12-2 KINGS
12-1:2 And
Ahaziah fell down through a lattice in his upper chamber that was in Samaria,
and was sick: and he sent messengers, and said
unto them, Go, enquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron whether I shall recover of
this disease.
12-1:5 And
when the messengers turned back unto him, he
said unto them, Why are ye now turned back?
12-1:7 And
he said unto them, What manner of man was he which came up to meet you, and told you these
words?
12-1:8 And
they answered him, He was an hairy man, and girt
with a girdle of leather about his loins. And he
said, It is Elijah the Tishbite.
12-1:9 Then
the king sent unto him a captain of fifty with his fifty. And he went up to him: and, behold, he sat on the top of an hill. And he spake unto him, Thou man of God, the king hath
said, Come down.
12-1:11 Again
also he sent unto him another captain of fifty
with his fifty. And he answered and said unto
him, O man of God, thus hath the king said, Come down quickly.
12-1:13 And
he sent again a captain of the third fifty with
his fifty. And the third captain of fifty went up, and came and fell on his
knees before Elijah, and besought him, and said unto him, O man of God, I pray
thee, let my life, and the life of these fifty thy servants, be precious in thy
sight.
12-1:15 And
the angel of the LORD said unto Elijah, Go down with him: be not afraid of him.
And he arose, and went down with him unto the
king.
12-1:16 And
he said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Forasmuch
as thou hast sent messengers to enquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron, is it
not because there is no God in Israel to enquire of his word? therefore thou
shalt not come down off that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely
die.
12-1:17 So
he died according to the word of the LORD which
Elijah had spoken. And Jehoram reigned in his stead in the second year of
Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah; because he
had no son.
12-1:18 Now
the rest of the acts of Ahaziah which he did,
are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
12-2:3 And
the sons of the prophets that were at Bethel came forth to Elisha, and said unto
him, Knowest thou that the LORD will take away thy master from thy head to day?
And he said, Yea, I know it; hold ye your peace.
12-2:4 And
Elijah said unto him, Elisha, tarry here, I pray thee; for the LORD hath sent
me to Jericho. And he said, As the LORD liveth,
and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. So they came to Jericho.
12-2:5 And
the sons of the prophets that were at Jericho came to Elisha, and said unto
him, Knowest thou that the LORD will take away thy master from thy head to day?
And he answered, Yea, I know it; hold ye your
peace.
12-2:6 And
Elijah said unto him, Tarry, I pray thee, here; for the LORD hath sent me to
Jordan. And he said, As the LORD liveth, and as
thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. And they two went on.
12-2:10 And
he said, Thou hast asked a hard thing:
nevertheless, if thou see me when I am taken from thee, it shall be so unto
thee; but if not, it shall not be so.
12-2:12 And
Elisha saw it, and he cried, My father, my
father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof. And he saw him no more: and he
took hold of his own clothes, and rent them in two pieces.
12-2:13 He took up also the mantle of Elijah that fell from
him, and went back, and stood by the bank of Jordan;
12-2:14 And
he took the mantle of Elijah that fell from him,
and smote the waters, and said, Where is the LORD God of Elijah? and when he also had smitten the waters, they parted hither and
thither: and Elisha went over.
12-2:16 And
they said unto him, Behold now, there be with thy servants fifty strong men;
let them go, we pray thee, and seek thy master: lest peradventure the spirit of
the LORD hath taken him up, and cast him upon some mountain, or into some
valley. And he said, Ye shall not send.
12-2:17 And
when they urged him till he was ashamed, he said, Send. They sent therefore fifty men; and they
sought three days, but found him not.
12-2:18 And
when they came again to him, (for he tarried at
Jericho,) he said unto them, Did I not say unto
you, Go not?
12-2:20 And
he said, Bring me a new cruse, and put salt
therein. And they brought it to him.
12-2:21 And
he went forth unto the spring of the waters, and
cast the salt in there, and said, Thus saith the LORD, I have healed these
waters; there shall not be from thence any more death or barren land.
12-2:22 So
the waters were healed unto this day, according to the saying of Elisha which he spake.
12-2:23 And
he went up from thence unto Bethel: and as he was going up by the way, there came forth little children
out of the city, and mocked him, and said unto him, Go up, thou bald head; go
up, thou bald head.
12-2:24 And
he turned back, and looked on them, and cursed
them in the name of the LORD. And there came forth two she bears out of the
wood, and tare forty and two children of them.
12-2:25 And
he went from thence to mount Carmel, and from
thence he returned to Samaria.
12-3:2 And
he wrought evil in the sight of the LORD; but
not like his father, and like his mother: for he
put away the image of Baal that his father had made.
12-3:3 Nevertheless
he cleaved unto the sins of Jeroboam the son of
Nebat, which made Israel to sin; he departed not
therefrom.
12-3:7 And
he went and sent to Jehoshaphat the king of
Judah, saying, The king of Moab hath rebelled against me: wilt thou go with me
against Moab to battle? And he said, I will go
up: I am as thou art, my people as thy people, and my horses as thy horses.
12-3:8 And
he said, Which way shall we go up? And he answered, The way through the wilderness of Edom.
12-3:16 And
he said, Thus saith the LORD, Make this valley
full of ditches.
12-3:18 And
this is but a light thing in the sight of the LORD: he
will deliver the Moabites also into your hand.
12-3:26 And
when the king of Moab saw that the battle was too sore for him, he took with him seven hundred men that drew swords,
to break through even unto the king of Edom: but they could not.
12-3:27 Then
he took his eldest son that should have reigned
in his stead, and offered him for a burnt offering upon the wall. And there was
great indignation against Israel: and they departed from him, and returned to
their own land.
12-4:3 Then
he said, Go, borrow thee vessels abroad of all
thy neighbours, even empty vessels; borrow not a few.
12-4:6 And
it came to pass, when the vessels were full, that she said unto her son, Bring
me yet a vessel. And he said unto her, There is
not a vessel more. And the oil stayed.
12-4:7 Then
she came and told the man of God. And he said,
Go, sell the oil, and pay thy debt, and live thou and thy children of the rest.
12-4:8 And
it fell on a day, that Elisha passed to Shunem, where was a great woman; and
she constrained him to eat bread. And so it was, that as oft as he passed by, he turned
in thither to eat bread.
12-4:10 Let
us make a little chamber, I pray thee, on the wall; and let us set for him
there a bed, and a table, and a stool, and a candlestick: and it shall be, when
he cometh to us, that he
shall turn in thither.
12-4:11 And
it fell on a day, that he came thither, and he turned into the chamber, and lay there.
12-4:12 And
he said to Gehazi his servant, Call this
Shunammite. And when he had called her, she
stood before him.
12-4:13 And
he said unto him, Say now unto her, Behold, thou
hast been careful for us with all this care; what is to be done for thee?
wouldest thou be spoken for to the king, or to the captain of the host? And she
answered, I dwell among mine own people.
12-4:14 And
he said, What then is to be done for her? And
Gehazi answered, Verily she hath no child, and her husband is old.
12-4:15 And
he said, Call her. And when he had called her, she stood in the door.
12-4:16 And
he said, About this season, according to the
time of life, thou shalt embrace a son. And she said, Nay, my lord, thou man of
God, do not lie unto thine handmaid.
12-4:18 And
when the child was grown, it fell on a day, that he
went out to his father to the reapers.
12-4:19 And
he said unto his father, My head, my head. And he said to a lad, Carry him to his mother.
12-4:20 And
when he had taken him, and brought him to his
mother, he sat on her knees till noon, and then
died.
12-4:23 And
he said, Wherefore wilt thou go to him to day?
it is neither new moon, nor sabbath. And she said, It shall be well.
12-4:25 So
she went and came unto the man of God to mount Carmel. And it came to pass,
when the man of God saw her afar off, that he
said to Gehazi his servant, Behold, yonder is that Shunammite:
12-4:29 Then
he said to Gehazi, Gird up thy loins, and take
my staff in thine hand, and go thy way: if thou meet any man, salute him not;
and if any salute thee, answer him not again: and lay my staff upon the face of
the child.
12-4:30 And
the mother of the child said, As the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I
will not leave thee. And he arose, and followed
her.
12-4:31 And
Gehazi passed on before them, and laid the staff upon the face of the child;
but there was neither voice, nor hearing. Wherefore he
went again to meet him, and told him, saying, The child is not awaked.
12-4:33 He went in therefore, and shut the door upon them
twain, and prayed unto the LORD.
12-4:34 And
he went up, and lay upon the child, and put his
mouth upon his mouth, and his eyes upon his eyes, and his hands upon his hands:
and he stretched himself upon the child; and the
flesh of the child waxed warm.
12-4:35 Then
he returned, and walked in the house to and fro;
and went up, and stretched himself upon him: and the child sneezed seven times,
and the child opened his eyes.
12-4:36 And
he called Gehazi, and said, Call this
Shunammite. So he called her. And when she was
come in unto him, he said, Take up thy son.
12-4:38 And
Elisha came again to Gilgal: and there was a dearth in the land; and the sons
of the prophets were sitting before him: and he
said unto his servant, Set on the great pot, and seethe pottage for the sons of
the prophets.
12-4:41 But
he said, Then bring meal. And he cast it into the pot; and he
said, Pour out for the people, that they may eat. And there was no harm in the
pot.
12-4:42 And
there came a man from Baalshalisha, and brought the man of God bread of the
firstfruits, twenty loaves of barley, and full ears of corn in the husk
thereof. And he said, Give unto the people, that
they may eat.
12-4:43 And
his servitor said, What, should I set this before an hundred men? He said again, Give the people, that they may eat: for
thus saith the LORD, They shall eat, and shall leave thereof.
12-4:44 So
he set it before them, and they did eat, and
left thereof, according to the word of the LORD.
12-5:1 Now
Naaman, captain of the host of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master,
and honourable, because by him the LORD had given deliverance unto Syria: he was also a mighty man in valour, but he was a leper.
12-5:3 And
she said unto her mistress, Would God my lord were with the prophet that is in
Samaria! for he would recover him of his
leprosy.
12-5:5 And
the king of Syria said, Go to, go, and I will send a letter unto the king of
Israel. And he departed, and took with him ten
talents of silver, and six thousand pieces of gold, and ten changes of raiment.
12-5:6 And
he brought the letter to the king of Israel,
saying, Now when this letter is come unto thee, behold, I have therewith sent
Naaman my servant to thee, that thou mayest recover him of his leprosy.
12-5:7 And
it came to pass, when the king of Israel had read the letter, that he rent his clothes, and said, Am I God, to kill and
to make alive, that this man doth send unto me to recover a man of his leprosy?
wherefore consider, I pray you, and see how he
seeketh a quarrel against me.
12-5:8 And
it was so, when Elisha the man of God had heard that the king of Israel had
rent his clothes, that he sent to the king,
saying, Wherefore hast thou rent thy clothes? let him come now to me, and he shall know that there is a prophet in Israel.
12-5:11 But
Naaman was wroth, and went away, and said, Behold, I thought, He will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on
the name of the LORD his God, and strike his hand over the place, and recover
the leper.
12-5:12 Are
not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of
Israel? may I not wash in them, and be clean? So he
turned and went away in a rage.
12-5:13 And
his servants came near, and spake unto him, and said, My father, if the prophet
had bid thee do some great thing, wouldest thou not have done it? how much
rather then, when he saith to thee, Wash, and be
clean?
12-5:14 Then
went he down, and dipped himself seven times in
Jordan, according to the saying of the man of God: and his flesh came again
like unto the flesh of a little child, and he
was clean.
12-5:15 And
he returned to the man of God, he and all his company, and came, and stood before
him: and he said, Behold, now I know that there
is no God in all the earth, but in Israel: now therefore, I pray thee, take a
blessing of thy servant.
12-5:16 But
he said, As the LORD liveth, before whom I
stand, I will receive none. And he urged him to
take it; but he refused.
12-5:18 In
this thing the LORD pardon thy servant, that when my master goeth into the
house of Rimmon to worship there, and he leaneth
on my hand, and I bow myself in the house of Rimmon: when I bow down myself in
the house of Rimmon, the LORD pardon thy servant in this thing.
12-5:19 And
he said unto him, Go in peace. So he departed from him a little way.
12-5:20 But
Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, Behold, my master hath
spared Naaman this Syrian, in not receiving at his hands that which he brought: but, as the LORD liveth, I will run after
him, and take somewhat of him.
12-5:21 So
Gehazi followed after Naaman. And when Naaman saw him running after him, he lighted down from the chariot to meet him, and
said, Is all well?
12-5:22 And
he said, All is well. My master hath sent me,
saying, Behold, even now there be come to me from mount Ephraim two young men of
the sons of the prophets: give them, I pray thee, a talent of silver, and two
changes of garments.
12-5:23 And
Naaman said, Be content, take two talents. And he
urged him, and bound two talents of silver in two bags, with two changes of
garments, and laid them upon two of his servants; and they bare them before
him.
12-5:24 And
when he came to the tower, he took them from their hand, and bestowed them in the
house: and he let the men go, and they departed.
12-5:25 But
he went in, and stood before his master. And
Elisha said unto him, Whence comest thou, Gehazi? And he
said, Thy servant went no whither.
12-5:26 And
he said unto him, Went not mine heart with thee,
when the man turned again from his chariot to meet thee? Is it a time to
receive money, and to receive garments, and oliveyards, and vineyards, and
sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and maidservants?
12-5:27 The
leprosy therefore of Naaman shall cleave unto thee, and unto thy seed for ever.
And he went out from his presence a leper as white
as snow.
12-6:2 Let
us go, we pray thee, unto Jordan, and take thence every man a beam, and let us
make us a place there, where we may dwell. And he
answered, Go ye.
12-6:3 And
one said, Be content, I pray thee, and go with thy servants. And he answered, I will go.
12-6:4 So
he went with them. And when they came to Jordan,
they cut down wood.
12-6:5 But
as one was felling a beam, the ax head fell into the water: and he cried, and said, Alas, master! for it was borrowed.
12-6:6 And
the man of God said, Where fell it? And he
shewed him the place. And he cut down a stick,
and cast it in thither; and the iron did swim.
12-6:7 Therefore
said he, Take it up to thee. And he put out his hand, and took it.
12-6:11 Therefore
the heart of the king of Syria was sore troubled for this thing; and he called his servants, and said unto them, Will ye
not shew me which of us is for the king of Israel?
12-6:13 And
he said, Go and spy where he is, that I may send and fetch him. And it was told
him, saying, Behold, he is in Dothan.
12-6:14 Therefore
sent he thither horses, and chariots, and a
great host: and they came by night, and compassed the city about.
12-6:16 And
he answered, Fear not: for they that be with us
are more than they that be with them.
12-6:17 And
Elisha prayed, and said, LORD, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see. And the LORD opened the eyes of the young
man; and he saw: and, behold, the mountain was
full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha.
12-6:18 And
when they came down to him, Elisha prayed unto the LORD, and said, Smite this
people, I pray thee, with blindness. And he
smote them with blindness according to the word of Elisha.
12-6:19 And
Elisha said unto them, This is not the way, neither is this the city: follow
me, and I will bring you to the man whom ye seek. But he
led them to Samaria.
12-6:21 And
the king of Israel said unto Elisha, when he saw
them, My father, shall I smite them? shall I smite them?
12-6:22 And
he answered, Thou shalt not smite them: wouldest
thou smite those whom thou hast taken captive with thy sword and with thy bow?
set bread and water before them, that they may eat and drink, and go to their
master.
12-6:23 And
he prepared great provision for them: and when
they had eaten and drunk, he sent them away, and
they went to their master. So the bands of Syria came no more into the land of
Israel.
12-6:27 And
he said, If the LORD do not help thee, whence
shall I help thee? out of the barnfloor, or out of the winepress?
12-6:30 And
it came to pass, when the king heard the words of the woman, that he rent his clothes; and he
passed by upon the wall, and the people looked, and, behold, he had sackcloth within upon his flesh.
12-6:31 Then
he said, God do so and more also to me, if the
head of Elisha the son of Shaphat shall stand on him this day.
12-6:32 But
Elisha sat in his house, and the elders sat with him; and the king sent a man
from before him: but ere the messenger came to him, he
said to the elders, See ye how this son of a murderer hath sent to take away
mine head? look, when the messenger cometh, shut the door, and hold him fast at
the door: is not the sound of his master’s feet behind him?
12-6:33 And
while he yet talked with them, behold, the
messenger came down unto him: and he said, Behold,
this evil is of the LORD; what should I wait for the LORD any longer?
12-7:2 Then
a lord on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said, Behold,
if the LORD would make windows in heaven, might this thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes,
but shalt not eat thereof.
12-7:11 And
he called the porters; and they told it to the
king’s house within.
12-7:17 And
the king appointed the lord on whose hand he leaned
to have the charge of the gate: and the people trode upon him in the gate, and he died, as the man of God had said, who spake when
the king came down to him.
12-7:19 And
that lord answered the man of God, and said, Now, behold, if the LORD should make
windows in heaven, might such a thing be? And he
said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof.
12-7:20 And
so it fell out unto him: for the people trode upon him in the gate, and he died.
12-8:1 Then
spake Elisha unto the woman, whose son he had
restored to life, saying, Arise, and go thou and thine household, and sojourn
wheresoever thou canst sojourn: for the LORD hath called for a famine; and it
shall also come upon the land seven years.
12-8:5 And
it came to pass, as he was telling the king how he had restored a dead body to life, that, behold, the
woman, whose son he had restored to life, cried
to the king for her house and for her land. And Gehazi said, My lord, O king,
this is the woman, and this is her son, whom Elisha restored to life.
12-8:10 And
Elisha said unto him, Go, say unto him, Thou mayest certainly recover: howbeit
the LORD hath shewed me that he shall surely
die.
12-8:11 And
he settled his countenance stedfastly, until he was ashamed: and the man of God wept.
12-8:12 And
Hazael said, Why weepeth my lord? And he
answered, Because I know the evil that thou wilt do unto the children of
Israel: their strong holds wilt thou set on fire, and their young men wilt thou
slay with the sword, and wilt dash their children, and rip up their women with
child.
12-8:13 And
Hazael said, But what, is thy servant a dog, that he
should do this great thing? And Elisha answered, The LORD hath shewed me that
thou shalt be king over Syria.
12-8:14 So
he departed from Elisha, and came to his master;
who said to him, What said Elisha to thee? And he
answered, He told me that thou shouldest surely
recover.
12-8:15 And
it came to pass on the morrow, that he took a
thick cloth, and dipped it in water, and spread it on his face, so that he died: and Hazael reigned in his stead.
12-8:17 Thirty
and two years old was he when he began to reign; and he
reigned eight years in Jerusalem.
12-8:18 And
he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as
did the house of Ahab: for the daughter of Ahab was his wife: and he did evil in the sight of the LORD.
12-8:19 Yet
the LORD would not destroy Judah for David his servant’s sake, as he promised him to give him alway a light, and to his
children.
12-8:21 So
Joram went over to Zair, and all the chariots with him: and he rose by night, and smote the Edomites which
compassed him about, and the captains of the chariots: and the people fled into
their tents.
12-8:23 And
the rest of the acts of Joram, and all that he
did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
12-8:26 Two
and twenty years old was Ahaziah when he began
to reign; and he reigned one year in Jerusalem.
And his mother’s name was Athaliah, the daughter of Omri king of Israel.
12-8:27 And
he walked in the way of the house of Ahab, and
did evil in the sight of the LORD, as did the house of Ahab: for he was the son in law of the house of Ahab.
12-8:28 And
he went with Joram the son of Ahab to the war
against Hazael king of Syria in Ramothgilead; and the Syrians wounded Joram.
12-8:29 And
king Joram went back to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians
had given him at Ramah, when he fought against Hazael
king of Syria. And Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see
Joram the son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he was
sick.
12-9:5 And
when he came, behold, the captains of the host
were sitting; and he said, I have an errand to
thee, O captain. And Jehu said, Unto which of all us? And he said, To thee, O captain.
12-9:6 And
he arose, and went into the house; and he poured the oil on his head, and said unto him, Thus
saith the LORD God of Israel, I have anointed thee king over the people of the
LORD, even over Israel.
12-9:10 And
the dogs shall eat Jezebel in the portion of Jezreel, and there shall be none
to bury her. And he opened the door, and fled.
12-9:11 Then
Jehu came forth to the servants of his lord: and one said unto him, Is all well?
wherefore came this mad fellow to thee? And he
said unto them, Ye know the man, and his communication.
12-9:12 And
they said, It is false; tell us now. And he
said, Thus and thus spake he to me, saying, Thus
saith the LORD, I have anointed thee king over Israel.
12-9:14 So
Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi conspired against Joram. (Now
Joram had kept Ramothgilead, he and all Israel,
because of Hazael king of Syria.
12-9:15 But
king Joram was returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians
had given him, when he fought with Hazael king
of Syria.) And Jehu said, If it be your minds, then let none go forth nor
escape out of the city to go to tell it in Jezreel.
12-9:17 And
there stood a watchman on the tower in Jezreel, and he
spied the company of Jehu as he came, and said,
I see a company. And Joram said, Take an horseman, and send to meet them, and
let him say, Is it peace?
12-9:18 So
there went one on horseback to meet him, and said, Thus saith the king, Is it
peace? And Jehu said, What hast thou to do with peace? turn thee behind me. And
the watchman told, saying, The messenger came to them, but he cometh not again.
12-9:19 Then
he sent out a second on horseback, which came to
them, and said, Thus saith the king, Is it peace? And Jehu answered, What hast
thou to do with peace? turn thee behind me.
12-9:20 And
the watchman told, saying, He came even unto
them, and cometh not again: and the driving is like the driving of Jehu the son
of Nimshi; for he driveth furiously.
12-9:22 And
it came to pass, when Joram saw Jehu, that he
said, Is it peace, Jehu? And he answered, What
peace, so long as the whoredoms of thy mother Jezebel and her witchcrafts are
so many?
12-9:24 And
Jehu drew a bow with his full strength, and smote Jehoram between his arms, and
the arrow went out at his heart, and he sunk
down in his chariot.
12-9:27 But
when Ahaziah the king of Judah saw this, he fled
by the way of the garden house. And Jehu followed after him, and said, Smite
him also in the chariot. And they did so at the going up to Gur, which is by
Ibleam. And he fled to Megiddo, and died there.
12-9:32 And
he lifted up his face to the window, and said,
Who is on my side? who? And there looked out to him two or three eunuchs.
12-9:33 And
he said, Throw her down. So they threw her down:
and some of her blood was sprinkled on the wall, and on the horses: and he trode her under foot.
12-9:34 And
when he was come in, he
did eat and drink, and said, Go, see now this cursed woman, and bury her: for
she is a king’s daughter.
12-9:36 Wherefore
they came again, and told him. And he said, This
is the word of the LORD, which he spake by his
servant Elijah the Tishbite, saying, In the portion of Jezreel shall dogs eat
the flesh of Jezebel:
12-10:5 And
he that was over the house, and he that was over the city, the elders also, and the
bringers up of the children, sent to Jehu, saying, We are thy servants, and
will do all that thou shalt bid us; we will not make any king: do thou that
which is good in thine eyes.
12-10:6 Then
he wrote a letter the second time to them,
saying, If ye be mine, and if ye will hearken unto my voice, take ye the heads
of the men your master’s sons, and come to me to Jezreel by to morrow this
time. Now the king’s sons, being seventy persons, were with the great men of
the city, which brought them up.
12-10:8 And
there came a messenger, and told him, saying, They have brought the heads of the
king’s sons. And he said, Lay ye them in two
heaps at the entering in of the gate until the morning.
12-10:9 And
it came to pass in the morning, that he went
out, and stood, and said to all the people, Ye be righteous: behold, I conspired
against my master, and slew him: but who slew all these?
12-10:10 Know
now that there shall fall unto the earth nothing of the word of the LORD, which
the LORD spake concerning the house of Ahab: for the LORD hath done that which he spake by his servant Elijah.
12-10:11 So
Jehu slew all that remained of the house of Ahab in Jezreel, and all his great
men, and his kinsfolks, and his priests, until he
left him none remaining.
12-10:12 And
he arose and departed, and came to Samaria. And
as he was at the shearing house in the way,
12-10:14 And
he said, Take them alive. And they took them
alive, and slew them at the pit of the shearing house, even two and forty men;
neither left he any of them.
12-10:15 And
when he was departed thence, he lighted on Jehonadab the son of Rechab coming to
meet him: and he saluted him, and said to him,
Is thine heart right, as my heart is with thy heart? And Jehonadab answered, It
is. If it be, give me thine hand. And he gave
him his hand; and he took him up to him into the
chariot.
12-10:16 And
he said, Come with me, and see my zeal for the
LORD. So they made him ride in his chariot.
12-10:17 And
when he came to Samaria, he slew all that remained unto Ahab in Samaria, till he had destroyed him, according to the saying of the
LORD, which he spake to Elijah.
12-10:19 Now
therefore call unto me all the prophets of Baal, all his servants, and all his
priests; let none be wanting: for I have a great sacrifice to do to Baal;
whosoever shall be wanting, he shall not live. But
Jehu did it in subtilty, to the intent that he
might destroy the worshippers of Baal.
12-10:22 And
he said unto him that was over the vestry, Bring
forth vestments for all the worshippers of Baal. And he
brought them forth vestments.
12-10:24 And
when they went in to offer sacrifices and burnt offerings, Jehu appointed
fourscore men without, and said, If any of the men whom I have brought into
your hands escape, he that letteth him go, his
life shall be for the life of him.
12-10:25 And
it came to pass, as soon as he had made an end
of offering the burnt offering, that Jehu said to the guard and to the
captains, Go in, and slay them; let none come forth. And they smote them with
the edge of the sword; and the guard and the captains cast them out, and went
to the city of the house of Baal.
12-10:31 But
Jehu took no heed to walk in the law of the LORD God of Israel with all his
heart: for he departed not from the sins of
Jeroboam, which made Israel to sin.
12-10:34 Now
the rest of the acts of Jehu, and all that he
did, and all his might, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of
the kings of Israel?
12-11:2 But
Jehosheba, the daughter of king Joram, sister of Ahaziah, took Joash the son of
Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king’s sons which were slain; and they
hid him, even him and his nurse, in the bedchamber from Athaliah, so that he was not slain.
12-11:3 And
he was with her hid in the house of the LORD six
years. And Athaliah did reign over the land.
12-11:5 And
he commanded them, saying, This is the thing
that ye shall do; A third part of you that enter in on the sabbath shall even
be keepers of the watch of the king’s house;
12-11:8 And
ye shall compass the king round about, every man with his weapons in his hand:
and he that cometh within the ranges, let him be
slain: and be ye with the king as he goeth out
and as he cometh in.
12-11:12 And
he brought forth the king’s son, and put the
crown upon him, and gave him the testimony; and they made him king, and
anointed him; and they clapped their hands, and said, God save the king.
12-11:19 And
he took the rulers over hundreds, and the
captains, and the guard, and all the people of the land; and they brought down the
king from the house of the LORD, and came by the way of the gate of the guard
to the king’s house. And he sat on the throne of
the kings.
12-11:21 Seven
years old was Jehoash when he began to reign.
12-12:1 In
the seventh year of Jehu Jehoash began to reign; and forty years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Zibiah of
Beersheba.
12-12:18 And
Jehoash king of Judah took all the hallowed things that Jehoshaphat, and
Jehoram, and Ahaziah, his fathers, kings of Judah, had dedicated, and his own
hallowed things, and all the gold that was found in the treasures of the house
of the LORD, and in the king’s house, and sent it to Hazael king of Syria: and he went away from Jerusalem.
12-12:19 And
the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he
did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
12-12:21 For
Jozachar the son of Shimeath, and Jehozabad the son of Shomer, his servants,
smote him, and he died; and they buried him with
his fathers in the city of David: and Amaziah his son reigned in his stead.
12-13:2 And
he did that which was evil in the sight of the
LORD, and followed the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which made Israel to
sin; he departed not therefrom.
12-13:3 And
the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and he
delivered them into the hand of Hazael king of Syria, and into the hand of
Benhadad the son of Hazael, all their days.
12-13:4 And
Jehoahaz besought the LORD, and the LORD hearkened unto him: for he saw the oppression of Israel, because the king of
Syria oppressed them.
12-13:7 Neither
did he leave of the people to Jehoahaz but fifty
horsemen, and ten chariots, and ten thousand footmen; for the king of Syria had
destroyed them, and had made them like the dust by threshing.
12-13:8 Now
the rest of the acts of Jehoahaz, and all that he
did, and his might, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the
kings of Israel?
12-13:11 And
he did that which was evil in the sight of the
LORD; he departed not from all the sins of Jeroboam
the son of Nebat, who made Israel sin: but he
walked therein.
12-13:12 And
the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he
did, and his might wherewith he fought against
Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the
kings of Israel?
12-13:14 Now
Elisha was fallen sick of his sickness whereof he
died. And Joash the king of Israel came down unto him, and wept over his face,
and said, O my father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen
thereof.
12-13:15 And
Elisha said unto him, Take bow and arrows. And he
took unto him bow and arrows.
12-13:16 And
he said to the king of Israel, Put thine hand
upon the bow. And he put his hand upon it: and
Elisha put his hands upon the king’s hands.
12-13:17 And
he said, Open the window eastward. And he opened it. Then Elisha said, Shoot. And he shot. And he said,
The arrow of the LORD’S deliverance, and the arrow of deliverance from Syria:
for thou shalt smite the Syrians in Aphek, till thou have consumed them.
12-13:18 And
he said, Take the arrows. And he took them. And he
said unto the king of Israel, Smite upon the ground. And he smote thrice, and stayed.
12-13:21 And
it came to pass, as they were burying a man, that, behold, they spied a band of
men; and they cast the man into the sepulchre of Elisha: and when the man was
let down, and touched the bones of Elisha, he
revived, and stood up on his feet.
12-13:23 And
the LORD was gracious unto them, and had compassion on them, and had respect
unto them, because of his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and would
not destroy them, neither cast he them from his
presence as yet.
12-13:25 And
Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz took again out of the hand of Benhadad the son of
Hazael the cities, which he had taken out of the
hand of Jehoahaz his father by war. Three times did Joash beat him, and
recovered the cities of Israel.
12-14:2 He was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and reigned twenty and nine years
in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Jehoaddan
of Jerusalem.
12-14:3 And
he did that
which was right in the sight of the LORD, yet not like David his father: he did according to all things as Joash his father
did.
12-14:5 And
it came to pass, as soon as the kingdom was confirmed in his hand, that he slew his servants which had slain the king his
father.
12-14:6 But
the children of the murderers he slew not:
according unto that which is written in the book of the law of Moses, wherein
the LORD commanded, saying, The fathers shall not be put to death for the
children, nor the children be put to death for the fathers; but every man shall
be put to death for his own sin.
12-14:7 He slew of Edom in the valley of salt ten thousand,
and took Selah by war, and called the name of it Joktheel unto this day.
12-14:11 But
Amaziah would not hear. Therefore Jehoash king of Israel went up; and he and Amaziah king of Judah looked one another in the
face at Bethshemesh, which belongeth to
Judah.
12-14:14 And
he took all the gold and silver, and all the
vessels that were found in the house of the LORD, and in the treasures of the
king’s house, and hostages, and returned to Samaria.
12-14:15 Now
the rest of the acts of Jehoash which he did,
and his might, and how he fought with Amaziah
king of Judah, are they not written
in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
12-14:19 Now
they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem: and he
fled to Lachish; but they sent after him to Lachish, and slew him there.
12-14:20 And
they brought him on horses: and he was buried at
Jerusalem with his fathers in the city of David.
12-14:22 He built Elath, and restored it to Judah, after that
the king slept with his fathers.
12-14:24 And
he did that
which was evil in the sight of the LORD: he departed
not from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin.
12-14:25 He restored the coast of Israel from the entering of
Hamath unto the sea of the plain, according to the word of the LORD God of
Israel, which he spake by the hand of his
servant Jonah, the son of Amittai, the prophet, which was of Gathhepher.
12-14:27 And
the LORD said not that he would blot out the
name of Israel from under heaven: but he saved
them by the hand of Jeroboam the son of Joash.
12-14:28 Now
the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, and all that he
did, and his might, how he warred, and how he recovered Damascus, and Hamath, which belonged to Judah, for Israel, are
they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
12-15:2 Sixteen
years old was he when he
began to reign, and he reigned two and fifty
years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was
Jecholiah of Jerusalem.
12-15:3 And
he did that
which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father
Amaziah had done;
12-15:5 And
the LORD smote the king, so that he was a leper
unto the day of his death, and dwelt in a several house. And Jotham the king’s
son was over the house, judging the
people of the land.
12-15:6 And
the rest of the acts of Azariah, and all that he
did, are they not written in the book
of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
12-15:9 And
he did that
which was evil in the sight of the LORD, as his fathers had done: he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of
Nebat, who made Israel to sin.
12-15:12 This
was the word of the LORD which he spake unto Jehu, saying, Thy sons shall sit on the
throne of Israel unto the fourth generation.
And so it came to pass.
12-15:13 Shallum
the son of Jabesh began to reign in the nine and thirtieth year of Uzziah king
of Judah; and he reigned a full month in
Samaria.
12-15:15 And
the rest of the acts of Shallum, and his conspiracy which he made, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
12-15:16 Then
Menahem smote Tiphsah, and all that were therein,
and the coasts thereof from Tirzah: because they opened not to him, therefore he smote it; and
all the women therein that were with child he
ripped up.
12-15:18 And
he did that
which was evil in the sight of the LORD: he
departed not all his days from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made
Israel to sin.
12-15:21 And
the rest of the acts of Menahem, and all that he
did, are they not written in the book
of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
12-15:24 And
he did that
which was evil in the sight of the LORD: he
departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to
sin.
12-15:25 But
Pekah the son of Remaliah, a captain of his, conspired against him, and smote
him in Samaria, in the palace of the king’s house, with Argob and Arieh, and
with him fifty men of the Gileadites: and he
killed him, and reigned in his room.
12-15:26 And
the rest of the acts of Pekahiah, and all that he
did, behold, they are written in the book
of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
12-15:28 And
he did that
which was evil in the sight of the LORD: he
departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to
sin.
12-15:31 And
the rest of the acts of Pekah, and all that he
did, behold, they are written in the
book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
12-15:33 Five
and twenty years old was he when he began to reign, and he
reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Jerusha, the daughter of Zadok.
12-15:34 And
he did that
which was right in the sight of the LORD: he
did according to all that his father Uzziah had done.
12-15:35 Howbeit
the high places were not removed: the people sacrificed and burned incense
still in the high places. He built the higher
gate of the house of the LORD.
12-15:36 Now
the rest of the acts of Jotham, and all that he
did, are they not written in the book
of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
12-16:2 Twenty
years old was Ahaz when he began to reign, and reigned sixteen years in
Jerusalem, and did not that which was right
in the sight of the LORD his God, like David his father.
12-16:3 But
he walked in the way of the kings of Israel,
yea, and made his son to pass through the fire, according to the abominations
of the heathen, whom the LORD cast out from before the children of Israel.
12-16:4 And
he sacrificed and burnt incense in the high
places, and on the hills, and under every green tree.
12-16:13 And
he burnt his burnt offering and his meat
offering, and poured his drink offering, and sprinkled the blood of his peace
offerings, upon the altar.
12-16:14 And
he brought also the brasen altar, which was before the LORD, from the forefront
of the house, from between the altar and the house of the LORD, and put it on
the north side of the altar.
12-16:18 And
the covert for the sabbath that they had built in the house, and the king’s
entry without, turned he from the house of the
LORD for the king of Assyria.
12-16:19 Now
the rest of the acts of Ahaz which he did, are they not written in the book of the
chronicles of the kings of Judah?
12-17:2 And
he did that
which was evil in the sight of the LORD, but not as the kings of Israel
that were before him.
12-17:4 And
the king of Assyria found conspiracy in Hoshea: for he
had sent messengers to So king of Egypt, and brought no present to the king of
Assyria, as he
had done year by year: therefore the king of Assyria shut him up, and bound
him in prison.
12-17:15 And
they rejected his statutes, and his covenant that he
made with their fathers, and his testimonies which he
testified against them; and they followed vanity, and became vain, and went
after the heathen that were round
about them, concerning whom the LORD
had charged them, that they should not do like them.
12-17:20 And
the LORD rejected all the seed of Israel, and afflicted them, and delivered
them into the hand of spoilers, until he had
cast them out of his sight.
12-17:21 For
he rent Israel from the house of David; and they
made Jeroboam the son of Nebat king: and Jeroboam drave Israel from following
the LORD, and made them sin a great sin.
12-17:22 For
the children of Israel walked in all the sins of Jeroboam which he did; they departed not from them;
12-17:23 Until
the LORD removed Israel out of his sight, as he
had said by all his servants the prophets. So was Israel carried away out of
their own land to Assyria unto this day.
12-17:26 Wherefore
they spake to the king of Assyria, saying, The nations which thou hast removed,
and placed in the cities of Samaria, know not the manner of the God of the
land: therefore he hath sent lions among them,
and, behold, they slay them, because they know not the manner of the God of the
land.
12-17:34 Unto
this day they do after the former manners: they fear not the LORD, neither do
they after their statutes, or after their ordinances, or after the law and
commandment which the LORD commanded the children of Jacob, whom he named Israel;
12-17:37 And
the statutes, and the ordinances, and the law, and the commandment, which he wrote for you, ye shall observe to do for evermore;
and ye shall not fear other gods.
12-17:39 But
the LORD your God ye shall fear; and he shall
deliver you out of the hand of all your enemies.
12-18:2 Twenty
and five years old was he when he began to reign; and he
reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name also was Abi, the daughter of Zachariah.
12-18:3 And
he did that
which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that David his
father did.
12-18:4 He removed the high places, and brake the images, and
cut down the groves, and brake in pieces the brasen serpent that Moses had
made: for unto those days the children of Israel did burn incense to it: and he called it Nehushtan.
12-18:5 He trusted in the LORD God of Israel; so that after
him was none like him among all the kings of Judah, nor any that were before him.
12-18:6 For
he clave to the LORD, and departed not from following him, but kept his commandments,
which the LORD commanded Moses.
12-18:7 And
the LORD was with him; and he prospered whithersoever he
went forth: and he rebelled against the king of
Assyria, and served him not.
12-18:8 He smote the Philistines, even unto Gaza, and the borders thereof, from the tower of the
watchmen to the fenced city.
12-18:22 But
if ye say unto me, We trust in the LORD our God: is not that he, whose high places
and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken away, and hath said to Judah and
Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this altar in Jerusalem?
12-18:27 But
Rabshakeh said unto them, Hath my master sent me to thy master, and to thee, to
speak these words? hath he not sent
me to the men which sit on the wall, that they may eat their own dung, and
drink their own piss with you?
12-18:29 Thus
saith the king, Let not Hezekiah deceive you: for he
shall not be able to deliver you out of his hand:
12-18:32 Until
I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of corn and wine,
a land of bread and vineyards, a land of oil olive and of honey, that ye may
live, and not die: and hearken not unto Hezekiah, when he
persuadeth you, saying, The LORD will deliver us.
12-19:1 And
it came to pass, when king Hezekiah heard it,
that he rent his clothes, and covered
himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of the LORD.
12-19:2 And
he sent Eliakim, which was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of
the priests, covered with sackcloth, to Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz.
12-19:7 Behold,
I will send a blast upon him, and he shall hear
a rumour, and shall return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the
sword in his own land.
12-19:8 So
Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah: for he had heard that he
was departed from Lachish.
12-19:9 And
when he heard say of Tirhakah king of Ethiopia,
Behold, he is come out to fight against thee: he sent messengers again unto Hezekiah, saying,
12-19:32 Therefore
thus saith the LORD concerning the king of Assyria, He
shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come before it
with shield, nor cast a bank against it.
12-19:33 By
the way that he came, by the same shall he return, and shall not come into this city, saith
the LORD.
12-19:37 And
it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the
house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with
the sword: and they escaped into the land of Armenia. And Esarhaddon his son
reigned in his stead.
12-20:2 Then
he turned his face to the wall, and prayed unto
the LORD, saying,
12-20:7 And
Isaiah said, Take a lump of figs. And they took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered.
12-20:9 And
Isaiah said, This sign shalt thou have of the LORD, that the LORD will do the
thing that he hath spoken: shall the shadow go
forward ten degrees, or go back ten degrees?
12-20:11 And
Isaiah the prophet cried unto the LORD: and he
brought the shadow ten degrees backward, by which it had gone down in the dial
of Ahaz.
12-20:12 At
that time Berodachbaladan, the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters
and a present unto Hezekiah: for he had heard
that Hezekiah had been sick.
12-20:15 And
he said, What have they seen in thine house? And
Hezekiah answered, All the things that
are in mine house have they seen:
there is nothing among my treasures that I have not shewed them.
12-20:19 Then
said Hezekiah unto Isaiah, Good is the
word of the LORD which thou hast spoken. And he
said, Is it not good, if peace and truth be in my days?
12-20:20 And
the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and all his might, and how he made a pool, and a conduit, and brought water into
the city, are they not written in the
book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
12-21:1 Manasseh
was twelve years old when he began to reign, and reigned fifty and five years in
Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Hephzibah.
12-21:2 And
he did that
which was evil in the sight of the LORD, after the abominations of the
heathen, whom the LORD cast out before the children of Israel.
12-21:3 For
he built up again the high places which Hezekiah
his father had destroyed; and he reared up
altars for Baal, and made a grove, as did Ahab king of Israel; and worshipped
all the host of heaven, and served them.
12-21:4 And
he built altars in the house of the LORD, of
which the LORD said, In Jerusalem will I put my name.
12-21:5 And
he built altars for all the host of heaven in
the two courts of the house of the LORD.
12-21:6 And
he made his son pass through the fire, and
observed times, and used enchantments, and dealt with familiar spirits and
wizards: he wrought much wickedness in the sight
of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.
12-21:7 And
he set a graven image of the grove that he had made in the house, of which the LORD said to
David, and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have
chosen out of all tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever:
12-21:16 Moreover
Manasseh shed innocent blood very much, till he
had filled Jerusalem from one end to another; beside his sin wherewith he made Judah to sin, in doing that which was evil in the sight of the LORD.
12-21:17 Now
the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and all that he
did, and his sin that he sinned, are they not written in the book of the
chronicles of the kings of Judah?
12-21:19 Amon
was twenty and two years old when he began to reign, and he
reigned two years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Meshullemeth, the daughter of Haruz of Jotbah.
12-21:20 And
he did that
which was evil in the sight of the LORD, as his father Manasseh did.
12-21:21 And
he walked in all the way that his father walked
in, and served the idols that his father served, and worshipped them:
12-21:22 And
he forsook the LORD God of his fathers, and
walked not in the way of the LORD.
12-21:25 Now
the rest of the acts of Amon which he did, are they not written in the book of the
chronicles of the kings of Judah?
12-21:26 And
he was buried in his sepulchre in the garden of
Uzza: and Josiah his son reigned in his stead.
12-22:1 Josiah
was eight years old when he began to reign, and he
reigned thirty and one years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Jedidah, the daughter of Adaiah of
Boscath.
12-22:2 And
he did that
which was right in the sight of the LORD, and walked in all the way of
David his father, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left.
12-22:4 Go
up to Hilkiah the high priest, that he may sum
the silver which is brought into the house of the LORD, which the keepers of
the door have gathered of the people:
12-22:8 And
Hilkiah the high priest said unto Shaphan the scribe, I have found the book of
the law in the house of the LORD. And Hilkiah gave the book to Shaphan, and he read it.
12-22:11 And
it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the book of the law, that
he rent his clothes.
12-23:2 And
the king went up into the house of the LORD, and all the men of Judah and all the
inhabitants of Jerusalem with him, and the priests, and the prophets, and all
the people, both small and great: and he read in
their ears all the words of the book of the covenant which was found in the
house of the LORD.
12-23:4 And
the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, and the priests of the second
order, and the keepers of the door, to bring forth out of the temple of the
LORD all the vessels that were made for Baal, and for the grove, and for all
the host of heaven: and he burned them without
Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron, and carried the ashes of them unto Bethel.
12-23:5 And
he put down the idolatrous priests, whom the
kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense in the high places in the cities of
Judah, and in the places round about Jerusalem; them also that burned incense
unto Baal, to the sun, and to the moon, and to the planets, and to all the host
of heaven.
12-23:6 And
he brought out the grove from the house of the
LORD, without Jerusalem, unto the brook Kidron, and burned it at the brook
Kidron, and stamped it small to
powder, and cast the powder thereof upon the graves of the children of the
people.
12-23:7 And
he brake down the houses of the sodomites, that were by the house of the LORD, where the
women wove hangings for the grove.
12-23:8 And
he brought all the priests out of the cities of
Judah, and defiled the high places where the priests had burned incense, from
Geba to Beersheba, and brake down the high places of the gates that were in the entering in of the gate of Joshua
the governor of the city, which were on
a man’s left hand at the gate of the city.
12-23:10 And
he defiled Topheth, which is in the valley of the children of Hinnom, that no man might make
his son or his daughter to pass through the fire to Molech.
12-23:11 And
he took away the horses that the kings of Judah
had given to the sun, at the entering in of the house of the LORD, by the
chamber of Nathanmelech the chamberlain, which was in the suburbs, and burned the chariots of the sun with fire.
12-23:14 And
he brake in pieces the images, and cut down the
groves, and filled their places with the bones of men.
12-23:15 Moreover
the altar that was at Bethel, and the high place which Jeroboam the
son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, had made, both that altar and the high
place he brake down, and burned the high place, and stamped it small to powder, and burned the grove.
12-23:16 And
as Josiah turned himself, he spied the
sepulchres that were there in the
mount, and sent, and took the bones out of the sepulchres, and burned them upon the altar, and polluted it,
according to the word of the LORD which the man of God proclaimed, who
proclaimed these words.
12-23:17 Then
he said, What title is that that I see? And the men of the city told him, It is the sepulchre of the man of God,
which came from Judah, and proclaimed these things that thou hast done against
the altar of Bethel.
12-23:18 And
he said, Let him alone; let no man move his
bones. So they let his bones alone, with the bones of the prophet that came out
of Samaria.
12-23:19 And
all the houses also of the high places that were
in the cities of Samaria, which the kings of Israel had made to provoke the LORD to anger, Josiah took away, and
did to them according to all the acts that he
had done in Bethel.
12-23:20 And
he slew all the priests of the high places that were there upon the altars, and burned
men’s bones upon them, and returned to Jerusalem.
12-23:24 Moreover
the workers with familiar spirits, and
the wizards, and the images, and the idols, and all the abominations that were
spied in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, did Josiah put away, that he might perform the words of the law which were
written in the book that Hilkiah the priest found in the house of the LORD.
12-23:28 Now
the rest of the acts of Josiah, and all that he
did, are they not written in the book
of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
12-23:29 In
his days Pharaohnechoh king of Egypt went up against the king of Assyria to the
river Euphrates: and king Josiah went against him; and he
slew him at Megiddo, when he had seen him.
12-23:31 Jehoahaz
was twenty and three years old when he began to reign; and he
reigned three months in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.
12-23:32 And
he did that
which was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his fathers
had done.
12-23:33 And
Pharaohnechoh put him in bands at Riblah in the land of Hamath, that he might not reign in Jerusalem; and put the land to a
tribute of an hundred talents of silver, and a talent of gold.
12-23:34 And
Pharaohnechoh made Eliakim the son of Josiah king in the room of Josiah his
father, and turned his name to Jehoiakim, and took Jehoahaz away: and he came to Egypt, and died there.
12-23:35 And
Jehoiakim gave the silver and the gold to Pharaoh; but he
taxed the land to give the money according to the commandment of Pharaoh: he exacted the silver and the gold of the people of
the land, of every one according to his taxation, to give it unto Pharaohnechoh.
12-23:36 Jehoiakim
was twenty and five years old when he began to reign; and he
reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Zebudah, the daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah.
12-23:37 And
he did that
which was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his fathers
had done.
12-24:1 In
his days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim became his
servant three years: then he turned and rebelled
against him.
12-24:2 And
the LORD sent against him bands of the Chaldees, and bands of the Syrians, and
bands of the Moabites, and bands of the children of Ammon, and sent them
against Judah to destroy it, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by his servants the prophets.
12-24:3 Surely
at the commandment of the LORD came this upon
Judah, to remove them out of his
sight, for the sins of Manasseh, according to all that he
did;
12-24:4 And
also for the innocent blood that he shed: for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood; which the
LORD would not pardon.
12-24:5 Now
the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and all that he
did, are they not written in the book
of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
12-24:8 Jehoiachin
was eighteen years old when he began to reign, and he
reigned in Jerusalem three months. And his mother’s name was Nehushta, the daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem.
12-24:9 And
he did that
which was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father
had done.
12-24:12 And
Jehoiachin the king of Judah went out to the king of Babylon, he, and his mother, and his servants, and his princes,
and his officers: and the king of Babylon took him in the eighth year of his
reign.
12-24:13 And
he carried out thence all the treasures of the
house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king’s house, and cut in pieces all
the vessels of gold which Solomon king of Israel had made in the temple of the
LORD, as the LORD had said.
12-24:14 And
he carried away all Jerusalem, and all the
princes, and all the mighty men of valour, even
ten thousand captives, and all the craftsmen and smiths: none remained,
save the poorest sort of the people of the land.
12-24:15 And
he carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon, and the
king’s mother, and the king’s wives, and his officers, and the mighty of the
land, those carried he into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon.
12-24:18 Zedekiah
was twenty and one years old when he began to reign, and he
reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.
12-24:19 And
he did that
which was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that Jehoiakim
had done.
12-24:20 For
through the anger of the LORD it came to pass in Jerusalem and Judah, until he had cast them out from his presence, that Zedekiah
rebelled against the king of Babylon.
12-25:1 And
it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the
tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon
came, he, and all his host, against Jerusalem,
and pitched against it: and they built forts against it round about.
12-25:9 And
he burnt the house of the LORD, and the king’s
house, and all the houses of Jerusalem, and every great man’s house burnt he with fire.
12-25:19 And
out of the city he took an officer that was set
over the men of war, and five men of them that were in the king’s presence,
which were found in the city, and the principal scribe of the host, which mustered
the people of the land, and threescore men of the people of the land that were found in the city:
12-25:22 And
as for the people that remained in
the land of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had left, even over them
he made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of
Shaphan, ruler.
12-25:25 But
it came to pass in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, the
son of Elishama, of the seed royal, came, and ten men with him, and smote
Gedaliah, that he died, and the Jews and the
Chaldees that were with him at Mizpah.
12-25:27 And
it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoiachin
king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, that Evilmerodach king of Babylon in the year that he began to reign did lift up the head of Jehoiachin
king of Judah out of prison;
12-25:28 And
he spake kindly to him, and set his throne above
the throne of the kings that were with
him in Babylon;
12-25:29 And
changed his prison garments: and he did eat
bread continually before him all the days of his life.
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