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Chronicles |
1:1: And Solomon the son of David was
strengthened in his kingdom, and the LORD his God was with him, and magnified
him exceedingly. |
1:2: Then Solomon spake unto all |
1:3: So Solomon, and all the congregation
with him, went to the high place that was at |
1:4: But the ark of God had David brought up
from Kirjath-jearim to the place which David had prepared for it: for he had
pitched a tent for it at |
1:5: Moreover the brasen altar, that Bezaleel
the son of Uri, the son of Hur, had made, he put before the tabernacle of the
LORD: and Solomon and the congregation sought unto it. |
1:6: And Solomon went up thither to the
brasen altar before the LORD, which was at the tabernacle of the
congregation, and offered a thousand burnt offerings upon it. |
1:7: In that night did God appear unto
Solomon, and said unto him, Ask what I shall give thee. |
1:8: And Solomon said unto God, Thou hast
shewed great mercy unto David my father, and hast made me to reign in his
stead. |
1:9: Now, O LORD God, let thy promise unto
David my father be established: for thou hast made me king over a people like
the dust of the earth in multitude. |
1:10: Give me now wisdom and knowledge, that
I may go out and come in before this people: for who can judge this thy
people, that is so great? |
1:11: And God said to Solomon, Because this
was in thine heart, and thou hast not asked riches, wealth, or honour, nor
the life of thine enemies, neither yet hast asked long life; but hast asked
wisdom and knowledge for thyself, that thou mayest judge my people, over whom
I have made thee king: |
1:12: Wisdom and knowledge is granted unto
thee; and I will give thee riches, and wealth, and honour, such as none of
the kings have had that have been before thee, neither shall there any after
thee have the like. |
1:13: Then Solomon came from his journey to
the high place that was at Gibeon to Jerusalem, from before the tabernacle of
the congregation, and reigned over Israel. |
1:14: And Solomon gathered chariots and
horsemen: and he had a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve
thousand horsemen, which he placed in the chariot cities, and with the king
at Jerusalem. |
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1:16: And Solomon had horses brought out of
Egypt, and linen yarn: the king's merchants received the linen yarn at a
price. |
1:17: And they fetched up, and brought forth
out of Egypt a chariot for six hundred shekels of silver, and an horse for an
hundred and fifty: and so brought they out horses for all the kings of the
Hittites, and for the kings of Syria, by their means. |
2:1: And Solomon determined to build an house
for the name of the LORD, and an house for his kingdom. |
2:2: And Solomon told out threescore and ten
thousand men to bear burdens, and fourscore thousand to hew in the mountain,
and three thousand and six hundred to oversee them. |
2:3: And Solomon sent to Huram the king of
Tyre, saying, As thou didst deal with David my father, and didst send him
cedars to build him an house to dwell therein, even so deal with me. |
2:4: Behold, I build an house to the name of
the LORD my God, to dedicate it to him, and to burn before him sweet incense,
and for the continual shewbread, and for the burnt offerings morning and
evening, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the solemn feasts of
the LORD our God. This is an ordinance
for ever to Israel. |
2:5: And the house which I build is great:
for great is our God above all gods. |
2:6: But who is able to build him an house,
seeing the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain him? who am I then, that I should build him an
house, save only to burn sacrifice before him? |
2:7: Send me now therefore a man cunning to
work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, and in iron, and in purple, and
crimson, and blue, and that can skill to grave with the cunning men that are
with me in Judah and in Jerusalem, whom David my father did provide. |
2:8: Send me also cedar trees, fir trees, and
algum trees, out of Lebanon: for I know that thy servants can skill to cut
timber in Lebanon; and, behold, my servants shall be with thy servants, |
2:9: Even to prepare me timber in abundance:
for the house which I am about to build shall be wonderful great. |
2:10: And, behold, I will give to thy
servants, the hewers that cut timber, twenty thousand measures of beaten
wheat, and twenty thousand measures of barley, and twenty thousand baths of
wine, and twenty thousand baths of oil. |
2:11: Then Huram the king of Tyre answered in
writing, which he sent to Solomon, Because the LORD hath loved his people, he
hath made thee king over them. |
2:12: Huram said moreover, Blessed be the
LORD God of Israel, that made heaven and earth, who hath given to David the
king a wise son, endued with prudence and understanding, that might build an
house for the LORD, and an house for his kingdom. |
2:13: And now I have sent a cunning man,
endued with understanding, of Huram my father's, |
2:14: The son of a woman of the daughters of
Dan, and his father was a man of Tyre, skilful to work in gold, and in
silver, in brass, in iron, in stone, and in timber, in purple, in blue, and
in fine linen, and in crimson; also to grave any manner of graving, and to
find out every device which shall be put to him, with thy cunning men, and
with the cunning men of my lord David thy father. |
2:15: Now therefore the wheat, and the barley,
the oil, and the wine, which my lord hath spoken of, let him send unto his
servants: |
2:16: And we will cut wood out of Lebanon, as
much as thou shalt need: and we will bring it to thee in floats by sea to
Joppa; and thou shalt carry it up to Jerusalem. |
2:17: And Solomon numbered all the strangers
that were in the land of Israel, after the numbering wherewith David his
father had numbered them; and they were found an hundred and fifty thousand
and three thousand and six hundred. |
2:18: And he set threescore and ten thousand
of them to be bearers of burdens, and fourscore thousand to be hewers in the
mountain, and three thousand and six hundred overseers to set the people a
work. |
3:1: Then Solomon began to build the house of
the LORD at Jerusalem in mount Moriah, where the LORD appeared unto David his
father, in the place that David had prepared in the threshingfloor of Ornan
the Jebusite. |
3:2: And he began to build in the second day
of the second month, in the fourth year of his reign. |
3:3: Now these are the things wherein Solomon
was instructed for the building of the house of God. The length by cubits after the first
measure was threescore cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits. |
3:4: And the porch that was in the front of
the house, the length of it was according to the breadth of the house, twenty
cubits, and the height was an hundred and twenty: and he overlaid it within
with pure gold. |
3:5: And the greater house he cieled with fir
tree, which he overlaid with fine gold, and set thereon palm trees and chains. |
3:6: And he garnished the house with precious
stones for beauty: and the gold was gold of Parvaim. |
3:7: He overlaid also the house, the beams,
the posts, and the walls thereof, and the doors thereof, with gold; and
graved cherubims on the walls. |
3:8: And he made the most holy house, the
length whereof was according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and
the breadth thereof twenty cubits: and he overlaid it with fine gold,
amounting to six hundred talents. |
3:9: And the weight of the nails was fifty
shekels of gold. And he overlaid the
upper chambers with gold. |
3:10: And in the most holy house he made two
cherubims of image work, and overlaid them with gold. |
3:11: And the wings of the cherubims were
twenty cubits long: one wing of the one cherub was five cubits, reaching to
the wall of the house: and the other wing was likewise five cubits, reaching
to the wing of the other cherub. |
3:12: And one wing of the other cherub was
five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house: and the other wing was five
cubits also, joining to the wing of the other cherub. |
3:13: The wings of these cherubims spread
themselves forth twenty cubits: and they stood on their feet, and their faces
were inward. |
3:14: And he made the vail of blue, and
purple, and crimson, and fine linen, and wrought cherubims thereon. |
3:15: Also he made before the house two
pillars of thirty and five cubits high, and the chapiter that was on the top
of each of them was five cubits. |
3:16: And he made chains, as in the oracle,
and put them on the heads of the pillars; and made an hundred pomegranates,
and put them on the chains. |
3:17: And he reared up the pillars before the
temple, one on the right hand, and the other on the left; and called the name
of that on the right hand Jachin, and the name of that on the left Boaz. |
4:1: Moreover he made an altar of brass,
twenty cubits the length thereof, and twenty cubits the breadth thereof, and
ten cubits the height thereof. |
4:2: Also he made a molten sea of ten cubits
from brim to brim, round in compass, and five cubits the height thereof; and
a line of thirty cubits did compass it round about. |
4:3: And under it was the similitude of oxen,
which did compass it round about: ten in a cubit, compassing the sea round
about. Two rows of oxen were cast,
when it was cast. |
4:4: It stood upon twelve oxen, three looking
toward the north, and three looking toward the west, and three looking toward
the south, and three looking toward the east: and the sea was set above upon
them, and all their hinder parts were inward. |
4:5: And the thickness of it was an
handbreadth, and the brim of it like the work of the brim of a cup, with
flowers of lilies; and it received and held three thousand baths. |
4:6: He made also ten lavers, and put five on
the right hand, and five on the left, to wash in them: such things as they
offered for the burnt offering they washed in them; but the sea was for the
priests to wash in. |
4:7: And he made ten candlesticks of gold
according to their form, and set them in the temple, five on the right hand,
and five on the left. |
4:8: He made also ten tables, and placed them
in the temple, five on the right side, and five on the left. And he made an hundred basons of gold. |
4:9: Furthermore he made the court of the
priests, and the great court, and doors for the court, and overlaid the doors
of them with brass. |
4:10: And he set the sea on the right side of
the east end, over against the south. |
4:11: And Huram made the pots, and the
shovels, and the basons. And Huram finished
the work that he was to make for king Solomon for the house of God; |
4:12: To wit, the two pillars, and the
pommels, and the chapiters which were on the top of the two pillars, and the
two wreaths to cover the two pommels of the chapiters which were on the top
of the pillars; |
4:13: And four hundred pomegranates on the
two wreaths; two rows of pomegranates on each wreath, to cover the two
pommels of the chapiters which were upon the pillars. |
4:14: He made also bases, and lavers made he
upon the bases; |
4:15: One sea, and twelve oxen under it. |
4:16: The pots also, and the shovels, and the
fleshhooks, and all their instruments, did Huram his father make to king
Solomon for the house of the LORD of bright brass. |
4:17: In the plain of Jordan did the king cast
them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zeredathah. |
4:18: Thus Solomon made all these vessels in
great abundance: for the weight of the brass could not be found out. |
4:19: And Solomon made all the vessels that
were for the house of God, the golden altar also, and the tables whereon the
shewbread was set; |
4:20: Moreover the candlesticks with their
lamps, that they should burn after the manner before the oracle, of pure
gold; |
4:21: And the flowers, and the lamps, and the
tongs, made he of gold, and that perfect gold; |
4:22: And the snuffers, and the basons, and
the spoons, and the censers, of pure gold: and the entry of the house, the
inner doors thereof for the most holy place, and the doors of the house of
the temple, were of gold. |
5:1: Thus all the work that Solomon made for
the house of the LORD was finished: and Solomon brought in all the things
that David his father had dedicated; and the silver, and the gold, and all
the instruments, put he among the treasures of the house of God. |
5:2: Then Solomon assembled the elders of
Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the chief of the fathers of the
children of Israel, unto Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of
the LORD out of the city of David, which is Zion. |
5:3: Wherefore all the men of Israel
assembled themselves unto the king in the feast which was in the seventh
month. |
5:4: And all the elders of Israel came; and
the Levites took up the ark. |
5:5: And they brought up the ark, and the
tabernacle of the congregation, and all the holy vessels that were in the
tabernacle, these did the priests and the Levites bring up. |
5:6: Also king Solomon, and all the
congregation of Israel that were assembled unto him before the ark,
sacrificed sheep and oxen, which could not be told nor numbered for
multitude. |
5:7: And the priests brought in the ark of
the covenant of the LORD unto his place, to the oracle of the house, into the
most holy place, even under the wings of the cherubims: |
5:8: For the cherubims spread forth their
wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubims covered the ark and the
staves thereof above. |
5:9: And they drew out the staves of the ark,
that the ends of the staves were seen from the ark before the oracle; but
they were not seen without. And there
it is unto this day. |
5:10: There was nothing in the ark save the
two tables which Moses put therein at Horeb, when the LORD made a covenant
with the children of Israel, when they came out of Egypt. |
5:11: And it came to pass, when the priests
were come out of the holy place: (for all the priests that were present were
sanctified, and did not then wait by course: |
5:12: Also the Levites which were the
singers, all of them of Asaph, of Heman, of Jeduthun, with their sons and
their brethren, being arrayed in white linen, having cymbals and psalteries
and harps, stood at the east end of the altar, and with them an hundred and
twenty priests sounding with trumpets:) |
5:13: It came even to pass, as the trumpeters
and singers were as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and
thanking the LORD; and when they lifted up their voice with the trumpets and
cymbals and instruments of musick, and praised the LORD, saying, For he is
good; for his mercy endureth for ever: that then the house was filled with a
cloud, even the house of the LORD; |
5:14: So that the priests could not stand to
minister by reason of the cloud: for the glory of the LORD had filled the
house of God. |
6:1: Then said Solomon, The LORD hath said
that he would dwell in the thick darkness. |
6:2: But I have built an house of habitation
for thee, and a place for thy dwelling for ever. |
6:3: And the king turned his face, and
blessed the whole congregation of Israel: and all the congregation of Israel
stood. |
6:4: And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of
Israel, who hath with his hands fulfilled that which he spake with his mouth
to my father David, saying, |
6:5: Since the day that I brought forth my
people out of the land of Egypt I chose no city among all the tribes of
Israel to build an house in, that my name might be there; neither chose I any
man to be a ruler over my people Israel: |
6:6: But I have chosen Jerusalem, that my
name might be there; and have chosen David to be over my people Israel. |
6:7: Now it was in the heart of David my
father to build an house for the name of the LORD God of Israel. |
6:8: But the LORD said to David my father,
Forasmuch as it was in thine heart to build an house for my name, thou didst
well in that it was in thine heart: |
6:9: Notwithstanding thou shalt not build the
house; but thy son which shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build
the house for my name. |
6:10: The LORD therefore hath performed his
word that he hath spoken: for I am risen up in the room of David my father,
and am set on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised, and have built the
house for the name of the LORD God of Israel. |
6:11: And in it have I put the ark, wherein
is the covenant of the LORD, that he made with the children of Israel. |
6:12: And he stood before the altar of the
LORD in the presence of all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his
hands: |
6:13: For Solomon had made a brasen scaffold,
of five cubits long, and five cubits broad, and three cubits high, and had
set it in the midst of the court: and upon it he stood, and kneeled down upon
his knees before all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands
toward heaven, |
6:14: And said, O LORD God of Israel, there
is no God like thee in the heaven, nor in the earth; which keepest covenant,
and shewest mercy unto thy servants, that walk before thee with all their
hearts: |
6:15: Thou which hast kept with thy servant
David my father that which thou hast promised him; and spakest with thy
mouth, and hast fulfilled it with thine hand, as it is this day. |
6:16: Now therefore, O LORD God of Israel,
keep with thy servant David my father that which thou hast promised him,
saying, There shall not fail thee a man in my sight to sit upon the throne of
Israel; yet so that thy children take heed to their way to walk in my law, as
thou hast walked before me. |
6:17: Now then, O LORD God of Israel, let thy
word be verified, which thou hast spoken unto thy servant David. |
6:18: But will God in very deed dwell with
men on the earth? behold, heaven and
the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house which I
have built! |
6:19: Have respect therefore to the prayer of
thy servant, and to his supplication, O LORD my God, to hearken unto the cry
and the prayer which thy servant prayeth before thee: |
6:20: That thine eyes may be open upon this
house day and night, upon the place whereof thou hast said that thou wouldest
put thy name there; to hearken unto the prayer which thy servant prayeth
toward this place. |
6:21: Hearken therefore unto the
supplications of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, which they shall make
toward this place: hear thou from thy dwelling place, even from heaven; and
when thou hearest, forgive. |
6:22: If a man sin against his neighbour, and
an oath be laid upon him to make him swear, and the oath come before thine
altar in this house; |
6:23: Then hear thou from heaven, and do, and
judge thy servants, by requiting the wicked, by recompensing his way upon his
own head; and by justifying the righteous, by giving him according to his
righteousness. |
6:24: And if thy people Israel be put to the
worse before the enemy, because they have sinned against thee; and shall return
and confess thy name, and pray and make supplication before thee in this
house; |
6:25: Then hear thou from the heavens, and
forgive the sin of thy people Israel, and bring them again unto the land
which thou gavest to them and to their fathers. |
6:26: When the heaven is shut up, and there
is no rain, because they have sinned against thee; yet if they pray toward
this place, and confess thy name, and turn from their sin, when thou dost
afflict them; |
6:27: Then hear thou from heaven, and forgive
the sin of thy servants, and of thy people Israel, when thou hast taught them
the good way, wherein they should walk; and send rain upon thy land, which
thou hast given unto thy people for an inheritance. |
6:28: If there be dearth in the land, if
there be pestilence, if there be blasting, or mildew, locusts, or
caterpillers; if their enemies besiege them in the cities of their land;
whatsoever sore or whatsoever sickness there be: |
6:29: Then what prayer or what supplication
soever shall be made of any man, or of all thy people Israel, when every one
shall know his own sore and his own grief, and shall spread forth his hands
in this house: |
6:30: Then hear thou from heaven thy dwelling
place, and forgive, and render unto every man according unto all his ways,
whose heart thou knowest; (for thou only knowest the hearts of the children
of men:) |
6:31: That they may fear thee, to walk in thy
ways, so long as they live in the land which thou gavest unto our fathers. |
6:32: Moreover concerning the stranger, which
is not of thy people Israel, but is come from a far country for thy great
name's sake, and thy mighty hand, and thy stretched out arm; if they come and
pray in this house; |
6:33: Then hear thou from the heavens, even
from thy dwelling place, and do according to all that the stranger calleth to
thee for; that all people of the earth may know thy name, and fear thee, as
doth thy people Israel, and may know that this house which I have built is
called by thy name. |
6:34: If thy people go out to war against
their enemies by the way that thou shalt send them, and they pray unto thee
toward this city which thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built for
thy name; |
6:35: Then hear thou from the heavens their
prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause. |
6:36: If they sin against thee, (for there is
no man which sinneth not,) and thou be angry with them, and deliver them over
before their enemies, and they carry them away captives unto a land far off
or near; |
6:37: Yet if they bethink themselves in the
land whither they are carried captive, and turn and pray unto thee in the
land of their captivity, saying, We have sinned, we have done amiss, and have
dealt wickedly; |
6:38: If they return to thee with all their
heart and with all their soul in the land of their captivity, whither they
have carried them captives, and pray toward their land, which thou gavest
unto their fathers, and toward the city which thou hast chosen, and toward
the house which I have built for thy name: |
6:39: Then hear thou from the heavens, even
from thy dwelling place, their prayer and their supplications, and maintain
their cause, and forgive thy people which have sinned against thee. |
6:40: Now, my God, let, I beseech thee, thine
eyes be open, and let thine ears be attent unto the prayer that is made in
this place. |
6:41: Now therefore arise, O LORD God, into
thy resting place, thou, and the ark of thy strength: let thy priests, O LORD
God, be clothed with salvation, and let thy saints rejoice in goodness. |
6:42: O LORD God, turn not away the face of thine
anointed: remember the mercies of David thy servant. |
7:1: Now when Solomon had made an end of
praying, the fire came down from heaven, and consumed the burnt offering and
the sacrifices; and the glory of the LORD filled the house. |
7:2: And the priests could not enter into the
house of the LORD, because the glory of the LORD had filled the LORD's house.
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7:3: And when all the children of Israel saw
how the fire came down, and the glory of the LORD upon the house, they bowed
themselves with their faces to the ground upon the pavement, and worshipped,
and praised the LORD, saying, For he is good; for his mercy endureth for
ever. |
7:4: Then the king and all the people offered
sacrifices before the LORD. |
7:5: And king Solomon offered a sacrifice of
twenty and two thousand oxen, and an hundred and twenty thousand sheep: so
the king and all the people dedicated the house of God. |
7:6: And the priests waited on their offices:
the Levites also with instruments of musick of the LORD, which David the king
had made to praise the LORD, because his mercy endureth for ever, when David
praised by their ministry; and the priests sounded trumpets before them, and
all Israel stood. |
7:7: Moreover Solomon hallowed the middle of
the court that was before the house of the LORD: for there he offered burnt
offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings, because the brasen altar which
Solomon had made was not able to receive the burnt offerings, and the meat
offerings, and the fat. |
7:8: Also at the same time Solomon kept the
feast seven days, and all Israel with him, a very great congregation, from
the entering in of Hamath unto the river of Egypt. |
7:9: And in the eighth day they made a solemn
assembly: for they kept the dedication of the altar seven days, and the feast
seven days. |
7:10: And on the three and twentieth day of
the seventh month he sent the people away into their tents, glad and merry in
heart for the goodness that the LORD had shewed unto David, and to Solomon,
and to Israel his people. |
7:11: Thus Solomon finished the house of the
LORD, and the king's house: and all that came into Solomon's heart to make in
the house of the LORD, and in his own house, he prosperously effected. |
7:12: And the LORD appeared to Solomon by
night, and said unto him, I have heard thy prayer, and have chosen this place
to myself for an house of sacrifice. |
7:13: If I shut up heaven that there be no
rain, or if I command the locusts to devour the land, or if I send pestilence
among my people; |
7:14: If my people, which are called by my
name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from
their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin,
and will heal their land. |
7:15: Now mine eyes shall be open, and mine
ears attent unto the prayer that is made in this place. |
7:16: For now have I chosen and sanctified
this house, that my name may be there for ever: and mine eyes and mine heart
shall be there perpetually. |
7:17: And as for thee, if thou wilt walk
before me, as David thy father walked, and do according to all that I have
commanded thee, and shalt observe my statutes and my judgments; |
7:18: Then will I stablish the throne of thy
kingdom, according as I have covenanted with David thy father, saying, There
shall not fail thee a man to be ruler in Israel. |
7:19: But if ye turn away, and forsake my
statutes and my commandments, which I have set before you, and shall go and
serve other gods, and worship them; |
7:20: Then will I pluck them up by the roots
out of my land which I have given them; and this house, which I have
sanctified for my name, will I cast out of my sight, and will make it to be a
proverb and a byword among all nations. |
7:21: And this house, which is high, shall be
an astonishment to every one that passeth by it; so that he shall say, Why
hath the LORD done thus unto this land, and unto this house? |
7:22: And it shall be answered, Because they
forsook the LORD God of their fathers, which brought them forth out of the
land of Egypt, and laid hold on other gods, and worshipped them, and served
them: therefore hath he brought all this evil upon them. |
8:1: And it came to pass at the end of twenty
years, wherein Solomon had built the house of the LORD, and his own house, |
8:2: That the cities which Huram had restored
to Solomon, Solomon built them, and caused the children of Israel to dwell
there. |
8:3: And Solomon went to Hamath-zobah, and
prevailed against it. |
8:4: And he built Tadmor in the wilderness,
and all the store cities, which he built in Hamath. |
8:5: Also he built Beth-horon the upper, and
Beth-horon the nether, fenced cities, with walls, gates, and bars; |
8:6: And Baalath, and all the store cities
that Solomon had, and all the chariot cities, and the cities of the horsemen,
and all that Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and
throughout all the land of his dominion. |
8:7: As for all the people that were left of
the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the
Jebusites, which were not of Israel, |
8:8: But of their children, who were left
after them in the land, whom the children of Israel consumed not, them did
Solomon make to pay tribute until this day. |
8:9: But of the children of Israel did
Solomon make no servants for his work; but they were men of war, and chief of
his captains, and captains of his chariots and horsemen. |
8:10: And these were the chief of king
Solomon's officers, even two hundred and fifty, that bare rule over the
people. |
8:11: And Solomon brought up the daughter of
Pharaoh out of the city of David unto the house that he had built for her:
for he said, My wife shall not dwell in the house of David king of Israel,
because the places are holy, whereunto the ark of the LORD hath come. |
8:12: Then Solomon offered burnt offerings
unto the LORD on the altar of the LORD, which he had built before the porch, |
8:13: Even after a certain rate every day,
offering according to the commandment of Moses, on the sabbaths, and on the
new moons, and on the solemn feasts, three times in the year, even in the
feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of
tabernacles. |
8:14: And he appointed, according to the
order of David his father, the courses of the priests to their service, and
the Levites to their charges, to praise and minister before the priests, as
the duty of every day required: the porters also by their courses at every
gate: for so had David the man of God commanded. |
8:15: And they departed not from the
commandment of the king unto the priests and Levites concerning any matter,
or concerning the treasures. |
8:16: Now all the work of Solomon was
prepared unto the day of the foundation of the house of the LORD, and until
it was finished. So the house of the
LORD was perfected. |
8:17: Then went Solomon to Ezion-geber, and
to Eloth, at the sea side in the land of Edom. |
8:18: And Huram sent him by the hands of his
servants ships, and servants that had knowledge of the sea; and they went
with the servants of Solomon to Ophir, and took thence four hundred and fifty
talents of gold, and brought them to king Solomon. |
9:1: And when the queen of Sheba heard of the
fame of Solomon, she came to prove Solomon with hard questions at Jerusalem,
with a very great company, and camels that bare spices, and gold in
abundance, and precious stones: and when she was come to Solomon, she
communed with him of all that was in her heart. |
9:2: And Solomon told her all her questions:
and there was nothing hid from Solomon which he told her not. |
9:3: And when the queen of Sheba had seen the
wisdom of Solomon, and the house that he had built, |
9:4: And the meat of his table, and the
sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and their
apparel; his cupbearers also, and their apparel; and his ascent by which he
went up into the house of the LORD; there was no more spirit in her. |
9:5: And she said to the king, It was a true
report which I heard in mine own land of thine acts, and of thy wisdom: |
9:6: Howbeit I believed not their words,
until I came, and mine eyes had seen it: and, behold, the one half of the
greatness of thy wisdom was not told me: for thou exceedest the fame that I
heard. |
9:7: Happy are thy men, and happy are these
thy servants, which stand continually before thee, and hear thy wisdom. |
9:8: Blessed be the LORD thy God, which
delighted in thee to set thee on his throne, to be king for the LORD thy God:
because thy God loved Israel, to establish them for ever, therefore made he
thee king over them, to do judgment and justice. |
9:9: And she gave the king an hundred and
twenty talents of gold, and of spices great abundance, and precious stones:
neither was there any such spice as the queen of Sheba gave king Solomon. |
9:10: And the servants also of Huram, and the
servants of Solomon, which brought gold from Ophir, brought algum trees and
precious stones. |
9:11: And the king made of the algum trees
terraces to the house of the LORD, and to the king's palace, and harps and
psalteries for singers: and there were none such seen before in the land of
Judah. |
9:12: And king Solomon gave to the queen of
Sheba all her desire, whatsoever she asked, beside that which she had brought
unto the king. So she turned, and went
away to her own land, she and her servants. |
9:13: Now the weight of gold that came to
Solomon in one year was six hundred and threescore and six talents of gold; |
9:14: Beside that which chapmen and merchants
brought. And all the kings of Arabia
and governors of the country brought gold and silver to Solomon. |
9:15: And king Solomon made two hundred
targets of beaten gold: six hundred shekels of beaten gold went to one
target. |
9:16: And three hundred shields made he of
beaten gold: three hundred shekels of gold went to one shield. And the king put them in the house of the
forest of Lebanon. |
9:17: Moreover the king made a great throne
of ivory, and overlaid it with pure gold. |
9:18: And there were six steps to the throne,
with a footstool of gold, which were fastened to the throne, and stays on
each side of the sitting place, and two lions standing by the stays: |
9:19: And twelve lions stood there on the one
side and on the other upon the six steps.
There was not the like made in any kingdom. |
9:20: And all the drinking vessels of king
Solomon were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of
Lebanon were of pure gold: none were of silver; it was not any thing
accounted of in the days of Solomon. |
9:21: For the king's ships went to Tarshish
with the servants of Huram: every three years once came the ships of Tarshish
bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks. |
9:22: And king Solomon passed all the kings
of the earth in riches and wisdom. |
9:23: And all the kings of the earth sought
the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom, that God had put in his heart. |
9:24: And they brought every man his present,
vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and raiment, harness, and spices,
horses, and mules, a rate year by year. |
9:25: And Solomon had four thousand stalls
for horses and chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen; whom he bestowed in
the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem. |
9:26: And he reigned over all the kings from
the river even unto the land of the Philistines, and to the border of Egypt. |
9:27: And the king made silver in Jerusalem
as stones, and cedar trees made he as the sycomore trees that are in the low
plains in abundance. |
9:28: And they brought unto Solomon horses
out of Egypt, and out of all lands. |
9:29: Now the rest of the acts of Solomon,
first and last, are they not written in the book of Nathan the prophet, and
in the prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and in the visions of Iddo the seer
against Jeroboam the son of Nebat? |
9:30: And Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over
all Israel forty years. |
9:31: And Solomon slept with his fathers, and
he was buried in the city of David his father: and Rehoboam his son reigned
in his stead. |
10:1: And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for to
Shechem were all Israel come to make him king. |
10:2: And it came to pass, when Jeroboam the
son of Nebat, who was in Egypt, whither he had fled from the presence of
Solomon the king, heard it, that Jeroboam returned out of Egypt. |
10:3: And they sent and called him. So Jeroboam and all Israel came and spake
to Rehoboam, saying, |
10:4: Thy father made our yoke grievous: now
therefore ease thou somewhat the grievous servitude of thy father, and his
heavy yoke that he put upon us, and we will serve thee. |
10:5: And he said unto them, Come again unto
me after three days. And the people
departed. |
10:6: And king Rehoboam took counsel with the
old men that had stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, saying,
What counsel give ye me to return answer to this people? |
10:7: And they spake unto him, saying, If
thou be kind to this people, and please them, and speak good words to them,
they will be thy servants for ever. |
10:8: But he forsook the counsel which the
old men gave him, and took counsel with the young men that were brought up
with him, that stood before him. |
10:9: And he said unto them, What advice give
ye that we may return answer to this people, which have spoken to me, saying,
Ease somewhat the yoke that thy father did put upon us? |
10:10: And the young men that were brought up
with him spake unto him, saying, Thus shalt thou answer the people that spake
unto thee, saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, but make thou it somewhat
lighter for us; thus shalt thou say unto them, My little finger shall be
thicker than my father's loins. |
10:11: For whereas my father put a heavy yoke
upon you, I will put more to your yoke: my father chastised you with whips,
but I will chastise you with scorpions. |
10:12: So Jeroboam and all the people came to
Rehoboam on the third day, as the king bade, saying, Come again to me on the
third day. |
10:13: And the king answered them roughly;
and king Rehoboam forsook the counsel of the old men, |
10:14: And answered them after the advice of
the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add
thereto: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with
scorpions. |
10:15: So the king hearkened not unto the
people: for the cause was of God, that the LORD might perform his word, which
he spake by the hand of Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat. |
10:16: And when all Israel saw that the king
would not hearken unto them, the people answered the king, saying, What
portion have we in David? and we have
none inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to your tents, O Israel: and
now, David, see to thine own house. So
all Israel went to their tents. |
10:17: But as for the children of Israel that
dwelt in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them. |
10:18: Then king Rehoboam sent Hadoram that
was over the tribute; and the children of Israel stoned him with stones, that
he died. But king Rehoboam made speed
to get him up to his chariot, to flee to Jerusalem. |
10:19: And Israel rebelled against the house
of David unto this day. |
11:1: And when Rehoboam was come to
Jerusalem, he gathered of the house of Judah and Benjamin an hundred and
fourscore thousand chosen men, which were warriors, to fight against Israel,
that he might bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam. |
11:2: But the word of the LORD came to
Shemaiah the man of God, saying, |
11:3: Speak unto Rehoboam the son of Solomon,
king of Judah, and to all Israel in Judah and Benjamin, saying, |
11:4: Thus saith the LORD, Ye shall not go
up, nor fight against your brethren: return every man to his house: for this
thing is done of me. And they obeyed
the words of the LORD, and returned from going against Jeroboam. |
11:5: And Rehoboam dwelt in Jerusalem, and
built cities for defence in Judah. |
11:6: He built even Bethlehem, and Etam, and
Tekoa, |
11:7: And Beth-zur, and Shoco, and Adullam, |
11:8: And Gath, and Mareshah, and Ziph, |
11:9: And Adoraim, and Lachish, and Azekah, |
11:10: And Zorah, and Aijalon, and Hebron,
which are in Judah and in Benjamin fenced cities. |
11:11: And he fortified the strong holds, and
put captains in them, and store of victual, and of oil and wine. |
11:12: And in every several city he put shields
and spears, and made them exceeding strong, having Judah and Benjamin on his
side. |
11:13: And the priests and the Levites that
were in all Israel resorted to him out of all their coasts. |
11:14: For the Levites left their suburbs and
their possession, and came to Judah and Jerusalem: for Jeroboam and his sons
had cast them off from executing the priest's office unto the LORD: |
11:15: And he ordained him priests for the
high places, and for the devils, and for the calves which he had made. |
11:16: And after them out of all the tribes
of Israel such as set their hearts to seek the LORD God of Israel came to
Jerusalem, to sacrifice unto the LORD God of their fathers. |
11:17: So they strengthened the kingdom of
Judah, and made Rehoboam the son of Solomon strong, three years: for three
years they walked in the way of David and Solomon. |
11:18: And Rehoboam took him Mahalath the
daughter of Jerimoth the son of David to wife, and Abihail the daughter of
Eliab the son of Jesse; |
11:19: Which bare him children; Jeush, and
Shamariah, and Zaham. |
11:20: And after her he took Maachah the
daughter of Absalom; which bare him Abijah, and Attai, and Ziza, and
Shelomith. |
11:21: And Rehoboam loved Maachah the
daughter of Absalom above all his wives and his concubines: (for he took
eighteen wives, and threescore concubines; and begat twenty and eight sons,
and threescore daughters.) |
11:22: And Rehoboam made Abijah the son of
Maachah the chief, to be ruler among his brethren: for he thought to make him
king. |
11:23: And he dealt wisely, and dispersed of
all his children throughout all the countries of Judah and Benjamin, unto
every fenced city: and he gave them victual in abundance. And he desired many wives. |
12:1: And it came to pass, when Rehoboam had
established the kingdom, and had strengthened himself, he forsook the law of
the LORD, and all Israel with him. |
12:2: And it came to pass, that in the fifth
year of king Rehoboam Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem,
because they had transgressed against the LORD, |
12:3: With twelve hundred chariots, and
threescore thousand horsemen: and the people were without number that came
with him out of Egypt; the Lubims, the Sukkiims, and the Ethiopians. |
12:4: And he took the fenced cities which
pertained to Judah, and came to Jerusalem. |
12:5: Then came Shemaiah the prophet to
Rehoboam, and to the princes of Judah, that were gathered together to
Jerusalem because of Shishak, and said unto them, Thus saith the LORD, Ye
have forsaken me, and therefore have I also left you in the hand of Shishak. |
12:6: Whereupon the princes of Israel and the
king humbled themselves; and they said, The LORD is righteous. |
12:7: And when the LORD saw that they humbled
themselves, the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah, saying, They have humbled
themselves; therefore I will not destroy them, but I will grant them some
deliverance; and my wrath shall not be poured out upon Jerusalem by the hand
of Shishak. |
12:8: Nevertheless they shall be his
servants; that they may know my service, and the service of the kingdoms of
the countries. |
12:9: So Shishak king of Egypt came up
against Jerusalem, and took away the treasures of the house of the LORD, and
the treasures of the king's house; he took all: he carried away also the
shields of gold which Solomon had made. |
12:10: Instead of which king Rehoboam made
shields of brass, and committed them to the hands of the chief of the guard,
that kept the entrance of the king's house. |
12:11: And when the king entered into the
house of the LORD, the guard came and fetched them, and brought them again
into the guard chamber. |
12:12: And when he humbled himself, the wrath
of the LORD turned from him that he would not destroy him altogether: and
also in Judah things went well. |
12:13: So king Rehoboam strengthened himself
in Jerusalem, and reigned: for Rehoboam was one and forty years old when he
began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which
the LORD had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name
there. And his mother's name was
Naamah an Ammonitess. |
12:14: And he did evil, because he prepared
not his heart to seek the LORD. |
12:15: Now the acts of Rehoboam, first and
last, are they not written in the book of Shemaiah the prophet, and of Iddo
the seer concerning genealogies? And
there were wars between Rehoboam and Jeroboam continually. |
12:16: And Rehoboam slept with his fathers,
and was buried in the city of David: and Abijah his son reigned in his stead. |
13:1: Now in the eighteenth year of king
Jeroboam began Abijah to reign over Judah. |
13:2: He reigned three years in
Jerusalem. His mother's name also was
Michaiah the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah.
And there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam. |
13:3: And Abijah set the battle in array with
an army of valiant men of war, even four hundred thousand chosen men:
Jeroboam also set the battle in array against him with eight hundred thousand
chosen men, being mighty men of valour. |
13:4: And Abijah stood up upon mount Zemaraim,
which is in mount Ephraim, and said, Hear me, thou Jeroboam, and all Israel; |
13:5: Ought ye not to know that the LORD God
of Israel gave the kingdom over Israel to David for ever, even to him and to
his sons by a covenant of salt? |
13:6: Yet Jeroboam the son of Nebat, the
servant of Solomon the son of David, is risen up, and hath rebelled against
his lord. |
13:7: And there are gathered unto him vain
men, the children of Belial, and have strengthened themselves against
Rehoboam the son of Solomon, when Rehoboam was young and tenderhearted, and
could not withstand them. |
13:8: And now ye think to withstand the
kingdom of the LORD in the hand of the sons of David; and ye be a great
multitude, and there are with you golden calves, which Jeroboam made you for
gods. |
13:9: Have ye not cast out the priests of the
LORD, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites, and have made you priests after the
manner of the nations of other lands? so
that whosoever cometh to consecrate himself with a young bullock and seven
rams, the same may be a priest of them that are no gods. |
13:10: But as for us, the LORD is our God,
and we have not forsaken him; and the priests, which minister unto the LORD,
are the sons of Aaron, and the Levites wait upon their business: |
13:11: And they burn unto the LORD every
morning and every evening burnt sacrifices and sweet incense: the shewbread
also set they in order upon the pure table; and the candlestick of gold with
the lamps thereof, to burn every evening: for we keep the charge of the LORD
our God; but ye have forsaken him. |
13:12: And, behold, God himself is with us
for our captain, and his priests with sounding trumpets to cry alarm against
you. O children of Israel, fight ye
not against the LORD God of your fathers; for ye shall not prosper. |
13:13: But Jeroboam caused an ambushment to
come about behind them: so they were before Judah, and the ambushment was
behind them. |
13:14: And when Judah looked back, behold,
the battle was before and behind: and they cried unto the LORD, and the
priests sounded with the trumpets. |
13:15: Then the men of Judah gave a shout:
and as the men of Judah shouted, it came to pass, that God smote Jeroboam and
all Israel before Abijah and Judah. |
13:16: And the children of Israel fled before
Judah: and God delivered them into their hand. |
13:17: And Abijah and his people slew them
with a great slaughter: so there fell down slain of Israel five hundred
thousand chosen men. |
13:18: Thus the children of Israel were
brought under at that time, and the children of Judah prevailed, because they
relied upon the LORD God of their fathers. |
13:19: And Abijah pursued after Jeroboam, and
took cities from him, Bethel with the towns thereof, and Jeshnah with the
towns thereof, and Ephrain with the towns thereof. |
13:20: Neither did Jeroboam recover strength
again in the days of Abijah: and the LORD struck him, and he died. |
13:21: But Abijah waxed mighty, and married
fourteen wives, and begat twenty and two sons, and sixteen daughters. |
13:22: And the rest of the acts of Abijah,
and his ways, and his sayings, are written in the story of the prophet Iddo. |
14:1: So Abijah slept with his fathers, and
they buried him in the city of David: and Asa his son reigned in his
stead. In his days the land was quiet
ten years. |
14:2: And Asa did that which was good and
right in the eyes of the LORD his God: |
14:3: For he took away the altars of the
strange gods, and the high places, and brake down the images, and cut down
the groves: |
14:4: And commanded Judah to seek the LORD
God of their fathers, and to do the law and the commandment. |
14:5: Also he took away out of all the cities
of Judah the high places and the images: and the kingdom was quiet before
him. |
14:6: And he built fenced cities in Judah:
for the land had rest, and he had no war in those years; because the LORD had
given him rest. |
14:7: Therefore he said unto Judah, Let us
build these cities, and make about them walls, and towers, gates, and bars, while
the land is yet before us; because we have sought the LORD our God, we have
sought him, and he hath given us rest on every side. So they built and prospered. |
14:8: And Asa had an army of men that bare
targets and spears, out of Judah three hundred thousand; and out of Benjamin,
that bare shields and drew bows, two hundred and fourscore thousand: all
these were mighty men of valour. |
14:9: And there came out against them Zerah
the Ethiopian with an host of a thousand thousand, and three hundred chariots;
and came unto Mareshah. |
14:10: Then Asa went out against him, and
they set the battle in array in the valley of Zephathah at Mareshah. |
14:11: And Asa cried unto the LORD his God,
and said, LORD, it is nothing with thee to help, whether with many, or with
them that have no power: help us, O LORD our God; for we rest on thee, and in
thy name we go against this multitude.
O LORD, thou art our God; let not man prevail against thee. |
14:12: So the LORD smote the Ethiopians
before Asa and before Judah; and the Ethiopians fled. |
14:13: And Asa and the people that were with
him pursued them unto Gerar: and the Ethiopians were overthrown, that they
could not recover themselves; for they were destroyed before the LORD, and
before his host; and they carried away very much spoil. |
14:14: And they smote all the cities round
about Gerar; for the fear of the LORD came upon them: and they spoiled all
the cities; for there was exceeding much spoil in them. |
14:15: They smote also the tents of cattle,
and carried away sheep and camels in abundance, and returned to Jerusalem. |
15:1: And the Spirit of God came upon Azariah
the son of Oded: |
15:2: And he went out to meet Asa, and said
unto him, Hear ye me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin; The LORD is with you,
while ye be with him; and if ye seek him, he will be found of you; but if ye
forsake him, he will forsake you. |
15:3: Now for a long season Israel hath been
without the true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law. |
15:4: But when they in their trouble did turn
unto the LORD God of Israel, and sought him, he was found of them. |
15:5: And in those times there was no peace
to him that went out, nor to him that came in, but great vexations were upon
all the inhabitants of the countries. |
15:6: And nation was destroyed of nation, and
city of city: for God did vex them with all adversity. |
15:7: Be ye strong therefore, and let not
your hands be weak: for your work shall be rewarded. |
15:8: And when Asa heard these words, and the
prophecy of Oded the prophet, he took courage, and put away the abominable
idols out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the cities which
he had taken from mount Ephraim, and renewed the altar of the LORD, that was
before the porch of the LORD. |
15:9: And he gathered all Judah and Benjamin,
and the strangers with them out of Ephraim and Manasseh, and out of Simeon:
for they fell to him out of Israel in abundance, when they saw that the LORD
his God was with him. |
15:10: So they gathered themselves together
at Jerusalem in the third month, in the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa. |
15:11: And they offered unto the LORD the
same time, of the spoil which they had brought, seven hundred oxen and seven
thousand sheep. |
15:12: And they entered into a covenant to
seek the LORD God of their fathers with all their heart and with all their
soul; |
15:13: That whosoever would not seek the LORD
God of Israel should be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or
woman. |
15:14: And they sware unto the LORD with a
loud voice, and with shouting, and with trumpets, and with cornets. |
15:15: And all Judah rejoiced at the oath:
for they had sworn with all their heart, and sought him with their whole
desire; and he was found of them: and the LORD gave them rest round about. |
15:16: And also concerning Maachah the mother
of Asa the king, he removed her from being queen, because she had made an
idol in a grove: and Asa cut down her idol, and stamped it, and burnt it at
the brook Kidron. |
15:17: But the high places were not taken
away out of Israel: nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days. |
15:18: And he brought into the house of God
the things that his father had dedicated, and that he himself had dedicated,
silver, and gold, and vessels. |
15:19: And there was no more war unto the
five and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa. |
16:1: In the six and thirtieth year of the
reign of Asa Baasha king of Israel came up against Judah, and built Ramah, to
the intent that he might let none go out or come in to Asa king of Judah. |
16:2: Then Asa brought out silver and gold
out of the treasures of the house of the LORD and of the king's house, and
sent to Ben-hadad king of Syria, that dwelt at Damascus, saying, |
16:3: There is a league between me and thee,
as there was between my father and thy father: behold, I have sent thee
silver and gold; go, break thy league with Baasha king of Israel, that he may
depart from me. |
16:4: And Ben-hadad hearkened unto king Asa,
and sent the captains of his armies against the cities of Israel; and they
smote Ijon, and Dan, and Abel-maim, and all the store cities of Naphtali. |
16:5: And it came to pass, when Baasha heard
it, that he left off building of Ramah, and let his work cease. |
16:6: Then Asa the king took all Judah; and
they carried away the stones of Ramah, and the timber thereof, wherewith
Baasha was building; and he built therewith Geba and Mizpah. |
16:7: And at that time Hanani the seer came
to Asa king of Judah, and said unto him, Because thou hast relied on the king
of Syria, and not relied on the LORD thy God, therefore is the host of the
king of Syria escaped out of thine hand. |
16:8: Were not the Ethiopians and the Lubims
a huge host, with very many chariots and horsemen? yet, because thou didst rely on the LORD,
he delivered them into thine hand. |
16:9: For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro
throughout the whole earth, to shew himself strong in the behalf of them
whose heart is perfect toward him. Herein
thou hast done foolishly: therefore from henceforth thou shalt have wars. |
16:10: Then Asa was wroth with the seer, and
put him in a prison house; for he was in a rage with him because of this
thing. And Asa oppressed some of the
people the same time. |
16:11: And, behold, the acts of Asa, first
and last, lo, they are written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel. |
16:12: And Asa in the thirty and ninth year
of his reign was diseased in his feet, until his disease was exceeding great:
yet in his disease he sought not to the LORD, but to the physicians. |
16:13: And Asa slept with his fathers, and
died in the one and fortieth year of his reign. |
16:14: And they buried him in his own
sepulchres, which he had made for himself in the city of David, and laid him
in the bed which was filled with sweet odours and divers kinds of spices prepared
by the apothecaries' art: and they made a very great burning for him. |
17:1: And Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his
stead, and strengthened himself against Israel. |
17:2: And he placed forces in all the fenced
cities of Judah, and set garrisons in the land of Judah, and in the cities of
Ephraim, which Asa his father had taken. |
17:3: And the LORD was with Jehoshaphat,
because he walked in the first ways of his father David, and sought not unto
Baalim; |
17:4: But sought to the LORD God of his
father, and walked in his commandments, and not after the doings of Israel. |
17:5: Therefore the LORD stablished the
kingdom in his hand; and all Judah brought to Jehoshaphat presents; and he
had riches and honour in abundance. |
17:6: And his heart was lifted up in the ways
of the LORD: moreover he took away the high places and groves out of Judah. |
17:7: Also in the third year of his reign he
sent to his princes, even to Ben-hail, and to Obadiah, and to Zechariah, and
to Nethaneel, and to Michaiah, to teach in the cities of Judah. |
17:8: And with them he sent Levites, even
Shemaiah, and Nethaniah, and Zebadiah, and Asahel, and Shemiramoth, and
Jehonathan, and Adonijah, and Tobijah, and Tob-adonijah, Levites; and with
them Elishama and Jehoram, priests. |
17:9: And they taught in Judah, and had the
book of the law of the LORD with them, and went about throughout all the
cities of Judah, and taught the people. |
17:10: And the fear of the LORD fell upon all
the kingdoms of the lands that were round about Judah, so that they made no
war against Jehoshaphat. |
17:11: Also some of the Philistines brought
Jehoshaphat presents, and tribute silver; and the Arabians brought him
flocks, seven thousand and seven hundred rams, and seven thousand and seven
hundred he goats. |
17:12: And Jehoshaphat waxed great
exceedingly; and he built in Judah castles, and cities of store. |
17:13: And he had much business in the cities
of Judah: and the men of war, mighty men of valour, were in Jerusalem. |
17:14: And these are the numbers of them
according to the house of their fathers: Of Judah, the captains of thousands;
Adnah the chief, and with him mighty men of valour three hundred thousand. |
17:15: And next to him was Jehohanan the
captain, and with him two hundred and fourscore thousand. |
17:16: And next him was Amasiah the son of
Zichri, who willingly offered himself unto the LORD; and with him two hundred
thousand mighty men of valour. |
17:17: And of Benjamin; Eliada a mighty man
of valour, and with him armed men with bow and shield two hundred thousand. |
17:18: And next him was Jehozabad, and with
him an hundred and fourscore thousand ready prepared for the war. |
17:19: These waited on the king, beside those
whom the king put in the fenced cities throughout all Judah. |
18:1: Now Jehoshaphat had riches and honour
in abundance, and joined affinity with Ahab. |
18:2: And after certain years he went down to
Ahab to Samaria. And Ahab killed sheep
and oxen for him in abundance, and for the people that he had with him, and
persuaded him to go up with him to Ramoth-gilead. |
18:3: And Ahab king of Israel said unto
Jehoshaphat king of Judah, Wilt thou go with me to Ramoth-gilead? And he answered him, I am as thou art, and
my people as thy people; and we will be with thee in the war. |
18:4: And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of
Israel, Enquire, I pray thee, at the word of the LORD to day. |
18:5: Therefore the king of Israel gathered
together of prophets four hundred men, and said unto them, Shall we go to
Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall I forbear?
And they said, Go up; for God will deliver it into the king's hand. |
18:6: But Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here
a prophet of the LORD besides, that we might enquire of him? |
18:7: And the king of Israel said unto
Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man, by whom we may enquire of the LORD: but I
hate him; for he never prophesied good unto me, but always evil: the same is
Micaiah the son of Imla. And
Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so. |
18:8: And the king of Israel called for one
of his officers, and said, Fetch quickly Micaiah the son of Imla. |
18:9: And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat
king of Judah sat either of them on his throne, clothed in their robes, and
they sat in a void place at the entering in of the gate of Samaria; and all
the prophets prophesied before them. |
18:10: And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah had
made him horns of iron, and said, Thus saith the LORD, With these thou shalt
push Syria until they be consumed. |
18:11: And all the prophets prophesied so,
saying, Go up to Ramoth-gilead, and prosper: for the LORD shall deliver it
into the hand of the king. |
18:12: And the messenger that went to call
Micaiah spake to him, saying, Behold, the words of the prophets declare good
to the king with one assent; let thy word therefore, I pray thee, be like one
of theirs, and speak thou good. |
18:13: And Micaiah said, As the LORD liveth,
even what my God saith, that will I speak. |
18:14: And when he was come to the king, the
king said unto him, Micaiah, shall we go to Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall
I forbear? And he said, Go ye up, and
prosper, and they shall be delivered into your hand. |
18:15: And the king said to him, How many
times shall I adjure thee that thou say nothing but the truth to me in the
name of the LORD? |
18:16: Then he said, I did see all Israel
scattered upon the mountains, as sheep that have no shepherd: and the LORD
said, These have no master; let them return therefore every man to his house
in peace. |
18:17: And the king of Israel said to
Jehoshaphat, Did I not tell thee that he would not prophesy good unto me, but
evil? |
18:18: Again he said, Therefore hear the word
of the LORD; I saw the LORD sitting upon his throne, and all the host of
heaven standing on his right hand and on his left. |
18:19: And the LORD said, Who shall entice
Ahab king of Israel, that he may go up and fall at Ramoth-gilead? And one spake saying after this manner, and
another saying after that manner. |
18:20: Then there came out a spirit, and
stood before the LORD, and said, I will entice him. And the LORD said unto him, Wherewith? |
18:21: And he said, I will go out, and be a
lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And the LORD said, Thou shalt entice him,
and thou shalt also prevail: go out, and do even so. |
18:22: Now therefore, behold, the LORD hath
put a lying spirit in the mouth of these thy prophets, and the LORD hath
spoken evil against thee. |
18:23: Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah
came near, and smote Micaiah upon the cheek, and said, Which way went the
Spirit of the LORD from me to speak unto thee? |
18:24: And Micaiah said, Behold, thou shalt
see on that day when thou shalt go into an inner chamber to hide thyself. |
18:25: Then the king of Israel said, Take ye
Micaiah, and carry him back to Amon the governor of the city, and to Joash
the king's son; |
18:26: And say, Thus saith the king, Put this
fellow in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of
affliction, until I return in peace. |
18:27: And Micaiah said, If thou certainly
return in peace, then hath not the LORD spoken by me. And he said, Hearken, all ye people. |
18:28: So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat
the king of Judah went up to Ramoth-gilead. |
18:29: And the king of Israel said unto
Jehoshaphat, I will disguise myself, and will go to the battle; but put thou
on thy robes. So the king of Israel
disguised himself; and they went to the battle. |
18:30: Now the king of Syria had commanded
the captains of the chariots that were with him, saying, Fight ye not with
small or great, save only with the king of Israel. |
18:31: And it came to pass, when the captains
of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they said, It is the king of
Israel. Therefore they compassed about
him to fight: but Jehoshaphat cried out, and the LORD helped him; and God
moved them to depart from him. |
18:32: For it came to pass, that, when the
captains of the chariots perceived that it was not the king of Israel, they
turned back again from pursuing him. |
18:33: And a certain man drew a bow at a
venture, and smote the king of Israel between the joints of the harness:
therefore he said to his chariot man, Turn thine hand, that thou mayest carry
me out of the host; for I am wounded. |
18:34: And the battle increased that day:
howbeit the king of Israel stayed himself up in his chariot against the
Syrians until the even: and about the time of the sun going down he died. |
19:1: And Jehoshaphat the king of Judah
returned to his house in peace to Jerusalem. |
19:2: And Jehu the son of Hanani the seer
went out to meet him, and said to king Jehoshaphat, Shouldest thou help the
ungodly, and love them that hate the LORD?
therefore is wrath upon thee from before the LORD. |
19:3: Nevertheless there are good things
found in thee, in that thou hast taken away the groves out of the land, and
hast prepared thine heart to seek God. |
19:4: And Jehoshaphat dwelt at Jerusalem: and
he went out again through the people from Beer-sheba to mount Ephraim, and
brought them back unto the LORD God of their fathers. |
19:5: And he set judges in the land
throughout all the fenced cities of Judah, city by city, |
19:6: And said to the judges, Take heed what
ye do: for ye judge not for man, but for the LORD, who is with you in the
judgment. |
19:7: Wherefore now let the fear of the LORD
be upon you; take heed and do it: for there is no iniquity with the LORD our
God, nor respect of persons, nor taking of gifts. |
19:8: Moreover in Jerusalem did Jehoshaphat
set of the Levites, and of the priests, and of the chief of the fathers of
Israel, for the judgment of the LORD, and for controversies, when they
returned to Jerusalem. |
19:9: And he charged them, saying, Thus shall
ye do in the fear of the LORD, faithfully, and with a perfect heart. |
19:10: And what cause soever shall come to
you of your brethren that dwell in their cities, between blood and blood,
between law and commandment, statutes and judgments, ye shall even warn them
that they trespass not against the LORD, and so wrath come upon you, and upon
your brethren: this do, and ye shall not trespass. |
19:11: And, behold, Amariah the chief priest
is over you in all matters of the LORD; and Zebadiah the son of Ishmael, the
ruler of the house of Judah, for all the king's matters: also the Levites
shall be officers before you. Deal
courageously, and the LORD shall be with the good. |
20:1: It came to pass after this also, that
the children of Moab, and the children of Ammon, and with them other beside
the Ammonites, came against Jehoshaphat to battle. |
20:2: Then there came some that told
Jehoshaphat, saying, There cometh a great multitude against thee from beyond
the sea on this side Syria; and, behold, they be Hazazon-tamar, which is
En-gedi. |
20:3: And Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself
to seek the LORD, and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah. |
20:4: And Judah gathered themselves together,
to ask help of the LORD: even out of all the cities of Judah they came to
seek the LORD. |
20:5: And Jehoshaphat stood in the
congregation of Judah and Jerusalem, in the house of the LORD, before the new
court, |
20:6: And said, O LORD God of our fathers,
art not thou God in heaven? and rulest
not thou over all the kingdoms of the heathen? and in thine hand is there not power and
might, so that none is able to withstand thee? |
20:7: Art not thou our God, who didst drive
out the inhabitants of this land before thy people Israel, and gavest it to
the seed of Abraham thy friend for ever? |
20:8: And they dwelt therein, and have built
thee a sanctuary therein for thy name, saying, |
20:9: If, when evil cometh upon us, as the
sword, judgment, or pestilence, or famine, we stand before this house, and in
thy presence, (for thy name is in this house,) and cry unto thee in our
affliction, then thou wilt hear and help. |
20:10: And now, behold, the children of Ammon
and Moab and mount Seir, whom thou wouldest not let Israel invade, when they
came out of the land of Egypt, but they turned from them, and destroyed them
not; |
20:11: Behold, I say, how they reward us, to
come to cast us out of thy possession, which thou hast given us to inherit. |
20:12: O our God, wilt thou not judge
them? for we have no might against
this great company that cometh against us; neither know we what to do: but
our eyes are upon thee. |
20:13: And all Judah stood before the LORD,
with their little ones, their wives, and their children. |
20:14: Then upon Jahaziel the son of
Zechariah, the son of Benaiah, the son of Jeiel, the son of Mattaniah, a
Levite of the sons of Asaph, came the Spirit of the LORD in the midst of the
congregation; |
20:15: And he said, Hearken ye, all Judah,
and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem, and thou king Jehoshaphat, Thus saith the
LORD unto you, Be not afraid nor dismayed by reason of this great multitude;
for the battle is not yours, but God's. |
20:16: To morrow go ye down against them:
behold, they come up by the cliff of Ziz; and ye shall find them at the end
of the brook, before the wilderness of Jeruel. |
20:17: Ye shall not need to fight in this
battle: set yourselves, stand ye still, and see the salvation of the LORD
with you, O Judah and Jerusalem: fear not, nor be dismayed; to morrow go out
against them: for the LORD will be with you. |
20:18: And Jehoshaphat bowed his head with
his face to the ground: and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell
before the LORD, worshipping the LORD. |
20:19: And the Levites, of the children of
the Kohathites, and of the children of the Korhites, stood up to praise the
LORD God of Israel with a loud voice on high. |
20:20: And they rose early in the morning,
and went forth into the wilderness of Tekoa: and as they went forth,
Jehoshaphat stood and said, Hear me, O Judah, and ye inhabitants of
Jerusalem; Believe in the LORD your God, so shall ye be established; believe
his prophets, so shall ye prosper. |
20:21: And when he had consulted with the
people, he appointed singers unto the LORD, and that should praise the beauty
of holiness, as they went out before the army, and to say, Praise the LORD;
for his mercy endureth for ever. |
20:22: And when they began to sing and to
praise, the LORD set ambushments against the children of Ammon, Moab, and
mount Seir, which were come against Judah; and they were smitten. |
20:23: For the children of Ammon and Moab
stood up against the inhabitants of mount Seir, utterly to slay and destroy
them: and when they had made an end of the inhabitants of Seir, every one
helped to destroy another. |
20:24: And when Judah came toward the watch
tower in the wilderness, they looked unto the multitude, and, behold, they
were dead bodies fallen to the earth, and none escaped. |
20:25: And when Jehoshaphat and his people
came to take away the spoil of them, they found among them in abundance both
riches with the dead bodies, and precious jewels, which they stripped off for
themselves, more than they could carry away: and they were three days in
gathering of the spoil, it was so much. |
20:26: And on the fourth day they assembled
themselves in the valley of Berachah; for there they blessed the LORD:
therefore the name of the same place was called, The valley of Berachah, unto
this day. |
20:27: Then they returned, every man of Judah
and Jerusalem, and Jehoshaphat in the forefront of them, to go again to
Jerusalem with joy; for the LORD had made them to rejoice over their enemies.
|
20:28: And they came to Jerusalem with
psalteries and harps and trumpets unto the house of the LORD. |
20:29: And the fear of God was on all the
kingdoms of those countries, when they had heard that the LORD fought against
the enemies of Israel. |
20:30: So the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet:
for his God gave him rest round about. |
20:31: And Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah: he
was thirty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty
and five years in Jerusalem. And his
mother's name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi. |
20:32: And he walked in the way of Asa his
father, and departed not from it, doing that which was right in the sight of
the LORD. |
20:33: Howbeit the high places were not taken
away: for as yet the people had not prepared their hearts unto the God of
their fathers. |
20:34: Now the rest of the acts of
Jehoshaphat, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of Jehu the
son of Hanani, who is mentioned in the book of the kings of Israel. |
20:35: And after this did Jehoshaphat king of
Judah join himself with Ahaziah king of Israel, who did very wickedly: |
20:36: And he joined himself with him to make
ships to go to Tarshish: and they made the ships in Ezion-geber. |
20:37: Then Eliezer the son of Dodavah of
Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, Because thou hast joined
thyself with Ahaziah, the LORD hath broken thy works. And the ships were broken, that they were
not able to go to Tarshish. |
21:1: Now Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers,
and was buried with his fathers in the city of David. And Jehoram his son reigned in his stead. |
21:2: And he had brethren the sons of
Jehoshaphat, Azariah, and Jehiel, and Zechariah, and Azariah, and Michael,
and Shephatiah: all these were the sons of Jehoshaphat king of Israel. |
21:3: And their father gave them great gifts
of silver, and of gold, and of precious things, with fenced cities in Judah:
but the kingdom gave he to Jehoram; because he was the firstborn. |
21:4: Now when Jehoram was risen up to the
kingdom of his father, he strengthened himself, and slew all his brethren
with the sword, and divers also of the princes of Israel. |
21:5: Jehoram was thirty and two years old
when he began to reign, and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem. |
21:6: And he walked in the way of the kings
of Israel, like as did the house of Ahab: for he had the daughter of Ahab to
wife: and he wrought that which was evil in the eyes of the LORD. |
21:7: Howbeit the LORD would not destroy the
house of David, because of the covenant that he had made with David, and as he
promised to give a light to him and to his sons for ever. |
21:8: In his days the Edomites revolted from
under the dominion of Judah, and made themselves a king. |
21:9: Then Jehoram went forth with his
princes, and all his chariots with him: and he rose up by night, and smote
the Edomites which compassed him in, and the captains of the chariots. |
21:10: So the Edomites revolted from under
the hand of Judah unto this day. The
same time also did Libnah revolt from under his hand; because he had forsaken
the LORD God of his fathers. |
21:11: Moreover he made high places in the
mountains of Judah, and caused the inhabitants of Jerusalem to commit
fornication, and compelled Judah thereto. |
21:12: And there came a writing to him from
Elijah the prophet, saying, Thus saith the LORD God of David thy father,
Because thou hast not walked in the ways of Jehoshaphat thy father, nor in
the ways of Asa king of Judah, |
21:13: But hast walked in the way of the
kings of Israel, and hast made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to go a
whoring, like to the whoredoms of the house of Ahab, and also hast slain thy
brethren of thy father's house, which were better than thyself: |
21:14: Behold, with a great plague will the
LORD smite thy people, and thy children, and thy wives, and all thy goods: |
21:15: And thou shalt have great sickness by
disease of thy bowels, until thy bowels fall out by reason of the sickness
day by day. |
21:16: Moreover the LORD stirred up against
Jehoram the spirit of the Philistines, and of the Arabians, that were near
the Ethiopians: |
21:17: And they came up into Judah, and brake
into it, and carried away all the substance that was found in the king's
house, and his sons also, and his wives; so that there was never a son left
him, save Jehoahaz, the youngest of his sons. |
21:18: And after all this the LORD smote him
in his bowels with an incurable disease. |
21:19: And it came to pass, that in process
of time, after the end of two years, his bowels fell out by reason of his
sickness: so he died of sore diseases.
And his people made no burning for him, like the burning of his
fathers. |
21:20: Thirty and two years old was he when
he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years, and departed
without being desired. Howbeit they
buried him in the city of David, but not in the sepulchres of the kings. |
22:1: And the inhabitants of Jerusalem made
Ahaziah his youngest son king in his stead: for the band of men that came
with the Arabians to the camp had slain all the eldest. So Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah
reigned. |
22:2: Forty and two years old was Ahaziah
when he began to reign, and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Athaliah the
daughter of Omri. |
22:3: He also walked in the ways of the house
of Ahab: for his mother was his counseller to do wickedly. |
22:4: Wherefore he did evil in the sight of the
LORD like the house of Ahab: for they were his counsellers after the death of
his father to his destruction. |
22:5: He walked also after their counsel, and
went with Jehoram the son of Ahab king of Israel to war against Hazael king
of Syria at Ramoth-gilead: and the Syrians smote Joram. |
22:6: And he returned to be healed in Jezreel
because of the wounds which were given him at Ramah, when he fought with
Hazael king of Syria. And Azariah the
son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see Jehoram the son of Ahab at
Jezreel, because he was sick. |
22:7: And the destruction of Ahaziah was of
God by coming to Joram: for when he was come, he went out with Jehoram
against Jehu the son of Nimshi, whom the LORD had anointed to cut off the
house of Ahab. |
22:8: And it came to pass, that, when Jehu
was executing judgment upon the house of Ahab, and found the princes of
Judah, and the sons of the brethren of Ahaziah, that ministered to Ahaziah,
he slew them. |
22:9: And he sought Ahaziah: and they caught
him, (for he was hid in Samaria,) and brought him to Jehu: and when they had
slain him, they buried him: Because, said they, he is the son of Jehoshaphat,
who sought the LORD with all his heart.
So the house of Ahaziah had no power to keep still the kingdom. |
22:10: But when Athaliah the mother of
Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal
of the house of Judah. |
22:11: But Jehoshabeath, the daughter of the
king, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king's sons
that were slain, and put him and his nurse in a bedchamber. So Jehoshabeath, the daughter of king
Jehoram, the wife of Jehoiada the priest, (for she was the sister of
Ahaziah,) hid him from Athaliah, so that she slew him not. |
22:12: And he was with them hid in the house
of God six years: and Athaliah reigned over the land. |
23:1: And in the seventh year Jehoiada
strengthened himself, and took the captains of hundreds, Azariah the son of
Jeroham, and Ishmael the son of Jehohanan, and Azariah the son of Obed, and
Maaseiah the son of Adaiah, and Elishaphat the son of Zichri, into covenant
with him. |
23:2: And they went about in Judah, and
gathered the Levites out of all the cities of Judah, and the chief of the
fathers of Israel, and they came to Jerusalem. |
23:3: And all the congregation made a
covenant with the king in the house of God.
And he said unto them, Behold, the king's son shall reign, as the LORD
hath said of the sons of David. |
23:4: This is the thing that ye shall do; A
third part of you entering on the sabbath, of the priests and of the Levites,
shall be porters of the doors; |
23:5: And a third part shall be at the king's
house; and a third part at the gate of the foundation: and all the people
shall be in the courts of the house of the LORD. |
23:6: But let none come into the house of the
LORD, save the priests, and they that minister of the Levites; they shall go
in, for they are holy: but all the people shall keep the watch of the LORD. |
23:7: And the Levites shall compass the king
round about, every man with his weapons in his hand; and whosoever else
cometh into the house, he shall be put to death: but be ye with the king when
he cometh in, and when he goeth out. |
23:8: So the Levites and all Judah did
according to all things that Jehoiada the priest had commanded, and took
every man his men that were to come in on the sabbath, with them that were to
go out on the sabbath: for Jehoiada the priest dismissed not the courses. |
23:9: Moreover Jehoiada the priest delivered
to the captains of hundreds spears, and bucklers, and shields, that had been
king David's, which were in the house of God. |
23:10: And he set all the people, every man
having his weapon in his hand, from the right side of the temple to the left
side of the temple, along by the altar and the temple, by the king round
about. |
23:11: Then they brought out the king's son,
and put upon him the crown, and gave him the testimony, and made him
king. And Jehoiada and his sons
anointed him, and said, God save the king. |
23:12: Now when Athaliah heard the noise of
the people running and praising the king, she came to the people into the
house of the LORD: |
23:13: And she looked, and, behold, the king
stood at his pillar at the entering in, and the princes and the trumpets by
the king: and all the people of the land rejoiced, and sounded with trumpets,
also the singers with instruments of musick, and such as taught to sing
praise. Then Athaliah rent her
clothes, and said, Treason, Treason. |
23:14: Then Jehoiada the priest brought out
the captains of hundreds that were set over the host, and said unto them,
Have her forth of the ranges: and whoso followeth her, let him be slain with
the sword. For the priest said, Slay
her not in the house of the LORD. |
23:15: So they laid hands on her; and when
she was come to the entering of the horse gate by the king's house, they slew
her there. |
23:16: And Jehoiada made a covenant between
him, and between all the people, and between the king, that they should be
the LORD's people. |
23:17: Then all the people went to the house
of Baal, and brake it down, and brake his altars and his images in pieces,
and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. |
23:18: Also Jehoiada appointed
the offices of the house of the LORD by the hand of the priests the Levites,
whom David had distributed in the house of the LORD, to offer the burnt
offerings of the LORD, as it is written in the law of Moses, with rejoicing
and with singing, as it was ordained by David. |
23:19: And he set the porters
at the gates of the house of the LORD, that none which was unclean in any
thing should enter in. |
23:20: And he took the captains
of hundreds, and the nobles, and the governors of the people, and all the
people of the land, and brought down the king from the house of the LORD: and
they came through the high gate into the king's house, and set the king upon
the throne of the kingdom. |
23:21: And all the people of
the land rejoiced: and the city was quiet, after that they had slain Athaliah
with the sword. |
24:1: Joash was seven years old
when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Zibiah of
Beer-sheba. |
24:2: And Joash did that which
was right in the sight of the LORD all the days of Jehoiada the priest. |
24:3: And Jehoiada took for him
two wives; and he begat sons and daughters. |
24:4: And it came to pass after
this, that Joash was minded to repair the house of the LORD. |
24:5: And he gathered together
the priests and the Levites, and said to them, Go out unto the cities of
Judah, and gather of all Israel money to repair the house of your God from
year to year, and see that ye hasten the matter. Howbeit the Levites hastened it not. |
24:6: And the king called for
Jehoiada the chief, and said unto him, Why hast thou not required of the
Levites to bring in out of Judah and out of Jerusalem the collection,
according to the commandment of Moses the servant of the LORD, and of the
congregation of Israel, for the tabernacle of witness? |
24:7: For the sons of Athaliah,
that wicked woman, had broken up the house of God; and also all the dedicated
things of the house of the LORD did they bestow upon Baalim. |
24:8: And at the king's
commandment they made a chest, and set it without at the gate of the house of
the LORD. |
24:9: And they made a
proclamation through Judah and Jerusalem, to bring in to the LORD the
collection that Moses the servant of God laid upon Israel in the wilderness. |
24:10: And all the princes and
all the people rejoiced, and brought in, and cast into the chest, until they
had made an end. |
24:11: Now it came to pass,
that at what time the chest was brought unto the king's office by the hand of
the Levites, and when they saw that there was much money, the king's scribe
and the high priest's officer came and emptied the chest, and took it, and
carried it to his place again. Thus
they did day by day, and gathered money in abundance. |
24:12: And the king and
Jehoiada gave it to such as did the work of the service of the house of the
LORD, and hired masons and carpenters to repair the house of the LORD, and
also such as wrought iron and brass to mend the house of the LORD. |
24:13: So the workmen wrought,
and the work was perfected by them, and they set the house of God in his
state, and strengthened it. |
24:14: And when they had
finished it, they brought the rest of the money before the king and Jehoiada,
whereof were made vessels for the house of the LORD, even vessels to
minister, and to offer withal, and spoons, and vessels of gold and
silver. And they offered burnt
offerings in the house of the LORD continually all the days of Jehoiada. |
24:15: But Jehoiada waxed old,
and was full of days when he died; an hundred and thirty years old was he
when he died. |
24:16: And they buried him in
the city of David among the kings, because he had done good in Israel, both
toward God, and toward his house. |
24:17: Now after the death of
Jehoiada came the princes of Judah, and made obeisance to the king. Then the king hearkened unto them. |
24:18: And they left the house
of the LORD God of their fathers, and served groves and idols: and wrath came
upon Judah and Jerusalem for this their trespass. |
24:19: Yet he sent prophets to
them, to bring them again unto the LORD; and they testified against them: but
they would not give ear. |
24:20: And the Spirit of God
came upon Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest, which stood above the
people, and said unto them, Thus saith God, Why transgress ye the
commandments of the LORD, that ye cannot prosper? because ye have forsaken the LORD, he hath
also forsaken you. |
24:21: And they conspired
against him, and stoned him with stones at the commandment of the king in the
court of the house of the LORD. |
24:22: Thus Joash the king
remembered not the kindness which Jehoiada his father had done to him, but
slew his son. And when he died, he
said, The LORD look upon it, and require it. |
24:23: And it came to pass at
the end of the year, that the host of Syria came up against him: and they
came to Judah and Jerusalem, and destroyed all the princes of the people from
among the people, and sent all the spoil of them unto the king of Damascus. |
24:24: For the army of the
Syrians came with a small company of men, and the LORD delivered a very great
host into their hand, because they had forsaken the LORD God of their fathers. So they executed judgment against Joash. |
24:25: And when they were
departed from him, (for they left him in great diseases,) his own servants
conspired against him for the blood of the sons of Jehoiada the priest, and
slew him on his bed, and he died: and they buried him in the city of David, but
they buried him not in the sepulchres of the kings. |
24:26: And these are they that
conspired against him; Zabad the son of Shimeath an Ammonitess, and Jehozabad
the son of Shimrith a Moabitess. |
24:27: Now concerning his sons,
and the greatness of the burdens laid upon him, and the repairing of the
house of God, behold, they are written in the story of the book of the
kings. And Amaziah his son reigned in
his stead. |
25:1: Amaziah was twenty and
five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty and nine years
in Jerusalem. And his mother's name
was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem. |
25:2: And he did that which was
right in the sight of the LORD, but not with a perfect heart. |
25:3: Now it came to pass, when
the kingdom was established to him, that he slew his servants that had killed
the king his father. |
25:4: But he slew not their
children, but did as it is written in the law in the book of Moses, where the
LORD commanded, saying, The fathers shall not die for the children, neither
shall the children die for the fathers, but every man shall die for his own
sin. |
25:5: Moreover Amaziah gathered
Judah together, and made them captains over thousands, and captains over
hundreds, according to the houses of their fathers, throughout all Judah and
Benjamin: and he numbered them from twenty years old and above, and found
them three hundred thousand choice men, able to go forth to war, that could
handle spear and shield. |
25:6: He hired also an hundred
thousand mighty men of valour out of Israel for an hundred talents of silver. |
25:7: But there came a man of
God to him, saying, O king, let not the army of Israel go with thee; for the
LORD is not with Israel, to wit, with all the children of Ephraim. |
25:8: But if thou wilt go, do
it, be strong for the battle: God shall make thee fall before the enemy: for
God hath power to help, and to cast down. |
25:9: And Amaziah said to the
man of God, But what shall we do for the hundred talents which I have given
to the army of Israel? And the man of
God answered, The LORD is able to give thee much more than this. |
25:10: Then Amaziah separated
them, to wit, the army that was come to him out of Ephraim, to go home again:
wherefore their anger was greatly kindled against Judah, and they returned
home in great anger. |
25:11: And Amaziah strengthened
himself, and led forth his people, and went to the valley of salt, and smote
of the children of Seir ten thousand. |
25:12: And other ten thousand
left alive did the children of Judah carry away captive, and brought them
unto the top of the rock, and cast them down from the top of the rock, that
they all were broken in pieces. |
25:13: But the soldiers of the
army which Amaziah sent back, that they should not go with him to battle,
fell upon the cities of Judah, from Samaria even unto Beth-horon, and smote
three thousand of them, and took much spoil. |
25:14: Now it came to pass,
after that Amaziah was come from the slaughter of the Edomites, that he
brought the gods of the children of Seir, and set them up to be his gods, and
bowed down himself before them, and burned incense unto them. |
25:15: Wherefore the anger of
the LORD was kindled against Amaziah, and he sent unto him a prophet, which
said unto him, Why hast thou sought after the gods of the people, which could
not deliver their own people out of thine hand? |
25:16: And it came to pass, as
he talked with him, that the king said unto him, Art thou made of the king's
counsel? forbear; why shouldest thou
be smitten? Then the prophet forbare,
and said, I know that God hath determined to destroy thee, because thou hast
done this, and hast not hearkened unto my counsel. |
25:17: Then Amaziah king of
Judah took advice, and sent to Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu,
king of Israel, saying, Come, let us see one another in the face. |
25:18: And Joash 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. |
25:19: Thou sayest, Lo, thou
hast smitten the Edomites; and thine heart lifteth thee up to boast: abide
now at home; why shouldest thou meddle to thine hurt, that thou shouldest
fall, even thou, and Judah with thee? |
25:20: But Amaziah would not
hear; for it came of God, that he might deliver them into the hand of their
enemies, because they sought after the gods of Edom. |
25:21: So Joash the king of
Israel went up; and they saw one another in the face, both he and Amaziah
king of Judah, at Beth-shemesh, which belongeth to Judah. |
25:22: And Judah was put to the
worse before Israel, and they fled every man to his tent. |
25:23: And Joash the king of
Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, at
Beth-shemesh, and brought him to Jerusalem, and brake down the wall of
Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim to the corner gate, four hundred cubits. |
25:24: And he took all the gold
and the silver, and all the vessels that were found in the house of God with
Obed-edom, and the treasures of the king's house, the hostages also, and
returned to Samaria. |
25:25: And Amaziah the son of
Joash king of Judah lived after the death of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of
Israel fifteen years. |
25:26: Now the rest of the acts
of Amaziah, first and last, behold, are they not written in the book of the
kings of Judah and Israel? |
25:27: Now after the time that
Amaziah did turn away from following the LORD they made a conspiracy against
him in Jerusalem; and he fled to Lachish: but they sent to Lachish after him,
and slew him there. |
25:28: And they brought him
upon horses, and buried him with his fathers in the city of Judah. |
26:1: Then all the people of
Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in the room
of his father Amaziah. |
26:2: He built Eloth, and
restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers. |
26:3: Sixteen years old was
Uzziah when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty and two years in
Jerusalem. His mother's name also was
Jecoliah of Jerusalem. |
26:4: And he did that which was
right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Amaziah did.
|
26:5: And he sought God in the
days of Zechariah, who had understanding in the visions of God: and as long
as he sought the LORD, God made him to prosper. |
26:6: And he went forth and
warred against the Philistines, and brake down the wall of Gath, and the wall
of Jabneh, and the wall of Ashdod, and built cities about Ashdod, and among
the Philistines. |
26:7: And God helped him
against the Philistines, and against the Arabians that dwelt in Gur-baal, and
the Mehunims. |
26:8: And the Ammonites gave
gifts to Uzziah: and his name spread abroad even to the entering in of Egypt;
for he strengthened himself exceedingly. |
26:9: Moreover Uzziah built
towers in Jerusalem at the corner gate, and at the valley gate, and at the
turning of the wall, and fortified them. |
26:10: Also he built towers in
the desert, and digged many wells: for he had much cattle, both in the low
country, and in the plains: husbandmen also, and vine dressers in the
mountains, and in Carmel: for he loved husbandry. |
26:11: Moreover Uzziah had an
host of fighting men, that went out to war by bands, according to the number
of their account by the hand of Jeiel the scribe and Maaseiah the ruler,
under the hand of Hananiah, one of the king's captains. |
26:12: The whole number of the
chief of the fathers of the mighty men of valour were two thousand and six
hundred. |
26:13: And under their hand was
an army, three hundred thousand and seven thousand and five hundred, that
made war with mighty power, to help the king against the enemy. |
26:14: And Uzziah prepared for
them throughout all the host shields, and spears, and helmets, and
habergeons, and bows, and slings to cast stones. |
26:15: And he made in Jerusalem
engines, invented by cunning men, to be on the towers and upon the bulwarks,
to shoot arrows and great stones withal.
And his name spread far abroad; for he was marvellously helped, till
he was strong. |
26:16: But when he was strong,
his heart was lifted up to his destruction: for he transgressed against the
LORD his God, and went into the temple of the LORD to burn incense upon the
altar of incense. |
26:17: And Azariah the priest
went in after him, and with him fourscore priests of the LORD, that were
valiant men: |
26:18: And they withstood
Uzziah the king, and said unto him, It appertaineth not unto thee, Uzziah, to
burn incense unto the LORD, but to the priests the sons of Aaron, that are
consecrated to burn incense: go out of the sanctuary; for thou hast
trespassed; neither shall it be for thine honour from the LORD God. |
26:19: Then Uzziah was wroth,
and had a censer in his hand to burn incense: and while he was wroth with the
priests, the leprosy even rose up in his forehead before the priests in the
house of the LORD, from beside the incense altar. |
26:20: And Azariah the chief
priest, and all the priests, looked upon him, and, behold, he was leprous in
his forehead, and they thrust him out from thence; yea, himself hasted also
to go out, because the LORD had smitten him. |
26:21: And Uzziah the king was
a leper unto the day of his death, and dwelt in a several house, being a
leper; for he was cut off from the house of the LORD: and Jotham his son was
over the king's house, judging the people of the land. |
26:22: Now the rest of the acts
of Uzziah, first and last, did Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, write. |
26:23: So Uzziah slept with his
fathers, and they buried him with his fathers in the field of the burial
which belonged to the kings; for they said, He is a leper: and Jotham his son
reigned in his stead. |
27:1: Jotham was twenty and
five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in
Jerusalem. His mother's name also was
Jerushah, the daughter of Zadok. |
27:2: And he did that which was
right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Uzziah did:
howbeit he entered not into the temple of the LORD. And the people did yet corruptly. |
27:3: He built the high gate of
the house of the LORD, and on the wall of Ophel he built much. |
27:4: Moreover he built cities
in the mountains of Judah, and in the forests he built castles and towers. |
27:5: He fought also with the
king of the Ammonites, and prevailed against them. And the children of Ammon gave him the same
year an hundred talents of silver, and ten thousand measures of wheat, and
ten thousand of barley. So much did
the children of Ammon pay unto him, both the second year, and the third. |
27:6: So Jotham became mighty,
because he prepared his ways before the LORD his God. |
27:7: Now the rest of the acts
of Jotham, and all his wars, and his ways, lo, they are written in the book
of the kings of Israel and Judah. |
27:8: He was five and twenty
years old when he began to reign, and reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. |
27:9: And Jotham slept with his
fathers, and they buried him in the city of David: and Ahaz his son reigned
in his stead. |
28:1: Ahaz was twenty years old
when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem: but he did
not that which was right in the sight of the LORD, like David his father: |
28:2: For he walked in the ways
of the kings of Israel, and made also molten images for Baalim. |
28:3: Moreover he burnt incense
in the valley of the son of Hinnom, and burnt his children in the fire, after
the abominations of the heathen whom the LORD had cast out before the
children of Israel. |
28:4: He sacrificed also and
burnt incense in the high places, and on the hills, and under every green
tree. |
28:5: Wherefore the LORD his
God delivered him into the hand of the king of Syria; and they smote him, and
carried away a great multitude of them captives, and brought them to
Damascus. And he was also delivered
into the hand of the king of Israel, who smote him with a great slaughter. |
28:6: For Pekah the son of
Remaliah slew in Judah an hundred and twenty thousand in one day, which were
all valiant men; because they had forsaken the LORD God of their fathers. |
28:7: And Zichri, a mighty man
of Ephraim, slew Maaseiah the king's son, and Azrikam the governor of the
house, and Elkanah that was next to the king. |
28:8: And the children of
Israel carried away captive of their brethren two hundred thousand, women,
sons, and daughters, and took also away much spoil from them, and brought the
spoil to Samaria. |
28:9: But a prophet of the LORD
was there, whose name was Oded: and he went out before the host that came to
Samaria, and said unto them, Behold, because the LORD God of your fathers was
wroth with Judah, he hath delivered them into your hand, and ye have slain
them in a rage that reacheth up unto heaven. |
28:10: And now ye purpose to
keep under the children of Judah and Jerusalem for bondmen and bondwomen unto
you: but are there not with you, even with you, sins against the LORD your
God? |
28:11: Now hear me therefore,
and deliver the captives again, which ye have taken captive of your brethren:
for the fierce wrath of the LORD is upon you. |
28:12: Then certain of the
heads of the children of Ephraim, Azariah the son of Johanan, Berechiah the
son of Meshillemoth, and Jehizkiah the son of Shallum, and Amasa the son of
Hadlai, stood up against them that came from the war, |
28:13: And said unto them, Ye
shall not bring in the captives hither: for whereas we have offended against
the LORD already, ye intend to add more to our sins and to our trespass: for
our trespass is great, and there is fierce wrath against Israel. |
28:14: So the armed men left
the captives and the spoil before the princes and all the congregation. |
28:15: And the men which were
expressed by name rose up, and took the captives, and with the spoil clothed
all that were naked among them, and arrayed them, and shod them, and gave
them to eat and to drink, and anointed them, and carried all the feeble of
them upon asses, and brought them to Jericho, the city of palm trees, to
their brethren: then they returned to Samaria. |
28:16: At that time did king
Ahaz send unto the kings of Assyria to help him. |
28:17: For again the Edomites
had come and smitten Judah, and carried away captives. |
28:18: The Philistines also had
invaded the cities of the low country, and of the south of Judah, and had
taken Beth-shemesh, and Ajalon, and Gederoth, and Shocho with the villages
thereof, and Timnah with the villages thereof, Gimzo also and the villages
thereof: and they dwelt there. |
28:19: For the LORD brought
Judah low because of Ahaz king of Israel; for he made Judah naked, and
transgressed sore against the LORD. |
28:20: And Tilgath-pilneser
king of Assyria came unto him, and distressed him, but strengthened him not. |
28:21: For Ahaz took away a
portion out of the house of the LORD, and out of the house of the king, and
of the princes, and gave it unto the king of Assyria: but he helped him not. |
28:22: And in the time of his
distress did he trespass yet more against the LORD: this is that king Ahaz. |
28:23: For he sacrificed unto
the gods of Damascus, which smote him: and he said, Because the gods of the
kings of Syria help them, therefore will I sacrifice to them, that they may
help me. But they were the ruin of
him, and of all Israel. |
28:24: And Ahaz gathered
together the vessels of the house of God, and cut in pieces the vessels of
the house of God, and shut up the doors of the house of the LORD, and he made
him altars in every corner of Jerusalem. |
28:25: And in every several
city of Judah he made high places to burn incense unto other gods, and
provoked to anger the LORD God of his fathers. |
28:26: Now the rest of his acts
and of all his ways, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of
the kings of Judah and Israel. |
28:27: And Ahaz slept with his
fathers, and they buried him in the city, even in Jerusalem: but they brought
him not into the sepulchres of the kings of Israel: and Hezekiah his son
reigned in his stead. |
29:1: Hezekiah began to reign
when he was five and twenty years old, and he reigned nine and twenty years
in Jerusalem. And his mother's name
was Abijah, the daughter of Zechariah. |
29:2: And he did that which was
right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that David his father had
done. |
29:3: He in the first year of
his reign, in the first month, opened the doors of the house of the LORD, and
repaired them. |
29:4: And he brought in the
priests and the Levites, and gathered them together into the east street, |
29:5: And said unto them, Hear
me, ye Levites, sanctify now yourselves, and sanctify the house of the LORD
God of your fathers, and carry forth the filthiness out of the holy place. |
29:6: For our fathers have
trespassed, and done that which was evil in the eyes of the LORD our God, and
have forsaken him, and have turned away their faces from the habitation of
the LORD, and turned their backs. |
29:7: Also they have shut up
the doors of the porch, and put out the lamps, and have not burned incense
nor offered burnt offerings in the holy place unto the God of Israel. |
29:8: Wherefore the wrath of
the LORD was upon Judah and Jerusalem, and he hath delivered them to trouble,
to astonishment, and to hissing, as ye see with your eyes. |
29:9: For, lo, our fathers have
fallen by the sword, and our sons and our daughters and our wives are in
captivity for this. |
29:10: Now it is in mine heart
to make a covenant with the LORD God of Israel, that his fierce wrath may
turn away from us. |
29:11: My sons, be not now
negligent: for the LORD hath chosen you to stand before him, to serve him,
and that ye should minister unto him, and burn incense. |
29:12: Then the Levites arose,
Mahath the son of Amasai, and Joel the son of Azariah, of the sons of the
Kohathites: and of the sons of Merari, Kish the son of Abdi, and Azariah the
son of Jehalelel: and of the Gershonites; Joah the son of Zimmah, and Eden
the son of Joah: |
29:13: And of the sons of
Elizaphan; Shimri, and Jeiel: and of the sons of Asaph; Zechariah, and
Mattaniah: |
29:14: And of the sons of
Heman; Jehiel, and Shimei: and of the sons of Jeduthun; Shemaiah, and Uzziel. |
29:15: And they gathered their
brethren, and sanctified themselves, and came, according to the commandment
of the king, by the words of the LORD, to cleanse the house of the LORD. |
29:16: And the priests went
into the inner part of the house of the LORD, to cleanse it, and brought out
all the uncleanness that they found in the temple of the LORD into the court
of the house of the LORD. And the
Levites took it, to carry it out abroad into the brook Kidron. |
29:17: Now they began on the
first day of the first month to sanctify, and on the eighth day of the month
came they to the porch of the LORD: so they sanctified the house of the LORD
in eight days; and in the sixteenth day of the first month they made an end. |
29:18: Then they went in to
Hezekiah the king, and said, We have cleansed all the house of the LORD, and
the altar of burnt offering, with all the vessels thereof, and the shewbread
table, with all the vessels thereof. |
29:19: Moreover all the
vessels, which king Ahaz in his reign did cast away in his transgression,
have we prepared and sanctified, and, behold, they are before the altar of
the LORD. |
29:20: Then Hezekiah the king
rose early, and gathered the rulers of the city, and went up to the house of
the LORD. |
29:21: And they brought seven
bullocks, and seven rams, and seven lambs, and seven he goats, for a sin offering
for the kingdom, and for the sanctuary, and for Judah. And he commanded the priests the sons of
Aaron to offer them on the altar of the LORD. |
29:22: So they killed the
bullocks, and the priests received the blood, and sprinkled it on the altar:
likewise, when they had killed the rams, they sprinkled the blood upon the
altar: they killed also the lambs, and they sprinkled the blood upon the
altar. |
29:23: And they brought forth
the he goats for the sin offering before the king and the congregation; and
they laid their hands upon them: |
29:24: And the priests killed
them, and they made reconciliation with their blood upon the altar, to make
an atonement for all Israel: for the king commanded that the burnt offering
and the sin offering should be made for all Israel. |
29:25: And he set the Levites
in the house of the LORD with cymbals, with psalteries, and with harps,
according to the commandment of David, and of Gad the king's seer, and Nathan
the prophet: for so was the commandment of the LORD by his prophets. |
29:26: And the Levites stood
with the instruments of David, and the priests with the trumpets. |
29:27: And Hezekiah commanded
to offer the burnt offering upon the altar.
And when the burnt offering began, the song of the LORD began also
with the trumpets, and with the instruments ordained by David king of Israel. |
29:28: And all the congregation
worshipped, and the singers sang, and the trumpeters sounded: and all this
continued until the burnt offering was finished. |
29:29: And when they had made
an end of offering, the king and all that were present with him bowed
themselves, and worshipped. |
29:30: Moreover Hezekiah the
king and the princes commanded the Levites to sing praise unto the LORD with
the words of David, and of Asaph the seer.
And they sang praises with gladness, and they bowed their heads and
worshipped. |
29:31: Then Hezekiah answered
and said, Now ye have consecrated yourselves unto the LORD, come near and
bring sacrifices and thank offerings into the house of the LORD. And the congregation brought in sacrifices
and thank offerings; and as many as were of a free heart burnt offerings. |
29:32: And the number of the
burnt offerings, which the congregation brought, was threescore and ten
bullocks, an hundred rams, and two hundred lambs: all these were for a burnt
offering to the LORD. |
29:33: And the consecrated
things were six hundred oxen and three thousand sheep. |
29:34: But the priests were too
few, so that they could not flay all the burnt offerings: wherefore their
brethren the Levites did help them, till the work was ended, and until the
other priests had sanctified themselves: for the Levites were more upright in
heart to sanctify themselves than the priests. |
29:35: And also the burnt
offerings were in abundance, with the fat of the peace offerings, and the
drink offerings for every burnt offering.
So the service of the house of the LORD was set in order. |
29:36: And Hezekiah rejoiced,
and all the people, that God had prepared the people: for the thing was done
suddenly. |
30:1: And Hezekiah sent to all
Israel and Judah, and wrote letters also to Ephraim and Manasseh, that they
should come to the house of the LORD at Jerusalem, to keep the passover unto
the LORD God of Israel. |
30:2: For the king had taken
counsel, and his princes, and all the congregation in Jerusalem, to keep the
passover in the second month. |
30:3: For they could not keep it
at that time, because the priests had not sanctified themselves sufficiently,
neither had the people gathered themselves together to Jerusalem. |
30:4: And the thing pleased the
king and all the congregation. |
30:5: So they established a
decree to make proclamation throughout all Israel, from Beer-sheba even to
Dan, that they should come to keep the passover unto the LORD God of Israel
at Jerusalem: for they had not done it of a long time in such sort as it was
written. |
30:6: So the posts went with
the letters from the king and his princes throughout all Israel and Judah,
and according to the commandment of the king, saying, Ye children of Israel,
turn again unto the LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, and he will
return to the remnant of you, that are escaped out of the hand of the kings
of Assyria. |
30:7: And be not ye like your
fathers, and like your brethren, which trespassed against the LORD God of
their fathers, who therefore gave them up to desolation, as ye see. |
30:8: Now be ye not
stiffnecked, as your fathers were, but yield yourselves unto the LORD, and
enter into his sanctuary, which he hath sanctified for ever: and serve the
LORD your God, that the fierceness of his wrath may turn away from you. |
30:9: For if ye turn again unto
the LORD, your brethren and your children shall find compassion before them
that lead them captive, so that they shall come again into this land: for the
LORD your God is gracious and merciful, and will not turn away his face from
you, if ye return unto him. |
30:10: So the posts passed from
city to city through the country of Ephraim and Manasseh even unto Zebulun:
but they laughed them to scorn, and mocked them. |
30:11: Nevertheless divers of
Asher and Manasseh and of Zebulun humbled themselves, and came to Jerusalem. |
30:12: Also in Judah the hand
of God was to give them one heart to do the commandment of the king and of
the princes, by the word of the LORD. |
30:13: And there assembled at
Jerusalem much people to keep the feast of unleavened bread in the second
month, a very great congregation. |
30:14: And they arose and took
away the altars that were in Jerusalem, and all the altars for incense took
they away, and cast them into the brook Kidron. |
30:15: Then they killed the
passover on the fourteenth day of the second month: and the priests and the
Levites were ashamed, and sanctified themselves, and brought in the burnt
offerings into the house of the LORD. |
30:16: And they stood in their
place after their manner, according to the law of Moses the man of God: the
priests sprinkled the blood, which they received of the hand of the Levites. |
30:17: For there were many in
the congregation that were not sanctified: therefore the Levites had the
charge of the killing of the passovers for every one that was not clean, to
sanctify them unto the LORD. |
30:18: For a multitude of the
people, even many of Ephraim, and Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun, had not
cleansed themselves, yet did they eat the passover otherwise than it was
written. But Hezekiah prayed for them,
saying, The good LORD pardon every one |
30:19: That prepareth his heart
to seek God, the LORD God of his fathers, though he be not cleansed according
to the purification of the sanctuary. |
30:20: And the LORD hearkened
to Hezekiah, and healed the people. |
30:21: And the children of
Israel that were present at Jerusalem kept the feast of unleavened bread
seven days with great gladness: and the Levites and the priests praised the
LORD day by day, singing with loud instruments unto the LORD. |
30:22: And Hezekiah spake
comfortably unto all the Levites that taught the good knowledge of the LORD:
and they did eat throughout the feast seven days, offering peace offerings,
and making confession to the LORD God of their fathers. |
30:23: And the whole assembly
took counsel to keep other seven days: and they kept other seven days with
gladness. |
30:24: For Hezekiah king of
Judah did give to the congregation a thousand bullocks and seven thousand
sheep; and the princes gave to the congregation a thousand bullocks and ten thousand
sheep: and a great number of priests sanctified themselves. |
30:25: And all the congregation
of Judah, with the priests and the Levites, and all the congregation that
came out of Israel, and the strangers that came out of the land of Israel,
and that dwelt in Judah, rejoiced. |
30:26: So there was great joy
in Jerusalem: for since the time of Solomon the son of David king of Israel
there was not the like in Jerusalem. |
30:27: Then the priests the
Levites arose and blessed the people: and their voice was heard, and their
prayer came up to his holy dwelling place, even unto heaven. |
31:1: Now when all this was
finished, all Israel that were present went out to the cities of Judah, and
brake the images in pieces, and cut down the groves, and threw down the high
places and the altars out of all Judah and Benjamin, in Ephraim also and
Manasseh, until they had utterly destroyed them all. Then all the children of Israel returned,
every man to his possession, into their own cities. |
31:2: And Hezekiah appointed the
courses of the priests and the Levites after their courses, every man
according to his service, the priests and Levites for burnt offerings and for
peace offerings, to minister, and to give thanks, and to praise in the gates
of the tents of the LORD. |
31:3: He appointed also the
king's portion of his substance for the burnt offerings, to wit, for the
morning and evening burnt offerings, and the burnt offerings for the
sabbaths, and for the new moons, and for the set feasts, as it is written in
the law of the LORD. |
31:4: Moreover he commanded the
people that dwelt in Jerusalem to give the portion of the priests and the
Levites, that they might be encouraged in the law of the LORD. |
31:5: And as soon as the
commandment came abroad, the children of Israel brought in abundance the
firstfruits of corn, wine, and oil, and honey, and of all the increase of the
fields; and the tithe of all things brought they in abundantly. |
31:6: And concerning the
children of Israel and Judah, that dwelt in the cities of Judah, they also
brought in the tithe of oxen and sheep, and the tithe of holy things which
were consecrated unto the LORD their God, and laid them by heaps. |
31:7: In the third month they
began to lay the foundation of the heaps, and finished them in the seventh
month. |
31:8: And when Hezekiah and the
princes came and saw the heaps, they blessed the LORD, and his people Israel. |
31:9: Then Hezekiah questioned
with the priests and the Levites concerning the heaps. |
31:10: And Azariah the chief
priest of the house of Zadok answered him, and said, Since the people began
to bring the offerings into the house of the LORD, we have had enough to eat,
and have left plenty: for the LORD hath blessed his people; and that which is
left is this great store. |
31:11: Then Hezekiah commanded
to prepare chambers in the house of the LORD; and they prepared them, |
31:12: And brought in the
offerings and the tithes and the dedicated things faithfully: over which
Cononiah the Levite was ruler, and Shimei his brother was the next. |
31:13: And Jehiel, and Azaziah,
and Nahath, and Asahel, and Jerimoth, and Jozabad, and Eliel, and Ismachiah,
and Mahath, and Benaiah, were overseers under the hand of Cononiah and Shimei
his brother, at the commandment of Hezekiah the king, and Azariah the ruler
of the house of God. |
31:14: And Kore the son of
Imnah the Levite, the porter toward the east, was over the freewill offerings
of God, to distribute the oblations of the LORD, and the most holy things. |
31:15: And next him were Eden,
and Miniamin, and Jeshua, and Shemaiah, Amariah, and Shecaniah, in the cities
of the priests, in their set office, to give to their brethren by courses, as
well to the great as to the small: |
31:16: Beside their genealogy
of males, from three years old and upward, even unto every one that entereth
into the house of the LORD, his daily portion for their service in their
charges according to their courses; |
31:17: Both to the genealogy of
the priests by the house of their fathers, and the Levites from twenty years
old and upward, in their charges by their courses; |
31:18: And to the genealogy of
all their little ones, their wives, and their sons, and their daughters,
through all the congregation: for in their set office they sanctified
themselves in holiness: |
31:19: Also of the sons of Aaron
the priests, which were in the fields of the suburbs of their cities, in
every several city, the men that were expressed by name, to give portions to
all the males among the priests, and to all that were reckoned by genealogies
among the Levites. |
31:20: And thus did Hezekiah
throughout all Judah, and wrought that which was good and right and truth
before the LORD his God. |
31:21: And in every work that
he began in the service of the house of God, and in the law, and in the
commandments, to seek his God, he did it with all his heart, and prospered. |
32:1: After these things, and
the establishment thereof, Sennacherib king of Assyria came, and entered into
Judah, and encamped against the fenced cities, and thought to win them for
himself. |
32:2: And when Hezekiah saw
that Sennacherib was come, and that he was purposed to fight against
Jerusalem, |
32:3: He took counsel with his
princes and his mighty men to stop the waters of the fountains which were
without the city: and they did help him. |
32:4: So there was gathered
much people together, who stopped all the fountains, and the brook that ran
through the midst of the land, saying, Why should the kings of Assyria come,
and find much water? |
32:5: Also he strengthened
himself, and built up all the wall that was broken, and raised it up to the
towers, and another wall without, and repaired Millo in the city of David,
and made darts and shields in abundance. |
32:6: And he set captains of
war over the people, and gathered them together to him in the street of the
gate of the city, and spake comfortably to them, saying, |
32:7: Be strong and courageous,
be not afraid nor dismayed for the king of Assyria, nor for all the multitude
that is with him: for there be more with us than with him: |
32:8: With him is an arm of
flesh; but with us is the LORD our God to help us, and to fight our
battles. And the people rested
themselves upon the words of Hezekiah king of Judah. |
32:9: After this did
Sennacherib king of Assyria send his servants to Jerusalem, (but he himself
laid siege against Lachish, and all his power with him,) unto Hezekiah king
of Judah, and unto all Judah that were at Jerusalem, saying, |
32:10: Thus saith Sennacherib
king of Assyria, Whereon do ye trust, that ye abide in the siege in
Jerusalem? |
32:11: Doth not Hezekiah
persuade you to give over yourselves to die by famine and by thirst, saying,
The LORD our God shall deliver us out of the hand of the king of Assyria? |
32:12: Hath not the same
Hezekiah taken away his high places and his altars, and commanded Judah and
Jerusalem, saying, Ye shall worship before one altar, and burn incense upon
it? |
32:13: Know ye not what I and
my fathers have done unto all the people of other lands? were the gods of the nations of those lands
any ways able to deliver their lands out of mine hand? |
32:14: Who was there among all
the gods of those nations that my fathers utterly destroyed, that could
deliver his people out of mine hand, that your God should be able to deliver
you out of mine hand? |
32:15: Now therefore let not
Hezekiah deceive you, nor persuade you on this manner, neither yet believe
him: for no god of any nation or kingdom was able to deliver his people out
of mine hand, and out of the hand of my fathers: how much less shall your God
deliver you out of mine hand? |
32:16: And his servants spake
yet more against the LORD God, and against his servant Hezekiah. |
32:17: He wrote also letters to
rail on the LORD God of Israel, and to speak against him, saying, As the gods
of the nations of other lands have not delivered their people out of mine
hand, so shall not the God of Hezekiah deliver his people out of mine hand. |
32:18: Then they cried with a
loud voice in the Jews' speech unto the people of Jerusalem that were on the
wall, to affright them, and to trouble them; that they might take the city. |
32:19: And they spake against
the God of Jerusalem, as against the gods of the people of the earth, which
were the work of the hands of man. |
32:20: And for this cause
Hezekiah the king, and the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz, prayed and cried
to heaven. |
32:21: And the LORD sent an
angel, which cut off all the mighty men of valour, and the leaders and
captains in the camp of the king of Assyria.
So he returned with shame of face to his own land. And when he was come into the house of his
god, they that came forth of his own bowels slew him there with the sword. |
32:22: Thus the LORD saved
Hezekiah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem from the hand of Sennacherib the
king of Assyria, and from the hand of all other, and guided them on every
side. |
32:23: And many brought gifts
unto the LORD to Jerusalem, and presents to Hezekiah king of Judah: so that
he was magnified in the sight of all nations from thenceforth. |
32:24: In those days Hezekiah
was sick to the death, and prayed unto the LORD: and he spake unto him, and
he gave him a sign. |
32:25: But Hezekiah rendered
not again according to the benefit done unto him; for his heart was lifted
up: therefore there was wrath upon him, and upon Judah and Jerusalem. |
32:26: Notwithstanding Hezekiah
humbled himself for the pride of his heart, both he and the inhabitants of
Jerusalem, so that the wrath of the LORD came not upon them in the days of
Hezekiah. |
32:27: And Hezekiah had
exceeding much riches and honour: and he made himself treasuries for silver,
and for gold, and for precious stones, and for spices, and for shields, and
for all manner of pleasant jewels; |
32:28: Storehouses also for the
increase of corn, and wine, and oil; and stalls for all manner of beasts, and
cotes for flocks. |
32:29: Moreover he provided him
cities, and possessions of flocks and herds in abundance: for God had given
him substance very much. |
32:30: This same Hezekiah also
stopped the upper watercourse of Gihon, and brought it straight down to the
west side of the city of David. And
Hezekiah prospered in all his works. |
32:31: Howbeit in the business
of the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon, who sent unto him to enquire of
the wonder that was done in the land, God left him, to try him, that he might
know all that was in his heart. |
32:32: Now the rest of the acts
of Hezekiah, and his goodness, behold, they are written in the vision of
Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, and in the book of the kings of Judah
and Israel. |
32:33: And Hezekiah slept with
his fathers, and they buried him in the chiefest of the sepulchres of the
sons of David: and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem did him honour
at his death. And Manasseh his son
reigned in his stead. |
33:1: Manasseh was twelve years
old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem: |
33:2: But did that which was
evil in the sight of the LORD, like unto the abominations of the heathen,
whom the LORD had cast out before the children of Israel. |
33:3: For he built again the
high places which Hezekiah his father had broken down, and he reared up
altars for Baalim, and made groves, and worshipped all the host of heaven,
and served them. |
33:4: Also he built altars in
the house of the LORD, whereof the LORD had said, In Jerusalem shall my name
be for ever. |
33:5: And he built altars for
all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the LORD. |
33:6: And he caused his
children to pass through the fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom: also he
observed times, and used enchantments, and used witchcraft, and dealt with a
familiar spirit, and with wizards: he wrought much evil in the sight of the
LORD, to provoke him to anger. |
33:7: And he set a carved
image, the idol which he had made, in the house of God, of which God had said
to David and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I
have chosen before all the tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever: |
33:8: Neither will I any more
remove the foot of Israel from out of the land which I have appointed for
your fathers; so that they will take heed to do all that I have commanded
them, according to the whole law and the statutes and the ordinances by the
hand of Moses. |
33:9: So Manasseh made Judah
and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to err, and to do worse than the heathen,
whom the LORD had destroyed before the children of Israel. |
33:10: And the LORD spake to
Manasseh, and to his people: but they would not hearken. |
33:11: Wherefore the LORD
brought upon them the captains of the host of the king of Assyria, which took
Manasseh among the thorns, and bound him with fetters, and carried him to
Babylon. |
33:12: And when he was in
affliction, he besought the LORD his God, and humbled himself greatly before
the God of his fathers, |
33:13: And prayed unto him: and
he was intreated of him, and heard his supplication, and brought him again to
Jerusalem into his kingdom. Then
Manasseh knew that the LORD he was God. |
33:14: Now after this he built
a wall without the city of David, on the west side of Gihon, in the valley,
even to the entering in at the fish gate, and compassed about Ophel, and
raised it up a very great height, and put captains of war in all the fenced cities
of Judah. |
33:15: And he took away the
strange gods, and the idol out of the house of the LORD, and all the altars
that he had built in the mount of the house of the LORD, and in Jerusalem,
and cast them out of the city. |
33:16: And he repaired the
altar of the LORD, and sacrificed thereon peace offerings and thank
offerings, and commanded Judah to serve the LORD God of Israel. |
33:17: Nevertheless the people
did sacrifice still in the high places, yet unto the LORD their God only. |
33:18: Now the rest of the acts
of Manasseh, and his prayer unto his God, and the words of the seers that
spake to him in the name of the LORD God of Israel, behold, they are written
in the book of the kings of Israel. |
33:19: His prayer also, and how
God was intreated of him, and all his sin, and his trespass, and the places
wherein he built high places, and set up groves and graven images, before he
was humbled: behold, they are written among the sayings of the seers. |
33:20: So Manasseh slept with
his fathers, and they buried him in his own house: and Amon his son reigned
in his stead. |
33:21: Amon was two and twenty
years old when he began to reign, and reigned two years in Jerusalem. |
33:22: But he did that which
was evil in the sight of the LORD, as did Manasseh his father: for Amon
sacrificed unto all the carved images which Manasseh his father had made, and
served them; |
33:23: And humbled not himself
before the LORD, as Manasseh his father had humbled himself; but Amon
trespassed more and more. |
33:24: And his servants conspired
against him, and slew him in his own house. |
33:25: But the people of the
land slew all them that had conspired against king Amon; and the people of
the land made Josiah his son king in his stead. |
34:1: Josiah was eight years
old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem one and thirty years. |
34:2: And he did that which was
right in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the ways of David his father,
and declined neither to the right hand, nor to the left. |
34:3: For in the eighth year of
his reign, while he was yet young, he began to seek after the God of David
his father: and in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem
from the high places, and the groves, and the carved images, and the molten
images. |
34:4: And they brake down the
altars of Baalim in his presence; and the images, that were on high above
them, he cut down; and the groves, and the carved images, and the molten
images, he brake in pieces, and made dust of them, and strowed it upon the
graves of them that had sacrificed unto them. |
34:5: And he burnt the bones of
the priests upon their altars, and cleansed Judah and Jerusalem. |
34:6: And so did he in the
cities of Manasseh, and Ephraim, and Simeon, even unto Naphtali, with their
mattocks round about. |
34:7: And when he had broken
down the altars and the groves, and had beaten the graven images into powder,
and cut down all the idols throughout all the land of Israel, he returned to
Jerusalem. |
34:8: Now in the eighteenth year
of his reign, when he had purged the land, and the house, he sent Shaphan the
son of Azaliah, and Maaseiah the governor of the city, and Joah the son of
Joahaz the recorder, to repair the house of the LORD his God. |
34:9: And when they came to
Hilkiah the high priest, they delivered the money that was brought into the
house of God, which the Levites that kept the doors had gathered of the hand
of Manasseh and Ephraim, and of all the remnant of Israel, and of all Judah
and Benjamin; and they returned to Jerusalem. |
34:10: And they put it in the
hand of the workmen that had the oversight of the house of the LORD, and they
gave it to the workmen that wrought in the house of the LORD, to repair and
amend the house: |
34:11: Even to the artificers
and builders gave they it, to buy hewn stone, and timber for couplings, and
to floor the houses which the kings of Judah had destroyed. |
34:12: And the men did the work
faithfully: and the overseers of them were Jahath and Obadiah, the Levites,
of the sons of Merari; and Zechariah and Meshullam, of the sons of the
Kohathites, to set it forward; and other of the Levites, all that could skill
of instruments of musick. |
34:13: Also they were over the
bearers of burdens, and were overseers of all that wrought the work in any manner
of service: and of the Levites there were scribes, and officers, and porters.
|
34:14: And when they brought
out the money that was brought into the house of the LORD, Hilkiah the priest
found a book of the law of the LORD given by Moses. |
34:15: And Hilkiah answered and
said to Shaphan the scribe, I have found the book of the law in the house of
the LORD. And Hilkiah delivered the
book to Shaphan. |
34:16: And Shaphan carried the
book to the king, and brought the king word back again, saying, All that was
committed to thy servants, they do it. |
34:17: And they have gathered
together the money that was found in the house of the LORD, and have
delivered it into the hand of the overseers, and to the hand of the workmen. |
34:18: Then Shaphan the scribe
told the king, saying, Hilkiah the priest hath given me a book. And Shaphan read it before the king. |
34:19: And it came to pass,
when the king had heard the words of the law, that he rent his clothes. |
34:20: And the king commanded
Hilkiah, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Abdon the son of Micah, and
Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah a servant of the king's, saying, |
34:21: Go, enquire of the LORD
for me, and for them that are left in Israel and in Judah, concerning the
words of the book that is found: for great is the wrath of the LORD that is
poured out upon us, because our fathers have not kept the word of the LORD,
to do after all that is written in this book. |
34:22: And Hilkiah, and they
that the king had appointed, went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum
the son of Tikvath, the son of Hasrah, keeper of the wardrobe; (now she dwelt
in Jerusalem in the college:) and they spake to her to that effect. |
34:23: And she answered them,
Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Tell ye the man that sent you to me, |
34:24: Thus saith the LORD,
Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, and upon the inhabitants thereof,
even all the curses that are written in the book which they have read before
the king of Judah: |
34:25: 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
poured out upon this place, and shall not be quenched. |
34:26: And as for the king of
Judah, who sent you to enquire of the LORD, so shall ye say unto him, Thus
saith the LORD God of Israel concerning the words which thou hast heard; |
34:27: Because thine heart was
tender, and thou didst humble thyself before God, when thou heardest his
words against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, and humbledst
thyself before me, and didst rend thy clothes, and weep before me; I have
even heard thee also, saith the LORD. |
34:28: Behold, I will gather
thee to thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered to thy grave in peace,
neither shall thine eyes see all the evil that I will bring upon this place,
and upon the inhabitants of the same.
So they brought the king word again. |
34:29: Then the king sent and
gathered together all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem. |
34:30: And the king went up
into the house of the LORD, and all the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of
Jerusalem, and the priests, and the Levites, and all the people, great and
small: and he read in their ears all the words of the book of the covenant that
was found in the house of the LORD. |
34:31: And the king stood in
his place, 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 his
heart, and with all his soul, to perform the words of the covenant which are
written in this book. |
34:32: And he caused all that
were present in Jerusalem and Benjamin to stand to it. And the inhabitants of Jerusalem did
according to the covenant of God, the God of their fathers. |
34:33: And Josiah took away all
the abominations out of all the countries that pertained to the children of
Israel, and made all that were present in Israel to serve, even to serve the
LORD their God. And all his days they
departed not from following the LORD, the God of their fathers. |
35:1: Moreover Josiah kept a
passover unto the LORD in Jerusalem: and they killed the passover on the
fourteenth day of the first month. |
35:2: And he set the priests in
their charges, and encouraged them to the service of the house of the LORD, |
35:3: And said unto the Levites
that taught all Israel, which were holy unto the LORD, Put the holy ark in
the house which Solomon the son of David king of Israel did build; it shall
not be a burden upon your shoulders: serve now the LORD your God, and his
people Israel, |
35:4: And prepare yourselves by
the houses of your fathers, after your courses, according to the writing of
David king of Israel, and according to the writing of Solomon his son. |
35:5: And stand in the holy
place according to the divisions of the families of the fathers of your
brethren the people, and after the division of the families of the Levites. |
35:6: So kill the passover, and
sanctify yourselves, and prepare your brethren, that they may do according to
the word of the LORD by the hand of Moses. |
35:7: And Josiah gave to the
people, of the flock, lambs and kids, all for the passover offerings, for all
that were present, to the number of thirty thousand, and three thousand
bullocks: these were of the king's substance. |
35:8: And his princes gave
willingly unto the people, to the priests, and to the Levites: Hilkiah and
Zechariah and Jehiel, rulers of the house of God, gave unto the priests for
the passover offerings two thousand and six hundred small cattle, and three
hundred oxen. |
35:9: Conaniah also, and
Shemaiah and Nethaneel, his brethren, and Hashabiah and Jeiel and Jozabad,
chief of the Levites, gave unto the Levites for passover offerings five
thousand small cattle, and five hundred oxen. |
35:10: So the service was prepared,
and the priests stood in their place, and the Levites in their courses,
according to the king's commandment. |
35:11: And they killed the
passover, and the priests sprinkled the blood from their hands, and the
Levites flayed them. |
35:12: And they removed the
burnt offerings, that they might give according to the divisions of the
families of the people, to offer unto the LORD, as it is written in the book
of Moses. And so did they with the
oxen. |
35:13: And they roasted the
passover with fire according to the ordinance: but the other holy offerings
sod they in pots, and in caldrons, and in pans, and divided them speedily
among all the people. |
35:14: And afterward they made
ready for themselves, and for the priests: because the priests the sons of
Aaron were busied in offering of burnt offerings and the fat until night;
therefore the Levites prepared for themselves, and for the priests the sons
of Aaron. |
35:15: And the singers the sons
of Asaph were in their place, according to the commandment of David, and
Asaph, and Heman, and Jeduthun the king's seer; and the porters waited at
every gate; they might not depart from their service; for their brethren the
Levites prepared for them. |
35:16: So all the service of
the LORD was prepared the same day, to keep the passover, and to offer burnt
offerings upon the altar of the LORD, according to the commandment of king
Josiah. |
35:17: And the children of
Israel that were present kept the passover at that time, and the feast of
unleavened bread seven days. |
35:18: And there was no
passover like to that kept in Israel from the days of Samuel the prophet;
neither did all the kings of Israel keep such a passover as Josiah kept, and
the priests, and the Levites, and all Judah and Israel that were present, and
the inhabitants of Jerusalem. |
35:19: In the eighteenth year
of the reign of Josiah was this passover kept. |
35:20: After all this, when
Josiah had prepared the temple, Necho king of Egypt came up to fight against
Carchemish by Euphrates: and Josiah went out against him. |
35:21: But he sent ambassadors
to him, saying, What have I to do with thee, thou king of Judah? I come not against thee this day, but
against the house wherewith I have war: for God commanded me to make haste:
forbear thee from meddling with God, who is with me, that he destroy thee
not. |
35:22: Nevertheless Josiah
would not turn his face from him, but disguised himself, that he might fight
with him, and hearkened not unto the words of Necho from the mouth of God,
and came to fight in the valley of Megiddo. |
35:23: And the archers shot at
king Josiah; and the king said to his servants, Have me away; for I am sore
wounded. |
35:24: His servants therefore
took him out of that chariot, and put him in the second chariot that he had;
and they brought him to Jerusalem, and he died, and was buried in one of the
sepulchres of his fathers. And all
Judah and Jerusalem mourned for Josiah. |
35:25: And Jeremiah lamented
for Josiah: and all the singing men and the singing women spake of Josiah in
their lamentations to this day, and made them an ordinance in Israel: and,
behold, they are written in the lamentations. |
35:26: Now the rest of the acts
of Josiah, and his goodness, according to that which was written in the law
of the LORD, |
35:27: And his deeds, first and
last, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah. |
36:1: Then the people of the
land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and made him king in his father's stead
in Jerusalem. |
36:2: Jehoahaz was twenty and
three years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months in
Jerusalem. |
36:3: And the king of Egypt put
him down at Jerusalem, and condemned the land in an hundred talents of silver
and a talent of gold. |
36:4: And the king of Egypt
made Eliakim his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem, and turned his name
to Jehoiakim. And Necho took Jehoahaz
his brother, and carried him to Egypt. |
36:5: Jehoiakim was twenty and
five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in
Jerusalem: and he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD his God. |
36:6: Against him came up
Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and bound him in fetters, to carry him to
Babylon. |
36:7: Nebuchadnezzar also
carried of the vessels of the house of the LORD to Babylon, and put them in
his temple at Babylon. |
36:8: Now the rest of the acts
of Jehoiakim, and his abominations which he did, and that which was found in
him, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah:
and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead. |
36:9: Jehoiachin was eight
years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months and ten days in
Jerusalem: and he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD. |
36:10: And when the year was
expired, king Nebuchadnezzar sent, and brought him to Babylon, with the
goodly vessels of the house of the LORD, and made Zedekiah his brother king
over Judah and Jerusalem. |
36:11: Zedekiah was one and
twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned eleven years in
Jerusalem. |
36:12: And he did that which
was evil in the sight of the LORD his God, and humbled not himself before
Jeremiah the prophet speaking from the mouth of the LORD. |
36:13: And he also rebelled against king
Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God: but he stiffened his neck, and
hardened his heart from turning unto the LORD God of |
36:14: Moreover all the chief of the priests,
and the people, transgressed very much after all the abominations of the
heathen; and polluted the house of the LORD which he had hallowed in |
36:15: And the LORD God of their fathers sent
to them by his messengers, rising up betimes, and sending; because he had
compassion on his people, and on his dwelling place: |
36:16: But they mocked the messengers of God,
and despised his words, and misused his prophets, until the wrath of the LORD
arose against his people, till there was no remedy. |
36:17: Therefore he brought upon them the
king of the Chaldees, who slew their young men with the sword in the house of
their sanctuary, and had no compassion upon young man or maiden, old man, or
him that stooped for age: he gave them all into his hand. |
36:18: And all the vessels of the house of
God, great and small, and the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the
treasures of the king, and of his princes; all these he brought to Babylon. |
36:19: And they burnt the house of God, and
brake down the wall of Jerusalem, and burnt all the palaces thereof with
fire, and destroyed all the goodly vessels thereof. |
36:20: And them that had escaped from the
sword carried he away to Babylon; where they were servants to him and his
sons until the reign of the kingdom of Persia: |
36:21: To fulfil the word of the LORD by the
mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed her sabbaths: for as long as
she lay desolate she kept sabbath, to fulfil threescore and ten years. |
36:22: Now in the first year of Cyrus king of
Persia, that the word of the LORD spoken by the mouth of Jeremiah might be
accomplished, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he
made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing,
saying, |
36:23: Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, All
the kingdoms of the earth hath the LORD God of heaven given me; and he hath
charged me to build him an house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Who is there among you of all his
people? The LORD his God be with him,
and let him go up. |