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2Kings 1





1. Then Moab <04124> rebelled <06586> against Israel <03478>
after <0310> the death <04194> of Ahab <0256>.



2 And Ahaziah <0274> fell <05307> down through < 01157> a
lattice <07639> in his upper <05944> chamber < 05944> that [was]
in Samaria <08111>, and was sick <02470>: and he sent <07971>
messengers <04397>, and said <0559> unto them, Go < 03212>,
enquire <01875> of Baalzebub <01176> the god < 0430> of Ekron
<06138> whether <0518> I shall recover <02421> of this <02088>
disease <02483>.



3 But the angel <04397> of the LORD <03068> said < 01696> to
Elijah <0452> the Tishbite <08664>, Arise < 06965>, go <05927> up
to meet <07125> the messengers <04397> of the king <04428> of
Samaria <08111>, and say <01696> unto them, [Is it] not because
[there is] not a God <0430> in Israel <03478>, [that] ye go
<01980> to enquire <01875> of Baalzebub <01176> the god <0430>
of Ekron <06138>?



4 Now therefore <03651> thus <03541> saith < 0559> the LORD
<03068>, Thou shalt not come <03381> down < 03381> from that bed
<04296> on which <0834> thou art gone <05927> up, but shalt
surely <03588> die <04191>. And Elijah <0452> departed <03212>.



5 And when the messengers <04397> turned <07725> back <07725>
unto him, he said <0559> unto them, Why <04100> are ye now
<02088> turned <07725> back <07725>?



6 And they said <0559> unto him, There came <05927> a man
<0376> up to meet <07125> us, and said <0559> unto us, Go
<03212>, turn <07725> again <07725> unto the king <04428> that
sent <07971> you, and say <01696> unto him, Thus < 03541> saith
<0559> the LORD <03068>, [Is it] not because [there is] not a
God <0430> in Israel <03478>, [that] thou sendest < 07971> to
enquire <01875> of Baalzebub <01176> the god < 0430> of Ekron
<06138>? therefore <03651> thou shalt not come < 03381> down
<03381> from that bed <04296> on which <0834> thou art gone
<05927> up, but shalt surely <03588> die <04191> .



7 And he said <01696> unto them, What <04100> manner <04941> of
man <0376> [was he] which <0834> came <05927> up to meet <07125>
you, and told <01696> you these <0428> words < 01697>?



8 And they answered <0559> him, [He was] an hairy man < 0376>,
and girt <0247> with a girdle <0232> of leather < 05785> about
his loins <04975>. And he said <0559>, It [is] Elijah <0452> the
Tishbite <08664>.



9. Then the king <04428> sent <07971> unto him a captain
<08269> of fifty <02572> with his fifty <02572>. And he went
<05927> up to him: and, behold <02009>, he sat < 03427> on
<05921> the top <07218> of an hill <02022>. And he spake <01696>
unto him, Thou man <0376> of God <0430>, the king < 04428> hath
said <01696>, Come <03381> down <03381>.



10 And Elijah <0452> answered <06030> and said < 01696> to the
captain <08269> of fifty <02572>, If <0518> I [be] a man <0376>
of God <0430>, then let fire <0784> come <03381> down <03381>
from heaven <08064>, and consume <0398> thee and thy fifty
<02572>. And there came <03381> down <03381> fire <0784> from
heaven <08064>, and consumed <0398> him and his fifty <02572>.



11 Again <07725> also he sent <07971> unto him another <0312>
captain <08269> of fifty <02572> with his fifty < 02572>. And he
answered <06030> and said <01696> unto him, O man < 0376> of God
<0430>, thus <03541> hath the king <04428> said <0559>, Come
<03381> down <03381> quickly <04120>.



12 And Elijah <0452> answered <06030> and said < 01696> unto
them, If <0518> I [be] a man <0376> of God < 0430>, let fire
<0784> come <03381> down <03381> from heaven <08064>, and
consume <0398> thee and thy fifty <02572>. And the fire <0784>
of God <0430> came <03381> down <03381> from heaven <08064>, and
consumed <0398> him and his fifty <02572>.



13 And he sent <07971> again <07725> a captain < 08269> of the
third <07992> fifty <02572> with his fifty < 02572>. And the
third <07992> captain <08269> of fifty <02572> went <05927> up,
and came <0935> and fell <03766> on <05921> his knees <01290>
before <05048> Elijah <0452>, and besought < 02603> him, and said
<01696> unto him, O man <0376> of God <0430>, I pray <04994>
thee, let my life <05315>, and the life of these < 0428> fifty
<02572> thy servants <05650>, be precious < 03365> in thy sight
<05869>.



14 Behold <02009>, there came <03381> fire < 0784> down <03381>
from heaven <08064>, and burnt <0398> up the two < 08147>
captains <08269> of the former <07223> fifties < 02572> with
their fifties <02572>: therefore let my life <05315> now <06258>
be precious <03365> in thy sight <05869>.



15 And the angel <04397> of the LORD <03068> said <01696> unto
Elijah <0452>, Go <03381> down <03381> with him: be not afraid
<03372> of him. And he arose <06965>, and went < 03381> down
<03381> with him unto the king <04428>.



16 And he said <01696> unto him, Thus <03541> saith <0559> the
LORD <03068>, Forasmuch as thou hast sent <07971> messengers
<04397> to enquire <01875> of Baalzebub <01176> the god <0430>
of Ekron <06138>, [is it] not because [there is] no < 0369> God
<0430> in Israel <03478> to enquire <01875> of his word <01697>?
therefore thou shalt not come <03381> down <03381> off that bed
<04296> on which <0834> thou art gone <05927> up, but shalt
surely <03588> die <04191>.



17 So he died <04191> according to the word <01697> of the LORD
<03068> which <0834> Elijah <0452> had spoken <01696>. And
Jehoram <03088> reigned <04427> in his stead < 08478> in the
second <08147> year <08141> of Jehoram <03088> the son <01121>
of Jehoshaphat <03092> king <04428> of Judah < 03063>; because
<03588> he had <01961> no <03808> son < 01121>.



18 Now the rest <03499> of the acts <01697> of Ahaziah <0274>
which <0834> he did <06213>, [are] they not written <03789> in
the book <05612> of the chronicles <01697> of the kings <04428>
of Israel <03478>?



2Kings 2



1. And it came <01961> to pass, when the LORD <03068> would
take <05927> up Elijah <0452> into heaven < 08064> by a whirlwind
<05591>, that Elijah <0452> went <03212> with Elisha <0477> from
Gilgal <01537>.



2 And Elijah <0452> said <0559> unto Elisha < 0477>, Tarry
<03427> here <06311>, I pray <04994> thee; for the LORD <03068>
hath sent <07971> me to Bethel <01008>. And Elisha <0477> said
<0559> [unto him, As] the LORD <03068> liveth < 02416>, and [as]
thy soul <05315> liveth <02416>, I will not leave < 05800> thee.
So they went <03381> down <03381> to Bethel < 01008>.



3 And the sons <01121> of the prophets <05030> that [were] at
Bethel <01008> came <03318> forth <03318> to Elisha <0477>, and
said <0559> unto him, Knowest <03045> thou that the LORD <03068>
will take <03947> away thy master <0113> from thy head <07218>
to day <03117>? And he said <0559>, Yea <01571>, I know <03045>
[it]; hold <02814> ye your peace <02814>.



4 And Elijah <0452> said <0559> unto him, Elisha < 0477>, tarry
<03427> here <06311>, I pray <04994> thee; for the LORD <03068>
hath sent <07971> me to Jericho <03405>. And he said <0559>,
[As] the LORD <03068> liveth <02416>, and [as] thy soul <05315>
liveth <02416>, I will not leave <05800> thee. So they came
<0935> to Jericho <03405>.



5 And the sons <01121> of the prophets <05030> that [were] at
Jericho <03405> came <05066> to Elisha <0477>, and said <0559>
unto him, Knowest <03045> thou that the LORD <03068> will take
<03947> away thy master <0113> from thy head < 07218> to day
<03117>? And he answered <0559>, Yea <01571>, I know <03045>
[it]; hold <02814> ye your peace <02814>.



6 And Elijah <0452> said <0559> unto him, Tarry < 03427>, I pray
<04994> thee, here <06311>; for the LORD <03068> hath sent
<07971> me to Jordan <03383>. And he said <0559> , [As] the LORD
<03068> liveth <02416>, and [as] thy soul < 05315> liveth <02416>,
I will not leave <05800> thee. And they two <08147> went
<03212> on.



7 And fifty <02572> men <0376> of the sons < 01121> of the
prophets <05030> went <01980>, and stood <05975> to view <05048>
afar <07350> off: and they two <08147> stood < 05975> by Jordan
<03383>.



8 And Elijah <0452> took <03947> his mantle < 0155>, and wrapped
<01563> [it] together, and smote <05221> the waters <04325>, and
they were divided <02673> hither and thither <02008>, so that
they two <08147> went <05674> over <05674> on dry <02724> ground.



9. And it came <01961> to pass, when they were gone < 05674>
over <05674>, that Elijah <0452> said <0559> unto Elisha <0477>,
Ask <07592> what <04100> I shall do <06213> for thee, before
<02962> I be taken <03947> away from thee. And Elisha <0477>
said <0559>, I pray <04994> thee, let a double < 08147> portion
<06310> of thy spirit <07307> be upon me.



10 And he said <0559>, Thou hast asked <07592> a hard <07185>
thing: [nevertheless], if <0518> thou see <07200> me [when I am]
taken <03947> from thee, it shall be so <03651> unto thee; but
if <0518> not, it shall not be [so].



11 And it came <01961> to pass, as they still went < 01980> on,
and talked <01696>, that, behold <02009>, [there appeared] a
chariot <07393> of fire <0784>, and horses < 05483> of fire
<0784>, and parted <06504> them both <08147> asunder <0996>; and
Elijah <0452> went <05927> up by a whirlwind < 05591> into heaven
<08064>.



12 And Elisha <0477> saw <07200> [it], and he cried <06817>, My
father <01>, my father <01>, the chariot <07393> of Israel
<03478>, and the horsemen <06571> thereof. And he saw <07200>
him no <03808> more <05750>: and he took hold < 02388> of his own
<0249> clothes <0899>, and rent <07167> them in two <08147>
pieces <07168>.



13. He took <07311> up also the mantle <0155> of Elijah <0452>
that fell <05307> from him, and went <07725> back < 07725>, and
stood <05975> by the bank <08193> of Jordan < 03383>;



14 And he took <03947> the mantle <0155> of Elijah <0452> that
fell <05307> from him, and smote <05221> the waters <04325>, and
said <0559>, Where <0346> [is] the LORD <03068> God <0430> of
Elijah <0452>? and when he also had smitten <05221> the waters
<04325>, they parted <02673> hither and thither < 02008>: and
Elisha <0477> went <05674> over <05674>.



15 And when the sons <01121> of the prophets <05030> which
<0834> [were] to view <05048> at Jericho <03405> saw <07200> him,
they said <0559>, The spirit <07307> of Elijah < 0452> doth rest
<05117> on <05921> Elisha <0477>. And they came <0935> to meet
<07125> him, and bowed <07812> themselves to the ground <0776>
before him.



16 And they said <0559> unto him, Behold <02009> now <04994>,
there be with thy servants <05650> fifty <02572> strong <02428>
men; let them go <03212>, we pray <04994> thee, and seek <01245>
thy master <0113>: lest <06435> peradventure the Spirit <07307>
of the LORD <03068> hath taken <05375> him up, and cast <07993>
him upon some <0259> mountain <02022>, or <0176> into some
<0259> valley <01516>. And he said <0559>, Ye shall not send
<07971>.



17 And when they urged <06484> him till <05704> he was ashamed
<0954>, he said <0559>, Send <07971>. They sent <07971>
therefore fifty <02572> men <0376>; and they sought <01245>
three <07969> days <03117>, but found <04672> him not.



18 And when they came <07725> again <07725> to him, (for he
tarried <03427> at Jericho <03405>,) he said < 0559> unto them,
Did I not say <0559> unto you, Go <03212> not?



19. And the men <0582> of the city <05892> said < 0559> unto
Elisha <0477>, Behold <02009>, I pray <04994> thee, the
situation <04186> of this <02088> city <05892> [is] pleasant
<02896>, as my lord <0113> seeth <07200>: but the water <04325>
[is] naught <07451>, and the ground <0776> barren < 07921>.



20 And he said <0559>, Bring <03947> me a new < 02319> cruse
<06746>, and put <07760> salt <04417> therein <08033>. And they
brought <0935> [it] to him.



21 And he went <03318> forth <03318> unto the spring <04161> of
the waters <04325>, and cast <07993> the salt < 04417> in there,
and said <0559>, Thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068>, I
have healed <07495> these <0428> waters <04325>; there shall not
be from thence <08033> any more <05750> death < 04194> or barren
<07921> [land].



22 So the waters <04325> were healed <07495> unto this <02088>
day <03117>, according to the saying <01697> of Elisha <0477>
which <0834> he spake <01696>.



23 And he went <05927> up from thence <08033> unto Bethel
<01008>: and as he was going <05927> up by the way <01870>,
there came <03318> forth <03318> little <06996> children <05288>
out of the city <05892>, and mocked <07046> him, and said <0559>
unto him, Go <05927> up, thou bald <07142> head; go <05927> up,
thou bald <07142> head.



24 And he turned <06437> back <0310>, and looked < 07200> on
them, and cursed <07043> them in the name <08034> of the LORD
<03068>. And there came <03318> forth <03318> two <08147> she
bears <01677> out of the wood <03293>, and tare < 01234> forty
<0705> and two <08147> children <03206> of them.



25 And he went <03212> from thence <08033> to mount <02022>
Carmel <03760>, and from thence <08033> he returned <07725> to
Samaria <08111>.



2Kings 3



1. Now Jehoram <03088> the son <01121> of Ahab < 0256> began to
reign <04427> over <05921> Israel <03478> in Samaria <08111> the
eighteenth year <08141> of Jehoshaphat <03092> king <04428> of
Judah <03063>, and reigned <04427> twelve years < 08141>.



2 And he wrought <06213> evil <07451> in the sight <05869> of
the LORD <03068>; but not like his father <01>, and like his
mother <0517>: for he put <05493> away <05493> the image <04676>
of Baal <01168> that his father <01> had made < 06213>.



3 Nevertheless <07535> he cleaved <01692> unto the sins <02403>
of Jeroboam <03379> the son <01121> of Nebat < 05028>, which
<0834> made Israel <03478> to sin <02398>; he departed <05493>
not therefrom.



4 And Mesha <04337> king <04428> of Moab < 04124> was a
sheepmaster <05349>, and rendered <07725> unto the king <04428>
of Israel <03478> an hundred <03967> thousand < 0505> lambs
<03733>, and an hundred <03967> thousand <0505> rams <0352>,
with the wool <06785>.



5 But it came <01961> to pass, when Ahab <0256> was dead
<04194>, that the king <04428> of Moab <04124> rebelled <06586>
against the king <04428> of Israel <03478>.



6. And king <04428> Jehoram <03088> went < 03318> out of Samaria
<08111> the same <01931> time <03117>, and numbered <06485> all
<03605> Israel <03478>.



7 And he went <03212> and sent <07971> to Jehoshaphat <03092>
the king <04428> of Judah <03063>, saying <0559> , The king
<04428> of Moab <04124> hath rebelled <06586> against me: wilt
thou go <03212> with me against <0413> Moab < 04124> to battle
<04421>? And he said <0559>, I will go <05927> up: I [am] as
thou [art], my people <05971> as thy people <05971>, [and] my
horses <05483> as thy horses <05483>.



8 And he said <0559>, Which way <01870> shall we go <05927> up?
And he answered <0559>, The way <01870> through the wilderness
<04057> of Edom <0123>.



9 So the king <04428> of Israel <03478> went < 03212>, and the
king <04428> of Judah <03063>, and the king < 04428> of Edom
<0123>: and they fetched a compass <05437> of seven <07651> days
<03117>' journey <01870>: and there was no < 03808> water <04325>
for the host <04264>, and for the cattle <0929> that followed
<07272> them.



10 And the king <04428> of Israel <03478> said < 0559>, Alas
<0160>! that the LORD <03068> hath called < 07121> these <0428>
three <07969> kings <04428> together, to deliver < 05414> them
into the hand <03027> of Moab <04124>!



11 But Jehoshaphat <03092> said <0559>, [Is there] not here
<06311> a prophet <05030> of the LORD <03068>, that we may
enquire <01875> of the LORD <03068> by him? And one <0259> of
the king <04428> of Israel's <03478> servants < 05650> answered
<06030> and said <0559>, Here <06311> [is] Elisha <0477> the son
<01121> of Shaphat <08202>, which <0834> poured <03332> water
<04325> on <05921> the hands <03027> of Elijah <0452>.



12 And Jehoshaphat <03092> said <0559>, The word < 01697> of the
LORD <03068> is with him. So the king <04428> of Israel <03478>
and Jehoshaphat <03092> and the king <04428> of Edom <0123> went
<03381> down <03381> to him.



13 And Elisha <0477> said <0559> unto the king < 04428> of
Israel <03478>, What <04100> have I to do with thee? get <03212>
thee to the prophets <05030> of thy father <01>, and to the
prophets <05030> of thy mother <0517>. And the king <04428> of
Israel <03478> said <0559> unto him, Nay <0408>: for the LORD
<03068> hath called <07121> these <0428> three <07969> kings
<04428> together, to deliver <05414> them into the hand <03027>
of Moab <04124>.



14 And Elisha <0477> said <0559>, [As] the LORD < 03068> of
hosts <06635> liveth <02416>, before <06440> whom <0834> I stand
<05975>, surely <03588>, were it not that I regard <05375> the
presence <06440> of Jehoshaphat <03092> the king < 04428> of
Judah <03063>, I would not look <05027> toward < 0413> thee, nor
<0518> see <07200> thee.



15 But now <06258> bring <03947> me a minstrel < 05059>. And it
came <01961> to pass, when the minstrel <05059> played <05059>,
that the hand <03027> of the LORD <03068> came < 01961> upon him.



16 And he said <0559>, Thus <03541> saith < 0559> the LORD
<03068>, Make <06213> this <02088> valley < 05158> full of
ditches <01356>.



17 For thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD < 03068>, Ye shall not
see <07200> wind <07307>, neither <03808> shall ye see <07200>
rain <01653>; yet that valley <05158> shall be filled <04390>
with water <04325>, that ye may drink <08354>, both ye, and your
cattle <04735>, and your beasts <0929>.



18 And this <02063> is [but] a light <07043> thing in the sight
<05869> of the LORD <03068>: he will deliver < 05414> the
Moabites <04124> also into your hand <03027>.



19 And ye shall smite <05221> every <03605> fenced <04013> city
<05892>, and every <03605> choice <04005> city <05892>, and
shall fell <05307> every <03605> good <02896> tree <06086>, and
stop <05640> all <03605> wells <04599> of water <04325>, and mar
<03510> every <03605> good <02896> piece < 02513> of land with
stones <068>.



20. And it came <01961> to pass in the morning < 01242>, when
the meat offering <04503> was offered <05927>, that, behold
<02009>, there came <0935> water <04325> by the way <01870> of
Edom <0123>, and the country <0776> was filled < 04390> with
water <04325>.



21 And when all <03605> the Moabites <04124> heard <08085> that
the kings <04428> were come <05927> up to fight < 03898> against
them, they gathered <06817> all <03605> that were able <02296>
to put <02296> on armour <02290>, and upward < 04605>, and stood
<05975> in the border <01366>.



22 And they rose <07925> up early <07925> in the morning
<01242>, and the sun <08121> shone <02224> upon the water
<04325>, and the Moabites <04124> saw <07200> the water <04325>
on the other <05048> side <05048> [as] red < 0122> as blood
<01818>:



23 And they said <0559>, This <02088> [is] blood < 01818>: the
kings <04428> are surely slain <02717>, and they have smitten
<05221> one <0376> another <07453>: now < 06258> therefore, Moab
<04124>, to the spoil <07998>.



24 And when they came <0935> to the camp <04264> of Israel
<03478>, the Israelites <03478> rose <06965> up and smote
<05221> the Moabites <04124>, so that they fled < 05127> before
<06440> them: but they went <05221> forward smiting <05221> the
Moabites <04124>, even in [their] country.



25 And they beat <02040> down <02040> the cities < 05892>, and
on every <03605> good <02896> piece <02513> of land cast <07993>
every man <0376> his stone <068>, and filled < 04390> it; and
they stopped <05640> all <03605> the wells < 04599> of water
<04325>, and felled <05307> all <03605> the good <02896> trees
<06086>: only in Kirharaseth <07025> left < 07604> they the
stones <068> thereof; howbeit the slingers <07051> went <05437>
about <05437> [it], and smote <05221> it.



26 And when the king <04428> of Moab <04124> saw < 07200> that
the battle <04421> was too sore <02388> for him, he took <03947>
with him seven <07651> hundred <03967> men < 0376> that drew
<08025> swords <02719>, to break <01234> through <01234> [even]
unto the king <04428> of Edom <0123>: but they could <03201> not.



27 Then he took <03947> his eldest <01060> son < 01121> that
should have reigned <04427> in his stead <08478>, and offered
<05927> him [for] a burnt <05930> offering upon the wall <02346>.
And there was great <01419> indignation <07110> against <05921>
Israel <03478>: and they departed <05265> from him, and returned
<07725> to [their own] land <0776>.



2Kings 4



1. Now there cried <06817> a certain <0259> woman <0802> of the
wives <0802> of the sons <01121> of the prophets < 05030> unto
Elisha <0477>, saying <0559>, Thy servant < 05650> my husband
<0376> is dead <04191>; and thou knowest <03045> that thy
servant <05650> did fear <03373> the LORD < 03068>: and the
creditor <05383> is come <0935> to take <03947> unto him my two
<08147> sons <03206> to be bondmen <05650>.



2 And Elisha <0477> said <0559> unto her, What < 04100> shall I
do <06213> for thee? tell <05046> me, what < 04100> hast <03426>
thou in the house <01004>? And she said <0559>, Thine handmaid
<08198> hath not any <03605> thing in the house < 01004>, save
<03467> a pot <0610> of oil <08081>.



3 Then he said <0559>, Go <03212>, borrow < 07592> thee vessels
<03627> abroad <02351> of all <03605> thy neighbours <07934>,
[even] empty <07385> vessels <03627>; borrow not a few <04591>.



4 And when thou art come <0935> in, thou shalt shut < 05462> the
door <01817> upon thee and upon thy sons <01121>, and shalt pour
<03332> out into <05921> all <03605> those < 0428> vessels
<03627>, and thou shalt set <05265> aside < 05265> that which is
full <04392>.



5 So she went <03212> from him, and shut <05462> the door
<01817> upon her and upon her sons <01121>, who < 01992> brought
<05066> [the vessels] to her; and she poured <03332> out.



6 And it came <01961> to pass, when the vessels < 03627> were
full <04390>, that she said <0559> unto her son < 01121>, Bring
<05066> me yet a vessel <03627>. And he said < 0559> unto her,
[There is] not a vessel <03627> more <05750>. And the oil
<08081> stayed <05975>.



7 Then she came <0935> and told <05046> the man < 0376> of God
<0430>. And he said <0559>, Go <03212>, sell <04376> the oil
<08081>, and pay <07999> thy debt <05386>, and live <02421> thou
and thy children <01121> of the rest <03498>.



8. And it fell <01961> on a day <03117>, that Elisha <0477>
passed <05674> to Shunem <07766>, where <08033> [was] a great
<01419> woman <0802>; and she constrained < 02388> him to eat
<0398> bread <03899>. And [so] it was, [that] as oft <01767> as
he passed <05674> by, he turned <05493> in thither <08033> to
eat <0398> bread <03899>.



9 And she said <0559> unto her husband <0376>, Behold <02009>
now <04994>, I perceive <03045> that this < 01931> [is] an holy
<06918> man <0376> of God <0430>, which passeth <05674> by us
continually <08548>.



10 Let us make <06213> a little <06996> chamber < 05944>, I pray
<04994> thee, on the wall <07023>; and let us set < 07760> for
him there <08033> a bed <04296>, and a table < 07979>, and a
stool <03678>, and a candlestick <04501>: and it shall be, when
he cometh <0935> to us, that he shall turn <05493> in thither
<08033>.



11 And it fell <01961> on a day <03117>, that he came <0935>
thither <08033>, and he turned <05493> into < 0413> the chamber
<05944>, and lay <07901> there <08033>.



12 And he said <0559> to Gehazi <01522> his servant <05288>,
Call <07121> this <02063> Shunammite <07767>. And when he had
called <07121> her, she stood <05975> before < 06440> him.



13 And he said <0559> unto him, Say <0559> now < 04994> unto her,
Behold <02009>, thou hast been careful <02729> for us with all
<03605> this <02063> care <02731>; what < 04100> [is] to be done
<06213> for thee? wouldest <03426> thou be spoken < 01696> for to
the king <04428>, or <0176> to the captain < 08269> of the host
<06635>? And she answered <0559>, I dwell < 03427> among <08432>
mine own people <05971>.



14 And he said <0559>, What <04100> then [is] to be done
<06213> for her? And Gehazi <01522> answered < 0559>, Verily
<061> she hath no <0369> child <01121>, and her husband <0376>
is old <02204>.



15 And he said <0559>, Call <07121> her. And when he had called
<07121> her, she stood <05975> in the door < 06607>.



16 And he said <0559>, About this <02088> season < 04150>,
according to the time <06256> of life <02416>, thou shalt
embrace <02263> a son <01121>. And she said < 0559>, Nay <0408>,
my lord <0113>, [thou] man <0376> of God <0430>, do not lie
<03576> unto thine handmaid <08198>.



17 And the woman <0802> conceived <02030>, and bare <03205> a
son <01121> at that season <04150> that Elisha < 0477> had said
<01696> unto her, according to the time <06256> of life <02416>.



18. And when the child <03206> was grown <01431>, it fell
<01961> on a day <03117>, that he went <03318> out to his father
<01> to the reapers <07114>.



19 And he said <0559> unto his father <01>, My head <07218>, my
head <07218>. And he said <0559> to a lad < 05288>, Carry <05375>
him to his mother <0517>.



20 And when he had taken <05375> him, and brought < 0935> him to
his mother <0517>, he sat <03427> on <05921> her knees <01290>
till <05704> noon <06672>, and [then] died < 04191>.



21 And she went <05927> up, and laid <07901> him on <05921> the
bed <04296> of the man <0376> of God <0430>, and shut <05462>
[the door] upon him, and went <03318> out.



22 And she called <07121> unto her husband <0376>, and said
<0559>, Send <07971> me, I pray <04994> thee, one <0259> of the
young <05288> men, and one <0259> of the asses < 0860>, that I
may run <07323> to the man <0376> of God <0430>, and come
<07725> again <07725>.



23 And he said <0559>, Wherefore <04069> wilt thou go <01980>
to him to day <03117>? [it is] neither <03808> new <02320> moon
<02320>, nor <03808> sabbath <07676>. And she said <0559>, [It
shall be] well <07965>.



24 Then she saddled <02280> an ass <0860>, and said <0559> to
her servant <05288>, Drive <05090>, and go < 03212> forward;
slack <06113> not [thy] riding <07392> for me, except I bid
<0559> thee.



25 So she went <03212> and came <0935> unto the man <0376> of
God <0430> to mount <02022> Carmel <03760>. And it came <01961>
to pass, when the man <0376> of God <0430> saw < 07200> her afar
<07350> off, that he said <0559> to Gehazi < 01522> his servant
<05288>, Behold <02009>, [yonder is] that Shunammite <07767>:



26 Run <07323> now <06258>, I pray <04994> thee, to meet
<07125> her, and say <0559> unto her, [Is it] well <07965> with
thee? [is it] well <07965> with thy husband <0376>? [is it] well
<07965> with the child <03206>? And she answered < 0559>, [It is]
well <07965>.



27 And when she came <0935> to the man <0376> of God <0430> to
the hill <02022>, she caught <02388> him by the feet <07272>:
but Gehazi <01522> came <05066> near <05066> to thrust <01920>
her away. And the man <0376> of God <0430> said < 0559>, Let her
alone <07503>; for her soul <05315> [is] vexed < 04843> within
her: and the LORD <03068> hath hid <05956> [it] from me, and
hath not told <05046> me.



28 Then she said <0559>, Did I desire <07592> a son <01121> of
my lord <0113>? did I not say <0559>, Do not deceive <07952> me?



29 Then he said <0559> to Gehazi <01522>, Gird < 02296> up thy
loins <04975>, and take <03947> my staff <04938> in thine hand
<03027>, and go <03212> thy way <01870>: if < 03588> thou meet
<04672> any man <0376>, salute <01288> him not; and if <03588>
any <0376> salute <01288> thee, answer <06030> him not again:
and lay <07760> my staff <04938> upon the face < 06440> of the
child <05288>.



30 And the mother <0517> of the child <05288> said <0559>, [As]
the LORD <03068> liveth <02416>, and [as] thy soul <05315>
liveth <02416>, I will not leave <05800> thee. And he arose
<06965>, and followed her.



31 And Gehazi <01522> passed <05674> on before < 06440> them,
and laid <07760> the staff <04938> upon the face < 06440> of the
child <05288>; but [there was] neither <0369> voice <06963>, nor
<0369> hearing <07182>. Wherefore he went < 07725> again <07725>
to meet <07125> him, and told <05046> him, saying < 0559>, The
child <05288> is not awaked <06974>.



32 And when Elisha <0477> was come <0935> into the house
<01004>, behold <02009>, the child <05288> was dead <04191>,
[and] laid <07901> upon his bed <04296>.



33 He went <0935> in therefore, and shut <05462> the door
<01817> upon them twain <08147>, and prayed < 06419> unto the
LORD <03068>.



34 And he went <05927> up, and lay <07901> upon the child
<03206>, and put <07760> his mouth <06310> upon his mouth
<06310>, and his eyes <05869> upon his eyes < 05869>, and his
hands <03709> upon his hands <03709>: and he stretched <01457>
himself upon the child <03206>; and the flesh <01320> of the
child <03206> waxed warm <02552>.



35 Then he returned <07725>, and walked <03212> in the house
<01004> to and fro; and went <05927> up, and stretched <01457>
himself upon him: and the child <05288> sneezed < 02237> seven
<07651> times <06471>, and the child <05288> opened <06491> his
eyes <05869>.



36 And he called <07121> Gehazi <01522>, and said <0559>, Call
<07121> this <02063> Shunammite <07767>. So he called <07121>
her. And when she was come <0935> in unto him, he said < 0559>,
Take <05375> up thy son <01121>.



37 Then she went <0935> in, and fell <05307> at < 05921> his
feet <07272>, and bowed <07812> herself to the ground <0776>,
and took <05375> up her son <01121>, and went < 03318> out.



38. And Elisha <0477> came <07725> again < 07725> to Gilgal
<01537>: and [there was] a dearth <07458> in the land <0776>;
and the sons <01121> of the prophets <05030> [were] sitting
<03427> before <06440> him: and he said <0559> unto his servant
<05288>, Set <08239> on the great <01419> pot <05518>, and
seethe <01310> pottage <05138> for the sons < 01121> of the
prophets <05030>.



39 And one <0259> went <03318> out into <0413> the field
<07704> to gather <03950> herbs <0219>, and found <04672> a wild
<07704> vine <01612>, and gathered <03950> thereof wild <07704>
gourds <06498> his lap <0899> full <04393>, and came <0935> and
shred <06398> [them] into <0413> the pot <05518> of pottage
<05138>: for they knew <03045> [them] not.



40 So they poured <03332> out for the men <0582> to eat <0398>.
And it came <01961> to pass, as they were eating < 0398> of the
pottage <05138>, that they cried <06817> out, and said <0559>, O
[thou] man <0376> of God <0430>, [there is] death < 04194> in the
pot <05518>. And they could <03201> not eat < 0398> [thereof].



41 But he said <0559>, Then bring <03947> meal < 07058>. And he
cast <07993> [it] into <0413> the pot <05518>; and he said
<0559>, Pour <03332> out for the people <05971>, that they may
eat <0398>. And there was no <03808> harm in the pot <05518>.



42 And there came <0935> a man <0376> from Baalshalisha <01190>,
and brought <0935> the man <0376> of God <0430> bread <03899>
of the firstfruits <01061>, twenty <06242> loaves < 03899> of
barley <08184>, and full ears <03759> of corn < 03759> in the
husk <06861> thereof. And he said <0559>, Give < 05414> unto the
people <05971>, that they may eat <0398>.



43 And his servitor <08334> said <0559>, What < 04100>, should I
set <05414> this <02088> before <06440> an hundred <03967> men
<0376>? He said <0559> again, Give <05414> the people <05971>,
that they may eat <0398>: for thus <03541> saith < 0559> the LORD
<03068>, They shall eat <0398>, and shall leave < 03498>
[thereof].



44 So he set <05414> [it] before <06440> them, and they did eat
<0398>, and left <03498> [thereof], according to the word
<01697> of the LORD <03068>.



2Kings 5



1. Now Naaman <05283>, captain <08269> of the host <06635> of
the king <04428> of Syria <0758>, was a great < 01419> man <0376>
with his master <0113>, and honourable, because < 03588> by him
the LORD <03068> had <01961> given <05414> deliverance <08668>
unto Syria <0758>: he was also a mighty <01368> man <0376> in
valour <02428>, [but he was] a leper <06879>.



2 And the Syrians <0758> had gone <03318> out by companies
<01416>, and had brought <07617> away captive < 07617> out of the
land <0776> of Israel <03478> a little <06996> maid <05291>; and
she waited on Naaman's <05283> wife <0802>.



3 And she said <0559> unto her mistress <01404>, Would <0305>
God my lord <0113> [were] with the prophet <05030> that [is] in
Samaria <08111>! for he would recover <0622> him of his leprosy
<06883>.



4 And [one] went <0935> in, and told <05046> his lord <0113>,
saying <0559>, Thus <02063> and thus <02063> said <01696> the
maid <05291> that [is] of the land <0776> of Israel <03478>.



5 And the king <04428> of Syria <0758> said < 0559>, Go <03212>
to, go <0935>, and I will send <07971> a letter < 05612> unto the
king <04428> of Israel <03478>. And he departed < 03212>, and
took <03947> with him ten <06235> talents < 03603> of silver
<03701>, and six <08337> thousand <0505> [pieces] of gold
<02091>, and ten <06235> changes <02487> of raiment <0899>.



6 And he brought <0935> the letter <05612> to the king <04428>
of Israel <03478>, saying <0559>, Now <06258> when this <02088>
letter <05612> is come <0935> unto thee, behold < 02009>, I have
[therewith] sent <07971> Naaman <05283> my servant <05650> to
thee, that thou mayest recover <0622> him of his leprosy <06883>.



7 And it came <01961> to pass, when the king <04428> of Israel
<03478> had read <07121> the letter <05612>, that he rent
<07167> his clothes <0899>, and said <0559>, [Am] I God <0430>,
to kill <04191> and to make alive <02421>, that this <02088> man
doth send <07971> unto me to recover <0622> a man < 0376> of his
leprosy <06883>? wherefore consider <03045>, I pray <04994> you,
and see <07200> how <03588> he seeketh <0579> a quarrel <0579>
against me.



8 And it was [so], when Elisha <0477> the man <0376> of God
<0430> had heard <08085> that the king <04428> of Israel <03478>
had rent <07167> his clothes <0899>, that he sent < 07971> to the
king <04428>, saying <0559>, Wherefore <04100> hast thou rent
<07167> thy clothes <0899>? let him come <0935> now <04994> to
me, and he shall know <03045> that there is a prophet < 05030> in
Israel <03478>.



9. So Naaman <05283> came <0935> with his horses < 05483> and
with his chariot <07393>, and stood <05975> at the door <06607>
of the house <01004> of Elisha <0477>.



10 And Elisha <0477> sent <07971> a messenger < 04397> unto him,
saying <0559>, Go <01980> and wash <07364> in Jordan <03383>
seven <07651> times <06471>, and thy flesh < 01320> shall come
<07725> again <07725> to thee, and thou shalt be clean <02891>.



11 But Naaman <05283> was wroth <07107>, and went <03212> away,
and said <0559>, Behold <02009>, I thought < 0559>, He will
surely come <03318> out to me, and stand <05975>, and call
<07121> on the name <08034> of the LORD <03068> his God <0430>,
and strike <05130> his hand <03027> over <0413> the place
<04725>, and recover <0622> the leper <06879>.



12 [Are] not Abana <071> and Pharpar <06554>, rivers <05104> of
Damascus <01834>, better <02896> than all < 03605> the waters
<04325> of Israel <03478>? may I not wash < 07364> in them, and
be clean <02891>? So he turned <06437> and went < 03212> away in
a rage <02534>.



13 And his servants <05650> came <05066> near < 05066>, and
spake <01696> unto him, and said <0559>, My father <01>, [if]
the prophet <05030> had bid <01696> thee [do some] great <01419>
thing <01697>, wouldest thou not have done <06213> [it]? how
<0637> much rather then, when <03588> he saith < 0559> to thee,
Wash <07364>, and be clean <02891>?



14 Then went <03381> he down <03381>, and dipped < 02881>
himself seven <07651> times <06471> in Jordan < 03383>, according
to the saying <01697> of the man <0376> of God < 0430>: and his
flesh <01320> came <07725> again <07725> like unto the flesh
<01320> of a little <06995> child <05288>, and he was clean
<02891>.



15. And he returned <07725> to the man <0376> of God <0430>, he
and all <03605> his company <04264>, and came < 0935>, and stood
<05975> before <06440> him: and he said <0559>, Behold <02009>,
now <04994> I know <03045> that [there is] no < 0369> God <0430>
in all <03605> the earth <0776>, but in Israel < 03478>: now
<06258> therefore, I pray <04994> thee, take < 03947> a blessing
<01293> of thy servant <05650>.



16 But he said <0559>, [As] the LORD <03068> liveth <02416>,
before <06440> whom <0834> I stand <05975>, I will receive
<03947> none. And he urged <06484> him to take < 03947> [it]; but
he refused <03985>.



17 And Naaman <05283> said <0559>, Shall there not then, I pray
<04994> thee, be given <05414> to thy servant < 05650> two mules
<06505>' burden <04853> of earth <0127>? for thy servant <05650>
will henceforth <05750> offer <06213> neither < 03808> burnt
<05930> offering nor sacrifice <02077> unto other < 0312> gods
<0430>, but unto the LORD <03068>.



18 In this <02088> thing <01697> the LORD < 03068> pardon
<05545> thy servant <05650>, [that] when my master <0113> goeth
<0935> into the house <01004> of Rimmon <07417> to worship
<07812> there <08033>, and he leaneth <08127> on <05921> my hand
<03027>, and I bow <07812> myself in the house < 01004> of Rimmon
<07417>: when I bow <07812> down <07812> myself in the house
<01004> of Rimmon <07417>, the LORD <03068> pardon <05545> thy
servant <05650> in this <02088> thing <01697>.



19 And he said <0559> unto him, Go <03212> in peace <07965>. So
he departed <03212> from him a little <03530> way < 0776>.



20. But Gehazi <01522>, the servant <05288> of Elisha <0477>
the man <0376> of God <0430>, said <0559>, Behold <02009>, my
master <0113> hath spared <02820> Naaman <05283> this <02088>
Syrian <0761>, in not receiving <03947> at his hands <03027>
that which <0834> he brought <0935>: but, [as] the LORD <03068>
liveth <02416>, I will run <07323> after <0310> him, and take
<03947> somewhat <03972> of him.



21 So Gehazi <01522> followed <07291> after < 0310> Naaman
<05283>. And when Naaman <05283> saw <07200> [him] running
<07323> after <0310> him, he lighted <05307> down from the
chariot <04818> to meet <07125> him, and said < 0559>, [Is] all
well <07965>?



22 And he said <0559>, All [is] well <07965>. My master <0113>
hath sent <07971> me, saying <0559>, Behold < 02009>, even now
<06258> there be come <0935> to me from mount < 02022> Ephraim
<0669> two <08147> young <05288> men of the sons <01121> of the
prophets <05030>: give <05414> them, I pray < 04994> thee, a
talent <03603> of silver <03701>, and two < 08147> changes
<02487> of garments <0899>.



23 And Naaman <05283> said <0559>, Be content < 02974>, take
<03947> two talents <03603>. And he urged < 06555> him, and bound
<06887> two <08147> talents <03603> of silver <03701> in two
<08147> bags <02754>, with two <08147> changes <02487> of
garments <0899>, and laid <05414> [them] upon two < 08147> of his
servants <05288>; and they bare <05375> [them] before <06440>
him.



24 And when he came <0935> to the tower <06076>, he took
<03947> [them] from their hand <03027>, and bestowed <06485>
[them] in the house <01004>: and he let the men <0582> go
<07971>, and they departed <03212>.



25 But he went <0935> in, and stood <05975> before <0413> his
master <0113>. And Elisha <0477> said <0559> unto him, Whence
<0370> [comest thou], Gehazi <01522>? And he said < 0559>, Thy
servant <05650> went <01980> no <03808> whither <0575>.



26 And he said <0559> unto him, Went <01980> not mine heart
<03820> [with thee], when the man <0376> turned < 02015> again
from his chariot <04818> to meet <07125> thee? [Is it] a time
<06256> to receive <03947> money <03701>, and to receive <03947>
garments <0899>, and oliveyards <02132>, and vineyards <03754>,
and sheep <06629>, and oxen <01241>, and menservants <05650>,
and maidservants <08198>?



27 The leprosy <06883> therefore of Naaman <05283> shall cleave
<01692> unto thee, and unto thy seed <02233> for ever <05769>.
And he went <03318> out from his presence <06440> a leper
<06879> [as white] as snow <07950>.



2Kings 6



1. And the sons <01121> of the prophets <05030> said <0559>
unto Elisha <0477>, Behold <02009> now <04994>, the place
<04725> where we dwell <03427> with thee is too strait <06862>
for us.



2 Let us go <03212>, we pray <04994> thee, unto Jordan <03383>,
and take <03947> thence <08033> every man <0376> a beam <06982>,
and let us make <06213> us a place <04725> there < 08033>, where
<08033> we may dwell <03427>. And he answered < 0559>, Go <03212>
ye.



3 And one <0259> said <0559>, Be content < 02974>, I pray
<04994> thee, and go <03212> with thy servants < 05650>. And he
answered <0559>, I will go <03212>.



4 So he went <03212> with them. And when they came < 0935> to
Jordan <03383>, they cut <01504> down wood < 06086>.



5 But as one <0259> was felling <05307> a beam < 06982>, the axe
<01270> head <01270> fell <05307> into < 0413> the water <04325>:
and he cried <06817>, and said <0559>, Alas < 0160>, master
<0113>! for it was borrowed <07592>.



6 And the man <0376> of God <0430> said <0559>, Where <0575>
fell <05307> it? And he shewed <07200> him the place <04725>.
And he cut <07094> down a stick <06086>, and cast < 07993> [it]
in thither <08033>; and the iron <01270> did swim < 06687>.



7 Therefore said <0559> he, Take <07311> [it] up to thee. And
he put <07971> out his hand <03027>, and took < 03947> it.



8. Then the king <04428> of Syria <0758> warred < 03898> against
Israel <03478>, and took counsel <03289> with his servants
<05650>, saying <0559>, In such <06423> and such <0492> a place
<04725> [shall be] my camp <08466>.



9 And the man <0376> of God <0430> sent <07971> unto the king
<04428> of Israel <03478>, saying <0559>, Beware <08104> that
thou pass <05674> not such <02088> a place < 04725>; for thither
<08033> the Syrians <0758> are come <05185> down <05181>.



10 And the king <04428> of Israel <03478> sent < 07971> to the
place <04725> which <0834> the man <0376> of God <0430> told
<0559> him and warned <02094> him of, and saved < 08104> himself
there <08033>, not once <0259> nor <03808> twice <08147>.



11 Therefore the heart <03820> of the king <04428> of Syria
<0758> was sore troubled <05590> for this < 02088> thing <01697>;
and he called <07121> his servants <05650>, and said <0559> unto
them, Will ye not shew <05046> me which <04310> of us [is] for
the king <04428> of Israel <03478>?



12 And one <0259> of his servants <05650> said < 0559>, None
<03808>, my lord <0113>, O king <04428>: but Elisha <0477>, the
prophet <05030> that [is] in Israel <03478>, telleth <05046> the
king <04428> of Israel <03478> the words <01697> that thou
speakest <01696> in thy bedchamber.



13. And he said <0559>, Go <03212> and spy < 07200> where <0351>
he [is], that I may send <07971> and fetch <03947> him. And it
was told <05046> him, saying <0559>, Behold < 02009>, [he is] in
Dothan <01886>.



14 Therefore sent <07971> he thither <08033> horses <05483>,
and chariots <07393>, and a great <03515> host < 02428>: and they
came <0935> by night <03915>, and compassed < 05362> the city
<05892> about <05362>.



15 And when the servant <08334> of the man <0376> of God <0430>
was risen <06965> early <07925>, and gone < 03318> forth <03318>,
behold <02009>, an host <02428> compassed < 05437> the city
<05892> both with horses <05483> and chariots < 07393>. And his
servant <05288> said <0559> unto him, Alas < 0160>, my master
<0113>! how <0349> shall we do <06213>?



16 And he answered <0559>, Fear <03372> not: for they that [be]
with us [are] more <07227> than they that [be] with them.



17 And Elisha <0477> prayed <06419>, and said < 0559>, LORD
<03068>, I pray <04994> thee, open <06491> his eyes <05869>,
that he may see <07200>. And the LORD <03068> opened <06491> the
eyes <05869> of the young <05288> man; and he saw < 07200>: and,
behold <02009>, the mountain <02022> [was] full < 04390> of
horses <05483> and chariots <07393> of fire < 0784> round <05439>
about Elisha <0477>.



18 And when they came <03381> down <03381> to him, Elisha
<0477> prayed <06419> unto the LORD <03068>, and said <0559>,
Smite <05221> this <02088> people <01471>, I pray <04994> thee,
with blindness <05575>. And he smote <05221> them with blindness
<05575> according to the word <01697> of Elisha < 0477>.



19 And Elisha <0477> said <0559> unto them, This [is] not the
way <01870>, neither <03808> [is] this <02090> the city <05892>:
follow me, and I will bring <03212> you to the man < 0376> whom
<0834> ye seek <01245>. But he led <03212> them to Samaria
<08111>.



20 And it came <01961> to pass, when they were come < 0935> into
Samaria <08111>, that Elisha <0477> said <0559>, LORD <03068>,
open <06491> the eyes <05869> of these <0428> [men], that they
may see <07200>. And the LORD <03068> opened < 06491> their eyes
<05869>, and they saw <07200>; and, behold < 02009>, [they were]
in the midst <08432> of Samaria <08111>.



21 And the king <04428> of Israel <03478> said < 0559> unto
Elisha <0477>, when he saw <07200> them, My father <01>, shall I
smite <05221> [them]? shall I smite <05221> [them]?



22 And he answered <0559>, Thou shalt not smite < 05221> [them]:
wouldest thou smite <05221> those whom <0834> thou hast taken
captive <07617> with thy sword <02719> and with thy bow <07198>?
set <07760> bread <03899> and water <04325> before <06440> them,
that they may eat <0398> and drink <08354>, and go <03212> to
their master <0113>.



23 And he prepared <03739> great <01419> provision <03740> for
them: and when they had eaten <0398> and drunk <08354> , he sent
<07971> them away, and they went <03212> to their master <0113>.
So the bands <01416> of Syria <0758> came <0935> no <03808> more
into the land <0776> of Israel <03478>.



24. And it came <01961> to pass after <0310> this <03651>, that
Benhadad <01130> king <04428> of Syria <0758> gathered <06908>
all <03605> his host, and went <05927> up, and besieged <06696>
Samaria <08111>.



25 And there was a great <01419> famine <07458> in Samaria
<08111>: and, behold <02009>, they besieged < 06696> it, until
<05704> an ass's <02543> head <07218> was [sold] for fourscore
<08084> [pieces] of silver <03701>, and the fourth <07255> part
of a cab <06894> of dove's <01686> dung <02755> for five <02568>
[pieces] of silver <03701>.



26 And as the king <04428> of Israel <03478> was passing
<05674> by upon the wall <02346>, there cried < 06817> a woman
<0802> unto him, saying <0559>, Help <03467>, my lord <0113>, O
king <04428>.



27 And he said <0559>, If the LORD <03068> do not help <03467>
thee, whence <0370> shall I help <03467> thee? out of the
barnfloor <01637>, or <0176> out of the winepress < 03342>?



28 And the king <04428> said <0559> unto her, What <04100>
aileth thee? And she answered <0559>, This <02063> woman <0802>
said <0559> unto me, Give <05414> thy son < 01121>, that we may
eat <0398> him to day <03117>, and we will eat < 0398> my son
<01121> to morrow <04279>.



29 So we boiled <01310> my son <01121>, and did eat <0398> him:
and I said <0559> unto her on the next <0312> day < 03117>, Give
<05414> thy son <01121>, that we may eat <0398> him: and she
hath hid <02244> her son <01121>.



30 And it came <01961> to pass, when the king <04428> heard
<08085> the words <01697> of the woman <0802>, that he rent
<07167> his clothes <0899>; and he passed < 05674> by upon the
wall <02346>, and the people <05971> looked < 07200>, and, behold
<02009>, [he had] sackcloth <08242> within < 01004> upon his
flesh <01320>.



31 Then he said <0559>, God <0430> do <06213> so <03541> and
more <03254> also <03541> to me, if <0518> the head <07218> of
Elisha <0477> the son <01121> of Shaphat <08202> shall stand
<05975> on <05921> him this day <03117>.



32 But Elisha <0477> sat <03427> in his house < 01004>, and the
elders <02205> sat <03427> with him; and [the king] sent <07971>
a man <0376> from before <06440> him: but ere < 02962> the
messenger <04397> came <0935> to him, he said < 0559> to the
elders <02205>, See <07200> ye how <03588> this son <01121> of a
murderer <07523> hath sent <07971> to take < 05493> away mine
head <07218>? look <07200>, when the messenger < 04397> cometh
<0935>, shut <05462> the door <01817>, and hold <03905> him fast
at the door <01817>: [is] not the sound <06963> of his master's
<0113> feet <07272> behind <0310> him?



33 And while he yet <05750> talked <01696> with them, behold
<02009>, the messenger <04397> came <03381> down <03381> unto
him: and he said <0559>, Behold <02009>, this < 02063> evil
<07451> [is] of the LORD <03068>; what <04100> should I wait
<03176> for the LORD <03068> any longer <05750>?



2Kings 7



1. Then Elisha <0477> said <0559>, Hear <08085> ye the word
<01697> of the LORD <03068>; Thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD
<03068>, To morrow <04279> about this time < 06256> [shall] a
measure <05429> of fine flour <05560> [be sold] for a shekel
<08255>, and two measures <05429> of barley < 08184> for a shekel
<08255>, in the gate <08179> of Samaria <08111>.



2 Then a lord <07991> on <05921> whose <0834> hand <03027> the
king <04428> leaned <08172> answered <06030> the man <0376> of
God <0430>, and said <0559>, Behold <02009>, [if] the LORD
<03068> would make <06213> windows <0699> in heaven <08064>,
might this <02088> thing <01697> be? And he said < 0559>, Behold
<02009>, thou shalt see <07200> [it] with thine eyes <05869>,
but shalt not eat <0398> thereof.



3. And there were four <0702> leprous <06879> men <0582> at the
entering <06607> in of the gate <08179>: and they said <0559>
one <0376> to another <07453>, Why <04100> sit <03427> we here
<06311> until <05704> we die <04191>?



4 If <0518> we say <0559>, We will enter <0935> into the city
<05892>, then the famine <07458> [is] in the city < 05892>, and
we shall die <04191> there <08033>: and if < 0518> we sit <03427>
still here <06311>, we die <04191> also. Now < 06258> therefore
come <03212>, and let us fall <05307> unto the host <04264> of
the Syrians <0758>: if <0518> they save <02421> us alive <02421>,
we shall live <02421>; and if <0518> they kill < 04191> us, we
shall but die <04191>.



5 And they rose <06965> up in the twilight <05399>, to go
<0935> unto the camp <04264> of the Syrians < 0758>: and when
they were come <0935> to the uttermost <07097> part of the camp
<04264> of Syria <0758>, behold <02009>, [there <08033> was] no
<0369> man <0376> there <08033>.



6 For the Lord <0136> had made the host <04264> of the Syrians
<0758> to hear <08085> a noise <06963> of chariots <07393>, and
a noise <06963> of horses <05483>, [even] the noise <06963> of a
great <01419> host <02428>: and they said <0559> one <0376> to
another <0250>, Lo <02009>, the king <04428> of Israel <03478>
hath hired <07936> against <05921> us the kings < 04428> of the
Hittites <02850>, and the kings <04428> of the Egyptians <04714>,
to come <0935> upon us.



7 Wherefore they arose <06965> and fled <05127> in the twilight
<05399>, and left <05800> their tents <0168>, and their horses
<05483>, and their asses <02543>, even the camp < 04264> as it
[was], and fled <05127> for their life <05315>.



8 And when <03588> these <0428> lepers <06879> came <0935> to
the uttermost <07097> part of the camp <04264>, they went <0935>
into <0413> one <0259> tent <0168>, and did eat <0398> and drink
<08354>, and carried <05375> thence <08033> silver <03701>, and
gold <02091>, and raiment <0899>, and went < 03212> and hid
<02934> [it]; and came <07725> again <07725>, and entered <0935>
into <0413> another <0312> tent <0168>, and carried <05375>
thence <08033> [also], and went <03212> and hid < 02934> [it].



9 Then they said <0559> one <0376> to another < 07453>, We do
<06213> not well <03651>: this <01931> day < 03117> [is] a day
<03117> of good tidings <01309>, and we hold < 02814> our peace
<02814>: if we tarry <02442> till <05704> the morning <01242>
light <0216>, some mischief <05771> will come < 04672> upon us:
now <06258> therefore come <03212>, that we may go <0935> and
tell <05046> the king's <04428> household < 01004>.



10 So they came <0935> and called <07121> unto the porter
<07778> of the city <05892>: and they told < 05046> them, saying
<0559>, We came <0935> to the camp <04264> of the Syrians <0758>,
and, behold <02009>, [there <08033> was] no < 0369> man <0376>
there <08033>, neither <0369> voice <06963> of man <0120>, but
horses <05483> tied <0631>, and asses <02543> tied <0631>, and
the tents <0168> as they [were].



11 And he called <07121> the porters <07778>; and they told
<05046> [it] to the king's <04428> house <01004> within <06441>.



12. And the king <04428> arose <06965> in the night <03915>,
and said <0559> unto his servants <05650>, I will now <04994>
shew <05046> you what the Syrians <0758> have done <06213> to us.
They know <03045> that we [be] hungry <07456>; therefore are
they gone <03318> out of the camp <04264> to hide < 02247>
themselves in the field <07704>, saying <0559>, When <03588>
they come <03318> out of the city <05892>, we shall catch
<08610> them alive <02416>, and get <0935> into <0413> the city
<05892>.



13 And one <0259> of his servants <05650> answered <06030> and
said <0559>, Let [some] take <03947>, I pray < 04994> thee, five
<02568> of the horses <05483> that remain < 07604>, which <0834>
are left <07604> in the city, (behold, they [are] as all <03605>
the multitude <01995> of Israel <03478> that are left <07604> in
it: behold <02009>, [I say], they [are] even as all < 03605> the
multitude <01995> of the Israelites <03478> that are consumed
<08552>:) and let us send <07971> and see < 07200>.



14 They took <03947> therefore two <08147> chariot <07393>
horses <05483>; and the king <04428> sent < 07971> after <0310>
the host <04264> of the Syrians <0758>, saying < 0559>, Go
<03212> and see <07200>.



15 And they went <03212> after <0310> them unto Jordan <03383>:
and, lo <02009>, all <03605> the way <01870> [was] full <04392>
of garments <0899> and vessels <03627>, which < 0834> the Syrians
<0758> had cast <07993> away in their haste < 02648>. And the
messengers <04397> returned <07725>, and told < 05046> the king
<04428>.



16 And the people <05971> went <03318> out, and spoiled <0962>
the tents <04264> of the Syrians <0758>. So a measure <05429> of
fine flour <05560> was [sold] for a shekel <08255>, and two
measures <05429> of barley <08184> for a shekel < 08255>,
according to the word <01697> of the LORD <03068>.



17 And the king <04428> appointed <06485> the lord <07991> on
<05921> whose <0834> hand <03027> he leaned < 08172> to have the
charge <05921> of the gate <08179>: and the people <05971> trode
<07429> upon him in the gate <08179>, and he died < 04191>, as
the man <0376> of God <0430> had said <01696>, who <0834> spake
<01696> when the king <04428> came <03381> down <03381> to him.



18 And it came <01961> to pass as the man <0376> of God <0430>
had spoken <01696> to the king <04428>, saying < 0559>, Two
measures <05429> of barley <08184> for a shekel < 08255>, and a
measure <05429> of fine flour <05560> for a shekel <08255>,
shall be to morrow <04279> about this time <06256> in the gate
<08179> of Samaria <08111>:



19 And that lord <07991> answered <06030> the man <0376> of God
<0430>, and said <0559>, Now, behold <02009>, [if] the LORD
<03068> should make <06213> windows <0699> in heaven <08064>,
might such <02088> a thing <01697> be? And he said <0559>,
Behold <02009>, thou shalt see <07200> it with thine eyes
<05869>, but shalt not eat <0398> thereof.



20 And so <03651> it fell <01961> out unto him: for the people
<05971> trode <07429> upon him in the gate < 08179>, and he died
<04191>.



2Kings 8



1. Then spake <01696> Elisha <0477> unto the woman <0802>,
whose <0834> son <01121> he had restored <02421> to life <02421>,
saying <0559>, Arise <06965>, and go <03212> thou and thine
household <01004>, and sojourn <01481> wheresoever <0834> thou
canst sojourn <01481>: for the LORD <03068> hath called <07121>
for a famine <07458>; and it shall also <01571> come <0935> upon
the land <0776> seven <07651> years <08141>.



2 And the woman <0802> arose <06965>, and did < 06213> after the
saying <01697> of the man <0376> of God <0430>: and she went
<03212> with her household <01004>, and sojourned < 01481> in the
land <0776> of the Philistines <06430> seven < 07651> years
<08141>.



3 And it came <01961> to pass at the seven <07651> years
<08141>' end <07097>, that the woman <0802> returned <07725> out
of the land <0776> of the Philistines <06430>: and she went
<03318> forth <03318> to cry <06817> unto the king <04428> for
her house <01004> and for her land <07704>.



4 And the king <04428> talked <01696> with Gehazi <01522> the
servant <05288> of the man <0376> of God <0430>, saying <0559>,
Tell <05608> me, I pray <04994> thee, all < 03605> the great
<01419> things that Elisha <0477> hath done < 06213>.



5 And it came <01961> to pass, as he was telling < 05608> the
king <04428> how <0834> he had restored <02421> a dead <04191>
body to life <02421>, that, behold <02009>, the woman <0802>,
whose <0834> son <01121> he had restored <02421> to life <02421>,
cried <06817> to the king <04428> for her house < 01004> and for
her land <07704>. And Gehazi <01522> said <0559> , My lord <0113>,
O king <04428>, this <02063> [is] the woman < 0802>, and this
<02088> [is] her son <01121>, whom <0834> Elisha <0477> restored
<02421> to life <02421>.



6 And when the king <04428> asked <07592> the woman <0802>, she
told <05608> him. So the king <04428> appointed < 05414> unto her
a certain <0259> officer <05631>, saying <0559>, Restore <07725>
all <03605> that [was] hers, and all <03605> the fruits <08393>
of the field <07704> since the day <03117> that she left <05800>
the land <0776>, even until <05704> now <06258>.



7. And Elisha <0477> came <0935> to Damascus < 01834>; and
Benhadad <01130> the king <04428> of Syria < 0758> was sick
<02470>; and it was told <05046> him, saying < 0559>, The man
<0376> of God <0430> is come <0935> hither < 02008>.



8 And the king <04428> said <0559> unto Hazael < 02371>, Take
<03947> a present <04503> in thine hand <03027>, and go <03212>,
meet <07125> the man <0376> of God <0430>, and enquire <01875>
of the LORD <03068> by him, saying <0559>, Shall I recover
<02421> of this <02088> disease <02483>?



9 So Hazael <02371> went <03212> to meet < 07125> him, and took
<03947> a present <04503> with him, even of every < 03605> good
<02898> thing of Damascus <01834>, forty <0705> camels <01581>'
burden <04853>, and came <0935> and stood < 05975> before <06440>
him, and said <0559>, Thy son <01121> Benhadad < 01130> king
<04428> of Syria <0758> hath sent <07971> me to thee, saying
<0559>, Shall I recover <02421> of this <02088> disease <02483>?



10 And Elisha <0477> said <0559> unto him, Go < 03212>, say
<0559> unto him, Thou mayest certainly recover <02421> : howbeit
the LORD <03068> hath shewed <07200> me that he shall surely die
<04191>.



11 And he settled <05975> his countenance <06440> stedfastly
<07760>, until <05704> he was ashamed <0954>: and the man <0376>
of God <0430> wept <01058>.



12 And Hazael <02371> said <0559>, Why <04069> weepeth <01058>
my lord <0113>? And he answered <0559>, Because < 03588> I know
<03045> the evil <07451> that thou wilt do < 06213> unto the
children <01121> of Israel <03478>: their strong < 04013> holds
<04013> wilt thou set <07971> on fire <0784>, and their young
<0970> men wilt thou slay <02026> with the sword < 02719>, and
wilt dash <07376> their children <06768>, and rip < 01234> up
their women with child <02030>.



13 And Hazael <02371> said <0559>, But what < 04100>, [is] thy
servant <05650> a dog <03611>, that he should do < 06213> this
<02088> great <01419> thing <01697>? And Elisha <0477> answered
<0559>, The LORD <03068> hath shewed <07200> me that thou [shalt
be] king <04428> over <05921> Syria <0758>.



14 So he departed <03212> from Elisha <0477>, and came <0935>
to his master <0113>; who <04310> said <0559> to him, What
<04100> said <0559> Elisha <0477> to thee? And he answered
<0559>, He told <0559> me [that] thou shouldest surely recover
<02421>.



15 And it came <01961> to pass on the morrow <04283>, that he
took <03947> a thick cloth <04346>, and dipped < 02881> [it] in
water <04325>, and spread <06566> [it] on < 05921> his face
<06440>, so that he died <04191>: and Hazael < 02371> reigned
<04427> in his stead <08478>.



16. And in the fifth <02568> year <08141> of Joram <03141> the
son <01121> of Ahab <0256> king <04428> of Israel <03478>,
Jehoshaphat <03092> [being] then king <04428> of Judah <03063>,
Jehoram <03088> the son <01121> of Jehoshaphat < 03092> king
<04428> of Judah <03063> began to reign <04427>.



17 Thirty <07970> and two <08147> years <08141> old <01121> was
he when he began to reign <04427>; and he reigned < 04427> eight
<08083> years <08141> in Jerusalem <03389>.



18 And he walked <03212> in the way <01870> of the kings
<04428> of Israel <03478>, as did <06213> the house <01004> of
Ahab <0256>: for the daughter <01323> of Ahab < 0256> was his
wife <0802>: and he did evil <07451> in the sight < 05869> of the
LORD <03068>.



19 Yet the LORD <03068> would <014> not destroy < 07843> Judah
<03063> for David <01732> his servant's <05650> sake <04616>, as
he promised <0559> him to give <05414> him alway a light <05216>,
[and] to his children <01121>.



20 In his days <03117> Edom <0123> revolted < 06586> from under
<08478> the hand <03027> of Judah <03063>, and made a king
<04428> over <05921> themselves <01992>.



21 So Joram <03141> went <05674> over <05674> to Zair, and all
<03605> the chariots <07393> with him: and he rose <06965> by
night <03915>, and smote <05221> the Edomites < 0130> which
compassed <05437> him about <0413>, and the captains <08269> of
the chariots <07393>: and the people <05971> fled < 05127> into
their tents <0168>.



22 Yet Edom <0123> revolted <06586> from under < 08478> the hand
<03027> of Judah <03063> unto this day <03117>. Then <0227>
Libnah <03841> revolted <06586> at the same < 01931> time <06256>.



23 And the rest <03499> of the acts <01697> of Joram <03141>,
and all <03605> that he did, [are] they not written < 03789> in
the book <05612> of the chronicles <01697> of the kings <04428>
of Judah <03063>?



24 And Joram <03141> slept <07901> with his fathers <01>, and
was buried <06912> with his fathers <01> in the city <05892> of
David <01732>: and Ahaziah <0274> his son < 01121> reigned
<04427> in his stead <08478>.



25. In the twelfth year <08141> of Joram <03141> the son
<01121> of Ahab <0256> king <04428> of Israel <03478> did
Ahaziah <0274> the son <01121> of Jehoram < 03088> king <04428>
of Judah <03063> begin to reign <04427>.



26 Two <08147> and twenty <06242> years <08141> old <01121>
[was] Ahaziah <0274> when he began to reign <04427>; and he
reigned one <0259> year <08141> in Jerusalem < 03389>. And his
mother's <0517> name <08034> [was] Athaliah < 06271>, the
daughter <01323> of Omri <06018> king <04428> of Israel <03478>.



27 And he walked <03212> in the way <01870> of the house
<01004> of Ahab <0256>, and did <06213> evil <07451> in the
sight <05869> of the LORD <03068>, as [did] the house <01004> of
Ahab <0256>: for he [was] the son <02860> in law < 02859> of the
house <01004> of Ahab <0256>.



28 And he went <03212> with Joram <03141> the son <01121> of
Ahab <0256> to the war <04421> against <05973> Hazael <02371>
king <04428> of Syria <0758> in Ramothgilead < 07433>; and the
Syrians <0761> wounded <05221> Joram <03141>.



29 And king <04428> Joram <03141> went <07725> back <07725> to
be healed <07495> in Jezreel <03157> of the wounds <04347> which
<0834> the Syrians <0761> had given <05221> him at Ramah <07414>,
when he fought <03898> against Hazael <02371> king <04428> of
Syria <0758>. And Ahaziah <0274> the son <01121> of Jehoram
<03088> king <04428> of Judah <03063> went < 03381> down <03381>
to see <07200> Joram <03141> the son <01121> of Ahab <0256> in
Jezreel <03157>, because <03588> he was sick < 02470>.



2Kings 9



1. And Elisha <0477> the prophet <05030> called < 07121> one
<0259> of the children <01121> of the prophets < 05030>, and said
<0559> unto him, Gird <02296> up thy loins < 04975>, and take
<03947> this <02088> box <06378> of oil < 08081> in thine hand
<03027>, and go <03212> to Ramothgilead <07433>:



2 And when thou comest <0935> thither <08033>, look <07200> out
there <08033> Jehu <03058> the son <01121> of Jehoshaphat
<03092> the son <01121> of Nimshi <05250>, and go <0935> in, and
make him arise <06965> up from among <08432> his brethren <0251>,
and carry <0935> him to an inner <02315> chamber < 02315>;



3 Then take <03947> the box <06378> of oil < 08081>, and pour
<03332> [it] on <05921> his head <07218>, and say <0559>, Thus
<03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068>, I have anointed <04886>
thee king <04428> over <05921> Israel <03478>. Then open <06605>
the door <01817>, and flee <05127>, and tarry < 02442> not.



4 So the young <05288> man, [even] the young <05288> man <0376>
the prophet <05030>, went <03212> to Ramothgilead < 07433>.



5 And when <03588> he came <0935>, behold < 02009>, the captains
<08269> of the host <02428> [were] sitting < 03427>; and he said
<0559>, I have an errand <01697> to thee, O captain <08269>. And
Jehu <03058> said <0559>, Unto which <04310> of all <03605> us?
And he said <0559>, To thee, O captain <08269>.



6 And he arose <06965>, and went <0935> into the house <01004>;
and he poured <03332> the oil <08081> on <0413> his head <07218>,
and said <0559> unto him, Thus <03541> saith < 0559> the LORD
<03068> God <0430> of Israel <03478>, I have anointed <04886>
thee king <04428> over <0413> the people <05971> of the LORD
<03068>, [even] over <0413> Israel <03478>.



7 And thou shalt smite <05221> the house <01004> of Ahab <0256>
thy master <0113>, that I may avenge <05358> the blood <01818>
of my servants <05650> the prophets <05030>, and the blood
<01818> of all <03605> the servants <05650> of the LORD <03068>,
at the hand <03027> of Jezebel <0348>.



8 For the whole <03605> house <01004> of Ahab < 0256> shall
perish <06>: and I will cut <03772> off from Ahab < 0256> him
that pisseth <08366> against the wall <07023>, and him that is
shut <06113> up and left in Israel <03478>:



9 And I will make <05414> the house <01004> of Ahab <0256> like
the house <01004> of Jeroboam <03379> the son < 01121> of Nebat
<05028>, and like the house <01004> of Baasha < 01201> the son
<01121> of Ahijah <0281>:



10 And the dogs <03611> shall eat <0398> Jezebel < 0348> in the
portion <02506> of Jezreel <03157>, and [there shall be] none
<0369> to bury <06912> [her]. And he opened < 06605> the door
<01817>, and fled <05127>.



11. Then Jehu <03058> came <03318> forth < 03318> to the
servants <05650> of his lord <0113>: and [one] said <0559> unto
him, [Is] all well <07965>? wherefore <04069> came <0935> this
<02088> mad <07696> [fellow] to thee? And he said < 0559> unto
them, Ye know <03045> the man <0376>, and his communication
<07879>.



12 And they said <0559>, [It is] false <08267>; tell <05046> us
now <04994>. And he said <0559>, Thus <02063> and thus <02063>
spake <0559> he to me, saying <0559>, Thus < 03541> saith <0559>
the LORD <03068>, I have anointed <04886> thee king <04428> over
<0413> Israel <03478>.



13 Then they hasted <04116>, and took <03947> every man <0376>
his garment <0899>, and put <07760> [it] under < 08478> him on
<0413> the top <01634> of the stairs <04609>, and blew <08628>
with trumpets <07782>, saying <0559>, Jehu < 03058> is king
<04427>.



14 So Jehu <03058> the son <01121> of Jehoshaphat <03092> the
son <01121> of Nimshi <05250> conspired <07194> against <0413>
Joram <03141>. (Now Joram <03141> had kept < 08104> Ramothgilead
<07433>, he and all <03605> Israel <03478>, because <06440> of
Hazael <02371> king <04428> of Syria <0758>.



15 But king <04428> Joram <03188> was returned < 07725> to be
healed <07495> in Jezreel <03157> of the wounds < 04347> which
<0834> the Syrians <0761> had given <05221> him, when he fought
<03898> with Hazael <02371> king <04428> of Syria <0758>.) And
Jehu <03058> said <0559>, If <0518> it be your minds <05315>,
[then] let none <0408> go <03318> forth <03318> [nor] escape
<06412> out of the city <05892> to go <03212> to tell <05046>
[it] in Jezreel <03157>.



16. So Jehu <03058> rode <07392> in a chariot, and went <03212>
to Jezreel <03157>; for Joram <03141> lay < 07901> there <08033>.
And Ahaziah <0274> king <04428> of Judah <03063> was come
<03381> down <03381> to see <07200> Joram < 03141>.



17 And there stood <05975> a watchman <06822> on < 05921> the
tower <04026> in Jezreel <03157>, and he spied < 07200> the
company <08229> of Jehu <03058> as he came < 0935>, and said
<0559>, I see <07200> a company <08229>. And Joram <03188> said
<0559>, Take <03947> an horseman <07395>, and send <07971> to
meet <07125> them, and let him say <0559>, [Is it] peace <07965>?



18 So there went <03212> one on horseback to meet < 07125> him,
and said <0559>, Thus <03541> saith <0559> the king <04428>, [Is
it] peace <07965>? And Jehu <03058> said <0559>, What <04100>
hast thou to do with peace <07965>? turn <05437> thee behind
<0310> me. And the watchman <06822> told <05046> , saying <0559>,
The messenger <04397> came <0935> to them, but he cometh <07725>
not again <07725>.



19 Then he sent <07971> out a second <08145> on horseback,
which came <0935> to them, and said <0559>, Thus < 03541> saith
<0559> the king <04428>, [Is it] peace <07965>? And Jehu <03058>
answered <0559>, What <04100> hast thou to do with peace
<07965>? turn <05437> thee behind <0310> me.



20 And the watchman <06822> told <05046>, saying < 0559>, He
came <0935> even unto them, and cometh <07725> not again <07725>:
and the driving <04491> [is] like the driving <04491> of Jehu
<03058> the son <01121> of Nimshi <05250>; for he driveth
<05090> furiously <07697>.



21 And Joram <03188> said <0559>, Make ready < 0631>. And his
chariot <07393> was made ready <0631>. And Joram < 03188> king
<04428> of Israel <03478> and Ahaziah <0274> king <04428> of
Judah <03063> went <03318> out, each <0376> in his chariot
<07393>, and they went <03318> out against < 07125> Jehu <03058>,
and met <04672> him in the portion <02513> of Naboth <05022> the
Jezreelite <03158>.



22 And it came <01961> to pass, when Joram <03188> saw <07200>
Jehu <03058>, that he said <0559>, [Is it] peace < 07965>, Jehu
<03058>? And he answered <0559>, What <04100> peace <07965>, so
long <05704> as the whoredoms <02183> of thy mother <0517>
Jezebel <0348> and her witchcrafts <03785> [are so] many <07227>?



23 And Joram <03188> turned <02015> his hands < 03027>, and fled
<05127>, and said <0559> to Ahaziah <0274>, [There is] treachery
<04820>, O Ahaziah <0274>.



24 And Jehu <03058> drew a bow <07198> with his full <04390>
strength <03027>, and smote <05221> Jehoram < 03088> between
<0996> his arms <02220>, and the arrow <02678> went <03318> out
at his heart <03820>, and he sunk <03766> down in his chariot
<07393>.



25 Then said <0559> [Jehu] to Bidkar <0920> his captain <07991>,
Take <05375> up, [and] cast <07993> him in the portion <02513>
of the field <07704> of Naboth <05022> the Jezreelite <03158>:
for remember <02142> how that, when I and thou rode < 07392>
together <06776> after <0310> Ahab <0256> his father <01>, the
LORD <03068> laid <05375> this <02088> burden <04853> upon him;



26 Surely I have seen <07200> yesterday <0570> the blood
<01818> of Naboth <05022>, and the blood <01818> of his sons
<01121>, saith <0559> the LORD <03068>; and I will requite
<07999> thee in this <02063> plat <02513>, saith <05002> the
LORD <03068>. Now <06258> therefore take <05375> [and] cast
<07993> him into the plat <02513> [of ground], according to the
word <01697> of the LORD <03068>.



27 But when Ahaziah <0274> the king <04428> of Judah <03063>
saw <07200> [this], he fled <05127> by the way < 01870> of the
garden <01588> house <01004>. And Jehu <03058> followed <07291>
after <0310> him, and said <0559>, Smite <05221> him also
<01571> in the chariot <04818>. [And they did so] at the going
<04608> up to Gur <01483>, which <0834> [is] by Ibleam <02991>.
And he fled <05127> to Megiddo <04023>, and died < 04191> there
<08033>.



28 And his servants <05650> carried <07392> him in a chariot to
Jerusalem <03389>, and buried <06912> him in his sepulchre
<06900> with his fathers <01> in the city < 05892> of David
<01732>.



29 And in the eleventh year <08141> of Joram <03188> the son
<01121> of Ahab <0256> began Ahaziah <0274> to reign <04427>
over <05921> Judah <03063>.



30. And when Jehu <03058> was come <0935> to Jezreel <03157>,
Jezebel <0348> heard <08085> [of it]; and she painted her face
<05869>, and tired <03190> her head <07218>, and looked <08259>
out at <01157> a window <02474>.



31 And as Jehu <03058> entered <0935> in at the gate <08179>,
she said <0559>, [Had] Zimri <02174> peace < 07965>, who slew
<02026> his master <0113>?



32 And he lifted <05375> up his face <06440> to the window
<02474>, and said <0559>, Who <04310> [is] on <0854> my side?
who <04310>? And there looked <08259> out to him two <08147>
[or] three <07969> eunuchs <05631>.



33 And he said <0559>, Throw <08058> her down < 08058>. So they
threw <08058> her down <08058>: and [some] of her blood <01818>
was sprinkled <05137> on <0413> the wall <07023> , and on <0413>
the horses <05483>: and he trode <07429> her under foot.



34 And when he was come <0935> in, he did eat <0398> and drink
<08354>, and said <0559>, Go <06485>, see now <04994> this
<02063> cursed <0779> [woman], and bury <06912> her: for she
[is] a king's <04428> daughter <01323>.



35 And they went <03212> to bury <06912> her: but they found
<04672> no <03808> more of her than the skull < 01538>, and the
feet <07272>, and the palms <03709> of [her] hands <03027>.



36 Wherefore they came <07725> again <07725>, and told <05046>
him. And he said <0559>, This <01931> [is] the word <01697> of
the LORD <03068>, which <0834> he spake <01696> by his servant
<05650> Elijah <0452> the Tishbite <08664>, saying <0559>, In
the portion <02506> of Jezreel <03157> shall dogs < 03611> eat
<0398> the flesh <01320> of Jezebel <0348>:



37 And the carcase <05038> of Jezebel <0348> shall be as dung
<01828> upon the face <06440> of the field < 07704> in the
portion <02506> of Jezreel <03157>; [so] that they shall not say
<0559>, This <02063> [is] Jezebel <0348>.



2Kings 10



1. And Ahab <0256> had seventy <07657> sons < 01121> in Samaria
<08111>. And Jehu <03058> wrote <03789> letters <05612>, and
sent <07971> to Samaria <08111>, unto the rulers < 08269> of
Jezreel <03157>, to the elders <02205>, and to them that brought
<0539> up Ahab's <0256> [children], saying < 0559>,



2 Now <06258> as soon as this <02088> letter < 05612> cometh
<0935> to you, seeing your master's <0113> sons < 01121> [are]
with you, and [there are] with you chariots <07393> and horses
<05483>, a fenced <04013> city <05892> also, and armour <05402>;



3 Look <07200> even out the best <02896> and meetest <03477> of
your master's <0113> sons <01121>, and set < 07760> [him] on
<05921> his father's <01> throne <03678>, and fight <03898> for
your master's <0113> house <01004>.



4 But they were exceedingly <03966> afraid <03372>, and said
<0559>, Behold <02009>, two <08147> kings < 04428> stood <05975>
not before <06440> him: how <0349> then shall we stand <05975>?



5 And he that [was] over <05921> the house <01004>, and he that
[was] over <05921> the city <05892>, the elders < 02205> also,
and the bringers <0539> up [of the children], sent < 07971> to
Jehu <03058>, saying <0559>, We [are] thy servants <05650>, and
will do <06213> all <03605> that thou shalt bid < 0559> us; we
will not make any <0376> king <04427>: do < 06213> thou [that
which is] good <02896> in thine eyes <05869>.



6 Then he wrote <03789> a letter <05612> the second <08145>
time to them, saying <0559>, If <0518> ye [be] mine, and [if
<0518>] ye will hearken <08085> unto my voice < 06963>, take
<03947> ye the heads <07218> of the men <0582> your master's
<0113> sons <01121>, and come <0935> to me to Jezreel <03157> by
to morrow <04279> this time <06256>. Now the king's <04428> sons
<01121>, [being] seventy <07657> persons <0376>, [were] with the
great <01419> men of the city <05892>, which brought <01431>
them up.



7 And it came <01961> to pass, when the letter < 05612> came
<0935> to them, that they took <03947> the king's < 04428> sons
<01121>, and slew <07819> seventy <07657> persons <0376>, and
put <07760> their heads <07218> in baskets < 01731>, and sent
<07971> him [them] to Jezreel <03157>.



8 And there came <0935> a messenger <04397>, and told <05046>
him, saying <0559>, They have brought <0935> the heads <07218>
of the king's <04428> sons <01121>. And he said < 0559>, Lay
<07760> ye them in two <08147> heaps <06632> at the entering
<06607> in of the gate <08179> until <05704> the morning <01242>.



9 And it came <01961> to pass in the morning <01242>, that he
went <03318> out, and stood <05975>, and said < 0559> to all
<03605> the people <05971>, Ye [be] righteous < 06662>: behold
<02009>, I conspired <07194> against <05921> my master <0113>,
and slew <02026> him: but who <04310> slew < 05221> all <03605>
these <0428>?



10 Know <03045> now <0645> that there shall fall < 05307> unto
the earth <0776> nothing <03808> of the word < 01697> of the LORD
<03068>, which <0834> the LORD <03068> spake <01696> concerning
<05921> the house <01004> of Ahab <0256>: for the LORD <03068>
hath done <06213> [that] which <0834> he spake < 01696> by his
servant <05650> Elijah <0452>.



11 So Jehu <03058> slew <05221> all <03605> that remained
<07604> of the house <01004> of Ahab <0256> in Jezreel <03157>,
and all <03605> his great <01419> men, and his kinsfolks <03045>,
and his priests <03548>, until <05704> he left < 07604> him none
<01115> remaining <08300>.



12 And he arose <06965> and departed <0935>, and came <01980>
to Samaria <08111>. [And] as he [was] at the shearing house
<01004> in the way <01870>,



13 Jehu <03058> met <04672> with the brethren < 0251> of Ahaziah
<0274> king <04428> of Judah <03063>, and said <0559>, Who
<04310> [are] ye? And they answered <0559>, We [are] the
brethren <0251> of Ahaziah <0274>; and we go < 03381> down
<03381> to salute <07965> the children <01121> of the king
<04428> and the children <01121> of the queen < 01377>.



14 And he said <0559>, Take <08610> them alive < 02416>. And
they took <08610> them alive <02416>, and slew < 07819> them at
the pit <0953> of the shearing <01044> house < 01004>, [even] two
<08147> and forty <0705> men <0376>; neither <03808> left
<07604> he any <0376> of them.



15. And when he was departed <03212> thence <08033>, he lighted
<04672> on <0854> Jehonadab <03082> the son < 01121> of Rechab
<07394> [coming] to meet <07125> him: and he saluted <01288> him,
and said <0559> to him, Is thine heart <03824> right <03225>,
as my heart <03824> [is] with thy heart <03824>? And Jehonadab
<03082> answered <0559>, It is. If it be, give < 05414> [me]
thine hand <03027>. And he gave <05414> [him] his hand <03027>;
and he took <05927> him up to him into <0413> the chariot
<04818>.



16 And he said <0559>, Come <03212> with me, and see <07200> my
zeal <07068> for the LORD <03068>. So they made him ride <07392>
in his chariot <07393>.



17 And when he came <0935> to Samaria <08111>, he slew <05221>
all <03605> that remained <07604> unto Ahab < 0256> in Samaria
<08111>, till <05704> he had destroyed <08045> him, according to
the saying <01697> of the LORD <03068>, which < 0834> he spake
<01696> to Elijah <0452>.



18 And Jehu <03058> gathered <06908> all < 03605> the people
<05971> together, and said <0559> unto them, Ahab < 0256> served
<05647> Baal <01168> a little <04592>; [but] Jehu <03058> shall
serve <05647> him much <07235>.



19 Now <06258> therefore call <07121> unto me all <03605> the
prophets <05030> of Baal <01168>, all <03605> his servants
<05647>, and all <03605> his priests <03548>; let none be
wanting <06485>: for I have a great <01419> sacrifice <02077>
[to do] to Baal <01168>; whosoever shall be wanting < 06485>, he
shall not live <02421>. But Jehu <03058> did < 06213> [it] in
subtilty <06122>, to the intent <04616> that he might destroy
<06> the worshippers <05647> of Baal <01168>.



20 And Jehu <03058> said <0559>, Proclaim < 06942> a solemn
<06116> assembly <06116> for Baal <01168>. And they proclaimed
<07121> [it].



21 And Jehu <03058> sent <07971> through all < 03605> Israel
<03478>: and all <03605> the worshippers <05647> of Baal <01168>
came <0935>, so that there was not a man <0376> left <07604>
that came <0935> not. And they came <0935> into the house
<01004> of Baal <01168>; and the house <01004> of Baal <01168>
was full <04390> from one end <06310> to another.



22 And he said <0559> unto him that [was] over < 05921> the
vestry <04458>, Bring <03318> forth <03318> vestments <03830>
for all <03605> the worshippers <05647> of Baal < 01168>. And he
brought <03318> them forth <03318> vestments < 04403>.



23 And Jehu <03058> went <0935>, and Jehonadab < 03082> the son
<01121> of Rechab <07394>, into the house < 01004> of Baal
<01168>, and said <0559> unto the worshippers < 05647> of Baal
<01168>, Search <02664>, and look <07200> that there be here
<06311> with you none of the servants <05650> of the LORD
<03068>, but the worshippers <05647> of Baal < 01168> only <0905>.



24 And when <03588> they went <0935> in to offer < 06213>
sacrifices <02077> and burnt <05930> offerings, Jehu <03058>
appointed <07760> fourscore <08084> men <0376> without <02351>,
and said <0559>, [If] any of the men <0582> whom < 0834> I have
brought <0935> into <05921> your hands <03027> escape <04422>,
[he that letteth him go], his life <02421> [shall be] for the
life <05315> of him.



25 And it came <01961> to pass, as soon as he had made an end
<03615> of offering <06213> the burnt <05930> offering, that
Jehu <03058> said <0559> to the guard <07323> and to the
captains <07991>, Go <0935> in, [and] slay < 05221> them; let
none <0408> come <03381> forth <03318>. And they smote <05221>
them with the edge <06310> of the sword <02719>; and the guard
<07323> and the captains <07991> cast <07993> [them] out, and
went <03212> to the city <05892> of the house < 01004> of Baal
<01168>.



26 And they brought <03318> forth <03318> the images <04676>
out of the house <01004> of Baal <01168>, and burned <08313>
them.



27 And they brake <05422> down <05422> the image < 04676> of
Baal <01168>, and brake <05422> down <05422> the house <01004>
of Baal <01168>, and made <07760> it a draught < 04280> house
unto this <02088> day <03117>.



28 Thus <03541> Jehu <03058> destroyed <08045> Baal <01168> out
of Israel <03478>.



29. Howbeit [from] the sins <02399> of Jeroboam < 03379> the son
<01121> of Nebat <05028>, who <0834> made Israel <03478> to sin
<02398>, Jehu <03058> departed <05493> not from after <0310>
them, [to wit], the golden <02091> calves <05695> that [were] in
Bethel <01008>, and that [were] in Dan <01835>.



30 And the LORD <03068> said <0559> unto Jehu < 03058>, Because
thou hast done well <02895> in executing <06213> [that which is]
right <03225> in mine eyes <05869>, [and] hast done <06213> unto
the house <01004> of Ahab <0256> according to all < 03605> that
[was] in mine heart <03824>, thy children <01121> of the fourth
<07243> [generation] shall sit <03427> on < 05921> the throne
<03678> of Israel <03478>.



31 But Jehu <03058> took no <03808> heed < 08104> to walk
<03212> in the law <08451> of the LORD <03068> God <0430> of
Israel <03478> with all <03605> his heart < 03824>: for he
departed <05493> not from the sins <02403> of Jeroboam <03379>,
which <0834> made Israel <03478> to sin <02398>.



32 In those <01992> days <03117> the LORD < 03068> began <02490>
to cut <07096> Israel <03478> short: and Hazael < 02371> smote
<05221> them in all <03605> the coasts <01366> of Israel <03478>;



33 From Jordan <03383> eastward, all <03605> the land <0776> of
Gilead <01568>, the Gadites <01425>, and the Reubenites <07206>,
and the Manassites <04520>, from Aroer <06177>, which <0834>
[is] by the river <05158> Arnon <0769>, even Gilead <01568> and
Bashan <01316>.



34 Now the rest <03499> of the acts <01697> of Jehu <03058>,
and all <03605> that he did <06213>, and all < 03605> his might
<01369>, [are] they not written <03789> in the book <05612> of
the chronicles <01697> of the kings <04428> of Israel <03478>?



35 And Jehu <03058> slept <07901> with his fathers <01>: and
they buried <06912> him in Samaria <08111>. And Jehoahaz <03059>
his son <01121> reigned <04427> in his stead < 08478>.



36 And the time <03117> that Jehu <03058> reigned <04427> over
<05921> Israel <03478> in Samaria <08111> [was] twenty <06242>
and eight <08083> years <08141>.



2Kings 11



1. And when Athaliah <06271> the mother <0517> of Ahaziah
<0274> saw <07200> that her son <01121> was dead <04191>, she
arose <06965> and destroyed <06> all <03605> the seed <02233>
royal <04467>.



2 But Jehosheba <03089>, the daughter <01323> of king <04428>
Joram <03141>, sister <0269> of Ahaziah <0274>, took <03947>
Joash <03101> the son <01121> of Ahaziah <0274>, and stole
<01589> him from among <08432> the king's < 04428> sons <01121>
[which were] slain <04191>; and they hid <05641> him, [even] him
and his nurse <03243>, in the bedchamber from Athaliah < 06271>,
so that he was not slain <04191>.



3 And he was with her hid <02244> in the house < 01004> of the
LORD <03068> six <08337> years <08141>. And Athaliah <06271> did
reign <04427> over <05921> the land <0776>.



4. And the seventh <07637> year <08141> Jehoiada < 03111> sent
<07971> and fetched <03947> the rulers <08269> over hundreds
<03967>, with the captains <03746> and the guard < 07323>, and
brought <0935> them to him into the house <01004> of the LORD
<03068>, and made <03772> a covenant <01285> with them, and took
an oath <07650> of them in the house <01004> of the LORD <03068>,
and shewed <07200> them the king's <04428> son < 01121>.



5 And he commanded <06680> them, saying <0559>, This <02088>
[is] the thing <01697> that ye shall do <06213>; A third <07992>
part of you that enter <0935> in on the sabbath < 07676> shall
even be keepers <08104> of the watch <04931> of the king's
<04428> house <01004>;



6 And a third <07992> part [shall be] at the gate < 08179> of
Sur <05495>; and a third <07992> part at the gate < 08179> behind
<0310> the guard <07323>: so shall ye keep < 08104> the watch
<04931> of the house <01004>, that it be not broken <04535> down
<04535>.



7 And two <08147> parts <03027> of all <03605> you that go
<03318> forth <03318> on the sabbath <07676>, even they shall
keep <08104> the watch <04931> of the house < 01004> of the LORD
<03068> about <0413> the king <04428>.



8 And ye shall compass <05362> the king <04428> round <05439>
about, every man <0376> with his weapons <03627> in his hand
<03027>: and he that cometh <0935> within the ranges <07713>,
let him be slain <04191>: and be ye with the king < 04428> as he
goeth <03318> out and as he cometh <0935> in.



9 And the captains <08269> over the hundreds <03967> did
<06213> according to all <03605> [things] that Jehoiada <03111>
the priest <03548> commanded <06680>: and they took <03947>
every man <0376> his men <0582> that were to come < 0935> in on
the sabbath <07676>, with them that should go <03318> out on the
sabbath <07676>, and came <0935> to Jehoiada < 03111> the priest
<03548>.



10 And to the captains <08269> over hundreds <03967> did the
priest <03548> give <05414> king <04428> David's <01732> spears
<02595> and shields <07982>, that [were] in the temple <01004>
of the LORD <03068>.



11 And the guard <07323> stood <05975>, every man <0376> with
his weapons <03627> in his hand <03027>, round < 05439> about
<05921> the king <04428>, from the right <03233> corner <03802>
of the temple <01004> to the left <08042> corner < 03802> of the
temple <01004>, [along] by the altar <04196> and the temple
<01004>.



12 And he brought <03318> forth <03318> the king's <04428> son
<01121>, and put <05414> the crown <05145> upon him, and [gave
him] the testimony <05715>; and they made him king < 04427>, and
anointed <04886> him; and they clapped <05221> their hands
<03709>, and said <0559>, God save <02421> the king <04428>.



13. And when Athaliah <06271> heard <08085> the noise <06963>
of the guard <07323> [and] of the people <05971>, she came
<0935> to the people <05971> into the temple < 01004> of the LORD
<03068>.



14 And when she looked <07200>, behold <02009>, the king
<04428> stood <05975> by a pillar <05982>, as the manner <04941>
[was], and the princes <08269> and the trumpeters < 02689> by the
king <04428>, and all <03605> the people <05971> of the land
<0776> rejoiced <08056>, and blew <08628> with trumpets: and
Athaliah <06271> rent <07167> her clothes <0899> , and cried
<07121>, Treason <07195>, Treason <07195>.



15 But Jehoiada <03111> the priest <03548> commanded <06680>
the captains <08269> of the hundreds <03967>, the officers
<06485> of the host <02428>, and said <0559> unto them, Have
<03318> her forth <03318> without the ranges < 07713>: and him
that followeth her kill <04191> with the sword <02719> . For the
priest <03548> had said <0559>, Let her not be slain <04191> in
the house <01004> of the LORD <03068>.



16 And they laid <07760> hands <03027> on her; and she went
<0935> by the way <01870> by the which the horses < 05483> came
<03996> into the king's <04428> house <01004>: and there <08033>
was she slain <04191>.



17. And Jehoiada <03111> made <03772> a covenant < 01285>
between <0996> the LORD <03068> and the king < 04428> and the
people <05971>, that they should be the LORD'S <03068> people
<05971>; between <0996> the king <04428> also and the people
<05971>.



18 And all <03605> the people <05971> of the land <0776> went
<0935> into the house <01004> of Baal <01168>, and brake <05422>
it down <05422>; his altars <04196> and his images <06754> brake
<07665> they in pieces thoroughly <03190>, and slew <02026>
Mattan <04977> the priest <03548> of Baal < 01168> before <06440>
the altars <04196>. And the priest <03548> appointed <07760>
officers <06486> over <05921> the house <01004> of the LORD
<03068>.



19 And he took <03947> the rulers <08269> over hundreds <03967>,
and the captains <03746>, and the guard <07323>, and all
<03605> the people <05971> of the land <0776>; and they brought
<03381> down <03381> the king <04428> from the house <01004> of
the LORD <03068>, and came <0935> by the way < 01870> of the gate
<08179> of the guard <07323> to the king's < 04428> house <01004>.
And he sat <03427> on <05921> the throne < 03678> of the kings
<04428>.



20 And all <03605> the people <05971> of the land <0776>
rejoiced <08055>, and the city <05892> was in quiet <08252>: and
they slew <04191> Athaliah <06271> with the sword < 02719>
[beside] the king's <04428> house <01004>.



21 Seven <07651> years <08141> old <01121> [was] Jehoash
<03060> when he began to reign <04427>.



2Kings 12



1. In the seventh <07651> year <08141> of Jehu < 03058> Jehoash
<03060> began to reign <04427>; and forty <0705> years <08141>
reigned <04427> he in Jerusalem <03389>. And his mother's <0517>
name <08034> [was] Zibiah <06645> of Beersheba < 0884>.



2 And Jehoash <03060> did <06213> [that which was] right
<03477> in the sight <05869> of the LORD <03068> all <03605> his
days <03117> wherein <0834> Jehoiada <03111> the priest <03548>
instructed <03384> him.



3 But the high <01116> places were not taken <05493> away
<05493>: the people <05971> still <05750> sacrificed <02076> and
burnt <06999> incense <06999> in the high < 01116> places.



4. And Jehoash <03060> said <0559> to the priests <03548>, All
<03605> the money <03701> of the dedicated < 06944> things that
is brought <0935> into the house <01004> of the LORD <03068>,
[even] the money <03701> of every <03605> one that passeth
<05674> [the account], the money <03701> that every man <05315>
is set <06187> at, [and] all <03605> the money < 03701> that
cometh <05927> into <05921> any man's <0376> heart <03820> to
bring <0935> into the house <01004> of the LORD < 03068>,



5 Let the priests <03548> take <03947> [it] to them, every man
<0376> of his acquaintance <04378>: and let them repair <02388>
the breaches <0919> of the house <01004>, wheresoever any <0376>
breach <0919> shall be found <04672>.



6 But it was [so, that] in the three <07969> and twentieth
<06242> year <08141> of king <04428> Jehoash <03060> the priests
<03548> had not repaired <02388> the breaches < 0919> of the
house <01004>.



7 Then king <04428> Jehoash <03060> called < 07121> for Jehoiada
<03111> the priest <03548>, and the [other] priests <03548>, and
said <0559> unto them, Why <04069> repair < 02388> ye not the
breaches <0919> of the house <01004>? now < 06258> therefore
receive <03947> no <0408> [more] money <03701> of your
acquaintance <04378>, but deliver <05414> it for the breaches
<0919> of the house <01004>.



8 And the priests <03548> consented <0225> to receive <03947>
no <01115> [more] money <03701> of the people < 05971>, neither
<01115> to repair <02388> the breaches <0919> of the house
<01004>.



9 But Jehoiada <03111> the priest <03548> took < 03947> a chest
<0727>, and bored <05344> a hole <02356> in the lid <01817> of
it, and set <05414> it beside <0681> the altar < 04196>, on the
right <03225> side <03225> as one <0376> cometh <0935> into the
house <01004> of the LORD <03068>: and the priests <03548> that
kept <08104> the door <05592> put <05414> therein <08033> all
<03605> the money <03701> [that was] brought < 0935> into the
house <01004> of the LORD <03068>.



10 And it was [so], when they saw <07200> that [there was] much
<07225> money <03701> in the chest <0727>, that the king's
<04428> scribe <05608> and the high <01419> priest <03548> came
<05927> up, and they put <06695> up in bags < 06696>, and told
<04487> the money <03701> that was found <04672> in the house
<01004> of the LORD <03068>.



11 And they gave <05414> the money <03701>, being told <08505>,
into <05921> the hands <03027> of them that did < 06213> the work
<04399>, that had the oversight <06485> of the house <01004> of
the LORD <03068>: and they laid <03318> it out to the carpenters
<06086> and builders <01129>, that wrought < 06213> upon the
house <01004> of the LORD <03068>,



12 And to masons <01443>, and hewers <02672> of stone <068>,
and to buy <07069> timber <06086> and hewed < 04274> stone <068>
to repair <02388> the breaches <0919> of the house <01004> of
the LORD <03068>, and for all <03605> that was laid <03318> out
for the house <01004> to repair <02393> [it].



13 Howbeit there were not made <06213> for the house < 01004> of
the LORD <03068> bowls <05592> of silver <03701> , snuffers
<04212>, basons <04219>, trumpets <02689>, any vessels <03627>
of gold <02091>, or vessels <03627> of silver < 03701>, of the
money <03701> [that was] brought <0935> into the house <01004>
of the LORD <03068>:



14 But they gave <05414> that to the workmen, and repaired
<02388> therewith the house <01004> of the LORD < 03068>.



15 Moreover they reckoned <02803> not with the men < 0582>, into
<05921> whose <0834> hand <03027> they delivered <05414> the
money <03701> to be bestowed <05414> on workmen: for they dealt
<06213> faithfully <0530>.



16 The trespass <0817> money <03701> and sin money <03701> was
not brought <0935> into the house <01004> of the LORD <03068>:
it was the priests <03548>'.



17. Then <0227> Hazael <02371> king <04428> of Syria <0758>
went <05927> up, and fought <03898> against < 05921> Gath <01661>,
and took <03920> it: and Hazael <02371> set < 07760> his face
<06440> to go <05927> up to Jerusalem <03389>.



18 And Jehoash <03060> king <04428> of Judah < 03063> took
<03947> all <03605> the hallowed <06944> things that Jehoshaphat
<03092>, and Jehoram <03088>, and Ahaziah <0274> , his fathers
<01>, kings <04428> of Judah <03063>, had dedicated <06942>, and
his own hallowed <06944> things, and all <03605> the gold
<02091> [that was] found <04672> in the treasures < 0214> of the
house <01004> of the LORD <03068>, and in the king's <04428>
house <01004>, and sent <07971> [it] to Hazael < 02371> king
<04428> of Syria <0758>: and he went <05927> away from Jerusalem
<03389>.



19 And the rest <03499> of the acts <01697> of Joash <03101>,
and all <03605> that he did <06213>, [are] they not written
<03789> in the book <05612> of the chronicles < 01697> of the
kings <04428> of Judah <03063>?



20 And his servants <05650> arose <06965>, and made a
conspiracy <07195>, and slew <05221> Joash < 03101> in the house
<01004> of Millo <04407>, which goeth <03381> down <03381> to
Silla <05538>.



21 For Jozachar <03108> the son <01121> of Shimeath <08100>,
and Jehozabad <03075> the son <01121> of Shomer < 07763>, his
servants <05650>, smote <05221> him, and he died < 04191>; and
they buried <06912> him with his fathers <01> in the city
<05892> of David <01732>: and Amaziah <0558> his son <01121>
reigned <04427> in his stead <08478>.



2Kings 13



1. In the three <07969> and twentieth <06242> year <08141> of
Joash <03101> the son <01121> of Ahaziah <0274> king <04428> of
Judah <03063> Jehoahaz <03059> the son <01121> of Jehu <03058>
began to reign <04427> over <05921> Israel < 03478> in Samaria
<08111>, [and reigned] seventeen <07651> years < 08141>.



2 And he did <06213> [that which was] evil <07451> in the sight
<05869> of the LORD <03068>, and followed the sins <02403> of
Jeroboam <03379> the son <01121> of Nebat < 05028>, which made
Israel <03478> to sin <02398>; he departed < 05493> not therefrom.



3 And the anger <0639> of the LORD <03068> was kindled <02734>
against Israel <03478>, and he delivered <05414> them into the
hand <03027> of Hazael <02371> king <04428> of Syria <0758>, and
into the hand <03027> of Benhadad <01130> the son < 01121> of
Hazael <02371>, all <03605> [their] days <03117> .



4 And Jehoahaz <03059> besought <02470> the LORD < 03068>, and
the LORD <03068> hearkened <08085> unto him: for he saw <07200>
the oppression <03906> of Israel <03478>, because < 03588> the
king <04428> of Syria <0758> oppressed <03905> them.



5 (And the LORD <03068> gave <05414> Israel < 03478> a saviour
<03467>, so that they went <03318> out from under < 08478> the
hand <03027> of the Syrians <0758>: and the children <01121> of
Israel <03478> dwelt <03427> in their tents < 0168>, as
beforetime <06440>.



6 Nevertheless <0389> they departed <05493> not from the sins
<02403> of the house <01004> of Jeroboam <03379> , who <0834>
made Israel <03478> sin <02398>, [but] walked < 01980> therein:
and there remained <05975> the grove <0842> also < 01571> in
Samaria <08111>.)



7 Neither <03808> did he leave <07604> of the people <05971> to
Jehoahaz <03059> but fifty <02572> horsemen < 06571>, and ten
<06235> chariots <07393>, and ten <06235> thousand <0505>
footmen <07273>; for the king <04428> of Syria < 0758> had
destroyed <06> them, and had made <07760> them like the dust
<06083> by threshing <01758>.



8 Now the rest <03499> of the acts <01697> of Jehoahaz <03059>,
and all <03605> that he did <06213>, and his might <01369>,
[are] they not written <03789> in the book <05612> of the
chronicles <01697> of the kings <04428> of Israel < 03478>?



9 And Jehoahaz <03059> slept <07901> with his fathers <01>; and
they buried <06912> him in Samaria <08111>: and Joash <03101>
his son <01121> reigned <04427> in his stead < 08478>.



10. In the thirty <07970> and seventh <07651> year <08141> of
Joash <03101> king <04428> of Judah <03063> began Jehoash
<03060> the son <01121> of Jehoahaz <03059> to reign <04427>
over <05921> Israel <03478> in Samaria <08111>, [and reigned]
sixteen years <08141>.



11 And he did <06213> [that which was] evil <07451> in the
sight <05869> of the LORD <03068>; he departed < 05493> not from
all <03605> the sins <02403> of Jeroboam <03379> the son <01121>
of Nebat <05028>, who <0834> made Israel <03478> sin <02398>:
[but] he walked <01980> therein.



12 And the rest <03499> of the acts <01697> of Joash <03101>,
and all <03605> that he did, and his might <01369> wherewith
<0834> he fought <03898> against <05973> Amaziah <0558> king
<04428> of Judah <03063>, [are] they not written < 03789> in the
book <05612> of the chronicles <01697> of the kings <04428> of
Israel <03478>?



13 And Joash <03101> slept <07901> with his fathers <01>; and
Jeroboam <03379> sat <03427> upon his throne < 03678>: and Joash
<03101> was buried <06912> in Samaria <08111> with the kings
<04428> of Israel <03478>.



14 Now Elisha <0477> was fallen sick <02470> of his sickness
<02483> whereof <0834> he died <04191>. And Joash <03101> the
king <04428> of Israel <03478> came <03381> down <03381> unto
him, and wept <01058> over <05921> his face < 06440>, and said
<0559>, O my father <01>, my father <01>, the chariot <07393> of
Israel <03478>, and the horsemen <06571> thereof.



15 And Elisha <0477> said <0559> unto him, Take < 03947> bow
<07198> and arrows <02671>. And he took <03947> unto him bow
<07198> and arrows <02671>.



16 And he said <0559> to the king <04428> of Israel <03478>,
Put <07392> thine hand <03027> upon the bow < 07198>. And he put
<07760> his hand <03027> [upon it]: and Elisha < 0477> put
<07760> his hands <03027> upon the king's < 04428> hands <03027>.



17 And he said <0559>, Open <06605> the window < 02474> eastward
<06924>. And he opened <06605> [it]. Then Elisha < 0477> said
<0559>, Shoot <03384>. And he shot <03384>. And he said <0559>,
The arrow <02671> of the LORD'S <03068> deliverance <08668>, and
the arrow <02671> of deliverance <08668> from Syria <0758>: for
thou shalt smite <05221> the Syrians <0758> in Aphek <0663>,
till <05704> thou have consumed <03615> [them].



18 And he said <0559>, Take <03947> the arrows < 02671>. And he
took <03947> [them]. And he said <0559> unto the king <04428> of
Israel <03478>, Smite <05221> upon the ground < 0776>. And he
smote <05221> thrice, and stayed <05975>.



19 And the man <0376> of God <0430> was wroth < 07107> with him,
and said <0559>, Thou shouldest have smitten <05221> five
<02568> or <0176> six <08337> times < 06471>; then <0227> hadst
thou smitten <05221> Syria <0758> till <05704> thou hadst
consumed <03615> [it]: whereas <06258> now < 06258> thou shalt
smite <05221> Syria <0758> [but] thrice.



20. And Elisha <0477> died <04191>, and they buried <06912> him.
And the bands <01416> of the Moabites <04124> invaded <0935>
the land <0776> at the coming <0935> in of the year <08141>.



21 And it came <01961> to pass, as they were burying < 06912> a
man <0376>, that, behold <02009>, they spied < 07200> a band
<01416> [of men]; and they cast <07993> the man < 0376> into the
sepulchre <06913> of Elisha <0477>: and when the man <0376> was
let <03212> down <03212>, and touched <05060> the bones <06106>
of Elisha <0477>, he revived <02421>, and stood < 06965> up on
<05921> his feet <07272>.



22 But Hazael <02371> king <04428> of Syria < 0758> oppressed
<03905> Israel <03478> all <03605> the days < 03117> of Jehoahaz
<03059>.



23 And the LORD <03068> was gracious <02603> unto them, and had
compassion <07355> on them, and had respect <06437> unto them,
because <04616> of his covenant <01285> with Abraham <085>,
Isaac <03327>, and Jacob <03290>, and would < 014> not destroy
<07843> them, neither <03808> cast <07993> he them from his
presence <06440> as yet.



24 So Hazael <02371> king <04428> of Syria < 0758> died <04191>;
and Benhadad <01130> his son <01121> reigned < 04427> in his
stead <08478>.



25 And Jehoash <03060> the son <01121> of Jehoahaz <03059> took
<03947> again <07725> out of the hand <03027> of Benhadad
<01130> the son <01121> of Hazael <02371> the cities <05892>,
which <0834> he had taken <03947> out of the hand < 03027> of
Jehoahaz <03059> his father <01> by war <04421>. Three <07969>
times <06471> did Joash <03101> beat <05221> him, and recovered
<07725> the cities <05892> of Israel <03478>.



2Kings 14



1. In the second <08147> year <08141> of Joash < 03101> son
<01121> of Jehoahaz <03059> king <04428> of Israel <03478>
reigned <04427> Amaziah <0558> the son <01121> of Joash <03101>
king <04428> of Judah <03063>.



2 He was twenty <06242> and five <02568> years < 08141> old
<01121> when he began to reign <04427>, and reigned <04427>
twenty <06242> and nine <08672> years <08141> in Jerusalem
<03389>. And his mother's <0517> name <08034> [was] Jehoaddan
<03086> of Jerusalem <03389>.



3 And he did <06213> [that which was] right <03477> in the
sight <05869> of the LORD <03068>, yet <07535> not like David
<01732> his father <01>: he did <06213> according to all <03605>
things as Joash <03101> his father <01> did < 06213>.



4 Howbeit the high <01116> places were not taken < 05493> away
<05493>: as yet <05750> the people <05971> did sacrifice <02076>
and burnt <06999> incense <06999> on the high < 01116> places.



5 And it came <01961> to pass, as soon <0834> as the kingdom
<04467> was confirmed <02388> in his hand < 03027>, that he slew
<05221> his servants <05650> which <0834> had slain <05221> the
king <04428> his father <01>.



6 But the children <01121> of the murderers <05221> he slew
<04191> not: according unto that which is written < 03789> in the
book <05612> of the law <08451> of Moses <04872> , wherein <0834>
the LORD <03068> commanded <06680>, saying < 0559>, The fathers
<01> shall not be put <04191> to death <04191> for the children
<01121>, nor <03808> the children <01121> be put <04191> to
death <04191> for the fathers <01>; but every man < 0376> shall
be put <04191> to death <04191> for his own sin < 02399>.



7 He slew <05221> of Edom <0123> in the valley < 01516> of salt
<04417> ten <06235> thousand <0505>, and took <08610> Selah
<05554> by war <04421>, and called <07121> the name <08034> of
it Joktheel <03371> unto this <02088> day < 03117>.



8. Then <0227> Amaziah <0558> sent <07971> messengers <04397>
to Jehoash <03060>, the son <01121> of Jehoahaz < 03059> son
<01121> of Jehu <03058>, king <04428> of Israel <03478>, saying
<0559>, Come <03212>, let us look <07200> one another in the
face <06440>.



9 And Jehoash <03060> the king <04428> of Israel < 03478> sent
<07971> to Amaziah <0558> king <04428> of Judah <03063>, saying
<0559>, The thistle <02336> that [was] in Lebanon < 03844> sent
<07971> to the cedar <0730> that [was] in Lebanon < 03844>,
saying <0559>, Give <05414> thy daughter <01323> to my son
<01121> to wife <0802>: and there passed <05674> by a wild
<07704> beast <02416> that [was] in Lebanon < 03844>, and trode
<07429> down the thistle <02336>.



10 Thou hast indeed smitten <05221> Edom <0123>, and thine
heart <03820> hath lifted <05375> thee up: glory < 03513> [of
this], and tarry <03427> at home <01004>: for why shouldest thou
meddle <01624> to [thy] hurt <07451>, that thou shouldest fall
<05307>, [even] thou, and Judah <03063> with thee?



11 But Amaziah <0558> would not hear <08085>. Therefore Jehoash
<03060> king <04428> of Israel <03478> went < 05927> up; and he
and Amaziah <0558> king <04428> of Judah <03063> looked <07200>
one another in the face <06440> at Bethshemesh <01053> , which
<0834> [belongeth] to Judah <03063>.



12 And Judah <03063> was put to the worse <05062> before
<06440> Israel <03478>; and they fled <05127> every man <0376>
to their tents <0168>.



13 And Jehoash <03060> king <04428> of Israel < 03478> took
<08610> Amaziah <0558> king <04428> of Judah <03063>, the son
<01121> of Jehoash <03060> the son <01121> of Ahaziah <0274>, at
Bethshemesh <01053>, and came <0935> to Jerusalem < 03389>, and
brake <06555> down the wall <02346> of Jerusalem < 03389> from
the gate <08179> of Ephraim <0669> unto the corner <06438> gate
<08179>, four <0702> hundred <03967> cubits < 0520>.



14 And he took <03947> all <03605> the gold < 02091> and silver
<03701>, and all <03605> the vessels <03627> that were found
<04672> in the house <01004> of the LORD <03068> , and in the
treasures <0214> of the king's <04428> house < 01004>, and
hostages, and returned <07725> to Samaria <08111>.



15. Now the rest <03499> of the acts <01697> of Jehoash <03060>
which <0834> he did <06213>, and his might < 01369>, and how
<0834> he fought <03898> with Amaziah <0558> king <04428> of
Judah <03063>, [are] they not written <03789> in the book
<05612> of the chronicles <01697> of the kings < 04428> of Israel
<03478>?



16 And Jehoash <03060> slept <07901> with his fathers <01>, and
was buried <06912> in Samaria <08111> with the kings <04428> of
Israel <03478>; and Jeroboam <03379> his son < 01121> reigned
<04427> in his stead <08478>.



17 And Amaziah <0558> the son <01121> of Joash < 03101> king
<04428> of Judah <03063> lived <02421> after <0310> the death
<04194> of Jehoash <03060> son <01121> of Jehoahaz <03059> king
<04428> of Israel <03478> fifteen <06240> years <08141>.



18 And the rest <03499> of the acts <01697> of Amaziah <0558>,
[are] they not written <03789> in the book <05612> of the
chronicles <01697> of the kings <04428> of Judah < 03063>?



19 Now they made a conspiracy <07195> against <05921> him in
Jerusalem <03389>: and he fled <05127> to Lachish < 03923>; but
they sent <07971> after <0310> him to Lachish < 03923>, and slew
<04191> him there <08033>.



20 And they brought <05375> him on <05921> horses <05483>: and
he was buried <06912> at Jerusalem <03389> with his fathers <01>
in the city <05892> of David <01732>.



21 And all <03605> the people <05971> of Judah < 03063> took
<03947> Azariah <05838>, which <01931> [was] sixteen years
<08141> old <01121>, and made him king <04427> instead <08478>
of his father <01> Amaziah <0558>.



22 He built <01129> Elath <0359>, and restored < 07725> it to
Judah <03063>, after <0310> that the king < 04428> slept <07901>
with his fathers <01>.



23. In the fifteenth <06240> year <08141> of Amaziah <0558> the
son <01121> of Joash <03101> king <04428> of Judah <03063>
Jeroboam <03379> the son <01121> of Joash < 03101> king <04428>
of Israel <03478> began to reign <04427> in Samaria <08111>,
[and reigned] forty <0705> and one <0259> years < 08141>.



24 And he did <06213> [that which was] evil <07451> in the
sight <05869> of the LORD <03068>: he departed < 05493> not from
all <03605> the sins <02403> of Jeroboam <03379> the son <01121>
of Nebat <05028>, who <0834> made Israel <03478> to sin <02398>.



25 He restored <07725> the coast <01366> of Israel <03478> from
the entering <0935> of Hamath <02574> unto the sea <03220> of
the plain <06160>, according to the word <01697> of the LORD
<03068> God <0430> of Israel <03478>, which < 0834> he spake
<01696> by the hand <03027> of his servant < 05650> Jonah <03124>,
the son <01121> of Amittai <0573>, the prophet < 05030>, which
<0834> [was] of Gathhepher <01662>.



26 For the LORD <03068> saw <07200> the affliction <06040> of
Israel <03478>, [that it was] very <03966> bitter < 04784>: for
[there was] not any shut <06113> up, nor <0369> any left <05800>,
nor <0369> any helper <05826> for Israel < 03478>.



27 And the LORD <03068> said <01696> not that he would blot
<04229> out the name <08034> of Israel <03478> from under
<08478> heaven <08064>: but he saved <03467> them by the hand
<03027> of Jeroboam <03379> the son <01121> of Joash <03101>.



28 Now the rest <03499> of the acts <01697> of Jeroboam <03379>,
and all <03605> that he did <06213>, and his might <01369>, how
<0834> he warred <03898>, and how <0834> he recovered <07725>
Damascus <01834>, and Hamath <02574>, [which belonged] to Judah
<03063>, for Israel <03478>, are they not written < 03789> in the
book <05612> of the chronicles <01697> of the kings <04428> of
Israel <03478>?



29 And Jeroboam <03379> slept <07901> with his fathers <01>,
[even] with the kings <04428> of Israel <03478>; and Zachariah
<02148> his son <01121> reigned <04427> in his stead <08478>.



2Kings 15



1. In the twenty <06242> and seventh <07651> year <08141> of
Jeroboam <03379> king <04428> of Israel <03478> began Azariah
<05838> son <01121> of Amaziah <0558> king < 04428> of Judah
<03063> to reign <04427>.



2 Sixteen years <08141> old <01121> was he when he began to
reign <04427>, and he reigned <04427> two < 08147> and fifty
<02572> years <08141> in Jerusalem <03389>. And his mother's
<0517> name <08034> [was] Jecholiah <03203> of Jerusalem <03389>.



3 And he did <06213> [that which was] right <03477> in the
sight <05869> of the LORD <03068>, according to all <03605> that
his father <01> Amaziah <0558> had done <06213>;



4 Save <07535> that the high <01116> places were not removed
<05493>: the people <05971> sacrificed <02076> and burnt <06999>
incense <06999> still <05750> on the high < 01116> places.



5 And the LORD <03068> smote <05221> the king < 04428>, so that
he was a leper <06879> unto the day <03117> of his death <04194>,
and dwelt <03427> in a several <02669> house < 01004>. And
Jotham <03147> the king's <04428> son <01121> [was] over <05921>
the house <01004>, judging <08199> the people < 05971> of the
land <0776>.



6 And the rest <03499> of the acts <01697> of Azariah <05838>,
and all <03605> that he did <06213>, [are] they not written
<03789> in the book <05612> of the chronicles < 01697> of the
kings <04428> of Judah <03063>?



7 So Azariah <05838> slept <07901> with his fathers <01>; and
they buried <06912> him with his fathers <01> in the city
<05892> of David <01732>: and Jotham <03147> his son <01121>
reigned <04427> in his stead <08478>.



8. In the thirty <07970> and eighth <08083> year < 08141> of
Azariah <05838> king <04428> of Judah <03063> did Zachariah
<02148> the son <01121> of Jeroboam <03379> reign <04427> over
<05921> Israel <03478> in Samaria <08111> six <08337> months
<02320>.



9 And he did <06213> [that which was] evil <07451> in the sight
<05869> of the LORD <03068>, as his fathers <01> had done
<06213>: he departed <05493> not from the sins < 02403> of
Jeroboam <03379> the son <01121> of Nebat < 05028>, who <0834>
made Israel <03478> to sin <02398>.



10 And Shallum <07967> the son <01121> of Jabesh < 03003>
conspired <07194> against <05921> him, and smote < 05221> him
before <06905> the people <05971>, and slew < 04191> him, and
reigned <04427> in his stead <08478>.



11 And the rest <03499> of the acts <01697> of Zachariah
<02148>, behold <02009>, they [are] written < 03789> in the book
<05612> of the chronicles <01697> of the kings < 04428> of Israel
<03478>.



12 This <01931> [was] the word <01697> of the LORD <03068>
which <0834> he spake <01696> unto Jehu <03058>, saying <0559>,
Thy sons <01121> shall sit <03427> on <05921> the throne <03678>
of Israel <03478> unto the fourth <07243> [generation]. And so
<03651> it came <01961> to pass.



13 Shallum <07967> the son <01121> of Jabesh < 03003> began to
reign <04427> in the nine <08672> and thirtieth < 07970> year
<08141> of Uzziah <05818> king <04428> of Judah <03063>; and he
reigned <04427> a full <03117> month <03391> in Samaria <08111>.



14 For Menahem <04505> the son <01121> of Gadi < 01424> went
<05927> up from Tirzah <08656>, and came <0935> to Samaria
<08111>, and smote <05221> Shallum <07967> the son <01121> of
Jabesh <03003> in Samaria <08111>, and slew < 04191> him, and
reigned <04427> in his stead <08478>.



15 And the rest <03499> of the acts <01697> of Shallum <07967>,
and his conspiracy <07195> which <0834> he made < 07194>, behold
<02009>, they [are] written <03789> in the book < 05612> of the
chronicles <01697> of the kings <04428> of Israel < 03478>.



16 Then <0227> Menahem <04505> smote <05221> Tiphsah <08607>,
and all <03605> that [were] therein, and the coasts < 01366>
thereof from Tirzah <08656>: because <03588> they opened <06605>
not [to him], therefore he smote <05221> [it; and] all < 03605>
the women therein that were with child <02030> he ripped <01234>
up.



17 In the nine <08672> and thirtieth <07970> year <08141> of
Azariah <05838> king <04428> of Judah <03063> began Menahem
<04505> the son <01121> of Gadi <01424> to reign <04427> over
<05921> Israel <03478>, [and reigned] ten < 06235> years <08141>
in Samaria <08111>.



18 And he did <06213> [that which was] evil <07451> in the
sight <05869> of the LORD <03068>: he departed < 05493> not all
<03605> his days <03117> from the sins <02403> of Jeroboam
<03379> the son <01121> of Nebat <05028>, who <0834> made Israel
<03478> to sin <02398>.



19 [And] Pul <06322> the king <04428> of Assyria < 0804> came
<0935> against <05921> the land <0776>: and Menahem <04505> gave
<05414> Pul <06322> a thousand <0505> talents <03603> of silver
<03701>, that his hand <03027> might be with him to confirm
<02388> the kingdom <04467> in his hand <03027>.



20 And Menahem <04505> exacted <03318> the money < 03701> of
Israel <03478>, [even] of all <03605> the mighty < 01368> men of
wealth <02428>, of each <0259> man <0376> fifty <02572> shekels
<08255> of silver <03701>, to give <05414> to the king <04428>
of Assyria <0804>. So the king <04428> of Assyria < 0804> turned
<07725> back <07725>, and stayed <05975> not there <08033> in
the land <0776>.



21 And the rest <03499> of the acts <01697> of Menahem <04505>,
and all <03605> that he did <06213>, [are] they not written
<03789> in the book <05612> of the chronicles < 01697> of the
kings <04428> of Israel <03478>?



22 And Menahem <04505> slept <07901> with his fathers <01>; and
Pekahiah <06494> his son <01121> reigned <04427> in his stead
<08478>.



23 In the fiftieth <02572> year <08141> of Azariah <05838> king
<04428> of Judah <03063> Pekahiah <06494> the son <01121> of
Menahem <04505> began to reign <04427> over < 05921> Israel
<03478> in Samaria <08111>, [and reigned] two < 08147> years
<08141>.



24 And he did <06213> [that which was] evil <07451> in the
sight <05869> of the LORD <03068>: he departed < 05493> not from
the sins <02403> of Jeroboam <03379> the son < 01121> of Nebat
<05028>, who <0834> made Israel <03478> to sin <02398>.



25 But Pekah <06492> the son <01121> of Remaliah < 07425>, a
captain <07991> of his, conspired <07194> against < 05921> him,
and smote <05221> him in Samaria <08111>, in the palace <0759>
of the king's <04428> house <01004>, with Argob < 0709> and Arieh
<0745>, and with him fifty <02572> men <0376> of the Gileadites
<01569>: and he killed <04191> him, and reigned < 04427> in his
room <08478>.



26 And the rest <03499> of the acts <01697> of Pekahiah <06494>,
and all <03605> that he did <06213>, behold < 02009>, they [are]
written <03789> in the book <05612> of the chronicles <01697> of
the kings <04428> of Israel <03478>.



27 In the two <08147> and fiftieth <02572> year < 08141> of
Azariah <05838> king <04428> of Judah <03063> Pekah <06492> the
son <01121> of Remaliah <07425> began to reign < 04427> over
<05921> Israel <03478> in Samaria <08111>, [and reigned] twenty
<06242> years <08141>.



28 And he did <06213> [that which was] evil <07451> in the
sight <05869> of the LORD <03068>: he departed < 05493> not from
the sins <02403> of Jeroboam <03379> the son < 01121> of Nebat
<05028>, who <0834> made Israel <03478> to sin <02398>.



29 In the days <03117> of Pekah <06492> king < 04428> of Israel
<03478> came <0935> Tiglathpileser <08407> king <04428> of
Assyria <0804>, and took <03947> Ijon <05859>, and
Abelbethmaachah <062>, and Janoah <03239>, and Kedesh <06943>,
and Hazor <02674>, and Gilead <01568>, and Galilee <01551>, all
<03605> the land <0776> of Naphtali <05321>, and carried <01540>
them captive <01540> to Assyria <0804>.



30 And Hoshea <01954> the son <01121> of Elah < 0425> made a
conspiracy <07195> against <05921> Pekah <06492> the son <01121>
of Remaliah <07425>, and smote <05221> him, and slew <04191> him,
and reigned <04427> in his stead <08478>, in the twentieth
<06242> year <08141> of Jotham <03147> the son <01121> of Uzziah
<05818>.



31 And the rest <03499> of the acts <01697> of Pekah <06492>,
and all <03605> that he did <06213>, behold < 02009>, they [are]
written <03789> in the book <05612> of the chronicles <01697> of
the kings <04428> of Israel <03478>.



32. In the second <08147> year <08141> of Pekah < 06492> the son
<01121> of Remaliah <07425> king <04428> of Israel <03478> began
Jotham <03147> the son <01121> of Uzziah <05818> king <04428> of
Judah <03063> to reign <04427>.



33 Five <02568> and twenty <06242> years < 08141> old <01121>
was he when he began to reign <04427>, and he reigned < 04427>
sixteen years <08141> in Jerusalem <03389>. And his mother's
<0517> name <08034> [was] Jerusha <03388>, the daughter <01323>
of Zadok <06659>.



34 And he did <06213> [that which was] right <03477> in the
sight <05869> of the LORD <03068>: he did < 06213> according to
all <03605> that his father <01> Uzziah <05818> had done <06213>.



35 Howbeit the high <01116> places were not removed < 05493>:
the people <05971> sacrificed <02076> and burned < 06999> incense
<06999> still <05750> in the high <01116> places. He built
<01129> the higher <05945> gate <08179> of the house <01004> of
the LORD <03068>.



36 Now the rest <03499> of the acts <01697> of Jotham <03147>,
and all <03605> that he did <06213>, [are] they not written
<03789> in the book <05612> of the chronicles < 01697> of the
kings <04428> of Judah <03063>?



37 In those <01992> days <03117> the LORD < 03068> began <02490>
to send <07971> against Judah <03063> Rezin < 07526> the king
<04428> of Syria <0758>, and Pekah <06492> the son <01121> of
Remaliah <07425>.



38 And Jotham <03147> slept <07901> with his fathers <01>, and
was buried <06912> with his fathers <01> in the city <05892> of
David <01732> his father <01>: and Ahaz <0271> his son <01121>
reigned <04427> in his stead <08478>.



2Kings 16



1. In the seventeenth <07651> year <08141> of Pekah <06492> the
son <01121> of Remaliah <07425> Ahaz <0271> the son <01121> of
Jotham <03147> king <04428> of Judah <03063> began to reign
<04427>.



2 Twenty <06242> years <08141> old <01121> [was] Ahaz <0271>
when he began to reign <04427>, and reigned <04427> sixteen
years <08141> in Jerusalem <03389>, and did < 06213> not [that
which was] right <03477> in the sight <05869> of the LORD
<03068> his God <0430>, like David <01732> his father <01>.



3 But he walked <03212> in the way <01870> of the kings <04428>
of Israel <03478>, yea <01571>, and made his son < 01121> to pass
<05674> through the fire <0784>, according to the abominations
<08441> of the heathen <01471>, whom <0834> the LORD <03068>
cast <03423> out from before <06440> the children < 01121> of
Israel <03478>.



4 And he sacrificed <02076> and burnt <06999> incense <06999>
in the high <01116> places, and on <05921> the hills <01389>,
and under <08478> every <03605> green <07488> tree <06086>.



5. Then <0227> Rezin <07526> king <04428> of Syria <0758> and
Pekah <06492> son <01121> of Remaliah <07425> king <04428> of
Israel <03478> came <05927> up to Jerusalem < 03389> to war
<04421>: and they besieged <06696> Ahaz <0271>, but could
<03201> not overcome <03898> [him].



6 At that time <06256> Rezin <07526> king < 04428> of Syria
<0758> recovered <07725> Elath <0359> to Syria <0758>, and drave
<05394> the Jews <03064> from Elath <0359>: and the Syrians
<0758> came <0935> to Elath <0359>, and dwelt <03427> there
<08033> unto this <02088> day <03117>.



7 So Ahaz <0271> sent <07971> messengers < 04397> to
Tiglathpileser <08407> king <04428> of Assyria < 0804>, saying
<0559>, I [am] thy servant <05650> and thy son < 01121>: come
<05927> up, and save <03467> me out of the hand < 03709> of the
king <04428> of Syria <0758>, and out of the hand < 03709> of the
king <04428> of Israel <03478>, which rise < 06965> up against
<05921> me.



8 And Ahaz <0271> took <03947> the silver < 03701> and gold
<02091> that was found <04672> in the house < 01004> of the LORD
<03068>, and in the treasures <0214> of the king's <04428> house
<01004>, and sent <07971> [it for] a present < 07810> to the king
<04428> of Assyria <0804>.



9 And the king <04428> of Assyria <0804> hearkened <08085> unto
him: for the king <04428> of Assyria <0804> went < 05927> up
against <0413> Damascus <01834>, and took < 08610> it, and
carried <01540> [the people of] it captive <01540> to Kir
<07024>, and slew <04191> Rezin <07526>.



10. And king <04428> Ahaz <0271> went <03212> to Damascus
<01834> to meet <07125> Tiglathpileser <08407> king <04428> of
Assyria <0804>, and saw <07200> an altar <04196> that [was] at
Damascus <01834>: and king <04428> Ahaz <0271> sent <07971> to
Urijah <0223> the priest <03548> the fashion < 01823> of the
altar <04196>, and the pattern <08403> of it, according to all
<03605> the workmanship <04639> thereof.



11 And Urijah <0223> the priest <03548> built < 01129> an altar
<04196> according to all <03605> that king < 04428> Ahaz <0271>
had sent <07971> from Damascus <01834>: so < 03651> Urijah <0223>
the priest <03548> made <06213> [it] against < 05704> king
<04428> Ahaz <0271> came <0935> from Damascus <01834>.



12 And when the king <04428> was come <0935> from Damascus
<01834>, the king <04428> saw <07200> the altar <04196>: and the
king <04428> approached <07126> to the altar < 04196>, and
offered <05927> thereon <05921>.



13 And he burnt <06999> his burnt <06999> offering and his meat
offering <04503>, and poured <05258> his drink < 05262> offering,
and sprinkled <02236> the blood <01818> of his peace <08002>
offerings, upon the altar <04196>.



14 And he brought <07126> also the brasen <05178> altar <04196>,
which <0834> [was] before <06440> the LORD < 03068>, from the
forefront <06440> of the house <01004>, from between <0996> the
altar <04196> and the house <01004> of the LORD < 03068>, and put
<05414> it on <05921> the north <06828> side <03409> of the
altar <04196>.



15 And king <04428> Ahaz <0271> commanded < 06680> Urijah <0223>
the priest <03548>, saying <0559>, Upon the great < 01419> altar
<04196> burn <06999> the morning <01242> burnt <05930> offering,
and the evening <06153> meat offering <04503>, and the king's
<04428> burnt <05930> sacrifice, and his meat offering, with the
burnt <05930> offering of all <03605> the people < 05971> of the
land <0776>, and their meat offering <04503>, and their drink
<05262> offerings; and sprinkle <02236> upon it all <03605> the
blood <01818> of the burnt <05930> offering, and all <03605> the
blood <01818> of the sacrifice <02077>: and the brasen <05178>
altar <04196> shall be for me to enquire <01239> [by].



16 Thus did <06213> Urijah <0223> the priest < 03548>, according
to all <03605> that king <04428> Ahaz <0271> commanded <06680>.



17. And king <04428> Ahaz <0271> cut <07112> off the borders
<04526> of the bases <04350>, and removed < 05493> the laver
<03595> from off <05921> them; and took <03381> down <03381> the
sea <03220> from off <05921> the brasen <05178> oxen <01241>
that [were] under <08478> it, and put <05414> it upon a pavement
<04837> of stones <068>.



18 And the covert <04329> for the sabbath <07676> that they had
built <01129> in the house <01004>, and the king's <04428> entry
<03996> without <02435>, turned <05437> he from the house
<01004> of the LORD <03068> for the king <04428> of Assyria
<0804>.



19 Now the rest <03499> of the acts <01697> of Ahaz <0271>
which <0834> he did <06213>, [are] they not written <03789> in
the book <05612> of the chronicles <01697> of the kings <04428>
of Judah <03063>?



20 And Ahaz <0271> slept <07901> with his fathers <01>, and was
buried <06912> with his fathers <01> in the city < 05892> of
David <01732>: and Hezekiah <02396> his son < 01121> reigned
<04427> in his stead <08478>.



2Kings 17



1. In the twelfth year <08141> of Ahaz <0271> king <04428> of
Judah <03063> began Hoshea <01954> the son < 01121> of Elah
<0425> to reign <04427> in Samaria <08111> over <05921> Israel
<03478> nine <08672> years <08141>.



2 And he did <06213> [that which was] evil <07451> in the sight
<05869> of the LORD <03068>, but not as the kings < 04428> of
Israel <03478> that were before <06440> him.



3 Against <05921> him came <05927> up Shalmaneser <08022> king
<04428> of Assyria <0804>; and Hoshea <01954> became <01961> his
servant <05650>, and gave <07725> him presents < 04503>.



4 And the king <04428> of Assyria <0804> found < 04672>
conspiracy <07195> in Hoshea <01954>: for he had sent <07971>
messengers <04397> to So <05471> king <04428> of Egypt <04714>,
and brought <05927> no <03808> present <04503> to the king
<04428> of Assyria <0804>, as [he had done] year < 08141> by year
<08141>: therefore the king <04428> of Assyria < 0804> shut
<06113> him up, and bound <0631> him in prison.



5 Then the king <04428> of Assyria <0804> came < 05927> up
throughout all <03605> the land <0776>, and went < 05927> up to
Samaria <08111>, and besieged <06696> it three < 07969> years
<08141>.



6 In the ninth <08671> year <08141> of Hoshea < 01954> the king
<04428> of Assyria <0804> took <03920> Samaria <08111>, and
carried <01540> Israel <03478> away <01540> into Assyria <0804>,
and placed <03427> them in Halah <02477> and in Habor <02249>
[by] the river <05104> of Gozan <01470>, and in the cities
<05892> of the Medes <04074>.



7. For [so] it was, that the children <01121> of Israel <03478>
had sinned <02398> against the LORD <03068> their God <0430>,
which had brought <05927> them up out of the land < 0776> of
Egypt <04714>, from under <08478> the hand < 03027> of Pharaoh
<06547> king <04428> of Egypt <04714>, and had feared <03372>
other <0312> gods <0430>,



8 And walked <03212> in the statutes <02708> of the heathen
<01471>, whom <0834> the LORD <03068> cast < 03423> out from
before <06440> the children <01121> of Israel < 03478>, and of
the kings <04428> of Israel <03478>, which < 0834> they had made
<06213>.



9 And the children <01121> of Israel <03478> did secretly
<02644> [those] things <01697> that [were] not right <03651>
against <05921> the LORD <03068> their God < 0430>, and they
built <01129> them high <01116> places in all < 03605> their
cities <05892>, from the tower <04026> of the watchmen <05341>
to the fenced <04013> city <05892>.



10 And they set <05324> them up images <04676> and groves
<0842> in every <03605> high <01364> hill < 01389>, and under
<08478> every <03605> green <07488> tree < 06086>:



11 And there <08033> they burnt <06999> incense < 06999> in all
<03605> the high <01116> places, as [did] the heathen <01471>
whom <0834> the LORD <03068> carried <01540> away <01540> before
<06440> them; and wrought <06213> wicked <07451> things <01697>
to provoke the LORD <03068> to anger <03707>:



12 For they served <05647> idols <01544>, whereof <0834> the
LORD <03068> had said <0559> unto them, Ye shall not do <06213>
this <02088> thing <01697>.



13 Yet the LORD <03068> testified <05749> against Israel
<03478>, and against Judah <03063>, by all < 03605> the prophets
<05030>, [and by] all <03605> the seers <02374>, saying <0559>,
Turn <07725> ye from your evil <07451> ways < 01870>, and keep
<08104> my commandments <04687> [and] my statutes < 02708>,
according to all <03605> the law <08451> which < 0834> I
commanded <06680> your fathers <01>, and which < 0834> I sent
<07971> to you by my servants <05650> the prophets <05030>.



14 Notwithstanding they would not hear <08085>, but hardened
<07185> their necks <06203>, like to the neck < 06203> of their
fathers <01>, that did not believe <0539> in the LORD <03068>
their God <0430>.



15 And they rejected <03988> his statutes <02706>, and his
covenant <01285> that he made <03772> with their fathers <01>,
and his testimonies <05715> which <0834> he testified <05749>
against them; and they followed vanity <01892>, and became
<01891> vain <01891>, and went <03212> after <0310> the heathen
<01471> that [were] round <05439> about them, [concerning] whom
<0834> the LORD <03068> had charged <06680> them, that they
should not do <06213> like them.



16 And they left <05800> all <03605> the commandments <04687>
of the LORD <03068> their God <0430>, and made < 06213> them
molten <04541> images, [even] two <08147> calves < 05695>, and
made <06213> a grove <0842>, and worshipped < 07812> all <03605>
the host <06635> of heaven <08064>, and served < 05647> Baal
<01168>.



17 And they caused their sons <01121> and their daughters
<01121> to pass <05674> through the fire <0784>, and used
divination <07081> and enchantments <05172>, and sold <04376>
themselves to do <06213> evil <07451> in the sight <05869> of
the LORD <03068>, to provoke him to anger <03707>.



18 Therefore the LORD <03068> was very <03966> angry <0599>
with Israel <03478>, and removed <05493> them out of his sight
<06440>: there was none <03808> left <07604> but the tribe
<07626> of Judah <03063> only <0905>.



19 Also <01571> Judah <03063> kept <08104> not the commandments
<04687> of the LORD <03068> their God <0430>, but walked <03212>
in the statutes <02708> of Israel <03478> which < 0834> they made
<06213>.



20 And the LORD <03068> rejected <03988> all < 03605> the seed
<02233> of Israel <03478>, and afflicted <06031> them, and
delivered <05414> them into the hand <03027> of spoilers <08154>,
until <05704> he had cast <07993> them out of his sight <06440>.



21 For he rent <07167> Israel <03478> from the house <01004> of
David <01732>; and they made Jeroboam <03379> the son <01121> of
Nebat <05028> king <04427>: and Jeroboam <03379> drave <05071>
Israel <03478> from following <0310> the LORD < 03068>, and made
them sin <02398> a great <01419> sin <02401>.



22 For the children <01121> of Israel <03478> walked <03212> in
all <03605> the sins <02403> of Jeroboam <03379> which <0834> he
did <06213>; they departed <05493> not from them;



23 Until <05704> the LORD <03068> removed < 05493> Israel
<03478> out of his sight <06440>, as he had said < 01696> by all
<03605> his servants <05650> the prophets < 05030>. So was Israel
<03478> carried <01540> away <01540> out of their own land
<0127> to Assyria <0804> unto this <02088> day <03117>.



24. And the king <04428> of Assyria <0804> brought <0935> [men]
from Babylon <0894>, and from Cuthah <03575>, and from Ava
<05755>, and from Hamath <02574>, and from Sepharvaim <05617>,
and placed <03427> [them] in the cities <05892> of Samaria
<08111> instead <08478> of the children <01121> of Israel
<03478>: and they possessed <03423> Samaria < 08111>, and dwelt
<03427> in the cities <05892> thereof.



25 And [so] it was at the beginning <08462> of their dwelling
<03427> there <08033>, [that] they feared < 03372> not the LORD
<03068>: therefore the LORD <03068> sent <07971> lions <0738>
among them, which slew <02026> [some] of them.



26 Wherefore they spake <0559> to the king <04428> of Assyria
<0804>, saying <0559>, The nations <01471> which <0834> thou
hast removed <01540>, and placed <03427> in the cities <05892>
of Samaria <08111>, know <03045> not the manner < 04941> of the
God <0430> of the land <0776>: therefore he hath sent <07971>
lions <0738> among them, and, behold <02009>, they slay <04191>
them, because <0834> they know <03045> not the manner <04941> of
the God <0430> of the land <0776>.



27 Then the king <04428> of Assyria <0804> commanded <06680>,
saying <0559>, Carry <01980> thither <08033> one <0259> of the
priests <03548> whom <0834> ye brought <01540> from thence
<08033>; and let them go <03212> and dwell < 03427> there <08033>,
and let him teach <03384> them the manner <04941> of the God
<0430> of the land <0776>.



28 Then one <0259> of the priests <03548> whom < 0834> they had
carried <01540> away <01540> from Samaria < 08111> came <0935>
and dwelt <03427> in Bethel <01008>, and taught < 03384> them how
<0349> they should fear <03372> the LORD <03068> .



29 Howbeit every nation <01471> made <06213> gods <0430> of
their own, and put <03240> [them] in the houses < 01004> of the
high <01116> places which <0834> the Samaritans < 08118> had made
<06213>, every nation <01471> in their cities < 05892> wherein
they dwelt <03427>.



30 And the men <0582> of Babylon <0894> made < 06213>
Succothbenoth <05524>, and the men <0582> of Cuth < 03575> made
<06213> Nergal <05370>, and the men <0582> of Hamath <02574>
made <06213> Ashima <0807>,



31 And the Avites <05757> made <06213> Nibhaz < 05026> and
Tartak <08662>, and the Sepharvites <05616> burnt < 08313> their
children <01121> in fire <0784> to Adrammelech < 0152> and
Anammelech <06048>, the gods <0430> of Sepharvaim < 05617>.



32 So they feared <03373> the LORD <03068>, and made <06213>
unto themselves of the lowest <07098> of them priests < 03548> of
the high <01116> places, which <01961> sacrificed < 06213> for
them in the houses <01004> of the high <01116> places.



33 They feared <03373> the LORD <03068>, and served <05647>
their own gods <0430>, after the manner <04941> of the nations
<01471> whom <0834> they carried <01540> away <01540> from
thence <08033>.



34 Unto this <02088> day <03117> they do < 06213> after the
former <07223> manners <04941>: they fear < 03373> not the LORD
<03068>, neither <0369> do <06213> they after their statutes
<02708>, or after their ordinances <04941>, or after <0310> the
law <08451> and commandment <04687> which <0834> the LORD
<03068> commanded <06680> the children <01121> of Jacob <03290>,
whom <0834> he named <08034> Israel <03478>;



35 With whom the LORD <03068> had made <03772> a covenant
<01285>, and charged <06680> them, saying <0559> , Ye shall not
fear <03372> other <0312> gods <0430>, nor < 03808> bow <07812>
yourselves to them, nor <03808> serve <05647> them, nor <03808>
sacrifice <02076> to them:



36 But the LORD <03068>, who <0834> brought < 05927> you up out
of the land <0776> of Egypt <04714> with great < 01419> power
<03581> and a stretched <05186> out arm <02220>, him shall ye
fear <03372>, and him shall ye worship <07812>, and to him shall
ye do sacrifice <02076>.



37 And the statutes <02706>, and the ordinances < 04941>, and
the law <08451>, and the commandment <04687>, which <0834> he
wrote <03789> for you, ye shall observe <08104> to do <06213>
for evermore; and ye shall not fear <03372> other < 0312> gods
<0430>.



38 And the covenant <01285> that I have made <03772> with you
ye shall not forget <07911>; neither <03808> shall ye fear
<03372> other <0312> gods <0430>.



39 But the LORD <03068> your God <0430> ye shall fear <03372>;
and he shall deliver <05337> you out of the hand < 03027> of all
<03605> your enemies <0341>.



40 Howbeit they did not hearken <08085>, but they did < 06213>
after their former <07223> manner <04941>.



41 So these <0428> nations <01471> feared < 03373> the LORD
<03068>, and served <05647> their graven <06456> images, both
<01571> their children <01121>, and their children's <01121>
children <01121>: as did <06213> their fathers < 01>, so do
<06213> they unto this <02088> day <03117>.



2Kings 18



1. Now it came <01961> to pass in the third <07969> year
<08141> of Hoshea <01954> son <01121> of Elah <0425> king
<04428> of Israel <03478>, [that] Hezekiah < 02396> the son
<01121> of Ahaz <0271> king <04428> of Judah <03063> began to
reign <04427>.



2 Twenty <06242> and five <02568> years <08141> old <01121> was
he when he began to reign <04427>; and he reigned < 04427> twenty
<06242> and nine <08672> years <08141> in Jerusalem <03389>. His
mother's <0517> name <08034> also [was] Abi < 021>, the daughter
<01323> of Zachariah <02148>.



3 And he did <06213> [that which was] right <03477> in the
sight <05869> of the LORD <03068>, according to all <03605> that
David <01732> his father <01> did <06213>.



4 He removed <05493> the high <01116> places, and brake <07665>
the images <04676>, and cut <03772> down the groves <0842>, and
brake <03807> in pieces the brasen <05178> serpent <05175> that
Moses <04872> had made <06213>: for unto those < 01992> days
<03117> the children <01121> of Israel <03478> did burn <06999>
incense <06999> to it: and he called <07121> it Nehushtan
<05180>.



5 He trusted <0982> in the LORD <03068> God < 0430> of Israel
<03478>; so that after <0310> him was none < 03808> like <03644>
him among all <03605> the kings <04428> of Judah < 03063>, nor
[any] that were before <06440> him.



6 For he clave <01692> to the LORD <03068>, [and] departed
<05493> not from following <0310> him, but kept < 08104> his
commandments <04687>, which <0834> the LORD < 03068> commanded
<06680> Moses <04872>.



7 And the LORD <03068> was with him; [and] he prospered <07919>
whithersoever he went <03318> forth <03318>: and he rebelled
<04775> against the king <04428> of Assyria < 0804>, and served
<05647> him not.



8 He smote <05221> the Philistines <06430>, [even] unto Gaza
<05804>, and the borders <01366> thereof, from the tower <04026>
of the watchmen <05341> to the fenced <04013> city <05892>.



9. And it came <01961> to pass in the fourth <07243> year
<08141> of king <04428> Hezekiah <02396>, which <01958> [was]
the seventh <07651> year <08141> of Hoshea < 01954> son <01121>
of Elah <0425> king <04428> of Israel <03478>, [that]
Shalmaneser <08022> king <04428> of Assyria < 0804> came <05957>
up against <05921> Samaria <08111>, and besieged < 06696> it.



10 And at the end <07097> of three <07969> years < 08141> they
took <03920> it: [even] in the sixth <08337> year < 08141> of
Hezekiah <02396>, that [is] the ninth <08672> year <08141> of
Hoshea <01954> king <04428> of Israel <03478>, Samaria <08111>
was taken <03920>.



11 And the king <04428> of Assyria <0804> did carry <01540>
away <01540> Israel <03478> unto Assyria <0804>, and put <05148>
them in Halah <02477> and in Habor <02249> [by] the river
<05104> of Gozan <01470>, and in the cities < 05892> of the Medes
<04074>:



12 Because they obeyed <08085> not the voice <06963> of the
LORD <03068> their God <0430>, but transgressed < 05674> his
covenant <01285>, [and] all <03605> that Moses < 04872> the
servant <05650> of the LORD <03068> commanded < 06680>, and would
not hear <08085> [them], nor <03808> do <06213> [them].



13 Now in the fourteenth year <08141> of king <04428> Hezekiah
<02396> did Sennacherib <05576> king <04428> of Assyria <0804>
come <05927> up against <05921> all <03605> the fenced <01219>
cities <05892> of Judah <03063>, and took < 08610> them.



14 And Hezekiah <02396> king <04428> of Judah < 03063> sent
<07971> to the king <04428> of Assyria <0804> to Lachish <03923>,
saying <0559>, I have offended <02398>; return < 07725> from me:
that which <0834> thou puttest <05414> on < 05921> me will I bear
<05375>. And the king <04428> of Assyria <0804> appointed
<07760> unto Hezekiah <02396> king <04428> of Judah <03063>
three <07969> hundred <03967> talents <03603> of silver <03701>
and thirty <07970> talents <03603> of gold < 02091>.



15 And Hezekiah <02396> gave <05414> [him] all < 03605> the
silver <03701> that was found <04672> in the house <01004> of
the LORD <03068>, and in the treasures <0214> of the king's
<04428> house <01004>.



16 At that time <06256> did Hezekiah <02396> cut < 07112> off
[the gold from] the doors <01817> of the temple < 01964> of the
LORD <03068>, and [from] the pillars <0547> which < 0834>
Hezekiah <02396> king <04428> of Judah <03063> had overlaid
<06823>, and gave <05414> it to the king <04428> of Assyria
<0804>.



17. And the king <04428> of Assyria <0804> sent < 07971> Tartan
<08661> and Rabsaris <07249> and Rabshakeh < 07262> from Lachish
<03923> to king <04428> Hezekiah <02396> with a great <03515>
host <02426> against Jerusalem <03389>. And they went <05927> up
and came <0935> to Jerusalem <03389>. And when they were come
<05927> up, they came <0935> and stood <05975> by the conduit
<08585> of the upper <05945> pool <01295>, which <0834> [is] in
the highway <04546> of the fuller's <03526> field < 07704>.



18 And when they had called <07121> to the king < 04428>, there
came <03318> out to them Eliakim <0471> the son < 01121> of
Hilkiah <02518>, which <0834> [was] over <05921> the household
<01004>, and Shebna <07644> the scribe <05608>, and Joah <03098>
the son <01121> of Asaph <0623> the recorder < 02142>.



19 And Rabshakeh <07262> said <0559> unto them, Speak <0559> ye
now <04994> to Hezekiah <02396>, Thus <03541> saith <0559> the
great <01419> king <04428>, the king <04428> of Assyria <0804>,
What <04100> confidence <0986> [is] this <02088> wherein <0834>
thou trustest <0982>?



20 Thou sayest <0559>, (but [they are but] vain < 08193> words
<01697>,) [I have] counsel <06098> and strength < 01369> for the
war <04421>. Now <06258> on <05921> whom < 04310> dost thou trust
<0982>, that thou rebellest <04775> against me?



21 Now <06258>, behold <02009>, thou trustest < 0982> upon the
staff <04938> of this <02088> bruised <07533> reed <07070>,
[even] upon Egypt <04714>, on <05921> which < 0834> if <0834> a
man <0376> lean <05564>, it will go <0935> into his hand <03709>,
and pierce <05344> it: so <03651> [is] Pharaoh < 06547> king
<04428> of Egypt <04714> unto all <03605> that trust <0982> on
<05921> him.



22 But if <03588> ye say <0559> unto me, We trust <0982> in the
LORD <03068> our God <0430>: [is] not that he, whose high
<01116> places and whose altars <04196> Hezekiah < 02396> hath
taken <05493> away <05493>, and hath said <0559> to Judah
<03063> and Jerusalem <03389>, Ye shall worship < 07812> before
<06440> this <02088> altar <04196> in Jerusalem <03389>?



23 Now <06258> therefore, I pray <04994> thee, give pledges
<06148> to my lord <0113> the king <04428> of Assyria <0804>,
and I will deliver <05414> thee two thousand <0505> horses
<05483>, if <0518> thou be able <03201> on thy part to set
<05414> riders <07392> upon them.



24 How <0349> then wilt thou turn <07725> away the face <06440>
of one <0259> captain <06346> of the least < 06996> of my
master's <0113> servants <05650>, and put thy trust <0982> on
<05921> Egypt <04714> for chariots <07393> and for horsemen
<06571>?



25 Am I now <06258> come <05927> up without < 01107> the LORD
<03068> against <05921> this <02088> place < 04725> to destroy
<07843> it? The LORD <03068> said <0559> to me, Go <05927> up
against <05921> this <02063> land <0776>, and destroy <07843> it.



26 Then said <0559> Eliakim <0471> the son < 01121> of Hilkiah
<02518>, and Shebna <07644>, and Joah <03098>, unto Rabshakeh
<07262>, Speak <01696>, I pray <04994> thee, to thy servants
<05650> in the Syrian <0762> language; for we understand <08085>
[it]: and talk <01696> not with us in the Jews <03066> ' language
in the ears <0241> of the people <05971> that [are] on <05921>
the wall <02346>.



27 But Rabshakeh <07262> said <0559> unto them, Hath my master
<0113> sent <07971> me to thy master <0113>, and to thee, to
speak <01696> these <0428> words <01697>? [hath he] not [sent
me] to the men <0582> which sit <03427> on < 05921> the wall
<02346>, that they may eat <0398> their own dung, and drink
<08354> their own piss <07890> with you?



28 Then Rabshakeh <07262> stood <05975> and cried <07121> with
a loud <01419> voice <06963> in the Jews <03066> ' language, and
spake <01696>, saying <0559>, Hear <08085> the word <01697> of
the great <01419> king <04428>, the king <04428> of Assyria
<0804>:



29 Thus <03541> saith <0559> the king <04428>, Let not Hezekiah
<02396> deceive <05377> you: for he shall not be able <03201> to
deliver <05337> you out of his hand <03027>:



30 Neither <0408> let Hezekiah <02396> make you trust <0982> in
the LORD <03068>, saying <0559>, The LORD < 03068> will surely
deliver <05337> us, and this <02063> city < 05892> shall not be
delivered <05414> into the hand <03027> of the king <04428> of
Assyria <0804>.



31 Hearken <08085> not to Hezekiah <02396>: for thus <03541>
saith <0559> the king <04428> of Assyria <0804>, Make <06213>
[an agreement] with me by a present <01293>, and come < 03318>
out to me, and [then] eat <0398> ye every man <0376> of his own
vine <01612>, and every <0376> one <0376> of his fig <08384>
tree, and drink <08354> ye every <0376> one < 0376> the waters
<04325> of his cistern <0953>:



32 Until <05704> I come <0935> and take <03947> you away to a
land <0776> like your own land <0776>, a land < 0776> of corn
<01715> and wine <08492>, a land <0776> of bread <03899> and
vineyards <03754>, a land <0776> of oil <03323> olive <02132>
and of honey <01706>, that ye may live <02421>, and not die
<04191>: and hearken <08085> not unto Hezekiah < 02396>, when
<03588> he persuadeth <05496> you, saying <0559> , The LORD
<03068> will deliver <05337> us.



33 Hath any <0376> of the gods <0430> of the nations <01471>
delivered <05337> at all his land <0776> out of the hand <03027>
of the king <04428> of Assyria <0804>?



34 Where <0346> [are] the gods <0430> of Hamath < 02574>, and of
Arpad <0774>? where <0346> [are] the gods <0430> of Sepharvaim
<05617>, Hena <02012>, and Ivah <05755>? have they delivered
<05337> Samaria <08111> out of mine hand <03027> ?



35 Who <04310> [are] they among all <03605> the gods <0430> of
the countries <0776>, that have delivered <05337> their country
<0776> out of mine hand <03027>, that the LORD < 03068> should
deliver <05337> Jerusalem <03389> out of mine hand <03027>?



36 But the people <05971> held <02790> their peace <02790>, and
answered <06030> him not a word <01697>: for the king's <04428>
commandment <04687> was, saying <0559>, Answer < 06030> him not.



37 Then came <0935> Eliakim <0471> the son < 01121> of Hilkiah
<02518>, which <0834> [was] over <05921> the household <01004>,
and Shebna <07644> the scribe <05608>, and Joah < 03098> the son
<01121> of Asaph <0623> the recorder <02142>, to Hezekiah
<02396> with [their] clothes <0899> rent <07167> , and told
<05046> him the words <01697> of Rabshakeh < 07262>.



2Kings 19



1. And it came <01961> to pass, when king <04428> Hezekiah
<02396> heard <08085> [it], that he rent <07167> his clothes
<0899>, and covered <03680> himself with sackcloth <08242>, and
went <0935> into the house <01004> of the LORD < 03068>.



2 And he sent <07971> Eliakim <0471>, which < 0834> [was] over
<05921> the household <01004>, and Shebna < 07644> the scribe
<05608>, and the elders <02205> of the priests < 03548>, covered
<03680> with sackcloth <08242>, to Isaiah < 03470> the prophet
<05030> the son <01121> of Amoz <0531>.



3 And they said <0559> unto him, Thus <03541> saith <0559>
Hezekiah <02396>, This <02088> day <03117> [is] a day <03117> of
trouble <06869>, and of rebuke <08433>, and blasphemy <05007>:
for the children <01121> are come <0935> to the birth <04866>,
and [there is] not strength <03581> to bring <03205> forth
<03205>.



4 It may <0194> be the LORD <03068> thy God < 0430> will hear
<08085> all <03605> the words <01697> of Rabshakeh <07262>, whom
<0834> the king <04428> of Assyria <0804> his master <0113> hath
sent <07971> to reproach <02778> the living < 02416> God <0430>;
and will reprove <03198> the words <01697> which < 0834> the LORD
<03068> thy God <0430> hath heard <08085>: wherefore lift
<05375> up [thy] prayer <08605> for the remnant < 07611> that are
left <04672>.



5 So the servants <05650> of king <04428> Hezekiah <02396> came
<0935> to Isaiah <03470>.



6 And Isaiah <03470> said <0559> unto them, Thus < 03541> shall
ye say <0559> to your master <0113>, Thus < 03541> saith <0559>
the LORD <03068>, Be not afraid <03372> of the words <01697>
which <0834> thou hast heard <08085>, with which < 0834> the
servants <05288> of the king <04428> of Assyria < 0804> have
blasphemed <01442> me.



7 Behold <02005>, I will send <05414> a blast < 07307> upon him,
and he shall hear <08085> a rumour <08052>, and shall return
<07725> to his own land <0776>; and I will cause him to fall
<05307> by the sword <02719> in his own land < 0776>.



8. So Rabshakeh <07262> returned <07725>, and found <04672> the
king <04428> of Assyria <0804> warring <03898> against <05921>
Libnah <03841>: for he had heard <08085> that he was departed
<05265> from Lachish <03923>.



9 And when he heard <08085> say <0559> of Tirhakah <08640> king
<04428> of Ethiopia <03568>, Behold <02009>, he is come <03318>
out to fight <03898> against thee: he sent <07971> messengers
<04397> again <07725> unto Hezekiah <02396>, saying <0559>,



10 Thus <03541> shall ye speak <0559> to Hezekiah <02396> king
<04428> of Judah <03063>, saying <0559>, Let not thy God <0430>
in whom <0834> thou trustest <0982> deceive < 05377> thee, saying
<0559>, Jerusalem <03389> shall not be delivered < 05414> into
the hand <03027> of the king <04428> of Assyria < 0804>.



11 Behold <02009>, thou hast heard <08085> what the kings
<04428> of Assyria <0804> have done <06213> to all <03605> lands
<0776>, by destroying <02763> them utterly: and shalt thou be
delivered <05337>?



12 Have the gods <0430> of the nations <01471> delivered
<05337> them which <0834> my fathers <01> have destroyed <0843>;
[as] Gozan <01470>, and Haran <02771>, and Rezeph < 07530>, and
the children <01121> of Eden <05731> which < 0834> [were] in
Thelasar <08515>?



13 Where <0346> [is] the king <04428> of Hamath < 02574>, and
the king <04428> of Arpad <0774>, and the king < 04428> of the
city <05892> of Sepharvaim <05617>, of Hena < 02012>, and Ivah
<05755>?



14 And Hezekiah <02396> received <03947> the letter <05612> of
the hand <03027> of the messengers <04397>, and read <07121> it:
and Hezekiah <02396> went <05927> up into the house <01004> of
the LORD <03068>, and spread <06566> it before < 06440> the LORD
<03068>.



15 And Hezekiah <02396> prayed <06419> before < 06440> the LORD
<03068>, and said <0559>, O LORD <03068> God <0430> of Israel
<03478>, which dwellest <03427> [between] the cherubims <03742>,
thou art the God <0430>, [even] thou alone <0905>, of all
<03605> the kingdoms <04467> of the earth <0776> ; thou hast made
<06213> heaven <08064> and earth <0776>.



16 LORD <03068>, bow <05186> down <05186> thine ear <0241>, and
hear <08085>: open <06491>, LORD <03068>, thine eyes <05869>,
and see <07200>: and hear <08085> the words < 01697> of
Sennacherib <05576>, which <0834> hath sent < 07971> him to
reproach <02778> the living <02416> God <0430>.



17 Of a truth <0551>, LORD <03068>, the kings < 04428> of
Assyria <0804> have destroyed <02717> the nations < 01471> and
their lands <0776>,



18 And have cast <05414> their gods <0430> into the fire <0784>:
for they [were] no <03808> gods <0430>, but the work <04639> of
men's <0120> hands <03027>, wood <06086> and stone <068>:
therefore they have destroyed <06> them.



19 Now <06258> therefore, O LORD <03068> our God < 0430>, I
beseech <04994> thee, save <03467> thou us out of his hand
<03027>, that all <03605> the kingdoms <04467> of the earth
<0776> may know <03045> that thou [art] the LORD < 03068> God
<0430>, [even] thou only <0905>.



20. Then Isaiah <03470> the son <01121> of Amoz < 0531> sent
<07971> to Hezekiah <02396>, saying <0559>, Thus <03541> saith
<0559> the LORD <03068> God <0430> of Israel <03478>, [That]
which <0834> thou hast prayed <06419> to me against <0413>
Sennacherib <05576> king <04428> of Assyria < 0804> I have heard
<08085>.



21 This <02088> [is] the word <01697> that the LORD <03068>
hath spoken <01696> concerning <05921> him; The virgin <01330>
the daughter <01323> of Zion <06726> hath despised <0959> thee,
[and] laughed <03932> thee to scorn; the daughter < 01323> of
Jerusalem <03389> hath shaken <05128> her head < 07218> at thee.



22 Whom hast thou reproached <02778> and blasphemed < 01442>?
and against <05921> whom <04310> hast thou exalted <07311> [thy]
voice <06963>, and lifted <05375> up thine eyes < 05869> on high
<04791>? [even] against <05921> the Holy <06918> [One] of Israel
<03478>.



23 By thy messengers <04397> thou hast reproached < 02778> the
Lord <03068>, and hast said <0559>, With the multitude <07393>
of my chariots <07393> I am come <05927> up to the height
<04791> of the mountains <02022>, to the sides < 03411> of
Lebanon <03844>, and will cut <03772> down the tall <06967>
cedar <0730> trees thereof, [and] the choice <04005> fir <01265>
trees thereof: and I will enter <0935> into the lodgings <04411>
of his borders <07093>, [and into] the forest <03293> of his
Carmel <03760>.



24 I have digged <05365> and drunk <08354> strange <02114>
waters <04325>, and with the sole <03709> of my feet <06471>
have I dried <02717> up all <03605> the rivers < 02975> of
besieged <04693> places.



25 Hast thou not heard <08085> long <07350> ago < 07350> [how] I
have done <06213> it, [and] of ancient <06924> times <03117>
that I have formed <03335> it? now <06258> have I brought <0935>
it to pass, that thou shouldest be to lay waste <07582> fenced
<01219> cities <05892> [into] ruinous <05327> heaps <01530>.



26 Therefore their inhabitants <03427> were of small < 07116>
power <03027>, they were dismayed <02865> and confounded <0954>;
they were [as] the grass <06212> of the field <07704>, and [as]
the green <03410> herb <01877>, [as] the grass < 02682> on the
housetops <01406>, and [as corn] blasted <07711> before <06440>
it be grown <06965> up.



27 But I know <03045> thy abode <03427>, and thy going <03318>
out, and thy coming <0935> in, and thy rage <07264> against
<0413> me.



28 Because <03282> thy rage <07264> against < 0413> me and thy
tumult <07600> is come <05927> up into mine ears < 0241>,
therefore I will put <07760> my hook <02397> in thy nose <0639>,
and my bridle <04964> in thy lips <08193>, and I will turn
<07725> thee back <07725> by the way <01870> by which <0834>
thou camest <0935>.



29 And this <02088> [shall be] a sign <0226> unto thee, Ye
shall eat <0398> this year <08141> such things as grow <05599>
of themselves, and in the second <08145> year <08141> that which
springeth <07823> of the same; and in the third < 07992> year
<08141> sow <02232> ye, and reap <07114>, and plant <05193>
vineyards <03754>, and eat <0398> the fruits < 06529> thereof.



30 And the remnant <07604> that is escaped <06413> of the house
<01004> of Judah <03063> shall yet again <03254> take <03947>
root <08328> downward <04295>, and bear <06213> fruit <06529>
upward <04605>.



31 For out of Jerusalem <03389> shall go <03318> forth <03318>
a remnant <07611>, and they that escape <06413> out of mount
<02022> Zion <06726>: the zeal <07068> of the LORD <03068> [of
hosts] shall do <06213> this <02063>.



32 Therefore <03651> thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068>
concerning <0413> the king <04428> of Assyria < 0804>, He shall
not come <0935> into <0413> this city <05892>, nor <03808> shoot
<03384> an arrow <02671> there <08033>, nor < 03808> come <06923>
before <06924> it with shield <04043>, nor cast < 08210> a bank
<05550> against <05921> it.



33 By the way <01870> that he came <0935>, by the same shall he
return <07725>, and shall not come <0935> into < 0413> this
<02063> city <05892>, saith <05002> the LORD <03068>.



34 For I will defend <01598> this <02063> city < 05892>, to save
<03467> it, for mine own sake <04616>, and for my servant
<05650> David's <01732> sake <04616>.



35. And it came <01961> to pass that night <03915>, that the
angel <04397> of the LORD <03068> went <03318> out, and smote
<05221> in the camp <04264> of the Assyrians < 0804> an hundred
<03967> fourscore <08084> and five <02568> thousand <0505>: and
when they arose <07925> early <07925> in the morning <01242>,
behold <02009>, they [were] all <03605> dead < 04191> corpses
<06297>.



36 So Sennacherib <05576> king <04428> of Assyria <0804>
departed <05265>, and went <03212> and returned < 07725>, and
dwelt <03427> at Nineveh <05210>.



37 And it came <01961> to pass, as he was worshipping < 07812>
in the house <01004> of Nisroch <05268> his god < 0430>, that
Adrammelech <0152> and Sharezer <08272> his sons < 01121> smote
<05221> him with the sword <02719>: and they escaped <04422>
into the land <0776> of Armenia <0780>. And Esarhaddon <0634>
his son <01121> reigned <04427> in his stead < 08478>.



2Kings 20



1. In those <01992> days <03117> was Hezekiah < 02396> sick
<02470> unto death <04191>. And the prophet < 05030> Isaiah
<03470> the son <01121> of Amoz <0531> came < 0935> to him, and
said <0559> unto him, Thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068>,
Set thine house <01004> in order <06680>; for thou shalt die
<04191>, and not live <02421>.



2 Then he turned <05437> his face <06440> to the wall <07023>,
and prayed <06419> unto the LORD <03068>, saying < 0559>,



3 I beseech <0577> thee, O LORD <03068>, remember <02142> now
<04994> how <0834> I have walked <01980> before <06440> thee in
truth <0571> and with a perfect <08003> heart < 03824>, and have
done <06213> [that which is] good <02896> in thy sight <05869>.
And Hezekiah <02396> wept <01058> sore <01419>.



4 And it came <01961> to pass, afore <03808> Isaiah <03470> was
gone <03318> out into the middle <08484> court < 05892>, that the
word <01697> of the LORD <03068> came <01961> to him, saying
<0559>,



5 Turn <07725> again <07725>, and tell <0559> Hezekiah <02396>
the captain <05057> of my people <05971>, Thus < 03541> saith
<0559> the LORD <03068>, the God <0430> of David <01732> thy
father <01>, I have heard <08085> thy prayer < 08605>, I have
seen <07200> thy tears <01832>: behold <02005>, I will heal
<07495> thee: on the third <07992> day <03117> thou shalt go
<05927> up unto the house <01004> of the LORD < 03068>.



6 And I will add <03254> unto thy days <03117> fifteen <06240>
years <08141>; and I will deliver <05337> thee and this <02063>
city <05892> out of the hand <03709> of the king < 04428> of
Assyria <0804>; and I will defend <01598> this city <05892> for
mine own sake <04616>, and for my servant <05650> David's
<01732> sake <04616>.



7 And Isaiah <03470> said <0559>, Take <03947> a lump <01690>
of figs <08384>. And they took <03947> and laid < 07760> [it] on
<05921> the boil <07822>, and he recovered < 02421>.



8 And Hezekiah <02396> said <0559> unto Isaiah < 03470>, What
<04100> [shall be] the sign <0226> that the LORD < 03068> will
heal <07495> me, and that I shall go <05927> up into the house
<01004> of the LORD <03068> the third <07992> day <03117>?



9 And Isaiah <03470> said <0559>, This <02088> sign <0226>
shalt thou have of the LORD <03068>, that the LORD < 03068> will
do <06213> the thing that he hath spoken <01696>: shall the
shadow <06738> go <01980> forward ten <06235> degrees <04609>,
or go <07725> back <07725> ten <06235> degrees <04609>?



10 And Hezekiah <02396> answered <0559>, It is a light <07043>
thing for the shadow <06738> to go <05186> down < 05186> ten
<06235> degrees <04609>: nay <03808>, but let the shadow <06738>
return <07725> backward <0322> ten <06235> degrees <04609>.



11 And Isaiah <03470> the prophet <05030> cried < 07121> unto
the LORD <03068>: and he brought <07725> the shadow <06738> ten
<06235> degrees <04609> backward <0322>, by which <0834> it had
gone <03381> down <03381> in the dial <04609> of Ahaz <0271>.



12. At that time <06256> Berodachbaladan <01255>, the son
<01121> of Baladan <01081>, king <04428> of Babylon <0894>, sent
<07971> letters <05612> and a present <04503> unto Hezekiah
<02396>: for he had heard <08085> that Hezekiah < 02396> had been
<01961> sick <02470>.



13 And Hezekiah <02396> hearkened <08085> unto them, and shewed
<07200> them all <03605> the house <01004> of his precious
<05238> things, the silver <03701>, and the gold < 02091>, and
the spices <01314>, and the precious <02896> ointment <08081>,
and [all <03605>] the house <01004> of his armour < 03627>, and
all <03605> that was found <04672> in his treasures <0214>:
there was nothing in his house <01004>, nor in all < 03605> his
dominion <04475>, that Hezekiah <02396> shewed < 07200> them not.



14 Then came <0935> Isaiah <03470> the prophet < 05030> unto
king <04428> Hezekiah <02396>, and said <0559> unto him, What
<04100> said <0559> these <0428> men < 0582>? and from whence
<0370> came <0935> they unto thee? And Hezekiah < 02396> said
<0559>, They are come <0935> from a far <07350> country <0776>,
[even] from Babylon <0894>.



15 And he said <0559>, What <04100> have they seen <07200> in
thine house <01004>? And Hezekiah <02396> answered <0559>, All
<03605> [the things] that [are] in mine house <01004> have they
seen <07200>: there is nothing <01697> among my treasures <0214>
that I have not shewed <07200> them.



16 And Isaiah <03470> said <0559> unto Hezekiah < 02396>, Hear
<08085> the word <01697> of the LORD <03068>.



17 Behold <02009>, the days <03117> come <0935> , that all
<03605> that [is] in thine house <01004>, and that which <0834>
thy fathers <01> have laid up in store <0686> unto this <02088>
day <03117>, shall be carried <05375> into Babylon <0894>:
nothing shall be left <03498>, saith <0559> the LORD <03068>.



18 And of thy sons <01121> that shall issue <03318> from thee,
which <0834> thou shalt beget <03205>, shall they take <03947>
away; and they shall be eunuchs <05631> in the palace < 01964> of
the king <04428> of Babylon <0894>.



19 Then said <0559> Hezekiah <02396> unto Isaiah < 03470>, Good
<02896> [is] the word <01697> of the LORD < 03068> which <0834>
thou hast spoken <01696>. And he said <0559>, [Is it] not [good],
if <0518> peace <07965> and truth <0571> be in my days <03117>?



20 And the rest <03499> of the acts <01697> of Hezekiah <02396>,
and all <03605> his might <01369>, and how < 0834> he made
<06213> a pool <01295>, and a conduit <08585>, and brought
<0935> water <04325> into the city <05892>, [are] they not
written <03789> in the book <05612> of the chronicles <01697> of
the kings <04428> of Judah <03063>?



21 And Hezekiah <02396> slept <07901> with his fathers <01>:
and Manasseh <04519> his son <01121> reigned < 04427> in his
stead <08478>.



2Kings 21



1. Manasseh <04519> [was] twelve years <08141> old <01121> when
he began to reign <04427>, and reigned <04427> fifty <02572> and
five <02568> years <08141> in Jerusalem <03389>. And his
mother's <0517> name <08034> [was] Hephzibah < 02657>.



2 And he did <06213> [that which <0834> was] evil <07451> in
the sight <05869> of the LORD <03068>, after the abominations
<08441> of the heathen <01471>, whom <0834> the LORD <03068>
cast <03423> out before <06440> the children < 01121> of Israel
<03478>.



3 For he built <01129> up again <07725> the high < 01116> places
which <0834> Hezekiah <02396> his father <01> had destroyed <06>;
and he reared <06965> up altars <04196> for Baal < 01168>, and
made <06213> a grove <0842>, as did <06213> Ahab <0256> king
<04428> of Israel <03478>; and worshipped < 07812> all <03605>
the host <06635> of heaven <08064>, and served < 05647> them.



4 And he built <01129> altars <04196> in the house <01004> of
the LORD <03068>, of which <0834> the LORD < 03068> said <0559>,
In Jerusalem <03389> will I put <07760> my name < 08034>.



5 And he built <01129> altars <04196> for all < 03605> the host
<06635> of heaven <08064> in the two <08147> courts <02691









  
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