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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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