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20:1 It came to pass after this also, that
the children of Moab, and
the children of Ammon, and with them other
beside the Ammonites, came
against Jehoshaphat to battle.
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.
20:3 And Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself
to seek the LORD, and
proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah.
20:4 And Judah gathered themselves together,
to ask help of the LORD:
even out of all the cities of Judah they
came to seek the LORD.
20:5 And Jehoshaphat stood in the
congregation of Judah and Jerusalem,
in the house of the LORD, before the new
court, 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? 20:7 Art not
thou our God, who didst drive out the
inhabitants of this land before
thy people Israel, and gavest it to the seed
of Abraham thy friend for
ever? 20:8 And they dwelt therein, and have
built thee a sanctuary
therein for thy name, saying, 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.
20:10 And now, behold, the children of Ammon
and Moab and mount Seir,
whom thou wouldest not let Israel invade,
when they came out of the
land of Egypt, but they turned from them,
and destroyed them not;
20:11 Behold, I say, how they reward us, to
come to cast us out of thy
possession, which thou hast given us to
inherit.
20:12 O our God, wilt thou not judge them?
for we have no might
against this great company that cometh
against us; neither know we
what to do: but our eyes are upon thee.
20:13 And all Judah stood before the LORD,
with their little ones,
their wives, and their children.
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; 20:15
And he said, Hearken ye, all Judah, and ye
inhabitants of Jerusalem,
and thou king Jehoshaphat, Thus saith the
LORD unto you, Be not afraid
nor dismayed by reason of this great
multitude; for the battle is not
yours, but God's.
20:16 To morrow go ye down against them:
behold, they come up by the
cliff of Ziz; and ye shall find them at the
end of the brook, before
the wilderness of Jeruel.
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.
20:18 And Jehoshaphat bowed his head with
his face to the ground: and
all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem
fell before the LORD,
worshipping the LORD.
20:19 And the Levites, of the children of
the Kohathites, and of the
children of the Korhites, stood up to praise
the LORD God of Israel
with a loud voice on high.
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.
20:21 And when he had consulted with the
people, he appointed singers
unto the LORD, and that should praise the
beauty of holiness, as they
went out before the army, and to say, Praise
the LORD; for his mercy
endureth for ever.
20:22 And when they began to sing and to
praise, the LORD set
ambushments against the children of Ammon,
Moab, and mount Seir, which
were come against Judah; and they were
smitten.
20:23 For the children of Ammon and Moab
stood up against the
inhabitants of mount Seir, utterly to slay
and destroy them: and when
they had made an end of the inhabitants of
Seir, every one helped to
destroy another.
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.
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.
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.
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.
20:28 And they came to Jerusalem with
psalteries and harps and
trumpets unto the house of the LORD.
20:29 And the fear of God was on all the
kingdoms of those countries,
when they had heard that the LORD fought
against the enemies of
Israel.
20:30 So the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet:
for his God gave him rest
round about.
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.
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.
20:33 Howbeit the high places were not taken
away: for as yet the
people had not prepared their hearts unto
the God of their fathers.
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.
20:35 And after this did Jehoshaphat king of
Judah join himself with
Ahaziah king of Israel, who did very
wickedly: 20:36 And he joined
himself with him to make ships to go to
Tarshish: and they made the
ships in Eziongaber.
20:37 Then Eliezer the son of Dodavah of
Mareshah prophesied against
Jehoshaphat, saying, Because thou hast
joined thyself with Ahaziah,
the LORD hath broken thy works. And the
ships were broken, that they
were not able to go to Tarshish.
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.
21:2 And he had brethren the sons of
Jehoshaphat, Azariah, and Jehiel,
and Zechariah, and Azariah, and Michael, and
Shephatiah: all these
were the sons of Jehoshaphat king of Israel.
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.
21:4 Now when Jehoram was risen up to the
kingdom of his father, he
strengthened himself, and slew all his
brethren with the sword, and
divers also of the princes of Israel.
21:5 Jehoram was thirty and two years old
when he began to reign, and
he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.
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.
21:7 Howbeit the LORD would not destroy the
house of David, because of
the covenant that he had made with David,
and as he promised to give a
light to him and to his sons for ever.
21:8 In his days the Edomites revolted from
under the dominion of
Judah, and made themselves a king.
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.
21:10 So the Edomites revolted from under
the hand of Judah unto this
day.
The same time also did Libnah revolt from
under his hand; because he
had forsaken the LORD God of his fathers.
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.
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, 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: 21:14 Behold, with a great plague
will the LORD smite thy
people, and thy children, and thy wives, and
all thy goods: 21:15 And
thou shalt have great sickness by disease of
thy bowels, until thy
bowels fall out by reason of the sickness
day by day.
21:16 Moreover the LORD stirred up against
Jehoram the spirit of the
Philistines, and of the Arabians, that were
near the Ethiopians: 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.
21:18 And after all this the LORD smote him
in his bowels with an
incurable disease.
21:19 And it came to pass, that in process
of time, after the end of
two years, his bowels fell out by reason of
his sickness: so he died
of sore diseases. And his people made no
burning for him, like the
burning of his fathers.
21:20 Thirty and two years old was he when
he began to reign, and he
reigned in Jerusalem eight years, and
departed without being desired.
Howbeit they buried him in the city of
David, but not in the
sepulchres of the kings.
22:1 And the inhabitants of Jerusalem made
Ahaziah his youngest son
king in his stead: for the band of men that
came with the Arabians to
the camp had slain all the eldest. So
Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king
of Judah reigned.
22:2 Forty and two years old was Ahaziah
when he began to reign, and
he reigned one year in Jerusalem. His
mother's name also was Athaliah
the daughter of Omri.
22:3 He also walked in the ways of the house
of Ahab: for his mother
was his counsellor to do wickedly.
22:4 Wherefore he did evil in the sight of
the LORD like the house of
Ahab: for they were his counsellors after
the death of his father to
his destruction.
22:5 He walked also after their counsel, and
went with Jehoram the son
of Ahab king of Israel to war against Hazael
king of Syria at
Ramothgilead: and the Syrians smote Joram.
22:6 And he returned to be healed in Jezreel
because of the wounds
which were given him at Ramah, when he
fought with Hazael king of
Syria. And Azariah the son of Jehoram king
of Judah went down to see
Jehoram the son of Ahab at Jezreel, because
he was sick.
22:7 And the destruction of Ahaziah was of
God by coming to Joram: for
when he was come, he went out with Jehoram
against Jehu the son of
Nimshi, whom the LORD had anointed to cut
off the house of Ahab.
22:8 And it came to pass, that, when Jehu
was executing judgment upon
the house of Ahab, and found the princes of
Judah, and the sons of the
brethren of Ahaziah, that ministered to
Ahaziah, he slew them.
22:9 And he sought Ahaziah: and they caught
him, (for he was hid in
Samaria,) and brought him to Jehu: and when
they had slain him, they
buried him: Because, said they, he is the
son of Jehoshaphat, who
sought the LORD with all his heart. So the
house of Ahaziah had no
power to keep still the kingdom.
22:10 But when Athaliah the mother of
Ahaziah saw that her son was
dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed
royal of the house of
Judah.
22:11 But Jehoshabeath, the daughter of the
king, took Joash the son
of Ahaziah, and stole him from among the
king's sons that were slain,
and put him and his nurse in a bedchamber.
So Jehoshabeath, the
daughter of king Jehoram, the wife of
Jehoiada the priest, (for she
was the sister of Ahaziah,) hid him from
Athaliah, so that she slew
him not.
22:12 And he was with them hid in the house
of God six years: and
Athaliah reigned over the land.
23:1 And in the seventh year Jehoiada
strengthened himself, and took
the captains of hundreds, Azariah the son of
Jeroham, and Ishmael the
son of Jehohanan, and Azariah the son of
Obed, and Maaseiah the son of
Adaiah, and Elishaphat the son of Zichri,
into covenant with him.
23:2 And they went about in Judah, and
gathered the Levites out of all
the cities of Judah, and the chief of the
fathers of Israel, and they
came to Jerusalem.
23:3 And all the congregation made a
covenant with the king in the
house of God. And he said unto them, Behold,
the king's son shall
reign, as the LORD hath said of the sons of
David.
23:4 This is the thing that ye shall do; A
third part of you entering
on the sabbath, of the priests and of the
Levites, shall be porters of
the doors; 23:5 And a third part shall be at
the king's house; and a
third part at the gate of the foundation:
and all the people shall be
in the courts of the house of the LORD.
23:6 But let none come into the house of the
LORD, save the priests,
and they that minister of the Levites; they
shall go in, for they are
holy: but all the people shall keep the
watch of the LORD.
23:7 And the Levites shall compass the king
round about, every man
with his weapons in his hand; and whosoever
else cometh into the
house, he shall be put to death: but be ye
with the king when he
cometh in, and when he goeth out.
23:8 So the Levites and all Judah did
according to all things that
Jehoiada the priest had commanded, and took
every man his men that
were to come in on the sabbath, with them
that were to go out on the
sabbath: for Jehoiada the priest dismissed
not the courses.
23:9 Moreover Jehoiada the priest delivered
to the captains of
hundreds spears, and bucklers, and shields,
that had been king
David's, which were in the house of God.
23:10 And he set all the people, every man
having his weapon in his
hand, from the right side of the temple to
the left side of the
temple, along by the altar and the temple,
by the king round about.
23:11 Then they brought out the king's son,
and put upon him the
crown, and gave him the testimony, and made
him king. And Jehoiada and
his sons anointed him, and said, God save
the king.
23:12 Now when Athaliah heard the noise of
the people running and
praising the king, she came to the people
into the house of the LORD:
23:13 And she looked, and, behold, the king
stood at his pillar at the
entering in, and the princes and the
trumpets by the king: and all the
people of the land rejoiced, and sounded
with trumpets, also the
singers with instruments of musick, and such
as taught to sing praise.
Then Athaliah rent her clothes, and said,
Treason, Treason.
23:14 Then Jehoiada the priest brought out
the captains of hundreds
that were set over the host, and said unto
them, Have her forth of the
ranges: and whoso followeth her, let him be
slain with the sword. For
the priest said, Slay her not in the house
of the LORD.
23:15 So they laid hands on her; and when
she was come to the entering
of the horse gate by the king's house, they
slew her there.
23:16 And Jehoiada made a covenant between
him, and between all the
people, and between the king, that they
should be the LORD's people.
23:17 Then all the people went to the house
of Baal, and brake it
down, and brake his altars and his images in
pieces, and slew Mattan
the priest of Baal before the altars.
23:18 Also Jehoiada appointed the offices of
the house of the LORD by
the hand of the priests the Levites, whom
David had distributed in the
house of the LORD, to offer the burnt
offerings of the LORD, as it is
written in the law of Moses, with rejoicing
and with singing, as it
was ordained by David.
23:19 And he set the porters at the gates of
the house of the LORD,
that none which was unclean in any thing
should enter in.
23:20 And he took the captains of hundreds,
and the nobles, and the
governors of the people, and all the people
of the land, and brought
down the king from the house of the LORD:
and they came through the
high gate into the king's house, and set the
king upon the throne of
the kingdom.
23:21 And all the people of the land
rejoiced: and the city was quiet,
after that they had slain Athaliah with the
sword.
24:1 Joash was seven years old when he began
to reign, and he reigned
forty years in Jerusalem. His mother's name
also was Zibiah of
Beersheba.
24:2 And Joash did that which was right in
the sight of the LORD all
the days of Jehoiada the priest.
24:3 And Jehoiada took for him two wives;
and he begat sons and
daughters.
24:4 And it came to pass after this, that
Joash was minded to repair
the house of the LORD.
24:5 And he gathered together the priests
and the Levites, and said to
them, Go out unto the cities of Judah, and
gather of all Israel money
to repair the house of your God from year to
year, and see that ye
hasten the matter. Howbeit the Levites
hastened it not.
24:6 And the king called for Jehoiada the
chief, and said unto him,
Why hast thou not required of the Levites to
bring in out of Judah and
out of Jerusalem the collection, according
to the commandment of Moses
the servant of the LORD, and of the
congregation of Israel, for the
tabernacle of witness? 24:7 For the sons of
Athaliah, that wicked
woman, had broken up the house of God; and
also all the dedicated
things of the house of the LORD did they
bestow upon Baalim.
24:8 And at the king's commandment they made
a chest, and set it
without at the gate of the house of the
LORD.
24:9 And they made a proclamation through
Judah and Jerusalem, to
bring in to the LORD the collection that
Moses the servant of God laid
upon Israel in the wilderness.
24:10 And all the princes and all the people
rejoiced, and brought in,
and cast into the chest, until they had made
an end.
24:11 Now it came to pass, that at what time
the chest was brought
unto the king's office by the hand of the
Levites, and when they saw
that there was much money, the king's scribe
and the high priest's
officer came and emptied the chest, and took
it, and carried it to his
place again. Thus they did day by day, and
gathered money in
abundance.
24:12 And the king and Jehoiada gave it to
such as did the work of the
service of the house of the LORD, and hired
masons and carpenters to
repair the house of the LORD, and also such
as wrought iron and brass
to mend the house of the LORD.
24:13 So the workmen wrought, and the work
was perfected by them, and
they set the house of God in his state, and
strengthened it.
24:14 And when they had finished it, they
brought the rest of the
money before the king and Jehoiada, whereof
were made vessels for the
house of the LORD, even vessels to minister,
and to offer withal, and
spoons, and vessels of gold and silver. And
they offered burnt
offerings in the house of the LORD
continually all the days of
Jehoiada.
24:15 But Jehoiada waxed old, and was full
of days when he died; an
hundred and thirty years old was he when he
died.
24:16 And they buried him in the city of
David among the kings,
because he had done good in Israel, both
toward God, and toward his
house.
24:17 Now after the death of Jehoiada came
the princes of Judah, and
made obeisance to the king. Then the king
hearkened unto them.
24:18 And they left the house of the LORD
God of their fathers, and
served groves and idols: and wrath came upon
Judah and Jerusalem for
this their trespass.
24:19 Yet he sent prophets to them, to bring
them again unto the LORD;
and they testified against them: but they
would not give ear.
24:20 And the Spirit of God came upon
Zechariah the son of Jehoiada
the priest, which stood above the people,
and said unto them, Thus
saith God, Why transgress ye the
commandments of the LORD, that ye
cannot prosper? because ye have forsaken the
LORD, he hath also
forsaken you.
24:21 And they conspired against him, and
stoned him with stones at
the commandment of the king in the court of
the house of the LORD.
24:22 Thus Joash the king remembered not the
kindness which Jehoiada
his father had done to him, but slew his
son. And when he died, he
said, The LORD look upon it, and require it.
24:23 And it came to pass at the end of the
year, that the host of
Syria came up against him: and they came to
Judah and Jerusalem, and
destroyed all the princes of the people from
among the people, and
sent all the spoil of them unto the king of
Damascus.
24:24 For the army of the Syrians came with
a small company of men,
and the LORD delivered a very great host
into their hand, because they
had forsaken the LORD God of their fathers.
So they executed judgment
against Joash.
24:25 And when they were departed from him,
(for they left him in
great diseases,) his own servants conspired
against him for the blood
of the sons of Jehoiada the priest, and slew
him on his bed, and he
died: and they buried him in the city of
David, but they buried him
not in the sepulchres of the kings.
24:26 And these are they that conspired
against him; Zabad the son of
Shimeath an Ammonitess, and Jehozabad the
son of Shimrith a Moabitess.
24:27 Now concerning his sons, and the
greatness of the burdens laid
upon him, and the repairing of the house of
God, behold, they are
written in the story of the book of the
kings. And Amaziah his son
reigned in his stead.
25:1 Amaziah was twenty and five years old
when he began to reign, and
he reigned twenty and nine years in
Jerusalem. And his mother's name
was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem.
25:2 And he did that which was right in the
sight of the LORD, but not
with a perfect heart.
25:3 Now it came to pass, when the kingdom
was established to him,
that he slew his servants that had killed
the king his father.
25:4 But he slew not their children, but did
as it is written in the
law in the book of Moses, where the LORD
commanded, saying, The
fathers shall not die for the children,
neither shall the children die
for the fathers, but every man shall die for
his own sin.
25:5 Moreover Amaziah gathered Judah
together, and made them captains
over thousands, and captains over hundreds,
according to the houses of
their fathers, throughout all Judah and
Benjamin: and he numbered them
from twenty years old and above, and found
them three hundred thousand
choice men, able to go forth to war, that
could handle spear and
shield.
25:6 He hired also an hundred thousand
mighty men of valour out of
Israel for an hundred talents of silver.
25:7 But there came a man of God to him,
saying, O king, let not the
army of Israel go with thee; for the LORD is
not with Israel, to wit,
with all the children of Ephraim.
25:8 But if thou wilt go, do it; be strong
for the battle: God shall
make thee fall before the enemy: for God
hath power to help, and to
cast down.
25:9 And Amaziah said to the man of God, But
what shall we do for the
hundred talents which I have given to the
army of Israel? And the man
of God answered, The LORD is able to give
thee much more than this.
25:10 Then Amaziah separated them, to wit,
the army that was come to
him out of Ephraim, to go home again:
wherefore their anger was
greatly kindled against Judah, and they
returned home in great anger.
25:11 And Amaziah strengthened himself, and
led forth his people, and
went to the valley of salt, and smote of the
children of Seir ten
thousand.
25:12 And other ten thousand left alive did
the children of Judah
carry away captive, and brought them unto
the top of the rock, and
cast them down from the top of the rock,
that they all were broken in
pieces.
25:13 But the soldiers of the army which
Amaziah sent back, that they
should not go with him to battle, fell upon
the cities of Judah, from
Samaria even unto Bethhoron, and smote three
thousand of them, and
took much spoil.
25:14 Now it came to pass, after that
Amaziah was come from the
slaughter of the Edomites, that he brought
the gods of the children of
Seir, and set them up to be his gods, and
bowed down himself before
them, and burned incense unto them.
25:15 Wherefore the anger of the LORD was
kindled against Amaziah, and
he sent unto him a prophet, which said unto
him, Why hast thou sought
after the gods of the people, which could
not deliver their own people
out of thine hand? 25:16 And it came to
pass, as he talked with him,
that the king said unto him, Art thou made
of the king's counsel?
forbear; why shouldest thou be smitten? Then
the prophet forbare, and
said, I know that God hath determined to
destroy thee, because thou
hast done this, and hast not hearkened unto
my counsel.
25:17 Then Amaziah king of Judah took
advice, and sent to Joash, the
son of Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu, king of
Israel, saying, Come, let us
see one another in the face.
25:18 And Joash king of Israel sent to
Amaziah king of Judah, saying,
The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the
cedar that was in Lebanon,
saying, Give thy daughter to my son to wife:
and there passed by a
wild beast that was in Lebanon, and trode
down the thistle.
25:19 Thou sayest, Lo, thou hast smitten the
Edomites; and thine heart
lifteth thee up to boast: abide now at home;
why shouldest thou meddle
to thine hurt, that thou shouldest fall,
even thou, and Judah with
thee? 25:20 But Amaziah would not hear; for
it came of God, that he
might deliver them into the hand of their
enemies, because they sought
after the gods of Edom.
25:21 So Joash the king of Israel went up;
and they saw one another in
the face, both he and Amaziah king of Judah,
at Bethshemesh, which
belongeth to Judah.
25:22 And Judah was put to the worse before
Israel, and they fled
every man to his tent.
25:23 And Joash the king of Israel took
Amaziah king of Judah, the son
of Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, at
Bethshemesh, and brought him to
Jerusalem, and brake down the wall of
Jerusalem from the gate of
Ephraim to the corner gate, four hundred
cubits.
25:24 And he took all the gold and the
silver, and all the vessels
that were found in the house of God with
Obededom, and the treasures
of the king's house, the hostages also, and
returned to Samaria.
25:25 And Amaziah the son of Joash king of
Judah lived after the death
of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel
fifteen years.
25:26 Now the rest of the acts of Amaziah,
first and last, behold, are
they not written in the book of the kings of
Judah and Israel? 25:27
Now after the time that Amaziah did turn
away from following the LORD
they made a conspiracy against him in
Jerusalem; and he fled to
Lachish: but they sent to Lachish after him,
and slew him there.
25:28 And they brought him upon horses, and
buried him with his
fathers in the city of Judah.
26:1 Then all the people of Judah took
Uzziah, who was sixteen years
old, and made him king in the room of his
father Amaziah.
26:2 He built Eloth, and restored it to
Judah, after that the king
slept with his fathers.
26:3 Sixteen years old was Uzziah when he
began to reign, and he
reigned fifty and two years in Jerusalem.
His mother's name also was
Jecoliah of Jerusalem.
26:4 And he did that which was right in the
sight of the LORD,
according to all that his father Amaziah
did.
26:5 And he sought God in the days of
Zechariah, who had understanding
in the visions of God: and as long as he
sought the LORD, God made him
to prosper.
26:6 And he went forth and warred against
the Philistines, and brake
down the wall of Gath, and the wall of
Jabneh, and the wall of Ashdod,
and built cities about Ashdod, and among the
Philistines.
26:7 And God helped him against the
Philistines, and against the
Arabians that dwelt in Gurbaal, and the
Mehunims.
26:8 And the Ammonites gave gifts to Uzziah:
and his name spread
abroad even to the entering in of Egypt; for
he strengthened himself
exceedingly.
26:9 Moreover Uzziah built towers in
Jerusalem at the corner gate, and
at the valley gate, and at the turning of
the wall, and fortified
them.
26:10 Also he built towers in the desert,
and digged many wells: for
he had much cattle, both in the low country,
and in the plains:
husbandmen also, and vine dressers in the
mountains, and in Carmel:
for he loved husbandry.
26:11 Moreover Uzziah had an host of
fighting men, that went out to
war by bands, according to the number of
their account by the hand of
Jeiel the scribe and Maaseiah the ruler,
under the hand of Hananiah,
one of the king's captains.
26:12 The whole number of the chief of the
fathers of the mighty men
of valour were two thousand and six hundred.
26:13 And under their hand was an army,
three hundred thousand and
seven thousand and five hundred, that made
war with mighty power, to
help the king against the enemy.
26:14 And Uzziah prepared for them
throughout all the host shields,
and spears, and helmets, and habergeons, and
bows, and slings to cast
stones.
26:15 And he made in Jerusalem engines,
invented by cunning men, to be
on the towers and upon the bulwarks, to
shoot arrows and great stones
withal.
And his name spread far abroad; for he was
marvellously helped, till
he was strong.
26:16 But when he was strong, his heart was
lifted up to his
destruction: for he transgressed against the
LORD his God, and went
into the temple of the LORD to burn incense
upon the altar of incense.
26:17 And Azariah the priest went in after
him, and with him fourscore
priests of the LORD, that were valiant men:
26:18 And they withstood
Uzziah the king, and said unto him, It
appertaineth not unto thee,
Uzziah, to burn incense unto the LORD, but
to the priests the sons of
Aaron, that are consecrated to burn incense:
go out of the sanctuary;
for thou hast trespassed; neither shall it
be for thine honour from
the LORD God.
26:19 Then Uzziah was wroth, and had a
censer in his hand to burn
incense: and while he was wroth with the
priests, the leprosy even
rose up in his forehead before the priests
in the house of the LORD,
from beside the incense altar.
26:20 And Azariah the chief priest, and all
the priests, looked upon
him, and, behold, he was leprous in his
forehead, and they thrust him
out from thence; yea, himself hasted also to
go out, because the LORD
had smitten him.
26:21 And Uzziah the king was a leper unto
the day of his death, and
dwelt in a several house, being a leper; for
he was cut off from the
house of the LORD: and Jotham his son was
over the king's house,
judging the people of the land.
26:22 Now the rest of the acts of Uzziah,
first and last, did Isaiah
the prophet, the son of Amoz, write.
26:23 So Uzziah slept with his fathers, and
they buried him with his
fathers in the field of the burial which
belonged to the kings; for
they said, He is a leper: and Jotham his son
reigned in his stead.
27:1 Jotham was twenty and five years old
when he began to reign, and
he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. His
mother's name also was
Jerushah, the daughter of Zadok.
27:2 And he did that which was right in the
sight of the LORD,
according to all that his father Uzziah did:
howbeit he entered not
into the temple of the LORD. And the people
did yet corruptly.
27:3 He built the high gate of the house of
the LORD, and on the wall
of Ophel he built much.
27:4 Moreover he built cities in the
mountains of Judah, and in the
forests he built castles and towers.
27:5 He fought also with the king of the
Ammonites, and prevailed
against them. And the children of Ammon gave
him the same year an
hundred talents of silver, and ten thousand
measures of wheat, and ten
thousand of barley. So much did the children
of Ammon pay unto him,
both the second year, and the third.
27:6 So Jotham became mighty, because he
prepared his ways before the
LORD his God.
27:7 Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, and
all his wars, and his
ways, lo, they are written in the book of
the kings of Israel and
Judah.
27:8 He was five and twenty years old when
he began to reign, and
reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem.
27:9 And Jotham slept with his fathers, and
they buried him in the
city of David: and Ahaz his son reigned in
his stead.
28:1 Ahaz was twenty years old when he began
to reign, and he reigned
sixteen years in Jerusalem: but he did not
that which was right in the
sight of the LORD, like David his father:
28:2 For he walked in the
ways of the kings of Israel, and made also
molten images for Baalim.
28:3 Moreover he burnt incense in the valley
of the son of Hinnom, and
burnt his children in the fire, after the
abominations of the heathen
whom the LORD had cast out before the
children of Israel.
28:4 He sacrificed also and burnt incense in
the high places, and on
the hills, and under every green tree.
28:5 Wherefore the LORD his God delivered
him into the hand of the
king of Syria; and they smote him, and
carried away a great multitude
of them captives, and brought them to
Damascus. And he was also
delivered into the hand of the king of
Israel, who smote him with a
great slaughter.
28:6 For Pekah the son of Remaliah slew in
Judah an hundred and twenty
thousand in one day, which were all valiant
men; because they had
forsaken the LORD God of their fathers.
28:7 And Zichri, a mighty man of Ephraim,
slew Maaseiah the king's
son, and Azrikam the governor of the house,
and Elkanah that was next
to the king.
28:8 And the children of Israel carried away
captive of their brethren
two hundred thousand, women, sons, and
daughters, and took also away
much spoil from them, and brought the spoil
to Samaria.
28:9 But a prophet of the LORD was there,
whose name was Oded: and he
went out before the host that came to
Samaria, and said unto them,
Behold, because the LORD God of your fathers
was wroth with Judah, he
hath delivered them into your hand, and ye
have slain them in a rage
that reacheth up unto heaven.
28:10 And now ye purpose to keep under the
children of Judah and
Jerusalem for bondmen and bondwomen unto
you: but are there not with
you, even with you, sins against the LORD
your God? 28:11 Now hear me
therefore, and deliver the captives again,
which ye have taken captive
of your brethren: for the fierce wrath of
the LORD is upon you.
28:12 Then certain of the heads of the
children of Ephraim, Azariah
the son of Johanan, Berechiah the son of
Meshillemoth, and Jehizkiah
the son of Shallum, and Amasa the son of
Hadlai, stood up against them
that came from the war, 28:13 And said unto
them, Ye shall not bring
in the captives hither: for whereas we have
offended against the LORD
already, ye intend to add more to our sins
and to our trespass: for
our trespass is great, and there is fierce
wrath against Israel.
28:14 So the armed men left the captives and
the spoil before the
princes and all the congregation.
28:15 And the men which were expressed by
name rose up, and took the
captives, and with the spoil clothed all
that were naked among them,
and arrayed them, and shod them, and gave
them to eat and to drink,
and anointed them, and carried all the
feeble of them upon asses, and
brought them to Jericho, the city of palm
trees, to their brethren:
then they returned to Samaria.
28:16 At that time did king Ahaz send unto
the kings of Assyria to
help him.
28:17 For again the Edomites had come and
smitten Judah, and carried
away captives.
28:18 The Philistines also had invaded the
cities of the low country,
and of the south of Judah, and had taken
Bethshemesh, and Ajalon, and
Gederoth, and Shocho with the villages
thereof, and Timnah with the
villages thereof, Gimzo also and the
villages thereof: and they dwelt
there.
28:19 For the LORD brought Judah low because
of Ahaz king of Israel;
for he made Judah naked, and transgressed
sore against the LORD.
28:20 And Tilgathpilneser king of Assyria
came unto him, and
distressed him, but strengthened him not.
28:21 For Ahaz took away a portion out of
the house of the LORD, and
out of the house of the king, and of the
princes, and gave it unto the
king of Assyria: but he helped him not.
28:22 And in the time of his distress did he
trespass yet more against
the LORD: this is that king Ahaz.
28:23 For he sacrificed unto the gods of
Damascus, which smote him:
and he said, Because the gods of the kings
of Syria help them,
therefore will I sacrifice to them, that
they may help me. But they
were the ruin of him, and of all Israel.
28:24 And Ahaz gathered together the vessels
of the house of God, and
cut in pieces the vessels of the house of
God, and shut up the doors
of the house of the LORD, and he made him
altars in every corner of
Jerusalem.
28:25 And in every several city of Judah he
made high places to burn
incense unto other gods, and provoked to
anger the LORD God of his
fathers.
28:26 Now the rest of his acts and of all
his ways, first and last,
behold, they are written in the book of the
kings of Judah and Israel.
28:27 And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and
they buried him in the
city, even in Jerusalem: but they brought
him not into the sepulchres
of the kings of Israel: and Hezekiah his son
reigned in his stead.
29:1 Hezekiah began to reign when he was
five and twenty years old,
and he reigned nine and twenty years in
Jerusalem. And his mother's
name was Abijah, the daughter of Zechariah.
29:2 And he did that which was right in the
sight of the LORD,
according to all that David his father had
done.
29:3 He in the first year of his reign, in
the first month, opened the
doors of the house of the LORD, and repaired
them.
29:4 And he brought in the priests and the
Levites, and gathered them
together into the east street, 29:5 And said
unto them, Hear me, ye
Levites, sanctify now yourselves, and
sanctify the house of the LORD
God of your fathers, and carry forth the
filthiness out of the holy
place.
29:6 For our fathers have trespassed, and
done that which was evil in
the eyes of the LORD our God, and have
forsaken him, and have turned
away their faces from the habitation of the
LORD, and turned their
backs.
29:7 Also they have shut up the doors of the
porch, and put out the
lamps, and have not burned incense nor
offered burnt offerings in the
holy place unto the God of Israel.
29:8 Wherefore the wrath of the LORD was
upon Judah and Jerusalem, and
he hath delivered them to trouble, to
astonishment, and to hissing, as
ye see with your eyes.
29:9 For, lo, our fathers have fallen by the
sword, and our sons and
our daughters and our wives are in captivity
for this.
29:10 Now it is in mine heart to make a
covenant with the LORD God of
Israel, that his fierce wrath may turn away
from us.
29:11 My sons, be not now negligent: for the
LORD hath chosen you to
stand before him, to serve him, and that ye
should minister unto him,
and burn incense.
29:12 Then the Levites arose, Mahath the son
of Amasai, and Joel the
son of Azariah, of the sons of the
Kohathites: and of the sons of
Merari, Kish the son of Abdi, and Azariah
the son of Jehalelel: and of
the Gershonites; Joah the son of Zimmah, and
Eden the son of Joah:
29:13 And of the sons of Elizaphan; Shimri,
and Jeiel: and of the sons
of Asaph; Zechariah, and Mattaniah: 29:14
And of the sons of Heman;
Jehiel, and Shimei: and of the sons of
Jeduthun; Shemaiah, and Uzziel.
29:15 And they gathered their brethren, and
sanctified themselves, and
came, according to the commandment of the
king, by the words of the
LORD, to cleanse the house of the LORD.
29:16 And the priests went into the inner
part of the house of the
LORD, to cleanse it, and brought out all the
uncleanness that they
found in the temple of the LORD into the
court of the house of the
LORD. And the Levites took it, to carry it
out abroad into the brook
Kidron.
29:17 Now they began on the first day of the
first month to sanctify,
and on the eighth day of the month came they
to the porch of the LORD:
so they sanctified the house of the LORD in
eight days; and in the
sixteenth day of the first month they made
an end.
29:18 Then they went in to Hezekiah the
king, and said, We have
cleansed all the house of the LORD, and the
altar of burnt offering,
with all the vessels thereof, and the
shewbread table, with all the
vessels thereof.
29:19 Moreover all the vessels, which king
Ahaz in his reign did cast
away in his transgression, have we prepared
and sanctified, and,
behold, they are before the altar of the
LORD.
29:20 Then Hezekiah the king rose early, and
gathered the rulers of
the city, and went up to the house of the
LORD.
29:21 And they brought seven bullocks, and
seven rams, and seven
lambs, and seven he goats, for a sin
offering for the kingdom, and for
the sanctuary, and for Judah. And he
commanded the priests the sons of
Aaron to offer them on the altar of the
LORD.
29:22 So they killed the bullocks, and the
priests received the blood,
and sprinkled it on the altar: likewise,
when they had killed the
rams, they sprinkled the blood upon the
altar: they killed also the
lambs, and they sprinkled the blood upon the
altar.
29:23 And they brought forth the he goats
for the sin offering before
the king and the congregation; and they laid
their hands upon them:
29:24 And the priests killed them, and they
made reconciliation with
their blood upon the altar, to make an
atonement for all Israel: for
the king commanded that the burnt offering
and the sin offering should
be made for all Israel.
29:25 And he set the Levites in the house of
the LORD with cymbals,
with psalteries, and with harps, according
to the commandment of
David, and of Gad the king's seer, and
Nathan the prophet: for so was
the commandment of the LORD by his prophets.
29:26 And the Levites stood with the
instruments of David, and the
priests with the trumpets.
29:27 And Hezekiah commanded to offer the
burnt offering upon the
altar.
And when the burnt offering began, the song
of the LORD began also
with the trumpets, and with the instruments
ordained by David king of
Israel.
29:28 And all the congregation worshipped,
and the singers sang, and
the trumpeters sounded: and all this
continued until the burnt
offering was finished.
29:29 And when they had made an end of
offering, the king and all that
were present with him bowed themselves, and
worshipped.
29:30 Moreover Hezekiah the king and the
princes commanded the Levites
to sing praise unto the LORD with the words
of David, and of Asaph the
seer. And they sang praises with gladness,
and they bowed their heads
and worshipped.
29:31 Then Hezekiah answered and said, Now
ye have consecrated
yourselves unto the LORD, come near and
bring sacrifices and thank
offerings into the house of the LORD. And
the congregation brought in
sacrifices and thank offerings; and as many
as were of a free heart
burnt offerings.
29:32 And the number of the burnt offerings,
which the congregation
brought, was threescore and ten bullocks, an
hundred rams, and two
hundred lambs: all these were for a burnt
offering to the LORD.
29:33 And the consecrated things were six
hundred oxen and three
thousand sheep.
29:34 But the priests were too few, so that
they could not flay all
the burnt offerings: wherefore their
brethren the Levites did help
them, till the work was ended, and until the
other priests had
sanctified themselves: for the Levites were
more upright in heart to
sanctify themselves than the priests.
29:35 And also the burnt offerings were in
abundance, with the fat of
the peace offerings, and the drink offerings
for every burnt offering.
So the service of the house of the LORD was
set in order.
29:36 And Hezekiah rejoiced, and all the
people, that God had prepared
the people: for the thing was done suddenly. |
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