| 1:1 |
AndAfter Moab rebelled against Israel after the death of Ahab Moab rebelled against Israel |
| 1:2 |
AndNow AhaziahAhazi′ah fell down through the lattice in his upper chamber that was in SamariaSamar′ia and waslay sick:; andso he sent messengers andtelling said unto them Go inquire of BaalBa′al zebubze′bub the god of Ekron whether I shall recover offrom this sickness |
| 1:3 |
But the angel of Jehovahthe Lord said to ElijahEli′jah the Tishbite Arise go up to meet the messengers of the king of SamariaSamar′ia and say untoto them Is it because there is no God in Israel that yeyou goare going to inquire of BaalBa′al zebubze′bub the god of Ekron |
| 1:4 |
Now therefore thus saithsays Jehovahthe ThouLord shaltYou shall not come down from the bed whitherto thouwhich artyou have gone up but shaltyou shall surely die AndSo ElijahEli′jah departedwent |
| 1:5 |
AndThe the messengers returned untoto himthe king and he said untoto them Why ishave ityou that ye are returned |
| 1:6 |
And they said untoto him There came up a man to meet us and said untoto us Go turnback againto unto the king thatwho sent you and say untoto him Thus saithsays Jehovahthe Lord Is it because there is no God in Israel that thouyou sendestare sending to inquire of BaalBa′al zebubze′bub the god of Ekron thereforeTherefore thouyou shaltshall not come down from the bed whitherto thouwhich artyou have gone up but shaltshall surely die |
| 1:7 |
AndHe he said untoto them What mannerkind of man was he thatwho came up to meet you and told you these wordsthings |
| 1:8 |
AndThey they answered him He waswore a hairygarment manof andhaircloth girt with a girdle of leather about his loins And he said It is ElijahEli′jah the Tishbite |
| 1:9 |
Then the king sent untoto him a captain of fifty men with his fifty AndHe he went up to him:Eli′jah andwho behold he was sitting on the top of thea hill Andand hesaid spaketo unto him O man of God the king hathsays said Come down |
| 1:10 |
AndBut ElijahEli′jah answered and said to the captain of fifty If I beam a man of God let fire come down from heaven and consume theeyou and thyyour fifty AndThen therefire came down fire from heaven and consumed him and his fifty |
| 1:11 |
AndAgain againthe heking sent untoto him another captain of fifty men with his fifty And he answeredwent up and said untoto him O man of God thusthis hathis the kingkings saidorder Come down quickly |
| 1:12 |
AndBut ElijahEli′jah answered and said unto them If I beam a man of God let fire come down from heaven and consume theeyou and thyyour fifty AndThen the fire of God came down from heaven and consumed him and his fifty |
| 1:13 |
AndAgain againthe heking sent the captain of a third fifty with his fifty And the third captain of fifty went up and came and fell on his knees before ElijahEli′jah and besoughtentreated him and said unto him O man of God I pray theeyou let my life and the life of these fifty thy servants of yours be precious in thyyour sight |
| 1:14 |
BeholdLo therefire came fire down from heaven and consumed the two former captains of fifty men with their fifties; but now let my life be precious in thyyour sight |
| 1:15 |
AndThen the angel of Jehovahthe Lord said untoto ElijahEli′jah Go down with him:; bedo not be afraid of him AndSo he arose and went down with him untoto the king |
| 1:16 |
Andand he said untoto him Thus saithsays Jehovahthe ForasmuchLord asBecause thouyou hasthave sent messengers to inquire of BaalBa′al zebubze′bub the god of Ekron —is it because there is no God in Israel to inquire of his word —therefore thouyou shaltshall not come down from the bed whitherto thouwhich artyou have gone up but shaltyou shall surely die |
| 1:17 |
So he died according to the word of Jehovahthe Lord which ElijahEli′jah had spoken AndJeho′ram Jehoramhis beganbrother tobecame reignking in his stead in the second year of JehoramJeho′ram the son of JehoshaphatJehosh′aphat king of Judah; because heAhazi′ah had no son |
| 1:18 |
Now the rest of the acts of AhaziahAhazi′ah which he did are they not written in the bookBook of the chroniclesChronicles of the kingsKings of Israel |
| 2:1 |
AndNow itwhen camethe toLord passwas whenabout Jehovahto would take Eli′jah up Elijahto heaven by a whirlwind intoEli′jah heavenand thatEli′sha Elijahwere wenton withtheir Elishaway from Gilgal |
| 2:2 |
And ElijahEli′jah said untoto ElishaEli′sha Tarry here I pray theeyou; for Jehovahthe hathLord has sent me as far as BethBethel elBut AndEli′sha Elisha said As Jehovahthe livethLord lives and as thyyou soulyourself livethlive I will not leave theeyou So they went down to BethBethel el |
| 2:3 |
And the sons of the prophets thatwho were atin BethBethel el came forthout to ElishaEli′sha and said untoto him KnowestDo thouyou know that Jehovahtoday the Lord will take away thyyour master from thyover headyou to day And he said YeaYes I know it; hold ye your peace |
| 2:4 |
AndEli′jah Elijah said untoto him ElishaEli′sha tarry here I pray theeyou; for Jehovahthe hathLord has sent me to Jericho AndBut he said As Jehovahthe livethLord lives and as thyyou soulyourself livethlive I will not leave theeyou So they came to Jericho |
| 2:5 |
AndThe the sons of the prophets thatwho were at Jericho camedrew near to ElishaEli′sha and said untoto him KnowestDo thouyou know that Jehovahtoday the Lord will take away thyyour master from thyover headyou to day And he answered YeaYes I know it; hold ye your peace |
| 2:6 |
AndThen ElijahEli′jah said untoto him Tarry here I pray theeyou; for Jehovahthe hathLord has sent me to the Jordan AndBut he said As Jehovahthe livethLord lives and as thyyou soulyourself livethlive I will not leave theeyou AndSo theythe two of them went on |
| 2:7 |
AndFifty fifty men of the sons of the prophets also went and stood overat againstsome themdistance afarfrom off:them andas they twoboth stoodwere standing by the Jordan |
| 2:8 |
AndThen ElijahEli′jah took his mantle and wrappedrolled it togetherup and smotestruck the waterswater and theythe werewater dividedwas hitherparted to the one side and thitherto sothe thatother theytill the two wentof them could go over on dry ground |
| 2:9 |
AndWhen it came to pass when they werehad gonecrossed overEli′jah that Elijah said untoto ElishaEli′sha Ask what I shall do for theeyou before I am taken from theeyou And ElishaEli′sha said I pray theeyou let me inherit a double portionshare of thyyour spirit be upon me |
| 2:10 |
And he said ThouYou hasthave asked a hard thing:; neverthelessyet if thouyou see me whenas I am being taken from theeyou it shall be so untofor theeyou; but if you do not see me it shall not be so |
| 2:11 |
And it came to pass as they still went on and talked that behold there appeared a chariot of fire and horses of fire whichseparated partedthe themtwo bothof asunder;them andAnd ElijahEli′jah went up by a whirlwind into heaven |
| 2:12 |
And ElishaEli′sha saw it and he cried My father my father the chariots of Israel and theits horsemen thereof And he saw him no more: andThen he took hold of his own clothes and rent them in two pieces |
| 2:13 |
HeAnd he took up also the mantle of ElijahEli′jah that fellhad fallen from him and went back and stood byon the bank of the Jordan |
| 2:14 |
AndThen he took the mantle of ElijahEli′jah that fellhad fallen from him and smotestruck the waterswater andsaying said Where is Jehovahthe Lord the God of ElijahEli′jah andAnd when he also had smittenstruck the waterswater theythe werewater dividedwas hitherparted to the one side and thitherto the other; and ElishaEli′sha went over |
| 2:15 |
AndNow when the sons of the prophets thatwho were at Jericho saw him over against himthem saw him they said The spirit of ElijahEli′jah dothrests rest on ElishaEli′sha And they came to meet him and bowed themselves to the ground before him |
| 2:16 |
And they said untoto him Behold now there are with thyyour servants fifty strong men; pray let them go we pray thee and seek thyyour master; lestit may be that the Spirit of Jehovahthe hathLord takenhas caught him up and cast him upon some mountain or into some valley And he said YeYou shall not send |
| 2:17 |
AndBut when they urged him till he was ashamed he said Send They sent therefore fifty men; and theyfor sought three days butthey foundsought him but did not find him |
| 2:18 |
And they came back to him while he tarried at Jericho; and he said untoto them Did I not say untoto you GoDo not go |
| 2:19 |
AndNow the men of the city said untoto ElishaEli′sha Behold we pray thee the situation of this city is pleasant as my lord seeth:sees; but the water is bad and the land miscarriethis unfruitful |
| 2:20 |
AndHe he said Bring me a new crusebowl and put salt thereinin Andit So they brought it to him |
| 2:21 |
AndThen he went forthto unto the spring of thewater waters and castthrew salt thereinin it and said Thus saithsays Jehovahthe Lord I have healedmade thesethis waterswater wholesome; therehenceforth shallneither notdeath benor frommiscarriage thenceshall anycome morefrom deathit or miscarrying |
| 2:22 |
So the waterswater werehas healedbeen untowholesome to this day according to the word of Elisha which heEli′sha spakespoke |
| 2:23 |
AndHe he went up from thencethere untoto Beth elBethel; and aswhile he was going up byon the way theresome camesmall forthboys youngcame lads out of the city and mockedjeered at him andsaying said unto him Go up thouyou baldhead; goGo up thouyou baldhead |
| 2:24 |
And he lookedturned behindaround him and when he saw them andhe cursed them in the name of Jehovahthe Lord And there came forth two she bears came out of the woodwoods and taretore forty and two lads of themthe boys |
| 2:25 |
AndFrom there he went fromon thence to mountMount Carmel and from thence he returned to SamariaSamar′ia |
| 3:1 |
NowIn Jehoram the soneighteenth year of AhabJehosh′aphat beganking toof reignJudah overJeho′ram Israelthe inson Samariaof inAhab thebecame eighteenthking yearover ofIsrael Jehoshaphatin kingSamar′ia ofand Judahhe and reigned twelve years |
| 3:2 |
AndHe he did thatwhat which was evil in the sight of Jehovahthe butLord though not like his father and like his mother; for he put away the pillar of BaalBa′al thatwhich his father had made |
| 3:3 |
Nevertheless he cleavedclung untoto the sinssin of JeroboamJerobo′am the son of Nebat wherewithwhich he made Israel to sin; he departeddid not therefromdepart from it |
| 3:4 |
Now Mesha king of Moab was a sheep masterbreeder; and he renderedhad untoto deliver annually to the king of Israel the wool of a hundred thousand lambs and the wool of a hundred thousand rams |
| 3:5 |
But it came to pass when Ahab wasdied dead that the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel |
| 3:6 |
AndSo kingKing JehoramJeho′ram wentmarched out of SamariaSamar′ia at that time and mustered all Israel |
| 3:7 |
And he went and sent word to JehoshaphatJehosh′aphat the king of Judah saying The king of Moab hathhas rebelled against me:; wiltwill thouyou go with me to battle against Moab to battle And he said I will go; up: I am as thouyou artare my people as thyyour people my horses as thyyour horses |
| 3:8 |
AndThen he said WhichBy which way shall we gomarch upJeho′ram Andanswered heBy answeredthe The way of the wilderness of Edom |
| 3:9 |
So the king of Israel went andwith the king of Judah and the king of Edom; andAnd when they had made a circuitcircuitous march of seven days journey: and there was no water for the hostarmy noror for the beasts thatwhich followed them |
| 3:10 |
AndThen the king of Israel said Alas forThe JehovahLord hathhas called these three kings together to delivergive them into the hand of Moab |
| 3:11 |
ButAnd JehoshaphatJehosh′aphat said Is there notno here a prophet of Jehovahthe thatLord here through whom we may inquire of Jehovahthe byLord himThen And one of the king of Israels servants answered andEli′sha said Elisha the son of Shaphat is here who poured water on the hands of ElijahEli′jah |
| 3:12 |
And JehoshaphatJehosh′aphat said The word of Jehovahthe Lord is with him So the king of Israel and JehoshaphatJehosh′aphat and the king of Edom went down to him |
| 3:13 |
And ElishaEli′sha said untoto the king of Israel What have I to do with theeyou getGo thee to the prophets of thyyour father and to the prophets of thyyour mother AndBut the king of Israel said untoto him NayNo; forit Jehovahis haththe Lord who has called these three kings together to delivergive them into the hand of Moab |
| 3:14 |
And ElishaEli′sha said As Jehovahthe Lord of hosts livethlives before whom I standserve surely were it not that I have regard thefor presenceJehosh′aphat of Jehoshaphat the king of Judah I would notneither look towardat theeyou nor see theeyou |
| 3:15 |
But now bring me a minstrel And it came to pass when the minstrel played that the handpower of Jehovahthe Lord came upon him |
| 3:16 |
And he said Thus saithsays Jehovahthe MakeLord I will make this valleydry stream bed full of trenchespools |
| 3:17 |
For thus saithsays Jehovahthe YeLord You shall not see wind neitheror shall ye see rain; yetbut that valleystream bed shall be filled with water andso yethat you shall drink bothyou ye and your cattle and your beasts |
| 3:18 |
AndThis this is but a light thing in the sight of Jehovah:the Lord; he will also delivergive the Moabites into your hand |
| 3:19 |
Andand yeyou shall smiteconquer every fortified city and every choice city and shall fell every good tree and stop up all fountainssprings of water and marruin every good piece of land with stones |
| 3:20 |
AndThe itnext came to pass in the morning about the time of offering the oblationsacrifice that behold therewater came waterfrom by the waydirection of Edom andtill the country was filled with water |
| 3:21 |
NowWhen when all the Moabites heard that the kings werehad come up to fight against them they gathered themselves together all thatwho were able to put on armor andfrom upwardthe youngest to the oldest were called out and stoodwere ondrawn up at the borderfrontier |
| 3:22 |
And when they rose up early in the morning and the sun shone upon the water and the Moabites saw the water overopposite against them as red as blood: |
| 3:23 |
andAnd they said This is blood; the kings arehave surely destroyedfought together and theyslain haveone smittenanother eachNow manthen his fellow: now therefore Moab to the spoil |
| 3:24 |
AndBut when they came to the camp of Israel the Israelites rose up and smoteattacked the Moabites sotill that they fled before them; and they went forward intoslaughtering the landMoabites smitingas thethey Moabiteswent |
| 3:25 |
And they beatoverthrew down the cities; and on every good piece of land they cast every man histhrew a stone anduntil filledit itwas covered; and they stopped allevery thespring fountains of water and felled all the good trees; untiltill inonly Kirits haresethstones onlywere they left thein stonesKir thereof;har′eseth howbeitand the slingers wentsurrounded about it and smoteconquered it |
| 3:26 |
AndWhen when the king of Moab saw that the battle was toogoing soreagainst for him he took with him seven hundred menswordsmen that drew sword to break through untoopposite the king of Edom; but they could not |
| 3:27 |
Then he took his eldest son thatwho shouldwas haveto reignedreign in his stead and offered him for a burnt offering upon the wall And there wascame great wrath againstupon Israel:; and they departedwithdrew from him and returned to their own land |
| 4:1 |
Now therethe criedwife a certain woman of theone wives of the sons of the prophets untocried Elishato sayingEli′sha ThyYour servant my husband is dead; and thouyou knowestknow that thyyour servant didfeared fearthe Jehovah:Lord andbut the creditor ishas come to take unto him my two children to be bondmenhis slaves |
| 4:2 |
And ElishaEli′sha said untoto her What shall I do for theeyou tellTell me; what hasthave thouyou in the house And she said ThyYour handmaidmaidservant hathhas notnothing anything in the house saveexcept a potjar of oil |
| 4:3 |
Then he said Go outside borrow thee vessels abroad of all thyyour neighbors even empty vessels; borrowand not atoo few |
| 4:4 |
AndThen thou shalt go in and shut the door upon theeyourself and uponyour thy sons and pour out into all thosethese vessels; and thouwhen shaltone setis asidefull thatset whichit isaside full |
| 4:5 |
So she went from him and shut the door upon herherself and upon her sons; and as she poured they brought the vessels to her and she poured out |
| 4:6 |
AndWhen it came to pass when the vessels were full that she said untoto her son Bring me yetanother a vessel And he said untoto her There is not aanother vesselThen more And the oil stayedstopped flowing |
| 4:7 |
ThenShe she came and told the man of God Andand he said Go sell the oil and pay thyyour debtdebts and liveyou thou and thyyour sons ofcan live on the rest |
| 4:8 |
AndOne it fell on a day thatEli′sha Elishawent passedon to Shunem where was a greatwealthy woman; andlived shewho constrainedurged him to eat breadsome Andfood soSo itwhenever washe passed that asway oft as he passedwould byturn he turned in thitherthere to eat breadfood |
| 4:9 |
And she said untoto her husband Behold now I perceive that this is a holy man of God thatwho passethis bycontinually uspassing continuallyour way |
| 4:10 |
Let us make Ia praysmall theeroof a little chamber onwith thewalls wall; and letput usthere set for him there a bed and a table and a seatchair and a candlestick:lamp andso itthat shallwhenever be when he comethcomes to us that he shallcan turngo in thither there |
| 4:11 |
AndOne it fell on a day that he came thitherthere and he turned into the chamber and layrested there |
| 4:12 |
And he said to GehaziGeha′zi his servant Call this ShunammiteShu′nammite AndWhen when he had called her she stood before him |
| 4:13 |
And he said untoto him Say now untoto her BeholdSee thouyou hasthave beentaken carefulall this trouble for us with all this care; what is to be done for theeyou wouldestWould thouyou behave a word spoken foron your behalf to the king or to the captaincommander of the hostarmy AndShe she answered I dwell among minemy own people |
| 4:14 |
And he said What then is to be done for her AndGeha′zi Gehazi answered VerilyWell she hathhas no son and her husband is old |
| 4:15 |
AndHe he said Call her And when he had called her she stood in the doordoorway |
| 4:16 |
And he said At this season when the time comethcomes round thouyou shaltshall embrace a son And she said NayNo my lord thouO man of God; do not lie untoto thyyour handmaidmaidservant |
| 4:17 |
AndBut the woman conceived and bareshe bore a son atabout that seasontime when the timefollowing camespring round as ElishaEli′sha had said untoto her |
| 4:18 |
AndWhen when the child washad grown ithe fellwent onout aone day that he went out to his father toamong the reapers |
| 4:19 |
And he said untoto his father MyOh my head my head AndThe hefather said to his servant Carry him to his mother |
| 4:20 |
And when he had takenlifted him and brought him to his mother hethe child sat on her kneeslap till noon and then he died |
| 4:22 |
AndThen she called untoto her husband and said Send me I pray thee one of the servants and one of the asses that I may runquickly go to the man of God and come back again |
| 4:23 |
And he said WhereforeWhy wiltwill thouyou go to him totoday dayIt it is neither new moon nor sabbath AndShe she said It shallwill be well |
| 4:24 |
Then she saddled anthe ass and she said to her servant DriveUrge andthe gobeast forwardon; slackendo me not slacken the ridingpace exceptfor me unless I bidtell theeyou |
| 4:25 |
So she wentset out and came untoto the man of God toat mountMount Carmel AndWhen it came to pass when the man of God saw her afarcoming off that he said to GehaziGeha′zi his servant BeholdLook yonder is the Shunammite:Shu′nammite; |
| 4:26 |
run Iat prayonce thee now to meet her and say untoto her Is it well with theeyou isIs it well with thyyour husband isIs it well with the child And she answered It is well |
| 4:27 |
And when she came to the mountain to the man of God to the hill she caught hold of his feet And GehaziGeha′zi came near to thrust her away; butBut the man of God said Let her alone: for hershe soul is vexedin withinbitter herdistress; and Jehovahthe hathLord hidhas hidden it from me and hathhas not told me |
| 4:28 |
Then she said Did I desireask amy sonlord offor mya lordson didDid I not say Do not deceive me |
| 4:29 |
ThenHe he said to GehaziGeha′zi Gird up thyyour loins and take my staff in thyyour hand and go thyIf way:you if thou meet any manone do not salute him not; and if any saluteone theesalutes answeryou himdo not again:reply; and lay my staff upon the face of the child |
| 4:30 |
AndThen the mother of the child said As Jehovahthe livethLord lives and as thyyou soulyourself livethlive I will not leave theeyou AndSo he arose and followed her |
| 4:31 |
AndGeha′zi Gehaziwent passed on beforeahead them and laid the staff upon the face of the child; but there was neitherno voicesound noror hearingsign Whereforeof life Therefore he returned to meet him and told him saying The child ishas not awaked |
| 4:32 |
AndWhen whenEli′sha Elishacame was come into the house beholdhe saw the child waslying dead andon laid upon his bed |
| 4:33 |
HeSo he went in therefore and shut the door upon the two of them twain and prayed untoto Jehovahthe Lord |
| 4:34 |
AndThen he went up and lay upon the child andputting put his mouth upon his mouth and his eyes upon his eyes and his hands upon his hands:; and as he stretched himself upon him; and the flesh of the child waxedbecame warm |
| 4:35 |
Then he returnedgot up again and walked in the house once to and fro; in the house and went up and stretched himself upon him:; and the child sneezed seven times and the child opened his eyes |
| 4:36 |
AndThen he calledsummoned GehaziGeha′zi and said Call this ShunammiteShu′nammite So he called her And when she wascame cometo in unto him he said Take up thyyour son |
| 4:37 |
ThenShe shecame went in and fell at his feet andbowing bowed herself to the ground; andthen she took up her son and went out |
| 4:38 |
And ElishaEli′sha came again to Gilgal Andwhen there was a dearthfamine in the land; andAnd as the sons of the prophets were sitting before him; and he said untoto his servant Set on the great pot and boil pottage for the sons of the prophets |
| 4:39 |
AndOne oneof them went out into the field to gather herbs and found a wild vine and gathered thereoffrom wildit gourds his lap full of wild gourds and came and shredcut them up into the pot of pottage; fornot theyknowing knewwhat themthey notwere |
| 4:40 |
SoAnd they poured out for the men to eat AndBut itwhile came to pass as they were eating of the pottage that they cried out and said O man of God there is death in the pot And they could not eat thereofit |
| 4:41 |
ButHe he said Then bring meal And he castthrew it into the pot; and he said Pour out for the peoplemen that they may eat And there was no harm in the pot |
| 4:42 |
AndA thereman came a man from BaalBa′al shalishahshal′ishah andbringing brought the man of God bread of the first fruits twenty loaves of barley and fresh ears of grain in his sack And heEli′sha said Give untoto the peoplemen that they may eat |
| 4:43 |
AndBut his servant said WhatHow shouldam I to set this before a hundred menmenSo But he saidrepeated Give them to the peoplemen that they may eat; for thus saithsays Jehovahthe Lord They shall eat and shallhave leavesome thereofleft |
| 4:44 |
So he set it before them andAnd they didate eat and had some left thereof according to the word of Jehovahthe Lord |
| 5:1 |
NowNa′aman Naamancommander captain of the hostarmy of the king of Syria was a great man with his master and honorablein high favor because by him Jehovahthe Lord had given victory untoto Syria: heHe was also a mighty man of valor but he was a leper |
| 5:2 |
AndNow the Syrians hadon goneone outof intheir bandsraids and had broughtcarried awayoff captivea outlittle ofmaid from the land of Israel a little maiden; and she waited on NaamansNa′amans wife |
| 5:3 |
AndShe she said untoto her mistress Would that my lord were with the prophet thatwho is in SamariaSamar′ia thenHe would hecure recover him of his leprosy |
| 5:4 |
AndSo oneNa′aman went in and told his lord saying Thus and thusso saidspoke the maiden thatfrom is of the land of Israel |
| 5:5 |
And the king of Syria said Go now and I will send a letter untoto the king of Israel AndSo he departedwent andtaking took with him ten talents of silver and six thousand piecesshekels of gold and ten changesfestal ofgarments raiment |
| 5:6 |
And he brought the letter to the king of Israel sayingwhich Andread nowWhen when this letter isreaches comeyou untoknow theethat behold I have sent Naamanto you Na′aman my servant to thee that thouyou mayestmay recovercure him of his leprosy |
| 5:7 |
And it came to pass when the king of Israel had read the letter that he rent his clothes and said Am I God to kill and to make alive that this man dothsends sendword untoto me to recovercure a man of his leprosy butOnly consider I pray you and see how he seekethis seeking a quarrel againstwith me |
| 5:8 |
AndBut it was so when ElishaEli′sha the man of God heard that the king of Israel had rent his clothes that he sent to the king saying WhereforeWhy hasthave thouyou rent thyyour clothes letLet him come now to me andthat he shallmay know that there is a prophet in Israel |
| 5:9 |
So NaamanNa′aman came with his horses and with his chariots and stoodhalted at the door of theEli′shas house of Elisha |
| 5:10 |
And ElishaEli′sha sent a messenger untoto him saying Go and wash in the Jordan seven times and thyyour flesh shall comebe againrestored to thee and thouyou shaltshall be clean |
| 5:11 |
But NaamanNa′aman was wrothangry and went away andsaying said Behold I thought Hethat willhe would surely come out to me and stand and call on the name of Jehovahthe Lord his God and wave his hand over the place and recovercure the leper |
| 5:12 |
Are not AbanahAba′na and Pharpar the rivers of Damascus better than all the waters of Israel mayCould I not wash in them and be clean So he turned and went away in a rage |
| 5:13 |
AndBut his servants came near and spakesaid untoto him and said My father if the prophet had bidcommanded theeyou to do some great thing wouldestwould thouyou not have done it howHow much rather then when he saithsays to theeyou Wash and be clean |
| 5:14 |
ThenSo he went he down and dipped himself seven times in the Jordan according to the sayingword of the man of God; and his flesh camewas againrestored like unto the flesh of a little child and he was clean |
| 5:15 |
AndThen he returned to the man of God he and all his company and he came and stood before him; and he said Behold now I know that there is no God in all the earth but in Israel:; nowso thereforeaccept Inow pray thee take a present offrom thyyour servant |
| 5:16 |
But he said As Jehovahthe livethLord beforelives whom I standserve I will receive none And he urged him to take it; but he refused |
| 5:17 |
AndThen NaamanNa′aman said If not yet I pray theeyou let there be given to thyyour servant two mules burden of earth; for thyhenceforth your servant will henceforthnot offer neither burnt offering noror sacrifice untoto otherany godsgod but untothe JehovahLord |
| 5:18 |
In this thingmatter Jehovahmay the Lord pardon thyyour servant: when my master goethgoes into the house of Rimmon to worship there andleaning he leaneth on my handarm and I bow myself in the house of Rimmon when I bow myself in the house of Rimmon Jehovahthe Lord pardon thyyour servant in this thingmatter |
| 5:19 |
AndHe he said untoto him Go in peace SoBut hewhen departedNa′aman had gone from him a littleshort waydistance |
| 5:20 |
ButGeha′zi Gehazi the servant of ElishaEli′sha the man of God said BeholdSee my master hathhas spared this NaamanNa′aman the Syrian in not receivingaccepting atfrom his handshand thatwhat which he brought: asAs Jehovahthe livethLord lives I will run after him and takeget somewhatsomething offrom him |
| 5:21 |
So GehaziGeha′zi followed afterNa′aman Naaman And when NaamanNa′aman saw some one running after him he alighted from the chariot to meet him and said Is all well |
| 5:22 |
And he said All is well My master hathhas sent me sayingto Beholdsay evenThere nowhave therejust arenow come to me from the hill country of EphraimE′phraim two young men of the sons of the prophets; pray give them I pray thee a talent of silver and two changesfestal ofgarments raiment |
| 5:23 |
And NaamanNa′aman said Be pleased to takeaccept two talents And he urged him and boundtied up two talents of silver in two bags with two changesfestal ofgarments raiment and laid them upon two of his servants; and they barecarried them before himGeha′zi |
| 5:24 |
And when he came to the hill he took them from their hand and bestowedput them in the house; and he letsent the men goaway and they departed |
| 5:25 |
ButHe he went in and stood before his master Andand ElishaEli′sha said untoto him WhenceWhere comesthave thouyou Gehazibeen Geha′zi And he said ThyYour servant went nonowhere whither |
| 5:26 |
AndBut he said untoto him WentDid I not mygo heart with theeyou in spirit when the man turned from his chariot to meet theeyou IsWas it a time to receiveaccept money and to receive garments andolive oliveyardsorchards and vineyards and sheep and oxen andmenservants men servants and maidmaidservants servants |
| 5:27 |
TheTherefore the leprosy therefore of NaamanNa′aman shall cleave untoto theeyou and untoto thyyour seeddescendants for ever AndSo he went out from his presence a leper as white as snow |
| 6:1 |
AndNow the sons of the prophets said untoto ElishaEli′sha BeholdSee now the place where we dwell beforeunder theeyour charge is too straitsmall for us |
| 6:2 |
Let us go weto pray thee unto the Jordan and takeeach thenceof everyus manget there a beamlog and let us make us a place therefor whereus weto may dwell there And he answered Go ye |
| 6:3 |
AndThen one of them said Be pleased I pray thee to go with thyyour servants And he answered I will go |
| 6:4 |
So he went with them And when they came to the Jordan they cut down woodtrees |
| 6:5 |
But as one was felling a beamlog thehis axe head fell into the water; and he cried andout said Alas my master forIt it was borrowed |
| 6:6 |
AndThen the man of God said Where felldid it Andfall When he showed him the place And he cut downoff a stick and castthrew it in thitherthere and made the iron tofloat swim |
| 6:7 |
And he said Take it up to thee So he putreached out his hand and took it |
| 6:8 |
NowOnce when the king of Syria was warring against Israel; and he took counsel with his servants saying InAt such and such a place shall be my camp |
| 6:9 |
AndBut the man of God sent untoword to the king of Israel saying Beware that thouyou passdo not suchpass athis place; for thither the Syrians are cominggoing down there |
| 6:10 |
And the king of Israel sent to the place of which the man of God told him andThus warnedhe used to warn him of;so andthat he saved himself there notmore than once noror twice |
| 6:11 |
And the heartmind of the king of Syria was soregreatly troubled forbecause of this thing; and he called his servants and said untoto them Will yeyou not show me whichwho of us is for the king of Israel |
| 6:12 |
And one of his servants said NayNone my lord O king; but ElishaEli′sha the prophet thatwho is in Israel tellethtells the king of Israel the words that thouyou speakestspeak in thyyour bedchamber |
| 6:13 |
And he said Go and see where he is that I may send and fetchseize him AndIt it was told him saying Behold he is in Dothan |
| 6:14 |
ThereforeSo he sent hethere thither horses and chariots and a great host:army; and they came by night and compassedsurrounded the city about |
| 6:15 |
AndWhen when the servant of the man of God wasrose risen early in the morning and gonewent forthout behold aan hostarmy with horses and chariots was round about the city And histhe servant said unto him Alas my master howWhat shall we do |
| 6:16 |
AndHe hesaid answered Fear not; for theythose thatwho are with us are more than theythose thatwho are with them |
| 6:17 |
AndThen ElishaEli′sha prayed and said JehovahO Lord I pray thee open his eyes that he may see AndSo Jehovahthe Lord opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw:; and behold the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about ElishaEli′sha |
| 6:18 |
And when theythe Syrians came down toagainst him ElishaEli′sha prayed untoto Jehovahthe Lord and said SmiteStrike this people I pray thee with blindness AndSo he smotestruck them with blindness accordingin toaccordance with the wordprayer of ElishaEli′sha |
| 6:19 |
And ElishaEli′sha said untoto them This is not the way neitherand this is thisnot the city:; follow me and I will bring you to the man whom yeyou seek And he led them to SamariaSamar′ia |
| 6:20 |
AndAs itsoon cameas to pass when they wereentered comeSamar′ia intoEli′sha Samariasaid thatO ElishaLord said Jehovah open the eyes of these men that they may see AndSo Jehovahthe Lord opened their eyes and they saw; and beholdlo they were in the midst of SamariaSamar′ia |
| 6:21 |
AndWhen the king of Israel saidsaw untothem Elishahe whensaid heto sawEli′sha them My father shall I smiteslay them shallShall I smiteslay them |
| 6:22 |
AndHe he answered ThouYou shaltshall not smiteslay them: wouldestWould thouyou smiteslay those whom thouyou hasthave taken captive with thyyour sword and with thyyour bow setSet bread and water before them that they may eat and drink and go to their master |
| 6:23 |
AndSo he prepared greatfor provisionthem fora themgreat feast; and when they had eaten and drunk he sent them away and they went to their master And the bandsSyrians of Syria came no more on raids into the land of Israel |
| 6:24 |
AndAfterward it came to pass after this that Ben hadadha′dad king of Syria gatheredmustered all his hostentire army and went up and besieged SamariaSamar′ia |
| 6:25 |
And there was a great famine in Samaria:Samar′ia andas behold they besieged it until an asss head was sold for fourscoreeighty piecesshekels of silver and the fourth part of a kab of doves dung for five piecesshekels of silver |
| 6:26 |
AndNow as the king of Israel was passing by upon the wall therea woman cried aout womanto unto him saying Help my lord O king |
| 6:27 |
And he said If Jehovahthe doLord will not help theeyou whence shall I help theeyou outFrom of the threshing floor or outfrom of the winepresswine press |
| 6:28 |
And the king saidasked unto her What ailethis theeyour Andtrouble sheShe answered This woman said untoto me Give thyyour son that we may eat him totoday day and we will eat my son totomorrow morrow |
| 6:29 |
So we boiled my son and didate eat him: andAnd I said unto her on the next day I said to her Give thyyour son that we may eat him; andbut she hathhas hidhidden her son |
| 6:30 |
AndWhen it came to pass when the king heard the words of the woman that he rent his clothes —now he was passing by upon the wall; —and the people looked and behold he had sackcloth withinbeneath upon his fleshbody— |
| 6:31 |
Thenand he said May God do so to me and more also if the head of ElishaEli′sha the son of Shaphat shallremains stand on himhis thisshoulders daytoday |
| 6:32 |
ButEli′sha Elisha was sitting in his house and the elders were sitting with him; andNow the king senthad dispatched a man from beforehis him:presence; but erebefore the messenger camearrived toEli′sha him he said to the elders SeeDo yeyou see how this son of a murderer hathhas sent to take awayoff my head lookLook when the messenger comethcomes shut the door and hold the door fast against him: isIs not the sound of his masters feet behind him |
| 6:33 |
And while he was yetstill talkingspeaking with them behold the messengerking came down untoto him: and he said BeholdThis thistrouble evil is offrom Jehovah;the whyLord Why should I wait for Jehovahthe Lord any longer |
| 7:1 |
AndBut ElishaEli′sha said Hear ye the word of Jehovahthe Lord: thus saithsays Jehovahthe ToLord morrowTomorrow about this time shall a measure of fine flourmeal shall be sold for a shekel and two measures of barley for a shekel inat the gate of SamariaSamar′ia |
| 7:2 |
Then the captain on whose hand the king leaned answeredsaid to the man of God andIf saidthe BeholdLord ifhimself Jehovah should make windows in heaven mightcould this thing be AndBut he said BeholdYou thoushall shalt see it with thineyour own eyes but shaltyou shall not eat thereofof it |
| 7:3 |
Now there were four leprous men who were lepers at the entrance ofto the gate:; and they said to one to another Why sitdo we sit here untiltill we die |
| 7:4 |
If we say WeLet willus enter into the city then the famine is in the city and we shall die there; and if we sit still here we die also NowSo thereforenow come and let us fallgo untoover to the hostcamp of the Syrians:; if they savespare usour alivelives we shall live; and if they kill us we shall but die |
| 7:5 |
AndSo they rosearose upat in the twilight to go untoto the camp of the Syrians; andbut when they werecame come to the outermostedge part of the camp of the Syrians behold there was no manone there |
| 7:6 |
For the Lord had made the hostarmy of the Syrians to hear athe noisesound of chariots and a noise of horses even the noisesound of a great host:army andso that they said to one to another LoBehold the king of Israel hathhas hired against us the kings of the Hittites and the kings of theEgypt Egyptians to come upon us |
| 7:7 |
WhereforeSo they arosefled andaway fled in the twilight and leftforsook their tents and their horses and their asses evenleaving the camp as it was and fled for their lifelives |
| 7:8 |
And when these lepers came to the outermostedge part of the camp they went into onea tent and didate eat and drinkdrank and they carried thenceoff silver and gold and raimentclothing and went and hid itthem; andthen they came back and entered into another tent and carried thenceoff alsothings from it and went and hid itthem |
| 7:9 |
Then they said to one to another We doare not well;doing thisright This day is a day of good tidingsnews; andif we holdare oursilent peace:and ifwait weuntil tarry till the morning light punishment will overtake us; now therefore come let us go and tell the kings household |
| 7:10 |
So they came and called untoto the portergatekeepers of the city; and they told them saying We came to the camp of the Syrians and behold there was no manone thereto neitherbe voiceseen ofor manheard there nothing but the horses tied and the asses tied and the tents as they were |
| 7:11 |
AndThen hethe gatekeepers called theout porters; and theyit was told itwithin to the kings household within |
| 7:12 |
And the king aroserose in the night and said untoto his servants I will nowtell show you what the Syrians have doneprepared toagainst us They know that we are hungry; therefore are they have gone out of the camp to hide themselves in the fieldopen sayingcountry thinking When they come out of the city we shall take them alive and get into the city |
| 7:13 |
And one of his servants answered and said Let some men take I pray thee five of the remaining horses seeing that remainthose whichwho are left inhere thewill cityfare beholdlike theythe arewhole as all the multitude of Israel that arehave leftalready in itperished; behold they are as all the multitude of Israel that are consumed; and let us send and see |
| 7:14 |
TheySo they took therefore two chariotsmounted withmen horses; and the king sent them after the hostarmy of the Syrians saying Go and see |
| 7:15 |
AndSo they went after them untoas far as the Jordan:; and lo all the way was fulllittered ofwith garments and vesselsequipment which the Syrians had castthrown away in their haste And the messengers returned and told the king |
| 7:16 |
AndThen the people went out and plundered the camp of the Syrians So a measure of fine flourmeal was sold for a shekel and two measures of barley for a shekel according to the word of Jehovahthe Lord |
| 7:17 |
AndNow the king had appointed the captain on whose hand he leaned to have the charge of the gate:; and the people trod upon him in the gate andso that he died as the man of God had said who spake when the king came down to him |
| 7:18 |
AndFor itwhen came to pass as the man of God had spokensaid to the king saying Two measures of barley shall be sold for a shekel and a measure of fine flourmeal for a shekel shall be to morrow about this time tomorrow in the gate of Samaria;Samar′ia |
| 7:19 |
andthe that captain had answered the man of God andIf saidthe NowLord beholdhimself if Jehovah should make windows in heaven mightcould such a thing be andAnd he had said BeholdYou thoushall shalt see it with thineyour own eyes but shaltyou shall not eat thereof:of it |
| 7:20 |
And so it camehappened to pass even so unto him; for the people trod upon him in the gate and he died |
| 8:1 |
Now ElishaEli′sha had spokensaid untoto the woman whose son he had restored to life saying Arise and godepart thouwith andyour thy household and sojourn wheresoeverwherever thouyou canstcan; sojourn: for Jehovahthe hathLord has called for a famine; and it shallwill also come upon the land for seven years |
| 8:2 |
AndSo the woman arose and did according to the word of the man of God; and she went with her household and sojourned in the land of the Philistines seven years |
| 8:3 |
And itat camethe toend passof at the seven years endwhen that the woman returned outfrom of the land of the Philistines: and she went forth to cryappeal untoto the king for her house and for her land |
| 8:4 |
Now the king was talking with GehaziGeha′zi the servant of the man of God saying Tell me I pray thee all the great things that ElishaEli′sha hathhas done |
| 8:5 |
And itwhile came to pass as he was telling the king how heEli′sha had restored the dead to life him that was dead that behold the woman whose son he had restored to life criedappealed to the king for her house and for her land And GehaziGeha′zi said My lord O king thishere is the woman and thishere is her son whom ElishaEli′sha restored to life |
| 8:6 |
And when the king asked the woman she told him So the king appointed untoan herofficial afor certainher officer saying Restore all that was hers andtogether with all the fruitsproduce of the fieldfields sincefrom the day that she left the land even until now |
| 8:7 |
AndNow ElishaEli′sha came to Damascus; and Ben hadadha′dad the king of Syria was sick; and when it was told him saying The man of God ishas come hitherhere |
| 8:8 |
And the king said untoto HazaelHaz′ael Take a present inwith thyyou hand and go to meet the man of God and inquire of Jehovahthe byLord through him saying Shall I recover offrom this sickness |
| 8:9 |
So HazaelHaz′ael went to meet him and took a present with him evenall kinds of everygoods good thing of Damascus forty camelscamel burdenloads andWhen he came and stood before him andhe said ThyYour son Ben hadadha′dad king of Syria hathhas sent me to theeyou saying Shall I recover offrom this sickness |
| 8:10 |
And ElishaEli′sha said untoto him Go say untoto him ThouYou shaltshall surelycertainly recover; howbeitbut Jehovahthe hathLord showedhas shown me that he shall surelycertainly die |
| 8:11 |
And he settledfixed his countenancegaze stedfastlyand uponstared at him until he was ashamed: andAnd the man of God wept |
| 8:12 |
And HazaelHaz′ael said Why weepethdoes my lord Andweep heHe answered Because I know the evil that thouyou wiltwill do untoto the childrenpeople of Israel:; theiryou strongholdswill wilt thou set on fire their fortresses and you will slay their young men wilt thou slay with the sword and wilt dash in pieces their little ones and rip up their women with child |
| 8:13 |
And HazaelHaz′ael said ButWhat what is thyyour servant who is but a dog that he should do this great thing AndEli′sha Elisha answered JehovahThe hathLord showedhas shown me that thouyou shaltare to be king over Syria |
| 8:14 |
Then he departed from ElishaEli′sha and came to his master; who said to him What saiddid ElishaEli′sha say to theeyou And he answered He told me that thouyou wouldestwould surelycertainly recover |
| 8:15 |
AndBut it came to pass on the morrow that he took the coverlet and dipped it in water and spread it onover his face sotill that he died: andAnd HazaelHaz′ael reignedbecame king in his stead |
| 8:16 |
AndIn in the fifth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel JehoshaphatJeho′ram being then king of Judah Jehoram the son of JehoshaphatJehosh′aphat king of Judah began to reign |
| 8:17 |
ThirtyHe andwas thirty two years old was he when he beganbecame toking reign; and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem |
| 8:18 |
And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel as did the house of Ahab: forhad hedone hadfor the daughter of Ahab towas his wife; andAnd he did thatwhat which was evil in the sight of Jehovahthe Lord |
| 8:19 |
HowbeitYet Jehovahthe Lord would not destroy Judah for the sake of David his servantsservant sakesince as he promised him to give untoa lamp to him aand lampto for his childrensons alwayfor ever |
| 8:20 |
In his days Edom revolted from under the handrule of Judah and madeset up a king overof themselvestheir own |
| 8:21 |
Then Joram passed over to ZairZa′ir andwith all his chariots with him: and he rose up by night and smotehe theand Edomiteshis thatchariot compassedcommanders himsmote aboutthe andE′domites thewho captainshad ofsurrounded the chariotshim; andbut thehis peoplearmy fled tohome their tents |
| 8:22 |
So Edom revolted from under the handrule of Judah untoto this day Then did Libnah revoltrevolted at the same time |
| 8:23 |
AndNow the rest of the acts of Joram and all that he did are they not written in the bookBook of the chroniclesChronicles of the kingsKings of Judah |
| 8:24 |
AndSo Joram slept with his fathers and was buried with his fathers in the city of David; and AhaziahAhazi′ah his son reigned in his stead |
| 8:25 |
In the twelfth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel didAhazi′ah Ahaziah the son of JehoramJeho′ram king of Judah beginbegan to reign |
| 8:26 |
TwoAhazi′ah andwas twenty two years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign; and he reigned one year in Jerusalem AndHis his mothers name was AthaliahAthali′ah; theshe daughterwas a granddaughter of Omri king of Israel |
| 8:27 |
AndHe healso walked in the way of the house of Ahab and did thatwhat which was evil in the sight of Jehovahthe Lord as did the house of Ahab; had done for he was the son in law ofto the house of Ahab |
| 8:28 |
AndHe he went with Joram the son of Ahab to make war against HazaelHaz′ael king of Syria at Ramoth gilead: andwhere the Syrians wounded Joram |
| 8:29 |
And kingKing Joram returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians had given him at Ramah when he fought against HazaelHaz′ael king of Syria And AhaziahAhazi′ah the son of JehoramJeho′ram king of Judah went down to see Joram the son of Ahab in Jezreel because he was sick |
| 9:1 |
AndThen ElishaEli′sha the prophet called one of the sons of the prophets and said untoto him Gird up thyyour loins and take this vialflask of oil in thyyour hand and go to Ramoth gilead |
| 9:2 |
And when thouyou comestarrive thither look out there for Jehu the son of JehoshaphatJehosh′aphat the son of Nimshi; and go in and makebid him ariserise up from among his brethrenfellows and carrylead him to an inner chamber |
| 9:3 |
Then take the vialflask of oil and pour it on his head and say Thus saithsays Jehovahthe Lord I haveanoint anointedyou thee king over Israel Then open the door and flee; anddo tarry not tarry |
| 9:4 |
So the young man even the young man the prophet went to Ramoth gilead |
| 9:5 |
And when he came behold the captainscommanders of the hostarmy were sittingin council; and he said I have an errand to theeyou O captaincommander And Jehu said UntoTo which of us all And he said To theeyou O captaincommander |
| 9:6 |
AndSo he arose and went into the house; and hethe young man poured the oil on his head andsaying saidto unto him Thus saithsays Jehovahthe Lord the God of Israel I haveanoint anointedyou thee king over the people of Jehovahthe evenLord over Israel |
| 9:7 |
And thouyou shaltshall smitestrike down the house of Ahab thyyour master that I may avenge on Jez′ebel the blood of my servants the prophets and the blood of all the servants of Jehovah at the handLord of Jezebel |
| 9:8 |
For the whole house of Ahab shall perish; and I will cut off from Ahab every manmale childbond andor himfree that is shut up and him that is left at large in Israel |
| 9:9 |
And I will make the house of Ahab like the house of JeroboamJerobo′am the son of Nebat and like the house of BaashaBa′asha the son of AhijahAhi′jah |
| 9:10 |
And the dogs shall eat JezebelJez′ebel in the portionterritory of Jezreel and therenone shall be none to bury her AndThen he opened the door and fled |
| 9:11 |
ThenWhen Jehu came forthout to the servants of his lord:master andthey one said untoto him Is all well whereforeWhy camedid this mad fellow come to theeyou And he said untoto them YeYou know the manfellow and what his talk was |
| 9:12 |
And they said ItThat is falsenot true; tell us now And he said Thus and thusso spake he spoke to me saying Thus saithsays Jehovahthe Lord I haveanoint anointedyou thee king over Israel |
| 9:13 |
Then theyin hastedhaste and took every man of them took his garment and put it under him on the topbare ofsteps theand stairsthey and blew the trumpet sayingand proclaimed Jehu is king |
| 9:14 |
SoThus Jehu the son of JehoshaphatJehosh′aphat the son of Nimshi conspired against Joram Now Joram waswith keepingall RamothIsrael gileadhad hebeen andon allguard Israelat becauseRamoth ofgilead Hazaelagainst Haz′ael king of Syria; |
| 9:15 |
but kingKing Joram washad returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians had given him when he fought with HazaelHaz′ael king of Syria AndSo Jehu said If this beis your mind then let noneno escapeone andslip go forth out of the city to go toand tell itthe news in Jezreel |
| 9:16 |
SoThen Jehu rodemounted inhis a chariot and went to Jezreel; for Joram lay there And AhaziahAhazi′ah king of Judah washad come down to seevisit Joram |
| 9:18 |
So therea wentman one on horseback went to meet him and said Thus saithsays the king Is it peace And Jehu said What hasthave thouyou to do with peace turnTurn theeround and ride behind me And the watchman toldreported saying The messenger camereached to them but he comethis not coming back |
| 9:19 |
Then he sent out a second onhorseman horseback who came to them and said Thus saith the king has said Is it peace And Jehu answered What hasthave thouyou to do with peace turnTurn theeround and ride behind me |
| 9:20 |
AndAgain the watchman toldreported saying He camereached eventhem untobut themhe andis cometh not coming back: andAnd the driving is like the driving of Jehu the son of Nimshi; for he drivethdrives furiously |
| 9:21 |
And Joram said Make ready And they made ready his chariot AndThen Joram king of Israel and AhaziahAhazi′ah king of Judah wentset out each in his chariot and they went out to meet Jehu and foundmet him inat the portionproperty of Naboth the Jezreelite |
| 9:22 |
And it came to pass when Joram saw Jehu that he said Is it peace Jehu AndHe he answered What peace can there be so long as the whoredomsharlotries ofand thythe mothersorceries Jezebelof andyour hermother witchcraftsJez′ebel are so many |
| 9:23 |
AndThen Joram turnedreined hisabout hands and fled andsaying said to AhaziahAhazi′ah ThereTreachery is treachery O AhaziahAhazi′ah |
| 9:24 |
And Jehu drew his bow with his full strength and smoteshot Joram between histhe arms;shoulders andso that the arrow wentpierced out at his heart and he sunksank down in his chariot |
| 9:25 |
ThenJehu said Jehu to Bidkar his captainaide Take him up and cast him inon the portionplot of theground fieldbelonging ofto Naboth the Jezreelite; for remember how that when Iyou and thouI rode togetherside afterby side behind Ahab his father Jehovahhow laidthe Lord uttered this burdenoracle uponagainst him: |
| 9:26 |
SurelyAs surely as I havesaw seen yesterday the blood of Naboth and the blood of his sons—says saiththe Jehovah; and Lord—I will requite theeyou inon this platplot saithof Jehovahground Now therefore take him up and cast him intoon the platplot of ground accordingin toaccordance with the word of Jehovahthe Lord |
| 9:27 |
ButWhen whenAhazi′ah Ahaziah the king of Judah saw this he fled byin the waydirection of theBeth gardenhaggan house And Jehu followedpursued after him and said SmiteShoot him also; in the chariot: and they smoteshot him in the chariot at the ascent of Gur which is by Ibleam And he fled to MegiddoMegid′do and died there |
| 9:28 |
AndHis his servants carried him in a chariot to Jerusalem and buried him in his sepulchretomb with his fathers in the city of David |
| 9:29 |
AndIn in the eleventh year of Joram the son of Ahab Ahazi′ah began Ahaziah to reign over Judah |
| 9:30 |
AndWhen when Jehu wascame come to Jezreel JezebelJez′ebel heard of it; and she painted her eyes and attiredadorned her head and looked out atof the window |
| 9:31 |
And as Jehu entered in at the gate she said Is it peace thouyou Zimri thymurderer mastersof murdereryour master |
| 9:32 |
And he lifted up his face to the window and said Who is on my side whoWho AndTwo thereor three eunuchs looked out toat him two or three eunuchs |
| 9:33 |
AndHe he said Throw her down So they threw her down; and some of her blood wasspattered sprinkled on the wall and on the horses: and hethey trodtrampled on her under foot |
| 9:34 |
AndThen when he waswent come in heand didate eat and drinkdrank; and he said See now to this cursed woman and bury her; for she is a kings daughter |
| 9:35 |
AndBut when they went to bury her; but they found no more of her than the skull and the feet and the palms of her hands |
| 9:36 |
WhereforeWhen they came back and told him And he said This is the word of Jehovahthe Lord which he spakespoke by his servant ElijahEli′jah the Tishbite saying In the portionterritory of Jezreel shall the dogs shall eat the flesh of JezebelJez′ebel; |
| 9:37 |
and the bodycorpse of JezebelJez′ebel shall be as dung upon the face of the field in the portionterritory of Jezreel so that theyno shallone notcan say This is JezebelJez′ebel |
| 10:1 |
Now Ahab had seventy sons in SamariaSamar′ia AndSo Jehu wrote letters and sent them to SamariaSamar′ia untoto the rulers of Jezreelthe evencity to the elders and untoto themthe thatguardians broughtof up the sons of Ahab saying |
| 10:2 |
AndNow nowthen as soon as this letter comethcomes to you seeing your masters sons are with you and there are with you chariots and horses a fortified citycities also and armor;weapons |
| 10:3 |
lookselect ye out the best and meetestfittest of your masters sons and set him on his fathers throne and fight for your masters house |
| 10:4 |
But they were exceedingly afraid and said Behold the two kings stoodcould not stand before him:; how then shallcan we stand |
| 10:5 |
AndSo he thatwho was over the householdpalace and he thatwho was over the city together with the elders also and they that brought up the childrenguardians sent to Jehu saying We are thyyour servants and we will do all that thouyou shalt bid us; weWe will not make any manone king:; do thouwhatever that which is good in thineyour eyes |
| 10:6 |
Then he wrote ato letterthem thea second timeletter to them saying If yeyou beare on my side and if yeyou willare hearkenready untoto myobey voiceme take ye the heads of the men your masters sons and come to me toat Jezreel bytomorrow toat morrow this time Now the kings sons being seventy persons were with the great men of the city who broughtwere bringing them up |
| 10:7 |
And it came to pass when the letter came to them that they took the kings sons and slew them even seventy persons and put their heads in baskets and sent them untoto him toat Jezreel |
| 10:8 |
AndWhen therethe messenger came a messenger and told him saying They have brought the heads of the kings sons And he said Lay ye them in two heaps at the entrance of the gate until the morning |
| 10:9 |
AndThen it came to pass in the morning thatwhen he went out andhe stood and said to all the people YeYou are righteous:innocent beholdIt was I who conspired against my master and slew him; but who smotestruck down all these |
| 10:10 |
Know nowthen that there shall fall untoto the earth nothing of the word of Jehovahthe Lord which Jehovahthe spakeLord spoke concerning the house of Ahab:; for Jehovahthe hathLord has done thatwhat which he spakesaid by his servant ElijahEli′jah |
| 10:11 |
So Jehu smoteslew all that remained of the house of Ahab in Jezreel and all his great men and his familiar friends and his priests until he left him none remaining |
| 10:12 |
AndThen he aroseset andout departed and went to SamariaSamar′ia AndOn asthe way when he was at theBeth shearingeked house of the shepherdsShepherds in the way |
| 10:13 |
Jehu met with the brethrenkinsmen of AhaziahAhazi′ah king of Judah and he said Who are yeyou And they answered We are the brethrenkinsmen of Ahaziah:Ahazi′ah and we gocame down to salutevisit the childrenroyal ofprinces the king and the childrensons of the queen mother |
| 10:14 |
AndHe he said Take them alive And they took them alive and slew them at the pit of theBeth shearingeked houseforty even two persons and fortyhe men;spared neithernone left he any of them |
| 10:15 |
And when he was departed thencefrom there he lightedmet onJehon′adab Jehonadab the son of Rechab coming to meet him; and he salutedgreeted him and said to him Is thyyour heart righttrue asto my heart as mine is withto thyyours heart And JehonadabJehon′adab answered It is Jehu said If it beis give me thyyour hand AndSo he gave him his hand; andAnd heJehu took him up towith him into the chariot |
| 10:16 |
And he said Come with me and see my zeal for Jehovahthe Lord So theyhe madehad him ride in his chariot |
| 10:17 |
And when he came to SamariaSamar′ia he smoteslew all that remained untoto Ahab in SamariaSamar′ia till he had destroyedwiped himthem out according to the word of Jehovahthe Lord which he spakespoke to ElijahEli′jah |
| 10:18 |
AndThen Jehu gatheredassembled all the people together and said untoto them Ahab served BaalBa′al a little; but Jehu will serve him much |
| 10:19 |
Now therefore call untoto me all the prophets of BaalBa′al all his worshippersworshipers and all his priests; let none be wanting:missing for I have a great sacrifice to dooffer to BaalBa′al; whosoeverwhoever shallis bemissing wanting he shall not live But Jehu did it with cunning in subtletyorder to the intent that he might destroy the worshippersworshipers of BaalBa′al |
| 10:20 |
And Jehu saidordered Sanctify a solemn assembly for BaalBa′al AndSo they proclaimed it |
| 10:21 |
And Jehu sent throughthroughout all Israel:; and all the worshippersworshipers of BaalBa′al came so that there was not a man left thatwho camedid not come And they cameentered into the house of Baal;Ba′al and the house of BaalBa′al was filled from one end to anotherthe other |
| 10:22 |
AndHe he said untoto him thatwho was overin charge of the vestrywardrobe Bring forthout the vestments for all the worshippersworshipers of BaalBa′al AndSo he brought themout forththe vestments for them |
| 10:23 |
AndThen Jehu went andinto Jehonadab the sonhouse of RechabBa′al intowith Jehon′adab the houseson of BaalRechab; and he said untoto the worshippersworshipers of BaalBa′al Search and looksee that there beis hereno withservant you none of the servantsLord ofhere Jehovahamong you but only the worshippersworshipers of BaalBa′al only |
| 10:24 |
AndThen theyhe went in to offer sacrifices and burnt offerings Now Jehu had appointedstationed himeighty fourscore men withoutoutside and said IfThe man who allows any of thethose men whom I bringgive into your hands to escape heshall thatforfeit letteth him go his life shall be for the life of him |
| 10:25 |
AndSo it came to pass as soon as he had made an end of offering the burnt offering that Jehu said to the guard and to the captainsofficers Go in and slay them; let nonenot comea forthman Andescape So when they smoteput them withto the edge of the sword; and the guard and the captainsofficers cast them out and went tointo the cityinner room of the house of BaalBa′al |
| 10:26 |
Andand they brought forthout the pillarspillar that werewas in the house of BaalBa′al and burned themit |
| 10:27 |
And they brakedemolished down the pillar of BaalBa′al and brakedemolished down the house of BaalBa′al and made it a draughtlatrine houseto unto this day |
| 10:28 |
Thus Jehu destroyedwiped Baal out ofBa′al from Israel |
| 10:29 |
HowbeitBut Jehu did not turn aside from the sins of JeroboamJerobo′am the son of Nebat wherewithwhich he made Israel to sin Jehu departed not from after them to wit the golden calves that were in BethBethel el and that were in Dan |
| 10:30 |
And Jehovahthe Lord said untoto Jehu Because thouyou hasthave done well in executingcarrying thatout whichwhat is right in minemy eyes and hasthave done untoto the house of Ahab according to all that was in my heart thyyour sons of the fourth generation shall sit on the throne of Israel |
| 10:31 |
But Jehu tookwas nonot heedcareful to walk in the law of Jehovahthe Lord the God of Israel with all his heart:; he departeddid not turn from the sins of JeroboamJerobo′am wherewithwhich he made Israel to sin |
| 10:32 |
In those days Jehovahthe Lord began to cut off fromparts of Israel: andHaz′ael Hazaeldefeated smote them inthroughout all the bordersterritory of Israel;: |
| 10:33 |
from the Jordan eastward all the land of Gilead the Gadites and the Reubenites and the ManassitesManas′sites from AroerAro′er which is by the valley of the Arnon eventhat is Gilead and Bashan |
| 10:34 |
Now the rest of the acts of Jehu and all that he did and all his might are they not written in the bookBook of the chroniclesChronicles of the kingsKings of Israel |
| 10:35 |
AndSo Jehu slept with his fathers; and they buried him in SamariaSamar′ia And JehoahazJeho′ahaz his son reigned in his stead |
| 10:36 |
AndThe the time that Jehu reigned over Israel in SamariaSamar′ia was twenty and eight years |
| 11:1 |
Now when AthaliahAthali′ah the mother of AhaziahAhazi′ah saw that her son was dead she arose and destroyed all the seed royal family |
| 11:2 |
But JehoshebaJehosh′eba the daughter of kingKing Joram sister of AhaziahAhazi′ah took JoashJo′ash the son of AhaziahAhazi′ah and stole him away from among the kings sons thatwho were about to be slain evenand she put him and his nurse and put them in thea bedchamber; andThus theyshe hid him from AthaliahAthali′ah so that he was not slain; |
| 11:3 |
Andand he wasremained with her six years hid in the house of Jehovahthe sixLord yearswhile AndAthali′ah Athaliah reigned over the land |
| 11:4 |
AndBut in the seventh year JehoiadaJehoi′ada sent and fetchedbrought the captains over hundreds of the Carites and of the guardguards and broughthad them come to him intoin the house of Jehovahthe Lord; and he made a covenant with them and tookput anthem under oath of them in the house of Jehovahthe Lord and he showed them the kings son |
| 11:5 |
And he commanded them saying This is the thing that yeyou shall do: aone third part of you thatthose who come inoff duty on the sabbath shalland beguard keepers of the watch of the kings house; |
| 11:6 |
andanother a third partbeing shall be at the gate Sur; and a third part at the gate behind the guard:guards so shall yeguard keep the watchpalace; of the house and be a barrier |
| 11:7 |
Andand the two companiesdivisions of you evenwhich allcome thaton goduty forthin force on the sabbath shalland keepguard the watch of the house of Jehovah about the kingLord |
| 11:8 |
And ye shall compasssurround the king roundeach about every man with his weapons in his hand; and hewhoever thatapproaches cometh within the ranks letis himto be slain: andBe be ye with the king when he goethgoes out and when he comethcomes in |
| 11:9 |
AndThe the captains over hundreds did according to all that JehoiadaJehoi′ada the priest commanded; and 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 and came to JehoiadaJehoi′ada the priest |
| 11:10 |
And the priest delivered to the captains over hundreds the spears and shields that had been kingKing Davids which were in the house of Jehovahthe Lord; |
| 11:11 |
Andand the guardguards stood every man with his weapons 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 |
| 11:12 |
Then he brought out the kings son and put the crown upon him and gave him the testimony; and they madeproclaimed him king and anointed him; and they clapped their hands and said Long live the king |
| 11:13 |
AndWhen whenAthali′ah Athaliah heard the noise of the guard and of the people she camewent tointo the peoplehouse intoof the houseLord ofto Jehovah:the people; |
| 11:14 |
and when she looked andthere beholdwas the king stoodstanding by the pillar asaccording to the mannercustom was and the captains and the trumpetstrumpeters bybeside the king; and all the people of the land rejoicedrejoicing and blewblowing trumpets ThenAnd AthaliahAthali′ah rent her clothes and cried Treason treasonTreason |
| 11:15 |
AndThen JehoiadaJehoi′ada the priest commanded the captains ofwho hundreds that were set over the hostarmy andBring said unto them Have her forthout between the ranks; and him that followeth her slay with the sword any one who follows her For the priest said Let her not be slain in the house of Jehovahthe Lord |
| 11:16 |
So they madelaid wayhands foron her; and she went bythrough the way of the horses entryentrance to the kings house: and there she was she slain |
| 11:17 |
And JehoiadaJehoi′ada made a covenant between Jehovahthe Lord and the king and the people that they should be Jehovahsthe Lords people; and also between the king also and the people |
| 11:18 |
AndThen all the people of the land went to the house of BaalBa′al and braketore it down; his altars and his images brake they broke in pieces thoroughly and they slew Mattan the priest of BaalBa′al before the altars And the priest appointedposted officerswatchmen over the house of Jehovahthe Lord |
| 11:19 |
And he took the captains over hundreds and the Carites and the guardguards and all the people of the land; and they brought down the king down from the house of Jehovahthe andLord camemarching bythrough the way of the gate of the guardguards untoto the kings house And he sattook his seat on the throne of the kings |
| 11:20 |
So all the people of the land rejoiced; and the city was quiet Andafter AthaliahAthali′ah they had been slain with the sword at the kings house |
| 11:21 |
Jehoash Jeho′ash was seven years old when he began to reign |
| 12:1 |
In the seventh year of Jehu Jeho′ash began Jehoash to reign; and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem: andHis his mothers name was ZibiahZib′iah of Beer sheba |
| 12:2 |
And JehoashJeho′ash did thatwhat which was right in the eyes of Jehovahthe Lord all his days whereinbecause JehoiadaJehoi′ada the priest instructed him |
| 12:3 |
HowbeitNevertheless the high places were not taken away; the people stillcontinued sacrificedto sacrifice and burntburn incense inon the high places |
| 12:4 |
AndJeho′ash Jehoash said to the priests All the money of the hallowedholy things thatwhich is brought into the house of Jehovahthe inLord current money the money of the persons for whomwhich each man is ratedassessed—the andmoney allfrom the moneyassessment thatof itpersons—and comeththe intomoney anywhich a mans heart prompts him to bring into the house of Jehovahthe Lord |
| 12:5 |
let the priests take iteach to them every man from his acquaintance; and theylet shallthem repair the breaches of the house wheresoeverwherever any breachneed shallof berepairs foundis discovered |
| 12:6 |
But itby was so that in the threetwenty andthird twentieth year of kingKing JehoashJeho′ash the priests had notmade repairedno therepairs breacheson of the house |
| 12:7 |
ThenTherefore kingKing JehoashJeho′ash calledsummoned forJehoi′ada Jehoiada the priest and for the other priests and said untoto them Why repairare yeyou not therepairing breaches of the house nowNow therefore take no more money from your acquaintanceacquaintances but deliverhand it over for the breachesrepair of the house |
| 12:8 |
AndSo the priests consentedagreed that they should take no more money from the people neitherand repairthat thethey breachesshould ofnot repair the house |
| 12:9 |
ButThen JehoiadaJehoi′ada the priest took a chest and bored a hole in the lid of it and set it beside the altar on the right side as one comethentered into the house of Jehovah:the Lord; and the priests thatwho keptguarded the threshold put thereinin it all the money that was brought into the house of Jehovahthe Lord |
| 12:10 |
And itwhenever was so when they saw that there was much money in the chest that the kings scribesecretary and the high priest came up and they putcounted and tied up in bags and counted the money that was found in the house of Jehovahthe Lord |
| 12:11 |
AndThen they gavewould give the money that was weighed out into the hands of them that did the workworkmen thatwho had the oversight of the house of Jehovah:the Lord; and they paid it out to the carpenters and the builders thatwho wroughtworked upon the house of Jehovahthe Lord |
| 12:12 |
and to the masons and the hewersstonecutters ofas stonewell andas forto buyingbuy timber and hewnquarried stone tofor repairmaking therepairs breacheson of the house of Jehovahthe Lord and for allany thatoutlay wasupon laidthe outrepairs forof the house to repair it |
| 12:13 |
But there were not made for the house of Jehovahthe cupsLord basins of silver snuffers basinsbowls trumpets or any vessels of gold or vessels of silver offrom the money that was brought into the house of Jehovah;the Lord |
| 12:14 |
for theythat gavewas thatgiven to them that did the workworkmen andwho repairedwere therewithrepairing the house of Jehovahthe Lord with it |
| 12:15 |
MoreoverAnd they reckoneddid not withask an accounting from the men into whose hand they delivered the money to givepay out to them that did the work;workmen for they dealt faithfullyhonestly |
| 12:16 |
The money forfrom the trespassguilt offerings and the money forfrom the sin offerings was not brought into the house of Jehovah:the Lord; it wasbelonged to the priests |
| 12:17 |
ThenAt Hazaelthat time Haz′ael king of Syria went up and fought against Gath and took it; andBut Hazaelwhen Haz′ael set his face to go up toagainst Jerusalem |
| 12:18 |
AndJeho′ash Jehoash king of Judah took all the hallowedvotive thingsgifts that JehoshaphatJehosh′aphat and JehoramJeho′ram and AhaziahAhazi′ah his fathers the kings of Judah had dedicated and his own hallowedvotive thingsgifts and all the gold that was found in the treasurestreasuries of the house of Jehovahthe Lord and of the kings house and sent itthese to HazaelHaz′ael king of Syria: andThen heHaz′ael went away from Jerusalem |
| 12:19 |
Now the rest of the acts of JoashJo′ash and all that he did are they not written in the bookBook of the chroniclesChronicles of the kingsKings of Judah |
| 12:20 |
AndHis his servants arose and made a conspiracy and smoteslew JoashJo′ash atin the house of Millo on the way that goethgoes down to Silla |
| 12:21 |
ForIt Jozacarwas Jo′zacar the son of ShimeathShim′eath and JehozabadJeho′zabad the son of Shomer his servants smotewho struck him anddown so that he died; andAnd they buried him with his fathers in the city of David: and AmaziahAmazi′ah his son reigned in his stead |
| 13:1 |
In the threetwenty andthird twentieth year of JoashJo′ash the son of AhaziahAhazi′ah king of Judah JehoahazJeho′ahaz the son of Jehu began to reign over Israel in SamariaSamar′ia and he reigned seventeen years |
| 13:2 |
AndHe he did thatwhat which was evil in the sight of Jehovahthe Lord and followed the sins of JeroboamJerobo′am the son of Nebat wherewithwhich he made Israel to sin; he departeddid not therefromdepart from them |
| 13:3 |
And the anger of Jehovahthe Lord was kindled against Israel and he deliveredgave them continually into the hand of HazaelHaz′ael king of Syria and into the hand of Ben hadadha′dad the son of HazaelHaz′ael continually |
| 13:4 |
AndThen JehoahazJeho′ahaz besought Jehovahthe Lord and Jehovahthe Lord hearkened untoto him; for he saw the oppression of Israel how that the king of Syria oppressed them |
| 13:5 |
AndTherefore Jehovahthe Lord gave Israel a savioursavior so that they wentescaped out from under the hand of the Syrians; and the childrenpeople of Israel dwelt in their tentshomes as beforetimeformerly |
| 13:6 |
Nevertheless they departeddid not depart from the sins of the house of JeroboamJerobo′am wherewithwhich he made Israel to sin but walked therein:in them; and there remained the AsherahAshe′rah also remained in SamariaSamar′ia |
| 13:7 |
For hethere leftwas not left to JehoahazJeho′ahaz an army of themore peoplethan save fifty horsemen and ten chariots and ten thousand footmen; for the king of Syria had destroyed them and made them like the dust inat threshing |
| 13:8 |
Now the rest of the acts of JehoahazJeho′ahaz and all that he did and his might are they not written in the bookBook of the chroniclesChronicles of the kingsKings of Israel |
| 13:9 |
AndSo JehoahazJeho′ahaz slept with his fathers; and they buried him in Samaria:Samar′ia; and JoashJo′ash his son reigned in his stead |
| 13:10 |
In the thirty and seventh year of JoashJo′ash king of Judah beganJeho′ash Jehoash the son of JehoahazJeho′ahaz began to reign over Israel in SamariaSamar′ia and he reigned sixteen years |
| 13:11 |
AndHe healso did thatwhat which was evil in the sight of Jehovahthe Lord; he departeddid not depart from all the sins of JeroboamJerobo′am the son of Nebat wherewithwhich he made Israel to sin; but he walked thereinin them |
| 13:12 |
Now the rest of the acts of JoashJo′ash and all that he did and histhe might wherewithwith which he fought against AmaziahAmazi′ah king of Judah are they not written in the bookBook of the chroniclesChronicles of the kingsKings of Israel |
| 13:13 |
AndSo JoashJo′ash slept with his fathers; and JeroboamJerobo′am sat upon his throne:; and JoashJo′ash was buried in SamariaSamar′ia with the kings of Israel |
| 13:14 |
Now Elishawhen wasEli′sha had fallen sick ofwith histhe sicknessillness whereofof which he died:was andto Joashdie theJo′ash king of Israel camewent down untoto him and wept overbefore him andcrying said My father my father theThe chariots of Israel and theits horsemen thereof |
| 13:15 |
And ElishaEli′sha said untoto him Take a bow and arrows; andso he took untoa him bow and arrows |
| 13:16 |
AndThen he said to the king of Israel PutDraw thy hand upon the bow; and he putdrew his hand upon it And ElishaEli′sha laid his hands upon the kings hands |
| 13:17 |
And he said Open the window eastward; and he opened it Then ElishaEli′sha said Shoot; and he shot And he said JehovahsThe Lords arrow of victory even the arrow of victory over Syria; forFor thouyou shaltshall smitefight the Syrians in Aphek tilluntil thouyou have consumedmade an end of them |
| 13:18 |
And he said Take the arrows; and he took them And he said untoto the king of Israel SmiteStrike upon the ground with them; and he smotestruck thricethree times and stayedstopped |
| 13:19 |
AndThen the man of God was wrothangry with him and said ThouYou shouldestshould have smittenstruck five or six times:; then hadstyou thouwould smittenhave struck down Syria tilluntil thouyou hadsthad consumedmade an end of it; whereasbut now thouyou shaltwill smitestrike down Syria butonly thricethree times |
| 13:20 |
AndSo ElishaEli′sha died and they buried him Now the bands of the Moabites invadedused to invade the land atin the comingspring in of the year |
| 13:21 |
And it came to pass as they were burying a man thatwas beholdbeing theyburied spiedlo a marauding band; andwas theyseen castand the man was cast into the sepulchregrave of Elisha:Eli′sha; and as soon as the man touched the bones of ElishaEli′sha he revived and stood up on his feet |
| 13:22 |
AndNow HazaelHaz′ael king of Syria oppressed Israel all the days of JehoahazJeho′ahaz |
| 13:23 |
But Jehovahthe Lord was gracious untoto them and had compassion on them and hadhe respectturned untotoward them because of his covenant with Abraham Isaac and Jacob and would not destroy them; neithernor casthas he cast them from his presence asuntil yet now |
| 13:24 |
AndWhen HazaelHaz′ael king of Syria died; and Ben hadadha′dad his son reignedbecame king in his stead |
| 13:25 |
AndThen JehoashJeho′ash the son of JehoahazJeho′ahaz took again outfrom of the hand of Ben hadadha′dad the son of HazaelHaz′ael the cities which he had taken outfrom ofJeho′ahaz the hand of Jehoahaz his father byin war Three times didJo′ash Joashdefeated smite him and recovered the cities of Israel |
| 14:1 |
In the second year of JoashJo′ash the son of JoahazJo′ahaz king of Israel beganAmazi′ah Amaziah the son of JoashJo′ash king of Judah began to reign |
| 14:2 |
He 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 JehoaddinJeho ad′din of Jerusalem |
| 14:3 |
And he did thatwhat which was right in the eyes of Jehovahthe Lord yet not like David his father:; he did accordingin to all thatthings Joashas Jo′ash his father had done |
| 14:4 |
HowbeitBut the high places were not takenremoved; away: the people still sacrificed and burntburned incense inon the high places |
| 14:5 |
And it came to pass as soon as the kingdomroyal power was establishedfirmly in his hand that he slewkilled his servants who had slain the king his father: |
| 14:6 |
butBut he did not put to death the children of the murderers he put not to death; according to thatwhat which is written in the book of the law of Moses aswhere Jehovahthe Lord commanded saying The fathers shall not be put to death for the children noror the children be put to death for the fathers; but every man shall die for his own sin |
| 14:7 |
He slewkilled often Edomthousand E′domites in the Valley of Salt ten thousand and took Sela by warstorm and called it Jok′the nameel ofwhich itis Joktheelits untoname to this day |
| 14:8 |
Then AmaziahAmazi′ah sent messengers to JehoashJeho′ash the son of JehoahazJeho′ahaz son of Jehu king of Israel saying Come let us look one another in the face |
| 14:9 |
And JehoashJeho′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 |
| 14:10 |
ThouYou hasthave indeed smitten Edom and thyyour heart hathhas lifted theeyou up: Be content with your glory thereof and abidestay at home; for why shouldestshould thouyou meddleprovoke totrouble thyso hurt that thouyou shouldest fall evenyou thou and Judah with theeyou |
| 14:11 |
But AmaziahAmazi′ah would not hearlisten So JehoashJeho′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 |
| 14:12 |
And Judah was putdefeated toby the worse before Israel; and they fled every man fled to his tenthome |
| 14:13 |
And JehoashJeho′ash king of Israel tookcaptured AmaziahAmazi′ah king of Judah the son of JehoashJeho′ash the son of AhaziahAhazi′ah at Beth shemeshshe′mesh and came to Jerusalem and brakebroke down the wall of Jerusalem fromfor thefour gatehundred ofcubits Ephraimfrom unto the cornerE′phraim gateGate fourto hundredthe cubitsCorner Gate |
| 14:14 |
And he tookseized all the gold and silver and all the vessels that were found in the house of Jehovahthe Lord and in the treasurestreasuries of the kings house thealso hostages also and he returned to SamariaSamar′ia |
| 14:15 |
Now the rest of the acts of JehoashJeho′ash which he did and his might and how he fought with AmaziahAmazi′ah king of Judah are they not written in the bookBook of the chroniclesChronicles of the kingsKings of Israel |
| 14:16 |
And JehoashJeho′ash slept with his fathers and was buried in SamariaSamar′ia with the kings of Israel; and JeroboamJerobo′am his son reigned in his stead |
| 14:17 |
AndAmazi′ah Amaziah the son of JoashJo′ash king of Judah lived fifteen years after the death of JehoashJeho′ash son of JehoahazJeho′ahaz king of Israel fifteen years |
| 14:18 |
Now the rest of the actsdeeds of AmaziahAmazi′ah are they not written in the bookBook of the chroniclesChronicles of the kingsKings of Judah |
| 14:19 |
And they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem; and he fled to Lachish: butBut they sent after him to Lachish and slew him there |
| 14:20 |
And they brought him upon horses; and he was buried atin Jerusalem with his fathers in the city of David |
| 14:21 |
And all the people of Judah took AzariahAzari′ah who was sixteen years old and made him king ininstead the room of his father AmaziahAmazi′ah |
| 14:22 |
He built Elath and restored it to Judah after that the king slept with his fathers |
| 14:23 |
In the fifteenth year of AmaziahAmazi′ah the son of JoashJo′ash king of Judah JeroboamJerobo′am the son of JoashJo′ash king of Israel began to reign in SamariaSamar′ia and he reigned forty and one years |
| 14:24 |
And he did thatwhat which was evil in the sight of Jehovah:the Lord; he departeddid not depart from all the sins of JeroboamJerobo′am the son of Nebat wherewithwhich he made Israel to sin |
| 14:25 |
He restored the border of Israel from the entrance of Hamath untoas far as the seaSea of the Arabah according to the word of Jehovahthe Lord the God of Israel which he spakespoke by his servant Jonah the son of AmittaiAmit′tai the prophet who was offrom Gath hepherhe′pher |
| 14:26 |
For Jehovahthe Lord saw that the affliction of Israel that it was very bitter; for there was none shutleft upbond noror leftfree atand largethere neither was therenone anyto helperhelp for Israel |
| 14:27 |
AndBut Jehovahthe saidLord had not said that he would blot out the name of Israel from under heaven; butso he saved them by the hand of JeroboamJerobo′am the son of JoashJo′ash |
| 14:28 |
Now the rest of the acts of JeroboamJerobo′am and all that he did and his might how he warredfought and how he recovered for Israel Damascus and Hamath which had belonged to Judah for Israel are they not written in the bookBook of the chroniclesChronicles of the kingsKings of Israel |
| 14:29 |
And JeroboamJerobo′am slept with his fathers even with the kings of Israel; and ZechariahZechari′ah his son reigned in his stead |
| 15:1 |
In the twenty and seventh year of JeroboamJerobo′am king of Israel beganAzari′ah Azariahthe son of AmaziahAmazi′ah king of Judah began to reign |
| 15:2 |
SixteenHe was sixteen years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned fifty two and fifty years in Jerusalem: andHis his mothers name was JecoliahJecoli′ah of Jerusalem |
| 15:3 |
And he did thatwhat which was right in the eyes of Jehovahthe Lord according to all that his father AmaziahAmazi′ah had done |
| 15:4 |
HowbeitNevertheless the high places were not taken away:; the people still sacrificed and burntburned incense inon the high places |
| 15:5 |
And Jehovahthe Lord smote the king so that he was a leper untoto the day of his death and he dwelt in a separate house And Jotham the kings son was over the household judginggoverning the people of the land |
| 15:6 |
Now the rest of the acts of AzariahAzari′ah and all that he did are they not written in the bookBook of the chroniclesChronicles of the kingsKings of Judah |
| 15:7 |
And AzariahAzari′ah slept with his fathers; and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David: and Jotham his son reigned in his stead |
| 15:8 |
In the thirty and eighth year of AzariahAzari′ah king of Judah didZechari′ah Zechariah the son of JeroboamJerobo′am reignreigned over Israel in SamariaSamar′ia six months |
| 15:9 |
And he did thatwhat which was evil in the sight of Jehovahthe Lord as his fathers had done: heHe departeddid not depart from the sins of JeroboamJerobo′am the son of Nebat wherewithwhich he made Israel to sin |
| 15:10 |
And Shallum the son of Jabesh conspired against him and smotestruck him beforedown theat peopleIbleam and slewkilled him and reigned in his stead |
| 15:11 |
Now the rest of the actsdeeds of ZechariahZechari′ah behold they are written in the bookBook of the chroniclesChronicles of the kingsKings of Israel |
| 15:12 |
This was the wordpromise of Jehovahthe Lord which he spakegave untoto Jehu sayingYour Thy sons to the fourth generation shall sit upon the throne of Israel to the fourth generation And so it came to pass |
| 15:13 |
Shallum the son of Jabesh began to reign in the ninethirty andninth thirtieth year of UzziahUzzi′ah king of Judah; and he reigned theone space of a month in SamariaSamar′ia |
| 15:14 |
AndThen MenahemMen′ahem the son of Gadi wentcame up from Tirzah and came to SamariaSamar′ia and smotehe struck down Shallum the son of Jabesh in SamariaSamar′ia and slew him and reigned in his stead |
| 15:15 |
Now the rest of the actsdeeds of Shallum and histhe conspiracy which he made behold they are written in the bookBook of the chroniclesChronicles of the kingsKings of Israel |
| 15:16 |
ThenAt Menahemthat smotetime TiphsahMen′ahem sacked Tap′puah and all thatwho were thereinin it and theits bordersterritory thereof from Tirzah: on; because they openeddid not open it to him therefore he smotesacked it; and he ripped up all the women thereinin thatit who were with child he ripped up |
| 15:17 |
In the ninethirty andninth thirtieth year of AzariahAzari′ah king of Judah beganMen′ahem Menahem the son of Gadi began to reign over Israel and he reigned ten years in SamariaSamar′ia |
| 15:18 |
And he did thatwhat which was evil in the sight of Jehovah:the Lord; he departeddid not depart all his days from all the sins of JeroboamJerobo′am the son of Nebat wherewithwhich he made Israel to sin |
| 15:19 |
There came against the land Pul the king of Assyria came against the land; and MenahemMen′ahem gave Pul a thousand talents of silver that hishe hand might behelp with him to confirm thehis kingdomhold inof histhe handroyal power |
| 15:20 |
AndMen′ahem Menahem exacted the money offrom Israel eventhat ofis from all the mightywealthy men offifty wealthshekels of eachsilver manfrom fiftyevery shekelsman of silver to give to the king of Assyria So the king of Assyria turned back and stayeddid not stay there in the land |
| 15:21 |
Now the rest of the actsdeeds of MenahemMen′ahem and all that he did are they not written in the bookBook of the chroniclesChronicles of the kingsKings of Israel |
| 15:22 |
And MenahemMen′ahem slept with his fathers; and PekahiahPekahi′ah his son reigned in his stead |
| 15:23 |
In the fiftieth year of AzariahAzari′ah king of Judah PekahiahPekahi′ah the son of MenahemMen′ahem began to reign over Israel in SamariaSamar′ia and he reigned two years |
| 15:24 |
And he did thatwhat which was evil in the sight of Jehovah:the Lord; he departeddid not turn away from the sins of JeroboamJerobo′am the son of Nebat wherewithwhich he made Israel to sin |
| 15:25 |
And Pekah the son of RemaliahRemali′ah his captain conspired against him andwith smotefifty himmen in Samaria in the castle of the kingsGileadites house with Argob and Arieh;slew andhim within himSamar′ia werein fiftythe mencitadel of the Gileadites:kings andhouse; he slew him and reigned in his stead |
| 15:26 |
Now the rest of the actsdeeds of PekahiahPekahi′ah and all that he did behold they are written in the bookBook of the chroniclesChronicles of the kingsKings of Israel |
| 15:27 |
In the twofifty andsecond fiftieth year of AzariahAzari′ah king of Judah Pekah the son of RemaliahRemali′ah began to reign over Israel in SamariaSamar′ia and he reigned twenty years |
| 15:28 |
And he did thatwhat which was evil in the sight of Jehovah:the Lord; he departeddid not depart from the sins of JeroboamJerobo′am the son of Nebat wherewithwhich he made Israel to sin |
| 15:29 |
In the days of Pekah king of Israel cameTig′lath Tiglathpile′ser pileser king of Assyria came and tookcaptured IjonI′jon andA′bel Abel beth maacahma′acah andJan Janoaho′ah and Kedesh and Hazor and Gilead and Galilee all the land of NaphtaliNaph′tali; and he carried themthe people captive to Assyria |
| 15:30 |
AndThen HosheaHoshe′a the son of Elah made a conspiracy against Pekah the son of RemaliahRemali′ah and smotestruck him down and slew him and reigned in his stead in the twentieth year of Jotham the son of UzziahUzzi′ah |
| 15:31 |
Now the rest of the acts of Pekah and all that he did behold they are written in the bookBook of the chroniclesChronicles of the kingsKings of Israel |
| 15:32 |
In the second year of Pekah the son of RemaliahRemali′ah king of Israel began Jotham the son of UzziahUzzi′ah king of Judah began to reign |
| 15:33 |
FiveHe andwas twenty five years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem: andHis his mothers name was JerushaJeru′sha the daughter of Zadok |
| 15:34 |
And he did thatwhat which was right in the eyes of Jehovah;the heLord did according to all that his father UzziahUzzi′ah had done |
| 15:35 |
HowbeitNevertheless the high places were not takenremoved; away: the people still sacrificed and burned incense inon the high places He built the upper gate of the house of Jehovahthe Lord |
| 15:36 |
Now the rest of the acts of Jotham and all that he did are they not written in the bookBook of the chroniclesChronicles of the kingsKings of Judah |
| 15:37 |
In those days Jehovahthe Lord began to send against Judah Rezin the king of Syria and Pekah the son of RemaliahRemali′ah against Judah |
| 15:38 |
And Jotham slept with his fathers and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father:; and Ahaz his son reigned in his stead |
| 16:1 |
In the seventeenth year of Pekah the son of RemaliahRemali′ah Ahaz the son of Jotham king of Judah began to reign |
| 16:2 |
TwentyAhaz was twenty years old was Ahaz 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 his God likeas David his father David had done |
| 16:3 |
Butbut he walked in the way of the kings of Israel yeaHe andeven madeburned his son toas passan throughoffering the fire according to the abominationsabominable practices of the nations whom Jehovahthe castLord drove out from before the childrenpeople of Israel |
| 16:4 |
And he sacrificed and burntburned incense inon the high places and on the hills and under every green tree |
| 16:5 |
Then Rezin king of Syria and Pekah the son of RemaliahRemali′ah king of Israel came up to Jerusalemwage to war: on Jerusalem and they besieged Ahaz but could not overcomeconquer him |
| 16:6 |
At that time Rezinthe king of SyriaEdom recovered Elath tofor SyriaEdom and drove the Jewsmen of Judah from Elath; and the SyriansE′domites came to Elath andwhere dweltthey theredwell untoto this day |
| 16:7 |
So Ahaz sent messengers to TiglathTig′lath pileserpile′ser king of Assyria saying I am thyyour servant and thyyour son: comeCome up and saverescue me outfrom of the hand of the king of Syria and outfrom of the hand of the king of Israel who riseare upattacking against me |
| 16:8 |
And Ahaz also took the silver and gold that was found in the house of Jehovahthe Lord and in the treasures of the kings house and sent it for a present to the king of Assyria |
| 16:9 |
And the king of Assyria hearkened untoto him; and the king of Assyria wentmarched up against Damascus and took it andcarrying carriedits the people of it captive to Kir and slewhe killed Rezin |
| 16:10 |
AndWhen kingKing Ahaz went to Damascus to meet TiglathTig′lath pileserpile′ser king of Assyria andhe saw the altar that was at Damascus; andAnd kingKing Ahaz sent to UrijahUri′ah the priest thea fashionmodel of the altar and theits pattern ofexact itin according to all theits workmanshipdetails thereof |
| 16:11 |
And UrijahUri′ah the priest built anthe altar:; accordingin toaccordance with all that kingKing Ahaz had sent from Damascus so didUri′ah Urijah the priest makemade it againstbefore theKing comingAhaz ofarrived king Ahaz from Damascus |
| 16:12 |
And when the king wascame come from Damascus the king sawviewed the altar: andThen the king drew near untoto the altar and offeredwent thereonup on it |
| 16:13 |
Andand heburned burnt his burnt offering and his mealcereal offering and poured his drink offering and sprinkledthrew the blood of his peace offerings upon the altar |
| 16:14 |
And the brazenbronze altar which was before Jehovahthe Lord he broughtremoved from the forefrontfront of the house from the place between his altar and the house of Jehovahthe Lord and put it on the north side of his altar |
| 16:15 |
And kingKing Ahaz commanded UrijahUri′ah the priest saying Upon the great altar burn the morning burnt offering and the evening mealcereal offering and the kings burnt offering and his mealcereal offering with the burnt offering of all the people of the land and their mealcereal offering and their drink offeringsoffering; and sprinklethrow upon it all the blood of the burnt offering and all the blood of the sacrifice:; but the brazenbronze altar shall be for me to inquire by |
| 16:16 |
ThusUri′ah did Urijah the priest accordingdid to all thatthis kingas King Ahaz commanded |
| 16:17 |
And kingKing Ahaz cut off the panelsframes of the basesstands and removed the laver from off them and he took down the sea from off the brazenbronze oxen that were under it and put it upon a pavementpediment of stone |
| 16:18 |
And the covered way for the sabbath thatwhich they had been built ininside the housepalace and the kingsouter entryentrance withoutfor turnedthe king he untoremoved from the house of Jehovahthe Lord because of the king of Assyria |
| 16:19 |
Now the rest of the acts of Ahaz which he did are they not written in the bookBook of the chroniclesChronicles of the kingsKings of Judah |
| 16:20 |
And Ahaz slept with his fathers and was buried with his fathers in the city of David:; and HezekiahHezeki′ah his son reigned in his stead |
| 17:1 |
In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah beganHoshe′a Hoshea the son of Elah began to reign in SamariaSamar′ia over Israel and he reigned nine years |
| 17:2 |
And he did thatwhat which was evil in the sight of Jehovahthe Lord yet not as the kings of Israel thatwho were before him |
| 17:3 |
Against him came up ShalmaneserShalmane′ser king of Assyria; and HosheaHoshe′a became his servantvassal and broughtpaid him tribute |
| 17:4 |
AndBut the king of Assyria found conspiracytreachery in HosheaHoshe′a; for he had sent messengers to So king of Egypt and offered no tribute to the king of Assyria as he had done year by year:; therefore the king of Assyria shut him up and bound him in prison |
| 17:5 |
Then the king of Assyria cameinvaded up throughout all the land and wentcame up to SamariaSamar′ia and besiegedfor it three years he besieged it |
| 17:6 |
In the ninth year of HosheaHoshe′a the king of Assyria tookcaptured SamariaSamar′ia and he carried Israelthe Israelites away untoto Assyria and placed them in Halah and on the Habor the river of Gozan and in the cities of the Medes |
| 17:7 |
And itthis was so because the childrenpeople of Israel had sinned against Jehovahthe Lord their God who had brought them up out of the land of Egypt from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt and had feared other gods |
| 17:8 |
and walked in the statutescustoms of the nations whom Jehovahthe castLord drove out from before the childrenpeople of Israel and ofin the customs which the kings of Israel whichhad theyintroduced made |
| 17:9 |
And the childrenpeople of Israel did secretly against the Lord their God things that were not right againstThey Jehovahbuilt theirfor God:themselves and they built them high places inat all their citiestowns from thewatchtower tower of the watchmen to the fortified city; |
| 17:10 |
and they set them up for themselves pillars and AsherimAshe′rim uponon every high hill and under every green tree; |
| 17:11 |
and there they burntburned incense inon all the high places as did the nations did whom Jehovahthe Lord carried away before them; andAnd they wroughtdid wicked things toprovoking provokethe JehovahLord to anger; |
| 17:12 |
and they served idols whereofof Jehovahwhich the Lord had said untoto them YeYou shall not do this thing |
| 17:13 |
Yet Jehovahthe testifiedLord untowarned Israel and unto Judah by every prophet and every seer saying Turn ye from your evil ways and keep my commandments and my statutes accordingin toaccordance with all the law which I commanded your fathers and which I sent to you by my servants the prophets |
| 17:14 |
NotwithstandingBut they would not hearlisten but hardenedwere theirstubborn neckas liketheir tofathers thehad neckbeen of their fathers who believeddid not believe in Jehovahthe Lord their God |
| 17:15 |
AndThey theydespised rejected his statutes and his covenant that he made with their fathers and histhe testimonieswarnings which he testifiedgave unto them; andThey theywent followedafter vanityfalse idols and became vainfalse and wentthey afterfollowed the nations that were round about them concerning whom Jehovahthe Lord had chargedcommanded them that they should not do like them |
| 17:16 |
And they forsook all the commandments of Jehovahthe Lord their God and made themfor themselves molten images evenof two calves; and they made an AsherahAshe′rah and worshippedworshiped all the host of heaven and served BaalBa′al |
| 17:17 |
And they causedburned their sons and their daughters toas passofferings through the fire and used divination and enchantmentssorcery and sold themselves to do that which was evil in the sight of Jehovahthe toLord provokeprovoking him to anger |
| 17:18 |
Therefore Jehovahthe Lord was very angry with Israel and removed them out of his sight:; therenone was none left but the tribe of Judah only |
| 17:19 |
Also Judah keptalso did not keep the commandments of Jehovahthe Lord their God but walked in the statutescustoms ofwhich Israel whichhad theyintroduced made |
| 17:20 |
And Jehovahthe Lord rejected all the seeddescendants of Israel and afflicted them and deliveredgave them into the hand of spoilers until he had cast them out of his sight |
| 17:21 |
ForWhen he renthad torn Israel from the house of David; and they made JeroboamJerobo′am the son of Nebat king: andAnd JeroboamJerobo′am drove Israel from following Jehovahthe Lord and made them sincommit a great sin |
| 17:22 |
AndThe thepeople children of Israel walked in all the sins of Jeroboam which heJerobo′am did; they departeddid not depart from them; |
| 17:23 |
until Jehovahthe Lord removed Israel out of his sight as he spakehad spoken by all his servants the prophets So Israel was carriedexiled awayfrom out of their own land to Assyria untountil this day |
| 17:24 |
And the king of Assyria brought menpeople from Babylon and from Cuthah and from Avva and from Hamath and SepharvaimSepharva′im and placed them in the cities of SamariaSamar′ia instead of the childrenpeople of Israel; and they possessedtook Samariapossession of Samar′ia and dwelt in theits cities thereof |
| 17:25 |
And so it was at the beginning of their dwelling there that they feareddid not Jehovah:fear the Lord; therefore Jehovahthe Lord sent lions among them which killed some of them |
| 17:26 |
WhereforeSo they spake to the king of Assyria sayingwas told The nations which thouyou hasthave carried away and placed in the cities of SamariaSamar′ia knowdo not know the law of the god of the land:; therefore he hathhas sent lions among them and behold they slayare killing them because they knowdo not know the law of the god of the land |
| 17:27 |
Then the king of Assyria commanded sayingSend Carrythere thither one of the priests whom yeyou broughtcarried fromaway thence; and let themhim go and dwell there and let him teach them the law of the god of the land |
| 17:28 |
So one of the priests whom they had carried away from SamariaSamar′ia came and dwelt in BethBethel el and taught them how they should fear Jehovahthe Lord |
| 17:29 |
HowbeitBut every nation still made gods of theirits own and put them in the housesshrines of the high places which the Samaritans had made every nation in theirthe cities whereinin which they dwelt; |
| 17:30 |
And the men of Babylon made SuccothSuc′coth benothbe′noth and the men of Cuth made Nergal and the men of Hamath made AshimaAshi′ma |
| 17:31 |
and the AvvitesAv′vites made Nibhaz and Tartak; and the SepharvitesSephar′vites burntburned their children in the fire to AdrammelechAdram′melech and AnammelechAnam′melech the gods of SepharvaimSepharva′im |
| 17:32 |
SoThey theyalso feared Jehovahthe Lord and madeappointed unto them from among themselves all sorts of people as priests of the high places who sacrificed for them in the housesshrines of the high places |
| 17:33 |
TheySo they feared Jehovahthe andLord but also served their own gods after the manner of the nations from among whom they had been carried away |
| 17:34 |
UntoTo this day they do afteraccording to the former manner: theyThey feardo not Jehovahfear neitherthe doLord and they afterdo theirnot follow the statutes or afterthe their ordinances or after the law or after the commandment which Jehovahthe Lord commanded the children of Jacob whom he named Israel; |
| 17:35 |
withThe whomLord Jehovah had made a covenant with them and chargedcommanded them sayingYou Ye shall not fear other gods noror bow yourselves to them noror serve them noror sacrifice to them:; |
| 17:36 |
but Jehovahyou shall fear the Lord who brought you up out of the land of Egypt with great power and with an outstretched arm; himyou shall yebow fearyourselves andto unto him shall ye bow yourselves and to him you shall ye sacrifice: |
| 17:37 |
andAnd the statutes and the ordinances and the law and the commandment which he wrote for you yeyou shall observealways be careful to do forYou evermore; and ye shall not fear other gods: |
| 17:38 |
and you shall not forget the covenant that I have made with you yeYou shall not forget; neither shall ye fear other gods: |
| 17:39 |
but Jehovahyou yourshall Godfear shallthe yeLord fear;your God and he will deliver you out of the hand of all your enemies |
| 17:40 |
HowbeitHowever they didwould not hearkenlisten but they did afteraccording to their former manner |
| 17:41 |
So these nations feared Jehovahthe Lord and also served their graven images; their children likewise and their childrens children —as did their fathers did so they do theyto unto this day |
| 18:1 |
NowIn it came to pass in the third year of HosheaHoshe′a son of Elah king of Israel thatHezeki′ah Hezekiah the son of Ahaz king of Judah began to reign |
| 18:2 |
TwentyHe andwas twenty five years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem: andHis his mothers name was Abi the daughter of ZechariahZechari′ah |
| 18:3 |
And he did thatwhat which was right in the eyes of Jehovahthe Lord according to all that David his father had done |
| 18:4 |
He removed the high places and brakebroke the pillars and cut down the Asherah:Ashe′rah andAnd he brakebroke in pieces the brazenbronze serpent that Moses had made; for untountil those days the childrenpeople of Israel didhad burnburned incense to it; andit hewas called itNehush′tan Nehushtan |
| 18:5 |
He trusted in Jehovahthe Lord the God of Israel; so that afterthere him was none like him among all the kings of Judah after him nor among themthose thatwho were before him |
| 18:6 |
For he claveheld fast to Jehovahthe Lord; he departeddid not depart from following him but kept histhe commandments which Jehovahthe Lord commanded Moses |
| 18:7 |
And Jehovahthe Lord was with him; whithersoeverwherever he went forth he prospered: andHe he rebelled against the king of Assyria and servedwould not serve him not |
| 18:8 |
He smote the Philistines untoas far as Gaza and theits bordersterritory thereof from thewatchtower tower of the watchmen to the fortified city |
| 18:9 |
AndIn it came to pass in the fourth year of kingKing HezekiahHezeki′ah which was the seventh year of HosheaHoshe′a son of Elah king of Israel thatShalmane′ser Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against SamariaSamar′ia and besieged it |
| 18:10 |
Andand at the end of three years theyhe took it: inIn the sixth year of HezekiahHezeki′ah which was the ninth year of HosheaHoshe′a king of Israel SamariaSamar′ia was taken |
| 18:11 |
AndThe the king of Assyria carried Israelthe Israelites away untoto Assyria and put them in Halah and on the Habor the river of Gozan and in the cities of the Medes |
| 18:12 |
because they obeyeddid not obey the voice of Jehovahthe Lord their God but transgressed his covenant even all that Moses the servant of Jehovahthe Lord commanded; andthey wouldneither notlistened hear it nor do itobeyed |
| 18:13 |
NowIn in the fourteenth year of kingKing HezekiahHezeki′ah didSennach′erib Sennacherib king of Assyria comecame up against all the fortified cities of Judah and took them |
| 18:14 |
And HezekiahHezeki′ah king of Judah sent to the king of Assyria toat Lachish saying I have offendeddone wrong; returnwithdraw from me:; thatwhatever whichyou thouimpose puttest on me I will I bear And the king of Assyria appointedrequired untoof HezekiahHezeki′ah king of Judah three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold |
| 18:15 |
And HezekiahHezeki′ah gave him all the silver that was found in the house of Jehovahthe Lord and in the treasurestreasuries of the kings house |
| 18:16 |
At that time didHezeki′ah Hezekiahstripped cut off the gold from the doors of the temple of Jehovahthe Lord and from the pillarsdoorposts which HezekiahHezeki′ah king of Judah had overlaid and gave it to the king of Assyria |
| 18:17 |
And the king of Assyria sent the Tartan andthe Rab ′saris and Rabshakehthe fromRab′shakeh Lachish to king Hezekiah with a great army untofrom Lachish to King Hezeki′ah at Jerusalem And they went up and came to Jerusalem AndWhen when they werearrived come up they came and stood by the conduit of the upper pool which is inon the highway ofto the fullersFullers fieldField |
| 18:18 |
And when they had called tofor the king there came out to them EliakimEli′akim the son of HilkiahHilki′ah who was over the household and Shebnah the scribesecretary and JoahJo′ah the son of Asaph the recorder |
| 18:19 |
And Rabshakehthe Rab′shakeh said untoto them Say ye now to HezekiahHezeki′ah Thus saithsays the great king the king of Assyria: WhatOn confidencewhat isdo you rest this whereinconfidence thouof trustestyours |
| 18:20 |
ThouDo sayestyou butthink theythat aremere but vain words Thereare isstrategy counsel and strengthpower for the war NowOn on whom dostdo thouyou trustnow rely that thouyou hasthave rebelled against me |
| 18:21 |
NowBehold beholdyou thouare trustestrelying uponnow theon staffEgypt ofthat thisbroken bruised reed evenof upona Egypt;staff whereonwhich ifwill apierce manthe leanhand itof willany goman intowho hisleans handon and pierce it: soSuch is Pharaoh king of Egypt untoto all thatwho trustrely on him |
| 18:22 |
But if yeyou say untoto me We trustrely inon Jehovahthe Lord our God; is it not that he whose high places and whose altars HezekiahHezeki′ah hathhas takenremoved awaysaying and hath said to Judah and to Jerusalem YeYou shall worship before this altar in Jerusalem |
| 18:23 |
NowCome thereforenow Imake praya theewager givewith pledges to my master the king of Assyria: and I will give theeyou two thousand horses if thouyou beare able on thyyour part to set riders upon them |
| 18:24 |
How then canstcan thouyou turnrepulse awaya thesingle face of one captain ofamong the least of my masters servants andwhen putyou thyrely trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen |
| 18:25 |
AmMoreover is it without the Lord that I nowhave come up without Jehovah against this place to destroy it JehovahThe Lord said untoto me Go up against this land and destroy it |
| 18:26 |
Then saidEli′akim Eliakim the son of HilkiahHilki′ah and Shebnah and JoahJo′ah untosaid Rabshakehto Speakthe IRab′shakeh prayPray theespeak to thyyour servants in the SyrianAramaic language; for we understand it:; anddo not speak notto with us in the Jews language inof Judah within the earshearing of the people thatwho are on the wall |
| 18:27 |
But Rabshakehthe Rab′shakeh said untoto them HathHas my master sent me to thyspeak masterthese andwords to theeyour tomaster speakand theseto wordsyou hathand he not sent me to the men thatsitting sit on the wall who are doomed with you to eat their own dung and to drink their own water with you urine |
| 18:28 |
Then Rabshakehthe Rab′shakeh stood and criedcalled without in a loud voice in the Jews language andof spakeJudah: saying Hear ye the word of the great king the king of Assyria |
| 18:29 |
Thus saithsays the king: LetDo not Hezekiahlet Hezeki′ah deceive you; for he will not be able to deliver you out of hismy hand: |
| 18:30 |
neitherDo not let HezekiahHezeki′ah make you trustto inrely Jehovahon the Lord by saying JehovahThe Lord will surely deliver us and this city shallwill not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria |
| 18:31 |
HearkenDo not listen to Hezekiah:Hezeki′ah; for thus saithsays the king of Assyria: Make your peace with me and come out to me; andthen eat ye every one of you will eat of his own vine and every one of his own fig tree and drink ye every one of you will drink the waterswater of his own cistern; |
| 18:32 |
until I come and take you away to a land like your own land a land of grain and new wine a land of bread and vineyards a land of olive trees and of honey that yeyou may live and not die: andAnd hearkendo not untolisten Hezekiahto Hezeki′ah when he persuadethmisleads you by saying JehovahThe Lord will deliver us |
| 18:33 |
HathHas any of the gods of the nations ever delivered his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria |
| 18:34 |
Where are the gods of Hamath and of Arpad whereWhere are the gods of SepharvaimSepharva′im of Hena and Ivvah haveHave they delivered SamariaSamar′ia out of my hand |
| 18:35 |
Who are they among all the gods of the countries that have delivered their countrycountries out of my hand that Jehovahthe Lord should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand |
| 18:36 |
But the people heldwere theirsilent peace and answered him not a word; for the kings commandmentcommand was sayingDo Answernot answer him not |
| 18:37 |
Then cameEli′akim Eliakim the son of HilkiahHilki′ah who was over the household and Shebna the scribesecretary and JoahJo′ah the son of Asaph the recorder came to HezekiahHezeki′ah with their clothes rent and told him the words of Rabshakehthe Rab′shakeh |
| 19:1 |
AndWhen itKing cameHezeki′ah to pass when king Hezekiah heard it that he rent his clothes and covered himself with sackcloth and went into the house of Jehovahthe Lord |
| 19:2 |
And he sent EliakimEli′akim who was over the household and Shebna the scribesecretary and the elderssenior of the priests covered with sackcloth untoto Isaiah the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz |
| 19:3 |
AndThey they said untoto him Thus saithsays HezekiahHezeki′ah This day is a day of troubledistress and of rebuke and of contumelydisgrace; for the children arehave come to the birth and there is notno strength to bring them forth |
| 19:4 |
It may be Jehovahthat thythe Lord your God willheard hear all the words of Rabshakehthe Rab′shakeh whom his master the king of Assyria hishas master hath sent to defymock the living God and will rebuke the words which Jehovahthe thyLord your God hathhas heard:; whereforetherefore lift up thyyour prayer for the remnant that is left |
| 19:5 |
SoWhen the servants of kingKing HezekiahHezeki′ah came to Isaiah |
| 19:6 |
And Isaiah said untoto them ThusSay shall ye say to your master Thus saithsays Jehovahthe BeLord: Do not be afraid because of the words that thouyou hasthave heard wherewithwith which the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemedreviled me |
| 19:7 |
Behold I will put a spirit in him andso that he shall hear tidingsa rumor and shall return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land |
| 19:8 |
SoThe RabshakehRab′shakeh returned and found the king of Assyria warringfighting against Libnah; for he had heard that hethe wasking departedhad fromleft Lachish |
| 19:9 |
And when hethe king heard sayconcerning ofTirha′kah Tirhakah king of Ethiopia Behold he ishas comeset out to fight against theeyou he sent messengers again untoto HezekiahHezeki′ah saying |
| 19:10 |
Thus shall yeyou speak to HezekiahHezeki′ah king of Judah: sayingDo Let not thylet your God inon whom thouyou trustestrely deceive theeyou sayingby promising that Jerusalem shallwill not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria |
| 19:11 |
Behold thouyou hasthave heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands by destroying them utterly: andAnd shaltshall thouyou be delivered |
| 19:12 |
Have the gods of the nations delivered them the nations which my fathers have destroyed Gozan and Haran and Rezeph and the childrenpeople of Eden thatwho were in TelassarTel assar |
| 19:13 |
Where is the king of Hamath and the king of Arpad and the king of the city of SepharvaimSepharva′im the king of Hena andor the king of Ivvah |
| 19:14 |
AndHezeki′ah Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers and read it; and HezekiahHezeki′ah went up untoto the house of Jehovahthe Lord and spread it before Jehovahthe Lord |
| 19:15 |
And HezekiahHezeki′ah prayed before Jehovahthe Lord and said: O JehovahLord the God of Israel thatwho sittestart enthroned above the cherubim thou art the God even thou alone of all the kingdoms of the earth; thou hast made heaven and earth |
| 19:16 |
Incline thinethy ear O JehovahLord and hear; open thinethy eyes O JehovahLord and see; and hear the words of SennacheribSennach′erib wherewithwhich he hathhas sent him to defymock the living God |
| 19:17 |
Of a truth JehovahO Lord the kings of Assyria have laid waste the nations and their lands |
| 19:18 |
and have cast their gods into the fire; for they were no gods but the work of mens hands wood and stone; therefore they havewere destroyed them |
| 19:19 |
NowSo thereforenow O JehovahLord our God save thou us I beseech thee outfrom of his hand that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou JehovahO Lord art God alone |
| 19:20 |
Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to HezekiahHezeki′ah saying Thus saithsays Jehovahthe Lord the God of Israel: WhereasYour thouprayer hast prayed to me againstabout SennacheribSennach′erib king of Assyria I have heard thee |
| 19:21 |
This is the word that Jehovahthe hathLord has spoken concerning him: TheShe despises you she scorns you— the virgin daughter of Zion; hathshe despisedwags theeher andhead laughedbehind theeyou— to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee |
| 19:22 |
Whom hasthave thouyou defiedmocked and blasphemedreviled andAgainst against whom hasthave thouyou exaltedraised thyyour voice and haughtily lifted upyour thine eyes onAgainst high even against the Holy One of Israel |
| 19:23 |
By thyyour messengers thouyou hasthave defiedmocked the Lord and hastyou have said With themy multitudemany of my chariots am I comehave gone up to the heightheights of the mountains to the innermostfar partsrecesses of Lebanon; and I willfelled cutits downtallest the tall cedars thereofits andchoicest the choice fir trees thereofcypresses; and I willentered enterits into his farthest lodgingretreat placeits thedensest forest of his fruitful field |
| 19:24 |
I havedug diggedwells and drunkdrank strangeforeign waters and I dried up with the sole of my feetfoot will I dry up all the riversstreams of Egypt |
| 19:25 |
HastHave thouyou not heard howthat I havedetermined done it long ago andI formedplanned itfrom days of ancientold timeswhat now have I broughtbring it to pass that ityou should beturn thine to lay waste fortified cities into ruinous heaps of ruins |
| 19:26 |
Thereforewhile their inhabitants wereshorn of smallstrength powerare they were dismayed and confounded; theyand werehave asbecome thelike grassplants of the field and aslike thetender greengrass herblike as the grass on the housetops; andblighted as grain blasted before it is grown up |
| 19:27 |
But I know thyyour sitting down and thyyour going out and thy coming in and thyyour raging against me |
| 19:28 |
Because ofyou thyhave ragingraged against me and becauseyour thinearrogance arrogancyhas is come up into minemy ears thereforeI will I put my hook in thyyour nose and my bridlebit in thyyour lipsmouth and I will turn theeyou back byon the way by which thouyou camestcame |
| 19:29 |
And this shall be the sign untofor theeyou: yethis year you shall eat thiswhat yeargrows that which groweth of itself and in the second year thatwhat whichsprings springeth of the same; andthen in the third year sow ye and reap and plant vineyards and eat thetheir fruit thereof |
| 19:30 |
And the surviving remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall again take root downward and bear fruit upward; |
| 19:31 |
Forfor out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant and out of mountMount Zion theya thatband shallof escape:survivors theThe zeal of Jehovahthe shallLord performwill do this |
| 19:32 |
Therefore thus saithsays Jehovahthe Lord concerning the king of Assyria He shall not come untointo this city noror shoot an arrow there neitheror shall he come before it with a shield noror cast up a siege mound against it |
| 19:33 |
By the way that he came by the same he shall he return and he shall not come untointo this city saithsays Jehovahthe Lord |
| 19:34 |
For I will defend this city to save it for minemy own sake and for the sake of my servant Davids sakeDavid |
| 19:35 |
And it came to pass that night that the angel of Jehovahthe Lord went forth and smoteslew a hundred and eighty five thousand in the camp of the Assyrians; a hundred fourscore and five thousand: and when men arose early in the morning behold these were all dead bodies |
| 19:36 |
SoThen SennacheribSennach′erib king of Assyria departed and went andhome returned and dwelt at NinevehNin′eveh |
| 19:37 |
And it came to pass as he was worshippingworshiping in the house of Nisroch his god thatAdram′melech Adrammelech and SharezerShare′zer smotehis sons slew him with the sword: and they escaped into the land of Ararat And EsarEsarhad′don haddon his son reigned in his stead |
| 20:1 |
In those days wasHezeki′ah Hezekiahbecame sick untoand was at the point of death And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came to him and said untoto him Thus saithsays Jehovahthe Lord Set thyyour house in order; for thouyou shaltshall die andyou shall not liverecover |
| 20:2 |
Then heHezeki′ah turned his face to the wall and prayed untoto Jehovahthe Lord saying |
| 20:3 |
Remember now O JehovahLord I beseech thee how I have walked before thee in truthfaithfulness and with a perfectwhole heart and have done thatwhat which is good in thy sight And HezekiahHezeki′ah wept sorebitterly |
| 20:4 |
And it came to pass before Isaiah washad gone out intoof the middle partcourt of the cityword thatof the wordLord of Jehovah came to him: saying |
| 20:5 |
Turn back and say to HezekiahHezeki′ah the prince of my people Thus saithsays Jehovahthe Lord the God of David thyyour father: I have heard thyyour prayer I have seen thyyour tears:; behold I will heal theeyou; on the third day thouyou shaltshall go up untoto the house of Jehovahthe Lord |
| 20:6 |
And I will add untofifteen thyyears daysto fifteenyour years;life and I will deliver theeyou and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria; and I will defend this city for minemy own sake and for my servant Davids sake |
| 20:7 |
And Isaiah said TakeBring a cake of figs And theylet tookthem take and laidlay it on the boil andthat he recoveredmay recover |
| 20:8 |
And HezekiahHezeki′ah said untoto Isaiah What shall be the sign that Jehovahthe Lord will heal me and that I shall go up untoto the house of Jehovahthe Lord on the third day |
| 20:9 |
And Isaiah said This shallis be the sign untoto theeyou from Jehovahthe Lord that Jehovahthe Lord will do the thing that he hathhas spokenpromised: shall the shadow go forward ten steps or go back ten steps |
| 20:10 |
And HezekiahHezeki′ah answered It is aan lighteasy thing for the shadow to declinelengthen ten steps:; nayrather but let the shadow returngo backwardback ten steps |
| 20:11 |
And Isaiah the prophet cried untoto Jehovahthe Lord; and he brought the shadow back ten steps backward by which itthe sun had gonedeclined down on the dial of Ahaz |
| 20:12 |
At that time BerodachMero′dach baladanbal′adan the son of BaladanBal′adan king of Babylon sent envoys with letters and a present untoto HezekiahHezeki′ah; for he had heard that HezekiahHezeki′ah had been sick |
| 20:13 |
And HezekiahHezeki′ah hearkenedwelcomed unto them and he showed them all the house of his precioustreasure thingshouse the silver and the gold and the spices and the precious oil and the house of his armorarmory and all that was found in his treasures:storehouses; there was nothing in his house noror in all his dominionrealm that HezekiahHezeki′ah showeddid not show them not |
| 20:14 |
Then came Isaiah the prophet untocame kingto HezekiahKing Hezeki′ah and said untoto him What saiddid these men andsay fromAnd whence camedid they untocome theeto you And HezekiahHezeki′ah said They arehave come from a far country even from Babylon |
| 20:15 |
AndHe he said What have they seen in thyyour house And HezekiahHezeki′ah answered AllThey have seen all that is in my house; have they seen: there is nothing amongin my treasuresstorehouses that I havedid not showedshow them |
| 20:16 |
AndThen Isaiah said untoto HezekiahHezeki′ah Hear the word of Jehovahthe Lord: |
| 20:17 |
Behold the days comeare thatcoming when all that is in thyyour house and that which thyyour fathers have laidstored up intill store unto this day shall be carried to Babylon:; nothing shall be left saithsays Jehovahthe Lord |
| 20:18 |
And some of thyyour own sons thatwho shallare issueborn fromto theeyou whom thou shalt beget shall theybe taketaken away; and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon |
| 20:19 |
Then said HezekiahHezeki′ah untoto Isaiah GoodThe is the word of Jehovahthe Lord which thouyou hasthave spoken Heis saidgood moreoverFor Ishe itthought Why not so if there will be peace and truthsecurity shall be in my days |
| 20:20 |
NowThe the rest of the actsdeeds of HezekiahHezeki′ah and all his might and how he made the pool and the conduit and brought water into the city are they not written in the bookBook of the chroniclesChronicles of the kingsKings of Judah |
| 20:21 |
And HezekiahHezeki′ah slept with his fathers; and ManassehManas′seh his son reigned in his stead |
| 21:1 |
ManassehManas′seh was twelve years old when he began to reign; and he reigned fifty five and fifty years in Jerusalem: andHis his mothers name was HephzibahHeph′zibah |
| 21:2 |
And 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 |
| 21:3 |
For he builtrebuilt again the high places which HezekiahHezeki′ah his father had destroyed; and he rearederected up altars for BaalBa′al and made an AsherahAshe′rah as did Ahab king of Israel had done and worshippedworshiped all the host of heaven and served them |
| 21:4 |
And he built altars in the house of Jehovahthe whereofLord Jehovahof which the Lord had said In Jerusalem will I put my name |
| 21:5 |
And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of Jehovahthe Lord |
| 21:6 |
And he madeburned his son toas passan throughoffering the fire and practisedpracticed augurysoothsaying and usedaugury enchantments 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 |
| 21:7 |
And he set the graven image of AsherahAshe′rah that he had made he set in the house of which Jehovahthe Lord 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; |
| 21:8 |
neitherand I will Inot cause the feet of Israel to wander any more out of the land which I gave to their fathers if only they will observebe careful to do according to all that I have commanded them and according to all the law that my servant Moses commanded them |
| 21:9 |
But they hearkeneddid not: listen and ManassehManas′seh seduced them to do thatmore which is evil more than did the nations had done whom Jehovahthe Lord destroyed before the childrenpeople of Israel |
| 21:10 |
And Jehovahthe spakeLord said by his servants the prophets saying |
| 21:11 |
Because ManassehManas′seh king of Judah hathhas donecommitted these abominations and hathhas done wickedlythings abovemore wicked than all that the Amorites did thatwho were before him and hathhas made Judah also to sin with his idols; |
| 21:12 |
therefore thus saithsays Jehovahthe Lord the God of Israel Behold I bringam suchbringing evil upon Jerusalem and Judah such evil that whosoeverthe hearethears of itevery bothone hiswho earshears shallof it will tingle |
| 21:13 |
And I will stretch over Jerusalem the measuring line of SamariaSamar′ia and the plummet of the house of Ahab; and I will wipe Jerusalem as aone manwipes wipeth a dish wiping it and turning it upside down |
| 21:14 |
And I will cast off the remnant of minemy inheritanceheritage and delivergive them into the hand of their enemies; and they shall become a prey and a spoil to all their enemies; |
| 21:15 |
because they have done thatwhat which is evil in my sight and have provoked me to anger since the day their fathers came forth out of Egypt even untoto this day |
| 21:16 |
Moreover ManassehManas′seh shed very much innocent blood very much till he had filled Jerusalem from one end to another; besides histhe sin wherewithwhich he made Judah to sin inso doing that whichthey did what was evil in the sight of Jehovahthe Lord |
| 21:17 |
Now the rest of the acts of ManassehManas′seh and all that he did and histhe sin that he sinnedcommitted are they not written in the bookBook of the chroniclesChronicles of the kingsKings of Judah |
| 21:18 |
And ManassehManas′seh slept with his fathers and was buried in the garden of his own house in the garden of Uzza:; and Amon his son reigned in his stead |
| 21:19 |
Amon was twenty and two years old when he began to reign; and he reigned two years in Jerusalem: andHis his mothers name was MeshullemethMeshul′lemeth the daughter of Haruz of Jotbah |
| 21:20 |
And he did thatwhat which was evil in the sight of Jehovahthe Lord as didManas′seh Manasseh his father had done |
| 21:21 |
AndHe he walked in all the way thatin which his father walked in and served the idols that his father served and worshippedworshiped them:; |
| 21:22 |
and he forsook Jehovahthe Lord the God of his fathers and walkeddid not walk in the way of Jehovahthe Lord |
| 21:23 |
And the servants of Amon conspired against him and putkilled the king to death in his own house |
| 21:24 |
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 |
| 21:25 |
Now the rest of the acts of Amon which he did are they not written in the bookBook of the chroniclesChronicles of the kingsKings of Judah |
| 21:26 |
And he was buried in his sepulchretomb in the garden of Uzza:; and JosiahJosi′ah his son reigned in his stead |
| 22:1 |
JosiahJosi′ah was eight years old when he began to reign; and he reigned thirty and one years in Jerusalem: andHis his mothers name was JedidahJedi′dah the daughter of AdaiahAdai′ah of Bozkath |
| 22:2 |
And he did thatwhat which was right in the eyes of Jehovahthe Lord and walked in all the way of David his father and turnedhe did not turn aside to the right hand or to the left |
| 22:3 |
AndIn it came to pass in the eighteenth year of kingKing JosiahJosi′ah that the king sent Shaphan the son of AzaliahAzali′ah the son of MeshullamMeshul′lam the scribesecretary to the house of Jehovahthe Lord saying |
| 22:4 |
Go up to HilkiahHilki′ah the high priest that he may sumreckon the amount of the money which ishas been brought into the house of Jehovahthe Lord which the keepers of the threshold have gatheredcollected offrom the people:; |
| 22:5 |
and let themit deliverbe itgiven into the hand of the workmen thatwho have the oversight of the house of Jehovahthe Lord; and let them give it to the workmen thatwho are inat the house of Jehovah to repair the breachesLord ofrepairing the house |
| 22:6 |
untothat is to the carpenters and to the builders and to the masons andas well as for buying timber and hewnquarried stone to repair the house |
| 22:7 |
HowbeitBut thereno wasaccounting noshall reckoningbe madeasked withfrom them offor the money thatwhich wasis delivered into their hand; for they dealtdeal faithfullyhonestly |
| 22:8 |
And HilkiahHilki′ah the high priest said untoto Shaphan the scribesecretary I have found the book of the law in the house of Jehovahthe Lord And HilkiahHilki′ah deliveredgave the book to Shaphan and he read it |
| 22:9 |
And Shaphan the scribesecretary came to the king and broughtreported to the king wordYour again and said Thy servants have emptied out the money that was found in the house and have delivered it into the hand of the workmen thatwho have the oversight of the house of Jehovahthe Lord |
| 22:10 |
AndThen Shaphan the scribesecretary told the king sayingHilki′ah Hilkiah the priest hathhas deliveredgiven me a book And Shaphan read it before the king |
| 22:11 |
And it came to pass when the king had heard the words of the book of the law that he rent his clothes |
| 22:12 |
And the king commanded HilkiahHilki′ah the priest and AhikamAhi′kam the son of Shaphan and Achbor the son of MicaiahMicai′ah and Shaphan the scribesecretary and AsaiahAsai′ah the kings servant saying |
| 22:13 |
Go ye inquire of Jehovahthe Lord for me and for the people and for all Judah concerning the words of this book that ishas been found; for great is the wrath of Jehovahthe Lord that is kindled against us because our fathers have not hearkenedobeyed unto the words of this book to do according untoto all that which is written concerning us |
| 22:14 |
So HilkiahHilki′ah the priest and AhikamAhi′kam and Achbor and Shaphan and AsaiahAsai′ah went untoto Huldah the prophetess the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvah the son of Harhas keeper of the wardrobe now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the secondSecond quarterQuarter; and they communedtalked with her |
| 22:15 |
And she said untoto them Thus saithsays Jehovahthe Lord the God of Israel: Tell ye the man thatwho sent you untoto me |
| 22:16 |
Thus saithsays Jehovahthe Lord Behold I will bring evil upon this place and upon theits inhabitants thereof even all the words of the book which the king of Judah hathhas read |
| 22:17 |
Because they have forsaken me and have burned incense untoto other gods that they might provoke me to anger with all the work of their hands therefore my wrath shallwill be kindled against this place and it shallwill not be quenched |
| 22:18 |
But untoas to 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 |
| 22:19 |
because thyyour heart was tenderpenitent and thouyou didsthumbled humbleyourself thyself before Jehovahthe Lord when thouyou heardestheard whathow I spakespoke against this place and against theits inhabitants thereof that they should become a desolation and a curse and hastyou have rent thyyour clothes and wept before me; I also have heard theeyou saithsays Jehovahthe Lord |
| 22:20 |
Therefore 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 which I will bring upon this place And they brought back word to the king word again |
| 23:1 |
AndThen the king sent and they gathered unto him all the elders of Judah and of Jerusalem were gathered to him |
| 23:2 |
And the king went up to the house of Jehovahthe Lord and with him all the men of Judah and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem with him and the priests and the prophets and all the people both small and great:; and he read in their earshearing all the words of the book of the covenant which washad been found in the house of Jehovahthe Lord |
| 23:3 |
And the king stood by the pillar 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 all his soul to confirmperform the words of this covenant that were written in this book:; and all the people stoodjoined toin the covenant |
| 23:4 |
And the king commanded HilkiahHilki′ah the high priest and the priests of the second order and the keepers of the threshold to bring forth out of the temple of Jehovahthe Lord all the vessels that were made for BaalBa′al and for theAshe′rah Asherah and for all the host of heaven; and he burned them withoutoutside Jerusalem in the fields of the Kidron and carried thetheir ashes ofto themBethel unto Beth el |
| 23:5 |
And he putdeposed down the idolatrous priests whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense in the high places inat the cities of Judah and in the places round about Jerusalem; themthose also thatwho burned incense untoto BaalBa′al to the sun and to the moon and to the planetsconstellations and to all the host of heaventhe heavens |
| 23:6 |
And he brought out the AsherahAshe′rah from the house of Jehovahthe withoutLord outside Jerusalem untoto the brook Kidron and burned it at the brook Kidron and beat it to dust and cast the dust thereofof it upon the graves of the common people |
| 23:7 |
And he brakebroke down the houses of the sodomitesmale thatcult prostitutes which were in the house of Jehovahthe Lord where the women wove hangings for the AsherahAshe′rah |
| 23:8 |
And he brought all the priests out of the cities of Judah and defiled the high places where the priests had burned incense from Geba to Beer sheba; and he brakebroke down the high places of the gates that were at the entrance of the gate of Joshua the governor of the city which were on aones mans left hand at the gate of the city |
| 23:9 |
NeverthelessHowever the priests of the high places camedid not come up to the altar of Jehovahthe Lord in Jerusalem but they didate eat unleavened bread among their brethren |
| 23:10 |
And he defiled TophethTo′pheth which is in the valley of the childrensons of Hinnom that no manone might makeburn his son or his daughter toas passan throughoffering the fire to Molech |
| 23:11 |
And he tookremoved away the horses that the kings of Judah had givendedicated to the sun at the entrance ofto the house of Jehovahthe Lord by the chamber of Nathan melech the chamberlain which was in the precincts; and he burned the chariots of the sun with fire |
| 23:12 |
And the altars that were on the roof of the upper chamber of Ahaz which the kings of Judah had made and the altars which ManassehManas′seh had made in the two courts of the house of Jehovahthe didLord thehe kingpulled break down and beatbroke themin downpieces from thence and cast the dust of them into the brook Kidron |
| 23:13 |
And the king defiled the high places that were beforeeast of Jerusalem whichto were on the rightsouth hand of the mount of corruption which Solomon the king of Israel had buildedbuilt for AshtorethAsh′toreth the abomination of the SidoniansSido′nians and for Chemosh the abomination of Moab and for Milcom the abomination of the childrenAmmonites of Ammon did the king defile |
| 23:14 |
And he brakebroke in pieces the pillars and cut down the AsherimAshe′rim and filled their places with the bones of men |
| 23:15 |
Moreover the altar that was at BethBethel el and the high place whicherected Jeroboamby Jerobo′am the son of Nebat who made Israel to sin had made even that altar andwith the high place he brakepulled down; and he burnedbroke thein highpieces placeits andstones beatcrushing itthem to dust; andalso he burned the AsherahAshe′rah |
| 23:16 |
And as JosiahJosi′ah turned himself he spiedsaw the sepulchrestombs that were there inon the mount; and he sent and took the bones out of the sepulchrestombs and burned them upon the altar and defiled it according to the word of Jehovahthe Lord which the man of God proclaimed who proclaimedhad predicted these things |
| 23:17 |
Then he said What is yonder monument is that which I see And the men of the city told him It is the sepulchretomb of the man of God who came from Judah and proclaimedpredicted these things thatwhich thouyou hasthave done against the altar ofat BethBethel el |
| 23:18 |
And he said Let him be; let no man move his bones So they let his bones alone with the bones of the prophet thatwho came out of SamariaSamar′ia |
| 23:19 |
And all the housesshrines also of the high places that were in the cities of SamariaSamar′ia which the kings of Israel had made toprovoking provokethe JehovahLord to anger JosiahJosi′ah tookremoved; awayhe and did to them according to all the acts that he had done inat BethBethel el |
| 23:20 |
And he slew all the priests of the high places thatwho were there upon the altars and burned mensthe bones of men upon them; andThen he returned to Jerusalem |
| 23:21 |
And the king commanded all the people saying Keep the passover untoto Jehovahthe Lord your God as it is written in this book of the covenant |
| 23:22 |
SurelyFor thereno wassuch notpassover kepthad suchbeen akept passoversince from the days of the judges thatwho judged Israel noror induring all the days of the kings of Israel noror of the kings of Judah; |
| 23:23 |
but in the eighteenth year of kingKing JosiahJosi′ah was this passover was kept to Jehovahthe Lord in Jerusalem |
| 23:24 |
Moreover themJosi′ah thatput hadaway familiarthe spiritsmediums and the wizards and the teraphim and the idols and all the abominations that were seen in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem did Josiah put away that he might confirmestablish the words of the law which were written in the book that HilkiahHilki′ah the priest found in the house of Jehovahthe Lord |
| 23:25 |
AndBefore likehim untothere him was there no king beforelike him thatwho turned to Jehovahthe Lord with all his heart and with all his soul and with all his might according to all the law of Moses; neithernor afterdid himany aroselike therehim anyarise likeafter him |
| 23:26 |
NotwithstandingStill Jehovahthe turnedLord did not turn from the fierceness of his great wrath wherewithby which his anger was kindled against Judah because of all the provocations wherewithwith Manassehwhich Manas′seh had provoked him |
| 23:27 |
And Jehovahthe Lord said I will remove Judah also out of my sight as I have removed Israel and I will cast off this city which I have chosen even Jerusalem and the house of which I said My name shall be there |
| 23:28 |
Now the rest of the acts of JosiahJosi′ah and all that he did are they not written in the bookBook of the chroniclesChronicles of the kingsKings of Judah |
| 23:29 |
In his days Pharaoh necohNeco king of Egypt went up againstto the king of Assyria to the river Euphrates:Euphra′tes andKing kingJosi′ah Josiah went againstto meet him; and Pharaoh necohNeco slew him at MegiddoMegid′do when he hadsaw seen him |
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And his servants carried him dead in a chariot dead from MegiddoMegid′do and brought him to Jerusalem and buried him in his own sepulchretomb And the people of the land took JehoahazJeho′ahaz the son of JosiahJosi′ah and anointed him and made him king in his fathers stead |
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JehoahazJeho′ahaz was twenty and three years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three months in Jerusalem: andHis his mothers name was HamutalHamu′tal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah |
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And he did thatwhat which was evil in the sight of Jehovahthe Lord according to all that his fathers had done |
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And Pharaoh necohNeco put him in bonds at Riblah in the land of Hamath that he might not reign in Jerusalem; and putlaid upon the land to a tribute of a hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold |
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And Pharaoh necohNeco made EliakimEli′akim the son of JosiahJosi′ah king in the roomplace of JosiahJosi′ah his father and changed his name to Jehoiakim:Jehoi′akim butBut he took JehoahazJeho′ahaz away; and he came to Egypt and died there |
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And JehoiakimJehoi′akim gave the silver and the gold to Pharaoh; but he taxed the land to give the money according to the commandmentcommand of Pharaoh: heHe exacted the silver and the gold of the people of the land offrom every one according to his taxationassessment to give it untoto Pharaoh necohNeco |
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JehoiakimJehoi′akim was twenty and five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem: andHis his mothers name was ZebidahZebi′dah the daughter of PedaiahPedai′ah of Rumah |
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And he did thatwhat which was evil in the sight of Jehovahthe Lord according to all that his fathers had done |
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In his days NebuchadnezzarNebuchadnez′zar king of Babylon came up and JehoiakimJehoi′akim became his servant three years:; then he turned and rebelled against him |
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And Jehovahthe Lord sent against him bands of the ChaldeansChalde′ans and bands of the Syrians and bands of the Moabites and bands of the childrenAmmonites of Ammon and sent them against Judah to destroy it according to the word of Jehovahthe Lord which he spakespoke by his servants the prophets |
| 24:3 |
Surely this came upon Judah at the commandmentcommand of Jehovahthe cameLord this upon Judah to remove them out of his sight for the sins of ManassehManas′seh according to all that he didhad done |
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and also for the innocent blood that he had shed; for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood: and Jehovahthe Lord would not pardon |
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Now the rest of the actsdeeds of JehoiakimJehoi′akim and all that he did are they not written in the bookBook of the chroniclesChronicles of the kingsKings of Judah |
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So JehoiakimJehoi′akim slept with his fathers; and JehoiachinJehoi′achin his son reigned in his stead |
| 24:7 |
And the king of Egypt camedid not come again any more out of his land; for the king of Babylon had taken fromall that belonged to the brookking of Egypt untofrom the riverBrook Euphratesof allEgypt that pertained to the kingriver of EgyptEuphra′tes |
| 24:8 |
JehoiachinJehoi′achin was eighteen years old when he beganbecame toking reign; and he reigned in Jerusalem three months: andin hisJerusalem His mothers name was NehushtaNehush′ta the daughter of ElnathanElna′than of Jerusalem |
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And he did thatwhat which was evil in the sight of Jehovahthe Lord according to all that his father had done |
| 24:10 |
At that time the servants of NebuchadnezzarNebuchadnez′zar king of Babylon came up to Jerusalem and the city was besieged |
| 24:11 |
And NebuchadnezzarNebuchadnez′zar king of Babylon came untoto the city while his servants were besieging it; |
| 24:12 |
and JehoiachinJehoi′achin the king of Judah wentgave outhimself up to the king of Babylon hehimself and his mother and his servants and his princes and his officers:palace andofficials theThe king of Babylon took him prisoner in the eighth year of his reign |
| 24:13 |
Andand he carried outoff thence all the treasures of the house of Jehovahthe Lord and the treasures of the kings house and cut in pieces all the vessels of gold in the temple of the Lord which Solomon king of Israel had made inas the templeLord of Jehovah as Jehovah had saidforetold |
| 24:14 |
AndHe he carried away all Jerusalem and all the princes and all the mighty men of valor even ten thousand captives and all the craftsmen and the smiths; none remained saveexcept the poorest sort of the people of the land |
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And he carried away JehoiachinJehoi′achin to Babylon; and the kings mother and the kings wives and his officersofficials and the chief men of the land carried he took into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon |
| 24:16 |
And the king of Babylon brought captive to Babylon all the men of mightvalor even seven thousand and the craftsmen and the smiths aone thousand all of them strong and aptfit for war even them the king of Babylon brought captive to Babylon |
| 24:17 |
And the king of Babylon made MattaniahMattani′ah JehoiachinsJehoi′achins fathersuncle brother king in his stead and changed his name to ZedekiahZedeki′ah |
| 24:18 |
ZedekiahZedeki′ah was twenty and one years old when he beganbecame toking reign; and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem: andHis his mothers name was HamutalHamu′tal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah |
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And he did thatwhat which was evil in the sight of Jehovahthe Lord according to all that JehoiakimJehoi′akim had done |
| 24:20 |
For throughbecause of the anger of Jehovahthe didLord it comecame to passthe point in Jerusalem and Judah untilthat he had cast them out from his presence And ZedekiahZedeki′ah rebelled against the king of Babylon |
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And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign in the tenth month inon the tenth day of the month thatNebuchadnez′zar Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came hewith and all his army against Jerusalem and encampedlaid againstsiege to it; and they built fortssiegeworks against it round about |
| 25:2 |
So the city was besieged untotill the eleventh year of kingKing ZedekiahZedeki′ah |
| 25:3 |
On the ninth day of the fourth month the famine was soreso severe in the city so that there was no breadfood for the people of the land |
| 25:4 |
Then a breach was made in the city; andthe king with all the men of war fled by night by the way of the gate between the two walls which was by the kings garden nowthough the ChaldeansChalde′ans were againstaround the city roundAnd about;they and the king went byin the waydirection of the Arabah |
| 25:5 |
But the army of the ChaldeansChalde′ans pursued after the king and overtook him in the plains of Jericho; and all his army was scattered from him |
| 25:6 |
Then they tookcaptured the king and carriedbrought him up untoto the king of Babylon toat Riblah; andwho theypassed gavesentence judgment upon him |
| 25:7 |
AndThey they slew the sons of ZedekiahZedeki′ah before his eyes and put out the eyes of ZedekiahZedeki′ah and bound him in fetters and carriedtook him to Babylon |
| 25:8 |
NowIn in the fifth month on the seventh day of the month —which was the nineteenth year of kingKing NebuchadnezzarNebuchadnez′zar king of Babylon—Nebu′zarad′an came Nebuzaradan the captain of the guardbodyguard a servant of the king of Babylon untocame to Jerusalem |
| 25:9 |
And he burntburned the house of Jehovahthe Lord and the kings house; and all the houses of Jerusalem; even every great house burnt he withburned firedown |
| 25:10 |
And all the army of the ChaldeansChalde′ans thatwho were with the captain of the guard brakebroke down the walls ofaround Jerusalem round about |
| 25:11 |
And the residuerest of the people thatwho were left in the city and thosethe thatdeserters fellwho awayhad thatdeserted fell to the king of Babylon andtogether with the residuerest of the multitude didNebu′zarad′an Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carrycarried awayinto captiveexile |
| 25:12 |
But the captain of the guard left some of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and husbandmenplowmen |
| 25:13 |
And the pillars of brassbronze that were in the house of Jehovahthe Lord and the basesstands and the brazenbronze sea that were in the house of Jehovahthe didLord the ChaldeansChalde′ans breakbroke in pieces and carried the brassbronze of them to Babylon |
| 25:14 |
And they took away the pots and the shovels and the snuffers and the spoonsdishes for incense and all the vessels of brassbronze wherewithused theyin ministeredthe tooktemple theyservice away |
| 25:15 |
And the firepans also and the basinsbowls thatWhat which was of gold inthe goldcaptain andof thatthe whichguard wastook ofaway silveras ingold silverand thewhat captainwas of thesilver guardas tooksilver away |
| 25:16 |
TheAs for the two pillars the one sea and the basesstands which Solomon had made for the house of Jehovahthe Lord the brassbronze of all these vessels was withoutbeyond weight |
| 25:17 |
The height of the one pillar was eighteen cubits and upon it was a capital of brass was upon itbronze; and the height of the capital was three cubits; witha network and pomegranates all of bronze were upon the capital round about allAnd ofthe brass:second andpillar like unto these had the secondlike pillar with the network |
| 25:18 |
And the captain of the guard took SeraiahSerai′ah the chief priest and ZephaniahZephani′ah the second priest and the three keepers of the threshold:; |
| 25:19 |
and outfrom of the city he took an officer thatwho washad setbeen overin command of the men of war; and five men of them that saw the kings facecouncil who were found in the city; and the scribesecretary of the captaincommander of the hostarmy who mustered the people of the land; and threescoresixty men of the people of the land thatwho were found in the city |
| 25:20 |
And NebuzaradanNebu′zarad′an the captain of the guard took them and brought them to the king of Babylon toat Riblah |
| 25:21 |
And the king of Babylon smote them and put them to death at Riblah in the land of Hamath So Judah was carriedtaken awayinto captiveexile out of hisits land |
| 25:22 |
And asover for the people thatwho wereremained left in the land of Judah whom NebuchadnezzarNebuchadnez′zar king of Babylon had left even over them he madeappointed GedaliahGedali′ah the son of AhikamAhi′kam the son of Shaphan governor |
| 25:23 |
Now when all the captains of the forces theyin the open country and their men heard that the king of Babylon had madeappointed GedaliahGedali′ah governor they came towith Gedaliahtheir men to Gedali′ah at Mizpah evennamely IshmaelIsh′mael the son of NethaniahNethani′ah and JohananJoha′nan the son of KareahKare′ah and SeraiahSerai′ah the son of TanhumethTanhu′meth the NetophathiteNetoph′athite and JaazaniahJa azani′ah the son of the MaacathiteMa theyac′athite and their men |
| 25:24 |
And GedaliahGedali′ah swareswore to them and to their men andsaying saidDo untonot thembe Fearafraid not because of the servantsChalde′an ofofficials; the Chaldeans: dwell in the land and serve the king of Babylon and it shall be well with you |
| 25:25 |
But it came to pass in the seventh month thatIsh′mael Ishmael the son of NethaniahNethani′ah the son of ElishamaElish′ama of the seed royal family came andwith ten men withand himattacked and smotekilled GedaliahGedali′ah so that he died and the Jews and the ChaldeansChalde′ans thatwho were with him at Mizpah |
| 25:26 |
AndThen all the people both small and great and the captains of the forces arose and camewent to Egypt; for they were afraid of the ChaldeansChalde′ans |
| 25:27 |
And it came to pass in the seventhirty andseventh thirtieth year of the captivityexile of JehoiachinJehoi′achin king of Judah in the twelfth month on the seventwenty andseventh twentieth day of the month that Evil merodachmer′odach king of Babylon in the year that he began to reign didgraciously liftfreed upJehoi′achin the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah outfrom of prison; |
| 25:28 |
and he spakespoke kindly to him and setgave hishim thronea seat above the throneseats of the kings thatwho were with him in Babylon |
| 25:29 |
andSo changedJehoi′achin put off his prison garments And Jehoiachinevery didday eatof breadhis beforelife himhe continuallydined allregularly at the dayskings oftable; his life: |
| 25:30 |
and for his allowance there was a continualregular allowance was given him ofby the king every day a portion allas thelong daysas ofhe his lifelived |