2 Kings 1
1 Then Moab rebelled against Israel after the death of Ahab. 2 And Ahaziah fell
down through a lattice in his upper chamber that was in Samaria, and was sick:
and he sent messengers, and said unto them, Go, enquire of Baalzebub the god of
Ekron whether I shall recover of this disease. 3 But the angel of the LORD said
to Elijah the Tishbite, Arise, go up to meet the messengers of the king of
Samaria, and say unto them, Is it not because there is not a God in Israel, that
ye go to enquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron? 4 Now therefore thus saith the
LORD, Thou shalt not come down from that bed on which thou art gone up, but
shalt surely die. And Elijah departed. 5 And when the messengers turned back
unto him, he said unto them, Why are ye now turned back? 6 And they said unto
him, There came a man up to meet us, and said unto us, Go, turn again unto the
king that sent you, and say unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Is it not because
there is not a God in Israel, that thou sendest to enquire of Baalzebub the god
of Ekron? therefore thou shalt not come down from that bed on which thou art
gone up, but shalt surely die. 7 And he said unto them, What manner of man was
he which came up to meet you, and told you these words? 8 And they answered him,
He was an hairy man, and girt with a girdle of leather about his loins. And he
said, It is Elijah the Tishbite. 9 Then the king sent unto him a captain of
fifty with his fifty. And he went up to him: and, behold, he sat on the top of
an hill. And he spake unto him, Thou man of God, the king hath said, Come down.
10 And Elijah answered and said to the captain of fifty, If I be a man of God,
then let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty. And there
came down fire from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty. 11 Again also he
sent unto him another captain of fifty with his fifty. And he answered and said
unto him, O man of God, thus hath the king said, Come down quickly. 12 And
Elijah answered and said unto them, If I be a man of God, let fire come down
from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty. And the fire of God came down from
heaven, and consumed him and his fifty. 13 And he sent again a captain of the
third fifty with his fifty. And the third captain of fifty went up, and came and
fell on his knees before Elijah, and besought him, and said unto him, O man of
God, I pray thee, let my life, and the life of these fifty thy servants, be
precious in thy sight. 14 Behold, there came fire down from heaven, and burnt up
the two captains of the former fifties with their fifties: therefore let my life
now be precious in thy sight. 15 And the angel of the LORD said unto Elijah, Go
down with him: be not afraid of him. And he arose, and went down with him unto
the king. 16 And he said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Forasmuch as thou hast
sent messengers to enquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron, is it not because
there is no God in Israel to enquire of his word? therefore thou shalt not come
down off that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die. 17 So he died
according to the word of the LORD which Elijah had spoken. And Jehoram reigned
in his stead in the second year of Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah;
because he had no son. 18 Now the rest of the acts of Ahaziah which he did, are
they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
2 Kings 2
1 And it came to pass, when the LORD would take up Elijah into heaven by a
whirlwind, that Elijah went with Elisha from Gilgal. 2 And Elijah said unto
Elisha, Tarry here, I pray thee; for the LORD hath sent me to Bethel. And Elisha
said unto him, As the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave
thee. So they went down to Bethel. 3 And the sons of the prophets that were at
Bethel came forth to Elisha, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the LORD will
take away thy master from thy head to day? And he said, Yea, I know it; hold ye
your peace. 4 And Elijah said unto him, Elisha, tarry here, I pray thee; for the
LORD hath sent me to Jericho. And he said, As the LORD liveth, and as thy soul
liveth, I will not leave thee. So they came to Jericho. 5 And the sons of the
prophets that were at Jericho came to Elisha, and said unto him, Knowest thou
that the LORD will take away thy master from thy head to day? And he answered,
Yea, I know it; hold ye your peace. 6 And Elijah said unto him, Tarry, I pray
thee, here; for the LORD hath sent me to Jordan. And he said, As the LORD liveth,
and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. And they two went on. 7 And fifty
men of the sons of the prophets went, and stood to view afar off: and they two
stood by Jordan. 8 And Elijah took his mantle, and wrapped it together, and
smote the waters, and they were divided hither and thither, so that they two
went over on dry ground. 9 And it came to pass, when they were gone over, that
Elijah said unto Elisha, Ask what I shall do for thee, before I be taken away
from thee. And Elisha said, I pray thee, let a double portion of thy spirit be
upon me. 10 And he said, Thou hast asked a hard thing: nevertheless, if thou see
me when I am taken from thee, it shall be so unto thee; but if not, it shall not
be so. 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, and parted them both
asunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven. 12 And Elisha saw it,
and he cried, My father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen
thereof. And he saw him no more: and he took hold of his own clothes, and rent
them in two pieces. 13 He took up also the mantle of Elijah that fell from him,
and went back, and stood by the bank of Jordan; 14 And he took the mantle of
Elijah that fell from him, and smote the waters, and said, Where is the LORD God
of Elijah? and when he also had smitten the waters, they parted hither and
thither: and Elisha went over. 15 And when the sons of the prophets which were
to view at Jericho saw him, they said, The spirit of Elijah doth rest on Elisha.
And they came to meet him, and bowed themselves to the ground before him. 16 And
they said unto him, Behold now, there be with thy servants fifty strong men; let
them go, we pray thee, and seek thy master: lest peradventure the Spirit of the
LORD hath taken him up, and cast him upon some mountain, or into some valley.
And he said, Ye shall not send. 17 And when they urged him till he was ashamed,
he said, Send. They sent therefore fifty men; and they sought three days, but
found him not. 18 And when they came again to him, (for he tarried at Jericho,)
he said unto them, Did I not say unto you, Go not? 19 And the men of the city
said unto Elisha, Behold, I pray thee, the situation of this city is pleasant,
as my lord seeth: but the water is naught, and the ground barren. 20 And he
said, Bring me a new cruse, and put salt therein. And they brought it to him. 21
And he went forth unto the spring of the waters, and cast the salt in there, and
said, Thus saith the LORD, I have healed these waters; there shall not be from
thence any more death or barren land. 22 So the waters were healed unto this
day, according to the saying of Elisha which he spake. 23 And he went up from
thence unto Bethel: and as he was going up by the way, there came forth little
children out of the city, and mocked him, and said unto him, Go up, thou bald
head; go up, thou bald head. 24 And he turned back, and looked on them, and
cursed them in the name of the LORD. And there came forth two she bears out of
the wood, and tare forty and two children of them. 25 And he went from thence to
mount Carmel, and from thence he returned to Samaria.
2 Kings 3
1 Now Jehoram the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria the
eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned twelve years. 2 And he
wrought evil in the sight of the LORD; but not like his father, and like his
mother: for he put away the image of Baal that his father had made. 3
Nevertheless he cleaved unto the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which made
Israel to sin; he departed not therefrom. 4 And Mesha king of Moab was a
sheepmaster, and rendered unto the king of Israel an hundred thousand lambs, and
an hundred thousand rams, with the wool. 5 But it came to pass, when Ahab was
dead, that the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel. 6 And king
Jehoram went out of Samaria the same time, and numbered all Israel. 7 And he
went and sent to Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, saying, The king of Moab hath
rebelled against me: wilt thou go with me against Moab to battle? And he said, I
will go up: I am as thou art, my people as thy people, and my horses as thy
horses. 8 And he said, Which way shall we go up? And he answered, The way
through the wilderness of Edom. 9 So the king of Israel went, and the king of
Judah, and the king of Edom: and they fetched a compass of seven days' journey:
and there was no water for the host, and for the cattle that followed them. 10
And the king of Israel said, Alas! that the LORD hath called these three kings
together, to deliver them into the hand of Moab! 11 But Jehoshaphat said, Is
there not here a prophet of the LORD, that we may enquire of the LORD by him?
And one of the king of Israel's servants answered and said, Here is Elisha the
son of Shaphat, which poured water on the hands of Elijah. 12 And Jehoshaphat
said, The word of the LORD is with him. So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat
and the king of Edom went down to him. 13 And Elisha said unto the king of
Israel, What have I to do with thee? get thee to the prophets of thy father, and
to the prophets of thy mother. And the king of Israel said unto him, Nay: for
the LORD hath called these three kings together, to deliver them into the hand
of Moab. 14 And Elisha said, As the LORD of hosts liveth, before whom I stand,
surely, were it not that I regard the presence of Jehoshaphat the king of Judah,
I would not look toward thee, nor see thee. 15 But now bring me a minstrel. And
it came to pass, when the minstrel played, that the hand of the LORD came upon
him. 16 And he said, Thus saith the LORD, Make this valley full of ditches. 17
For thus saith the LORD, Ye shall not see wind, neither shall ye see rain; yet
that valley shall be filled with water, that ye may drink, both ye, and your
cattle, and your beasts. 18 And this is but a light thing in the sight of the
LORD: he will deliver the Moabites also into your hand. 19 And ye shall smite
every fenced city, and every choice city, and shall fell every good tree, and
stop all wells of water, and mar every good piece of land with stones. 20 And it
came to pass in the morning, when the meat offering was offered, that, behold,
there came water by the way of Edom, and the country was filled with water. 21
And when all the Moabites heard that the kings were come up to fight against
them, they gathered all that were able to put on armour, and upward, and stood
in the border. 22 And they rose up early in the morning, and the sun shone upon
the water, and the Moabites saw the water on the other side as red as blood: 23
And they said, This is blood: the kings are surely slain, and they have smitten
one another: now therefore, Moab, to the spoil. 24 And when they came to the
camp of Israel, the Israelites rose up and smote the Moabites, so that they fled
before them: but they went forward smiting the Moabites, even in their country.
25 And they beat down the cities, and on every good piece of land cast every man
his stone, and filled it; and they stopped all the wells of water, and felled
all the good trees: only in Kirharaseth left they the stones thereof; howbeit
the slingers went about it, and smote it. 26 And when the king of Moab saw that
the battle was too sore for him, he took with him seven hundred men that drew
swords, to break through even unto the king of Edom: but they could not. 27 Then
he took his eldest son that should have reigned in his stead, and offered him
for a burnt offering upon the wall. And there was great indignation against
Israel: and they departed from him, and returned to their own land.
2 Kings 4
1 Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets unto
Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead; and thou knowest that thy
servant did fear the LORD: and the creditor is come to take unto him my two sons
to be bondmen. 2 And Elisha said unto her, What shall I do for thee? tell me,
what hast thou in the house? And she said, Thine handmaid hath not any thing in
the house, save a pot of oil. 3 Then he said, Go, borrow thee vessels abroad of
all thy neighbours, even empty vessels; borrow not a few. 4 And when thou art
come in, thou shalt shut the door upon thee and upon thy sons, and shalt pour
out into all those vessels, and thou shalt set aside that which is full. 5 So
she went from him, and shut the door upon her and upon her sons, who brought the
vessels to her; and she poured out. 6 And it came to pass, when the vessels were
full, that she said unto her son, Bring me yet a vessel. And he said unto her,
There is not a vessel more. And the oil stayed. 7 Then she came and told the man
of God. And he said, Go, sell the oil, and pay thy debt, and live thou and thy
children of the rest. 8 And it fell on a day, that Elisha passed to Shunem,
where was a great woman; and she constrained him to eat bread. And so it was,
that as oft as he passed by, he turned in thither to eat bread. 9 And she said
unto her husband, Behold now, I perceive that this is an holy man of God, which
passeth by us continually. 10 Let us make a little chamber, I pray thee, on the
wall; and let us set for him there a bed, and a table, and a stool, and a
candlestick: and it shall be, when he cometh to us, that he shall turn in
thither. 11 And it fell on a day, that he came thither, and he turned into the
chamber, and lay there. 12 And he said to Gehazi his servant, Call this
Shunammite. And when he had called her, she stood before him. 13 And he said
unto him, Say now unto her, Behold, thou hast been careful for us with all this
care; what is to be done for thee? wouldest thou be spoken for to the king, or
to the captain of the host? And she answered, I dwell among mine own people. 14
And he said, What then is to be done for her? And Gehazi answered, Verily she
hath no child, and her husband is old. 15 And he said, Call her. And when he had
called her, she stood in the door. 16 And he said, About this season, according
to the time of life, thou shalt embrace a son. And she said, Nay, my lord, thou
man of God, do not lie unto thine handmaid. 17 And the woman conceived, and bare
a son at that season that Elisha had said unto her, according to the time of
life. 18 And when the child was grown, it fell on a day, that he went out to his
father to the reapers. 19 And he said unto his father, My head, my head. And he
said to a lad, Carry him to his mother. 20 And when he had taken him, and
brought him to his mother, he sat on her knees till noon, and then died. 21 And
she went up, and laid him on the bed of the man of God, and shut the door upon
him, and went out. 22 And she called unto her husband, and said, Send me, I pray
thee, one of the young men, and one of the asses, that I may run to the man of
God, and come again. 23 And he said, Wherefore wilt thou go to him to day? it is
neither new moon, nor sabbath. And she said, It shall be well. 24 Then she
saddled an ass, and said to her servant, Drive, and go forward; slack not thy
riding for me, except I bid thee. 25 So she went and came unto the man of God to
mount Carmel. And it came to pass, when the man of God saw her afar off, that he
said to Gehazi his servant, Behold, yonder is that Shunammite: 26 Run now, I
pray thee, to meet her, and say unto her, Is it well with thee? is it well with
thy husband? is it well with the child? And she answered, It is well: 27 And
when she came to the man of God to the hill, she caught him by the feet: but
Gehazi came near to thrust her away. And the man of God said, Let her alone; for
her soul is vexed within her: and the LORD hath hid it from me, and hath not
told me. 28 Then she said, Did I desire a son of my lord? did I not say, Do not
deceive me? 29 Then he said to Gehazi, Gird up thy loins, and take my staff in
thine hand, and go thy way: if thou meet any man, salute him not; and if any
salute thee, answer him not again: and lay my staff upon the face of the child.
30 And the mother of the child said, As the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth,
I will not leave thee. And he arose, and followed her. 31 And Gehazi passed on
before them, and laid the staff upon the face of the child; but there was
neither voice, nor hearing. Wherefore he went again to meet him, and told him,
saying, The child is not awaked. 32 And when Elisha was come into the house,
behold, the child was dead, and laid upon his bed. 33 He went in therefore, and
shut the door upon them twain, and prayed unto the LORD. 34 And he went up, and
lay upon the child, and put his mouth upon his mouth, and his eyes upon his
eyes, and his hands upon his hands: and stretched himself upon the child; and
the flesh of the child waxed warm. 35 Then he returned, and walked in the house
to and fro; and went up, and stretched himself upon him: and the child sneezed
seven times, and the child opened his eyes. 36 And he called Gehazi, and said,
Call this Shunammite. So he called her. And when she was come in unto him, he
said, Take up thy son. 37 Then she went in, and fell at his feet, and bowed
herself to the ground, and took up her son, and went out. 38 And Elisha came
again to Gilgal: and there was a dearth in the land; and the sons of the
prophets were sitting before him: and he said unto his servant, Set on the great
pot, and seethe pottage for the sons of the prophets. 39 And one went out into
the field to gather herbs, and found a wild vine, and gathered thereof wild
gourds his lap full, and came and shred them into the pot of pottage: for they
knew them not. 40 So they poured out for the men to eat. And it came to pass, as
they were eating of the pottage, that they cried out, and said, O thou man of
God, there is death in the pot. And they could not eat thereof. 41 But he said,
Then bring meal. And he cast it into the pot; and he said, Pour out for the
people, that they may eat. And there was no harm in the pot. 42 And there came a
man from Baalshalisha, and brought the man of God bread of the firstfruits,
twenty loaves of barley, and full ears of corn in the husk thereof. And he said,
Give unto the people, that they may eat. 43 And his servitor said, What, should
I set this before an hundred men? He said again, Give the people, that they may
eat: for thus saith the LORD, They shall eat, and shall leave thereof. 44 So he
set it before them, and they did eat, and left thereof, according to the word of
the LORD.
2 Kings 5
1 Now Naaman, captain of the host of the king of Syria, was a great man with his
master, and honourable, because by him the LORD had given deliverance unto
Syria: he was also a mighty man in valour, but he was a leper. 2 And the Syrians
had gone out by companies, and had brought away captive out of the land of
Israel a little maid; and she waited on Naaman's wife. 3 And she said unto her
mistress, Would God my lord were with the prophet that is in Samaria! for he
would recover him of his leprosy. 4 And one went in, and told his lord, saying,
Thus and thus said the maid that is of the land of Israel. 5 And the king of
Syria said, Go to, go, and I will send a letter unto the king of Israel. And he
departed, and took with him ten talents of silver, and six thousand pieces of
gold, and ten changes of raiment. 6 And he brought the letter to the king of
Israel, saying, Now when this letter is come unto thee, behold, I have therewith
sent Naaman my servant to thee, that thou mayest recover him of his leprosy. 7
And it came to pass, when the king of Israel had read the letter, that he rent
his clothes, and said, Am I God, to kill and to make alive, that this man doth
send unto me to recover a man of his leprosy? wherefore consider, I pray you,
and see how he seeketh a quarrel against me. 8 And it was so, when Elisha the
man of God had heard that the king of Israel had rent his clothes, that he sent
to the king, saying, Wherefore hast thou rent thy clothes? let him come now to
me, and he shall know that there is a prophet in Israel. 9 So Naaman came with
his horses and with his chariot, and stood at the door of the house of Elisha.
10 And Elisha sent a messenger unto him, saying, Go and wash in Jordan seven
times, and thy flesh shall come again to thee, and thou shalt be clean. 11 But
Naaman was wroth, and went away, and said, Behold, I thought, He will surely
come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of the LORD his God, and strike
his hand over the place, and recover the leper. 12 Are not Abana and Pharpar,
rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? may I not wash in
them, and be clean? So he turned and went away in a rage. 13 And his servants
came near, and spake unto him, and said, My father, if the prophet had bid thee
do some great thing, wouldest thou not have done it? how much rather then, when
he saith to thee, Wash, and be clean? 14 Then went he down, and dipped himself
seven times in Jordan, according to the saying of the man of God: and his flesh
came again like unto the flesh of a little child, and he was clean. 15 And he
returned to the man of God, he and all his company, and came, and stood before
him: and he said, Behold, now I know that there is no God in all the earth, but
in Israel: now therefore, I pray thee, take a blessing of thy servant. 16 But he
said, As the LORD liveth, before whom I stand, I will receive none. And he urged
him to take it; but he refused. 17 And Naaman said, Shall there not then, I pray
thee, be given to thy servant two mules' burden of earth? for thy servant will
henceforth offer neither burnt offering nor sacrifice unto other gods, but unto
the LORD. 18 In this thing the LORD pardon thy servant, that when my master
goeth into the house of Rimmon to worship there, and he leaneth on my hand, and
I bow myself in the house of Rimmon: when I bow down myself in the house of
Rimmon, the LORD pardon thy servant in this thing. 19 And he said unto him, Go
in peace. So he departed from him a little way. 20 But Gehazi, the servant of
Elisha the man of God, said, Behold, my master hath spared Naaman this Syrian,
in not receiving at his hands that which he brought: but, as the LORD liveth, I
will run after him, and take somewhat of him. 21 So Gehazi followed after Naaman.
And when Naaman saw him running after him, he lighted down from the chariot to
meet him, and said, Is all well? 22 And he said, All is well. My master hath
sent me, saying, Behold, even now there be come to me from mount Ephraim two
young men of the sons of the prophets: give them, I pray thee, a talent of
silver, and two changes of garments. 23 And Naaman said, Be content, take two
talents. And he urged him, and bound two talents of silver in two bags, with two
changes of garments, and laid them upon two of his servants; and they bare them
before him. 24 And when he came to the tower, he took them from their hand, and
bestowed them in the house: and he let the men go, and they departed. 25 But he
went in, and stood before his master. And Elisha said unto him, Whence comest
thou, Gehazi? And he said, Thy servant went no whither. 26 And he said unto him,
Went not mine heart with thee, when the man turned again from his chariot to
meet thee? Is it a time to receive money, and to receive garments, and
oliveyards, and vineyards, and sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and
maidservants? 27 The leprosy therefore of Naaman shall cleave unto thee, and
unto thy seed for ever. And he went out from his presence a leper as white as
snow.
2 Kings 6
1 And the sons of the prophets said unto Elisha, Behold now, the place where we
dwell with thee is too strait for us. 2 Let us go, we pray thee, unto Jordan,
and take thence every man a beam, and let us make us a place there, where we may
dwell. And he answered, Go ye. 3 And one said, Be content, I pray thee, and go
with thy servants. And he answered, I will go. 4 So he went with them. And when
they came to Jordan, they cut down wood. 5 But as one was felling a beam, the
axe head fell into the water: and he cried, and said, Alas, master! for it was
borrowed. 6 And the man of God said, Where fell it? And he shewed him the place.
And he cut down a stick, and cast it in thither; and the iron did swim. 7
Therefore said he, Take it up to thee. And he put out his hand, and took it. 8
Then the king of Syria warred against Israel, and took counsel with his
servants, saying, In such and such a place shall be my camp. 9 And the man of
God sent unto the king of Israel, saying, Beware that thou pass not such a
place; for thither the Syrians are come down. 10 And the king of Israel sent to
the place which the man of God told him and warned him of, and saved himself
there, not once nor twice. 11 Therefore the heart of the king of Syria was sore
troubled for this thing; and he called his servants, and said unto them, Will ye
not shew me which of us is for the king of Israel? 12 And one of his servants
said, None, my lord, O king: but Elisha, the prophet that is in Israel, telleth
the king of Israel the words that thou speakest in thy bedchamber. 13 And he
said, Go and spy where he is, that I may send and fetch him. And it was told
him, saying, Behold, he is in Dothan. 14 Therefore sent he thither horses, and
chariots, and a great host: and they came by night, and compassed the city
about. 15 And when the servant of the man of God was risen early, and gone
forth, behold, an host compassed the city both with horses and chariots. And his
servant said unto him, Alas, my master! how shall we do? 16 And he answered,
Fear not: for they that be with us are more than they that be with them. 17 And
Elisha prayed, and said, LORD, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see. And
the 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 Elisha. 18 And when they
came down to him, Elisha prayed unto the LORD, and said, Smite this people, I
pray thee, with blindness. And he smote them with blindness according to the
word of Elisha. 19 And Elisha said unto them, This is not the way, neither is
this the city: follow me, and I will bring you to the man whom ye seek. But he
led them to Samaria. 20 And it came to pass, when they were come into Samaria,
that Elisha said, LORD, open the eyes of these men, that they may see. And the
LORD opened their eyes, and they saw; and, behold, they were in the midst of
Samaria. 21 And the king of Israel said unto Elisha, when he saw them, My
father, shall I smite them? shall I smite them? 22 And he answered, Thou shalt
not smite them: wouldest thou smite those whom thou hast taken captive with thy
sword and with thy bow? set bread and water before them, that they may eat and
drink, and go to their master. 23 And he prepared great provision for them: and
when they had eaten and drunk, he sent them away, and they went to their master.
So the bands of Syria came no more into the land of Israel. 24 And it came to
pass after this, that Benhadad king of Syria gathered all his host, and went up,
and besieged Samaria. 25 And there was a great famine in Samaria: and, behold,
they besieged it, until an ass's head was sold for fourscore pieces of silver,
and the fourth part of a cab of dove's dung for five pieces of silver. 26 And as
the king of Israel was passing by upon the wall, there cried a woman unto him,
saying, Help, my lord, O king. 27 And he said, If the LORD do not help thee,
whence shall I help thee? out of the barnfloor, or out of the winepress? 28 And
the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, This woman said unto
me, Give thy son, that we may eat him to day, and we will eat my son to morrow.
29 So we boiled my son, and did eat him: and I said unto her on the next day,
Give thy son, that we may eat him: and she hath hid her son. 30 And it came to
pass, when the king heard the words of the woman, that he rent his clothes; and
he passed by upon the wall, and the people looked, and, behold, he had sackcloth
within upon his flesh. 31 Then he said, God do so and more also to me, if the
head of Elisha the son of Shaphat shall stand on him this day. 32 But Elisha sat
in his house, and the elders sat with him; and the king sent a man from before
him: but ere the messenger came to him, he said to the elders, See ye how this
son of a murderer hath sent to take away mine head? look, when the messenger
cometh, shut the door, and hold him fast at the door: is not the sound of his
master's feet behind him? 33 And while he yet talked with them, behold, the
messenger came down unto him: and he said, Behold, this evil is of the LORD;
what should I wait for the LORD any longer?
2 Kings 7
1 Then Elisha said, Hear ye the word of the LORD; Thus saith the LORD, To morrow
about this time shall a measure of fine flour be sold for a shekel, and two
measures of barley for a shekel, in the gate of Samaria. 2 Then a lord on whose
hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said, Behold, if the LORD
would make windows in heaven, might this thing be? And he said, Behold, thou
shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof. 3 And there were four
leprous men at the entering in of the gate: and they said one to another, Why
sit we here until we die? 4 If we say, We will enter into the city, then the
famine is in the city, and we shall die there: and if we sit still here, we die
also. Now therefore come, and let us fall unto the host of the Syrians: if they
save us alive, we shall live; and if they kill us, we shall but die. 5 And they
rose up in the twilight, to go unto the camp of the Syrians: and when they were
come to the uttermost part of the camp of Syria, behold, there was no man there.
6 For the LORD had made the host of the Syrians to hear a noise of chariots, and
a noise of horses, even the noise of a great host: and they said one to another,
Lo, the king of Israel hath hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the
kings of the Egyptians, to come upon us. 7 Wherefore they arose and fled in the
twilight, and left their tents, and their horses, and their asses, even the camp
as it was, and fled for their life. 8 And when these lepers came to the
uttermost part of the camp, they went into one tent, and did eat and drink, and
carried thence silver, and gold, and raiment, and went and hid it; and came
again, and entered into another tent, and carried thence also, and went and hid
it. 9 Then they said one to another, We do not well: this day is a day of good
tidings, and we hold our peace: if we tarry till the morning light, some
mischief will come upon us: now therefore come, that we may go and tell the
king's household. 10 So they came and called unto the porter of the city: and
they told them, saying, We came to the camp of the Syrians, and, behold, there
was no man there, neither voice of man, but horses tied, and asses tied, and the
tents as they were. 11 And he called the porters; and they told it to the king's
house within. 12 And the king arose in the night, and said unto his servants, I
will now shew you what the Syrians have done to us. They know that we be hungry;
therefore are they gone out of the camp to hide themselves in the field, saying,
When they come out of the city, we shall catch them alive, and get into the
city. 13 And one of his servants answered and said, Let some take, I pray thee,
five of the horses that remain, which are left in the city, (behold, they are as
all the multitude of Israel that are left in it: behold, I say, they are even as
all the multitude of the Israelites that are consumed:) and let us send and see.
14 They took therefore two chariot horses; and the king sent after the host of
the Syrians, saying, Go and see. 15 And they went after them unto Jordan: and,
lo, all the way was full of garments and vessels, which the Syrians had cast
away in their haste. And the messengers returned, and told the king. 16 And the
people went out, and spoiled the tents of the Syrians. So a measure of fine
flour was sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, according
to the word of the LORD. 17 And the king appointed the lord on whose hand he
leaned to have the charge of the gate: and the people trode upon him in the
gate, and he died, as the man of God had said, who spake when the king came down
to him. 18 And it came to pass as the man of God had spoken to the king, saying,
Two measures of barley for a shekel, and a measure of fine flour for a shekel,
shall be to morrow about this time in the gate of Samaria: 19 And that lord
answered the man of God, and said, Now, behold, if the LORD should make windows
in heaven, might such a thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with
thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof. 20 And so it fell out unto him: for the
people trode upon him in the gate, and he died.
2 Kings 8
1 Then spake Elisha unto the woman, whose son he had restored to life, saying,
Arise, and go thou and thine household, and sojourn wheresoever thou canst
sojourn: for the LORD hath called for a famine; and it shall also come upon the
land seven years. 2 And the woman arose, and did after the saying of the man of
God: and she went with her household, and sojourned in the land of the
Philistines seven years. 3 And it came to pass at the seven years' end, that the
woman returned out of the land of the Philistines: and she went forth to cry
unto the king for her house and for her land. 4 And the king talked with Gehazi
the servant of the man of God, saying, Tell me, I pray thee, all the great
things that Elisha hath done. 5 And it came to pass, as he was telling the king
how he had restored a dead body to life, that, behold, the woman, whose son he
had restored to life, cried to the king for her house and for her land. And
Gehazi said, My lord, O king, this is the woman, and this is her son, whom
Elisha restored to life. 6 And when the king asked the woman, she told him. So
the king appointed unto her a certain officer, saying, Restore all that was
hers, and all the fruits of the field since the day that she left the land, even
until now. 7 And Elisha came to Damascus; and Benhadad the king of Syria was
sick; and it was told him, saying, The man of God is come hither. 8 And the king
said unto Hazael, Take a present in thine hand, and go, meet the man of God, and
enquire of the LORD by him, saying, Shall I recover of this disease? 9 So Hazael
went to meet him, and took a present with him, even of every good thing of
Damascus, forty camels' burden, and came and stood before him, and said, Thy son
Benhadad king of Syria hath sent me to thee, saying, Shall I recover of this
disease? 10 And Elisha said unto him, Go, say unto him, Thou mayest certainly
recover: howbeit the LORD hath shewed me that he shall surely die. 11 And he
settled his countenance stedfastly, until he was ashamed: and the man of God
wept. 12 And Hazael said, Why weepeth my lord? And he answered, Because I know
the evil that thou wilt do unto the children of Israel: their strong holds wilt
thou set on fire, and their young men wilt thou slay with the sword, and wilt
dash their children, and rip up their women with child. 13 And Hazael said, But
what, is thy servant a dog, that he should do this great thing? And Elisha
answered, The LORD hath shewed me that thou shalt be king over Syria. 14 So he
departed from Elisha, and came to his master; who said to him, What said Elisha
to thee? And he answered, He told me that thou shouldest surely recover. 15 And
it came to pass on the morrow, that he took a thick cloth, and dipped it in
water, and spread it on his face, so that he died: and Hazael reigned in his
stead. 16 And in the fifth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel,
Jehoshaphat being then king of Judah, Jehoram the son of Je hoshaphat king of
Judah began to reign. 17 Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign;
and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem. 18 And he walked in the way of the
kings of Israel, as did the house of Ahab: for the daughter of Ahab was his
wife: and he did evil in the sight of the LORD. 19 Yet the LORD would not
destroy Judah for David his servant's sake, as he promised him to give him alway
a light, and to his children. 20 In his days Edom revolted from under the hand
of Judah, and made a king over themselves. 21 So Joram went over to Zair, and
all the chariots with him: and he rose by night, and smote the Edomites which
compassed him about, and the captains of the chariots: and the people fled into
their tents. 22 Yet Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah unto this day.
Then Libnah revolted at the same time. 23 And the rest of the acts of Joram, and
all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings
of Judah? 24 And Joram slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers
in the city of David: and Ahaziah his son reigned in his stead. 25 In the
twelfth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel did Ahaziah the son of
Jehoram king of Judah begin to reign. 26 Two and twenty years old was Ahaziah
when he began to reign; and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. And his mother's
name was Athaliah, the daughter of Omri king of Israel. 27 And he walked in the
way of the house of Ahab, and did evil in the sight of the LORD, as did the
house of Ahab: for he was the son in law of the house of Ahab. 28 And he went
with Joram the son of Ahab to the war against Hazael king of Syria in
Ramothgilead; and the Syrians wounded Joram. 29 And king Joram went back to be
healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians had given him at Ramah, when
he fought against Hazael king of Syria. And Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of
Judah went down to see Joram the son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he was sick.
2 Kings 9
1 And Elisha the prophet called one of the children of the prophets, and said
unto him, Gird up thy loins, and take this box of oil in thine hand, and go to
Ramothgilead: 2 And when thou comest thither, look out there Jehu the son of
Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi, and go in, and make him arise up from among his
brethren, and carry him to an inner chamber; 3 Then take the box of oil, and
pour it on his head, and say, Thus saith the LORD, I have anointed thee king
over Israel. Then open the door, and flee, and tarry not. 4 So the young man,
even the young man the prophet, went to Ramothgilead. 5 And when he came,
behold, the captains of the host were sitting; and he said, I have an errand to
thee, O captain. And Jehu said, Unto which of all us? And he said, To thee, O
captain. 6 And he arose, and went into the house; and he poured the oil on his
head, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I have anointed thee
king over the people of the LORD, even over Israel. 7 And thou shalt smite the
house of Ahab thy master, that I may avenge the blood of my servants the
prophets, and the blood of all the servants of the LORD, at the hand of Jezebel.
8 For the whole house of Ahab shall perish: and I will cut off from Ahab him
that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel: 9 And
I will make the house of Ahab like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and
like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah: 10 And the dogs shall eat Jezebel in
the portion of Jezreel, and there shall be none to bury her. And he opened the
door, and fled. 11 Then Jehu came forth to the servants of his lord: and one
said unto him, Is all well? wherefore came this mad fellow to thee? And he said
unto them, Ye know the man, and his communication. 12 And they said, It is
false; tell us now. And he said, Thus and thus spake he to me, saying, Thus
saith the LORD, I have anointed thee king over Israel. 13 Then they hasted, and
took every man his garment, and put it under him on the top of the stairs, and
blew with trumpets, saying, Jehu is king. 14 So Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the
son of Nimshi conspired against Joram. (Now Joram had kept Ramothgilead, he and
all Israel, because of Hazael king of Syria. 15 But king Joram was returned to
be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians had given him, when he
fought with Hazael king of Syria.) And Jehu said, If it be your minds, then let
none go forth nor escape out of the city to go to tell it in Jezreel. 16 So Jehu
rode in a chariot, and went to Jezreel; for Joram lay there. And Ahaziah king of
Judah was come down to see Joram. 17 And there stood a watchman on the tower in
Jezreel, and he spied the company of Jehu as he came, and said, I see a company.
And Joram said, Take an horseman, and send to meet them, and let him say, Is it
peace? 18 So there went one on horseback to meet him, and said, Thus saith the
king, Is it peace? And Jehu said, What hast thou to do with peace? turn thee
behind me. And the watchman told, saying, The messenger came to them, but he
cometh not again. 19 Then he sent out a second on horseback, which came to them,
and said, Thus saith the king, Is it peace? And Jehu answered, What hast thou to
do with peace? turn thee behind me. 20 And the watchman told, saying, He came
even unto them, and cometh not again: and the driving is like the driving of
Jehu the son of Nimshi; for he driveth furiously. 21 And Joram said, Make ready.
And his chariot was made ready. And Joram king of Israel and Ahaziah king of
Judah went out, each in his chariot, and they went out against Jehu, and met him
in the portion of Naboth the Jezreelite. 22 And it came to pass, when Joram saw
Jehu, that he said, Is it peace, Jehu? And he answered, What peace, so long as
the whoredoms of thy mother Jezebel and her witchcrafts are so many? 23 And
Joram turned his hands, and fled, and said to Ahaziah, There is treachery, O
Ahaziah. 24 And Jehu drew a bow with his full strength, and smote Jehoram
between his arms, and the arrow went out at his heart, and he sunk down in his
chariot. 25 Then said Jehu to Bidkar his captain, Take up, and cast him in the
portion of the field of Naboth the Jezreelite: for remember how that, when I and
thou rode together after Ahab his father, the LORD laid this burden upon him; 26
Surely I have seen yesterday the blood of Naboth, and the blood of his sons,
saith the LORD; and I will requite thee in this plat, saith the LORD. Now
therefore take and cast him into the plat of ground, according to the word of
the LORD. 27 But when Ahaziah the king of Judah saw this, he fled by the way of
the garden house. And Jehu followed after him, and said, Smite him also in the
chariot. And they did so at the going up to Gur, which is by Ibleam. And he fled
to Megiddo, and died there. 28 And his servants carried him in a chariot to
Jerusalem, and buried him in his sepulchre with his fathers in the city of
David. 29 And in the eleventh year of Joram the son of Ahab began Ahaziah to
reign over Judah. 30 And when Jehu was come to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it; and
she painted her face, and tired her head, and looked out at a window. 31 And as
Jehu entered in at the gate, she said, Had Zimri peace, who slew his master? 32
And he lifted up his face to the window, and said, Who is on my side? who? And
there looked out to him two or three eunuchs. 33 And he said, Throw her down. So
they threw her down: and some of her blood was sprinkled on the wall, and on the
horses: and he trode her under foot. 34 And when he was come in, he did eat and
drink, and said, Go, see now this cursed woman, and bury her: for she is a
king's daughter. 35 And they went to bury her: but they found no more of her
than the skull, and the feet, and the palms of her hands. 36 Wherefore they came
again, and told him. And he said, This is the word of the LORD, which he spake
by his servant Elijah the Tishbite, saying, In the portion of Jezreel shall dogs
eat the flesh of Jezebel: 37 And the carcase of Jezebel shall be as dung upon
the face of the field in the portion of Jezreel; so that they shall not say,
This is Jezebel.
2 Kings 10
1 And Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria. And Jehu wrote letters, and sent to
Samaria, unto the rulers of Jezreel, to the elders, and to them that brought up
Ahab's children, saying, 2 Now as soon as this letter cometh to you, seeing your
master's sons are with you, and there are with you chariots and horses, a fenced
city also, and armour; 3 Look even out the best and meetest of your master's
sons, and set him on his father's throne, and fight for your master's house. 4
But they were exceedingly afraid, and said, Behold, two kings stood not before
him: how then shall we stand? 5 And he that was over the house, and he that was
over the city, the elders also, and the bringers up of the children, sent to
Jehu, saying, We are thy servants, and will do all that thou shalt bid us; we
will not make any king: do thou that which is good in thine eyes. 6 Then he
wrote a letter the second time to them, saying, If ye be mine, and if ye will
hearken unto my voice, take ye the heads of the men your master's sons, and come
to me to Jezreel by to morrow this time. Now the king's sons, being seventy
persons, were with the great men of the city, which brought them up. 7 And it
came to pass, when the letter came to them, that they took the king's sons, and
slew seventy persons, and put their heads in baskets, and sent him them to
Jezreel. 8 And there came a messenger, and told him, saying, They have brought
the heads of the king's sons. And he said, Lay ye them in two heaps at the
entering in of the gate until the morning. 9 And it came to pass in the morning,
that he went out, and stood, and said to all the people, Ye be righteous:
behold, I conspired against my master, and slew him: but who slew all these? 10
Know now that there shall fall unto the earth nothing of the word of the LORD,
which the LORD spake concerning the house of Ahab: for the LORD hath done that
which he spake by his servant Elijah. 11 So Jehu slew all that remained of the
house of Ahab in Jezreel, and all his great men, and his kinsfolks, and his
priests, until he left him none remaining. 12 And he arose and departed, and
came to Samaria. And as he was at the shearing house in the way, 13 Jehu met
with the brethren of Ahaziah king of Judah, and said, Who are ye? And they
answered, We are the brethren of Ahaziah; and we go down to salute the children
of the king and the children of the queen. 14 And he said, Take them alive. And
they took them alive, and slew them at the pit of the shearing house, even two
and forty men; neither left he any of them. 15 And when he was departed thence,
he lighted on Jehonadab the son of Rechab coming to meet him: and he saluted
him, and said to him, Is thine heart right, as my heart is with thy heart? And
Jehonadab answered, It is. If it be, give me thine hand. And he gave him his
hand; and he took him up to him into the chariot. 16 And he said, Come with me,
and see my zeal for the LORD. So they made him ride in his chariot. 17 And when
he came to Samaria, he slew all that remained unto Ahab in Samaria, till he had
destroyed him, according to the saying of the LORD, which he spake to Elijah. 18
And Jehu gathered all the people together, and said unto them, Ahab served Baal
a little; but Jehu shall serve him much. 19 Now therefore call unto me all the
prophets of Baal, all his servants, and all his priests; let none be wanting:
for I have a great sacrifice to do to Baal; whosoever shall be wanting, he shall
not live. But Jehu did it in subtilty, to the intent that he might destroy the
worshippers of Baal. 20 And Jehu said, Proclaim a solemn assembly for Baal. And
they proclaimed it. 21 And Jehu sent through all Israel: and all the worshippers
of Baal came, so that there was not a man left that came not. And they came into
the house of Baal; and the house of Baal was full from one end to another. 22
And he said unto him that was over the vestry, Bring forth vestments for all the
worshippers of Baal. And he brought them forth vestments. 23 And Jehu went, and
Jehonadab the son of Rechab, into the house of Baal, and said unto the
worshippers of Baal, Search, and look that there be here with you none of the
servants of the LORD, but the worshippers of Baal only. 24 And when they went in
to offer sacrifices and burnt offerings, Jehu appointed fourscore men without,
and said, If any of the men whom I have brought into your hands escape, he that
letteth him go, his life shall be for the life of him. 25 And it came to pass,
as soon as he had made an end of offering the burnt offering, that Jehu said to
the guard and to the captains, Go in, and slay them; let none come forth. And
they smote them with the edge of the sword; and the guard and the captains cast
them out, and went to the city of the house of Baal. 26 And they brought forth
the images out of the house of Baal, and burned them. 27 And they brake down the
image of Baal, and brake down the house of Baal, and made it a draught house
unto this day. 28 Thus Jehu destroyed Baal out of Israel. 29 Howbeit from the
sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, Jehu departed not
from after them, to wit, the golden calves that were in Bethel, and that were in
Dan. 30 And the LORD said unto Jehu, Because thou hast done well in executing
that which is right in mine eyes, and hast done unto the house of Ahab according
to all that was in mine heart, thy children of the fourth generation shall sit
on the throne of Israel. 31 But Jehu took no heed to walk in the law of the LORD
God of Israel with all his heart: for he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam,
which made Israel to sin. 32 In those days the LORD began to cut Israel short:
and Hazael smote them in all the coasts of Israel; 33 From Jordan eastward, all
the land of Gilead, the Gadites, and the Reubenites, and the Manassites, from
Aroer, which is by the river Arnon, even Gilead and Bashan. 34 Now the rest of
the acts of Jehu, and all that he did, and all his might, are they not written
in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? 35 And Jehu slept with his
fathers: and they buried him in Samaria. And Jehoahaz his son reigned in his
stead. 36 And the time that Jehu reigned over Israel in Samaria was twenty and
eight years.
2 Kings 11
1 And when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose
and destroyed all the seed royal. 2 But Jehosheba, the daughter of king Joram,
sister of Ahaziah, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him from among the
king's sons which were slain; and they hid him, even him and his nurse, in the
bedchamber from Athaliah, so that he was not slain. 3 And he was with her hid in
the house of the LORD six years. And Athaliah did reign over the land. 4 And the
seventh year Jehoiada sent and fetched the rulers over hundreds, with the
captains and the guard, and brought them to him into the house of the LORD, and
made a covenant with them, and took an oath of them in the house of the LORD,
and shewed them the king's son. 5 And he commanded them, saying, This is the
thing that ye shall do; A third part of you that enter in on the sabbath shall
even be keepers of the watch of the king's house; 6 And a third part shall be at
the gate of Sur; and a third part at the gate behind the guard: so shall ye keep
the watch of the house, that it be not broken down. 7 And two parts of all you
that go forth on the sabbath, even they shall keep the watch of the house of the
LORD about the king. 8 And ye shall compass the king round about, every man with
his weapons in his hand: and he that cometh within the ranges, let him be slain:
and be ye with the king as he goeth out and as he cometh in. 9 And the captains
over the hundreds did according to all things that Jehoiada the priest
commanded: and they took every man his men that were to come in on the sabbath,
with them that should go out on the sabbath, and came to Jehoiada the priest. 10
And to the captains over hundreds did the priest give king David's spears and
shields, that were in the temple of the LORD. 11 And the guard stood, every man
with his weapons in his hand, round about the king, from the right corner of the
temple to the left corner of the temple, along by the altar and the temple. 12
And he brought forth the king's son, and put the crown upon him, and gave him
the testimony; and they made him king, and anointed him; and they clapped their
hands, and said, God save the king. 13 And when Athaliah heard the noise of the
guard and of the people, she came to the people into the temple of the LORD. 14
And when she looked, behold, the king stood by a pillar, as the manner was, and
the princes and the trumpeters by the king, and all the people of the land
rejoiced, and blew with trumpets: and Athaliah rent her clothes, and cried,
Treason, Treason. 15 But Jehoiada the priest commanded the captains of the
hundreds, the officers of the host, and said unto them, Have her forth without
the ranges: and him that followeth her kill with the sword. For the priest had
said, Let her not be slain in the house of the LORD. 16 And they laid hands on
her; and she went by the way by the which the horses came into the king's house:
and there was she slain. 17 And Jehoiada made a covenant between the LORD and
the king and the people, that they should be the LORD's people; between the king
also and the people. 18 And all the people of the land went into the house of
Baal, and brake it down; his altars and his images brake they in pieces
thoroughly, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. And the priest
appointed officers over the house of the LORD. 19 And he took the rulers over
hundreds, and the captains, and the guard, and all the people of the land; and
they brought down the king from the house of the LORD, and came by the way of
the gate of the guard to the king's house. And he sat on the throne of the
kings. 20 And all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was in quiet:
and they slew Athaliah with the sword beside the king's house. 21 Seven years
old was Jehoash when he began to reign.
2 Kings 12
1 In the seventh year of Jehu Jehoash began to reign; and forty years reigned he
in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Zibiah of Beersheba. 2 And Jehoash did
that which was right in the sight of the LORD all his days wherein Jehoiada the
priest instructed him. 3 But the high places were not taken away: the people
still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places. 4 And Jehoash said to the
priests, All the money of the dedicated things that is brought into the house of
the LORD, even the money of every one that passeth the account, the money that
every man is set at, and all the money that cometh into any man's heart to bring
into the house of the LORD, 5 Let the priests take it to them, every man of his
acquaintance: and let them repair the breaches of the house, wheresoever any
breach shall be found. 6 But it was so, that in the three and twentieth year of
king Jehoash the priests had not repaired the breaches of the house. 7 Then king
Jehoash called for Jehoiada the priest, and the other priests, and said unto
them, Why repair ye not the breaches of the house? now therefore receive no more
money of your acquaintance, but deliver it for the breaches of the house. 8 And
the priests consented to receive no more money of the people, neither to repair
the breaches of the house. 9 But Jehoiada the priest took a chest, and bored a
hole in the lid of it, and set it beside the altar, on the right side as one
cometh into the house of the LORD: and the priests that kept the door put
therein all the money that was brought into the house of the LORD. 10 And it was
so, when they saw that there was much money in the chest, that the king's scribe
and the high priest came up, and they put up in bags, and told the money that
was found in the house of the LORD. 11 And they gave the money, being told, into
the hands of them that did the work, that had the oversight of the house of the
LORD: and they laid it out to the carpenters and builders, that wrought upon the
house of the LORD, 12 And to masons, and hewers of stone, and to buy timber and
hewed stone to repair the breaches of the house of the LORD, and for all that
was laid out for the house to repair it. 13 Howbeit there were not made for the
house of the LORD bowls of silver, snuffers, basons, trumpets, any vessels of
gold, or vessels of silver, of the money that was brought into the house of the
LORD: 14 But they gave that to the workmen, and repaired therewith the house of
the LORD. 15 Moreover they reckoned not with the men, into whose hand they
delivered the money to be bestowed on workmen: for they dealt faithfully. 16 The
trespass money and sin money was not brought into the house of the LORD: it was
the priests'. 17 Then Hazael king of Syria went up, and fought against Gath, and
took it: and Hazael set his face to go up to Jerusalem. 18 And Jehoash king of
Judah took all the hallowed things that Jehoshaphat, and Jehoram, and Ahaziah,
his fathers, kings of Judah, had dedicated, and his own hallowed things, and all
the gold that was found in the treasures of the house of the LORD, and in the
king's house, and sent it to Hazael king of Syria: and he went away from
Jerusalem. 19 And the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, are they
not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? 20 And his
servants arose, and made a conspiracy, and slew Joash in the house of Millo,
which goeth down to Silla. 21 For Jozachar the son of Shimeath, and Jehozabad
the son of Shomer, his servants, smote him, and he died; and they buried him
with his fathers in the city of David: and Amaziah his son reigned in his stead.
2 Kings 13
1 In the three and twentieth year of Joash the son of Ahaziah king of Judah
Jehoahaz the son of Jehu began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned
seventeen years. 2 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, and
followed the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which made Israel to sin; he
departed not therefrom. 3 And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel,
and he delivered them into the hand of Hazael king of Syria, and into the hand
of Benhadad the son of Hazael, all their days. 4 And Jehoahaz besought the LORD,
and the LORD hearkened unto him: for he saw the oppression of Israel, because
the king of Syria oppressed them. 5 (And the LORD gave Israel a saviour, so that
they went out from under the hand of the Syrians: and the children of Israel
dwelt in their tents, as beforetime. 6 Nevertheless they departed not from the
sins of the house of Jeroboam, who made Israel sin, but walked therein: and
there remained the grove also in Samaria.) 7 Neither did he leave of the people
to Jehoahaz but fifty horsemen, and ten chariots, and ten thousand footmen; for
the king of Syria had destroyed them, and had made them like the dust by
threshing. 8 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoahaz, and all that he did, and his
might, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of
Israel? 9 And Jehoahaz slept with his fathers; and they buried him in Samaria:
and Joash his son reigned in his stead. 10 In the thirty and seventh year of
Joash king of Judah began Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz to reign over Israel in
Samaria, and reigned sixteen years. 11 And he did that which was evil in the
sight of the LORD; he departed not from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of
Nebat, who made Israel sin: but he walked therein. 12 And the rest of the acts
of Joash, and all that he did, and his might wherewith he fought against Amaziah
king of Judah, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings
of Israel? 13 And Joash slept with his fathers; and Jeroboam sat upon his
throne: and Joash was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel. 14 Now Elisha
was fallen sick of his sickness whereof he died. And Joash the king of Israel
came down unto him, and wept over his face, and said, O my father, my father,
the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof. 15 And Elisha said unto him,
Take bow and arrows. And he took unto him bow and arrows. 16 And he said to the
king of Israel, Put thine hand upon the bow. And he put his hand upon it: and
Elisha put his hands upon the king's hands. 17 And he said, Open the window
eastward. And he opened it. Then Elisha said, Shoot. And he shot. And he said,
The arrow of the LORD's deliverance, and the arrow of deliverance from Syria:
for thou shalt smite the Syrians in Aphek, till thou have consumed them. 18 And
he said, Take the arrows. And he took them. And he said unto the king of Israel,
Smite upon the ground. And he smote thrice, and stayed. 19 And the man of God
was wroth with him, and said, Thou shouldest have smitten five or six times;
then hadst thou smitten Syria till thou hadst consumed it: whereas now thou
shalt smite Syria but thrice. 20 And Elisha died, and they buried him. And the
bands of the Moabites invaded the land at the coming in of the year. 21 And it
came to pass, as they were burying a man, that, behold, they spied a band of
men; and they cast the man into the sepulchre of Elisha: and when the man was
let down, and touched the bones of Elisha, he revived, and stood up on his feet.
22 But Hazael king of Syria oppressed Israel all the days of Jehoahaz. 23 And
the LORD was gracious unto them, and had compassion on them, and had respect
unto them, because of his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and would not
destroy them, neither cast he them from his presence as yet. 24 So Hazael king
of Syria died; and Benhadad his son reigned in his stead. 25 And Jehoash the son
of Jehoahaz took again out of the hand of Benhadad the son of Hazael the cities,
which he had taken out of the hand of Jehoahaz his father by war. Three times
did Joash beat him, and recovered the cities of Israel.
2 Kings 14
1 In the second year of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel reigned Amaziah the
son of Joash king of Judah. 2 He was twenty and five years old when he began to
reign, and reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was
Jehoaddan of Jerusalem. 3 And he did that which was right in the sight of the
LORD, yet not like David his father: he did according to all things as Joash his
father did. 4 Howbeit the high places were not taken away: as yet the people did
sacrifice and burnt incense on the high places. 5 And it came to pass, as soon
as the kingdom was confirmed in his hand, that he slew his servants which had
slain the king his father. 6 But the children of the murderers he slew not:
according unto that which is written in the book of the law of Moses, wherein
the LORD commanded, saying, The fathers shall not be put to death for the
children, nor the children be put to death for the fathers; but every man shall
be put to death for his own sin. 7 He slew of Edom in the valley of salt ten
thousand, and took Selah by war, and called the name of it Joktheel unto this
day. 8 Then Amaziah sent messengers to Jehoash, the son of Jehoahaz son of Jehu,
king of Israel, saying, Come, let us look one another in the face. 9 And Jehoash
the king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The thistle that was
in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to
my son to wife: and there passed by a wild beast that was in Lebanon, and trode
down the thistle. 10 Thou hast indeed smitten Edom, and thine heart hath lifted
thee up: glory of this, and tarry at home: for why shouldest thou meddle to thy
hurt, that thou shouldest fall, even thou, and Judah with thee? 11 But Amaziah
would not hear. Therefore Jehoash king of Israel went up; and he and Amaziah
king of Judah looked one another in the face at Bethshemesh, which belongeth to
Judah. 12 And Judah was put to the worse before Israel; and they fled every man
to their tents. 13 And Jehoash king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the
son of Jehoash the son of Ahaziah, at Bethshemesh, and came to Jerusalem, and
brake down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim unto the corner gate,
four hundred cubits. 14 And he took all the gold and silver, and all the vessels
that were found in the house of the LORD, and in the treasures of the king's
house, and hostages, and returned to Samaria. 15 Now the rest of the acts of
Jehoash which he did, and his might, and how he fought with Amaziah king of
Judah, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of
Israel? 16 And Jehoash slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria with
the kings of Israel; and Jeroboam his son reigned in his stead. 17 And Amaziah
the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz
king of Israel fifteen years. 18 And the rest of the acts of Amaziah, are they
not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? 19 Now they
made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem: and he fled to Lachish; but they
sent after him to Lachish, and slew him there. 20 And they brought him on
horses: and he was buried at Jerusalem with his fathers in the city of David. 21
And all the people of Judah took Azariah, which was sixteen years old, and made
him king instead of his father Amaziah. 22 He built Elath, and restored it to
Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers. 23 In the fifteenth year of
Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel
began to reign in Samaria, and reigned forty and one years. 24 And he did that
which was evil in the sight of the LORD: he departed not from all the sins of
Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin. 25 He restored the coast of
Israel from the entering of Hamath unto the sea of the plain, according to the
word of the LORD God of Israel, which he spake by the hand of his servant Jonah,
the son of Amittai, the prophet, which was of Gathhepher. 26 For the LORD saw
the affliction of Israel, that it was very bitter: for there was not any shut
up, nor any left, nor any helper for Israel. 27 And the LORD said not that he
would blot out the name of Israel from under heaven: but he saved them by the
hand of Jeroboam the son of Joash. 28 Now the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, and
all that he did, and his might, how he warred, and how he recovered Damascus,
and Hamath, which belonged to Judah, for Israel, are they not written in the
book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? 29 And Jeroboam slept with his
fathers, even with the kings of Israel; and Zachariah his son reigned in his
stead.
2 Kings 15
1 In the twenty and seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel began Azariah son of
Amaziah king of Judah to reign. 2 Sixteen years old was he when he began to
reign, and he reigned two and fifty years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name
was Jecholiah of Jerusalem. 3 And he did that which was right in the sight of
the LORD, according to all that his father Amaziah had done; 4 Save that the
high places were not removed: the people sacrificed and burnt incense still on
the high places. 5 And the LORD smote the king, so that he was a leper unto the
day of his death, and dwelt in a several house. And Jotham the king's son was
over the house, judging the people of the land. 6 And the rest of the acts of
Azariah, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles
of the kings of Judah? 7 So Azariah slept with his fathers; and they buried him
with his fathers in the city of David: and Jotham his son reigned in his stead.
8 In the thirty and eighth year of Azariah king of Judah did Zachariah the son
of Jeroboam reign over Israel in Samaria six months. 9 And he did that which was
evil in the sight of the LORD, as his fathers had done: he departed not from the
sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin. 10 And Shallum the
son of Jabesh conspired against him, and smote him before the people, and slew
him, and reigned in his stead. 11 And the rest of the acts of Zachariah, behold,
they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel. 12 This
was the word of the LORD which he spake unto Jehu, saying, Thy sons shall sit on
the throne of Israel unto the fourth generation. And so it came to pass. 13
Shallum the son of Jabesh began to reign in the nine and thirtieth year of
Uzziah king of Judah; and he reigned a full month in Samaria. 14 For Menahem the
son of Gadi went up from Tirzah, and came to Samaria, and smote Shallum the son
of Jabesh in Samaria, and slew him, and reigned in his stead. 15 And the rest of
the acts of Shallum, and his conspiracy which he made, behold, they are written
in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel. 16 Then Menahem smote
Tiphsah, and all that were therein, and the coasts thereof from Tirzah: because
they opened not to him, therefore he smote it; and all the women therein that
were with child he ripped up. 17 In the nine and thirtieth year of Azariah king
of Judah began Menahem the son of Gadi to reign over Israel, and reigned ten
years in Samaria. 18 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD: he
departed not all his days from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made
Israel to sin. 19 And Pul the king of Assyria came against the land: and Menahem
gave Pul a thousand talents of silver, that his hand might be with him to
confirm the kingdom in his hand. 20 And Menahem exacted the money of Israel,
even of all the mighty men of wealth, of each man fifty shekels of silver, to
give to the king of Assyria. So the king of Assyria turned back, and stayed not
there in the land. 21 And the rest of the acts of Menahem, and all that he did,
are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? 22
And Menahem slept with his fathers; and Pekahiah his son reigned in his stead.
23 In the fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah Pekahiah the son of Menahem
began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned two years. 24 And he did that
which was evil in the sight of the LORD: he departed not from the sins of
Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin. 25 But Pekah the son of
Remaliah, a captain of his, conspired against him, and smote him in Samaria, in
the palace of the king's house, with Argob and Arieh, and with him fifty men of
the Gileadites: and he killed him, and reigned in his room. 26 And the rest of
the acts of Pekahiah, and all that he did, behold, they are written in the book
of the chronicles of the kings of Israel. 27 In the two and fiftieth year of
Azariah king of Judah Pekah the son of Remaliah began to reign over Israel in
Samaria, and reigned twenty years. 28 And he did that which was evil in the
sight of the LORD: he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat,
who made Israel to sin. 29 In the days of Pekah king of Israel came
Tiglathpileser king of Assyria, and took Ijon, and Abelbethmaachah, and Janoah,
and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and
carried them captive to Assyria. 30 And Hoshea the son of Elah made a conspiracy
against Pekah the son of Remaliah, and smote him, and slew him, and reigned in
his stead, in the twentieth year of Jotham the son of Uzziah. 31 And the rest of
the acts of Pekah, and all that he did, behold, they are written in the book of
the chronicles of the kings of Israel. 32 In the second year of Pekah the son of
Remaliah king of Israel began Jotham the son of Uzziah king of Judah to reign.
33 Five and twenty years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned
sixteen years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jerusha, the daughter of
Zadok. 34 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD: he did
according to all that his father Uzziah had done. 35 Howbeit the high places
were not removed: the people sacrificed and burned incense still in the high
places. He built the higher gate of the house of the LORD. 36 Now the rest of
the acts of Jotham, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the
chronicles of the kings of Judah? 37 In those days the LORD began to send
against Judah Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah. 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.
2 Kings 16
1 In the seventeenth year of Pekah the son of Remaliah Ahaz the son of Jotham
king of Judah began to reign. 2 Twenty years old was Ahaz when he began to
reign, and reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem, and did not that which was right
in the sight of the LORD his God, like David his father. 3 But he walked in the
way of the kings of Israel, yea, and made his son to pass through the fire,
according to the abominations of the heathen, whom the LORD cast out from before
the children of Israel. 4 And he sacrificed and burnt incense in the high
places, and on the hills, and under every green tree. 5 Then Rezin king of Syria
and Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel came up to Jerusalem to war: and they
besieged Ahaz, but could not overcome him. 6 At that time Rezin king of Syria
recovered Elath to Syria, and drave the Jews from Elath: and the Syrians came to
Elath, and dwelt there unto this day. 7 So Ahaz sent messengers to
Tiglathpileser king of Assyria, saying, I am thy servant and thy son: come up,
and save me out of the hand of the king of Syria, and out of the hand of the
king of Israel, which rise up against me. 8 And Ahaz took the silver and gold
that was found in the house of the LORD, and in the treasures of the king's
house, and sent it for a present to the king of Assyria. 9 And the king of
Assyria hearkened unto him: for the king of Assyria went up against Damascus,
and took it, and carried the people of it captive to Kir, and slew Rezin. 10 And
king Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglathpileser king of Assyria, and saw an
altar that was at Damascus: and king Ahaz sent to Urijah the priest the fashion
of the altar, and the pattern of it, according to all the workmanship thereof.
11 And Urijah the priest built an altar according to all that king Ahaz had sent
from Damascus: so Urijah the priest made it against king Ahaz came from
Damascus. 12 And when the king was come from Damascus, the king saw the altar:
and the king approached to the altar, and offered thereon. 13 And he burnt his
burnt offering and his meat offering, and poured his drink offering, and
sprinkled the blood of his peace offerings, upon the altar. 14 And he brought
also the brasen altar, which was before the LORD, from the forefront of the
house, from between the altar and the house of the LORD, and put it on the north
side of the altar. 15 And king Ahaz commanded Urijah the priest, saying, Upon
the great altar burn the morning burnt offering, and the evening meat offering,
and the king's burnt sacrifice, and his meat offering, with the burnt offering
of all the people of the land, and their meat offering, and their drink
offerings; and sprinkle upon it all the blood of the burnt offering, and all the
blood of the sacrifice: and the brasen altar shall be for me to enquire by. 16
Thus did Urijah the priest, according to all that king Ahaz commanded. 17 And
king Ahaz cut off the borders of the bases, and removed the laver from off them;
and took down the sea from off the brasen oxen that were under it, and put it
upon the pavement of stones. 18 And the covert for the sabbath that they had
built in the house, and the king's entry without, turned he from the house of
the LORD for the king of Assyria. 19 Now the rest of the acts of Ahaz which he
did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
20 And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city
of David: and Hezekiah his son reigned in his stead.
2 Kings 17
1 In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah began Hoshea the son of Elah to
reign in Samaria over Israel nine years. 2 And he did that which was evil in the
sight of the LORD, but not as the kings of Israel that were before him. 3
Against him came up Shalmaneser king of Assyria; and Hoshea became his servant,
and gave him presents. 4 And the king of Assyria found conspiracy in Hoshea: for
he had sent messengers to So king of Egypt, and brought no present 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. 5 Then the king of Assyria came up throughout all
the land, and went up to Samaria, and besieged it three years. 6 In the ninth
year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria, and carried Israel away into
Assyria, and placed them in Halah and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in the
cities of the Medes. 7 For so it was, that the children of Israel had sinned
against the LORD their God, which had brought them up out of the land of Egypt,
from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and had feared other gods, 8 And
walked in the statutes of the heathen, whom the LORD cast out from before the
children of Israel, and of the kings of Israel, which they had made. 9 And the
children of Israel did secretly those things that were not right against the
LORD their God, and they built them high places in all their cities, from the
tower of the watchmen to the fenced city. 10 And they set them up images and
groves in every high hill, and under every green tree: 11 And there they burnt
incense in all the high places, as did the heathen whom the LORD carried away
before them; and wrought wicked things to provoke the LORD to anger: 12 For they
served idols, whereof the LORD had said unto them, Ye shall not do this thing.
13 Yet the LORD testified against Israel, and against Judah, by all the
prophets, and by all the seers, saying, Turn ye from your evil ways, and keep my
commandments and my statutes, according to all the law which I commanded your
fathers, and which I sent to you by my servants the prophets. 14 Notwithstanding
they would not hear, but hardened their necks, like to the neck of their
fathers, that did not believe in the LORD their God. 15 And they rejected his
statutes, and his covenant that he made with their fathers, and his testimonies
which he testified against them; and they followed vanity, and became vain, and
went after the heathen that were round about them, concerning whom the LORD had
charged them, that they should not do like them. 16 And they left all the
commandments of the LORD their God, and made them molten images, even two
calves, and made a grove, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served
Baal. 17 And they caused their sons and their daughters to pass through the
fire, and used divination and enchantments, and sold themselves to do evil in
the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger. 18 Therefore the LORD was very
angry with Israel, and removed them out of his sight: there was none left but
the tribe of Judah only. 19 Also Judah kept not the commandments of the LORD
their God, but walked in the statutes of Israel which they made. 20 And the LORD
rejected all the seed of Israel, and afflicted them, and delivered them into the
hand of spoilers, until he had cast them out of his sight. 21 For he rent Israel
from the house of David; and they made Jeroboam the son of Nebat king: and
Jeroboam drave Israel from following the LORD, and made them sin a great sin. 22
For the children of Israel walked in all the sins of Jeroboam which he did; they
departed not from them; 23 Until the LORD removed Israel out of his sight, as he
had said by all his servants the prophets. So was Israel carried away out of
their own land to Assyria unto this day. 24 And the king of Assyria brought men
from Babylon, and from Cuthah, and from Ava, and from Hamath, and from
Sepharvaim, and placed them in the cities of Samaria instead of the children of
Israel: and they possessed Samaria, and dwelt in the cities thereof. 25 And so
it was at the beginning of their dwelling there, that they feared not the LORD:
therefore the LORD sent lions among them, which slew some of them. 26 Wherefore
they spake to the king of Assyria, saying, The nations which thou hast removed,
and placed in the cities of Samaria, know not the manner of the God of the land:
therefore he hath sent lions among them, and, behold, they slay them, because
they know not the manner of the God of the land. 27 Then the king of Assyria
commanded, saying, Carry thither one of the priests whom ye brought from thence;
and let them go and dwell there, and let him teach them the manner of the God of
the land. 28 Then one of the priests whom they had carried away from Samaria
came and dwelt in Bethel, and taught them how they should fear the LORD. 29
Howbeit every nation made gods of their own, and put them in the houses of the
high places which the Samaritans had made, every nation in their cities wherein
they dwelt. 30 And the men of Babylon made Succothbenoth, and the men of Cuth
made Nergal, and the men of Hamath made Ashima, 31 And the Avites made Nibhaz
and Tartak, and the Sepharvites burnt their children in fire to Adrammelech and
Anammelech, the gods of Sepharvaim. 32 So they feared the LORD, and made unto
themselves of the lowest of them priests of the high places, which sacrificed
for them in the houses of the high places. 33 They feared the LORD, and served
their own gods, after the manner of the nations whom they carried away from
thence. 34 Unto this day they do after the former manners: they fear not the
LORD, neither do they after their statutes, or after their ordinances, or after
the law and commandment which the LORD commanded the children of Jacob, whom he
named Israel; 35 With whom the LORD had made a covenant, and charged them,
saying, Ye shall not fear other gods, nor bow yourselves to them, nor serve
them, nor sacrifice to them: 36 But the LORD, who brought you up out of the land
of Egypt with great power and a stretched out arm, him shall ye fear, and him
shall ye worship, and to him shall ye do sacrifice. 37 And the statutes, and the
ordinances, and the law, and the commandment, which he wrote for you, ye shall
observe to do for evermore; and ye shall not fear other gods. 38 And the
covenant that I have made with you ye shall not forget; neither shall ye fear
other gods. 39 But the LORD your God ye shall fear; and he shall deliver you out
of the hand of all your enemies. 40 Howbeit they did not hearken, but they did
after their former manner. 41 So these nations feared the LORD, and served their
graven images, both their children, and their children's children: as did their
fathers, so do they unto this day.
2 Kings 18
1 Now it came to pass in the third year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel,
that Hezekiah the son of Ahaz king of Judah began to reign. 2 Twenty and five
years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty and nine years in
Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Abi, the daughter of Zachariah. 3 And he
did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that David
his father did. 4 He removed the high places, and brake the images, and cut down
the groves, and brake in pieces the brasen serpent that Moses had made: for unto
those days the children of Israel did burn incense to it: and he called it
Nehushtan. 5 He trusted in the LORD God of Israel; so that after him was none
like him among all the kings of Judah, nor any that were before him. 6 For he
clave to the LORD, and departed not from following him, but kept his
commandments, which the LORD commanded Moses. 7 And the LORD was with him; and
he prospered whithersoever he went forth: and he rebelled against the king of
Assyria, and served him not. 8 He smote the Philistines, even unto Gaza, and the
borders thereof, from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city. 9 And it
came to pass in the fourth year of king Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of
Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up
against Samaria, and besieged it. 10 And at the end of three years they took it:
even in the sixth year of Hezekiah, that is in the ninth year of Hoshea king of
Israel, Samaria was taken. 11 And the king of Assyria did carry away Israel unto
Assyria, and put them in Halah and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in the
cities of the Medes: 12 Because they obeyed not the voice of the LORD their God,
but transgressed his covenant, and all that Moses the servant of the LORD
commanded, and would not hear them, nor do them. 13 Now in the fourteenth year
of king Hezekiah did Sennacherib king of Assyria come up against all the fenced
cities of Judah, and took them. 14 And Hezekiah king of Judah sent to the king
of Assyria to Lachish, saying, I have offended; return from me: that which thou
puttest on me will I bear. And the king of Assyria appointed unto Hezekiah king
of Judah three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold. 15 And
Hezekiah gave him all the silver that was found in the house of the LORD, and in
the treasures of the king's house. 16 At that time did Hezekiah cut off the gold
from the doors of the temple of the LORD, and from the pillars which Hezekiah
king of Judah had overlaid, and gave it to the king of Assyria. 17 And the king
of Assyria sent Tartan and Rabsaris and Rabshakeh from Lachish to king Hezekiah
with a great host against Jerusalem. And they went up and came to Jerusalem. And
when they were come up, they came and stood by the conduit of the upper pool,
which is in the highway of the fuller's field. 18 And when they had called to
the king, there came out to them Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, which was over the
household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder. 19 And
Rabshakeh said unto them, Speak ye now to Hezekiah, Thus saith the great king,
the king of Assyria, What confidence is this wherein thou trustest? 20 Thou
sayest, (but they are but vain words,) I have counsel and strength for the war.
Now on whom dost thou trust, that thou rebellest against me? 21 Now, behold,
thou trustest upon the staff of this bruised reed, even upon Egypt, on which if
a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt
unto all that trust on him. 22 But if ye say unto me, We trust in the LORD our
God: is not that he, whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken
away, and hath said to Judah and Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this altar
in Jerusalem? 23 Now therefore, I pray thee, give pledges to my lord the king of
Assyria, and I will deliver thee two thousand horses, if thou be able on thy
part to set riders upon them. 24 How then wilt thou turn away the face of one
captain of the least of my master's servants, and put thy trust on Egypt for
chariots and for horsemen? 25 Am I now come up without the LORD against this
place to destroy it? The LORD said to me, Go up against this land, and destroy
it. 26 Then said Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, and Shebna, and Joah, unto
Rabshakeh, Speak, I pray thee, to thy servants in the Syrian language; for we
understand it: and talk not with us in the Jews' language in the ears of the
people that are on the wall. 27 But Rabshakeh said unto them, Hath my master
sent me to thy master, and to thee, to speak these words? hath he not sent me to
the men which sit on the wall, that they may eat their own dung, and drink their
own piss with you? 28 Then Rabshakeh stood and cried with a loud voice in the
Jews' language, and spake, saying, Hear the word of the great king, the king of
Assyria: 29 Thus saith the king, Let not Hezekiah deceive you: for he shall not
be able to deliver you out of his hand: 30 Neither let Hezekiah make you trust
in the LORD, saying, The LORD will surely deliver us, and this city shall not be
delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria. 31 Hearken not to Hezekiah: for
thus saith the king of Assyria, Make an agreement with me by a present, and come
out to me, and then eat ye every man of his own vine, and every one of his fig
tree, and drink ye every one the waters of his cistern: 32 Until I come and take
you away to a land like your own land, a land of corn and wine, a land of bread
and vineyards, a land of oil olive and of honey, that ye may live, and not die:
and hearken not unto Hezekiah, when he persuadeth you, saying, The LORD will
deliver us. 33 Hath any of the gods of the nations delivered at all his land out
of the hand of the king of Assyria? 34 Where are the gods of Hamath, and of
Arpad? where are the gods of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivah? have they delivered
Samaria out of mine hand? 35 Who are they among all the gods of the countries,
that have delivered their country out of mine hand, that the LORD should deliver
Jerusalem out of mine hand? 36 But the people held their peace, and answered him
not a word: for the king's commandment was, saying, Answer him not. 37 Then came
Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, which was over the household, and Shebna the scribe,
and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder, to Hezekiah with their clothes rent, and
told him the words of Rabshakeh.
2 Kings 19
1 And it came to pass, when king Hezekiah heard it, that he rent his clothes,
and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of the LORD. 2 And
he sent Eliakim, which was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and the
elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, to Isaiah the prophet the son of
Amoz. 3 And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day of
trouble, and of rebuke, and blasphemy; for the children are come to the birth,
and there is not strength to bring forth. 4 It may be the LORD thy God will hear
all the words of Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent to
reproach the living God; and will reprove the words which the LORD thy God hath
heard: wherefore lift up thy prayer for the remnant that are left. 5 So the
servants of king Hezekiah came to Isaiah. 6 And Isaiah said unto them, Thus
shall ye say to your master, Thus saith the LORD, Be not afraid of the words
which thou hast heard, with which the servants of the king of Assyria have
blasphemed me. 7 Behold, I will send a blast upon him, and he shall hear a
rumour, and shall return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the
sword in his own land. 8 So Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria
warring against Libnah: for he had heard that he was departed from Lachish. 9
And when he heard say of Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, Behold, he is come out to
fight against thee: he sent messengers again unto Hezekiah, saying, 10 Thus
shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, Let not thy God in whom thou
trustest deceive thee, saying, Jerusalem shall not be delivered into the hand of
the king of Assyria. 11 Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have
done to all lands, by destroying them utterly: and shalt thou be delivered? 12
Have the gods of the nations delivered them which my fathers have destroyed; as
Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden which were in Thelasar?
13 Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arpad, and the king of the city
of Sepharvaim, of Hena, and Ivah? 14 And Hezekiah received the letter of the
hand of the messengers, and read it: and Hezekiah went up into the house of the
LORD, and spread it before the LORD. 15 And Hezekiah prayed before the LORD, and
said, O LORD God of Israel, which dwellest between the cherubims, thou art the
God, even thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; thou hast made heaven
and earth. 16 LORD, bow down thine ear, and hear: open, LORD, thine eyes, and
see: and hear the words of Sennacherib, which hath sent him to reproach the
living God. 17 Of a truth, LORD, the kings of Assyria have destroyed the nations
and their lands, 18 And have cast their gods into the fire: for they were no
gods, but the work of men's hands, wood and stone: therefore they have destroyed
them. 19 Now therefore, O LORD our God, I beseech thee, save thou us out of his
hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art the LORD God,
even thou only. 20 Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, Thus
saith the LORD God of Israel, That which thou hast prayed to me against
Sennacherib king of Assyria I have heard. 21 This is the word that the LORD hath
spoken concerning him; The virgin the daughter of Zion hath despised thee, and
laughed thee to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee.
22 Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted
thy voice, and lifted up thine eyes on high? even against the Holy One of
Israel. 23 By thy messengers thou hast reproached the LORD, and hast said, With
the multitude of my chariots I am come up to the height of the mountains, to the
sides of Lebanon, and will cut down the tall cedar trees thereof, and the choice
fir trees thereof: and I will enter into the lodgings of his borders, and into
the forest of his Carmel. 24 I have digged and drunk strange waters, and with
the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of besieged places. 25 Hast
thou not heard long ago how I have done it, and of ancient times that I have
formed it? now have I brought it to pass, that thou shouldest be to lay waste
fenced cities into ruinous heaps. 26 Therefore their inhabitants were of small
power, they were dismayed and confounded; they were as the grass of the field,
and as the green herb, as the grass on the house tops, and as corn blasted
before it be grown up. 27 But I know thy abode, and thy going out, and thy
coming in, and thy rage against me. 28 Because thy rage against me and thy
tumult is come up into mine ears, therefore I will put my hook in thy nose, and
my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest.
29 And this shall be a sign unto thee, Ye shall eat this year such things as
grow of themselves, and in the second year that which springeth of the same; and
in the third year sow ye, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruits
thereof. 30 And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall yet
again take root downward, and bear fruit upward. 31 For out of Jerusalem shall
go forth a remnant, and they that escape out of mount Zion: the zeal of the LORD
of hosts shall do this. 32 Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the king of
Assyria, He shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come
before it with shield, nor cast a bank against it. 33 By the way that he came,
by the same shall he return, and shall not come into this city, saith the LORD.
34 For I will defend this city, to save it, for mine own sake, and for my
servant David's sake. 35 And it came to pass that night, that the angel of the
LORD went out, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians an hundred fourscore and
five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all
dead corpses. 36 So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned,
and dwelt at Nineveh. 37 And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house
of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with the
sword: and they escaped into the land of Armenia. And Esarhaddon his son reigned
in his stead.
2 Kings 20
1 In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And the prophet Isaiah the son of
Amoz came to him, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Set thine house in
order; for thou shalt die, and not live. 2 Then he turned his face to the wall,
and prayed unto the LORD, saying, 3 I beseech thee, O LORD, remember now how I
have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that
which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore. 4 And it came to pass, afore
Isaiah was gone out into the middle court, that the word of the LORD came to
him, saying, 5 Turn again, and tell Hezekiah the captain of my people, Thus
saith the LORD, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have
seen thy tears: behold, I will heal thee: on the third day thou shalt go up unto
the house of the LORD. 6 And I will add unto thy days fifteen years; and I will
deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria; and I will
defend this city for mine own sake, and for my servant David's sake. 7 And
Isaiah said, Take a lump of figs. And they took and laid it on the boil, and he
recovered. 8 And Hezekiah said unto Isaiah, What shall be the sign that the LORD
will heal me, and that I shall go up into the house of the LORD the third day? 9
And Isaiah said, This sign shalt thou have of the LORD, that the LORD will do
the thing that he hath spoken: shall the shadow go forward ten degrees, or go
back ten degrees? 10 And Hezekiah answered, It is a light thing for the shadow
to go down ten degrees: nay, but let the shadow return backward ten degrees. 11
And Isaiah the prophet cried unto the LORD: and he brought the shadow ten
degrees backward, by which it had gone down in the dial of Ahaz. 12 At that time
Berodachbaladan, the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a present
unto Hezekiah: for he had heard that Hezekiah had been sick. 13 And Hezekiah
hearkened unto them, and shewed them all the house of his precious things, the
silver, and the gold, and the spices, and the precious ointment, and all the
house of his armour, and all that was found in his treasures: there was nothing
in his house, nor in all his dominion, that Hezekiah shewed them not. 14 Then
came Isaiah the prophet unto king Hezekiah, and said unto him, What said these
men? and from whence came they unto thee? And Hezekiah said, They are come from
a far country, even from Babylon. 15 And he said, What have they seen in thine
house? And Hezekiah answered, All the things that are in mine house have they
seen: there is nothing among my treasures that I have not shewed them. 16 And
Isaiah said unto Hezekiah, Hear the word of the LORD. 17 Behold, the days come,
that all that is in thine house, and that which thy fathers have laid up in
store unto this day, shall be carried into Babylon: nothing shall be left, saith
the LORD. 18 And of thy sons that shall issue from thee, which thou shalt beget,
shall they take away; and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the king of
Babylon. 19 Then said Hezekiah unto Isaiah, Good is the word of the LORD which
thou hast spoken. And he said, Is it not good, if peace and truth be in my days?
20 And the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and all his might, and how he made a
pool, and a conduit, and brought water into the city, are they not written in
the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? 21 And Hezekiah slept with his
fathers: and Manasseh his son reigned in his stead.
2 Kings 21
1 Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and reigned fifty and
five years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Hephzibah. 2 And he did that
which was evil in the sight of the LORD, after the abominations of the heathen,
whom the LORD cast out before the children of Israel. 3 For he built up again
the high places which Hezekiah his father had destroyed; and he reared up altars
for Baal, and made a grove, as did Ahab king of Israel; and worshipped all the
host of heaven, and served them. 4 And he built altars in the house of the LORD,
of which the LORD said, In Jerusalem will I put my name. 5 And he built altars
for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the LORD. 6 And he
made his son pass through the fire, and observed times, and used enchantments,
and dealt with familiar spirits and wizards: he wrought much wickedness in the
sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger. 7 And he set a graven image of the
grove that he had made in the house, of which the LORD said to David, and to
Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all
tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever: 8 Neither will I make the feet of
Israel move any more out of the land which I gave their fathers; only if they
will observe to do according to all that I have commanded them, and according to
all the law that my servant Moses commanded them. 9 But they hearkened not: and
Manasseh seduced them to do more evil than did the nations whom the LORD
destroyed before the children of Israel. 10 And the LORD spake by his servants
the prophets, saying, 11 Because Manasseh king of Judah hath done these
abominations, and hath done wickedly above all that the Amorites did, which were
before him, and hath made Judah also to sin with his idols: 12 Therefore thus
saith the LORD God of Israel, Behold, I am bringing such evil upon Jerusalem and
Judah, that whosoever heareth of it, both his ears shall tingle. 13 And I will
stretch over Jerusalem the line of Samaria, and the plummet of the house of
Ahab: and I will wipe Jerusalem as a man wipeth a dish, wiping it, and turning
it upside down. 14 And I will forsake the remnant of mine inheritance, and
deliver them into the hand of their enemies; and they shall become a prey and a
spoil to all their enemies; 15 Because they have done that which was evil in my
sight, and have provoked me to anger, since the day their fathers came forth out
of Egypt, even unto this day. 16 Moreover Manasseh shed innocent blood very
much, till he had filled Jerusalem from one end to another; beside his sin
wherewith he made Judah to sin, in doing that which was evil in the sight of the
LORD. 17 Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and all that he did, and his sin
that he sinned, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings
of Judah? 18 And Manasseh slept with his fathers, and was buried in the garden
of his own house, in the garden of Uzza: and Amon his son reigned in his stead.
19 Amon was twenty and two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned two
years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Meshullemeth, the daughter of
Haruz of Jotbah. 20 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, as
his father Manasseh did. 21 And he walked in all the way that his father walked
in, and served the idols that his father served, and worshipped them: 22 And he
forsook the LORD God of his fathers, and walked not in the way of the LORD. 23
And the servants of Amon conspired against him, and slew the king in his own
house. 24 And the people of the land slew all them that had conspired against
king Amon; and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his stead. 25
Now the rest of the acts of Amon which he did, are they not written in the book
of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? 26 And he was buried in his sepulchre
in the garden of Uzza: and Josiah his son reigned in his stead.
2 Kings 22
1 Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned thirty and
one years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jedidah, the daughter of
Adaiah of Boscath. 2 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD,
and walked in all the way of David his father, and turned not aside to the right
hand or to the left. 3 And it came to pass in the eighteenth year of king
Josiah, that the king sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, the son of Meshullam, the
scribe, to the house of the LORD, saying, 4 Go up to Hilkiah the high priest,
that he may sum the silver which is brought into the house of the LORD, which
the keepers of the door have gathered of the people: 5 And let them deliver it
into the hand of the doers of the work, that have the oversight of the house of
the LORD: and let them give it to the doers of the work which is in the house of
the LORD, to repair the breaches of the house, 6 Unto carpenters, and builders,
and masons, and to buy timber and hewn stone to repair the house. 7 Howbeit
there was no reckoning made with them of the money that was delivered into their
hand, because they dealt faithfully. 8 And Hilkiah the high priest said unto
Shaphan the scribe, I have found the book of the law in the house of the LORD.
And Hilkiah gave the book to Shaphan, and he read it. 9 And Shaphan the scribe
came to the king, and brought the king word again, and said, Thy servants have
gathered the money that was found in the house, and have delivered it into the
hand of them that do the work, that have the oversight of the house of the LORD.
10 And Shaphan the scribe shewed the king, saying, Hilkiah the priest hath
delivered me a book. And Shaphan read it before the king. 11 And it came to
pass, when the king had heard the words of the book of the law, that he rent his
clothes. 12 And the king commanded Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam the son of
Shaphan, and Achbor the son of Michaiah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asahiah a
servant of the king's, saying, 13 Go ye, enquire of the LORD for me, and for the
people, and for all Judah, concerning the words of this book that is found: for
great is the wrath of the LORD that is kindled against us, because our fathers
have not hearkened unto the words of this book, to do according unto all that
which is written concerning us. 14 So Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam, and Achbor,
and Shaphan, and Asahiah, went unto Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum
the son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe; (now she dwelt in
Jerusalem in the college;) and they communed with her. 15 And she said unto
them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Tell the man that sent you to me, 16
Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, and upon the
inhabitants thereof, even all the words of the book which the king of Judah hath
read: 17 Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods,
that they might provoke me to anger with all the works of their hands; therefore
my wrath shall be kindled against this place, and shall not be quenched. 18 But
to the king of Judah which sent you to enquire of the LORD, thus shall ye say to
him, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, As touching the words which thou hast
heard; 19 Because thine heart was tender, and thou hast humbled thyself before
the LORD, when thou heardest what I spake against this place, and against the
inhabitants thereof, that they should become a desolation and a curse, and hast
rent thy clothes, and wept before me; I also have heard thee, saith the LORD. 20
Behold therefore, I will gather thee unto thy fathers, and thou shalt be
gathered into thy grave in peace; and thine eyes shall not see all the evil
which I will bring upon this place. And they brought the king word again.
2 Kings 23
1 And the king sent, and they gathered unto him all the elders of Judah and of
Jerusalem. 2 And the king went up into the house of the LORD, and all the men of
Judah and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem with him, and the priests, and the
prophets, and all the people, both small and great: and he read in their ears
all the words of the book of the covenant which was found in the house of the
LORD. 3 And the king stood by a pillar, and made a covenant before the LORD, to
walk after the LORD, and to keep his commandments and his testimonies and his
statutes with all their heart and all their soul, to perform the words of this
covenant that were written in this book. And all the people stood to the
covenant. 4 And the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, and the priests of
the second order, and the keepers of the door, to bring forth out of the temple
of the LORD all the vessels that were made for Baal, and for the grove, and for
all the host of heaven: and he burned them without Jerusalem in the fields of
Kidron, and carried the ashes of them unto Bethel. 5 And he put down the
idolatrous priests, whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense in the
high places in the cities of Judah, and in the places round about Jerusalem;
them also that burned incense unto Baal, to the sun, and to the moon, and to the
planets, and to all the host of heaven. 6 And he brought out the grove from the
house of the LORD, without Jerusalem, unto the brook Kidron, and burned it at
the brook Kidron, and stamped it small to powder, and cast the powder thereof
upon the graves of the children of the people. 7 And he brake down the houses of
the sodomites, that were by the house of the LORD, where the women wove hangings
for the grove. 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
Beersheba, and brake down the high places of the gates that were in the entering
in of the gate of Joshua the governor of the city, which were on a man's left
hand at the gate of the city. 9 Nevertheless the priests of the high places came
not up to the altar of the LORD in Jerusalem, but they did eat of the unleavened
bread among their brethren. 10 And he defiled Topheth, which is in the valley of
the children of Hinnom, that no man might make his son or his daughter to pass
through the fire to Molech. 11 And he took away the horses that the kings of
Judah had given to the sun, at the entering in of the house of the LORD, by the
chamber of Nathanmelech the chamberlain, which was in the suburbs, and burned
the chariots of the sun with fire. 12 And the altars that were on the top of the
upper chamber of Ahaz, which the kings of Judah had made, and the altars which
Manasseh had made in the two courts of the house of the LORD, did the king beat
down, and brake them down from thence, and cast the dust of them into the brook
Kidron. 13 And the high places that were before Jerusalem, which were on the
right hand of the mount of corruption, which Solomon the king of Israel had
builded for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Zidonians, and for Chemosh the
abomination of the Moabites, and for Milcom the abomination of the children of
Ammon, did the king defile. 14 And he brake in pieces the images, and cut down
the groves, and filled their places with the bones of men. 15 Moreover the altar
that was at Bethel, and the high place which Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made
Israel to sin, had made, both that altar and the high place he brake down, and
burned the high place, and stamped it small to powder, and burned the grove. 16
And as Josiah turned himself, he spied the sepulchres that were there in the
mount, and sent, and took the bones out of the sepulchres, and burned them upon
the altar, and polluted it, according to the word of the LORD which the man of
God proclaimed, who proclaimed these words. 17 Then he said, What title is that
that I see? And the men of the city told him, It is the sepulchre of the man of
God, which came from Judah, and proclaimed these things that thou hast done
against the altar of Bethel. 18 And he said, Let him alone; let no man move his
bones. So they let his bones alone, with the bones of the prophet that came out
of Samaria. 19 And all the houses also of the high places that were in the
cities of Samaria, which the kings of Israel had made to provoke the Lord to
anger, Josiah took away, and did to them according to all the acts that he had
done in Bethel. 20 And he slew all the priests of the high places that were
there upon the altars, and burned men's bones upon them, and returned to
Jerusalem. 21 And the king commanded all the people, saying, Keep the passover
unto the LORD your God, as it is written in the book of this covenant. 22 Surely
there was not holden such a passover from the days of the judges that judged
Israel, nor in all the days of the kings of Israel, nor of the kings of Judah;
23 But in the eighteenth year of king Josiah, wherein this passover was holden
to the LORD in Jerusalem. 24 Moreover the workers with familiar spirits, and the
wizards, and the images, and the idols, and all the abominations that were spied
in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, did Josiah put away, that he might
perform the words of the law which were written in the book that Hilkiah the
priest found in the house of the LORD. 25 And like unto him was there no king
before him, that turned to the LORD with all his heart, and with all his soul,
and with all his might, according to all the law of Moses; neither after him
arose there any like him. 26 Notwithstanding the LORD turned not from the
fierceness of his great wrath, wherewith his anger was kindled against Judah,
because of all the provocations that Manasseh had provoked him withal. 27 And
the LORD said, I will remove Judah also out of my sight, as I have removed
Israel, and will cast off this city Jerusalem which I have chosen, and the house
of which I said, My name shall be there. 28 Now the rest of the acts of Josiah,
and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the
kings of Judah? 29 In his days Pharaohnechoh king of Egypt went up against the
king of Assyria to the river Euphrates: and king Josiah went against him; and he
slew him at Megiddo, when he had seen him. 30 And his servants carried him in a
chariot dead from Megiddo, and brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his
own sepulchre. And the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and
anointed him, and made him king in his father's stead. 31 Jehoahaz was twenty
and three years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three months in
Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.
32 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all
that his fathers had done. 33 And Pharaohnechoh put him in bands at Riblah in
the land of Hamath, that he might not reign in Jerusalem; and put the land to a
tribute of an hundred talents of silver, and a talent of gold. 34 And
Pharaohnechoh made Eliakim the son of Josiah king in the room of Josiah his
father, and turned his name to Jehoiakim, and took Jehoahaz away: and he came to
Egypt, and died there. 35 And Jehoiakim gave the silver and the gold to Pharaoh;
but he taxed the land to give the money according to the commandment of Pharaoh:
he exacted the silver and the gold of the people of the land, of every one
according to his taxation, to give it unto Pharaohnechoh. 36 Jehoiakim was
twenty and five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eleven years in
Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Zebudah, the daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah.
37 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all
that his fathers had done.
Kings 24
1 In his days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim became his
servant three years: then he turned and rebelled against him. 2 And the LORD
sent against him bands of the Chaldees, and bands of the Syrians, and bands of
the Moabites, and bands of the children of Ammon, and sent them against Judah to
destroy it, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by his servants
the prophets. 3 Surely at the commandment of the LORD came this upon Judah, to
remove them out of his sight, for the sins of Manasseh, according to all that he
did; 4 And also for the innocent blood that he shed: for he filled Jerusalem
with innocent blood; which the LORD would not pardon. 5 Now the rest of the acts
of Jehoiakim, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the
chronicles of the kings of Judah? 6 So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers: and
Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead. 7 And the king of Egypt came not again
any more out of his land: for the king of Babylon had taken from the river of
Egypt unto the river Euphrates all that pertained to the king of Egypt. 8
Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in
Jerusalem three months. And his mother's name was Nehushta, the daughter of
Elnathan of Jerusalem. 9 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the
LORD, according to all that his father had done. 10 At that time the servants of
Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against Jerusalem, and the city was
besieged. 11 And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came against the city, and his
servants did besiege it. 12 And Jehoiachin the king of Judah went out to the
king of Babylon, he, and his mother, and his servants, and his princes, and his
officers: and the king of Babylon took him in the eighth year of his reign. 13
And he carried out thence all the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the
treasures of the king's house, and cut in pieces all the vessels of gold which
Solomon king of Israel had made in the temple of the LORD, as the LORD had said.
14 And he carried away all Jerusalem, and all the princes, and all the mighty
men of valour, even ten thousand captives, and all the craftsmen and smiths:
none remained, save the poorest sort of the people of the land. 15 And he
carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon, and the king's mother, and the king's wives,
and his officers, and the mighty of the land, those carried he into captivity
from Jerusalem to Babylon. 16 And all the men of might, even seven thousand, and
craftsmen and smiths a thousand, all that were strong and apt for war, even them
the king of Babylon brought captive to Babylon. 17 And the king of Babylon made
Mattaniah his father's brother king in his stead, and changed his name to
Zedekiah. 18 Zedekiah was twenty and one years old when he began to reign, and
he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Hamutal, the
daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. 19 And he did that which was evil in the sight
of the LORD, according to all that Jehoiakim had done. 20 For through the anger
of the LORD it came to pass in Jerusalem and Judah, until he had cast them out
from his presence, that Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.
2 Kings 25
1 And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the
tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, he, and all
his host, against Jerusalem, and pitched against it; and they built forts
against it round about. 2 And the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of
king Zedekiah. 3 And on the ninth day of the fourth month the famine prevailed
in the city, and there was no bread for the people of the land. 4 And the city
was broken up, and all the men of war fled by night by the way of the gate
between two walls, which is by the king's garden: (now the Chaldees were against
the city round about:) and the king went the way toward the plain. 5 And the
army of the Chaldees pursued after the king, and overtook him in the plains of
Jericho: and all his army were scattered from him. 6 So they took the king, and
brought him up to the king of Babylon to Riblah; and they gave judgment upon
him. 7 And they slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and put out the eyes
of Zedekiah, and bound him with fetters of brass, and carried him to Babylon. 8
And in the fifth month, on the seventh day of the month, which is the nineteenth
year of king Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, came Nebuzaradan, captain of the
guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, unto Jerusalem: 9 And he burnt the
house of the LORD, and the king's house, and all the houses of Jerusalem, and
every great man's house burnt he with fire. 10 And all the army of the Chaldees,
that were with the captain of the guard, brake down the walls of Jerusalem round
about. 11 Now the rest of the people that were left in the city, and the
fugitives that fell away to the king of Babylon, with the remnant of the
multitude, did Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carry away. 12 But the
captain of the guard left of the door of the poor of the land to be vinedressers
and husbandmen. 13 And the pillars of brass that were in the house of the LORD,
and the bases, and the brasen sea that was in the house of the LORD, did the
Chaldees break in pieces, and carried the brass of them to Babylon. 14 And the
pots, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the spoons, and all the vessels of
brass wherewith they ministered, took they away. 15 And the firepans, and the
bowls, and such things as were of gold, in gold, and of silver, in silver, the
captain of the guard took away. 16 The two pillars, one sea, and the bases which
Solomon had made for the house of the LORD; the brass of all these vessels was
without weight. 17 The height of the one pillar was eighteen cubits, and the
chapiter upon it was brass: and the height of the chapiter three cubits; and the
wreathen work, and pomegranates upon the chapiter round about, all of brass: and
like unto these had the second pillar with wreathen work. 18 And the captain of
the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and
the three keepers of the door: 19 And out of the city he took an officer that
was set over the men of war, and five men of them that were in the king's
presence, which were found in the city, and the principal scribe of the host,
which mustered the people of the land, and threescore men of the people of the
land that were found in the city: 20 And Nebuzaradan captain of the guard took
these, and brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah: 21 And the king of
Babylon smote them, and slew them at Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah was
carried away out of their land. 22 And as for the people that remained in the
land of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had left, even over them he
made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, ruler. 23 And when all the
captains of the armies, they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had
made Gedaliah governor, there came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, even Ishmael the son
of Nethaniah, and Johanan the son of Careah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth
the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah the son of a Maachathite, they and their men. 24
And Gedaliah sware to them, and to their men, and said unto them, Fear not to be
the servants of the Chaldees: dwell in the land, and serve the king of Babylon;
and it shall be well with you. 25 But it came to pass in the seventh month, that
Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the seed royal, came, and
ten men with him, and smote Gedaliah, that he died, and the Jews and the
Chaldees that were with him at Mizpah. 26 And all the people, both small and
great, and the captains of the armies, arose, and came to Egypt: for they were
afraid of the Chaldees. 27 And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year
of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the seven
and twentieth day of the month, that Evilmerodach king of Babylon in the year
that he began to reign did lift up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah out of
prison; 28 And he spake kindly to him, and set his throne above the throne of
the kings that were with him in Babylon; 29 And changed his prison garments: and
he did eat bread continually before him all the days of his life. 30 And his
allowance was a continual allowance given him of the king, a daily rate for
every day, all the days of his life.