1:1 Then the king[04428] of Israel[03478] gathered[06908][00] the prophets[05030] together[06908][8799], about four[0702] hundred[03967] men[0376], and said[0559][8799] unto them, Shall I go[03212][8799] against Ramothgilead[07433][01568] to battle[04421], or shall I forbear[02308][8799]? And they said[0559][8799], Go up[05927][8798]; for the Lord[0136] shall deliver[05414][8799] it into the hand[03027] of the king[04428].
1:2 And Jehoshaphat[03092] said[0559][8799], Is there not here a prophet[05030] of the LORD[03068] besides[05750], that we might enquire[01875][8799] of him?
1:3 And the king[04428] of Israel[03478] said[0559][8799] unto Jehoshaphat[03092], There is yet one[0259] man[0376], Micaiah[04321] the son[01121] of Imlah[03229], by whom we may enquire[01875][8800] of the LORD[03068]: but I hate[08130][8804] him; for he doth not prophesy[05012][8691] good[02896] concerning me, but evil[07451]. And Jehoshaphat[03092] said[0559][8799], Let not the king[04428] say[0559][8799] so.
1:4 Then the king[04428] of Israel[03478] called[07121][8799] an[0259] officer[05631], and said[0559][8799], Hasten[04116][8761] hither Micaiah[04321] the son[01121] of Imlah[03229]. officer: or, eunuch
1:5 And the king[04428] of Israel[03478] and Jehoshaphat[03092] the king[04428] of Judah[03063] sat[03427][8802] each[0376] on his throne[03678], having put on[03847][8794] their robes[0899], in a void place[01637] in the entrance[06607] of the gate[08179] of Samaria[08111]; and all the prophets[05030] prophesied[05012][8693] before[06440] them. void...: Heb. floor
1:6 And Zedekiah[06667] the son[01121] of Chenaanah[03668] made[06213][8799] him horns[07161] of iron[01270]: and he said[0559][8799], Thus saith[0559][8804] the LORD[03068], With these shalt thou push[05055][8762] the Syrians[0758], until thou have consumed[03615][8763] them.
1:7 And all the prophets[05030] prophesied[05012][8737] so, saying[0559][8800], Go up[05927][8798] to Ramothgilead[07433][01568], and prosper[06743][8685]: for the LORD[03068] shall deliver[05414][8804] it into the king's[04428] hand[03027].
1:8 And the messenger[04397] that was gone[01980][8804] to call[07121][8800] Micaiah[04321] spake[01696][8765] unto him, saying[0559][8800], Behold now, the words[01697] of the prophets[05030] declare good[02896] unto the king[04428] with one[0259] mouth[06310]: let thy word[01697], I pray thee, be like the word[01697] of one[0259] of them, and speak[01696][8765] that which is good[02896].
1:9 And Micaiah[04321] said[0559][8799], As the LORD[03068] liveth[02416], what the LORD[03068] saith[0559][8799] unto me, that will I speak[01696][8762].
1:10 So he came[0935][8799] to the king[04428]. And the king[04428] said[0559][8799] unto him, Micaiah[04321], shall we go[03212][8799] against Ramothgilead[07433][01568] to battle[04421], or shall we forbear[02308][8799]? And he answered[0559][8799] him, Go[05927][8798], and prosper[06743][8685]: for the LORD[03068] shall deliver[05414][8804] it into the hand[03027] of the king[04428].
1:11 And the king[04428] said[0559][8799] unto him, How many times[06471] shall I adjure[07650][8688] thee that thou tell[01696][8762] me nothing but that which is true[0571] in the name[08034] of the LORD[03068]?
1:12 And he said[0559][8799], I saw[07200][8804] all Israel[03478] scattered[06327][8737] upon the hills[02022], as sheep[06629] that have not a shepherd[07462][8802]: and the LORD[03068] said[0559][8799], These have no master[0113]: let them return[07725][8799] every man[0376] to his house[01004] in peace[07965].
1:13 And the king[04428] of Israel[03478] said[0559][8799] unto Jehoshaphat[03092], Did I not tell[0559][8804] thee that he would prophesy[05012][8691] no good[02896] concerning me, but evil[07451]?
1:14 And he said[0559][8799], Hear[08085][8798] thou therefore the word[01697] of the LORD[03068]: I saw[07200][8804] the LORD[03068] sitting[03427][8802] on his throne[03678], and all the host[06635] of heaven[08064] standing[05975][8802] by him on his right hand[03225] and on his left[08040].
1:15 And the LORD[03068] said[0559][8799], Who shall persuade[06601][8762] Ahab[0256], that he may go up[05927][8799] and fall[05307][8799] at Ramothgilead[07433][01568]? And one said[0559][8799] on this manner[03541], and another said[0559][8802] on that manner[03541]. persuade: or, deceive
1:16 And there came forth[03318][8799] a spirit[07307], and stood[05975][8799] before[06440] the LORD[03068], and said[0559][8799], I will persuade[06601][8762] him.
1:17 And the LORD[03068] said[0559][8799] unto him, Wherewith? And he said[0559][8799], I will go forth[03318][8799], and I will be a lying[08267] spirit[07307] in the mouth[06310] of all his prophets[05030]. And he said[0559][8799], Thou shalt persuade[06601][8762] him , and prevail[03201][8799] also: go forth[03318][8798], and do[06213][8798] so.
1:18 Now therefore, behold, the LORD[03068] hath put[05414][8804] a lying[08267] spirit[07307] in the mouth[06310] of all these thy prophets[05030], and the LORD[03068] hath spoken[01696][8765] evil[07451] concerning thee.
2:1 But Zedekiah[06667] the son[01121] of Chenaanah[03668] went near[05066][8799], and smote[05221][8686] Micaiah[04321] on the cheek[03895], and said[0559][8799], Which way[0335] went[05674][8804] the Spirit[07307] of the LORD[03068] from me to speak[01696][8763] unto thee?
2:2 And Micaiah[04321] said[0559][8799], Behold, thou shalt see[07200][8802] in that day[03117], when thou shalt go[0935][8799] into an inner[02315] chamber[02315] to hide[02247][8736] thyself. into...: or, from chamber to chamber: Heb. a chamber in a chamber
2:3 And the king[04428] of Israel[03478] said[0559][8799], Take[03947][8798] Micaiah[04321], and carry him back[07725][8685] unto Amon[0526] the governor[08269] of the city[05892], and to Joash[03101] the king's[04428] son[01121];
2:4 And say[0559][8804], Thus saith[0559][8804] the king[04428], Put[07760][8798] this fellow in the prison[01004][03608], and feed[0398][8685] him with bread[03899] of affliction[03906] and with water[04325] of affliction[03906], until I come[0935][8800] in peace[07965].
2:5 And Micaiah[04321] said[0559][8799], If thou return[07725][8799] at all[07725][8800] in peace[07965], the LORD[03068] hath not spoken[01696][8765] by me. And he said[0559][8799], Hearken[08085][8798], O people[05971], every one of you.
2:6 So the king[04428] of Israel[03478] and Jehoshaphat[03092] the king[04428] of Judah[03063] went up[05927][8799] to Ramothgilead[07433][01568].
2:7 And the king[04428] of Israel[03478] said[0559][8799] unto Jehoshaphat[03092], I will disguise[02664][8692] myself, and enter[0935][8800] into the battle[04421]; but put thou on[03847][8798] thy robes[0899]. And the king[04428] of Israel[03478] disguised[02664][8691] himself, and went[0935][8799] into the battle[04421]. I will...: or, when he was to disguise himself, and enter into the battle
2:8 But the king[04428] of Syria[0758] commanded[06680][8765] his thirty[07970] and two[08147] captains[08269] that had rule over his chariots[07393], saying[0559][8800], Fight[03898][8735] neither with small[06996] nor great[01419], save only with the king[04428] of Israel[03478].
2:9 And it came to pass, when the captains[08269] of the chariots[07393] saw[07200][8800] Jehoshaphat[03092], that they said[0559][8804], Surely it is the king[04428] of Israel[03478]. And they turned aside[05493][8799] to fight[03898][8736] against him: and Jehoshaphat[03092] cried out[02199][8799].
2:10 And it came to pass, when the captains[08269] of the chariots[07393] perceived[07200][8800] that it was not the king[04428] of Israel[03478], that they turned back[07725][8799] from pursuing[0310] him.
2:11 And a certain man[0376] drew[04900][8804] a bow[07198] at a venture[08537], and smote[05221][8686] the king[04428] of Israel[03478] between the joints[01694] of the harness[08302]: wherefore he said[0559][8799] unto the driver of his chariot[07395], Turn[02015][8798] thine hand[03027], and carry me out[03318][8685] of the host[04264]; for I am wounded[02470][8717]. at a...: Heb. in his simplicity joints...: Heb. joints and the breastplate wounded: Heb. made sick
2:12 And the battle[04421] increased[05927][8799] that day[03117]: and the king[04428] was stayed up[05975][8716] in his chariot[04818] against[05227] the Syrians[0758], and died[04191][8799] at even[06153]: and the blood[01818] ran out[03332][8799] of the wound[04347] into the midst[02436] of the chariot[07393]. increased: Heb. ascended midst: Heb. bosom
2:13 And there went[05674][8799] a proclamation[07440] throughout the host[04264] about the going down[0935][8800] of the sun[08121], saying[0559][8800], Every man[0376] to his city[05892], and every man[0376] to his own country[0776].
2:14 So the king[04428] died[04191][8799], and was brought[0935][8799] to Samaria[08111]; and they buried[06912][8799] the king[04428] in Samaria[08111]. was brought: Heb. came
2:15 And one washed[07857][8799] the chariot[07393] in the pool[01295] of Samaria[08111]; and the dogs[03611] licked up[03952][8799] his blood[01818]; and they washed[07364][8804] his armour[02185]; according unto the word[01697] of the LORD[03068] which he spake[01696][8765].
2:16 Now the rest[03499] of the acts[01697] of Ahab[0256], and all that he did[06213][8804], and the ivory[08127] house[01004] which he made[01129][8804], and all the cities[05892] that he built[01129][8804], are they not written[03789][8803] in the book[05612] of the chronicles[01697][03117] of the kings[04428] of Israel[03478]?
2:17 So Ahab[0256] slept[07901][8799] with his fathers[01]; and Ahaziah[0274] his son[01121] reigned[04427][8799] in his stead.
2:18 And Jehoshaphat[03092] the son[01121] of Asa[0609] began to reign[04427][8804] over Judah[03063] in the fourth[0702] year[08141] of Ahab[0256] king[04428] of Israel[03478].
2:19 Jehoshaphat[03092] was thirty[07970] and five[02568] years[08141] old[01121] when he began to reign[04427][8800]; and he reigned[04427][8804] twenty[06242] and five[02568] years[08141] in Jerusalem[03389]. And his mother's[0517] name[08034] was Azubah[05806] the daughter[01323] of Shilhi[07977].
2:20 And he walked[03212][8799] in all the ways[01870] of Asa[0609] his father[01]; he turned not aside[05493][8804] from it, doing[06213][8800] that which was right[03477] in the eyes[05869] of the LORD[03068]: nevertheless the high places[01116] were not taken away[05493][8804]; for the people[05971] offered[02076][8764] and burnt incense[06999][8764] yet in the high places[01116].
2:21 And Jehoshaphat[03092] made peace[07999][8686] with the king[04428] of Israel[03478].
2:22 Now the rest[03499] of the acts[01697] of Jehoshaphat[03092], and his might[01369] that he shewed[06213][8804], and how he warred[03898][8738], are they not written[03789][8803] in the book[05612] of the chronicles[01697][03117] of the kings[04428] of Judah[03063]?
2:23 And the remnant[03499] of the sodomites[06945], which remained[07604][8738] in the days[03117] of his father[01] Asa[0609], he took[01197][8765] out of the land[0776].
2:24 There was then no king[04428] in Edom[0123]: a deputy[05324][8737] was king[04428].
2:25 Jehoshaphat[03092] made[06213][8804][8675][06240] ships[0591] of Tharshish[08659] to go[03212][8800] to Ophir[0211] for gold[02091]: but they went[01980][8804] not; for the ships[0591] were broken[07665][8738] at Eziongeber[06100]. made...: or, had ten ships
3:1 Then said[0559][8804] Ahaziah[0274] the son[01121] of Ahab[0256] unto Jehoshaphat[03092], Let my servants[05650] go[03212][8799] with thy servants[05650] in the ships[0591]. But Jehoshaphat[03092] would[014][8804] not.
3:2 And Jehoshaphat[03092] slept[07901][8799] with his fathers[01], and was buried[06912][8735] with his fathers[01] in the city[05892] of David[01732] his father[01]: and Jehoram[03088] his son[01121] reigned[04427][8799] in his stead.
3:3 Ahaziah[0274] the son[01121] of Ahab[0256] began to reign[04427][8804] over Israel[03478] in Samaria[08111] the seventeenth[07651][06240] year[08141] of Jehoshaphat[03092] king[04428] of Judah[03063], and reigned[04427][8799] two years[08141] over Israel[03478].
3:4 And he did[06213][8799] evil[07451] in the sight[05869] of the LORD[03068], and walked[03212][8799] in the way[01870] of his father[01], and in the way[01870] of his mother[0517], and in the way[01870] of Jeroboam[03379] the son[01121] of Nebat[05028], who made Israel[03478] to sin[02398][8689]:
3:5 For he served[05647][8799] Baal[01168], and worshipped[07812][8691] him, and provoked to anger[03707][8686] the LORD[03068] God[0430] of Israel[03478], according to all that his father[01] had done[06213][8804].
3:6 Then Moab[04124] rebelled[06586][8799] against Israel[03478] after[0310] the death[04194] of Ahab[0256].
3:7 And Ahaziah[0274] fell down[05307][8799] through a lattice[07639] in his upper chamber[05944] that was in Samaria[08111], and was sick[02470][8799]: and he sent[07971][8799] messengers[04397], and said[0559][8799] unto them, Go[03212][8798], enquire[01875][8798] of Baalzebub[01176] the god[0430] of Ekron[06138] whether I shall recover[02421][8799] of this disease[02483].
3:8 But the angel[04397] of the LORD[03068] said[01696][8765] to Elijah[0452] the Tishbite[08664], Arise[06965][8798], go up[05927][8798] to meet[07125][8800] the messengers[04397] of the king[04428] of Samaria[08111], and say[01696][8761] unto them, Is it not because there is not a God[0430] in Israel[03478], that ye go[01980][8802] to enquire[01875][8800] of Baalzebub[01176] the god[0430] of Ekron[06138]?
3:9 Now therefore thus saith[0559][8804] the LORD[03068], Thou shalt not come down[03381][8799] from that bed[04296] on which thou art gone up[05927][8804], but shalt surely[04191][8800] die[04191][8799]. And Elijah[0452] departed[03212][8799]. Thou shalt...: Heb. The bed whither thou art gone up, thou shalt not come down from it
3:10 And when the messengers[04397] turned back[07725][8799] unto him, he said[0559][8799] unto them, Why are ye now[02088] turned back[07725][8804]?
3:11 And they said[0559][8799] unto him, There came[05927][00] a man[0376] up[05927][8804] to meet[07125][8800] us, and said[0559][8799] unto us, Go[03212][8798], turn again[07725][8798] unto the king[04428] that sent[07971][8804] you, and say[01696][8765] unto him, Thus saith[0559][8804] the LORD[03068], Is it not because there is not a God[0430] in Israel[03478], that thou sendest[07971][8802] to enquire[01875][8800] of Baalzebub[01176] the god[0430] of Ekron[06138]? therefore thou shalt not come down[03381][8799] from that bed[04296] on which thou art gone up[05927][8804], but shalt surely[04191][8800] die[04191][8799].
3:12 And he said[01696][8762] unto them, What manner[04941] of man[0376] was he which came up[05927][8804] to meet[07125][8800] you, and told[01696][8762] you these words[01697]? What...: Heb. What was the manner of the man
3:13 And they answered[0559][8799] him, He was an hairy[08181] man[01167][0376], and girt[0247][8803] with a girdle[0232] of leather[05785] about his loins[04975]. And he said[0559][8799], It is Elijah[0452] the Tishbite[08664].
3:14 Then the king[04428] sent[07971][8799] unto him a captain[08269] of fifty[02572] with his fifty[02572]. And he went up[05927][8799] to him: and, behold, he sat[03427][8802] on the top[07218] of an hill[02022]. And he spake[01696][8762] unto him, Thou man[0376] of God[0430], the king[04428] hath said[01696][8765], Come down[03381][8798].
3:15 And Elijah[0452] answered[06030][8799] and said[01696][8762] to the captain[08269] of fifty[02572], If I be a man[0376] of God[0430], then let fire[0784] come down[03381][8799] from heaven[08064], and consume[0398][8799] thee and thy fifty[02572]. And there came down[03381][8799] fire[0784] from heaven[08064], and consumed[0398][8799] him and his fifty[02572].
3:16 Again[07725][8799] also he sent[07971][8799] unto him another[0312] captain[08269] of fifty[02572] with his fifty[02572]. And he answered[06030][8799] and said[01696][8762] unto him, O man[0376] of God[0430], thus hath the king[04428] said[0559][8804], Come down[03381][8798] quickly[04120].
3:17 And Elijah[0452] answered[06030][8799] and said[01696][8762] unto them, If I be a man[0376] of God[0430], let fire[0784] come down[03381][8799] from heaven[08064], and consume[0398][8799] thee and thy fifty[02572]. And the fire[0784] of God[0430] came down[03381][8799] from heaven[08064], and consumed[0398][8799] him and his fifty[02572].
3:18 And he sent[07971][8799] again[07725][8799] a captain[08269] of the third[07992] fifty[02572] with his fifty[02572]. And the third[07992] captain[08269] of fifty[02572] went up[05927][8799], and came[0935][8799] and fell[03766][8799] on his knees[01290] before[05048] Elijah[0452], and besought[02603][8691] him, and said[01696][8762] unto him, O man[0376] of God[0430], I pray thee, let my life[05315], and the life[05315] of these fifty[02572] thy servants[05650], be precious[03365][8799] in thy sight[05869]. fell: Heb. bowed
3:19 Behold, there came[03381][00] fire[0784] down[03381][8804] from heaven[08064], and burnt up[0398][8799] the two[08147] captains[08269] of the former[07223] fifties[02572] with their fifties[02572]: therefore let my life[05315] now be precious[03365][8799] in thy sight[05869].
3:20 And the angel[04397] of the LORD[03068] said[01696][8762] unto Elijah[0452], Go down[03381][8798] with him: be not afraid[03372][8799] of him[06440]. And he arose[06965][8799], and went down[03381][8799] with him unto the king[04428].
3:21 And he said[01696][8762] unto him, Thus saith[0559][8804] the LORD[03068], Forasmuch as thou hast sent[07971][8804] messengers[04397] to enquire[01875][8800] of Baalzebub[01176] the god[0430] of Ekron[06138], is it  not because there is no God[0430] in Israel[03478] to enquire[01875][8800] of his word[01697]? therefore thou shalt not come down[03381][8799] off that bed[04296] on which thou art gone up[05927][8804], but shalt surely[04191][8800] die[04191][8799].
3:22 So he died[04191][8799] according to the word[01697] of the LORD[03068] which Elijah[0452] had spoken[01696][8765]. And Jehoram[03088] reigned[04427][8799] in his stead in the second[08147] year[08141] of Jehoram[03088] the son[01121] of Jehoshaphat[03092] king[04428] of Judah[03063]; because he had no son[01121].
3:23 Now the rest[03499] of the acts[01697] of Ahaziah[0274] which he did[06213][8804], are they not written[03789][8803] in the book[05612] of the chronicles[01697][03117] of the kings[04428] of Israel[03478]?
3:24 And it came to pass, when the LORD[03068] would take up[05927][8687] Elijah[0452] into heaven[08064] by a whirlwind[05591], that Elijah[0452] went[03212][8799] with Elisha[0477] from Gilgal[01537].
3:25 And Elijah[0452] said[0559][8799] unto Elisha[0477], Tarry[03427][8798] here, I pray thee; for the LORD[03068] hath sent[07971][8804] me to Bethel[01008]. And Elisha[0477] said[0559][8799] unto him, As the LORD[03068] liveth[02416], and as thy soul[05315] liveth[02416], I will not leave[05800][8799] thee. So they went down[03381][8799] to Bethel[01008].
3:26 And the sons[01121] of the prophets[05030] that were at Bethel[01008] came forth[03318][8799] to Elisha[0477], and said[0559][8799] unto him, Knowest[03045][8804] thou that the LORD[03068] will take away[03947][8802] thy master[0113] from thy head[07218] to day[03117]? And he said[0559][8799], Yea, I know[03045][8804] it ; hold ye your peace[02814][8685].
3:27 And Elijah[0452] said[0559][8799] unto him, Elisha[0477], tarry[03427][8798] here, I pray thee; for the LORD[03068] hath sent[07971][8804] me to Jericho[03405]. And he said[0559][8799], As the LORD[03068] liveth[02416], and as thy soul[05315] liveth[02416], I will not leave[05800][8799] thee. So they came[0935][8799] to Jericho[03405].
4:1 And the sons[01121] of the prophets[05030] that were at Jericho[03405] came[05066][8799] to Elisha[0477], and said[0559][8799] unto him, Knowest[03045][8804] thou that the LORD[03068] will take away[03947][8802] thy master[0113] from thy head[07218] to day[03117]? And he answered[0559][8799], Yea, I know[03045][8804] it ; hold ye your peace[02814][8685].
4:2 And Elijah[0452] said[0559][8799] unto him, Tarry[03427][8798], I pray thee, here; for the LORD[03068] hath sent[07971][8804] me to Jordan[03383]. And he said[0559][8799], As  the LORD[03068] liveth[02416], and  as thy soul[05315] liveth[02416], I will not leave[05800][8799] thee. And they two[08147] went on[03212][8799].
4:3 And fifty[02572] men[0376] of the sons[01121] of the prophets[05030] went[01980][8804], and stood[05975][8799] to view[05048] afar off[07350]: and they two[08147] stood[05975][8804] by Jordan[03383]. to view: Heb. in sight, or, over against
4:4 And Elijah[0452] took[03947][8799] his mantle[0155], and wrapped it together[01563][8799], and smote[05221][8686] the waters[04325], and they were divided[02673][8735] hither and thither, so that they two[08147] went over[05674][8799] on dry[02724] ground.
4:5 And it came to pass, when they were gone over[05674][8800], that Elijah[0452] said[0559][8804] unto Elisha[0477], Ask[07592][8798] what I shall do[06213][8799] for thee, before I be taken away[03947][8735] from thee. And Elisha[0477] said[0559][8799], I pray thee, let a double[08147] portion[06310] of thy spirit[07307] be upon me.
4:6 And he said[0559][8799], Thou hast asked[07592][8800] a hard thing[07185][8689]: nevertheless , if thou see[07200][8799] me when I am taken[03947][8795] from thee, it shall be so unto thee; but if not, it shall not be so . Thou hast...: Heb. Thou hast done hard in asking
4:7 And it came to pass, as they still[01980][8800] went on[01980][8802], and talked[01696][8763], that, behold, there appeared a chariot[07393] of fire[0784], and horses[05483] of fire[0784], and parted[06504][8686] them both[08147] asunder[0996]; and Elijah[0452] went up[05927][8799] by a whirlwind[05591] into heaven[08064].
4:8 And Elisha[0477] saw[07200][8802] it , and he cried[06817][8764], My father[01], my father[01], the chariot[07393] of Israel[03478], and the horsemen[06571] thereof. And he saw[07200][8804] him no more: and he took hold[02388][8686] of his own clothes[0899], and rent[07167][8799] them in two[08147] pieces[07168].
4:9 He took up[07311][8686] also the mantle[0155] of Elijah[0452] that fell[05307][8804] from him, and went back[07725][8799], and stood[05975][8799] by the bank[08193] of Jordan[03383]; bank: Heb. lip
4:10 And he took[03947][8799] the mantle[0155] of Elijah[0452] that fell[05307][8804] from him, and smote[05221][8686] the waters[04325], and said[0559][8799], Where is the LORD[03068] God[0430] of Elijah[0452]? and when he also had smitten[05221][8686] the waters[04325], they parted[02673][8735] hither and thither: and Elisha[0477] went over[05674][8799].
4:11 And when the sons[01121] of the prophets[05030] which were to view at Jericho[03405] saw[07200][8799] him, they said[0559][8799], The spirit[07307] of Elijah[0452] doth rest[05117][8804] on Elisha[0477]. And they came[0935][8799] to meet[07125][8800] him, and bowed[07812][8691] themselves to the ground[0776] before him.
4:12 And they said[0559][8799] unto him, Behold now, there be[03426] with thy servants[05650] fifty[02572] strong[02428] men[01121][0582]; let them go[03212][8799], we pray thee, and seek[01245][8762] thy master[0113]: lest peradventure the Spirit[07307] of the LORD[03068] hath taken him up[05375][8804], and cast[07993][8686] him upon some[0259] mountain[02022], or into some[0259] valley[01516]. And he said[0559][8799], Ye shall not send[07971][8799]. strong...: Heb. sons of strength some mountain: Heb. one of the mountains
4:13 And when they urged[06484][8799] him till he was ashamed[0954][8800], he said[0559][8799], Send[07971][8798]. They sent[07971][8799] therefore fifty[02572] men[0376]; and they sought[01245][8762] three[07969] days[03117], but found[04672][8804] him not.
4:14 And when they came again[07725][8799] to him, (for he tarried[03427][8802] at Jericho[03405],) he said[0559][8799] unto them, Did I not say[0559][8804] unto you, Go[03212][8799] not?
4:15 And the men[0582] of the city[05892] said[0559][8799] unto Elisha[0477], Behold, I pray thee, the situation[04186] of this city[05892] is pleasant[02896], as my lord[0113] seeth[07200][8802]: but the water[04325] is naught[07451], and the ground[0776] barren[07921][8764]. barren: Heb. causing to miscarry
4:16 And he said[0559][8799], Bring[03947][8798] me a new[02319] cruse[06746], and put[07760][8798] salt[04417] therein. And they brought[03947][8799] it to him.
4:17 And he went forth[03318][8799] unto the spring[04161] of the waters[04325], and cast[07993][8686] the salt[04417] in there, and said[0559][8799], Thus saith[0559][8804] the LORD[03068], I have healed[07495][8765] these waters[04325]; there shall not be from thence any more death[04194] or barren[07921][8764] land .
4:18 So the waters[04325] were healed[07495][8735] unto this day[03117], according to the saying[01697] of Elisha[0477] which he spake[01696][8765].
4:19 And he went up[05927][8799] from thence unto Bethel[01008]: and as he was going up[05927][8802] by the way[01870], there came forth[03318][8804] little[06996] children[05288] out of the city[05892], and mocked[07046][8691] him, and said[0559][8799] unto him, Go up[05927][8798], thou bald head[07142]; go up[05927][8798], thou bald head[07142].
4:20 And he turned[06437][8799] back[0310], and looked[07200][8799] on them, and cursed[07043][8762] them in the name[08034] of the LORD[03068]. And there came forth[03318][8799] two[08147] she bears[01677] out of the wood[03293], and tare[01234][8762] forty[0705] and two[08147] children[03206] of them.
4:21 And he went[03212][8799] from thence to mount[02022] Carmel[03760], and from thence he returned[07725][8804] to Samaria[08111].
4:22 Now Jehoram[03088] the son[01121] of Ahab[0256] began to reign[04427][8804] over Israel[03478] in Samaria[08111] the eighteenth[08083][06240] year[08141] of Jehoshaphat[03092] king[04428] of Judah[03063], and reigned[04427][8799] twelve[08147][06240] years[08141].
4:23 And he wrought[06213][8799] evil[07451] in the sight[05869] of the LORD[03068]; but not like his father[01], and like his mother[0517]: for he put away[05493][8686] the image[04676] of Baal[01168] that his father[01] had made[06213][8804]. image: Heb. statue
4:24 Nevertheless he cleaved[01692][8804] unto the sins[02403] of Jeroboam[03379] the son[01121] of Nebat[05028], which made Israel[03478] to sin[02398][8689]; he departed[05493][8804] not therefrom.
4:25 And Mesha[04338] king[04428] of Moab[04124] was a sheepmaster[05349], and rendered[07725][8689] unto the king[04428] of Israel[03478] an hundred[03967] thousand[0505] lambs[03733], and an hundred[03967] thousand[0505] rams[0352], with the wool[06785].
4:26 But it came to pass, when Ahab[0256] was dead[04194], that the king[04428] of Moab[04124] rebelled[06586][8799] against the king[04428] of Israel[03478].
4:27 And king[04428] Jehoram[03088] went out[03318][8799] of Samaria[08111] the same time[03117], and numbered[06485][8799] all Israel[03478].
4:28 And he went[03212][8799] and sent[07971][8799] to Jehoshaphat[03092] the king[04428] of Judah[03063], saying[0559][8800], The king[04428] of Moab[04124] hath rebelled[06586][8804] against me: wilt thou go[03212][8799] with me against Moab[04124] to battle[04421]? And he said[0559][8799], I will go up[05927][8799]: I am as thou art , my people[05971] as thy people[05971], and my horses[05483] as thy horses[05483].
4:29 And he said[0559][8799], Which way[01870] shall we go up[05927][8799]? And he answered[0559][8799], The way[01870] through the wilderness[04057] of Edom[0123].
4:30 So the king[04428] of Israel[03478] went[03212][8799], and the king[04428] of Judah[03063], and the king[04428] of Edom[0123]: and they fetched a compass[05437][8799] of seven[07651] days[03117]' journey[01870]: and there was no water[04325] for the host[04264], and for the cattle[0929] that followed[07272] them. that...: Heb. at their feet
4:31 And the king[04428] of Israel[03478] said[0559][8799], Alas[0162]! that the LORD[03068] hath called[07121][00] these three[07969] kings[04428] together[07121][8804], to deliver[05414][8800] them into the hand[03027] of Moab[04124]!
4:32 But Jehoshaphat[03092] said[0559][8799], Is there not here a prophet[05030] of the LORD[03068], that we may enquire[01875][8799] of the LORD[03068] by him? And one[0259] of the king[04428] of Israel's[03478] servants[05650] answered[06030][8799] and said[0559][8799], Here is Elisha[0477] the son[01121] of Shaphat[08202], which poured[03332][8804] water[04325] on the hands[03027] of Elijah[0452].
4:33 And Jehoshaphat[03092] said[0559][8799], The word[01697] of the LORD[03068] is[03426] with him. So the king[04428] of Israel[03478] and Jehoshaphat[03092] and the king[04428] of Edom[0123] went down[03381][8799] to him.
4:34 And Elisha[0477] said[0559][8799] unto the king[04428] of Israel[03478], What have I to do with thee? get[03212][8798] thee to the prophets[05030] of thy father[01], and to the prophets[05030] of thy mother[0517]. And the king[04428] of Israel[03478] said[0559][8799] unto him, Nay: for the LORD[03068] hath called[07121][00] these three[07969] kings[04428] together[07121][8804], to deliver[05414][8800] them into the hand[03027] of Moab[04124].
4:35 And Elisha[0477] said[0559][8799], As the LORD[03068] of hosts[06635] liveth[02416], before[06440] whom I stand[05975][8804], surely, were it not that[03884] I regard[05375][8802] the presence[06440] of Jehoshaphat[03092] the king[04428] of Judah[03063], I would not look[05027][8686] toward thee, nor see[07200][8799] thee.
4:36 But now bring[03947][8798] me a minstrel[05059][8764]. And it came to pass, when the minstrel[05059][8764] played[05059][8763], that the hand[03027] of the LORD[03068] came upon him.
4:37 And he said[0559][8799], Thus saith[0559][8804] the LORD[03068], Make[06213][8800] this valley[05158] full of ditches[01356].
4:38 For thus saith[0559][8804] the LORD[03068], Ye shall not see[07200][8799] wind[07307], neither shall ye see[07200][8799] rain[01653]; yet that valley[05158] shall be filled[04390][8735] with water[04325], that ye may drink[08354][8804], both ye, and your cattle[04735], and your beasts[0929].
4:39 And this is but a light thing[07043][8738] in the sight[05869] of the LORD[03068]: he will deliver[05414][8804] the Moabites[04124] also into your hand[03027].
4:40 And ye shall smite[05221][8689] every fenced[04013] city[05892], and every choice[04004] city[05892], and shall fell[05307][8686] every good[02896] tree[06086], and stop[05640][8799] all wells[04599] of water[04325], and mar[03510][8686] every good[02896] piece[02513] of land with stones[068]. mar: Heb. grieve
4:41 And it came to pass in the morning[01242], when the meat offering[04503] was offered[05927][8800], that, behold, there came[0935][8802] water[04325] by the way[01870] of Edom[0123], and the country[0776] was filled[04390][8735] with water[04325].
4:42 And when all the Moabites[04124] heard[08085][8804] that the kings[04428] were come up[05927][8804] to fight[03898][8736] against them, they gathered[06817][8735] all that were able to put[02296][8802] on armour[02290], and upward[04605], and stood[05975][8799] in the border[01366]. gathered: Heb. were cried together put on...: Heb. gird himself with a girdle
4:43 And they rose up early[07925][8686] in the morning[01242], and the sun[08121] shone[02224][8804] upon the water[04325], and the Moabites[04124] saw[07200][8799] the water[04325] on the other side[05048] as red[0122] as blood[01818]:
4:44 And they said[0559][8799], This is blood[01818]: the kings[04428] are surely[02717][8715] slain[02717][8738], and they have smitten[05221][8686] one[0376] another[07453]: now therefore, Moab[04124], to the spoil[07998]. slain: Heb. destroyed
5:1 And when they came[0935][8799] to the camp[04264] of Israel[03478], the Israelites[03478] rose up[06965][8799] and smote[05221][8686] the Moabites[04124], so that they fled[05127][8799] before[06440] them: but they went forward[05221][8686] smiting[05221][8687] the Moabites[04124], even in their country. they went...: or, they smote in it even smiting
5:2 And they beat down[02040][8799] the cities[05892], and on every good[02896] piece[02513] of land cast[07993][8686] every man[0376] his stone[068], and filled[04390][8765] it; and they stopped[05640][8799] all the wells[04599] of water[04325], and felled[05307][8686] all the good[02896] trees[06086]: only in Kirharaseth[07025] left[07604][8689] they the stones[068] thereof; howbeit the slingers[07051] went about[05437][8799] it , and smote[05221][8686] it. only in...: Heb. until he left its stones in Kirharaseth
5:3 And when the king[04428] of Moab[04124] saw[07200][8799] that the battle[04421] was too sore[02388][8804] for him, he took[03947][8799] with him seven[07651] hundred[03967] men[0376] that drew[08025][8802] swords[02719], to break through[01234][8687] even unto the king[04428] of Edom[0123]: but they could[03201][8804] not.
5:4 Then he took[03947][8799] his eldest[01060] son[01121] that should have reigned[04427][8799] in his stead, and offered[05927][8686] him for a burnt offering[05930] upon the wall[02346]. And there was great[01419] indignation[07110] against Israel[03478]: and they departed[05265][8799] from him, and returned[07725][8799] to their own land[0776].
5:5 Now there cried[06817][8804] a certain[0259] woman[0802] of the wives[0802] of the sons[01121] of the prophets[05030] unto Elisha[0477], saying[0559][8800], Thy servant[05650] my husband[0376] is dead[04191][8804]; and thou knowest[03045][8804] that thy servant[05650] did fear[03373] the LORD[03068]: and the creditor[05383][8802] is come[0935][8804] to take[03947][8800] unto him my two[08147] sons[03206] to be bondmen[05650].
5:6 And Elisha[0477] said[0559][8799] unto her, What shall I do[06213][8799] for thee? tell[05046][8685] me, what hast[03426] thou in the house[01004]? And she said[0559][8799], Thine handmaid[08198] hath not any thing in the house[01004], save a pot[0610] of oil[08081].
5:7 Then he said[0559][8799], Go[03212][8798], borrow[07592][8798] thee vessels[03627] abroad[02351] of all thy neighbours[07934], even empty[07386] vessels[03627]; borrow not a few[04591][8686]. borrow not...: or, scant not
5:8 And when thou art come in[0935][8804], thou shalt shut[05462][8804] the door[01817] upon thee and upon thy sons[01121], and shalt pour out[03332][8804] into all those vessels[03627], and thou shalt set aside[05265][8686] that which is full[04392].
5:9 So she went[03212][8799] from him, and shut[05462][8799] the door[01817] upon her and upon[01157] her sons[01121], who[01992] brought[05066][8688] the vessels to her; and she poured out[03332][8716].
5:10 And it came to pass, when the vessels[03627] were full[04390][8800], that she said[0559][8799] unto her son[01121], Bring[05066][8685] me yet a vessel[03627]. And he said[0559][8799] unto her, There is not a vessel[03627] more. And the oil[08081] stayed[05975][8799].
5:11 Then she came[0935][8799] and told[05046][8686] the man[0376] of God[0430]. And he said[0559][8799], Go[03212][8798], sell[04376][8798] the oil[08081], and pay[07999][8761] thy debt[05386], and live[02421][8799] thou and thy children[01121] of the rest[03498][8737]. debt: or, creditor
5:12 And it fell on a day[03117], that Elisha[0477] passed[05674][8799] to Shunem[07766], where was a great[01419] woman[0802]; and she constrained[02388][8686] him to eat[0398][8800] bread[03899]. And so it was, that as oft[01767] as he passed by[05674][8800], he turned[05493][8799] in thither to eat[0398][8800] bread[03899]. it fell on a day: Heb. there was a day constrained him: Heb. laid hold on him
5:13 And she said[0559][8799] unto her husband[0376], Behold now, I perceive[03045][8804] that this is an holy[06918] man[0376] of God[0430], which passeth[05674][8802] by us continually[08548].
5:14 Let us make[06213][8799] a little[06996] chamber[05944], I pray thee, on the wall[07023]; and let us set[07760][8799] for him there a bed[04296], and a table[07979], and a stool[03678], and a candlestick[04501]: and it shall be, when he cometh[0935][8800] to us, that he shall turn[05493][8799] in thither.
5:15 And it fell on a day[03117], that he came[0935][8799] thither, and he turned[05493][8799] into the chamber[05944], and lay[07901][8799] there.
5:16 And he said[0559][8799] to Gehazi[01522] his servant[05288], Call[07121][8798] this Shunammite[07767]. And when he had called[07121][8799] her, she stood[05975][8799] before[06440] him.
5:17 And he said[0559][8799] unto him, Say[0559][8798] now unto her, Behold, thou hast been careful[02729][8804] for us with all this care[02731]; what is to be done[06213][8800] for thee? wouldest[03426] thou be spoken[01696][8763] for to the king[04428], or to the captain[08269] of the host[06635]? And she answered[0559][8799], I dwell[03427][8802] among[08432] mine own people[05971].
5:18 And he said[0559][8799], What then is to be done[06213][8800] for her? And Gehazi[01522] answered[0559][8799], Verily[061] she hath no child[01121], and her husband[0376] is old[02204][8804].
5:19 And he said[0559][8799], Call[07121][8798] her. And when he had called[07121][8799] her, she stood[05975][8799] in the door[06607].
5:20 And he said[0559][8799], About this season[04150], according to the time[06256] of life[02416], thou shalt embrace[02263][8802] a son[01121]. And she said[0559][8799], Nay, my lord[0113], thou man[0376] of God[0430], do not lie[03576][8762] unto thine handmaid[08198]. season: Heb. set time
5:21 And the woman[0802] conceived[02029][8799], and bare[03205][8799] a son[01121] at that season[04150] that Elisha[0477] had said[01696][8765] unto her, according to the time[06256] of life[02416].
5:22 And when the child[03206] was grown[01431][8799], it fell on a day[03117], that he went out[03318][8799] to his father[01] to the reapers[07114][8802].
5:23 And he said[0559][8799] unto his father[01], My head[07218], my head[07218]. And he said[0559][8799] to a lad[05288], Carry[05375][8798] him to his mother[0517].
5:24 And when he had taken[05375][8799] him, and brought[0935][8686] him to his mother[0517], he sat[03427][8799] on her knees[01290] till noon[06672], and then died[04191][8799].
5:25 And she went up[05927][8799], and laid[07901][8686] him on the bed[04296] of the man[0376] of God[0430], and shut[05462][8799] the door upon him, and went out[03318][8799].
5:26 And she called[07121][8799] unto her husband[0376], and said[0559][8799], Send[07971][8798] me, I pray thee, one[0259] of the young men[05288], and one[0259] of the asses[0860], that I may run[07323][8799] to the man[0376] of God[0430], and come again[07725][8799].
5:27 And he said[0559][8799], Wherefore wilt thou go[01980][8802] to him to day[03117]? it is neither new moon[02320], nor sabbath[07676]. And she said[0559][8799], It shall be well[07965]. well: Heb. peace
6:1 Then she saddled[02280][8799] an ass[0860], and said[0559][8799] to her servant[05288], Drive[05090][8798], and go forward[03212][8798]; slack[06113][8799] not thy riding[07392][8800] for me, except I bid[0559][8804] thee. slack...: Heb. restrain not for me to ride
6:2 So she went[03212][8799] and came[0935][8799] unto the man[0376] of God[0430] to mount[02022] Carmel[03760]. And it came to pass, when the man[0376] of God[0430] saw her afar off[07200][8800], that he said[0559][8799] to Gehazi[01522] his servant[05288], Behold, yonder is that[01975] Shunammite[07767]:
6:3 Run[07323][8798] now, I pray thee, to meet[07125][8800] her, and say[0559][8798] unto her, Is it well[07965] with thee? is it well[07965] with thy husband[0376]? is it well[07965] with the child[03206]? And she answered[0559][8799], It is well[07965].
6:4 And when she came[0935][8799] to the man[0376] of God[0430] to the hill[02022], she caught[02388][8686] him by the feet[07272]: but Gehazi[01522] came near[05066][8799] to thrust her away[01920][8800]. And the man[0376] of God[0430] said[0559][8799], Let her alone[07503][8685]; for her soul[05315] is vexed[04843][8804] within her: and the LORD[03068] hath hid[05956][8689] it from me, and hath not told[05046][8689] me. him...: Heb. by his feet vexed: Heb. bitter
6:5 Then she said[0559][8799], Did I desire[07592][8804] a son[01121] of my lord[0113]? did I not say[0559][8804], Do not deceive[07952][8686] me?
6:6 Then he said[0559][8799] to Gehazi[01522], Gird up[02296][8798] thy loins[04975], and take[03947][8798] my staff[04938] in thine hand[03027], and go thy way[03212][8798]: if thou meet[04672][8799] any man[0376], salute[01288][8762] him not; and if any[0376] salute[01288][8762] thee, answer him not again[06030][8799]: and lay[07760][8804] my staff[04938] upon the face[06440] of the child[05288].
6:7 And the mother[0517] of the child[05288] said[0559][8799], As the LORD[03068] liveth[02416], and as thy soul[05315] liveth[02416], I will not leave[05800][8799] thee. And he arose[06965][8799], and followed[03212][8799][0310] her.
6:8 And Gehazi[01522] passed on[05674][8804] before[06440] them, and laid[07760][8799] the staff[04938] upon the face[06440] of the child[05288]; but there was neither voice[06963], nor hearing[07182]. Wherefore he went again[07725][8799] to meet[07125][8800] him, and told[05046][8686] him, saying[0559][8800], The child[05288] is not awaked[06974][8689]. hearing: Heb. attention
6:9 And when Elisha[0477] was come[0935][8799] into the house[01004], behold, the child[05288] was dead[04191][8801], and laid[07901][8716] upon his bed[04296].
6:10 He went in[0935][8799] therefore, and shut[05462][8799] the door[01817] upon them twain[08147], and prayed[06419][8691] unto the LORD[03068].
6:11 And he went up[05927][8799], and lay[07901][8799] upon the child[03206], and put[07760][8799] his mouth[06310] upon his mouth[06310], and his eyes[05869] upon his eyes[05869], and his hands[03709] upon his hands[03709]: and he stretched[01457][8799] himself upon the child; and the flesh[01320] of the child[03206] waxed warm[02552][8799].
6:12 Then he returned[07725][8799], and walked[03212][8799] in the house[01004] to[0259][02008] and fro[0259][02008]; and went up[05927][8799], and stretched[01457][8799] himself upon him: and the child[05288] sneezed[02237][8779] seven[07651] times[06471], and the child[05288] opened[06491][8799] his eyes[05869]. to and fro: Heb. once hither and once thither
6:13 And he called[07121][8799] Gehazi[01522], and said[0559][8799], Call[07121][8798] this Shunammite[07767]. So he called[07121][8799] her. And when she was come in[0935][8799] unto him, he said[0559][8799], Take up[05375][8798] thy son[01121].
6:14 Then she went in[0935][8799], and fell[05307][8799] at his feet[07272], and bowed[07812][8691] herself to the ground[0776], and took up[05375][8799] her son[01121], and went out[03318][8799].
6:15 And Elisha[0477] came again[07725][8804] to Gilgal[01537]: and there was a dearth[07458] in the land[0776]; and the sons[01121] of the prophets[05030] were sitting[03427][8802] before[06440] him: and he said[0559][8799] unto his servant[05288], Set[08239][8798] on the great[01419] pot[05518], and seethe[01310][8761] pottage[05138] for the sons[01121] of the prophets[05030].
6:16 And one[0259] went out[03318][8799] into the field[07704] to gather[03950][8763] herbs[0219], and found[04672][8799] a wild[07704] vine[01612], and gathered[03950][8762] thereof wild[07704] gourds[06498] his lap[0899] full[04393], and came[0935][8799] and shred[06398][8762] them into the pot[05518] of pottage[05138]: for they knew[03045][8804] them  not.
6:17 So they poured out[03332][8799] for the men[0582] to eat[0398][8800]. And it came to pass, as they were eating[0398][8800] of the pottage[05138], that they cried out[06817][8804], and said[0559][8799], O thou man[0376] of God[0430], there is death[04194] in the pot[05518]. And they could[03201][8804] not eat[0398][8800] thereof .
6:18 But he said[0559][8799], Then bring[03947][8798] meal[07058]. And he cast[07993][8686] it into the pot[05518]; and he said[0559][8799], Pour out[03332][8798] for the people[05971], that they may eat[0398][8799]. And there was no harm[01697][07451] in the pot[05518]. harm: Heb. evil thing
6:19 And there came[0935][8802] a man[0376] from Baalshalisha[01190], and brought[0935][8686] the man[0376] of God[0430] bread[03899] of the firstfruits[01061], twenty[06242] loaves[03899] of barley[08184], and full ears of corn[03759] in the husk[06861] thereof. And he said[0559][8799], Give[05414][8798] unto the people[05971], that they may eat[0398][8799]. the husk...: or, his scrip, or, garment
6:20 And his servitor[08334][8764] said[0559][8799], What, should I set[05414][8799] this before[06440] an hundred[03967] men[0376]? He said again[0559][8799], Give[05414][8798] the people[05971], that they may eat[0398][8799]: for thus saith[0559][8804] the LORD[03068], They shall eat[0398][8800], and shall leave[03498][8687] thereof .
6:21 So he set[05414][8799] it before[06440] them, and they did eat[0398][8799], and left[03498][8686] thereof , according to the word[01697] of the LORD[03068].
6:22 Now Naaman[05283], captain[08269] of the host[06635] of the king[04428] of Syria[0758], was a great[01419] man[0376] with[06440] his master[0113], and honourable[05375][8803], because by him the LORD[03068] had given[05414][8804] deliverance[08668] unto Syria[0758]: he was also a mighty[01368] man[0376] in valour[02428], but he was a leper[06879][8794]. with: Heb. before honourable: or, gracious: Heb. lifted up, or, accepted in countenance deliverance: or, victory
6:23 And the Syrians[0758] had gone out[03318][8804] by companies[01416], and had brought away captive[07617][8799] out of the land[0776] of Israel[03478] a little[06996] maid[05291]; and she waited on[06440] Naaman's[05283] wife[0802]. waited...: Heb. was before
6:24 And she said[0559][8799] unto her mistress[01404], Would[0305] God my lord[0113] were with[06440] the prophet[05030] that is in Samaria[08111]! for[0227] he would recover[0622][8799] him of his leprosy[06883]. with: Heb. before recover: Heb. gather in
6:25 And one went in[0935][8799], and told[05046][8686] his lord[0113], saying[0559][8800], Thus and thus said[01696][8765] the maid[05291] that is of the land[0776] of Israel[03478].
6:26 And the king[04428] of Syria[0758] said[0559][8799], Go to[03212][8798], go[0935][8798], and I will send[07971][8799] a letter[05612] unto the king[04428] of Israel[03478]. And he departed[03212][8799], and took[03947][8799] with him[03027] ten[06235] talents[03603] of silver[03701], and six[08337] thousand[0505] pieces of gold[02091], and ten[06235] changes[02487] of raiment[0899]. with...: Heb. in his hand
6:27 And he brought[0935][8686] the letter[05612] to the king[04428] of Israel[03478], saying[0559][8800], Now when this letter[05612] is come[0935][8800] unto thee, behold, I have therewith sent[07971][8804] Naaman[05283] my servant[05650] to thee, that thou mayest recover[0622][8804] him of his leprosy[06883].
6:28 And it came to pass, when the king[04428] of Israel[03478] had read[07121][8800] the letter[05612], that he rent[07167][8799] his clothes[0899], and said[0559][8799], Am I God[0430], to kill[04191][8687] and to make alive[02421][8687], that this man[02088] doth send[07971][8802] unto me to recover[0622][8800] a man[0376] of his leprosy[06883]? wherefore[0389] consider[03045][8798], I pray you, and see[07200][8798] how he seeketh a quarrel[0579][8693] against me.
6:29 And it was so , when Elisha[0477] the man[0376] of God[0430] had heard[08085][8800] that the king[04428] of Israel[03478] had rent[07167][8804] his clothes[0899], that he sent[07971][8799] to the king[04428], saying[0559][8800], Wherefore hast thou rent[07167][8804] thy clothes[0899]? let him come[0935][8799] now to me, and he shall know[03045][8799] that there is[03426] a prophet[05030] in Israel[03478].
6:30 So Naaman[05283] came[0935][8799] with his horses[05483] and with his chariot[07393], and stood[05975][8799] at the door[06607] of the house[01004] of Elisha[0477].
6:31 And Elisha[0477] sent[07971][8799] a messenger[04397] unto him, saying[0559][8800], Go[01980][8800] and wash[07364][8804] in Jordan[03383] seven[07651] times[06471], and thy flesh[01320] shall come again[07725][8799] to thee, and thou shalt be clean[02891][8798].
6:32 But Naaman[05283] was wroth[07107][8799], and went away[03212][8799], and said[0559][8799], Behold, I thought[0559][8804], He will surely[03318][8800] come out[03318][8799] to me, and stand[05975][8804], and call[07121][8804] on the name[08034] of the LORD[03068] his God[0430], and strike[05130][8689] his hand[03027] over the place[04725], and recover[0622][8804] the leper[06879][8794]. I thought: Heb. I said I thought...: or, I said with myself, He will surely come out, etc: Heb. I said strike: Heb. move up and down
6:33 Are not Abana[071][8676][0549] and Pharpar[06554], rivers[05104] of Damascus[01834], better[02896] than all the waters[04325] of Israel[03478]? may I not wash[07364][8799] in them, and be clean[02891][8804]? So he turned[06437][8799] and went away[03212][8799] in a rage[02534]. Abana: or, Amana
7:1 And his servants[05650] came near[05066][8799], and spake[01696][8762] unto him, and said[0559][8799], My father[01], if the prophet[05030] had bid[01696][8765] thee do some great[01419] thing[01697], wouldest thou not have done[06213][8799] it ? how much rather then[0637], when he saith[0559][8804] to thee, Wash[07364][8798], and be clean[02891][8798]?
7:2 Then went he down[03381][8799], and dipped[02881][8799] himself seven[07651] times[06471] in Jordan[03383], according to the saying[01697] of the man[0376] of God[0430]: and his flesh[01320] came again[07725][8799] like unto the flesh[01320] of a little[06996] child[05288], and he was clean[02891][8799].
7:3 And he returned[07725][8799] to the man[0376] of God[0430], he and all his company[04264], and came[0935][8799], and stood[05975][8799] before[06440] him: and he said[0559][8799], Behold, now I know[03045][8804] that  there is no God[0430] in all the earth[0776], but in Israel[03478]: now therefore, I pray thee, take[03947][8798] a blessing[01293] of thy servant[05650].
7:4 But he said[0559][8799], As the LORD[03068] liveth[02416], before[06440] whom I stand[05975][8804], I will receive[03947][8799] none. And he urged[06484][8799] him to take[03947][8800] it ; but he refused[03985][8762].
7:5 And Naaman[05283] said[0559][8799], Shall there not then, I pray thee, be given[05414][8714] to thy servant[05650] two[06776] mules[06505]' burden[04853] of earth[0127]? for thy servant[05650] will henceforth offer[06213][8799] neither burnt offering[05930] nor sacrifice[02077] unto other[0312] gods[0430], but unto the LORD[03068].
7:6 In this thing[01697] the LORD[03068] pardon[05545][8799] thy servant[05650], that when my master[0113] goeth[0935][8800] into the house[01004] of Rimmon[07417] to worship[07812][8692] there, and he leaneth[08172][8737] on my hand[03027], and I bow[07812][8694] myself in the house[01004] of Rimmon[07417]: when I bow down[07812][8692] myself in the house[01004] of Rimmon[07417], the LORD[03068] pardon[05545][8799] thy servant[05650] in this thing[01697].
7:7 And he said[0559][8799] unto him, Go[03212][8798] in peace[07965]. So he departed[03212][8799] from him a little[03530] way[0776]. a little...: Heb. a little piece of ground
7:8 But Gehazi[01522], the servant[05288] of Elisha[0477] the man[0376] of God[0430], said[0559][8799], Behold, my master[0113] hath spared[02820][8804] Naaman[05283] this Syrian[0761], in not receiving[03947][8800] at his hands[03027] that which he brought[0935][8689]: but, as the LORD[03068] liveth[02416], I will run[07323][8804] after[0310] him, and take[03947][8804] somewhat[03972] of him.
7:9 So Gehazi[01522] followed[07291][8799] after[0310] Naaman[05283]. And when Naaman[05283] saw[07200][8799] him running[07323][8801] after[0310] him, he lighted down[05307][8799] from the chariot[04818] to meet[07125][8800] him, and said[0559][8799], Is all well[07965]? Is...: Heb. Is there peace?
7:10 And he said[0559][8799], All is well[07965]. My master[0113] hath sent[07971][8804] me, saying[0559][8800], Behold, even now there be come[0935][8804] to me from mount[02022] Ephraim[0669] two[08147] young men[05288] of the sons[01121] of the prophets[05030]: give[05414][8798] them, I pray thee, a talent[03603] of silver[03701], and two[08147] changes[02487] of garments[0899].
7:11 And Naaman[05283] said[0559][8799], Be content[02974][8685], take[03947][8798] two talents[03603]. And he urged[06555][8799] him, and bound[06696][8799] two[08147] talents[03603] of silver[03701] in two[08147] bags[02754], with two[08147] changes[02487] of garments[0899], and laid[05414][8799] them upon two[08147] of his servants[05288]; and they bare[05375][8799] them before[06440] him.
7:12 And when he came[0935][8799] to the tower[06076], he took[03947][8799] them from their hand[03027], and bestowed[06485][8799] them in the house[01004]: and he let the men[0582] go[07971][8762], and they departed[03212][8799]. tower: or, secret place
7:13 But he went in[0935][8802], and stood[05975][8799] before his master[0113]. And Elisha[0477] said[0559][8799] unto him, Whence[0370] comest thou , Gehazi[01522]? And he said[0559][8799], Thy servant[05650] went[01980][8804] no whither[0575]. no whither: Heb. not hither or thither
7:14 And he said[0559][8799] unto him, Went[01980][8804] not mine heart[03820] with thee , when the man[0376] turned[02015][8804] again from his chariot[04818] to meet[07125][8800] thee? Is it a time[06256] to receive[03947][8800] money[03701], and to receive[03947][8800] garments[0899], and oliveyards[02132], and vineyards[03754], and sheep[06629], and oxen[01241], and menservants[05650], and maidservants[08198]?
7:15 The leprosy[06883] therefore of Naaman[05283] shall cleave[01692][8799] unto thee, and unto thy seed[02233] for ever[05769]. And he went out[03318][8799] from his presence[06440] a leper[06879][8794] as white as snow[07950].
7:16 And the sons[01121] of the prophets[05030] said[0559][8799] unto[06440] Elisha[0477], Behold now, the place[04725] where we dwell[03427][8802] with thee is too strait[06862] for us.
7:17 Let us go[03212][8799], we pray thee, unto Jordan[03383], and take[03947][8799] thence every man[0376] a[0259] beam[06982], and let us make[06213][8799] us a place[04725] there, where we may dwell[03427][8800]. And he answered[0559][8799], Go[03212][8798] ye.
7:18 And one[0259] said[0559][8799], Be content[02974][8685], I pray thee, and go[03212][8798] with thy servants[05650]. And he answered[0559][8799], I will go[03212][8799].
7:19 So he went[03212][8799] with them. And when they came[0935][8799] to Jordan[03383], they cut down[01504][8799] wood[06086].
7:20 But as one[0259] was felling[05307][8688] a beam[06982], the axe head[01270] fell[05307][8804] into the water[04325]: and he cried[06817][8799], and said[0559][8799], Alas[0162], master[0113]! for it was borrowed[07592][8803]. axe head: Heb. iron
8:1 And the man[0376] of God[0430] said[0559][8799], Where[0575] fell[05307][8804] it? And he shewed[07200][8686] him the place[04725]. And he cut down[07094][8799] a stick[06086], and cast[07993][8686] it in thither; and the iron[01270] did swim[06687][8686].
8:2 Therefore said[0559][8799] he, Take it up[07311][8685] to thee. And he put out[07971][8799] his hand[03027], and took[03947][8799] it.
8:3 Then the king[04428] of Syria[0758] warred[03898][8737] against Israel[03478], and took counsel[03289][8735] with his servants[05650], saying[0559][8800], In such[06423] and such[0492] a place[04725] shall be my camp[08466]. camp: or, encamping
8:4 And the man[0376] of God[0430] sent[07971][8799] unto the king[04428] of Israel[03478], saying[0559][8800], Beware[08104][8734] that thou pass[05674][8800] not such[02088] a place[04725]; for thither the Syrians[0758] are come down[05185].
8:5 And the king[04428] of Israel[03478] sent[07971][8799] to the place[04725] which the man[0376] of God[0430] told[0559][8804] him and warned[02094][8689] him of, and saved[08104][8738] himself there, not once[0259] nor twice[08147].
8:6 Therefore the heart[03820] of the king[04428] of Syria[0758] was sore troubled[05590][8735] for this thing[01697]; and he called[07121][8799] his servants[05650], and said[0559][8799] unto them, Will ye not shew[05046][8686] me which of us is for the king[04428] of Israel[03478]?
8:7 And one[0259] of his servants[05650] said[0559][8799], None, my lord[0113], O king[04428]: but Elisha[0477], the prophet[05030] that is in Israel[03478], telleth[05046][8686] the king[04428] of Israel[03478] the words[01697] that thou speakest[01696][8762] in thy bedchamber[02315][04904]. None: Heb. No
8:8 And he said[0559][8799], Go[03212][8798] and spy[07200][8798] where[0351] he is , that I may send[07971][8799] and fetch[03947][8799] him. And it was told[05046][8714] him, saying[0559][8800], Behold, he is  in Dothan[01886].
8:9 Therefore sent[07971][8799] he thither horses[05483], and chariots[07393], and a great[03515] host[02428]: and they came[0935][8799] by night[03915], and compassed[05362][00] the city[05892] about[05362][8686]. great: Heb. heavy
8:10 And when the servant[08334][8764] of the man[0376] of God[0430] was risen[06965][8800] early[07925][8686], and gone forth[03318][8799], behold, an host[02428] compassed[05437][8802] the city[05892] both with horses[05483] and chariots[07393]. And his servant[05288] said[0559][8799] unto him, Alas[0162], my master[0113]! how shall we do[06213][8799]? the servant: or, the minister
8:11 And he answered[0559][8799], Fear[03372][8799] not: for they that be with us are more[07227] than they that be with them.
8:12 And Elisha[0477] prayed[06419][8691], and said[0559][8799], LORD[03068], I pray thee, open[06491][8798] his eyes[05869], that he may see[07200][8799]. And the LORD[03068] opened[06491][8799] the eyes[05869] of the young man[05288]; and he saw[07200][8799]: and, behold, the mountain[02022] was full[04390][8804] of horses[05483] and chariots[07393] of fire[0784] round about[05439] Elisha[0477].
8:13 And when they came down[03381][8799] to him, Elisha[0477] prayed[06419][8691] unto the LORD[03068], and said[0559][8799], Smite[05221][8685] this people[01471], I pray thee, with blindness[05575]. And he smote[05221][8686] them with blindness[05575] according to the word[01697] of Elisha[0477].
8:14 And Elisha[0477] said[0559][8799] unto them, This is not the way[01870], neither is this[02090] the city[05892]: follow[03212][8798][0310] me, and I will bring[03212][8686] you to the man[0376] whom ye seek[01245][8762]. But he led[03212][8686] them to Samaria[08111]. follow...: Heb. come ye after me
8:15 And it came to pass, when they were come[0935][8800] into Samaria[08111], that Elisha[0477] said[0559][8799], LORD[03068], open[06491][8798] the eyes[05869] of these men , that they may see[07200][8799]. And the LORD[03068] opened[06491][8799] their eyes[05869], and they saw[07200][8799]; and, behold, they were in the midst[08432] of Samaria[08111].
8:16 And the king[04428] of Israel[03478] said[0559][8799] unto Elisha[0477], when he saw[07200][8800] them, My father[01], shall I smite[05221][8686] them ? shall I smite[05221][8686] them ?
8:17 And he answered[0559][8799], Thou shalt not smite[05221][8686] them : wouldest thou smite[05221][8688] those whom thou hast taken captive[07617][8804] with thy sword[02719] and with thy bow[07198]? set[07760][8798] bread[03899] and water[04325] before[06440] them, that they may eat[0398][8799] and drink[08354][8799], and go[03212][8799] to their master[0113].
8:18 And he prepared[03739][8799] great[01419] provision[03740] for them: and when they had eaten[0398][8799] and drunk[08354][8799], he sent them away[07971][8762], and they went[03212][8799] to their master[0113]. So the bands[01416] of Syria[0758] came[0935][8800] no more[03254][8804] into the land[0776] of Israel[03478].
8:19 And it came to pass after this[0310], that Benhadad[01130] king[04428] of Syria[0758] gathered[06908][8799] all his host[04264], and went up[05927][8799], and besieged[06696][8799] Samaria[08111].
8:20 And there was a great[01419] famine[07458] in Samaria[08111]: and, behold, they besieged[06696][8802] it, until an ass's[02543] head[07218] was sold for fourscore[08084] pieces of silver[03701], and the fourth part[07255] of a cab[06894] of dove's dung[01686][8675][03123][02755] for five[02568] pieces of silver[03701].
8:21 And as the king[04428] of Israel[03478] was passing by[05674][8802] upon the wall[02346], there cried[06817][8804] a woman[0802] unto him, saying[0559][8800], Help[03467][8685], my lord[0113], O king[04428].
8:22 And he said[0559][8799], If the LORD[03068] do not help[03467][8686] thee, whence[0370] shall I help[03467][8686] thee? out of the barnfloor[01637], or out of the winepress[03342]? If...: or, Let not the LORD save thee
8:23 And the king[04428] said[0559][8799] unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered[0559][8799], This woman[0802] said[0559][8804] unto me, Give[05414][8798] thy son[01121], that we may eat[0398][8799] him to day[03117], and we will eat[0398][8799] my son[01121] to morrow[04279].
8:24 So we boiled[01310][8762] my son[01121], and did eat[0398][8799] him: and I said[0559][8799] unto her on the next[0312] day[03117], Give[05414][8798] thy son[01121], that we may eat[0398][8799] him: and she hath hid[02244][8686] her son[01121]. next: Heb. other
8:25 And it came to pass, when the king[04428] heard[08085][8800] the words[01697] of the woman[0802], that he rent[07167][8799] his clothes[0899]; and he passed by[05674][8802] upon the wall[02346], and the people[05971] looked[07200][8799], and, behold, he had sackcloth[08242] within[01004] upon his flesh[01320].
8:26 Then he said[0559][8799], God[0430] do[06213][8799] so and more[03254][8686] also to me, if the head[07218] of Elisha[0477] the son[01121] of Shaphat[08202] shall stand[05975][8799] on him this day[03117].
8:27 But Elisha[0477] sat[03427][8802] in his house[01004], and the elders[02205] sat[03427][8802] with him; and the king sent[07971][8799] a man[0376] from before[06440] him: but ere the messenger[04397] came[0935][8799] to him, he said[0559][8804] to the elders[02205], See[07200][8804] ye how this son[01121] of a murderer[07523][8764] hath sent[07971][8804] to take away[05493][8687] mine head[07218]? look[07200][8798], when the messenger[04397] cometh[0935][8800], shut[05462][8798] the door[01817], and hold him fast[03905][8804] at the door[01817]: is not the sound[06963] of his master's[0113] feet[07272] behind[0310] him?
8:28 And while he yet talked[01696][8764] with them, behold, the messenger[04397] came down[03381][8802] unto him: and he said[0559][8799], Behold, this evil[07451] is of the LORD[03068]; what should I wait[03176][8686] for the LORD[03068] any longer?
8:29 Then Elisha[0477] said[0559][8799], Hear[08085][8798] ye the word[01697] of the LORD[03068]; Thus saith[0559][8804] the LORD[03068], To morrow[04279] about this time[06256] shall a measure[05429] of fine flour[05560] be sold for a shekel[08255], and two measures[05429] of barley[08184] for a shekel[08255], in the gate[08179] of Samaria[08111].
9:1 Then a lord[07991] on whose hand[03027] the king[04428] leaned[08172][8737] answered[06030][8799] the man[0376] of God[0430], and said[0559][8799], Behold, if the LORD[03068] would make[06213][8802] windows[0699] in heaven[08064], might this thing[01697] be? And he said[0559][8799], Behold, thou shalt see[07200][8802] it with thine eyes[05869], but shalt not eat[0398][8799] thereof. a lord...: Heb. a lord which belonged to the king leaning upon his hand
9:2 And there were four[0702] leprous[06879][8794] men[0582] at the entering in[06607] of the gate[08179]: and they said[0559][8799] one[0376] to another[07453], Why sit[03427][8802] we here until we die[04191][8804]?
9:3 If we say[0559][8804], We will enter[0935][8799] into the city[05892], then the famine[07458] is in the city[05892], and we shall die[04191][8804] there: and if we sit still[03427][8804] here, we die[04191][8804] also. Now therefore come[03212][8798], and let us fall[05307][8799] unto the host[04264] of the Syrians[0758]: if they save us alive[02421][8762], we shall live[02421][8799]; and if they kill[04191][8686] us, we shall but die[04191][8804].
9:4 And they rose up[06965][8799] in the twilight[05399], to go[0935][8800] unto the camp[04264] of the Syrians[0758]: and when they were come[0935][8799] to the uttermost part[07097] of the camp[04264] of Syria[0758], behold, there was no man[0376] there.
9:5 For the Lord[0136] had made the host[04264] of the Syrians[0758] to hear[08085][8689] a noise[06963] of chariots[07393], and a noise[06963] of horses[05483], even the noise[06963] of a great[01419] host[02428]: and they said[0559][8799] one[0376] to another[0251], Lo, the king[04428] of Israel[03478] hath hired[07936][8804] against us the kings[04428] of the Hittites[02850], and the kings[04428] of the Egyptians[04714], to come[0935][8800] upon us.
9:6 Wherefore they arose[06965][8799] and fled[05127][8799] in the twilight[05399], and left[05800][8799] their tents[0168], and their horses[05483], and their asses[02543], even the camp[04264] as it was , and fled[05127][8799] for their life[05315].
9:7 And when these lepers[06879][8794] came[0935][8799] to the uttermost part[07097] of the camp[04264], they went[0935][8799] into one[0259] tent[0168], and did eat[0398][8799] and drink[08354][8799], and carried[05375][8799] thence silver[03701], and gold[02091], and raiment[0899], and went[03212][8799] and hid[02934][8686] it ; and came again[07725][8799], and entered[0935][8799] into another[0312] tent[0168], and carried[05375][8799] thence also , and went[03212][8799] and hid[02934][8686] it .
9:8 Then they said[0559][8799] one[0376] to another[07453], We do[06213][8802] not well: this day[03117] is a day[03117] of good tidings[01309], and we hold our peace[02814][8688]: if we tarry[02442][8765] till the morning[01242] light[0216], some mischief[05771] will come[04672][8804] upon us: now therefore come[03212][8798], that we may go[0935][8799] and tell[05046][8686] the king's[04428] household[01004]. some...: Heb. we shall find punishment
9:9 So they came[0935][8799] and called[07121][8799] unto the porter[07778] of the city[05892]: and they told[05046][8686] them, saying[0559][8800], We came[0935][8804] to the camp[04264] of the Syrians[0758], and, behold, there was no man[0376] there, neither voice[06963] of man[0120], but horses[05483] tied[0631][8803], and asses[02543] tied[0631][8803], and the tents[0168] as they were .
9:10 And he called[07121][8799] the porters[07778]; and they told[05046][8686] it to the king's[04428] house[01004] within[06441].
9:11 And the king[04428] arose[06965][8799] in the night[03915], and said[0559][8799] unto his servants[05650], I will now shew[05046][8686] you what the Syrians[0758] have done[06213][8804] to us. They know[03045][8804] that we be hungry[07457]; therefore are they gone out[03318][8799] of the camp[04264] to hide[02247][8736] themselves in the field[07704], saying[0559][8800], When they come out[03318][8799] of the city[05892], we shall catch[08610][8799] them alive[02416], and get[0935][8799] into the city[05892].
9:12 And one[0259] of his servants[05650] answered[06030][8799] and said[0559][8799], Let some take[03947][8799], I pray thee, five[02568] of the horses[05483] that remain[07604][8737], which are left[07604][8738] in the city, (behold, they are as all the multitude[01995] of Israel[03478] that are left[07604][8738] in it: behold, I say , they are  even as all the multitude[01995] of the Israelites[03478] that are consumed[08552][8804]:) and let us send[07971][8799] and see[07200][8799]. in the city: Heb. in it
9:13 They took[03947][8799] therefore two[08147] chariot[07393] horses[05483]; and the king[04428] sent[07971][8799] after[0310] the host[04264] of the Syrians[0758], saying[0559][8800], Go[03212][8798] and see[07200][8798].
9:14 And they went[03212][8799] after[0310] them unto Jordan[03383]: and, lo, all the way[01870] was full[04392] of garments[0899] and vessels[03627], which the Syrians[0758] had cast away[07993][8689] in their haste[02648][8800]. And the messengers[04397] returned[07725][8799], and told[05046][8686] the king[04428].
9:15 And the people[05971] went out[03318][8799], and spoiled[0962][8799] the tents[04264] of the Syrians[0758]. So a measure[05429] of fine flour[05560] was sold for a shekel[08255], and two measures[05429] of barley[08184] for a shekel[08255], according to the word[01697] of the LORD[03068].
9:16 And the king[04428] appointed[06485][8689] the lord[07991] on whose hand[03027] he leaned[08172][8737] to have the charge of the gate[08179]: and the people[05971] trode[07429][8799] upon him in the gate[08179], and he died[04191][8799], as the man[0376] of God[0430] had said[01696][8765], who spake[01696][8765] when the king[04428] came down[03381][8800] to him.
9:17 And it came to pass as the man[0376] of God[0430] had spoken[01696][8763] to the king[04428], saying[0559][8800], Two measures[05429] of barley[08184] for a shekel[08255], and a measure[05429] of fine flour[05560] for a shekel[08255], shall be to morrow[04279] about this time[06256] in the gate[08179] of Samaria[08111]:
9:18 And that lord[07991] answered[06030][8799] the man[0376] of God[0430], and said[0559][8799], Now, behold, if the LORD[03068] should make[06213][8802] windows[0699] in heaven[08064], might such a thing[01697] be? And he said[0559][8799], Behold, thou shalt see[07200][8802] it with thine eyes[05869], but shalt not eat[0398][8799] thereof.
9:19 And so it fell out unto him: for the people[05971] trode[07429][8799] upon him in the gate[08179], and he died[04191][8799].
9:20 Then spake[01696][8765] Elisha[0477] unto the woman[0802], whose son[01121] he had restored to life[02421][8689], saying[0559][8800], Arise[06965][8798], and go[03212][8798] thou and thine household[01004], and sojourn[01481][8798] wheresoever[0834] thou canst sojourn[01481][8799]: for the LORD[03068] hath called[07121][8804] for a famine[07458]; and it shall also come[0935][8804] upon the land[0776] seven[07651] years[08141].
9:21 And the woman[0802] arose[06965][8799], and did[06213][8799] after the saying[01697] of the man[0376] of God[0430]: and she went[03212][8799] with her household[01004], and sojourned[01481][8799] in the land[0776] of the Philistines[06430] seven[07651] years[08141].
9:22 And it came to pass at the seven[07651] years[08141]' end[07097], that the woman[0802] returned[07725][8799] out of the land[0776] of the Philistines[06430]: and she went forth[03318][8799] to cry[06817][8800] unto the king[04428] for her house[01004] and for her land[07704].
9:23 And the king[04428] talked[01696][8764] with Gehazi[01522] the servant[05288] of the man[0376] of God[0430], saying[0559][8800], Tell[05608][8761] me, I pray thee, all the great things[01419] that Elisha[0477] hath done[06213][8804].
9:24 And it came to pass, as he was telling[05608][8764] the king[04428] how he had restored[02421][00] a dead body[04191][8801] to life[02421][8689], that, behold, the woman[0802], whose son[01121] he had restored to life[02421][8689], cried[06817][8802] to the king[04428] for her house[01004] and for her land[07704]. And Gehazi[01522] said[0559][8799], My lord[0113], O king[04428], this is the woman[0802], and this is her son[01121], whom Elisha[0477] restored to life[02421][8689].
9:25 And when the king[04428] asked[07592][8799] the woman[0802], she told[05608][8762] him. So the king[04428] appointed[05414][8799] unto her a certain[0259] officer[05631], saying[0559][8800], Restore[07725][8685] all that was hers, and all the fruits[08393] of the field[07704] since the day[03117] that she left[05800][8800] the land[0776], even until now. officer: or, eunuch
9:26 And Elisha[0477] came[0935][8799] to Damascus[01834]; and Benhadad[01130] the king[04428] of Syria[0758] was sick[02470][8802]; and it was told[05046][8714] him, saying[0559][8800], The man[0376] of God[0430] is come[0935][8804] hither[02008].
9:27 And the king[04428] said[0559][8799] unto Hazael[02371], Take[03947][8798] a present[04503] in thine hand[03027], and go[03212][8798], meet[07125][8800] the man[0376] of God[0430], and enquire[01875][8804] of the LORD[03068] by him, saying[0559][8800], Shall I recover[02421][8799] of this disease[02483]?
9:28 So Hazael[02371] went[03212][8799] to meet[07125][8800] him, and took[03947][8799] a present[04503] with him[03027], even of every good thing[02898] of Damascus[01834], forty[0705] camels[01581]' burden[04853], and came[0935][8799] and stood[05975][8799] before[06440] him, and said[0559][8799], Thy son[01121] Benhadad[01130] king[04428] of Syria[0758] hath sent[07971][8804] me to thee, saying[0559][8800], Shall I recover[02421][8799] of this disease[02483]? with...: Heb. in his hand
9:29 And Elisha[0477] said[0559][8799] unto him, Go[03212][8798], say[0559][8798] unto him, Thou mayest certainly[02421][8800] recover[02421][8799]: howbeit the LORD[03068] hath shewed[07200][8689] me that he shall surely[04191][8800] die[04191][8799].
9:30 And he settled[05975][8686] his countenance[06440] stedfastly[07760][8799], until he was ashamed[0954][8800]: and the man[0376] of God[0430] wept[01058][8799]. stedfastly: Heb. and set it
9:31 And Hazael[02371] said[0559][8799], Why weepeth[01058][8802] my lord[0113]? And he answered[0559][8799], Because I know[03045][8804] the evil[07451] that thou wilt do[06213][8799] unto the children[01121] of Israel[03478]: their strong holds[04013] wilt thou set[07971][8762] on fire[0784], and their young men[0970] wilt thou slay[02026][8799] with the sword[02719], and wilt dash[07376][8762] their children[05768], and rip up[01234][8762] their women with child[02030].
9:32 And Hazael[02371] said[0559][8799], But what, is thy servant[05650] a dog[03611], that he should do[06213][8799] this great[01419] thing[01697]? And Elisha[0477] answered[0559][8799], The LORD[03068] hath shewed[07200][8689] me that thou shalt be king[04428] over Syria[0758].
9:33 So he departed[03212][8799] from Elisha[0477], and came[0935][8799] to his master[0113]; who said[0559][8799] to him, What said[0559][8804] Elisha[0477] to thee? And he answered[0559][8799], He told[0559][8804] me  that thou shouldest surely[02421][8800] recover[02421][8799].
9:34 And it came to pass on the morrow[04283], that he took[03947][8799] a thick cloth[04346], and dipped[02881][8799] it in water[04325], and spread[06566][8799] it on his face[06440], so that he died[04191][8799]: and Hazael[02371] reigned[04427][8799] in his stead.
9:35 And in the fifth[02568] year[08141] of Joram[03141] the son[01121] of Ahab[0256] king[04428] of Israel[03478], Jehoshaphat[03092] being then king[04428] of Judah[03063], Jehoram[03088] the son[01121] of Jehoshaphat[03092] king[04428] of Judah[03063] began to reign[04427][8804]. began...: Heb. reigned
9:36 Thirty[07970] and two[08147] years[08141] old[01121] was he when he began to reign[04427][8800]; and he reigned[04427][8804] eight[08083] years[08141] in Jerusalem[03389].
9:37 And he walked[03212][8799] in the way[01870] of the kings[04428] of Israel[03478], as did[06213][8804] the house[01004] of Ahab[0256]: for the daughter[01323] of Ahab[0256] was his wife[0802]: and he did[06213][8799] evil[07451] in the sight[05869] of the LORD[03068].
10:1 Yet the LORD[03068] would[014][8804] not destroy[07843][8687] Judah[03063] for David[01732] his servant's[05650] sake, as he promised[0559][8804] him to give[05414][8800] him alway[03117] a light[05216], and to his children[01121]. light: Heb. candle, or, lamp
10:2 In his days[03117] Edom[0123] revolted[06586][8804] from under the hand[03027] of Judah[03063], and made[04427][8686] a king[04428] over themselves.
10:3 So Joram[03141] went over[05674][8799] to Zair[06811], and all the chariots[07393] with him: and he rose[06965][8804] by night[03915], and smote[05221][8686] the Edomites[0123] which compassed him about[05437][8802], and the captains[08269] of the chariots[07393]: and the people[05971] fled[05127][8799] into their tents[0168].
10:4 Yet Edom[0123] revolted[06586][8799] from under the hand[03027] of Judah[03063] unto this day[03117]. Then Libnah[03841] revolted[06586][8799] at the same[01931] time[06256].
10:5 And the rest[03499] of the acts[01697] of Joram[03141], and all that he did[06213][8804], are they not written[03789][8803] in the book[05612] of the chronicles[01697][03117] of the kings[04428] of Judah[03063]?
10:6 And Joram[03141] slept[07901][8799] with his fathers[01], and was buried[06912][8735] with his fathers[01] in the city[05892] of David[01732]: and Ahaziah[0274] his son[01121] reigned[04427][8799] in his stead. Ahaziah: also called, Azariah, and Jehoahaz
10:7 In the twelfth[08147][06240][08141] year[08141] of Joram[03141] the son[01121] of Ahab[0256] king[04428] of Israel[03478] did Ahaziah[0274] the son[01121] of Jehoram[03088] king[04428] of Judah[03063] begin to reign[04427][8804].
10:8 Two[08147] and twenty[06242] years[08141] old[01121] was Ahaziah[0274] when he began to reign[04427][8800]; and he reigned[04427][8804] one[0259] year[08141] in Jerusalem[03389]. And his mother's[0517] name[08034] was Athaliah[06271], the daughter[01323] of Omri[06018] king[04428] of Israel[03478]. daughter: or, granddaughter
10:9 And he walked[03212][8799] in the way[01870] of the house[01004] of Ahab[0256], and did[06213][8799] evil[07451] in the sight[05869] of the LORD[03068], as did the house[01004] of Ahab[0256]: for he was the son in law[02860] of the house[01004] of Ahab[0256].
10:10 And he went[03212][8799] with Joram[03141] the son[01121] of Ahab[0256] to the war[04421] against Hazael[02371] king[04428] of Syria[0758] in Ramothgilead[07433][01568]; and the Syrians[0761] wounded[05221][8686] Joram[03141].
10:11 And king[04428] Joram[03141] went back[07725][8799] to be healed[07495][8692] in Jezreel[03157] of the wounds[04347] which the Syrians[0761] had given[05221][8686] him at Ramah[07414], when he fought[03898][8736] against Hazael[02371] king[04428] of Syria[0758]. And Ahaziah[0274] the son[01121] of Jehoram[03088] king[04428] of Judah[03063] went down[03381][8804] to see[07200][8800] Joram[03141] the son[01121] of Ahab[0256] in Jezreel[03157], because he was sick[02470][8802]. which...: Heb. wherewith the Syrians had wounded Ramah: called Ramoth sick: Heb. wounded
10:12 And Elisha[0477] the prophet[05030] called[07121][8804] one[0259] of the children[01121] of the prophets[05030], and said[0559][8799] unto him, Gird up[02296][8798] thy loins[04975], and take[03947][8798] this box[06378] of oil[08081] in thine hand[03027], and go[03212][8798] to Ramothgilead[07433][01568]:
10:13 And when thou comest[0935][8804] thither, look out[07200][8798] there Jehu[03058] the son[01121] of Jehoshaphat[03092] the son[01121] of Nimshi[05250], and go in[0935][8804], and make him arise up[06965][8689] from among[08432] his brethren[0251], and carry[0935][8689] him to an inner[02315] chamber[02315]; inner...: Heb. chamber in a chamber
10:14 Then take[03947][8804] the box[06378] of oil[08081], and pour[03332][8804] it on his head[07218], and say[0559][8804], Thus saith[0559][8804] the LORD[03068], I have anointed[04886][8804] thee king[04428] over Israel[03478]. Then open[06605][8804] the door[01817], and flee[05127][8804], and tarry[02442][8762] not.
10:15 So the young man[05288], even the young man[05288] the prophet[05030], went[03212][8799] to Ramothgilead[07433][01568].
10:16 And when he came[0935][8799], behold, the captains[08269] of the host[02428] were sitting[03427][8802]; and he said[0559][8799], I have an errand[01697] to thee, O captain[08269]. And Jehu[03058] said[0559][8799], Unto which of all us? And he said[0559][8799], To thee, O captain[08269].
10:17 And he arose[06965][8799], and went[0935][8799] into the house[01004]; and he poured[03332][8799] the oil[08081] on his head[07218], and said[0559][8799] unto him, Thus saith[0559][8804] the LORD[03068] God[0430] of Israel[03478], I have anointed[04886][8804] thee king[04428] over the people[05971] of the LORD[03068], even over Israel[03478].
10:18 And thou shalt smite[05221][8689] the house[01004] of Ahab[0256] thy master[0113], that I may avenge[05358][8765] the blood[01818] of my servants[05650] the prophets[05030], and the blood[01818] of all the servants[05650] of the LORD[03068], at the hand[03027] of Jezebel[0348].
10:19 For the whole house[01004] of Ahab[0256] shall perish[06][8804]: and I will cut off[03772][8689] from Ahab[0256] him that pisseth[08366][8688] against the wall[07023], and him that is shut up[06113][8803] and left[05800][8803] in Israel[03478]:
10:20 And I will make[05414][8804] the house[01004] of Ahab[0256] like the house[01004] of Jeroboam[03379] the son[01121] of Nebat[05028], and like the house[01004] of Baasha[01201] the son[01121] of Ahijah[0281]:
10:21 And the dogs[03611] shall eat[0398][8799] Jezebel[0348] in the portion[02506] of Jezreel[03157], and there shall be none to bury[06912][8802] her . And he opened[06605][8799] the door[01817], and fled[05127][8799].
10:22 Then Jehu[03058] came forth[03318][8804] to the servants[05650] of his lord[0113]: and one said[0559][8799] unto him, Is all well[07965]? wherefore came[0935][8804] this mad[07696][8794] fellow to thee? And he said[0559][8799] unto them, Ye know[03045][8804] the man[0376], and his communication[07879].
10:23 And they said[0559][8799], It is false[08267]; tell[05046][8685] us now. And he said[0559][8799], Thus and thus spake[0559][8804] he to me, saying[0559][8800], Thus saith[0559][8804] the LORD[03068], I have anointed[04886][8804] thee king[04428] over Israel[03478].
10:24 Then they hasted[04116][8762], and took[03947][8799] every man[0376] his garment[0899], and put[07760][8799] it under him on the top[01634] of the stairs[04609], and blew[08628][8799] with trumpets[07782], saying[0559][8799], Jehu[03058] is king[04427][8804]. is king: Heb. reigneth
10:25 So Jehu[03058] the son[01121] of Jehoshaphat[03092] the son[01121] of Nimshi[05250] conspired[07194][8691] against Joram[03141]. (Now Joram[03141] had kept[08104][8802] Ramothgilead[07433][01568], he and all Israel[03478], because[06440] of Hazael[02371] king[04428] of Syria[0758].
10:26 But king[04428] Joram[03088] was returned[07725][8799] to be healed[07495][8692] in Jezreel[03157] of the wounds[04347] which the Syrians[0761] had given[05221][8686] him, when he fought[03898][8736] with Hazael[02371] king[04428] of Syria[0758].) And Jehu[03058] said[0559][8799], If it be[03426] your minds[05315], then let none[0408] go forth[03318][8799] nor escape[06412] out of the city[05892] to go[03212][8800] to tell[05046][8687] it in Jezreel[03157]. Joram: Heb. Jehoram but not in verse sixteen had given: Heb. smote let none...: Heb. let no escaper go, etc
10:27 So Jehu[03058] rode in a chariot[07392][8799], and went[03212][8799] to Jezreel[03157]; for Joram[03141] lay[07901][8802] there. And Ahaziah[0274] king[04428] of Judah[03063] was come down[03381][8804] to see[07200][8800] Joram[03141].
10:28 And there stood[05975][8802] a watchman[06822][8802] on the tower[04026] in Jezreel[03157], and he spied[07200][8799] the company[08229] of Jehu[03058] as he came[0935][8800], and said[0559][8799], I see[07200][8802] a company[08229]. And Joram[03088] said[0559][8799], Take[03947][8798] an horseman[07395], and send[07971][8798] to meet[07125][8800] them, and let him say[0559][8799], Is it peace[07965]?
10:29 So there went[03212][8799] one on horseback[07392][8802][05483] to meet[07125][8800] him, and said[0559][8799], Thus saith[0559][8804] the king[04428], Is it peace[07965]? And Jehu[03058] said[0559][8799], What hast thou to do with peace[07965]? turn[05437][8798] thee behind[0310] me. And the watchman[06822][8802] told[05046][8686], saying[0559][8800], The messenger[04397] came[0935][8804] to them, but he cometh not again[07725][8804].
10:30 Then he sent out[07971][8799] a second[08145] on horseback[07392][8802][05483], which came[0935][8799] to them, and said[0559][8799], Thus saith[0559][8804] the king[04428], Is it peace[07965]? And Jehu[03058] answered[0559][8799], What hast thou to do with peace[07965]? turn[05437][8798] thee behind[0310] me.
10:31 And the watchman[06822][8802] told[05046][8686], saying[0559][8800], He came[0935][8804] even unto them, and cometh not again[07725][8804]: and the driving[04491] is like the driving[04491] of Jehu[03058] the son[01121] of Nimshi[05250]; for he driveth[05090][8799] furiously[07697]. driving: or, marching furiously: Heb. in madness
10:32 And Joram[03088] said[0559][8799], Make ready[0631][8798]. And his chariot[07393] was made ready[0631][8799]. And Joram[03088] king[04428] of Israel[03478] and Ahaziah[0274] king[04428] of Judah[03063] went out[03318][8799], each[0376] in his chariot[07393], and they went out[03318][8799] against[07125][8800] Jehu[03058], and met[04672][8799] him in the portion[02513] of Naboth[05022] the Jezreelite[03158]. Make ready: Heb. Bind met: Heb. found
10:33 And it came to pass, when Joram[03088] saw[07200][8800] Jehu[03058], that he said[0559][8799], Is it peace[07965], Jehu[03058]? And he answered[0559][8799], What peace[07965], so long as[05704] the whoredoms[02183] of thy mother[0517] Jezebel[0348] and her witchcrafts[03785] are so many[07227]?
10:34 And Joram[03088] turned[02015][8799] his hands[03027], and fled[05127][8799], and said[0559][8799] to Ahaziah[0274], There is treachery[04820], O Ahaziah[0274].
10:35 And Jehu[03058] drew a bow[07198] with his full[04390][8765] strength[03027], and smote[05221][8686] Jehoram[03088] between his arms[02220], and the arrow[02678] went out[03318][8799] at his heart[03820], and he sunk down[03766][8799] in his chariot[07393]. drew...: Heb. filled his hand with a bow sunk: Heb. bowed
10:36 Then said[0559][8799] Jehu to Bidkar[0920] his captain[07991], Take up[05375][8798], and cast[07993][8685] him in the portion[02513] of the field[07704] of Naboth[05022] the Jezreelite[03158]: for remember[02142][8798] how that, when I and thou rode[07392][8802] together[06776] after[0310] Ahab[0256] his father[01], the LORD[03068] laid[05375][8804] this burden[04853] upon him;
11:1 Surely I have seen[07200][8804] yesterday[0570] the blood[01818] of Naboth[05022], and the blood[01818] of his sons[01121], saith[05002][8803] the LORD[03068]; and I will requite[07999][8765] thee in this plat[02513], saith[05002][8803] the LORD[03068]. Now therefore take[05375][8798] and cast[07993][8685] him into the plat[02513] of ground , according to the word[01697] of the LORD[03068]. blood: Heb. bloods plat: or, portion
11:2 But when Ahaziah[0274] the king[04428] of Judah[03063] saw[07200][8804] this , he fled[05127][8799] by the way[01870] of the garden[01588] house[01004]. And Jehu[03058] followed[07291][8799] after[0310] him, and said[0559][8799], Smite[05221][8685] him also in the chariot[04818]. And they did so at the going up[04608] to Gur[01483], which is  by Ibleam[02991]. And he fled[05127][8799] to Megiddo[04023], and died[04191][8799] there.
11:3 And his servants[05650] carried[07392][8686] him in a chariot to Jerusalem[03389], and buried[06912][8799] him in his sepulchre[06900] with his fathers[01] in the city[05892] of David[01732].
11:4 And in the eleventh[0259][06240][08141] year[08141] of Joram[03141] the son[01121] of Ahab[0256] began Ahaziah[0274] to reign[04427][8804] over Judah[03063].
11:5 And when Jehu[03058] was come[0935][8799] to Jezreel[03157], Jezebel[0348] heard[08085][8804] of it ; and she painted[07760][8799][06320] her face[05869], and tired[03190][8686] her head[07218], and looked out[08259][8686] at a window[02474]. painted...: Heb. put her eyes in painting
11:6 And as Jehu[03058] entered in[0935][8804] at the gate[08179], she said[0559][8799], Had Zimri[02174] peace[07965], who slew[02026][8802] his master[0113]?
11:7 And he lifted up[05375][8799] his face[06440] to the window[02474], and said[0559][8799], Who is on my side? who? And there looked out[08259][8686] to him two[08147] or  three[07969] eunuchs[05631]. eunuchs: or, chamberlains
11:8 And he said[0559][8799], Throw her down[08058][8798]. So they threw her down[08058][8799]: and some of her blood[01818] was sprinkled[05137][8799] on the wall[07023], and on the horses[05483]: and he trode her under foot[07429][8799].
11:9 And when he was come in[0935][8799], he did eat[0398][8799] and drink[08354][8799], and said[0559][8799], Go[06485][8798], see now this cursed[0779][8803] woman , and bury[06912][8798] her: for she is a king's[04428] daughter[01323].
11:10 And they went[03212][8799] to bury[06912][8800] her: but they found[04672][8804] no more of her than[0518] the skull[01538], and the feet[07272], and the palms[03709] of her hands[03027].
11:11 Wherefore they came again[07725][8799], and told[05046][8686] him. And he said[0559][8799], This is the word[01697] of the LORD[03068], which he spake[01696][8765] by[03027] his servant[05650] Elijah[0452] the Tishbite[08664], saying[0559][8800], In the portion[02506] of Jezreel[03157] shall dogs[03611] eat[0398][8799] the flesh[01320] of Jezebel[0348]: by: Heb. by the hand of
11:12 And the carcase[05038] of Jezebel[0348] shall be as dung[01828] upon the face[06440] of the field[07704] in the portion[02506] of Jezreel[03157]; so that they shall not say[0559][8799], This is Jezebel[0348].
11:13 And Ahab[0256] had seventy[07657] sons[01121] in Samaria[08111]. And Jehu[03058] wrote[03789][8799] letters[05612], and sent[07971][8799] to Samaria[08111], unto the rulers[08269] of Jezreel[03157], to the elders[02205], and to them that brought up[0539][8802] Ahab's[0256] children , saying[0559][8800], them...: Heb. nourishers
11:14 Now as soon as this letter[05612] cometh[0935][8800] to you, seeing your master's[0113] sons[01121] are with you, and there are with you chariots[07393] and horses[05483], a fenced[04013] city[05892] also, and armour[05402];
11:15 Look even out[07200][8804] the best[02896] and meetest[03477] of your master's[0113] sons[01121], and set[07760][8804] him on his father's[01] throne[03678], and fight[03898][8734] for your master's[0113] house[01004].
11:16 But they were exceedingly[03966][03966] afraid[03372][8799], and said[0559][8799], Behold, two[08147] kings[04428] stood[05975][8804] not before[06440] him: how then shall we stand[05975][8799]?
11:17 And he that was over the house[01004], and he that was over the city[05892], the elders[02205] also, and the bringers up[0539][8802] of the children , sent[07971][8799] to Jehu[03058], saying[0559][8800], We are thy servants[05650], and will do[06213][8799] all that thou shalt bid[0559][8799] us; we will not make any[0376] king[04427][8686]: do[06213][8798] thou that which is good[02896] in thine eyes[05869].
11:18 Then he wrote[03789][8799] a letter[05612] the second time[08145] to them, saying[0559][8800], If ye be mine, and if ye will hearken[08085][8802] unto my voice[06963], take[03947][8798] ye the heads[07218] of the men[0582] your master's[0113] sons[01121], and come[0935][8798] to me to Jezreel[03157] by to morrow[04279] this time[06256]. Now the king's[04428] sons[01121], being seventy[07657] persons[0376], were with the great men[01419] of the city[05892], which brought them up[01431][8764]. mine: Heb. for me
11:19 And it came to pass, when the letter[05612] came[0935][8800] to them, that they took[03947][8799] the king's[04428] sons[01121], and slew[07819][8799] seventy[07657] persons[0376], and put[07760][8799] their heads[07218] in baskets[01731], and sent[07971][8799] him them to Jezreel[03157].
11:20 And there came[0935][8799] a messenger[04397], and told[05046][8686] him, saying[0559][8800], They have brought[0935][8689] the heads[07218] of the king's[04428] sons[01121]. And he said[0559][8799], Lay[07760][8798] ye them in two[08147] heaps[06652] at the entering in[06607] of the gate[08179] until the morning[01242].
11:21 And it came to pass in the morning[01242], that he went out[03318][8799], and stood[05975][8799], and said[0559][8799] to all the people[05971], Ye be righteous[06662]: behold, I conspired[07194][8804] against my master[0113], and slew[02026][8799] him: but who slew[05221][8689] all these?
12:1 Know[03045][8798] now[0645] that there shall fall[05307][8799] unto the earth[0776] nothing of the word[01697] of the LORD[03068], which the LORD[03068] spake[01696][8765] concerning the house[01004] of Ahab[0256]: for the LORD[03068] hath done[06213][8804] that which he spake[01696][8765] by[03027] his servant[05650] Elijah[0452]. by: Heb. by the hand of
12:2 So Jehu[03058] slew[05221][8686] all that remained[07604][8737] of the house[01004] of Ahab[0256] in Jezreel[03157], and all his great men[01419], and his kinsfolks[03045][8794], and his priests[03548], until he left[07604][8689] him none remaining[08300]. kinsfolks: or, acquaintance
12:3 And he arose[06965][8799] and departed[0935][8799], and came[03212][8799] to Samaria[08111]. And as he was at the shearing[07462][8802] house[01004][8677][01044] in the way[01870], shearing...: Heb. house of shepherds binding sheep
12:4 Jehu[03058] met[04672][8804] with the brethren[0251] of Ahaziah[0274] king[04428] of Judah[03063], and said[0559][8799], Who are ye? And they answered[0559][8799], We are the brethren[0251] of Ahaziah[0274]; and we go down[03381][8799] to salute[07965] the children[01121] of the king[04428] and the children[01121] of the queen[01377]. met with: Heb. found to salute...: Heb. to the peace of, etc
12:5 And he said[0559][8799], Take[08610][8798] them alive[02416]. And they took[08610][8799] them alive[02416], and slew[07819][8799] them at the pit[0953] of the shearing house[01044], even two[08147] and forty[0705] men[0376]; neither left[07604][8689] he any[0376] of them.
12:6 And when he was departed[03212][8799] thence, he lighted[04672][8799] on Jehonadab[03082] the son[01121] of Rechab[07394] coming to meet[07125][8800] him: and he saluted[01288][8762] him, and said[0559][8799] to him, Is[03426] thine heart[03824] right[03477], as my heart[03824] is with thy heart[03824]? And Jehonadab[03082] answered[0559][8799], It is[03426]. If it be, give[05414][8798] me thine hand[03027]. And he gave[05414][8799] him his hand[03027]; and he took him up[05927][8686] to him into the chariot[04818]. lighted on: Heb. found saluted: Heb. blessed
12:7 And he said[0559][8799], Come[03212][8798] with me, and see[07200][8798] my zeal[07068] for the LORD[03068]. So they made him ride[07392][8686] in his chariot[07393].
12:8 And when he came[0935][8799] to Samaria[08111], he slew[05221][8686] all that remained[07604][8737] unto Ahab[0256] in Samaria[08111], till he had destroyed[08045][8689] him, according to the saying[01697] of the LORD[03068], which he spake[01696][8765] to Elijah[0452].
12:9 And Jehu[03058] gathered[06908][00] all the people[05971] together[06908][8799], and said[0559][8799] unto them, Ahab[0256] served[05647][8804] Baal[01168] a little[04592]; but Jehu[03058] shall serve[05647][8799] him much[07235][8687].
12:10 Now therefore call[07121][8798] unto me all the prophets[05030] of Baal[01168], all his servants[05647][8802], and all his priests[03548]; let none[0376] be wanting[06485][8735]: for I have a great[01419] sacrifice[02077] to do to Baal[01168]; whosoever shall be wanting[06485][8735], he shall not live[02421][8799]. But Jehu[03058] did[06213][8804] it  in subtilty[06122], to the intent that he might destroy[06][8687] the worshippers[05647][8802] of Baal[01168].
12:11 And Jehu[03058] said[0559][8799], Proclaim[06942][8761] a solemn assembly[06116] for Baal[01168]. And they proclaimed[07121][8799] it . Proclaim: Heb. Sanctify
12:12 And Jehu[03058] sent[07971][8799] through all Israel[03478]: and all the worshippers[05647][8802] of Baal[01168] came[0935][8799], so that there was not a man[0376] left[07604][8738] that came[0935][8804] not. And they came[0935][8799] into the house[01004] of Baal[01168]; and the house[01004] of Baal[01168] was full[04390][8735] from one end[06310] to another[06310]. full...: or, so full that they stood mouth to mouth
12:13 And he said[0559][8799] unto him that was over the vestry[04458], Bring forth[03318][8685] vestments[03830] for all the worshippers[05647][8802] of Baal[01168]. And he brought them forth[03318][8686] vestments[04403].
12:14 And Jehu[03058] went[0935][8799], and Jehonadab[03082] the son[01121] of Rechab[07394], into the house[01004] of Baal[01168], and said[0559][8799] unto the worshippers[05647][8802] of Baal[01168], Search[02664][8761], and look[07200][8798] that there be[03426] here with you none of the servants[05650] of the LORD[03068], but the worshippers[05647][8802] of Baal[01168] only.
12:15 And when they went in[0935][8799] to offer[06213][8800] sacrifices[02077] and burnt offerings[05930], Jehu[03058] appointed[07760][8804] fourscore[08084] men[0376] without[02351], and said[0559][8799], If any[0376] of the men[0582] whom I have brought[0935][8688] into your hands[03027] escape[04422][8735], he that letteth him go , his life[05315] shall be for the life[05315] of him.
12:16 And it came to pass, as soon as he had made an end[03615][8763] of offering[06213][8800] the burnt offering[05930], that Jehu[03058] said[0559][8799] to the guard[07323][8801] and to the captains[07991], Go in[0935][8798], and slay[05221][8685] them; let none[0376] come forth[03318][8799]. And they smote[05221][8686] them with the edge[06310] of the sword[02719]; and the guard[07323][8801] and the captains[07991] cast them out[07993][8686], and went[03212][8799] to the city[05892] of the house[01004] of Baal[01168]. the edge: Heb. the mouth
12:17 And they brought forth[03318][8686] the images[04676] out of the house[01004] of Baal[01168], and burned[08313][8799] them. images: Heb. statues
12:18 And they brake down[05422][8799] the image[04676] of Baal[01168], and brake down[05422][8799] the house[01004] of Baal[01168], and made[07760][8799] it a draught house[04163][8675][04280] unto this day[03117].
12:19 Thus Jehu[03058] destroyed[08045][8686] Baal[01168] out of Israel[03478].
12:20 Howbeit from the sins[02399] of Jeroboam[03379] the son[01121] of Nebat[05028], who made Israel[03478] to sin[02398][8689], Jehu[03058] departed[05493][8804] not from after[0310] them, to wit , the golden[02091] calves[05695] that were in Bethel[01008], and that were in Dan[01835].
12:21 And the LORD[03068] said[0559][8799] unto Jehu[03058], Because thou hast done well[02895][8689] in executing[06213][8800] that which is right[03477] in mine eyes[05869], and hast done[06213][8804] unto the house[01004] of Ahab[0256] according to all that was in mine heart[03824], thy children[01121] of the fourth[07243] generation shall sit[03427][8799] on the throne[03678] of Israel[03478].
13:1 But Jehu[03058] took no heed[08104][8804] to walk[03212][8800] in the law[08451] of the LORD[03068] God[0430] of Israel[03478] with all his heart[03824]: for he departed[05493][8804] not from the sins[02403] of Jeroboam[03379], which made Israel[03478] to sin[02398][8689]. took...: Heb. observed not
13:2 In those days[03117] the LORD[03068] began[02490][8689] to cut[07096][00] Israel[03478] short[07096][8763]: and Hazael[02371] smote[05221][8686] them in all the coasts[01366] of Israel[03478]; to cut: Heb. to cut off the ends
13:3 From Jordan[03383] eastward[04217][08121], all the land[0776] of Gilead[01568], the Gadites[01425], and the Reubenites[07206], and the Manassites[04520], from Aroer[06177], which is by the river[05158] Arnon[0769], even Gilead[01568] and Bashan[01316]. eastward: Heb. toward the rising of the sun even...: or, even to Gilead and Bashan
13:4 Now the rest[03499] of the acts[01697] of Jehu[03058], and all that he did[06213][8804], and all his might[01369], are they not written[03789][8803] in the book[05612] of the chronicles[01697][03117] of the kings[04428] of Israel[03478]?
13:5 And Jehu[03058] slept[07901][8799] with his fathers[01]: and they buried[06912][8799] him in Samaria[08111]. And Jehoahaz[03059] his son[01121] reigned[04427][8799] in his stead.
13:6 And the time[03117] that Jehu[03058] reigned[04427][8804] over Israel[03478] in Samaria[08111] was twenty[06242] and eight[08083] years[08141]. the time: Heb. the days were
13:7 And when Athaliah[06271] the mother[0517] of Ahaziah[0274] saw[07200][8804] that her son[01121] was dead[04191][8804], she arose[06965][8799] and destroyed[06][8762] all the seed[02233] royal[04467]. seed...: Heb. seed of the kingdom
13:8 But Jehosheba[03089], the daughter[01323] of king[04428] Joram[03141], sister[0269] of Ahaziah[0274], took[03947][8799] Joash[03101] the son[01121] of Ahaziah[0274], and stole[01589][8799] him from among[08432] the king's[04428] sons[01121] which were slain[04191][8716]; and they hid[05641][8686] him, even him and his nurse[03243][8688], in the bedchamber[02315][04296] from[06440] Athaliah[06271], so that he was not slain[04191][8717]. Jehosheba: also called, Jehoshabeath Joash: also called, Jehoash
13:9 And he was with her hid[02244][8693] in the house[01004] of the LORD[03068] six[08337] years[08141]. And Athaliah[06271] did reign[04427][8802] over the land[0776].
13:10 And the seventh[07637] year[08141] Jehoiada[03077] sent[07971][8804] and fetched[03947][8799] the rulers[08269] over hundreds[03967], with the captains[03746] and the guard[07323][8801], and brought[0935][8686] them to him into the house[01004] of the LORD[03068], and made[03772][8799] a covenant[01285] with them, and took an oath[07650][8686] of them in the house[01004] of the LORD[03068], and shewed[07200][8686] them the king's[04428] son[01121].
13:11 And he commanded[06680][8762] them, saying[0559][8800], This is the thing[01697] that ye shall do[06213][8799]; A third part[07992] of you that enter in[0935][8802] on the sabbath[07676] shall even be keepers[08104][8802] of the watch[04931] of the king's[04428] house[01004];
13:12 And a third part[07992] shall be at the gate[08179] of Sur[05495]; and a third part[07992] at the gate[08179] behind[0310] the guard[07323][8801]: so shall ye keep[08104][8804] the watch[04931] of the house[01004], that it be not broken down[04535]. that...: or, from breaking up
13:13 And two[08147] parts[03027] of all you that go forth[03318][8802] on the sabbath[07676], even they shall keep[08104][8804] the watch[04931] of the house[01004] of the LORD[03068] about[0413] the king[04428]. parts: or, companies: Heb. hands
13:14 And ye shall compass[05362][8689] the king[04428] round about[05439], every man[0376] with his weapons[03627] in his hand[03027]: and he that cometh[0935][8802] within the ranges[07713], let him be slain[04191][8714]: and be ye with the king[04428] as he goeth out[03318][8800] and as he cometh in[0935][8800].
13:15 And the captains[08269] over the hundreds[03967] did[06213][8799] according to all things that Jehoiada[03077] the priest[03548] commanded[06680][8765]: and they took[03947][8799] every man[0376] his men[0582] that were to come in[0935][8802] on the sabbath[07676], with them that should go out[03318][8802] on the sabbath[07676], and came[0935][8799] to Jehoiada[03077] the priest[03548].
13:16 And to the captains[08269] over hundreds[03967] did the priest[03548] give[05414][8799] king[04428] David's[01732] spears[02595] and shields[07982], that were in the temple[01004] of the LORD[03068].
13:17 And the guard[07323][8801] stood[05975][8799], every man[0376] with his weapons[03627] in his hand[03027], round about[05439] the king[04428], from the right[03233] corner[03802] of the temple[01004] to the left[08042] corner[03802] of the temple[01004], along by the altar[04196] and the temple[01004]. corner: Heb. shoulder
13:18 And he brought forth[03318][8686] the king's[04428] son[01121], and put[05414][8799] the crown[05145] upon him, and gave him the testimony[05715]; and they made him king[04427][8686], and anointed[04886][8799] him; and they clapped[05221][8686] their hands[03709], and said[0559][8799], God save[02421][8799] the king[04428]. God...: Heb. Let the king live
13:19 And when Athaliah[06271] heard[08085][8799] the noise[06963] of the guard[07323][8801] and of the people[05971], she came[0935][8799] to the people[05971] into the temple[01004] of the LORD[03068].
13:20 And when she looked[07200][8799], behold, the king[04428] stood[05975][8802] by a pillar[05982], as the manner[04941] was , and the princes[08269] and the trumpeters[02689] by the king[04428], and all the people[05971] of the land[0776] rejoiced[08056], and blew[08628][8802] with trumpets[02689]: and Athaliah[06271] rent[07167][8799] her clothes[0899], and cried[07121][8799], Treason[07195], Treason[07195].
13:21 But Jehoiada[03077] the priest[03548] commanded[06680][8762] the captains[08269] of the hundreds[03967], the officers[06485][8803] of the host[02428], and said[0559][8799] unto them, Have her forth[03318][8685] without[01004] the ranges[07713]: and him that followeth[0935][8802][0310] her kill[04191][8687] with the sword[02719]. For the priest[03548] had said[0559][8804], Let her not be slain[04191][8714] in the house[01004] of the LORD[03068].
13:22 And they laid[07760][8799] hands[03027] on her; and she went[0935][8799] by the way[01870] by the which the horses[05483] came[03996] into the king's[04428] house[01004]: and there was she slain[04191][8714].
13:23 And Jehoiada[03077] made[03772][8799] a covenant[01285] between the LORD[03068] and the king[04428] and the people[05971], that they should be the LORD'S[03068] people[05971]; between the king[04428] also and the people[05971].
13:24 And all the people[05971] of the land[0776] went[0935][8799] into the house[01004] of Baal[01168], and brake it down[05422][8799]; his altars[04196] and his images[06754] brake they in pieces[07665][8765] thoroughly[03190][8687], and slew[02026][8804] Mattan[04977] the priest[03548] of Baal[01168] before[06440] the altars[04196]. And the priest[03548] appointed[07760][8799] officers[06485][8803][8676][06486] over the house[01004] of the LORD[03068]. officers: Heb. offices
13:25 And he took[03947][8799] the rulers[08269] over hundreds[03967], and the captains[03746], and the guard[07323][8801], and all the people[05971] of the land[0776]; and they brought down[03381][8686] the king[04428] from the house[01004] of the LORD[03068], and came[0935][8799] by the way[01870] of the gate[08179] of the guard[07323][8801] to the king's[04428] house[01004]. And he sat[03427][8799] on the throne[03678] of the kings[04428].
14:1 And all the people[05971] of the land[0776] rejoiced[08055][8799], and the city[05892] was in quiet[08252][8804]: and they slew[04191][8689] Athaliah[06271] with the sword[02719] beside the king's[04428] house[01004].
14:2 Seven[07651] years[08141] old[01121] was Jehoash[03060] when he began to reign[04427][8800].
14:3 In the seventh[07651] year[08141] of Jehu[03058] Jehoash[03060] began to reign[04427][8804]; and forty[0705] years[08141] reigned[04427][8804] he in Jerusalem[03389]. And his mother's[0517] name[08034] was Zibiah[06645] of Beersheba[0884].
14:4 And Jehoash[03060] did[06213][8799] that which was right[03477] in the sight[05869] of the LORD[03068] all his days[03117] wherein Jehoiada[03077] the priest[03548] instructed[03384][8689] him.
14:5 But the high places[01116] were not taken away[05493][8804]: the people[05971] still sacrificed[02076][8764] and burnt incense[06999][8764] in the high places[01116].
14:6 And Jehoash[03060] said[0559][8799] to the priests[03548], All the money[03701] of the dedicated things[06944] that is brought[0935][8714] into the house[01004] of the LORD[03068], even the money[03701] of every one[0376] that passeth[05674][8802] the account , the money[03701] that every man[05315] is set at[06187], and all the money[03701] that cometh[05927][8799] into any man's[0376] heart[03820] to bring[0935][8687] into the house[01004] of the LORD[03068], dedicated things: or, holy things: Heb. holinesses that every...: Heb. of the souls of his estimation cometh...: Heb. ascendeth upon the heart of a man
14:7 Let the priests[03548] take[03947][8799] it to them, every man[0376] of his acquaintance[04378]: and let them repair[02388][8762] the breaches[0919] of the house[01004], wheresoever any breach[0919] shall be found[04672][8735].
14:8 But it was so, that in the three[07969][08141] and twentieth[06242] year[08141] of king[04428] Jehoash[03060] the priests[03548] had not repaired[02388][8765] the breaches[0919] of the house[01004]. three...: Heb. twentieth year and third year
14:9 Then king[04428] Jehoash[03060] called[07121][8799] for Jehoiada[03077] the priest[03548], and the other priests[03548], and said[0559][8799] unto them, Why repair[02388][8764] ye not the breaches[0919] of the house[01004]? now therefore receive[03947][8799] no more money[03701] of your acquaintance[04378], but deliver[05414][8799] it for the breaches[0919] of the house[01004].
14:10 And the priests[03548] consented[0225][8735] to receive[03947][8800] no[01115] more money[03701] of the people[05971], neither[01115] to repair[02388][8763] the breaches[0919] of the house[01004].
14:11 But Jehoiada[03077] the priest[03548] took[03947][8799] a[0259] chest[0727], and bored[05344][8799] a hole[02356] in the lid[01817] of it, and set[05414][8799] it beside[0681] the altar[04196], on the right side[03225] as one[0376] cometh[0935][8800] into the house[01004] of the LORD[03068]: and the priests[03548] that kept[08104][8802] the door[05592] put[05414][8804] therein all the money[03701] that was brought[0935][8716] into the house[01004] of the LORD[03068]. door: Heb. threshold
14:12 And it was so , when they saw[07200][8800] that there was much[07227] money[03701] in the chest[0727], that the king's[04428] scribe[05608][8802] and the high[01419] priest[03548] came up[05927][8799], and they put up in bags[06696][8799], and told[04487][8799] the money[03701] that was found[04672][8737] in the house[01004] of the LORD[03068]. scribe: or, secretary put...: Heb. bound up
14:13 And they gave[05414][8804] the money[03701], being told[08505][8794], into the hands[03027] of them that did[06213][8802] the work[04399], that had the oversight[06485][8716][8675][06485][8803] of the house[01004] of the LORD[03068]: and they laid it out[03318][8686] to the carpenters[02796][06086] and builders[01129][8802], that wrought[06213][8802] upon the house[01004] of the LORD[03068], laid...: Heb. brought it forth
14:14 And to masons[01443][8802], and hewers[02672][8802] of stone[068], and to buy[07069][8800] timber[06086] and hewed[04274] stone[068] to repair[02388][8763] the breaches[0919] of the house[01004] of the LORD[03068], and for all that was laid out[03318][8799] for the house[01004] to repair[02394] it . was...: Heb. went forth
14:15 Howbeit there were not made[06213][8735] for the house[01004] of the LORD[03068] bowls[05592] of silver[03701], snuffers[04212], basons[04219], trumpets[02689], any vessels[03627] of gold[02091], or vessels[03627] of silver[03701], of the money[03701] that was brought[0935][8716] into the house[01004] of the LORD[03068]:
14:16 But they gave[05414][8799] that to the workmen[04399][06213][8802], and repaired[02388][8765] therewith the house[01004] of the LORD[03068].
14:17 Moreover they reckoned[02803][8762] not with the men[0582], into whose hand[03027] they delivered[05414][8799] the money[03701] to be bestowed[05414][8800] on workmen[04399]: for they dealt[06213][8802] faithfully[0530].
14:18 The trespass[0817] money[03701] and sin[02403] money[03701] was not brought[0935][8714] into the house[01004] of the LORD[03068]: it was the priests[03548]'.
14:19 Then Hazael[02371] king[04428] of Syria[0758] went up[05927][8799], and fought[03898][8735] against Gath[01661], and took[03920][8799] it: and Hazael[02371] set[07760][8799] his face[06440] to go up[05927][8800] to Jerusalem[03389].
14:20 And Jehoash[03060] king[04428] of Judah[03063] took[03947][8799] all the hallowed things[06944] that Jehoshaphat[03092], and Jehoram[03088], and Ahaziah[0274], his fathers[01], kings[04428] of Judah[03063], had dedicated[06942][8689], and his own hallowed things[06944], and all the gold[02091] that was found[04672][8737] in the treasures[0214] of the house[01004] of the LORD[03068], and in the king's[04428] house[01004], and sent[07971][8799] it to Hazael[02371] king[04428] of Syria[0758]: and he went away[05927][8799] from Jerusalem[03389]. went...: Heb. went up
14:21 And the rest[03499] of the acts[01697] of Joash[03101], and all that he did[06213][8804], are they not written[03789][8803] in the book[05612] of the chronicles[01697][03117] of the kings[04428] of Judah[03063]?
14:22 And his servants[05650] arose[06965][8799], and made[07194][8799] a conspiracy[07195], and slew[05221][8686] Joash[03101] in the house[01004] of Millo[04407][8677][01037], which goeth down[03381][8802] to Silla[05538]. the house...: or, Bethmillo
14:23 For Jozachar[03108] the son[01121] of Shimeath[08100], and Jehozabad[03075] the son[01121] of Shomer[07763], his servants[05650], smote[05221][8689] him, and he died[04191][8799]; and they buried[06912][8799] him with his fathers[01] in the city[05892] of David[01732]: and Amaziah[0558] his son[01121] reigned[04427][8799] in his stead.
14:24 In the three[07969][08141] and twentieth[06242] year[08141] of Joash[03101] the son[01121] of Ahaziah[0274] king[04428] of Judah[03063] Jehoahaz[03059] the son[01121] of Jehu[03058] began to reign[04427][8804] over Israel[03478] in Samaria[08111], and reigned seventeen[07651][06240] years[08141]. three...: Heb. twentieth year and third year
14:25 And he did[06213][8799] that which was evil[07451] in the sight[05869] of the LORD[03068], and followed[03212][8799][0310] the sins[02403] of Jeroboam[03379] the son[01121] of Nebat[05028], which made Israel[03478] to sin[02398][8689]; he departed[05493][8804] not therefrom. followed: Heb. walked after
14:26 And the anger[0639] of the LORD[03068] was kindled[02734][8799] against Israel[03478], and he delivered[05414][8799] them into the hand[03027] of Hazael[02371] king[04428] of Syria[0758], and into the hand[03027] of Benhadad[01130] the son[01121] of Hazael[02371], all their days[03117].
14:27 And Jehoahaz[03059] besought[02470][8762] the LORD[03068], and the LORD[03068] hearkened[08085][8799] unto[06440] him: for he saw[07200][8804] the oppression[03906] of Israel[03478], because the king[04428] of Syria[0758] oppressed[03905][8804] them.
14:28 (And the LORD[03068] gave[05414][8799] Israel[03478] a saviour[03467][8688], so that they went out[03318][8799] from under the hand[03027] of the Syrians[0758]: and the children[01121] of Israel[03478] dwelt[03427][8799] in their tents[0168], as beforetime[08032][08543]. as beforetime: Heb. as yesterday, and third day
14:29 Nevertheless they departed[05493][8804] not from the sins[02403] of the house[01004] of Jeroboam[03379], who made Israel[03478] sin[02398][8689], but walked[01980][8804] therein: and there remained[05975][8804] the grove[0842] also in Samaria[08111].) walked: Heb. he walked remained: Heb. stood
15:1 Neither did he leave[07604][8689] of the people[05971] to Jehoahaz[03059] but fifty[02572] horsemen[06571], and ten[06235] chariots[07393], and ten[06235] thousand[0505] footmen[07273]; for the king[04428] of Syria[0758] had destroyed[06][8765] them, and had made[07760][8799] them like the dust[06083] by threshing[01758][8800].
15:2 Now the rest[03499] of the acts[01697] of Jehoahaz[03059], and all that he did[06213][8804], and his might[01369], are they not written[03789][8803] in the book[05612] of the chronicles[01697][03117] of the kings[04428] of Israel[03478]?
15:3 And Jehoahaz[03059] slept[07901][8799] with his fathers[01]; and they buried[06912][8799] him in Samaria[08111]: and Joash[03101] his son[01121] reigned[04427][8799] in his stead. Joash: also called, Jehoash
15:4 In the thirty[07970][08141] and seventh[07651] year[08141] of Joash[03101] king[04428] of Judah[03063] began Jehoash[03060] the son[01121] of Jehoahaz[03059] to reign[04427][8804] over Israel[03478] in Samaria[08111], and reigned sixteen[08337][06240] years[08141].
15:5 And he did[06213][8799] that which was evil[07451] in the sight[05869] of the LORD[03068]; he departed[05493][8804] not from all the sins[02403] of Jeroboam[03379] the son[01121] of Nebat[05028], who made Israel[03478] sin[02398][8689]: but he walked[01980][8804] therein.
15:6 And the rest[03499] of the acts[01697] of Joash[03101], and all that he did[06213][8804], and his might[01369] wherewith he fought[03898][8738] against Amaziah[0558] king[04428] of Judah[03063], are they not written[03789][8803] in the book[05612] of the chronicles[01697][03117] of the kings[04428] of Israel[03478]?
15:7 And Joash[03101] slept[07901][8799] with his fathers[01]; and Jeroboam[03379] sat[03427][8804] upon his throne[03678]: and Joash[03101] was buried[06912][8735] in Samaria[08111] with the kings[04428] of Israel[03478].
15:8 Now Elisha[0477] was fallen sick[02470][8804] of his sickness[02483] whereof he died[04191][8799]. And Joash[03101] the king[04428] of Israel[03478] came down[03381][8799] unto him, and wept[01058][8799] over his face[06440], and said[0559][8799], O my father[01], my father[01], the chariot[07393] of Israel[03478], and the horsemen[06571] thereof.
15:9 And Elisha[0477] said[0559][8799] unto him, Take[03947][8798] bow[07198] and arrows[02671]. And he took[03947][8799] unto him bow[07198] and arrows[02671].
15:10 And he said[0559][8799] to the king[04428] of Israel[03478], Put[07392][8685] thine hand[03027] upon the bow[07198]. And he put[07392][8686] his hand[03027] upon it : and Elisha[0477] put[07760][8799] his hands[03027] upon the king's[04428] hands[03027]. Put thine...: Heb. Make thine hand to ride
15:11 And he said[0559][8799], Open[06605][8798] the window[02474] eastward[06924]. And he opened[06605][8799] it . Then Elisha[0477] said[0559][8799], Shoot[03384][8798]. And he shot[03384][8686]. And he said[0559][8799], The arrow[02671] of the LORD'S[03068] deliverance[08668], and the arrow[02671] of deliverance[08668] from Syria[0758]: for thou shalt smite[05221][8689] the Syrians[0758] in Aphek[0663], till thou have consumed[03615][8763] them .
15:12 And he said[0559][8799], Take[03947][8798] the arrows[02671]. And he took[03947][8799] them . And he said[0559][8799] unto the king[04428] of Israel[03478], Smite[05221][8685] upon the ground[0776]. And he smote[05221][8686] thrice[07969][06471], and stayed[05975][8799].
15:13 And the man[0376] of God[0430] was wroth[07107][8799] with him, and said[0559][8799], Thou shouldest have smitten[05221][8687] five[02568] or six[08337] times[06471]; then hadst thou smitten[05221][8689] Syria[0758] till thou hadst consumed[03615][8763] it : whereas now thou shalt smite[05221][8686] Syria[0758] but thrice[07969][06471].
15:14 And Elisha[0477] died[04191][8799], and they buried[06912][8799] him. And the bands[01416] of the Moabites[04124] invaded[0935][8799] the land[0776] at the coming in[0935][8802] of the year[08141].
15:15 And it came to pass, as they were burying[06912][8802] a man[0376], that, behold, they spied[07200][8804] a band[01416] of men ; and they cast[07993][8686] the man[0376] into the sepulchre[06913] of Elisha[0477]: and when the man[0376] was let down[03212][8799], and touched[05060][8799] the bones[06106] of Elisha[0477], he revived[02421][8799], and stood up[06965][8799] on his feet[07272]. was...: Heb. went down
15:16 But Hazael[02371] king[04428] of Syria[0758] oppressed[03905][8804] Israel[03478] all the days[03117] of Jehoahaz[03059].
15:17 And the LORD[03068] was gracious[02603][8799] unto them, and had compassion[07355][8762] on them, and had respect[06437][8799] unto them, because of[04616] his covenant[01285] with Abraham[085], Isaac[03327], and Jacob[03290], and would[014][8804] not destroy[07843][8687] them, neither cast[07993][8689] he them from his presence[06440] as yet[05704]. presence: Heb. face
15:18 So Hazael[02371] king[04428] of Syria[0758] died[04191][8799]; and Benhadad[01130] his son[01121] reigned[04427][8799] in his stead.
15:19 And Jehoash[03060] the son[01121] of Jehoahaz[03059] took[03947][8799] again[07725][8799] out of the hand[03027] of Benhadad[01130] the son[01121] of Hazael[02371] the cities[05892], which he had taken[03947][8804] out of the hand[03027] of Jehoahaz[03059] his father[01] by war[04421]. Three[07969] times[06471] did Joash[03101] beat[05221][8689] him, and recovered[07725][8686] the cities[05892] of Israel[03478]. took...: Heb. returned and took
15:20 In the second[08147] year[08141] of Joash[03101] son[01121] of Jehoahaz[03099] king[04428] of Israel[03478] reigned[04427][8804] Amaziah[0558] the son[01121] of Joash[03101] king[04428] of Judah[03063].
15:21 He was twenty[06242] and five[02568] years[08141] old[01121] when he began to reign[04427][8800], and reigned[04427][8804] twenty[06242] and nine[08672] years[08141] in Jerusalem[03389]. And his mother's[0517] name[08034] was Jehoaddan[03086] of Jerusalem[03389].
15:22 And he did[06213][8799] that which was right[03477] in the sight[05869] of the LORD[03068], yet[07535] not like David[01732] his father[01]: he did[06213][8804] according to all things as Joash[03101] his father[01] did[06213][8804].
15:23 Howbeit the high places[01116] were not taken away[05493][8804]: as yet[05750] the people[05971] did sacrifice[02076][8764] and burnt incense[06999][8764] on the high places[01116].
15:24 And it came to pass, as soon as the kingdom[04467] was confirmed[02388][8804] in his hand[03027], that he slew[05221][8686] his servants[05650] which had slain[05221][8688] the king[04428] his father[01].
15:25 But the children[01121] of the murderers[05221][8688] he slew[04191][8689] not: according unto that which is written[03789][8803] in the book[05612] of the law[08451] of Moses[04872], wherein the LORD[03068] commanded[06680][8765], saying[0559][8800], The fathers[01] shall not be put to death[04191][8714] for the children[01121], nor the children[01121] be put to death[04191][8714] for the fathers[01]; but every man[0376] shall be put to death[04191][8799] for his own sin[02399].
15:26 He slew[05221][8689] of Edom[0123] in the valley[01516] of salt[04417] ten[06235] thousand[0505], and took[08610][8804] Selah[05554] by war[04421], and called[07121][8799] the name[08034] of it Joktheel[03371] unto this day[03117]. Selah: or, the rock
15:27 Then Amaziah[0558] sent[07971][8804] messengers[04397] to Jehoash[03060], the son[01121] of Jehoahaz[03059] son[01121] of Jehu[03058], king[04428] of Israel[03478], saying[0559][8800], Come[03212][8798], let us look[07200][8691] one another in the face[06440].
15:28 And Jehoash[03060] the king[04428] of Israel[03478] sent[07971][8799] to Amaziah[0558] king[04428] of Judah[03063], saying[0559][8800], The thistle[02336] that was in Lebanon[03844] sent[07971][8804] to the cedar[0730] that was in Lebanon[03844], saying[0559][8800], Give[05414][8798] thy daughter[01323] to my son[01121] to wife[0802]: and there passed[05674][8799] by a wild[07704] beast[02416] that was in Lebanon[03844], and trode down[07429][8799] the thistle[02336].
15:29 Thou hast indeed[05221][8687] smitten[05221][8689] Edom[0123], and thine heart[03820] hath lifted thee up[05375][8804]: glory[03513][8734] of this , and tarry[03427][8798] at home[01004]: for why shouldest thou meddle[01624][8691] to thy hurt[07451], that thou shouldest fall[05307][8804], even thou, and Judah[03063] with thee? at home: Heb. at thy house
15:30 But Amaziah[0558] would not hear[08085][8804]. Therefore Jehoash[03060] king[04428] of Israel[03478] went up[05927][8799]; and he and Amaziah[0558] king[04428] of Judah[03063] looked[07200][8691] one another in the face[06440] at Bethshemesh[01053], which belongeth to Judah[03063].
15:31 And Judah[03063] was put to the worse[05062][8735] before[06440] Israel[03478]; and they fled[05127][8799] every man[0376] to their tents[0168]. put...: Heb. smitten
15:32 And Jehoash[03060] king[04428] of Israel[03478] took[08610][8804] Amaziah[0558] king[04428] of Judah[03063], the son[01121] of Jehoash[03060] the son[01121] of Ahaziah[0274], at Bethshemesh[01053], and came[0935][8799] to Jerusalem[03389], and brake down[06555][8799] the wall[02346] of Jerusalem[03389] from the gate[08179] of Ephraim[0669] unto the corner[06438] gate[08179], four[0702] hundred[03967] cubits[0520].
15:33 And he took[03947][8804] all the gold[02091] and silver[03701], and all the vessels[03627] that were found[04672][8737] in the house[01004] of the LORD[03068], and in the treasures[0214] of the king's[04428] house[01004], and hostages[01121][08594], and returned[07725][8799] to Samaria[08111].
15:34 Now the rest[03499] of the acts[01697] of Jehoash[03060] which he did[06213][8804], and his might[01369], and how he fought[03898][8738] with Amaziah[0558] king[04428] of Judah[03063], are they not written[03789][8803] in the book[05612] of the chronicles[01697][03117] of the kings[04428] of Israel[03478]?
15:35 And Jehoash[03060] slept[07901][8799] with his fathers[01], and was buried[06912][8735] in Samaria[08111] with the kings[04428] of Israel[03478]; and Jeroboam[03379] his son[01121] reigned[04427][8799] in his stead.
15:36 And Amaziah[0558] the son[01121] of Joash[03101] king[04428] of Judah[03063] lived[02421][8799] after[0310] the death[04194] of Jehoash[03060] son[01121] of Jehoahaz[03059] king[04428] of Israel[03478] fifteen[02568][06240] years[08141].
15:37 And the rest[03499] of the acts[01697] of Amaziah[0558], are they not written[03789][8803] in the book[05612] of the chronicles[01697][03117] of the kings[04428] of Judah[03063]?
15:38 Now they made[07194][8799] a conspiracy[07195] against him in Jerusalem[03389]: and he fled[05127][8799] to Lachish[03923]; but they sent[07971][8799] after[0310] him to Lachish[03923], and slew[04191][8686] him there.
16:1 And they brought[05375][8799] him on horses[05483]: and he was buried[06912][8735] at Jerusalem[03389] with his fathers[01] in the city[05892] of David[01732].
16:2 And all the people[05971] of Judah[03063] took[03947][8799] Azariah[05838], which was sixteen[08337][06240] years[08141] old[01121], and made him king[04427][8686] instead of his father[01] Amaziah[0558]. Azariah: also called, Uzziah
16:3 He built[01129][8804] Elath[0359], and restored[07725][8686] it to Judah[03063], after[0310] that the king[04428] slept[07901][8800] with his fathers[01].
16:4 In the fifteenth[02568][06240][08141] year[08141] of Amaziah[0558] the son[01121] of Joash[03101] king[04428] of Judah[03063] Jeroboam[03379] the son[01121] of Joash[03101] king[04428] of Israel[03478] began to reign[04427][8804] in Samaria[08111], and reigned forty[0705] and one[0259] years[08141].
16:5 And he did[06213][8799] that which was evil[07451] in the sight[05869] of the LORD[03068]: he departed[05493][8804] not from all the sins[02403] of Jeroboam[03379] the son[01121] of Nebat[05028], who made Israel[03478] to sin[02398][8689].
16:6 He restored[07725][8689] the coast[01366] of Israel[03478] from the entering[0935][8800] of Hamath[02574] unto the sea[03220] of the plain[06160], according to the word[01697] of the LORD[03068] God[0430] of Israel[03478], which he spake[01696][8765] by the hand[03027] of his servant[05650] Jonah[03124], the son[01121] of Amittai[0573], the prophet[05030], which was of Gathhepher[01662].
16:7 For the LORD[03068] saw[07200][8804] the affliction[06040] of Israel[03478], that it was very[03966] bitter[04784][8802]: for there was not[0657] any shut up[06113][8803], nor any left[05800][8803], nor any helper[05826][8802] for Israel[03478].
16:8 And the LORD[03068] said[01696][8765] not that he would blot out[04229][8800] the name[08034] of Israel[03478] from under heaven[08064]: but he saved[03467][8686] them by the hand[03027] of Jeroboam[03379] the son[01121] of Joash[03101].
16:9 Now the rest[03499] of the acts[01697] of Jeroboam[03379], and all that he did[06213][8804], and his might[01369], how he warred[03898][8738], and how he recovered[07725][8689] Damascus[01834], and Hamath[02574], which belonged to Judah[03063], for Israel[03478], are they not written[03789][8803] in the book[05612] of the chronicles[01697][03117] of the kings[04428] of Israel[03478]?
16:10 And Jeroboam[03379] slept[07901][8799] with his fathers[01], even with the kings[04428] of Israel[03478]; and Zachariah[02148] his son[01121] reigned[04427][8799] in his stead.
16:11 In the twenty[06242][08141] and seventh[07651] year[08141] of Jeroboam[03379] king[04428] of Israel[03478] began Azariah[05838] son[01121] of Amaziah[0558] king[04428] of Judah[03063] to reign[04427][8804]. Azariah: also called, Uzziah
16:12 Sixteen[08337][06240] years[08141] old[01121] was he when he began to reign[04427][8800], and he reigned[04427][8804] two[08147] and fifty[02572] years[08141] in Jerusalem[03389]. And his mother's[0517] name[08034]  was Jecholiah[03203] of Jerusalem[03389].
16:13 And he did[06213][8799] that which was right[03477] in the sight[05869] of the LORD[03068], according to all that his father[01] Amaziah[0558] had done[06213][8804];
16:14 Save that the high places[01116] were not removed[05493][8804]: the people[05971] sacrificed[02076][8764] and burnt incense[06999][8764] still on the high places[01116].
16:15 And the LORD[03068] smote[05060][8762] the king[04428], so that he was a leper[06879][8794] unto the day[03117] of his death[04194], and dwelt[03427][8799] in a several[02669] house[01004]. And Jotham[03147] the king's[04428] son[01121] was over the house[01004], judging[08199][8802] the people[05971] of the land[0776].
16:16 And the rest[03499] of the acts[01697] of Azariah[05838], and all that he did[06213][8804], are they not written[03789][8803] in the book[05612] of the chronicles[01697][03117] of the kings[04428] of Judah[03063]?
16:17 So Azariah[05838] slept[07901][8799] with his fathers[01]; and they buried[06912][8799] him with his fathers[01] in the city[05892] of David[01732]: and Jotham[03147] his son[01121] reigned[04427][8799] in his stead.
16:18 In the thirty[07970][08141] and eighth[08083] year[08141] of Azariah[05838] king[04428] of Judah[03063] did Zachariah[02148] the son[01121] of Jeroboam[03379] reign[04427][8804] over Israel[03478] in Samaria[08111] six[08337] months[02320].
16:19 And he did[06213][8799] that which was evil[07451] in the sight[05869] of the LORD[03068], as his fathers[01] had done[06213][8804]: he departed[05493][8804] not from the sins[02403] of Jeroboam[03379] the son[01121] of Nebat[05028], who made Israel[03478] to sin[02398][8689].
16:20 And Shallum[07967] the son[01121] of Jabesh[03003] conspired[07194][8799] against him, and smote[05221][8686] him before[06905] the people[05971], and slew[04191][8686] him, and reigned[04427][8799] in his stead.
17:1 And the rest[03499] of the acts[01697] of Zachariah[02148], behold, they are written[03789][8803] in the book[05612] of the chronicles[01697][03117] of the kings[04428] of Israel[03478].
17:2 This was the word[01697] of the LORD[03068] which he spake[01696][8765] unto Jehu[03058], saying[0559][8800], Thy sons[01121] shall sit[03427][8799] on the throne[03678] of Israel[03478] unto the fourth[07243]  generation . And so it came to pass.
17:3 Shallum[07967] the son[01121] of Jabesh[03003] began to reign[04427][8804] in the nine[08672] and thirtieth[07970] year[08141] of Uzziah[05818] king[04428] of Judah[03063]; and he reigned[04427][8799] a full[03117] month[03391] in Samaria[08111]. Uzziah: Gr. Ozias a full...: Heb. a month of days
17:4 For Menahem[04505] the son[01121] of Gadi[01424] went up[05927][8799] from Tirzah[08656], and came[0935][8799] to Samaria[08111], and smote[05221][8686] Shallum[07967] the son[01121] of Jabesh[03003] in Samaria[08111], and slew[04191][8686] him, and reigned[04427][8799] in his stead.
17:5 And the rest[03499] of the acts[01697] of Shallum[07967], and his conspiracy[07195] which he made[07194][8804], behold, they are written[03789][8803] in the book[05612] of the chronicles[01697][03117] of the kings[04428] of Israel[03478].
17:6 Then Menahem[04505] smote[05221][8686] Tiphsah[08607], and all that were therein, and the coasts[01366] thereof from Tirzah[08656]: because they opened[06605][8804] not to him , therefore he smote[05221][8686] it; and all the women therein that were with child[02030] he ripped up[01234][8765].
17:7 In the nine[08672][08141] and thirtieth[07970] year[08141] of Azariah[05838] king[04428] of Judah[03063] began Menahem[04505] the son[01121] of Gadi[01424] to reign[04427][8804] over Israel[03478], and reigned ten[06235] years[08141] in Samaria[08111].
17:8 And he did[06213][8799] that which was evil[07451] in the sight[05869] of the LORD[03068]: he departed[05493][8804] not all his days[03117] from the sins[02403] of Jeroboam[03379] the son[01121] of Nebat[05028], who made Israel[03478] to sin[02398][8689].
17:9 And Pul[06322] the king[04428] of Assyria[0804] came[0935][8804] against the land[0776]: and Menahem[04505] gave[05414][8799] Pul[06322] a thousand[0505] talents[03603] of silver[03701], that his hand[03027] might be with him to confirm[02388][8687] the kingdom[04467] in his hand[03027].
17:10 And Menahem[04505] exacted[03318][8686] the money[03701] of Israel[03478], even of all the mighty men[01368] of wealth[02428], of each[0259] man[0376] fifty[02572] shekels[08255] of silver[03701], to give[05414][8800] to the king[04428] of Assyria[0804]. So the king[04428] of Assyria[0804] turned back[07725][8799], and stayed[05975][8804] not there in the land[0776]. exacted: Heb. caused to come forth
17:11 And the rest[03499] of the acts[01697] of Menahem[04505], and all that he did[06213][8804], are they not written[03789][8803] in the book[05612] of the chronicles[01697][03117] of the kings[04428] of Israel[03478]?
17:12 And Menahem[04505] slept[07901][8799] with his fathers[01]; and Pekahiah[06494] his son[01121] reigned[04427][8799] in his stead.
17:13 In the fiftieth[02572][08141] year[08141] of Azariah[05838] king[04428] of Judah[03063] Pekahiah[06494] the son[01121] of Menahem[04505] began to reign[04427][8804] over Israel[03478] in Samaria[08111], and reigned  two years[08141].
17:14 And he did[06213][8799] that which was evil[07451] in the sight[05869] of the LORD[03068]: he departed[05493][8804] not from the sins[02403] of Jeroboam[03379] the son[01121] of Nebat[05028], who made Israel[03478] to sin[02398][8689].
17:15 But Pekah[06492] the son[01121] of Remaliah[07425], a captain[07991] of his, conspired[07194][8799] against him, and smote[05221][8686] him in Samaria[08111], in the palace[0759] of the king's[04428] house[01004], with Argob[0709] and Arieh[0745], and with him fifty[02572] men[0376] of the Gileadites[01121][01569]: and he killed[04191][8686] him, and reigned[04427][8799] in his room.
17:16 And the rest[03499] of the acts[01697] of Pekahiah[06494], and all that he did[06213][8804], behold, they are written[03789][8803] in the book[05612] of the chronicles[01697][03117] of the kings[04428] of Israel[03478].
17:17 In the two[08147][08141] and fiftieth[02572] year[08141] of Azariah[05838] king[04428] of Judah[03063] Pekah[06492] the son[01121] of Remaliah[07425] began to reign[04427][8804] over Israel[03478] in Samaria[08111],  and reigned twenty[06242] years[08141].
17:18 And he did[06213][8799] that which was evil[07451] in the sight[05869] of the LORD[03068]: he departed[05493][8804] not from the sins[02403] of Jeroboam[03379] the son[01121] of Nebat[05028], who made Israel[03478] to sin[02398][8689].
17:19 In the days[03117] of Pekah[06492] king[04428] of Israel[03478] came[0935][8804] Tiglathpileser[08407] king[04428] of Assyria[0804], and took[03947][8799] Ijon[05859], and Abelbethmaachah[062], and Janoah[03239], and Kedesh[06943], and Hazor[02674], and Gilead[01568], and Galilee[01551], all the land[0776] of Naphtali[05321], and carried them captive[01540][8686] to Assyria[0804].
17:20 And Hoshea[01954] the son[01121] of Elah[0425] made[07194][8799] a conspiracy[07195] against Pekah[06492] the son[01121] of Remaliah[07425], and smote[05221][8686] him, and slew[04191][8686] him, and reigned[04427][8799] in his stead, in the twentieth[06242] year[08141] of Jotham[03147] the son[01121] of Uzziah[05818].
17:21 And the rest[03499] of the acts[01697] of Pekah[06492], and all that he did[06213][8804], behold, they are written[03789][8803] in the book[05612] of the chronicles[01697][03117] of the kings[04428] of Israel[03478].
17:22 In the second[08147] year[08141] of Pekah[06492] the son[01121] of Remaliah[07425] king[04428] of Israel[03478] began Jotham[03147] the son[01121] of Uzziah[05818] king[04428] of Judah[03063] to reign[04427][8804].
17:23 Five[02568] and twenty[06242] years[08141] old[01121] was he when he began to reign[04427][8800], and he reigned[04427][8804] sixteen[08337][06240] years[08141] in Jerusalem[03389]. And his mother's[0517] name[08034]  was Jerusha[03388], the daughter[01323] of Zadok[06659].
17:24 And he did[06213][8799] that which was right[03477] in the sight[05869] of the LORD[03068]: he did[06213][8804] according to all that his father[01] Uzziah[05818] had done[06213][8804].
17:25 Howbeit the high places[01116] were not removed[05493][8804]: the people[05971] sacrificed[02076][8764] and burned incense[06999][8764] still in the high places[01116]. He built[01129][8804] the higher[05945] gate[08179] of the house[01004] of the LORD[03068].
17:26 Now the rest[03499] of the acts[01697] of Jotham[03147], and all that he did[06213][8804], are they not written[03789][8803] in the book[05612] of the chronicles[01697][03117] of the kings[04428] of Judah[03063]?
17:27 In those days[03117] the LORD[03068] began[02490][8689] to send[07971][8687] against Judah[03063] Rezin[07526] the king[04428] of Syria[0758], and Pekah[06492] the son[01121] of Remaliah[07425].
17:28 And Jotham[03147] slept[07901][8799] with his fathers[01], and was buried[06912][8735] with his fathers[01] in the city[05892] of David[01732] his father[01]: and Ahaz[0271] his son[01121] reigned[04427][8799] in his stead.
17:29 In the seventeenth[07651][06240][08141] year[08141] of Pekah[06492] the son[01121] of Remaliah[07425] Ahaz[0271] the son[01121] of Jotham[03147] king[04428] of Judah[03063] began to reign[04427][8804].
17:30 Twenty[06242] years[08141] old[01121] was Ahaz[0271] when he began to reign[04427][8800], and reigned[04427][8804] sixteen[08337][06240] years[08141] in Jerusalem[03389], and did[06213][8804] not that which was right[03477] in the sight[05869] of the LORD[03068] his God[0430], like David[01732] his father[01].
17:31 But he walked[03212][8799] in the way[01870] of the kings[04428] of Israel[03478], yea, and made his son[01121] to pass through[05674][8689] the fire[0784], according to the abominations[08441] of the heathen[01471], whom the LORD[03068] cast out[03423][8689] from before[06440] the children[01121] of Israel[03478].
17:32 And he sacrificed[02076][8762] and burnt incense[06999][8762] in the high places[01116], and on the hills[01389], and under every green[07488] tree[06086].
17:33 Then Rezin[07526] king[04428] of Syria[0758] and Pekah[06492] son[01121] of Remaliah[07425] king[04428] of Israel[03478] came up[05927][8799] to Jerusalem[03389] to war[04421]: and they besieged[06696][8799] Ahaz[0271], but could[03201][8804] not overcome[03898][8736] him .
17:34 At that time[06256] Rezin[07526] king[04428] of Syria[0758] recovered[07725][8689] Elath[0359] to Syria[0758][8675][0130], and drave[05394][8762] the Jews[03064] from Elath[0359]: and the Syrians[0726] came[0935][8804] to Elath[0359], and dwelt[03427][8799] there unto this day[03117]. from Elath: Heb. from Eloth
17:35 So Ahaz[0271] sent[07971][8799] messengers[04397] to Tiglathpileser[08407] king[04428] of Assyria[0804], saying[0559][8800], I am thy servant[05650] and thy son[01121]: come up[05927][8798], and save[03467][8685] me out of the hand[03709] of the king[04428] of Syria[0758], and out of the hand[03709] of the king[04428] of Israel[03478], which rise up[06965][8801] against me.
17:36 And Ahaz[0271] took[03947][8799] the silver[03701] and gold[02091] that was found[04672][8737] in the house[01004] of the LORD[03068], and in the treasures[0214] of the king's[04428] house[01004], and sent[07971][8799]  it for a present[07810] to the king[04428] of Assyria[0804].
17:37 And the king[04428] of Assyria[0804] hearkened[08085][8799] unto him: for the king[04428] of Assyria[0804] went up[05927][8799] against Damascus[01834], and took[08610][8799] it, and carried the people of it captive[01540][8686] to Kir[07024], and slew[04191][8689] Rezin[07526]. Damascus: Heb. Dammesek
17:38 And king[04428] Ahaz[0271] went[03212][8799] to Damascus[01834] to meet[07125][8800] Tiglathpileser[08407] king[04428] of Assyria[0804], and saw[07200][8799] an altar[04196] that was at Damascus[01834]: and king[04428] Ahaz[0271] sent[07971][8799] to Urijah[0223] the priest[03548] the fashion[01823] of the altar[04196], and the pattern[08403] of it, according to all the workmanship[04639] thereof. Damascus: Heb. Dammesek
17:39 And Urijah[0223] the priest[03548] built[01129][8799] an altar[04196] according to all that king[04428] Ahaz[0271] had sent[07971][8804] from Damascus[01834]: so Urijah[0223] the priest[03548] made[06213][8804] it  against king[04428] Ahaz[0271] came[0935][8800] from Damascus[01834].
17:40 And when the king[04428] was come[0935][8799] from Damascus[01834], the king[04428] saw[07200][8799] the altar[04196]: and the king[04428] approached[07126][8799] to the altar[04196], and offered[05927][8686] thereon.
17:41 And he burnt[06999][8686] his burnt offering[05930] and his meat offering[04503], and poured[05258][8686] his drink offering[05262], and sprinkled[02236][8799] the blood[01818] of his peace offerings[08002], upon the altar[04196]. his peace offerings: Heb. the peace offerings which were his
18:1 And he brought[07126][8686] also the brasen[05178] altar[04196], which was before[06440] the LORD[03068], from the forefront[06440] of the house[01004], from between the altar[04196] and the house[01004] of the LORD[03068], and put[05414][8799] it on the north[06828] side[03409] of the altar[04196].
18:2 And king[04428] Ahaz[0271] commanded[06680][8762] Urijah[0223] the priest[03548], saying[0559][8800], Upon the great[01419] altar[04196] burn[06999][8685] the morning[01242] burnt offering[05930], and the evening[06153] meat offering[04503], and the king's[04428] burnt sacrifice[05930], and his meat offering[04503], with the burnt offering[05930] of all the people[05971] of the land[0776], and their meat offering[04503], and their drink offerings[05262]; and sprinkle[02236][8799] upon it all the blood[01818] of the burnt offering[05930], and all the blood[01818] of the sacrifice[02077]: and the brasen[05178] altar[04196] shall be for me to enquire[01239][8763] by .
18:3 Thus did[06213][8799] Urijah[0223] the priest[03548], according to all that king[04428] Ahaz[0271] commanded[06680][8765].
18:4 And king[04428] Ahaz[0271] cut off[07112][8762] the borders[04526] of the bases[04350], and removed[05493][8686] the laver[03595] from off them; and took down[03381][8689] the sea[03220] from off the brasen[05178] oxen[01241] that were under it, and put[05414][8799] it upon a pavement[04837] of stones[068].
18:5 And the covert[04329][8675][04329] for the sabbath[07676] that they had built[01129][8804] in the house[01004], and the king's[04428] entry[03996] without[02435], turned[05437][8689] he from the house[01004] of the LORD[03068] for[06440] the king[04428] of Assyria[0804].
18:6 Now the rest[03499] of the acts[01697] of Ahaz[0271] which he did[06213][8804], are they not written[03789][8803] in the book[05612] of the chronicles[01697][03117] of the kings[04428] of Judah[03063]?
18:7 And Ahaz[0271] slept[07901][8799] with his fathers[01], and was buried[06912][8735] with his fathers[01] in the city[05892] of David[01732]: and Hezekiah[02396] his son[01121] reigned[04427][8799] in his stead.
18:8 In the twelfth[08147][06240] year[08141] of Ahaz[0271] king[04428] of Judah[03063] began Hoshea[01954] the son[01121] of Elah[0425] to reign[04427][8804] in Samaria[08111] over Israel[03478] nine[08672] years[08141].
18:9 And he did[06213][8799] that which was evil[07451] in the sight[05869] of the LORD[03068], but not as the kings[04428] of Israel[03478] that were before[06440] him.
18:10 Against him came up[05927][8804] Shalmaneser[08022] king[04428] of Assyria[0804]; and Hoshea[01954] became his servant[05650], and gave[07725][8686] him presents[04503]. gave: Heb. rendered presents: or, tribute
18:11 And the king[04428] of Assyria[0804] found[04672][8799] conspiracy[07195] in Hoshea[01954]: for he had sent[07971][8804] messengers[04397] to So[05471] king[04428] of Egypt[04714], and brought[05927][8689] no present[04503] to the king[04428] of Assyria[0804], as he had done year[08141] by year[08141]: therefore the king[04428] of Assyria[0804] shut him up[06113][8799], and bound[0631][8799] him in prison[01004][03608]. present: or, tribute
18:12 Then the king[04428] of Assyria[0804] came up[05927][8799] throughout all the land[0776], and went up[05927][8799] to Samaria[08111], and besieged[06696][8799] it three[07969] years[08141].
18:13 In the ninth[08671] year[08141] of Hoshea[01954] the king[04428] of Assyria[0804] took[03920][8804] Samaria[08111], and carried[01540][00] Israel[03478] away[01540][8686] into Assyria[0804], and placed[03427][8686] them in Halah[02477] and in Habor[02249] by the river[05104] of Gozan[01470], and in the cities[05892] of the Medes[04074].
18:14 For so it was, that the children[01121] of Israel[03478] had sinned[02398][8804] against the LORD[03068] their God[0430], which had brought them up[05927][8688] out of the land[0776] of Egypt[04714], from under the hand[03027] of Pharaoh[06547] king[04428] of Egypt[04714], and had feared[03372][8799] other[0312] gods[0430],
18:15 And walked[03212][8799] in the statutes[02708] of the heathen[01471], whom the LORD[03068] cast out[03423][8689] from before[06440] the children[01121] of Israel[03478], and of the kings[04428] of Israel[03478], which they had made[06213][8804].
18:16 And the children[01121] of Israel[03478] did secretly[02644][8762] those things[01697] that were not right against the LORD[03068] their God[0430], and they built[01129][8799] them high places[01116] in all their cities[05892], from the tower[04026] of the watchmen[05341][8802] to the fenced[04013] city[05892].
18:17 And they set them up[05324][8686] images[04676] and groves[0842] in every high[01364] hill[01389], and under every green[07488] tree[06086]: images: Heb. statues
18:18 And there they burnt incense[06999][8762] in all the high places[01116], as did the heathen[01471] whom the LORD[03068] carried away[01540][8689] before[06440] them; and wrought[06213][8799] wicked[07451] things[01697] to provoke the LORD[03068] to anger[03707][8687]:
18:19 For they served[05647][8799] idols[01544], whereof the LORD[03068] had said[0559][8804] unto them, Ye shall not do[06213][8799] this thing[01697].
18:20 Yet the LORD[03068] testified[05749][8686] against Israel[03478], and against Judah[03063], by[03027] all the prophets[05030], and by all the seers[02374], saying[0559][8800], Turn[07725][8798] ye from your evil[07451] ways[01870], and keep[08104][8798] my commandments[04687] and my statutes[02708], according to all the law[08451] which I commanded[06680][8765] your fathers[01], and which I sent[07971][8804] to you by[03027] my servants[05650] the prophets[05030]. by: Heb. by the hand of
18:21 Notwithstanding they would not hear[08085][8804], but hardened[07185][8686] their necks[06203], like to the neck[06203] of their fathers[01], that did not believe[0539][8689] in the LORD[03068] their God[0430].
18:22 And they rejected[03988][8799] his statutes[02706], and his covenant[01285] that he made[03772][8804] with their fathers[01], and his testimonies[05715] which he testified[05749][8689] against them; and they followed[03212][8799][0310] vanity[01892], and became vain[01891][8799], and went after[0310] the heathen[01471] that were round about[05439] them, concerning whom the LORD[03068] had charged[06680][8765] them, that they should not do[06213][8800] like them.
18:23 And they left[05800][8799] all the commandments[04687] of the LORD[03068] their God[0430], and made[06213][8799] them molten images[04541], even two[08147] calves[05695], and made[06213][8799] a grove[0842], and worshipped[07812][8691] all the host[06635] of heaven[08064], and served[05647][8799] Baal[01168].
18:24 And they caused their sons[01121] and their daughters[01323] to pass[05674][8686] through the fire[0784], and used[07080][8799] divination[07081] and enchantments[05172][8762], and sold[04376][8691] themselves to do[06213][8800] evil[07451] in the sight[05869] of the LORD[03068], to provoke him to anger[03707][8687].
18:25 Therefore the LORD[03068] was very[03966] angry[0599][8691] with Israel[03478], and removed[05493][8686] them out of his sight[06440]: there was none left[07604][8738] but the tribe[07626] of Judah[03063] only.
18:26 Also Judah[03063] kept[08104][8804] not the commandments[04687] of the LORD[03068] their God[0430], but walked[03212][8799] in the statutes[02708] of Israel[03478] which they made[06213][8804].
18:27 And the LORD[03068] rejected[03988][8799] all the seed[02233] of Israel[03478], and afflicted[06031][8762] them, and delivered[05414][8799] them into the hand[03027] of spoilers[08154][8802], until he had cast[07993][8689] them out of his sight[06440].
18:28 For he rent[07167][8804] Israel[03478] from the house[01004] of David[01732]; and they made Jeroboam[03379] the son[01121] of Nebat[05028] king[04427][8686]: and Jeroboam[03379] drave[05080][8686][8675][05077][8686] Israel[03478] from following[0310] the LORD[03068], and made them sin[02398][8689] a great[01419] sin[02401].
18:29 For the children[01121] of Israel[03478] walked[03212][8799] in all the sins[02403] of Jeroboam[03379] which he did[06213][8804]; they departed[05493][8804] not from them;
18:30 Until the LORD[03068] removed[05493][8689] Israel[03478] out of his sight[06440], as he had said[01696][8765] by[03027] all his servants[05650] the prophets[05030]. So was Israel[03478] carried away[01540][8799] out of their own land[0127] to Assyria[0804] unto this day[03117].
18:31 And the king[04428] of Assyria[0804] brought[0935][8686] men from Babylon[0894], and from Cuthah[03575], and from Ava[05755], and from Hamath[02574], and from Sepharvaim[05617], and placed[03427][8686] them  in the cities[05892] of Samaria[08111] instead of the children[01121] of Israel[03478]: and they possessed[03423][8799] Samaria[08111], and dwelt[03427][8799] in the cities[05892] thereof.
18:32 And so it was at the beginning[08462] of their dwelling[03427][8800] there, that they feared[03372][8804] not the LORD[03068]: therefore the LORD[03068] sent[07971][8762] lions[0738] among them, which slew[02026][8802] some of them.
18:33 Wherefore they spake[0559][8799] to the king[04428] of Assyria[0804], saying[0559][8800], The nations[01471] which thou hast removed[01540][8689], and placed[03427][8686] in the cities[05892] of Samaria[08111], know[03045][8804] not the manner[04941] of the God[0430] of the land[0776]: therefore he hath sent[07971][8762] lions[0738] among them, and, behold, they slay[04191][8688] them, because they know[03045][8802] not the manner[04941] of the God[0430] of the land[0776].
18:34 Then the king[04428] of Assyria[0804] commanded[06680][8762], saying[0559][8800], Carry[03212][8685] thither one[0259] of the priests[03548] whom ye brought[01540][8689] from thence; and let them go[03212][8799] and dwell[03427][8799] there, and let him teach[03384][8686] them the manner[04941] of the God[0430] of the land[0776].
18:35 Then one[0259] of the priests[03548] whom they had carried away[01540][8689] from Samaria[08111] came[0935][8799] and dwelt[03427][8799] in Bethel[01008], and taught[03384][8688] them how they should fear[03372][8799] the LORD[03068].
18:36 Howbeit every nation[01471] made[06213][8802] gods[0430] of their own, and put[03240][8686] them in the houses[01004] of the high places[01116] which the Samaritans[08118] had made[06213][8804], every nation[01471] in their cities[05892] wherein they dwelt[03427][8802].
18:37 And the men[0582] of Babylon[0894] made[06213][8804] Succothbenoth[05524], and the men[0582] of Cuth[03575] made[06213][8804] Nergal[05370], and the men[0582] of Hamath[02574] made[06213][8804] Ashima[0807],
19:1 And the Avites[05757] made[06213][8804] Nibhaz[05026] and Tartak[08662], and the Sepharvites[05616] burnt[08313][8802] their children[01121] in fire[0784] to Adrammelech[0152] and Anammelech[06048], the gods[0430] of Sepharvaim[05617].
19:2 So they feared[03373] the LORD[03068], and made[06213][8799] unto themselves of the lowest[07098] of them priests[03548] of the high places[01116], which sacrificed[06213][8802] for them in the houses[01004] of the high places[01116].
19:3 They feared[03373] the LORD[03068], and served[05647][8802] their own gods[0430], after the manner[04941] of the nations[01471] whom they carried away[01540][8689] from thence. whom...: or, who carried them away from thence
19:4 Unto this day[03117] they do[06213][8802] after the former[07223] manners[04941]: they fear[03373] not the LORD[03068], neither do[06213][8802] they after their statutes[02708], or after their ordinances[04941], or after the law[08451] and commandment[04687] which the LORD[03068] commanded[06680][8765] the children[01121] of Jacob[03290], whom he named[07760][8804][08034] Israel[03478];
19:5 With whom the LORD[03068] had made[03772][8799] a covenant[01285], and charged[06680][8762] them, saying[0559][8800], Ye shall not fear[03372][8799] other[0312] gods[0430], nor bow[07812][8691] yourselves to them, nor serve[05647][8799] them, nor sacrifice[02076][8799] to them:
19:6 But the LORD[03068], who brought you up[05927][8689] out of the land[0776] of Egypt[04714] with great[01419] power[03581] and a stretched out[05186][8803] arm[02220], him shall ye fear[03372][8799], and him shall ye worship[07812][8691], and to him shall ye do sacrifice[02076][8799].
19:7 And the statutes[02706], and the ordinances[04941], and the law[08451], and the commandment[04687], which he wrote[03789][8804] for you, ye shall observe[08104][8799] to do[06213][8800] for evermore[03117]; and ye shall not fear[03372][8799] other[0312] gods[0430].
19:8 And the covenant[01285] that I have made[03772][8804] with you ye shall not forget[07911][8799]; neither shall ye fear[03372][8799] other[0312] gods[0430].
19:9 But the LORD[03068] your God[0430] ye shall fear[03372][8799]; and he shall deliver[05337][8686] you out of the hand[03027] of all your enemies[0341][8802].
19:10 Howbeit they did not hearken[08085][8804], but they did[06213][8802] after their former[07223] manner[04941].
19:11 So these nations[01471] feared[03373] the LORD[03068], and served[05647][8802] their graven images[06456], both their children[01121], and their children's[01121] children[01121]: as did[06213][8804] their fathers[01], so do[06213][8802] they unto this day[03117].
19:12 Now it came to pass in the third[07969] year[08141] of Hoshea[01954] son[01121] of Elah[0425] king[04428] of Israel[03478], that Hezekiah[02396] the son[01121] of Ahaz[0271] king[04428] of Judah[03063] began to reign[04427][8804]. Hezekiah: he is called Ezekias
19:13 Twenty[06242] and five[02568] years[08141] old[01121] was he when he began to reign[04427][8800]; and he reigned[04427][8804] twenty[06242] and nine[08672] years[08141] in Jerusalem[03389]. His mother's[0517] name[08034] also was Abi[021], the daughter[01323] of Zachariah[02148]. Abi: also called, Abijah
19:14 And he did[06213][8799] that which was right[03477] in the sight[05869] of the LORD[03068], according to all that David[01732] his father[01] did[06213][8804].
19:15 He removed[05493][8689] the high places[01116], and brake[07665][8765] the images[04676], and cut down[03772][8804] the groves[0842], and brake in pieces[03807][8765] the brasen[05178] serpent[05175] that Moses[04872] had made[06213][8804]: for unto those days[03117] the children[01121] of Israel[03478] did burn incense[06999][8764] to it: and he called[07121][8799] it Nehushtan[05180]. images: Heb. statues Nehushtan: that is, A piece of brass
19:16 He trusted[0982][8804] in the LORD[03068] God[0430] of Israel[03478]; so that after[0310] him was none like him among all the kings[04428] of Judah[03063], nor any that were before[06440] him.
19:17 For he clave[01692][8799] to the LORD[03068], and departed[05493][8804] not from following[0310] him, but kept[08104][8799] his commandments[04687], which the LORD[03068] commanded[06680][8765] Moses[04872]. from...: Heb. from after him
19:18 And the LORD[03068] was with him; and he prospered[07919][8686] whithersoever he went forth[03318][8799]: and he rebelled[04775][8799] against the king[04428] of Assyria[0804], and served[05647][8804] him not.
19:19 He smote[05221][8689] the Philistines[06430], even unto Gaza[05804], and the borders[01366] thereof, from the tower[04026] of the watchmen[05341][8802] to the fenced[04013] city[05892]. Gaza: Heb. Azzah
19:20 And it came to pass in the fourth[07243] year[08141] of king[04428] Hezekiah[02396], which was the seventh[07637] year[08141] of Hoshea[01954] son[01121] of Elah[0425] king[04428] of Israel[03478], that  Shalmaneser[08022] king[04428] of Assyria[0804] came up[05927][8804] against Samaria[08111], and besieged[06696][8799] it.
19:21 And at the end[07097] of three[07969] years[08141] they took[03920][8799] it: even in the sixth[08337] year[08141] of Hezekiah[02396], that is the ninth[08672] year[08141] of Hoshea[01954] king[04428] of Israel[03478], Samaria[08111] was taken[03920][8738].
19:22 And the king[04428] of Assyria[0804] did carry away[01540][8686] Israel[03478] unto Assyria[0804], and put[05148][8686] them in Halah[02477] and in Habor[02249] by the river[05104] of Gozan[01470], and in the cities[05892] of the Medes[04074]:
19:23 Because they obeyed[08085][8804] not the voice[06963] of the LORD[03068] their God[0430], but transgressed[05674][8799] his covenant[01285], and all that Moses[04872] the servant[05650] of the LORD[03068] commanded[06680][8765], and would not hear[08085][8804] them , nor do[06213][8804] them .
19:24 Now in the fourteenth[0702][06240] year[08141] of king[04428] Hezekiah[02396] did Sennacherib[05576] king[04428] of Assyria[0804] come up[05927][8804] against all the fenced[01219][8803] cities[05892] of Judah[03063], and took[08610][8799] them. Sennacherib: Heb. Sanherib
19:25 And Hezekiah[02396] king[04428] of Judah[03063] sent[07971][8799] to the king[04428] of Assyria[0804] to Lachish[03923], saying[0559][8800], I have offended[02398][8804]; return[07725][8798] from me: that which thou puttest[05414][8799] on me will I bear[05375][8799]. And the king[04428] of Assyria[0804] appointed[07760][8799] unto Hezekiah[02396] king[04428] of Judah[03063] three[07969] hundred[03967] talents[03603] of silver[03701] and thirty[07970] talents[03603] of gold[02091].
19:26 And Hezekiah[02396] gave[05414][8799] him all the silver[03701] that was found[04672][8737] in the house[01004] of the LORD[03068], and in the treasures[0214] of the king's[04428] house[01004].
19:27 At that time[06256] did Hezekiah[02396] cut off[07112][8765] the gold from the doors[01817] of the temple[01964] of the LORD[03068], and from the pillars[0547] which Hezekiah[02396] king[04428] of Judah[03063] had overlaid[06823][8765], and gave[05414][8799] it to the king[04428] of Assyria[0804]. it: Heb. them
19:28 And the king[04428] of Assyria[0804] sent[07971][8799] Tartan[08661] and Rabsaris[07249] and Rabshakeh[07262] from Lachish[03923] to king[04428] Hezekiah[02396] with a great[03515] host[02426] against Jerusalem[03389]. And they went up[05927][8799] and came[0935][8799] to Jerusalem[03389]. And when they were come up[05927][8799], they came[0935][8799] and stood[05975][8799] by the conduit[08585] of the upper[05945] pool[01295], which is in the highway[04546] of the fuller's[03526][8801] field[07704]. great: Heb. heavy
19:29 And when they had called[07121][8799] to the king[04428], there came out[03318][8799] to them Eliakim[0471] the son[01121] of Hilkiah[02518], which was over the household[01004], and Shebna[07644] the scribe[05608][8802], and Joah[03098] the son[01121] of Asaph[0623] the recorder[02142][8688]. scribe: or, secretary
19:30 And Rabshakeh[07262] said[0559][8799] unto them, Speak[0559][8798] ye now to Hezekiah[02396], Thus saith[0559][8804] the great[01419] king[04428], the king[04428] of Assyria[0804], What confidence[0986] is this wherein thou trustest[0982][8804]?
19:31 Thou sayest[0559][8804], (but they are but vain[08193] words[01697],) I have counsel[06098] and strength[01369] for the war[04421]. Now on whom dost thou trust[0982][8804], that thou rebellest[04775][8804] against me? sayest: or, talkest vain...: Heb. word of the lips I have...: or, but counsel and strength are for the war
19:32 Now, behold, thou trustest[0982][8804] upon the staff[04938] of this bruised[07533][8803] reed[07070], even upon Egypt[04714], on which if a man[0376] lean[05564][8735], it will go[0935][8804] into his hand[03709], and pierce[05344][8804] it: so is Pharaoh[06547] king[04428] of Egypt[04714] unto all that trust[0982][8802] on him. trustest: Heb. trustest thee
19:33 But if ye say[0559][8799] unto me, We trust[0982][8804] in the LORD[03068] our God[0430]: is not that he, whose high places[01116] and whose altars[04196] Hezekiah[02396] hath taken away[05493][8689], and hath said[0559][8799] to Judah[03063] and Jerusalem[03389], Ye shall worship[07812][8691] before[06440] this altar[04196] in Jerusalem[03389]?
19:34 Now therefore, I pray thee, give pledges[06148][8690] to my lord[0113] the king[04428] of Assyria[0804], and I will deliver[05414][8799] thee two thousand[0505] horses[05483], if thou be able[03201][8799] on thy part to set[05414][8800] riders[07392][8802] upon them. pledges: or, hostages
19:35 How then wilt thou turn away[07725][8686] the face[06440] of one[0259] captain[06346] of the least[06996] of my master's[0113] servants[05650], and put thy trust[0982][8799] on Egypt[04714] for chariots[07393] and for horsemen[06571]?
19:36 Am I now come up[05927][8804] without[01107] the LORD[03068] against this place[04725] to destroy[07843][8687] it? The LORD[03068] said[0559][8804] to me, Go up[05927][8798] against this land[0776], and destroy[07843][8685] it.
19:37 Then said[0559][8799] Eliakim[0471] the son[01121] of Hilkiah[02518], and Shebna[07644], and Joah[03098], unto Rabshakeh[07262], Speak[01696][8761], I pray thee, to thy servants[05650] in the Syrian language[0762]; for we understand[08085][8802] it : and talk[01696][8762] not with us in the Jews' language[03066] in the ears[0241] of the people[05971] that are on the wall[02346].
20:1 But Rabshakeh[07262] said[0559][8799] unto them, Hath my master[0113] sent[07971][8804] me to thy master[0113], and to thee, to speak[01696][8763] these words[01697]? hath he  not sent me to the men[0582] which sit[03427][8802] on the wall[02346], that they may eat[0398][8800] their own dung[06675][8675][02755], and drink[08354][8800] their own piss[04325][07272][8675][07890] with you? their own piss: Heb. the water of their feet
20:2 Then Rabshakeh[07262] stood[05975][8799] and cried[07121][8799] with a loud[01419] voice[06963] in the Jews' language[03066], and spake[01696][8762], saying[0559][8799], Hear[08085][8798] the word[01697] of the great[01419] king[04428], the king[04428] of Assyria[0804]:
20:3 Thus saith[0559][8804] the king[04428], Let not Hezekiah[02396] deceive[05377][8686] you: for he shall not be able[03201][8799] to deliver[05337][8687] you out of his hand[03027]:
20:4 Neither let Hezekiah[02396] make you trust[0982][8686] in the LORD[03068], saying[0559][8800], The LORD[03068] will surely[05337][8687] deliver[05337][8686] us, and this city[05892] shall not be delivered[05414][8735] into the hand[03027] of the king[04428] of Assyria[0804].
20:5 Hearken[08085][8799] not to Hezekiah[02396]: for thus saith[0559][8804] the king[04428] of Assyria[0804], Make[06213][8798] an agreement with me by a present[01293], and come out[03318][8798] to me, and then  eat[0398][8798] ye every man[0376] of his own vine[01612], and every one[0376] of his fig tree[08384], and drink[08354][8798] ye every one[0376] the waters[04325] of his cistern[0953]: Make...: or, Seek my favour: Heb. Make with me a blessing cistern: or, pit
20:6 Until I come[0935][8800] and take you away[03947][8804] to a land[0776] like your own land[0776], a land[0776] of corn[01715] and wine[08492], a land[0776] of bread[03899] and vineyards[03754], a land[0776] of oil[03323] olive[02132] and of honey[01706], that ye may live[02421][8798], and not die[04191][8799]: and hearken[08085][8799] not unto Hezekiah[02396], when he persuadeth[05496][8686] you, saying[0559][8800], The LORD[03068] will deliver[05337][8686] us. persuadeth: or, deceiveth
20:7 Hath any[0376] of the gods[0430] of the nations[01471] delivered[05337][8689] at all[05337][8687] his land[0776] out of the hand[03027] of the king[04428] of Assyria[0804]?
20:8 Where are the gods[0430] of Hamath[02574], and of Arpad[0774]? where are the gods[0430] of Sepharvaim[05617], Hena[02012], and Ivah[05755]? have they delivered[05337][8689] Samaria[08111] out of mine hand[03027]?
20:9 Who are they among all the gods[0430] of the countries[0776], that have delivered[05337][8689] their country[0776] out of mine hand[03027], that the LORD[03068] should deliver[05337][8686] Jerusalem[03389] out of mine hand[03027]?
20:10 But the people[05971] held their peace[02790][8689], and answered[06030][8804] him not a word[01697]: for the king's[04428] commandment[04687] was, saying[0559][8800], Answer[06030][8799] him not.
20:11 Then came[0935][8799] Eliakim[0471] the son[01121] of Hilkiah[02518], which was over the household[01004], and Shebna[07644] the scribe[05608][8802], and Joah[03098] the son[01121] of Asaph[0623] the recorder[02142][8688], to Hezekiah[02396] with their clothes[0899] rent[07167][8803], and told[05046][8686] him the words[01697] of Rabshakeh[07262].
20:12 And it came to pass, when king[04428] Hezekiah[02396] heard[08085][8800] it , that he rent[07167][8799] his clothes[0899], and covered[03680][8691] himself with sackcloth[08242], and went[0935][8799] into the house[01004] of the LORD[03068].
20:13 And he sent[07971][8799] Eliakim[0471], which was over the household[01004], and Shebna[07644] the scribe[05608][8802], and the elders[02205] of the priests[03548], covered[03680][8693] with sackcloth[08242], to Isaiah[03470] the prophet[05030] the son[01121] of Amoz[0531].
20:14 And they said[0559][8799] unto him, Thus saith[0559][8804] Hezekiah[02396], This day[03117] is a day[03117] of trouble[06869], and of rebuke[08433], and blasphemy[05007]: for the children[01121] are come[0935][8804] to the birth[04866], and there is not strength[03581] to bring forth[03205][8800]. blasphemy: or, provocation
20:15 It may be[0194] the LORD[03068] thy God[0430] will hear[08085][8799] all the words[01697] of Rabshakeh[07262], whom the king[04428] of Assyria[0804] his master[0113] hath sent[07971][8804] to reproach[02778][8763] the living[02416] God[0430]; and will reprove[03198][8689] the words[01697] which the LORD[03068] thy God[0430] hath heard[08085][8804]: wherefore lift up[05375][8804] thy prayer[08605] for the remnant[07611] that are left[04672][8737]. left: Heb. found
20:16 So the servants[05650] of king[04428] Hezekiah[02396] came[0935][8799] to Isaiah[03470].
20:17 And Isaiah[03470] said[0559][8799] unto them, Thus shall ye say[0559][8799] to your master[0113], Thus saith[0559][8804] the LORD[03068], Be not afraid[03372][8799] of[06440] the words[01697] which thou hast heard[08085][8804], with which the servants[05288] of the king[04428] of Assyria[0804] have blasphemed[01442][8765] me.
20:18 Behold, I will send[05414][8802] a blast[07307] upon him, and he shall hear[08085][8804] a rumour[08052], and shall return[07725][8804] to his own land[0776]; and I will cause him to fall[05307][8689] by the sword[02719] in his own land[0776].
20:19 So Rabshakeh[07262] returned[07725][8799], and found[04672][8799] the king[04428] of Assyria[0804] warring[03898][8737] against Libnah[03841]: for he had heard[08085][8804] that he was departed[05265][8804] from Lachish[03923].
20:20 And when he heard[08085][8799] say[0559][8800] of Tirhakah[08640] king[04428] of Ethiopia[03568], Behold, he is come out[03318][8804] to fight[03898][8736] against thee: he sent[07971][8799] messengers[04397] again[07725][8799] unto Hezekiah[02396], saying[0559][8800],
20:21 Thus shall ye speak[0559][8799] to Hezekiah[02396] king[04428] of Judah[03063], saying[0559][8800], Let not thy God[0430] in whom thou trustest[0982][8802] deceive[05377][8686] thee, saying[0559][8800], Jerusalem[03389] shall not be delivered[05414][8735] into the hand[03027] of the king[04428] of Assyria[0804].
21:1 Behold, thou hast heard[08085][8804] what the kings[04428] of Assyria[0804] have done[06213][8804] to all lands[0776], by destroying them utterly[02763][8687]: and shalt thou be delivered[05337][8735]?
21:2 Have the gods[0430] of the nations[01471] delivered[05337][8689] them which my fathers[01] have destroyed[07843][8765]; as Gozan[01470], and Haran[02771], and Rezeph[07530], and the children[01121] of Eden[05729] which were in Thelasar[08515]?
21:3 Where is the king[04428] of Hamath[02574], and the king[04428] of Arpad[0774], and the king[04428] of the city[05892] of Sepharvaim[05617], of Hena[02012], and Ivah[05755]?
21:4 And Hezekiah[02396] received[03947][8799] the letter[05612] of the hand[03027] of the messengers[04397], and read[07121][8799] it: and Hezekiah[02396] went up[05927][8799] into the house[01004] of the LORD[03068], and spread[06566][8799] it before[06440] the LORD[03068].
21:5 And Hezekiah[02396] prayed[06419][8691] before[06440] the LORD[03068], and said[0559][8799], O LORD[03068] God[0430] of Israel[03478], which dwellest[03427][8802] between  the cherubims[03742], thou art the God[0430], even thou alone, of all the kingdoms[04467] of the earth[0776]; thou hast made[06213][8804] heaven[08064] and earth[0776].
21:6 LORD[03068], bow down[05186][8685] thine ear[0241], and hear[08085][8798]: open[06491][8798], LORD[03068], thine eyes[05869], and see[07200][8798]: and hear[08085][8798] the words[01697] of Sennacherib[05576], which hath sent[07971][8804] him to reproach[02778][8763] the living[02416] God[0430].
21:7 Of a truth[0551], LORD[03068], the kings[04428] of Assyria[0804] have destroyed[02717][8689] the nations[01471] and their lands[0776],
21:8 And have cast[05414][8804] their gods[0430] into the fire[0784]: for they were no gods[0430], but the work[04639] of men's[0120] hands[03027], wood[06086] and stone[068]: therefore they have destroyed[06][8762] them. cast: Heb. given
21:9 Now therefore, O LORD[03068] our God[0430], I beseech thee, save[03467][8685] thou us out of his hand[03027], that all the kingdoms[04467] of the earth[0776] may know[03045][8799] that thou art the LORD[03068] God[0430], even thou only.
21:10 Then Isaiah[03470] the son[01121] of Amoz[0531] sent[07971][8799] to Hezekiah[02396], saying[0559][8800], Thus saith[0559][8804] the LORD[03068] God[0430] of Israel[03478], That which thou hast prayed[06419][8694] to me against Sennacherib[05576] king[04428] of Assyria[0804] I have heard[08085][8804].
21:11 This is the word[01697] that the LORD[03068] hath spoken[01696][8765] concerning him; The virgin[01330] the daughter[01323] of Zion[06726] hath despised[0959][8804] thee, and laughed thee to scorn[03932][8804]; the daughter[01323] of Jerusalem[03389] hath shaken[05128][8689] her head[07218] at thee[0310].
21:12 Whom hast thou reproached[02778][8765] and blasphemed[01442][8765]? and against whom hast thou exalted[07311][8689] thy voice[06963], and lifted up[05375][8799] thine eyes[05869] on high[04791]? even against the Holy[06918] One of Israel[03478].
21:13 By[03027] thy messengers[04397] thou hast reproached[02778][8765] the Lord[0136], and hast said[0559][8799], With the multitude[07230] of my chariots[07393][8675][07393] I am come up[05927][8804] to the height[04791] of the mountains[02022], to the sides[03411] of Lebanon[03844], and will cut down[03772][8799] the tall[06967] cedar trees[0730] thereof, and  the choice[04004] fir trees[01265] thereof: and I will enter[0935][8799] into the lodgings[04411] of his borders[07093], and into the forest[03293] of his Carmel[03760]. By: Heb. By the hand of tall...: Heb. tallness, etc of his Carmel: or, and his fruitful field
21:14 I have digged[06979][8804] and drunk[08354][8804] strange[02114][8801] waters[04325], and with the sole[03709] of my feet[06471] have I dried[02717][8686] up all the rivers[02975] of besieged places[04693]. besieged: or, fenced
21:15 Hast thou not heard[08085][8804] long ago[07350] how I have done[06213][8804] it, and of ancient[06924] times[03117] that I have formed[03335][8804] it? now have I brought[0935][8689] it to pass, that thou shouldest be to lay waste[07582][8687] fenced[01219][8803] cities[05892] into ruinous[05327][8737] heaps[01530]. long...: or, how I have made it long ago, and formed it of ancient times? should I now bring it to be laid waste, and fenced cities to be ruinous heaps?
21:16 Therefore their inhabitants[03427][8802] were of small[07116] power[03027], they were dismayed[02865][8804] and confounded[0954][8799]; they were as the grass[06212] of the field[07704], and as the green[03419] herb[01877], as the grass[02682] on the housetops[01406], and as corn blasted[07711] before[06440] it be grown up[07054]. of small...: Heb. short of hand
21:17 But I know[03045][8804] thy abode[03427][8800], and thy going out[03318][8800], and thy coming in[0935][8800], and thy rage[07264][8692] against me. abode: or, sitting
21:18 Because thy rage[07264][8692] against me and thy tumult[07600] is come up[05927][8804] into mine ears[0241], therefore I will put[07760][8804] my hook[02397] in thy nose[0639], and my bridle[04964] in thy lips[08193], and I will turn thee back[07725][8689] by the way[01870] by which thou camest[0935][8804].
21:19 And this shall be a sign[0226] unto thee, Ye shall eat[0398][8800] this year[08141] such things as grow[05599] of themselves, and in the second[08145] year[08141] that which springeth[07823] of the same; and in the third[07992] year[08141] sow[02232][8798] ye, and reap[07114][8798], and plant[05193][8798] vineyards[03754], and eat[0398][8798] the fruits[06529] thereof.
21:20 And the remnant[07604][8737] that is escaped[06413] of the house[01004] of Judah[03063] shall yet again[03254][8804] take root[08328] downward[04295], and bear[06213][8804] fruit[06529] upward[04605]. remnant...: Heb. escaping of the house of Judah that remaineth
21:21 For out of Jerusalem[03389] shall go forth[03318][8799] a remnant[07611], and they that escape[06413] out of mount[02022] Zion[06726]: the zeal[07068] of the LORD[03068] of hosts[8675][06635] shall do[06213][8799] this. they...: Heb. the escaping
21:22 Therefore thus saith[0559][8804] the LORD[03068] concerning the king[04428] of Assyria[0804], He shall not come[0935][8799] into this city[05892], nor shoot[03384][8686] an arrow[02671] there, nor come before[06923][8762] it with shield[04043], nor cast[08210][8799] a bank[05550] against it.
21:23 By the way[01870] that he came[0935][8799], by the same shall he return[07725][8799], and shall not come[0935][8799] into this city[05892], saith[05002][8803] the LORD[03068].
21:24 For I will defend[01598][8804] this city[05892], to save[03467][8687] it, for mine own sake, and for my servant[05650] David's[01732] sake.
21:25 And it came to pass that night[03915], that the angel[04397] of the LORD[03068] went out[03318][8799], and smote[05221][8686] in the camp[04264] of the Assyrians[0804] an hundred[03967] fourscore[08084] and five[02568] thousand[0505]: and when they arose early[07925][8686] in the morning[01242], behold, they were all dead[04191][8801] corpses[06297].
21:26 So Sennacherib[05576] king[04428] of Assyria[0804] departed[05265][8799], and went[03212][8799] and returned[07725][8799], and dwelt[03427][8799] at Nineveh[05210].
22:1 And it came to pass, as he was worshipping[07812][8693] in the house[01004] of Nisroch[05268] his god[0430], that Adrammelech[0152] and Sharezer[08272] his sons[01121] smote[05221][8689] him with the sword[02719]: and they escaped[04422][8738] into the land[0776] of Armenia[0780]. And Esarhaddon[0634] his son[01121] reigned[04427][8799] in his stead. Armenia: Heb. Ararat
22:2 In those days[03117] was Hezekiah[02396] sick[02470][8804] unto death[04191][8800]. And the prophet[05030] Isaiah[03470] the son[01121] of Amoz[0531] came[0935][8799] to him, and said[0559][8799] unto him, Thus saith[0559][8804] the LORD[03068], Set thine house[01004] in order[06680][8761]; for thou shalt die[04191][8801], and not live[02421][8799]. Set...: Heb. Give charge concerning thine house
22:3 Then he turned[05437][8686] his face[06440] to the wall[07023], and prayed[06419][8691] unto the LORD[03068], saying[0559][8800],
22:4 I beseech[0577] thee, O LORD[03068], remember[02142][8798] now how I have walked[01980][8694] before[06440] thee in truth[0571] and with a perfect[08003] heart[03824], and have done[06213][8804] that which is good[02896] in thy sight[05869]. And Hezekiah[02396] wept[01058][8799][01065] sore[01419]. sore: Heb. with a great weeping
22:5 And it came to pass, afore Isaiah[03470] was gone out[03318][8804] into the middle[08484] court[02691][8675][05892], that the word[01697] of the LORD[03068] came to him, saying[0559][8800], court: or, city
22:6 Turn again[07725][8798], and tell[0559][8804] Hezekiah[02396] the captain[05057] of my people[05971], Thus saith[0559][8804] the LORD[03068], the God[0430] of David[01732] thy father[01], I have heard[08085][8804] thy prayer[08605], I have seen[07200][8804] thy tears[01832]: behold, I will heal[07495][8802] thee: on the third[07992] day[03117] thou shalt go up[05927][8799] unto the house[01004] of the LORD[03068].
22:7 And I will add[03254][8689] unto thy days[03117] fifteen[02568][06240] years[08141]; and I will deliver[05337][8686] thee and this city[05892] out of the hand[03709] of the king[04428] of Assyria[0804]; and I will defend[01598][8804] this city[05892] for mine own sake, and for my servant[05650] David's[01732] sake.
22:8 And Isaiah[03470] said[0559][8799], Take[03947][8798] a lump[01690] of figs[08384]. And they took[03947][8799] and laid[07760][8799] it on the boil[07822], and he recovered[02421][8799].
22:9 And Hezekiah[02396] said[0559][8799] unto Isaiah[03470], What shall be the sign[0226] that the LORD[03068] will heal[07495][8799] me, and that I shall go up[05927][8804] into the house[01004] of the LORD[03068] the third[07992] day[03117]?
22:10 And Isaiah[03470] said[0559][8799], This sign[0226] shalt thou have of the LORD[03068], that the LORD[03068] will do[06213][8799] the thing[01697] that he hath spoken[01696][8765]: shall the shadow[06738] go forward[01980][8804] ten[06235] degrees[04609], or go back[07725][8799] ten[06235] degrees[04609]?
22:11 And Hezekiah[03169] answered[0559][8799], It is a light thing[07043][8738] for the shadow[06738] to go down[05186][8800] ten[06235] degrees[04609]: nay, but let the shadow[06738] return[07725][8799] backward[0322] ten[06235] degrees[04609].
22:12 And Isaiah[03470] the prophet[05030] cried[07121][8799] unto the LORD[03068]: and he brought[07725][8686] the shadow[06738] ten[06235] degrees[04609] backward[0322], by[04609] which it had gone down[03381][8804] in the dial[04609] of Ahaz[0271]. dial: Heb. degrees
22:13 At that time[06256] Berodachbaladan[01255], the son[01121] of Baladan[01081], king[04428] of Babylon[0894], sent[07971][8804] letters[05612] and a present[04503] unto Hezekiah[02396]: for he had heard[08085][8804] that Hezekiah[02396] had been sick[02470][8804]. Berodachbaladan: or, Merodachbaladan
22:14 And Hezekiah[02396] hearkened[08085][8799] unto them, and shewed[07200][8686] them all the house[01004] of his precious things[05238], the silver[03701], and the gold[02091], and the spices[01314], and the precious[02896] ointment[08081], and all the house[01004] of his armour[03627], and all that was found[04672][8738] in his treasures[0214]: there was nothing[01697] in his house[01004], nor in all his dominion[04475], that Hezekiah[02396] shewed[07200][8689] them not. precious things: or, spicery armour: or, jewels: Heb. vessels
22:15 Then came[0935][8799] Isaiah[03470] the prophet[05030] unto king[04428] Hezekiah[02396], and said[0559][8799] unto him, What said[0559][8804] these men[0582]? and from whence[0370] came[0935][8799] they unto thee? And Hezekiah[02396] said[0559][8799], They are come[0935][8804] from a far[07350] country[0776], even from Babylon[0894].
22:16 And he said[0559][8799], What have they seen[07200][8804] in thine house[01004]? And Hezekiah[02396] answered[0559][8799], All the things that are in mine house[01004] have they seen[07200][8804]: there is nothing[01697] among my treasures[0214] that I have not shewed[07200][8689] them.
22:17 And Isaiah[03470] said[0559][8799] unto Hezekiah[02396], Hear[08085][8798] the word[01697] of the LORD[03068].
22:18 Behold, the days[03117] come[0935][8802], that all that is in thine house[01004], and that which thy fathers[01] have laid up in store[0686][8804] unto this day[03117], shall be carried[05375][8738] into Babylon[0894]: nothing[01697] shall be left[03498][8735], saith[0559][8804] the LORD[03068].
22:19 And of thy sons[01121] that shall issue[03318][8799] from thee, which thou shalt beget[03205][8686], shall they take away[03947][8799]; and they shall be eunuchs[05631] in the palace[01964] of the king[04428] of Babylon[0894].
22:20 Then said[0559][8799] Hezekiah[02396] unto Isaiah[03470], Good[02896] is the word[01697] of the LORD[03068] which thou hast spoken[01696][8765]. And he said[0559][8799], Is it not good , if peace[07965] and truth[0571] be in my days[03117]? Is it...: or, Shall there not be peace and truth, etc
23:1 And the rest[03499] of the acts[01697] of Hezekiah[02396], and all his might[01369], and how he made[06213][8804] a pool[01295], and a conduit[08585], and brought[0935][8686] water[04325] into the city[05892], are  they not written[03789][8803] in the book[05612] of the chronicles[01697][03117] of the kings[04428] of Judah[03063]?
23:2 And Hezekiah[02396] slept[07901][8799] with his fathers[01]: and Manasseh[04519] his son[01121] reigned[04427][8799] in his stead.
23:3 Manasseh[04519] was twelve[08147][06240] years[08141] old[01121] when he began to reign[04427][8800], and reigned[04427][8804] fifty[02572] and five[02568] years[08141] in Jerusalem[03389]. And his mother's[0517] name[08034] was Hephzibah[02657].
23:4 And he did[06213][8799] that which was evil[07451] in the sight[05869] of the LORD[03068], after the abominations[08441] of the heathen[01471], whom the LORD[03068] cast out[03423][8689] before[06440] the children[01121] of Israel[03478].
23:5 For he built up[01129][8799] again[07725][8799] the high places[01116] which Hezekiah[02396] his father[01] had destroyed[06][8765]; and he reared up[06965][8686] altars[04196] for Baal[01168], and made[06213][8799] a grove[0842], as did[06213][8804] Ahab[0256] king[04428] of Israel[03478]; and worshipped[07812][8691] all the host[06635] of heaven[08064], and served[05647][8799] them.
23:6 And he built[01129][8804] altars[04196] in the house[01004] of the LORD[03068], of which the LORD[03068] said[0559][8804], In Jerusalem[03389] will I put[07760][8799] my name[08034].
23:7 And he built[01129][8799] altars[04196] for all the host[06635] of heaven[08064] in the two[08147] courts[02691] of the house[01004] of the LORD[03068].
23:8 And he made his son[01121] pass[05674][8689] through the fire[0784], and observed times[06049][8782], and used enchantments[05172][8765], and dealt[06213][8804] with familiar spirits[0178] and wizards[03049]: he wrought[06213][8800] much[07235][8689] wickedness[07451] in the sight[05869] of the LORD[03068], to provoke him to anger[03707][8687].
23:9 And he set[07760][8799] a graven image[06459] of the grove[0842] that he had made[06213][8804] in the house[01004], of which the LORD[03068] said[0559][8804] to David[01732], and to Solomon[08010] his son[01121], In this house[01004], and in Jerusalem[03389], which I have chosen[0977][8804] out of all tribes[07626] of Israel[03478], will I put[07760][8799] my name[08034] for ever[05769]:
23:10 Neither will I make the feet[07272] of Israel[03478] move[05110][8687] any more[03254][8686] out of the land[0127] which I gave[05414][8804] their fathers[01]; only if they will observe[08104][8799] to do[06213][8800] according to all that I have commanded[06680][8765] them, and according to all the law[08451] that my servant[05650] Moses[04872] commanded[06680][8765] them.
23:11 But they hearkened[08085][8804] not: and Manasseh[04519] seduced[08582][8686] them to do[06213][8800] more evil[07451] than did the nations[01471] whom the LORD[03068] destroyed[08045][8689] before[06440] the children[01121] of Israel[03478].
23:12 And the LORD[03068] spake[01696][8762] by[03027] his servants[05650] the prophets[05030], saying[0559][8800],
23:13 Because Manasseh[04519] king[04428] of Judah[03063] hath done[06213][8804] these abominations[08441], and hath done wickedly[07489][8689] above all that the Amorites[0567] did[06213][8804], which were before[06440] him, and hath made Judah[03063] also to sin[02398][8686] with his idols[01544]:
23:14 Therefore thus saith[0559][8804] the LORD[03068] God[0430] of Israel[03478], Behold, I am bringing[0935][8688] such evil[07451] upon Jerusalem[03389] and Judah[03063], that whosoever heareth[08085][8802] of it, both[08147] his ears[0241] shall tingle[06750][8799].
23:15 And I will stretch[05186][8804] over Jerusalem[03389] the line[06957] of Samaria[08111], and the plummet[04949] of the house[01004] of Ahab[0256]: and I will wipe[04229][8804] Jerusalem[03389] as a man wipeth[04229][8799] a dish[06747], wiping[04229][8804] it , and turning[02015][8804] it upside down[06440]. wiping...: Heb. he wipeth and turneth it upon the face thereof
23:16 And I will forsake[05203][8804] the remnant[07611] of mine inheritance[05159], and deliver[05414][8804] them into the hand[03027] of their enemies[0341][8802]; and they shall become a prey[0957] and a spoil[04933] to all their enemies[0341][8802];
23:17 Because they have done[06213][8804] that which was evil[07451] in my sight[05869], and have provoked[04480] me to anger[03707][8688], since the day[03117] their fathers[01] came forth[03318][8804] out of Egypt[04714], even unto this day[03117].
23:18 Moreover Manasseh[04519] shed[08210][8804] innocent[05355] blood[01818] very[03966] much[07235][8687], till he had filled[04390][8765] Jerusalem[03389] from one end[06310] to another[06310]; beside his sin[02403] wherewith he made Judah[03063] to sin[02398][8689], in doing[06213][8800] that which was evil[07451] in the sight[05869] of the LORD[03068]. from...: Heb. from mouth to mouth
23:19 Now the rest[03499] of the acts[01697] of Manasseh[04519], and all that he did[06213][8804], and his sin[02403] that he sinned[02398][8804], are they not written[03789][8803] in the book[05612] of the chronicles[01697][03117] of the kings[04428] of Judah[03063]?
23:20 And Manasseh[04519] slept[07901][8799] with his fathers[01], and was buried[06912][8735] in the garden[01588] of his own house[01004], in the garden[01588] of Uzza[05798]: and Amon[0526] his son[01121] reigned[04427][8799] in his stead.
23:21 Amon[0526] was twenty[06242] and two[08147] years[08141] old[01121] when he began to reign[04427][8800], and he reigned[04427][8804] two[08147] years[08141] in Jerusalem[03389]. And his mother's[0517] name[08034] was Meshullemeth[04922], the daughter[01323] of Haruz[02743] of Jotbah[03192].
23:22 And he did[06213][8799] that which was evil[07451] in the sight[05869] of the LORD[03068], as his father[01] Manasseh[04519] did[06213][8804].
23:23 And he walked[03212][8799] in all the way[01870] that his father[01] walked in[01980][8804], and served[05647][8799] the idols[01544] that his father[01] served[05647][8804], and worshipped[07812][8691] them:
23:24 And he forsook[05800][8799] the LORD[03068] God[0430] of his fathers[01], and walked[01980][8804] not in the way[01870] of the LORD[03068].
23:25 And the servants[05650] of Amon[0526] conspired[07194][8799] against him, and slew[04191][8686] the king[04428] in his own house[01004].
23:26 And the people[05971] of the land[0776] slew[05221][8686] all them that had conspired[07194][8802] against king[04428] Amon[0526]; and the people[05971] of the land[0776] made Josiah[02977] his son[01121] king[04427][8686] in his stead.
23:27 Now the rest[03499] of the acts[01697] of Amon[0526] which he did[06213][8804], are they not written[03789][8803] in the book[05612] of the chronicles[01697][03117] of the kings[04428] of Judah[03063]?
23:28 And he was buried[06912][8799] in his sepulchre[06900] in the garden[01588] of Uzza[05798]: and Josiah[02977] his son[01121] reigned[04427][8799] in his stead. Josiah: Gr. Josias
23:29 Josiah[02977] was eight[08083] years[08141] old[01121] when he began to reign[04427][8800], and he reigned[04427][8804] thirty[07970] and one[0259] years[08141] in Jerusalem[03389]. And his mother's[0517] name[08034] was Jedidah[03040], the daughter[01323] of Adaiah[05718] of Boscath[01218].
23:30 And he did[06213][8799] that which was right[03477] in the sight[05869] of the LORD[03068], and walked[03212][8799] in all the way[01870] of David[01732] his father[01], and turned not aside[05493][8804] to the right hand[03225] or to the left[08040].
23:31 And it came to pass in the eighteenth[08083][06240] year[08141] of king[04428] Josiah[02977], that the king[04428] sent[07971][8804] Shaphan[08227] the son[01121] of Azaliah[0683], the son[01121] of Meshullam[04918], the scribe[05608][8802], to the house[01004] of the LORD[03068], saying[0559][8800],
23:32 Go up[05927][8798] to Hilkiah[02518] the high[01419] priest[03548], that he may sum[08552][8686] the silver[03701] which is brought[0935][8716] into the house[01004] of the LORD[03068], which the keepers[08104][8802] of the door[05592] have gathered[0622][8804] of the people[05971]: door: Heb. threshold
23:33 And let them deliver[05414][8799] it into the hand[03027] of the doers[06213][8802] of the work[04399], that have the oversight[06485][8716] of the house[01004] of the LORD[03068]: and let them give[05414][8799] it to the doers[06213][8802] of the work[04399] which is in the house[01004] of the LORD[03068], to repair[02388][8763] the breaches[0919] of the house[01004],
23:34 Unto carpenters[02796], and builders[01129][8802], and masons[01443][8802], and to buy[07069][8800] timber[06086] and hewn[04274] stone[068] to repair[02388][8763] the house[01004].
23:35 Howbeit there was no reckoning made[02803][8735] with them of the money[03701] that was delivered[05414][8737] into their hand[03027], because they dealt[06213][8802] faithfully[0530].
23:36 And Hilkiah[02518] the high[01419] priest[03548] said[0559][8799] unto Shaphan[08227] the scribe[05608][8802], I have found[04672][8804] the book[05612] of the law[08451] in the house[01004] of the LORD[03068]. And Hilkiah[02518] gave[05414][8799] the book[05612] to Shaphan[08227], and he read[07121][8799] it.
23:37 And Shaphan[08227] the scribe[05608][8802] came[0935][8799] to the king[04428], and brought[07725][00] the king[04428] word[01697] again[07725][8686], and said[0559][8799], Thy servants[05650] have gathered[05413][8689] the money[03701] that was found[04672][8737] in the house[01004], and have delivered[05414][8799] it into the hand[03027] of them that do[06213][8802] the work[04399], that have the oversight[06485][8716] of the house[01004] of the LORD[03068]. gathered: Heb. melted
24:1 And Shaphan[08227] the scribe[05608][8802] shewed[05046][8686] the king[04428], saying[0559][8800], Hilkiah[02518] the priest[03548] hath delivered[05414][8804] me a book[05612]. And Shaphan[08227] read[07121][8799] it before[06440] the king[04428].
24:2 And it came to pass, when the king[04428] had heard[08085][8800] the words[01697] of the book[05612] of the law[08451], that he rent[07167][8799] his clothes[0899].
24:3 And the king[04428] commanded[06680][8762] Hilkiah[02518] the priest[03548], and Ahikam[0296] the son[01121] of Shaphan[08227], and Achbor[05907] the son[01121] of Michaiah[04320], and Shaphan[08227] the scribe[05608][8802], and Asahiah[06222] a servant[05650] of the king's[04428], saying[0559][8800], Achbor: or, Abdon Michaiah: or, Micah
24:4 Go[03212][8798] ye, enquire[01875][8798] of the LORD[03068] for me, and for the people[05971], and for all Judah[03063], concerning the words[01697] of this book[05612] that is found[04672][8737]: for great[01419] is  the wrath[02534] of the LORD[03068] that is kindled[03341][8738] against us, because our fathers[01] have not hearkened[08085][8804] unto the words[01697] of this book[05612], to do[06213][8800] according unto all that which is written[03789][8803] concerning us.
24:5 So Hilkiah[02518] the priest[03548], and Ahikam[0296], and Achbor[05907], and Shaphan[08227], and Asahiah[06222], went[03212][8799] unto Huldah[02468] the prophetess[05031], the wife[0802] of Shallum[07967] the son[01121] of Tikvah[08616], the son[01121] of Harhas[02745], keeper[08104][8802] of the wardrobe[0899]; (now she dwelt[03427][8802] in Jerusalem[03389] in the college[04932];) and they communed[01696][8762] with her. wardrobe: Heb. garments in the...: or, in the second part
24:6 And she said[0559][8799] unto them, Thus saith[0559][8804] the LORD[03068] God[0430] of Israel[03478], Tell[0559][8798] the man[0376] that sent[07971][8804] you to me,
24:7 Thus saith[0559][8804] the LORD[03068], Behold, I will bring[0935][8688] evil[07451] upon this place[04725], and upon the inhabitants[03427][8802] thereof, even all the words[01697] of the book[05612] which the king[04428] of Judah[03063] hath read[07121][8804]:
24:8 Because they have forsaken[05800][8804] me, and have burned incense[06999][8762] unto other[0312] gods[0430], that they might provoke me to anger[03707][8687] with all the works[04639] of their hands[03027]; therefore my wrath[02534] shall be kindled[03341][8738] against this place[04725], and shall not be quenched[03518][8799].
24:9 But to the king[04428] of Judah[03063] which sent[07971][8802] you to enquire[01875][8800] of the LORD[03068], thus shall ye say[0559][8799] to him, Thus saith[0559][8804] the LORD[03068] God[0430] of Israel[03478],  As touching the words[01697] which thou hast heard[08085][8804];
24:10 Because thine heart[03824] was tender[07401][8804], and thou hast humbled[03665][8735] thyself before[06440] the LORD[03068], when thou heardest[08085][8800] what I spake[01696][8765] against this place[04725], and against the inhabitants[03427][8802] thereof, that they should become a desolation[08047] and a curse[07045], and hast rent[07167][8799] thy clothes[0899], and wept[01058][8799] before[06440] me; I also have heard[08085][8804] thee , saith[05002][8803] the LORD[03068].
24:11 Behold therefore, I will gather[0622][8802] thee unto thy fathers[01], and thou shalt be gathered[0622][8738] into thy grave[06913] in peace[07965]; and thine eyes[05869] shall not see[07200][8799] all the evil[07451] which I will bring[0935][8688] upon this place[04725]. And they brought[07725][00] the king[04428] word[01697] again[07725][8686].
24:12 And the king[04428] sent[07971][8799], and they gathered[0622][8799] unto him all the elders[02205] of Judah[03063] and of Jerusalem[03389].
24:13 And the king[04428] went up[05927][8799] into the house[01004] of the LORD[03068], and all the men[0376] of Judah[03063] and all the inhabitants[03427][8802] of Jerusalem[03389] with him, and the priests[03548], and the prophets[05030], and all the people[05971], both small[06996] and great[01419]: and he read[07121][8799] in their ears[0241] all the words[01697] of the book[05612] of the covenant[01285] which was found[04672][8737] in the house[01004] of the LORD[03068]. both...: Heb. from small even unto great
24:14 And the king[04428] stood[05975][8799] by a pillar[05982], and made[03772][8799] a covenant[01285] before[06440] the LORD[03068], to walk[03212][8800] after[0310] the LORD[03068], and to keep[08104][8800] his commandments[04687] and his testimonies[05715] and his statutes[02708] with all their heart[03820] and all their soul[05315], to perform[06965][8687] the words[01697] of this covenant[01285] that were written[03789][8803] in this book[05612]. And all the people[05971] stood[05975][8799] to the covenant[01285].
24:15 And the king[04428] commanded[06680][8762] Hilkiah[02518] the high[01419] priest[03548], and the priests[03548] of the second order[04932], and the keepers[08104][8802] of the door[05592], to bring forth[03318][8687] out of the temple[01964] of the LORD[03068] all the vessels[03627] that were made[06213][8803] for Baal[01168], and for the grove[0842], and for all the host[06635] of heaven[08064]: and he burned[08313][8799] them without[02351] Jerusalem[03389] in the fields[07709] of Kidron[06939], and carried[05375][8804] the ashes[06083] of them unto Bethel[01008].
24:16 And he put down[07673][8689] the idolatrous priests[03649], whom the kings[04428] of Judah[03063] had ordained[05414][8804] to burn incense[06999][8762] in the high places[01116] in the cities[05892] of Judah[03063], and in the places round about[04524] Jerusalem[03389]; them also that burned incense[06999][8764] unto Baal[01168], to the sun[08121], and to the moon[03394], and to the planets[04208], and to all the host[06635] of heaven[08064]. put...: Heb. caused to cease idolatrous...: Heb. Chemarim planets: or, twelve signs or, constellations
24:17 And he brought out[03318][8686] the grove[0842] from the house[01004] of the LORD[03068], without[02351] Jerusalem[03389], unto the brook[05158] Kidron[06939], and burned[08313][8799] it at the brook[05158] Kidron[06939], and stamped it small[01854][8686] to powder[06083], and cast[07993][8686] the powder[06083] thereof upon the graves[06913] of the children[01121] of the people[05971].
24:18 And he brake down[05422][8799] the houses[01004] of the sodomites[06945], that were by the house[01004] of the LORD[03068], where the women[0802] wove[0707][8802] hangings[01004] for the grove[0842]. hangings: Heb. houses
24:19 And he brought[0935][8686] all the priests[03548] out of the cities[05892] of Judah[03063], and defiled[02930][8762] the high places[01116] where the priests[03548] had burned incense[06999][8765], from Geba[01387] to Beersheba[0884], and brake down[05422][8804] the high places[01116] of the gates[08179] that were in the entering in[06607] of the gate[08179] of Joshua[03091] the governor[08269] of the city[05892], which were on a man's[0376] left hand[08040] at the gate[08179] of the city[05892].
24:20 Nevertheless the priests[03548] of the high places[01116] came not up[05927][8799] to the altar[04196] of the LORD[03068] in Jerusalem[03389], but they did eat[0398][8804] of the unleavened bread[04682] among[08432] their brethren[0251].
25:1 And he defiled[02930][8765] Topheth[08612], which is in the valley[01516] of the children[01121][8675][01121] of Hinnom[02011], that no man[0376] might make his son[01121] or his daughter[01323] to pass through[05674][8687] the fire[0784] to Molech[04432].
25:2 And he took away[07673][8686] the horses[05483] that the kings[04428] of Judah[03063] had given[05414][8804] to the sun[08121], at the entering in[0935][8800] of the house[01004] of the LORD[03068], by the chamber[03957] of Nathanmelech[05419] the chamberlain[05631], which was in the suburbs[06503], and burned[08313][8804] the chariots[04818] of the sun[08121] with fire[0784]. chamberlain: or, eunuch, or, officer
25:3 And the altars[04196] that were on the top[01406] of the upper chamber[05944] of Ahaz[0271], which the kings[04428] of Judah[03063] had made[06213][8804], and the altars[04196] which Manasseh[04519] had made[06213][8804] in the two[08147] courts[02691] of the house[01004] of the LORD[03068], did the king[04428] beat down[05422][8804], and brake them down[07323][8799] from thence, and cast[07993][8689] the dust[06083] of them into the brook[05158] Kidron[06939]. brake...: or, ran from thence
25:4 And the high places[01116] that were before[06440] Jerusalem[03389], which were on the right hand[03225] of the mount[02022] of corruption[04889], which Solomon[08010] the king[04428] of Israel[03478] had builded[01129][8804] for Ashtoreth[06253] the abomination[08251] of the Zidonians[06722], and for Chemosh[03645] the abomination[08251] of the Moabites[04124], and for Milcom[04445] the abomination[08441] of the children[01121] of Ammon[05983], did the king[04428] defile[02930][8765]. the mount...: that is, the mount of Olives
25:5 And he brake in pieces[07665][8765] the images[04676], and cut down[03772][8799] the groves[0842], and filled[04390][8762] their places[04725] with the bones[06106] of men[0120]. images: Heb. statues
25:6 Moreover the altar[04196] that was at Bethel[01008], and the high place[01116] which Jeroboam[03379] the son[01121] of Nebat[05028], who made Israel[03478] to sin[02398][8689], had made[06213][8804], both that altar[04196] and the high place[01116] he brake down[05422][8804], and burned[08313][8799] the high place[01116], and stamped[01854][8689] it small to powder[06083], and burned[08313][8804] the grove[0842].
25:7 And as Josiah[02977] turned[06437][8799] himself, he spied[07200][8799] the sepulchres[06913] that were there in the mount[02022], and sent[07971][8799], and took[03947][8799] the bones[06106] out of the sepulchres[06913], and burned[08313][8799] them upon the altar[04196], and polluted[02930][8762] it, according to the word[01697] of the LORD[03068] which the man[0376] of God[0430] proclaimed[07121][8804], who proclaimed[07121][8804] these words[01697].
25:8 Then he said[0559][8799], What title[06725] is that[01975] that I see[07200][8802]? And the men[0582] of the city[05892] told[0559][8799] him, It is the sepulchre[06913] of the man[0376] of God[0430], which came[0935][8804] from Judah[03063], and proclaimed[07121][8799] these things[01697] that thou hast done[06213][8804] against the altar[04196] of Bethel[01008].
25:9 And he said[0559][8799], Let him alone[03240][8685]; let no man[0376] move[05128][8686] his bones[06106]. So they let his bones[06106] alone[04422][8762], with the bones[06106] of the prophet[05030] that came out[0935][8804] of Samaria[08111]. bones alone: Heb. bones to escape
25:10 And all the houses[01004] also of the high places[01116] that were in the cities[05892] of Samaria[08111], which the kings[04428] of Israel[03478] had made[06213][8804] to provoke the LORD to anger[03707][8687], Josiah[02977] took away[05493][8689], and did[06213][8799] to them according to all the acts[04639] that he had done[06213][8804] in Bethel[01008].
25:11 And he slew[02076][8799] all the priests[03548] of the high places[01116] that were there upon the altars[04196], and burned[08313][8799] men's[0120] bones[06106] upon them, and returned[07725][8799] to Jerusalem[03389]. slew: or, sacrificed
25:12 And the king[04428] commanded[06680][8762] all the people[05971], saying[0559][8800], Keep[06213][8798] the passover[06453] unto the LORD[03068] your God[0430], as it is written[03789][8803] in the book[05612] of this covenant[01285].
25:13 Surely there was not holden[06213][8738] such a passover[06453] from the days[03117] of the judges[08199][8802] that judged[08199][8804] Israel[03478], nor in all the days[03117] of the kings[04428] of Israel[03478], nor of the kings[04428] of Judah[03063];
25:14 But in the eighteenth[08083][06240] year[08141] of king[04428] Josiah[02977], wherein this passover[06453] was holden[06213][8738] to the LORD[03068] in Jerusalem[03389].
25:15 Moreover the workers with familiar spirits[0178], and the wizards[03049], and the images[08655], and the idols[01544], and all the abominations[08251] that were spied[07200][8738] in the land[0776] of Judah[03063] and in Jerusalem[03389], did Josiah[02977] put away[01197][8765], that he might perform[06965][8687] the words[01697] of the law[08451] which were written[03789][8803] in the book[05612] that Hilkiah[02518] the priest[03548] found[04672][8804] in the house[01004] of the LORD[03068]. images: or, teraphim
25:16 And like unto him was there no king[04428] before[06440] him, that turned[07725][8804] to the LORD[03068] with all his heart[03824], and with all his soul[05315], and with all his might[03966], according to all the law[08451] of Moses[04872]; neither after[0310] him arose[06965][8804] there any like him.
25:17 Notwithstanding the LORD[03068] turned[07725][8804] not from the fierceness[02740] of his great[01419] wrath[0639], wherewith his anger[0639] was kindled[02734][8804] against Judah[03063], because of all the provocations[03708] that Manasseh[04519] had provoked[03707][8689] him withal. provocations: Heb. angers
25:18 And the LORD[03068] said[0559][8799], I will remove[05493][8686] Judah[03063] also out of my sight[06440], as I have removed[05493][8689] Israel[03478], and will cast off[03988][8804] this city[05892] Jerusalem[03389] which I have chosen[0977][8804], and the house[01004] of which I said[0559][8804], My name[08034] shall be there.
25:19 Now the rest[03499] of the acts[01697] of Josiah[02977], and all that he did[06213][8804], are they not written[03789][8803] in the book[05612] of the chronicles[01697][03117] of the kings[04428] of Judah[03063]?
25:20 In his days[03117] Pharaohnechoh[06549] king[04428] of Egypt[04714] went up[05927][8804] against the king[04428] of Assyria[0804] to the river[05104] Euphrates[06578]: and king[04428] Josiah[02977] went[03212][8799] against[07125][8800] him; and he slew[04191][8686] him at Megiddo[04023], when he had seen[07200][8800] him.
25:21 And his servants[05650] carried him in a chariot[07392][8686] dead[04191][8801] from Megiddo[04023], and brought[0935][8686] him to Jerusalem[03389], and buried[06912][8799] him in his own sepulchre[06900]. And the people[05971] of the land[0776] took[03947][8799] Jehoahaz[03059] the son[01121] of Josiah[02977], and anointed[04886][8799] him, and made him king[04427][8686] in his father's[01] stead.
25:22 Jehoahaz[03059] was twenty[06242] and three[07969] years[08141] old[01121] when he began to reign[04427][8800]; and he reigned[04427][8804] three[07969] months[02320] in Jerusalem[03389]. And his mother's[0517] name[08034] was Hamutal[02537], the daughter[01323] of Jeremiah[03414] of Libnah[03841]. Jehoahaz: also called, Shallum
25:23 And he did[06213][8799] that which was evil[07451] in the sight[05869] of the LORD[03068], according to all that his fathers[01] had done[06213][8804].
25:24 And Pharaohnechoh[06549] put him in bands[0631][8799] at Riblah[07247] in the land[0776] of Hamath[02574], that he might not reign[04427][8800] in Jerusalem[03389]; and put[05414][8799] the land[0776] to a tribute[06066] of an hundred[03967] talents[03603] of silver[03701], and a talent[03603] of gold[02091]. that...: or, because he reigned put the...: Heb. set a fine upon the land
25:25 And Pharaohnechoh[06549] made Eliakim[0471] the son[01121] of Josiah[02977] king[04427][8686] in the room of Josiah[02977] his father[01], and turned[05437][8686] his name[08034] to Jehoiakim[03079], and took[03947][00] Jehoahaz[03059] away[03947][8804]: and he came[0935][8799] to Egypt[04714], and died[04191][8799] there.
25:26 And Jehoiakim[03079] gave[05414][8804] the silver[03701] and the gold[02091] to Pharaoh[06547]; but he taxed[06186][8689] the land[0776] to give[05414][8800] the money[03701] according to the commandment[06310] of Pharaoh[06547]: he exacted[05065][8804] the silver[03701] and the gold[02091] of the people[05971] of the land[0776], of every one[0376] according to his taxation[06187], to give[05414][8800] it unto Pharaohnechoh[06549].
25:27 Jehoiakim[03079] was twenty[06242] and five[02568] years[08141] old[01121] when he began to reign[04427][8800]; and he reigned[04427][8804] eleven[0259][06240] years[08141] in Jerusalem[03389]. And his mother's[0517] name[08034] was Zebudah[02080], the daughter[01323] of Pedaiah[06305] of Rumah[07316].
25:28 And he did[06213][8799] that which was evil[07451] in the sight[05869] of the LORD[03068], according to all that his fathers[01] had done[06213][8804].
25:29 In his days[03117] Nebuchadnezzar[05019] king[04428] of Babylon[0894] came up[05927][8804], and Jehoiakim[03079] became his servant[05650] three[07969] years[08141]: then he turned[07725][8799] and rebelled[04775][8799] against him.
25:30 And the LORD[03068] sent[07971][8762] against him bands[01416] of the Chaldees[03778], and bands[01416] of the Syrians[0758], and bands[01416] of the Moabites[04124], and bands[01416] of the children[01121] of Ammon[05983], and sent[07971][8762] them against Judah[03063] to destroy[06][8687] it, according to the word[01697] of the LORD[03068], which he spake[01696][8765] by[03027] his servants[05650] the prophets[05030]. by: Heb. by the hand of
