14-2 CHRONICLES
14-1:1 And
Solomon the son of David was strengthened in his
kingdom, and the LORD his God was with him, and magnified him exceedingly.
14-1:2 Then
Solomon spake unto all Israel, to the captains of thousands and of hundreds,
and to the judges, and to every governor in all
Israel, the chief of the fathers.
14-1:3 So
Solomon, and all the congregation with him, went to the high place that was at
Gibeon; for there was the tabernacle of the congregation of God, which Moses
the servant of the LORD had made in the
wilderness.
14-1:7 In that night did God appear unto Solomon, and said
unto him, Ask what I shall give thee.
14-1:8 And
Solomon said unto God, Thou hast shewed great mercy unto David my father, and
hast made me to reign in his stead.
14-1:9 Now,
O LORD God, let thy promise unto David my father be established: for thou hast
made me king over a people like the dust of the earth in
multitude.
14-1:10 Give
me now wisdom and knowledge, that I may go out and come in before this people: for who can judge this thy people, that is
so great?
14-1:11 And
God said to Solomon, Because this was in thine
heart, and thou hast not asked riches, wealth, or honour, nor the life of thine
enemies, neither yet hast asked long life; but hast asked wisdom and knowledge
for thyself, that thou mayest judge my people, over whom I have made thee king:
14-1:14 And
Solomon gathered chariots and horsemen: and he had a thousand and four hundred
chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, which he placed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem.
14-1:15 And
the king made silver and gold at Jerusalem as plenteous as stones, and cedar
trees made he as the sycomore trees that are in
the vale for abundance.
14-2:2 And
Solomon told out threescore and ten thousand men to bear burdens, and fourscore
thousand to hew in the mountain, and three
thousand and six hundred to oversee them.
14-2:7 Send
me now therefore a man cunning to work in gold,
and in silver, and in
brass, and in iron, and in
purple, and crimson, and blue, and that can skill to grave with the cunning men
that are with me in Judah and in Jerusalem, whom David my father did provide.
14-2:8 Send
me also cedar trees, fir trees, and algum trees, out of Lebanon: for I know
that thy servants can skill to cut timber in
Lebanon; and, behold, my servants shall be with thy servants,
14-2:9 Even
to prepare me timber in abundance: for the house
which I am about to build shall be wonderful great.
14-2:11 Then
Huram the king of Tyre answered in writing,
which he sent to Solomon, Because the LORD hath loved his people, he hath made
thee king over them.
14-2:14 The
son of a woman of the daughters of Dan, and his father was a man of Tyre,
skilful to work in gold, and in silver, in brass, in iron, in stone, and in timber, in purple, in blue, and in fine
linen, and in crimson; also to grave any manner
of graving, and to find out every device which shall be put to him, with thy
cunning men, and with the cunning men of my lord David thy father.
14-2:16 And
we will cut wood out of Lebanon, as much as thou shalt need: and we will bring
it to thee in floats by sea to Joppa; and thou
shalt carry it up to Jerusalem.
14-2:17 And
Solomon numbered all the strangers that were in
the land of Israel, after the numbering wherewith David his father had numbered
them; and they were found an hundred and fifty thousand and three thousand and
six hundred.
14-2:18 And
he set threescore and ten thousand of them to be bearers of burdens, and
fourscore thousand to be hewers in the mountain,
and three thousand and six hundred overseers to set the people a work.
14-3:1 Then
Solomon began to build the house of the LORD at Jerusalem in mount Moriah, where the Lord appeared unto David
his father, in the place that David had prepared
in the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite.
14-3:2 And
he began to build in the second day of the
second month, in the fourth year of his reign.
14-3:4 And
the porch that was in the front of the house,
the length of it was according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and
the height was an hundred and twenty: and he overlaid it within with pure gold.
14-3:10 And
in the most holy house he made two cherubims of
image work, and overlaid them with gold.
14-3:16 And
he made chains, as in the oracle, and put them on
the heads of the pillars; and made an hundred pomegranates, and put them on the
chains.
14-4:2 Also
he made a molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim, round in compass, and five cubits the height thereof; and a
line of thirty cubits did compass it round about.
14-4:3 And
under it was the similitude of oxen, which did compass it round about: ten in a cubit, compassing the sea round about. Two rows
of oxen were cast, when it was cast.
14-4:6 He
made also ten lavers, and put five on the right hand, and five on the left, to
wash in them: such things as they offered for
the burnt offering they washed in them; but the
sea was for the priests to wash in.
14-4:7 And
he made ten candlesticks of gold according to their form, and set them in the temple, five on the right hand, and five on the
left.
14-4:8 He
made also ten tables, and placed them in the
temple, five on the right side, and five on the left. And he made an hundred
basons of gold.
14-4:17 In the plain of Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zeredathah.
14-4:18 Thus
Solomon made all these vessels in great
abundance: for the weight of the brass could not be found out.
14-5:1 Thus
all the work that Solomon made for the house of the LORD was finished: and
Solomon brought in all the things that David his
father had dedicated; and the silver, and the gold, and all the instruments,
put he among the treasures of the house of God.
14-5:3 Wherefore
all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto the king in the feast which was in
the seventh month.
14-5:5 And
they brought up the ark, and the tabernacle of the congregation, and all the
holy vessels that were in the tabernacle, these
did the priests and the Levites bring up.
14-5:7 And
the priests brought in the ark of the covenant
of the LORD unto his place, to the oracle of the house, into the most holy
place, even under the wings of the cherubims:
14-5:10 There
was nothing in the ark save the two tables which
Moses put therein at Horeb, when the LORD made a covenant with the children of
Israel, when they came out of Egypt.
14-5:12 Also
the Levites which were the singers, all of them of Asaph, of Heman, of
Jeduthun, with their sons and their brethren, being arrayed in white linen, having cymbals and psalteries and
harps, stood at the east end of the altar, and with them an hundred and twenty
priests sounding with trumpets:)
14-5:13 It
came even to pass, as the trumpeters and singers were as one, to make one sound
to be heard in praising and thanking the LORD;
and when they lifted up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals and
instruments of musick, and praised the LORD, saying, For he is good; for his
mercy endureth for ever: that then the house was filled with a cloud, even the
house of the LORD;
14-6:1 Then
said Solomon, The LORD hath said that he would dwell in
the thick darkness.
14-6:5 Since
the day that I brought forth my people out of the land of Egypt I chose no city
among all the tribes of Israel to build an house in,
that my name might be there; neither chose I any man to be a ruler over my
people Israel:
14-6:7 Now
it was in the heart of David my father to build
an house for the name of the LORD God of Israel.
14-6:8 But
the LORD said to David my father, Forasmuch as it was in
thine heart to build an house for my name, thou didst well in that it was in thine
heart:
14-6:10 The
LORD therefore hath performed his word that he hath spoken: for I am risen up in the room of David my father, and am set on the
throne of Israel, as the LORD promised, and have built the house for the name
of the LORD God of Israel.
14-6:11 And
in it have I put the ark, wherein is the
covenant of the LORD, that he made with the children of Israel.
14-6:12 And
he stood before the altar of the LORD in the
presence of all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands:
14-6:13 For
Solomon had made a brasen scaffold, of five cubits long, and five cubits broad,
and three cubits high, and had set it in the
midst of the court: and upon it he stood, and kneeled down upon his knees
before all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward
heaven,
14-6:14 And
said, O LORD God of Israel, there is no God like thee in
the heaven, nor in the earth; which keepest
covenant, and shewest mercy unto thy servants, that walk before thee with all
their hearts:
14-6:16 Now
therefore, O LORD God of Israel, keep with thy servant David my father that
which thou hast promised him, saying, There shall not fail thee a man in my sight to sit upon the throne of Israel; yet so
that thy children take heed to their way to walk in
my law, as thou hast walked before me.
14-6:18 But
will God in very deed dwell with men on the
earth? behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much
less this house which I have built!
14-6:22 If
a man sin against his neighbour, and an oath be laid upon him to make him
swear, and the oath come before thine altar in
this house;
14-6:24 And
if thy people Israel be put to the worse before the enemy, because they have
sinned against thee; and shall return and confess thy name, and pray and make
supplication before thee in this house;
14-6:28 If
there be dearth in the land, if there be
pestilence, if there be blasting, or mildew, locusts, or caterpillars; if their
enemies besiege them in the cities of their
land; whatsoever sore or whatsoever sickness there be:
14-6:29 Then
what prayer or what supplication soever shall be made of any man, or of all thy
people Israel, when every one shall know his own sore and his own grief, and
shall spread forth his hands in this house:
14-6:31 That
they may fear thee, to walk in thy ways, so long
as they live in the land which thou gavest unto
our fathers.
14-6:32 Moreover
concerning the stranger, which is not of thy people Israel, but is come from a
far country for thy great name’s sake, and thy mighty hand, and thy stretched
out arm; if they come and pray in this house;
14-6:37 Yet
if they bethink themselves in the land whither
they are carried captive, and turn and pray unto thee in
the land of their captivity, saying, We have sinned, we have done amiss, and
have dealt wickedly;
14-6:38 If
they return to thee with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their captivity, whither they have
carried them captives, and pray toward their land, which thou gavest unto their
fathers, and toward the city which thou hast chosen, and toward the house which
I have built for thy name:
14-6:40 Now,
my God, let, I beseech thee, thine eyes be open, and let thine ears be attent
unto the prayer that is made in this place.
14-6:41 Now
therefore arise, O LORD God, into thy resting place, thou, and the ark of thy
strength: let thy priests, O LORD God, be clothed with salvation, and let thy
saints rejoice in goodness.
14-7:8 Also
at the same time Solomon kept the feast seven days, and all Israel with him, a
very great congregation, from the entering in of
Hamath unto the river of Egypt.
14-7:9 And
in the eighth day they made a solemn assembly:
for they kept the dedication of the altar seven days, and the feast seven days.
14-7:10 And
on the three and twentieth day of the seventh month he sent the people away
into their tents, glad and merry in heart for
the goodness that the LORD had shewed unto David, and to Solomon, and to Israel
his people.
14-7:11 Thus
Solomon finished the house of the LORD, and the king’s house: and all that came
into Solomon’s heart to make in the house of the
LORD, and in his own house, he prosperously
effected.
14-7:15 Now
mine eyes shall be open, and mine ears attent unto the prayer that is made in this place.
14-7:18 Then
will I stablish the throne of thy kingdom, according as I have covenanted with
David thy father, saying, There shall not fail thee a man to be ruler in Israel.
14-8:4 And
he built Tadmor in the wilderness, and all the
store cities, which he built in Hamath.
14-8:6 And
Baalath, and all the store cities that Solomon had, and all the chariot cities,
and the cities of the horsemen, and all that Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem, and in
Lebanon, and throughout all the land of his dominion.
14-8:8 But
of their children, who were left after them in
the land, whom the children of Israel consumed not, them did Solomon make to
pay tribute until this day.
14-8:11 And
Solomon brought up the daughter of Pharaoh out of the city of David unto the
house that he had built for her: for he said, My wife shall not dwell in the house of David king of Israel, because the
places are holy, whereunto the ark of the LORD hath come.
14-8:13 Even
after a certain rate every day, offering according to the commandment of Moses,
on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the solemn feasts, three times in the year, even in
the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast
of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles.
14-8:17 Then
went Solomon to Eziongeber, and to Eloth, at the sea side in the land of Edom.
14-9:1 And
when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, she came to prove Solomon
with hard questions at Jerusalem, with a very great company, and camels that
bare spices, and gold in abundance, and precious
stones: and when she was come to Solomon, she communed with him of all that was
in her heart.
14-9:4 And
the meat of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of
his ministers, and their apparel; his cupbearers also, and their apparel; and
his ascent by which he went up into the house of the LORD; there was no more
spirit in her.
14-9:5 And
she said to the king, It was a true report which I heard in mine own land of thine acts, and of thy wisdom:
14-9:8 Blessed
be the LORD thy God, which delighted in thee to
set thee on his throne, to be king for the LORD thy God: because thy God loved
Israel, to establish them for ever, therefore made he thee king over them, to
do judgment and justice.
14-9:11 And
the king made of the algum trees terraces to the house of the LORD, and to the
king’s palace, and harps and psalteries for singers: and there were none such
seen before in the land of Judah.
14-9:13 Now
the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one
year was six hundred and threescore and six talents of gold;
14-9:16 And
three hundred shields made he of beaten gold: three hundred shekels of gold
went to one shield. And the king put them in the
house of the forest of Lebanon.
14-9:19 And
twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other upon the six steps.
There was not the like made in any kingdom.
14-9:20 And
all the drinking vessels of king Solomon were of gold, and all the vessels of
the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold: none were of silver; it
was not any thing accounted of in the days of
Solomon.
14-9:22 And
king Solomon passed all the kings of the earth in
riches and wisdom.
14-9:23 And
all the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom,
that God had put in his heart.
14-9:25 And
Solomon had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots, and twelve thousand
horsemen; whom he bestowed in the chariot
cities, and with the king at Jerusalem.
14-9:27 And
the king made silver in Jerusalem as stones, and
cedar trees made he as the sycomore trees that are in
the low plains in abundance.
14-9:29 Now
the rest of the acts of Solomon, first and last, are they not written in the book of Nathan the prophet, and in the prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and in the visions of Iddo the seer against Jeroboam the
son of Nebat?
14-9:30 And
Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel
forty years.
14-9:31 And
Solomon slept with his fathers, and he was buried in
the city of David his father: and Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead.
14-10:2 And
it came to pass, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who was in Egypt, whither he had fled from the presence of
Solomon the king, heard it, that Jeroboam returned out of Egypt.
14-10:16 And
when all Israel saw that the king would not hearken unto them, the people
answered the king, saying, What portion have we in
David? and we have none inheritance in the son
of Jesse: every man to your tents, O Israel: and now, David, see to thine own
house. So all Israel went to their tents.
14-10:17 But
as for the children of Israel that dwelt in the
cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them.
14-11:3 Speak
unto Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all Israel in Judah and Benjamin, saying,
14-11:5 And
Rehoboam dwelt in Jerusalem, and built cities
for defence in Judah.
14-11:10 And
Zorah, and Aijalon, and Hebron, which are in
Judah and in Benjamin fenced cities.
14-11:11 And
he fortified the strong holds, and put captains in
them, and store of victual, and of oil and wine.
14-11:12 And
in every several city he put shields and spears,
and made them exceeding strong, having Judah and Benjamin on his side.
14-11:13 And
the priests and the Levites that were in all
Israel resorted to him out of all their coasts.
14-11:17 So
they strengthened the kingdom of Judah, and made Rehoboam the son of Solomon
strong, three years: for three years they walked in
the way of David and Solomon.
14-11:23 And
he dealt wisely, and dispersed of all his children throughout all the countries
of Judah and Benjamin, unto every fenced city: and he gave them victual in abundance. And he desired many wives.
14-12:2 And
it came to pass, that in the fifth year of king
Rehoboam Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, because they had
transgressed against the LORD,
14-12:5 Then
came Shemaiah the prophet to Rehoboam, and to the princes of Judah, that were
gathered together to Jerusalem because of Shishak, and said unto them, Thus
saith the LORD, Ye have forsaken me, and therefore have I also left you in the hand of Shishak.
14-12:12 And
when he humbled himself, the wrath of the LORD turned from him, that he would
not destroy him altogether: and also in Judah
things went well.
14-12:13 So
king Rehoboam strengthened himself in Jerusalem,
and reigned: for Rehoboam was one and forty years old when he began to reign,
and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the
city which the LORD had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name
there. And his mother’s name was Naamah an Ammonitess.
14-12:15 Now
the acts of Rehoboam, first and last, are they not written in the book of Shemaiah the prophet, and of Iddo the
seer concerning genealogies? And there were wars between Rehoboam and Jeroboam
continually.
14-12:16 And
Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried in
the city of David: and Abijah his son reigned in
his stead.
14-13:1 Now
in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam began
Abijah to reign over Judah.
14-13:2 He
reigned three years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name
also was Michaiah the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. And there was war between
Abijah and Jeroboam.
14-13:3 And
Abijah set the battle in array with an army of
valiant men of war, even four hundred thousand chosen men: Jeroboam also set
the battle in array against him with eight
hundred thousand chosen men, being mighty men of valour.
14-13:4 And
Abijah stood up upon mount Zemaraim, which is in
mount Ephraim, and said, Hear me, thou Jeroboam, and all Israel;
14-13:8 And
now ye think to withstand the kingdom of the LORD in
the hand of the sons of David; and ye be a great multitude, and there are with
you golden calves, which Jeroboam made you for gods.
14-13:11 And
they burn unto the LORD every morning and every evening burnt sacrifices and
sweet incense: the shewbread also set they in
order upon the pure table; and the candlestick of gold with the lamps thereof,
to burn every evening: for we keep the charge of the LORD our God; but ye have
forsaken him.
14-13:20 Neither
did Jeroboam recover strength again in the days
of Abijah: and the LORD struck him, and he died.
14-13:22 And
the rest of the acts of Abijah, and his ways, and his sayings, are written in the story of the prophet Iddo.
14-14:1 So
Abijah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in
the city of David: and Asa his son reigned in
his stead. In his days the land was quiet ten
years.
14-14:2 And
Asa did that which was good and right in the
eyes of the LORD his God:
14-14:6 And
he built fenced cities in Judah: for the land
had rest, and he had no war in those years;
because the LORD had given him rest.
14-14:10 Then
Asa went out against him, and they set the battle in
array in the valley of Zephathah at Mareshah.
14-14:11 And
Asa cried unto the LORD his God, and said, LORD, it is nothing with thee to
help, whether with many, or with them that have no power: help us, O LORD our
God; for we rest on thee, and in thy name we go
against this multitude. O LORD, thou art our God; let not man prevail against
thee.
14-14:14 And
they smote all the cities round about Gerar; for the fear of the LORD came upon
them: and they spoiled all the cities; for there was exceeding much spoil in them.
14-14:15 They
smote also the tents of cattle, and carried away sheep and camels in abundance, and returned to Jerusalem.
14-15:4 But
when they in their trouble did turn unto the
LORD God of Israel, and sought him, he was found of them.
14-15:5 And
in those times there was no peace to him that went
out, nor to him that came in, but great
vexations were upon all the inhabitants of the countries.
14-15:9 And
he gathered all Judah and Benjamin, and the strangers with them out of Ephraim
and Manasseh, and out of Simeon: for they fell to him out of Israel in abundance, when they saw that the LORD his God was
with him.
14-15:10 So
they gathered themselves together at Jerusalem in
the third month, in the fifteenth year of the
reign of Asa.
14-15:16 And
also concerning Maachah the mother of Asa the king, he removed her from being
queen, because she had made an idol in a grove:
and Asa cut down her idol, and stamped it, and burnt it at the brook Kidron.
14-16:1 In the six and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa
Baasha king of Israel came up against Judah, and built Ramah, to the intent
that he might let none go out or come in to Asa
king of Judah.
14-16:9 For
the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to shew himself
strong in the behalf of them whose heart is
perfect toward him. Herein thou hast done foolishly: therefore from henceforth
thou shalt have wars.
14-16:10 Then
Asa was wroth with the seer, and put him in a
prison house; for he was in a rage with him because
of this thing. And Asa oppressed some of the people the same time.
14-16:11 And,
behold, the acts of Asa, first and last, lo, they are written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.
14-16:12 And
Asa in the thirty and ninth year of his reign
was diseased in his feet, until his disease was
exceeding great: yet in his disease he sought
not to the LORD, but to the physicians.
14-16:13 And
Asa slept with his fathers, and died in the one
and fortieth year of his reign.
14-16:14 And
they buried him in his own sepulchres, which he
had made for himself in the city of David, and
laid him in the bed which was filled with sweet
odours and divers kinds of spices prepared by the apothecaries’ art: and they
made a very great burning for him.
14-17:1 And
Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his stead, and
strengthened himself against Israel.
14-17:2 And
he placed forces in all the fenced cities of
Judah, and set garrisons in the land of Judah,
and in the cities of Ephraim, which Asa his
father had taken.
14-17:3 And
the LORD was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in
the first ways of his father David, and sought not unto Baalim;
14-17:4 But
sought to the LORD God of his father, and walked in
his commandments, and not after the doings of Israel.
14-17:5 Therefore
the LORD stablished the kingdom in his hand; and
all Judah brought to Jehoshaphat presents; and he had riches and honour in abundance.
14-17:6 And
his heart was lifted up in the ways of the LORD:
moreover he took away the high places and groves out of Judah.
14-17:7 Also
in the third year of his reign he sent to his
princes, even to Benhail, and to Obadiah, and to Zechariah, and to Nethaneel,
and to Michaiah, to teach in the cities of
Judah.
14-17:9 And
they taught in Judah, and had the book of the
law of the LORD with them, and went about throughout all the cities of Judah,
and taught the people.
14-17:12 And
Jehoshaphat waxed great exceedingly; and he built in
Judah castles, and cities of store.
14-17:13 And
he had much business in the cities of Judah: and
the men of war, mighty men of valour, were in
Jerusalem.
14-17:19 These
waited on the king, beside those whom the king put in
the fenced cities throughout all Judah.
14-18:1 Now
Jehoshaphat had riches and honour in abundance,
and joined affinity with Ahab.
14-18:2 And
after certain years he went down to Ahab to Samaria. And Ahab killed sheep and
oxen for him in abundance, and for the people
that he had with him, and persuaded him to go up with him to Ramothgilead.
14-18:3 And
Ahab king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat king of Judah, Wilt thou go with me
to Ramothgilead? And he answered him, I am as thou art, and my people as thy
people; and we will be with thee in the war.
14-18:9 And
the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah sat either of them on his
throne, clothed in their robes, and they sat in a void place at the entering in of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets
prophesied before them.
14-18:15 And
the king said to him, How many times shall I adjure thee that thou say nothing
but the truth to me in the name of the LORD?
14-18:16 Then
he said, I did see all Israel scattered upon the mountains, as sheep that have no
shepherd: and the LORD said, These have no master; let them return therefore
every man to his house in peace.
14-18:21 And
he said, I will go out, and be a lying spirit in
the mouth of all his prophets. And the LORD said, Thou shalt entice him, and thou
shalt also prevail: go out, and do even so.
14-18:22 Now
therefore, behold, the LORD hath put a lying spirit in
the mouth of these thy prophets, and the LORD hath spoken evil against thee.
14-18:26 And
say, Thus saith the king, Put this fellow in the
prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction,
until I return in peace.
14-18:27 And
Micaiah said, If thou certainly return in peace,
then hath not the LORD spoken by me. And he said, Hearken, all ye people.
14-18:34 And
the battle increased that day: howbeit the king of Israel stayed himself up in his chariot against the Syrians until the even: and
about the time of the sun going down he died.
14-19:1 And
Jehoshaphat the king of Judah returned to his house in
peace to Jerusalem.
14-19:3 Nevertheless
there are good things found in thee, in that thou hast taken away the groves out of the
land, and hast prepared thine heart to seek God.
14-19:5 And
he set judges in the land throughout all the
fenced cities of Judah, city by city,
14-19:6 And
said to the judges, Take heed what ye do: for ye judge not for man, but for the
LORD, who is with you in the judgment.
14-19:8 Moreover
in Jerusalem did Jehoshaphat set of the Levites,
and of the priests, and of the chief of the fathers of Israel, for the judgment
of the LORD, and for controversies, when they returned to Jerusalem.
14-19:9 And
he charged them, saying, Thus shall ye do in the
fear of the LORD, faithfully, and with a perfect heart.
14-19:10 And
what cause soever shall come to you of your brethren that dwell in their cities, between blood and blood, between law
and commandment, statutes and judgments, ye shall even warn them that they
trespass not against the LORD, and so wrath come upon you, and upon your
brethren: this do, and ye shall not trespass.
14-19:11 And,
behold, Amariah the chief priest is over you in
all matters of the LORD; and Zebadiah the son of Ishmael, the ruler of the
house of Judah, for all the king’s matters: also the Levites shall be officers
before you. Deal courageously, and the LORD shall be with the good.
14-20:2 Then
there came some that told Jehoshaphat, saying, There cometh a great multitude
against thee from beyond the sea on this side Syria; and, behold, they be in Hazazontamar, which is Engedi.
14-20:5 And
Jehoshaphat stood in the congregation of Judah
and Jerusalem, in the house of the LORD, before
the new court,
14-20:6 And
said, O LORD God of our fathers, art not thou God in
heaven? and rulest not thou over all the kingdoms of the heathen? and in thine hand is there not power and might, so that
none is able to withstand thee?
14-20:9 If,
when evil cometh upon us, as the sword, judgment, or pestilence, or famine, we
stand before this house, and in thy presence,
(for thy name is in this house,) and cry unto
thee in our affliction, then thou wilt hear and
help.
14-20:14 Then
upon Jahaziel the son of Zechariah, the son of Benaiah, the son of Jeiel, the
son of Mattaniah, a Levite of the sons of Asaph, came the Spirit of the LORD in the midst of the congregation;
14-20:17 Ye
shall not need to fight in this battle: set
yourselves, stand ye still, and see the salvation of the LORD with you, O Judah
and Jerusalem: fear not, nor be dismayed; to morrow go out against them: for
the LORD will be with you.
14-20:20 And
they rose early in the morning, and went forth
into the wilderness of Tekoa: and as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and
said, Hear me, O Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem; Believe in the LORD your God, so shall ye be established;
believe his prophets, so shall ye prosper.
14-20:24 And
when Judah came toward the watch tower in the
wilderness, they looked unto the multitude, and, behold, they were dead bodies
fallen to the earth, and none escaped.
14-20:25 And
when Jehoshaphat and his people came to take away the spoil of them, they found
among them in abundance both riches with the
dead bodies, and precious jewels, which they stripped off for themselves, more than
they could carry away: and they were three days in
gathering of the spoil, it was so much.
14-20:26 And
on the fourth day they assembled themselves in
the valley of Berachah; for there they blessed the LORD: therefore the name of
the same place was called, The valley of Berachah, unto this day.
14-20:27 Then
they returned, every man of Judah and Jerusalem, and Jehoshaphat in the forefront of them, to go again to Jerusalem
with joy; for the LORD had made them to rejoice over their enemies.
14-20:31 And
Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah: he was thirty and five years old when he began
to reign, and he reigned twenty and five years in
Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi.
14-20:32 And
he walked in the way of Asa his father, and
departed not from it, doing that which was right in
the sight of the LORD.
14-20:34 Now
the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of Jehu the son of Hanani, who is
mentioned in the book of the kings of Israel.
14-20:36 And
he joined himself with him to make ships to go to Tarshish: and they made the
ships in Eziongaber.
14-21:1 Now
Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David. And Jehoram his son reigned in his stead.
14-21:3 And
their father gave them great gifts of silver, and of gold, and of precious
things, with fenced cities in Judah: but the
kingdom gave he to Jehoram; because he was the firstborn.
14-21:5 Jehoram
was thirty and two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eight years
in Jerusalem.
14-21:6 And
he walked in the way of the kings of Israel,
like as did the house of Ahab: for he had the daughter of Ahab to wife: and he
wrought that which was evil in the eyes of the
LORD.
14-21:8 In his days the Edomites revolted from under the
dominion of Judah, and made themselves a king.
14-21:9 Then
Jehoram went forth with his princes, and all his chariots with him: and he rose
up by night, and smote the Edomites which compassed him in, and the captains of the chariots.
14-21:11 Moreover
he made high places in the mountains of Judah,
and caused the inhabitants of Jerusalem to commit fornication, and compelled
Judah thereto.
14-21:12 And
there came a writing to him from Elijah the prophet, saying, Thus saith the
LORD God of David thy father, Because thou hast not walked in the ways of Jehoshaphat thy father, nor in the ways of Asa king of Judah,
14-21:13 But
hast walked in the way of the kings of Israel,
and hast made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to go a whoring, like to
the whoredoms of the house of Ahab, and also hast slain thy brethren of thy
father’s house, which were better than thyself:
14-21:17 And
they came up into Judah, and brake into it, and carried away all the substance that
was found in the king’s house, and his sons
also, and his wives; so that there was never a son left him, save Jehoahaz, the
youngest of his sons.