1:1 Howbeit the LORD[03068] God[0430] of Israel[03478] chose[0977][8799] me before all the house[01004] of my father[01] to be king[04428] over Israel[03478] for ever[05769]: for he hath chosen[0977][8804] Judah[03063] to be the ruler[05057]; and of the house[01004] of Judah[03063], the house[01004] of my father[01]; and among the sons[01121] of my father[01] he liked[07521][8804] me to make me king[04427][8687] over all Israel[03478]:
1:2 And of all my sons[01121], (for the LORD[03068] hath given[05414][8804] me many[07227] sons[01121],) he hath chosen[0977][8799] Solomon[08010] my son[01121] to sit[03427][8800] upon the throne[03678] of the kingdom[04438] of the LORD[03068] over Israel[03478].
1:3 And he said[0559][8799] unto me, Solomon[08010] thy son[01121], he shall build[01129][8799] my house[01004] and my courts[02691]: for I have chosen[0977][8804] him to be my son[01121], and I will be his father[01].
1:4 Moreover I will establish[03559][8689] his kingdom[04438] for ever[05769], if he be constant[02388][8799] to do[06213][8800] my commandments[04687] and my judgments[04941], as at this day[03117]. constant: Heb. strong
1:5 Now therefore in the sight[05869] of all Israel[03478] the congregation[06951] of the LORD[03068], and in the audience[0241] of our God[0430], keep[08104][8798] and seek[01875][8798] for all the commandments[04687] of the LORD[03068] your God[0430]: that ye may possess[03423][8799] this good[02896] land[0776], and leave it for an inheritance[05157][8689] for your children[01121] after[0310] you for[05704] ever[05769].
1:6 And thou, Solomon[08010] my son[01121], know[03045][8798] thou the God[0430] of thy father[01], and serve[05647][8798] him with a perfect[08003] heart[03820] and with a willing[02655] mind[05315]: for the LORD[03068] searcheth[01875][8802] all hearts[03824], and understandeth[0995][8688] all the imaginations[03336] of the thoughts[04284]: if thou seek[01875][8799] him, he will be found[04672][8735] of thee; but if thou forsake[05800][8799] him, he will cast thee off[02186][8686] for ever[05703].
1:7 Take heed[07200][8798] now; for the LORD[03068] hath chosen[0977][8804] thee to build[01129][8800] an house[01004] for the sanctuary[04720]: be strong[02388][8798], and do[06213][8798] it .
1:8 Then David[01732] gave[05414][8799] to Solomon[08010] his son[01121] the pattern[08403] of the porch[0197], and of the houses[01004] thereof, and of the treasuries[01597] thereof, and of the upper chambers[05944] thereof, and of the inner[06442] parlours[02315] thereof, and of the place[01004] of the mercy seat[03727],
1:9 And the pattern[08403] of all that he had by the spirit[07307], of the courts[02691] of the house[01004] of the LORD[03068], and of all the chambers[03957] round about[05439], of the treasuries[0214] of the house[01004] of God[0430], and of the treasuries[0214] of the dedicated things[06944]: of all that...: Heb. of all that was with him
1:10 Also for the courses[04256] of the priests[03548] and the Levites[03881], and for all the work[04399] of the service[05656] of the house[01004] of the LORD[03068], and for all the vessels[03627] of service[05656] in the house[01004] of the LORD[03068].
1:11 He gave of gold[02091] by weight[04948] for things of gold[02091], for all instruments[03627] of all manner of service[05656]; silver also for all instruments[03627] of silver[03701] by weight[04948], for all instruments[03627] of every kind of service[05656]:
1:12 Even the weight[04948] for the candlesticks[04501] of gold[02091], and for their lamps[05216] of gold[02091], by weight[04948] for every candlestick[04501], and for the lamps[05216] thereof: and for the candlesticks[04501] of silver[03701] by weight[04948], both for the candlestick[04501], and also for the lamps[05216] thereof, according to the use[05656] of every candlestick[04501].
1:13 And by weight[04948] he gave gold[02091] for the tables[07979] of shewbread[04635], for every table[07979]; and likewise silver[03701] for the tables[07979] of silver[03701]:
1:14 Also pure[02889] gold[02091] for the fleshhooks[04207], and the bowls[04219], and the cups[07184]: and for the golden[02091] basons[03713] he gave gold by weight[04948] for every bason[03713]; and likewise silver  by weight[04948] for every bason[03713] of silver[03701]:
1:15 And for the altar[04196] of incense[07004] refined[02212][8794] gold[02091] by weight[04948]; and gold[02091] for the pattern[08403] of the chariot[04818] of the cherubims[03742], that spread out[06566][8802] their wings , and covered[05526][8802] the ark[0727] of the covenant[01285] of the LORD[03068].
1:16 All this, said David , the LORD[03068] made me understand[07919][8689] in writing[03791] by his hand[03027] upon me, even all the works[04399] of this pattern[08403].
1:17 And David[01732] said[0559][8799] to Solomon[08010] his son[01121], Be strong[02388][8798] and of good courage[0553][8798], and do[06213][8798] it : fear[03372][8799] not, nor be dismayed[02865][8735]: for the LORD[03068] God[0430], even my God[0430], will be with thee; he will not fail[07503][8686] thee, nor forsake[05800][8799] thee, until thou hast finished[03615][8800] all the work[04399] for the service[05656] of the house[01004] of the LORD[03068].
2:1 And, behold, the courses[04256] of the priests[03548] and the Levites[03881], even they shall be with thee for all the service[05656] of the house[01004] of God[0430]: and there shall be with thee for all manner of workmanship[04399] every willing[05081] skilful man[02451], for any manner of service[05656]: also the princes[08269] and all the people[05971] will be wholly at thy commandment[01697].
2:2 Furthermore David[01732] the king[04428] said[0559][8799] unto all the congregation[06951], Solomon[08010] my son[01121], whom alone[0259] God[0430] hath chosen[0977][8804], is yet young[05288] and tender[07390], and the work[04399] is great[01419]: for the palace[01002] is not for man[0120], but for the LORD[03068] God[0430].
2:3 Now I have prepared[03559][8689] with all my might[03581] for the house[01004] of my God[0430] the gold[02091] for things to be made of gold[02091], and the silver[03701] for things of silver[03701], and the brass[05178] for things of brass[05178], the iron[01270] for things of iron[01270], and wood[06086] for things of wood[06086]; onyx[07718] stones[068], and stones to be set[04394], glistering[06320] stones[068], and of divers colours[07553], and all manner of precious[03368] stones[068], and marble[07893] stones[068] in abundance[07230].
2:4 Moreover, because I have set my affection[07521][8800] to the house[01004] of my God[0430], I have[03426] of mine own proper good[05459], of gold[02091] and silver[03701], which  I have given[05414][8804] to the house[01004] of my God[0430], over and above[04605] all that I have prepared[03559][8689] for the holy[06944] house[01004],
2:5 Even three[07969] thousand[0505] talents[03603] of gold[02091], of the gold[02091] of Ophir[0211], and seven[07651] thousand[0505] talents[03603] of refined[02212][8794] silver[03701], to overlay[02902][8800] the walls[07023] of the houses[01004] withal :
2:6 The gold[02091] for things of gold[02091], and the silver[03701] for things of silver[03701], and for all manner of work[04399] to be made by the hands[03027] of artificers[02796]. And who then is willing[05068][8693] to consecrate[04390][8763] his service[03027] this day[03117] unto the LORD[03068]? consecrate his service: Heb. fill his hand
2:7 Then the chief[08269] of the fathers[01] and princes[08269] of the tribes[07626] of Israel[03478], and the captains[08269] of thousands[0505] and of hundreds[03967], with the rulers[08269] of the king's[04428] work[04399], offered willingly[05068][8691],
2:8 And gave[05414][8799] for the service[05656] of the house[01004] of God[0430] of gold[02091] five[02568] thousand[0505] talents[03603] and ten thousand[07239] drams[0150], and of silver[03701] ten[06235] thousand[0505] talents[03603], and of brass[05178] eighteen[08083][07239] thousand[0505] talents[03603], and one hundred[03967] thousand[0505] talents[03603] of iron[01270].
2:9 And they with whom precious stones[068] were found[04672][8737] gave[05414][8804] them to the treasure[0214] of the house[01004] of the LORD[03068], by the hand[03027] of Jehiel[03171] the Gershonite[01649].
2:10 Then the people[05971] rejoiced[08055][8799], for that they offered willingly[05068][8692], because with perfect[08003] heart[03820] they offered willingly[05068][8694] to the LORD[03068]: and David[01732] the king[04428] also rejoiced[08055][8804] with great[01419] joy[08057].
2:11 Wherefore David[01732] blessed[01288][8762] the LORD[03068] before[05869] all the congregation[06951]: and David[01732] said[0559][8799], Blessed[01288][8803] be thou, LORD[03068] God[0430] of Israel[03478] our father[01], for[05704] ever[05769] and ever[05769].
2:12 Thine, O LORD[03068], is the greatness[01420], and the power[01369], and the glory[08597], and the victory[05331], and the majesty[01935]: for all that is in the heaven[08064] and in the earth[0776] is thine ; thine is the kingdom[04467], O LORD[03068], and thou art exalted[04984][8693] as head[07218] above all.
2:13 Both riches[06239] and honour[03519] come of thee[06440], and thou reignest[04910][8802] over all; and in thine hand[03027] is power[03581] and might[01369]; and in thine hand[03027] it is to make great[01431][8763], and to give strength[02388][8763] unto all.
2:14 Now therefore, our God[0430], we thank[03034][8688] thee, and praise[01984][8764] thy glorious[08597] name[08034].
2:15 But who am I, and what is my people[05971], that we should be[06113][8799] able[03581] to offer so willingly[05068][8692] after this sort? for all things come of thee, and of thine own[03027] have we given[05414][8804] thee. be able: Heb. retain, or, obtain strength of thine...: Heb. of thine hand
2:16 For we are strangers[01616] before[06440] thee, and sojourners[08453], as were all our fathers[01]: our days[03117] on the earth[0776] are as a shadow[06738], and there is none abiding[04723]. abiding: Heb. expectation
2:17 O LORD[03068] our God[0430], all this store[01995] that we have prepared[03559][8689] to build[01129][8800] thee an house[01004] for thine holy[06944] name[08034] cometh of thine hand[03027], and is all thine own.
2:18 I know[03045][8804] also, my God[0430], that thou triest[0974][8802] the heart[03824], and hast pleasure[07521][8799] in uprightness[03476]. As for me, in the uprightness[04339] of mine heart[03824] I have willingly offered[05068][8694] all these things: and now have I seen[07200][8804] with joy[08057] thy people[05971], which are present[04672][8738] here, to offer willingly[05068][8692] unto thee. present: Heb. found
3:1 O LORD[03068] God[0430] of Abraham[085], Isaac[03327], and of Israel[03478], our fathers[01], keep[08104][8798] this for ever[05769] in the imagination[03336] of the thoughts[04284] of the heart[03824] of thy people[05971], and prepare[03559][8685] their heart[03824] unto thee: prepare: or, stablish
3:2 And give[05414][8798] unto Solomon[08010] my son[01121] a perfect[08003] heart[03824], to keep[08104][8800] thy commandments[04687], thy testimonies[05715], and thy statutes[02706], and to do[06213][8800] all these things , and to build[01129][8800] the palace[01002], for the which I have made provision[03559][8689].
3:3 And David[01732] said[0559][8799] to all the congregation[06951], Now bless[01288][8761] the LORD[03068] your God[0430]. And all the congregation[06951] blessed[01288][8762] the LORD[03068] God[0430] of their fathers[01], and bowed down their heads[06915][8799], and worshipped[07812][8691] the LORD[03068], and the king[04428].
3:4 And they sacrificed[02076][8799] sacrifices[02077] unto the LORD[03068], and offered[05927][8686] burnt offerings[05930] unto the LORD[03068], on the morrow[04283] after that day[03117], even a thousand[0505] bullocks[06499], a thousand[0505] rams[0352], and a thousand[0505] lambs[03532], with their drink offerings[05262], and sacrifices[02077] in abundance[07230] for all Israel[03478]:
3:5 And did eat[0398][8799] and drink[08354][8799] before[06440] the LORD[03068] on that day[03117] with great[01419] gladness[08057]. And they made Solomon[08010] the son[01121] of David[01732] king[04427][8686] the second time[08145], and anointed[04886][8799] him unto the LORD[03068] to be the chief governor[05057], and Zadok[06659] to be priest[03548].
3:6 Then Solomon[08010] sat on[03427][8799] the throne[03678] of the LORD[03068] as king[04428] instead of David[01732] his father[01], and prospered[06743][8686]; and all Israel[03478] obeyed[08085][8799] him.
3:7 And all the princes[08269], and the mighty men[01368], and all the sons[01121] likewise of king[04428] David[01732], submitted themselves[05414][8804][03027][08478] unto Solomon[08010] the king[04428]. submitted...: Heb. gave the hand under Solomon
3:8 And the LORD[03068] magnified[01431][8762] Solomon[08010] exceedingly[04605] in the sight[05869] of all Israel[03478], and bestowed[05414][8799] upon him such royal[04438] majesty[01935] as had not been on any king[04428] before[06440] him in Israel[03478].
3:9 Thus David[01732] the son[01121] of Jesse[03448] reigned[04427][8804] over all Israel[03478].
3:10 And the time[03117] that he reigned[04427][8804] over Israel[03478] was forty[0705] years[08141]; seven[07651] years[08141] reigned[04427][8804] he in Hebron[02275], and thirty[07970] and three[07969] years  reigned[04427][8804] he in Jerusalem[03389].
3:11 And he died[04191][8799] in a good[02896] old age[07872], full[07649] of days[03117], riches[06239], and honour[03519]: and Solomon[08010] his son[01121] reigned[04427][8799] in his stead.
3:12 Now the acts[01697] of David[01732] the king[04428], first[07223] and last[0314], behold, they are written[03789][8803] in the book[01697] of Samuel[08050] the seer[07200][8802], and in the book[01697] of Nathan[05416] the prophet[05030], and in the book[01697] of Gad[01410] the seer[02374], book: or, history: Heb. words
3:13 With all his reign[04438] and his might[01369], and the times[06256] that went over[05674][8804] him, and over Israel[03478], and over all the kingdoms[04467] of the countries[0776].
3:14 And Solomon[08010] the son[01121] of David[01732] was strengthened[02388][8691] in his kingdom[04438], and the LORD[03068] his God[0430] was with him, and magnified[01431][8762] him exceedingly[04605].
3:15 Then Solomon[08010] spake[0559][8799] unto all Israel[03478], to the captains[08269] of thousands[0505] and of hundreds[03967], and to the judges[08199][8802], and to every governor[05387] in all Israel[03478], the chief[07218] of the fathers[01].
3:16 So Solomon[08010], and all the congregation[06951] with him, went[03212][8799] to the high place[01116] that was at Gibeon[01391]; for there was the tabernacle[0168] of the congregation[04150] of God[0430], which Moses[04872] the servant[05650] of the LORD[03068] had made[06213][8804] in the wilderness[04057].
3:17 But[061] the ark[0727] of God[0430] had David[01732] brought up[05927][8689] from Kirjathjearim[07157] to the place which David[01732] had prepared[03559][8687] for it: for he had pitched[05186][8804] a tent[0168] for it at Jerusalem[03389].
4:1 Moreover the brasen[05178] altar[04196], that Bezaleel[01212] the son[01121] of Uri[0221], the son[01121] of Hur[02354], had made[06213][8804], he put[07760][8804] before[06440] the tabernacle[04908] of the LORD[03068]: and Solomon[08010] and the congregation[06951] sought[01875][8799] unto it. he put: or, was there
4:2 And Solomon[08010] went up[05927][8686] thither to the brasen[05178] altar[04196] before[06440] the LORD[03068], which was at the tabernacle[0168] of the congregation[04150], and offered[05927][8686] a thousand[0505] burnt offerings[05930] upon it.
4:3 In that night[03915] did God[0430] appear[07200][8738] unto Solomon[08010], and said[0559][8799] unto him, Ask[07592][8798] what I shall give[05414][8799] thee.
4:4 And Solomon[08010] said[0559][8799] unto God[0430], Thou hast shewed[06213][8804] great[01419] mercy[02617] unto David[01732] my father[01], and hast made me to reign[04427][8689] in his stead.
4:5 Now, O LORD[03068] God[0430], let thy promise[01697] unto David[01732] my father[01] be established[0539][8735]: for thou hast made me king[04427][8689] over a people[05971] like the dust[06083] of the earth[0776] in multitude[07227]. like...: Heb. much as the dust of the earth
4:6 Give[05414][8798] me now wisdom[02451] and knowledge[04093], that I may go out[03318][8799] and come in[0935][8799] before[06440] this people[05971]: for who can judge[08199][8799] this thy people[05971], that is so  great[01419]?
4:7 And God[0430] said[0559][8799] to Solomon[08010], Because this was in thine heart[03824], and thou hast not asked[07592][8804] riches[06239], wealth[05233], or honour[03519], nor the life[05315] of thine enemies[08130][8802], neither yet hast asked[07592][8804] long[07227] life[03117]; but hast asked[07592][8799] wisdom[02451] and knowledge[04093] for thyself, that thou mayest judge[08199][8799] my people[05971], over whom I have made thee king[04427][8689]:
4:8 Wisdom[02451] and knowledge[04093] is granted[05414][8803] unto thee; and I will give[05414][8799] thee riches[06239], and wealth[05233], and honour[03519], such as none of the kings[04428] have had that have been before[06440] thee, neither shall there any after[0310] thee have the like.
4:9 Then Solomon[08010] came[0935][8799] from his journey to the high place[01116] that was at Gibeon[01391] to Jerusalem[03389], from before[06440] the tabernacle[0168] of the congregation[04150], and reigned[04427][8799] over Israel[03478].
4:10 And Solomon[08010] gathered[0622][8799] chariots[07393] and horsemen[06571]: and he had a thousand[0505] and four[0702] hundred[03967] chariots[07393], and twelve[08147][06240] thousand[0505] horsemen[06571], which he placed[03240][8686] in the chariot[07393] cities[05892], and with the king[04428] at Jerusalem[03389].
4:11 And the king[04428] made[05414][8799] silver[03701] and gold[02091] at Jerusalem[03389] as plenteous as stones[068], and cedar trees[0730] made[05414][8804] he as the sycomore trees[08256] that are in the vale[08219] for abundance[07230]. made: Heb. gave
4:12 And Solomon[08010] had horses[05483] brought[04161] out of Egypt[04714], and linen yarn[04723]: the king's[04428] merchants[05503][8802] received[03947][8799] the linen yarn[04723] at a price[04242]. Solomon...: Heb. the going forth of the horses which was Solomon's
4:13 And they fetched up[05927][8799], and brought forth[03318][8686] out of Egypt[04714] a chariot[04818] for six[08337] hundred[03967] shekels of silver[03701], and an horse[05483] for an hundred[03967] and fifty[02572]: and so brought they out[03318][8686] horses for all the kings[04428] of the Hittites[02850], and for the kings[04428] of Syria[0758], by their means[03027]. means: Heb. hand
4:14 And Solomon[08010] determined[0559][8799] to build[01129][8800] an house[01004] for the name[08034] of the LORD[03068], and an house[01004] for his kingdom[04438].
4:15 And Solomon[08010] told out[05608][8799] threescore and ten[07657] thousand[0505] men[0376] to bear burdens[05449], and fourscore[08084] thousand[0505][0376] to hew[02672][8802] in the mountain[02022], and three[07969] thousand[0505] and six[08337] hundred[03967] to oversee[05329][8764] them.
4:16 And Solomon[08010] sent[07971][8799] to Huram[02361] the king[04428] of Tyre[06865], saying[0559][8800], As thou didst deal[06213][8804] with David[01732] my father[01], and didst send[07971][8799] him cedars[0730] to build[01129][8800] him an house[01004] to dwell[03427][8800] therein, even so deal with me . Huram: or, Hiram
4:17 Behold, I build[01129][8802] an house[01004] to the name[08034] of the LORD[03068] my God[0430], to dedicate[06942][8687] it to him, and to burn[06999][8687] before[06440] him sweet[05561] incense[07004], and for the continual[08548] shewbread[04635], and for the burnt offerings[05930] morning[01242] and evening[06153], on the sabbaths[07676], and on the new moons[02320], and on the solemn feasts[04150] of the LORD[03068] our God[0430]. This is an ordinance for ever[05769] to Israel[03478]. sweet...: Heb. incense of spices
4:18 And the house[01004] which I build[01129][8802] is great[01419]: for great[01419] is our God[0430] above all gods[0430].
4:19 But who is able[06113][8799][03581] to build[01129][8800] him an house[01004], seeing the heaven[08064] and heaven[08064] of heavens[08064] cannot contain[03557][8770] him? who am I then, that I should build[01129][8799] him an house[01004], save only[0518] to burn sacrifice[06999][8687] before[06440] him? is able: Heb. hath retained, or, obtained strength
4:20 Send[07971][8798] me now therefore a man[0376] cunning[02450] to work[06213][8800] in gold[02091], and in silver[03701], and in brass[05178], and in iron[01270], and in purple[0710], and crimson[03758], and blue[08504], and that can skill[03045][8802] to grave[06605][8763][06603] with the cunning men[02450] that are with me in Judah[03063] and in Jerusalem[03389], whom David[01732] my father[01] did provide[03559][8689]. to grave: Heb. to grave gravings
4:21 Send[07971][8798] me also cedar[0730] trees[06086], fir trees[01265], and algum trees[0418], out of Lebanon[03844]: for I know[03045][8804] that thy servants[05650] can skill[03045][8802] to cut[03772][8800] timber[06086] in Lebanon[03844]; and, behold, my servants[05650] shall be with thy servants[05650], algum: also called, almuggim
4:22 Even to prepare[03559][8687] me timber[06086] in abundance[07230]: for the house[01004] which I am about to build[01129][8802] shall be wonderful[06381][8687] great[01419]. wonderful...: Heb. great and wonderful
5:1 And, behold, I will give[05414][8804] to thy servants[05650], the hewers[02404][8802] that cut[03772][8802] timber[06086], twenty[06242] thousand[0505] measures[03734] of beaten[04347] wheat[02406], and twenty[06242] thousand[0505] measures[03734] of barley[08184], and twenty[06242] thousand[0505] baths[01324] of wine[03196], and twenty[06242] thousand[0505] baths[01324] of oil[08081].
5:2 Then Huram[02361] the king[04428] of Tyre[06865] answered[0559][8799] in writing[03791], which he sent[07971][8799] to Solomon[08010], Because the LORD[03068] hath loved[0160] his people[05971], he hath made[05414][8804] thee king[04428] over them.
5:3 Huram[02361] said[0559][8799] moreover, Blessed[01288][8803] be the LORD[03068] God[0430] of Israel[03478], that made[06213][8804] heaven[08064] and earth[0776], who hath given[05414][8804] to David[01732] the king[04428] a wise[02450] son[01121], endued[03045][8802] with prudence[07922] and understanding[0998], that might build[01129][8799] an house[01004] for the LORD[03068], and an house[01004] for his kingdom[04438]. endued...: Heb. knowing prudence and understanding
5:4 And now I have sent[07971][8804] a cunning[02450] man[0376], endued[03045][8802] with understanding[0998], of Huram[02361] my father's[01],
5:5 The son[01121] of a woman[0802] of the daughters[01323] of Dan[01835], and his father[01] was a man[0376] of Tyre[06876], skilful[03045][8802] to work[06213][8800] in gold[02091], and in silver[03701], in brass[05178], in iron[01270], in stone[068], and in timber[06086], in purple[0713], in blue[08504], and in fine linen[0948], and in crimson[03758]; also to grave[06605][8763] any manner of graving[06603], and to find out[02803][8800] every device[04284] which shall be put[05414][8735] to him, with thy cunning men[02450], and with the cunning men[02450] of my lord[0113] David[01732] thy father[01].
5:6 Now therefore the wheat[02406], and the barley[08184], the oil[08081], and the wine[03196], which my lord[0113] hath spoken[0559][8804] of, let him send[07971][8799] unto his servants[05650]:
5:7 And we will cut[03772][8799] wood[06086] out of Lebanon[03844], as much as thou shalt need[06878]: and we will bring[0935][8686] it to thee in floats[07513] by sea[03220] to Joppa[03305]; and thou shalt carry it up[05927][8686] to Jerusalem[03389]. as much...: Heb according to all thy need Joppa: Heb. Japho
5:8 And Solomon[08010] numbered[05608][8799] all the strangers[0582][01616] that were in the land[0776] of Israel[03478], after[0310] the numbering[05610] wherewith David[01732] his father[01] had numbered[05608][8804] them; and they were found[04672][8735] an hundred[03967] and fifty[02572] thousand[0505] and three[07969] thousand[0505] and six[08337] hundred[03967]. the strangers: Heb. the men the strangers
5:9 And he set[06213][8799] threescore and ten[07657] thousand[0505] of them to be bearers of burdens[05449], and fourscore[08084] thousand[0505] to be hewers[02672][8802] in the mountain[02022], and three[07969] thousand[0505] and six[08337] hundred[03967] overseers[05329][8764] to set[05647][00] the people[05971] a work[05647][8687].
5:10 Then Solomon[08010] began[02490][8686] to build[01129][8800] the house[01004] of the LORD[03068] at Jerusalem[03389] in mount[02022] Moriah[04179], where the LORD appeared[07200][8738] unto David[01732] his father[01], in the place[04725] that David[01732] had prepared[03559][8689] in the threshingfloor[01637] of Ornan[0771] the Jebusite[02983]. where...: or, which was seen of David his father Ornan: also called, Araunah
5:11 And he began[02490][8686] to build[01129][8800] in the second[08145] day of the second[08145] month[02320], in the fourth[0702] year[08141] of his reign[04438].
5:12 Now these are the things wherein Solomon[08010] was instructed[03245][8717] for the building[01129][8800] of the house[01004] of God[0430]. The length[0753] by cubits[0520] after the first[07223] measure[04060]  was threescore[08346] cubits[0520], and the breadth[07341] twenty[06242] cubits[0520]. instructed: Heb. founded
5:13 And the porch[0197] that was in the front[06440] of the house , the length[0753] of it was according to the breadth[07341] of the house[01004], twenty[06242] cubits[0520], and the height[01363] was  an hundred[03967] and twenty[06242]: and he overlaid[06823][8762] it within[06441] with pure[02889] gold[02091].
5:14 And the greater[01419] house[01004] he cieled[02645][8765] with fir[01265] tree[06086], which he overlaid[02645][8762] with fine[02896] gold[02091], and set[05927][8686] thereon palm trees[08561] and chains[08333].
6:1 And he garnished[06823][8762] the house[01004] with precious[03368] stones[068] for beauty[08597]: and the gold[02091] was gold[02091] of Parvaim[06516]. garnished: Heb. covered
6:2 He overlaid[02645][8762] also the house[01004], the beams[06982], the posts[05592], and the walls[07023] thereof, and the doors[01817] thereof, with gold[02091]; and graved[06605][8765] cherubims[03742] on the walls[07023].
6:3 And he made[06213][8799] the most[06944] holy[06944] house[01004], the length[0753] whereof was according to[06440] the breadth[07341] of the house[01004], twenty[06242] cubits[0520], and the breadth[07341] thereof twenty[06242] cubits[0520]: and he overlaid[02645][8762] it with fine[02896] gold[02091], amounting to six[08337] hundred[03967] talents[03603].
6:4 And the weight[04948] of the nails[04548] was fifty[02572] shekels[08255] of gold[02091]. And he overlaid[02645][8765] the upper chambers[05944] with gold[02091].
6:5 And in the most[06944] holy[06944] house[01004] he made[06213][8799] two[08147] cherubims[03742] of image[06816] work[04639], and overlaid[06823][8762] them with gold[02091]. image...: or, (as some think) of moveable work
6:6 And the wings[03671] of the cherubims[03742] were twenty[06242] cubits[0520] long[0753]: one[0259] wing[03671] of the one cherub was five[02568] cubits[0520], reaching[05060][8688] to the wall[07023] of the house[01004]: and the other[0312] wing[03671] was likewise five[02568] cubits[0520], reaching[05060][8688] to the wing[03671] of the other[0312] cherub[03742].
6:7 And one wing[03671] of the other[0259] cherub[03742] was five[02568] cubits[0520], reaching[05060][8688] to the wall[07023] of the house[01004]: and the other[0312] wing[03671] was five[02568] cubits[0520] also , joining[01695] to the wing[03671] of the other[0312] cherub[03742].
6:8 The wings[03671] of these cherubims[03742] spread themselves forth[06566][8802] twenty[06242] cubits[0520]: and they stood[05975][8802] on their feet[07272], and their faces[06440] were inward[01004]. inward: or, toward the house
6:9 And he made[06213][8799] the vail[06532] of blue[08504], and purple[0713], and crimson[03758], and fine linen[0948], and wrought[05927][8686] cherubims[03742] thereon. wrought: Heb. caused to ascend
6:10 Also he made[06213][8799] before[06440] the house[01004] two[08147] pillars[05982] of thirty[07970] and five[02568] cubits[0520] high[0753], and the chapiter[06858] that was  on the top[07218] of each of them  was five[02568] cubits[0520]. high: Heb. long
6:11 And he made[06213][8799] chains[08333], as in the oracle[01687], and put[05414][8799] them on the heads[07218] of the pillars[05982]; and made[06213][8799] an hundred[03967] pomegranates[07416], and put[05414][8799] them on the chains[08333].
6:12 And he reared up[06965][8686] the pillars[05982] before[06440] the temple[01964], one[0259] on the right hand[03225], and the other[0259] on the left[08040]; and called[07121][8799] the name[08034] of that on the right hand[03233][8675][03227] Jachin[03199], and the name[08034] of that on the left[08042] Boaz[01162]. Jachin: that is, He shall establish Boaz: that is, In it is strength
6:13 Moreover he made[06213][8799] an altar[04196] of brass[05178], twenty[06242] cubits[0520] the length[0753] thereof, and twenty[06242] cubits[0520] the breadth[07341] thereof, and ten[06235] cubits[0520] the height[06967] thereof.
6:14 Also he made[06213][8799] a molten[03332][8716] sea[03220] of ten[06235] cubits[0520] from brim[08193] to brim[08193], round[05696] in compass[05439], and five[02568] cubits[0520] the height[06967] thereof; and a line[06957] of thirty[07970] cubits[0520] did compass[05437][8799] it round about[05439]. from...: Heb. from his brim to his brim
6:15 And under it was the similitude[01823] of oxen[01241], which did compass[05437][8802] it round about[05439]: ten[06235] in a cubit[0520], compassing[05362][8688] the sea[03220] round about[05439]. Two[08147] rows[02905] of oxen[01241] were cast[03332][8803], when it was cast[04166].
6:16 It stood[05975][8802] upon twelve[08147][06240] oxen[01241], three[07969] looking[06437][8802] toward the north[06828], and three[07969] looking[06437][8802] toward the west[03220], and three[07969] looking[06437][8802] toward the south[05045], and three[07969] looking[06437][8802] toward the east[04217]: and the sea[03220] was set above[04605] upon them, and all their hinder parts[0268] were inward[01004].
6:17 And the thickness[05672] of it was an handbreadth[02947], and the brim[08193] of it like the work[04639] of the brim[08193] of a cup[03563], with flowers[06525] of lilies[07799]; and it received[02388][8688] and held[03557][8686] three[07969] thousand[0505] baths[01324]. with flowers...: or, like a lilyflower
6:18 He made[06213][8799] also ten[06235] lavers[03595], and put[05414][8799] five[02568] on the right hand[03225], and five[02568] on the left[08040], to wash[07364][8800] in them: such things as they offered[04639] for the burnt offering[05930] they washed[01740][8686] in them; but the sea[03220] was for the priests[03548] to wash in[07364][8800]. such...: Heb. the work of burnt offering
6:19 And he made[06213][8799] ten[06235] candlesticks[04501] of gold[02091] according to their form[04941], and set[05414][8799] them in the temple[01964], five[02568] on the right hand[03225], and five[02568] on the left[08040].
6:20 He made[06213][8799] also ten[06235] tables[07979], and placed[03240][8686] them in the temple[01964], five[02568] on the right side[03225], and five[02568] on the left[08040]. And he made[06213][8799] an hundred[03967] basons[04219] of gold[02091]. basons: or, bowls
6:21 Furthermore he made[06213][8799] the court[02691] of the priests[03548], and the great[01419] court[05835], and doors[01817] for the court[05835], and overlaid[06823][8765] the doors[01817] of them with brass[05178].
6:22 And he set[05414][8804] the sea[03220] on the right[03233] side[03802] of the east end[06924], over against[04136] the south[05045].
6:23 And Huram[02361] made[06213][8799] the pots[05518], and the shovels[03257], and the basons[04219]. And Huram[02361][8676][02438] finished[03615][8762][06213][8800] the work[04399] that he was to make[06213][8804] for king[04428] Solomon[08010] for the house[01004] of God[0430]; basons: or, bowls finished: Heb. finished to make
6:24 To wit , the two[08147] pillars[05982], and the pommels[01543], and the chapiters[03805] which were on the top[07218] of the two pillars[05982], and the two[08147] wreaths[07639] to cover[03680][8763] the two[08147] pommels[01543] of the chapiters[03805] which were on the top[07218] of the pillars[05982];
6:25 And four[0702] hundred[03967] pomegranates[07416] on the two[08147] wreaths[07639]; two[08147] rows[02905] of pomegranates[07416] on each[0259] wreath[07639], to cover[03680][8763] the two[08147] pommels[01543] of the chapiters[03805] which were upon[06440] the pillars[05982]. upon: Heb. upon the face of
6:26 He made[06213][8804] also bases[04350], and lavers[03595] made[06213][8804] he upon the bases[04350]; lavers: or, caldrons
6:27 One[0259] sea[03220], and twelve[08147][06240] oxen[01241] under it.
6:28 The pots[05518] also, and the shovels[03257], and the fleshhooks[04207], and all their instruments[03627], did Huram[02361] his father[01] make[06213][8804] to king[04428] Solomon[08010] for the house[01004] of the LORD[03068] of bright[04838][8803] brass[05178]. bright: Heb. made bright, or, scoured
6:29 In the plain[03603] of Jordan[03383] did the king[04428] cast[03332][8804] them, in the clay[05645] ground[0127] between Succoth[05523] and Zeredathah[06868]. clay...: Heb. thicknesses of the ground
6:30 Thus Solomon[08010] made[06213][8799] all these vessels[03627] in great[03966] abundance[07230]: for the weight[04948] of the brass[05178] could not be found out[02713][8738].
6:31 And Solomon[08010] made[06213][8799] all the vessels[03627] that were for the house[01004] of God[0430], the golden[02091] altar[04196] also, and the tables[07979] whereon the shewbread[03899][06440] was set ;
6:32 Moreover the candlesticks[04501] with their lamps[05216], that they should burn[01197][8763] after the manner[04941] before[06440] the oracle[01687], of pure[05462][8803] gold[02091];
6:33 And the flowers[06525], and the lamps[05216], and the tongs[04457], made he of gold[02091], and that perfect[04357] gold[02091]; perfect...: Heb. perfections of gold
6:34 And the snuffers[04212], and the basons[04219], and the spoons[03709], and the censers[04289], of pure[05462][8803] gold[02091]: and the entry[06607] of the house[01004], the inner[06442] doors[01817] thereof for the most[06944] holy[06944] place , and the doors[01817] of the house[01004] of the temple[01964], were of gold[02091]. basons: or, bowls
6:35 Thus all the work[04399] that Solomon[08010] made[06213][8804] for the house[01004] of the LORD[03068] was finished[07999][8799]: and Solomon[08010] brought[0935][8686] in all  the things[06944][00] that David[01732] his father[01] had dedicated[06944]; and the silver[03701], and the gold[02091], and all the instruments[03627], put[05414][8804] he among the treasures[0214] of the house[01004] of God[0430].
6:36 Then Solomon[08010] assembled[06950][8686] the elders[02205] of Israel[03478], and all the heads[07218] of the tribes[04294], the chief[05387] of the fathers[01] of the children[01121] of Israel[03478], unto Jerusalem[03389], to bring up[05927][8687] the ark[0727] of the covenant[01285] of the LORD[03068] out of the city[05892] of David[01732], which is Zion[06726].
6:37 Wherefore all the men[0376] of Israel[03478] assembled[06950][8735] themselves unto the king[04428] in the feast[02282] which was in the seventh[07637] month[02320].
6:38 And all the elders[02205] of Israel[03478] came[0935][8799]; and the Levites[03881] took up[05375][8799] the ark[0727].
6:39 And they brought up[05927][8686] the ark[0727], and the tabernacle[0168] of the congregation[04150], and all the holy[06944] vessels[03627] that were in the tabernacle[0168], these did the priests[03548] and the Levites[03881] bring up[05927][8689].
6:40 Also king[04428] Solomon[08010], and all the congregation[05712] of Israel[03478] that were assembled[03259][8737] unto him before[06440] the ark[0727], sacrificed[02076][8764] sheep[06629] and oxen[01241], which could not be told[05608][8735] nor numbered[04487][8735] for multitude[07230].
6:41 And the priests[03548] brought in[0935][8686] the ark[0727] of the covenant[01285] of the LORD[03068] unto his place[04725], to the oracle[01687] of the house[01004], into the most[06944] holy[06944] place, even under the wings[03671] of the cherubims[03742]:
6:42 For the cherubims[03742] spread forth[06566][8802] their wings[03671] over the place[04725] of the ark[0727], and the cherubims[03742] covered[03680][8762] the ark[0727] and the staves[0905] thereof above[04605].
7:1 And they drew out[0748][8686] the staves[0905] of the ark , that the ends[07218] of the staves[0905] were seen[07200][8735] from the ark[0727] before[06440] the oracle[01687]; but they were not seen[07200][8735] without[02351]. And there it is unto this day[03117]. there...: or, they are there
7:2 There was nothing in the ark[0727] save the two[08147] tables[03871] which Moses[04872] put[05414][8804] therein at Horeb[02722], when the LORD[03068] made[03772][8804] a covenant with the children[01121] of Israel[03478], when they came out[03318][8800] of Egypt[04714]. when the LORD: or, where, etc
7:3 And it came to pass, when the priests[03548] were come out[03318][8800] of the holy[06944] place : (for all the priests[03548] that were present[04672][8737] were sanctified[06942][8694], and did not then wait[08104][8800] by course[04256]: present: Heb. found
7:4 Also the Levites[03881] which were the singers[07891][8789], all of them of Asaph[0623], of Heman[01968], of Jeduthun[03038], with their sons[01121] and their brethren[0251], being arrayed[03847][8794] in white linen[0948], having cymbals[04700] and psalteries[05035] and harps[03658], stood[05975][8802] at the east end[04217] of the altar[04196], and with them an hundred[03967] and twenty[06242] priests[03548] sounding[02690][8688] with trumpets[02689]:)
7:5 It came even to pass, as the trumpeters[02690][8764][8675][02690][8764] and singers[07891][8789] were as one[0259], to make one[0259] sound[06963] to be heard[08085][8687] in praising[01984][8763] and thanking[03034][8687] the LORD[03068]; and when they lifted up[07311][8687] their voice[06963] with the trumpets[02689] and cymbals[04700] and instruments[03627] of musick[07892], and praised[01984][8763] the LORD[03068], saying , For he is good[02896]; for his mercy[02617] endureth for ever[05769]: that then  the house[01004] was filled[04390][8804] with a cloud[06051], even the house[01004] of the LORD[03068];
7:6 So that the priests[03548] could[03201][8804] not stand[05975][8800] to minister[08334][8763] by reason[06440] of the cloud[06051]: for the glory[03519] of the LORD[03068] had filled[04390][8804] the house[01004] of God[0430].
7:7 Then said[0559][8804] Solomon[08010], The LORD[03068] hath said[0559][8804] that he would dwell[07931][8800] in the thick darkness[06205].
7:8 But I have built[01129][8804] an house[01004] of habitation[02073] for thee, and a place[04349] for thy dwelling[03427][8800] for ever[05769].
7:9 And the king[04428] turned[05437][8686] his face[06440], and blessed[01288][8762] the whole congregation[06951] of Israel[03478]: and all the congregation[06951] of Israel[03478] stood[05975][8802].
7:10 And he said[0559][8799], Blessed[01288][8803] be the LORD[03068] God[0430] of Israel[03478], who hath with his hands[03027] fulfilled[04390][8765] that which he spake[01696][8765] with his mouth[06310] to my father[01] David[01732], saying[0559][8800],
7:11 Since the day[03117] that I brought forth[03318][8689] my people[05971] out of the land[0776] of Egypt[04714] I chose[0977][8804] no city[05892] among all the tribes[07626] of Israel[03478] to build[01129][8800] an house[01004] in, that my name[08034] might be there; neither chose[0977][8804] I any man[0376] to be a ruler[05057] over my people[05971] Israel[03478]:
7:12 But I have chosen[0977][8799] Jerusalem[03389], that my name[08034] might be there; and have chosen[0977][8799] David[01732] to be over my people[05971] Israel[03478].
7:13 Now it was in the heart[03824] of David[01732] my father[01] to build[01129][8800] an house[01004] for the name[08034] of the LORD[03068] God[0430] of Israel[03478].
7:14 But the LORD[03068] said[0559][8799] to David[01732] my father[01], Forasmuch as it was in thine heart[03824] to build[01129][8800] an house[01004] for my name[08034], thou didst well[02895][8689] in that it was in thine heart[03824]:
7:15 Notwithstanding[07535] thou shalt not build[01129][8799] the house[01004]; but thy son[01121] which shall come forth[03318][8802] out of thy loins[02504], he shall build[01129][8799] the house[01004] for my name[08034].
7:16 The LORD[03068] therefore hath performed[06965][8686] his word[01697] that he hath spoken[01696][8765]: for I am risen up[06965][8799] in the room of David[01732] my father[01], and am set[03427][8799] on the throne[03678] of Israel[03478], as the LORD[03068] promised[01696][8765], and have built[01129][8799] the house[01004] for the name[08034] of the LORD[03068] God[0430] of Israel[03478].
7:17 And in it[08033] have I put[07760][8799] the ark[0727], wherein is the covenant[01285] of the LORD[03068], that he made[03772][8804] with the children[01121] of Israel[03478].
7:18 And he stood[05975][8799] before[06440] the altar[04196] of the LORD[03068] in the presence of all the congregation[06951] of Israel[03478], and spread forth[06566][8799] his hands[03709]:
7:19 For Solomon[08010] had made[06213][8804] a brasen[05178] scaffold[03595], of five[02568] cubits[0520] long[0753], and five[02568] cubits[0520] broad[07341], and three[07969] cubits[0520] high[06967], and had set[05414][8799] it in the midst[08432] of the court[05835]: and upon it he stood[05975][8799], and kneeled down[01288][8799] upon his knees[01290] before all the congregation[06951] of Israel[03478], and spread forth[06566][8799] his hands[03709] toward heaven[08064], long...: Heb. the length thereof, etc
7:20 And said[0559][8799], O LORD[03068] God[0430] of Israel[03478], there is no God[0430] like thee in the heaven[08064], nor in the earth[0776]; which keepest[08104][8802] covenant[01285], and shewest mercy[02617] unto thy servants[05650], that walk[01980][8802] before[06440] thee with all their hearts[03820]:
7:21 Thou which hast kept[08104][8804] with thy servant[05650] David[01732] my father[01] that which thou hast promised[01696][8765] him; and spakest[01696][8762] with thy mouth[06310], and hast fulfilled[04390][8765] it  with thine hand[03027], as it is this day[03117].
7:22 Now therefore, O LORD[03068] God[0430] of Israel[03478], keep[08104][8798] with thy servant[05650] David[01732] my father[01] that which thou hast promised[01696][8765] him, saying[0559][8800], There shall not fail[03772][8735] thee a man[0376] in my sight[06440] to sit[03427][8802] upon the throne[03678] of Israel[03478]; yet so[07535] that thy children[01121] take heed[08104][8799] to their way[01870] to walk[03212][8800] in my law[08451], as thou hast walked[01980][8804] before[06440] me. There...: Heb. There shall not a man be cut off
8:1 Now then, O LORD[03068] God[0430] of Israel[03478], let thy word[01697] be verified[0539][8735], which thou hast spoken[01696][8765] unto thy servant[05650] David[01732].
8:2 But will God[0430] in very deed[0552] dwell[03427][8799] with men[0120] on the earth[0776]? behold, heaven[08064] and the heaven[08064] of heavens[08064] cannot contain[03557][8770] thee; how much less this house[01004] which I have built[01129][8804]!
8:3 Have respect[06437][8804] therefore to the prayer[08605] of thy servant[05650], and to his supplication[08467], O LORD[03068] my God[0430], to hearken[08085][8800] unto the cry[07440] and the prayer[08605] which thy servant[05650] prayeth[06419][8693] before[06440] thee:
8:4 That thine eyes[05869] may be open[06605][8803] upon this house[01004] day[03119] and night[03915], upon the place[04725] whereof thou hast said[0559][8804] that thou wouldest put[07760][8800] thy name[08034] there; to hearken[08085][8800] unto the prayer[08605] which thy servant[05650] prayeth[06419][8691] toward this place[04725]. toward...: or, in this place
8:5 Hearken[08085][8804] therefore unto the supplications[08469] of thy servant[05650], and of thy people[05971] Israel[03478], which they shall make[06419][8691] toward this place[04725]: hear[08085][8799] thou from thy dwelling[03427][8800] place[04725], even from heaven[08064]; and when thou hearest[08085][8804], forgive[05545][8804]. make: Heb. pray toward...: or, in this place
8:6 If a man[0376] sin[02398][8799] against his neighbour[07453], and an oath[0423] be laid[05375][8804] upon him to make him swear[0422][8687], and the oath[0423] come[0935][8804] before[06440] thine altar[04196] in this house[01004]; and an oath...: Heb. and he require an oath of him
8:7 Then hear[08085][8799] thou from heaven[08064], and do[06213][8804], and judge[08199][8804] thy servants[05650], by requiting[07725][8687] the wicked[07563], by recompensing[05414][8800] his way[01870] upon his own head[07218]; and by justifying[06663][8687] the righteous[06662], by giving[05414][8800] him according to his righteousness[06666].
8:8 And if thy people[05971] Israel[03478] be put to the worse[05062][8735] before[06440] the enemy[0341][8802], because they have sinned[02398][8799] against thee; and shall return[07725][8804] and confess[03034][8689] thy name[08034], and pray[06419][8694] and make supplication[02603][8694] before[06440] thee in this house[01004]; be put...: or, be smitten in: or, toward
8:9 Then hear[08085][8799] thou from the heavens[08064], and forgive[05545][8804] the sin[02403] of thy people[05971] Israel[03478], and bring them again[07725][8689] unto the land[0127] which thou gavest[05414][8804] to them and to their fathers[01].
8:10 When the heaven[08064] is shut up[06113][8736], and there is no rain[04306], because they have sinned[02398][8799] against thee; yet if they pray[06419][8694] toward this place[04725], and confess[03034][8689] thy name[08034], and turn[07725][8799] from their sin[02403], when thou dost afflict[06031][8686] them; toward...: or, in this place
8:11 Then hear[08085][8799] thou from heaven[08064], and forgive[05545][8804] the sin[02403] of thy servants[05650], and of thy people[05971] Israel[03478], when thou hast taught[03384][8686] them the good[02896] way[01870], wherein they should walk[03212][8799]; and send[05414][8804] rain[04306] upon thy land[0776], which thou hast given[05414][8804] unto thy people[05971] for an inheritance[05159].
8:12 If there be dearth[07458] in the land[0776], if there be pestilence[01698], if there be blasting[07711], or mildew[03420], locusts[0697], or caterpillers[02625]; if their enemies[0341][8802] besiege[06887][8686] them in the cities[08179] of their land[0776]; whatsoever sore[05061] or whatsoever sickness[04245] there be : in the cities...: Heb. in the land of their gates
8:13 Then what prayer[08605] or what supplication[08467] soever shall be made of any man[0120], or of all thy people[05971] Israel[03478], when every one[0376] shall know[03045][8799] his own sore[05061] and his own grief[04341], and shall spread forth[06566][8804] his hands[03709] in this house[01004]: in: or, toward toward...: or, in this place
8:14 Then hear[08085][8799] thou from heaven[08064] thy dwelling[03427][8800] place[04349], and forgive[05545][8804], and render[05414][8804] unto every man[0376] according unto all his ways[01870], whose heart[03824] thou knowest[03045][8799]; (for thou only knowest[03045][8804] the hearts[03824] of the children[01121] of men[0120]:)
8:15 That they may fear[03372][8799] thee, to walk[03212][8800] in thy ways[01870], so long as[03117] they live[02416][06440] in the land[0127] which thou gavest[05414][8804] unto our fathers[01]. so long...: Heb. all the days which in the land: Heb. upon the face of the land
8:16 Moreover concerning the stranger[05237], which is not of thy people[05971] Israel[03478], but is come[0935][8804] from a far[07350] country[0776] for thy great[01419] name's[08034] sake, and thy mighty[02389] hand[03027], and thy stretched out[05186][8803] arm[02220]; if they come[0935][8804] and pray[06419][8694] in this house[01004]; toward...: or, in this place
8:17 Then hear[08085][8799] thou from the heavens[08064], even from thy dwelling[03427][8800] place[04349], and do[06213][8804] according to all that the stranger[05237] calleth[07121][8799] to thee for; that all people[05971] of the earth[0776] may know[03045][8799] thy name[08034], and fear[03372][8800] thee, as doth thy people[05971] Israel[03478], and may know[03045][8800] that this house[01004] which I have built[01129][8804] is called[07121][8738] by thy name[08034]. this...: Heb. thy name is called upon this house
8:18 If thy people[05971] go out[03318][8799] to war[04421] against their enemies[0341][8802] by the way[01870] that thou shalt send[07971][8799] them, and they pray[06419][8694] unto thee toward[01870] this city[05892] which thou hast chosen[0977][8804], and the house[01004] which I have built[01129][8804] for thy name[08034];
9:1 Then hear[08085][8804] thou from the heavens[08064] their prayer[08605] and their supplication[08467], and maintain[06213][8804] their cause[04941]. cause: or, right
9:2 If they sin[02398][8799] against thee, (for there is no man[0120] which sinneth[02398][8799] not,) and thou be angry[0599][8804] with them, and deliver[05414][8804] them over before[06440] their enemies[0341][8802], and they carry them away[07617][8804] captives[07617][8802] unto a land[0776] far off[07350] or near[07138]; they carry them away captives: Heb. they that take them captives carry them away
9:3 Yet if they bethink[07725][8689][03824] themselves in the land[0776] whither they are carried captive[07617][8738], and turn[07725][8804] and pray[02603][8694] unto thee in the land[0776] of their captivity[07628], saying[0559][8800], We have sinned[02398][8804], we have done amiss[05753][8689], and have dealt wickedly[07561][8804]; bethink...: Heb. bring back to their heart
9:4 If they return[07725][8804] to thee with all their heart[03820] and with all their soul[05315] in the land[0776] of their captivity[07628], whither they have carried them captives[07617][8804], and pray[06419][8694] toward[01870] their land[0776], which thou gavest[05414][8804] unto their fathers[01], and toward the city[05892] which thou hast chosen[0977][8804], and toward the house[01004] which I have built[01129][8804] for thy name[08034]:
9:5 Then hear[08085][8804] thou from the heavens[08064], even from thy dwelling[03427][8800] place[04349], their prayer[08605] and their supplications[08467], and maintain[06213][8804] their cause[04941], and forgive[05545][8804] thy people[05971] which have sinned[02398][8804] against thee. cause: or, right
9:6 Now, my God[0430], let, I beseech thee, thine eyes[05869] be open[06605][8803], and let thine ears[0241] be attent[07183] unto the prayer[08605] that is made in this place[04725]. unto...: Heb. to the prayer of this place
9:7 Now therefore arise[06965][8798], O LORD[03068] God[0430], into thy resting[05118] place, thou, and the ark[0727] of thy strength[05797]: let thy priests[03548], O LORD[03068] God[0430], be clothed[03847][8799] with salvation[08668], and let thy saints[02623] rejoice[08055][8799] in goodness[02896].
9:8 O LORD[03068] God[0430], turn not away[07725][8686] the face[06440] of thine anointed[04899]: remember[02142][8798] the mercies[02617] of David[01732] thy servant[05650].
9:9 Now when Solomon[08010] had made an end[03615][8763] of praying[06419][8692], the fire[0784] came down[03381][8804] from heaven[08064], and consumed[0398][8799] the burnt offering[05930] and the sacrifices[02077]; and the glory[03519] of the LORD[03068] filled[04390][8804] the house[01004].
9:10 And the priests[03548] could[03201][8804] not enter[0935][8800] into the house[01004] of the LORD[03068], because the glory[03519] of the LORD[03068] had filled[04390][8804] the LORD'S[03068] house[01004].
9:11 And when all the children[01121] of Israel[03478] saw[07200][8802] how the fire[0784] came down[03381][8800], and the glory[03519] of the LORD[03068] upon the house[01004], they bowed[03766][8799] themselves with their faces[0639] to the ground[0776] upon the pavement[07531], and worshipped[07812][8691], and praised[03034][8687] the LORD[03068], saying , For he is good[02896]; for his mercy[02617] endureth for ever[05769].
9:12 Then the king[04428] and all the people[05971] offered[02076][8802] sacrifices[02077] before[06440] the LORD[03068].
9:13 And king[04428] Solomon[08010] offered[02076][8799] a sacrifice[02077] of twenty[06242] and two[08147] thousand[0505] oxen[01241], and an hundred[03967] and twenty[06242] thousand[0505] sheep[06629]: so the king[04428] and all the people[05971] dedicated[02596][8799] the house[01004] of God[0430].
9:14 And the priests[03548] waited[05975][8802] on their offices[04931]: the Levites[03881] also with instruments[03627] of musick[07892] of the LORD[03068], which David[01732] the king[04428] had made[06213][8804] to praise[03034][8687] the LORD[03068], because his mercy[02617] endureth for ever[05769], when David[01732] praised[01984][8763] by their ministry[03027]; and the priests[03548] sounded trumpets[02690][8688][8675][02690][8764] before them, and all Israel[03478] stood[05975][8802]. by their...: Heb. by their hand
9:15 Moreover Solomon[08010] hallowed[06942][8762] the middle[08432] of the court[02691] that was before[06440] the house[01004] of the LORD[03068]: for there he offered[06213][8804] burnt offerings[05930], and the fat[02459] of the peace offerings[08002], because the brasen[05178] altar[04196] which Solomon[08010] had made[06213][8804] was not able[03201][8804] to receive[03557][8687] the burnt offerings[05930], and the meat offerings[04503], and the fat[02459].
9:16 Also at the same time[06256] Solomon[08010] kept[06213][8799] the feast[02282] seven[07651] days[03117], and all Israel[03478] with him, a very[03966] great[01419] congregation[06951], from the entering in[0935][8800] of Hamath[02574] unto the river[05158] of Egypt[04714].
9:17 And in the eighth[08066] day[03117] they made[06213][8799] a solemn assembly[06116]: for they kept[06213][8804] the dedication[02598] of the altar[04196] seven[07651] days[03117], and the feast[02282] seven[07651] days[03117]. a solemn...: Heb. a restraint
9:18 And on the three[07969] and twentieth[06242] day[03117] of the seventh[07637] month[02320] he sent[07971][00] the people[05971] away[07971][8765] into their tents[0168], glad[08056] and merry[02896] in heart[03820] for the goodness[02896] that the LORD[03068] had shewed[06213][8804] unto David[01732], and to Solomon[08010], and to Israel[03478] his people[05971].
9:19 Thus Solomon[08010] finished[03615][8762] the house[01004] of the LORD[03068], and the king's[04428] house[01004]: and all that came[0935][8802] into Solomon's[08010] heart[03820] to make[06213][8800] in the house[01004] of the LORD[03068], and in his own house[01004], he prosperously effected[06743][8689].
9:20 And the LORD[03068] appeared[07200][8735] to Solomon[08010] by night[03915], and said[0559][8799] unto him, I have heard[08085][8804] thy prayer[08605], and have chosen[0977][8804] this place[04725] to myself for an house[01004] of sacrifice[02077].
9:21 If[02005] I shut up[06113][8799] heaven[08064] that there be no rain[04306], or if I command[06680][8762] the locusts[02284] to devour[0398][8800] the land[0776], or if I send[07971][8762] pestilence[01698] among my people[05971];
9:22 If my people[05971], which are called[07121][8738] by my name[08034], shall humble[03665][8735] themselves, and pray[06419][8691], and seek[01245][8762] my face[06440], and turn[07725][8799] from their wicked[07451] ways[01870]; then will I hear[08085][8799] from heaven[08064], and will forgive[05545][8799] their sin[02403], and will heal[07495][8799] their land[0776]. which...: Heb. upon whom my name is called
9:23 Now mine eyes[05869] shall be open[06605][8803], and mine ears[0241] attent[07183] unto the prayer[08605] that is made in this place[04725]. unto...: Heb. to the prayer of this place
9:24 For now have I chosen[0977][8804] and sanctified[06942][8689] this house[01004], that my name[08034] may be there for[05704] ever[05769]: and mine eyes[05869] and mine heart[03820] shall be there perpetually[03117].
9:25 And as for thee, if thou wilt walk[03212][8799] before[06440] me, as David[01732] thy father[01] walked[01980][8804], and do[06213][8800] according to all that I have commanded[06680][8765] thee, and shalt observe[08104][8799] my statutes[02706] and my judgments[04941];
9:26 Then will I stablish[06965][8689] the throne[03678] of thy kingdom[04438], according as I have covenanted[03772][8804] with David[01732] thy father[01], saying[0559][8800], There shall not fail[03772][8735] thee a man[0376] to be ruler[04910][8802] in Israel[03478]. There...: Heb. There shall not be cut off to thee
9:27 But if ye turn away[07725][8799], and forsake[05800][8804] my statutes[02708] and my commandments[04687], which I have set[05414][8804] before[06440] you, and shall go[01980][8804] and serve[05647][8804] other[0312] gods[0430], and worship[07812][8694] them;
9:28 Then will I pluck them up by the roots[05428][8804] out of my land[0127] which I have given[05414][8804] them; and this house[01004], which I have sanctified[06942][8689] for my name[08034], will I cast out[07993][8686] of my sight[06440], and will make[05414][8799] it to be a proverb[04912] and a byword[08148] among all nations[05971].
9:29 And this house[01004], which is high[05945], shall be an astonishment[08074][8799] to every one that passeth[05674][8802] by it; so that he shall say[0559][8804], Why hath the LORD[03068] done[06213][8804] thus unto this land[0776], and unto this house[01004]?
9:30 And it shall be answered[0559][8804], Because they forsook[05800][8804] the LORD[03068] God[0430] of their fathers[01], which brought them forth[03318][8689] out of the land[0776] of Egypt[04714], and laid hold[02388][8686] on other[0312] gods[0430], and worshipped[07812][8691] them, and served[05647][8799] them: therefore hath he brought[0935][8689] all this evil[07451] upon them.
9:31 And it came to pass at the end[07093] of twenty[06242] years[08141], wherein Solomon[08010] had built[01129][8804] the house[01004] of the LORD[03068], and his own house[01004],
10:1 That the cities[05892] which Huram[02361] had restored[05414][8804] to Solomon[08010], Solomon[08010] built[01129][8804] them, and caused the children[01121] of Israel[03478] to dwell[03427][8686] there.
10:2 And Solomon[08010] went[03212][8799] to Hamathzobah[02578], and prevailed[02388][8799] against it.
10:3 And he built[01129][8799] Tadmor[08412] in the wilderness[04057], and all the store[04543] cities[05892], which he built[01129][8804] in Hamath[02574].
10:4 Also he built[01129][8799] Bethhoron[01032] the upper[05945], and Bethhoron[01032] the nether[08481], fenced[04692] cities[05892], with walls[02346], gates[01817], and bars[01280];
10:5 And Baalath[01191], and all the store[04543] cities[05892] that Solomon[08010] had, and all the chariot[07393] cities[05892], and the cities[05892] of the horsemen[06571], and all that Solomon[08010] desired[02836][8804][02837] to build[01129][8800] in Jerusalem[03389], and in Lebanon[03844], and throughout all the land[0776] of his dominion[04475]. all that...: Heb. all the desire of Solomon which he desired to build
10:6 As for all the people[05971] that were left[03498][8737] of the Hittites[02850], and the Amorites[0567], and the Perizzites[06522], and the Hivites[02340], and the Jebusites[02983], which were not of Israel[03478],
10:7 But of their children[01121], who were left[03498][8738] after[0310] them in the land[0776], whom the children[01121] of Israel[03478] consumed[03615][8765] not, them did Solomon[08010] make to pay[05927][8686] tribute[04522] until this day[03117].
10:8 But of the children[01121] of Israel[03478] did Solomon[08010] make[05414][8804] no servants[05650] for his work[04399]; but they were men[0582] of war[04421], and chief[08269] of his captains[07991], and captains[08269] of his chariots[07393] and horsemen[06571].
10:9 And these were the chief[08269] of king[04428] Solomon's[08010] officers[05324][8737][8675][05333], even two hundred[03967] and fifty[02572], that bare rule[07287][8802] over the people[05971].
10:10 And Solomon[08010] brought up[05927][8689] the daughter[01323] of Pharaoh[06547] out of the city[05892] of David[01732] unto the house[01004] that he had built[01129][8804] for her: for he said[0559][8804], My wife[0802] shall not dwell[03427][8799] in the house[01004] of David[01732] king[04428] of Israel[03478], because the places are holy[06944], whereunto the ark[0727] of the LORD[03068] hath come[0935][8804]. holy: Heb. holiness
10:11 Then Solomon[08010] offered[05927][8689] burnt offerings[05930] unto the LORD[03068] on the altar[04196] of the LORD[03068], which he had built[01129][8804] before[06440] the porch[0197],
10:12 Even after a certain rate[01697] every day[03117], offering[05927][8687] according to the commandment[04687] of Moses[04872], on the sabbaths[07676], and on the new moons[02320], and on the solemn feasts[04150], three[07969] times[06471] in the year[08141], even in the feast[02282] of unleavened bread[04682], and in the feast[02282] of weeks[07620], and in the feast[02282] of tabernacles[05521].
10:13 And he appointed[05975][8686], according to the order[04941] of David[01732] his father[01], the courses[04256] of the priests[03548] to their service[05656], and the Levites[03881] to their charges[04931], to praise[01984][8763] and minister[08334][8763] before the priests[03548], as the duty[01697] of every day[03117] required[03117]: the porters[07778] also by their courses[04256] at every gate[08179]: for so had David[01732] the man[0376] of God[0430] commanded[04687]. so had David...: Heb. so was the commandment of David the man of God
10:14 And they departed[05493][8804] not from the commandment[04687] of the king[04428] unto the priests[03548] and Levites[03881] concerning any matter[01697], or concerning the treasures[0214].
10:15 Now all the work[04399] of Solomon[08010] was prepared[03559][8735] unto the day[03117] of the foundation[04143] of the house[01004] of the LORD[03068], and until it was finished[03615][8800]. So the house[01004] of the LORD[03068] was perfected[08003].
10:16 Then went[01980][8804] Solomon[08010] to Eziongeber[06100], and to Eloth[0359], at the sea[03220] side[08193] in the land[0776] of Edom[0123]. Eloth: also called, Elath
10:17 And Huram[02361] sent[07971][8799] him by the hands[03027] of his servants[05650] ships[0591][8675][0591], and servants[05650] that had knowledge[03045][8802] of the sea[03220]; and they went[0935][8799] with the servants[05650] of Solomon[08010] to Ophir[0211], and took[03947][8799] thence four[0702] hundred[03967] and fifty[02572] talents[03603] of gold[02091], and brought[0935][8686] them to king[04428] Solomon[08010].
10:18 And when the queen[04436] of Sheba[07614] heard[08085][8804] of the fame[08088] of Solomon[08010], she came[0935][8799] to prove[05254][8763] Solomon[08010] with hard questions[02420] at Jerusalem[03389], with a very[03966] great[03515] company[02428], and camels[01581] that bare[05375][8802] spices[01314], and gold[02091] in abundance[07230], and precious[03368] stones[068]: and when she was come[0935][8799] to Solomon[08010], she communed[01696][8762] with him of all that was in her heart[03824].
10:19 And Solomon[08010] told[05046][8686] her all her questions[01697]: and there was nothing hid[05956][8738] from Solomon[08010] which he told[05046][8689] her not.
11:1 And when the queen[04436] of Sheba[07614] had seen[07200][8799] the wisdom[02451] of Solomon[08010], and the house[01004] that he had built[01129][8804],
11:2 And the meat[03978] of his table[07979], and the sitting[04186] of his servants[05650], and the attendance[04612] of his ministers[08334][8764], and their apparel[04403]; his cupbearers[08248][8688] also, and their apparel[04403]; and his ascent[05944] by which he went up[05927][8799] into the house[01004] of the LORD[03068]; there was no more spirit[07307] in her. cupbearers: or, butlers
11:3 And she said[0559][8799] to the king[04428], It was a true[0571] report[01697] which I heard[08085][8804] in mine own land[0776] of thine acts[01697], and of thy wisdom[02451]: report: Heb. word acts: or, sayings
11:4 Howbeit I believed[0539][8689] not their words[01697], until I came[0935][8804], and mine eyes[05869] had seen[07200][8799] it : and, behold, the one half[02677] of the greatness[04768] of thy wisdom[02451] was not told[05046][8717] me: for thou exceedest[03254][8804] the fame[08052] that I heard[08085][8804].
11:5 Happy[0835] are thy men[0582], and happy[0835] are these thy servants[05650], which stand[05975][8802] continually[08548] before[06440] thee, and hear[08085][8802] thy wisdom[02451].
11:6 Blessed[01288][8803] be the LORD[03068] thy God[0430], which delighted[02654][8804] in thee to set[05414][8800] thee on his throne[03678], to be king[04428] for the LORD[03068] thy God[0430]: because thy God[0430] loved[0160] Israel[03478], to establish[05975][8687] them for ever[05769], therefore made[05414][8799] he thee king[04428] over them, to do[06213][8800] judgment[04941] and justice[06666].
11:7 And she gave[05414][8799] the king[04428] an hundred[03967] and twenty[06242] talents[03603] of gold[02091], and of spices[01314] great[03966] abundance[07230], and precious[03368] stones[068]: neither was there any such spice[01314] as the queen[04436] of Sheba[07614] gave[05414][8804] king[04428] Solomon[08010].
11:8 And the servants[05650] also of Huram[02361], and the servants[05650] of Solomon[08010], which brought[0935][8689] gold[02091] from Ophir[0211], brought[0935][8689] algum[0418] trees[06086] and precious[03368] stones[068]. algum...: also called, almug trees
11:9 And the king[04428] made[06213][8799] of the algum[0418] trees[06086] terraces[04546] to the house[01004] of the LORD[03068], and to the king's[04428] palace[01004], and harps[03658] and psalteries[05035] for singers[07891][8802]: and there were none such[01992] seen[07200][8738] before[06440] in the land[0776] of Judah[03063]. terraces: or, stairs: Heb. highways
11:10 And king[04428] Solomon[08010] gave[05414][8804] to the queen[04436] of Sheba[07614] all her desire[02656], whatsoever she asked[07592][8804], beside that which she had brought[0935][8689] unto the king[04428]. So she turned[02015][8799], and went away[03212][8799] to her own land[0776], she and her servants[05650].
11:11 Now the weight[04948] of gold[02091] that came[0935][8804] to Solomon[08010] in one[0259] year[08141] was six[08337] hundred[03967] and threescore[08346] and six[08337] talents[03603] of gold[02091];
11:12 Beside that which chapmen[0582][08446][8802] and merchants[05503][8802] brought[0935][8688]. And all the kings[04428] of Arabia[06152] and governors[06346] of the country[0776] brought[0935][8688] gold[02091] and silver[03701] to Solomon[08010]. governors: or, captains
11:13 And king[04428] Solomon[08010] made[06213][8799] two hundred[03967] targets[06793] of beaten[07820][8803] gold[02091]: six[08337] hundred[03967] shekels of beaten[07820][8803] gold[02091] went[05927][8686] to one[0259] target[06793].
11:14 And three[07969] hundred[03967] shields[04043] made he of beaten[07820][8803] gold[02091]: three[07969] hundred[03967] shekels of gold[02091] went[05927][8686] to one[0259] shield[04043]. And the king[04428] put[05414][8799] them in the house[01004] of the forest[03293] of Lebanon[03844].
11:15 Moreover the king[04428] made[06213][8799] a great[01419] throne[03678] of ivory[08127], and overlaid[06823][8762] it with pure[02889] gold[02091].
11:16 And there were six[08337] steps[04609] to the throne[03678], with a footstool[03534] of gold[02091], which were fastened[0270][8716] to the throne[03678], and stays[03027] on each side of the sitting[03427][8800] place[04725], and two[08147] lions[0738] standing[05975][8802] by[0681] the stays[03027]: stays: Heb. hands
11:17 And twelve[08147][06240] lions[0738] stood[05975][8802] there on the one side and on the other upon the six[08337] steps[04609]. There was not the like made[06213][8738] in any kingdom[04467].
11:18 And all the drinking[04945] vessels[03627] of king[04428] Solomon[08010] were of gold[02091], and all the vessels[03627] of the house[01004] of the forest[03293] of Lebanon[03844] were of pure[05462][8803] gold[02091]: none were of silver[03701]; it was not any[03972] thing accounted[02803][8737] of in the days[03117] of Solomon[08010]. pure: Heb. shut up none were of silver: or, there was no silver in them
11:19 For the king's[04428] ships[0591] went[01980][8802] to Tarshish[08659] with the servants[05650] of Huram[02361]: every three[07969] years[08141] once[0259] came[0935][8799] the ships[0591] of Tarshish[08659] bringing[05375][8802] gold[02091], and silver[03701], ivory[08143], and apes[06971], and peacocks[08500]. ivory: or, elephants' teeth
11:20 And king[04428] Solomon[08010] passed[01431][8799] all the kings[04428] of the earth[0776] in riches[06239] and wisdom[02451].
11:21 And all the kings[04428] of the earth[0776] sought[01245][8764] the presence[06440] of Solomon[08010], to hear[08085][8800] his wisdom[02451], that God[0430] had put[05414][8804] in his heart[03820].
11:22 And they brought[0935][8688] every man[0376] his present[04503], vessels[03627] of silver[03701], and vessels[03627] of gold[02091], and raiment[08008], harness[05402], and spices[01314], horses[05483], and mules[06505], a rate[01697] year[08141] by year[08141].
11:23 And Solomon[08010] had four[0702] thousand[0505] stalls[0723] for horses[05483] and chariots[04818], and twelve[08147][06240] thousand[0505] horsemen[06571]; whom he bestowed[03240][8686] in the chariot[07393] cities[05892], and with the king[04428] at Jerusalem[03389].
12:1 And he reigned[04910][8802] over all the kings[04428] from the river[05104] even unto the land[0776] of the Philistines[06430], and to the border[01366] of Egypt[04714]. river: that is, Euphrates
12:2 And the king[04428] made[05414][8799] silver[03701] in Jerusalem[03389] as stones[068], and cedar trees[0730] made[05414][8804] he as the sycomore trees[08256] that are in the low plains[08219] in abundance[07230]. made silver: Heb. gave silver
12:3 And they brought[03318][8688] unto Solomon[08010] horses[05483] out of Egypt[04714], and out of all lands[0776].
12:4 Now the rest[07605] of the acts[01697] of Solomon[08010], first[07223] and last[0314], are they not written[03789][8803] in the book[01697] of Nathan[05416] the prophet[05030], and in the prophecy[05016] of Ahijah[0281] the Shilonite[07888], and in the visions[02378] of Iddo[03260] the seer[02374] against Jeroboam[03379] the son[01121] of Nebat[05028]? book: Heb. words
12:5 And Solomon[08010] reigned[04427][8799] in Jerusalem[03389] over all Israel[03478] forty[0705] years[08141].
12:6 And Solomon[08010] slept[07901][8799] with his fathers[01], and he was buried[06912][8799] in the city[05892] of David[01732] his father[01]: and Rehoboam[07346] his son[01121] reigned[04427][8799] in his stead.
12:7 And Rehoboam[07346] went[03212][8799] to Shechem[07927]: for to Shechem[07927] were all Israel[03478] come[0935][8804] to make him king[04427][8687].
12:8 And it came to pass, when Jeroboam[03379] the son[01121] of Nebat[05028], who was in Egypt[04714], whither he had fled[01272][8804] from the presence[06440] of Solomon[08010] the king[04428], heard[08085][8800]  it , that Jeroboam[03379] returned[07725][8799] out of Egypt[04714].
12:9 And they sent[07971][8799] and called[07121][8799] him. So Jeroboam[03379] and all Israel[03478] came[0935][8799] and spake[01696][8762] to Rehoboam[07346], saying[0559][8800],
12:10 Thy father[01] made our yoke[05923] grievous[07185][8689]: now therefore ease[07043][8685] thou somewhat the grievous[07186] servitude[05656] of thy father[01], and his heavy[03515] yoke[05923] that he put[05414][8804] upon us, and we will serve[05647][8799] thee.
12:11 And he said[0559][8799] unto them, Come again[07725][8798] unto me after three[07969] days[03117]. And the people[05971] departed[03212][8799].
12:12 And king[04428] Rehoboam[07346] took counsel[03289][8735] with the old[02205] men that had stood[05975][8802] before[06440] Solomon[08010] his father[01] while he yet lived[02416], saying[0559][8800], What[0349] counsel give[03289][8737] ye me to return[07725][8687] answer[01697] to this people[05971]?
12:13 And they spake[01696][8762] unto him, saying[0559][8800], If thou be kind[02896] to this people[05971], and please[07521][8804] them, and speak[01696][8765] good[02896] words[01697] to them, they will be thy servants[05650] for ever[03117].
12:14 But he forsook[05800][8799] the counsel[06098] which the old men[02205] gave[03289][8804] him, and took counsel[03289][8735] with the young men[03206] that were brought up[01431][8804] with him, that stood[05975][8802] before[06440] him.
12:15 And he said[0559][8799] unto them, What advice[03289][8737] give ye that we may return[07725][8686] answer[01697] to this people[05971], which have spoken[01696][8765] to me, saying[0559][8800], Ease[07043][8685] somewhat the yoke[05923] that thy father[01] did put[05414][8804] upon us?
12:16 And the young men[03206] that were brought up[01431][8804] with him spake[01696][8762] unto him, saying[0559][8800], Thus shalt thou answer[0559][8799] the people[05971] that spake[01696][8765] unto thee, saying[0559][8800], Thy father[01] made[03513][00] our yoke[05923] heavy[03513][8689], but make thou it somewhat lighter[07043][8685] for us; thus shalt thou say[0559][8799] unto them, My little[06995] finger shall be thicker[05666][8804] than my father's[01] loins[04975].
13:1 For whereas[06258] my father[01] put[06006][8689] a heavy[03515] yoke[05923] upon you, I will put more[03254][8686] to your yoke[05923]: my father[01] chastised[03256][8765] you with whips[07752], but I will chastise you with scorpions[06137]. my father put: Heb. my father laded
13:2 So Jeroboam[03379] and all the people[05971] came[0935][8799] to Rehoboam[07346] on the third[07992] day[03117], as the king[04428] bade[01696][8765], saying[0559][8800], Come again[07725][8798] to me on the third[07992] day[03117].
13:3 And the king[04428] answered[06030][8799] them roughly[07186]; and king[04428] Rehoboam[07346] forsook[05800][8799] the counsel[06098] of the old men[02205],
13:4 And answered[01696][8762] them after the advice[06098] of the young men[03206], saying[0559][8800], My father[01] made your yoke[05923] heavy[03513][8689], but I will add[03254][8686] thereto: my father[01] chastised[03256][8765] you with whips[07752], but I will chastise you with scorpions[06137].
13:5 So the king[04428] hearkened[08085][8804] not unto the people[05971]: for the cause[05252] was of God[0430], that the LORD[03068] might perform[06965][8687] his word[01697], which he spake[01696][8765] by the hand[03027] of Ahijah[0281] the Shilonite[07888] to Jeroboam[03379] the son[01121] of Nebat[05028].
13:6 And when all Israel[03478] saw[07200][8804] that the king[04428] would not hearken[08085][8804] unto them, the people[05971] answered[07725][8686] the king[04428], saying[0559][8800], What portion[02506] have we in David[01732]? and we have none inheritance[05159] in the son[01121] of Jesse[03448]: every man[0376] to your tents[0168], O Israel[03478]: and now, David[01732], see[07200][8798] to thine own house[01004]. So all Israel[03478] went[03212][8799] to their tents[0168].
13:7 But as for the children[01121] of Israel[03478] that dwelt[03427][8802] in the cities[05892] of Judah[03063], Rehoboam[07346] reigned[04427][8799] over them.
13:8 Then king[04428] Rehoboam[07346] sent[07971][8799] Hadoram[01913] that was over the tribute[04522]; and the children[01121] of Israel[03478] stoned[07275][8799] him with stones[068], that he died[04191][8799]. But king[04428] Rehoboam[07346] made speed[0553][8694] to get him up[05927][8800] to his chariot[04818], to flee[05127][8800] to Jerusalem[03389]. made speed: Heb. strengthened himself
13:9 And Israel[03478] rebelled[06586][8799] against the house[01004] of David[01732] unto this day[03117].
13:10 And when Rehoboam[07346] was come[0935][8799] to Jerusalem[03389], he gathered[06950][8686] of the house[01004] of Judah[03063] and Benjamin[01144] an hundred[03967] and fourscore[08084] thousand[0505] chosen[0977][8803] men , which were warriors[06213][8802][04421], to fight[03898][8736] against Israel[03478], that he might bring[07725][00] the kingdom[04467] again[07725][8687] to Rehoboam[07346].
13:11 But the word[01697] of the LORD[03068] came to Shemaiah[08098] the man[0376] of God[0430], saying[0559][8800],
13:12 Speak[0559][8798] unto Rehoboam[07346] the son[01121] of Solomon[08010], king[04428] of Judah[03063], and to all Israel[03478] in Judah[03063] and Benjamin[01144], saying[0559][8800],
13:13 Thus saith[0559][8804] the LORD[03068], Ye shall not go up[05927][8799], nor fight[03898][8735] against your brethren[0251]: return[07725][8798] every man[0376] to his house[01004]: for this thing[01697] is done[01961][8738] of me. And they obeyed[08085][8799] the words[01697] of the LORD[03068], and returned[07725][8799] from going[03212][8800] against Jeroboam[03379].
13:14 And Rehoboam[07346] dwelt[03427][8799] in Jerusalem[03389], and built[01129][8799] cities[05892] for defence[04692] in Judah[03063].
13:15 He built[01129][8799] even Bethlehem[01035], and Etam[05862], and Tekoa[08620],
13:16 And Bethzur[01049], and Shoco[07755], and Adullam[05725],
13:17 And Gath[01661], and Mareshah[04762], and Ziph[02128],
13:18 And Adoraim[0115], and Lachish[03923], and Azekah[05825],
13:19 And Zorah[06881], and Aijalon[0357], and Hebron[02275], which are in Judah[03063] and in Benjamin[01144] fenced[04694] cities[05892].
13:20 And he fortified[02388][8762] the strong holds[04694], and put[05414][8799] captains[05057] in them, and store[0214] of victual[03978], and of oil[08081] and wine[03196].
13:21 And in every several city[05892] he put shields[06793] and spears[07420], and made them exceeding[07235][8687][03966] strong[02388][8762], having Judah[03063] and Benjamin[01144] on his side.
13:22 And the priests[03548] and the Levites[03881] that were in all Israel[03478] resorted[03320][8694] to him out of all their coasts[01366]. resorted...: Heb. presented themselves to him
14:1 For the Levites[03881] left[05800][8804] their suburbs[04054] and their possession[0272], and came[03212][8799] to Judah[03063] and Jerusalem[03389]: for Jeroboam[03379] and his sons[01121] had cast them off[02186][8689] from executing the priest's office[03547][8763] unto the LORD[03068]:
14:2 And he ordained[05975][8686] him priests[03548] for the high places[01116], and for the devils[08163], and for the calves[05695] which he had made[06213][8804].
14:3 And after[0310] them out of all the tribes[07626] of Israel[03478] such as set[05414][8802] their hearts[03824] to seek[01245][8763] the LORD[03068] God[0430] of Israel[03478] came[0935][8804] to Jerusalem[03389], to sacrifice[02076][8800] unto the LORD[03068] God[0430] of their fathers[01].
14:4 So they strengthened[02388][8762] the kingdom[04438] of Judah[03063], and made Rehoboam[07346] the son[01121] of Solomon[08010] strong[0553][8762], three[07969] years[08141]: for three[07969] years[08141] they walked[01980][8804] in the way[01870] of David[01732] and Solomon[08010].
14:5 And Rehoboam[07346] took[03947][8799] him Mahalath[04258] the daughter[01323][8675][01121] of Jerimoth[03406] the son[01121] of David[01732] to wife[0802], and Abihail[032] the daughter[01323] of Eliab[0446] the son[01121] of Jesse[03448];
14:6 Which bare[03205][8799] him children[01121]; Jeush[03266], and Shamariah[08114], and Zaham[02093].
14:7 And after[0310] her he took[03947][8804] Maachah[04601] the daughter[01323] of Absalom[053]; which bare[03205][8799] him Abijah[029], and Attai[06262], and Ziza[02124], and Shelomith[08019]. Maachah: she is also called Michaiah the daughter of Uriel
14:8 And Rehoboam[07346] loved[0157][8799] Maachah[04601] the daughter[01323] of Absalom[053] above all his wives[0802] and his concubines[06370]: (for he took[05375][8804] eighteen[08083][06240] wives[0802], and threescore[08346] concubines[06370]; and begat[03205][8686] twenty[06242] and eight[08083] sons[01121], and threescore[08346] daughters[01323].)
14:9 And Rehoboam[07346] made[05975][8686] Abijah[029] the son[01121] of Maachah[04601] the chief[07218], to be ruler[05057] among his brethren[0251]: for he thought to make him king[04427][8687].
14:10 And he dealt wisely[0995][8799], and dispersed[06555][8799] of all his children[01121] throughout all the countries[0776] of Judah[03063] and Benjamin[01144], unto every fenced[04694] city[05892]: and he gave[05414][8799] them victual[04202] in abundance[07230]. And he desired[07592][8799] many[01995] wives[0802]. many wives: Heb. a multitude of wives
14:11 And it came to pass, when Rehoboam[07346] had established[03559][8687] the kingdom[04438], and had strengthened[02393] himself, he forsook[05800][8804] the law[08451] of the LORD[03068], and all Israel[03478] with him.
14:12 And it came to pass, that in the fifth[02549] year[08141] of king[04428] Rehoboam[07346] Shishak[07895] king[04428] of Egypt[04714] came up[05927][8804] against Jerusalem[03389], because they had transgressed[04603][8804] against the LORD[03068],
14:13 With twelve hundred[03967][0505] chariots[07393], and threescore[08346] thousand[0505] horsemen[06571]: and the people[05971] were without number[04557] that came[0935][8804] with him out of Egypt[04714]; the Lubims[03864], the Sukkiims[05525], and the Ethiopians[03569].
14:14 And he took[03920][8799] the fenced[04694] cities[05892] which pertained to Judah[03063], and came[0935][8799] to Jerusalem[03389].
14:15 Then came[0935][8804] Shemaiah[08098] the prophet[05030] to Rehoboam[07346], and to the princes[08269] of Judah[03063], that were gathered together[0622][8738] to Jerusalem[03389] because[06440] of Shishak[07895], and said[0559][8799] unto them, Thus saith[0559][8804] the LORD[03068], Ye have forsaken[05800][8804] me, and therefore have I also[0637] left[05800][8804] you in the hand[03027] of Shishak[07895].
15:1 Whereupon the princes[08269] of Israel[03478] and the king[04428] humbled[03665][8735] themselves; and they said[0559][8799], The LORD[03068] is righteous[06662].
15:2 And when the LORD[03068] saw[07200][8800] that they humbled[03665][8738] themselves, the word[01697] of the LORD[03068] came to Shemaiah[08098], saying[0559][8800], They have humbled[03665][8738] themselves; therefore  I will not destroy[07843][8686] them, but I will grant[05414][8804] them some[04592] deliverance[06413]; and my wrath[02534] shall not be poured out[05413][8799] upon Jerusalem[03389] by the hand[03027] of Shishak[07895]. some: or, a little while
15:3 Nevertheless they shall be his servants[05650]; that they may know[03045][8799] my service[05656], and the service[05656] of the kingdoms[04467] of the countries[0776].
15:4 So Shishak[07895] king[04428] of Egypt[04714] came up[05927][8799] against Jerusalem[03389], and took away[03947][8799] the treasures[0214] of the house[01004] of the LORD[03068], and the treasures[0214] of the king's[04428] house[01004]; he took[03947][8804] all: he carried away[03947][8799] also the shields[04043] of gold[02091] which Solomon[08010] had made[06213][8804].
15:5 Instead of which king[04428] Rehoboam[07346] made[06213][8799] shields[04043] of brass[05178], and committed[06485][8689] them to the hands[03027] of the chief[08269] of the guard[07323][8801], that kept[08104][8802] the entrance[06607] of the king's[04428] house[01004].
15:6 And when[01767] the king[04428] entered[0935][8800] into the house[01004] of the LORD[03068], the guard[07323][8801] came[0935][8804] and fetched[05375][8804] them, and brought them again[07725][8689] into the guard[07323][8801] chamber[08372].
15:7 And when he humbled[03665][8736] himself, the wrath[0639] of the LORD[03068] turned[07725][8804] from him, that he would not destroy[07843][8687] him altogether[03617]: and also in Judah[03063] things[01697] went well[02896]. and also...: or, and yet in Judah there were good things
15:8 So king[04428] Rehoboam[07346] strengthened[02388][8691] himself in Jerusalem[03389], and reigned[04427][8799]: for Rehoboam[07346] was one[0259] and forty[0705] years[08141] old[01121] when he began to reign[04427][8800], and he reigned[04427][8804] seventeen[07651][06240] years[08141] in Jerusalem[03389], the city[05892] which the LORD[03068] had chosen[0977][8804] out of all the tribes[07626] of Israel[03478], to put[07760][8800] his name[08034] there. And his mother's[0517] name[08034] was Naamah[05279] an Ammonitess[05985].
15:9 And he did[06213][8799] evil[07451], because he prepared[03559][8689] not his heart[03820] to seek[01875][8800] the LORD[03068]. prepared: or, fixed
15:10 Now the acts[01697] of Rehoboam[07346], first[07223] and last[0314], are they not written[03789][8803] in the book[01697] of Shemaiah[08098] the prophet[05030], and of Iddo[05714] the seer[02374] concerning genealogies[03187][8692]? And there were wars[04421] between Rehoboam[07346] and Jeroboam[03379] continually[03117]. book: Heb. words
15:11 And Rehoboam[07346] slept[07901][8799] with his fathers[01], and was buried[06912][8735] in the city[05892] of David[01732]: and Abijah[029] his son[01121] reigned[04427][8799] in his stead. Abijah: also called, Abijam
15:12 Now in the eighteenth[08083][06240] year[08141] of king[04428] Jeroboam[03379] began Abijah[029] to reign[04427][8799] over Judah[03063].
15:13 He reigned[04427][8804] three[07969] years[08141] in Jerusalem[03389]. His mother's[0517] name[08034] also was Michaiah[04322] the daughter[01323] of Uriel[0222] of Gibeah[01390]. And there was war[04421] between Abijah[029] and Jeroboam[03379].
15:14 And Abijah[029] set[0631][00] the battle[04421] in array[0631][8799] with an army[02428] of valiant men[01368] of war[04421], even four[0702] hundred[03967] thousand[0505] chosen[0977][8803] men[0376]: Jeroboam[03379] also set the battle[04421] in array[06186][8804] against him with eight[08083] hundred[03967] thousand[0505] chosen[0977][8803] men[0376], being mighty men[01368] of valour[02428]. Abijah set: Heb. Abijah bound together
15:15 And Abijah[029] stood up[06965][8799] upon mount[02022] Zemaraim[06787], which is in mount[02022] Ephraim[0669], and said[0559][8799], Hear[08085][8798] me, thou Jeroboam[03379], and all Israel[03478];
15:16 Ought ye not to know[03045][8800] that the LORD[03068] God[0430] of Israel[03478] gave[05414][8804] the kingdom[04467] over Israel[03478] to David[01732] for ever[05769], even  to him and to his sons[01121] by a covenant[01285] of salt[04417]?
15:17 Yet Jeroboam[03379] the son[01121] of Nebat[05028], the servant[05650] of Solomon[08010] the son[01121] of David[01732], is risen up[06965][8799], and hath rebelled[04775][8799] against his lord[0113].
15:18 And there are gathered[06908][8735] unto him vain[07386] men[0582], the children[01121] of Belial[01100], and have strengthened[0553][8691] themselves against Rehoboam[07346] the son[01121] of Solomon[08010], when Rehoboam[07346] was young[05288] and tenderhearted[07390][03824], and could not withstand[02388][8694] them[06440].
15:19 And now ye think[0559][8802] to withstand[02388][8692] the kingdom[06440][04467] of the LORD[03068] in the hand[03027] of the sons[01121] of David[01732]; and ye be a great[07227] multitude[01995], and there are  with you golden[02091] calves[05695], which Jeroboam[03379] made[06213][8804] you for gods[0430].
16:1 Have ye not cast out[05080][8689] the priests[03548] of the LORD[03068], the sons[01121] of Aaron[0175], and the Levites[03881], and have made[06213][8799] you priests[03548] after the manner of the nations[05971] of  other lands[0776]? so that whosoever cometh[0935][8802] to consecrate[04390][8763][03027] himself with a young[01121][01241] bullock[06499] and seven[07651] rams[0352], the same may be a priest[03548] of them that are  no[03808] gods[0430]. to consecrate...: Heb. to fill his hand
16:2 But as for us, the LORD[03068] is our God[0430], and we have not forsaken[05800][8804] him; and the priests[03548], which minister[08334][8764] unto the LORD[03068], are  the sons[01121] of Aaron[0175], and the Levites[03881] wait upon their business[04399]:
16:3 And they burn[06999][8688] unto the LORD[03068] every morning[01242] and every evening[06153] burnt sacrifices[05930] and sweet[05561] incense[07004]: the shewbread[03899][04635] also set they in order upon the pure[02889] table[07979]; and the candlestick[04501] of gold[02091] with the lamps[05216] thereof, to burn[01197][8763] every evening[06153]: for we keep[08104][8802] the charge[04931] of the LORD[03068] our God[0430]; but ye have forsaken[05800][8804] him.
16:4 And, behold, God[0430] himself is with us for our captain[07218], and his priests[03548] with sounding[08643] trumpets[02689] to cry alarm[07321][8687] against you. O children[01121] of Israel[03478], fight[03898][8735] ye not against the LORD[03068] God[0430] of your fathers[01]; for ye shall not prosper[06743][8686].
16:5 But Jeroboam[03379] caused an ambushment[03993] to come[0935][8800] about[05437][8689] behind[0310] them: so they were before[06440] Judah[03063], and the ambushment[03993] was behind[0310] them.
16:6 And when Judah[03063] looked back[06437][8799], behold, the battle[04421] was before[06440] and behind[0268]: and they cried[06817][8799] unto the LORD[03068], and the priests[03548] sounded[02690][8688][8675][02690][8764] with the trumpets[02689].
16:7 Then the men[0376] of Judah[03063] gave a shout[07321][8686]: and as the men[0376] of Judah[03063] shouted[07321][8687], it came to pass, that God[0430] smote[05062][8804] Jeroboam[03379] and all Israel[03478] before[06440] Abijah[029] and Judah[03063].
16:8 And the children[01121] of Israel[03478] fled[05127][8799] before[06440] Judah[03063]: and God[0430] delivered[05414][8799] them into their hand[03027].
16:9 And Abijah[029] and his people[05971] slew[05221][8686] them with a great[07227] slaughter[04347]: so there fell down[05307][8799] slain[02491] of Israel[03478] five[02568] hundred[03967] thousand[0505] chosen[0977][8803] men[0376].
16:10 Thus the children[01121] of Israel[03478] were brought[03665][8735] under at that time[06256], and the children[01121] of Judah[03063] prevailed[0553][8799], because they relied[08172][8738] upon the LORD[03068] God[0430] of their fathers[01].
16:11 And Abijah[029] pursued[07291][8799] after[0310] Jeroboam[03379], and took[03920][8799] cities[05892] from him, Bethel[01008] with the towns[01323] thereof, and Jeshanah[03466] with the towns[01323] thereof, and Ephrain[06085] with the towns[01323] thereof.
16:12 Neither did Jeroboam[03379] recover[06113][8804] strength[03581] again in the days[03117] of Abijah[029]: and the LORD[03068] struck[05062][8799] him, and he died[04191][8799].
16:13 But Abijah[029] waxed mighty[02388][8691], and married[05375][8799] fourteen[0702][06240] wives[0802], and begat[03205][8686] twenty[06242] and two[08147] sons[01121], and sixteen[08337][06240] daughters[01323].
16:14 And the rest[03499] of the acts[01697] of Abijah[029], and his ways[01870], and his sayings[01697], are written[03789][8803] in the story[04097] of the prophet[05030] Iddo[05714].
17:1 So Abijah[029] slept[07901][8799] with his fathers[01], and they buried[06912][8799] him in the city[05892] of David[01732]: and Asa[0609] his son[01121] reigned[04427][8799] in his stead. In his days[03117] the land[0776] was quiet[08252][8804] ten[06235] years[08141].
17:2 And Asa[0609] did[06213][8799] that which was good[02896] and right[03477] in the eyes[05869] of the LORD[03068] his God[0430]:
17:3 For he took away[05493][8686] the altars[04196] of the strange[05236] gods , and the high places[01116], and brake down[07665][8762] the images[04676], and cut down[01438][8762] the groves[0842]: images: Heb. statues
17:4 And commanded[0559][8799] Judah[03063] to seek[01875][8800] the LORD[03068] God[0430] of their fathers[01], and to do[06213][8800] the law[08451] and the commandment[04687].
17:5 Also he took away[05493][8686] out of all the cities[05892] of Judah[03063] the high places[01116] and the images[02553]: and the kingdom[04467] was quiet[08252][8799] before[06440] him. images: Heb. sun images
17:6 And he built[01129][8799] fenced[04694] cities[05892] in Judah[03063]: for the land[0776] had rest[08252][8804], and he had no war[04421] in those years[08141]; because the LORD[03068] had given him rest[05117][8689].
17:7 Therefore he said[0559][8799] unto Judah[03063], Let us build[01129][8799] these cities[05892], and make about[05437][8686] them walls[02346], and towers[04026], gates[01817], and bars[01280], while the land[0776] is yet before[06440] us; because we have sought[01875][8804] the LORD[03068] our God[0430], we have sought[01875][8804] him , and he hath given us rest[05117][8799] on every side[05439]. So they built[01129][8799] and prospered[06743][8686].
17:8 And Asa[0609] had an army[02428] of men that bare[05375][8802] targets[06793] and spears[07420], out of Judah[03063] three[07969] hundred[03967] thousand[0505]; and out of Benjamin[01144], that bare[05375][8802] shields[04043] and drew[01869][8802] bows[07198], two hundred[03967] and fourscore[08084] thousand[0505]: all these were mighty men[01368] of valour[02428].
17:9 And there came out[03318][8799] against them Zerah[02226] the Ethiopian[03569] with an host[02428] of a thousand[0505] thousand[0505], and three[07969] hundred[03967] chariots[04818]; and came[0935][8799] unto Mareshah[04762].
17:10 Then Asa[0609] went out[03318][8799] against[06440] him, and they set the battle[04421] in array[06186][8799] in the valley[01516] of Zephathah[06859] at Mareshah[04762].
17:11 And Asa[0609] cried[07121][8799] unto the LORD[03068] his God[0430], and said[0559][8799], LORD[03068], it is nothing with thee to help[05826][8800], whether[0996] with many[07227], or with them that have no power[03581]: help[05826][8798] us, O LORD[03068] our God[0430]; for we rest[08172][8738] on thee, and in thy name[08034] we go[0935][8804] against this multitude[01995]. O LORD[03068], thou art our God[0430]; let not man[0582] prevail[06113][8799] against thee. man: or, mortal man
17:12 So the LORD[03068] smote[05062][8799] the Ethiopians[03569] before[06440] Asa[0609], and before[06440] Judah[03063]; and the Ethiopians[03569] fled[05127][8799].
17:13 And Asa[0609] and the people[05971] that were with him pursued[07291][8799] them unto Gerar[01642]: and the Ethiopians[03569] were overthrown[05307][8799], that they could not recover[04241] themselves; for they were destroyed[07665][8738] before[06440] the LORD[03068], and before[06440] his host[04264]; and they carried away[05375][8799] very[03966] much[07235][8687] spoil[07998]. destroyed: Heb. broken
17:14 And they smote[05221][8686] all the cities[05892] round about[05439] Gerar[01642]; for the fear[06343] of the LORD[03068] came upon them: and they spoiled[0962][8799] all the cities[05892]; for there was exceeding much[07227] spoil[0961] in them.
17:15 They smote[05221][8689] also the tents[0168] of cattle[04735], and carried away[07617][8799] sheep[06629] and camels[01581] in abundance[07230], and returned[07725][8799] to Jerusalem[03389].
17:16 And the Spirit[07307] of God[0430] came upon Azariah[05838] the son[01121] of Oded[05752]:
17:17 And he went out[03318][8799] to meet[06440] Asa[0609], and said[0559][8799] unto him, Hear[08085][8798] ye me, Asa[0609], and all Judah[03063] and Benjamin[01144]; The LORD[03068] is with you, while ye be with him; and if ye seek[01875][8799] him, he will be found[04672][8735] of you; but if ye forsake[05800][8799] him, he will forsake[05800][8799] you. to meet...: Heb. before Asa
17:18 Now for a long[07227] season[03117] Israel[03478] hath been without[03808] the true[0571] God[0430], and without a teaching[03384][8688] priest[03548], and without law[08451].
17:19 But when they in their trouble[06862] did turn[07725][8799] unto the LORD[03068] God[0430] of Israel[03478], and sought[01245][8762] him, he was found[04672][8735] of them.
18:1 And in those times[06256] there was no peace[07965] to him that went out[03318][8802], nor to him that came in[0935][8802], but great[07227] vexations[04103] were upon all the inhabitants[03427][8802] of the countries[0776].
18:2 And nation[01471] was destroyed[03807][8795] of nation[01471], and city[05892] of city[05892]: for God[0430] did vex[02000][8804] them with all adversity[06869]. destroyed: Heb. beaten in pieces
18:3 Be ye strong[02388][8798] therefore, and let not your hands[03027] be weak[07503][8799]: for your work[06468] shall be[03426] rewarded[07939].
18:4 And when Asa[0609] heard[08085][8800] these words[01697], and the prophecy[05016] of Oded[05752] the prophet[05030], he took courage[02388][8694], and put away[05674][8686] the abominable idols[08251] out of all the land[0776] of Judah[03063] and Benjamin[01144], and out of the cities[05892] which he had taken[03920][8804] from mount[02022] Ephraim[0669], and renewed[02318][8762] the altar[04196] of the LORD[03068], that was before[06440] the porch[0197] of the LORD[03068]. abominable...: Heb. abominations
18:5 And he gathered[06908][8799] all Judah[03063] and Benjamin[01144], and the strangers[01481][8802] with them out of Ephraim[0669] and Manasseh[04519], and out of Simeon[08095]: for they fell[05307][8804] to him out of Israel[03478] in abundance[07230], when they saw[07200][8800] that the LORD[03068] his God[0430] was with him.
18:6 So they gathered themselves together[06908][8735] at Jerusalem[03389] in the third[07992] month[02320], in the fifteenth[02568][06240] year[08141] of the reign[04438] of Asa[0609].
18:7 And they offered[02076][8799] unto the LORD[03068] the same time[03117], of the spoil[07998] which they had brought[0935][8689], seven[07651] hundred[03967] oxen[01241] and seven[07651] thousand[0505] sheep[06629]. the same...: Heb. in that day
18:8 And they entered[0935][8799] into a covenant[01285] to seek[01875][8800] the LORD[03068] God[0430] of their fathers[01] with all their heart[03824] and with all their soul[05315];
18:9 That whosoever would not seek[01875][8799] the LORD[03068] God[0430] of Israel[03478] should be put to death[04191][8714], whether[04480] small[06996] or great[01419], whether man[0376] or woman[0802].
18:10 And they sware[07650][8735] unto the LORD[03068] with a loud[01419] voice[06963], and with shouting[08643], and with trumpets[02689], and with cornets[07782].
18:11 And all Judah[03063] rejoiced[08055][8799] at the oath[07621]: for they had sworn[07650][8738] with all their heart[03824], and sought[01245][8765] him with their whole desire[07522]; and he was found[04672][8735] of them: and the LORD[03068] gave them rest[05117][8799] round about[05439].
18:12 And also concerning Maachah[04601] the mother[0517] of Asa[0609] the king[04428], he removed[05493][8689] her from being queen[01377], because she had made[06213][8804] an idol[04656] in a grove[0842]: and Asa[0609] cut down[03772][8799] her idol[04656], and stamped[01854][8686] it , and burnt[08313][8799] it at the brook[05158] Kidron[06939]. mother: that is, grandmother idol: Heb. horror
18:13 But the high places[01116] were not taken away[05493][8804] out of Israel[03478]: nevertheless the heart[03824] of Asa[0609] was perfect[08003] all his days[03117].
18:14 And he brought[0935][8686] into the house[01004] of God[0430] the things that his father[01] had dedicated[06944], and that he himself had dedicated[06944], silver[03701], and gold[02091], and vessels[03627].
18:15 And there was no more war[04421] unto the five[02568] and thirtieth[07970] year[08141] of the reign[04438] of Asa[0609].
18:16 In the six[08337] and thirtieth[07970] year[08141] of the reign[04438] of Asa[0609] Baasha[01201] king[04428] of Israel[03478] came up[05927][8804] against Judah[03063], and built[01129][8799] Ramah[07414], to the intent that[01115] he might let[05414][8800] none go out[03318][8802] or come in[0935][8802] to Asa[0609] king[04428] of Judah[03063].
18:17 Then Asa[0609] brought out[03318][8686] silver[03701] and gold[02091] out of the treasures[0214] of the house[01004] of the LORD[03068] and of the king's[04428] house[01004], and sent[07971][8799] to Benhadad[01130] king[04428] of Syria[0758], that dwelt[03427][8802] at Damascus[01834], saying[0559][8800], Damascus: Heb. Darmesek
18:18 There is a league[01285] between me and thee, as there was between my father[01] and thy father[01]: behold, I have sent[07971][8804] thee silver[03701] and gold[02091]; go[03212][8798], break[06565][8685] thy league[01285] with Baasha[01201] king[04428] of Israel[03478], that he may depart[05927][8799] from me.
18:19 And Benhadad[01130] hearkened[08085][8799] unto king[04428] Asa[0609], and sent[07971][8799] the captains[08269] of his armies[02428] against the cities[05892] of Israel[03478]; and they smote[05221][8686] Ijon[05859], and Dan[01835], and Abelmaim[066], and all the store[04543] cities[05892] of Naphtali[05321]. his: Heb. which were his
18:20 And it came to pass, when Baasha[01201] heard[08085][8800] it , that he left off[02308][8799] building[01129][8800] of Ramah[07414], and let his work[04399] cease[07673][8686].
18:21 Then Asa[0609] the king[04428] took[03947][8804] all Judah[03063]; and they carried away[05375][8799] the stones[068] of Ramah[07414], and the timber[06086] thereof, wherewith Baasha[01201] was building[01129][8804]; and he built[01129][8799] therewith Geba[01387] and Mizpah[04709].
18:22 And at that time[06256] Hanani[02607] the seer[07200][8802] came[0935][8804] to Asa[0609] king[04428] of Judah[03063], and said[0559][8799] unto him, Because thou hast relied[08172][8736] on the king[04428] of Syria[0758], and not relied[08172][8738] on the LORD[03068] thy God[0430], therefore is the host[02428] of the king[04428] of Syria[0758] escaped[04422][8738] out of thine hand[03027].
18:23 Were not the Ethiopians[03569] and the Lubims[03864] a huge[07230] host[02428], with very[03966] many[07235][8687] chariots[07393] and horsemen[06571]? yet, because thou didst rely[08172][8736] on the LORD[03068], he delivered[05414][8804] them into thine hand[03027]. a huge: Heb. in abundance
18:24 For the eyes[05869] of the LORD[03068] run to and fro[07751][8789] throughout the whole earth[0776], to shew himself strong[02388][8692] in the behalf of them whose heart[03824] is perfect[08003] toward him. Herein thou hast done foolishly[05528][8738]: therefore from henceforth[06258] thou shalt have[03426] wars[04421]. to shew...: or, strongly to hold with them, etc
18:25 Then Asa[0609] was wroth[03707][8799] with the seer[07200][8802], and put[05414][8799] him in a prison[04115] house[01004]; for he was in a rage[02197] with him because of this thing . And Asa[0609] oppressed[07533][8762] some of the people[05971] the same time[06256]. oppressed: Heb. crushed
18:26 And, behold, the acts[01697] of Asa[0609], first[07223] and last[0314], lo, they are written[03789][8803] in the book[05612] of the kings[04428] of Judah[03063] and Israel[03478].
18:27 And Asa[0609] in the thirty[07970] and ninth[08672] year[08141] of his reign[04438] was diseased[02456][8799] in his feet[07272], until his disease[02483] was exceeding[04605] great : yet in his disease[02483] he sought[01875][8804] not to the LORD[03068], but to the physicians[07495][8802].
18:28 And Asa[0609] slept[07901][8799] with his fathers[01], and died[04191][8799] in the one[0259] and fortieth[0705] year[08141] of his reign[04427][8800].
18:29 And they buried[06912][8799] him in his own sepulchres[06913], which he had made[03738][8804] for himself in the city[05892] of David[01732], and laid[07901][8686] him in the bed[04904] which was filled[04390][8765] with sweet odours[01314] and divers kinds[02177] of spices prepared[07543][8794] by the apothecaries[04842]' art[04639]: and they made[08313][8799] a very[03966] great[01419] burning[08316] for him. had made: Heb. had digged
18:30 And Jehoshaphat[03092] his son[01121] reigned[04427][8799] in his stead, and strengthened[02388][8691] himself against Israel[03478].
18:31 And he placed[05414][8799] forces[02428] in all the fenced[01219][8803] cities[05892] of Judah[03063], and set[05414][8799] garrisons[05333] in the land[0776] of Judah[03063], and in the cities[05892] of Ephraim[0669], which Asa[0609] his father[01] had taken[03920][8804].
18:32 And the LORD[03068] was with Jehoshaphat[03092], because he walked[01980][8804] in the first[07223] ways[01870] of his father[01] David[01732], and sought[01875][8804] not unto Baalim[01168]; of...: or, of his father, and of David
18:33 But sought[01875][8804] to the LORD God[0430] of his father[01], and walked[01980][8804] in his commandments[04687], and not after the doings[04639] of Israel[03478].
18:34 Therefore the LORD[03068] stablished[03559][8686] the kingdom[04467] in his hand[03027]; and all Judah[03063] brought[05414][8799] to Jehoshaphat[03092] presents[04503]; and he had riches[06239] and honour[03519] in abundance[07230]. brought: Heb. gave
19:1 And his heart[03820] was lifted up[01361][8799] in the ways[01870] of the LORD[03068]: moreover he took away[05493][8689] the high places[01116] and groves[0842] out of Judah[03063]. was...: that is, was encouraged
19:2 Also in the third[07969] year[08141] of his reign[04427][8800] he sent[07971][8804] to his princes[08269], even to Benhail[01134], and to Obadiah[05662], and to Zechariah[02148], and to Nethaneel[05417], and to Michaiah[04322], to teach[03925][8763] in the cities[05892] of Judah[03063].
19:3 And with them he sent Levites[03881], even Shemaiah[08098], and Nethaniah[05418], and Zebadiah[02069], and Asahel[06214], and Shemiramoth[08070], and Jehonathan[03083], and Adonijah[0138], and Tobijah[02900], and Tobadonijah[02899], Levites[03881]; and with them Elishama[0476] and Jehoram[03088], priests[03548].
19:4 And they taught[03925][8762] in Judah[03063], and had the book[05612] of the law[08451] of the LORD[03068] with them, and went about[05437][8799] throughout all the cities[05892] of Judah[03063], and taught[03925][8762] the people[05971].
19:5 And the fear[06343] of the LORD[03068] fell upon all the kingdoms[04467] of the lands[0776] that were round about[05439] Judah[03063], so that they made no war[03898][8738] against Jehoshaphat[03092]. fell: Heb. was
19:6 Also some of the Philistines[06430] brought[0935][8688] Jehoshaphat[03092] presents[04503], and tribute[04853] silver[03701]; and the Arabians[06163] brought[0935][8688] him flocks[06629], seven[07651] thousand[0505] and seven[07651] hundred[03967] rams[0352], and seven[07651] thousand[0505] and seven[07651] hundred[03967] he goats[08495].
19:7 And Jehoshaphat[03092] waxed[01980][8802] great[01432] exceedingly[04605]; and he built[01129][8799] in Judah[03063] castles[01003], and cities[05892] of store[04543]. castles: or, palaces
19:8 And he had much[07227] business[04399] in the cities[05892] of Judah[03063]: and the men[0582] of war[04421], mighty men[01368] of valour[02428], were in Jerusalem[03389].
19:9 And these are the numbers[06486] of them according to the house[01004] of their fathers[01]: Of Judah[03063], the captains[08269] of thousands[0505]; Adnah[05734] the chief[08269], and with him mighty men[01368] of valour[02428] three[07969] hundred[03967] thousand[0505].
19:10 And next[03027] to him was Jehohanan[03076] the captain[08269], and with him two hundred[03967] and fourscore[08084] thousand[0505]. next...: Heb. at his hand
19:11 And next[03027] him was Amasiah[06007] the son[01121] of Zichri[02147], who willingly offered[05068][8693] himself unto the LORD[03068]; and with him two hundred[03967] thousand[0505] mighty men[01368] of valour[02428].
20:1 And of Benjamin[01144]; Eliada[0450] a mighty man[01368] of valour[02428], and with him armed men[05401][8802] with bow[07198] and shield[04043] two hundred[03967] thousand[0505].
20:2 And next[03027] him was Jehozabad[03075], and with him an hundred[03967] and fourscore[08084] thousand[0505] ready prepared[02502][8803] for the war[06635].
20:3 These waited[08334][8764] on the king[04428], beside those whom the king[04428] put[05414][8804] in the fenced[04013] cities[05892] throughout all Judah[03063].
20:4 Now Jehoshaphat[03092] had riches[06239] and honour[03519] in abundance[07230], and joined affinity[02859][8691] with Ahab[0256].
20:5 And after[07093] certain years[08141] he went down[03381][8799] to Ahab[0256] to Samaria[08111]. And Ahab[0256] killed[02076][8799] sheep[06629] and oxen[01241] for him in abundance[07230], and for the people[05971] that he had with him, and persuaded[05496][8686] him to go up[05927][8800] with him to Ramothgilead[07433][01568]. after...: Heb. at the end of years
20:6 And Ahab[0256] king[04428] of Israel[03478] said[0559][8799] unto Jehoshaphat[03092] king[04428] of Judah[03063], Wilt thou go[03212][8799] with me to Ramothgilead[07433][01568]? And he answered[0559][8799] him, I am  as thou art , and my people[05971] as thy people[05971]; and we will be with thee in the war[04421].
20:7 And Jehoshaphat[03092] said[0559][8799] unto the king[04428] of Israel[03478], Enquire[01875][8798], I pray thee, at the word[01697] of the LORD[03068] to day[03117].
20:8 Therefore the king[04428] of Israel[03478] gathered together[06908][8799] of prophets[05030] four[0702] hundred[03967] men[0376], and said[0559][8799] unto them, Shall we go[03212][8799] to Ramothgilead[07433][01568] to battle[04421], or shall I forbear[02308][8799]? And they said[0559][8799], Go up[05927][8798]; for God[0430] will deliver[05414][8799] it  into the king's[04428] hand[03027].
20:9 But Jehoshaphat[03092] said[0559][8799], Is there not here a prophet[05030] of the LORD[03068] besides, that we might enquire[01875][8799] of him? besides: Heb. yet, or, more
20:10 And the king[04428] of Israel[03478] said[0559][8799] unto Jehoshaphat[03092], There is yet one[0259] man[0376], by whom we may enquire[01875][8800] of the LORD[03068]: but I hate[08130][8804] him; for he never prophesied[05012][8693] good[02896] unto me, but always[03117] evil[07451]: the same is Micaiah[04321] the son[01121] of Imla[03229]. And Jehoshaphat[03092] said[0559][8799], Let not the king[04428] say[0559][8799] so.
20:11 And the king[04428] of Israel[03478] called[07121][8799] for one[0259] of his officers[05631], and said[0559][8799], Fetch quickly[04116][8761] Micaiah[04319] the son[01121] of Imla[03229]. officers: or, eunuchs Fetch...: Heb. Hasten
20:12 And the king[04428] of Israel[03478] and Jehoshaphat[03092] king[04428] of Judah[03063] sat[03427][8802] either[0376] of them on his throne[03678], clothed[03847][8794] in their  robes[0899], and they sat[03427][8802] in a void place[01637] at the entering in[06607] of the gate[08179] of Samaria[08111]; and all the prophets[05030] prophesied[05012][8693] before[06440] them. void...: or, floor
20:13 And Zedekiah[06667] the son[01121] of Chenaanah[03668] had made[06213][8799] him horns[07161] of iron[01270], and said[0559][8799], Thus saith[0559][8804] the LORD[03068], With these thou shalt push[05055][8762] Syria[0758] until they be consumed[03615][8763]. they...: Heb. thou consume them
20:14 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 hand[03027] of the king[04428].
20:15 And the messenger[04397] that went[01980][8804] to call[07121][8800] Micaiah[04321] spake[01696][8765] to him, saying[0559][8800], Behold, the words[01697] of the prophets[05030] declare good[02896] to the king[04428] with one[0259] assent[06310]; let thy word[01697] therefore, I pray thee, be like one[0259] of theirs, and speak[01696][8765] thou good[02896]. with...: Heb. with one mouth
20:16 And Micaiah[04321] said[0559][8799], As the LORD[03068] liveth[02416], even what my God[0430] saith[0559][8799], that will I speak[01696][8762].
20:17 And when he was come[0935][8799] to the king[04428], the king[04428] said[0559][8799] unto him, Micaiah[04318], shall we go[03212][8799] to Ramothgilead[07433][01568] to battle[04421], or shall I forbear[02308][8799]? And he said[0559][8799], Go ye up[05927][8798], and prosper[06743][8685], and they shall be delivered[05414][8735] into your hand[03027].
20:18 And the king[04428] said[0559][8799] to him, How many times[06471] shall I adjure[07650][8688] thee that thou say[01696][8762] nothing but the truth[0571] to me in the name[08034] of the LORD[03068]?
20:19 Then he said[0559][8799], I did see[07200][8804] all Israel[03478] scattered[06327][8737] upon the mountains[02022], as sheep[06629] that have no shepherd[07462][8802]: and the LORD[03068] said[0559][8799], These have no master[0113]; let them return[07725][8799] therefore every man[0376] to his house[01004] in peace[07965].
20:20 And the king[04428] of Israel[03478] said[0559][8799] to Jehoshaphat[03092], Did I not tell[0559][8804] thee that he would not prophesy[05012][8691] good[02896] unto me, but evil[07451]? but evil: or, but for evil
20:21 Again he said[0559][8799], Therefore hear[08085][8798] the word[01697] of the LORD[03068]; I saw[07200][8804] the LORD[03068] sitting[03427][8802] upon his throne[03678], and all the host[06635] of heaven[08064] standing[05975][8802] on his right hand[03225] and on his left[08040].
20:22 And the LORD[03068] said[0559][8799], Who shall entice[06601][8762] Ahab[0256] king[04428] of Israel[03478], that he may go up[05927][8799] and fall[05307][8799] at Ramothgilead[07433][01568]? And one spake[0559][8799] saying[0559][8802] after this manner[03602], and another saying[0559][8802] after that manner[03602].
20:23 Then there came out[03318][8799] a spirit[07307], and stood[05975][8799] before[06440] the LORD[03068], and said[0559][8799], I will entice[06601][8762] him. And the LORD[03068] said[0559][8799] unto him, Wherewith?
20:24 And he said[0559][8799], I will go out[03318][8799], and be a lying[08267] spirit[07307] in the mouth[06310] of all his prophets[05030]. And the LORD said[0559][8799], Thou shalt entice[06601][8762] him , and thou shalt also prevail[03201][8799]: go out[03318][8798], and do[06213][8798] even so.
20:25 Now therefore, behold, the LORD[03068] hath put[05414][8804] a lying[08267] spirit[07307] in the mouth[06310] of these thy prophets[05030], and the LORD[03068] hath spoken[01696][8765] evil[07451] against thee.
20:26 Then Zedekiah[06667] the son[01121] of Chenaanah[03668] came near[05066][8799], and smote[05221][8686] Micaiah[04321] upon the cheek[03895], and said[0559][8799], Which[0335] way[01870] went[05674][8804] the Spirit[07307] of the LORD[03068] from me to speak[01696][8763] unto thee?
20:27 And Micaiah[04321] said[0559][8799], Behold, thou shalt see[07200][8802] on that day[03117] when thou shalt go[0935][8799] into an inner[02315] chamber[02315] to hide[02244][8736] thyself. into...: or, from chamber to chamber: Heb. a chamber in a chamber
20:28 Then the king[04428] of Israel[03478] said[0559][8799], Take[03947][8798] ye Micaiah[04321], and carry him back[07725][8685] to Amon[0526] the governor[08269] of the city[05892], and to Joash[03101] the king's[04428] son[01121];
20:29 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 return[07725][8800] in peace[07965].
20:30 And Micaiah[04321] said[0559][8799], If thou certainly[07725][8800] return[07725][8799] in peace[07965], then hath not the LORD[03068] spoken[01696][8765] by me. And he said[0559][8799], Hearken[08085][8798], all ye people[05971].
20:31 So the king[04428] of Israel[03478] and Jehoshaphat[03092] the king[04428] of Judah[03063] went up[05927][8799] to Ramothgilead[07433][01568].
20:32 And the king[04428] of Israel[03478] said[0559][8799] unto Jehoshaphat[03092], I will disguise[02664][8692] myself, and will go[0935][8800] to the battle[04421]; but put[03847][8798] thou on thy robes[0899]. So the king[04428] of Israel[03478] disguised[02664][8691] himself; and they went[0935][8799] to the battle[04421].
20:33 Now the king[04428] of Syria[0758] had commanded[06680][8765] the captains[08269] of the chariots[07393] that were with him, saying[0559][8800], Fight[03898][8735] ye not with small[06996] or great[01419], save only with the king[04428] of Israel[03478].
20:34 And it came to pass, when the captains[08269] of the chariots[07393] saw[07200][8800] Jehoshaphat[03092], that they said[0559][8804], It is the king[04428] of Israel[03478]. Therefore they compassed about[05437][8799] him to fight[03898][8736]: but Jehoshaphat[03092] cried out[02199][8799], and the LORD[03068] helped[05826][8804] him; and God[0430] moved[05496][8686] them to depart from him.
20:35 For it came to pass, that, when the captains[08269] of the chariots[07393] perceived[07200][8800] that it was not the king[04428] of Israel[03478], they turned back again[07725][8799] from pursuing[0310] him. from...: Heb. from after him
20:36 And a certain man 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]: therefore he said[0559][8799] to his chariot[07395] man[0376], Turn[02015][8798] thine hand[03027], that thou mayest carry me out[03318][8689] of the host[04264]; for I am wounded[02470][8717]. at a venture: Heb. in his simplicity between...: Heb. between the joints and between the breastplate wounded: Heb. made sick
20:37 And the battle[04421] increased[05927][8799] that day[03117]: howbeit the king[04428] of Israel[03478] stayed himself up[05975][8689] in his chariot[04818] against[05227] the Syrians[0758] until the even[06153]: and about the time[06256] of the sun[08121] going down[0935][8800] he died[04191][8799].
21:1 And Jehoshaphat[03092] the king[04428] of Judah[03063] returned[07725][8799] to his house[01004] in peace[07965] to Jerusalem[03389].
21:2 And Jehu[03058] the son[01121] of Hanani[02607] the seer[02374] went out[03318][8799] to meet[06440] him, and said[0559][8799] to king[04428] Jehoshaphat[03092], Shouldest thou help[05826][8800] the ungodly[07563], and love[0157][8799] them that hate[08130][8802] the LORD[03068]? therefore[02063] is wrath[07110] upon thee from before[06440] the LORD[03068].
21:3 Nevertheless[061] there are good[02896] things[01697] found[04672][8738] in thee, in that thou hast taken away[01197][8765] the groves[0842] out of the land[0776], and hast prepared[03559][8689] thine heart[03824] to seek[01875][8800] God[0430].
21:4 And Jehoshaphat[03092] dwelt[03427][8799] at Jerusalem[03389]: and he went out[03318][8799] again[07725][8799] through the people[05971] from Beersheba[0884] to mount[02022] Ephraim[0669], and brought them back[07725][8686] unto the LORD[03068] God[0430] of their fathers[01]. he went...: Heb. he returned and went out
21:5 And he set[05975][8686] judges[08199][8802] in the land[0776] throughout all the fenced[01219][8803] cities[05892] of Judah[03063], city[05892] by city[05892],
21:6 And said[0559][8799] to the judges[08199][8802], Take heed[07200][8798] what ye do[06213][8802]: for ye judge[08199][8799] not for man[0120], but for the LORD[03068], who is  with you in the judgment[01697][04941]. in...: Heb. in the matter of judgment
21:7 Wherefore now let the fear[06343] of the LORD[03068] be upon you; take heed[08104][8798] and do[06213][8798] it : for there is no iniquity[05766] with the LORD[03068] our God[0430], nor respect[04856] of persons[06440], nor taking[04727] of gifts[07810].
21:8 Moreover in Jerusalem[03389] did Jehoshaphat[03092] set[05975][8689] of the Levites[03881], and of the priests[03548], and of the chief[07218] of the fathers[01] of Israel[03478], for the judgment[04941] of the LORD[03068], and for controversies[07379], when they returned[07725][8799] to Jerusalem[03389].
21:9 And he charged[06680][8762] them, saying[0559][8800], Thus shall ye do[06213][8799] in the fear[03374] of the LORD[03068], faithfully[0530], and with a perfect[08003] heart[03824].
21:10 And what cause[07379] soever shall come[0935][8799] to you of your brethren[0251] that dwell[03427][8802] in their cities[05892], between blood[01818] and blood[01818], between law[08451] and commandment[04687], statutes[02706] and judgments[04941], ye shall even warn[02094][8689] them that they trespass[0816][8799] not against the LORD[03068], and so wrath[07110] come upon you, and upon your brethren[0251]: this[03541] do[06213][8799], and ye shall not trespass[0816][8799].
21:11 And, behold, Amariah[0568] the chief[07218] priest[03548] is over you in all matters[01697] of the LORD[03068]; and Zebadiah[02069] the son[01121] of Ishmael[03458], the ruler[05057] of the house[01004] of Judah[03063], for all the king's[04428] matters[01697]: also the Levites[03881] shall be officers[07860][8802] before[06440] you. Deal[06213][8798] courageously[02388][8798], and the LORD[03068] shall be with the good[02896]. Deal...: Heb. Take courage and do
21:12 It came to pass after this[0310] also, that the children[01121] of Moab[04124], and the children[01121] of Ammon[05983], and with them other beside the Ammonites[05984], came[0935][8804] against Jehoshaphat[03092] to battle[04421].
21:13 Then there came[0935][8799] some that told[05046][8686] Jehoshaphat[03092], saying[0559][8800], There cometh[0935][8802] a great[07227] multitude[01995] against thee from beyond[05676] the sea[03220] on this side Syria[0758]; and, behold, they be in Hazazontamar[02688], which is Engedi[05872].
21:14 And Jehoshaphat[03092] feared[03372][8799], and set[05414][8799] himself[06440] to seek[01875][8800] the LORD[03068], and proclaimed[07121][8799] a fast[06685] throughout[05921] all Judah[03063]. himself: Heb. his face
21:15 And Judah[03063] gathered themselves together[06908][8735], to ask[01245][8763] help of the LORD[03068]: even out of all the cities[05892] of Judah[03063] they came[0935][8804] to seek[01245][8763] the LORD[03068].
21:16 And Jehoshaphat[03092] stood[05975][8799] in the congregation[06951] of Judah[03063] and Jerusalem[03389], in the house[01004] of the LORD[03068], before[06440] the new[02319] court[02691],
21:17 And said[0559][8799], O LORD[03068] God[0430] of our fathers[01], art not thou God[0430] in heaven[08064]? and rulest[04910][8802] not thou over all the kingdoms[04467] of the heathen[01471]? and in thine hand[03027] is there not power[03581] and might[01369], so that none is able to withstand[03320][8692] thee?
21:18 Art not thou our God[0430], who didst drive out[03423][8689] the inhabitants[03427][8802] of this land[0776] before[06440] thy people[05971] Israel[03478], and gavest[05414][8799] it to the seed[02233] of Abraham[085] thy friend[0157][8802] for ever[05769]? who: Heb. thou
21:19 And they dwelt[03427][8799] therein, and have built[01129][8799] thee a sanctuary[04720] therein for thy name[08034], saying[0559][8800],
21:20 If, when evil[07451] cometh[0935][8799] upon us, as the sword[02719], judgment[08196], or pestilence[01698], or famine[07458], we stand[05975][8799] before[06440] this house[01004], and in thy presence[06440], (for thy name[08034] is in this house[01004],) and cry[02199][8799] unto thee in our affliction[06869], then thou wilt hear[08085][8799] and help[03467][8686].
22:1 And now, behold, the children[01121] of Ammon[05983] and Moab[04124] and mount[02022] Seir[08165], whom thou wouldest not let[05414][8804] Israel[03478] invade[0935][8800], when they came out[0935][8800] of the land[0776] of Egypt[04714], but they turned[05493][8804] from them, and destroyed[08045][8689] them not;
22:2 Behold, I say, how they reward[01580][8802] us, to come[0935][8800] to cast us out[01644][8763] of thy possession[03425], which thou hast given us to inherit[03423][8689].
22:3 O our God[0430], wilt thou not judge[08199][8799] them? for we have no might[03581] against[06440] this great[07227] company[01995] that cometh[0935][8802] against us; neither know[03045][8799] we[0587] what to do[06213][8799]: but our eyes[05869] are upon thee.
22:4 And all Judah[03063] stood[05975][8802] before[06440] the LORD[03068], with[01571] their little ones[02945], their wives[0802], and their children[01121].
22:5 Then upon Jahaziel[03166] the son[01121] of Zechariah[02148], the son[01121] of Benaiah[01141], the son[01121] of Jeiel[03273], the son[01121] of Mattaniah[04983], a Levite[03881] of the sons[01121] of Asaph[0623], came the Spirit[07307] of the LORD[03068] in the midst[08432] of the congregation[06951];
22:6 And he said[0559][8799], Hearken[07181][8685] ye, all Judah[03063], and ye inhabitants[03427][8802] of Jerusalem[03389], and thou king[04428] Jehoshaphat[03092], Thus saith[0559][8804] the LORD[03068] unto you, Be not afraid[03372][8799] nor dismayed[02865][8735] by reason[06440] of this great[07227] multitude[01995]; for the battle[04421] is not yours, but God's[0430].
22:7 To morrow[04279] go ye down[03381][8798] against them: behold, they come up[05927][8802] by the cliff[04608] of Ziz[06732]; and ye shall find[04672][8804] them at the end[05490] of the brook[05158], before[06440] the wilderness[04057] of Jeruel[03385]. cliff: Heb. ascent brook: or, valley
22:8 Ye shall not need to fight[03898][8736] in this[02063] battle : set[03320][8690] yourselves, stand[05975][8798] ye still , and see[07200][8798] the salvation[03444] of the LORD[03068] with you, O Judah[03063] and Jerusalem[03389]: fear[03372][8799] not, nor be dismayed[02865][8735]; to morrow[04279] go out[03318][8798] against[06440] them: for the LORD[03068] will be with you.
22:9 And Jehoshaphat[03092] bowed[06915][8799] his head with his face[0639] to the ground[0776]: and all Judah[03063] and the inhabitants[03427][8802] of Jerusalem[03389] fell[05307][8804] before[06440] the LORD[03068], worshipping[07812][8692] the LORD[03068].
22:10 And the Levites[03881], of the children[01121] of the Kohathites[06956], and of the children[01121] of the Korhites[07145], stood up[06965][8799] to praise[01984][8763] the LORD[03068] God[0430] of Israel[03478] with a loud[01419] voice[06963] on high[04605].
22:11 And they rose early[07925][8686] in the morning[01242], and went forth[03318][8799] into the wilderness[04057] of Tekoa[08620]: and as they went forth[03318][8800], Jehoshaphat[03092] stood[05975][8804] and said[0559][8799], Hear[08085][8798] me, O Judah[03063], and ye inhabitants[03427][8802] of Jerusalem[03389]; Believe[0539][8685] in the LORD[03068] your God[0430], so shall ye be established[0539][8735]; believe[0539][8685] his prophets[05030], so shall ye prosper[06743][8685].
22:12 And when he had consulted[03289][8735] with the people[05971], he appointed[05975][8686] singers[07891][8789] unto the LORD[03068], and that should praise[01984][8764] the beauty[01927] of holiness[06944], as they went out[03318][8800] before[06440] the army[02502][8803], and to say[0559][8802], Praise[03034][8685] the LORD[03068]; for his mercy[02617] endureth  for ever[05769]. that...: Heb. praisers
23:1 And when[06256] they began[02490][8689] to sing[07440] and to praise[08416], the LORD[03068] set[05414][8804] ambushments[0693][8764] against the children[01121] of Ammon[05983], Moab[04124], and mount[02022] Seir[08165], which were come[0935][8802] against Judah[03063]; and they were smitten[05062][8735]. And when...: Heb. And in the time that they, etc to sing...: Heb. in singing and praise they were...: or, they smote one another
23:2 For the children[01121] of Ammon[05983] and Moab[04124] stood up[05975][8799] against the inhabitants[03427][8802] of mount[02022] Seir[08165], utterly to slay[02763][8687] and destroy[08045][8687] them : and when they had made an end[03615][8763] of the inhabitants[03427][8802] of Seir[08165], every one[0376] helped[05826][8804] to destroy[04889] another[07453]. to destroy: Heb. for the destruction
23:3 And when Judah[03063] came[0935][8804] toward the watch tower[04707][8677][04708] in the wilderness[04057], they looked[06437][8799] unto the multitude[01995], and, behold, they were dead bodies[06297] fallen[05307][8802] to the earth[0776], and none escaped[06413]. none...: Heb. there was not an escaping
23:4 And when Jehoshaphat[03092] and his people[05971] came[0935][8799] to take away[0962][8800] the spoil[07998] of them, they found[04672][8799] among them in abundance[07230] both riches[07399] with the dead bodies[06297], and precious[02532] jewels[03627], which they stripped off[05337][8762] for themselves, more than[0369] they could carry away[04853]: and they were three[07969] days[03117] in gathering[0962][8802] of the spoil[07998], it was so much[07227].
23:5 And on the fourth[07243] day[03117] they assembled[06950][8738] themselves in the valley[06010] of Berachah[01294]; for there they blessed[01288][8765] the LORD[03068]: therefore the name[08034] of the same place[04725] was called[07121][8804], The valley[06010] of Berachah[01294], unto this day[03117]. Berachah: that is, blessing
23:6 Then they returned[07725][8799], every man[0376] of Judah[03063] and Jerusalem[03389], and Jehoshaphat[03092] in the forefront[07218] of them, to go again[07725][8800] to Jerusalem[03389] with joy[08057]; for the LORD[03068] had made them to rejoice[08055][8765] over their enemies[0341][8802]. forefront: Heb. head
23:7 And they came[0935][8799] to Jerusalem[03389] with psalteries[05035] and harps[03658] and trumpets[02689] unto the house[01004] of the LORD[03068].
23:8 And the fear[06343] of God[0430] was on all the kingdoms[04467] of those countries[0776], when they had heard[08085][8800] that the LORD[03068] fought[03898][8738] against the enemies[0341][8802] of Israel[03478].
23:9 So the realm[04438] of Jehoshaphat[03092] was quiet[08252][8799]: for his God[0430] gave him rest[05117][8799] round about[05439].
23:10 And Jehoshaphat[03092] reigned[04427][8799] over Judah[03063]: he 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].
23:11 And he walked[03212][8799] in the way[01870] of Asa[0609] his father[01], and departed[05493][8804] not from it, doing[06213][8800] that which was right[03477] in the sight[05869] of the LORD[03068].
23:12 Howbeit the high places[01116] were not taken away[05493][8804]: for as yet the people[05971] had not prepared[03559][8689] their hearts[03824] unto the God[0430] of their fathers[01].
23:13 Now the rest[03499] of the acts[01697] of Jehoshaphat[03092], first[07223] and last[0314], behold, they are written[03789][8803] in the book[01697] of Jehu[03058] the son[01121] of Hanani[02607], who is  mentioned[05927][8717] in the book[05612] of the kings[04428] of Israel[03478]. book of Jehu: Heb. words, etc is mentioned: Heb. was made to ascend
23:14 And after[0310] this did Jehoshaphat[03092] king[04428] of Judah[03063] join[02266][8694] himself with Ahaziah[0274] king[04428] of Israel[03478], who did[06213][8800] very wickedly[07561][8689]:
23:15 And he joined[02266][8762] himself with him to make[06213][8800] ships[0591] to go[03212][8800] to Tarshish[08659]: and they made[06213][8799] the ships[0591] in Eziongeber[06100].
23:16 Then Eliezer[0461] the son[01121] of Dodavah[01735] of Mareshah[04762] prophesied[05012][8691] against Jehoshaphat[03092], saying[0559][8800], Because thou hast joined[02266][8692] thyself with Ahaziah[0274], the LORD[03068] hath broken[06555][8804] thy works[04639]. And the ships[0591] were broken[07665][8735], that they were not able[06113][8804] to go[03212][8800] to Tarshish[08659].
23:17 Now 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]. And Jehoram[03088] his son[01121] reigned[04427][8799] in his stead.
23:18 And he had brethren[0251] the sons[01121] of Jehoshaphat[03092], Azariah[05838], and Jehiel[03171], and Zechariah[02148], and Azariah[05838], and Michael[04317], and Shephatiah[08203]: all these were the sons[01121] of Jehoshaphat[03092] king[04428] of Israel[03478].
23:19 And their father[01] gave[05414][8799] them great[07227] gifts[04979] of silver[03701], and of gold[02091], and of precious things[04030], with fenced[04694] cities[05892] in Judah[03063]: but the kingdom[04467] gave[05414][8804] he to Jehoram[03088]; because he was the firstborn[01060].
23:20 Now when Jehoram[03088] was risen up[06965][8799] to the kingdom[04467] of his father[01], he strengthened[02388][8691] himself, and slew[02026][8799] all his brethren[0251] with the sword[02719], and divers also of the princes[08269] of Israel[03478].
23:21 Jehoram[03088] was thirty[07970] and two[08147] years[08141] old[01121] when he began to reign[04427][8800], and he reigned[04427][8804] eight[08083] years[08141] in Jerusalem[03389].
24:1 And he walked[03212][8799] in the way[01870] of the kings[04428] of Israel[03478], like as did[06213][8804] the house[01004] of Ahab[0256]: for he had the daughter[01323] of Ahab[0256] to wife[0802]: and he wrought[06213][8799] that which was evil[07451] in the eyes[05869] of the LORD[03068].
24:2 Howbeit the LORD[03068] would[014][8804] not destroy[07843][8687] the house[01004] of David[01732], because of the covenant[01285] that he had made[03772][8804] with David[01732], and as he promised[0559][8804] to give[05414][8800] a light[05216] to him and to his sons[01121] for ever[03117]. light: Heb. lamp, or, candle
24:3 In his days[03117] the Edomites[0123] revolted[06586][8804] from under the dominion[03027] of Judah[03063], and made[04427][8686] themselves a king[04428]. dominion: Heb. hand
24:4 Then Jehoram[03088] went forth[05674][8799] with his princes[08269], and all his chariots[07393] with him: and he rose up[06965][8804] by night[03915], and smote[05221][8686] the Edomites[0123] which compassed him in[05437][8802], and the captains[08269] of the chariots[07393].
24:5 So the Edomites[0123] revolted[06586][8799] from under the hand[03027] of Judah[03063] unto this day[03117]. The same time[06256] also did Libnah[03841] revolt[06586][8799] from under his hand[03027]; because he had forsaken[05800][8804] the LORD[03068] God[0430] of his fathers[01].
24:6 Moreover he made[06213][8804] high places[01116] in the mountains[02022] of Judah[03063], and caused the inhabitants[03427][8802] of Jerusalem[03389] to commit fornication[02181][8686], and compelled[05080][8686] Judah[03063] thereto .
24:7 And there came[0935][8799] a writing[04385] to him from Elijah[0452] the prophet[05030], saying[0559][8800], Thus saith[0559][8804] the LORD[03068] God[0430] of David[01732] thy father[01], Because thou hast not walked[01980][8804] in the ways[01870] of Jehoshaphat[03092] thy father[01], nor in the ways[01870] of Asa[0609] king[04428] of Judah[03063],
24:8 But hast walked[03212][8799] in the way[01870] of the kings[04428] of Israel[03478], and hast made Judah[03063] and the inhabitants[03427][8802] of Jerusalem[03389] to go a whoring[02181][8686], like to the whoredoms[02181][8687] of the house[01004] of Ahab[0256], and also hast slain[02026][8804] thy brethren[0251] of thy father's[01] house[01004], which were  better[02896] than thyself:
24:9 Behold, with a great[01419] plague[04046] will the LORD[03068] smite[05062][8802] thy people[05971], and thy children[01121], and thy wives[0802], and all thy goods[07399]: a great...: Heb. a great stroke
24:10 And thou shalt have great[07227] sickness[02483] by disease[04245] of thy bowels[04578], until thy bowels[04578] fall out[03318][8799] by reason of the sickness[02483] day[03117] by day[03117].
24:11 Moreover the LORD[03068] stirred up[05782][8686] against Jehoram[03088] the spirit[07307] of the Philistines[06430], and of the Arabians[06163], that were near[05921][03027] the Ethiopians[03569]:
24:12 And they came up[05927][8799] into Judah[03063], and brake[01234][8799] into it, and carried away[07617][8799] all the substance[07399] that was found[04672][8737] in the king's[04428] house[01004], and his sons[01121] also, and his wives[0802]; so that there was never a son[01121] left[07604][8738] him, save Jehoahaz[03059], the youngest[06996] of his sons[01121]. carried...: Heb. carried captive Jehoahaz: also called, Ahaziah, or, Azariah
24:13 And after[0310] all this the LORD[03068] smote[05062][8804] him in his bowels[04578] with an incurable[0369][04832] disease[02483].
24:14 And it came to pass, that in process of time[03117], after[03318][8800][06256] the end[07093] of two[08147] years[03117], his bowels[04578] fell out[03318][8804] by reason[05973] of his sickness[02483]: so he died[04191][8799] of sore[07451] diseases[08463]. And his people[05971] made[06213][8804] no burning[08316] for him, like the burning[08316] of his fathers[01].
24:15 Thirty[07970] and two[08147] years old[01121] was he when he began to reign[04427][8800], and he reigned[04427][8804] in Jerusalem[03389] eight[08083] years[08141], and departed[03212][8799] without being desired[02532]. Howbeit they buried[06912][8799] him in the city[05892] of David[01732], but not in the sepulchres[06913] of the kings[04428]. without...: Heb. without desire
24:16 And the inhabitants[03427][8802] of Jerusalem[03389] made[04427][00] Ahaziah[0274] his youngest[06996] son[01121] king[04427][8686] in his stead: for the band of men[01416] that came[0935][8802] with the Arabians[06163] to the camp[04264] had slain[02026][8804] all the eldest[07223]. So Ahaziah[0274] the son[01121] of Jehoram[03088] king[04428] of Judah[03063] reigned[04427][8799].
24:17 Forty[0705] and two[08147] 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]. His mother's[0517] name[08034] also was Athaliah[06271] the daughter[01323] of Omri[06018].
24:18 He also walked[01980][8804] in the ways[01870] of the house[01004] of Ahab[0256]: for his mother[0517] was his counsellor[03289][8802] to do wickedly[07561][8687].
24:19 Wherefore he did[06213][8799] evil[07451] in the sight[05869] of the LORD[03068] like the house[01004] of Ahab[0256]: for they were his counsellors[03289][8802] after[0310] the death[04194] of his father[01] to his destruction[04889].
24:20 He walked[01980][8804] also after their counsel[06098], and went[03212][8799] with Jehoram[03088] the son[01121] of Ahab[0256] king[04428] of Israel[03478] to war[04421] against Hazael[02371] king[04428] of Syria[0758] at Ramothgilead[07433][01568]: and the Syrians[07421] smote[05221][8686] Joram[03141].
24:21 And he returned[07725][8799] to be healed[07495][8692] in Jezreel[03157] because of the wounds[04347] which were given[05221][8689] him at Ramah[07414], when he fought[03898][8736] with Hazael[02371] king[04428] of Syria[0758]. And Azariah[05838] the son[01121] of Jehoram[03088] king[04428] of Judah[03063] went down[03381][8804] to see[07200][8800] Jehoram[03088] the son[01121] of Ahab[0256] at Jezreel[03157], because he was sick[02470][8802]. which...: Heb. wherewith they wounded him Azariah: also called, Ahaziah, or, Jehoahaz
24:22 And the destruction[08395] of Ahaziah[0274] was of God[0430] by coming[0935][8800] to Joram[03141]: for when he was come[0935][8800], he went out[03318][8804] with Jehoram[03088] against Jehu[03058] the son[01121] of Nimshi[05250], whom the LORD[03068] had anointed[04886][8804] to cut off[03772][8687] the house[01004] of Ahab[0256]. destruction: Heb. treading down
24:23 And it came to pass, that, when Jehu[03058] was executing judgment[08199][8736] upon the house[01004] of Ahab[0256], and found[04672][8799] the princes[08269] of Judah[03063], and the sons[01121] of the brethren[0251] of Ahaziah[0274], that ministered[08334][8764] to Ahaziah[0274], he slew[02026][8799] them.
24:24 And he sought[01245][8762] Ahaziah[0274]: and they caught[03920][8799] him, (for he was hid[02244][8693] in Samaria[08111],) and brought[0935][8686] him to Jehu[03058]: and when they had slain[04191][8686] him, they buried[06912][8799] him: Because, said[0559][8804] they, he is the son[01121] of Jehoshaphat[03092], who sought[01875][8804] the LORD[03068] with all his heart[03824]. So the house[01004] of Ahaziah[0274] had no power[03581] to keep[06113][8800] still the kingdom[04467].
24:25 But 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[01696][8762] all the seed[02233] royal[04467] of the house[01004] of Judah[03063].
24:26 But Jehoshabeath[03090], the daughter[01323] of the king[04428], 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] that were slain[04191][8716], and put[05414][8799] him and his nurse[03243][8688] in a bedchamber[02315][04296]. So Jehoshabeath[03090], the daughter[01323] of king[04428] Jehoram[03088], the wife[0802] of Jehoiada[03077] the priest[03548], (for she was the sister[0269] of Ahaziah[0274],) hid[05641][8686] him from[06440] Athaliah[06271], so that she slew[04191][8689] him not. Jehoshabeath: also called, Jehosheba
24:27 And he was with them hid[02244][8693] in the house[01004] of God[0430] six[08337] years[08141]: and Athaliah[06271] reigned[04427][8802] over the land[0776].
25:1 And in the seventh[07637] year[08141] Jehoiada[03077] strengthened[02388][8694] himself, and took[03947][8799] the captains[08269] of hundreds[03967], Azariah[05838] the son[01121] of Jeroham[03395], and Ishmael[03458] the son[01121] of Jehohanan[03076], and Azariah[05838] the son[01121] of Obed[05744], and Maaseiah[04641] the son[01121] of Adaiah[05718], and Elishaphat[0478] the son[01121] of Zichri[02147], into covenant[01285] with him.
25:2 And they went about[05437][8799] in Judah[03063], and gathered[06908][8799] the Levites[03881] out of all the cities[05892] of Judah[03063], and the chief[07218] of the fathers[01] of Israel[03478], and they came[0935][8799] to Jerusalem[03389].
25:3 And all the congregation[06951] made[03772][8799] a covenant[01285] with the king[04428] in the house[01004] of God[0430]. And he said[0559][8799] unto them, Behold, the king's[04428] son[01121] shall reign[04427][8799], as the LORD[03068] hath said[01696][8765] of the sons[01121] of David[01732].
25:4 This is the thing[01697] that ye shall do[06213][8799]; A third part[07992] of you entering[0935][8802] on the sabbath[07676], of the priests[03548] and of the Levites[03881], shall be porters[07778] of the doors[05592]; doors: Heb. thresholds
25:5 And a third part[07992] shall be at the king's[04428] house[01004]; and a third part[07992] at the gate[08179] of the foundation[03247]: and all the people[05971] shall be  in the courts[02691] of the house[01004] of the LORD[03068].
25:6 But let none come[0935][8799] into the house[01004] of the LORD[03068], save the priests[03548], and they that minister[08334][8764] of the Levites[03881]; they shall go in[0935][8799], for they are holy[06944]: but all the people[05971] shall keep[08104][8799] the watch[04931] of the LORD[03068].
25:7 And the Levites[03881] shall compass[05362][8689] the king[04428] round about[05439], every man[0376] with his weapons[03627] in his hand[03027]; and whosoever else cometh[0935][8802] into the house[01004], he shall be put to death[04191][8714]: but be ye with the king[04428] when he cometh in[0935][8800], and when he goeth out[03318][8800].
25:8 So the Levites[03881] and all Judah[03063] did[06213][8799] according to all things that Jehoiada[03077] the priest[03548] had commanded[06680][8765], and took[03947][8799] every man[0376] his men[0582] that were to come in[0935][8802] on the sabbath[07676], with them that were to go[03318][8802] out on the sabbath[07676]: for Jehoiada[03077] the priest[03548] dismissed[06358][8804] not the courses[04256].
25:9 Moreover Jehoiada[03077] the priest[03548] delivered[05414][8799] to the captains[08269] of hundreds[03967] spears[02595], and bucklers[04043], and shields[07982], that had been  king[04428] David's[01732], which  were in the house[01004] of God[0430].
25:10 And he set[05975][8686] all the people[05971], every man[0376] having his weapon[07973] in his hand[03027], from the right[03233] side[03802] of the temple[01004] to the left[08042] side[03802] of the temple[01004], along by the altar[04196] and the temple[01004], by the king[04428] round about[05439]. side: Heb. shoulder temple: Heb. house
25:11 Then they brought out[03318][8686] the king's[04428] son[01121], and put[05414][8799] upon him the crown[05145], and gave him the testimony[05715], and made him king[04427][8686]. And Jehoiada[03077] and his sons[01121] anointed[04886][8799] him, and said[0559][8799], God save[02421][8799] the king[04428]. God...: Heb. Let the king live
25:12 Now when Athaliah[06271] heard[08085][8799] the noise[06963] of the people[05971] running[07323][8801] and praising[01984][8764] the king[04428], she came[0935][8799] to the people[05971] into the house[01004] of the LORD[03068]:
25:13 And she looked[07200][8799], and, behold, the king[04428] stood[05975][8802] at his pillar[05982] at the entering in[03996], and the princes[08269] and the trumpets[02689] by the king[04428]: and all the people[05971] of the land[0776] rejoiced[08056], and sounded[08628][8802] with trumpets[02689], also the singers[07891][8789] with instruments[03627] of musick[07892], and such as taught[03045][8688] to sing praise[01984][8763]. Then Athaliah[06271] rent[07167][8799] her clothes[0899], and said[0559][8799], Treason[07195], Treason[07195]. Treason: Heb. Conspiracy
25:14 Then Jehoiada[03077] the priest[03548] brought out[03318][8686] the captains[08269] of hundreds[03967] that were set over[06485][8803] the host[02428], and said[0559][8799] unto them, Have her forth[03318][8685] of the ranges[01004][07713]: and whoso followeth[0935][8802][0310] her, let him be slain[04191][8714] with the sword[02719]. For the priest[03548] said[0559][8804], Slay[04191][8686] her not in the house[01004] of the LORD[03068].
25:15 So they laid[07760][8799] hands[03027] on her; and when she was come[0935][8799] to the entering[03996] of the horse[05483] gate[08179] by the king's[04428] house[01004], they slew[04191][8686] her there.
25:16 And Jehoiada[03077] made[03772][8799] a covenant[01285] between him, and between all the people[05971], and between the king[04428], that they should be the LORD'S[03068] people[05971].
25:17 Then all the people[05971] went[0935][8799] to the house[01004] of Baal[01168], and brake it down[05422][8799], and brake[07665][00] his altars[04196] and his images[06754] in pieces[07665][8765], and slew[02026][8804] Mattan[04977] the priest[03548] of Baal[01168] before[06440] the altars[04196].
25:18 Also Jehoiada[03077] appointed[07760][8799] the offices[06486] of the house[01004] of the LORD[03068] by the hand[03027] of the priests[03548] the Levites[03881], whom David[01732] had distributed[02505][8804] in the house[01004] of the LORD[03068], to offer[05927][8687] the burnt offerings[05930] of the LORD[03068], as it is written[03789][8803] in the law[08451] of Moses[04872], with rejoicing[08057] and with singing[07892], as it was ordained by[03027] David[01732]. as it was...: Heb. by the hands of David
25:19 And he set[05975][8686] the porters[07778] at the gates[08179] of the house[01004] of the LORD[03068], that none which was unclean[02931] in any thing[01697] should enter in[0935][8799].
25:20 And he took[03947][8799] the captains[08269] of hundreds[03967], and the nobles[0117], and the governors[04910][8802] of the people[05971], and all the people[05971] of the land[0776], and brought down[03381][8686] the king[04428] from the house[01004] of the LORD[03068]: and they came[0935][8799] through[08432] the high[05945] gate[08179] into the king's[04428] house[01004], and set[03427][8686] the king[04428] upon the throne[03678] of the kingdom[04467].
25:21 And all the people[05971] of the land[0776] rejoiced[08055][8799]: and the city[05892] was quiet[08252][8804], after that they had slain[04191][8689] Athaliah[06271] with the sword[02719].
25:22 Joash[03101] was seven[07651] years[08141] old[01121] when he began to reign[04427][8800], and he reigned[04427][8804] forty[0705] years[08141] in Jerusalem[03389]. His mother's[0517] name[08034] also was  Zibiah[06645] of Beersheba[0884].
25:23 And Joash[03101] did[06213][8799] that which was right[03477] in the sight[05869] of the LORD[03068] all the days[03117] of Jehoiada[03077] the priest[03548].
25:24 And Jehoiada[03077] took[05375][8799] for him two[08147] wives[0802]; and he begat[03205][8686] sons[01121] and daughters[01323].
25:25 And it came to pass after[0310] this, that Joash[03101] was minded[03820] to repair[02318][8763] the house[01004] of the LORD[03068]. to repair: Heb. to renew
25:26 And he gathered together[06908][8799] the priests[03548] and the Levites[03881], and said[0559][8799] to them, Go out[03318][8798] unto the cities[05892] of Judah[03063], and gather[06908][8798] of all Israel[03478] money[03701] to repair[02388][8763] the house[01004] of your God[0430] from[01767] year[08141] to year[08141], and see that ye hasten[04116][8762] the matter[01697]. Howbeit the Levites[03881] hastened[04116][8765] it not.
25:27 And the king[04428] called[07121][8799] for Jehoiada[03077] the chief[07218], and said[0559][8799] unto him, Why hast thou not required[01875][8804] of the Levites[03881] to bring in[0935][8687] out of Judah[03063] and out of Jerusalem[03389] the collection[04864], according to the commandment of Moses[04872] the servant[05650] of the LORD[03068], and of the congregation[06951] of Israel[03478], for the tabernacle[0168] of witness[05715]?
25:28 For the sons[01121] of Athaliah[06271], that wicked[04849] woman, had broken up[06555][8804] the house[01004] of God[0430]; and also all the dedicated things[06944] of the house[01004] of the LORD[03068] did they bestow[06213][8804] upon Baalim[01168].
26:1 And at the king's[04428] commandment[0559][8799] they made[06213][8799] a[0259] chest[0727], and set[05414][8799] it without[02351] at the gate[08179] of the house[01004] of the LORD[03068].
26:2 And they made[05414][8799] a proclamation[06963] through Judah[03063] and Jerusalem[03389], to bring in[0935][8687] to the LORD[03068] the collection[04864] that Moses[04872] the servant[05650] of God[0430] laid  upon Israel[03478] in the wilderness[04057]. a proclamation: Heb. a voice
26:3 And all the princes[08269] and all the people[05971] rejoiced[08055][8799], and brought in[0935][8686], and cast[07993][8686] into the chest[0727], until they had made an end[03615][8763].
26:4 Now it came to pass, that at what time[06256] the chest[0727] was brought[0935][8686] unto the king's[04428] office[06486] by the hand[03027] of the Levites[03881], and when they saw[07200][8800] that there was much[07227] money[03701], the king's[04428] scribe[05608][8802] and the high[07218] priest's[03548] officer[06496] came[0935][8804] and emptied[06168][8762] the chest[0727], and took[05375][8799] it, and carried[07725][00] it to his place[04725] again[07725][8686]. Thus they did[06213][8804] day[03117] by day[03117], and gathered[0622][8799] money[03701] in abundance[07230].
26:5 And the king[04428] and Jehoiada[03077] gave[05414][8799] it to such as did[06213][8802] the work[04399] of the service[05656] of the house[01004] of the LORD[03068], and hired[07936][8802] masons[02672][8802] and carpenters[02796] to repair[02318][8763] the house[01004] of the LORD[03068], and also such as wrought[02796] iron[01270] and brass[05178] to mend[02388][8763] the house[01004] of the LORD[03068].
26:6 So the workmen[04399][06213][8802] wrought[06213][8799], and the work[04399] was[05927][8799] perfected[0724] by them[03027], and they set[05975][8686] the house[01004] of God[0430] in his state[04971], and strengthened[0553][8762] it. the work...: Heb. the healing went up upon the work
26:7 And when they had finished[03615][8763] it , they brought[0935][8689] the rest[07605] of the money[03701] before[06440] the king[04428] and Jehoiada[03077], whereof were made[06213][8799] vessels[03627] for the house[01004] of the LORD[03068], even vessels[03627] to minister[08335], and to offer[05927][8687] withal , and spoons[03709], and vessels[03627] of gold[02091] and silver[03701]. And they offered[05927][8688] burnt offerings[05930] in the house[01004] of the LORD[03068] continually[08548] all the days[03117] of Jehoiada[03077]. to offer...: or, pestils
26:8 But Jehoiada[03077] waxed old[02204][8799], and was full[07646][8799] of days[03117] when he died[04191][8799]; an hundred[03967] and thirty[07970] years[08141] old[01121] was he when he died[04194].
26:9 And they buried[06912][8799] him in the city[05892] of David[01732] among the kings[04428], because he had done[06213][8804] good[02896] in Israel[03478], both toward God[0430], and toward his house[01004].
26:10 Now after[0310] the death[04194] of Jehoiada[03077] came[0935][8804] the princes[08269] of Judah[03063], and made obeisance[07812][8691] to the king[04428]. Then the king[04428] hearkened[08085][8804] unto them.
26:11 And they left[05800][8799] the house[01004] of the LORD[03068] God[0430] of their fathers[01], and served[05647][8799] groves[0842] and idols[06091]: and wrath[07110] came upon Judah[03063] and Jerusalem[03389] for this their trespass[0819].
26:12 Yet he sent[07971][8799] prophets[05030] to them, to bring them again[07725][8687] unto the LORD[03068]; and they testified[05749][8686] against them: but they would not give ear[0238][8689].
26:13 And the Spirit[07307] of God[0430] came[03847][8804] upon Zechariah[02148] the son[01121] of Jehoiada[03077] the priest[03548], which stood[05975][8799] above the people[05971], and said[0559][8799] unto them, Thus saith[0559][8804] God[0430], Why transgress[05674][8802] ye the commandments[04687] of the LORD[03068], that ye cannot prosper[06743][8686]? because ye have forsaken[05800][8804] the LORD[03068], he hath also forsaken[05800][8799] you. came...: Heb. clothed
26:14 And they conspired[07194][8799] against him, and stoned[07275][8799] him with stones[068] at the commandment[04687] of the king[04428] in the court[02691] of the house[01004] of the LORD[03068].
26:15 Thus Joash[03101] the king[04428] remembered[02142][8804] not the kindness[02617] which Jehoiada[03077] his father[01] had done[06213][8804] to him, but slew[02026][8799] his son[01121]. And when he died[04194], he said[0559][8804], The LORD[03068] look[07200][8799] upon it , and require[01875][8799] it .
26:16 And it came to pass at the end[08622] of the year[08141], that the host[02428] of Syria[0758] came up[05927][8804] against him: and they came[0935][8799] to Judah[03063] and Jerusalem[03389], and destroyed[07843][8686] all the princes[08269] of the people[05971] from among the people[05971], and sent[07971][8765] all the spoil[07998] of them unto the king[04428] of Damascus[01834]. at the...: Heb. in the revolution of the year Damascus: Heb. Darmesek
26:17 For the army[02428] of the Syrians[0758] came[0935][8804] with a small[04705] company of men[0582], and the LORD[03068] delivered[05414][8804] a very[03966] great[07230] host[02428] into their hand[03027], because they had forsaken[05800][8804] the LORD[03068] God[0430] of their fathers[01]. So they executed[06213][8804] judgment[08201] against Joash[03101].
26:18 And when they were departed[03212][8800] from him, (for they left[05800][8804] him in great[07227] diseases[04251],) his own servants[05650] conspired[07194][8694] against him for the blood[01818] of the sons[01121] of Jehoiada[03077] the priest[03548], and slew[02026][8799] him on his bed[04296], and he died[04191][8799]: and they buried[06912][8799] him in the city[05892] of David[01732], but they buried[06912][8804] him not in the sepulchres[06913] of the kings[04428].
26:19 And these are they that conspired[07194][8693] against him; Zabad[02066] the son[01121] of Shimeath[08100] an Ammonitess[05985], and Jehozabad[03075] the son[01121] of Shimrith[08116] a Moabitess[04125]. Zabad: or, Jozacher Shimrith: or, Shomer
26:20 Now concerning his sons[01121], and the greatness[07235][8799][8675][07230] of the burdens[04853] laid upon him, and the repairing[03247] of the house[01004] of God[0430], behold, they are written[03789][8803] in the story[04097] of the book[05612] of the kings[04428]. And Amaziah[0558] his son[01121] reigned[04427][8799] in his stead. repairing: Heb. founding story: or, commentary
26:21 Amaziah[0558] was twenty[06242] and five[02568] years[08141] old[01121] when he began to reign[04427][8804], and he 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].
26:22 And he did[06213][8799] that which was right[03477] in the sight[05869] of the LORD[03068], but not with a perfect[08003] heart[03824].
26:23 Now it came to pass, when the kingdom[04467] was established[02388][8804] to him, that he slew[02026][8799] his servants[05650] that had killed[05221][8688] the king[04428] his father[01]. established...: Heb. confirmed upon him
27:1 But he slew[04191][8689] not their children[01121], but did as it is written[03789][8803] in the law[08451] in the book[05612] of Moses[04872], where the LORD[03068] commanded[06680][8765], saying[0559][8800], The fathers[01] shall not die[04191][8799] for the children[01121], neither shall the children[01121] die[04191][8799] for the fathers[01], but every man[0376] shall die[04191][8799] for his own sin[02399].
27:2 Moreover Amaziah[0558] gathered[06908][00] Judah[03063] together[06908][8799], and made[05975][8686] them captains[08269] over thousands[0505], and captains[08269] over hundreds[03967], according to the houses[01004] of  their fathers[01], throughout all Judah[03063] and Benjamin[01144]: and he numbered[06485][8799] them from twenty[06242] years[08141] old[01121] and above[04605], and found[04672][8799] them three[07969] hundred[03967] thousand[0505] choice[0977][8803] men, able to go forth[03318][8802] to war[06635], that could handle[0270][8802] spear[07420] and shield[06793].
27:3 He hired[07936][8799] also an hundred[03967] thousand[0505] mighty[01368] men of valour[02428] out of Israel[03478] for an hundred[03967] talents[03603] of silver[03701].
27:4 But there came[0935][8804] a man[0376] of God[0430] to him, saying[0559][8800], O king[04428], let not the army[06635] of Israel[03478] go[0935][8799] with thee; for the LORD[03068] is not with Israel[03478], to wit, with all the children[01121] of Ephraim[0669].
27:5 But if thou wilt go[0935][8798], do[06213][8798] it , be strong[02388][8798] for the battle[04421]: God[0430] shall make thee fall[03782][8686] before[06440] the enemy[0341][8802]: for God[0430] hath[03426] power[03581] to help[05826][8800], and to cast down[03782][8687].
27:6 And Amaziah[0558] said[0559][8799] to the man[0376] of God[0430], But what shall we do[06213][8800] for the hundred[03967] talents[03603] which I have given[05414][8804] to the army[01416] of Israel[03478]? And the man[0376] of God[0430] answered[0559][8799], The LORD[03068] is[03426] able to give[05414][8800] thee much more[07235][8687] than this. army: Heb. band
27:7 Then Amaziah[0558] separated[0914][8686] them, to wit , the army[01416] that was come[0935][8804] to him out of Ephraim[0669], to go[03212][00] home[04725] again[03212][8800]: wherefore their anger[0639] was greatly[03966] kindled[02734][8799] against Judah[03063], and they returned[07725][8799] home[04725] in great[02750] anger[0639]. home again: Heb. to their place in great...: Heb. in heat of anger
27:8 And Amaziah[0558] strengthened[02388][8694] himself, and led forth[05090][8799] his people[05971], and went[03212][8799] to the valley[01516] of salt[04417], and smote[05221][8686] of the children[01121] of Seir[08165] ten[06235] thousand[0505].
27:9 And other ten[06235] thousand[0505] left alive[02416] did the children[01121] of Judah[03063] carry away captive[07617][8804], and brought[0935][8686] them unto the top[07218] of the rock[05553], and cast them down[07993][8686] from the top[07218] of the rock[05553], that they all were broken in pieces[01234][8738].
28:1 But the soldiers[01121] of the army[01416] which Amaziah[0558] sent back[07725][8689], that they should not go[03212][8800] with him to battle[04421], fell[06584][8799] upon the cities[05892] of Judah[03063], from Samaria[08111] even unto Bethhoron[01032], and smote[05221][8686] three[07969] thousand[0505] of them, and took[0962][8799] much[07227] spoil[0961]. the soldiers...: Heb. the sons of the band
28:2 Now it came to pass, after[0310] that Amaziah[0558] was come[0935][8800] from the slaughter[05221][8687] of the Edomites[0130], that he brought[0935][8686] the gods[0430] of the children[01121] of Seir[08165], and set them up[05975][8686] to be his gods[0430], and bowed down[07812][8691] himself before[06440] them, and burned incense[06999][8762] unto them.
28:3 Wherefore the anger[0639] of the LORD[03068] was kindled[02734][8799] against Amaziah[0558], and he sent[07971][8799] unto him a prophet[05030], which said[0559][8799] unto him, Why hast thou sought[01875][8804] after the gods[0430] of the people[05971], which could not deliver[05337][8689] their own people[05971] out of thine hand[03027]?
28:4 And it came to pass, as he talked[01696][8763] with him, that the king said[0559][8799] unto him, Art thou made[05414][8804] of the king's[04428] counsel[03289][8802]? forbear[02308][8798]; why shouldest thou be smitten[05221][8686]? Then the prophet[05030] forbare[02308][8799], and said[0559][8799], I know[03045][8804] that God[0430] hath determined[03289][8804] to destroy[07843][8687] thee, because thou hast done[06213][8804] this, and hast not hearkened[08085][8804] unto my counsel[06098]. determined: Heb. counselled
28:5 Then Amaziah[0558] king[04428] of Judah[03063] took advice[03289][8735], and sent[07971][8799] to Joash[03101], the son[01121] of Jehoahaz[03059], the son[01121] of Jehu[03058], king[04428] of Israel[03478], saying[0559][8800], Come[03212][8798], let us see one another[07200][8691] in the face[06440].
28:6 And Joash[03101] 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 by[05674][8799] a wild[07704] beast[02416] that was in Lebanon[03844], and trode down[07429][8799] the thistle[02336]. thistle: or, furze bush, or, thorn a wild...: Heb. a beast of the field
28:7 Thou sayest[0559][8804], Lo, thou hast smitten[05221][8689] the Edomites[0123]; and thine heart[03820] lifteth thee up[05375][8804] to boast[03513][8687]: abide[03427][8798] now at home[01004]; why shouldest thou meddle[01624][8691] to thine hurt[07451], that thou shouldest fall[05307][8804], even thou, and Judah[03063] with thee?
28:8 But Amaziah[0558] would not hear[08085][8804]; for it came of God[0430], that he might deliver[05414][8800] them into the hand[03027] of their enemies , because they sought[01875][8804] after the gods[0430] of Edom[0123].
28:9 So Joash[03101] the king[04428] of Israel[03478] went up[05927][8799]; and they saw one another[07200][8691] in the face[06440], both he and Amaziah[0558] king[04428] of Judah[03063], at Bethshemesh[01053], which belongeth to Judah[03063].
28:10 And Judah[03063] was put to the worse[05062][8735] before[06440] Israel[03478], and they fled[05127][8799] every man[0376] to his tent[0168]. put...: Heb. smitten
28:11 And Joash[03101] the king[04428] of Israel[03478] took[08610][8804] Amaziah[0558] king[04428] of Judah[03063], the son[01121] of Joash[03101], the son[01121] of Jehoahaz[03059], at Bethshemesh[01053], and brought[0935][8686] him to Jerusalem[03389], and brake down[06555][8799] the wall[02346] of Jerusalem[03389] from the gate[08179] of Ephraim[0669] to the corner[06437][8802] gate[08179], four[0702] hundred[03967] cubits[0520]. the corner...: Heb. the gate of it that looketh
28:12 And he took all the gold[02091] and the silver[03701], and all the vessels[03627] that were found[04672][8737] in the house[01004] of God[0430] with Obededom[05654], and the treasures[0214] of the king's[04428] house[01004], the hostages[01121][08594] also, and returned[07725][8799] to Samaria[08111].
28:13 And Amaziah[0558] the son[01121] of Joash[03101] king[04428] of Judah[03063] lived[02421][8799] after[0310] the death[04194] of Joash[03101] son[01121] of Jehoahaz[03059] king[04428] of Israel[03478] fifteen[02568][06240] years[08141].
28:14 Now the rest[03499] of the acts[01697] of Amaziah[0558], first[07223] and last[0314], behold, are they not written[03789][8803] in the book[05612] of the kings[04428] of Judah[03063] and Israel[03478]?
28:15 Now after the time[06256] that Amaziah[0558] did turn away[05493][8804] from following[0310] the LORD[03068] 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] to Lachish[03923] after[0310] him, and slew[04191][8686] him there. from...: Heb. from after made...: Heb. conspired a conspiracy
28:16 And they brought[05375][8799] him upon horses[05483], and buried[06912][8799] him with his fathers[01] in the city[05892] of Judah[03063]. Judah: that is, the city of David
28:17 Then all the people[05971] of Judah[03063] took[03947][8799] Uzziah[05818], who was sixteen[08337][06240] years[08141] old[01121], and made him king[04427][8686] in the room of his father[01] Amaziah[0558]. Uzziah: or, Azariah
28:18 He built[01129][8804] Eloth[0359], and restored[07725][8686] it to Judah[03063], after[0310] that the king[04428] slept[07901][8800] with his fathers[01].
28:19 Sixteen[08337][06240] years[08141] old[01121] was Uzziah[05818] when he began to reign[04427][8800], and he reigned[04427][8804] fifty[02572] and two[08147] years[08141] in Jerusalem[03389]. His mother's[0517] name[08034] also was Jecoliah[03203] of Jerusalem[03389].
28:20 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] did[06213][8804].
28:21 And he sought[01875][8800] God[0430] in the days[03117] of Zechariah[02148], who had understanding[0995][8688] in the visions[07200][8800] of God[0430]: and as long as[03117] he sought[01875][8800] the LORD[03068], God[0430] made him to prosper[06743][8689]. in the visions...: Heb. in the seeing of God
28:22 And he went forth[03318][8799] and warred[03898][8735] against the Philistines[06430], and brake down[06555][8799] the wall[02346] of Gath[01661], and the wall[02346] of Jabneh[02996], and the wall[02346] of Ashdod[0795], and built[01129][8799] cities[05892] about Ashdod[0795], and among the Philistines[06430]. about...: or, in the country of Ashdod
28:23 And God[0430] helped[05826][8799] him against the Philistines[06430], and against the Arabians[06163] that dwelt[03427][8802] in Gurbaal[01485], and the Mehunims[04586].
28:24 And the Ammonites[05984] gave[05414][8799] gifts[04503] to Uzziah[05818]: and his name[08034] spread abroad[03212][8799] even to the entering[0935][8800] in of Egypt[04714]; for he strengthened[02388][8689]  himself exceedingly[04605]. spread...: Heb. went
28:25 Moreover Uzziah[05818] built[01129][8799] towers[04026] in Jerusalem[03389] at the corner[06438] gate[08179], and at the valley[01516] gate[08179], and at the turning[04740] of the wall , and fortified[02388][8762] them. fortified: or, repaired
28:26 Also he built[01129][8799] towers[04026] in the desert[04057], and digged[02672][8799] many[07227] wells[0953]: for he had much[07227] cattle[04735], both in the low country[08219], and in the plains[04334]: husbandmen[0406] also , and vine dressers[03755] in the mountains[02022], and in Carmel[03760]: for he loved[0157][8802] husbandry[0127]. digged...: or, cut out many cisterns Carmel: or, fruitful fields husbandry: Heb. ground
28:27 Moreover Uzziah[05818] had an host[02428] of fighting[04421] men[06213][8802], that went out[03318][8802] to war[06635] by bands[01416], according to the number[04557] of their account[06486] by the hand[03027] of Jeiel[03273] the scribe[05608][8802] and Maaseiah[04641] the ruler[07860][8802], under the hand[03027] of Hananiah[02608], one of the king's[04428] captains[08269].
29:1 The whole number[04557] of the chief[07218] of the fathers[01] of the mighty men[01368] of valour[02428] were two thousand[0505] and six[08337] hundred[03967].
29:2 And under their hand[03027] was an army[02428][06635], three[07969] hundred[03967] thousand[0505] and seven[07651] thousand[0505] and five[02568] hundred[03967], that made[06213][8802] war[04421] with mighty[02428] power[03581], to help[05826][8800] the king[04428] against the enemy[0341][8802]. an army: Heb. the power of an army
29:3 And Uzziah[05818] prepared[03559][8686] for them throughout all the host[06635] shields[04043], and spears[07420], and helmets[03553], and habergeons[08302], and bows[07198], and slings[07050] to cast stones[068]. slings...: Heb. stones of slings
29:4 And he made[06213][8799] in Jerusalem[03389] engines[02810], invented[04284] by cunning men[02803][8802], to be on the towers[04026] and upon the bulwarks[06438], to shoot[03384][8800] arrows[02671] and great[01419] stones[068] withal. And his name[08034] spread[03318][8799] far abroad[07350]; for he was marvellously[06381][8689] helped[05826][8736], till[03588] he was strong[02388][8804]. spread: Heb. went forth
29:5 But when he was strong[02393], his heart[03820] was lifted up[01361][8804] to his destruction[07843][8687]: for he transgressed[04603][8799] against the LORD[03068] his God[0430], and went[0935][8799] into the temple[01964] of the LORD[03068] to burn incense[06999][8687] upon the altar[04196] of incense[07004].
29:6 And Azariah[05838] the priest[03548] went in[0935][8799] after[0310] him, and with him fourscore[08084] priests[03548] of the LORD[03068], that were valiant[02428] men[01121]:
29:7 And they withstood[05975][8799] Uzziah[05818] the king[04428], and said[0559][8799] unto him, It appertaineth not unto thee, Uzziah[05818], to burn incense[06999][8687] unto the LORD[03068], but to the priests[03548] the sons[01121] of Aaron[0175], that are consecrated[06942][8794] to burn incense[06999][8687]: go out[03318][8798] of the sanctuary[04720]; for thou hast trespassed[04603][8804]; neither shall it be for thine honour[03519] from the LORD[03068] God[0430].
29:8 Then Uzziah[05818] was wroth[02196][8799], and had a censer[04730] in his hand[03027] to burn incense[06999][8687]: and while he was wroth[02196][8800] with the priests[03548], the leprosy[06883] even rose up[02224][8804] in his forehead[04696] before[06440] the priests[03548] in the house[01004] of the LORD[03068], from beside the incense[07004] altar[04196].
29:9 And Azariah[05838] the chief[07218] priest[03548], and all the priests[03548], looked[06437][8799] upon him, and, behold, he was leprous[06879][8794] in his forehead[04696], and they thrust him out[0926][8686] from thence; yea, himself hasted[01765][8738] also to go out[03318][8800], because the LORD[03068] had smitten[05060][8765] him.
29:10 And Uzziah[05818] the king[04428] was a leper[06879][8794] unto the day[03117] of his death[04194], and dwelt in[03427][8799] a several[02669][8675][02669] house[01004], being  a leper[06879][8794]; for he was cut off[01504][8738] from the house[01004] of the LORD[03068]: and Jotham[03147] his son[01121] was over the king's[04428] house[01004], judging[08199][8802] the people[05971] of the land[0776]. several: Heb. free
29:11 Now the rest[03499] of the acts[01697] of Uzziah[05818], first[07223] and last[0314], did Isaiah[03470] the prophet[05030], the son[01121] of Amoz[0531], write[03789][8804].
29:12 So Uzziah[05818] slept[07901][8799] with his fathers[01], and they buried[06912][8799] him with his fathers[01] in the field[07704] of the burial[06900] which belonged to the kings[04428]; for they said[0559][8804], He is a leper[06879][8794]: and Jotham[03147] his son[01121] reigned[04427][8799] in his stead.
29:13 Jotham[03147] was twenty[06242] and five[02568] years[08141] old[01121] when he began to reign[04427][8800], and he reigned[04427][8804] sixteen[08337][06240] years[08141] in Jerusalem[03389]. His mother's[0517] name[08034] also was Jerushah[03388], the daughter[01323] of Zadok[06659].
29:14 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] Uzziah[05818] did[06213][8804]: howbeit he entered[0935][8804] not into the temple[01964] of the LORD[03068]. And the people[05971] did yet corruptly[07843][8688].
29:15 He built[01129][8804] the high[05945] gate[08179] of the house[01004] of the LORD[03068], and on the wall[02346] of Ophel[06077] he built[01129][8804] much[07230]. Ophel: or, the tower
29:16 Moreover he built[01129][8804] cities[05892] in the mountains[02022] of Judah[03063], and in the forests[02793] he built[01129][8804] castles[01003] and towers[04026].
29:17 He fought[03898][8738] also with the king[04428] of the Ammonites[05984], and prevailed[02388][8799] against them. And the children[01121] of Ammon[05983] gave[05414][8799] him the same year[08141] an hundred[03967] talents[03603] of silver[03701], and ten[06235] thousand[0505] measures[03734] of wheat[02406], and ten[06235] thousand[0505] of barley[08184]. So much did the children[01121] of Ammon[05983] pay[07725][8689] unto[02063] him, both the second[08145] year[08141], and the third[07992]. So...: Heb. This
29:18 So Jotham[03147] became mighty[02388][8691], because he prepared[03559][8689] his ways[01870] before[06440] the LORD[03068] his God[0430]. prepared: or, established
29:19 Now the rest[03499] of the acts[01697] of Jotham[03147], and all his wars[04421], and his ways[01870], lo, they are written[03789][8803] in the book[05612] of the kings[04428] of Israel[03478] and Judah[03063].
29:20 He was five[02568] and twenty[06242] years[08141] old[01121] when he began to reign[04427][8800], and reigned[04427][8804] sixteen[08337][06240] years[08141] in Jerusalem[03389].
29:21 And Jotham[03147] slept[07901][8799] with his fathers[01], and they buried[06912][8799] him in the city[05892] of David[01732]: and Ahaz[0271] his son[01121] reigned[04427][8799] in his stead.
29:22 Ahaz[0271] was twenty[06242] years[08141] old[01121] when he began to reign[04427][8800], and he reigned[04427][8804] sixteen[08337][06240] years[08141] in Jerusalem[03389]: but he did[06213][8804] not that which was right[03477] in the sight[05869] of the LORD[03068], like David[01732] his father[01]:
29:23 For he walked in[03212][8799] the ways[01870] of the kings[04428] of Israel[03478], and made[06213][8804] also molten images[04541] for Baalim[01168].
29:24 Moreover he burnt incense[06999][8689] in the valley[01516] of the son[01121] of Hinnom[02011], and burnt[01197][8686] his children[01121] in the fire[0784], after the abominations[08441] of the heathen[01471] whom the LORD[03068] had cast out[03423][8689] before[06440] the children[01121] of Israel[03478]. burnt...: or, offered sacrifice
29:25 He sacrificed[02076][8762] also and burnt incense[06999][8762] in the high places[01116], and on the hills[01389], and under every green[07488] tree[06086].
29:26 Wherefore the LORD[03068] his God[0430] delivered[05414][8799] him into the hand[03027] of the king[04428] of Syria[0758]; and they smote[05221][8686] him, and carried away[07617][8799] a great multitude[01419] of them captives[07633], and brought[0935][8686] them to Damascus[01834]. And he was also delivered[05414][8737] into the hand[03027] of the king[04428] of Israel[03478], who smote[05221][8686] him with a great[01419] slaughter[04347]. Damascus: Heb. Darmesek
29:27 For Pekah[06492] the son[01121] of Remaliah[07425] slew[02026][8799] in Judah[03063] an hundred[03967] and twenty[06242] thousand[0505] in one[0259] day[03117], which were  all valiant[02428] men[01121]; because they had forsaken[05800][8800] the LORD[03068] God[0430] of their fathers[01]. valiant...: Heb. sons of valour
29:28 And Zichri[02147], a mighty man[01368] of Ephraim[0669], slew[02026][8799] Maaseiah[04641] the king's[04428] son[01121], and Azrikam[05840] the governor[05057] of the house[01004], and Elkanah[0511] that was next[04932] to the king[04428]. next...: Heb. the second to the king
29:29 And the children[01121] of Israel[03478] carried away captive[07617][8799] of their brethren[0251] two hundred[03967] thousand[0505], women[0802], sons[01121], and daughters[01323], and took also away[0962][8804] much[07227] spoil[07998] from them, and brought[0935][8686] the spoil[07998] to Samaria[08111].
29:30 But a prophet[05030] of the LORD[03068] was there, whose name[08034] was Oded[05752]: and he went out[03318][8799] before[06440] the host[06635] that came[0935][8802] to Samaria[08111], and said[0559][8799] unto them, Behold, because the LORD[03068] God[0430] of your fathers[01] was wroth[02534] with Judah[03063], he hath delivered[05414][8804] them into your hand[03027], and ye have slain[02026][8799] them in a rage[02197] that reacheth up[05060][8689] unto heaven[08064].
29:31 And now ye purpose[0559][8802] to keep under[03533][8800] the children[01121] of Judah[03063] and Jerusalem[03389] for bondmen[05650] and bondwomen[08198] unto you: but are there  not with you, even[07535] with you, sins[0819] against the LORD[03068] your God[0430]?
29:32 Now hear[08085][8798] me therefore, and deliver[07725][8685] the captives[07633] again, which ye have taken captive[07617][8804] of your brethren[0251]: for the fierce[02740] wrath[0639] of the LORD[03068] is upon you.
29:33 Then certain[0582] of the heads[07218] of the children[01121] of Ephraim[0669], Azariah[05838] the son[01121] of Johanan[03076], Berechiah[01296] the son[01121] of Meshillemoth[04919], and Jehizkiah[03169] the son[01121] of Shallum[07967], and Amasa[06021] the son[01121] of Hadlai[02311], stood up[06965][8799] against them that came[0935][8802] from the war[06635],
29:34 And said[0559][8799] unto them, Ye shall not bring in[0935][8686] the captives[07633] hither: for whereas we have offended[0819] against the LORD[03068] already , ye intend[0559][8802] to add[03254][8687] more  to our sins[02403] and to our trespass[0819]: for our trespass[0819] is great[07227], and there is fierce[02740] wrath[0639] against Israel[03478].
29:35 So the armed men[02502][8803] left[05800][8799] the captives[07633] and the spoil[0961] before[06440] the princes[08269] and all the congregation[06951].
29:36 And the men[0582] which were expressed[05344][8738] by name[08034] rose up[06965][8799], and took[02388][8686] the captives[07633], and with the spoil[07998] clothed[03847][8689] all that were naked[04636] among them, and arrayed[03847][8686] them, and shod[05274][8686] them, and gave them to eat[0398][8686] and to drink[08248][8686], and anointed[05480][8799] them, and carried[05095][8762] all the feeble[03782][8802] of them upon asses[02543], and brought[0935][8686] them to Jericho[03405], the city[05892] of palm trees[08558][8677][05899], to[0681] their brethren[0251]: then they returned[07725][8799] to Samaria[08111].
30:1 At that time[06256] did king[04428] Ahaz[0271] send[07971][8804] unto the kings[04428] of Assyria[0804] to help[05826][8800] him.
30:2 For again the Edomites[0130] had come[0935][8804] and smitten[05221][8686] Judah[03063], and carried away[07617][8799] captives[07628]. captives: Heb. a captivity
30:3 The Philistines[06430] also had invaded[06584][8804] the cities[05892] of the low country[08219], and of the south[05045] of Judah[03063], and had taken[03920][8799] Bethshemesh[01053], and Ajalon[0357], and Gederoth[01450], and Shocho[07755] with the villages[01323] thereof, and Timnah[08553] with the villages[01323] thereof, Gimzo[01579] also and the villages[01323] thereof: and they dwelt[03427][8799] there.
30:4 For the LORD[03068] brought[03665][00] Judah[03063] low[03665][8689] because of Ahaz[0271] king[04428] of Israel[03478]; for he made[06544][00] Judah[03063] naked[06544][8689], and transgressed[04603][8800] sore[04604] against the LORD[03068].
30:5 And Tilgathpilneser[08407] king[04428] of Assyria[0804] came[0935][8799] unto him, and distressed[06696][8799] him, but strengthened[02388][8804] him not.
30:6 For Ahaz[0271] took away a portion[02505][8804] out of the house[01004] of the LORD[03068], and out of the house[01004] of the king[04428], and of the princes[08269], and gave[05414][8799] it unto the king[04428] of Assyria[0804]: but he helped[05833] him not.
30:7 And in the time[06256] of his distress[06887][8687] did he trespass[04603][8800] yet more[03254][8686] against the LORD[03068]: this is that king[04428] Ahaz[0271].
30:8 For he sacrificed[02076][8799] unto the gods[0430] of Damascus[01834], which smote[05221][8688] him: and he said[0559][8799], Because the gods[0430] of the kings[04428] of Syria[0758] help[05826][8688] them, therefore  will I sacrifice[02076][8762] to them, that they may help[05826][8799] me. But they were the ruin[03782][8687] of him, and of all Israel[03478]. Damascus: Heb. Darmesek
30:9 And Ahaz[0271] gathered together[0622][8799] the vessels[03627] of the house[01004] of God[0430], and cut in pieces[07112][8762] the vessels[03627] of the house[01004] of God[0430], and shut up[05462][8799] the doors[01817] of the house[01004] of the LORD[03068], and he made[06213][8799] him altars[04196] in every corner[06438] of Jerusalem[03389].
30:10 And in every several city[05892] of Judah[03063] he made[06213][8804] high places[01116] to burn incense[06999][8763] unto other[0312] gods[0430], and provoked to anger[03707][8686] the LORD[03068] God[0430] of his fathers[01]. to burn: or, to offer
30:11 Now the rest[03499] of his acts[01697] and of all his ways[01870], first[07223] and last[0314], behold, they are written[03789][8803] in the book[05612] of the kings[04428] of Judah[03063] and Israel[03478].
30:12 And Ahaz[0271] slept[07901][8799] with his fathers[01], and they buried[06912][8799] him in the city[05892], even in Jerusalem[03389]: but they brought[0935][8689] him not into the sepulchres[06913] of the kings[04428] of Israel[03478]: and Hezekiah[03169] his son[01121] reigned[04427][8799] in his stead.
30:13 Hezekiah[03169] began to reign[04427][8804] when he was five[02568] and twenty[06242] years[08141] old[01121], and he reigned[04427][8804] nine[08672] and twenty[06242] years[08141] in Jerusalem[03389]. And his mother's[0517] name[08034] was Abijah[029], the daughter[01323] of Zechariah[02148].
30:14 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] had done[06213][8804].
30:15 He in the first[07223] year[08141] of his reign[04427][8800], in the first[07223] month[02320], opened[06605][8804] the doors[01817] of the house[01004] of the LORD[03068], and repaired[02388][8762] them.
30:16 And he brought in[0935][8686] the priests[03548] and the Levites[03881], and gathered them together[0622][8799] into the east[04217] street[07339],
30:17 And said[0559][8799] unto them, Hear[08085][8798] me, ye Levites[03881], sanctify[06942][8690] now yourselves, and sanctify[06942][8761] the house[01004] of the LORD[03068] God[0430] of your fathers[01], and carry forth[03318][8685] the filthiness[05079] out of the holy[06944] place .
30:18 For our fathers[01] have trespassed[04603][8804], and done[06213][8804] that which was evil[07451] in the eyes[05869] of the LORD[03068] our God[0430], and have forsaken[05800][8799] him, and have turned away[05437][8686] their faces[06440] from the habitation[04908] of the LORD[03068], and turned[05414][8799] their backs[06203]. turned their...: Heb. given the neck
30:19 Also they have shut up[05462][8804] the doors[01817] of the porch[0197], and put out[03518][8762] the lamps[05216], and have not burned[06999][8689] incense[07004] nor offered[05927][8689] burnt offerings[05930] in the holy[06944] place unto the God[0430] of Israel[03478].
30:20 Wherefore the wrath[07110] of the LORD[03068] was upon Judah[03063] and Jerusalem[03389], and he hath delivered[05414][8799] them to trouble[02189][8675][02113], to astonishment[08047], and to hissing[08322], as ye see[07200][8802] with your eyes[05869]. trouble: Heb. commotion
30:21 For, lo, our fathers[01] have fallen[05307][8804] by the sword[02719], and our sons[01121] and our daughters[01323] and our wives[0802] are in captivity[07628] for this.
30:22 Now it is in mine heart[03824] to make[03772][8800] a covenant[01285] with the LORD[03068] God[0430] of Israel[03478], that his fierce[02740] wrath[0639] may turn away[07725][8799] from us.
30:23 My sons[01121], be not now negligent[07952][8735]: for the LORD[03068] hath chosen[0977][8804] you to stand[05975][8800] before[06440] him, to serve[08334][8763] him, and that ye should minister[08334][8764] unto him, and burn incense[06999][8688]. be not...: or, be not now deceived burn...: or, offer sacrifice
30:24 Then the Levites[03881] arose[06965][8799], Mahath[04287] the son[01121] of Amasai[06022], and Joel[03100] the son[01121] of Azariah[05838], of the sons[01121] of the Kohathites[06956]: and of the sons[01121] of Merari[04847], Kish[07027] the son[01121] of Abdi[05660], and Azariah[05838] the son[01121] of Jehalelel[03094]: and of the Gershonites[01649]; Joah[03098] the son[01121] of Zimmah[02155], and Eden[05731] the son[01121] of Joah[03098]:
30:25 And of the sons[01121] of Elizaphan[0469]; Shimri[08113], and Jeiel[03273]: and of the sons[01121] of Asaph[0623]; Zechariah[02148], and Mattaniah[04983]:
30:26 And of the sons[01121] of Heman[01968]; Jehiel[03171], and Shimei[08096]: and of the sons[01121] of Jeduthun[03038]; Shemaiah[08098], and Uzziel[05816].
30:27 And they gathered[0622][8799] their brethren[0251], and sanctified[06942][8691] themselves, and came[0935][8799], according to the commandment[04687] of the king[04428], by the words[01697] of the LORD[03068], to cleanse[02891][8763] the house[01004] of the LORD[03068]. by the words...: or, in the business of the LORD
31:1 And the priests[03548] went[0935][8799] into the inner part[06441] of the house[01004] of the LORD[03068], to cleanse[02891][8763] it , and brought out[03318][8686] all the uncleanness[02932] that they found[04672][8804] in the temple[01964] of the LORD[03068] into the court[02691] of the house[01004] of the LORD[03068]. And the Levites[03881] took[06901][8762] it , to carry it out[03318][8687] abroad[02351] into the brook[05158] Kidron[06939].
31:2 Now they began[02490][8686] on the first[0259] day of the first[07223] month[02320] to sanctify[06942][8763], and on the eighth[08083] day[03117] of the month[02320] came[0935][8804] they to the porch[0197] of the LORD[03068]: so they sanctified[06942][8762] the house[01004] of the LORD[03068] in eight[08083] days[03117]; and in the sixteenth[08337][06240] day of the first[07223] month[02320] they made an end[03615][8765].
31:3 Then they went[0935][8799] in[06441] to Hezekiah[02396] the king[04428], and said[0559][8799], We have cleansed[02891][8765] all the house[01004] of the LORD[03068], and the altar[04196] of burnt offering[05930], with all the vessels[03627] thereof, and the shewbread[04635] table[07979], with all the vessels[03627] thereof.
31:4 Moreover all the vessels[03627], which king[04428] Ahaz[0271] in his reign[04438] did cast away[02186][8689] in his transgression[04604], have we prepared[03559][8689] and sanctified[06942][8689], and, behold, they are  before[06440] the altar[04196] of the LORD[03068].
31:5 Then Hezekiah[03169] the king[04428] rose early[07925][8686], and gathered[0622][8799] the rulers[08269] of the city[05892], and went up[05927][8799] to the house[01004] of the LORD[03068].
31:6 And they brought[0935][8686] seven[07651] bullocks[06499], and seven[07651] rams[0352], and seven[07651] lambs[03532], and seven[07651] he[06842] goats[05795], for a sin offering[02403] for the kingdom[04467], and for the sanctuary[04720], and for Judah[03063]. And he commanded[0559][8799] the priests[03548] the sons[01121] of Aaron[0175] to offer[05927][8687] them on the altar[04196] of the LORD[03068].
31:7 So they killed[07819][8799] the bullocks[01241], and the priests[03548] received[06901][8762] the blood[01818], and sprinkled[02236][8799] it on the altar[04196]: likewise, when they had killed[07819][8799] the rams[0352], they sprinkled[02236][8799] the blood[01818] upon the altar[04196]: they killed[07819][8799] also the lambs[03532], and they sprinkled[02236][8799] the blood[01818] upon the altar[04196].
31:8 And they brought forth[05066][8686] the he goats[08163] for the sin offering[02403] before[06440] the king[04428] and the congregation[06951]; and they laid[05564][8799] their hands[03027] upon them: forth: Heb. near
31:9 And the priests[03548] killed[07819][8799] them, and they made reconciliation[02398][8762] with their blood[01818] upon the altar[04196], to make an atonement[03722][8763] for all Israel[03478]: for the king[04428] commanded[0559][8804] that the burnt offering[05930] and the sin offering[02403] should be made for all Israel[03478].
31:10 And he set[05975][8686] the Levites[03881] in the house[01004] of the LORD[03068] with cymbals[04700], with psalteries[05035], and with harps[03658], according to the commandment[04687] of David[01732], and of Gad[01410] the king's[04428] seer[02374], and Nathan[05416] the prophet[05030]: for so was the commandment[04687] of[03027] the LORD[03068] by[03027] his prophets[05030]. commandment of the LORD: Heb. commandment by the hand of the LORD by: Heb. by the hand of
31:11 And the Levites[03881] stood[05975][8799] with the instruments[03627] of David[01732], and the priests[03548] with the trumpets[02689].
31:12 And Hezekiah[02396] commanded[0559][8799] to offer[05927][8687] the burnt offering[05930] upon the altar[04196]. And when[06256] the burnt offering[05930] began[02490][8689], the song[07892] of the LORD[03068] began[02490][8689] also with the trumpets[02689], and with the instruments[03627] ordained by[03027] David[01732] king[04428] of Israel[03478]. when: Heb. in the time the instruments: Heb. hands of instruments
31:13 And all the congregation[06951] worshipped[07812][8693], and the singers[07892] sang[07891][8789], and the trumpeters[02689] sounded[02690][8688][8675][02690][8764]: and  all this continued until the burnt offering[05930] was finished[03615][8800]. singers: Heb. song
31:14 And when they had made an end[03615][8763] of offering[05927][8687], the king[04428] and all that were present[04672][8737] with him bowed[03766][8804] themselves, and worshipped[07812][8691]. present: Heb. found
31:15 Moreover Hezekiah[03169] the king[04428] and the princes[08269] commanded[0559][8799] the Levites[03881] to sing praise[01984][8763] unto the LORD[03068] with the words[01697] of David[01732], and of Asaph[0623] the seer[02374]. And they sang praises[01984][8762] with gladness[08057], and they bowed their heads[06915][8799] and worshipped[07812][8691].
31:16 Then Hezekiah[03169] answered[06030][8799] and said[0559][8799], Now ye have consecrated[04390][8765][03027] yourselves unto the LORD[03068], come near[05066][8798] and bring[0935][8685] sacrifices[02077] and thank offerings[08426] into the house[01004] of the LORD[03068]. And the congregation[06951] brought in[0935][8686] sacrifices[02077] and thank offerings[08426]; and as many as were of a free[05081] heart[03820] burnt offerings[05930]. consecrated...: or, filled your hand
31:17 And the number[04557] of the burnt offerings[05930], which the congregation[06951] brought[0935][8689], was threescore and ten[07657] bullocks[01241], an hundred[03967] rams[0352], and two hundred[03967] lambs[03532]: all these were for a burnt offering[05930] to the LORD[03068].
31:18 And the consecrated things[06944] were six[08337] hundred[03967] oxen[01241] and three[07969] thousand[0505] sheep[06629].
31:19 But the priests[03548] were too few[04592], so that they could[03201][8804] not flay[06584][8687] all the burnt offerings[05930]: wherefore their brethren[0251] the Levites[03881] did help[02388][8762] them, till the work[04399] was ended[03615][8800], and until the other priests[03548] had sanctified[06942][8691] themselves: for the Levites[03881] were  more upright[03477] in heart[03824] to sanctify[06942][8692] themselves than the priests[03548]. did help...: Heb. strengthened them
31:20 And also the burnt offerings[05930] were in abundance[07230], with the fat[02459] of the peace offerings[08002], and the drink offerings[05262] for every burnt offering[05930]. So the service[05656] of the house[01004] of the LORD[03068] was set in order[03559][8735].
31:21 And Hezekiah[03169] rejoiced[08055][8799], and all the people[05971], that God[0430] had prepared[03559][8689] the people[05971]: for the thing[01697] was done suddenly[06597].
32:1 And Hezekiah[03169] sent[07971][8799] to all Israel[03478] and Judah[03063], and wrote[03789][8804] letters[0107] also to Ephraim[0669] and Manasseh[04519], that they should come[0935][8800] to the house[01004] of the LORD[03068] at Jerusalem[03389], to keep[06213][8800] the passover[06453] unto the LORD[03068] God[0430] of Israel[03478].
32:2 For the king[04428] had taken counsel[03289][8735], and his princes[08269], and all the congregation[06951] in Jerusalem[03389], to keep[06213][8800] the passover[06453] in the second[08145] month[02320].
32:3 For they could[03201][8804] not keep[06213][8800] it at that time[06256], because the priests[03548] had not sanctified[06942][8694] themselves sufficiently[04078][8676][01767], neither had the people[05971] gathered themselves together[0622][8738] to Jerusalem[03389].
32:4 And the thing[01697] pleased[03474][8799][05869] the king[04428] and all the congregation[06951]. pleased...: Heb. was right in the eyes of the king
32:5 So they established[05975][8686] a decree[01697] to make proclamation[05674][8687][06963] throughout all Israel[03478], from Beersheba[0884] even to Dan[01835], that they should come[0935][8800] to keep[06213][8800] the passover[06453] unto the LORD[03068] God[0430] of Israel[03478] at Jerusalem[03389]: for they had not done[06213][8804] it of a long[07230] time in such sort as it was written[03789][8803].
32:6 So the posts[07323][8801] went[03212][8799] with the letters[0107] from[03027] the king[04428] and his princes[08269] throughout all Israel[03478] and Judah[03063], and according to the commandment[04687] of the king[04428], saying[0559][8800], Ye children[01121] of Israel[03478], turn again[07725][8798] unto the LORD[03068] God[0430] of Abraham[085], Isaac[03327], and Israel[03478], and he will return[07725][8799] to the remnant[07604][8737] of you, that are escaped[06413] out of the hand[03709] of the kings[04428] of Assyria[0804]. from: Heb. from the hand
32:7 And be not ye like your fathers[01], and like your brethren[0251], which trespassed[04603][8804] against the LORD[03068] God[0430] of their fathers[01], who therefore gave them up[05414][8799] to desolation[08047], as ye see[07200][8802].
32:8 Now be ye not stiffnecked[07185][8686][06203], as your fathers[01] were, but yield[05414][8798] yourselves[03027] unto the LORD[03068], and enter[0935][8798] into his sanctuary[04720], which he hath sanctified[06942][8689] for ever[05769]: and serve[05647][8798] the LORD[03068] your God[0430], that the fierceness[02740] of his wrath[0639] may turn away[07725][8799] from you. be ye...: Heb. harden not your necks yield...: Heb. give the hand
32:9 For if ye turn again[07725][8800] unto the LORD[03068], your brethren[0251] and your children[01121] shall find compassion[07356] before[06440] them that lead them captive[07617][8802], so that they shall come again[07725][8800] into this land[0776]: for the LORD[03068] your God[0430] is gracious[02587] and merciful[07349], and will not turn away[05493][8686] his face[06440] from you, if ye return[07725][8799] unto him.
32:10 So the posts[07323][8801] passed[05674][8802] from city[05892] to city[05892] through the country[0776] of Ephraim[0669] and Manasseh[04519] even unto Zebulun[02074]: but they laughed them to scorn[07832][8688], and mocked[03932][8688] them.
32:11 Nevertheless divers[0582] of Asher[0836] and Manasseh[04519] and of Zebulun[02074] humbled[03665][8738] themselves, and came[0935][8799] to Jerusalem[03389].
32:12 Also in Judah[03063] the hand[03027] of God[0430] was to give[05414][8800] them one[0259] heart[03820] to do[06213][8800] the commandment[04687] of the king[04428] and of the princes[08269], by the word[01697] of the LORD[03068].
32:13 And there assembled[0622][8735] at Jerusalem[03389] much[07227] people[05971] to keep[06213][8800] the feast[02282] of unleavened bread[04682] in the second[08145] month[02320], a very[03966] great[07230] congregation[06951].
32:14 And they arose[06965][8799] and took away[05493][8686] the altars[04196] that were in Jerusalem[03389], and all the altars for incense[06999] took they away[05493][8689], and cast[07993][8686] them into the brook[05158] Kidron[06939].
32:15 Then they killed[07819][8799] the passover[06453] on the fourteenth[0702][06240] day of the second[08145] month[02320]: and the priests[03548] and the Levites[03881] were ashamed[03637][8738], and sanctified[06942][8691] themselves, and brought in[0935][8686] the burnt offerings[05930] into the house[01004] of the LORD[03068].
32:16 And they stood[05975][8799] in their place[05977] after their manner[04941], according to the law[08451] of Moses[04872] the man[0376] of God[0430]: the priests[03548] sprinkled[02236][8802] the blood[01818], which they received of the hand[03027] of the Levites[03881]. their place: Heb. their standing
32:17 For there were many[07227] in the congregation[06951] that were not sanctified[06942][8694]: therefore the Levites[03881] had the charge of the killing[07821] of the passovers[06453] for every one that was not clean[02889], to sanctify[06942][8687] them unto the LORD[03068].
32:18 For a multitude[04768] of the people[05971], even many[07227] of Ephraim[0669], and Manasseh[04519], Issachar[03485], and Zebulun[02074], had not[03808] cleansed[02891][8694] themselves, yet did they eat[0398][8804] the passover[06453] otherwise than it was written[03789][8803]. But Hezekiah[03169] prayed[06419][8694] for them, saying[0559][8800], The good[02896] LORD[03068] pardon[03722][8762] every one
32:19 That prepareth[03559][8689] his heart[03824] to seek[01875][8800] God[0430], the LORD[03068] God[0430] of his fathers[01], though he be not cleansed according to the purification[02893] of the sanctuary[06944].
32:20 And the LORD[03068] hearkened[08085][8799] to Hezekiah[03169], and healed[07495][8799] the people[05971].
32:21 And the children[01121] of Israel[03478] that were present[04672][8737] at Jerusalem[03389] kept[06213][8799] the feast[02282] of unleavened bread[04682] seven[07651] days[03117] with great[01419] gladness[08057]: and the Levites[03881] and the priests[03548] praised[01984][8764] the LORD[03068] day[03117] by day[03117], singing with loud[05797] instruments[03627] unto the LORD[03068]. present: Heb. found loud...: Heb. instruments of strength
32:22 And Hezekiah[03169] spake[01696][8762] comfortably[03820] unto all the Levites[03881] that taught[07919][8688] the good[02896] knowledge[07922] of the LORD[03068]: and they did eat[0398][8799] throughout the feast[04150] seven[07651] days[03117], offering[02076][8764] peace[08002] offerings[02077], and making confession[03034][8693] to the LORD[03068] God[0430] of their fathers[01]. comfortably...: Heb. to the heart of all
32:23 And the whole assembly[06951] took counsel[03289][8735] to keep[06213][8800] other[0312] seven[07651] days[03117]: and they kept[06213][8799] other seven[07651] days[03117] with gladness[08057].
32:24 For Hezekiah[02396] king[04428] of Judah[03063] did give[07311][8689] to the congregation[06951] a thousand[0505] bullocks[06499] and seven[07651] thousand[0505] sheep[06629]; and the princes[08269] gave[07311][8689] to the congregation[06951] a thousand[0505] bullocks[06499] and ten[06235] thousand[0505] sheep[06629]: and a great number[07230] of priests[03548] sanctified[06942][8691] themselves. did give: Heb. lifted up, or, offered gave: Heb. lifted up, or, offered
32:25 And all the congregation[06951] of Judah[03063], with the priests[03548] and the Levites[03881], and all the congregation[06951] that came out[0935][8802] of Israel[03478], and the strangers[01616] that came out[0935][8802] of the land[0776] of Israel[03478], and that dwelt[03427][8802] in Judah[03063], rejoiced[08055][8799].
32:26 So there was great[01419] joy[08057] in Jerusalem[03389]: for since the time[03117] of Solomon[08010] the son[01121] of David[01732] king[04428] of Israel[03478] there was not the like in Jerusalem[03389].
32:27 Then the priests[03548] the Levites[03881] arose[06965][8799] and blessed[01288][8762] the people[05971]: and their voice[06963] was heard[08085][8735], and their prayer[08605] came[0935][8799] up to his holy[06944] dwelling place[04583], even unto heaven[08064]. his holy...: Heb. the habitation of his holiness
32:28 Now when all this was finished[03615][8763], all Israel[03478] that were present[04672][8737] went out[03318][8804] to the cities[05892] of Judah[03063], and brake[07665][00] the images[04676] in pieces[07665][8762], and cut down[01438][8762] the groves[0842], and threw down[05422][8762] the high places[01116] and the altars[04196] out of all Judah[03063] and Benjamin[01144], in Ephraim[0669] also and Manasseh[04519], until they had utterly destroyed[03615][8763] them all. Then all the children[01121] of Israel[03478] returned[07725][8799], every man[0376] to his possession[0272], into their own cities[05892]. present: Heb. found images: Heb. statues until...: Heb. until to make an end
32:29 And Hezekiah[03169] appointed[05975][8686] the courses[04256] of the priests[03548] and the Levites[03881] after their courses[04256], every man[0376] according[06310] to his service[05656], the priests[03548] and Levites[03881] for burnt offerings[05930] and for peace offerings[08002], to minister[08334][8763], and to give thanks[03034][8687], and to praise[01984][8763] in the gates[08179] of the tents[04264] of the LORD[03068].
32:30 He appointed also the king's[04428] portion[04521] of his substance[07399] for the burnt offerings[05930], to wit , for the morning[01242] and evening[06153] burnt offerings[05930], and the burnt offerings[05930] for the sabbaths[07676], and for the new moons[02320], and for the set feasts[04150], as it is written[03789][8803] in the law[08451] of the LORD[03068].
32:31 Moreover he commanded[0559][8799] the people[05971] that dwelt[03427][8802] in Jerusalem[03389] to give[05414][8800] the portion[04521] of the priests[03548] and the Levites[03881], that they might be encouraged[02388][8799] in the law[08451] of the LORD[03068].
32:32 And as soon as the commandment[01697] came abroad[06555][8800], the children[01121] of Israel[03478] brought[0935][8689] in abundance[07235][8689] the firstfruits[07225] of corn[01715], wine[08492], and oil[03323], and honey[01706], and of all the increase[08393] of the field[07704]; and the tithe[04643] of all things brought[0935][8689] they in abundantly[07230]. came...: Heb. brake forth honey: or, dates
32:33 And concerning the children[01121] of Israel[03478] and Judah[03063], that dwelt[03427][8802] in the cities[05892] of Judah[03063], they also brought in[0935][8689] the tithe[04643] of oxen[01241] and sheep[06629], and the tithe[04643] of holy things[06944] which were consecrated[06942][8794] unto the LORD[03068] their God[0430], and laid[05414][8799] them  by heaps[06194][06194]. by heaps: Heb. heaps, heaps
33:1 In the third[07992] month[02320] they began[02490][8689] to lay the foundation[03245][8800] of the heaps[06194], and finished[03615][8765] them in the seventh[07637] month[02320].
33:2 And when Hezekiah[03169] and the princes[08269] came[0935][8799] and saw[07200][8799] the heaps[06194], they blessed[01288][8762] the LORD[03068], and his people[05971] Israel[03478].
33:3 Then Hezekiah[03169] questioned[01875][8799] with the priests[03548] and the Levites[03881] concerning the heaps[06194].
33:4 And Azariah[05838] the chief[07218] priest[03548] of the house[01004] of Zadok[06659] answered[0559][8799] him, and said[0559][8799], Since the people began[02490][8687] to bring[0935][8687] the offerings[08641] into the house[01004] of the LORD[03068], we have had enough[07646][8800] to eat[0398][8800], and have left[03498][8687] plenty[07230]: for the LORD[03068] hath blessed[01288][8765] his people[05971]; and that which is left[03498][8737] is this great store[01995].
33:5 Then Hezekiah[03169] commanded[0559][8799] to prepare[03559][8687] chambers[03957] in the house[01004] of the LORD[03068]; and they prepared[03559][8686] them , chambers: or, storehouses
33:6 And brought in[0935][8686] the offerings[08641] and the tithes[04643] and the dedicated[06944] things faithfully[0530]: over which Cononiah[03562] the Levite[03881] was  ruler[05057], and Shimei[08096] his brother[0251] was the next[04932].
33:7 And Jehiel[03171], and Azaziah[05812], and Nahath[05184], and Asahel[06214], and Jerimoth[03406], and Jozabad[03107], and Eliel[0447], and Ismachiah[03253], and Mahath[04287], and Benaiah[01141], were overseers[06496] under the hand[03027] of Cononiah[03562] and Shimei[08096] his brother[0251], at the commandment[04662] of Hezekiah[03169] the king[04428], and Azariah[05838] the ruler[05057] of the house[01004] of God[0430]. under...: Heb. at the hand
33:8 And Kore[06981] the son[01121] of Imnah[03232] the Levite[03881], the porter[07778] toward the east[04217], was over the freewill offerings[05071] of God[0430], to distribute[05414][8800] the oblations[08641] of the LORD[03068], and the most[06944] holy things[06944].
33:9 And next him were Eden[05731], and Miniamin[04509], and Jeshua[03442], and Shemaiah[08098], Amariah[0568], and Shecaniah[07935], in the cities[05892] of the priests[03548], in their set office[0530], to give[05414][8800] to their brethren[0251] by[03027] courses[04256], as well to the great[01419] as to the small[06996]: next...: Heb. at his hand set...: or, trust
33:10 Beside their genealogy[03187][8692] of males[02145], from three[07969] years[08141] old[01121] and upward[04605], even unto every one that entereth[0935][8802] into the house[01004] of the LORD[03068], his daily[03117][03117] portion[01697] for their service[05656] in their charges[04931] according to their courses[04256];
33:11 Both to the genealogy[03187][8692] of the priests[03548] by the house[01004] of their fathers[01], and the Levites[03881] from twenty[06242] years[08141] old[01121] and upward[04605], in their charges[04931] by their courses[04256];
33:12 And to the genealogy[03187][8692] of all their little ones[02945], their wives[0802], and their sons[01121], and their daughters[01323], through all the congregation[06951]: for in their set office[0530] they sanctified[06942][8691] themselves in holiness[06944]: set...: or, trust
33:13 Also of the sons[01121] of Aaron[0175] the priests[03548], which were in the fields[07704] of the suburbs[04054] of their cities[05892], in every several city[05892], the men[0582] that were expressed[05344][8738] by name[08034], to give[05414][8800] portions[04490] to all the males[02145] among the priests[03548], and to all that were reckoned by genealogies[03187][8692] among the Levites[03881].
33:14 And thus did[06213][8799] Hezekiah[03169] throughout all Judah[03063], and wrought[06213][8799] that which was good[02896] and right[03477] and truth[0571] before[06440] the LORD[03068] his God[0430].
33:15 And in every work[04639] that he began[02490][8689] in the service[05656] of the house[01004] of God[0430], and in the law[08451], and in the commandments[04687], to seek[01875][8800] his God[0430], he did[06213][8804]  it with all his heart[03824], and prospered[06743][8689].
33:16 After[0310] these things[01697], and the establishment[0571] thereof, Sennacherib[05576] king[04428] of Assyria[0804] came[0935][8804], and entered[0935][8799] into Judah[03063], and encamped[02583][8799] against the fenced[01219][8803] cities[05892], and thought[0559][8799] to win[01234][8800] them for himself. to win...: Heb. to break them up
33:17 And when Hezekiah[03169] saw[07200][8799] that Sennacherib[05576] was come[0935][8804], and that he was purposed[06440] to fight[04421] against Jerusalem[03389], he was...: Heb. his face was to war
33:18 He took counsel[03289][8735] with his princes[08269] and his mighty men[01368] to stop[05640][8800] the waters[04325] of the fountains[05869] which were without[02351] the city[05892]: and they did help[05826][8799] him.
33:19 So there was gathered[06908][00] much[07227] people[05971] together[06908][8735], who stopped[05640][8799] all the fountains[04599], and the brook[05158] that ran[07857][8802] through the midst[08432] of the land[0776], saying[0559][8800], Why should the kings[04428] of Assyria[0804] come[0935][8799], and find[04672][8804] much[07227] water[04325]? ran: Heb. overflowed
33:20 Also he strengthened[02388][8691] himself, and built up[01129][8799] all the wall[02346] that was broken[06555][8803], and raised it up[05927][8686] to the towers[04026], and another[0312] wall[02346] without[02351], and repaired[02388][8762] Millo[04407] in the city[05892] of David[01732], and made[06213][8799] darts[07973] and shields[04043] in abundance[07230]. darts: or, swords, or, weapons
33:21 And he set[05414][8799] captains[08269] of war[04421] over the people[05971], and gathered them together[06908][8799] to him in the street[07339] of the gate[08179] of the city[05892], and spake[01696][8762] comfortably[03824] to them, saying[0559][8800], spake...: Heb. he spoke to their heart
33:22 Be strong[02388][8798] and courageous[0553][8798], be not afraid[03372][8799] nor dismayed[02865][8735] for[06440] the king[04428] of Assyria[0804], nor for all the multitude[01995] that is with him: for there be more[07227] with us than with him:
33:23 With him is an arm[02220] of flesh[01320]; but with us is the LORD[03068] our God[0430] to help[05826][8800] us, and to fight[03898][8736] our battles[04421]. And the people[05971] rested[05564][8735] themselves upon the words[01697] of Hezekiah[03169] king[04428] of Judah[03063]. rested...: Heb. leaned
33:24 After[0310] this did Sennacherib[05576] king[04428] of Assyria[0804] send[07971][8804] his servants[05650] to Jerusalem[03389], (but he himself laid siege against Lachish[03923], and all his power[04475] with him,) unto Hezekiah[03169] king[04428] of Judah[03063], and unto all Judah[03063] that were at Jerusalem[03389], saying[0559][8800], power: Heb. dominion
33:25 Thus saith[0559][8804] Sennacherib[05576] king[04428] of Assyria[0804], Whereon do ye trust[0982][8802], that ye abide[03427][8802] in the siege[04692] in Jerusalem[03389]? siege: or, strong hold
34:1 Doth not Hezekiah[03169] persuade[05496][8688] you to give[05414][8800] over yourselves to die[04191][8800] by famine[07458] and by thirst[06772], saying[0559][8800], The LORD[03068] our God[0430] shall deliver[05337][8686] us out of the hand[03709] of the king[04428] of Assyria[0804]?
34:2 Hath not the same Hezekiah[03169] taken away[05493][8689] his high places[01116] and his altars[04196], and commanded[0559][8799] Judah[03063] and Jerusalem[03389], saying[0559][8800], Ye shall worship[07812][8691] before[06440] one[0259] altar[04196], and burn incense[06999][8686] upon it?
34:3 Know[03045][8799] ye not what I and my fathers[01] have done[06213][8804] unto all the people[05971] of other lands[0776]? were the gods[0430] of the nations[01471] of those lands[0776] any ways[03201][8800] able[03201][8804] to deliver[05337][8687] their lands[0776] out of mine hand[03027]?
34:4 Who was there among all the gods[0430] of those nations[01471] that my fathers[01] utterly destroyed[02763][8689], that could[03201][8804] deliver[05337][8687] his people[05971] out of mine hand[03027], that your God[0430] should be able[03201][8799] to deliver[05337][8687] you out of mine hand[03027]?
34:5 Now therefore let not[03808] Hezekiah[02396] deceive[05377][8686] you, nor persuade[05496][8686] you on this manner, neither yet believe[0539][8686] him: for no god[0433] of any nation[01471] or kingdom[04467] was able[03201][8799] to deliver[05337][8687] his people[05971] out of mine hand[03027], and out of the hand[03027] of my fathers[01]: how much less shall your God[0430] deliver[05337][8686] you out of mine hand[03027]?
34:6 And his servants[05650] spake[01696][8765] yet more against the LORD[03068] God[0430], and against his servant[05650] Hezekiah[03169].
34:7 He wrote[03789][8804] also letters[05612] to rail[02778][8763] on the LORD[03068] God[0430] of Israel[03478], and to speak[0559][8800] against him, saying[0559][8800], As the gods[0430] of the nations[01471] of other  lands[0776] have not delivered[05337][8689] their people[05971] out of mine hand[03027], so shall not the God[0430] of Hezekiah[03169] deliver[05337][8686] his people[05971] out of mine hand[03027].
34:8 Then they cried[07121][8799] with a loud[01419] voice[06963] in the Jews' speech[03066] unto the people[05971] of Jerusalem[03389] that were on the wall[02346], to affright[03372][8763] them, and to trouble[0926][8763] them; that they might take[03920][8799] the city[05892].
34:9 And they spake[01696][8762] against[05921] the God[0430] of Jerusalem[03389], as against the gods[0430] of the people[05971] of the earth[0776], which were the work[04639] of the hands[03027] of man[0120].
34:10 And for this cause Hezekiah[03169] the king[04428], and the prophet[05030] Isaiah[03470] the son[01121] of Amoz[0531], prayed[06419][8691] and cried[02199][8799] to heaven[08064].
34:11 And the LORD[03068] sent[07971][8799] an angel[04397], which cut off[03582][8686] all the mighty men[01368] of valour[02428], and the leaders[05057] and captains[08269] in the camp[04264] of the king[04428] of Assyria[0804]. So he returned[07725][8799] with shame[01322] of face[06440] to his own land[0776]. And when he was come[0935][8799] into the house[01004] of his god[0430], they that came forth[03329] of his own bowels[04578] slew[05307][8689] him there with the sword[02719]. slew...: Heb. made him fall
34:12 Thus the LORD[03068] saved[03467][8686] Hezekiah[03169] and the inhabitants[03427][8802] of Jerusalem[03389] from the hand[03027] of Sennacherib[05576] the king[04428] of Assyria[0804], and from the hand[03027] of all  other , and guided[05095][8762] them on every side[05439].
34:13 And many[07227] brought[0935][8688] gifts[04503] unto the LORD[03068] to Jerusalem[03389], and presents[04030] to Hezekiah[03169] king[04428] of Judah[03063]: so that he was magnified[05375][8735] in the sight[05869] of all nations[01471] from thenceforth[0310]. presents: Heb. precious things
34:14 In those days[03117] Hezekiah[03169] was sick[02470][8804] to the death[04191][8800], and prayed[06419][8691] unto the LORD[03068]: and he spake[0559][8799] unto him, and he gave[05414][8804] him a sign[04159]. gave...: or, wrought a miracle for him
34:15 But Hezekiah[03169] rendered not again[07725][8689] according to the benefit[01576] done unto him; for his heart[03820] was lifted up[01361][8804]: therefore there was wrath[07110] upon him, and upon Judah[03063] and Jerusalem[03389].
34:16 Notwithstanding Hezekiah[03169] humbled[03665][8735] himself for the pride[01363] of his heart[03820], both he and the inhabitants[03427][8802] of Jerusalem[03389], so that the wrath[07110] of the LORD[03068] came[0935][8804] not upon them in the days[03117] of Hezekiah[03169]. pride: Heb. lifting up
34:17 And Hezekiah[03169] had exceeding[03966] much[07235][8687] riches[06239] and honour[03519]: and he made[06213][8804] himself treasuries[0214] for silver[03701], and for gold[02091], and for precious[03368] stones[068], and for spices[01314], and for shields[04043], and for all manner of pleasant[02532] jewels[03627]; pleasant...: Heb. instruments of desire
34:18 Storehouses[04543] also for the increase[08393] of corn[01715], and wine[08492], and oil[03323]; and stalls[0723] for all manner of beasts[0929], and cotes[0220] for flocks[05739].
34:19 Moreover he provided[06213][8804] him cities[05892], and possessions[04735] of flocks[06629] and herds[01241] in abundance[07230]: for God[0430] had given[05414][8804] him substance[07399] very[03966] much[07227].
34:20 This same Hezekiah[03169] also stopped[05640][8804] the upper[05945] watercourse[04161][04325] of Gihon[01521], and brought it straight[03474][8762] down[04295] to the west side[04628] of the city[05892] of David[01732]. And Hezekiah[03169] prospered[06743][8686] in all his works[04639].
34:21 Howbeit[03651] in the business of the ambassadors[03887][8688] of the princes[08269] of Babylon[0894], who sent[07971][8764] unto him to enquire[01875][8800] of the wonder[04159] that was done in the land[0776], God[0430] left[05800][8804] him, to try[05254][8763] him, that he might know[03045][8800] all that was in his heart[03824]. ambassadors: Heb. interpreters
34:22 Now the rest[03499] of the acts[01697] of Hezekiah[03169], and his goodness[02617], behold, they are written[03789][8803] in the vision[02377] of Isaiah[03470] the prophet[05030], the son[01121] of Amoz[0531],  and in the book[05612] of the kings[04428] of Judah[03063] and Israel[03478]. goodness: Heb. kindnesses
34:23 And Hezekiah[03169] slept[07901][8799] with his fathers[01], and they buried[06912][8799] him in the chiefest[04608] of the sepulchres[06913] of the sons[01121] of David[01732]: and all Judah[03063] and the inhabitants[03427][8802] of Jerusalem[03389] did him[06213][8804] honour[03519] at his death[04194]. And Manasseh[04519] his son[01121] reigned[04427][8799] in his stead. chiefest: or, highest
34:24 Manasseh[04519] was twelve[08147][06240] years[08141] old[01121] when he began to reign[04427][8800], and he reigned[04427][8804] fifty[02572] and five[02568] years[08141] in Jerusalem[03389]:
34:25 But did[06213][8799] that which was evil[07451] in the sight[05869] of the LORD[03068], like unto the abominations[08441] of the heathen[01471], whom the LORD[03068] had cast out[03423][8689] before[06440] the children[01121] of Israel[03478].
34:26 For he built[01129][8799] again[07725][8799] the high places[01116] which Hezekiah[03169] his father[01] had broken down[05422][8765], and he reared up[06965][8686] altars[04196] for Baalim[01168], and made[06213][8799] groves[0842], and worshipped[07812][8691] all the host[06635] of heaven[08064], and served[05647][8799] them. he built...: Heb. he returned and built
34:27 Also he built[01129][8804] altars[04196] in the house[01004] of the LORD[03068], whereof the LORD[03068] had said[0559][8804], In Jerusalem[03389] shall my name[08034] be for ever[05769].
34:28 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].
34:29 And he caused[05674][00] his children[01121] to pass through[05674][8689] the fire[0784] in the valley[01516] of the son[01121] of Hinnom[02011]: also he observed times[06049][8782], and used enchantments[05172][8765], and used witchcraft[03784][8765], and dealt[06213][8804] with a familiar spirit[0178], and with wizards[03049]: he wrought[06213][8800] much[07235][8689] evil[07451] in the sight[05869] of the LORD[03068], to provoke him to anger[03707][8687].
34:30 And he set[07760][8799] a carved image[06459], the idol[05566] which he had made[06213][8804], in the house[01004] of God[0430], of which God[0430] had 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] before all the tribes[07626] of Israel[03478], will I put[07760][8799] my name[08034] for ever[05865]:
34:31 Neither will I any more[03254][8686] remove[05493][8687] the foot[07272] of Israel[03478] from out[05921] of the land[0127] which I have appointed[05975][8689] for your fathers[01]; so that[0518] they will take heed[08104][8799] to do[06213][8800] all that I have commanded[06680][8765] them, according to the whole law[08451] and the statutes[02706] and the ordinances[04941] by the hand[03027] of Moses[04872].
34:32 So Manasseh[04519] made[08582][00] Judah[03063] and the inhabitants[03427][8802] of Jerusalem[03389] to err[08582][8686], and to do[06213][8800] worse[07451] than the heathen[01471], whom the LORD[03068] had destroyed[08045][8689] before[06440] the children[01121] of Israel[03478].
34:33 And the LORD[03068] spake[01696][8762] to Manasseh[04519], and to his people[05971]: but they would not hearken[07181][8689].
35:1 Wherefore the LORD[03068] brought[0935][8686] upon them the captains of[08269] the host of[06635] the king[04428] of Assyria[0804], which took[03920][8799] Manasseh[04519] among the thorns[02336], and bound him[0631][8799] with fetters[05178], and carried[03212][8686] him to Babylon[0894]. of the king: Heb. which were the king's fetters: or, chains
35:2 And when he was in affliction[06887][8687], he besought[02470][8765] the LORD[03068] his God[0430], and humbled[03665][8735] himself greatly[03966] before[06440] the God[0430] of his fathers[01],
35:3 And prayed[06419][8691] unto him: and he was intreated[06279][8735] of him, and heard[08085][8799] his supplication[08467], and brought him again[07725][8686] to Jerusalem[03389] into his kingdom[04438]. Then Manasseh[04519] knew[03045][8799] that the LORD[03068] he was God[0430].
35:4 Now after this[0310] he built[01129][8804] a wall[02346] without[02435] the city[05892] of David[01732], on the west side[04628] of Gihon[01521], in the valley[05158], even to the entering in[0935][8800] at the fish[01709] gate[08179], and compassed[05437][8804] about Ophel[06077], and raised it up[01361][8686] a very great height[03966], and put[07760][8799] captains[08269] of war[02428] in all the fenced[01219][8803] cities[05892] of Judah[03063]. Ophel: or, the tower
35:5 And he took away[05493][8686] the strange[05236] gods[0430], and the idol[05566] out of the house[01004] of the LORD[03068], and all the altars[04196] that he had built[01129][8804] in the mount[02022] of the house[01004] of the LORD[03068], and in Jerusalem[03389], and cast[07993][8686] them out[02351] of the city[05892].
35:6 And he repaired[01129][8799] the altar[04196] of the LORD[03068], and sacrificed[02076][8799] thereon peace[08002] offerings[02077] and thank offerings[08426], and commanded[0559][8799] Judah[03063] to serve[05647][8800] the LORD[03068] God[0430] of Israel[03478].
35:7 Nevertheless[061] the people[05971] did sacrifice[02076][8802] still in the high places[01116], yet unto the LORD[03068] their God[0430] only.
35:8 Now the rest[03499] of the acts[01697] of Manasseh[04519], and his prayer[08605] unto his God[0430], and the words[01697] of the seers[02374] that spake[01696][8764] to him in the name[08034] of the LORD[03068] God[0430] of Israel[03478], behold, they are written in the book[01697] of the kings[04428] of Israel[03478].
35:9 His prayer[08605] also, and how God was intreated[06279][8736] of him, and all his sin[02403], and his trespass[04604], and the places[04725] wherein he built[01129][8804] high places[01116], and set up[05975][8689] groves[0842] and graven images[06456], before[06440] he was humbled[03665][8736]: behold, they are written[03789][8803] among the sayings[01697] of the seers[02374][8676][02335]. the seers: or, Hosai
35:10 So Manasseh[04519] slept[07901][8799] with his fathers[01], and they buried[06912][8799] him in his own house[01004]: and Amon[0526] his son[01121] reigned[04427][8799] in his stead.
35:11 Amon[0526] was two[08147] and twenty[06242] years[08141] old[01121] when he began to reign[04427][8800], and reigned[04427][8804] two[08147] years[08141] in Jerusalem[03389].
35:12 But he did[06213][8799] that which was evil[07451] in the sight[05869] of the LORD[03068], as did[06213][8804] Manasseh[04519] his father[01]: for Amon[0526] sacrificed[02076][8765] unto all the carved images[06456] which Manasseh[04519] his father[01] had made[06213][8804], and served[05647][8799] them;
35:13 And humbled[03665][8738] not himself before[06440] the LORD[03068], as Manasseh[04519] his father[01] had humbled[03665][8736] himself; but Amon[0526] trespassed[0819] more and more[07235][8689]. trespassed more and more: Heb. multiplied trespass
35:14 And his servants[05650] conspired[07194][8799] against him, and slew[04191][8686] him in his own house[01004].
35:15 But 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[04427][00] Josiah[02977] his son[01121] king[04427][8686] in his stead.
35:16 Josiah[02977] was eight[08083] years[08141] old[01121] when he began to reign[04427][8800], and he reigned[04427][8804] in Jerusalem[03389] one[0259] and thirty[07970] years[08141].
35:17 And he did[06213][8799] that which was right[03477] in the sight[05869] of the LORD[03068], and walked[03212][8799] in the ways[01870] of David[01732] his father[01], and declined[05493][8804] neither to the right hand[03225], nor to the left[08040].
35:18 For in the eighth[08083] year[08141] of his reign[04427][8800], while he was yet young[05288], he began[02490][8689] to seek[01875][8800] after the God[0430] of David[01732] his father[01]: and in the twelfth[08147][06240] year[08141] he began[02490][8689] to purge[02891][8763] Judah[03063] and Jerusalem[03389] from the high places[01116], and the groves[0842], and the carved images[06456], and the molten images[04541].
35:19 And they brake down[05422][8762] the altars[04196] of Baalim[01168] in his presence[06440]; and the images[02553], that were on high above them[04605], he cut down[01438][8765]; and the groves[0842], and the carved images[06456], and the molten images[04541], he brake in pieces[07665][8765], and made dust[01854][8689] of them , and strowed[02236][8799] it upon[06440] the graves[06913] of them that had sacrificed[02076][8802] unto them. the images: or, the sun images graves: Heb. face of the graves
35:20 And he burnt[08313][8804] the bones[06106] of the priests[03548] upon their altars[04196], and cleansed[02891][8762] Judah[03063] and Jerusalem[03389].
35:21 And so did he in the cities[05892] of Manasseh[04519], and Ephraim[0669], and Simeon[08095], even unto Naphtali[05321], with their mattocks[02719] round about[05439]. mattocks: or, mauls
35:22 And when he had broken down[05422][8762] the altars[04196] and the groves[0842], and had beaten[03807][8765] the graven images[06456] into powder[01854][8687], and cut down[01438][8765] all the idols[02553] throughout all the land[0776] of Israel[03478], he returned[07725][8799] to Jerusalem[03389]. into...: Heb. to make powder
35:23 Now in the eighteenth[08083][06240] year[08141] of his reign[04427][8800], when he had purged[02891][8763] the land[0776], and the house[01004], he sent[07971][8804] Shaphan[08227] the son[01121] of Azaliah[0683], and Maaseiah[04641] the governor[08269] of the city[05892], and Joah[03098] the son[01121] of Joahaz[03099] the recorder[02142][8688], to repair[02388][8763] the house[01004] of the LORD[03068] his God[0430].
35:24 And when they came[0935][8799] to Hilkiah[02518] the high[01419] priest[03548], they delivered[05414][8799] the money[03701] that was brought[0935][8716] into the house[01004] of God[0430], which the Levites[03881] that kept[08104][8802] the doors[05592] had gathered[0622][8804] of the hand[03027] of Manasseh[04519] and Ephraim[0669], and of all the remnant[07611] of Israel[03478], and of all Judah[03063] and Benjamin[01144]; and they returned[07725][8799][8675][03427][8802] to Jerusalem[03389].
35:25 And they put[05414][8799] it in the hand[03027] of the workmen[06213][8802][04399] that had the oversight[06485][8716] of the house[01004] of the LORD[03068], and they gave[05414][8799] it to the workmen[06213][8802][04399] that wrought[06213][8802] in the house[01004] of the LORD[03068], to repair[0918][8800] and amend[02388][8763] the house[01004]:
35:26 Even to the artificers[02796] and builders[01129][8802] gave[05414][8799] they it , to buy[07069][8800] hewn[04274] stone[068], and timber[06086] for couplings[04226], and to floor[07136][8763] the houses[01004] which the kings[04428] of Judah[03063] had destroyed[07843][8689]. to floor: or, to rafter
35:27 And the men[0582] did[06213][8802] the work[04399] faithfully[0530]: and the overseers[05329][8763] of them were Jahath[03189] and Obadiah[05662], the Levites[03881], of the sons[01121] of Merari[04847]; and Zechariah[02148] and Meshullam[04918], of the sons of the Kohathites[06956], to set it forward[06485][8716]; and other of the Levites[03881], all that could skill[0995][8688] of instruments[03627] of musick[07892].
36:1 Also they were over the bearers of burdens[05449], and were overseers[05329][8764] of all that wrought[06213][8802] the work[04399] in any manner of service[05656]: and of the Levites[03881] there were  scribes[05608][8802], and officers[07860][8802], and porters[07778].
36:2 And when they brought out[03318][8687] the money[03701] that was brought into[0935][8716] the house[01004] of the LORD[03068], Hilkiah[02518] the priest[03548] found[04672][8804] a book[05612] of the law[08451] of the LORD[03068] given by[03027] Moses[04872]. by: Heb. by the hand of
36:3 And Hilkiah[02518] answered[06030][8799] and said[0559][8799] to 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] delivered[05414][8799] the book[05612] to Shaphan[08227].
36:4 And Shaphan[08227] carried[0935][8686] the book[05612] to the king[04428], and brought[07725][00] the king[04428] word[01697] back[07725][8686] again, saying[0559][8800], All that was committed[05414][8738] to[03027] thy servants[05650], they do[06213][8802] it . to thy...: Heb. to the hand of, etc
36:5 And they have gathered together[05413][8686] the money[03701] that was found[04672][8737] in the house[01004] of the LORD[03068], and have delivered[05414][8799] it into the hand[03027] of the overseers[06485][8716], and to the hand[03027] of the workmen[06213][8802][04399]. gathered together: Heb. poured out, or, melted
36:6 Then Shaphan[08227] the scribe[05608][8802] told[05046][8686] the king[04428], saying[0559][8800], Hilkiah[02518] the priest[03548] hath given[05414][8804] me a book[05612]. And Shaphan[08227] read[07121][8799] it before[06440] the king[04428]. it: Heb. in it
36:7 And it came to pass, when the king[04428] had heard[08085][8800] the words[01697] of the law[08451], that he rent[07167][8799] his clothes[0899].
36:8 And the king[04428] commanded[06680][8762] Hilkiah[02518], and Ahikam[0296] the son[01121] of Shaphan[08227], and Abdon[05658] the son[01121] of Micah[04318], and Shaphan[08227] the scribe[05608][8802], and Asaiah[06222] a servant[05650] of the king's[04428], saying[0559][8800], Abdon: or, Achbor
36:9 Go[03212][8798], enquire[01875][8798] of the LORD[03068] for me, and for them that are left[07604][8737] in Israel[03478] and in Judah[03063], concerning the words[01697] of the book[05612] that is found[04672][8738]: for great[01419] is the wrath[02534] of the LORD[03068] that is poured out[05413][8738] upon us, because our fathers[01] have not kept[08104][8804] the word[01697] of the LORD[03068], to do[06213][8800] after all that is written[03789][8803] in this book[05612].
36:10 And Hilkiah[02518], and they that the king[04428] had appointed , went[03212][8799] to Huldah[02468] the prophetess[05031], the wife[0802] of Shallum[07967] the son[01121] of Tikvath[08616][8676][08445], the son[01121] of Hasrah[02641], keeper[08104][8802] of the wardrobe[0899]; (now she dwelt[03427][8802] in Jerusalem[03389] in the college[04932]:) and they spake[01696][8762] to her to that effect . Hasrah: also called, Harhas wardrobe: Heb. garments in the college: or, in the school, or, in the second part
36:11 And she answered[0559][8799] them, Thus saith[0559][8804] the LORD[03068] God[0430] of Israel[03478], Tell[0559][8798] ye the man[0376] that sent[07971][8804] you to me,
36:12 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 curses[0423] that are written[03789][8803] in the book[05612] which they have read[07121][8804] before[06440] the king[04428] of Judah[03063]:
36:13 Because they have forsaken[05800][8804] me, and have burned incense[06999][8762][8675][06999][8686] 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 poured out[05413][8799] upon this place[04725], and shall not be quenched[03518][8799].
36:14 And as for[0413] the king[04428] of Judah[03063], who sent[07971][8802] you to enquire[01875][8800] of the LORD[03068], so shall ye say[0559][8799] unto him, Thus saith[0559][8804] the LORD[03068] God[0430] of Israel[03478] concerning the words[01697] which thou hast heard[08085][8804];
36:15 Because thine heart[03824] was tender[07401][8804], and thou didst humble[03665][8735] thyself before[06440] God[0430], when thou heardest[08085][8800] his words[01697] against this place[04725], and against the inhabitants[03427][8802] thereof, and humbledst[03665][8735] thyself before[06440] me, and didst rend[07167][8799] thy clothes[0899], and weep[01058][8799] before[06440] me; I have even heard[08085][8804] thee also, saith[05002][8803] the LORD[03068].
36:16 Behold, I will gather[0622][8802] thee to thy fathers[01], and thou shalt be gathered[0622][8738] to thy grave[06913] in peace[07965], neither shall thine eyes[05869] see[07200][8799] all the evil[07451] that I will bring[0935][8688] upon this place[04725], and upon the inhabitants[03427][8802] of the same. So they brought[07725][00] the king[04428] word[01697] again[07725][8686].
36:17 Then the king[04428] sent[07971][8799] and gathered together[0622][8799] all the elders[02205] of Judah[03063] and Jerusalem[03389].
36:18 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 the inhabitants[03427][8802] of Jerusalem[03389], and the priests[03548], and the Levites[03881], and all the people[05971], great[01419] and small[06996]: and he read[07121][8799] in their ears[0241] all the words[01697] of the book[05612] of the covenant[01285] that was found[04672][8737] in the house[01004] of the LORD[03068]. great...: Heb. from great even to small
36:19 And the king[04428] stood[05975][8799] in his place[05977], 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[02706], with all his heart[03824], and with all his soul[05315], to perform[06213][8800] the words[01697] of the covenant[01285] which are written[03789][8803] in this book[05612].
36:20 And he caused all that were present[04672][8737] in Jerusalem[03389] and Benjamin[01144] to stand[05975][8686] to it . And the inhabitants[03427][8802] of Jerusalem[03389] did[06213][8799] according to the covenant[01285] of God[0430], the God[0430] of their fathers[01]. present: Heb. found
36:21 And Josiah[02977] took away[05493][8686] all the abominations[08441] out of all the countries[0776] that pertained to the children[01121] of Israel[03478], and made all that were present[04672][8737] in Israel[03478] to serve[05647][8686], even to serve[05647][8800] the LORD[03068] their God[0430]. And all his days[03117] they departed[05493][8804] not from following[0310] the LORD[03068], the God[0430] of their fathers[01]. present: Heb. found from...: Heb. from after
36:22 Moreover Josiah[02977] kept[06213][8799] a passover[06453] unto the LORD[03068] in Jerusalem[03389]: and they killed[07819][8799] the passover[06453] on the fourteenth[0702][06240] day of the first[07223] month[02320].
36:23 And he set[05975][8686] the priests[03548] in their charges[04931], and encouraged[02388][8762] them to the service[05656] of the house[01004] of the LORD[03068],
