\NormalFont\ShortTitle{2 Kings}

{\MT The Second Book of the Kings

\par }{\MTB Commonly Called the Fourth Book of the Kings



\par }\ChapOne{1}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Then
Moab
rebelled against
Israel
after the
death of
Ahab.

\VS{2}And
Ahaziah fell
down through a
lattice in his upper
chamber that
{\ADD{was}} in
Samaria, and was
sick: and he
sent
messengers, and
said unto them,
Go,
enquire of
Baal-zebub the
god of
Ekron whether I shall
recover of this
disease.

\VS{3}But the
angel of the
{\ND{LORD}}
said to
Elijah the
Tishbite,
Arise, go
up to
meet the
messengers of the
king of
Samaria, and
say unto them,
{\ADD{Is it}} not because
{\ADD{there is}} not a
God in
Israel,
{\ADD{that}} ye
go to
enquire of
Baal-zebub the
god of
Ekron?

\VS{4}Now therefore thus
saith the
{\ND{LORD}}, Thou shalt not come
down from that
bed on which thou art gone
up, but shalt
surely
die. And
Elijah
departed.\FTNT{*}{{\FR 1.4 }{\FT{Thou shalt…: Heb. The bed whither thou art gone up, thou shalt not come down from it}}}


\par }{\PP \VS{5}¶ And when the
messengers turned
back unto him, he
said unto them, Why are ye
now turned
back?

\VS{6}And they
said unto him, There
came a
man
up to
meet us, and
said unto us,
Go, turn
again unto the
king that
sent you, and
say unto him, Thus
saith the
{\ND{LORD}},
{\ADD{Is it}} not because
{\ADD{there is}} not a
God in
Israel,
{\ADD{that}} thou
sendest to
enquire of
Baal-zebub the
god of
Ekron? therefore thou shalt not come
down from that
bed on which thou art gone
up, but shalt
surely
die.

\VS{7}And he
said unto them, What
manner of
man
{\ADD{was he}} which came
up to
meet you, and
told you these
words?\FTNT{†}{{\FR 1.7 }{\FT{What…: Heb. What was the manner of the man}}}

\VS{8}And they
answered him,
{\ADD{He was}} an
hairy
man, and
girt with a
girdle of
leather about his
loins. And he
said, It
{\ADD{is}}
Elijah the
Tishbite.


\par }{\PP \VS{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.

\VS{10}And
Elijah
answered and
said to the
captain of
fifty, If I
{\ADD{be}} a
man of
God, then let
fire come
down from
heaven, and
consume thee and thy
fifty. And there came
down
fire from
heaven, and
consumed him and his
fifty.

\VS{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.

\VS{12}And
Elijah
answered and
said unto them, If I
{\ADD{be}} a
man of
God, let
fire come
down from
heaven, and
consume thee and thy
fifty. And the
fire of
God came
down from
heaven, and
consumed him and his
fifty.


\par }{\PP \VS{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.\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 1.13 }{\FT{fell: Heb. bowed}}}

\VS{14}Behold, there
came
fire
down from
heaven, and burnt
up the
two
captains of the
former
fifties with their
fifties: therefore let my
life now be
precious in thy
sight.

\VS{15}And the
angel of the
{\ND{LORD}}
said unto
Elijah, Go
down with him: be not
afraid of
him. And he
arose, and went
down with him unto the
king.

\VS{16}And he
said unto him, Thus
saith the
{\ND{LORD}}, Forasmuch as thou hast
sent
messengers to
enquire of
Baal-zebub the
god of
Ekron,
{\ADD{is it}} not because
{\ADD{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.


\par }{\PP \VS{17}¶ So he
died according to the
word of the
{\ND{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.

\VS{18}Now the
rest of the
acts of
Ahaziah which he
did,
{\ADD{are}} they not
written in the
book of the
chronicles of the
kings of
Israel?




\par }\Chap{2}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And it came to pass, when the
{\ND{LORD}} would take
up
Elijah into
heaven by a
whirlwind, that
Elijah
went with
Elisha from
Gilgal.

\VS{2}And
Elijah
said unto
Elisha,
Tarry here, I pray thee; for the
{\ND{LORD}} hath
sent me to
Beth-el. And
Elisha
said
{\ADD{unto him, As}} the
{\ND{LORD}}
liveth, and
{\ADD{as}} thy
soul
liveth, I will not
leave thee. So they went
down to
Beth-el.

\VS{3}And the
sons of the
prophets that
{\ADD{were}} at
Beth-el came
forth to
Elisha, and
said unto him,
Knowest thou that the
{\ND{LORD}} will take
away thy
master from thy
head to
day? And he
said, Yea, I
know
{\ADD{it;}} hold ye your
peace.

\VS{4}And
Elijah
said unto him,
Elisha,
tarry here, I pray thee; for the
{\ND{LORD}} hath
sent me to
Jericho. And he
said,
{\ADD{As}} the
{\ND{LORD}}
liveth, and
{\ADD{as}} thy
soul
liveth, I will not
leave thee. So they
came to
Jericho.

\VS{5}And the
sons of the
prophets that
{\ADD{were}} at
Jericho
came to
Elisha, and
said unto him,
Knowest thou that the
{\ND{LORD}} will take
away thy
master from thy
head to
day? And he
answered, Yea, I
know
{\ADD{it;}} hold ye your
peace.

\VS{6}And
Elijah
said unto him,
Tarry, I pray thee, here; for the
{\ND{LORD}} hath
sent me to
Jordan. And he
said,
{\ADD{As}} the
{\ND{LORD}}
liveth, and
{\ADD{as}} thy
soul
liveth, I will not
leave thee. And they
two went
on.

\VS{7}And
fifty
men of the
sons of the
prophets
went, and
stood to
view afar
off: and they
two
stood by
Jordan.\FTNT{*}{{\FR 2.7 }{\FT{to view: Heb. in sight, or, over against}}}

\VS{8}And
Elijah
took his
mantle, and wrapped
{\ADD{it}}
together, and
smote the
waters, and they were
divided hither and thither, so that they
two went
over on
dry ground.


\par }{\PP \VS{9}¶ And it came to pass, when they were gone
over, that
Elijah
said unto
Elisha,
Ask what I shall
do for thee, before I be taken
away from thee. And
Elisha
said, I pray thee, let a
double
portion of thy
spirit be upon me.

\VS{10}And he
said, Thou hast
asked a hard
thing:
{\ADD{nevertheless}}, if thou
see me
{\ADD{when I am}}
taken from thee, it shall be so unto thee; but if not, it shall not be
{\ADD{so}}.\FTNT{†}{{\FR 2.10 }{\FT{Thou hast…: Heb. Thou hast done hard in asking}}}

\VS{11}And it came to pass, as they
still went
on, and
talked, that, behold,
{\ADD{there appeared}} a
chariot of
fire, and
horses of
fire, and
parted them
both
asunder; and
Elijah went
up by a
whirlwind into
heaven.


\par }{\PP \VS{12}¶ And
Elisha
saw
{\ADD{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.


\par }{\PP \VS{13}He took
up also the
mantle of
Elijah that
fell from him, and went
back, and
stood by the
bank of
Jordan;\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 2.13 }{\FT{bank: Heb. lip}}}

\VS{14}And he
took the
mantle of
Elijah that
fell from him, and
smote the
waters, and
said, Where
{\ADD{is}} the
{\ND{LORD}}
God of
Elijah? and when he also had
smitten the
waters, they
parted hither and thither: and
Elisha went
over.

\VS{15}And when the
sons of the
prophets which
{\ADD{were}} to view at
Jericho
saw him, they
said, The
spirit of
Elijah doth
rest on
Elisha. And they
came to
meet him, and
bowed themselves to the
ground before him.


\par }{\PP \VS{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
{\ND{LORD}} hath taken him
up, and
cast him upon
some
mountain, or into
some
valley. And he
said, Ye shall not
send.\FTNT{§}{{\FR 2.16 }{\FT{strong…: Heb. sons of strength}}}\FTNT{**}{{\FR 2.16 }{\FT{some mountain: Heb. one of the mountains}}}

\VS{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.

\VS{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?


\par }{\PP \VS{19}¶ And the
men of the
city
said unto
Elisha, Behold, I pray thee, the
situation of this
city
{\ADD{is}}
pleasant, as my
lord
seeth: but the
water
{\ADD{is}}
naught, and the
ground
barren.\FTNT{††}{{\FR 2.19 }{\FT{barren: Heb. causing to miscarry}}}

\VS{20}And he
said,
Bring me a
new
cruse, and
put
salt therein. And they
brought
{\ADD{it}} to him.

\VS{21}And he went
forth unto the
spring of the
waters, and
cast the
salt in there, and
said, Thus
saith the
{\ND{LORD}}, I have
healed these
waters; there shall not be from thence any more
death or
barren
{\ADD{land}}.

\VS{22}So the
waters were
healed unto this
day, according to the
saying of
Elisha which he
spake.


\par }{\PP \VS{23}¶ And he went
up from thence unto
Beth-el: 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.

\VS{24}And he
turned
back, and
looked on them, and
cursed them in the
name of the
{\ND{LORD}}. And there came
forth
two she
bears out of the
wood, and
tare
forty and
two
children of them.

\VS{25}And he
went from thence to
mount
Carmel, and from thence he
returned to
Samaria.




\par }\Chap{3}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Now
Jehoram the
son of
Ahab began to
reign over
Israel in
Samaria the
eighteenth
year of
Jehoshaphat
king of
Judah, and
reigned
twelve
years.

\VS{2}And he
wrought
evil in the
sight of the
{\ND{LORD}}; but not like his
father, and like his
mother: for he put
away the
image of
Baal that his
father had
made.\FTNT{*}{{\FR 3.2 }{\FT{image: Heb. statue}}}

\VS{3}Nevertheless he
cleaved unto the
sins of
Jeroboam the
son of
Nebat, which made
Israel to
sin; he
departed not therefrom.


\par }{\PP \VS{4}¶ And
Mesha
king of
Moab was a
sheepmaster, and
rendered unto the
king of
Israel an
hundred
thousand
lambs, and an
hundred
thousand
rams, with the
wool.

\VS{5}But it came to pass, when
Ahab was
dead, that the
king of
Moab
rebelled against the
king of
Israel.


\par }{\PP \VS{6}¶ And
king
Jehoram went
out of
Samaria the same
time, and
numbered all
Israel.

\VS{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
{\ADD{am}} as thou
{\ADD{art}}, my
people as thy
people,
{\ADD{and}} my
horses as thy
horses.

\VS{8}And he
said, Which
way shall we go
up? And he
answered, The
way through the
wilderness of
Edom.

\VS{9}So the
king of
Israel
went, and the
king of
Judah, and the
king of
Edom: and they fetched a
compass of
seven
days’
journey: and there was no
water for the
host, and for the
cattle that
followed them.\FTNT{†}{{\FR 3.9 }{\FT{that…: Heb. at their feet}}}

\VS{10}And the
king of
Israel
said,
Alas! that the
{\ND{LORD}} hath
called these
three
kings
together, to
deliver them into the
hand of
Moab!

\VS{11}But
Jehoshaphat
said,
{\ADD{Is there}} not here a
prophet of the
{\ND{LORD}}, that we may
enquire of the
{\ND{LORD}} by him? And
one of the
king of
Israel’s
servants
answered and
said, Here
{\ADD{is}}
Elisha the
son of
Shaphat, which
poured
water on the
hands of
Elijah.

\VS{12}And
Jehoshaphat
said, The
word of the
{\ND{LORD}}
is with him. So the
king of
Israel and
Jehoshaphat and the
king of
Edom went
down to him.

\VS{13}And
Elisha
said unto the
king of
Israel, What have I to do with thee?
get thee to the
prophets of thy
father, and to the
prophets of thy
mother. And the
king of
Israel
said unto him, Nay: for the
{\ND{LORD}} hath
called these
three
kings
together, to
deliver them into the
hand of
Moab.

\VS{14}And
Elisha
said,
{\ADD{As}} the
{\ND{LORD}} of
hosts
liveth,
before whom I
stand, surely, were it not
that I
regard the
presence of
Jehoshaphat the
king of
Judah, I would not
look toward thee, nor
see thee.

\VS{15}But now
bring me a
minstrel. And it came to pass, when the
minstrel
played, that the
hand of the
{\ND{LORD}} came upon him.

\VS{16}And he
said, Thus
saith the
{\ND{LORD}},
Make this
valley full of
ditches.

\VS{17}For thus
saith the
{\ND{LORD}}, Ye shall not
see
wind, neither shall ye
see
rain; yet that
valley shall be
filled with
water, that ye may
drink, both ye, and your
cattle, and your
beasts.

\VS{18}And this is
{\ADD{but}} a light
thing in the
sight of the
{\ND{LORD}}: he will
deliver the
Moabites also into your
hand.

\VS{19}And ye shall
smite every
fenced
city, and every
choice
city, and shall
fell every
good
tree, and
stop all
wells of
water, and
mar every
good
piece of land with
stones.\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 3.19 }{\FT{mar: Heb. grieve}}}


\par }{\PP \VS{20}And it came to pass in the
morning, when the meat
offering was
offered, that, behold, there
came
water by the
way of
Edom, and the
country was
filled with
water.


\par }{\PP \VS{21}¶ And when all the
Moabites
heard that the
kings were come
up to
fight against them, they
gathered all that were able to
put on
armour, and
upward, and
stood in the
border.\FTNT{§}{{\FR 3.21 }{\FT{gathered: Heb. were cried together}}}\FTNT{**}{{\FR 3.21 }{\FT{put on…: Heb. gird himself with a girdle}}}

\VS{22}And they rose up
early in the
morning, and the
sun
shone upon the
water, and the
Moabites
saw the
water on the other
side
{\ADD{as}}
red as
blood:

\VS{23}And they
said, This
{\ADD{is}}
blood: the
kings are
surely
slain, and they have
smitten
one
another: now therefore,
Moab, to the
spoil.\FTNT{††}{{\FR 3.23 }{\FT{slain: Heb. destroyed}}}

\VS{24}And when they
came to the
camp of
Israel, the
Israelites rose
up and
smote the
Moabites, so that they
fled
before them: but they went
forward
smiting the
Moabites, even in
{\ADD{their}} country.\FTNT{‡‡}{{\FR 3.24 }{\FT{they went…: or, they smote in it even smiting}}}

\VS{25}And they beat
down the
cities, and on every
good
piece of land
cast every
man his
stone, and
filled it; and they
stopped all the
wells of
water, and
felled all the
good
trees: only in
Kir-haraseth
left they the
stones thereof; howbeit the
slingers went
about
{\ADD{it}}, and
smote it.\FTNT{§§}{{\FR 3.25 }{\FT{only in…: Heb. until he left its stones in Kir-haraseth}}}


\par }{\PP \VS{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
{\ADD{even}} unto the
king of
Edom: but they
could not.

\VS{27}Then he
took his
eldest
son that should have
reigned in his stead, and
offered him
{\ADD{for}} a burnt
offering upon the
wall. And there was
great
indignation against
Israel: and they
departed from him, and
returned to
{\ADD{their own}}
land.




\par }\Chap{4}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Now there
cried a
certain
woman of the
wives of the
sons of the
prophets unto
Elisha,
saying, Thy
servant my
husband is
dead; and thou
knowest that thy
servant did
fear the
{\ND{LORD}}: and the
creditor is
come to
take unto him my
two
sons to be
bondmen.

\VS{2}And
Elisha
said unto her, What shall I
do for thee?
tell me, what
hast thou in the
house? And she
said, Thine
handmaid hath not any thing in the
house, save a
pot of
oil.

\VS{3}Then he
said,
Go,
borrow thee
vessels
abroad of all thy
neighbours,
{\ADD{even}}
empty
vessels; borrow not a
few.\FTNT{*}{{\FR 4.3 }{\FT{borrow not…: or, scant not}}}

\VS{4}And when thou art come
in, thou shalt
shut the
door upon thee and upon thy
sons, and shalt pour
out into all those
vessels, and thou shalt set
aside that which is
full.

\VS{5}So she
went from him, and
shut the
door upon her and
upon her
sons,
who
brought
{\ADD{the vessels}} to her; and she poured
out.

\VS{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,
{\ADD{There is}} not a
vessel more. And the
oil
stayed.

\VS{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.\FTNT{†}{{\FR 4.7 }{\FT{debt: or, creditor}}}


\par }{\PP \VS{8}¶ And it fell on a
day, that
Elisha
passed to
Shunem, where
{\ADD{was}} a
great
woman; and she
constrained him to
eat
bread. And
{\ADD{so}} it was,
{\ADD{that}} as
oft as he passed
by, he
turned in thither to
eat
bread.\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 4.8 }{\FT{it fell on a day: Heb. there was a day}}}\FTNT{§}{{\FR 4.8 }{\FT{constrained him: Heb. laid hold on him}}}

\VS{9}And she
said unto her
husband, Behold now, I
perceive that this
{\ADD{is}} an
holy
man of
God, which
passeth by us
continually.

\VS{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.

\VS{11}And it fell on a
day, that he
came thither, and he
turned into the
chamber, and
lay there.

\VS{12}And he
said to
Gehazi his
servant,
Call this
Shunammite. And when he had
called her, she
stood
before him.

\VS{13}And he
said unto him,
Say now unto her, Behold, thou hast been
careful for us with all this
care; what
{\ADD{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.

\VS{14}And he
said, What then
{\ADD{is}} to be
done for her? And
Gehazi
answered,
Verily she hath no
child, and her
husband is
old.

\VS{15}And he
said,
Call her. And when he had
called her, she
stood in the
door.

\VS{16}And he
said, About this
season, according to the
time of
life, thou shalt
embrace a
son. And she
said, Nay, my
lord,
{\ADD{thou}}
man of
God, do not
lie unto thine
handmaid.\FTNT{**}{{\FR 4.16 }{\FT{season: Heb. set time}}}

\VS{17}And the
woman
conceived, and
bare a
son at that
season that
Elisha had
said unto her, according to the
time of
life.


\par }{\PP \VS{18}¶ And when the
child was
grown, it fell on a
day, that he went
out to his
father to the
reapers.

\VS{19}And he
said unto his
father, My
head, my
head. And he
said to a
lad,
Carry him to his
mother.

\VS{20}And when he had
taken him, and
brought him to his
mother, he
sat on her
knees till
noon, and
{\ADD{then}}
died.

\VS{21}And she went
up, and
laid him on the
bed of the
man of
God, and
shut
{\ADD{the door}} upon him, and went
out.

\VS{22}And she
called unto her
husband, and
said,
Send me, I pray thee,
one of the young
men, and
one of the
asses, that I may
run to the
man of
God, and come
again.

\VS{23}And he
said, Wherefore wilt thou
go to him to
day?
{\ADD{it is}} neither new
moon, nor
sabbath. And she
said,
{\ADD{It shall be}}
well.\FTNT{††}{{\FR 4.23 }{\FT{well: Heb. peace}}}

\VS{24}Then she
saddled an
ass, and
said to her
servant,
Drive, and go
forward;
slack not
{\ADD{thy}}
riding for me, except I
bid thee.\FTNT{‡‡}{{\FR 4.24 }{\FT{slack…: Heb. restrain not for me to ride}}}

\VS{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,
{\ADD{yonder is}}
that
Shunammite:

\VS{26}Run now, I pray thee, to
meet her, and
say unto her,
{\ADD{Is it}}
well with thee?
{\ADD{is it}}
well with thy
husband?
{\ADD{is it}}
well with the
child? And she
answered,
{\ADD{It is}}
well.

\VS{27}And when she
came to the
man of
God to the
hill, she
caught him by the
feet: but
Gehazi came
near to thrust her
away. And the
man of
God
said, Let her
alone; for her
soul
{\ADD{is}}
vexed within her: and the
{\ND{LORD}} hath
hid
{\ADD{it}} from me, and hath not
told me.\FTNT{§§}{{\FR 4.27 }{\FT{him…: Heb. by his feet}}}\FTNT{***}{{\FR 4.27 }{\FT{vexed: Heb. bitter}}}

\VS{28}Then she
said, Did I
desire a
son of my
lord? did I not
say, Do not
deceive me?

\VS{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.

\VS{30}And the
mother of the
child
said,
{\ADD{As}} the
{\ND{LORD}}
liveth, and
{\ADD{as}} thy
soul
liveth, I will not
leave thee. And he
arose, and
followed her.

\VS{31}And
Gehazi passed
on
before them, and
laid the
staff upon the
face of the
child; but
{\ADD{there was}} neither
voice, nor
hearing. Wherefore he went
again to
meet him, and
told him,
saying, The
child is not
awaked.\FTNT{†††}{{\FR 4.31 }{\FT{hearing: Heb. attention}}}

\VS{32}And when
Elisha was
come into the
house, behold, the
child was
dead,
{\ADD{and}}
laid upon his
bed.

\VS{33}He went
in therefore, and
shut the
door upon them
twain, and
prayed unto the
{\ND{LORD}}.

\VS{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.

\VS{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.\FTNT{‡‡‡}{{\FR 4.35 }{\FT{to and fro: Heb. once hither and once thither}}}

\VS{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.

\VS{37}Then she went
in, and
fell at his
feet, and
bowed herself to the
ground, and took
up her
son, and went
out.


\par }{\PP \VS{38}¶ And
Elisha came
again to
Gilgal: and
{\ADD{there was}} a
dearth in the
land; and the
sons of the
prophets
{\ADD{were}}
sitting
before him: and he
said unto his
servant,
Set on the
great
pot, and
seethe
pottage for the
sons of the
prophets.

\VS{39}And
one went
out into the
field to
gather
herbs, and
found a
wild
vine, and
gathered thereof
wild
gourds his
lap
full, and
came and
shred
{\ADD{them}} into the
pot of
pottage: for they
knew
{\ADD{them}} not.

\VS{40}So they poured
out for the
men to
eat. And it came to pass, as they were
eating of the
pottage, that they cried
out, and
said, O
{\ADD{thou}}
man of
God,
{\ADD{there is}}
death in the
pot. And they
could not
eat
{\ADD{thereof}}.

\VS{41}But he
said, Then
bring
meal. And he
cast
{\ADD{it}} into the
pot; and he
said, Pour
out for the
people, that they may
eat. And there was no
harm in the
pot.\FTNT{§§§}{{\FR 4.41 }{\FT{harm: Heb. evil thing}}}


\par }{\PP \VS{42}¶ And there
came a
man from
Baal-shalisha, 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.\FTNT{*}{{\FR 4.42 }{\FT{the husk…: or, his scrip, or, garment}}}

\VS{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
{\ND{LORD}}, They shall
eat, and shall
leave
{\ADD{thereof}}.

\VS{44}So he
set
{\ADD{it}}
before them, and they did
eat, and
left
{\ADD{thereof}}, according to the
word of the
{\ND{LORD}}.




\par }\Chap{5}{\PP \VerseOne{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
{\ND{LORD}} had
given
deliverance unto
Syria: he was also a
mighty
man in
valour,
{\ADD{but he was}} a
leper.\FTNT{*}{{\FR 5.1 }{\FT{with: Heb. before}}}\FTNT{†}{{\FR 5.1 }{\FT{honourable: or, gracious: Heb. lifted up, or, accepted in countenance}}}\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 5.1 }{\FT{deliverance: or, victory}}}

\VS{2}And the
Syrians had gone
out by
companies, and had brought away
captive out of the
land of
Israel a
little
maid; and she waited
on
Naaman’s
wife.\FTNT{§}{{\FR 5.2 }{\FT{waited…: Heb. was before}}}

\VS{3}And she
said unto her
mistress,
Would God my
lord
{\ADD{were}}
with the
prophet that
{\ADD{is}} in
Samaria!
for he would
recover him of his
leprosy.\FTNT{**}{{\FR 5.3 }{\FT{with: Heb. before}}}\FTNT{††}{{\FR 5.3 }{\FT{recover: Heb. gather in}}}

\VS{4}And
{\ADD{one}} went
in, and
told his
lord,
saying, Thus and thus
said the
maid that
{\ADD{is}} of the
land of
Israel.

\VS{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
{\ADD{pieces}} of
gold, and
ten
changes of
raiment.\FTNT{‡‡}{{\FR 5.5 }{\FT{with…: Heb. in his hand}}}

\VS{6}And he
brought the
letter to the
king of
Israel,
saying, Now when this
letter is
come unto thee, behold, I have
{\ADD{therewith}}
sent
Naaman my
servant to thee, that thou mayest
recover him of his
leprosy.

\VS{7}And it came to pass, when the
king of
Israel had
read the
letter, that he
rent his
clothes, and
said,
{\ADD{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.


\par }{\PP \VS{8}¶ And it was
{\ADD{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.


\par }{\PP \VS{9}So
Naaman
came with his
horses and with his
chariot, and
stood at the
door of the
house of
Elisha.

\VS{10}And
Elisha
sent a
messenger unto him,
saying,
Go and
wash in
Jordan
seven
times, and thy
flesh shall come
again to thee, and thou shalt be
clean.

\VS{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
{\ND{LORD}} his
God, and
strike his
hand over the
place, and
recover the
leper.\FTNT{§§}{{\FR 5.11 }{\FT{I thought: Heb. I said}}}\FTNT{***}{{\FR 5.11 }{\FT{I thought…: or, I said with myself, He will surely come out, etc: Heb. I said}}}\FTNT{†††}{{\FR 5.11 }{\FT{strike: Heb. move up and down}}}

\VS{12}{\ADD{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.\FTNT{‡‡‡}{{\FR 5.12 }{\FT{Abana: or, Amana}}}

\VS{13}And his
servants came
near, and
spake unto him, and
said, My
father,
{\ADD{if}} the
prophet had
bid thee
{\ADD{do some}}
great
thing, wouldest thou not have
done
{\ADD{it}}? how much rather
then, when he
saith to thee,
Wash, and be
clean?

\VS{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.


\par }{\PP \VS{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
{\ADD{there is}} no
God in all the
earth, but in
Israel: now therefore, I pray thee,
take a
blessing of thy
servant.

\VS{16}But he
said,
{\ADD{As}} the
{\ND{LORD}}
liveth,
before whom I
stand, I will
receive none. And he
urged him to
take
{\ADD{it;}} but he
refused.

\VS{17}And
Naaman
said, Shall there not then, I pray thee, be
given to thy
servant
two
mules’
burden of
earth? for thy
servant will henceforth
offer neither burnt
offering nor
sacrifice unto
other
gods, but unto the
{\ND{LORD}}.

\VS{18}In this
thing the
{\ND{LORD}}
pardon thy
servant,
{\ADD{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
{\ND{LORD}}
pardon thy
servant in this
thing.

\VS{19}And he
said unto him,
Go in
peace. So he
departed from him a
little
way.\FTNT{§§§}{{\FR 5.19 }{\FT{a little…: Heb. a little piece of ground}}}


\par }{\PP \VS{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,
{\ADD{as}} the
{\ND{LORD}}
liveth, I will
run
after him, and
take
somewhat of him.

\VS{21}So
Gehazi
followed
after
Naaman. And when
Naaman
saw
{\ADD{him}}
running
after him, he lighted
down from the
chariot to
meet him, and
said,
{\ADD{Is}} all
well?\FTNT{*}{{\FR 5.21 }{\FT{Is…: Heb. Is there peace?}}}

\VS{22}And he
said, All
{\ADD{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.

\VS{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
{\ADD{them}} upon
two of his
servants; and they
bare
{\ADD{them}}
before him.

\VS{24}And when he
came to the
tower, he
took
{\ADD{them}} from their
hand, and
bestowed
{\ADD{them}} in the
house: and he let the
men
go, and they
departed.\FTNT{†}{{\FR 5.24 }{\FT{tower: or, secret place}}}

\VS{25}But he went
in, and
stood before his
master. And
Elisha
said unto him,
Whence
{\ADD{comest thou}},
Gehazi? And he
said, Thy
servant
went no
whither.\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 5.25 }{\FT{no whither: Heb. not hither or thither}}}

\VS{26}And he
said unto him,
Went not mine
heart
{\ADD{with thee}}, when the
man
turned again from his
chariot to
meet thee?
{\ADD{Is it}} a
time to
receive
money, and to
receive
garments, and
oliveyards, and
vineyards, and
sheep, and
oxen, and
menservants, and
maidservants?

\VS{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
{\ADD{as white}} as
snow.




\par }\Chap{6}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And the
sons of the
prophets
said
unto
Elisha, Behold now, the
place where we
dwell with thee is too
strait for us.

\VS{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.

\VS{3}And
one
said, Be
content, I pray thee, and
go with thy
servants. And he
answered, I will
go.

\VS{4}So he
went with them. And when they
came to
Jordan, they cut
down
wood.

\VS{5}But as
one was
felling a
beam, the axe
head
fell into the
water: and he
cried, and
said,
Alas,
master! for it was
borrowed.\FTNT{*}{{\FR 6.5 }{\FT{axe head: Heb. iron}}}

\VS{6}And the
man of
God
said,
Where
fell it? And he
shewed him the
place. And he cut
down a
stick, and
cast
{\ADD{it}} in thither; and the
iron did
swim.

\VS{7}Therefore
said he, Take
{\ADD{it}}
up to thee. And he put
out his
hand, and
took it.


\par }{\PP \VS{8}¶ Then the
king of
Syria
warred against
Israel, and took
counsel with his
servants,
saying, In
such and
such a
place
{\ADD{shall be}} my
camp.\FTNT{†}{{\FR 6.8 }{\FT{camp: or, encamping}}}

\VS{9}And the
man of
God
sent unto the
king of
Israel,
saying,
Beware that thou
pass not
such a
place; for thither the
Syrians are come
down.

\VS{10}And the
king of
Israel
sent to the
place which the
man of
God
told him and
warned him of, and
saved himself there, not
once nor
twice.

\VS{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
{\ADD{is}} for the
king of
Israel?

\VS{12}And
one of his
servants
said, None, my
lord, O
king: but
Elisha, the
prophet that
{\ADD{is}} in
Israel,
telleth the
king of
Israel the
words that thou
speakest in thy
bedchamber.\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 6.12 }{\FT{None: Heb. No}}}


\par }{\PP \VS{13}¶ And he
said,
Go and
spy
where he
{\ADD{is}}, that I may
send and
fetch him. And it was
told him,
saying, Behold,
{\ADD{he is}} in
Dothan.

\VS{14}Therefore
sent he thither
horses, and
chariots, and a
great
host: and they
came by
night, and
compassed the
city
about.\FTNT{§}{{\FR 6.14 }{\FT{great: Heb. heavy}}}

\VS{15}And when the
servant of the
man of
God was
risen
early, and gone
forth, behold, an
host
compassed the
city both with
horses and
chariots. And his
servant
said unto him,
Alas, my
master! how shall we
do?\FTNT{**}{{\FR 6.15 }{\FT{the servant: or, the minister}}}

\VS{16}And he
answered,
Fear not: for they that
{\ADD{be}} with us
{\ADD{are}}
more than they that
{\ADD{be}} with them.

\VS{17}And
Elisha
prayed, and
said,
{\ND{LORD}}, I pray thee,
open his
eyes, that he may
see. And the
{\ND{LORD}}
opened the
eyes of the young
man; and he
saw: and, behold, the
mountain
{\ADD{was}}
full of
horses and
chariots of
fire round
about
Elisha.

\VS{18}And when they came
down to him,
Elisha
prayed unto the
{\ND{LORD}}, and
said,
Smite this
people, I pray thee, with
blindness. And he
smote them with
blindness according to the
word of
Elisha.


\par }{\PP \VS{19}¶ And
Elisha
said unto them, This
{\ADD{is}} not the
way, neither
{\ADD{is}}
this the
city:
follow me, and I will
bring you to the
man whom ye
seek. But he
led them to
Samaria.\FTNT{††}{{\FR 6.19 }{\FT{follow…: Heb. come ye after me}}}

\VS{20}And it came to pass, when they were
come into
Samaria, that
Elisha
said,
{\ND{LORD}},
open the
eyes of these
{\ADD{men}}, that they may
see. And the
{\ND{LORD}}
opened their
eyes, and they
saw; and, behold,
{\ADD{they were}} in the
midst of
Samaria.

\VS{21}And the
king of
Israel
said unto
Elisha, when he
saw them, My
father, shall I
smite
{\ADD{them}}? shall I
smite
{\ADD{them}}?

\VS{22}And he
answered, Thou shalt not
smite
{\ADD{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.

\VS{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.


\par }{\PP \VS{24}¶ And it came to pass after
this, that
Ben-hadad
king of
Syria
gathered all his
host, and went
up, and
besieged
Samaria.

\VS{25}And there was a
great
famine in
Samaria: and, behold, they
besieged it, until an
ass’s
head was
{\ADD{sold}} for
fourscore
{\ADD{pieces}} of
silver, and the fourth
part of a
cab of
dove’s dung for
five
{\ADD{pieces}} of
silver.

\VS{26}And as the
king of
Israel was passing
by upon the
wall, there
cried a
woman unto him,
saying,
Help, my
lord, O
king.

\VS{27}And he
said, If the
{\ND{LORD}} do not
help thee,
whence shall I
help thee? out of the
barnfloor, or out of the
winepress?\FTNT{‡‡}{{\FR 6.27 }{\FT{If…: or, Let not the
{\ND{LORD}} save thee}}}

\VS{28}And the
king
said unto her, What aileth thee? And she
answered, This
woman
said unto me,
Give thy
son, that we may
eat him to
day, and we will
eat my
son to
morrow.

\VS{29}So we
boiled my
son, and did
eat him: and I
said unto her on the
next
day,
Give thy
son, that we may
eat him: and she hath
hid her
son.\FTNT{§§}{{\FR 6.29 }{\FT{next: Heb. other}}}


\par }{\PP \VS{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,
{\ADD{he had}}
sackcloth
within upon his
flesh.

\VS{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.

\VS{32}But
Elisha
sat in his
house, and the
elders
sat with him; and
{\ADD{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:
{\ADD{is}} not the
sound of his
master’s
feet
behind him?

\VS{33}And while he yet
talked with them, behold, the
messenger came
down unto him: and he
said, Behold, this
evil
{\ADD{is}} of the
{\ND{LORD}}; what should I
wait for the
{\ND{LORD}} any longer?




\par }\Chap{7}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Then
Elisha
said,
Hear ye the
word of the
{\ND{LORD}}; Thus
saith the
{\ND{LORD}}, To
morrow about this
time
{\ADD{shall}} a
measure of fine
flour
{\ADD{be sold}} for a
shekel, and two
measures of
barley for a
shekel, in the
gate of
Samaria.

\VS{2}Then a
lord on whose
hand the
king
leaned
answered the
man of
God, and
said, Behold,
{\ADD{if}} the
{\ND{LORD}} would
make
windows in
heaven, might this
thing be? And he
said, Behold, thou shalt
see
{\ADD{it}} with thine
eyes, but shalt not
eat thereof.\FTNT{*}{{\FR 7.2 }{\FT{a lord…: Heb. a lord which belonged to the king leaning upon his hand}}}


\par }{\PP \VS{3}¶ And there were
four
leprous
men at the entering
in of the
gate: and they
said
one to
another, Why
sit we here until we
die?

\VS{4}If we
say, We will
enter into the
city, then the
famine
{\ADD{is}} in the
city, and we shall
die there: and if we sit
still here, we
die also. Now therefore
come, and let us
fall unto the
host of the
Syrians: if they save us
alive, we shall
live; and if they
kill us, we shall but
die.

\VS{5}And they rose
up in the
twilight, to
go unto the
camp of the
Syrians: and when they were
come to the uttermost
part of the
camp of
Syria, behold,
{\ADD{there was}} no
man there.

\VS{6}For the
Lord had made the
host of the
Syrians to
hear a
noise of
chariots, and a
noise of
horses,
{\ADD{even}} the
noise of a
great
host: and they
said
one to
another, Lo, the
king of
Israel hath
hired against us the
kings of the
Hittites, and the
kings of the
Egyptians, to
come upon us.

\VS{7}Wherefore they
arose and
fled in the
twilight, and
left their
tents, and their
horses, and their
asses, even the
camp as it
{\ADD{was}}, and
fled for their
life.

\VS{8}And when these
lepers
came to the uttermost
part of the
camp, they
went into
one
tent, and did
eat and
drink, and
carried thence
silver, and
gold, and
raiment, and
went and
hid
{\ADD{it;}} and came
again, and
entered into
another
tent, and
carried thence
{\ADD{also}}, and
went and
hid
{\ADD{it}}.

\VS{9}Then they
said
one to
another, We
do not well: this
day
{\ADD{is}} a
day of good
tidings, and we hold our
peace: if we
tarry till the
morning
light, some
mischief will
come upon us: now therefore
come, that we may
go and
tell the
king’s
household.\FTNT{†}{{\FR 7.9 }{\FT{some…: Heb. we shall find punishment}}}

\VS{10}So they
came and
called unto the
porter of the
city: and they
told them,
saying, We
came to the
camp of the
Syrians, and, behold,
{\ADD{there was}} no
man there, neither
voice of
man, but
horses
tied, and
asses
tied, and the
tents as they
{\ADD{were}}.

\VS{11}And he
called the
porters; and they
told
{\ADD{it}} to the
king’s
house
within.


\par }{\PP \VS{12}¶ And the
king
arose in the
night, and
said unto his
servants, I will now
shew you what the
Syrians have
done to us. They
know that we
{\ADD{be}}
hungry; therefore are they gone
out of the
camp to
hide themselves in the
field,
saying, When they come
out of the
city, we shall
catch them
alive, and
get into the
city.

\VS{13}And
one of his
servants
answered and
said, Let
{\ADD{some}}
take, I pray thee,
five of the
horses that
remain, which are
left in the city, (behold, they
{\ADD{are}} as all the
multitude of
Israel that are
left in it: behold,
{\ADD{I say}}, they
{\ADD{are}} even as all the
multitude of the
Israelites that are
consumed:) and let us
send and
see.\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 7.13 }{\FT{in the city: Heb. in it}}}

\VS{14}They
took therefore
two
chariot
horses; and the
king
sent
after the
host of the
Syrians,
saying,
Go and
see.

\VS{15}And they
went
after them unto
Jordan: and, lo, all the
way
{\ADD{was}}
full of
garments and
vessels, which the
Syrians had cast
away in their
haste. And the
messengers
returned, and
told the
king.

\VS{16}And the
people went
out, and
spoiled the
tents of the
Syrians. So a
measure of fine
flour was
{\ADD{sold}} for a
shekel, and two
measures of
barley for a
shekel, according to the
word of the
{\ND{LORD}}.


\par }{\PP \VS{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.

\VS{18}And it came to pass as the
man of
God had
spoken to the
king,
saying, Two
measures of
barley for a
shekel, and a
measure of fine
flour for a
shekel, shall be to
morrow about this
time in the
gate of
Samaria:

\VS{19}And that
lord
answered the
man of
God, and
said, Now, behold,
{\ADD{if}} the
{\ND{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.

\VS{20}And so it fell out unto him: for the
people
trode upon him in the
gate, and he
died.




\par }\Chap{8}{\PP \VerseOne{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
{\ND{LORD}} hath
called for a
famine; and it shall also
come upon the
land
seven
years.

\VS{2}And the
woman
arose, and
did after the
saying of the
man of
God: and she
went with her
household, and
sojourned in the
land of the
Philistines
seven
years.

\VS{3}And it came to pass at the
seven
years’
end, that the
woman
returned out of the
land of the
Philistines: and she went
forth to
cry unto the
king for her
house and for her
land.

\VS{4}And the
king
talked with
Gehazi the
servant of the
man of
God,
saying,
Tell me, I pray thee, all the great
things that
Elisha hath
done.

\VS{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
{\ADD{is}} the
woman, and this
{\ADD{is}} her
son, whom
Elisha restored to
life.

\VS{6}And when the
king
asked the
woman, she
told him. So the
king
appointed unto her a
certain
officer,
saying,
Restore all that
{\ADD{was}} hers, and all the
fruits of the
field since the
day that she
left the
land, even until now.\FTNT{*}{{\FR 8.6 }{\FT{officer: or, eunuch}}}


\par }{\PP \VS{7}¶ And
Elisha
came to
Damascus; and
Ben-hadad the
king of
Syria was
sick; and it was
told him,
saying, The
man of
God is
come
hither.

\VS{8}And the
king
said unto
Hazael,
Take a
present in thine
hand, and
go,
meet the
man of
God, and
enquire of the
{\ND{LORD}} by him,
saying, Shall I
recover of this
disease?

\VS{9}So
Hazael
went to
meet him, and
took a
present with
him, even of every good
thing of
Damascus,
forty
camels’
burden, and
came and
stood
before him, and
said, Thy
son
Ben-hadad
king of
Syria hath
sent me to thee,
saying, Shall I
recover of this
disease?\FTNT{†}{{\FR 8.9 }{\FT{with…: Heb. in his hand}}}

\VS{10}And
Elisha
said unto him,
Go,
say unto him, Thou mayest
certainly
recover: howbeit the
{\ND{LORD}} hath
shewed me that he shall
surely
die.

\VS{11}And he
settled his
countenance
stedfastly, until he was
ashamed: and the
man of
God
wept.\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 8.11 }{\FT{stedfastly: Heb. and set it}}}

\VS{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.

\VS{13}And
Hazael
said, But what,
{\ADD{is}} thy
servant a
dog, that he should
do this
great
thing? And
Elisha
answered, The
{\ND{LORD}} hath
shewed me that thou
{\ADD{shalt be}}
king over
Syria.

\VS{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
{\ADD{that}} thou shouldest
surely
recover.

\VS{15}And it came to pass on the
morrow, that he
took a thick
cloth, and
dipped
{\ADD{it}} in
water, and
spread
{\ADD{it}} on his
face, so that he
died: and
Hazael
reigned in his stead.


\par }{\PP \VS{16}¶ And in the
fifth
year of
Joram the
son of
Ahab
king of
Israel,
Jehoshaphat
{\ADD{being}} then
king of
Judah,
Jehoram the
son of
Jehoshaphat
king of
Judah began to
reign.\FTNT{§}{{\FR 8.16 }{\FT{began…: Heb. reigned}}}

\VS{17}Thirty and
two
years
old was he when he began to
reign; and he
reigned
eight
years in
Jerusalem.

\VS{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
{\ND{LORD}}.

\VS{19}Yet the
{\ND{LORD}}
would not
destroy
Judah for
David his
servant’s sake, as he
promised him to
give him
alway a
light,
{\ADD{and}} to his
children.\FTNT{**}{{\FR 8.19 }{\FT{light: Heb. candle, or, lamp}}}


\par }{\PP \VS{20}¶ In his
days
Edom
revolted from under the
hand of
Judah, and
made a
king over themselves.

\VS{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.

\VS{22}Yet
Edom
revolted from under the
hand of
Judah unto this
day. Then
Libnah
revolted at the
same
time.

\VS{23}And the
rest of the
acts of
Joram, and all that he
did,
{\ADD{are}} they not
written in the
book of the
chronicles of the
kings of
Judah?

\VS{24}And
Joram
slept with his
fathers, and was
buried with his
fathers in the
city of
David: and
Ahaziah his
son
reigned in his stead.\FTNT{††}{{\FR 8.24 }{\FT{Ahaziah: also called, Azariah, and Jehoahaz}}}


\par }{\PP \VS{25}¶ In the
twelfth
year of
Joram the
son of
Ahab
king of
Israel did
Ahaziah the
son of
Jehoram
king of
Judah begin to
reign.

\VS{26}Two and
twenty
years
old
{\ADD{was}}
Ahaziah when he began to
reign; and he
reigned
one
year in
Jerusalem. And his
mother’s
name
{\ADD{was}}
Athaliah, the
daughter of
Omri
king of
Israel.\FTNT{‡‡}{{\FR 8.26 }{\FT{daughter: or, granddaughter}}}

\VS{27}And he
walked in the
way of the
house of
Ahab, and
did
evil in the
sight of the
{\ND{LORD}}, as
{\ADD{did}} the
house of
Ahab: for he
{\ADD{was}} the son in
law of the
house of
Ahab.


\par }{\PP \VS{28}¶ And he
went with
Joram the
son of
Ahab to the
war against
Hazael
king of
Syria in
Ramoth-gilead; and the
Syrians
wounded
Joram.

\VS{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.\FTNT{§§}{{\FR 8.29 }{\FT{which…: Heb. wherewith the Syrians had wounded}}}\FTNT{***}{{\FR 8.29 }{\FT{Ramah: called Ramoth}}}\FTNT{†††}{{\FR 8.29 }{\FT{sick: Heb. wounded}}}




\par }\Chap{9}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
Elisha the
prophet
called
one of the
children of the
prophets, and
said unto him, Gird
up thy
loins, and
take this
box of
oil in thine
hand, and
go to
Ramoth-gilead:

\VS{2}And when thou
comest thither, look
out there
Jehu the
son of
Jehoshaphat the
son of
Nimshi, and go
in, and make him arise
up from
among his
brethren, and
carry him to an
inner
chamber;\FTNT{*}{{\FR 9.2 }{\FT{inner…: Heb. chamber in a chamber}}}

\VS{3}Then
take the
box of
oil, and
pour
{\ADD{it}} on his
head, and
say, Thus
saith the
{\ND{LORD}}, I have
anointed thee
king over
Israel. Then
open the
door, and
flee, and
tarry not.


\par }{\PP \VS{4}¶ So the young
man,
{\ADD{even}} the young
man the
prophet,
went to
Ramoth-gilead.

\VS{5}And when he
came, behold, the
captains of the
host
{\ADD{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.

\VS{6}And he
arose, and
went into the
house; and he
poured the
oil on his
head, and
said unto him, Thus
saith the
{\ND{LORD}}
God of
Israel, I have
anointed thee
king over the
people of the
{\ND{LORD}},
{\ADD{even}} over
Israel.

\VS{7}And thou shalt
smite the
house of
Ahab thy
master, that I may
avenge the
blood of my
servants the
prophets, and the
blood of all the
servants of the
{\ND{LORD}}, at the
hand of
Jezebel.

\VS{8}For the whole
house of
Ahab shall
perish: and I will cut
off from
Ahab him that
pisseth against the
wall, and him that is shut
up and
left in
Israel:

\VS{9}And I will
make the
house of
Ahab like the
house of
Jeroboam the
son of
Nebat, and like the
house of
Baasha the
son of
Ahijah:

\VS{10}And the
dogs shall
eat
Jezebel in the
portion of
Jezreel, and
{\ADD{there shall be}} none to
bury
{\ADD{her}}. And he
opened the
door, and
fled.


\par }{\PP \VS{11}¶ Then
Jehu came
forth to the
servants of his
lord: and
{\ADD{one}}
said unto him,
{\ADD{Is}} all
well? wherefore
came this
mad
{\ADD{fellow}} to thee? And he
said unto them, Ye
know the
man, and his
communication.

\VS{12}And they
said,
{\ADD{It is}}
false;
tell us now. And he
said, Thus and thus
spake he to me,
saying, Thus
saith the
{\ND{LORD}}, I have
anointed thee
king over
Israel.

\VS{13}Then they
hasted, and
took every
man his
garment, and
put
{\ADD{it}} under him on the
top of the
stairs, and
blew with
trumpets,
saying,
Jehu is
king.\FTNT{†}{{\FR 9.13 }{\FT{is king: Heb. reigneth}}}

\VS{14}So
Jehu the
son of
Jehoshaphat the
son of
Nimshi
conspired against
Joram. (Now
Joram had
kept
Ramoth-gilead, he and all
Israel,
because of
Hazael
king of
Syria.

\VS{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,
{\ADD{then}} let
none go
forth
{\ADD{nor}}
escape out of the
city to
go to
tell
{\ADD{it}} in
Jezreel.\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 9.15 }{\FT{Joram: Heb. Jehoram but not in verse sixteen}}}\FTNT{§}{{\FR 9.15 }{\FT{had given: Heb. smote}}}\FTNT{**}{{\FR 9.15 }{\FT{let none…: Heb. let no escaper go, etc}}}


\par }{\PP \VS{16}So
Jehu rode in a
chariot, and
went to
Jezreel; for
Joram
lay there. And
Ahaziah
king of
Judah was come
down to
see
Joram.

\VS{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,
{\ADD{Is it}}
peace?

\VS{18}So there
went one on
horseback to
meet him, and
said, Thus
saith the
king,
{\ADD{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.

\VS{19}Then he sent
out a
second on
horseback, which
came to them, and
said, Thus
saith the
king,
{\ADD{Is it}}
peace? And
Jehu
answered, What hast thou to do with
peace?
turn thee
behind me.

\VS{20}And the
watchman
told,
saying, He
came even unto them, and cometh not
again: and the
driving
{\ADD{is}} like the
driving of
Jehu the
son of
Nimshi; for he
driveth
furiously.\FTNT{††}{{\FR 9.20 }{\FT{driving: or, marching}}}\FTNT{‡‡}{{\FR 9.20 }{\FT{furiously: Heb. in madness}}}

\VS{21}And
Joram
said, Make
ready. And his
chariot was made
ready. And
Joram
king of
Israel and
Ahaziah
king of
Judah went
out,
each in his
chariot, and they went
out
against
Jehu, and
met him in the
portion of
Naboth the
Jezreelite.\FTNT{§§}{{\FR 9.21 }{\FT{Make ready: Heb. Bind}}}\FTNT{***}{{\FR 9.21 }{\FT{met: Heb. found}}}

\VS{22}And it came to pass, when
Joram
saw
Jehu, that he
said,
{\ADD{Is it}}
peace,
Jehu? And he
answered, What
peace, so long
as the
whoredoms of thy
mother
Jezebel and her
witchcrafts
{\ADD{are so}}
many?

\VS{23}And
Joram
turned his
hands, and
fled, and
said to
Ahaziah,
{\ADD{There is}}
treachery, O
Ahaziah.

\VS{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.\FTNT{†††}{{\FR 9.24 }{\FT{drew…: Heb. filled his hand with a bow}}}\FTNT{‡‡‡}{{\FR 9.24 }{\FT{sunk: Heb. bowed}}}

\VS{25}Then
said
{\ADD{Jehu}} to
Bidkar his
captain, Take
up,
{\ADD{and}}
cast him in the
portion of the
field of
Naboth the
Jezreelite: for
remember how that, when I and thou
rode
together
after
Ahab his
father, the
{\ND{LORD}}
laid this
burden upon him;

\VS{26}Surely I have
seen
yesterday the
blood of
Naboth, and the
blood of his
sons,
saith the
{\ND{LORD}}; and I will
requite thee in this
plat,
saith the
{\ND{LORD}}. Now therefore
take
{\ADD{and}}
cast him into the
plat
{\ADD{of ground}}, according to the
word of the
{\ND{LORD}}.\FTNT{§§§}{{\FR 9.26 }{\FT{blood: Heb. bloods}}}\FTNT{*}{{\FR 9.26 }{\FT{plat: or, portion}}}


\par }{\PP \VS{27}¶ But when
Ahaziah the
king of
Judah
saw
{\ADD{this}}, he
fled by the
way of the
garden
house. And
Jehu
followed
after him, and
said,
Smite him also in the
chariot.
{\ADD{And they did so}} at the going
up to
Gur, which
{\ADD{is}} by
Ibleam. And he
fled to
Megiddo, and
died there.

\VS{28}And his
servants
carried him in a chariot to
Jerusalem, and
buried him in his
sepulchre with his
fathers in the
city of
David.

\VS{29}And in the
eleventh
year of
Joram the
son of
Ahab began
Ahaziah to
reign over
Judah.


\par }{\PP \VS{30}¶ And when
Jehu was
come to
Jezreel,
Jezebel
heard
{\ADD{of it;}} and she
painted her
face, and
tired her
head, and looked
out at a
window.\FTNT{†}{{\FR 9.30 }{\FT{painted…: Heb. put her eyes in painting}}}

\VS{31}And as
Jehu entered
in at the
gate, she
said,
{\ADD{Had}}
Zimri
peace, who
slew his
master?

\VS{32}And he lifted
up his
face to the
window, and
said, Who
{\ADD{is}} on my side? who? And there looked
out to him
two
{\ADD{or}}
three
eunuchs.\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 9.32 }{\FT{eunuchs: or, chamberlains}}}

\VS{33}And he
said, Throw her
down. So they threw her
down: and
{\ADD{some}} of her
blood was
sprinkled on the
wall, and on the
horses: and he trode her under
foot.

\VS{34}And when he was come
in, he did
eat and
drink, and
said,
Go, see now this
cursed
{\ADD{woman}}, and
bury her: for she
{\ADD{is}} a
king’s
daughter.

\VS{35}And they
went to
bury her: but they
found no more of her
than the
skull, and the
feet, and the
palms of
{\ADD{her}}
hands.

\VS{36}Wherefore they came
again, and
told him. And he
said, This
{\ADD{is}} the
word of the
{\ND{LORD}}, which he
spake
by his
servant
Elijah the
Tishbite,
saying, In the
portion of
Jezreel shall
dogs
eat the
flesh of
Jezebel:\FTNT{§}{{\FR 9.36 }{\FT{by: Heb. by the hand of}}}

\VS{37}And the
carcase of
Jezebel shall be as
dung upon the
face of the
field in the
portion of
Jezreel;
{\ADD{so}} that they shall not
say, This
{\ADD{is}}
Jezebel.




\par }\Chap{10}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
Ahab had
seventy
sons in
Samaria. And
Jehu
wrote
letters, and
sent to
Samaria, unto the
rulers of
Jezreel, to the
elders, and to them that brought
up
Ahab’s
{\ADD{children}},
saying,\FTNT{*}{{\FR 10.1 }{\FT{them…: Heb. nourishers}}}

\VS{2}Now as soon as this
letter
cometh to you, seeing your
master’s
sons
{\ADD{are}} with you, and
{\ADD{there are}} with you
chariots and
horses, a
fenced
city also, and
armour;

\VS{3}Look even
out the
best and
meetest of your
master’s
sons, and
set
{\ADD{him}} on his
father’s
throne, and
fight for your
master’s
house.

\VS{4}But they were
exceedingly
afraid, and
said, Behold,
two
kings
stood not
before him: how then shall we
stand?

\VS{5}And he that
{\ADD{was}} over the
house, and he that
{\ADD{was}} over the
city, the
elders also, and the bringers
up
{\ADD{of the children}},
sent to
Jehu,
saying, We
{\ADD{are}} thy
servants, and will
do all that thou shalt
bid us; we will not make
any
king:
do thou
{\ADD{that which is}}
good in thine
eyes.

\VS{6}Then he
wrote a
letter the second
time to them,
saying, If ye
{\ADD{be}} mine, and
{\ADD{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,
{\ADD{being}}
seventy
persons,
{\ADD{were}} with the great
men of the
city, which brought them
up.\FTNT{†}{{\FR 10.6 }{\FT{mine: Heb. for me}}}

\VS{7}And it came to pass, when the
letter
came to them, that they
took the
king’s
sons, and
slew
seventy
persons, and
put their
heads in
baskets, and
sent him
{\ADD{them}} to
Jezreel.


\par }{\PP \VS{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.

\VS{9}And it came to pass in the
morning, that he went
out, and
stood, and
said to all the
people, Ye
{\ADD{be}}
righteous: behold, I
conspired against my
master, and
slew him: but who
slew all these?

\VS{10}Know
now that there shall
fall unto the
earth nothing of the
word of the
{\ND{LORD}}, which the
{\ND{LORD}}
spake concerning the
house of
Ahab: for the
{\ND{LORD}} hath
done
{\ADD{that}} which he
spake
by his
servant
Elijah.\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 10.10 }{\FT{by: Heb. by the hand of}}}

\VS{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.\FTNT{§}{{\FR 10.11 }{\FT{kinsfolks: or, acquaintance}}}


\par }{\PP \VS{12}¶ And he
arose and
departed, and
came to
Samaria.
{\ADD{And}} as he
{\ADD{was}} at the
shearing
house in the
way,\FTNT{**}{{\FR 10.12 }{\FT{shearing…: Heb. house of shepherds binding sheep}}}

\VS{13}Jehu
met with the
brethren of
Ahaziah
king of
Judah, and
said, Who
{\ADD{are}} ye? And they
answered, We
{\ADD{are}} the
brethren of
Ahaziah; and we go
down to
salute the
children of the
king and the
children of the
queen.\FTNT{††}{{\FR 10.13 }{\FT{met with: Heb. found}}}\FTNT{‡‡}{{\FR 10.13 }{\FT{to salute…: Heb. to the peace of, etc}}}

\VS{14}And he
said,
Take them
alive. And they
took them
alive, and
slew them at the
pit of the shearing
house,
{\ADD{even}}
two and
forty
men; neither
left he
any of them.


\par }{\PP \VS{15}¶ And when he was
departed thence, he
lighted on
Jehonadab the
son of
Rechab
{\ADD{coming}} to
meet him: and he
saluted him, and
said to him,
Is thine
heart
right, as my
heart
{\ADD{is}} with thy
heart? And
Jehonadab
answered, It
is. If it be,
give
{\ADD{me}} thine
hand. And he
gave
{\ADD{him}} his
hand; and he took him
up to him into the
chariot.\FTNT{§§}{{\FR 10.15 }{\FT{lighted on: Heb. found}}}\FTNT{***}{{\FR 10.15 }{\FT{saluted: Heb. blessed}}}

\VS{16}And he
said,
Come with me, and
see my
zeal for the
{\ND{LORD}}. So they made him
ride in his
chariot.

\VS{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
{\ND{LORD}}, which he
spake to
Elijah.


\par }{\PP \VS{18}¶ And
Jehu
gathered all the
people
together, and
said unto them,
Ahab
served
Baal a
little;
{\ADD{but}}
Jehu shall
serve him
much.

\VS{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
{\ADD{to do}} to
Baal; whosoever shall be
wanting, he shall not
live. But
Jehu
did
{\ADD{it}} in
subtilty, to the intent that he might
destroy the
worshippers of
Baal.

\VS{20}And
Jehu
said,
Proclaim a solemn
assembly for
Baal. And they
proclaimed
{\ADD{it}}.\FTNT{†††}{{\FR 10.20 }{\FT{Proclaim: Heb. Sanctify}}}

\VS{21}And
Jehu
sent through all
Israel: and all the
worshippers of
Baal
came, so that there was not a
man
left that
came not. And they
came into the
house of
Baal; and the
house of
Baal was
full from one
end to
another.\FTNT{‡‡‡}{{\FR 10.21 }{\FT{full…: or, so full that they stood mouth to mouth}}}

\VS{22}And he
said unto him that
{\ADD{was}} over the
vestry, Bring
forth
vestments for all the
worshippers of
Baal. And he brought them
forth
vestments.

\VS{23}And
Jehu
went, and
Jehonadab the
son of
Rechab, into the
house of
Baal, and
said unto the
worshippers of
Baal,
Search, and
look that there
be here with you none of the
servants of the
{\ND{LORD}}, but the
worshippers of
Baal only.

\VS{24}And when they went
in to
offer
sacrifices and burnt
offerings,
Jehu
appointed
fourscore
men
without, and
said,
{\ADD{If}}
any of the
men whom I have
brought into your
hands
escape,
{\ADD{he that letteth him go}}, his
life
{\ADD{shall be}} for the
life of him.

\VS{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,
{\ADD{and}}
slay them; let
none come
forth. And they
smote them with the
edge of the
sword; and the
guard and the
captains cast
{\ADD{them}}
out, and
went to the
city of the
house of
Baal.\FTNT{§§§}{{\FR 10.25 }{\FT{the edge: Heb. the mouth}}}

\VS{26}And they brought
forth the
images out of the
house of
Baal, and
burned them.\FTNT{*}{{\FR 10.26 }{\FT{images: Heb. statues}}}

\VS{27}And they brake
down the
image of
Baal, and brake
down the
house of
Baal, and
made it a draught
house unto this
day.

\VS{28}Thus
Jehu
destroyed
Baal out of
Israel.


\par }{\PP \VS{29}¶ Howbeit
{\ADD{from}} the
sins of
Jeroboam the
son of
Nebat, who made
Israel to
sin,
Jehu
departed not from
after them,
{\ADD{to wit}}, the
golden
calves that
{\ADD{were}} in
Beth-el, and that
{\ADD{were}} in
Dan.

\VS{30}And the
{\ND{LORD}}
said unto
Jehu, Because thou hast done
well in
executing
{\ADD{that which is}}
right in mine
eyes,
{\ADD{and}} hast
done unto the
house of
Ahab according to all that
{\ADD{was}} in mine
heart, thy
children of the
fourth
{\ADD{generation}} shall
sit on the
throne of
Israel.

\VS{31}But
Jehu took no
heed to
walk in the
law of the
{\ND{LORD}}
God of
Israel with all his
heart: for he
departed not from the
sins of
Jeroboam, which made
Israel to
sin.\FTNT{†}{{\FR 10.31 }{\FT{took…: Heb. observed not}}}


\par }{\PP \VS{32}¶ In those
days the
{\ND{LORD}}
began to
cut
Israel
short: and
Hazael
smote them in all the
coasts of
Israel;\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 10.32 }{\FT{to cut: Heb. to cut off the ends}}}

\VS{33}From
Jordan
eastward, all the
land of
Gilead, the
Gadites, and the
Reubenites, and the
Manassites, from
Aroer, which
{\ADD{is}} by the
river
Arnon, even
Gilead and
Bashan.\FTNT{§}{{\FR 10.33 }{\FT{eastward: Heb. toward the rising of the sun}}}\FTNT{**}{{\FR 10.33 }{\FT{even…: or, even to Gilead and Bashan}}}

\VS{34}Now the
rest of the
acts of
Jehu, and all that he
did, and all his
might,
{\ADD{are}} they not
written in the
book of the
chronicles of the
kings of
Israel?

\VS{35}And
Jehu
slept with his
fathers: and they
buried him in
Samaria. And
Jehoahaz his
son
reigned in his stead.

\VS{36}And the
time that
Jehu
reigned over
Israel in
Samaria
{\ADD{was}}
twenty and
eight
years.\FTNT{††}{{\FR 10.36 }{\FT{the time: Heb. the days were}}}




\par }\Chap{11}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And when
Athaliah the
mother of
Ahaziah
saw that her
son was
dead, she
arose and
destroyed all the
seed
royal.\FTNT{*}{{\FR 11.1 }{\FT{seed…: Heb. seed of the kingdom}}}

\VS{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
{\ADD{which were}}
slain; and they
hid him,
{\ADD{even}} him and his
nurse, in the
bedchamber
from
Athaliah, so that he was not
slain.\FTNT{†}{{\FR 11.2 }{\FT{Jehosheba: also called, Jehoshabeath}}}\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 11.2 }{\FT{Joash: also called, Jehoash}}}

\VS{3}And he was with her
hid in the
house of the
{\ND{LORD}}
six
years. And
Athaliah did
reign over the
land.


\par }{\PP \VS{4}¶ And the
seventh
year
Jehoiada
sent and
fetched the
rulers over
hundreds, with the
captains and the
guard, and
brought them to him into the
house of the
{\ND{LORD}}, and
made a
covenant with them, and took an
oath of them in the
house of the
{\ND{LORD}}, and
shewed them the
king’s
son.

\VS{5}And he
commanded them,
saying, This
{\ADD{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;

\VS{6}And a third
part
{\ADD{shall be}} at the
gate of
Sur; and a third
part at the
gate
behind the
guard: so shall ye
keep the
watch of the
house, that it be not broken
down.\FTNT{§}{{\FR 11.6 }{\FT{that…: or, from breaking up}}}

\VS{7}And
two
parts of all you that go
forth on the
sabbath, even they shall
keep the
watch of the
house of the
{\ND{LORD}}
about the
king.\FTNT{**}{{\FR 11.7 }{\FT{parts: or, companies: Heb. hands}}}

\VS{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.

\VS{9}And the
captains over the
hundreds
did according to all
{\ADD{things}} that
Jehoiada the
priest
commanded: and they
took every
man his
men that were to come
in on the
sabbath, with them that should go
out on the
sabbath, and
came to
Jehoiada the
priest.

\VS{10}And to the
captains over
hundreds did the
priest
give
king
David’s
spears and
shields, that
{\ADD{were}} in the
temple of the
{\ND{LORD}}.

\VS{11}And the
guard
stood, every
man with his
weapons in his
hand, round
about the
king, from the
right
corner of the
temple to the
left
corner of the
temple,
{\ADD{along}} by the
altar and the
temple.\FTNT{††}{{\FR 11.11 }{\FT{corner: Heb. shoulder}}}

\VS{12}And he brought
forth the
king’s
son, and
put the
crown upon him, and
{\ADD{gave him}} the
testimony; and they made him
king, and
anointed him; and they
clapped their
hands, and
said, God
save the
king.\FTNT{‡‡}{{\FR 11.12 }{\FT{God…: Heb. Let the king live}}}


\par }{\PP \VS{13}¶ And when
Athaliah
heard the
noise of the
guard
{\ADD{and}} of the
people, she
came to the
people into the
temple of the
{\ND{LORD}}.

\VS{14}And when she
looked, behold, the
king
stood by a
pillar, as the
manner
{\ADD{was}}, and the
princes and the
trumpeters by the
king, and all the
people of the
land
rejoiced, and
blew with
trumpets: and
Athaliah
rent her
clothes, and
cried,
Treason,
Treason.

\VS{15}But
Jehoiada the
priest
commanded the
captains of the
hundreds, the
officers of the
host, and
said unto them, Have her
forth
without the
ranges: and him that
followeth her
kill with the
sword. For the
priest had
said, Let her not be
slain in the
house of the
{\ND{LORD}}.

\VS{16}And they
laid
hands on her; and she
went by the
way by the which the
horses
came into the
king’s
house: and there was she
slain.


\par }{\PP \VS{17}¶ And
Jehoiada
made a
covenant between the
{\ND{LORD}} and the
king and the
people, that they should be the
{\ND{LORD’s}}
people; between the
king also and the
people.

\VS{18}And all the
people of the
land
went into the
house of
Baal, and brake it
down; his
altars and his
images brake they in
pieces
thoroughly, and
slew
Mattan the
priest of
Baal
before the
altars. And the
priest
appointed
officers over the
house of the
{\ND{LORD}}.\FTNT{§§}{{\FR 11.18 }{\FT{officers: Heb. offices}}}

\VS{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
{\ND{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.

\VS{20}And all the
people of the
land
rejoiced, and the
city was in
quiet: and they
slew
Athaliah with the
sword
{\ADD{beside}} the
king’s
house.

\VS{21}Seven
years
old
{\ADD{was}}
Jehoash when he began to
reign.




\par }\Chap{12}{\PP \VerseOne{1}In the
seventh
year of
Jehu
Jehoash began to
reign; and
forty
years
reigned he in
Jerusalem. And his
mother’s
name
{\ADD{was}}
Zibiah of
Beer-sheba.

\VS{2}And
Jehoash
did
{\ADD{that which was}}
right in the
sight of the
{\ND{LORD}} all his
days wherein
Jehoiada the
priest
instructed him.

\VS{3}But the high
places were not taken
away: the
people still
sacrificed and burnt
incense in the high
places.


\par }{\PP \VS{4}¶ And
Jehoash
said to the
priests, All the
money of the dedicated
things that is
brought into the
house of the
{\ND{LORD}},
{\ADD{even}} the
money of every
one that
passeth
{\ADD{the account}}, the
money that every
man is set
at,
{\ADD{and}} all the
money that
cometh into any
man’s
heart to
bring into the
house of the
{\ND{LORD}},\FTNT{*}{{\FR 12.4 }{\FT{dedicated things: or, holy things: Heb. holinesses}}}\FTNT{†}{{\FR 12.4 }{\FT{that every…: Heb. of the souls of his estimation}}}\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 12.4 }{\FT{cometh…: Heb. ascendeth upon the heart of a man}}}

\VS{5}Let the
priests
take
{\ADD{it}} to them, every
man of his
acquaintance: and let them
repair the
breaches of the
house, wheresoever any
breach shall be
found.

\VS{6}But it was
{\ADD{so, that}} in the
three and
twentieth
year of
king
Jehoash the
priests had not
repaired the
breaches of the
house.\FTNT{§}{{\FR 12.6 }{\FT{three…: Heb. twentieth year and third year}}}

\VS{7}Then
king
Jehoash
called for
Jehoiada the
priest, and the
{\ADD{other}}
priests, and
said unto them, Why
repair ye not the
breaches of the
house? now therefore
receive no
{\ADD{more}}
money of your
acquaintance, but
deliver it for the
breaches of the
house.

\VS{8}And the
priests
consented to
receive
no
{\ADD{more}}
money of the
people,
neither to
repair the
breaches of the
house.

\VS{9}But
Jehoiada the
priest
took
a
chest, and
bored a
hole in the
lid of it, and
set it
beside the
altar, on the right
side as
one
cometh into the
house of the
{\ND{LORD}}: and the
priests that
kept the
door
put therein all the
money
{\ADD{that was}}
brought into the
house of the
{\ND{LORD}}.\FTNT{**}{{\FR 12.9 }{\FT{door: Heb. threshold}}}

\VS{10}And it was
{\ADD{so}}, when they
saw that
{\ADD{there was}}
much
money in the
chest, that the
king’s
scribe and the
high
priest came
up, and they put up in
bags, and
told the
money that was
found in the
house of the
{\ND{LORD}}.\FTNT{††}{{\FR 12.10 }{\FT{scribe: or, secretary}}}\FTNT{‡‡}{{\FR 12.10 }{\FT{put…: Heb. bound up}}}

\VS{11}And they
gave the
money, being
told, into the
hands of them that
did the
work, that had the
oversight of the
house of the
{\ND{LORD}}: and they laid it
out to the
carpenters and
builders, that
wrought upon the
house of the
{\ND{LORD}},\FTNT{§§}{{\FR 12.11 }{\FT{laid…: Heb. brought it forth}}}

\VS{12}And to
masons, and
hewers of
stone, and to
buy
timber and
hewed
stone to
repair the
breaches of the
house of the
{\ND{LORD}}, and for all that was laid
out for the
house to
repair
{\ADD{it}}.\FTNT{***}{{\FR 12.12 }{\FT{was…: Heb. went forth}}}

\VS{13}Howbeit there were not
made for the
house of the
{\ND{LORD}}
bowls of
silver,
snuffers,
basons,
trumpets, any
vessels of
gold, or
vessels of
silver, of the
money
{\ADD{that was}}
brought into the
house of the
{\ND{LORD}}:

\VS{14}But they
gave that to the
workmen, and
repaired therewith the
house of the
{\ND{LORD}}.

\VS{15}Moreover they
reckoned not with the
men, into whose
hand they
delivered the
money to be
bestowed on
workmen: for they
dealt
faithfully.

\VS{16}The
trespass
money and
sin
money was not
brought into the
house of the
{\ND{LORD}}: it was the
priests’.


\par }{\PP \VS{17}¶ Then
Hazael
king of
Syria went
up, and
fought against
Gath, and
took it: and
Hazael
set his
face to go
up to
Jerusalem.

\VS{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
{\ADD{that was}}
found in the
treasures of the
house of the
{\ND{LORD}}, and in the
king’s
house, and
sent
{\ADD{it}} to
Hazael
king of
Syria: and he went
away from
Jerusalem.\FTNT{†††}{{\FR 12.18 }{\FT{went…: Heb. went up}}}


\par }{\PP \VS{19}¶ And the
rest of the
acts of
Joash, and all that he
did,
{\ADD{are}} they not
written in the
book of the
chronicles of the
kings of
Judah?

\VS{20}And his
servants
arose, and
made a
conspiracy, and
slew
Joash in the
house of
Millo, which goeth
down to
Silla.\FTNT{‡‡‡}{{\FR 12.20 }{\FT{the house…: or, Bethmillo}}}

\VS{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.




\par }\Chap{13}{\PP \VerseOne{1}In the
three and
twentieth
year of
Joash the
son of
Ahaziah
king of
Judah
Jehoahaz the
son of
Jehu began to
reign over
Israel in
Samaria,
{\ADD{and reigned}}
seventeen
years.\FTNT{*}{{\FR 13.1 }{\FT{three…: Heb. twentieth year and third year}}}

\VS{2}And he
did
{\ADD{that which was}}
evil in the
sight of the
{\ND{LORD}}, and
followed the
sins of
Jeroboam the
son of
Nebat, which made
Israel to
sin; he
departed not therefrom.\FTNT{†}{{\FR 13.2 }{\FT{followed: Heb. walked after}}}


\par }{\PP \VS{3}¶ And the
anger of the
{\ND{LORD}} was
kindled against
Israel, and he
delivered them into the
hand of
Hazael
king of
Syria, and into the
hand of
Ben-hadad the
son of
Hazael, all
{\ADD{their}}
days.

\VS{4}And
Jehoahaz
besought the
{\ND{LORD}}, and the
{\ND{LORD}}
hearkened
unto him: for he
saw the
oppression of
Israel, because the
king of
Syria
oppressed them.

\VS{5}(And the
{\ND{LORD}}
gave
Israel a
saviour, so that they went
out from under the
hand of the
Syrians: and the
children of
Israel
dwelt in their
tents, as
beforetime.\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 13.5 }{\FT{as beforetime: Heb. as yesterday, and third day}}}

\VS{6}Nevertheless they
departed not from the
sins of the
house of
Jeroboam, who made
Israel
sin,
{\ADD{but}}
walked therein: and there
remained the
grove also in
Samaria.)\FTNT{§}{{\FR 13.6 }{\FT{walked: Heb. he walked}}}\FTNT{**}{{\FR 13.6 }{\FT{remained: Heb. stood}}}

\VS{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.


\par }{\PP \VS{8}¶ Now the
rest of the
acts of
Jehoahaz, and all that he
did, and his
might,
{\ADD{are}} they not
written in the
book of the
chronicles of the
kings of
Israel?

\VS{9}And
Jehoahaz
slept with his
fathers; and they
buried him in
Samaria: and
Joash his
son
reigned in his stead.\FTNT{††}{{\FR 13.9 }{\FT{Joash: also called, Jehoash}}}


\par }{\PP \VS{10}¶ In the
thirty and
seventh
year of
Joash
king of
Judah began
Jehoash the
son of
Jehoahaz to
reign over
Israel in
Samaria,
{\ADD{and reigned}}
sixteen
years.

\VS{11}And he
did
{\ADD{that which was}}
evil in the
sight of the
{\ND{LORD}}; he
departed not from all the
sins of
Jeroboam the
son of
Nebat, who made
Israel
sin:
{\ADD{but}} he
walked therein.

\VS{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,
{\ADD{are}} they not
written in the
book of the
chronicles of the
kings of
Israel?

\VS{13}And
Joash
slept with his
fathers; and
Jeroboam
sat upon his
throne: and
Joash was
buried in
Samaria with the
kings of
Israel.


\par }{\PP \VS{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.

\VS{15}And
Elisha
said unto him,
Take
bow and
arrows. And he
took unto him
bow and
arrows.

\VS{16}And he
said to the
king of
Israel,
Put thine
hand upon the
bow. And he
put his
hand
{\ADD{upon it:}} and
Elisha
put his
hands upon the
king’s
hands.\FTNT{‡‡}{{\FR 13.16 }{\FT{Put thine…: Heb. Make thine hand to ride}}}

\VS{17}And he
said,
Open the
window
eastward. And he
opened
{\ADD{it}}. Then
Elisha
said,
Shoot. And he
shot. And he
said, The
arrow of the
{\ND{LORD’s}}
deliverance, and the
arrow of
deliverance from
Syria: for thou shalt
smite the
Syrians in
Aphek, till thou have
consumed
{\ADD{them}}.

\VS{18}And he
said,
Take the
arrows. And he
took
{\ADD{them}}. And he
said unto the
king of
Israel,
Smite upon the
ground. And he
smote
thrice, and
stayed.

\VS{19}And the
man of
God was
wroth with him, and
said, Thou shouldest have
smitten
five or
six
times; then hadst thou
smitten
Syria till thou hadst
consumed
{\ADD{it:}} whereas now thou shalt
smite
Syria
{\ADD{but}}
thrice.


\par }{\PP \VS{20}¶ And
Elisha
died, and they
buried him. And the
bands of the
Moabites
invaded the
land at the coming
in of the
year.

\VS{21}And it came to pass, as they were
burying a
man, that, behold, they
spied a
band
{\ADD{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.\FTNT{§§}{{\FR 13.21 }{\FT{was…: Heb. went down}}}


\par }{\PP \VS{22}¶ But
Hazael
king of
Syria
oppressed
Israel all the
days of
Jehoahaz.

\VS{23}And the
{\ND{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.\FTNT{***}{{\FR 13.23 }{\FT{presence: Heb. face}}}

\VS{24}So
Hazael
king of
Syria
died; and
Ben-hadad his
son
reigned in his stead.

\VS{25}And
Jehoash the
son of
Jehoahaz
took
again out of the
hand of
Ben-hadad 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.\FTNT{†††}{{\FR 13.25 }{\FT{took…: Heb. returned and took}}}




\par }\Chap{14}{\PP \VerseOne{1}In the
second
year of
Joash
son of
Jehoahaz
king of
Israel
reigned
Amaziah the
son of
Joash
king of
Judah.

\VS{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
{\ADD{was}}
Jehoaddan of
Jerusalem.

\VS{3}And he
did
{\ADD{that which was}}
right in the
sight of the
{\ND{LORD}},
yet not like
David his
father: he
did according to all things as
Joash his
father
did.

\VS{4}Howbeit the high
places were not taken
away: as
yet the
people did
sacrifice and burnt
incense on the high
places.


\par }{\PP \VS{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.

\VS{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
{\ND{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.

\VS{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.\FTNT{*}{{\FR 14.7 }{\FT{Selah: or, the rock}}}


\par }{\PP \VS{8}¶ Then
Amaziah
sent
messengers to
Jehoash, the
son of
Jehoahaz
son of
Jehu,
king of
Israel,
saying,
Come, let us
look one another in the
face.

\VS{9}And
Jehoash the
king of
Israel
sent to
Amaziah
king of
Judah,
saying, The
thistle that
{\ADD{was}} in
Lebanon
sent to the
cedar that
{\ADD{was}} in
Lebanon,
saying,
Give thy
daughter to my
son to
wife: and there
passed by a
wild
beast that
{\ADD{was}} in
Lebanon, and trode
down the
thistle.

\VS{10}Thou hast
indeed
smitten
Edom, and thine
heart hath lifted thee
up:
glory
{\ADD{of this}}, and
tarry at
home: for why shouldest thou
meddle to
{\ADD{thy}}
hurt, that thou shouldest
fall,
{\ADD{even}} thou, and
Judah with thee?\FTNT{†}{{\FR 14.10 }{\FT{at home: Heb. at thy house}}}

\VS{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
Beth-shemesh, which
{\ADD{belongeth}} to
Judah.

\VS{12}And
Judah was put to the
worse
before
Israel; and they
fled every
man to their
tents.\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 14.12 }{\FT{put…: Heb. smitten}}}

\VS{13}And
Jehoash
king of
Israel
took
Amaziah
king of
Judah, the
son of
Jehoash the
son of
Ahaziah, at
Beth-shemesh, and
came to
Jerusalem, and brake
down the
wall of
Jerusalem from the
gate of
Ephraim unto the
corner
gate,
four
hundred
cubits.

\VS{14}And he
took all the
gold and
silver, and all the
vessels that were
found in the
house of the
{\ND{LORD}}, and in the
treasures of the
king’s
house, and
hostages, and
returned to
Samaria.


\par }{\PP \VS{15}¶ Now the
rest of the
acts of
Jehoash which he
did, and his
might, and how he
fought with
Amaziah
king of
Judah,
{\ADD{are}} they not
written in the
book of the
chronicles of the
kings of
Israel?

\VS{16}And
Jehoash
slept with his
fathers, and was
buried in
Samaria with the
kings of
Israel; and
Jeroboam his
son
reigned in his stead.


\par }{\PP \VS{17}¶ And
Amaziah the
son of
Joash
king of
Judah
lived
after the
death of
Jehoash
son of
Jehoahaz
king of
Israel
fifteen
years.

\VS{18}And the
rest of the
acts of
Amaziah,
{\ADD{are}} they not
written in the
book of the
chronicles of the
kings of
Judah?

\VS{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.

\VS{20}And they
brought him on
horses: and he was
buried at
Jerusalem with his
fathers in the
city of
David.


\par }{\PP \VS{21}¶ And all the
people of
Judah
took
Azariah, which
{\ADD{was}}
sixteen
years
old, and made him
king instead of his
father
Amaziah.\FTNT{§}{{\FR 14.21 }{\FT{Azariah: also called, Uzziah}}}

\VS{22}He
built
Elath, and
restored it to
Judah,
after that the
king
slept with his
fathers.


\par }{\PP \VS{23}¶ In the
fifteenth
year of
Amaziah the
son of
Joash
king of
Judah
Jeroboam the
son of
Joash
king of
Israel began to
reign in
Samaria,
{\ADD{and reigned}}
forty and
one
years.

\VS{24}And he
did
{\ADD{that which was}}
evil in the
sight of the
{\ND{LORD}}: he
departed not from all the
sins of
Jeroboam the
son of
Nebat, who made
Israel to
sin.

\VS{25}He
restored the
coast of
Israel from the
entering of
Hamath unto the
sea of the
plain, according to the
word of the
{\ND{LORD}}
God of
Israel, which he
spake by the
hand of his
servant
Jonah, the
son of
Amittai, the
prophet, which
{\ADD{was}} of
Gath-hepher.

\VS{26}For the
{\ND{LORD}}
saw the
affliction of
Israel,
{\ADD{that it was}}
very
bitter: for
{\ADD{there was}}
not any shut
up, nor any
left, nor any
helper for
Israel.

\VS{27}And the
{\ND{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.


\par }{\PP \VS{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,
{\ADD{which belonged}} to
Judah, for
Israel, are they not
written in the
book of the
chronicles of the
kings of
Israel?

\VS{29}And
Jeroboam
slept with his
fathers,
{\ADD{even}} with the
kings of
Israel; and
Zachariah his
son
reigned in his stead.




\par }\Chap{15}{\PP \VerseOne{1}In the
twenty and
seventh
year of
Jeroboam
king of
Israel began
Azariah
son of
Amaziah
king of
Judah to
reign.\FTNT{*}{{\FR 15.1 }{\FT{Azariah: also called, Uzziah}}}

\VS{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
{\ADD{was}}
Jecholiah of
Jerusalem.

\VS{3}And he
did
{\ADD{that which was}}
right in the
sight of the
{\ND{LORD}}, according to all that his
father
Amaziah had
done;

\VS{4}Save that the high
places were not
removed: the
people
sacrificed and burnt
incense still on the high
places.


\par }{\PP \VS{5}¶ And the
{\ND{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
{\ADD{was}} over the
house,
judging the
people of the
land.

\VS{6}And the
rest of the
acts of
Azariah, and all that he
did,
{\ADD{are}} they not
written in the
book of the
chronicles of the
kings of
Judah?

\VS{7}So
Azariah
slept with his
fathers; and they
buried him with his
fathers in the
city of
David: and
Jotham his
son
reigned in his stead.


\par }{\PP \VS{8}¶ In the
thirty and
eighth
year of
Azariah
king of
Judah did
Zachariah the
son of
Jeroboam
reign over
Israel in
Samaria
six
months.

\VS{9}And he
did
{\ADD{that which was}}
evil in the
sight of the
{\ND{LORD}}, as his
fathers had
done: he
departed not from the
sins of
Jeroboam the
son of
Nebat, who made
Israel to
sin.

\VS{10}And
Shallum the
son of
Jabesh
conspired against him, and
smote him
before the
people, and
slew him, and
reigned in his stead.

\VS{11}And the
rest of the
acts of
Zachariah, behold, they
{\ADD{are}}
written in the
book of the
chronicles of the
kings of
Israel.

\VS{12}This
{\ADD{was}} the
word of the
{\ND{LORD}} which he
spake unto
Jehu,
saying, Thy
sons shall
sit on the
throne of
Israel unto the
fourth
{\ADD{generation}}. And so it came to pass.


\par }{\PP \VS{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.\FTNT{†}{{\FR 15.13 }{\FT{Uzziah: Gr. Ozias}}}\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 15.13 }{\FT{a full…: Heb. a month of days}}}

\VS{14}For
Menahem the
son of
Gadi went
up from
Tirzah, and
came to
Samaria, and
smote
Shallum the
son of
Jabesh in
Samaria, and
slew him, and
reigned in his stead.

\VS{15}And the
rest of the
acts of
Shallum, and his
conspiracy which he
made, behold, they
{\ADD{are}}
written in the
book of the
chronicles of the
kings of
Israel.


\par }{\PP \VS{16}¶ Then
Menahem
smote
Tiphsah, and all that
{\ADD{were}} therein, and the
coasts thereof from
Tirzah: because they
opened not
{\ADD{to him}}, therefore he
smote
{\ADD{it; and}} all the women therein that were with
child he ripped
up.

\VS{17}In the
nine and
thirtieth
year of
Azariah
king of
Judah began
Menahem the
son of
Gadi to
reign over
Israel,
{\ADD{and reigned}}
ten
years in
Samaria.

\VS{18}And he
did
{\ADD{that which was}}
evil in the
sight of the
{\ND{LORD}}: he
departed not all his
days from the
sins of
Jeroboam the
son of
Nebat, who made
Israel to
sin.

\VS{19}{\ADD{And}}
Pul the
king of
Assyria
came against the
land: and
Menahem
gave
Pul a
thousand
talents of
silver, that his
hand might be with him to
confirm the
kingdom in his
hand.

\VS{20}And
Menahem
exacted the
money of
Israel,
{\ADD{even}} of all the mighty
men of
wealth, of
each
man
fifty
shekels of
silver, to
give to the
king of
Assyria. So the
king of
Assyria turned
back, and
stayed not there in the
land.\FTNT{§}{{\FR 15.20 }{\FT{exacted: Heb. caused to come forth}}}


\par }{\PP \VS{21}¶ And the
rest of the
acts of
Menahem, and all that he
did,
{\ADD{are}} they not
written in the
book of the
chronicles of the
kings of
Israel?

\VS{22}And
Menahem
slept with his
fathers; and
Pekahiah his
son
reigned in his stead.


\par }{\PP \VS{23}¶ In the
fiftieth
year of
Azariah
king of
Judah
Pekahiah the
son of
Menahem began to
reign over
Israel in
Samaria,
{\ADD{and reigned}} two
years.

\VS{24}And he
did
{\ADD{that which was}}
evil in the
sight of the
{\ND{LORD}}: he
departed not from the
sins of
Jeroboam the
son of
Nebat, who made
Israel to
sin.

\VS{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.

\VS{26}And the
rest of the
acts of
Pekahiah, and all that he
did, behold, they
{\ADD{are}}
written in the
book of the
chronicles of the
kings of
Israel.


\par }{\PP \VS{27}¶ In the
two and
fiftieth
year of
Azariah
king of
Judah
Pekah the
son of
Remaliah began to
reign over
Israel in
Samaria,
{\ADD{and reigned}}
twenty
years.

\VS{28}And he
did
{\ADD{that which was}}
evil in the
sight of the
{\ND{LORD}}: he
departed not from the
sins of
Jeroboam the
son of
Nebat, who made
Israel to
sin.

\VS{29}In the
days of
Pekah
king of
Israel
came
Tiglath-pileser
king of
Assyria, and
took
Ijon, and
Abel-beth-maachah, and
Janoah, and
Kedesh, and
Hazor, and
Gilead, and
Galilee, all the
land of
Naphtali, and carried them
captive to
Assyria.

\VS{30}And
Hoshea the
son of
Elah
made a
conspiracy against
Pekah the
son of
Remaliah, and
smote him, and
slew him, and
reigned in his stead, in the
twentieth
year of
Jotham the
son of
Uzziah.

\VS{31}And the
rest of the
acts of
Pekah, and all that he
did, behold, they
{\ADD{are}}
written in the
book of the
chronicles of the
kings of
Israel.


\par }{\PP \VS{32}¶ In the
second
year of
Pekah the
son of
Remaliah
king of
Israel began
Jotham the
son of
Uzziah
king of
Judah to
reign.

\VS{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
{\ADD{was}}
Jerusha, the
daughter of
Zadok.

\VS{34}And he
did
{\ADD{that which was}}
right in the
sight of the
{\ND{LORD}}: he
did according to all that his
father
Uzziah had
done.


\par }{\PP \VS{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
{\ND{LORD}}.


\par }{\PP \VS{36}¶ Now the
rest of the
acts of
Jotham, and all that he
did,
{\ADD{are}} they not
written in the
book of the
chronicles of the
kings of
Judah?

\VS{37}In those
days the
{\ND{LORD}}
began to
send against
Judah
Rezin the
king of
Syria, and
Pekah the
son of
Remaliah.

\VS{38}And
Jotham
slept with his
fathers, and was
buried with his
fathers in the
city of
David his
father: and
Ahaz his
son
reigned in his stead.




\par }\Chap{16}{\PP \VerseOne{1}In the
seventeenth
year of
Pekah the
son of
Remaliah
Ahaz the
son of
Jotham
king of
Judah began to
reign.

\VS{2}Twenty
years
old
{\ADD{was}}
Ahaz when he began to
reign, and
reigned
sixteen
years in
Jerusalem, and
did not
{\ADD{that which was}}
right in the
sight of the
{\ND{LORD}} his
God, like
David his
father.

\VS{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
{\ND{LORD}} cast
out from
before the
children of
Israel.

\VS{4}And he
sacrificed and burnt
incense in the high
places, and on the
hills, and under every
green
tree.


\par }{\PP \VS{5}¶ Then
Rezin
king of
Syria and
Pekah
son of
Remaliah
king of
Israel came
up to
Jerusalem to
war: and they
besieged
Ahaz, but
could not
overcome
{\ADD{him}}.

\VS{6}At that
time
Rezin
king of
Syria
recovered
Elath to
Syria, and
drave the
Jews from
Elath: and the
Syrians
came to
Elath, and
dwelt there unto this
day.\FTNT{*}{{\FR 16.6 }{\FT{from Elath: Heb. from Eloth}}}

\VS{7}So
Ahaz
sent
messengers to
Tiglath-pileser
king of
Assyria,
saying, I
{\ADD{am}} thy
servant and thy
son: come
up, and
save me out of the
hand of the
king of
Syria, and out of the
hand of the
king of
Israel, which rise
up against me.

\VS{8}And
Ahaz
took the
silver and
gold that was
found in the
house of the
{\ND{LORD}}, and in the
treasures of the
king’s
house, and
sent
{\ADD{it for}} a
present to the
king of
Assyria.

\VS{9}And the
king of
Assyria
hearkened unto him: for the
king of
Assyria went
up against
Damascus, and
took it, and carried
{\ADD{the people of}} it
captive to
Kir, and
slew
Rezin.\FTNT{†}{{\FR 16.9 }{\FT{Damascus: Heb. Dammesek}}}


\par }{\PP \VS{10}¶ And
king
Ahaz
went to
Damascus to
meet
Tiglath-pileser
king of
Assyria, and
saw an
altar that
{\ADD{was}} at
Damascus: and
king
Ahaz
sent to
Urijah the
priest the
fashion of the
altar, and the
pattern of it, according to all the
workmanship thereof.\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 16.10 }{\FT{Damascus: Heb. Dammesek}}}

\VS{11}And
Urijah the
priest
built an
altar according to all that
king
Ahaz had
sent from
Damascus: so
Urijah the
priest
made
{\ADD{it}} against
king
Ahaz
came from
Damascus.

\VS{12}And when the
king was
come from
Damascus, the
king
saw the
altar: and the
king
approached to the
altar, and
offered thereon.

\VS{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.\FTNT{§}{{\FR 16.13 }{\FT{his peace offerings: Heb. the peace offerings which were his}}}

\VS{14}And he
brought also the
brasen
altar, which
{\ADD{was}}
before the
{\ND{LORD}}, from the
forefront of the
house, from between the
altar and the
house of the
{\ND{LORD}}, and
put it on the
north
side of the
altar.

\VS{15}And
king
Ahaz
commanded
Urijah the
priest,
saying, Upon the
great
altar
burn the
morning burnt
offering, and the
evening meat
offering, and the
king’s burnt
sacrifice, and his meat
offering, with the burnt
offering of all the
people of the
land, and their meat
offering, and their drink
offerings; and
sprinkle upon it all the
blood of the burnt
offering, and all the
blood of the
sacrifice: and the
brasen
altar shall be for me to
enquire
{\ADD{by}}.

\VS{16}Thus
did
Urijah the
priest, according to all that
king
Ahaz
commanded.


\par }{\PP \VS{17}¶ And
king
Ahaz cut
off the
borders of the
bases, and
removed the
laver from off them; and took
down the
sea from off the
brasen
oxen that
{\ADD{were}} under it, and
put it upon a
pavement of
stones.

\VS{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
{\ND{LORD}}
for the
king of
Assyria.


\par }{\PP \VS{19}¶ Now the
rest of the
acts of
Ahaz which he
did,
{\ADD{are}} they not
written in the
book of the
chronicles of the
kings of
Judah?

\VS{20}And
Ahaz
slept with his
fathers, and was
buried with his
fathers in the
city of
David: and
Hezekiah his
son
reigned in his stead.




\par }\Chap{17}{\PP \VerseOne{1}In the
twelfth
year of
Ahaz
king of
Judah began
Hoshea the
son of
Elah to
reign in
Samaria over
Israel
nine
years.

\VS{2}And he
did
{\ADD{that which was}}
evil in the
sight of the
{\ND{LORD}}, but not as the
kings of
Israel that were
before him.


\par }{\PP \VS{3}¶ Against him came
up
Shalmaneser
king of
Assyria; and
Hoshea became his
servant, and
gave him
presents.\FTNT{*}{{\FR 17.3 }{\FT{gave: Heb. rendered}}}\FTNT{†}{{\FR 17.3 }{\FT{presents: or, tribute}}}

\VS{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
{\ADD{he had done}}
year by
year: therefore the
king of
Assyria shut him
up, and
bound him in
prison.\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 17.4 }{\FT{present: or, tribute}}}


\par }{\PP \VS{5}¶ Then the
king of
Assyria came
up throughout all the
land, and went
up to
Samaria, and
besieged it
three
years.


\par }{\PP \VS{6}¶ In the
ninth
year of
Hoshea the
king of
Assyria
took
Samaria, and
carried
Israel
away into
Assyria, and
placed them in
Halah and in
Habor
{\ADD{by}} the
river of
Gozan, and in the
cities of the
Medes.


\par }{\PP \VS{7}For
{\ADD{so}} it was, that the
children of
Israel had
sinned against the
{\ND{LORD}} their
God, which had brought them
up out of the
land of
Egypt, from under the
hand of
Pharaoh
king of
Egypt, and had
feared
other
gods,

\VS{8}And
walked in the
statutes of the
heathen, whom the
{\ND{LORD}} cast
out from
before the
children of
Israel, and of the
kings of
Israel, which they had
made.

\VS{9}And the
children of
Israel did
secretly
{\ADD{those}}
things that
{\ADD{were}} not right against the
{\ND{LORD}} their
God, and they
built them high
places in all their
cities, from the
tower of the
watchmen to the
fenced
city.

\VS{10}And they set them
up
images and
groves in every
high
hill, and under every
green
tree:\FTNT{§}{{\FR 17.10 }{\FT{images: Heb. statues}}}

\VS{11}And there they burnt
incense in all the high
places, as
{\ADD{did}} the
heathen whom the
{\ND{LORD}} carried
away
before them; and
wrought
wicked
things to provoke the
{\ND{LORD}} to
anger:

\VS{12}For they
served
idols, whereof the
{\ND{LORD}} had
said unto them, Ye shall not
do this
thing.

\VS{13}Yet the
{\ND{LORD}}
testified against
Israel, and against
Judah,
by all the
prophets,
{\ADD{and by}} all the
seers,
saying,
Turn ye from your
evil
ways, and
keep my
commandments
{\ADD{and}} my
statutes, according to all the
law which I
commanded your
fathers, and which I
sent to you
by my
servants the
prophets.\FTNT{**}{{\FR 17.13 }{\FT{by: Heb. by the hand of}}}

\VS{14}Notwithstanding they would not
hear, but
hardened their
necks, like to the
neck of their
fathers, that did not
believe in the
{\ND{LORD}} their
God.

\VS{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
{\ADD{were}} round
about them,
{\ADD{concerning}} whom the
{\ND{LORD}} had
charged them, that they should not
do like them.

\VS{16}And they
left all the
commandments of the
{\ND{LORD}} their
God, and
made them molten
images,
{\ADD{even}}
two
calves, and
made a
grove, and
worshipped all the
host of
heaven, and
served
Baal.

\VS{17}And they caused their
sons and their
daughters to
pass through the
fire, and
used
divination and
enchantments, and
sold themselves to
do
evil in the
sight of the
{\ND{LORD}}, to provoke him to
anger.

\VS{18}Therefore the
{\ND{LORD}} was
very
angry with
Israel, and
removed them out of his
sight: there was none
left but the
tribe of
Judah only.

\VS{19}Also
Judah
kept not the
commandments of the
{\ND{LORD}} their
God, but
walked in the
statutes of
Israel which they
made.

\VS{20}And the
{\ND{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.

\VS{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
{\ND{LORD}}, and made them
sin a
great
sin.

\VS{22}For the
children of
Israel
walked in all the
sins of
Jeroboam which he
did; they
departed not from them;

\VS{23}Until the
{\ND{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.


\par }{\PP \VS{24}¶ And the
king of
Assyria
brought
{\ADD{men}} from
Babylon, and from
Cuthah, and from
Ava, and from
Hamath, and from
Sepharvaim, and
placed
{\ADD{them}} in the
cities of
Samaria instead of the
children of
Israel: and they
possessed
Samaria, and
dwelt in the
cities thereof.

\VS{25}And
{\ADD{so}} it was at the
beginning of their
dwelling there,
{\ADD{that}} they
feared not the
{\ND{LORD}}: therefore the
{\ND{LORD}}
sent
lions among them, which
slew
{\ADD{some}} of them.

\VS{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.

\VS{27}Then the
king of
Assyria
commanded,
saying,
Carry thither
one of the
priests whom ye
brought from thence; and let them
go and
dwell there, and let him
teach them the
manner of the
God of the
land.

\VS{28}Then
one of the
priests whom they had carried
away from
Samaria
came and
dwelt in
Beth-el, and
taught them how they should
fear the
{\ND{LORD}}.

\VS{29}Howbeit every
nation
made
gods of their own, and
put
{\ADD{them}} in the
houses of the high
places which the
Samaritans had
made, every
nation in their
cities wherein they
dwelt.

\VS{30}And the
men of
Babylon
made
Succoth-benoth, and the
men of
Cuth
made
Nergal, and the
men of
Hamath
made
Ashima,

\VS{31}And the
Avites
made
Nibhaz and
Tartak, and the
Sepharvites
burnt their
children in
fire to
Adrammelech and
Anammelech, the
gods of
Sepharvaim.

\VS{32}So they
feared the
{\ND{LORD}}, and
made unto themselves of the
lowest of them
priests of the high
places, which
sacrificed for them in the
houses of the high
places.

\VS{33}They
feared the
{\ND{LORD}}, and
served their own
gods, after the
manner of the
nations whom they carried
away from thence.\FTNT{††}{{\FR 17.33 }{\FT{whom…: or, who carried them away from thence}}}

\VS{34}Unto this
day they
do after the
former
manners: they
fear not the
{\ND{LORD}}, neither
do they after their
statutes, or after their
ordinances, or after the
law and
commandment which the
{\ND{LORD}}
commanded the
children of
Jacob, whom he
named
Israel;

\VS{35}With whom the
{\ND{LORD}} had
made a
covenant, and
charged them,
saying, Ye shall not
fear
other
gods, nor
bow yourselves to them, nor
serve them, nor
sacrifice to them:

\VS{36}But the
{\ND{LORD}}, who brought you
up out of the
land of
Egypt with
great
power and a stretched
out
arm, him shall ye
fear, and him shall ye
worship, and to him shall ye do
sacrifice.

\VS{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.

\VS{38}And the
covenant that I have
made with you ye shall not
forget; neither shall ye
fear
other
gods.

\VS{39}But the
{\ND{LORD}} your
God ye shall
fear; and he shall
deliver you out of the
hand of all your
enemies.

\VS{40}Howbeit they did not
hearken, but they
did after their
former
manner.

\VS{41}So these
nations
feared the
{\ND{LORD}}, and
served their graven
images, both their
children, and their
children’s
children: as
did their
fathers, so
do they unto this
day.




\par }\Chap{18}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Now it came to pass in the
third
year of
Hoshea
son of
Elah
king of
Israel,
{\ADD{that}}
Hezekiah the
son of
Ahaz
king of
Judah began to
reign.\FTNT{*}{{\FR 18.1 }{\FT{Hezekiah: he is called Ezekias}}}

\VS{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
{\ADD{was}}
Abi, the
daughter of
Zachariah.\FTNT{†}{{\FR 18.2 }{\FT{Abi: also called, Abijah}}}

\VS{3}And he
did
{\ADD{that which was}}
right in the
sight of the
{\ND{LORD}}, according to all that
David his
father
did.


\par }{\PP \VS{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.\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 18.4 }{\FT{images: Heb. statues}}}\FTNT{§}{{\FR 18.4 }{\FT{Nehushtan: that is, A piece of brass}}}

\VS{5}He
trusted in the
{\ND{LORD}}
God of
Israel; so that
after him was none like him among all the
kings of
Judah, nor
{\ADD{any}} that were
before him.

\VS{6}For he
clave to the
{\ND{LORD}},
{\ADD{and}}
departed not from
following him, but
kept his
commandments, which the
{\ND{LORD}}
commanded
Moses.\FTNT{**}{{\FR 18.6 }{\FT{from…: Heb. from after him}}}

\VS{7}And the
{\ND{LORD}} was with him;
{\ADD{and}} he
prospered whithersoever he went
forth: and he
rebelled against the
king of
Assyria, and
served him not.

\VS{8}He
smote the
Philistines,
{\ADD{even}} unto
Gaza, and the
borders thereof, from the
tower of the
watchmen to the
fenced
city.\FTNT{††}{{\FR 18.8 }{\FT{Gaza: Heb. Azzah}}}


\par }{\PP \VS{9}¶ And it came to pass in the
fourth
year of
king
Hezekiah, which
{\ADD{was}} the
seventh
year of
Hoshea
son of
Elah
king of
Israel,
{\ADD{that}}
Shalmaneser
king of
Assyria came
up against
Samaria, and
besieged it.

\VS{10}And at the
end of
three
years they
took it:
{\ADD{even}} in the
sixth
year of
Hezekiah, that
{\ADD{is}} the
ninth
year of
Hoshea
king of
Israel,
Samaria was
taken.

\VS{11}And the
king of
Assyria did carry
away
Israel unto
Assyria, and
put them in
Halah and in
Habor
{\ADD{by}} the
river of
Gozan, and in the
cities of the
Medes:

\VS{12}Because they
obeyed not the
voice of the
{\ND{LORD}} their
God, but
transgressed his
covenant,
{\ADD{and}} all that
Moses the
servant of the
{\ND{LORD}}
commanded, and would not
hear
{\ADD{them}}, nor
do
{\ADD{them}}.


\par }{\PP \VS{13}¶ Now in the
fourteenth
year of
king
Hezekiah did
Sennacherib
king of
Assyria come
up against all the
fenced
cities of
Judah, and
took them.\FTNT{‡‡}{{\FR 18.13 }{\FT{Sennacherib: Heb. Sanherib}}}

\VS{14}And
Hezekiah
king of
Judah
sent to the
king of
Assyria to
Lachish,
saying, I have
offended;
return from me: that which thou
puttest on me will I
bear. And the
king of
Assyria
appointed unto
Hezekiah
king of
Judah
three
hundred
talents of
silver and
thirty
talents of
gold.

\VS{15}And
Hezekiah
gave
{\ADD{him}} all the
silver that was
found in the
house of the
{\ND{LORD}}, and in the
treasures of the
king’s
house.

\VS{16}At that
time did
Hezekiah cut
off
{\ADD{the gold from}} the
doors of the
temple of the
{\ND{LORD}}, and
{\ADD{from}} the
pillars which
Hezekiah
king of
Judah had
overlaid, and
gave it to the
king of
Assyria.\FTNT{§§}{{\FR 18.16 }{\FT{it: Heb. them}}}


\par }{\PP \VS{17}¶ And the
king of
Assyria
sent
Tartan and
Rabsaris and
Rab-shakeh from
Lachish to
king
Hezekiah with a
great
host against
Jerusalem. And they went
up and
came to
Jerusalem. And when they were come
up, they
came and
stood by the
conduit of the
upper
pool, which
{\ADD{is}} in the
highway of the
fuller’s
field.\FTNT{***}{{\FR 18.17 }{\FT{great: Heb. heavy}}}

\VS{18}And when they had
called to the
king, there came
out to them
Eliakim the
son of
Hilkiah, which
{\ADD{was}} over the
household, and
Shebna the
scribe, and
Joah the
son of
Asaph the
recorder.\FTNT{†††}{{\FR 18.18 }{\FT{scribe: or, secretary}}}

\VS{19}And
Rab-shakeh
said unto them,
Speak ye now to
Hezekiah, Thus
saith the
great
king, the
king of
Assyria, What
confidence
{\ADD{is}} this wherein thou
trustest?

\VS{20}Thou
sayest, (but
{\ADD{they are but}}
vain
words,)
{\ADD{I have}}
counsel and
strength for the
war. Now on whom dost thou
trust, that thou
rebellest against me?\FTNT{‡‡‡}{{\FR 18.20 }{\FT{sayest: or, talkest}}}\FTNT{§§§}{{\FR 18.20 }{\FT{vain…: Heb. word of the lips}}}\FTNT{*}{{\FR 18.20 }{\FT{I have…: or, but counsel and strength are for the war}}}

\VS{21}Now, behold, thou
trustest upon the
staff of this
bruised
reed,
{\ADD{even}} upon
Egypt, on which if a
man
lean, it will
go into his
hand, and
pierce it: so
{\ADD{is}}
Pharaoh
king of
Egypt unto all that
trust on him.\FTNT{†}{{\FR 18.21 }{\FT{trustest: Heb. trustest thee}}}

\VS{22}But if ye
say unto me, We
trust in the
{\ND{LORD}} our
God:
{\ADD{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?

\VS{23}Now therefore, I pray thee, give
pledges to my
lord the
king of
Assyria, and I will
deliver thee two
thousand
horses, if thou be
able on thy part to
set
riders upon them.\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 18.23 }{\FT{pledges: or, hostages}}}

\VS{24}How then wilt thou turn
away the
face of
one
captain of the
least of my
master’s
servants, and put thy
trust on
Egypt for
chariots and for
horsemen?

\VS{25}Am I now come
up
without the
{\ND{LORD}} against this
place to
destroy it? The
{\ND{LORD}}
said to me, Go
up against this
land, and
destroy it.

\VS{26}Then
said
Eliakim the
son of
Hilkiah, and
Shebna, and
Joah, unto
Rab-shakeh,
Speak, I pray thee, to thy
servants in the Syrian
language; for we
understand
{\ADD{it:}} and
talk not with us in the
Jews’ language in the
ears of the
people that
{\ADD{are}} on the
wall.

\VS{27}But
Rab-shakeh
said unto them, Hath my
master
sent me to thy
master, and to thee, to
speak these
words?
{\ADD{hath he}} not
{\ADD{sent me}} to the
men which
sit on the
wall, that they may
eat their own
dung, and
drink their own
piss with you?\FTNT{§}{{\FR 18.27 }{\FT{their own piss: Heb. the water of their feet}}}

\VS{28}Then
Rab-shakeh
stood and
cried with a
loud
voice in the
Jews’ language, and
spake,
saying,
Hear the
word of the
great
king, the
king of
Assyria:

\VS{29}Thus
saith the
king, Let not
Hezekiah
deceive you: for he shall not be
able to
deliver you out of his
hand:

\VS{30}Neither let
Hezekiah make you
trust in the
{\ND{LORD}},
saying, The
{\ND{LORD}} will
surely
deliver us, and this
city shall not be
delivered into the
hand of the
king of
Assyria.

\VS{31}Hearken not to
Hezekiah: for thus
saith the
king of
Assyria,
Make
{\ADD{an agreement}} with me by a
present, and come
out to me, and
{\ADD{then}}
eat ye every
man of his own
vine, and every
one of his fig
tree, and
drink ye every
one the
waters of his
cistern:\FTNT{**}{{\FR 18.31 }{\FT{Make…: or, Seek my favour: Heb. Make with me a blessing}}}\FTNT{††}{{\FR 18.31 }{\FT{cistern: or, pit}}}

\VS{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
{\ND{LORD}} will
deliver us.\FTNT{‡‡}{{\FR 18.32 }{\FT{persuadeth: or, deceiveth}}}

\VS{33}Hath
any of the
gods of the
nations
delivered at
all his
land out of the
hand of the
king of
Assyria?

\VS{34}Where
{\ADD{are}} the
gods of
Hamath, and of
Arpad? where
{\ADD{are}} the
gods of
Sepharvaim,
Hena, and
Ivah? have they
delivered
Samaria out of mine
hand?

\VS{35}Who
{\ADD{are}} they among all the
gods of the
countries, that have
delivered their
country out of mine
hand, that the
{\ND{LORD}} should
deliver
Jerusalem out of mine
hand?

\VS{36}But the
people held their
peace, and
answered him not a
word: for the
king’s
commandment was,
saying,
Answer him not.

\VS{37}Then
came
Eliakim the
son of
Hilkiah, which
{\ADD{was}} over the
household, and
Shebna the
scribe, and
Joah the
son of
Asaph the
recorder, to
Hezekiah with
{\ADD{their}}
clothes
rent, and
told him the
words of
Rab-shakeh.




\par }\Chap{19}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And it came to pass, when
king
Hezekiah
heard
{\ADD{it}}, that he
rent his
clothes, and
covered himself with
sackcloth, and
went into the
house of the
{\ND{LORD}}.

\VS{2}And he
sent
Eliakim, which
{\ADD{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.

\VS{3}And they
said unto him, Thus
saith
Hezekiah, This
day
{\ADD{is}} a
day of
trouble, and of
rebuke, and
blasphemy: for the
children are
come to the
birth, and
{\ADD{there is}} not
strength to bring
forth.\FTNT{*}{{\FR 19.3 }{\FT{blasphemy: or, provocation}}}

\VS{4}It may
be the
{\ND{LORD}} thy
God will
hear all the
words of
Rab-shakeh, whom the
king of
Assyria his
master hath
sent to
reproach the
living
God; and will
reprove the
words which the
{\ND{LORD}} thy
God hath
heard: wherefore lift
up
{\ADD{thy}}
prayer for the
remnant that are
left.\FTNT{†}{{\FR 19.4 }{\FT{left: Heb. found}}}

\VS{5}So the
servants of
king
Hezekiah
came to
Isaiah.


\par }{\PP \VS{6}¶ And
Isaiah
said unto them, Thus shall ye
say to your
master, Thus
saith the
{\ND{LORD}}, Be not
afraid
of the
words which thou hast
heard, with which the
servants of the
king of
Assyria have
blasphemed me.

\VS{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.


\par }{\PP \VS{8}¶ So
Rab-shakeh
returned, and
found the
king of
Assyria
warring against
Libnah: for he had
heard that he was
departed from
Lachish.

\VS{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,

\VS{10}Thus shall ye
speak to
Hezekiah
king of
Judah,
saying, Let not thy
God in whom thou
trustest
deceive thee,
saying,
Jerusalem shall not be
delivered into the
hand of the
king of
Assyria.

\VS{11}Behold, thou hast
heard what the
kings of
Assyria have
done to all
lands, by destroying them
utterly: and shalt thou be
delivered?

\VS{12}Have the
gods of the
nations
delivered them which my
fathers have
destroyed;
{\ADD{as}}
Gozan, and
Haran, and
Rezeph, and the
children of
Eden which
{\ADD{were}} in
Thelasar?

\VS{13}Where
{\ADD{is}} the
king of
Hamath, and the
king of
Arpad, and the
king of the
city of
Sepharvaim, of
Hena, and
Ivah?


\par }{\PP \VS{14}¶ And
Hezekiah
received the
letter of the
hand of the
messengers, and
read it: and
Hezekiah went
up into the
house of the
{\ND{LORD}}, and
spread it
before the
{\ND{LORD}}.

\VS{15}And
Hezekiah
prayed
before the
{\ND{LORD}}, and
said, O
{\ND{LORD}}
God of
Israel, which
dwellest
{\ADD{between}} the
cherubims, thou art the
God,
{\ADD{even}} thou alone, of all the
kingdoms of the
earth; thou hast
made
heaven and
earth.

\VS{16}{\ND{LORD}}, bow
down thine
ear, and
hear:
open,
{\ND{LORD}}, thine
eyes, and
see: and
hear the
words of
Sennacherib, which hath
sent him to
reproach the
living
God.

\VS{17}Of a
truth,
{\ND{LORD}}, the
kings of
Assyria have
destroyed the
nations and their
lands,

\VS{18}And have
cast their
gods into the
fire: for they
{\ADD{were}} no
gods, but the
work of
men’s
hands,
wood and
stone: therefore they have
destroyed them.\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 19.18 }{\FT{cast: Heb. given}}}

\VS{19}Now therefore, O
{\ND{LORD}} our
God, I beseech thee,
save thou us out of his
hand, that all the
kingdoms of the
earth may
know that thou
{\ADD{art}} the
{\ND{LORD}}
God,
{\ADD{even}} thou only.


\par }{\PP \VS{20}¶ Then
Isaiah the
son of
Amoz
sent to
Hezekiah,
saying, Thus
saith the
{\ND{LORD}}
God of
Israel,
{\ADD{That}} which thou hast
prayed to me against
Sennacherib
king of
Assyria I have
heard.

\VS{21}This
{\ADD{is}} the
word that the
{\ND{LORD}} hath
spoken concerning him; The
virgin the
daughter of
Zion hath
despised thee,
{\ADD{and}} laughed thee to
scorn; the
daughter of
Jerusalem hath
shaken her
head at
thee.

\VS{22}Whom hast thou
reproached and
blasphemed? and against whom hast thou
exalted
{\ADD{thy}}
voice, and lifted
up thine
eyes on
high?
{\ADD{even}} against the
Holy
{\ADD{One}} of
Israel.

\VS{23}By thy
messengers thou hast
reproached the
Lord, and hast
said, With the
multitude of my
chariots I am come
up to the
height of the
mountains, to the
sides of
Lebanon, and will cut
down the
tall cedar
trees thereof,
{\ADD{and}} the
choice fir
trees thereof: and I will
enter into the
lodgings of his
borders,
{\ADD{and into}} the
forest of his
Carmel.\FTNT{§}{{\FR 19.23 }{\FT{By: Heb. By the hand of}}}\FTNT{**}{{\FR 19.23 }{\FT{tall…: Heb. tallness, etc}}}\FTNT{††}{{\FR 19.23 }{\FT{of his Carmel: or, and his fruitful field}}}

\VS{24}I have
digged and
drunk
strange
waters, and with the
sole of my
feet have I
dried up all the
rivers of besieged
places.\FTNT{‡‡}{{\FR 19.24 }{\FT{besieged: or, fenced}}}

\VS{25}Hast thou not
heard long
ago
{\ADD{how}} I have
done it,
{\ADD{and}} of
ancient
times that I have
formed it? now have I
brought it to pass, that thou shouldest be to lay
waste
fenced
cities
{\ADD{into}}
ruinous
heaps.\FTNT{§§}{{\FR 19.25 }{\FT{long…: or, how I have made it long ago, and formed it of ancient times? should I now bring it to be laid waste, and fenced cities to be ruinous heaps?}}}

\VS{26}Therefore their
inhabitants were of
small
power, they were
dismayed and
confounded; they were
{\ADD{as}} the
grass of the
field, and
{\ADD{as}} the
green
herb,
{\ADD{as}} the
grass on the
housetops, and
{\ADD{as corn}}
blasted
before it be grown
up.\FTNT{***}{{\FR 19.26 }{\FT{of small…: Heb. short of hand}}}

\VS{27}But I
know thy
abode, and thy going
out, and thy coming
in, and thy
rage against me.\FTNT{†††}{{\FR 19.27 }{\FT{abode: or, sitting}}}

\VS{28}Because thy
rage against me and thy
tumult is come
up into mine
ears, therefore I will
put my
hook in thy
nose, and my
bridle in thy
lips, and I will turn thee
back by the
way by which thou
camest.

\VS{29}And this
{\ADD{shall be}} a
sign unto thee, Ye shall
eat this
year such things as
grow of themselves, and in the
second
year that which
springeth of the same; and in the
third
year
sow ye, and
reap, and
plant
vineyards, and
eat the
fruits thereof.

\VS{30}And the
remnant that is
escaped of the
house of
Judah shall yet
again take
root
downward, and
bear
fruit
upward.\FTNT{‡‡‡}{{\FR 19.30 }{\FT{remnant…: Heb. escaping of the house of Judah that remaineth}}}

\VS{31}For out of
Jerusalem shall go
forth a
remnant, and they that
escape out of
mount
Zion: the
zeal of the
{\ND{LORD}}
{\ADD{
of hosts}} shall
do this.\FTNT{§§§}{{\FR 19.31 }{\FT{they…: Heb. the escaping}}}

\VS{32}Therefore thus
saith the
{\ND{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.

\VS{33}By the
way that he
came, by the same shall he
return, and shall not
come into this
city,
saith the
{\ND{LORD}}.

\VS{34}For I will
defend this
city, to
save it, for mine own sake, and for my
servant
David’s sake.


\par }{\PP \VS{35}¶ And it came to pass that
night, that the
angel of the
{\ND{LORD}} went
out, and
smote in the
camp of the
Assyrians an
hundred
fourscore and
five
thousand: and when they arose
early in the
morning, behold, they
{\ADD{were}} all
dead
corpses.

\VS{36}So
Sennacherib
king of
Assyria
departed, and
went and
returned, and
dwelt at
Nineveh.

\VS{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
Esar-haddon his
son
reigned in his stead.\FTNT{*}{{\FR 19.37 }{\FT{Armenia: Heb. Ararat}}}




\par }\Chap{20}{\PP \VerseOne{1}In those
days was
Hezekiah
sick unto
death. And the
prophet
Isaiah the
son of
Amoz
came to him, and
said unto him, Thus
saith the
{\ND{LORD}}, Set thine
house in
order; for thou shalt
die, and not
live.\FTNT{*}{{\FR 20.1 }{\FT{Set…: Heb. Give charge concerning thine house}}}

\VS{2}Then he
turned his
face to the
wall, and
prayed unto the
{\ND{LORD}},
saying,

\VS{3}I
beseech thee, O
{\ND{LORD}},
remember now how I have
walked
before thee in
truth and with a
perfect
heart, and have
done
{\ADD{that which is}}
good in thy
sight. And
Hezekiah
wept
sore.\FTNT{†}{{\FR 20.3 }{\FT{sore: Heb. with a great weeping}}}

\VS{4}And it came to pass, afore
Isaiah was gone
out into the
middle
court, that the
word of the
{\ND{LORD}} came to him,
saying,\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 20.4 }{\FT{court: or, city}}}

\VS{5}Turn
again, and
tell
Hezekiah the
captain of my
people, Thus
saith the
{\ND{LORD}}, the
God of
David thy
father, I have
heard thy
prayer, I have
seen thy
tears: behold, I will
heal thee: on the
third
day thou shalt go
up unto the
house of the
{\ND{LORD}}.

\VS{6}And I will
add unto thy
days
fifteen
years; and I will
deliver thee and this
city out of the
hand of the
king of
Assyria; and I will
defend this
city for mine own sake, and for my
servant
David’s sake.

\VS{7}And
Isaiah
said,
Take a
lump of
figs. And they
took and
laid
{\ADD{it}} on the
boil, and he
recovered.


\par }{\PP \VS{8}¶ And
Hezekiah
said unto
Isaiah, What
{\ADD{shall be}} the
sign that the
{\ND{LORD}} will
heal me, and that I shall go
up into the
house of the
{\ND{LORD}} the
third
day?

\VS{9}And
Isaiah
said, This
sign shalt thou have of the
{\ND{LORD}}, that the
{\ND{LORD}} will
do the
thing that he hath
spoken: shall the
shadow go
forward
ten
degrees, or go
back
ten
degrees?

\VS{10}And
Hezekiah
answered, It is a light
thing for the
shadow to go
down
ten
degrees: nay, but let the
shadow
return
backward
ten
degrees.

\VS{11}And
Isaiah the
prophet
cried unto the
{\ND{LORD}}: and he
brought the
shadow
ten
degrees
backward,
by which it had gone
down in the
dial of
Ahaz.\FTNT{§}{{\FR 20.11 }{\FT{dial: Heb. degrees}}}


\par }{\PP \VS{12}¶ At that
time
Berodach-baladan, the
son of
Baladan,
king of
Babylon,
sent
letters and a
present unto
Hezekiah: for he had
heard that
Hezekiah had been
sick.\FTNT{**}{{\FR 20.12 }{\FT{Berodach-baladan: or, Merodach-baladan}}}

\VS{13}And
Hezekiah
hearkened unto them, and
shewed them all the
house of his precious
things, the
silver, and the
gold, and the
spices, and the
precious
ointment, and
{\ADD{all}} the
house of his
armour, and all that was
found in his
treasures: there was
nothing in his
house, nor in all his
dominion, that
Hezekiah
shewed them not.\FTNT{††}{{\FR 20.13 }{\FT{precious things: or, spicery}}}\FTNT{‡‡}{{\FR 20.13 }{\FT{armour: or, jewels: Heb. vessels}}}


\par }{\PP \VS{14}¶ Then
came
Isaiah the
prophet unto
king
Hezekiah, and
said unto him, What
said these
men? and from
whence
came they unto thee? And
Hezekiah
said, They are
come from a
far
country,
{\ADD{even}} from
Babylon.

\VS{15}And he
said, What have they
seen in thine
house? And
Hezekiah
answered, All
{\ADD{the things}} that
{\ADD{are}} in mine
house have they
seen: there is
nothing among my
treasures that I have not
shewed them.

\VS{16}And
Isaiah
said unto
Hezekiah,
Hear the
word of the
{\ND{LORD}}.

\VS{17}Behold, the
days
come, that all that
{\ADD{is}} in thine
house, and that which thy
fathers have laid up in
store unto this
day, shall be
carried into
Babylon:
nothing shall be
left,
saith the
{\ND{LORD}}.

\VS{18}And of thy
sons that shall
issue from thee, which thou shalt
beget, shall they take
away; and they shall be
eunuchs in the
palace of the
king of
Babylon.

\VS{19}Then
said
Hezekiah unto
Isaiah,
Good
{\ADD{is}} the
word of the
{\ND{LORD}} which thou hast
spoken. And he
said,
{\ADD{Is it}} not
{\ADD{good}}, if
peace and
truth be in my
days?\FTNT{§§}{{\FR 20.19 }{\FT{Is it…: or, Shall there not be peace and truth, etc}}}


\par }{\PP \VS{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,
{\ADD{are}} they not
written in the
book of the
chronicles of the
kings of
Judah?

\VS{21}And
Hezekiah
slept with his
fathers: and
Manasseh his
son
reigned in his stead.




\par }\Chap{21}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Manasseh
{\ADD{was}}
twelve
years
old when he began to
reign, and
reigned
fifty and
five
years in
Jerusalem. And his
mother’s
name
{\ADD{was}}
Hephzi-bah.

\VS{2}And he
did
{\ADD{that which was}}
evil in the
sight of the
{\ND{LORD}}, after the
abominations of the
heathen, whom the
{\ND{LORD}} cast
out
before the
children of
Israel.

\VS{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.

\VS{4}And he
built
altars in the
house of the
{\ND{LORD}}, of which the
{\ND{LORD}}
said, In
Jerusalem will I
put my
name.

\VS{5}And he
built
altars for all the
host of
heaven in the
two
courts of the
house of the
{\ND{LORD}}.

\VS{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
{\ND{LORD}}, to provoke
{\ADD{him}} to
anger.

\VS{7}And he
set a graven
image of the
grove that he had
made in the
house, of which the
{\ND{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:

\VS{8}Neither will I make the
feet of
Israel
move any
more out of the
land which I
gave their
fathers; only if they will
observe to
do according to all that I have
commanded them, and according to all the
law that my
servant
Moses
commanded them.

\VS{9}But they
hearkened not: and
Manasseh
seduced them to
do more
evil than did the
nations whom the
{\ND{LORD}}
destroyed
before the
children of
Israel.


\par }{\PP \VS{10}¶ And the
{\ND{LORD}}
spake
by his
servants the
prophets,
saying,

\VS{11}Because
Manasseh
king of
Judah hath
done these
abominations,
{\ADD{and}} hath done
wickedly above all that the
Amorites
did, which
{\ADD{were}}
before him, and hath made
Judah also to
sin with his
idols:

\VS{12}Therefore thus
saith the
{\ND{LORD}}
God of
Israel, Behold, I
{\ADD{am}}
bringing
{\ADD{such}}
evil upon
Jerusalem and
Judah, that whosoever
heareth of it,
both his
ears shall
tingle.

\VS{13}And I will
stretch over
Jerusalem the
line of
Samaria, and the
plummet of the
house of
Ahab: and I will
wipe
Jerusalem as
{\ADD{a man}}
wipeth a
dish,
wiping
{\ADD{it}}, and
turning
{\ADD{it}} upside
down.\FTNT{*}{{\FR 21.13 }{\FT{wiping…: Heb. he wipeth and turneth it upon the face thereof}}}

\VS{14}And I will
forsake the
remnant of mine
inheritance, and
deliver them into the
hand of their
enemies; and they shall become a
prey and a
spoil to all their
enemies;

\VS{15}Because they have
done
{\ADD{that which was}}
evil in my
sight, and have
provoked me to
anger, since the
day their
fathers came
forth out of
Egypt, even unto this
day.

\VS{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
{\ADD{that which was}}
evil in the
sight of the
{\ND{LORD}}.\FTNT{†}{{\FR 21.16 }{\FT{from…: Heb. from mouth to mouth}}}


\par }{\PP \VS{17}¶ Now the
rest of the
acts of
Manasseh, and all that he
did, and his
sin that he
sinned,
{\ADD{are}} they not
written in the
book of the
chronicles of the
kings of
Judah?

\VS{18}And
Manasseh
slept with his
fathers, and was
buried in the
garden of his own
house, in the
garden of
Uzza: and
Amon his
son
reigned in his stead.


\par }{\PP \VS{19}¶
Amon
{\ADD{was}}
twenty and
two
years
old when he began to
reign, and he
reigned
two
years in
Jerusalem. And his
mother’s
name
{\ADD{was}}
Meshullemeth, the
daughter of
Haruz of
Jotbah.

\VS{20}And he
did
{\ADD{that which was}}
evil in the
sight of the
{\ND{LORD}}, as his
father
Manasseh
did.

\VS{21}And he
walked in all the
way that his
father walked
in, and
served the
idols that his
father
served, and
worshipped them:

\VS{22}And he
forsook the
{\ND{LORD}}
God of his
fathers, and
walked not in the
way of the
{\ND{LORD}}.


\par }{\PP \VS{23}¶ And the
servants of
Amon
conspired against him, and
slew the
king in his own
house.

\VS{24}And the
people of the
land
slew all them that had
conspired against
king
Amon; and the
people of the
land made
Josiah his
son
king in his stead.

\VS{25}Now the
rest of the
acts of
Amon which he
did,
{\ADD{are}} they not
written in the
book of the
chronicles of the
kings of
Judah?

\VS{26}And he was
buried in his
sepulchre in the
garden of
Uzza: and
Josiah his
son
reigned in his stead.\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 21.26 }{\FT{Josiah: Gr. Josias}}}




\par }\Chap{22}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Josiah
{\ADD{was}}
eight
years
old when he began to
reign, and he
reigned
thirty and
one
years in
Jerusalem. And his
mother’s
name
{\ADD{was}}
Jedidah, the
daughter of
Adaiah of
Boscath.

\VS{2}And he
did
{\ADD{that which was}}
right in the
sight of the
{\ND{LORD}}, and
walked in all the
way of
David his
father, and turned not
aside to the right
hand or to the
left.


\par }{\PP \VS{3}¶ And it came to pass in the
eighteenth
year of
king
Josiah,
{\ADD{that}} the
king
sent
Shaphan the
son of
Azaliah, the
son of
Meshullam, the
scribe, to the
house of the
{\ND{LORD}},
saying,

\VS{4}Go
up to
Hilkiah the
high
priest, that he may
sum the
silver which is
brought into the
house of the
{\ND{LORD}}, which the
keepers of the
door have
gathered of the
people:\FTNT{*}{{\FR 22.4 }{\FT{door: Heb. threshold}}}

\VS{5}And let them
deliver it into the
hand of the
doers of the
work, that have the
oversight of the
house of the
{\ND{LORD}}: and let them
give it to the
doers of the
work which
{\ADD{is}} in the
house of the
{\ND{LORD}}, to
repair the
breaches of the
house,

\VS{6}Unto
carpenters, and
builders, and
masons, and to
buy
timber and
hewn
stone to
repair the
house.

\VS{7}Howbeit there was no reckoning
made with them of the
money that was
delivered into their
hand, because they
dealt
faithfully.


\par }{\PP \VS{8}¶ And
Hilkiah the
high
priest
said unto
Shaphan the
scribe, I have
found the
book of the
law in the
house of the
{\ND{LORD}}. And
Hilkiah
gave the
book to
Shaphan, and he
read it.

\VS{9}And
Shaphan the
scribe
came to the
king, and
brought the
king
word
again, and
said, Thy
servants have
gathered the
money that was
found in the
house, and have
delivered it into the
hand of them that
do the
work, that have the
oversight of the
house of the
{\ND{LORD}}.\FTNT{†}{{\FR 22.9 }{\FT{gathered: Heb. melted}}}

\VS{10}And
Shaphan the
scribe
shewed the
king,
saying,
Hilkiah the
priest hath
delivered me a
book. And
Shaphan
read it
before the
king.


\par }{\PP \VS{11}And it came to pass, when the
king had
heard the
words of the
book of the
law, that he
rent his
clothes.

\VS{12}And the
king
commanded
Hilkiah the
priest, and
Ahikam the
son of
Shaphan, and
Achbor the
son of
Michaiah, and
Shaphan the
scribe, and
Asahiah a
servant of the
king’s,
saying,\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 22.12 }{\FT{Achbor: or, Abdon}}}\FTNT{§}{{\FR 22.12 }{\FT{Michaiah: or, Micah}}}

\VS{13}Go ye,
enquire of the
{\ND{LORD}} for me, and for the
people, and for all
Judah, concerning the
words of this
book that is
found: for
great
{\ADD{is}} the
wrath of the
{\ND{LORD}} that is
kindled against us, because our
fathers have not
hearkened unto the
words of this
book, to
do according unto all that which is
written concerning us.

\VS{14}So
Hilkiah the
priest, and
Ahikam, and
Achbor, and
Shaphan, and
Asahiah,
went unto
Huldah the
prophetess, the
wife of
Shallum the
son of
Tikvah, the
son of
Harhas,
keeper of the
wardrobe; (now she
dwelt in
Jerusalem in the
college;) and they
communed with her.\FTNT{**}{{\FR 22.14 }{\FT{wardrobe: Heb. garments}}}\FTNT{††}{{\FR 22.14 }{\FT{in the…: or, in the second part}}}


\par }{\PP \VS{15}¶ And she
said unto them, Thus
saith the
{\ND{LORD}}
God of
Israel,
Tell the
man that
sent you to me,

\VS{16}Thus
saith the
{\ND{LORD}}, Behold, I will
bring
evil upon this
place, and upon the
inhabitants thereof,
{\ADD{even}} all the
words of the
book which the
king of
Judah hath
read:

\VS{17}Because they have
forsaken me, and have burned
incense unto
other
gods, that they might provoke me to
anger with all the
works of their
hands; therefore my
wrath shall be
kindled against this
place, and shall not be
quenched.

\VS{18}But to the
king of
Judah which
sent you to
enquire of the
{\ND{LORD}}, thus shall ye
say to him, Thus
saith the
{\ND{LORD}}
God of
Israel,
{\ADD{As touching}} the
words which thou hast
heard;

\VS{19}Because thine
heart was
tender, and thou hast
humbled thyself
before the
{\ND{LORD}}, when thou
heardest what I
spake against this
place, and against the
inhabitants thereof, that they should become a
desolation and a
curse, and hast
rent thy
clothes, and
wept
before me; I also have
heard
{\ADD{thee}},
saith the
{\ND{LORD}}.

\VS{20}Behold therefore, I will
gather thee unto thy
fathers, and thou shalt be
gathered into thy
grave in
peace; and thine
eyes shall not
see all the
evil which I will
bring upon this
place. And they
brought the
king
word
again.




\par }\Chap{23}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And the
king
sent, and they
gathered unto him all the
elders of
Judah and of
Jerusalem.

\VS{2}And the
king went
up into the
house of the
{\ND{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
{\ND{LORD}}.\FTNT{*}{{\FR 23.2 }{\FT{both…: Heb. from small even unto great}}}


\par }{\PP \VS{3}¶ And the
king
stood by a
pillar, and
made a
covenant
before the
{\ND{LORD}}, to
walk
after the
{\ND{LORD}}, and to
keep his
commandments and his
testimonies and his
statutes with all
{\ADD{their}}
heart and all
{\ADD{their}}
soul, to
perform the
words of this
covenant that were
written in this
book. And all the
people
stood to the
covenant.


\par }{\PP \VS{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
{\ND{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
Beth-el.

\VS{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.\FTNT{†}{{\FR 23.5 }{\FT{put…: Heb. caused to cease}}}\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 23.5 }{\FT{idolatrous…: Heb. Chemarim}}}\FTNT{§}{{\FR 23.5 }{\FT{planets: or, twelve signs or, constellations}}}

\VS{6}And he brought
out the
grove from the
house of the
{\ND{LORD}},
without
Jerusalem, unto the
brook
Kidron, and
burned it at the
brook
Kidron, and stamped
{\ADD{it}}
small to
powder, and
cast the
powder thereof upon the
graves of the
children of the
people.

\VS{7}And he brake
down the
houses of the
sodomites, that
{\ADD{were}} by the
house of the
{\ND{LORD}}, where the
women
wove
hangings for the
grove.\FTNT{**}{{\FR 23.7 }{\FT{hangings: Heb. houses}}}

\VS{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
Beer-sheba, and brake
down the high
places of the
gates that
{\ADD{were}} in the entering
in of the
gate of
Joshua the
governor of the
city, which
{\ADD{were}} on a
man’s left
hand at the
gate of the
city.

\VS{9}Nevertheless the
priests of the high
places came not
up to the
altar of the
{\ND{LORD}} in
Jerusalem, but they did
eat of the unleavened
bread
among their
brethren.

\VS{10}And he
defiled
Topheth, which
{\ADD{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.

\VS{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
{\ND{LORD}}, by the
chamber of
Nathan-melech the
chamberlain, which
{\ADD{was}} in the
suburbs, and
burned the
chariots of the
sun with
fire.\FTNT{††}{{\FR 23.11 }{\FT{chamberlain: or, eunuch, or, officer}}}

\VS{12}And the
altars that
{\ADD{were}} on the
top of the upper
chamber of
Ahaz, which the
kings of
Judah had
made, and the
altars which
Manasseh had
made in the
two
courts of the
house of the
{\ND{LORD}}, did the
king beat
down, and brake
{\ADD{them}}
down from thence, and
cast the
dust of them into the
brook
Kidron.\FTNT{‡‡}{{\FR 23.12 }{\FT{brake…: or, ran from thence}}}

\VS{13}And the high
places that
{\ADD{were}}
before
Jerusalem, which
{\ADD{were}} on the right
hand of the
mount of
corruption, which
Solomon the
king of
Israel had
builded for
Ashtoreth the
abomination of the
Zidonians, and for
Chemosh the
abomination of the
Moabites, and for
Milcom the
abomination of the
children of
Ammon, did the
king
defile.\FTNT{§§}{{\FR 23.13 }{\FT{the mount…: that is, the mount of Olives}}}

\VS{14}And he brake in
pieces the
images, and cut
down the
groves, and
filled their
places with the
bones of
men.\FTNT{***}{{\FR 23.14 }{\FT{images: Heb. statues}}}


\par }{\PP \VS{15}¶ Moreover the
altar that
{\ADD{was}} at
Beth-el,
{\ADD{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,
{\ADD{and}}
stamped
{\ADD{it}} small to
powder, and
burned the
grove.

\VS{16}And as
Josiah
turned himself, he
spied the
sepulchres that
{\ADD{were}} there in the
mount, and
sent, and
took the
bones out of the
sepulchres, and
burned
{\ADD{them}} upon the
altar, and
polluted it, according to the
word of the
{\ND{LORD}} which the
man of
God
proclaimed, who
proclaimed these
words.

\VS{17}Then he
said, What
title
{\ADD{is}}
that that I
see? And the
men of the
city
told him,
{\ADD{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
Beth-el.

\VS{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.\FTNT{†††}{{\FR 23.18 }{\FT{bones alone: Heb. bones to escape}}}

\VS{19}And all the
houses also of the high
places that
{\ADD{were}} in the
cities of
Samaria, which the
kings of
Israel had
made to provoke
{\ADD{the
{\ND{Lord}}}} to
anger,
Josiah took
away, and
did to them according to all the
acts that he had
done in
Beth-el.

\VS{20}And he
slew all the
priests of the high
places that
{\ADD{were}} there upon the
altars, and
burned
men’s
bones upon them, and
returned to
Jerusalem.\FTNT{‡‡‡}{{\FR 23.20 }{\FT{slew: or, sacrificed}}}


\par }{\PP \VS{21}¶ And the
king
commanded all the
people,
saying,
Keep the
passover unto the
{\ND{LORD}} your
God, as
{\ADD{it is}}
written in the
book of this
covenant.

\VS{22}Surely there was not
holden such a
passover from the
days of the
judges that
judged
Israel, nor in all the
days of the
kings of
Israel, nor of the
kings of
Judah;

\VS{23}But in the
eighteenth
year of
king
Josiah,
{\ADD{wherein}} this
passover was
holden to the
{\ND{LORD}} in
Jerusalem.


\par }{\PP \VS{24}¶ Moreover the
{\ADD{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
{\ND{LORD}}.\FTNT{§§§}{{\FR 23.24 }{\FT{images: or, teraphim}}}


\par }{\PP \VS{25}And like unto him was there no
king
before him, that
turned to the
{\ND{LORD}} with all his
heart, and with all his
soul, and with all his
might, according to all the
law of
Moses; neither
after him
arose there
{\ADD{any}} like him.


\par }{\PP \VS{26}¶ Notwithstanding the
{\ND{LORD}}
turned not from the
fierceness of his
great
wrath, wherewith his
anger was
kindled against
Judah, because of all the
provocations that
Manasseh had
provoked him withal.\FTNT{*}{{\FR 23.26 }{\FT{provocations: Heb. angers}}}

\VS{27}And the
{\ND{LORD}}
said, I will
remove
Judah also out of my
sight, as I have
removed
Israel, and will cast
off this
city
Jerusalem which I have
chosen, and the
house of which I
said, My
name shall be there.

\VS{28}Now the
rest of the
acts of
Josiah, and all that he
did,
{\ADD{are}} they not
written in the
book of the
chronicles of the
kings of
Judah?


\par }{\PP \VS{29}¶ In his
days
Pharaoh-nechoh
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.

\VS{30}And his
servants carried him in a
chariot
dead from
Megiddo, and
brought him to
Jerusalem, and
buried him in his own
sepulchre. And the
people of the
land
took
Jehoahaz the
son of
Josiah, and
anointed him, and made him
king in his
father’s stead.


\par }{\PP \VS{31}¶
Jehoahaz
{\ADD{was}}
twenty and
three
years
old when he began to
reign; and he
reigned
three
months in
Jerusalem. And his
mother’s
name
{\ADD{was}}
Hamutal, the
daughter of
Jeremiah of
Libnah.\FTNT{†}{{\FR 23.31 }{\FT{Jehoahaz: also called, Shallum}}}

\VS{32}And he
did
{\ADD{that which was}}
evil in the
sight of the
{\ND{LORD}}, according to all that his
fathers had
done.

\VS{33}And
Pharaoh-nechoh 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.\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 23.33 }{\FT{that…: or, because he reigned}}}\FTNT{§}{{\FR 23.33 }{\FT{put the…: Heb. set a fine upon the land}}}

\VS{34}And
Pharaoh-nechoh 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.

\VS{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
{\ADD{it}} unto
Pharaoh-nechoh.


\par }{\PP \VS{36}¶
Jehoiakim
{\ADD{was}}
twenty and
five
years
old when he began to
reign; and he
reigned
eleven
years in
Jerusalem. And his
mother’s
name
{\ADD{was}}
Zebudah, the
daughter of
Pedaiah of
Rumah.

\VS{37}And he
did
{\ADD{that which was}}
evil in the
sight of the
{\ND{LORD}}, according to all that his
fathers had
done.




\par }\Chap{24}{\PP \VerseOne{1}In his
days
Nebuchadnezzar
king of
Babylon came
up, and
Jehoiakim became his
servant
three
years: then he
turned and
rebelled against him.

\VS{2}And the
{\ND{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
{\ND{LORD}}, which he
spake
by his
servants the
prophets.\FTNT{*}{{\FR 24.2 }{\FT{by: Heb. by the hand of}}}

\VS{3}Surely at the
commandment of the
{\ND{LORD}} came
{\ADD{this}} upon
Judah, to
remove
{\ADD{them}} out of his
sight, for the
sins of
Manasseh, according to all that he
did;

\VS{4}And also for the
innocent
blood that he
shed: for he
filled
Jerusalem with
innocent
blood; which the
{\ND{LORD}}
would not
pardon.


\par }{\PP \VS{5}¶ Now the
rest of the
acts of
Jehoiakim, and all that he
did,
{\ADD{are}} they not
written in the
book of the
chronicles of the
kings of
Judah?

\VS{6}So
Jehoiakim
slept with his
fathers: and
Jehoiachin his
son
reigned in his stead.

\VS{7}And the
king of
Egypt
came not
again any more out of his
land: for the
king of
Babylon had
taken from the
river of
Egypt unto the
river
Euphrates all that pertained to the
king of
Egypt.


\par }{\PP \VS{8}¶
Jehoiachin
{\ADD{was}}
eighteen
years
old when he began to
reign, and he
reigned in
Jerusalem
three
months. And his
mother’s
name
{\ADD{was}}
Nehushta, the
daughter of
Elnathan of
Jerusalem.\FTNT{†}{{\FR 24.8 }{\FT{Jehoiachin: also called Jeconiah and Coniah}}}

\VS{9}And he
did
{\ADD{that which was}}
evil in the
sight of the
{\ND{LORD}}, according to all that his
father had
done.


\par }{\PP \VS{10}¶ At that
time the
servants of
Nebuchadnezzar
king of
Babylon came
up against
Jerusalem, and the
city was
besieged.\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 24.10 }{\FT{was…: Heb. came into siege}}}

\VS{11}And
Nebuchadnezzar
king of
Babylon
came against the
city, and his
servants did
besiege it.

\VS{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.\FTNT{§}{{\FR 24.12 }{\FT{officers: or, eunuchs}}}\FTNT{**}{{\FR 24.12 }{\FT{his reign: Nebuchadnezzar’s eighth year}}}

\VS{13}And he carried
out thence all the
treasures of the
house of the
{\ND{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
{\ND{LORD}}, as the
{\ND{LORD}} had
said.

\VS{14}And he carried
away all
Jerusalem, and all the
princes, and all the mighty
men of
valour,
{\ADD{even}}
ten
thousand
captives, and all the
craftsmen and
smiths: none
remained,
save the poorest
sort of the
people of the
land.

\VS{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,
{\ADD{those}}
carried he into
captivity from
Jerusalem to
Babylon.\FTNT{††}{{\FR 24.15 }{\FT{officers: or, eunuchs}}}

\VS{16}And all the
men of
might,
{\ADD{even}}
seven
thousand, and
craftsmen and
smiths a
thousand, all
{\ADD{that were}}
strong
{\ADD{and}}
apt for
war, even them the
king of
Babylon
brought
captive to
Babylon.


\par }{\PP \VS{17}¶ And the
king of
Babylon made
Mattaniah his
father’s brother
king in his stead, and
changed his
name to
Zedekiah.

\VS{18}Zedekiah
{\ADD{was}}
twenty and
one
years
old when he began to
reign, and he
reigned
eleven
years in
Jerusalem. And his
mother’s
name
{\ADD{was}}
Hamutal, the
daughter of
Jeremiah of
Libnah.

\VS{19}And he
did
{\ADD{that which was}}
evil in the
sight of the
{\ND{LORD}}, according to all that
Jehoiakim had
done.

\VS{20}For through the
anger of the
{\ND{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.




\par }\Chap{25}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And it came to pass in the
ninth
year of his
reign, in the
tenth
month, in the
tenth
{\ADD{day}} of the
month,
{\ADD{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.

\VS{2}And the
city was
besieged unto the
eleventh
year of
king
Zedekiah.

\VS{3}And on the
ninth
{\ADD{day}} of the
{\ADD{fourth}}
month the
famine
prevailed in the
city, and there was no
bread for the
people of the
land.


\par }{\PP \VS{4}¶ And the
city was broken
up, and all the
men of
war
{\ADD{fled}} by
night by the
way of the
gate between two
walls, which
{\ADD{is}} by the
king’s
garden: (now the
Chaldees
{\ADD{were}} against the
city round
about:) and
{\ADD{the king}}
went the
way toward the
plain.

\VS{5}And the
army of the
Chaldees
pursued
after the
king, and
overtook him in the
plains of
Jericho: and all his
army were
scattered from him.

\VS{6}So they
took the
king, and brought him
up to the
king of
Babylon to
Riblah; and they
gave
judgment upon him.\FTNT{*}{{\FR 25.6 }{\FT{gave…: Heb. spake judgment with him}}}

\VS{7}And they
slew the
sons of
Zedekiah before his
eyes, and put
out the
eyes of
Zedekiah, and
bound him with
fetters of
brass, and
carried him to
Babylon.\FTNT{†}{{\FR 25.7 }{\FT{put…: Heb. made blind}}}


\par }{\PP \VS{8}¶ And in the
fifth
month, on the
seventh
{\ADD{day}} of the
month, which
{\ADD{is}} the
nineteenth
year of
king
Nebuchadnezzar
king of
Babylon,
came
Nebuzar-adan,
captain of the
guard, a
servant of the
king of
Babylon, unto
Jerusalem:\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 25.8 }{\FT{captain…: or, chief marshal}}}

\VS{9}And he
burnt the
house of the
{\ND{LORD}}, and the
king’s
house, and all the
houses of
Jerusalem, and every
great
{\ADD{man’s}}
house
burnt he with
fire.

\VS{10}And all the
army of the
Chaldees, that
{\ADD{were with}} the
captain of the
guard, brake
down the
walls of
Jerusalem round
about.

\VS{11}Now the
rest of the
people
{\ADD{that were}}
left in the
city, and the
fugitives that fell
away to the
king of
Babylon, with the
remnant of the
multitude, did
Nebuzar-adan the
captain of the
guard carry
away.\FTNT{§}{{\FR 25.11 }{\FT{fugitives: Heb. fallen away}}}

\VS{12}But the
captain of the
guard
left of the
poor of the
land
{\ADD{to be}}
vinedressers and
husbandmen.

\VS{13}And the
pillars of
brass that
{\ADD{were}} in the
house of the
{\ND{LORD}}, and the
bases, and the
brasen
sea that
{\ADD{was}} in the
house of the
{\ND{LORD}}, did the
Chaldees break in
pieces, and
carried the
brass of them to
Babylon.

\VS{14}And the
pots, and the
shovels, and the
snuffers, and the
spoons, and all the
vessels of
brass wherewith they
ministered, took they
away.

\VS{15}And the
firepans, and the
bowls,
{\ADD{and}} such things as
{\ADD{were}} of
gold,
{\ADD{in}}
gold, and of
silver,
{\ADD{in}}
silver, the
captain of the
guard took
away.

\VS{16}The
two
pillars,
one
sea, and the
bases which
Solomon had
made for the
house of the
{\ND{LORD}}; the
brass of all these
vessels was
without
weight.\FTNT{**}{{\FR 25.16 }{\FT{one…: Heb. the one sea}}}

\VS{17}The
height of the
one
pillar
{\ADD{was}}
eighteen
cubits, and the
chapiter upon it
{\ADD{was}}
brass: and the
height of the
chapiter
three
cubits; and the wreathen
work, and
pomegranates upon the
chapiter round
about, all of
brass: and like unto these had the
second
pillar with wreathen
work.


\par }{\PP \VS{18}¶ And the
captain of the
guard
took
Seraiah the
chief
priest, and
Zephaniah the
second
priest, and the
three
keepers of the
door:\FTNT{††}{{\FR 25.18 }{\FT{door: Heb. threshold}}}

\VS{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
{\ADD{that were}}
found in the
city:\FTNT{‡‡}{{\FR 25.19 }{\FT{officer: or, eunuch}}}\FTNT{§§}{{\FR 25.19 }{\FT{were in…: Heb. saw the king’s face}}}\FTNT{***}{{\FR 25.19 }{\FT{principal…: or, scribe of the captain of the host}}}

\VS{20}And
Nebuzar-adan
captain of the
guard
took these, and
brought them to the
king of
Babylon to
Riblah:

\VS{21}And the
king of
Babylon
smote them, and
slew them at
Riblah in the
land of
Hamath. So
Judah was carried
away out of their
land.


\par }{\PP \VS{22}¶ And
{\ADD{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.

\VS{23}And when all the
captains of the
armies, they and their
men,
heard that the
king of
Babylon had made
Gedaliah
governor, there
came to
Gedaliah to
Mizpah, even
Ishmael the
son of
Nethaniah, and
Johanan the
son of
Careah, and
Seraiah the
son of
Tanhumeth the
Netophathite, and
Jaazaniah the
son of a
Maachathite, they and their
men.

\VS{24}And
Gedaliah
sware to them, and to their
men, and
said unto them,
Fear not to be the
servants of the
Chaldees:
dwell in the
land, and
serve the
king of
Babylon; and it shall be
well with you.

\VS{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.\FTNT{†††}{{\FR 25.25 }{\FT{royal: Heb. of the kingdom}}}

\VS{26}And all the
people, both
small and
great, and the
captains of the
armies,
arose, and
came to
Egypt: for they were
afraid
of the
Chaldees.


\par }{\PP \VS{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
{\ADD{day}} of the
month,
{\ADD{that}}
Evil-merodach
king of
Babylon in the
year that he began to
reign did lift
up the
head of
Jehoiachin
king of
Judah out of
prison;

\VS{28}And he
spake
kindly to him, and
set his
throne above the
throne of the
kings that
{\ADD{were}} with him in
Babylon;\FTNT{‡‡‡}{{\FR 25.28 }{\FT{kindly…: Heb. good things with him}}}

\VS{29}And
changed his
prison
garments: and he did
eat
bread
continually
before him all the
days of his
life.

\VS{30}And his
allowance
{\ADD{was}} a
continual
allowance
given him of the
king, a
daily
rate for every
day, all the
days of his
life.


\par }