| 1:1 |
And Solomon the son of David wasestablished strengthenedhimself in his kingdom and Jehovahthe Lord his God was with him and magnifiedmade him exceedingly great |
| 1:2 |
And Solomon spakespoke untoto all Israel to the captainscommanders of thousands and of hundreds and to the judges and to everyall princethe leaders in all Israel the heads of the fathers houses |
| 1:3 |
SoAnd Solomon and all the assembly with him went to the high place that was at Gibeon; for there was the tent of meeting of God which Moses the servant of Jehovahthe Lord had made in the wilderness was there |
| 1:4 |
But David had brought up the ark of God had David brought up from KiriathKir′iath jearimje′arim to the place that David had prepared for it; for he had pitched a tent for it atin Jerusalem |
| 1:5 |
Moreover the brazenbronze altar that BezalelBez′alel the son of Uri the son of Hur had made was there before the tabernacle of Jehovah:the andLord And Solomon and the assembly sought untothe itLord |
| 1:6 |
And Solomon went up thitherthere to the brazenbronze altar before Jehovahthe Lord which was at the tent of meeting and offered a thousand burnt offerings upon it |
| 1:7 |
In that night did God appearappeared untoto Solomon and said untoto him Ask what I shall give theeyou |
| 1:8 |
And Solomon said untoto God Thou hast showedshown great lovingkindnessand untosteadfast love to David my father and hast made me king in his stead |
| 1:9 |
Now O JehovahLord God let thy promise untoto David my father be established;now fulfilled for thou hast made me king over a people likeas many as the dust of the earth in multitude |
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Give me now wisdom and knowledge thatto I may go out and come in before this people; for who can judgerule this thy people that is so great |
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And God saidanswered to Solomon Because this was in thyyour heart and thouyou hasthave not asked richespossessions wealth or honor noror the life of themthose thatwho hate theeyou neitherand yethave hastnot even asked long life; but hasthave asked wisdom and knowledge for thyselfyourself that thouyou mayestmay judgerule my people over whom I have made theeyou king: |
| 1:12 |
wisdom and knowledge isare granted untoto thee;you and I will also give theeyou riches andpossessions wealth and honor such as none of the kings have had thatwho havewere been before thee;you neitherand shallnone thereafter anyyou aftershall thee have the like |
| 1:13 |
So Solomon came from the high place that was at Gibeon from before the tent of meeting untoto Jerusalem; andAnd he reigned over Israel |
| 1:14 |
And Solomon gathered together chariots and horsemen:; and he had afourteen thousand and four hundred chariots and twelve thousand horsemen thatwhom he placedstationed in the chariot cities and with the king atin Jerusalem |
| 1:15 |
And the king made silver and gold toas becommon in Jerusalem as stonesstone and cedarshe made hecedar toas beplentiful as the sycomoresycamore treesof that are in the lowlandShephe′lah for abundance |
| 1:16 |
And theSolomons horsesimport whichof Solomonhorses hadwas werefrom broughtEgypt outand ofKu′e Egypt;and the kings merchantstraders received them infrom drovesKu′e eachfor drove at a price |
| 1:17 |
AndThey theyimported fetcheda upchariot andfrom brought out of Egypt a chariot for six hundred shekels of silver and a horse for a hundred and fifty:; andlikewise sothrough forthem these were exported to all the kings of the Hittites and the kings of Syria did they bring them out by their means |
| 2:1 |
Now Solomon purposed to build a housetemple for the name of Jehovahthe Lord and a houseroyal palace for hishimself kingdom |
| 2:2 |
And Solomon countedassigned outseventy threescore and ten thousand men to bear burdens and fourscoreeighty thousand mento thatquarry were hewers in the mountainshill country and three thousand and six hundred to oversee them |
| 2:3 |
And Solomon sent word to Huram the king of Tyre: saying As thouyou didstdealt deal with David my father and didstsent send him cedarscedar to build himhimself a house to dwell thereinin even so deal with me |
| 2:4 |
Behold I am about to build a house for the name of Jehovahthe Lord my God toand dedicate it to him andfor tothe burnburning beforeof him incense of sweet spices before him and for the continual offering of the showbread and for the burnt offerings morning and evening on the sabbaths and on the new moons and on the setappointed feasts of Jehovahthe Lord our God Thisas isordained an ordinance for ever tofor Israel |
| 2:5 |
AndThe the house which I am to build iswill be great; for greatour God is ourgreater Godthan above all gods |
| 2:6 |
But who is able to build him a house seeingsince heaven andeven thehighest heaven of heavens cannot contain him whoWho am I thento thatbuild Ia shouldhouse buildfor him aexcept houseas savea onlyplace to burn incense before him |
| 2:7 |
NowSo thereforenow send me a man skilfulskilled to work in gold and in silver andbronze in brass and in iron and in purple and crimson and blue andfabrics thattrained knowethalso howin toengraving grave all manner of gravings to be with the skilfulskilled menworkers thatwho are with me in Judah and in Jerusalem whom David my father didprovided provide |
| 2:8 |
Send me also cedar treescypress fir trees and algum treestimber outfrom of Lebanon; for I know that thyyour servants know how to cut timber in Lebanon And behold my servants shallwill be with thyyour servants |
| 2:9 |
even to prepare timber for me timber in abundance; for the house which I am about to build shallwill be great and wonderful |
| 2:10 |
And behold I will give tofor thyyour servants the hewers thatwho cut timber twenty thousand measurescors of beatencrushed wheat and twenty thousand measurescors of barley and twenty thousand baths of wine and twenty thousand baths of oil |
| 2:11 |
Then Huram the king of Tyre answered in writinga letter which he sent to Solomon Because Jehovahthe lovethLord loves his people he hathhas made theeyou king over them |
| 2:12 |
Huram also said moreover Blessed be Jehovah the Lord God of Israel thatwho made heaven and earth who hathhas given toKing David the king a wise son endued with discretion and understanding thatwho shouldwill build a housetemple for Jehovahthe Lord and a houseroyal palace for his kingdom himself |
| 2:13 |
AndNow now I have sent a skilfulskilled man endued with understanding ofHuramabi Huram my fathers |
| 2:14 |
the son of a woman of the daughters of Dan; and his father was a man of Tyre skilfulHe is trained to work in gold and in silver inbronze brass in iron in stone and inwood timberand in purple in blue and incrimson fabrics and fine linen and in crimson also to gravedo anyall mannersorts of gravingengraving and toexecute devise any device;design that there may be aassigned place appointed unto him with thyyour skilfulcraftsmen men and with the skilfulcraftsmen men of my lord David thyyour father |
| 2:15 |
Now therefore the wheat and the barley the oil and the wine of which my lord hathhas spoken of let him send untoto his servants:; |
| 2:16 |
and we will cut woodwhatever outtimber ofyou Lebanonneed asfrom muchLebanon as thou shalt need; and we will bring it to theeyou in floatsrafts by sea to Joppa; andso thouthat shaltyou carrymay take it up to Jerusalem |
| 2:17 |
AndThen Solomon numberedtook a census of all the sojournersaliens thatwho were in the land of Israel after the numberingcensus wherewithof them which David his father had numbered themtaken; and theythere were found a hundred and fifty thousand and three thousand and six hundred |
| 2:18 |
AndSeventy he set threescore and ten thousand of them he assigned to bear burdens andeighty fourscore thousand thatto werequarry hewers in the mountainshill country and three thousand and six hundred as overseers to setmake the people at work |
| 3:1 |
Then Solomon began to build the house of Jehovahthe atLord in Jerusalem on mountMount MoriahMori′ah where Jehovahthe Lord had appeared untoto David his father whichat he made ready in the place that David had appointed inon the threshing floor of Ornan the JebusiteJeb′usite |
| 3:2 |
AndHe he began to build in the second daymonth of the second month in the fourth year of his reign |
| 3:3 |
NowThese these are theSolomons foundationsmeasurements which Solomon laid for the building of the house of God: Thethe length byin cubits afterof the firstold measurestandard was threescoresixty cubits and the breadth twenty cubits |
| 3:4 |
AndThe thevestibule porchin thatfront wasof beforethe nave of the house thewas lengthtwenty ofcubits itlong accordingequal to the breadthwidth of the house; was twenty cubits and theits height was a hundred and twenty; andcubits heHe overlaid it withinon the inside with pure gold |
| 3:5 |
AndThe thenave greater house he ceiledlined with fircypress woodand whichcovered heit overlaid with fine gold and wroughtmade thereonpalms palm trees and chains on it |
| 3:6 |
AndHe headorned garnished the house with settings of precious stones forThe beauty: and the gold was gold of ParvaimParva′im |
| 3:7 |
HeSo overlaidhe alsolined the house thewith gold—its beams theits thresholds andits the walls thereof and theits doors thereof with gold; and gravedhe carved cherubim on the walls |
| 3:8 |
And he made the most holy house:place; theits length thereofcorresponding according to the breadth of the house was twenty cubits and theits breadth thereofwas twenty cubits; and he overlaid it with finesix goldhundred amountingtalents toof sixfine hundredgold talents |
| 3:9 |
AndThe the weight of the nails was one shekel to fifty shekels of gold And he overlaid the upper chambers with gold |
| 3:10 |
AndIn in the most holy houseplace he made two cherubim of imagewood work; and they overlaid them with gold |
| 3:11 |
AndThe the wings of the cherubim weretogether extended twenty cubits long: theone wing of the one cherubof was five cubits reachingtouched to the wall of the house; and theits other wing wasof likewise five cubits reachingtouched to the wing of the other cherub; |
| 3:12 |
Andand theof wingthis ofcherub theone otherwing cherubof was five cubits reachingtouched to the wall of the house; and the other wing wasalso of five cubits alsowas joiningjoined to the wing of the otherfirst cherub |
| 3:13 |
The wings of these cherubim spreadextended themselves forth twenty cubits:; andthe theycherubim stood on their feet andfacing their faces were toward the housenave |
| 3:14 |
And he made the veil of blue and purple and crimson fabrics and fine linen and wroughtworked cherubim thereonon it |
| 3:15 |
AlsoIn hefront madeof before the house he made two pillars of thirty and five cubits high andwith thea capital thatof wasfive cubits on the top of each of them was five cubits |
| 3:16 |
AndHe he made chains inlike thea oraclenecklace and put them on the tops of the pillars; and he made a hundred pomegranates and put them on the chains |
| 3:17 |
AndHe he set up the pillars beforein front of the temple one on the rightsouth hand and the other on the leftnorth; and called the name of that on the rightsouth handhe called Jachin and the name of that on the leftnorth BoazBo′az |
| 4:1 |
MoreoverHe he made an altar of brassbronze twenty cubits thelong length thereof and twenty cubits thewide breadth thereof and ten cubits thehigh height thereof |
| 4:2 |
AlsoThen he made the molten sea; ofit was round ten cubits from brim to brim round in compass; and the height thereof was five cubits; high and a line of thirty cubits compassedmeasured itits roundcircumference about |
| 4:3 |
AndUnder under it waswere thefigures likeness of oxengourds which did compass it round about for tenthirty cubits compassing the sea round about; Thethe oxengourds were in two rows cast with it when it was cast |
| 4:4 |
It stood upon twelve oxen three lookingfacing toward the north and three lookingfacing toward the west and three lookingfacing toward the south and three lookingfacing toward the east:; and the sea was set upon them above and all their hinder parts were inward |
| 4:5 |
AndIts itthickness was a handbreadth thick; and theits brim thereof was wroughtmade like the brim of a cup like the flower of a lily:; it receivedheld andover held three thousand baths |
| 4:6 |
He also made also ten lavers in which to wash and putset five on the rightsouth handside and five on the leftnorth toside washIn inthese them;they suchwere thingsto asrinse belongedoff towhat was used for the burnt offering theyand washed in them; but the sea was for the priests to wash in |
| 4:7 |
And he made the ten candlesticksgolden oflampstands goldas accordingprescribed to the ordinance concerning them; and he set them in the temple five on the rightsouth handside and five on the leftnorth |
| 4:8 |
He also made also ten tables and placed them in the temple five on the rightsouth side and five on the leftnorth And he made a hundred basins of gold |
| 4:9 |
FurthermoreHe he made the court of the priests and the great court and doors for the court and overlaid thetheir doors of them with brassbronze; |
| 4:10 |
Andand he set the sea onat the rightsoutheast sidecorner of the house eastward toward the south |
| 4:11 |
And Huram also made the pots and the shovels and the basins So Huram madefinished an end of doing the work that he wroughtdid for kingKing Solomon inon the house of God: |
| 4:12 |
the two pillars and the bowls and the two capitals which were on the top of the pillars; and the two networks to cover the two bowls of the capitals that were on the top of the pillars; |
| 4:13 |
and the four hundred pomegranates for the two networks; two rows of pomegranates for each network to cover the two bowls of the capitals that were upon the pillars |
| 4:14 |
He made also the basesstands also and the lavers made he upon the bases;stands |
| 4:15 |
and the one sea and the twelve oxen underunderneath it |
| 4:16 |
The pots also and the shovels and the fleshforks hooks and all the vesselsequipment thereoffor didthese HuramHuramabi hismade fatherof makeburnished bronze for kingKing Solomon for the house of Jehovahthe ofLord bright brass |
| 4:17 |
In the plain of the Jordan did the king cast them in the clay ground between Succoth and ZeredahZer′edah |
| 4:18 |
Thus Solomon made all these vesselsthings in great abundance:quantities forso that the weight of the brassbronze couldwas not be found outascertained |
| 4:19 |
AndSo Solomon made all the vesselsthings that were in the house of God: the golden altar alsothe andtables for the tablesbread whereonof was the showbread;Presence |
| 4:20 |
and the candlestickslampstands withand their lamps toof burnpure accordinggold to theburn ordinance before the oracleinner ofsanctuary pureas goldprescribed; |
| 4:21 |
and the flowers and the lamps and the tongs of goldpurest and that perfect gold; |
| 4:22 |
and the snuffers and the basins anddishes thefor spoonsincense and the firepans of pure gold; Andand as for the entrysockets of the housetemple for the inner doors thereofto for the most holy place and for the doors of the housenave to wit of the temple were of gold |
| 5:1 |
Thus all the work that Solomon wroughtdid for the house of Jehovahthe Lord was finished And Solomon brought in the things thatwhich David his father had dedicated evenand stored the silver and the gold and all the vessels and put them in the treasuries of the house of God |
| 5:2 |
Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel and all the heads of the tribes the princesleaders of the fathers houses of the childrenpeople of Israel untoin Jerusalem to bring up the ark of the covenant of Jehovahthe Lord out of the city of David which is Zion |
| 5:3 |
And all the men of Israel assembled themselvesbefore unto the king at the feast which wasis in the seventh month |
| 5:4 |
And all the elders of Israel came: and the Levites took up the ark; |
| 5:5 |
andAnd they brought up the ark and the tent of meeting and all the holy vessels that were in the Tenttent; these did the priests and the Levites bringbrought them up |
| 5:6 |
And kingKing Solomon and all the congregation of Israel thatwho werehad assembled untobefore him were before the ark sacrificing so many sheep and oxen that they could not be counted noror numbered for multitude |
| 5:7 |
AndSo the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of Jehovahthe untoLord to its place intoin the oracleinner sanctuary of the house toin the most holy place evenunderneath under the wings of the cherubim |
| 5:8 |
For the cherubim spread forthout their wings over the place of the ark andso that the cherubim coveredmade a covering above the ark and theits stavespoles thereof above |
| 5:9 |
And the stavespoles were so long that the ends of the stavespoles were seen from the arkholy place before the oracleinner sanctuary; but they werecould not be seen without:from outside; and therethey itare isthere untoto this day |
| 5:10 |
There was nothing in the ark saveexcept the two tables which Moses put there at Horeb whenwhere Jehovahthe Lord made a covenant with the childrenpeople of Israel when they came out of Egypt |
| 5:11 |
AndNow it came to pass when the priests werecame come out of the holy place for all the priests thatwho were present had sanctified themselves andwithout didregard notto keep their coursesdivisions; |
| 5:12 |
alsoand all the LevitesLevitical who were the singers all of them even Asaph Heman Jeduthun and Jedu′thun their sons and theirkinsmen brethren arrayed in fine linen with cymbals andharps psalteries and harpslyres stood at the east end of the altar and with them a hundred and twenty priests soundingwho withwere trumpetstrumpeters; |
| 5:13 |
and it camewas tothe passduty whenof the trumpeters and singers were as one to make onethemselves soundheard toin beunison heard in praisingpraise and thankingthanksgiving Jehovah;to the Lord and when theythe liftedsong upwas theirraised voice with the trumpets and cymbals and other musical instruments ofin musicpraise andto praisedthe JehovahLord saying For he is good; for his lovingkindnesssteadfast endurethlove endures for ever; thatthe thenhouse the house of the Lord was filled with a cloud even the house of Jehovah |
| 5:14 |
so that the priests could not stand to minister bybecause reason of the cloud:; for the glory of Jehovahthe Lord filled the house of God |
| 6:1 |
Then spake Solomon Jehovahsaid hathThe Lord has said that he would dwell in the thick darkness |
| 6:2 |
But I have built thee aan exalted house of habitation and a place for thee to dwell in for ever |
| 6:3 |
AndThen the king turnedfaced hisabout face and blessed all the assembly of Israel: andwhile all the assembly of Israel stood |
| 6:4 |
And he said Blessed be Jehovahthe Lord the God of Israel who spake with his mouthhand untohas Davidfulfilled mywhat fatherhe andpromised hath with his handsmouth fulfilledto itDavid my father saying |
| 6:5 |
Since the day that I brought forth my people out of the land of Egypt I chose no city outin of all the tribes of Israel in which to build a house in that my name might be there; neitherand I chose Ino any man toas be prince over my people Israel:; |
| 6:6 |
but I have chosen Jerusalem that my name mightmay be there and I have chosen David to be over my people Israel |
| 6:7 |
Now it was in the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of Jehovahthe Lord the God of Israel |
| 6:8 |
But Jehovahthe Lord said untoto David my father Whereas it was in thyyour heart to build a house for my name thouyou didstdid well that it was in thyyour heart:; |
| 6:9 |
nevertheless thouyou shaltshall not build the house; but thyyour son thatwho shall comebe forthborn outto ofyou thy loins he shall build the house for my name |
| 6:10 |
AndNow Jehovahthe hathLord performedhas fulfilled his wordpromise thatwhich he spakemade; for I amhave risen up in the roomplace of David my father and sit on the throne of Israel as Jehovahthe Lord promised and I have built the house for the name of Jehovahthe Lord the God of Israel |
| 6:11 |
And there I have I set the ark whereinin which is the covenant of Jehovahthe Lord which he made with the childrenpeople of Israel |
| 6:12 |
AndThen heSolomon stood before the altar of Jehovahthe Lord in the presence of all the assembly of Israel and spread forth his hands |
| 6:13 |
for Solomon had made a brazenbronze scaffoldplatform five cubits long and five cubits broadwide and three cubits high and had set it in the midst of the court; and he stood upon it Then he stoodknelt and kneeled down upon his knees beforein the presence of all the assembly of Israel and spread forth his hands toward heaven; |
| 6:14 |
and he said O JehovahLord the God of Israel there is no God like thee in heaven or on earth; whokeeping keepest covenant and lovingkindnessshowing withsteadfast love to thy servants thatwho walk before thee with all their heart; |
| 6:15 |
who hast kept with thy servant David my father thatwhat which thou didst promisedeclare to him:; yea thou spakestdidst speak with thy mouth and hast fulfilled it with thy hand ashast fulfilled it is this day |
| 6:16 |
Now therefore O JehovahLord the God of Israel keep with thy servant David my father thatwhat which thou hast promised him saying There shall notnever fail theeyou a man inbefore myme sight to sit onupon the throne of Israel if only thyyour childrensons take heed to their way to walk in my law as thouyou hasthave walked before me |
| 6:17 |
Now therefore O JehovahLord the God of Israel let thy word be verifiedconfirmed which thou spakesthast untospoken to thy servant David |
| 6:18 |
But will God indwell veryindeed deed dwell with menman on the earth beholdBehold heaven and the highest heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house which I have buildedbuilt |
| 6:19 |
Yet have thouregard respectto unto the prayer of thy servant and to his supplication O JehovahLord my God hearkening to hearken unto the cry and to the prayer which thy servant prayethprays before thee; |
| 6:20 |
that thinethy eyes may be open toward this house day and night even toward this house the place whereofwhere thou hast saidpromised thatto thouset wouldest put thy name there;that tothou mayest hearken untoto the prayer which thy servant shalloffers pray toward this place |
| 6:21 |
And hearken thou to the supplications of thy servant and of thy people Israel when they shall pray toward this place:; yea hear thou from heaven thy dwelling place even from heaven; and when thou hearest forgive |
| 6:22 |
If a man sinsins against his neighbor and anis oathmade beto laidtake uponan himoath toand causecomes him to swear and heswears comehis andoath swear before thinethy altar in this house; |
| 6:23 |
then hear thou from heaven and doact and judge thy servants requiting the wickedguilty toby bringbringing his wayconduct upon his own head; and justifyingvindicating the righteous toby giverewarding him according to his righteousness |
| 6:24 |
AndIf if thy people Israel beare smittendefeated down before the enemy because they have sinned against thee andwhen shallthey turn again and confessacknowledge thy name and pray and make supplication beforeto thee in this house; |
| 6:25 |
then hear thou from heaven and forgive the sin of thy people Israel and bring them again untoto the land which thou gavest to them and to their fathers |
| 6:26 |
When theheaven heavensis are shut up and there is no rain because they have sinned against thee; if they pray toward this place and confessacknowledge thy name and turn from their sin when thou dost afflict them: |
| 6:27 |
then hear thou in heaven and forgive the sin of thy servants and of thy people Israel when thou teachestdost teach them the good way whereinin which they should walk; and sendgrant rain upon thy land which thou hast given to thy people foras an inheritance |
| 6:28 |
If there beis famine in the land famine if there beis pestilence ifor thereblight beor blastingmildew or mildew locust or caterpillar; if their enemies besiege them in theany land of their cities; whatsoeverwhatever plague orwhatever whatsoever sickness there beis; |
| 6:29 |
whatwhatever prayer andwhatever supplication soeveris be made by any man or by all thy people Israel whoeach shallknowing know every man his own plagueaffliction and his own sorrow and shallstretching spreadout forth his hands toward this house:; |
| 6:30 |
then hear thou from heaven thy dwelling place and forgive and render untoto everyeach manwhose heart thou knowest according to all his ways whose heart thou knowest for thou even thou only knowest the hearts of the children of men; |
| 6:31 |
that they may fear thee toand walk in thy ways soall longthe asdays that they live in the land which thou gavest untoto our fathers |
| 6:32 |
MoreoverLikewise concerningwhen thea foreigner thatwho is not of thy people Israel whencomes he shall come from a far country for the sake of thy great namesname sake and thy mighty hand and thinethy outstretched arm; when theyhe shallcomes come and prayprays toward this house: |
| 6:33 |
then hear thou from heaven even from thy dwelling place and do according to all thatfor which the foreigner callethcalls to thee for; in order that all the peoples of the earth may know thy name and fear thee as dothdo thy people Israel and that they may know that this house which I have built is called by thy name |
| 6:34 |
If thy people go out to battle against their enemies by whatsoeverwhatever way thou shalt send them and they pray untoto thee toward this city which thou hast chosen and the house which I have built for thy name; |
| 6:36 |
If they sin against thee —for there is no man thatwho sinnethdoes not sin—and thou beart angry with them and deliverdost give them to thean enemy so that they carryare themcarried away captive untoto a land far off or near; |
| 6:37 |
yet if they shalllay bethinkit themselvesto heart in the land whitherto which they arehave been carried captive and turnrepent again and make supplication untoto thee in the land of their captivity saying We have sinned weand have doneacted perversely and have dealt wickedly; |
| 6:38 |
if they returnrepent unto thee with all their heartmind and with all their soulheart in the land of their captivity whitherto which they havewere carried them captive and pray toward their land which thou gavest untoto their fathers and the city which thou hast chosen and toward the house which I have built for thy name: |
| 6:39 |
then hear thou from heaven even from thy dwelling place their prayer and their supplications and maintain their cause and forgive thy people who have sinned against thee |
| 6:40 |
Now O my God let Ithy beseech thee thine eyes be open and letthy thine ears beattentive attentto untoa the prayer thatof is made in this place |
| 6:41 |
NowAnd thereforenow arise O JehovahLord God intoand go to thy resting place thou and the ark of thy strength:might letLet thy priests O JehovahLord God be clothed with salvation and let thy saints rejoice in thy goodness |
| 6:42 |
O JehovahLord God turndo not turn away the face of thinethy anointed: rememberone Remember thy lovingkindnessessteadfast tolove for David thy servant |
| 7:1 |
NowWhen when Solomon had madeended anhis endprayer of praying the fire came down from heaven and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices; and the glory of Jehovahthe Lord filled the housetemple |
| 7:2 |
And the priests could not enter into the house of Jehovahthe Lord because the glory of Jehovahthe Lord filled Jehovahsthe Lords house |
| 7:3 |
AndWhen all the children of Israel lookedsaw on when the fire camecome down and the glory of Jehovahthe wasLord upon the house;temple and they bowed themselvesdown with their faces to the groundearth uponon the pavement and worshippedworshiped and gave thanks untoto Jehovahthe Lord saying For he is good; for his lovingkindnesssteadfast endurethlove endures for ever |
| 7:4 |
Then the king and all the people offered sacrifice before Jehovahthe Lord |
| 7:5 |
AndKing king Solomon offered as a sacrifice of twenty and two thousand oxen and a hundred and twenty thousand sheep So the king and all the people dedicated the house of God |
| 7:6 |
AndThe the priests stood accordingat to their officesposts; the Levites also with the instruments offor music ofto Jehovahthe Lord which King David the king had made tofor givegiving thanks untoto Jehovahthe Lord—for his lovingkindnesssteadfast endurethlove endures for ever—whenever when David praisedoffered praises by their ministry:; andopposite them the priests sounded trumpets before them; and all Israel stood |
| 7:7 |
MoreoverAnd Solomon hallowedconsecrated the middle of the court that was before the house of Jehovahthe Lord; for there he offered the burnt offeringsoffering and the fat of the peace offerings because the brazenbronze altar which Solomon had made wascould not ablehold to receive the burnt offering and the mealcereal offering and the fat |
| 7:8 |
SoAt that time Solomon held the feast atfor that time seven days and all Israel with him a very great assemblycongregation from the entrance of Hamath untoto the brookBrook of Egypt |
| 7:9 |
And on the eighth day they held a solemn assembly:; for they had kept the dedication of the altar seven days and the feast seven days |
| 7:10 |
AndOn on the threetwenty andthird twentieth day of the seventh month he sent the people away untoto their tentshomes joyful and glad of heart for the goodness that Jehovahthe Lord had showedshown untoto David and to Solomon and to Israel his people |
| 7:11 |
Thus Solomon finished the house of Jehovahthe Lord and the kings house:; and all that cameSolomon intohad Solomonsplanned heart to makedo in the house of Jehovahthe Lord and in his own house he prosperouslysuccessfully effectedaccomplished |
| 7:12 |
AndThen Jehovahthe Lord appeared to Solomon byin the night and said untoto him: I have heard thyyour prayer and have chosen this place tofor myself foras a house of sacrifice |
| 7:13 |
IfWhen I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain or if I command the locust to devour the land or if I send pestilence among my people; |
| 7:14 |
if my people who are called by my name shall humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways; then I will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land |
| 7:15 |
Now minemy eyes shallwill be open and minemy ears attentattentive untoto the prayer that is made in this place |
| 7:16 |
For now I have I chosen and hallowedconsecrated this house that my name may be there for ever; andmy mine eyes and my heart shallwill be there perpetuallyfor all time |
| 7:17 |
And as for theeyou if thouyou wilt walk before me as David thyyour father walked anddoing do according to all that I have commanded theeyou and wiltkeeping keep my statutes and minemy ordinances; |
| 7:18 |
then I will establish theyour royal throne of thy kingdom according as I covenanted with David thyyour father saying There shall not fail theeyou a man to berule ruler in Israel |
| 7:19 |
But if yeyou turn awayaside and forsake my statutes and my commandments which I have set before you and shall go and serve other gods and worship them; |
| 7:20 |
then I will I pluck themyou up byfrom the roots out of my land which I have given themyou; and this house which I have hallowedconsecrated for my name I will I cast out of my sight and I will make it a proverb and a byword among all peoples |
| 7:21 |
And at this house which is soexalted high every one thatpassing passeth by itwill shall be astonished and shall say Why hathhas Jehovahthe Lord done thus untoto this land and to this house |
| 7:22 |
AndThen they shallwill answersay Because they forsook Jehovahthe Lord the God of their fathers who brought them forth out of the land of Egypt and laid hold on other gods and worshippedworshiped them and served them:; therefore hath he has brought all this evil upon them |
| 8:1 |
AndAt it came to pass at the end of twenty years whereinin which Solomon had built the house of Jehovahthe Lord and his own house |
| 8:2 |
thatSolomon rebuilt the cities which Huram had given to Solomonhim Solomon built them and causedsettled the childrenpeople of Israel toin dwell therethem |
| 8:3 |
And Solomon went to HamathHa′math zobahzo′bah and prevailedtook against it |
| 8:4 |
AndHe he built Tadmor in the wilderness and all the store cities which he built in Hamath |
| 8:5 |
AlsoHe healso built Upper Beth horonhor′on theand upperLower and Beth horonhor′on the nether fortified cities with walls gates and bars; |
| 8:6 |
and BaalathBa′alath and all the store cities that Solomon had and all the cities for his chariots and the cities for his horsemen and allwhatever that Solomon desired to build for his pleasure in Jerusalem and in Lebanon and in all the land of his dominion |
| 8:7 |
AsAll for all the people thatwho were left of the Hittites and the Amorites and the PerizzitesPer′izzites and the Hivites and the JebusitesJeb′usites thatwho were not of Israel; |
| 8:8 |
offrom their childrendescendants thatwho were left after them in the land whom the childrenpeople of Israel consumedhad not ofdestroyed—these them did Solomon raisemade a forced levy ofand bondservantsso untothey are to this day |
| 8:9 |
But of the childrenpeople of Israel did Solomon makemade no servantsslaves for his work; but they were mensoldiers of war and chief of his captainsofficers andthe rulerscommanders of his chariots and of his horsemen |
| 8:10 |
And these were the chief officers of kingKing Solomon even two hundred and fifty thatwho bareexercised ruleauthority over the people |
| 8:11 |
And Solomon brought upPharaohs the daughter ofup Pharaohfrom out of the city of David untoto the house thatwhich he had built for her; for he said My wife shall not dwelllive in the house of David king of Israel becausefor the places areto holywhich whereunto the ark of Jehovahthe hathLord has come are holy |
| 8:12 |
Then Solomon offered up burnt offerings untoto Jehovahthe onLord upon the altar of Jehovahthe Lord which he had built before the porchvestibule |
| 8:13 |
even as the duty of everyeach day required offering according to the commandment of Moses onfor the sabbaths and on the new moons and on the set feasts three timesannual in feasts—the year even in the feast of unleavened bread and in the feast of weeks and in the feast of tabernacles |
| 8:14 |
AndAccording he appointed according to the ordinance of David his father he appointed the coursesdivisions of the priests tofor their service and the Levites tofor their offices toof praise and toministry minister before the priests as the duty of everyeach day required; and the doorkeepersgatekeepers alsoin by their coursesdivisions atfor everythe gate:several gates; for so had David the man of God had commanded |
| 8:15 |
And they departeddid not fromturn theaside commandmentfrom ofwhat the king untohad commanded the priests and Levites concerning any matter orand concerning the treasurestreasuries |
| 8:16 |
NowThus was accomplished all the work of Solomon wasfrom prepared unto the day of the foundation of the house of Jehovahthe andLord was laid until it was finished So the house of Jehovahthe Lord was completed |
| 8:17 |
Then Solomon went Solomon to EzionE′zion geberge′ber and to Eloth on the shore of the sea shore in the land of Edom |
| 8:18 |
And Huram sent him by the hands of his servants ships and servants thatfamiliar hadwith knowledge of the sea; and they camewent to Ophir together with the servants of Solomon to Ophir and fetched from thencethere four hundred and fifty talents of gold and brought themit to kingKing Solomon |
| 9:1 |
AndNow when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon she came to proveJerusalem Solomonto test him with hard questions athaving Jerusalem with a very great trainretinue and camels thatbearing bare spices and goldvery inmuch abundancegold and precious stones: andWhen when she wascame come to Solomon she communedtold with him of all that was inon her heartmind |
| 9:2 |
And Solomon toldanswered her all her questions; and there was notnothing anythinghidden hid from Solomon which he toldcould not explain to her not |
| 9:3 |
And when the queen of Sheba had seen the wisdom of Solomon and the house that he had built |
| 9:4 |
and the food of his table and the sittingseating of his servantsofficials and the attendance of his ministersservants and their apparelclothing his cupbearers also and their apparelclothing and his ascentburnt byofferings which he wentoffered upat unto the house of Jehovah;the Lord there was no more spirit in her |
| 9:5 |
And she said to the king ItThe report was a true reportwhich that I heard in minemy own land of thineyour actsaffairs and of thyyour wisdom |
| 9:6 |
Howbeitbut I believeddid not theirbelieve wordsthe reports until I came and minemy own eyes had seen it; and behold the half of the greatness of thyyour wisdom was not told me:; thouyou exceedestsurpass the famereport thatwhich I heard |
| 9:7 |
Happy are thyyour menwives andHappy happy are these thyyour servants thatwho continually stand continually before theeyou and hear thyyour wisdom |
| 9:8 |
Blessed be Jehovahthe thyLord your God who has delighted in theeyou toand set theeyou on his throne toas be king for Jehovahthe thyLord your God: becauseBecause thyyour God loved Israel toand would establish them for ever thereforehe has made heyou thee king over them tothat doyou may execute justice and righteousness |
| 9:9 |
AndThen she gave the king a hundred and twenty talents of gold and spicesa invery great abundancequantity of spices and precious stones: neitherthere waswere thereno anyspices such spice as those which the queen of Sheba gave to kingKing Solomon |
| 9:10 |
AndMoreover the servants also of Huram and the servants of Solomon thatwho brought gold from Ophir brought algum treeswood and precious stones |
| 9:11 |
And the king made of the algum treeswood terracessteps for the house of Jehovahthe Lord and for the kings house andlyres harpsalso and psalteriesharps for the singers:; and there werenever nonewas such seen the like of them before in the land of Judah |
| 9:12 |
And kingKing Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all herthat desireshe whatsoeverdesired whatever she asked besides thatwhat which she had brought untoto the king So she turned and went back to her own land shewith and her servants |
| 9:13 |
Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred and threescoresixty and six talents of gold |
| 9:14 |
besides that which the traders and merchants brought:; and all the kings of Arabia and the governors of the countryland brought gold and silver to Solomon |
| 9:15 |
AndKing king Solomon made two hundred bucklerslarge shields of beaten gold; six hundred shekels of beaten gold went tointo oneeach bucklershield |
| 9:16 |
And he made three hundred shields of beaten gold; three hundred shekels of gold went tointo oneeach shield:; and the king put them in the houseHouse of the forestForest of Lebanon |
| 9:17 |
MoreoverThe the king also made a great ivory throne of ivory and overlaid it with pure gold |
| 9:18 |
AndThe therethrone werehad six steps toand the throne with a footstool of gold which were fastenedattached to the throne and stays on eithereach side byof the placeseat ofwere thearm seatrests and two lions standing beside the staysarm rests |
| 9:19 |
Andwhile twelve lions stood there one on theeach oneend sideof anda step on the othersix uponsteps theThe sixlike steps:of thereit was notnever the like made in any kingdom |
| 9:20 |
AndAll allKing king Solomons drinking vessels were of gold and all the vessels of the houseHouse of the forestForest of Lebanon were of pure gold:; silver was nothingnot accountedconsidered ofas anything in the days of Solomon |
| 9:21 |
For the kingkings had ships that went to Tarshish with the servants of Huram; once every three years came the ships of Tarshish used to come bringing gold and silver ivory and apes and peacocks |
| 9:22 |
SoThus kingKing Solomon exceededexcelled all the kings of the earth in riches and in wisdom |
| 9:23 |
And all the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon to hear his wisdom which God had put ininto his heartmind |
| 9:24 |
AndEvery theyone broughtof everythem manbrought his tributepresent vesselsarticles of silver and vessels of gold andgarments raimentmyrrh armor and spices horses and mules aso ratemuch year by year |
| 9:25 |
And Solomon had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots and twelve thousand horsemen thatwhom he bestowedstationed in the chariot cities and with the king atin Jerusalem |
| 9:26 |
And he ruled over all the kings from the RiverEuphra′tes evento unto the land of the Philistines and to the border of Egypt |
| 9:27 |
And the king made silver toas becommon in Jerusalem as stonesstone and cedarscedar madeas heplentiful to be as the sycomoresycamore treesof that are in the lowlandShephe′lah for abundance |
| 9:28 |
And theyhorses broughtwere horsesimported for Solomon outfrom of Egypt and outfrom of all lands |
| 9:29 |
Now the rest of the acts of Solomon from first andto last are they not written in the history of Nathan the prophet and in the prophecy of AhijahAhi′jah the ShiloniteShi′lonite and in the visions of Iddo the seer concerning JeroboamJerobo′am the son of Nebat |
| 9:30 |
And Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years |
| 9:31 |
And Solomon slept with his fathers and he was buried in the city of David his father:; and RehoboamRehobo′am his son reigned in his stead |
| 10:1 |
AndRehobo′am Rehoboam went to Shechem; for all Israel werehad come to Shechem to make him king |
| 10:2 |
And it came to pass when JeroboamJerobo′am the son of Nebat heard of it for he was in Egypt whither he had fled from theKing presence of king Solomon thatthen JeroboamJerobo′am returned outfrom of Egypt |
| 10:3 |
And they sent and called him; and JeroboamJerobo′am and all Israel came and theysaid spake to RehoboamRehobo′am saying |
| 10:4 |
ThyYour father made our yoke grievous:heavy nowNow therefore makelighten thou the grievoushard service of thyyour father and his heavy yoke which he put upon us lighter and we will serve theeyou |
| 10:5 |
AndHe he said untoto them Come againto unto me afteragain in three days AndSo the people departedwent away |
| 10:6 |
AndThen kingKing RehoboamRehobo′am took counsel with the old men thatwho had stood before Solomon his father while he was yet livedalive saying WhatHow counseldo giveyou yeadvise me to return answer to this people |
| 10:7 |
And they spakesaid untoto him saying If thouyou will be kind to this people and please them and speak good words to them then they will be thyyour servants for ever |
| 10:8 |
But he forsook the counsel ofwhich the old men whichgave they had given him and took counsel with the young men thatwho werehad grown up with him thatand stood before him |
| 10:9 |
And he said untoto them What counseldo giveyou yeadvise that we may return answer to this people who have spokensaid to me sayingLighten Make the yoke that thyyour father did put upon us lighter |
| 10:10 |
And the young men thatwho werehad grown up with him spakesaid untoto him saying Thus shaltshall thouyou sayspeak untoto the people thatwho spakesaid untoto theeyou sayingYour Thy father made our yoke heavy but makedo thouyou lighten it lighterfor unto us; thus shaltshall thouyou say untoto them My little finger is thicker than my fathers loins |
| 10:11 |
And now whereas my father didlaid ladeupon you with a heavy yoke I will add to your yoke: myMy father chastised you with whips but I will chastise you with scorpions |
| 10:12 |
So JeroboamJerobo′am and all the people came to RehoboamRehobo′am the third day as the king badesaid saying Come to me again the third day |
| 10:13 |
And the king answered them roughly;harshly and kingforsaking Rehoboam forsook the counsel of the old men |
| 10:14 |
andKing spakeRehobo′am spoke to them afteraccording to the counsel of the young men saying My father made your yoke heavy but I will add thereto:to it; my father chastised you with whips but I will chastise you with scorpions |
| 10:15 |
So the king hearkeneddid not untohearken to the people; for it was a turn of affairs brought about ofby God that Jehovahthe Lord might establishfulfil his word which he spakespoke by AhijahAhi′jah the ShiloniteShi′lonite to JeroboamJerobo′am the son of Nebat |
| 10:16 |
And when all Israel saw that the king hearkeneddid not untohearken to them the people answered the king saying What portion have we in David neitherWe have weno inheritance in the son of Jesse: everyEach manof you to your tents O Israel: Look now see to thineyour own house David So all Israel departed untoto their tents |
| 10:17 |
But asRehobo′am forreigned over the childrenpeople of Israel thatwho dwelt in the cities of Judah Rehoboam reigned over them |
| 10:18 |
Then kingKing RehoboamRehobo′am sent HadoramHador′am who was taskmaster over the menforced subjectlabor to taskwork; and the childrenpeople of Israel stoned him to death with stones And kingKing RehoboamRehobo′am made speedhaste to getmount him up to his chariot to flee to Jerusalem |
| 10:19 |
So Israel rebelledhas been in rebellion against the house of David untoto this day |
| 11:1 |
AndWhen whenRehobo′am Rehoboamcame was come to Jerusalem he assembled the house of Judah and Benjamin a hundred and fourscoreeighty thousand chosen men that were warriors to fight against Israel to bringrestore the kingdom again to RehoboamRehobo′am |
| 11:2 |
But the word of Jehovahthe Lord came to ShemaiahShemai′ah the man of God: saying |
| 11:3 |
SpeakSay untoto RehoboamRehobo′am the son of Solomon king of Judah and to all Israel in Judah and Benjamin saying |
| 11:4 |
Thus saithsays Jehovahthe YeLord You shall not go up noror fight against your brethren: returnReturn every man to his house;home for this thing is offrom me So they hearkened untoto the wordsword of Jehovahthe Lord and returned fromand goingdid not go against JeroboamJerobo′am |
| 11:5 |
AndRehobo′am Rehoboam dwelt in Jerusalem and he built cities for defencedefense in Judah |
| 11:6 |
He built BethBethlehem lehem and Etam andTeko′a Tekoa |
| 11:7 |
And Beth zur and Soco and Adullam |
| 11:8 |
and Gath andMare′shah Mareshah and Ziph |
| 11:9 |
andAdora′im Adoraim and Lachish andAze′kah Azekah |
| 11:10 |
and Zorah andAi′jalon Aijalon and Hebron fortified cities which are in Judah and in Benjamin fortified cities |
| 11:11 |
AndHe hemade fortified the strongholdsfortresses strong and put captainscommanders in them and stores of victualsfood and oil and wine |
| 11:12 |
And in every city he put shields and spears in all the cities and made them exceedingvery strong AndSo he held Judah and Benjamin belonged to him |
| 11:13 |
And the priests and the Levites that were in all Israel resorted to him outfrom of all theirplaces borderwhere they lived |
| 11:14 |
For the Levites left their suburbscommon lands and their possessionholdings and came to Judah and Jerusalem: forbecause JeroboamJerobo′am and his sons cast them offout thatfrom theyserving shouldas notpriests executeof the priestsLord office unto Jehovah; |
| 11:15 |
and he appointed himhis own priests for the high places and for the hesatyrs goats and for the calves which he had made |
| 11:16 |
And afterthose themwho outhad ofset alltheir hearts to seek the tribesLord God of Israel suchcame asafter setthem theirfrom heartsall to seek Jehovah the Godtribes of Israel came to Jerusalem to sacrifice untoto Jehovahthe Lord the God of their fathers |
| 11:17 |
SoThey they strengthened the kingdom of Judah and for three years they made RehoboamRehobo′am the son of Solomon strongsecure three years; for they walked for three years in the way of David and Solomon |
| 11:18 |
AndRehobo′am Rehoboam took himas a wife MahalathMa′halath the daughter of JerimothJer′imoth the son of David and of AbihailAb′ihail the daughter of EliabEli′ab the son of Jesse; |
| 11:19 |
and she barebore him sons: JeushJe′ush andShemari′ah Shemariah and Zaham |
| 11:20 |
AndAfter after her he took MaacahMa′acah the daughter of Absalom;Ab′salom andwho shebore bare him AbijahAbi′jah and Attai and Ziza and ShelomithShelo′mith |
| 11:21 |
AndRehobo′am Rehoboam loved MaacahMa′acah the daughter of AbsalomAb′salom above all his wives and his concubines for he took eighteen wives and threescoresixty concubines and begathad twenty and eight sons and threescoresixty daughters; |
| 11:22 |
Andand RehoboamRehobo′am appointed AbijahAbi′jah the son of MaacahMa′acah toas be chief even the prince among his brethren;brothers for he wasintended minded to make him king |
| 11:23 |
And he dealt wisely and disperseddistributed some of all his sons throughoutthrough all the landsdistricts of Judah and Benjamin untoin everyall the fortified city:cities; and he gave them victualsabundant inprovisions abundanceand Andprocured hewives sought for them many wives |
| 12:1 |
AndWhen it came to pass when the kingdomrule of RehoboamRehobo′am was established and he was strong that he forsook the law of Jehovahthe Lord and all Israel with him |
| 12:2 |
AndIn itthe camefifth toyear passof inKing theRehobo′am fifthbecause yearthey ofhad kingbeen Rehoboamunfaithful thatto the Lord Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem because they had trespassed against Jehovah |
| 12:3 |
with twelve hundred chariots and threescoresixty thousand horsemen And the people were without number thatwho came with him outfrom of Egypt:—Libyans theSuk′ki Lubimim the Sukkiim and the Ethiopians |
| 12:4 |
And he took the fortified cities whichof pertained to Judah and came untoas far as Jerusalem |
| 12:5 |
NowThen ShemaiahShemai′ah the prophet came to RehoboamRehobo′am and to the princes of Judah thatwho werehad gathered togetherat to Jerusalem because of Shishak and said untoto them Thus saithsays Jehovahthe YeLord haveYou forsakenabandoned me thereforeso have I alsohave leftabandoned you into the hand of Shishak |
| 12:6 |
Then the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves; and they said JehovahThe Lord is righteous |
| 12:7 |
AndWhen whenthe JehovahLord saw that they humbled themselves the word of Jehovahthe Lord came to ShemaiahShemai′ah: saying They have humbled themselves:; I will not destroy them; but I will grant them some deliverance and my wrath shall not be poured out upon Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak |
| 12:8 |
Nevertheless they shall be his servants to him that they may know my service and the service of the kingdoms of the countries |
| 12:9 |
So Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem; andhe took away the treasures of the house of Jehovahthe Lord and the treasures of the kings house:; he took all away: heeverything He also took away also the shields of gold which Solomon had made; |
| 12:10 |
Andand kingKing RehoboamRehobo′am made in their stead shields of brassbronze and committed them to the hands of the captainsofficers of the guard thatwho kept the door of the kings house |
| 12:11 |
And it was so that as oftoften as the king enteredwent into the house of Jehovahthe Lord the guard came and barebore them and brought them back intoto the guardguardroom chamber |
| 12:12 |
And when he humbled himself the wrath of Jehovahthe Lord turned from him so as not to destroymake hima altogether:complete anddestruction; moreover inconditions Judah there were good thingsin foundJudah |
| 12:13 |
So kingKing RehoboamRehobo′am strengthenedestablished himself in Jerusalem and reigned: forRehobo′am Rehoboam was forty and one years old when he began to reign and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem the city which Jehovahthe Lord had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel to put his name there: andHis his mothers name was NaamahNa′amah the Ammonitess |
| 12:14 |
And he did that which was evil becausefor he setdid not set his heart to seek Jehovahthe Lord |
| 12:15 |
Now the acts of RehoboamRehobo′am from first andto last are they not written in the historieschronicles of ShemaiahShemai′ah the prophet and of Iddo the seer afterThere thewere mannercontinual of genealogies And there were wars between RehoboamRehobo′am and JeroboamJerobo′am continually |
| 12:16 |
And RehoboamRehobo′am slept with his fathers and was buried in the city of David:; and AbijahAbi′jah his son reigned in his stead |
| 13:1 |
In the eighteenth year of kingKing JeroboamJerobo′am Abi′jah began Abijah to reign over Judah |
| 13:2 |
ThreeHe years reigned hefor three years in Jerusalem: andHis his mothers name was MicaiahMicai′ah the daughter of UrielU′riel of GibeahGib′eah AndNow there was war between AbijahAbi′jah and JeroboamJerobo′am |
| 13:3 |
AndAbi′jah Abijahwent joinedout to battle withhaving an army of valiant men of war even four hundred thousand chosenpicked men:; and JeroboamJerobo′am setdrew theup battlehis inline arrayof battle against him with eight hundred thousand chosenpicked men who were mighty menwarriors of valor |
| 13:4 |
AndThen AbijahAbi′jah stood up uponon mountMount ZemaraimZemara′im which is in the hill country of EphraimE′phraim and said Hear me O JeroboamJerobo′am and all Israel: |
| 13:5 |
Ought yeyou not to know that Jehovah the Lord God of Israel gave the kingdomkingship over Israel to David for ever even to himDavid and to his sons by a covenant of salt |
| 13:6 |
Yet JeroboamJerobo′am the son of Nebat thea servant of Solomon the son of David rose up and rebelled against his lord; |
| 13:7 |
Andand therecertain wereworthless scoundrels gathered untoabout him worthlessand mendefied baseRehobo′am fellows that strengthened themselves against Rehoboam the son of Solomon when RehoboamRehobo′am was young and tenderirresolute hearted and could not withstand them |
| 13:8 |
And now yeyou think to withstand the kingdom of Jehovahthe Lord in the hand of the sons of David; andbecause yeyou are a great multitude and therehave are with you the golden calves which JeroboamJerobo′am made you for gods |
| 13:9 |
Have yeyou not driven out the priests of Jehovahthe Lord the sons of Aaron and the Levites and made you priests afterfor theyourselves mannerlike of the peoples of other lands soWhoever thatcomes whosoever cometh to consecrate himself with a young bullockbull andor seven rams thebecomes same may be a priest of themwhat that are no gods |
| 13:10 |
But as for us Jehovahthe Lord is our God and we have not forsaken him; andWe we have priests ministering untoto Jehovah the Lord who are sons of Aaron and the Levites infor their work:service |
| 13:11 |
andThey theyoffer burnto untothe JehovahLord every morning and every evening burnt offerings and sweet incense: theof showbreadsweet alsospices set theyout inthe ordershowbread uponon the table of pure table;gold and care for the candlestickgolden oflampstand goldthat withits the lamps thereofmay to burn every evening:; for we keep the charge of Jehovahthe Lord our God; but yeyou have forsaken him |
| 13:12 |
AndBehold behold God is with us at our head and his priests with thetheir battle trumpets of alarm to sound anthe alarmcall to battle against you O childrensons of Israel fightdo ye not fight against Jehovahthe Lord the God of your fathers; for yeyou shallcannot not prospersucceed |
| 13:13 |
ButJerobo′am Jeroboamhad causedsent an ambushmentambush around to come abouton them from behind; them:thus sohis theytroops were beforein front of Judah and the ambushmentambush was behind them |
| 13:14 |
And when Judah looked back behold the battle was before and behind them; and they cried untoto Jehovahthe Lord and the priests soundedblew with the trumpets |
| 13:15 |
Then the men of Judah gaveraised athe battle shout: andAnd aswhen the men of Judah shouted it came to pass that God smotedefeated JeroboamJerobo′am and all Israel before AbijahAbi′jah and Judah |
| 13:16 |
AndThe themen children of Israel fled before Judah; and God deliveredgave them into their hand |
| 13:17 |
AndAbi′jah Abijah and his people slew them with a great slaughter:; so there fell down slain of Israel five hundred thousand chosenpicked men |
| 13:18 |
Thus the childrenmen of Israel were broughtsubdued under at that time and the childrenmen of Judah prevailed because they relied upon Jehovahthe Lord the God of their fathers |
| 13:19 |
And AbijahAbi′jah pursued afterJerobo′am Jeroboam and took cities from him BethBethel el with theits townsvillages thereof and JeshanahJesha′nah with theits townsvillages thereof and Ephron with theits townsvillages thereof |
| 13:20 |
NeitherJerobo′am did Jeroboamnot recover strengthhis againpower in the days of Abijah:Abi′jah; and Jehovahthe Lord smote him and he died |
| 13:21 |
But AbijahAbi′jah waxedgrew mighty andAnd he took unto himself fourteen wives and begathad twenty and two sons and sixteen daughters |
| 13:22 |
AndThe the rest of the acts of AbijahAbi′jah and his ways and his sayings are written in the commentarystory of the prophet Iddo |
| 14:1 |
So AbijahAbi′jah slept with his fathers and they buried him in the city of David; and Asa his son reigned in his stead In his days the land washad quietrest for ten years |
| 14:2 |
And Asa did thatwhat which was good and right in the eyes of Jehovahthe Lord his God: |
| 14:3 |
forHe he took away the foreign altars and the high places and brakebroke down the pillars and hewed down the AsherimAshe′rim |
| 14:4 |
and commanded Judah to seek Jehovahthe Lord the God of their fathers and to dokeep the law and the commandment |
| 14:5 |
AlsoHe healso took away out of all the cities of Judah the high places and the sunincense images:altars andAnd the kingdom washad quietrest beforeunder him |
| 14:6 |
AndHe he built fortified cities in Judah; for the land washad quietrest andHe he had no war in those years becausefor Jehovahthe hadLord givengave him restpeace |
| 14:7 |
ForAnd he said untoto Judah Let us build these cities and makesurround about them with walls and towers gates and bars; the land is yetstill beforeours us because we have sought Jehovahthe Lord our God; we have sought him and he hathhas given us restpeace on every side So they built and prospered |
| 14:8 |
And Asa had an army thatof barethree hundred thousand from Judah armed with bucklers and spears outand oftwo Judahhundred threeand hundredeighty thousand; andmen outfrom of Benjamin that barecarried shields and drew bows; two hundred and fourscore thousand: all these were mighty men of valor |
| 14:9 |
AndZerah therethe Ethiopian came out against them Zerah the Ethiopian with an army of a thousandmillion thousandmen and three hundred chariots; and he came untoas Mareshahfar as Mare′shah |
| 14:10 |
ThenAnd Asa went out to meet him and they setdrew theup battletheir inlines arrayof battle in the valley of ZephathahZeph′athah at MareshahMare′shah |
| 14:11 |
And Asa cried untoto Jehovahthe Lord his God andO saidLord Jehovah there is none besideslike thee to help between the mighty and himthe thatweak hathHelp no strength: help us O JehovahLord our God; for we rely on thee and in thy name are we have come against this multitude O JehovahLord thou art our God; let not man prevail against thee |
| 14:12 |
So Jehovahthe smoteLord defeated the Ethiopians before Asa and before Judah; and the Ethiopians fled |
| 14:13 |
And Asa and the people that were with him pursued them untoas far as Gerar: and there fell of the Ethiopians sofell manyuntil thatnone theyremained could not recover themselvesalive; for they were destroyedbroken before Jehovahthe Lord and before his host;army andThe theymen of Judah carried away very much booty |
| 14:14 |
And they smote all the cities round about Gerar; for the fear of Jehovahthe cameLord was upon them: andThey theyplundered despoiled all the cities; for there was much spoilplunder in them |
| 14:15 |
TheyAnd they smote also the tents of those who had cattle and carried away sheep in abundance and camels andThen they returned to Jerusalem |
| 15:1 |
AndThe the Spirit of God came upon AzariahAzari′ah the son of Oded: |
| 15:2 |
and he went out to meet Asa and said untoto him Hear ye me Asa and all Judah and Benjamin: JehovahThe Lord is with you while yeyou are with him; andIf ifyou ye seek him he will be found ofby you; but if yeyou forsake him he will forsake you |
| 15:3 |
NowFor for a long seasontime Israel was without the true God and without a teaching priest and without law:; |
| 15:4 |
but when in their distress they turned untoto Jehovahthe Lord the God of Israel and sought him he was found ofby them |
| 15:5 |
AndIn in those times there was no peace to him thatwho went out noror to him thatwho came in; butfor great vexationsdisturbances wereafflicted upon all the inhabitants of the lands |
| 15:6 |
AndThey they were broken in pieces nation against nation and city against city; for God didtroubled vex them with allevery adversitysort of distress |
| 15:7 |
But beyou yetake strongcourage andDo not let notyou your hands be slack;weak for your work shall be rewarded |
| 15:8 |
AndWhen when Asa heard these words and the prophecy of OdedAzari′ah the prophetson of Oded he took courage and put away the abominationsabominable outidols offrom all the land of Judah and Benjamin and outfrom of the cities which he had taken fromin the hill country of Ephraim;E′phraim and he renewedrepaired the altar of Jehovahthe Lord that was beforein front of the porchvestibule of Jehovahthe house of the Lord |
| 15:9 |
And he gathered all Judah and Benjamin and themthose thatfrom sojournedE′phraim withManas′seh themand outSimeon ofwho Ephraimwere andsojourning Manassehwith andthem outfor ofgreat Simeon:numbers forhad theydeserted fell to him outfrom of Israel in abundance when they saw that Jehovahthe Lord his God was with him |
| 15:10 |
SoThey theywere gathered themselves together at Jerusalem in the third month inof the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa |
| 15:11 |
AndThey they sacrificed untoto Jehovahthe inLord on that day offrom the spoil which they had brought seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep |
| 15:12 |
And they entered into thea covenant to seek Jehovahthe Lord the God of their fathers with all their heart and with all their soul; |
| 15:13 |
and that whosoeverwhoever would not seek Jehovahthe Lord the God of Israel should be put to death whether smallyoung or greatold whether man or woman |
| 15:14 |
AndThey theytook swareoath untoto Jehovahthe Lord with a loud voice and with shouting and with trumpets and with cornetshorns |
| 15:15 |
And all Judah rejoiced atover the oath; for they had sworn with all their heart and had sought him with their whole desire; and he was found ofby them: and Jehovahthe Lord gave them rest round about |
| 15:16 |
AndEven alsoMa′acah Maacahhis the mother ofKing Asa the king he removed from being queen mother because she had made an abominable image for anAshe′rah Asherah; and Asa cut down her image andcrushed made dust of it and burntburned it at the brook Kidron |
| 15:17 |
But the high places were not taken away out of Israel: neverthelessNevertheless the heart of Asa was perfectblameless all his days |
| 15:18 |
And he brought into the house of God the thingsvotive thatgifts of his father had dedicated and thathis heown himselfvotive hadgifts dedicated silver and gold and vessels |
| 15:19 |
And there was no more war untountil the fivethirty andfifth thirtieth year of the reign of Asa |
| 16:1 |
In the sixthirty andsixth thirtieth year of the reign of Asa BaashaBa′asha king of Israel went up against Judah and built Ramah that he might notpermit sufferno any one to go out or come in to Asa king of Judah |
| 16:2 |
Then Asa broughttook out silver and gold outfrom of the treasures of the house of Jehovahthe Lord and of the kings house and sent them to Ben hadadha′dad king of Syria thatwho dwelt atin Damascus saying |
| 16:3 |
ThereLet isthere be a league between me and theeyou as there was between my father and thyyour father:; behold I haveam sentsending theeto you silver and gold; go break thyyour league with BaashaBa′asha king of Israel that he may departwithdraw from me |
| 16:4 |
And Ben hadadha′dad hearkened untoto kingKing Asa and sent the captainscommanders of his armies against the cities of Israel; and they smoteconquered IjonI′jon and Dan andA′bel Abelma′im maim and all the store cities of NaphtaliNaph′tali |
| 16:5 |
And it came to pass when BaashaBa′asha heard thereofof thatit he leftstopped off building Ramah and let his work cease |
| 16:6 |
Then King Asa the king took all Judah; and they carried away the stones of Ramah and theits timber thereofwith wherewithwhich BaashaBa′asha had builded;been building and with them he built therewith Geba and Mizpah |
| 16:7 |
AndAt at that time HananiHana′ni the seer came to Asa king of Judah and said untoto him Because thouyou hast relied on the king of Syria and hastdid not reliedrely on Jehovahthe thyLord your God therefore is the hostarmy of the king of Syria has escaped outyou of thy hand |
| 16:8 |
Were not the Ethiopians and the LubimLibyans a huge hostarmy with exceedingly many chariots and horsemen exceedingYet many yet because thouyou didstrelied rely on Jehovahthe Lord he deliveredgave them into thyyour hand |
| 16:9 |
For the eyes of Jehovahthe Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth to show himselfhis strongmight in the behalf of themthose whose heart is perfectblameless toward him HereinYou thouhave hast done foolishly in this; for from henceforthnow thouon shaltyou will have wars |
| 16:10 |
Then Asa was wrothangry with the seer and put him in the stocks in prison house; for he was in a rage with him because of this thing And Asa oppressedinflicted cruelties upon some of the people at the same time |
| 16:11 |
AndThe behold the acts of Asa from first andto last lo they are written in the bookBook of the kingsKings of Judah and Israel |
| 16:12 |
AndIn in the thirty and ninth year of his reign Asa was diseased in his feet; and his disease wasbecame exceedingsevere; great: yet even in his disease he soughtdid not toseek Jehovahthe Lord but tosought thehelp from physicians |
| 16:13 |
And Asa slept with his fathers anddying died in the oneforty andfirst fortieth year of his reign |
| 16:14 |
AndThey they buried him in histhe owntomb sepulchres which he had hewn out for himself in the city of David andThey laid him inon thea bedbier which washad been filled with sweetvarious odors and divers kinds of spices prepared by the perfumers art:; and they made a very great burningfire forin himhis honor |
| 17:1 |
AndJehosh′aphat Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his stead and strengthened himself against Israel |
| 17:2 |
AndHe he placed forces in all the fortified cities of Judah and set garrisons in the land of Judah and in the cities of EphraimE′phraim which Asa his father had taken |
| 17:3 |
AndThe JehovahLord was with JehoshaphatJehosh′aphat because he walked in the firstearlier ways of his father; Davidhe anddid sought not untoseek the BaalimBa′als |
| 17:4 |
but sought to the God of his father and walked in his commandments and not afteraccording to the doingsways of Israel |
| 17:5 |
Therefore Jehovahthe Lord established the kingdom in his hand; and all Judah brought tribute to Jehoshaphat tributeJehosh′aphat; and he had great riches and honor in abundance |
| 17:6 |
AndHis his heart was liftedcourageous up in the ways of Jehovah:the Lord; and furthermore he took away the high places and the AsherimAshe′rim out of Judah |
| 17:7 |
AlsoIn in the third year of his reign he sent his princes even Ben hail andObadi′ah ObadiahZechari′ah andNethan′el Zechariah and NethanelMicai′ah and Micaiah to teach in the cities of Judah; |
| 17:8 |
and with them the Levites evenShemai′ah ShemaiahNethani′ah andZebadi′ah NethaniahAs′ahel andShemi′ramoth ZebadiahJehon′athan andAdoni′jah AsahelTobi′jah and ShemiramothTobadoni′jah; and Jehonathanwith andthese AdonijahLevites and Tobijah and Tob adonijah the Levites;priests andElish′ama with them Elishama and JehoramJeho′ram the priests |
| 17:9 |
And they taught in Judah having the book of the law of Jehovahthe Lord with them; and they went about throughoutthrough all the cities of Judah and taught among the people |
| 17:10 |
And the fear of Jehovahthe Lord fell upon all the kingdoms of the lands that were round about Judah soand that they made no war against JehoshaphatJehosh′aphat |
| 17:11 |
AndSome some of the Philistines brought JehoshaphatJehosh′aphat presents and silver for tribute; and the ArabiansArabs also brought him flocks seven thousand and seven hundred rams and seven thousand and seven hundred he goats |
| 17:12 |
And JehoshaphatJehosh′aphat waxedgrew greatsteadily exceedingly;greater andHe he built in Judah castlesfortresses and store cities of store |
| 17:13 |
Andand he had manygreat worksstores in the cities of Judah; andHe menhad ofsoldiers war mighty men of valor in Jerusalem |
| 17:14 |
AndThis this was the numberingmuster of them accordingby to their fathers houses: Of Judah the captainscommanders of thousands: Adnah the captaincommander and with himthree hundred thousand mighty men of valor three hundred thousand; |
| 17:15 |
and next to him JehohananJehoha′nan the captaincommander and with him two hundred and fourscoreeighty thousand; |
| 17:16 |
and next to him AmasiahAmasi′ah the son of Zichri whoa willinglyvolunteer offeredfor himselfthe untoservice Jehovah;of andthe Lord with him two hundred thousand mighty men of valor |
| 17:17 |
AndOf of Benjamin: EliadaEli′ada a mighty man of valor and with him two hundred thousand men armed with bow and shield; |
| 17:18 |
and next to him JehozabadJeho′zabad and with him a hundred and fourscoreeighty thousand readyarmed prepared for war |
| 17:19 |
These were theyin thatthe waitedservice onof the king besides those whom the king puthad placed in the fortified cities throughout all Judah |
| 18:1 |
Now JehoshaphatJehosh′aphat had great riches and honor in abundance; and he joinedmade affinitya marriage alliance with Ahab |
| 18:2 |
AndAfter aftersome certain years he went down to Ahab toin SamariaSamar′ia And Ahab killed an abundance of sheep and oxen for him in abundance and for the people thatwho were with him and movedinduced him to go up withagainst him to Ramoth gilead |
| 18:3 |
And Ahab king of Israel said untoto JehoshaphatJehosh′aphat king of Judah WiltWill thouyou go with me to Ramoth gilead AndHe he answered him I am as thouyou artare and my people as thyyour people; andWe we will be with theeyou in the war |
| 18:4 |
And JehoshaphatJehosh′aphat said untoto the king of Israel Inquire first I pray thee for the word of Jehovahthe Lord |
| 18:5 |
Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together four hundred men and said untoto them Shall we go to battle against Ramoth gilead to battle or shall I forbear And they said Go up; for God will delivergive it into the hand of the king |
| 18:6 |
But JehoshaphatJehosh′aphat said Is there not here aanother prophet of Jehovahthe besidesLord thatof whom we may inquire of him |
| 18:7 |
And the king of Israel said untoto JehoshaphatJehosh′aphat There is yet one man by whom we may inquire of Jehovah:the Lord Micai′ah the son of Imlah; but I hate him; for he never prophesiethprophesies good concerning me but always evil: the same is Micaiah the son of Imla And JehoshaphatJehosh′aphat said Let not the king say so |
| 18:8 |
Then the king of Israel calledsummoned an officer and said FetchBring quickly MicaiahMicai′ah the son of ImlaImlah |
| 18:9 |
Now the king of Israel and JehoshaphatJehosh′aphat the king of Judah satwere eachsitting on histheir thronethrones arrayed in their robes; and they were sitting inat anthe openthreshing placefloor at the entrance of the gate of SamariaSamar′ia; and all the prophets were prophesying before them |
| 18:10 |
And ZedekiahZedeki′ah the son of ChenaanahChena′anah made himfor himself horns of iron and said Thus saithsays Jehovahthe Lord With these shaltyou thoushall push the Syrians until they beare consumeddestroyed |
| 18:11 |
And all the prophets prophesied so sayingand said Go up to Ramoth gilead and prospertriumph; forthe JehovahLord will delivergive it into the hand of the king |
| 18:12 |
And the messenger thatwho went to callsummon MicaiahMicai′ah spakesaid to him saying Behold the words of the prophets declarewith goodone accord are favorable to the king; with one mouth: let thyyour word thereforebe Ilike praythe theeword beof like one of theirsthem and speak thoufavorably good |
| 18:13 |
AndBut MicaiahMicai′ah said As Jehovahthe livethLord lives what my God saithsays that I will I speak |
| 18:14 |
And when he washad come to the king the king said untoto him MicaiahMicai′ah shall we go to Ramoth gilead to battle or shall I forbear And he saidanswered Go ye up and prospertriumph; and they shallwill be deliveredgiven into your hand |
| 18:15 |
AndBut the king said to him How many times shall I adjure theeyou that thouyou speak untoto me nothing but the truth in the name of Jehovahthe Lord |
| 18:16 |
And he said I saw all Israel scattered upon the mountains as sheep that have no shepherd:; and Jehovahthe Lord said These have no master; let themeach return every man to his househome in peace |
| 18:17 |
And the king of Israel said to JehoshaphatJehosh′aphat Did I not tell theeyou that he would not prophesy good concerning me but evil |
| 18:18 |
And MicaiahMicai′ah said Therefore hear ye the word of Jehovahthe Lord: I saw Jehovahthe Lord sitting uponon his throne and all the host of heaven standing on his right hand and on his left; |
| 18:19 |
Andand Jehovahthe Lord said Who shallwill entice Ahab the king of Israel that he may go up and fall at Ramoth gilead And one spakesaid sayingone afterthing this manner and another sayingsaid afteranother that manner |
| 18:20 |
AndThen therea spirit came forthforward a spirit and stood before Jehovahthe andLord saidsaying I will entice him And Jehovahthe Lord said untoto him WherewithBy what means |
| 18:21 |
And he said I will go forth and will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets And he said ThouYou shaltare to entice him and shaltyou prevailshall also:succeed; go forth and do so |
| 18:22 |
Now therefore behold Jehovahthe hathLord has put a lying spirit in the mouth of these thyyour prophets; andthe JehovahLord hathhas spoken evil concerning theeyou |
| 18:23 |
Then ZedekiahZedeki′ah the son of ChenaanahChena′anah came near and smotestruck MicaiahMicai′ah uponon the cheek and said Which way wentdid the Spirit of Jehovahthe Lord go from me to speak untoto theeyou |
| 18:24 |
And MicaiahMicai′ah said Behold thouyou shaltshall see on that day when thouyou shalt go into an inner chamber to hide thyselfyourself |
| 18:25 |
And the king of Israel said TakeSeize yeMicai′ah Micaiah and carrytake him back untoto Amon the governor of the city and to JoashJo′ash the kings son; |
| 18:26 |
and say Thus saithsays the king Put this fellow in the prison and feed him with breadscant fare of afflictionbread and with water of affliction until I return in peace |
| 18:27 |
And MicaiahMicai′ah said If thouyou return at all in peace Jehovahthe hathLord has not spoken by me And he said Hear ye peoples all ofyou youpeoples |
| 18:28 |
So the king of Israel and JehoshaphatJehosh′aphat the king of Judah went up to Ramoth gilead |
| 18:29 |
And the king of Israel said untoto JehoshaphatJehosh′aphat I will disguise myself and go into the battle; but putyou thouwear onyour thy robes SoAnd the king of Israel disguised himself; and they went into the battle |
| 18:30 |
Now the king of Syria had commanded the captains of his chariots saying Fight with neither with small nor great savebut only with the king of Israel |
| 18:31 |
And it came to pass when the captains of the chariots saw JehoshaphatJehosh′aphat that they said It is the king of Israel ThereforeSo they turned about to fight against him:; butand JehoshaphatJehosh′aphat cried out and Jehovahthe Lord helped him; and God moveddrew them toaway depart from him |
| 18:32 |
Andfor it came to pass when the captains of the chariots saw that it was not the king of Israel that they turned back from pursuing him |
| 18:33 |
AndBut a certain man drew his bow at a venture and smotestruck the king of Israel between the jointsscale ofarmor and the armor:breastplate; whereforetherefore he said to the driver of thehis chariot Turn thyabout hand and carry me out of the host;battle for I am sore wounded |
| 18:34 |
And the battlebatle increasedgrew hot that day: howbeitand the king of Israel stayedpropped himself up in his chariot againstfacing the Syrians until the evenevening; andthen aboutat thesunset time of the going down of the sun he died |
| 19:1 |
AndJehosh′aphat Jehoshaphat the king of Judah returned in safety to his house in peace to Jerusalem |
| 19:2 |
AndBut Jehu the son of HananiHana′ni the seer went out to meet him and said to kingKing JehoshaphatJehosh′aphat ShouldestShould thouyou help the wicked and love themthose thatwho hate Jehovahthe forLord Because of this thing wrath ishas upongone theeout against you from beforethe JehovahLord |
| 19:3 |
Nevertheless theresome are good thingsis found in theeyou infor thatyou thoudestroyed hast put away the AsherothAshe′rahs out of the land and hasthave set thyyour heart to seek God |
| 19:4 |
AndJehosh′aphat Jehoshaphat dwelt at Jerusalem:; and he went out again among the people from Beer sheba to the hill country of EphraimE′phraim and brought them back untoto Jehovahthe Lord the God of their fathers |
| 19:5 |
AndHe heappointed set judges in the land throughoutin all the fortified cities of Judah city by city |
| 19:6 |
and said to the judges Consider what yeyou do: for yeyou judge not for man but for Jehovahthe Lord; and he is with you in thegiving judgment |
| 19:7 |
Now thereforethen let the fear of Jehovahthe Lord be upon you; take heed andwhat you do it: for there is no iniquityperversion of justice with Jehovahthe Lord our God noror respectpartiality ofor persons nor taking of bribes |
| 19:8 |
Moreover in Jerusalem didJehosh′aphat Jehoshaphatappointed setcertain of the Levites and the priests and of the heads of thefamilies fathers houses of Israel forto thegive judgment offor Jehovahthe Lord and forto controversiesdecide Anddisputed theycases returnedThey tohad their seat at Jerusalem |
| 19:9 |
And he charged them: saying Thus you shall ye do in the fear of Jehovahthe faithfullyLord in faithfulness and with ayour perfectwhole heart: |
| 19:10 |
Andwhenever whensoevera anycase controversycomes shall come to you from your brethren thatwho dwelllive in their cities betweenconcerning bloodbloodshed and blood between law andor commandment statutes andor ordinances yethen you shall warninstruct them that they bemay not guiltyincur towardsguilt Jehovahbefore the Lord and so wrath may not come upon you and upon your brethren: thisThus you shall do and yeyou shallwill not beincur guiltyguilt |
| 19:11 |
And behold AmariahAmari′ah the chief priest is over you in all matters of Jehovahthe Lord; and ZebadiahZebadi′ah the son of IshmaelIsh′mael the rulergovernor of the house of Judah in all the kings matters:; alsoand the Levites shallwill beserve officersyou beforeas youofficers Deal courageously and Jehovahmay the Lord be with the goodupright |
| 20:1 |
AndAfter it came to pass after this that the childrenMoabites of Moab and theAmmonites children of Ammon and with them some of the AmmonitesMe u′nites came against JehoshaphatJehosh′aphat tofor battle |
| 20:2 |
ThenSome theremen came someand that told JehoshaphatJehosh′aphat sayingA Theregreat comethmultitude ais greatcoming multitude against theeyou from Edom from beyond the sea from Syria; and behold they are in HazazonHaz′azon tamarta′mar thethat same is En gedige′di |
| 20:3 |
AndThen JehoshaphatJehosh′aphat feared and set himself to seek untothe Jehovah;Lord and he proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah |
| 20:4 |
And Judah gatheredassembled themselves together to seek help offrom Jehovah:the evenLord; outfrom of all the cities of Judah they came to seek Jehovahthe Lord |
| 20:5 |
And JehoshaphatJehosh′aphat stood in the assembly of Judah and Jerusalem in the house of Jehovahthe Lord before the new court; |
| 20:6 |
and he said O JehovahLord the God of our fathers art thou not thou God in heaven andDost artthou not thourule ruler over all the kingdoms of the nations andIn in thy hand isare power and might so that none is able to withstand thee |
| 20:7 |
Didst thou not thou O our God drive out the inhabitants of this land before thy people Israel and give it for ever to the seeddescendants of Abraham thy friend for ever |
| 20:8 |
And they have dwelt thereinin it and have built thee in it a sanctuary therein for thy name saying |
| 20:9 |
If evil comecomes upon us the sword judgment or pestilence or famine we will stand before this house and before thee for thy name is in this house and cry untoto thee in our affliction and thou wilt hear and save |
| 20:10 |
And now behold the childrenmen of Ammon and Moab and mountMount SeirSe′ir whom thou wouldest not let Israel invade when they came outfrom of the land of Egypt butand whom they turnedavoided aside from them and destroyeddid them not; destroy— |
| 20:11 |
behold how they reward us toby comecoming to castdrive us out of thy possession which thou hast given us to inherit |
| 20:12 |
O our God wilt thou not judgeexecute judgment upon them forFor we haveare nopowerless might against this great companymultitude that comethis coming against us; neitherWe do not know we what to do: but our eyes are upon thee |
| 20:13 |
AndMeanwhile all the men of Judah stood before Jehovahthe Lord with their little ones their wives and their children |
| 20:14 |
ThenAnd the Spirit of the Lord came upon JahazielJaha′ziel the son of ZechariahZechari′ah the son of BenaiahBenai′ah the son of JeielJe thei′el son of MattaniahMattani′ah thea Levite of the sons of Asaph came the Spirit of Jehovah in the midst of the assembly; |
| 20:15 |
andAnd he said Hearken ye all Judah and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem and thouKing king JehoshaphatJehosh′aphat: Thus saithsays Jehovahthe untoLord to you Fear not yeand neither be not dismayed byat reason of this great multitude; for the battle is not yours but Gods |
| 20:16 |
ToTomorrow morrow go ye down against them:; behold they will come up by the ascent of Ziz; andyou yewill shall find them at the end of the valley beforeeast of the wilderness of JeruelJeru′el |
| 20:17 |
YeYou shallwill not need to fight in this battle:; settake yourselvesyour position stand ye still and see the salvationvictory of Jehovahthe withLord youon your behalf O Judah and Jerusalem; fearFear not norand be not dismayed:; totomorrow morrow go out against them; forand Jehovahthe isLord will be with you |
| 20:18 |
AndThen JehoshaphatJehosh′aphat bowed his head with his face to the ground; and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell down before Jehovahthe worshippingLord Jehovahworshiping the Lord |
| 20:19 |
And the Levites of the childrenKo′hathites of the Kohathites and of the childrenKo′rahites of the Korahites stood up to praise Jehovahthe Lord the God of Israel with ana exceedingvery loud voice |
| 20:20 |
And they rose early in the morning and went forthout into the wilderness of Tekoa:Teko′a; and as they went forthout JehoshaphatJehosh′aphat stood and said Hear me O Judah and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem: believeBelieve in Jehovahthe Lord your God soand shallyou yewill be established; believe his prophets soand shallyou yewill prospersucceed |
| 20:21 |
And when he had taken counsel with the people he appointed themthose thatwho shouldwere to sing untoto Jehovahthe Lord and give praise him in holy array as they went out before the army and say Give thanks untoto Jehovah;the Lord for his lovingkindnesssteadfast endurethlove endures for ever 22 And when they began to sing and praise the Lord set an ambush against the men of Ammon Moab and Mount Se′ir who had come against Judah so that they were routed |
| 20:22 |
And when they began to sing and to praise Jehovah set liers in wait against the children of Ammon Moab and mount Seir that were come against Judah; and they were smitten |
| 20:23 |
For the childrenmen of Ammon and Moab stoodrose up against the inhabitants of mountMount SeirSe′ir utterlydestroying tothem slayutterly and destroy them: and when they had made an end of the inhabitants of SeirSe′ir everythey oneall helped to destroy one another |
| 20:24 |
AndWhen when Judah came to the watchwatchtower tower of the wilderness they looked upontoward the multitude; and behold they were dead bodies fallenlying toon the earthground; and there were none thathad escaped |
| 20:25 |
AndWhen whenJehosh′aphat Jehoshaphat and his people came to take the spoil offrom them they found amongcattle them in abundancegreat bothnumbers richesgoods andclothing dead bodies and precious jewelsthings which they strippedtook off for themselves moreuntil than they could carry away:no andmore theyThey were three days in taking the spoil it was so much |
| 20:26 |
AndOn on the fourth day they assembled themselves in the valleyValley of Beracah;Ber′acah for there they blessed Jehovah:the Lord; therefore the name of that place washas been called Thethe valleyValley of BeracahBer′acah untoto this day |
| 20:27 |
Then they returned every man of Judah and Jerusalem and JehoshaphatJehosh′aphat inat thetheir forefronthead ofreturning them to go again to Jerusalem with joy; for Jehovahthe Lord had made them to rejoice over their enemies |
| 20:28 |
AndThey they came to Jerusalem with psalteriesharps and harpslyres and trumpets untoto the house of Jehovahthe Lord |
| 20:29 |
And the fear of God wascame on all the kingdoms of the countries when they heard that Jehovahthe Lord had fought against the enemies of Israel |
| 20:30 |
So the realm of JehoshaphatJehosh′aphat was quiet; for his God gave him rest round about |
| 20:31 |
AndThus JehoshaphatJehosh′aphat reigned over Judah: heHe was thirty and five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty and five years in Jerusalem: andHis his mothers name was AzubahAzu′bah the daughter of Shilhi |
| 20:32 |
AndHe he walked in the way of Asa his father and turneddid not turn aside from it; doinghe thatdid whichwhat was right in the eyessight of Jehovahthe Lord |
| 20:33 |
HowbeitThe the high places however were not taken away; neitherthe aspeople yet had thenot peopleyet set their hearts untoupon the God of their fathers |
| 20:34 |
Now the rest of the acts of JehoshaphatJehosh′aphat from first andto last behold they are written in the historychronicles of Jehu the son of HananiHana′ni which isare insertedrecorded in the bookBook of the kingsKings of Israel |
| 20:35 |
AndAfter after this didJehosh′aphat Jehoshaphat king of Judah joinjoined himself with AhaziahAhazi′ah king of Israel; thewho same did very wickedly: |
| 20:36 |
andHe he joined himself with him toin makebuilding ships to go to Tarshish; and they madebuilt the ships in EzionE′zion geberge′ber |
| 20:37 |
Then EliezerElie′zer the son of DodavahuDodav′ahu of MareshahMare′shah prophesied against JehoshaphatJehosh′aphat saying Because thouyou hasthave joined thyself with AhaziahAhazi′ah Jehovahthe hathLord destroyedwill thydestroy workswhat you have made And the ships were brokenwrecked soand that they were not able to go to Tarshish |
| 21:1 |
AndJehosh′aphat Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers and was buried with his fathers in the city of David:; and JehoramJeho′ram his son reigned in his stead |
| 21:2 |
AndHe he had brethrenbrothers the sons of JehoshaphatJehosh′aphat: AzariahAzari′ah andJehi′el JehielZechari′ah andAzari′ah Zechariah and Azariah and Michael and ShephatiahShephati′ah; all these were the sons of JehoshaphatJehosh′aphat king of IsraelJudah |
| 21:3 |
AndTheir their father gave them great gifts of silver and of gold and ofvaluable preciouspossessions thingstogether with fortified cities in Judah:; but he gave the kingdom gave he to JehoramJeho′ram because he was the first born |
| 21:4 |
NowWhen whenJeho′ram Jehoramhad wasascended risen up over the kingdomthrone of his father and hadwas strengthenedestablished himself he slew all his brethrenbrothers with the sword and divers also some of the princes of Israel |
| 21:5 |
JehoramJeho′ram was thirty and two years old when he beganbecame toking reign; and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem |
| 21:6 |
And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel as did the house of Ahab had done; for he had the daughter of Ahab towas his wife: andAnd he did thatwhat which was evil in the sight of Jehovahthe Lord |
| 21:7 |
HowbeitYet Jehovahthe Lord would not destroy the house of David because of the covenant thatwhich he had made with David and assince he had promised to give a lamp to him and to his childrensons alwayfor ever |
| 21:8 |
In his days Edom revolted from under the handrule of Judah and madeset up a king overof themselvestheir own |
| 21:9 |
Then JehoramJeho′ram passed over with his captainscommanders and all his chariots with him: and he rose up by night and smote the EdomitesE′domites thatwho compassedhad surrounded him about and thehis captainschariot ofcommanders the chariots |
| 21:10 |
So Edom revolted from under the handrule of Judah untoto this day: thenAt didthat time Libnah revoltalso atrevolted the same time from under his handrule because he had forsaken Jehovahthe Lord the God of his fathers |
| 21:11 |
Moreover he made high places in the mountainshill country of Judah and madeled the inhabitants of Jerusalem tointo playunfaithfulness the harlot and ledmade Judah go astray |
| 21:12 |
And therea letter came a writing to him from ElijahEli′jah the prophet saying Thus saithsays Jehovahthe Lord the God of David thyyour father Because thouyou hasthave not walked in the ways of JehoshaphatJehosh′aphat thyyour father noror in the ways of Asa king of Judah |
| 21:13 |
but hasthave walked in the way of the kings of Israel and hasthave madeled Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem tointo playunfaithfulness the harlot like as the house of Ahab didled Israel into unfaithfulness and also hastyou slainhave thykilled brethrenyour brothers of thyyour fathers house who were better than thyself:yourself; |
| 21:14 |
behold Jehovahthe Lord will smitebring with a great plague thyon your people andyour thy children andyour thy wives and all thyyour substance;possessions |
| 21:15 |
and thouyou shaltyourself will have greata severe sickness bywith a disease of thyyour bowels until thyyour bowels fallcome out bybecause reason of the sicknessdisease day by day |
| 21:16 |
And Jehovahthe Lord stirred up against JehoramJeho′ram the spiritanger of the Philistines and of the ArabiansArabs thatwho are besidenear the Ethiopians:; |
| 21:17 |
and they came up against Judah and brakeinvaded into it and carried away all the substancepossessions they found that wasbelonged foundto in the kings house and also his sons also and his wives; so that thereno son was neverleft ato son left him saveexcept JehoahazJeho′ahaz thehis youngest of his sonsson |
| 21:18 |
And after all this Jehovahthe Lord smote him in his bowels with an incurable disease |
| 21:19 |
AndIn itcourse came to pass in process of time at the end of two years that his bowels fellcame out bybecause reason of histhe sicknessdisease and he died ofin soregreat diseasesagony AndHis his people made no burningfire forin himhis honor like the burningfires ofmade for his fathers |
| 21:20 |
ThirtyHe andwas thirty two years old was he when he began to reign and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem; eight years: and he departed withoutwith beingno desired;ones andregret theyThey buried him in the city of David but not in the sepulchrestombs of the kings |
| 22:1 |
And the inhabitants of Jerusalem made AhaziahAhazi′ah his youngest son king in his stead; for the band of men that came with the ArabiansArabs to the camp had slain all the eldestolder sons So AhaziahAhazi′ah the son of JehoramJeho′ram king of Judah reigned |
| 22:2 |
FortyAhazi′ah andwas forty two years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign; and he reigned one year in Jerusalem: andHis his mothers name was AthaliahAthali′ah the daughtergranddaughter of Omri |
| 22:3 |
He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab; for his mother was his counsellorcounselor toin dodoing wickedly |
| 22:4 |
AndHe he did thatwhat which was evil in the sight of Jehovahthe Lord as did the house of Ahab had done; for they were his counsellors after the death of his father they were his counselors to his destructionundoing |
| 22:5 |
He walkedeven alsofollowed after their counsel and went with JehoramJeho′ram the son of Ahab king of Israel to make war against HazaelHaz′ael king of Syria at Ramoth gilead: andAnd the Syrians wounded Joram |
| 22:6 |
Andand he returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which theyhe had givenreceived him at Ramah when he fought against HazaelHaz′ael king of Syria And AzariahAhazi′ah the son of JehoramJeho′ram king of Judah went down to see JehoramJoram the son of Ahab in Jezreel because he was sick |
| 22:7 |
NowBut it was ordained by God that the destructiondownfall of AhaziahAhazi′ah wasshould ofcome Godabout inthrough thathis hegoing wentto untovisit Joram: forFor when he wascame comethere he went out with JehoramJeho′ram againstto meet Jehu the son of Nimshi whom Jehovahthe Lord had anointed to cutdestroy off the house of Ahab |
| 22:8 |
And it came to pass when Jehu was executing judgment upon the house of Ahab that he foundmet the princes of Judah and the sons of theAhazi′ahs brethrenbrothers ofwho Ahaziahattended ministeringAhazi′ah toand Ahaziahhe andkilled slew them |
| 22:9 |
AndHe hesearched soughtfor AhaziahAhazi′ah and theyhe caughtwas himcaptured nowwhile he was hiding in SamariaSamar′ia and theyhe was brought him to Jehu and slewput him;to anddeath theyThey buried him for they said He is the songrandson of JehoshaphatJehosh′aphat who sought Jehovahthe Lord with all his heart And the house of AhaziahAhazi′ah had no powerone able to holdrule the kingdom |
| 22:10 |
Now when AthaliahAthali′ah the mother of AhaziahAhazi′ah saw that her son was dead she arose and destroyed all the seed royal family of the house of Judah |
| 22:11 |
But JehoshabeathJeho shab′e ath the daughter of the king took JoashJo′ash the son of AhaziahAhazi′ah and stole him away from among the kings sons thatwho were about to be slain and she put him and his nurse in thea bedchamber SoThus JehoshabeathJeho shab′e ath the daughter of kingKing JehoramJeho′ram theand wife of JehoiadaJehoi′ada the priest forbecause she was thea sister of AhaziahAhazi′ah hid him from AthaliahAthali′ah so that she slewdid not slay him; not |
| 22:12 |
Andand he wasremained with them six years hid in the house of God sixwhile years:Athali′ah and Athaliah reigned over the land |
| 23:1 |
AndBut in the seventh year JehoiadaJehoi′ada strengthenedtook himselfcourage and tookentered into a compact with the captainscommanders of hundreds AzariahAzari′ah the son of JerohamJero′ham andIsh′mael Ishmael the son of JehohananJehoha′nan andAzari′ah Azariah the son of Obed andMa Maaseiahasei′ah the son of AdaiahAdai′ah and ElishaphatElisha′phat the son of Zichri into covenant with him |
| 23:2 |
And they went about inthrough Judah and gathered the Levites outfrom of all the cities of Judah and the heads of fathers houses of Israel and they came to Jerusalem |
| 23:3 |
And all the assembly made a covenant with the king in the house of God And heJehoi′ada said untoto them Behold the kings son shallLet him reign as Jehovahthe hathLord spokenspoke concerning the sons of David |
| 23:4 |
This is the thing that yeyou shall do: aof thirdyou partpriests ofand youLevites thatwho come inoff duty on the sabbath ofone thethird priests and of the Levites shall be portersgatekeepers of the thresholds; |
| 23:5 |
and aone third part shall be at the kings house; and aone third part at the gateGate of the foundation:Foundation; and all the people shall be in the courts of the house of Jehovahthe Lord |
| 23:6 |
ButLet letno noneone comeenter into the house of Jehovahthe saveLord except the priests and theyministering that minister of the Levites; they shallmay comeenter in for they are holy: but all the people shall keep the charge of Jehovahthe Lord |
| 23:7 |
AndThe the Levites shall compasssurround the king roundeach about every man with his weapons in his hand; and whosoeverwhoever comethenters into the house letshall him be slain: andBe be ye with the king when he comethcomes in and when he goethgoes out |
| 23:8 |
SoThe the Levites and all Judah did according to all that JehoiadaJehoi′ada the priest commanded: andThey theyeach tookbrought every man his men thosewho that were to comego inoff duty on the sabbath with those thatwho were to gocome outon duty on the sabbath; for JehoiadaJehoi′ada the priest dismisseddid not dismiss the coursesdivisions |
| 23:9 |
And JehoiadaJehoi′ada the priest delivered to the captains of hundreds the spears and bucklersthe large and small shields that had been kingKing Davids which were in the house of God; |
| 23:10 |
Andand he set all the people as a guard for the king every man with his weapon in his hand from the rightsouth side of the house to the leftnorth side of the house alongaround by the altar and the house by the king round about |
| 23:11 |
Then theyhe brought out the kings son and put the crown upon him and gave him the testimony; and madethey proclaimed him king: and JehoiadaJehoi′ada and his sons anointed him; and they said Long live the king |
| 23:12 |
AndWhen whenAthali′ah Athaliah heard the noise of the people running and praising the king she camewent tointo the peoplehouse intoof the houseLord ofto Jehovah:the people; |
| 23:13 |
and when she looked andthere beholdwas the king stoodstanding by his pillar at the entrance and the captains and the trumpetstrumpeters bybeside the king; and all the people of the land rejoicedrejoicing and blewblowing trumpets; and the singers alsowith playedtheir onmusical instruments ofleading musicin and led the singingcelebration ofAnd praiseAthali′ah Then Athaliah rent her clothes and saidcried Treason treasonTreason |
| 23:14 |
AndThen JehoiadaJehoi′ada the priest brought out the captains ofwho hundreds that were set over the hostarmy andsaying saidto unto them HaveBring her forthout between the ranks; andany whosoone followethwho follows her letis himto be slain with the sword: forFor the priest said SlayDo not slay her not in the house of Jehovahthe Lord |
| 23:15 |
So they madelaid wayhands foron her; and she went tointo the entrance of the horse gate toof the kings house: and they slew her there |
| 23:16 |
And JehoiadaJehoi′ada made a covenant between himself and all the people and the king that they should be Jehovahsthe Lords people |
| 23:17 |
AndThen all the people went to the house of BaalBa′al and braketore it down; and brake his altars and his images they broke in pieces and they slew Mattan the priest of BaalBa′al before the altars |
| 23:18 |
And JehoiadaJehoi′ada appointedposted thewatchmen officersfor of the house of Jehovahthe Lord under the handdirection of the Levitical priests and the Levites whom David had distributedorganized to be in charge of the house of Jehovahthe Lord to offer the burnt offerings ofto Jehovahthe Lord as it is written in the law of Moses with rejoicing and with singing according to the order of David |
| 23:19 |
AndHe hestationed set the portersgatekeepers at the gates of the house of Jehovahthe thatLord noneso that wasno uncleanone in anything should enter who was in any way unclean |
| 23:20 |
And he took the captains of hundreds and the nobles and the governors of the people and all the people of the land; and they brought down the king down from the house of Jehovah:the andLord theymarching came through the upper gate untoto the kings house andAnd they set the king upon the royal throne of the kingdom |
| 23:21 |
So all the people of the land rejoiced; and the city was quiet Andafter AthaliahAthali′ah they had been slain with the sword |
| 24:1 |
JoashJo′ash was seven years old when he began to reign; and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem:; and his mothers name was ZibiahZib′iah of Beer sheba |
| 24:2 |
And JoashJo′ash did thatwhat which was right in the eyes of Jehovahthe Lord all the days of JehoiadaJehoi′ada the priest |
| 24:3 |
AndJehoi′ada Jehoiadagot took for him two wives; and he begathad sons and daughters |
| 24:4 |
AndAfter it came to pass after this thatJo′ash Joashdecided was minded to restore the house of Jehovahthe Lord |
| 24:5 |
And he gathered together the priests and the Levites and said to them Go out untoto the cities of Judah and gather offrom all Israel money to repair the house of your God from year to year; and see that yeyou hasten the matter HowbeitBut the Levites hasteneddid not hasten it not |
| 24:6 |
AndSo the king calledsummoned forJehoi′ada Jehoiada the chief and said untoto him Why hasthave thouyou not required of the Levites to bring in outfrom of Judah and out of Jerusalem the tax oflevied by Moses the servant of Jehovahthe andLord ofon the assemblycongregation of Israel for the tent of the testimony |
| 24:7 |
For the sons of AthaliahAthali′ah that wicked woman had broken upinto the house of God; and had also used all the dedicated things of the house of Jehovahthe didLord theyfor bestow upon the BaalimBa′als |
| 24:8 |
So the king commanded and they made a chest and set it withoutoutside at the gate of the house of Jehovahthe Lord |
| 24:9 |
And theyproclamation was made athroughout proclamation through Judah and Jerusalem to bring in for Jehovahthe Lord the tax that Moses the servant of God laid upon Israel in the wilderness |
| 24:10 |
And all the princes and all the people rejoiced and brought intheir tax and castdropped it into the chest until they had madefinished an end |
| 24:11 |
And itwhenever was so that at what time the chest was brought untoto the kings officers by the hand of the Levites and when they saw that there was much money in it the kings scribesecretary and the officer of the chief priestspriest officerwould camecome and emptiedempty the chest and tooktake it and carriedreturn it to its place again Thus they did day byafter day and gatheredcollected money in abundance |
| 24:12 |
And the king and JehoiadaJehoi′ada gave it to suchthose aswho didhad thecharge work of the servicework of the house of Jehovah;the Lord and they hired masons and carpenters to restore the house of Jehovahthe Lord and also suchworkers asin wrought iron and brassbronze to repair the house of Jehovahthe Lord |
| 24:13 |
So thethose workmenwho wroughtwere andengaged in the work oflabored and the repairing went forward in their hands and they setrestored up the house of God into its stateproper condition and strengthened it |
| 24:14 |
And when they had madefinished an end they brought the rest of the money before the king and JehoiadaJehoi′ada whereofand with it were made vesselsutensils for the house of Jehovahthe evenLord vesselsboth wherewithfor tothe ministerservice and tofor offerthe burnt offerings and spoonsdishes for incense and vessels of gold and silver And they offered burnt offerings in the house of Jehovahthe Lord continually all the days of JehoiadaJehoi′ada |
| 24:15 |
But JehoiadaJehoi′ada waxedgrew old and was full of days and he died; he was a hundred and thirty years old wasat hehis whendeath he died |
| 24:17 |
Now after the death of JehoiadaJehoi′ada came the princes of Judah came and madedid obeisance to the king; Thenthen the king hearkenedharkened untoto them |
| 24:18 |
And they forsook the house of Jehovahthe Lord the God of their fathers and served the AsherimAshe′rim and the idols: andAnd wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for this their guiltinessguilt |
| 24:19 |
Yet he sent prophets toamong them to bring them againback untoto Jehovahthe Lord; andthese they testified against them: but they would not give earheed |
| 24:20 |
AndThen the Spirit of God cametook uponpossession Zechariahof Zechari′ah the son of JehoiadaJehoi′ada the priest; and he stood above the people and said untoto them Thus saithsays God Why do you transgress ye the commandments of Jehovahthe Lord so that yeyou cannot prosper becauseBecause yeyou have forsaken Jehovahthe Lord he hathhas also forsaken you |
| 24:21 |
AndBut they conspired against him and stonedby himcommand withof stonesthe atking thethey commandmentstoned ofhim thewith kingstones in the court of the house of Jehovahthe Lord |
| 24:22 |
Thus JoashJo′ash the king remembereddid not remember the kindness which JehoiadaJehoi′ada hisZechari′ahs father had doneshown to him but slewkilled his son And when he diedwas dying he said JehovahMay lookthe uponLord itsee and require itavenge |
| 24:23 |
AndAt it came to pass at the end of the year that the army of the Syrians came up against him:Jo′ash andThey they came to Judah and Jerusalem and destroyed all the princes of the people from among the people and sent all thetheir spoil ofto them unto the king of Damascus |
| 24:24 |
ForThough the army of the Syrians camehad come with afew smallmen companythe ofLord men;delivered andinto Jehovahtheir deliveredhand a very great hostarmy into their hand because they had forsaken Jehovahthe Lord the God of their fathers SoThus they executed judgment uponon JoashJo′ash |
| 24:25 |
AndWhen when they werehad departed from him forleaving they left him veryseverely sickwounded his own servants conspired against him forbecause of the blood of the sonsson of JehoiadaJehoi′ada the priest and slew him on his bed andSo he died; and they buried him in the city of David but they burieddid not bury him not in the sepulchrestombs of the kings |
| 24:26 |
AndThose thesewho are they that conspired against him: were Zabad the son of ShimeathShim′e ath the Ammonitess and JehozabadJeho′zabad the son of Shimrith the Moabitess |
| 24:27 |
NowAccounts concerningof his sons and the greatness of the burdensmany laidoracles uponagainst him and of the rebuilding of the house of God behold they are written in the commentaryCommentary ofon the bookBook of the kingsKings And AmaziahAmazi′ah his son reigned in his stead |
| 25:1 |
AmaziahAmazi′ah was twenty and five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem: andHis his mothers name was JehoaddanJeho ad′dan of Jerusalem |
| 25:2 |
And he did thatwhat which was right in the eyes of Jehovahthe butLord yet not with a perfectblameless heart |
| 25:3 |
NowAnd itas camesoon toas passthe whenroyal thepower kingdom was establishedfirmly untoin himhis thathand he slewkilled his servants thatwho had killedslain the king his father |
| 25:4 |
But he putdid not put their children to death but did according to thatwhat which is written in the law in the book of Moses aswhere Jehovahthe Lord commanded saying The fathers shall not diebe put to death for the children neitheror shall the children diebe put to death for the fathers; but every man shall die for his own sin |
| 25:5 |
MoreoverThen AmaziahAmazi′ah gatheredassembled the men of Judah together and orderedset them accordingby to their fathers houses under captainscommanders of thousands and captains of hundreds evenfor all Judah and Benjamin: andHe hemustered numberedthose them from twenty years old and upward and found themthat they were three hundred thousand chosenpicked men ablefit tofor gowar forthable to war that could handle spear and shield |
| 25:6 |
He hired also a hundred thousand mighty men of valor outfrom of Israel for a hundred talents of silver |
| 25:7 |
But there came a man of God came to him sayingand said O king letdo not let the army of Israel go with thee;you for Jehovahthe Lord is not with Israel to wit with all thethese childrenE′phraimites of Ephraim |
| 25:8 |
But if thouyou wiltsuppose gothat doin valiantlythis way you will be strong for thewar battle: God will cast theeyou down before the enemy; for God hathhas power to help andor to cast down |
| 25:9 |
And AmaziahAmazi′ah said to the man of God But what shall we do forabout the hundred talents which I have given to the army of Israel AndThe the man of God answered JehovahThe Lord is able to give theeyou much more than this |
| 25:10 |
Then AmaziahAmazi′ah separateddischarged them to wit the army that washad come to him outfrom ofE′phraim Ephraim to go home again: whereforeAnd theirthey angerbecame wasvery greatlyangry kindledwith against Judah and they returned home in fierce anger |
| 25:11 |
AndBut AmaziahAmazi′ah took courage and led forthout his people and went to the Valley of Salt and smote often thethousand childrenmen of SeirSe′ir ten thousand |
| 25:12 |
AndThe othermen tenof thousandJudah didcaptured theanother childrenten ofthousand Judah carry away alive and broughttook them untoto the top of thea rock and castthrew them down from the top of the rock; soand that they were all brokendashed into pieces |
| 25:13 |
But the men of the army whom AmaziahAmazi′ah sent back thatnot theyletting shouldthem not go with him to battle fell upon the cities of Judah from SamariaSamar′ia evento unto Beth horonhor′on and smotekilled of them three thousand people in them and took much spoil |
| 25:14 |
NowAfter itAmazi′ah came to pass after that Amaziah was come from the slaughter of the EdomitesE′domites that he brought the gods of the childrenmen of SeirSe′ir and set them up toas be his gods and bowedworshiped down himself before them andmaking burnedofferings incenseto unto them |
| 25:15 |
WhereforeTherefore the angerLord of Jehovah was kindledangry againstwith AmaziahAmazi′ah and he sent untoto him a prophet who said untoto him Why hasthave thouyou soughtresorted afterto the gods of thea people which havedid not delivereddeliver their own people outfrom ofyour thy hand |
| 25:16 |
AndBut it came to pass as he talkedwas withspeaking him that the king said untoto him Have we made theeyou ofa theroyal kingscounselor counselStop forbear;Why whyshould shouldestyou thou be smittenput Thento death So the prophet forbarestopped andbut said I know that God hathhas determined to destroy theeyou because thouyou hasthave done this and hasthave not hearkenedlistened untoto my counsel |
| 25:17 |
Then AmaziahAmazi′ah king of Judah took advicecounsel and sent to JoashJo′ash the son of JehoahazJeho′ahaz the son of Jehu king of Israel saying Come let us look one another in the face |
| 25:18 |
And JoashJo′ash the king of Israel sent word to AmaziahAmazi′ah king of Judah sayingA The thistle thaton was in Lebanon sent to thea cedar thaton was in Lebanon saying Give thyyour daughter to my son tofor a wife:; and there passed by a wild beast thatof wasLebanon inpassed Lebanonby and trodtrampled down the thistle |
| 25:19 |
ThouYou sayestsay LoSee thouI hasthave smitten Edom; and thyyour heart liftethhas theelifted you up toin boast:boastfulness abideBut now stay at home; why shouldestshould thouyou meddleprovoke totrouble thyso hurt that thouyou shouldest fall evenyou thou and Judah with theeyou |
| 25:20 |
But AmaziahAmazi′ah would not hearlisten; for it was of God in order that he might delivergive them into the hand of their enemies because they had sought after the gods of Edom |
| 25:21 |
So JoashJo′ash king of Israel went up; and he and AmaziahAmazi′ah king of Judah lookedfaced one another in thebattle face at Beth shemeshshe′mesh which belongethbelongs to Judah |
| 25:22 |
And Judah was putdefeated toby the worse before Israel; and they fled every man fled to his tenthome |
| 25:23 |
And JoashJo′ash king of Israel tookcaptured AmaziahAmazi′ah king of Judah the son of JoashJo′ash the son of JehoahazAhazi′ah at Beth shemeshshe′mesh and brought him to Jerusalem and brakebroke down the wall of Jerusalem fromfor thefour gatehundred ofcubits Ephraimfrom unto the cornerE′phraim gateGate fourto hundredthe cubitsCorner Gate |
| 25:24 |
And he tookseized all the gold and silver and all the vessels that were found in the house of God and O′bed e′dom with Obedthem; edomhe andseized also the treasurestreasuries of the kings house theand hostages also and he returned to SamariaSamar′ia |
| 25:25 |
AndAmazi′ah Amaziah the son of JoashJo′ash king of Judah lived fifteen years after the death of JoashJo′ash the son of JehoahazJeho′ahaz king of Israel fifteen years |
| 25:26 |
Now the rest of the actsdeeds of AmaziahAmazi′ah from first andto last behold are they not written in the bookBook of the kingsKings of Judah and Israel |
| 25:27 |
NowFrom from the time thatwhen Amaziahhe didturned turn away from followingthe JehovahLord they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem; and he fled to Lachish: butBut they sent after him to Lachish and slew him there |
| 25:28 |
And they brought him upon horses; and he was buried him with his fathers in the city of JudahDavid |
| 26:1 |
And all the people of Judah took UzziahUzzi′ah who was sixteen years old and made him king ininstead the room of his father AmaziahAmazi′ah |
| 26:2 |
He built Eloth and restored it to Judah after that the king slept with his fathers |
| 26:3 |
SixteenUzzi′ah was sixteen years old was Uzziah when he began to reign; and he reigned fifty and two years in Jerusalem: andHis his mothers name was JechiliahJecoli′ah of Jerusalem |
| 26:4 |
And he did thatwhat which was right in the eyes of Jehovahthe Lord according to all that his father AmaziahAmazi′ah had done |
| 26:5 |
AndHe he set himself to seek God in the days of ZechariahZechari′ah who hadinstructed understandinghim in the visionfear of God:; and as long as he sought Jehovahthe Lord God made him to prosper |
| 26:6 |
AndHe he went forthout and warredmade war against the Philistines and brakebroke down the wall of Gath and the wall of Jabneh and the wall of Ashdod; and he built cities in the countryterritory of Ashdod and elsewhere among the Philistines |
| 26:7 |
And God helped him against the Philistines and against the ArabiansArabs that dwelt in GurGurba′al baal and against the MeunimMe u′nites |
| 26:8 |
AndThe the Ammonites gavepaid tribute to Uzziah:Uzzi′ah and his namefame spread abroad even to the entranceborder of Egypt; for he waxedbecame exceedingvery strong |
| 26:9 |
Moreover UzziahUzzi′ah built towers in Jerusalem at the cornerCorner gateGate and at the valleyValley gateGate and at the turningAngle of the wall and fortified them |
| 26:10 |
And he built towers in the wilderness and hewed out many cisterns for he had muchlarge cattle;herds both in the lowlandShephe′lah also and in the plain: and he had husbandmenfarmers and vinedressers in the mountainshills and in the fruitfulfertile fields;lands for he loved husbandrythe soil |
| 26:11 |
Moreover UzziahUzzi′ah had an army of fightingsoldiers menfit thatfor went out to war byin bandsdivisions according to the numbernumbers ofin theirthe reckoningmuster made by JeielJe i′el the scribesecretary and MaaseiahMa asei′ah the officer under the handdirection of HananiahHanani′ah one of the kings captainscommanders |
| 26:12 |
The whole number of the heads of fathers houses evenof the mighty men of valor was two thousand and six hundred |
| 26:13 |
AndUnder under their handcommand was an army of three hundred thousand and seven thousand and five hundred thatwho madecould make war with mighty power to help the king against the enemy |
| 26:14 |
And UzziahUzzi′ah prepared for them even for all the hostarmy shields and spears and helmets and coats of mail and bows and stones for slinging |
| 26:15 |
AndIn Jerusalem he made in Jerusalem engines invented by skilful men to be on the towers and upon the battlementscorners wherewith to shoot arrows and great stones And his namefame spread far abroad; for he was marvellouslymarvelously helped till he was strong |
| 26:16 |
But when he was strong hishe heartgrew wasproud liftedto uphis sodestruction thatFor he didwas corruptlyfalse andto hethe trespassedLord against Jehovah his God; forand heentered went into the temple of Jehovahthe Lord to burn incense uponon the altar of incense |
| 26:17 |
AndBut AzariahAzari′ah the priest went in after him and with himeighty fourscore priests of Jehovahthe thatLord who were valiant men: of valor; |
| 26:18 |
and they withstood UzziahKing theUzzi′ah king and said untoto him It pertainethis not untofor theeyou UzziahUzzi′ah to burn incense untoto Jehovahthe Lord but tofor the priests the sons of Aaron thatwho are consecrated to burn incense: goGo out of the sanctuary; for thouyou hasthave trespassed;done neitherwrong shalland it bewill forbring thineyou no honor from Jehovahthe Lord God |
| 26:19 |
Then UzziahUzzi′ah was wroth;angry andNow he had a censer in his hand to burn incense; and whilewhen he wasbecame wrothangry with the priests the leprosy brakebroke forthout inon his forehead beforein the presence of the priests in the house of Jehovahthe besideLord by the altar of incense |
| 26:20 |
And AzariahAzari′ah the chief priest and all the priests looked uponat him and behold he was leprous in his forehead andAnd they thrust him out quickly fromand thence;he yea himself hastedhastened also to go out because Jehovahthe Lord had smitten him |
| 26:21 |
And UzziahKing theUzzi′ah king was a leper untoto the day of his death and being a leper dwelt in a separate house being a leper; for he was cutexcluded off from the house of Jehovah:the andLord And Jotham his son was over the kings househousehold judginggoverning the people of the land |
| 26:22 |
Now the rest of the acts of UzziahUzzi′ah from first andto last did Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz writewrote |
| 26:23 |
SoAnd UzziahUzzi′ah slept with his fathers; and they buried him with his fathers in the burial field of burial which belonged to the kings; for they said He is a leper: andAnd Jotham his son reigned in his stead |
| 27:1 |
Jotham was twenty and five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem: andHis his mothers name was JerushahJeru′shah the daughter of Zadok |
| 27:2 |
And he did thatwhat which was right in the eyes of Jehovahthe Lord according to all that his father UzziahUzzi′ah had done:—only howbeit he entereddid not intoinvade the temple of Jehovahthe AndLord But the people didstill yetfollowed corruptlycorrupt practices |
| 27:3 |
He built the upper gate of the house of Jehovahthe Lord and did much building on the wall of Ophel he built much |
| 27:4 |
Moreover he built cities in the hill country of Judah and inforts theand foreststowers heon builtthe castleswooded andhills towers |
| 27:5 |
He fought also with the king of the childrenAmmonites of Ammon and prevailed against them And the childrenAmmonites of Ammon gave him thethat same year a hundred talents of silver and ten thousand measurescors of wheat and ten thousand of barley SoThe muchAmmonites didpaid him the childrensame ofamount Ammon render unto him in the second year also and in the third years |
| 27:6 |
So Jotham became mighty because he ordered his ways before Jehovahthe Lord his God |
| 27:7 |
Now the rest of the acts of Jotham and all his wars and his ways behold they are written in the bookBook of the kingsKings of Israel and Judah |
| 27:8 |
He was twenty five and twenty years old when he began to reign and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem |
| 27:9 |
And Jotham slept with his fathers and they buried him in the city of David:; and Ahaz his son reigned in his stead |
| 28:1 |
Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign; and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem: andAnd he did not thatdo whichwhat was right in the eyes of Jehovahthe Lord like David his father; David |
| 28:2 |
but he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel andHe even made also molten images for the BaalimBa′als; |
| 28:3 |
Moreoverand he burntburned incense in the valley of the son of Hinnom and burntburned his childrensons inas thean fireoffering according to the abominationsabominable practices of the nations whom Jehovahthe castLord drove out before the childrenpeople of Israel |
| 28:4 |
And he sacrificed and burntburned incense inon the high places and on the hills and under every green tree |
| 28:5 |
WhereforeTherefore Jehovahthe Lord his God deliveredgave him into the hand of the king of Syria; andwho theydefeated smote him and carriedtook awaycaptive of his a great multitudenumber of captiveshis people and brought them to Damascus AndHe he was also deliveredgiven into the hand of the king of Israel who smotedefeated him with a great slaughter |
| 28:6 |
For Pekah the son of RemaliahRemali′ah slew in Judah a hundred and twenty thousand in Judah in one day all of them valiant men; of valor because they had forsaken Jehovahthe Lord the God of their fathers |
| 28:7 |
And Zichri a mighty man of EphraimE′phraim slew MaaseiahMa asei′ah the kings son and AzrikamAzri′kam the rulercommander of the housepalace and ElkanahElka′nah thatthe was next in authority to the king |
| 28:8 |
AndThe themen children of Israel carriedtook away captive of their brethren two hundred thousand of their kinsfolk women sons and daughters; andthey took also awaytook much spoil from them and brought the spoil to SamariaSamar′ia |
| 28:9 |
But a prophet of Jehovahthe Lord was there whose name was Oded:; and he went out to meet the hostarmy that came to SamariaSamar′ia and said untoto them Behold because Jehovahthe Lord the God of your fathers was wrothangry with Judah he hathgave delivered them into your hand andbut yeyou have slain them in a rage which hathhas reached up untoto heaven |
| 28:10 |
And now yeyou purposeintend to keepsubjugate under the childrenpeople of Judah and Jerusalem formale bondmen and bondwomenfemale untoas you:your butslaves areHave thereyou not evensins with you trespasses of your own against Jehovahthe Lord your God |
| 28:11 |
Now hear me therefore and send back the captives thatfrom yeyour havekinsfolk takenwhom captiveyou ofhave yourtaken brethren; for the fierce wrath of Jehovahthe Lord is upon you |
| 28:12 |
ThenCertain certainchiefs ofalso the heads of the childrenmen of EphraimE′phraim AzariahAzari′ah the son of JohananJoha′nan BerechiahBerechi′ah the son of MeshillemothMeshil′lemoth andJehizki′ah Jehizkiah the son of Shallum and AmasaAma′sa the son of Hadlai stood up against themthose thatwho camewere coming from the war |
| 28:13 |
and said untoto them YeYou shall not bring in the captives hither:in here for yeyou purposepropose thatto which will bring upon us aguilt trespass against Jehovahthe toLord addin untoaddition to our present sins and toguilt ourFor trespass; for our trespassguilt is already great and there is fierce wrath against Israel |
| 28:15 |
And the men thatwho have been mentioned by name rose up and took the captives and with the spoil they clothed all that were naked among them; andthey arrayedclothed them andgave shod them andsandals gaveprovided them towith eatfood and to drink and anointed them; and carriedcarrying all the feeble ofamong them uponon asses andthey brought them to their kinsfolk at Jericho the city of palm trees untoThen their brethren: then they returned to SamariaSamar′ia |
| 28:16 |
At that time didKing king Ahaz sendsent untoto the kingsking of Assyria tofor help him |
| 28:17 |
For again the EdomitesE′domites had comeagain invaded and smittendefeated Judah and carried away captives |
| 28:18 |
TheAnd the Philistines also had invadedmade raids on the cities ofin the lowlandShephe′lah and of the SouthNegeb of Judah and had taken Beth shemeshshe′mesh andAi′jalon AijalonGede′roth and Gederoth and Soco with theits townsvillages thereof and Timnah with theits townsvillages thereofand Gimzo alsowith andits thevillages; towns thereof: and they dweltsettled there |
| 28:19 |
For Jehovahthe Lord brought Judah low because of Ahaz king of Israel; for he had dealt wantonly in Judah and trespassedhad sorebeen againstfaithless Jehovahto the Lord |
| 28:20 |
AndSo TilgathTil′gath pilneserpilne′ser king of Assyria came untoagainst him and distressedafflicted him butinstead strengthenedof strengthening him not |
| 28:21 |
For Ahaz took awayfrom athe portionhouse out of the houseLord of Jehovah and out of the house of the king and of the princes and gave ittribute untoto the king of Assyria:; but it helpeddid not help him not |
| 28:22 |
AndIn in the time of his distress did he trespassbecame yet more againstfaithless Jehovahto the Lord—this same kingKing Ahaz |
| 28:23 |
For he sacrificed untoto the gods of Damascus which smotehad defeated him; and he said Because the gods of the kings of Syria helped them thereforeI will I sacrifice to them that they may help me But they were the ruin of him and of all Israel |
| 28:24 |
And Ahaz gathered together the vessels of the house of God and cut in pieces the vessels of the house of God and he shut up the doors of the house of Jehovahthe Lord; and he made himhimself altars in every corner of Jerusalem |
| 28:25 |
AndIn in every city of Judah he made high places to burn incense untoto other gods andprovoking provoked to anger Jehovahthe Lord the God of his fathers |
| 28:26 |
Now the rest of his acts and all his ways from first andto last behold they are written in the bookBook of the kingsKings of Judah and Israel |
| 28:27 |
And Ahaz slept with his fathers and they buried him in the city even in Jerusalem; for they broughtdid not bring him not into the sepulchrestombs of the kings of Israel: andAnd HezekiahHezeki′ah his son reigned in his stead |
| 29:1 |
HezekiahHezeki′ah began to reign when he was twenty five and twenty years old; and he reigned twenty nine and twenty years in Jerusalem: andHis his mothers name was AbijahAbi′jah the daughter of ZechariahZechari′ah |
| 29:2 |
And he did thatwhat which was right in the eyes of Jehovahthe Lord according to all that David his father had done |
| 29:3 |
HeIn in the first year of his reign in the first month he opened the doors of the house of Jehovahthe Lord and repaired them |
| 29:4 |
AndHe he brought in the priests and the Levites and gatheredassembled them togetherin into the broadsquare place on the east |
| 29:5 |
and said untoto them Hear me ye Levites; nowNow sanctify yourselves and sanctify the house of Jehovahthe Lord the God of your fathers and carry forthout the filthinessfilth outfrom of the holy place |
| 29:6 |
For our fathers have trespassedbeen unfaithful and have done thatwhat which was evil in the sight of Jehovahthe Lord our God; andthey have forsaken him and have turned away their faces from the habitation of Jehovahthe Lord and turned their backs |
| 29:7 |
AlsoThey theyalso have shut up the doors of the porchvestibule and put out the lamps and have not burned incense noror offered burnt offerings in the holy place untoto the God of Israel |
| 29:8 |
WhereforeTherefore the wrath of Jehovahthe wasLord uponcame on Judah and Jerusalem and he hathhas deliveredmade them toan beobject tossedof tohorror andof fro to be an astonishment and aof hissing as yeyou see with your own eyes |
| 29:10 |
Now it is in my heart to make a covenant with Jehovahthe Lord the God of Israel that his fierce anger may turn away from us |
| 29:11 |
My sons bedo not now be negligent; for Jehovahthe hathLord has chosen you to stand beforein himhis presence to minister untoto him and thatto ye should be his ministers and burn incense to him |
| 29:12 |
Then the Levites arose Mahath the son of AmasaiAma′sai and JoelJo′el the son of AzariahAzari′ah of the sons of the KohathitesKo′hathites; and of the sons of MerariMerar′i Kish the son of Abdi and AzariahAzari′ah the son of JehallelelJehal′lelel; and of the Gershonites JoahJo′ah the son of Zimmah and Eden the son of JoahJo′ah; |
| 29:13 |
and of the sons of ElizaphanEli za′phan Shimri and JeuelJeu′el; and of the sons of Asaph ZechariahZechari′ah and MattaniahMattani′ah; |
| 29:14 |
and of the sons of Heman JehuelJehu′el and ShimeiShim′e i; and of the sons of JeduthunJedu′thun ShemaiahShemai′ah and UzzielUz′ziel |
| 29:15 |
AndThey they gathered their brethren and sanctified themselves and went in accordingas to the commandmentking ofhad thecommanded king by the words of Jehovahthe Lord to cleanse the house of Jehovahthe Lord |
| 29:16 |
AndThe the priests went ininto unto the inner part of the house of Jehovahthe Lord to cleanse it and they brought out all the uncleanness that they found in the temple of Jehovahthe Lord into the court of the house of Jehovahthe AndLord; and the Levites took it toand carrycarried it out abroad to the brook Kidron |
| 29:17 |
NowThey they began to sanctify on the first day of the first month to sanctify and on the eighth day of the month they came they to the porchvestibule of Jehovahthe Lord; andthen for eight days they sanctified the house of Jehovahthe inLord eight days: and on the sixteenth day of the first month they madefinished an end |
| 29:18 |
Then they went in to HezekiahHezeki′ah the king within the palace and said We have cleansed all the house of Jehovahthe andLord the altar of burnt offering withand all theits vesselsutensils thereof and the table offor the showbread withand all theits vesselsutensils thereof |
| 29:19 |
MoreoverAll all the vesselsutensils which kingKing Ahaz discarded in his reign did cast away when he trespassedwas havefaithless we preparedhave made ready and sanctified; and behold they are before the altar of Jehovahthe Lord |
| 29:20 |
Then HezekiahHezeki′ah the king aroserose early and gathered the princesofficials of the city and went up to the house of Jehovahthe Lord |
| 29:21 |
And they brought seven bullocksbulls and seven rams and seven lambs and seven he goats for a sin offering for the kingdom and for the sanctuary and for Judah And he commanded the priests the sons of Aaron to offer them on the altar of Jehovahthe Lord |
| 29:22 |
So they killed the bullocksbulls and the priests received the blood and sprinkledthrew it onagainst the altar:; and they killed the rams and sprinkledtheir the blood uponwas thrown against the altar:; and they killed also the lambs and sprinkledtheir the blood uponwas thrown against the altar |
| 29:23 |
AndThen they brought near the he goats for the sin offering beforewere brought to the king and the assembly; and they laid their hands upon them: |
| 29:24 |
and the priests killed them and they made a sin offering with their blood uponon the altar to make atonement for all Israel; forFor the king commanded that the burnt offering and the sin offering should be made for all Israel |
| 29:25 |
And he setstationed the Levites in the house of Jehovahthe Lord with cymbals withharps psalteries and withlyres harps according to the commandment of David and of Gad the kings seer and of Nathan the prophet; for the commandment was offrom Jehovahthe byLord through his prophets |
| 29:26 |
AndThe the Levites stood with the instruments of David and the priests with the trumpets |
| 29:27 |
AndThen HezekiahHezeki′ah commanded tothat offer the burnt offering uponbe offered on the altar And when the burnt offering began the song ofto Jehovahthe Lord began also and the trumpets togetheraccompanied withby the instruments of David king of Israel |
| 29:28 |
AndThe allwhole the assembly worshippedworshiped and the singers sang and the trumpeters sounded; all this continued until the burnt offering was finished |
| 29:29 |
AndWhen whenthe theyoffering hadwas madefinished an end of offering the king and all thatwho were present with him bowed themselves and worshippedworshiped |
| 29:30 |
MoreoverAnd HezekiahHezeki′ah the king and the princes commanded the Levites to sing praises untoto Jehovahthe Lord with the words of David and of Asaph the seer And they sang praises with gladness and they bowed theirdown heads and worshippedworshiped |
| 29:31 |
Then HezekiahHezeki′ah answered and said NowYou ye have now consecrated yourselves untoto Jehovahthe Lord; come near and bring sacrifices and thank offerings intoto the house of Jehovahthe Lord And the assembly brought in sacrifices and thank offerings; and asall manywho as were of a willing heart brought burnt offerings |
| 29:32 |
AndThe the number of the burnt offerings which the assembly brought was threescoreseventy andbulls ten bullocks a hundred rams and two hundred lambs:; all these were for a burnt offering to Jehovahthe Lord |
| 29:33 |
And the consecrated thingsofferings were six hundred oxenbulls and three thousand sheep |
| 29:34 |
But the priests were too few soand that they could not flay all the burnt offerings: whereforeso theiruntil brethrenother thepriests Leviteshad didsanctified helpthemselves themtheir tillbrethren the workLevites washelped endedthem and until the priestswork hadwas sanctified themselves; finished—for the Levites were more upright in heart to sanctify themselves than the priests in sanctifying themselves |
| 29:35 |
AndBesides also the great number of burnt offerings werethere inwas abundance with the fat of the peace offerings and withthere were the drinklibations offerings for everythe burnt offeringofferings SoThus the service of the house of Jehovahthe Lord was setrestored in order |
| 29:36 |
And HezekiahHezeki′ah rejoiced and all the people rejoiced because of thatwhat which God had prepareddone for the people:; for the thing wascame doneabout suddenly |
| 30:1 |
AndHezeki′ah Hezekiah sent to all Israel and Judah and wrote letters also to EphraimE′phraim and ManassehManas′seh that they should come to the house of Jehovahthe Lord at Jerusalem to keep the passover untoto Jehovahthe Lord the God of Israel |
| 30:2 |
For the king had taken counsel and his princes and all the assembly in Jerusalem had taken counsel to keep the passover in the second month— |
| 30:3 |
Forfor they could not keep it atin thatits time because the priests had not sanctified themselves in sufficient number neithernor had the people gatheredassembled themselvesin together to Jerusalem— |
| 30:4 |
Andand the thingplan wasseemed right into the eyes of the king and of all the assembly |
| 30:5 |
So they establisheddecreed a decree to make a proclamation throughout all Israel from Beer sheba even to Dan that theythe people should come toand keep the passover untoto Jehovahthe Lord the God of Israel at Jerusalem:; for they had not kept it in great numbers in such sort as itprescribed is written |
| 30:6 |
So thecouriers posts went throughout all Israel and Judah with the letters from the king and his princes throughoutas all Israel and Judah and according to the commandmentking ofhad thecommanded king saying YeO childrenpeople of Israel turnreturn againto untothe JehovahLord the God of Abraham Isaac and Israel that he may returnturn again to the remnant thatof areyou escapedwho ofhave youescaped outfrom of the hand of the kings of Assyria |
| 30:7 |
AndDo be not yebe like your fathers and like your brethren who trespassedwere againstfaithless Jehovahto the Lord God of their fathers so that he gavemade them upa to desolation as yeyou see |
| 30:8 |
NowDo not now be yestiff notnecked stiffnecked as your fathers were; but yield yourselves untoto Jehovahthe Lord and entercome intoto his sanctuary which he hathhas sanctified for ever and serve Jehovahthe Lord your God that his fierce anger may turn away from you |
| 30:9 |
For if yeyou turnreturn againto untothe JehovahLord your brethren and your children shallwill find compassion beforewith themtheir thatcaptors led them captive and shallreturn cometo again into this land: forFor Jehovahthe Lord your God is gracious and merciful and will not turn away his face from you if yeyou return untoto him |
| 30:10 |
So the postscouriers passedwent from city to city through the country of EphraimE′phraim and ManassehManas′seh evenand untoas Zebulun:far as Zeb′ulun; but they laughed them to scorn and mocked them |
| 30:11 |
NeverthelessOnly certaina few men of Asher andof ManassehManas′seh and of ZebulunZeb′ulun humbled themselves and came to Jerusalem |
| 30:12 |
AlsoThe uponhand Judahof cameGod thewas handalso ofupon GodJudah to give them one heart to do thewhat commandment of the king and of the princes commanded by the word of Jehovahthe Lord |
| 30:13 |
And theremany assembledpeople atcame Jerusalemtogether muchin peopleJerusalem to keep the feast of unleavened bread in the second month a very great assembly |
| 30:14 |
AndThey theyset aroseto work and tookremoved away the altars that were in Jerusalem and all the altars for burning incense they took they away and castthrew them into the brook Kidron valley |
| 30:15 |
ThenAnd they killed the passover lamb on the fourteenth day of the second month: andAnd the priests and the Levites were ashamedput andto shame so that they sanctified themselves and brought burnt offerings into the house of Jehovahthe Lord |
| 30:16 |
AndThey theytook stood in their placeaccustomed afterposts their order according to the law of Moses the man of God:; the priests sprinkled the blood which they received offrom the hand of the Levites |
| 30:17 |
For there were many in the assembly thatwho had not sanctified themselves:; therefore the Levites had theto chargekill ofthe killingpassover thelamb passovers for every one thatwho was not clean to sanctifymake themit untoholy Jehovahto the Lord |
| 30:18 |
For a multitude of the people even many of Ephraimthem andfrom ManassehE′phraim IssacharManas′seh Is′sachar and ZebulunZeb′ulun had not cleansed themselves yet did they eatate the passover otherwise than itas isprescribed written For HezekiahHezeki′ah had prayed for them saying The good JehovahLord pardon every one |
| 30:19 |
thatwho settethsets his heart to seek God Jehovahthe Lord the God of his fathers even though he be not cleansed according to the purificationsanctuarys rules of thecleanness sanctuary |
| 30:20 |
And Jehovahthe hearkenedLord toheard HezekiahHezeki′ah and healed the people |
| 30:21 |
And the childrenpeople of Israel that were present at Jerusalem kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with great gladness; and the Levites and the priests praised Jehovahthe Lord day by day singing with loudall instrumentstheir untomight Jehovahto the Lord |
| 30:22 |
And HezekiahHezeki′ah spakespoke comfortablyencouragingly untoto all the Levites thatwho hadshowed good understandingskill in the service of Jehovahthe Lord So theythe didpeople eatate throughoutthe food of the feastfestival for the seven days offeringsacrificing sacrifices of peace offerings and makinggiving confessionthanks to Jehovahthe Lord the God of their fathers |
| 30:23 |
AndThen the whole assembly tookagreed counseltogether to keep otherthe feast for another seven days; andso they kept otherit for another seven days with gladness |
| 30:24 |
For HezekiahHezeki′ah king of Judah didgave give to the assembly for offerings a thousand bullocksbulls and seven thousand sheep; for offerings and the princes gave to the assembly a thousand bullocksbulls and ten thousand sheep: andAnd athe great number of priests sanctified themselves in great numbers |
| 30:25 |
AndThe allwhole the assembly of Judah withand the priests and the Levites and all the whole assembly that came out of Israel and the sojourners thatwho came out of the land of Israel and thatthe sojourners who dwelt in Judah rejoiced |
| 30:26 |
So there was great joy in Jerusalem; for since the time of Solomon the son of David king of Israel there washad notbeen thenothing like this in Jerusalem |
| 30:27 |
Then the priests and the Levites arose and blessed the people: and their voice was heard and their prayer came up to his holy habitation evenin unto heaven |
| 31:1 |
Now when all this was finished all Israel thatwho were present went out to the cities of Judah and brakebroke in pieces the pillars and hewed down the AsherimAshe′rim and brakebroke down the high places and the altars outthroughout of all Judah and Benjamin and in EphraimE′phraim also and ManassehManas′seh until they had destroyed them all Then all the childrenpeople of Israel returned to their cities every man to his possession into their own cities |
| 31:2 |
And HezekiahHezeki′ah appointed the coursesdivisions of the priests and of the Levites afterdivision theirby coursesdivision everyeach man according to his service both the priests and the Levites for burnt offerings and for peace offerings to minister and to give thanks and to praise in the gates of the camp of Jehovahthe Lord and to give thanks and praise |
| 31:3 |
HeThe appointedcontribution alsoof the kingsking portionfrom of his substanceown possessions was for the burnt offerings: tothe witburnt forofferings theof morning and evening burnt offerings and the burnt offerings for the sabbaths and for the new moons and for the setappointed feasts as it is written in the law of Jehovahthe Lord |
| 31:4 |
MoreoverAnd he commanded the people thatwho dweltlived in Jerusalem to give the portion ofdue to the priests and the Levites that they might give themselves to the law of Jehovahthe Lord |
| 31:5 |
AndAs as soon as the commandmentcommand camewas spread abroad the childrenpeople of Israel gave in abundance the first fruits of grain new wine and oil and honey and of all the increaseproduce of the field; and thethey tithebrought ofin allabundantly thingsthe broughttithe theyof ineverything abundantly |
| 31:6 |
And the childrenpeople of Israel and Judah thatwho dweltlived in the cities of Judah they also brought in the tithe of oxencattle and sheep and the tithe of dedicated things which werehad been consecrated untoto Jehovahthe Lord their God and laid them byin heaps |
| 31:7 |
In the third month they began to laypile theup foundation of the heaps and finished them in the seventh month |
| 31:8 |
AndWhen whenHezeki′ah Hezekiah and the princes came and saw the heaps they blessed Jehovahthe Lord and his people Israel |
| 31:9 |
ThenAnd HezekiahHezeki′ah questioned the priests and the Levites concerningabout the heaps |
| 31:10 |
AndAzari′ah Azariah the chief priest who was of the house of Zadok answered him and said Since thethey people began to bring the oblationscontributions into the house of Jehovahthe Lord we have eaten and had enough and have plenty left; plenty: for Jehovahthe hathLord has blessed his people; andso that whichwe ishave left is this great store left |
| 31:11 |
Then HezekiahHezeki′ah commanded them to prepare chambers in the house of Jehovahthe Lord; and they prepared them; |
| 31:12 |
andAnd they faithfully brought in the oblationscontributions and the tithes and the dedicated things faithfullyThe Andchief overofficer in charge of them Conaniahwas Conani′ah the Levite waswith rulerShim′e andi Shimei his brother wasas second; |
| 31:13 |
andwhile JehielJehi′el andAzazi′ah Azaziah and Nahath andAs′ahel AsahelJer′imoth andJo′zabad JerimothEli′el andIsmachi′ah Jozabad and Eliel and Ismachiah and Mahath and BenaiahBenai′ah were overseers underassisting theConani′ah handand ofShim′e Conaniahi and Shimei his brother by the appointment of HezekiahHezeki′ah the king and AzariahAzari′ah the rulerchief officer of the house of God |
| 31:14 |
And KoreKo′re the son of Imnah the Levite thekeeper porterof at the east gate was over the freewill offerings ofto God to distributeapportion the oblationscontribution ofreserved Jehovahfor the Lord and the most holy thingsofferings |
| 31:15 |
AndEden underMini′amin himJeshua wereShemai′ah EdenAmari′ah and MiniaminShecani′ah andwere Jeshuafaithfully andassisting Shemaiahhim Amariah and Shecaniah in the cities of the priests into theirdistribute officethe ofportions trust to give to their brethren byold coursesand asyoung wellalike toby thedivisions great as to the small: |
| 31:16 |
besidesexcept themthose thatenrolled were reckoned by genealogy of males from three years old and upwardupwards evenall everywho one that entered into the house of Jehovahthe Lord as the duty of everyeach day required for their service inaccording to their offices accordingby to their courses;divisions |
| 31:17 |
andThe themenrollment that were reckoned by genealogy of the priests bywas according to their fathers houses; andthat of the Levites from twenty years old and upwardupwards inwas according to their offices by their courses;divisions |
| 31:18 |
andThe thempriests that were reckonedenrolled bywith genealogy of all their little oneschildren their wives and their sons and their daughters throughthe allwhole themultitude; congregation: for inthey theirwere officefaithful ofin trustkeeping they sanctified themselves inholy holiness |
| 31:19 |
AlsoAnd for the sons of Aaron the priests thatwho were in the fields of thecommon suburbsland ofbelonging to their cities in every city there were men thatin the several cities who were mentioneddesignated by name to givedistribute portions to allevery themale males among the priests and to allevery thatone wereamong reckonedthe byLevites genealogywho amongwas the Levitesenrolled |
| 31:20 |
AndThus thusHezeki′ah did Hezekiah throughout all Judah; and he wroughtdid thatwhat which was good and right and faithful before Jehovahthe Lord his God |
| 31:21 |
And in every work that he beganundertook in the service of the house of God and in accordance with the law and in the commandments toseeking seek his God he did it with all his heart and prospered |
| 32:1 |
After these things and thisthese acts of faithfulness SennacheribSennach′erib king of Assyria came and enteredinvaded into Judah and encamped against the fortified cities andthinking thought to win them for himself |
| 32:2 |
And when HezekiahHezeki′ah saw that SennacheribSennach′erib washad come and thatintended he was purposed to fight against Jerusalem |
| 32:3 |
he tookplanned counsel with his princesofficers and his mighty men to stop the waterswater of the fountainssprings whichthat were withoutoutside the city; and they helped him |
| 32:4 |
SoA theregreat wasmany gatheredpeople muchwere peoplegathered together and they stopped all the fountainssprings and the brook that flowed through the midst of the land saying Why should the kings of Assyria come and find much water |
| 32:5 |
AndHe heset tookto couragework resolutely and built up all the wall that was broken down and raised towers upon it upand tooutside theit towershe andbuilt theanother other wall; without and he strengthened the Millo in the city of David andHe also made weapons and shields in abundance |
| 32:6 |
And he set captainscombat ofcommanders war over the people and gathered them together to him in the broadsquare place at the gate of the city and spakespoke comfortablyencouragingly to them saying |
| 32:7 |
Be strong and of good courage beDo not be afraid noror dismayed forbefore the king of Assyria norand for all the multitudehorde that is with him; for there is aone greater with us than with him: |
| 32:8 |
withWith him is an arm of flesh; but with us is Jehovahthe Lord our God to help us and to fight our battles And the people restedtook themselvesconfidence uponfrom the words of HezekiahHezeki′ah king of Judah |
| 32:9 |
After this didSennach′erib Sennacherib king of Assyria sendwho his servants to Jerusalem now he was beforebesieging Lachish andwith all his powerforces withsent himhis untoservants Hezekiahto Jerusalem to Hezeki′ah king of Judah and untoto all the people of Judah that were atin Jerusalem saying |
| 32:10 |
Thus saithsays SennacheribSennach′erib king of Assyria WhereonOn dowhat yeare trustyou relying that yeyou abidestand the siege in Jerusalem |
| 32:11 |
DothIs not HezekiahHezeki′ah persuademisleading you tothat he may give you over to die by famine and by thirst sayingwhen Jehovahhe tells you The Lord our God will deliver us outfrom of the hand of the king of Assyria |
| 32:12 |
HathHas not thethis same HezekiahHezeki′ah taken away his high places and his altars and commanded Judah and Jerusalem sayingBefore Yeone altar you shall worship before one altar and upon it you shall ye burn incenseyour sacrifices |
| 32:13 |
KnowDo yeyou not know what I and my fathers have done untoto all the peoples of theother lands Were the gods of the nations of thethose lands inat anyall wise able to deliver their landlands out of my hand |
| 32:14 |
Who was there among all the gods of those nations which my fathers utterly destroyed thatwas couldable to deliver his people outfrom of my hand that your God should be able to deliver you outfrom of my hand |
| 32:15 |
Now therefore letdo not Hezekiahlet Hezeki′ah deceive you noror persuademislead you afterin this mannerfashion neitherand do not believe ye him; for no god of any nation or kingdom washas been able to deliver his people outfrom of my hand andor outfrom of the hand of my fathers: howHow much less shallwill your God deliver you out of my hand |
| 32:16 |
And his servants spakesaid yetstill more against Jehovahthe Lord God and against his servant HezekiahHezeki′ah |
| 32:17 |
HeAnd he wrote also letters to railcast contempt on Jehovahthe Lord the God of Israel and to speak against him saying AsLike the gods of the nations of the lands whichwho have not delivered their people outfrom of my handhands so shall not the God of HezekiahHezeki′ah will not deliver his people outfrom of my hand |
| 32:18 |
And they criedshouted it with a loud voice in the Jews language untoof Judah to the people of Jerusalem thatwho were onupon the wall to affrightfrighten them and toterrify trouble them; in order that they might take the city |
| 32:19 |
And they spakespoke of the God of Jerusalem as they spoke of the gods of the peoples of the earth which are the work of mens hands |
| 32:20 |
AndThen HezekiahHezeki′ah the king and Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz prayed because of this and cried to heaven |
| 32:21 |
And Jehovahthe Lord sent an angel who cut off all the mighty menwarriors of valor and thecommanders leaders and captainsofficers in the camp of the king of Assyria So he returned with shame of face to his own land And when he wascame come into the house of his god theysome thatof came forth from his own bowelssons slewstruck him down there with the sword |
| 32:22 |
ThusSo Jehovahthe Lord saved HezekiahHezeki′ah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem from the hand of SennacheribSennach′erib the king of Assyria and from the hand of all othershis enemies; and guidedhe gave them rest on every side |
| 32:23 |
And many brought gifts untoto Jehovahthe Lord to Jerusalem and precious things to HezekiahHezeki′ah king of Judah; so that he was exalted in the sight of all nations from thenceforththat time onward |
| 32:24 |
In those days HezekiahHezeki′ah wasbecame sick evenand untowas at the point of death: and he prayed untoto Jehovahthe Lord; and he spakeanswered unto him and gave him a sign |
| 32:25 |
But HezekiahHezeki′ah rendereddid not againmake return according to the benefit done untoto him; for his heart was liftedproud up:Therefore thereforewrath therecame was wrath upon him and upon Judah and Jerusalem |
| 32:26 |
NotwithstandingBut HezekiahHezeki′ah humbled himself for the pride of his heart both he and the inhabitants of Jerusalem so that the wrath of Jehovahthe cameLord did not come upon them in the days of HezekiahHezeki′ah |
| 32:27 |
And HezekiahHezeki′ah had exceedingvery muchgreat riches and honor:; and he providedmade himfor himself treasuries for silver and for gold and for precious stones and for spices and for shields and for all mannerkinds of goodlycostly vessels; |
| 32:28 |
storestorehouses houses also for the increaseyield of grain and new wine and oil; and stalls for all mannerkinds of beastscattle and flockssheepfolds in folds |
| 32:29 |
MoreoverHe helikewise provided him cities andfor possessionshimself ofand flocks and herds in abundance; for God had given him very muchgreat substancepossessions |
| 32:30 |
This same HezekiahHezeki′ah alsoclosed stopped the upper springoutlet of the waters of Gihon and broughtdirected them straight down onto the west side of the city of David And HezekiahHezeki′ah prospered in all his works |
| 32:31 |
HowbeitAnd so in the businessmatter of the ambassadorsenvoys of the princes of Babylon who had been sent untoto him to inquire ofabout the wondersign that washad been done in the land God left him to himself in order to try him thatand heto might know all that was in his heart |
| 32:32 |
Now the rest of the acts of HezekiahHezeki′ah and his good deeds behold they are written in the vision of Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz in the bookBook of the kingsKings of Judah and Israel |
| 32:33 |
And HezekiahHezeki′ah slept with his fathers and they buried him in the ascent of the sepulchrestombs of the sons of David:; and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem did him honor at his death And ManassehManas′seh his son reigned in his stead |
| 33:1 |
ManassehManas′seh was twelve years old when he began to reign; and he reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem |
| 33:2 |
AndHe he did thatwhat which was evil in the sight of Jehovahthe afterLord according to the abominationsabominable practices of the nations whom Jehovahthe castLord drove out before the childrenpeople of Israel |
| 33:3 |
For he builtrebuilt again the high places which Hezekiah his father Hezeki′ah had broken down; and heerected reared up altars forto the BaalimBa′als and made AsherothAshe′rahs and worshippedworshiped all the host of heaven and served them |
| 33:4 |
And he built altars in the house of Jehovahthe whereofLord Jehovahof which the Lord had said In Jerusalem shall my name be for ever |
| 33:5 |
And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of Jehovahthe Lord |
| 33:6 |
HeAnd alsohe madeburned his childrensons toas passan throughoffering the fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom; and hepracticed practisedsoothsaying augury and usedaugury enchantments and practised sorcery and dealt with themmediums that had familiar spirits and with wizards: heHe wroughtdid much evil in the sight of Jehovahthe toLord provokeprovoking him to anger |
| 33:7 |
And he set the graven image of the idol which he had made he set in the house of God of which God said to David and to Solomon his son In this house and in Jerusalem which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel I will I put my name for ever:; |
| 33:8 |
neitherand I will Ino any more remove the foot of Israel from off the land which I have appointed for your fathers if only they will observebe careful to do all that I have commanded them even all the law and the statutes and the ordinances given bythrough Moses |
| 33:9 |
AndManas′seh Manasseh seduced Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem so that they did more evil more than did the nations whom Jehovahthe Lord destroyed before the childrenpeople of Israel |
| 33:10 |
AndThe JehovahLord spakespoke to ManassehManas′seh and to his people; but they gave no heed |
| 33:11 |
WhereforeTherefore Jehovahthe Lord brought upon them the captainscommanders of the hostarmy of the king of Assyria who took ManassehManas′seh inwith chainshooks and bound him with fetters of bronze and carriedbrought him to Babylon |
| 33:12 |
And when he was in distress he besoughtentreated Jehovahthe favor of the Lord his God and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers |
| 33:13 |
AndHe he prayed untoto him; and heGod wasreceived entreatedhis ofentreaty him and heard his supplication and brought him again to Jerusalem into his kingdom Then ManassehManas′seh knew that Jehovahthe heLord was God |
| 33:14 |
NowAfterwards after this he built an outer wall tofor the city of David on the west side of Gihon in the valley evenand tofor the entrance atinto the fishFish gate;Gate and hecarried compassedit round Ophel about with it and raised it up to a very great height:; and he also put valiantcommanders captainsof the army in all the fortified cities ofin Judah |
| 33:15 |
And he took away the foreign gods and the idol outfrom of the house of Jehovahthe Lord and all the altars that he had built inon the mountmountain of the house of Jehovahthe Lord and in Jerusalem and casthe threw them outoutside of the city |
| 33:16 |
AndHe healso builtrestored up the altar of Jehovahthe Lord and offered thereonupon it sacrifices of peace offerings and of thanksgiving; and he commanded Judah to serve Jehovahthe Lord the God of Israel |
| 33:17 |
Nevertheless the people still sacrificed stillat in the high places but only untoto Jehovahthe Lord their God |
| 33:18 |
Now the rest of the acts of ManassehManas′seh and his prayer untoto his God and the words of the seers thatwho spakespoke to him in the name of Jehovahthe Lord the God of Israel behold they are writtenin among the actsChronicles of the kingsKings of Israel |
| 33:19 |
HisAnd his prayer also and how God wasreceived entreatedhis ofentreaty him and all his sin and his trespassfaithlessness and the placessites whereinon which he built high places and set up the AsherimAshe′rim and the graven images before he humbled himself behold they are written in the historyChronicles of Hozaithe Seers |
| 33:20 |
So ManassehManas′seh slept with his fathers and they buried him in his own house:; and Amon his son reigned in his stead |
| 33:21 |
Amon was twenty and two years old when he began to reign; and he reigned two years in Jerusalem |
| 33:22 |
AndHe he did thatwhat which was evil in the sight of Jehovahthe Lord as didManas′seh Manasseh his father; andhad done Amon sacrificed untoto all the graven images whichthat ManassehManas′seh his father had made and served them |
| 33:23 |
And he humbleddid not humble himself before Jehovahthe Lord as ManassehManas′seh his father had humbled himself; but this same Amon trespassedincurred guilt more and more |
| 33:24 |
And his servants conspired against him and putkilled him to death in his own house |
| 33:25 |
But the people of the land slew all themthose thatwho had conspired against kingKing Amon; and the people of the land made JosiahJosi′ah his son king in his stead |
| 34:1 |
JosiahJosi′ah was eight years old when he began to reign; and he reigned thirty and one years in Jerusalem |
| 34:2 |
AndHe he did thatwhat which was right in the eyes of Jehovahthe Lord and walked in the ways of David his father; and turnedhe did not turn aside to the right hand or to the left |
| 34:3 |
For in the eighth year of his reign while he was yet younga boy he began to seek after the God of David his father; and in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem fromof the high places and the AsherimAshe′rim and the graven images and the molten images |
| 34:4 |
And they brakebroke down the altars of the BaalimBa′als in his presence; and thehe sunhewed imagesdown thatthe wereincense onaltars highwhich stood above them; and he hewedbroke down;in andpieces the AsherimAshe′rim and the graven images and the molten images and he brake in pieces and made dust of them and strewed it uponover the graves of themthose thatwho had sacrificed untoto them |
| 34:5 |
AndHe healso burntburned the bones of the priests uponon their altars and purged Judah and Jerusalem |
| 34:6 |
And so did he in the cities of ManassehManas′seh E′phraim and EphraimSimeon and Simeonas evenfar untoas NaphtaliNaph′tali in their ruins round about |
| 34:7 |
And he brakebroke down the altars and beat the AsherimAshe′rim and the graven images into powder and hewed down all the sunincense imagesaltars throughout all the land of Israel andThen he returned to Jerusalem |
| 34:8 |
Now in the eighteenth year of his reign when he had purged the land and the house he sent Shaphan the son of AzaliahAzali′ah and MaaseiahMa asei′ah the governor of the city and JoahJo′ah the son of JoahazJo′ahaz the recorder to repair the house of Jehovahthe Lord his God |
| 34:9 |
AndThey they came to HilkiahHilki′ah the high priest and delivered the money that washad been brought into the house of God which the Levites the keepers of the threshold had gatheredcollected offrom theManas′seh hand of Manasseh and EphraimE′phraim and offrom all the remnant of Israel and offrom all Judah and Benjamin and offrom the inhabitants of Jerusalem |
| 34:10 |
AndThey they delivered it intoto the hand of the workmen thatwho had the oversight of the house of Jehovahthe Lord; and the workmen thatwho wroughtwere working in the house of Jehovahthe Lord gave it tofor mendrepairing and repairrestoring the house: |
| 34:11 |
evenThey gave it to the carpenters and to the builders gave they it to buy hewnquarried stone and timber for couplingsbinders and to make beams for the housesbuildings which the kings of Judah had destroyedlet go to ruin |
| 34:12 |
And the men did the work faithfully: andOver the overseers of them were set Jahath and ObadiahObadi′ah the Levites of the sons of Merari;Merar′i and ZechariahZechari′ah and MeshullamMeshul′lam of the sons of the KohathitesKo′hathites to sethave itoversight forward;The and others of the Levites all thatwho were skilful with instruments of music |
| 34:13 |
Also they were over the burden bearers of burdens and setdirected forward all thatwho did the work in every mannerkind of service:; and some of the Levites there were scribes and officersofficials and portersgatekeepers |
| 34:14 |
AndWhile when they broughtwere bringing out the money that washad been brought into the house of Jehovahthe HilkiahLord Hilki′ah the priest found the book of the law of Jehovahthe Lord given bythrough Moses |
| 34:15 |
AndThen HilkiahHilki′ah answered and said to Shaphan the scribesecretary I have found the book of the law in the house of Jehovahthe AndLord; Hilkiahand deliveredHilki′ah gave the book to Shaphan |
| 34:16 |
And Shaphan carriedbrought the book to the king and moreoverfurther broughtreported back word to the king saying All that was committed to thyyour servants they are doing |
| 34:17 |
AndThey they have emptied out the money that was found in the house of Jehovahthe Lord and have delivered it into the hand of the overseers and into the hand of the workmen |
| 34:18 |
AndThen Shaphan the scribesecretary told the king sayingHilki′ah Hilkiah the priest hathhas deliveredgiven me a book And Shaphan read thereinit before the king |
| 34:19 |
AndWhen it came to pass when the king had heard the words of the law that he rent his clothes |
| 34:20 |
And the king commanded HilkiahHilki′ah andAhi′kam Ahikam the son of Shaphan and Abdon the son of Micah and Shaphan the scribesecretary and AsaiahAsai′ah the kings servant saying |
| 34:21 |
Go ye inquire of Jehovahthe Lord for me and for themthose thatwho are left in Israel and in Judah concerning the words of the book that ishas been found; for great is the wrath of Jehovahthe Lord that is poured out uponon us because our fathers have not kept the word of Jehovahthe Lord to do according untoto all that is written in this book |
| 34:22 |
So HilkiahHilki′ah and theythose whom the king had commandedsent went to Huldah the prophetess the wife of Shallum the son of Tokhath the son of Hasrah keeper of the wardrobe now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the secondSecond quarter;Quarter and theyspoke spake to her to that effect |
| 34:23 |
And she said untoto them Thus saithsays Jehovahthe Lord the God of Israel: Tell ye the man thatwho sent you untoto me |
| 34:24 |
Thus saithsays Jehovahthe Lord Behold I will bring evil upon this place and upon theits inhabitants thereof even all the curses that are written in the book which theywas have read before the king of Judah |
| 34:25 |
Because they have forsaken me and have burned incense untoto other gods that they might provoke me to anger with all the works of their hands; therefore is my wrath will be poured out upon this place and itwill shall not be quenched |
| 34:26 |
But untoto the king of Judah who sent you to inquire of Jehovahthe Lord thus shall yeyou say to him Thus saithsays Jehovahthe Lord the God of Israel: AsRegarding touching the words which thouyou hasthave heard |
| 34:27 |
because thyyour heart was tenderpenitent and thouyou didsthumbled humbleyourself thyself before God when thouyou heardestheard his words against this place and againstits the inhabitants thereof and hastyou have humbled thyselfyourself before me and hasthave rent thyyour clothes and wept before me; I also have heard theeyou saithsays Jehovahthe Lord |
| 34:28 |
Behold I will gather theeyou to thyyour fathers and thouyou shaltshall be gathered to thyyour grave in peace neitherand your eyes shall thinenot eyes see all the evil thatwhich I will bring upon this place and uponits the inhabitants thereof And they brought back word to the king |
| 34:30 |
And the king went up to the house of Jehovahthe andLord with all the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem and the priests and the Levites and all the people both great and small:; and he read in their earshearing all the words of the book of the covenant thatwhich washad been found in the house of Jehovahthe Lord |
| 34:31 |
And the king stood in his place and made a covenant before Jehovahthe Lord to walk after Jehovahthe Lord and to keep his commandments and his testimonies and his statutes with all his heart and with all his soul to perform the words of the covenant that were written in this book |
| 34:32 |
AndThen he causedmade all thatwho were foundpresent in Jerusalem and in Benjamin to stand to it And the inhabitants of Jerusalem did according to the covenant of God the God of their fathers |
| 34:33 |
And JosiahJosi′ah took away all the abominations outfrom of all the countriesterritory that pertainedbelonged to the childrenpeople of Israel and made all thatwho were found in Israel to serve eventhe toLord serve Jehovah their God All his days they departeddid not turn away from following Jehovahthe Lord the God of their fathers |
| 35:1 |
AndJosi′ah Josiah kept a passover untoto Jehovahthe Lord in Jerusalem:; and they killed the passover lamb on the fourteenth day of the first month |
| 35:2 |
AndHe heappointed set the priests into their offices and encouraged them toin the service of the house of Jehovahthe Lord |
| 35:3 |
And he said untoto the Levites thatwho taught all Israel thatand who were holy untoto Jehovahthe Lord Put the holy ark in the house which Solomon the son of David king of Israel did buildbuilt; thereyou shallneed no morelonger becarry ait burden upon your shoulders Now serve Jehovahthe Lord your God and his people Israel; |
| 35:4 |
andPrepare prepare yourselves afteraccording to your fathers houses by your coursesdivisions accordingfollowing to the writingdirections of David king of Israel and according to the writingdirections of Solomon his son |
| 35:5 |
And stand in the holy place according to the divisionsgroupings of the fathers houses of your brethren the childrenlay of the people and let there be for each a portionpart of a fathers house of the Levites |
| 35:6 |
And kill the passover lamb and sanctify yourselves and prepare for your brethren to do according to the word of Jehovahthe Lord by Moses |
| 35:7 |
AndThen JosiahJosi′ah gavecontributed to the childrenlay of the people ofas thepassover flockofferings lambsfor and kids all ofthat themwere forpresent thelambs passoverand offeringskids untofrom allthe thatflock were present to the number of thirty thousand and three thousand bullocks:bulls; these were offrom the kings substancepossessions |
| 35:8 |
And his princes gavecontributed forwillingly ato freewill offering unto the people to the priests and to the Levites HilkiahHilki′ah andZechari′ah Zechariah and JehielJehi′el the rulerschief officers of the house of God gave untoto the priests for the passover offerings two thousand and six hundred smalllambs cattleand kids and three hundred oxenbulls |
| 35:9 |
ConaniahConani′ah also and ShemaiahShemai′ah and NethanelNethan′el his brethrenbrothers and HashabiahHashabi′ah and JeielJe i′el and JozabadJo′zabad the chiefs of the Levites gave untoto the Levites for the passover offerings five thousand smalllambs cattleand kids and five hundred oxenbulls |
| 35:10 |
SoWhen the service washad been prepared andfor the priests stood in their place and the Levites byin their coursesdivisions according to the kings commandmentcommand |
| 35:11 |
And they killed the passover lamb and the priests sprinkled the blood which they received offrom theirthem handwhile and the Levites flayed themthe victims |
| 35:12 |
And they removedset aside the burnt offerings that they might givedistribute them according to the divisionsgroupings of the fathers houses of the childrenlay of the people to offer untoto Jehovahthe Lord as it is written in the book of Moses And so they did they with the oxenbulls |
| 35:13 |
And they roasted the passover lamb with fire according to the ordinance:; and they boiled the holy offerings boiled they in pots and in caldrons and in pans and carried them quickly to all the childrenlay of the people |
| 35:14 |
And afterward they prepared for themselves and for the priests because the priests the sons of Aaron were busied in offering the burnt offerings and the fat parts until night:; thereforeso the Levites prepared for themselves and for the priests the sons of Aaron |
| 35:15 |
AndThe the singers the sons of Asaph were in their place according to the commandmentcommand of David and Asaph and Heman and JeduthunJedu′thun the kings seer; and the portersgatekeepers were at everyeach gate:; they neededdid not need to depart from their service; for their brethren the Levites prepared for them |
| 35:16 |
So all the service of Jehovahthe Lord was prepared thethat same day to keep the passover and to offer burnt offerings uponon the altar of Jehovahthe Lord according to the commandmentcommand of kingKing JosiahJosi′ah |
| 35:17 |
And the childrenpeople of Israel thatwho were present kept the passover at that time and the feast of unleavened bread seven days |
| 35:18 |
AndNo there was no passover like toit thathad been kept in Israel fromsince the days of Samuel the prophet; neithernone did any of the kings of Israel keephad kept such a passover as Josiahwas kept by Josi′ah and the priests and the Levites and all Judah and Israel thatwho were present and the inhabitants of Jerusalem |
| 35:19 |
In the eighteenth year of the reign of JosiahJosi′ah was this passover was kept |
| 35:20 |
After all this when JosiahJosi′ah had prepared the temple Neco king of Egypt went up to fight againstat CarchemishCar′chemish byon the Euphrates:Euphra′tes and JosiahJosi′ah went out against him |
| 35:21 |
But he sent ambassadorsenvoys to him saying What have Iwe to do with theeeach thouother king of Judah I comeam not coming against theeyou this day but against the house wherewithwith which I haveam at war; and God hathhas commanded me to make haste: forbearCease theeopposing from meddling with God who is with me thatlest he destroy theeyou not |
| 35:22 |
Nevertheless JosiahJosi′ah would not turn hisaway face from him but disguised himself thatin heorder mightto fight with him andHe hearkeneddid not untolisten to the words of Neco from the mouth of God andbut camejoined tobattle fight in the valleyplain of MegiddoMegid′do |
| 35:23 |
And the archers shot atKing king JosiahJosi′ah; and the king said to his servants HaveTake me away; for I am sorebadly wounded |
| 35:24 |
So his servants took him out of the chariot and putcarried him in thehis second chariot that he had and brought him to Jerusalem; andAnd he died and was buried in the sepulchrestombs of his fathers AndAll all Judah and Jerusalem mourned for JosiahJosi′ah |
| 35:25 |
And Jeremiah lamentedalso uttered a lament for Josiah:Josi′ah; and all the singing men and singing women spakehave spoken of JosiahJosi′ah in their lamentationslaments untoto this day; andThey they made themthese an ordinance in Israel:; and behold they are written in the lamentationsLaments |
| 35:26 |
Now the rest of the acts of JosiahJosi′ah and his good deeds according to thatwhat which is written in the law of Jehovahthe Lord |
| 35:27 |
and his acts first and last behold they are written in the bookBook of the kingsKings of Israel and Judah |
| 36:1 |
ThenThe the people of the land took JehoahazJeho′ahaz the son of JosiahJosi′ah and made him king in his fathers stead in Jerusalem |
| 36:2 |
JoahazJeho′ahaz was twenty and three years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three months in Jerusalem |
| 36:3 |
AndThen the king of Egypt deposed him atin Jerusalem and finedlaid upon the land a tribute of a hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold |
| 36:4 |
And the king of Egypt made EliakimEli′akim his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem and changed his name to JehoiakimJehoi′akim; Andbut Neco took JoahazJeho′ahaz his brother and carried him to Egypt |
| 36:5 |
JehoiakimJehoi′akim was twenty and five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem: andHe he did thatwhat which was evil in the sight of Jehovahthe Lord his God |
| 36:6 |
Against him came up NebuchadnezzarNebuchadnez′zar king of Babylon and bound him in fetters to carrytake him to Babylon |
| 36:7 |
NebuchadnezzarNebuchadnez′zar also carried part of the vessels of the house of Jehovahthe Lord to Babylon and put them in his templepalace atin Babylon |
| 36:8 |
Now the rest of the acts of JehoiakimJehoi′akim and histhe abominations which he did and thatwhat which was found inagainst him behold they are written in the bookBook of the kingsKings of Israel and Judah:; and JehoiachinJehoi′achin his son reigned in his stead |
| 36:9 |
JehoiachinJehoi′achin was eight years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem: andHe he did thatwhat which was evil in the sight of Jehovahthe Lord |
| 36:10 |
AndIn at the returnspring of the year kingKing NebuchadnezzarNebuchadnez′zar sent and brought him to Babylon with the goodlyprecious vessels of the house of Jehovahthe Lord and made Zedekiah his brother Zedeki′ah king over Judah and Jerusalem |
| 36:11 |
ZedekiahZedeki′ah was twenty and one years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem: |
| 36:12 |
andHe he did thatwhat which was evil in the sight of Jehovahthe Lord his God; heHe humbleddid not humble himself before Jeremiah the prophet speakingwho spoke from the mouth of Jehovahthe Lord |
| 36:13 |
AndHe he also rebelled against kingKing NebuchadnezzarNebuchadnez′zar who had made him swear by God:; but he stiffened his neck and hardened his heart against turning untoto Jehovahthe Lord the God of Israel |
| 36:14 |
MoreoverAll all the chiefsleading of the priests and the people trespassedlikewise verywere greatlyexceedingly afterunfaithful following all the abominations of the nations; and they polluted the house of Jehovahthe Lord which he had hallowed in Jerusalem |
| 36:15 |
AndThe JehovahLord the God of their fathers sent persistently to them by his messengers rising up early and sending because he had compassion on his people and on his dwelling place:; |
| 36:16 |
but they mockedkept mocking the messengers of God anddespising despised his words and scoffedscoffing at his prophets untiltill the wrath of Jehovahthe aroseLord rose against his people till there was no remedy |
| 36:17 |
Therefore he brought uponup against them the king of the ChaldeansChalde′ans who slew their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary and had no compassion uponon young man or virgin old man or hoaryaged; headed: he gave them all into his hand |
| 36:18 |
And all the vessels of the house of God great and small and the treasures of the house of Jehovahthe Lord and the treasures of the king and of his princes all these he brought to Babylon |
| 36:19 |
And they burntburned the house of God and brakebroke down the wall of Jerusalem and burntburned all theits palaces thereof with fire and destroyed all theits goodlyprecious vessels thereof |
| 36:20 |
AndHe themtook thatinto exile in Babylon those who had escaped from the sword carried he away to Babylon; and they werebecame servants to him and to his sons until the reignestablishment of the kingdom of Persia: |
| 36:21 |
to fulfil the word of Jehovahthe Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah until the land had enjoyed its sabbaths: forAll asthe longdays asthat it lay desolate it kept sabbath to fulfil threescoreseventy and ten years |
| 36:22 |
Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia that the word of Jehovahthe Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished Jehovahthe Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia so that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom and also put it also in writing: saying |
| 36:23 |
Thus saithsays Cyrus king of Persia AllThe Lord the kingdomsGod of theheaven earthhas hathgiven Jehovahme all the Godkingdoms of heaventhe givenearth me; and he hathhas charged me to build him a house inat Jerusalem which is in Judah WhosoeverWhoever there is among you of all his people Jehovahmay the Lord his God be with him andLet let him go up |