upbraid unto
us
the
living
God.
\VS{17}Of
a
truth,
O
Lord,
the
kings
of
the Assyrians
have
destroyed
nations,
and
the
lands
of
them all.
\VS{18}And
they
have
cast
their
gods
into
the
fire:
for
they
were
not Rods,
but
the
works
of
men’s
hands
of
wood
and
stone,
and
they
destroyed
them.
\VS{19}Now
therefore,
O
Lord
our
God,
save
us
from
his
hand,
that
all
the
kingdoms
of
the
earth
may
know,
that thou art
the
Lord
the
only
God.
\VS{20}And Isaias
the
son
of
Amos
sent
to Ezechias,
saying:
Thus saith
the
Lord
the
God
of
Israel:
I
have
heard
the prayer thou hast
made
to
me
concerning
Sennacherib
king
of
the Assyrians.
\VS{21}This
is
the
word,
that
the
Lord hath
spoken
of
him:
The
virgin
the
daughter
of Sion hath
despised thee,
and laughed thee
to scorn:
the
daughter
of
Jerusalem hath wagged
her
head
behind thy
back.
\VS{22}Whom hast thou reproached,
and
whom hast thou
blasphemed?
against
whom hast thou
exalted thy
voice,
and
lifted
up thy
eyes
on
high?
against
the
holy
one
of
Israel.
\VS{23}By
the
hand
of thy servants thou hast reproached
the
Lord,
and hast
said:
With
the multitude
of
my
chariots
I
have
gone
up
to
the
height
of
the
mountains,
to
the top
of Libanus,
and
have
cut
down
its
tall
cedars,
and
its
choice
fir
trees.
And
I
have
entered
into
the furthest
parts thereof,
and
the
forest
of
its Carmel.
\VS{24}I
have cut
down,
and
I
have
drunk
strange
waters,
and
have dried
up
with
the
soles
of
my
feet
all
the shut
up
waters.
\VS{25}Hast thou
not
heard
what
I
have
done
from
the beginning?
from
the
days
of old
I
have
formed
it,
and
now
I
have
brought
it
to
effect:
that fenced
cities
of
fighting
men
should
be
turned
to
heaps
of ruin:
\VS{26}And
the
inhabitants
of
them,
were weak
of
hand,
they trembled
and
were
confounded,
they
became
like
the
grass
of
the
field,
and
the
green
herb
on
the
tops
of houses,
which withered
before
it
came
to maturity.
\VS{27}Thy
dwelling
and thy
going
out,
and thy
coming
in,
and thy way
I
knew
before,
and thy rage
against
me.
\VS{28}Thou hast
been mad
against
me,
and thy pride hath
come
up
to
my
ears:
therefore
I
will
put
a ring
in thy
nose,
and
a
bit between thy
lips,
and
I
will
turn thee
back
by
the
way,
by
which thou camest.
\VS{29}And
to thee, O Ezechias,
this
shall
be
a
sign:
Eat
this
year
what thou shalt find:
and
in
the
second
year,
such things
as spring
of themselves: but
in
the
third
year
sow
and
reap:
plant
vineyards,
and
eat
the
fruit
of
them.
\VS{30}And whatsoever
shall
be
left
of
the
house
of Juda,
shall
take
root
downward,
and bear
fruit
upward.
\VS{31}For
out
of
Jerusalem
shall
go
forth
a
remnant,
and
that
which
shall
be saved
out
of
mount Sion:
the
zeal
of
the
Lord
of hosts
shall
do
this.
\VS{32}Wherefore
thus saith
the
Lord
concerning
the
king
of
the Assyrians:
He
shall
not
come
into
this
city,
nor
shoot
an
arrow
into
it,
nor
come
before
it
with
shield,
nor
cast
a trench
about
it.
\VS{33}By
the
way
that
he
came,
he
shall
return:
and
into
this
city
he
shall
not
come, saith
the
Lord.
\VS{34}And
I
will
protect
this
city,
and
will
save
it
for
my own
sake,
and
for
David
my
servant’s
sake.
\VS{35}And
it
came
to
pass
that
night,
that
an
angel
of
the
Lord
came,
and
slew
in
the
camp
of
the Assyrians
a
hundred
and
eighty-five
thousand.
And
when
he
arose
early
in
the
morning,
he
saw
all
the
bodies
of
the
dead.
\VS{36}And
Sennacherib
king
of
the Assyrians departing
went
away,
and
he
returned
and
abode
in Ninive.
\VS{37}And
as
he
was worshipping
in
the
temple
of Nesroch
his
god, Adramelech
and Sarasar
his
sons
slew
him
with
the
sword,
and
they fled
into
the
land
of
the Armenians,
and Asarhaddon
his
son
reigned
in
his
stead.

\par }\Chap{20}{\PP \VerseOne{1}In
those
days Ezechias
was
sick unto
death:
and Isaias
the
son
of
Amos
the
prophet
came
and
said
to
him:
Thus saith
the
Lord
God:
Give
charge
concerning thy
house,
for thou shalt
die,
and
not
live.
\VS{2}And
he
turned
his
face
to
the
wall,
and
prayed
to
the
Lord,
saying:
\VS{3}I
beseech thee,
O
Lord,
remember
how
I
have
walked
before thee
in
truth,
and
with
a
perfect
heart,
and
have
done
that
which
is pleasing
before thee.
And Ezechias
wept
with
much
weeping.
\VS{4}And
before Isaias
was
gone
out
of
the
middle
of
the
court,
the
word
of
the
Lord
came
to
him,
saying:
\VS{5}Go
back,
and
tell Ezechias
the captain
of
my
people:
Thus saith
the
Lord
the
God
of
David thy
father:
I
have
heard thy
prayer,
and
I
have
seen thy
tears:
and
behold
I
have
healed thee;
on
the
third
day thou shalt
go
up
to
the
temple
of
the
Lord.
\VS{6}And
I
will
add
to thy
days
fifteen
years:
and
I
will
deliver thee
and
this
city
out
of
the
hand
of
the
king
of
the Assyrians,
and
I
will
protect
this
city
for
my own
sake,
and
for
David
my
servant’s
sake.
\VS{7}And Isaias
said:
Bring
me
a lump
of
figs.
And
when
they
had
brought
it,
and
laid
it
upon
his
boil.
he
was healed.
\VS{8}And Ezechias
had
said
to Isaias:
What
shall
be
the
sign
that
the
Lord
will
heal
me,
and
that
I
shall
go
up
to
the
temple
of
the
Lord
the
third
day?
\VS{9}And Isaias
said
to
him:
This
shall
be
the
sign
from
the
Lord,
that
the
Lord
will
do
the
word
which
he hath
spoken: Wilt thou
that
the
shadow
go
forward
ten lines,
or
that
it
go
back
so many degrees?
\VS{10}And Ezechias
said:
It
is
an
easy matter
for
the
shadow
to
go forward
ten lines:
and
I do
not desire
that
this
be done,
but
let
it
return
back
ten degrees.
\VS{11}And Isaias
the
prophet
called
upon
the
Lord,
and
he
brought
the
shadow
ten degrees backwards
by
the lines,
by
which
it
had already
gone
down
in
the dial
of Achaz.
\VS{12}At
that
time Berodach
Baladan,
the
son
of
Baladan,
king
of
the Babylonians,
sent
letters
and
presents
to Ezechias:
for
he
had
heard
that Ezechias
had been
sick.
\VS{13}And Ezechias rejoiced
at
their coming,
and
he
showed
them
the
house
of
his aromatical
spices,
and
the
gold
and
the
silver,
and divers precious odours,
and ointments,
and
the
house
of
his
vessels,
and
all
that
he
had
in
his
treasures.
There
was
nothing
in
his
house,
nor
in
all
his dominions
that Ezechias shewed
them
not.
\VS{14}And Isaias
the
prophet
came
to
king Ezechias,
and
said
to
him:
What
said
these
men?
or
from whence
came
they
to thee?
And Ezechias
said
to
him:
From
a
far
country
they
came
to
me
out
of
Babylon.
\VS{15}And
he
said:
What
did
they
see
in thy
house? Ezechias
said:
They
saw
all
the
things
that
are
in
my
house:
there
is
nothing
among
my
treasures
that
I
have
not shewn
them.
\VS{16}And Isaias
said
to Ezechias:
Hear
the
word
of
the
Lord.
\VS{17}Behold
the
days
shall
come,
that
all
that
is
in thy
house,
and
that thy
fathers
have
laid
up
in
store unto
this
day,
shall
be
carried
into
Babylon:
nothing
shall
be
left, saith
the
Lord.
\VS{18}And
of thy
sons
also
that
shall
issue
from thee,
whom thou shalt
beget,
they
shall
take
away,
and
they
shall
be
eunuchs
in
the
palace
of
the
king
of
Babylon.
\VS{19}Ezechias
said
to Isaias:
The
word
of
the
Lord,
which thou hast
spoken,
is
good:
let
peace
and
truth
be
in
my
days.
\VS{20}And
the
rest
of
the
acts
of Ezechias
and
all
his
might,
and
how
he
made
a
pool,
and
a conduit,
and
brought
waters
into
the
city,
are
they
not
written
in
the
book
of
the
words
of
the
days
of
the
kings
of Juda?
\VS{21}And Ezechias
slept
with
his
fathers,
and Manasses
his
son
reigned
in
his
stead.

\par }\Chap{21}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Manasses
was
twelve
years
old
when
he began
to
reign,
and
he
reigned
five
and
fifty
years
in
Jerusalem:
the
name
of
his
mother
was Haphsiba.
\VS{2}And
he
did
evil
in
the
sight
of
the
Lord, according
to
the
idols
of
the
nations,
which
the
Lord destroyed
from
before
the
face
of
the
children
of
Israel.
\VS{3}And
he
turned,
and
built
up
the
high
places
which Ezechias
his
father
had
destroyed:
and
he
set
up
altars
to
Baal,
and
made groves,
as Achab
the
king
of
Israel
had
done:
and
he adored
all
the
host
of
heaven,
and
served
them.
\VS{4}And
he
built
altars
in
the
house
of
the
Lord,
of
which
the
Lord
said:
In
Jerusalem
I
will
put
my
name.
\VS{5}And
he
built
altars
for
all
the
host
of
heaven
in
the
two courts
of
the
temple
of
the
Lord.
\VS{6}And
he
made
his
son
pass
through
fire:
and
he
used
divination,
and
observed
omens,
and appointed pythons,
and
multiplied soothsayers
to
do
evil
before
the
Lord,
and
to
provoke
him.
\VS{7}He
set
also
an
idol
of
the grove,
which
he
had
made,
in
the
temple
of
the
Lord:
concerning
which
the
Lord
said
to
David,
and
to
Solomon
his
son:
In
this
temple,
and
in
Jerusalem,
which
I
have
chosen
out
of
all
the
tribes
of
Israel,
I
will
put
my
name
for
ever.
\VS{8}And
I
will
no
more
make
the
feet
of
Israel
to
be moved
out
of
the
land,
which
I
gave
to
their
fathers:
only
if
they
will
observe
to
do
all
that
I
have
commanded
them
according
to
the
law
which
my
servant
Moses
commanded
them.
\VS{9}But
they hearkened
not:
but
were
seduced
by Manasses,
to
do
evil
more
than
the
nations
which
the
Lord
destroyed
before
the
children
of
Israel.
\VS{10}And
the
Lord
spoke
in
the
hand
of
his
servants,
the
prophets,
saying:
\VS{11}Because Manasses
king
of Juda hath
done
these
most
wicked
abominations, beyond
all
that
the Amorrhites
did
before
him,
and hath
made Juda
also
to
sin
with
his filthy doings:
\VS{12}Therefore
thus saith
the
Lord
the
God
of
Israel:
Behold
I
will
bring
on evils
upon
Jerusalem
and Juda:
that whosoever
shall
hear
of
them,
both
his
ears
shall
tingle.
\VS{13}And
I
will
stretch
over
Jerusalem
the
line
of
Samaria,
and
the weight
of
the
house
of Achab:
and
I
will efface
Jerusalem,
as tables
are wont
to
be effaced,
and
I
will erase
and
turn
it,
and draw
the pencil often
over
the
face thereof.
\VS{14}And
I
will
leave
the remnants
of
my
inheritance,
and
will
deliver
them
into
the
hands
of
their
enemies:
and
they
shall
become
a
prey,
and
a
spoil
to
all
their
enemies.
\VS{15}Because
they
have
done
evil
before
me,
and
have
continued
to
provoke
me,
from
the
day
that
their
fathers
came
out
of
Egypt,
even unto
this
day.
\VS{16}Moreover Manasses
shed
also
very
much
innocent
blood,
till
he
filled
Jerusalem
up
to
the
mouth:
besides
his
sins, wherewith
he
made Juda
to
sin,
to
do
evil
before
the
Lord.
\VS{17}Now
the
rest
of
the
acts
of Manasses,
and
all
that
he
did,
and
his
sin
which
he
sinned,
are
they
not
written
in
the
book
of
the
words
of
the
days
of
the
kings
of Juda?
\VS{18}And Manasses
slept
with
his
fathers,
and
was
buried
in
the
garden
of
his
own
house,
in
the
garden
of Oza:
and Amen
his
son
reigned
in
his
stead.
\VS{19}Two
and
twenty
years
old
was Amen
when
he began
to
reign,
and
he
reigned
two
years
in
Jerusalem:
the
name
of
his
mother
was Messalemeth
the
daughter
of Harus
of Jeteba.
\VS{20}And
he
did
evil
in
the
sight,
of
the
Lord,
as Manasses
his
father
had
done.
\VS{21}And
he
walked
in
all
the
way
in
which
his
father
had
walked:
and
he
served
the abominations
which
his
father
had
served,
and
he adored
them;
\VS{22}And forsook
the
Lord
the
God
of
his
fathers,
and
walked
not
in
the
way
of
the
Lord.
\VS{23}And
his
servants plotted
against
him,
and slew
the
king
in
his own
house.
\VS{24}But
the
people
of
the
land
slew
all
them
that
had
conspired
against
king Amen:
and
made Josias
his
son
their
king
in
his
stead.
\VS{25}But
the
rest
of
the
acts
of Amen
which
he
did,
are
they
not
written
in
the
book
of
the
words
of
the
days
of
the
kings
of Juda?
\VS{26}And
they
buried
him
in
his sepulchre
in
the
garden
of Oza:
and
his
son Josias
reigned
in
his
stead.

\par }\Chap{22}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Josias
was
eight
years
old
when
he began
to
reign:
he
reigned
one
and
thirty
years
in
Jerusalem:
the
name
of
his
mother
was Idida,
the
daughter
of Hadaia,
of Besecath.
\VS{2}And
he
did
that
which
was
right
in
the
sight
of
the
Lord,
and walked
in
all
the
ways
of
David
his
father:
he
turned
not
aside
to
the
right
hand,
or
to
the
left.
\VS{3}And
in
the
eighteenth
year
of
king Josias,
the
king
sent Saphan
the
son
of Assia,
the
son
of Messulam,
the
scribe
of
the
temple
of
the
Lord,
saying
to
him:
\VS{4}Go
to Helcias
the
high
priest,
that
the
money
may
be
put
together
which
is
brought
into
the
temple
of
the
Lord,
which
the
doorkeepers
of
the
temple
have
gathered
of
the
people.
\VS{5}And
let
it
be
given
to
the
workmen
by
the
overseers
of
the
house
of
the
Lord:
and lot
them
distribute
it
to
those
that
work
in
the
temple
of
the
Lord,
to
repair
the
temple:
\VS{6}That
is,
to
carpenters
and
masons,
and
to such
as mend breaches:
and
that
timber
may
be
bought,
and
stones
out
of
the quarries,
to
repair
the
temple
of
the Lord.
\VS{7}But
let
there
be
no reckoning
made
with
them
of
the
money which
they
receive,
but
let
them
have
it
in
their
power,
and
in
their
trust.
\VS{8}And Helcias
the
high
priest
said
to Saphan
the
scribe:
I
have
found
the
book
of
the
law
in
the
house
of
the
Lord:
and Helcias
gave
the
book
to Saphan,
and
he
read
it.
\VS{9}And Saphan
the
scribe
came
to
the
king,
and
brought
him
word
again
concerning
that
which
he
had
commanded,
and
said: Thy
servants
have
gathered
together
the
money
that
was
found
in
the
house
of
the
Lord,
and
they
have
given
it
to
be distributed
to
the
workmen,
by
the
overseers
of
the
works
of
the
temple
of
the
Lord.
\VS{10}And Saphan
the
scribe
told
the
king,
saying: Helcias
the
priest hath
delivered
to
me
a
book.
And
when Saphan
had
read
it
before
the
king,
\VS{11}And
the
king
had
heard
the
words
of
the
law
of
the Lord,
he rent
his
garments.
\VS{12}And
he
commanded Helcias
the
priest,
and Ahicam
the
son
of Saphan,
and Achobor
the
son
of Micha,
and Saphan
the
scribe,
and Asaia
the
king’s
servant,
saying:
\VS{13}Go
and
consult
the
Lord
for
me,
and
for
the
people,
and
for
all Juda,
concerning
the
words
of
this
book
which
is
found:
for
the
great
wrath
of
the
Lord
is
kindled
against
us,
because
our
fathers
have
not hearkened
to
the
words
of
this
book,
to
do
all
that
is
written
for
us.
\VS{14}So Helcias
the
priest,
and Ahicam,
and Achobor,
and Saphan,
and Asaia
went
to Holda
the
prophetess
the
wife
of Sellum
the
son
of Thecua,
the
son
of Araas
keeper
of
the wardrobe,
who
dwelt
in
Jerusalem
in
the
Second:
and
they
spoke
to
her.
\VS{15}And
she
said
to
them:
Thus saith
the
Lord
the
God
of
Israel:
Tell
the
man
that
sent
you
to
me:
\VS{16}Thus saith
the
Lord:
Behold,
I
will
bring evils
upon
this
place,
and
upon
the
inhabitants thereof,
all
the
words
of
the law
which
the
king
of Juda hath
read:
\VS{17}Because
they
have forsaken
me,
and
have sacrificed
to strange
gods,
provoking
me
by
all
the
works
of
their
hands:
therefore
my indignation
shall
be
kindled
against
this
place,
and
shall
not
be
quenched.
\VS{18}But
to
the
king
of Juda,
who
sent
you
to
consult
the
Lord,
thus
shall
you
say:
Thus saith
the
Lord
the
God
of
Israel: Forasmuch
as thou hast
heard
the
words
of
the book,
\VS{19}And thy
heart hath
been moved
to fear,
and thou hast
humbled thyself
before
the
Lord,
hearing
the words
against
this
place,
and
the
inhabitants thereof,
to wit,
that
they
should
become
a wonder
and
a
curse:
and thou hast rent thy
garments,
and
wept
before
me,
I
also
have
heard thee, saith
the
Lord:
\VS{20}Therefore
I
will
gather thee
to thy
fathers,
and thou shalt
be
gathered
to thy sepulchre
in
peace,
that thy
eyes
may
not
see
all
the evils
which
I
will
bring;
upon
this
place.

\par }\Chap{23}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
they
brought
the
king word
again what she
had
said.
And
he
sent:
and
all
the ancients
of Juda
and
Jerusalem
were
assembled
to
him.
\VS{2}And
the
king
went
up
to
the
temple
of
the
Lord,
and
all
the
men
of Juda,
and
all
the
inhabitants
of
Jerusalem
with
him,
the
priests
and
the
prophets,
and
all
the
people
both
little
and
great:
and
in
the
hearing
of
them
all
he
read
all
the
words
of
the
book
of
the
covenant,
which
was
found
in
the
house
of
the
Lord.
\VS{3}And
the
king
stood
upon
the step:
and
made
a
covenant
with
the
Lord,
to walk
after
the
Lord,
and
to
keep
his
commandments,
and
his
testimonies
and
his ceremonies,
with
all
their
heart,
and
with
all
their
soul,
and
to
perform
the
words
of
this
covenant,
which
were
written
in
that
book:
and
the
people
agreed
to
the
covenant.
\VS{4}And
the
king
commanded Helcias
the
high
priest,
and
the
priests
of
the
second
order,
and
the
doorkeepers,
to cast
out
of
the
temple
of
the
Lord
all
the
vessels
that
had
been
made
for
Baal,
and
for
the grove,
and
for
all
the
host
of
heaven:
and
he
burnt
them without
Jerusalem
in
the valley
of Cedron,
and
he
carried
the
ashes
of
them
to
Bethel.
\VS{5}And
he destroyed
the soothsayers,
whom
the
kings
of Juda
had
appointed
to
sacrifice
in
the
high
places
in
the
cities
of Juda,
and
round
about
Jerusalem:
them
also
that
burnt
incense
to
Baal,
and
to
the
sun,
and
to
the
moon,
and
to
the twelve signs,
and
to
all
the
host
of
heaven.
\VS{6}And
he caused
the grove
to
be
carried
out
from
the
house
of
the
Lord without
Jerusalem
to
the
valley
of Cedron,
and
he
burnt
it
there,
and reduced
it
to
dust,
and
cast
the
dust
upon
the
graves
of
the
common
people.
\VS{7}He
destroyed
also
the pavilions
of
the effeminate,
which
were
in
the
house
of
the
Lord,
for
which
the
women wove
as
it
were little dwellings
for
the grove.
\VS{8}And
he gathered
together
all
the
priests
out
of
the
cities
of Juda:
and
he
defiled
the
high
places,
where
the
priests
offered
sacrifice,
from Gabaa
to Bersabee:
and
he
broke
down
the altars
of
the
gates
that
were
in
the
entering
in
of
the
gate
of Josue
governor
of tile
city,
which
was
on
the
left
hand
of
the
gate
of
the
city.
\VS{9}However
the
priests
of
the
high
places
came
not
up
to
the
altar
of
the
Lord
in
Jerusalem:
but
only
ate
of
the
unleavened
bread
among
their
brethren.
\VS{10}And
he
defiled
Topheth,
which
is
in
the
valley
of
the
son
of Ennom:
that
no
man
should consecrate
there
his
son
or
his
daughter
through
fire
to Moloch.
\VS{11}And
he
took
away
the
horses
which
the
kings
of Juda
had
given
to
the
sun,
at
the
entering
in
of
the
temple
of
the
Lord, near
the
chamber
of Nathanmelech
the
eunuch,
who
was
in Pharurim:
and
he
burnt
the
chariots
of
the
sun
with
fire.
\VS{12}And
the
altars
that
were
upon
the
top
of
the
upper
chamber
of Achaz,
which
the
kings
of Juda
had
made,
and
the
altars
which Manasses
had
made
in
the
two courts
of
the
temple
of
the
Lord,
the
king
broke
down:
and
he
ran
from thence,
and
cast
the
ashes
of
them
into
the torrent Cedron.
\VS{13}The
high
places
also
that
were
at
Jerusalem
on
the
right
side
of
the
Mount
of Offence,
O
which
Solomon
king
of
Israel
had
built
to Astaroth
the
idol
of
the
Sidonians,
and
to Chamos
the scandal
of
Moab,
and
to Melchom
the
abomination
of
the
children
of
Ammon,
the
king
defiled.
\VS{14}And
he
broke
in
pieces
the statues,
and
cut
down
the groves:
and
he
filled
their
places
with
the
bones
of dead
men.
\VS{15}Moreover
the
altar
also
that
was
at
Bethel,
and
the
high
place,
which
Jeroboam
the
son
of Nabat,
who
made
Israel
to
sin,
had
made:
both
the
altar,
and
the
high
place
he
broke
down
and
burnt,
and reduced
to
powder,
and
burnt
the grove.
\VS{16}And
as Josias
turned
himself,
he
saw
there
the sepulchres
that
were
in
the
mount:
and
he
sent
and
took
the
bones
out
of
the sepulchres,
and
burnt
them
upon
the
altar,
and
defiled
it
according
to
the
word
of
the
Lord,
which
the
man
of
God
spoke,
who
had foretold
these
things.
\VS{17}And
he
said:
What
is
that
monument
which
I
see?
And
the
men
of
that
city
answered:
It
is
the sepulchre
of
the
man
of
God,
who
came
from Juda,
and foretold
these
things
which thou hast
done
upon
the
altar
of
Bethel.
\VS{18}And
he
said:
Let
him alone,
let
no
man move
his
bones.
So
his
bones
were
left untouched
with
the
bones
of
the
prophet
that
came
out
of
Samaria.
\VS{19}Moreover
all
the
temples
of
the
high
places,
which
were
in
the
cities
of
Samaria,
which
the
kings
of
Israel
had
made
to
provoke
the Lord, Josias
took
away:
and
he
did
to
them according
to
all
the
acts
that
he
had
done
in
Bethel.
\VS{20}And
he slew
all
the
priests
of
the
high
places,
that
were
there,
upon
the
altars:
and
he
burnt
men’s
bones
upon
them:
and
returned
to
Jerusalem.
\VS{21}And
he
commanded
all
the
people,
saying:
Keep
the phase
to
the
Lord
your
God,
according
as
it
is
written
in
the
book
of
this
covenant.
\VS{22}Now
there
was
no
such
a phase
kept
from
the
days
of
the
judges,
who
judged
Israel,
nor
in
all
the
days
of
the
kings
of
Israel,
and
of
the
kings
of Juda,
\VS{23}As
was
this phase
that
was
kept
to
the
Lord
in
Jerusalem,
in
the
eighteenth
year
of
king Josias.
\VS{24}Moreover
the diviners
by spirits,
and soothsayers,
and
the figures
of
idols,
and
the uncleannesses,
and
the
abominations,
that
had
been
in
the
land
of Juda,
and
Jerusalem, Josias
took
away:
that
he
might perform
the
words
of
the
law,
that
were
written
in
the
book
which Helcias
the
priest
had
found
in
the
temple
of
the
Lord.
\VS{25}There
was
no
king
before
him
like unto
him,
that
returned
to
the
Lord
with
all
his
heart,
and
with
all
his
soul,
and
with ail
his
strength,
according
to
all
the
law
of
Moses:
neither
after
him
did
there
arise
any
like
him.
\VS{26}But
yet
the
Lord
turned
not
away
from
the
wrath
of
his
great indignation, wherewith
his
anger
was
kindled
against Juda:
because
of
the provocations, wherewith Manasses
had
provoked
him.
\VS{27}And
the
Lord
said:
I
will
remove Juda
also
from
before
my
face,
as
I
have
removed
Israel:
and
I
will cast
off
this
city
Jerusalem,
which
I
chose,
and
the
house,
of
which
I
said:
My
name
shall
be
there.
\VS{28}Now
the
rest
of
the
acts
of Josias,
and
all
that
he
did,
are
they
not
written
in
the
book
of
the
words
of
the
days
of
the
kings
of Juda?
\VS{29}In
his
days Pharao Nechao
king
of
Egypt
went
up
against
the
king
of
Assyria
to
the
river
Euphrates:
and
king Josias
went
to
meet
him:
and
was slain
at Mageddo,
when
he
had
seen
him.
\VS{30}And
his
servants
carried
him
dead
from Mageddo:
and
they
brought
him
to
Jerusalem,
and
buried
him
in Iris own sepulchre.
And
the
people
of
the
land
took Joachaz
the
son
of Josias:
and
they
anointed
him,
and
made
him
king
in
his
father’s
stead.
\VS{31}Joachaz
was
three
and
twenty
years
old
when
he began
to
reign,
and
he
reigned
three
months
in
Jerusalem:
the
name
of
his
mother
was Amital,
the
daughter
of Jeremias
of Lobna.
\VS{32}And
he
did
evil
before
the
Lord, according
to
all
that
his
fathers
had
done.
\VS{33}And Pharao Nechao
bound
him
at Rebla, which
is
in
the
land
of Emath,
that
he
should
not
reign
in
Jerusalem:
and
he
set
a
fine
upon
the
land,
of
a
hundred
talents
of
silver,
and
a
talent
of
gold.
\VS{34}And Pharao Nechao
made Eliacim
the
son
of Josias
king
in
the room
of Josias
his
father:
and
turned
his
name
to Joakim.
And
he
took Joachaz
away
and
carried
him
into
Egypt,
and
he
died
there.
\VS{35}And Joakim
gave
the
silver
and
the
gold
to Pharao,
after
he
had taxed
the
land
for
every
man,
to
contribute
according
to
the
commandment
of Pharao:
and
he
exacted
both
the
silver
and
the
gold
of
the
people
of
the
land,
of
every
man
according
to
his ability:
to
give
to Pharao Nechao.
\VS{36}Joakim
was
five
and
twenty
years
old
when
he began
to
reign:
and
he
reigned
eleven
years
in
Jerusalem:
the
name
of
his
mother
was Zebida
the
daughter
of Phadaia
of Ruma.
\VS{37}And
he
did
evil
before
the
Lord according
to
all
that
his
fathers
had
done.

\par }\Chap{24}{\PP \VerseOne{1}In
his
days Nabuchodonosor
king
of
Babylon
came
up,
and Joakim
became
his
servant
three
years:
then
again
he
rebelled
against
him.
\VS{2}And
the
Lord
sent
against
him
the rovers
of
the
Chaldees,
and
the rovers
of
Syria,
and
the rovers
of
Moab,
and
the rovers
of
the
children
of
Ammon:
and
he
sent
them
against Juda,
to
destroy
it,
according
to
the
word
of
the
Lord,
which
he
had
spoken
by
his
servants
the
prophets.
\VS{3}And
this
came
by
the
word
of
the
Lord
against Juda,
to
remove
them
from
before
him
for
all
the
sins
of Manasses
which
he
did.
\VS{4}And
for
the
innocent
blood
that
he
shed,
filling
Jerusalem
with
innocent
blood:
and
therefore
the
Lord
would
not
be appeased.
\VS{5}But
the
rest
of
the
acts
of Joakim,
and
all
that
he
did,
are
they
not
written
in
the
book
of
the
words
of
the
days
of
the
kings
of Juda?
And Joakim slept
with
his fathers:
\VS{6}And Joachin
his
son
reigned
in
his
stead.
\VS{7}And
the
king
of
Egypt
came
not
again
any
more
out
of
his
own
country:
for
the
king
of
Babylon
had
taken
all
that
had
belonged
to
the
king
of
Egypt,
from
the
river
of
Egypt, unto
the
river
Euphrates.
\VS{8}Joachin
was
eighteen
years
old
when
he began
to
reign,
a
and
he
reigned
three
months
in
Jerusalem:
the
name
of
his
mother
was Nohesta
the
daughter
of
Elnathan
of
Jerusalem.
\VS{9}And
he
did
evil
before
the
Lord, according
to
all
that
his
father
had
done.
\VS{10}At
that
time
the
servants
of Nabuchodonosor
king
of
Babylon
came
up
against
Jerusalem,
and
the
city
was surrounded
with
their forts.
\VS{11}And Nabuchodonosor
king
of
Babylon
came
to
the
city
with
his
servants
to assault
it.
\VS{12}And Joachin
king
of Juda
went
out
to
the
king
of
Babylon,
he
and
his
mother,
and
his
servants,
and
his nobles,
and
his
eunuchs:
and
the
king
of
Babylon
received
him
in
the
eighth
year
of
his
reign.
\VS{13}And
he
brought
out
from thence
all
the
treasures
of
the
house
of
the
Lord,
and
the
treasures
of
the
king’s
house:
and
he
cut
in
pieces
all
the
vessels
of
gold
which
Solomon
king
of
Israel
had
made
in
the
temple
of
the
Lord, according
to
the
word
of
the
Lord.
\VS{14}And
he
carried
away
all
Jerusalem,
and
all
the
princes,
and
all
the
valiant
men
of
the
army,
to
the number
of
ten
thousand
into
captivity:
and
every artificer
and
smith:
and
none
were
left,
but
the poor sort
of
the
people
of
the
land.
\VS{15}And
he
carried
away Joachin
into
Babylon,
and
the
king’s
mother,
and
the
king’s
wives,
and
his
eunuchs:
and
the judges
of
the
land
he
carried
into
captivity
from
Jerusalem
into
Babylon.
\VS{16}And
all
the
strong
men,
seven
thousand,
and
the artificers,
and
the
smiths
a
thousand,
all
that
were
valiant
men
and fit
for
war:
and
the
king
of
Babylon
led
them
captives
into
Babylon.
\VS{17}And
he appointed Matthanias
his
uncle
in
his
stead:
and
called
his
name Sedecias.
\VS{18}Sedecias
was
one
and
twenty
years
old
when
he began
to
reign,
and
he
reigned
eleven
years
in
Jerusalem:
the
name
of
his
mother
was Amital,
the
daughter
of Jeremias
of Lobna.
\VS{19}And
he
did
evil
before
the
Lord, according
to
all
that Joakim
had
done.
\VS{20}For
the
Lord
was
angry
against
Jerusalem
and
against Juda,
till
he
cast
them
out
from
his
face:
and Sedecias revolted
from
the
king
of
Babylon.

\par }\Chap{25}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
it
came
to
pass
in
the
ninth
year
of
his
reign,
in
the
tenth
month,
the
tenth
day
of
the
month,
that Nabuchodonosor
king
of
Babylon
came,
he
and
all
his
army
against
Jerusalem:
and
they
surrounded
it:
and raised
works
round
about
it.
\VS{2}And
the
city
was shut
up
and
besieged
till
the
eleventh
year
of
king Sedecias,
\VS{3}The
ninth
day
of
the
month:
and
a
famine
prevailed
in
the
city,
and
there
was
no
bread
for
the
people
of
the
land.
\VS{4}And
a
breach
was
made
into
the
city:
and
all
the
men
of
war fled
in
the
night
between
the
two
walls
by
the
king’s
garden, (now
the
Chaldees besieged
the
city
round
about,)
and Sedecias fled
by
the
way
that leadeth
to
the
plains
of
the
wilderness.
\VS{5}And
the
army
of
the
Chaldees
pursued
after
the
king,
and
overtook
him
in
the
plains
of
Jericho:
and
all
the
warriors
that
were
with
him
were
scattered,
and
left
him:
\VS{6}So
they
took
the
king,
and
brought
him
to
the
king
of
Babylon
to Reblatha,
and
he gave
judgment
upon
him.
\VS{7}And
he
slew
the
sons
of Sedecias
before
his
face,
and
he
put
out
his
eyes,
and
bound
him
with
chains,
and
brought
him
to
Babylon.
\VS{8}In
the
fifth
month,
the
seventh
day
of
the
month,
that
is,
the nineteenth
year
of
the
king
of
Babylon,
came Nabuzardan commander
of
the
army,
a
servant
of
the
king
of
Babylon,
into
Jerusalem.
\VS{9}And
he
burnt
the
house
of
the
Lord,
and
the
king’s
house,
and
the
houses
of
Jerusalem,
and
every
house
he
burnt
with
fire.
\VS{10}And
all
the
army
of
the
Chaldees,
which
was
with
the commander
of
the
troops,
broke
down
the
walls
of
Jerusalem
round
about.
\VS{11}And Nabuzardan
the commander
of
the
army,
carried
away
the
rest
of
the
people
that
remained
in
the
city,
and
the fugitives
that
had
gone
over
to
the
king
of
Babylon,
and
the
remnant
of
the common
people.
\VS{12}But
of
the poor
of
the
land
he
left
some dressers
of vines
and husbandmen.
\VS{13}And
the
pillars
of
brass
that
were
in
the
temple
of
the
Lord,
and
the bases,
and
the
sea
of
brass
which
was
in
the
house
of
the
Lord,
the
Chaldees
broke
in
pieces,
and
carried all
the
brass
of
them
to
Babylon.
\VS{14}They
took
away
also
the
pots
of
brass,
and
the mazers,
and
the forks,
and
the cups,
and
the mortars,
and
all
the
vessels
of
brass
with
which
they
ministered.
\VS{15}Moreover
also
the
censers,
and
the
bowls,
such
as
were
of
gold
in
gold,
and
such
as
were
of
silver
in
silver,
the general
of
the army
took
away.
\VS{16}That
is,
two
pillars,
one
sea,
and
the bases
which
Solomon
had
made
in
the
temple
of
the
Lord:
the
brass
of
all
these
vessels
was
without
weight.
\VS{17}One
pillar
was
eighteen
cubits
high,
and
the chapiter
of
brass
which
was
upon
it
was
three
cubits
high:
and
the
network,
and
the
pomegranates
that
were
upon
the chapiter
of
the
pillar,
were
all
of
brass:
and
the
second
pillar
had
the
like adorning.
\VS{18}And
the general
of
the army
took Seraias
the
chief
priest,
and Sophonias
the
second
priest,
and
three
doorkeepers.
\VS{19}And
out
of
the
city
one
eunuch,
who
was
captain
over
the
men
of
war:
and
five
men
of
them
that
had stood
before
the
king,
whom
he
found
in
the
city,
and Sopher
the
captain
of
the
army
who exercised
the young
soldiers
of
the
people
of
the
land:
and threescore
men
of
the
common
people,
who
were
found
in
the
city.
\VS{20}These Nabuzardan
the general
of
the army
took
away,
and
carried
them
to
the
king
of
Babylon
to Reblatha.
\VS{21}And
the
king
of
Babylon
smote
them,
and
slew
them
at Reblatha
in
the
land
of Emath:
so Juda
was
carried
away
out
of
their
land.
\VS{22}But
over
the
people
that
remained
in
the
land
of Juda,
which Nabuchodonosor
king
of
Babylon
had
left,
he
gave
the government
to Godolias
the
son
of Ahicam
the
son
of Saphan.
\VS{23}And
when
all
the
captains
of
the
soldiers
had
heard
this,
they
and
the
men
that
were
with
them,
to wit,
that
the
king
of
Babylon
had
made Godolias
governor,
they
came
to Godolias
to Maspha, Ismael
the
son
of Nathanias,
and
Johanan
the
son
of Caree,
and Saraia
the
son
of Thanehumeth
the
Netophathite,
and Jezonias
the
son
of Maachathi,
they
and
their
men.
\VS{24}And Godolias
swore
to
them
and
to
their
men,
saying:
Be
not
afraid
to
serve
the
Chaldees:
stay
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 Ismael
the
son
of Nathanias,
the
son
of Elisama
of
the
seed
royal
came,
and
ten
men
with
him:
and
smote Godolias
so
that
he
died:
and
also
the
Jews
and
the
Chaldees
that
were
with
him
in Maspha.
\VS{26}And
all
the
people
both
little
and
great,
and
the
captains
of
the
soldiers,
rising
up
went
to
Egypt, fearing
the
Chaldees.
\VS{27}And
it
came
to
pass
in
the
seven
and
thirtieth
year
of
the captivity
of Joachin
king
of Juda,
in
the twelfth
month
the
seven
and
twentieth
day
of
the
month: Evilmerodach
king
of
Babylon,
in
the
year
that
he
began
to
reign,
lifted
up
the
head
of Joachin
king
of Juda
out
of
prison.
\VS{28}And
he
spoke
kindly
to
him:
and
he
set
his
throne
above
the
throne
of
the
kings
that
were
with
him
in
Babylon.
\VS{29}And
he
changed
his
garments
which
he
had
in
prison,
and
he
ate
bread
always
before
him,
all
the
days
of
his
life.
\VS{30}And
he
appointed
him
a
continual
allowance,
which
was
also
given
him
by
the
king
day
by
day,
all
the
days
of
his
life.
\par }