1 And Solomon 08010 the son 01121 of David 01732 was strengthened 02388 in his kingdom 04438, and the LORD 03068 his God 0430 was with him, and magnified 01431 him exceedingly 04605.
2 Then Solomon 08010 spoke 0559 to all Israel 03478, to the captains 08269 of thousands 0505 and of hundreds 03967, and to the judges 08199, and to every governor 05387 in all Israel 03478, the heads 07218 of the father’s 01 houses.
3 So Solomon 08010, and all the congregation 06951 with him, went 03212 to the high place 01116 that was at Gibeon 01391; for there was the tabernacle 0168 of the congregation 04150 of God 0430, which Moses 04872 the servant 05650 of the LORD 03068 had made 06213 in the wilderness 04057.
4 But 061 the ark 0727 of God 0430 David 01732 had brought up 05927 from Kirjathjearim 07157 to the place which David 01732 had prepared 03559 for it: for he had pitched 05186 a tent 0168 for it at Jerusalem 03389.
5 Moreover the brasen 05178 altar 04196, that Bezaleel 01212 the son 01121 of Uri 0221, the son 01121 of Hur 02354, had made 06213, he put 07760 before 06440 the tabernacle 04908 of the LORD 03068: and Solomon 08010 and the congregation 06951 sought 01875 for it. he put: or, was there
6 And Solomon 08010 went up 05927 there to the brasen 05178 altar 04196 before 06440 the LORD 03068, which was at the tabernacle 0168 of the congregation 04150, and offered 05927 a thousand 0505 burnt offerings 05930 upon it.
7 In that night 03915 God 0430 appeared 07200 to Solomon 08010, and said 0559 to him, Ask 07592 what I shall give 05414 thee.
8 And Solomon 08010 said 0559 to God 0430, Thou hast shown 06213 great 01419 mercy 02617 to David 01732 my father 01, and hast made me to reign 04427 in his stead.
9 Now, O LORD 03068 God 0430, let thy promise 01697 to David 01732 my father 01 be established 0539: for thou hast made me king 04427 over a people 05971 like the dust 06083 of the earth 0776 in multitude 07227. like…: Heb. much as the dust of the earth
10 Give 05414 me now wisdom 02451 and knowledge 04093, that I may go out 03318 and come in 0935 before 06440 this people 05971: for who can judge 08199 this thy great 01419 people 05971?
11 And God 0430 said 0559 to Solomon 08010, Because this was in thy heart 03824, and thou hast not asked 07592 riches 06239, wealth 05233, or honour 03519, nor the life 05315 of thy enemies 08130, neither yet hast asked 07592 long 07227 life 03117; but hast asked 07592 wisdom 02451 and knowledge 04093 for thyself, that thou mayest judge 08199 my people 05971, over whom I have made thee king 04427:
12 Wisdom 02451 and knowledge 04093 are granted 05414 to thee; and I will give 05414 thee riches 06239, and wealth 05233, and honour 03519, such as none of the kings 04428 have had that have been before 06440 thee, neither shall there any after 0310 thee have the like.
13 Then Solomon 08010 came 0935 from his journey to the high place 01116 that was at Gibeon 01391 to Jerusalem 03389, from before 06440 the tabernacle 0168 of the congregation 04150, and reigned 04427 over Israel 03478.
14 And Solomon 08010 gathered 0622 chariots 07393 and horsemen 06571: and he had a thousand 0505 and four 0702 hundred 03967 chariots 07393, and twelve 08147, 6240 thousand 0505 horsemen 06571, which he placed 03240 in the chariot 07393 cities 05892, and with the king 04428 at Jerusalem 03389.
15 And the king 04428 made 05414 silver 03701 and gold 02091 at Jerusalem 03389 as plenteous as stones 068, and cedar trees 0730 made 05414 he as the sycamore trees 08256 that are in the vale 08219 for abundance 07230. made: Heb. gave
16 And Solomon 08010 had horses 05483 brought 04161 out of Egypt 04714, and linen yarn 04723: the king’s 04428 merchants 05503 received 03947 the linen yarn 04723 at a price 04242. Solomon…: Heb. the going forth of the horses which was Solomon’s
17 And they fetched up 05927, and brought 03318 out of Egypt 04714 a chariot 04818 for six 08337 hundred 03967 shekels of silver 03701, and an horse 05483 for an hundred 03967 and fifty 02572: and so they brought out 03318 horses for all the kings 04428 of the Hittites 02850, and for the kings 04428 of Syria 0758, by their means 03027. means: Heb. hand
1 And Solomon 08010 determined 0559 to build 01129 an house 01004 for the name 08034 of the LORD 03068, and an house 01004 for his kingdom 04438.
2 And Solomon 08010 numbered out 05608 seventy 07657 thousand 0505 men 0376 to bear burdens 05449, and eighty 08084 thousand 0505, 376 to hew 02672 in the mountain 02022, and three 07969 thousand 0505 and six 08337 hundred 03967 to oversee 05329 them.
3 And Solomon 08010 sent 07971 to Huram 02361 the king 04428 of Tyre 06865, saying 0559, As thou didst deal 06213 with David 01732 my father 01, and didst send 07971 him cedars 0730 to build 01129 him an house 01004 to dwell 03427 in, even so deal with me. Huram: or, Hiram
4 Behold, I build 01129 an house 01004 to the name 08034 of the LORD 03068 my God 0430, to dedicate 06942 it to him, and to burn 06999 before 06440 him sweet 05561 incense 07004, and for the continual 08548 showbread 04635, and for the burnt offerings 05930 morning 01242 and evening 06153, on the sabbaths 07676, and on the new moons 02320, and on the solemn feasts 04150 of the LORD 03068 our God 0430. This is an ordinance for ever 05769 to Israel 03478. sweet…: Heb. incense of spices
5 And the house 01004 which I build 01129 is great 01419: for great 01419 is our God 0430 above all gods 0430.
6 But who is able 06113, 3581 to build 01129 him an house 01004, seeing the heaven 08064 and heaven 08064 of heavens 08064 cannot contain 03557 him? who am I then, that I should build 01129 him an house 01004, except only 0518 to burn sacrifice 06999 before 06440 him? is able: Heb. hath retained, or, obtained strength
7 Send 07971 me now therefore a man 0376 skilful 02450 to work 06213 in gold 02091, and in silver 03701, and in brass 05178, and in iron 01270, and in purple 0710, and crimson 03758, and blue 08504, and that hath skill 03045 to engrave 06605, 6603 with the skilful men 02450 that are with me in Judah 03063 and in Jerusalem 03389, whom David 01732 my father 01 provided 03559. to grave: Heb. to grave gravings
8 Send 07971 me also cedar 0730 trees 06086, fir trees 01265, and algum trees 0418, out of Lebanon 03844: for I know 03045 that thy servants 05650 have skill 03045 to cut 03772 timber 06086 in Lebanon 03844; and, behold, my servants 05650 shall be with thy servants 05650, algum: also called, almuggim
9 Even to prepare 03559 me timber 06086 in abundance 07230: for the house 01004 which I am about to build 01129 shall be great 01419 and wonderful 06381. wonderful…: Heb. great and wonderful
10 And, behold, I will give 05414 to thy servants 05650, the hewers 02404 that cut 03772 timber 06086, twenty 06242 thousand 0505 measures 03734 of beaten 04347 wheat 02406, and twenty 06242 thousand 0505 measures 03734 of barley 08184, and twenty 06242 thousand 0505 baths 01324 of wine 03196, and twenty 06242 thousand 0505 baths 01324 of oil 08081.
11 Then Huram 02361 the king 04428 of Tyre 06865 answered 0559 in writing 03791, which he sent 07971 to Solomon 08010, Because the LORD 03068 hath loved 0160 his people 05971, he hath made 05414 thee king 04428 over them.
12 Huram 02361 said 0559 moreover, Blessed 01288 be the LORD 03068 God 0430 of Israel 03478, that made 06213 heaven 08064 and earth 0776, who hath given 05414 to David 01732 the king 04428 a wise 02450 son 01121, endued 03045 with prudence 07922 and understanding 0998, that may build 01129 an house 01004 for the LORD 03068, and an house 01004 for his kingdom 04438. endued…: Heb. knowing prudence and understanding
13 And now I have sent 07971 a skilful 02450 man 0376, endued 03045 with understanding 0998, of Huram 02361 my father’s 01,
14 The son 01121 of a woman 0802 of the daughters 01323 of Dan 01835, and his father 01 was a man 0376 of Tyre 06876, skilful 03045 to work 06213 in gold 02091, and in silver 03701, in brass 05178, in iron 01270, in stone 068, and in timber 06086, in purple 0713, in blue 08504, and in fine linen 0948, and in crimson 03758; also to engrave 06605 any manner of engraving 06603, and to find out 02803 every device 04284 which shall be put 05414 to him, with thy skilful men 02450, and with the skilful men 02450 of my lord 0113 David 01732 thy father 01.
15 Now therefore the wheat 02406, and the barley 08184, the oil 08081, and the wine 03196, which my lord 0113 hath spoken 0559 of, let him send 07971 to his servants 05650:
16 And we will cut 03772 wood 06086 out of Lebanon 03844, as much as thou shalt need 06878: and we will bring 0935 it to thee in floats 07513 by sea 03220 to Joppa 03305; and thou mayest convey it 05927 to Jerusalem 03389. as much…: Heb according to all thy needJoppa: Heb. Japho
17 And Solomon 08010 numbered 05608 all the strangers 0582, 1616 that were in the land 0776 of Israel 03478, after 0310 the numbering 05610 which David 01732 his father 01 had numbered 05608 them; and they were found 04672 an hundred 03967 and fifty 02572 thousand 0505 and three 07969 thousand 0505 and six 08337 hundred 03967. the strangers: Heb. the men the strangers
18 And he set 06213 seventy 07657 thousand 0505 of them to be bearers of burdens 05449, and eighty 08084 thousand 0505 to be hewers 02672 in the mountain 02022, and three 07969 thousand 0505 and six 08337 hundred 03967 overseers 05329 to set 05647 the people 05971 to work 05647.
1 Then Solomon 08010 began 02490 to build 01129 the house 01004 of the LORD 03068 at Jerusalem 03389 in mount 02022 Moriah 04179, where the LORD appeared 07200 to David 01732 his father 01, in the place 04725 that David 01732 had prepared 03559 in the threshingfloor 01637 of Ornan 0771 the Jebusite 02983. where…: or, which was seen of David his fatherOrnan: also called, Araunah
2 And he began 02490 to build 01129 in the second 08145 day of the second 08145 month 02320, in the fourth 0702 year 08141 of his reign 04438.
3 Now these are the things in which Solomon 08010 was instructed 03245 for the building 01129 of the house 01004 of God 0430. The length 0753 by cubits 0520 after the first 07223 measure 04060 was sixty 08346 cubits 0520, and the breadth 07341 twenty 06242 cubits 0520. instructed: Heb. founded
4 And the porch 0197 that was in the front 06440 of the house, the length 0753 of it was according to the breadth 07341 of the house 01004, twenty 06242 cubits 0520, and the height 01363 was an hundred 03967 and twenty 06242: and he overlaid 06823 it within 06441 with pure 02889 gold 02091.
5 And the greater 01419 house 01004 he panelled 02645 with fir 01265 wood 06086, which he overlaid 02645 with fine 02896 gold 02091, and set 05927 on it palm trees 08561 and chains 08333.
6 And he adorned 06823 the house 01004 with precious 03368 stones 068 for beauty 08597: and the gold 02091 was gold 02091 of Parvaim 06516. garnished: Heb. covered
7 He overlaid 02645 also the house 01004, the beams 06982, the posts 05592, and the walls 07023 of it, and the doors 01817 of it, with gold 02091; and engraved 06605 cherubim 03742 on the walls 07023.
8 And he made 06213 the most 06944 holy 06944 house 01004, the length 0753 of which was according to 06440 the breadth 07341 of the house 01004, twenty 06242 cubits 0520, and the breadth 07341 of it twenty 06242 cubits 0520: and he overlaid 02645 it with fine 02896 gold 02091, amounting to six 08337 hundred 03967 talents 03603.
9 And the weight 04948 of the nails 04548 was fifty 02572 shekels 08255 of gold 02091. And he overlaid 02645 the upper chambers 05944 with gold 02091.
10 And in the most 06944 holy 06944 house 01004 he made 06213 two 08147 cherubim 03742 of image 06816 work 04639, and overlaid 06823 them with gold 02091. image…: or, (as some think) of moveable work
11 And the wings 03671 of the cherubim 03742 were twenty 06242 cubits 0520 long 0753: one 0259 wing 03671 of the one cherub was five 02568 cubits 0520, reaching 05060 to the wall 07023 of the house 01004: and the other 0312 wing 03671 was likewise five 02568 cubits 0520, reaching 05060 to the wing 03671 of the other 0312 cherub 03742.
12 And one wing 03671 of the other 0259 cherub 03742 was five 02568 cubits 0520, reaching 05060 to the wall 07023 of the house 01004: and the other 0312 wing 03671 was five 02568 cubits 0520 also, joining 01695 to the wing 03671 of the other 0312 cherub 03742.
13 The wings 03671 of these cherubim 03742 spread themselves forth 06566 twenty 06242 cubits 0520: and they stood 05975 on their feet 07272, and their faces 06440 were inward 01004. inward: or, toward the house
14 And he made 06213 the veil 06532 of blue 08504, and purple 0713, and crimson 03758, and fine linen 0948, and wrought 05927 cherubim 03742 on it. wrought: Heb. caused to ascend
15 Also he made 06213 before 06440 the house 01004 two 08147 pillars 05982 of thirty 07970 and five 02568 cubits 0520 high 0753, and the capital 06858 that was on the top 07218 of each of them was five 02568 cubits 0520. high: Heb. long
16 And he made 06213 chains 08333, as in the inner sanctuary 01687, and put 05414 them on the heads 07218 of the pillars 05982; and made 06213 an hundred 03967 pomegranates 07416, and put 05414 them on the chains 08333.
17 And he erected 06965 the pillars 05982 before 06440 the temple 01964, one 0259 on the right hand 03225, and the other 0259 on the left 08040; and called 07121 the name 08034 of that on the right hand 03233, 3227 Jachin 03199, and the name 08034 of that on the left 08042 Boaz 01162. Jachin: that is, He shall establishBoaz: that is, In it is strength
1 Moreover he made 06213 an altar 04196 of brass 05178, twenty 06242 cubits 0520 the length 0753 of it, and twenty 06242 cubits 0520 the breadth 07341 of it, and ten 06235 cubits 0520 the height 06967 of it.
2 Also he made 06213 a molten 03332 sea 03220 of ten 06235 cubits 0520 from brim 08193 to brim 08193, round 05696 in shape 05439, and five 02568 cubits 0520 the height 06967 of it; and a line 06957 of thirty 07970 cubits 0520 around 05437, 5439 it. from…: Heb. from his brim to his brim
3 And under it was the similitude 01823 of oxen 01241, which surrounded 05437, 5439 it: ten 06235 in a cubit 0520, surrounding 05439, 5362 the sea 03220. Two 08147 rows 02905 of oxen 01241 were cast 03332, when it was cast 04166.
4 It stood 05975 upon twelve 08147, 6240 oxen 01241, three 07969 looking 06437 toward the north 06828, and three 07969 looking 06437 toward the west 03220, and three 07969 looking 06437 toward the south 05045, and three 07969 looking 06437 toward the east 04217: and the sea 03220 was set above 04605 upon them, and all their back parts 0268 were inward 01004.
5 And the thickness 05672 of it was an handbreadth 02947, and the brim 08193 of it like the work 04639 of the brim 08193 of a cup 03563, with flowers 06525 of lilies 07799; and it received 02388 and held 03557 three 07969 thousand 0505 baths 01324. with flowers…: or, like a lilyflower
6 He made 06213 also ten 06235 lavers 03595, and put 05414 five 02568 on the right hand 03225, and five 02568 on the left 08040, to wash 07364 in them: such things as they offered 04639 for the burnt offering 05930 they washed 01740 in them; but the sea 03220 was for the priests 03548 to wash in 07364. such…: Heb. the work of burnt offering
7 And he made 06213 ten 06235 lampstands 04501 of gold 02091 according to their form 04941, and set 05414 them in the temple 01964, five 02568 on the right hand 03225, and five 02568 on the left 08040.
8 He made 06213 also ten 06235 tables 07979, and placed 03240 them in the temple 01964, five 02568 on the right side 03225, and five 02568 on the left 08040. And he made 06213 an hundred 03967 basins 04219 of gold 02091. basons: or, bowls
9 Furthermore he made 06213 the court 02691 of the priests 03548, and the great 01419 court 05835, and doors 01817 for the court 05835, and overlaid 06823 the doors 01817 of them with brass 05178.
10 And he set 05414 the sea 03220 on the right 03233 side 03802 of the east end 06924, toward 04136 the south 05045.
11 And Huram 02361 made 06213 the pots 05518, and the shovels 03257, and the basins 04219. And Huram 02361, 2438 finished 03615, 6213 the work 04399 that he was to make 06213 for king 04428 Solomon 08010 for the house 01004 of God 0430; basons: or, bowlsfinished: Heb. finished to make
12 That is, the two 08147 pillars 05982, and the bowls 01543, and the capitals 03805 which were on the top 07218 of the two pillars 05982, and the two 08147 networks 07639 to cover 03680 the two 08147 bowls 01543 of the capitals 03805 which were on the top 07218 of the pillars 05982;
13 And four 0702 hundred 03967 pomegranates 07416 on the two 08147 networks 07639; two 08147 rows 02905 of pomegranates 07416 on each 0259 network 07639, to cover 03680 the two 08147 bowls 01543 of the capitals 03805 which were upon 06440 the pillars 05982. upon: Heb. upon the face of
14 He made 06213 also bases 04350, and lavers 03595 he made 06213 upon the bases 04350; lavers: or, caldrons
15 One 0259 sea 03220, and twelve 08147, 6240 oxen 01241 under it.
16 The pots 05518 also, and the shovels 03257, and the fleshhooks 04207, and all their instruments 03627, did Huram 02361 his father 01 make 06213 to king 04428 Solomon 08010 for the house 01004 of the LORD 03068 of bright 04838 brass 05178. bright: Heb. made bright, or, scoured
17 In the plain 03603 of Jordan 03383 did the king 04428 cast 03332 them, in the clay 05645 ground 0127 between Succoth 05523 and Zeredathah 06868. clay…: Heb. thicknesses of the ground
18 Thus Solomon 08010 made 06213 all these vessels 03627 in great 03966 abundance 07230: for the weight 04948 of the brass 05178 could not be known 02713.
19 And Solomon 08010 made 06213 all the vessels 03627 that were for the house 01004 of God 0430, the golden 02091 altar 04196 also, and the tables 07979 on which the showbread 03899, 6440 was set;
20 Moreover the lampstands 04501 with their lamps 05216, that they should burn 01197 after the manner 04941 before 06440 the inner sanctuary 01687, of pure 05462 gold 02091;
21 And the flowers 06525, and the lamps 05216, and the tongs 04457, made he of gold 02091, and that perfect 04357 gold 02091; perfect…: Heb. perfections of gold
22 And the snuffers 04212, and the basins 04219, and the spoons 03709, and the censers 04289, of pure 05462 gold 02091: and the entrance 06607 of the house 01004, its inner 06442 doors 01817 for the most 06944 holy 06944 place, and the doors 01817 of the house 01004 of the temple 01964, were of gold 02091. basons: or, bowls
1 Thus all the work 04399 that Solomon 08010 made 06213 for the house 01004 of the LORD 03068 was finished 07999: and Solomon 08010 brought 0935 in all the things 06944 that David 01732 his father 01 had dedicated 06944; and the silver 03701, and the gold 02091, and all the instruments 03627, he put 05414 in the treasuries 0214 of the house 01004 of God 0430.
2 Then Solomon 08010 assembled 06950 the elders 02205 of Israel 03478, and all the heads 07218 of the tribes 04294, the leaders 05387 of the fathers 01 of the children 01121 of Israel 03478, to Jerusalem 03389, to bring up 05927 the ark 0727 of the covenant 01285 of the LORD 03068 from the city 05892 of David 01732, which is Zion 06726.
3 Therefore all the men 0376 of Israel 03478 assembled 06950 themselves to the king 04428 in the feast 02282 which was in the seventh 07637 month 02320.
4 And all the elders 02205 of Israel 03478 came 0935; and the Levites 03881 took up 05375 the ark 0727.
5 And they brought up 05927 the ark 0727, and the tabernacle 0168 of the congregation 04150, and all the holy 06944 vessels 03627 that were in the tabernacle 0168, these did the priests 03548 and the Levites 03881 bring up 05927.
6 Also king 04428 Solomon 08010, and all the congregation 05712 of Israel 03478 that were assembled 03259 to him before 06440 the ark 0727, sacrificed 02076 sheep 06629 and oxen 01241, which could not be counted 05608 nor numbered 04487 for multitude 07230.
7 And the priests 03548 brought in 0935 the ark 0727 of the covenant 01285 of the LORD 03068 to its place 04725, to the inner sanctuary 01687 of the house 01004, into the most 06944 holy 06944 place, even under the wings 03671 of the cherubim 03742:
8 For the cherubim 03742 spread forth 06566 their wings 03671 over the place 04725 of the ark 0727, and the cherubim 03742 covered 03680 the ark 0727 and the staffs 0905 of it above 04605.
9 And they drew out 0748 the staffs 0905 of the ark, that the ends 07218 of the staffs 0905 were seen 07200 from the ark 0727 before 06440 the inner sanctuary 01687; but they were not seen 07200 without 02351. And there it is to this day 03117. there…: or, they are there
10 There was nothing in the ark 0727 except the two 08147 tables 03871 which Moses 04872 put 05414 in it at Horeb 02722, when the LORD 03068 made 03772 a covenant with the children 01121 of Israel 03478, when they came out 03318 of Egypt 04714. when the LORD: or, where, etc
11 And it came to pass, when the priests 03548 had come out 03318 of the holy 06944 place: (for all the priests 03548 that were present 04672 were sanctified 06942, and did not then wait 08104 by course 04256: present: Heb. found
12 Also the Levites 03881 who were the singers 07891, all of them of Asaph 0623, of Heman 01968, of Jeduthun 03038, with their sons 01121 and their brethren 0251, being arrayed 03847 in white linen 0948, having cymbals 04700 and psalteries 05035 and harps 03658, stood 05975 at the east end 04217 of the altar 04196, and with them an hundred 03967 and twenty 06242 priests 03548 sounding 02690 with trumpets 02689:)
13 It came even to pass, as the trumpeters 02690 and singers 07891 were as one 0259, to make one 0259 sound 06963 to be heard 08085 in praising 01984 and thanking 03034 the LORD 03068; and when they lifted up 07311 their voice 06963 with the trumpets 02689 and cymbals 04700 and instruments 03627 of music 07892, and praised 01984 the LORD 03068, saying, For he is good 02896; for his mercy 02617 endureth for ever 05769: that then the house 01004 was filled 04390 with a cloud 06051, even the house 01004 of the LORD 03068;
14 So that the priests 03548 could 03201 not stand 05975 to minister 08334 by reason 06440 of the cloud 06051: for the glory 03519 of the LORD 03068 had filled 04390 the house 01004 of God 0430.
1 Then said 0559 Solomon 08010, The LORD 03068 hath said 0559 that he would dwell 07931 in the thick darkness 06205.
2 But I have built 01129 an house 01004 of habitation 02073 for thee, and a place 04349 for thy dwelling 03427 for ever 05769.
3 And the king 04428 turned 05437 his face 06440, and blessed 01288 the whole congregation 06951 of Israel 03478: and all the congregation 06951 of Israel 03478 stood 05975.
4 And he said 0559, Blessed 01288 be the LORD 03068 God 0430 of Israel 03478, who hath with his hands 03027 fulfilled 04390 that which he spoke 01696 with his mouth 06310 to my father 01 David 01732, saying 0559,
5 Since the day 03117 that I brought forth 03318 my people 05971 from the land 0776 of Egypt 04714 I chose 0977 no city 05892 among all the tribes 07626 of Israel 03478 to build 01129 an house 01004 in, that my name 08034 might be there; neither chose 0977 I any man 0376 to be a ruler 05057 over my people 05971 Israel 03478:
6 But I have chosen 0977 Jerusalem 03389, that my name 08034 might be there; and have chosen 0977 David 01732 to be over my people 05971 Israel 03478.
7 Now it was in the heart 03824 of David 01732 my father 01 to build 01129 an house 01004 for the name 08034 of the LORD 03068 God 0430 of Israel 03478.
8 But the LORD 03068 said 0559 to David 01732 my father 01, Forasmuch as it was in thy heart 03824 to build 01129 an house 01004 for my name 08034, thou didst well 02895 in that it was in thy heart 03824:
9 However 07535 thou shalt not build 01129 the house 01004; but thy son 01121 who shall come forth 03318 out of thy loins 02504, he shall build 01129 the house 01004 for my name 08034.
10 The LORD 03068 therefore hath performed 06965 his word 01697 that he hath spoken 01696: for I am raised up 06965 in the stead of David 01732 my father 01, and am seated 03427 on the throne 03678 of Israel 03478, as the LORD 03068 promised 01696, and have built 01129 the house 01004 for the name 08034 of the LORD 03068 God 0430 of Israel 03478.
11 And in it 08033 have I put 07760 the ark 0727, in which is the covenant 01285 of the LORD 03068, that he made 03772 with the children 01121 of Israel 03478.
12 And he stood 05975 before 06440 the altar 04196 of the LORD 03068 in the presence of all the congregation 06951 of Israel 03478, and spread forth 06566 his hands 03709:
13 For Solomon 08010 had made 06213 a brasen 05178 scaffold 03595, of five 02568 cubits 0520 long 0753, and five 02568 cubits 0520 broad 07341, and three 07969 cubits 0520 high 06967, and had set 05414 it in the midst 08432 of the court 05835: and upon it he stood 05975, and kneeled 01288 upon his knees 01290 before all the congregation 06951 of Israel 03478, and spread forth 06566 his hands 03709 toward heaven 08064, long…: Heb. the length thereof, etc
14 And said 0559, O LORD 03068 God 0430 of Israel 03478, there is no God 0430 like thee in the heaven 08064, nor on the earth 0776; who keepest 08104 covenant 01285, and showest mercy 02617 to thy servants 05650, that walk 01980 before 06440 thee with all their hearts 03820:
15 Thou who hast kept 08104 with thy servant 05650 David 01732 my father 01 that which thou hast promised 01696 him; and hast spoken 01696 with thy mouth 06310, and hast fulfilled 04390 it with thy hand 03027, as it is this day 03117.
16 Now therefore, O LORD 03068 God 0430 of Israel 03478, keep 08104 with thy servant 05650 David 01732 my father 01 that which thou hast promised 01696 him, saying 0559, There shall not fail 03772 thee a man 0376 in my sight 06440 to sit 03427 upon the throne 03678 of Israel 03478; provided 07535 thy children 01121 take heed 08104 to their way 01870 to walk 03212 in my law 08451, as thou hast walked 01980 before 06440 me. There…: Heb. There shall not a man be cut off
17 Now then, O LORD 03068 God 0430 of Israel 03478, let thy word 01697 be verified 0539, which thou hast spoken 01696 to thy servant 05650 David 01732.
18 But will God 0430 indeed 0552 dwell 03427 with men 0120 on the earth 0776? behold, heaven 08064 and the heaven 08064 of heavens 08064 cannot contain 03557 thee; how much less this house 01004 which I have built 01129!
19 Have respect 06437 therefore to the prayer 08605 of thy servant 05650, and to his supplication 08467, O LORD 03068 my God 0430, to hearken 08085 to the cry 07440 and the prayer 08605 which thy servant 05650 prayeth 06419 before 06440 thee:
20 That thy eyes 05869 may be open 06605 upon this house 01004 day 03119 and night 03915, upon the place 04725 of which thou hast said 0559 that thou wouldest put 07760 thy name 08034 there; to hearken 08085 to the prayer 08605 which thy servant 05650 prayeth 06419 toward this place 04725. toward…: or, in this place
21 Hearken 08085 therefore to the supplications 08469 of thy servant 05650, and of thy people 05971 Israel 03478, which they shall make 06419 toward this place 04725: hear 08085 thou from thy dwelling 03427 place 04725, even from heaven 08064; and when thou hearest 08085, forgive 05545. make: Heb. praytoward…: or, in this place
22 If a man 0376 shall sin 02398 against his neighbour 07453, and an oath 0423 be laid 05375 upon him to make him swear 0422, and the oath 0423 shall come 0935 before 06440 thy altar 04196 in this house 01004; and an oath…: Heb. and he require an oath of him
23 Then hear 08085 thou from heaven 08064, and do 06213, and judge 08199 thy servants 05650, by punishing 07725 the wicked 07563, by recompensing 05414 his way 01870 upon his own head 07218; and by justifying 06663 the righteous 06662, by giving 05414 him according to his righteousness 06666.
24 And if thy people 05971 Israel 03478 are defeated 05062 by 06440 the enemy 0341, because they have sinned 02398 against thee; and shall return 07725 and confess 03034 thy name 08034, and pray 06419 and make supplication 02603 before 06440 thee in this house 01004; be put…: or, be smittenin: or, toward
25 Then hear 08085 thou from the heavens 08064, and forgive 05545 the sin 02403 of thy people 05971 Israel 03478, and bring them again 07725 to the land 0127 which thou gavest 05414 to them and to their fathers 01.
26 When the heaven 08064 is shut up 06113, and there is no rain 04306, because they have sinned 02398 against thee; yet if they pray 06419 toward this place 04725, and confess 03034 thy name 08034, and turn 07725 from their sin 02403, when thou dost afflict 06031 them; toward…: or, in this place
27 Then hear 08085 thou from heaven 08064, and forgive 05545 the sin 02403 of thy servants 05650, and of thy people 05971 Israel 03478, when thou hast taught 03384 them the good 02896 way 01870, in which they should walk 03212; and send 05414 rain 04306 upon thy land 0776, which thou hast given 05414 to thy people 05971 for an inheritance 05159.
28 If there shall be famine 07458 in the land 0776, if there be pestilence 01698, if there be blighting 07711, or mildew 03420, locusts 0697, or caterpillers 02625; if their enemies 0341 shall besiege 06887 them in the cities 08179 of their land 0776; whatever calamity 05061 or whatever sickness 04245 there be: in the cities…: Heb. in the land of their gates
29 Then whatever prayer 08605 or whatever supplication 08467 shall be made by any man 0120, or by all the people 05971 of Israel 03478, when every one 0376 shall know 03045 his own calamity 05061 and his own grief 04341, and shall spread forth 06566 his hands 03709 in this house 01004: in: or, toward
30 Then hear 08085 thou from heaven 08064 thy dwelling 03427 place 04349, and forgive 05545, and render 05414 to every man 0376 according to all his ways 01870, whose heart 03824 thou knowest 03045; (for thou only knowest 03045 the hearts 03824 of the children 01121 of men 0120:)
31 That they may fear 03372 thee, to walk 03212 in thy ways 01870, so long as 03117 they live 02416, 6440 in the land 0127 which thou gavest 05414 to our fathers 01. so long…: Heb. all the days whichin the land: Heb. upon the face of the land
32 Moreover concerning the stranger 05237, who is not of thy people 05971 Israel 03478, but hath come 0935 from a distant 07350 country 0776 for thy great 01419 name’s 08034 sake, and thy mighty 02389 hand 03027, and thy outstretched 05186 arm 02220; if they come 0935 and pray 06419 in this house 01004;
33 Then hear 08085 thou from the heavens 08064, even from thy dwelling 03427 place 04349, and do 06213 according to all that the stranger 05237 calleth 07121 to thee for; that all people 05971 of the earth 0776 may know 03045 thy name 08034, and fear 03372 thee, as do thy people 05971 Israel 03478, and may know 03045 that this house 01004 which I have built 01129 is called 07121 by thy name 08034. this…: Heb. thy name is called upon this house
34 If thy people 05971 go out 03318 to war 04421 against their enemies 0341 by the way 01870 that thou shalt send 07971 them, and they pray 06419 to thee toward 01870 this city 05892 which thou hast chosen 0977, and the house 01004 which I have built 01129 for thy name 08034;
35 Then hear 08085 thou from the heavens 08064 their prayer 08605 and their supplication 08467, and maintain 06213 their cause 04941. cause: or, right
36 If they sin 02398 against thee, (for there is no man 0120 who sinneth 02398 not,) and thou be angry 0599 with them, and deliver 05414 them over before 06440 their enemies 0341, and they carry them away 07617 captives 07617 to a land 0776 far off 07350 or near 07138; they carry them away captives: Heb. they that take them captives carry them away
37 Yet if they take it to their hearts 07725, 3824 in the land 0776 where they are carried captive 07617, and turn 07725 and pray 02603 to thee in the land 0776 of their captivity 07628, saying 0559, We have sinned 02398, we have done amiss 05753, and have dealt wickedly 07561; bethink…: Heb. bring back to their heart
38 If they return 07725 to thee with all their heart 03820 and with all their soul 05315 in the land 0776 of their captivity 07628, where they have carried them captives 07617, and pray 06419 toward 01870 their land 0776, which thou gavest 05414 to their fathers 01, and toward the city 05892 which thou hast chosen 0977, and toward the house 01004 which I have built 01129 for thy name 08034:
39 Then hear 08085 thou from the heavens 08064, even from thy dwelling 03427 place 04349, their prayer 08605 and their supplications 08467, and maintain 06213 their cause 04941, and forgive 05545 thy people 05971 who have sinned 02398 against thee. cause: or, right
40 Now, my God 0430, let, I beseech thee, thy eyes 05869 be open 06605, and let thy ears 0241 be attentive 07183 to the prayer 08605 that is made in this place 04725. unto…: Heb. to the prayer of this place
41 Now therefore arise 06965, O LORD 03068 God 0430, into thy resting 05118 place, thou, and the ark 0727 of thy strength 05797: let thy priests 03548, O LORD 03068 God 0430, be clothed 03847 with salvation 08668, and let thy saints 02623 rejoice 08055 in goodness 02896.
42 O LORD 03068 God 0430, turn not away 07725 the face 06440 of thy anointed 04899: remember 02142 the mercies 02617 of David 01732 thy servant 05650.
1 Now when Solomon 08010 had finished 03615 praying 06419, the fire 0784 came down 03381 from heaven 08064, and consumed 0398 the burnt offering 05930 and the sacrifices 02077; and the glory 03519 of the LORD 03068 filled 04390 the house 01004.
2 And the priests 03548 could 03201 not enter 0935 into the house 01004 of the LORD 03068, because the glory 03519 of the LORD 03068 had filled 04390 the LORD’S 03068 house 01004.
3 And when all the children 01121 of Israel 03478 saw 07200 how the fire 0784 came down 03381, and the glory 03519 of the LORD 03068 upon the house 01004, they bowed 03766 themselves with their faces 0639 to the ground 0776 upon the pavement 07531, and worshipped 07812, and praised 03034 the LORD 03068, saying, For he is good 02896; for his mercy 02617 endureth for ever 05769.
4 Then the king 04428 and all the people 05971 offered 02076 sacrifices 02077 before 06440 the LORD 03068.
5 And king 04428 Solomon 08010 offered 02076 a sacrifice 02077 of twenty 06242 and two 08147 thousand 0505 oxen 01241, and an hundred 03967 and twenty 06242 thousand 0505 sheep 06629: so the king 04428 and all the people 05971 dedicated 02596 the house 01004 of God 0430.
6 And the priests 03548 stood 05975 at their posts 04931: the Levites 03881 also with instruments 03627 of music 07892 of the LORD 03068, which David 01732 the king 04428 had made 06213 to praise 03034 the LORD 03068, because his mercy 02617 endureth for ever 05769, when David 01732 praised 01984 by their ministry 03027; and the priests 03548 sounded trumpets 02690 before them, and all Israel 03478 stood 05975. by their…: Heb. by their hand
7 Moreover Solomon 08010 hallowed 06942 the middle 08432 of the court 02691 that was before 06440 the house 01004 of the LORD 03068: for there he offered 06213 burnt offerings 05930, and the fat 02459 of the peace offerings 08002, because the brasen 05178 altar 04196 which Solomon 08010 had made 06213 was not able 03201 to receive 03557 the burnt offerings 05930, and the meat offerings 04503, and the fat 02459.
8 Also at the same time 06256 Solomon 08010 kept 06213 the feast 02282 seven 07651 days 03117, and all Israel 03478 with him, a very 03966 great 01419 congregation 06951, from the entrance 0935 of Hamath 02574 to the river 05158 of Egypt 04714.
9 And on the eighth 08066 day 03117 they made 06213 a solemn assembly 06116: for they kept 06213 the dedication 02598 of the altar 04196 seven 07651 days 03117, and the feast 02282 seven 07651 days 03117. a solemn…: Heb. a restraint
10 And on the three 07969 and twentieth 06242 day 03117 of the seventh 07637 month 02320 he sent 07971 the people 05971 away 07971 to their tents 0168, glad 08056 and merry 02896 in heart 03820 for the goodness 02896 that the LORD 03068 had shown 06213 to David 01732, and to Solomon 08010, and to Israel 03478 his people 05971.
11 Thus Solomon 08010 finished 03615 the house 01004 of the LORD 03068, and the king’s 04428 house 01004: and all that came 0935 into Solomon’s 08010 heart 03820 to make 06213 in the house 01004 of the LORD 03068, and in his own house 01004, he prosperously effected 06743.
12 And the LORD 03068 appeared 07200 to Solomon 08010 by night 03915, and said 0559 to him, I have heard 08085 thy prayer 08605, and have chosen 0977 this place 04725 to myself for an house 01004 of sacrifice 02077.
13 If 02005 I shut up 06113 heaven 08064 that there be no rain 04306, or if I command 06680 the locusts 02284 to devour 0398 the land 0776, or if I send 07971 pestilence 01698 among my people 05971;
14 If my people 05971, who are called 07121 by my name 08034, shall humble 03665 themselves, and pray 06419, and seek 01245 my face 06440, and turn 07725 from their wicked 07451 ways 01870; then will I hear 08085 from heaven 08064, and will forgive 05545 their sin 02403, and will heal 07495 their land 0776. which…: Heb. upon whom my name is called
15 Now my eyes 05869 shall be open 06605, and my ears 0241 attentive 07183 to the prayer 08605 that is made in this place 04725. unto…: Heb. to the prayer of this place
16 For now have I chosen 0977 and sanctified 06942 this house 01004, that my name 08034 may be there for 05704 ever 05769: and my eyes 05869 and my heart 03820 shall be there perpetually 03117.
17 And as for thee, if thou wilt walk 03212 before 06440 me, as David 01732 thy father 01 walked 01980, and do 06213 according to all that I have commanded 06680 thee, and shalt observe 08104 my statutes 02706 and my judgments 04941;
18 Then will I establish 06965 the throne 03678 of thy kingdom 04438, according as I have covenanted 03772 with David 01732 thy father 01, saying 0559, There shall not fail 03772 thee a man 0376 to be ruler 04910 in Israel 03478. There…: Heb. There shall not be cut off to thee
19 But if ye turn away 07725, and forsake 05800 my statutes 02708 and my commandments 04687, which I have set 05414 before 06440 you, and shall go 01980 and serve 05647 other 0312 gods 0430, and worship 07812 them;
20 Then will I pluck them up by the roots 05428 out of my land 0127 which I have given 05414 them; and this house 01004, which I have sanctified 06942 for my name 08034, will I cast out 07993 of my sight 06440, and will make 05414 it to be a proverb 04912 and a byword 08148 among all nations 05971.
21 And this house 01004, which is high 05945, shall be an astonishment 08074 to every one that passeth 05674 by it; so that he shall say 0559, Why hath the LORD 03068 done 06213 thus to this land 0776, and to this house 01004?
22 And it shall be answered 0559, Because they forsook 05800 the LORD 03068 God 0430 of their fathers 01, who brought them 03318 out of the land 0776 of Egypt 04714, and laid hold 02388 on other 0312 gods 0430, and worshipped 07812 them, and served 05647 them: therefore hath he brought 0935 all this evil 07451 upon them.
1 And it came to pass at the end 07093 of twenty 06242 years 08141, in which Solomon 08010 had built 01129 the house 01004 of the LORD 03068, and his own house 01004,
2 That the cities 05892 which Huram 02361 had restored 05414 to Solomon 08010, Solomon 08010 built 01129 them, and caused the children 01121 of Israel 03478 to dwell 03427 there.
3 And Solomon 08010 went 03212 to Hamathzobah 02578, and prevailed 02388 against it.
4 And he built 01129 Tadmor 08412 in the wilderness 04057, and all the store 04543 cities 05892, which he built 01129 in Hamath 02574.
5 Also he built 01129 Bethhoron 01032 the upper 05945, and Bethhoron 01032 the lower 08481, fortified 04692 cities 05892, with walls 02346, gates 01817, and bars 01280;
6 And Baalath 01191, and all the store 04543 cities 05892 that Solomon 08010 had, and all the chariot 07393 cities 05892, and the cities 05892 of the horsemen 06571, and all that Solomon 08010 desired 02836, 2837 to build 01129 in Jerusalem 03389, and in Lebanon 03844, and throughout all the land 0776 of his dominion 04475. all that…: Heb. all the desire of Solomon which he desired to build
7 As for all the people 05971 that were left 03498 of the Hittites 02850, and the Amorites 0567, and the Perizzites 06522, and the Hivites 02340, and the Jebusites 02983, who were not of Israel 03478,
8 But of their children 01121, who were left 03498 after 0310 them in the land 0776, whom the children 01121 of Israel 03478 consumed 03615 not, them did Solomon 08010 force to pay 05927 tribute 04522 until this day 03117.
9 But of the children 01121 of Israel 03478 did Solomon 08010 make 05414 no servants 05650 for his work 04399; but they were men 0582 of war 04421, and chief 08269 of his captains 07991, and captains 08269 of his chariots 07393 and horsemen 06571.
10 And these were the chief 08269 of king 04428 Solomon’s 08010 officers 05324, 5333, even two hundred 03967 and fifty 02572, that bore rule 07287 over the people 05971.
11 And Solomon 08010 brought up 05927 the daughter 01323 of Pharaoh 06547 from the city 05892 of David 01732 to the house 01004 that he had built 01129 for her: for he said 0559, My wife 0802 shall not dwell 03427 in the house 01004 of David 01732 king 04428 of Israel 03478, because the places are holy 06944, where the ark 0727 of the LORD 03068 hath come 0935. holy: Heb. holiness
12 Then Solomon 08010 offered 05927 burnt offerings 05930 to the LORD 03068 on the altar 04196 of the LORD 03068, which he had built 01129 before 06440 the porch 0197,
13 As the duty of 01697 every day 03117 required, offering 05927 according to the commandment 04687 of Moses 04872, on the sabbaths 07676, and on the new moons 02320, and on the solemn feasts 04150, three 07969 times 06471 in the year 08141, even in the feast 02282 of unleavened bread 04682, and in the feast 02282 of weeks 07620, and in the feast 02282 of tabernacles 05521.
14 And he appointed 05975, according to the order 04941 of David 01732 his father 01, the courses 04256 of the priests 03548 to their service 05656, and the Levites 03881 to their offices 04931, to praise 01984 and minister 08334 before the priests 03548, as the duty 01697 of every day 03117 required 03117: the porters 07778 also by their courses 04256 at every gate 08179: for so had David 01732 the man 0376 of God 0430 commanded 04687. so had David…: Heb. so was the commandment of David the man of God
15 And they departed 05493 not from the commandment 04687 of the king 04428 to the priests 03548 and Levites 03881 concerning any matter 01697, or concerning the treasuries 0214.
16 Now all the work 04399 of Solomon 08010 was prepared 03559 to the day 03117 of the foundation 04143 of the house 01004 of the LORD 03068, and until it was finished 03615. So the house 01004 of the LORD 03068 was perfected 08003.
17 Then went 01980 Solomon 08010 to Eziongeber 06100, and to Eloth 0359, at the sea 03220 side 08193 in the land 0776 of Edom 0123. Eloth: also called, Elath
18 And Huram 02361 sent 07971 to him by the hands 03027 of his servants 05650 ships 0591, 591, and servants 05650 that had knowledge 03045 of the sea 03220; and they went 0935 with the servants 05650 of Solomon 08010 to Ophir 0211, and took 03947 from there four 0702 hundred 03967 and fifty 02572 talents 03603 of gold 02091, and brought 0935 them to king 04428 Solomon 08010.
1 And when the queen 04436 of Sheba 07614 heard 08085 of the fame 08088 of Solomon 08010, she came 0935 to try 05254 Solomon 08010 with hard questions 02420 at Jerusalem 03389, with a very 03966 great 03515 company 02428, and camels 01581 that bore 05375 spices 01314, and gold 02091 in abundance 07230, and precious 03368 stones 068: and when she had come 0935 to Solomon 08010, she talked 01696 with him of all that was in her heart 03824.
2 And Solomon 08010 answered 05046 her all her questions 01697: and there was nothing hid 05956 from Solomon 08010 which he told 05046 her not.
3 And when the queen 04436 of Sheba 07614 had seen 07200 the wisdom 02451 of Solomon 08010, and the house 01004 that he had built 01129,
4 And the food 03978 of his table 07979, and the sitting 04186 of his servants 05650, and the attendance 04612 of his ministers 08334, and their apparel 04403; his cupbearers 08248 also, and their apparel 04403; and his ascent 05944 by which he went up 05927 into the house 01004 of the LORD 03068; there was no more spirit 07307 in her. cupbearers: or, butlers
5 And she said 0559 to the king 04428, It was a true 0571 report 01697 which I heard 08085 in my own land 0776 of thy acts 01697, and of thy wisdom 02451: report: Heb. wordacts: or, sayings
6 Yet I believed 0539 not their words 01697, until I came 0935, and my eyes 05869 had seen 07200 it: and, behold, the one half 02677 of the greatness 04768 of thy wisdom 02451 was not told 05046 to me: for thou exceedest 03254 the fame 08052 that I heard 08085.
7 Happy 0835 are thy men 0582, and happy 0835 are these thy servants 05650, who stand 05975 continually 08548 before 06440 thee, and hear 08085 thy wisdom 02451.
8 Blessed 01288 be the LORD 03068 thy God 0430, who delighted 02654 in thee to set 05414 thee on his throne 03678, to be king 04428 for the LORD 03068 thy God 0430: because thy God 0430 loved 0160 Israel 03478, to establish 05975 them for ever 05769, therefore he made 05414 thee king 04428 over them, to do 06213 judgment 04941 and justice 06666.
9 And she gave 05414 the king 04428 an hundred 03967 and twenty 06242 talents 03603 of gold 02091, and of spices 01314 great 03966 abundance 07230, and precious 03368 stones 068: neither was there any such spice 01314 as the queen 04436 of Sheba 07614 gave 05414 to king 04428 Solomon 08010.
10 And the servants 05650 also of Huram 02361, and the servants 05650 of Solomon 08010, who brought 0935 gold 02091 from Ophir 0211, brought 0935 algum 0418 trees 06086 and precious 03368 stones 068. algum…: also called, almug trees
11 And the king 04428 made 06213 of the algum 0418 trees 06086 terraces 04546 to the house 01004 of the LORD 03068, and to the king’s 04428 palace 01004, and harps 03658 and psalteries 05035 for singers 07891: and there were none such 01992 seen 07200 before 06440 in the land 0776 of Judah 03063. terraces: or, stairs: Heb. highways
12 And king 04428 Solomon 08010 gave 05414 to the queen 04436 of Sheba 07614 all her desire 02656, whatever she asked 07592, besides that which she had brought 0935 to the king 04428. So she turned 02015, and went away 03212 to her own land 0776, she and her servants 05650.
13 Now the weight 04948 of gold 02091 that came 0935 to Solomon 08010 in one 0259 year 08141 was six 08337 hundred 03967 and sixty 08346 and six 08337 talents 03603 of gold 02091;
14 Besides that which traders 0582, 8446 and merchants 05503 brought 0935. And all the kings 04428 of Arabia 06152 and governors 06346 of the country 0776 brought 0935 gold 02091 and silver 03701 to Solomon 08010. governors: or, captains
15 And king 04428 Solomon 08010 made 06213 two hundred 03967 shields 06793 of beaten 07820 gold 02091: six 08337 hundred 03967 shekels of beaten 07820 gold 02091 went 05927 to one 0259 shield 06793.
16 And three 07969 hundred 03967 shields 04043 made he of beaten 07820 gold 02091: three 07969 hundred 03967 shekels of gold 02091 went 05927 to one 0259 shield 04043. And the king 04428 put 05414 them in the house 01004 of the forest 03293 of Lebanon 03844.
17 Moreover the king 04428 made 06213 a great 01419 throne 03678 of ivory 08127, and overlaid 06823 it with pure 02889 gold 02091.
18 And there were six 08337 steps 04609 to the throne 03678, with a footstool 03534 of gold 02091, which were fastened 0270 to the throne 03678, and stays 03027 on each side of the sitting 03427 place 04725, and two 08147 lions 0738 standing 05975 by 0681 the stays 03027: stays: Heb. hands
19 And twelve 08147, 6240 lions 0738 stood 05975 there on the one side and on the other upon the six 08337 steps 04609. There was not the like made 06213 in any kingdom 04467.
20 And all the drinking 04945 vessels 03627 of king 04428 Solomon 08010 were of gold 02091, and all the vessels 03627 of the house 01004 of the forest 03293 of Lebanon 03844 were of pure 05462 gold 02091: none were of silver 03701; it was not considered 02803 as any 03972 thing in the days 03117 of Solomon 08010. pure: Heb. shut upnone were of silver: or, there was no silver in them
21 For the king’s 04428 ships 0591 went 01980 to Tarshish 08659 with the servants 05650 of Huram 02361: once 0259 every three 07969 years 08141 came 0935 the ships 0591 of Tarshish 08659 bringing 05375 gold 02091, and silver 03701, ivory 08143, and apes 06971, and peacocks 08500. ivory: or, elephants’ teeth
22 And king 04428 Solomon 08010 excelled 01431 all the kings 04428 of the earth 0776 in riches 06239 and wisdom 02451.
23 And all the kings 04428 of the earth 0776 sought 01245 the presence 06440 of Solomon 08010, to hear 08085 his wisdom 02451, that God 0430 had put 05414 in his heart 03820.
24 And they brought 0935 every man 0376 his present 04503, vessels 03627 of silver 03701, and vessels 03627 of gold 02091, and raiment 08008, armour 05402, and spices 01314, horses 05483, and mules 06505, at a certain rate 01697 year 08141 by year 08141.
25 And Solomon 08010 had four 0702 thousand 0505 stalls 0723 for horses 05483 and chariots 04818, and twelve 08147, 6240 thousand 0505 horsemen 06571; whom he placed 03240 in the chariot 07393 cities 05892, and with the king 04428 at Jerusalem 03389.
26 And he reigned 04910 over all the kings 04428 from the river 05104 even to the land 0776 of the Philistines 06430, and to the border 01366 of Egypt 04714. river: that is, Euphrates
27 And the king 04428 made 05414 silver 03701 in Jerusalem 03389 as stones 068, and cedar trees 0730 he made 05414 as the sycamore trees 08256 that are in the low plains 08219 in abundance 07230. made silver: Heb. gave silver
28 And they brought 03318 to Solomon 08010 horses 05483 from Egypt 04714, and from all lands 0776.
29 Now the rest 07605 of the acts 01697 of Solomon 08010, first 07223 and last 0314, are they not written 03789 in the book 01697 of Nathan 05416 the prophet 05030, and in the prophecy 05016 of Ahijah 0281 the Shilonite 07888, and in the visions 02378 of Iddo 03260 the seer 02374 concerning Jeroboam 03379 the son 01121 of Nebat 05028? book: Heb. words
30 And Solomon 08010 reigned 04427 in Jerusalem 03389 over all Israel 03478 forty 0705 years 08141.
31 And Solomon 08010 slept 07901 with his fathers 01, and he was buried 06912 in the city 05892 of David 01732 his father 01: and Rehoboam 07346 his son 01121 reigned 04427 in his stead.
1 And Rehoboam 07346 went 03212 to Shechem 07927: for to Shechem 07927 had all Israel 03478 come 0935 to make him king 04427.
2 And it came to pass, when Jeroboam 03379 the son 01121 of Nebat 05028, who was in Egypt 04714, where he had fled 01272 from the presence 06440 of Solomon 08010 the king 04428, heard 08085 it, that Jeroboam 03379 returned 07725 from Egypt 04714.
3 And they sent 07971 and called 07121 him. So Jeroboam 03379 and all Israel 03478 came 0935 and spoke 01696 to Rehoboam 07346, saying 0559,
4 Thy father 01 made our yoke 05923 grievous 07185: now therefore ease 07043 thou somewhat the grievous 07186 servitude 05656 of thy father 01, and his heavy 03515 yoke 05923 that he put 05414 upon us, and we will serve 05647 thee.
5 And he said 0559 to them, Come again 07725 to me after three 07969 days 03117. And the people 05971 departed 03212.
6 And king 04428 Rehoboam 07346 took counsel 03289 with the old 02205 men that had stood 05975 before 06440 Solomon 08010 his father 01 while he yet lived 02416, saying 0559, What 0349 counsel give 03289 ye me to return 07725 answer 01697 to this people 05971?
7 And they spoke 01696 to him, saying 0559, If thou wilt be kind 02896 to this people 05971, and please 07521 them, and speak 01696 good 02896 words 01697 to them, they will be thy servants 05650 for ever 03117.
8 But he forsook 05800 the counsel 06098 which the old men 02205 gave 03289 him, and took counsel 03289 with the young men 03206 that were brought up 01431 with him, that stood 05975 before 06440 him.
9 And he said 0559 to them, What advice 03289 give ye that we may return 07725 answer 01697 to this people 05971, who have spoken 01696 to me, saying 0559, Ease 07043 somewhat the yoke 05923 that thy father 01 put 05414 upon us?
10 And the young men 03206 that were brought up 01431 with him spoke 01696 to him, saying 0559, Thus shalt thou answer 0559 the people 05971 that spoke 01696 to thee, saying 0559, Thy father 01 made 03513 our yoke 05923 heavy 03513, but make thou it somewhat lighter 07043 for us; thus shalt thou say 0559 to them, My little 06995 finger shall be thicker 05666 than my father’s 01 thighs 04975.
11 For though 06258 my father 01 put 06006 a heavy 03515 yoke 05923 upon you, I will put more 03254 to your yoke 05923: my father 01 chastised 03256 you with whips 07752, but I will chastise you with scorpions 06137. my father put: Heb. my father laded
12 So Jeroboam 03379 and all the people 05971 came 0935 to Rehoboam 07346 on the third 07992 day 03117, as the king 04428 appointed 01696, saying 0559, Come again 07725 to me on the third 07992 day 03117.
13 And the king 04428 answered 06030 them roughly 07186; and king 04428 Rehoboam 07346 forsook 05800 the counsel 06098 of the old men 02205,
14 And answered 01696 them after the advice 06098 of the young men 03206, saying 0559, My father 01 made your yoke 05923 heavy 03513, but I will add 03254 to it: my father 01 chastised 03256 you with whips 07752, but I will chastise you with scorpions 06137.
15 So the king 04428 hearkened 08085 not to the people 05971: for the cause 05252 was of God 0430, that the LORD 03068 might perform 06965 his word 01697, which he spoke 01696 by the hand 03027 of Ahijah 0281 the Shilonite 07888 to Jeroboam 03379 the son 01121 of Nebat 05028.
16 And when all Israel 03478 saw 07200 that the king 04428 would not hearken 08085 to them, the people 05971 answered 07725 the king 04428, saying 0559, What portion 02506 have we in David 01732? and we have no inheritance 05159 in the son 01121 of Jesse 03448: every man 0376 to your tents 0168, O Israel 03478: and now, David 01732, see 07200 to thy own house 01004. So all Israel 03478 went 03212 to their tents 0168.
17 But as for the children 01121 of Israel 03478 that dwelt 03427 in the cities 05892 of Judah 03063, Rehoboam 07346 reigned 04427 over them.
18 Then king 04428 Rehoboam 07346 sent 07971 Hadoram 01913 that was over the forced labour 04522; and the children 01121 of Israel 03478 stoned 07275 him with stones 068, that he died 04191. But king 04428 Rehoboam 07346 made speed 0553 to get 05927 into his chariot 04818, to flee 05127 to Jerusalem 03389. made speed: Heb. strengthened himself
19 And Israel 03478 rebelled 06586 against the house 01004 of David 01732 to this day 03117.
1 And when Rehoboam 07346 had come 0935 to Jerusalem 03389, he gathered 06950 of the house 01004 of Judah 03063 and Benjamin 01144 an hundred 03967 and eighty 08084 thousand 0505 chosen 0977 men, who were warriors 06213, 4421, to fight 03898 against Israel 03478, that he might bring 07725 the kingdom 04467 again 07725 to Rehoboam 07346.
2 But the word 01697 of the LORD 03068 came to Shemaiah 08098 the man 0376 of God 0430, saying 0559,
3 Speak 0559 to Rehoboam 07346 the son 01121 of Solomon 08010, king 04428 of Judah 03063, and to all Israel 03478 in Judah 03063 and Benjamin 01144, saying 0559,
4 Thus saith 0559 the LORD 03068, Ye shall not go up 05927, nor fight 03898 against your brethren 0251: return 07725 every man 0376 to his house 01004: for this thing 01697 is done 01961 by me. And they obeyed 08085 the words 01697 of the LORD 03068, and returned 07725 from going 03212 against Jeroboam 03379.
5 And Rehoboam 07346 dwelt 03427 in Jerusalem 03389, and built 01129 cities 05892 for defence 04692 in Judah 03063.
6 He built 01129 even Bethlehem 01035, and Etam 05862, and Tekoa 08620,
7 And Bethzur 01049, and Shoco 07755, and Adullam 05725,
8 And Gath 01661, and Mareshah 04762, and Ziph 02128,
9 And Adoraim 0115, and Lachish 03923, and Azekah 05825,
10 And Zorah 06881, and Aijalon 0357, and Hebron 02275, which are in Judah 03063 and in Benjamin 01144 fortified 04694 cities 05892.
11 And he fortified 02388 the strong holds 04694, and put 05414 captains 05057 in them, and store 0214 of food 03978, and of oil 08081 and wine 03196.
12 And in every single city 05892 he put shields 06793 and spears 07420, and made them very 07235, 3966 strong 02388, having Judah 03063 and Benjamin 01144 on his side.
13 And the priests 03548 and the Levites 03881 that were in all Israel 03478 resorted 03320 to him from all their land 01366. resorted…: Heb. presented themselves to him
14 For the Levites 03881 left 05800 their common lands 04054 and their possession 0272, and came 03212 to Judah 03063 and Jerusalem 03389: for Jeroboam 03379 and his sons 01121 had cast them off 02186 from executing the priest’s office 03547 to the LORD 03068:
15 And he appointed 05975 him priests 03548 for the high places 01116, and for the demons 08163, and for the calves 05695 which he had made 06213.
16 And after 0310 them out of all the tribes 07626 of Israel 03478 such as set 05414 their hearts 03824 to seek 01245 the LORD 03068 God 0430 of Israel 03478 came 0935 to Jerusalem 03389, to sacrifice 02076 to the LORD 03068 God 0430 of their fathers 01.
17 So they strengthened 02388 the kingdom 04438 of Judah 03063, and made Rehoboam 07346 the son 01121 of Solomon 08010 strong 0553, three 07969 years 08141: for three 07969 years 08141 they walked 01980 in the way 01870 of David 01732 and Solomon 08010.
18 And Rehoboam 07346 took 03947 to himself Mahalath 04258 the daughter 01323, 1121 of Jerimoth 03406 the son 01121 of David 01732 for a wife 0802, and Abihail 032 the daughter 01323 of Eliab 0446 the son 01121 of Jesse 03448;
19 Who bore 03205 him children 01121; Jeush 03266, and Shamariah 08114, and Zaham 02093.
20 And after 0310 her he took 03947 Maachah 04601 the daughter 01323 of Absalom 053; who bore 03205 him Abijah 029, and Attai 06262, and Ziza 02124, and Shelomith 08019. Maachah: she is also called Michaiah the daughter of Uriel
21 And Rehoboam 07346 loved 0157 Maachah 04601 the daughter 01323 of Absalom 053 above all his wives 0802 and his concubines 06370: (for he took 05375 eighteen 08083, 6240 wives 0802, and sixty 08346 concubines 06370; and begat 03205 twenty 06242 and eight 08083 sons 01121, and sixty 08346 daughters 01323.)
22 And Rehoboam 07346 made 05975 Abijah 029 the son 01121 of Maachah 04601 the chief 07218, to be ruler 05057 among his brethren 0251: for he thought to make him king 04427.
23 And he dealt wisely 0995, and distributed 06555 of all his children 01121 throughout all the countries 0776 of Judah 03063 and Benjamin 01144, to every fortified 04694 city 05892: and he gave 05414 them food 04202 in abundance 07230. And he desired 07592 many 01995 wives 0802. many wives: Heb. a multitude of wives
1 And it came to pass, when Rehoboam 07346 had established 03559 the kingdom 04438, and had strengthened 02393 himself, he forsook 05800 the law 08451 of the LORD 03068, and all Israel 03478 with him.
2 And it came to pass, that in the fifth 02549 year 08141 of king 04428 Rehoboam 07346 Shishak 07895 king 04428 of Egypt 04714 came up 05927 against Jerusalem 03389, because they had transgressed 04603 against the LORD 03068,
3 With twelve hundred 03967, 505 chariots 07393, and sixty 08346 thousand 0505 horsemen 06571: and the people 05971 were without number 04557 that came 0935 with him out of Egypt 04714; the Lubims 03864, the Sukkiims 05525, and the Cushites 03569.
4 And he took 03920 the fortified 04694 cities 05892 which pertained to Judah 03063, and came 0935 to Jerusalem 03389.
5 Then came 0935 Shemaiah 08098 the prophet 05030 to Rehoboam 07346, and to the princes 08269 of Judah 03063, that were gathered together 0622 at Jerusalem 03389 because 06440 of Shishak 07895, and said 0559 to them, Thus saith 0559 the LORD 03068, Ye have forsaken 05800 me, and therefore have I also 0637 left 05800 you in the hand 03027 of Shishak 07895.
6 Upon which the princes 08269 of Israel 03478 and the king 04428 humbled 03665 themselves; and they said 0559, The LORD 03068 is righteous 06662.
7 And when the LORD 03068 saw 07200 that they humbled 03665 themselves, the word 01697 of the LORD 03068 came to Shemaiah 08098, saying 0559, They have humbled 03665 themselves; therefore I will not destroy 07843 them, but I will grant 05414 them some 04592 deliverance 06413; and my wrath 02534 shall not be poured out 05413 upon Jerusalem 03389 by the hand 03027 of Shishak 07895. some: or, a little while
8 Nevertheless they shall be his servants 05650; that they may know 03045 my service 05656, and the service 05656 of the kingdoms 04467 of the countries 0776.
9 So Shishak 07895 king 04428 of Egypt 04714 came up 05927 against Jerusalem 03389, and took away 03947 the treasures 0214 of the house 01004 of the LORD 03068, and the treasures 0214 of the king’s 04428 house 01004; he took 03947 all: he carried away 03947 also the shields 04043 of gold 02091 which Solomon 08010 had made 06213.
10 Instead of which king 04428 Rehoboam 07346 made 06213 shields 04043 of brass 05178, and committed 06485 them to the hands 03027 of the captains 08269 of the guard 07323, that kept 08104 the entrance 06607 of the king’s 04428 house 01004.
11 And when 01767 the king 04428 entered 0935 into the house 01004 of the LORD 03068, the guard 07323 came 0935 and conveyed 05375 them, and brought them again 07725 into the guard 07323 chamber 08372.
12 And when he humbled 03665 himself, the wrath 0639 of the LORD 03068 turned 07725 from him, that he would not destroy 07843 him altogether 03617: and also in Judah 03063 things 01697 went well 02896. and also…: or, and yet in Judah there were good things
13 So king 04428 Rehoboam 07346 strengthened 02388 himself in Jerusalem 03389, and reigned 04427: for Rehoboam 07346 was one 0259 and forty 0705 years 08141 old 01121 when he began to reign 04427, and he reigned 04427 seventeen 07651, 6240 years 08141 in Jerusalem 03389, the city 05892 which the LORD 03068 had chosen 0977 out of all the tribes 07626 of Israel 03478, to put 07760 his name 08034 there. And his mother’s 0517 name 08034 was Naamah 05279 an Ammonitess 05985.
14 And he did 06213 evil 07451, because he prepared 03559 not his heart 03820 to seek 01875 the LORD 03068. prepared: or, fixed
15 Now the acts 01697 of Rehoboam 07346, first 07223 and last 0314, are they not written 03789 in the book 01697 of Shemaiah 08098 the prophet 05030, and of Iddo 05714 the seer 02374 concerning genealogies 03187? And there were wars 04421 between Rehoboam 07346 and Jeroboam 03379 continually 03117. book: Heb. words
16 And Rehoboam 07346 slept 07901 with his fathers 01, and was buried 06912 in the city 05892 of David 01732: and Abijah 029 his son 01121 reigned 04427 in his stead. Abijah: also called, Abijam
1 Now in the eighteenth 08083, 6240 year 08141 of king 04428 Jeroboam 03379 began Abijah 029 to reign 04427 over Judah 03063.
2 He reigned 04427 three 07969 years 08141 in Jerusalem 03389. His mother’s 0517 name 08034 also was Michaiah 04322 the daughter 01323 of Uriel 0222 of Gibeah 01390. And there was war 04421 between Abijah 029 and Jeroboam 03379.
3 And Abijah 029 set 0631 the battle 04421 in array 0631 with an army 02428 of valiant men 01368 of war 04421, even four 0702 hundred 03967 thousand 0505 chosen 0977 men 0376: Jeroboam 03379 also set the battle 04421 in array 06186 against him with eight 08083 hundred 03967 thousand 0505 chosen 0977 men 0376, being mighty men 01368 of valour 02428. Abijah set: Heb. Abijah bound together
4 And Abijah 029 stood 06965 upon mount 02022 Zemaraim 06787, which is in mount 02022 Ephraim 0669, and said 0559, Hear 08085 me, thou Jeroboam 03379, and all Israel 03478;
5 Ought ye not to know 03045 that the LORD 03068 God 0430 of Israel 03478 gave 05414 the kingdom 04467 over Israel 03478 to David 01732 for ever 05769, even to him and to his sons 01121 by a covenant 01285 of salt 04417?
6 Yet Jeroboam 03379 the son 01121 of Nebat 05028, the servant 05650 of Solomon 08010 the son 01121 of David 01732, hath risen up 06965, and hath rebelled 04775 against his lord 0113.
7 And there are gathered 06908 to him worthless 07386 men 0582, base 01100 fellows 01121, and they have strengthened 0553 themselves against Rehoboam 07346 the son 01121 of Solomon 08010, when Rehoboam 07346 was young 05288 and tenderhearted 07390, 3824, and could not withstand 02388 them 06440.
8 And now ye think 0559 to withstand 02388 the kingdom 06440, 4467 of the LORD 03068 in the hand 03027 of the sons 01121 of David 01732; and ye are a great 07227 multitude 01995, and there are with you golden 02091 calves 05695, which Jeroboam 03379 made 06213 you for gods 0430.
9 Have ye not cast out 05080 the priests 03548 of the LORD 03068, the sons 01121 of Aaron 0175, and the Levites 03881, and have appointed 06213 priests 03548 after the manner of the nations 05971 of other lands 0776? so that whoever cometh 0935 to consecrate 04390, 3027 himself with a young 01121, 1241 bull 06499 and seven 07651 rams 0352, the same may be a priest 03548 of them that are no 03808 gods 0430. to consecrate…: Heb. to fill his hand
10 But as for us, the LORD 03068 is our God 0430, and we have not forsaken 05800 him; and the priests 03548, who minister 08334 to the LORD 03068, are the sons 01121 of Aaron 0175, and the Levites 03881 wait upon their business 04399:
11 And they burn 06999 to the LORD 03068 every morning 01242 and every evening 06153 burnt sacrifices 05930 and sweet 05561 incense 07004: the showbread 03899, 4635 also they set in order upon the pure 02889 table 07979; and the lampstand 04501 of gold 02091 with its lamps 05216, to burn 01197 every evening 06153: for we keep 08104 the charge 04931 of the LORD 03068 our God 0430; but ye have forsaken 05800 him.
12 And, behold, God 0430 himself is with us for our captain 07218, and his priests 03548 with sounding 08643 trumpets 02689 to cry alarm 07321 against you. O children 01121 of Israel 03478, fight 03898 ye not against the LORD 03068 God 0430 of your fathers 01; for ye shall not prosper 06743.
13 But Jeroboam 03379 caused an ambush 03993 to come 0935 about 05437 behind 0310 them: so they were before 06440 Judah 03063, and the ambush 03993 was behind 0310 them.
14 And when Judah 03063 looked back 06437, behold, the battle 04421 was before 06440 and behind 0268: and they cried 06817 to the LORD 03068, and the priests 03548 sounded 02690 with the trumpets 02689.
15 Then the men 0376 of Judah 03063 gave a shout 07321: and as the men 0376 of Judah 03063 shouted 07321, it came to pass, that God 0430 smote 05062 Jeroboam 03379 and all Israel 03478 before 06440 Abijah 029 and Judah 03063.
16 And the children 01121 of Israel 03478 fled 05127 before 06440 Judah 03063: and God 0430 delivered 05414 them into their hand 03027.
17 And Abijah 029 and his people 05971 slew 05221 them with a great 07227 slaughter 04347: so there fell down 05307 slain 02491 of Israel 03478 five 02568 hundred 03967 thousand 0505 chosen 0977 men 0376.
18 Thus the children 01121 of Israel 03478 were subdued 03665 at that time 06256, and the children 01121 of Judah 03063 prevailed 0553, because they relied 08172 upon the LORD 03068 God 0430 of their fathers 01.
19 And Abijah 029 pursued 07291, 310 Jeroboam 03379, and took 03920 cities 05892 from him, Bethel 01008 with its towns 01323, and Jeshanah 03466 with its towns 01323, and Ephrain 06085 with its towns 01323.
20 Neither did Jeroboam 03379 recover 06113 strength 03581 again in the days 03117 of Abijah 029: and the LORD 03068 struck 05062 him, and he died 04191.
21 But Abijah 029 became mighty 02388, and married 05375 fourteen 0702, 6240 wives 0802, and begat 03205 twenty 06242 and two 08147 sons 01121, and sixteen 08337, 6240 daughters 01323.
22 And the rest 03499 of the acts 01697 of Abijah 029, and his ways 01870, and his sayings 01697, are written 03789 in the story 04097 of the prophet 05030 Iddo 05714.
1 So Abijah 029 slept 07901 with his fathers 01, and they buried 06912 him in the city 05892 of David 01732: and Asa 0609 his son 01121 reigned 04427 in his stead. In his days 03117 the land 0776 was quiet 08252 ten 06235 years 08141.
2 And Asa 0609 did 06213 that which was good 02896 and right 03477 in the eyes 05869 of the LORD 03068 his God 0430:
3 For he took away 05493 the altars 04196 of the strange 05236 gods, and the high places 01116, and broke down 07665 the images 04676, and cut down 01438 the groves 0842: images: Heb. statues
4 And commanded 0559 Judah 03063 to seek 01875 the LORD 03068 God 0430 of their fathers 01, and to do 06213 the law 08451 and the commandment 04687.
5 Also he took away 05493 out of all the cities 05892 of Judah 03063 the high places 01116 and the images 02553: and the kingdom 04467 was quiet 08252 before 06440 him. images: Heb. sun images
6 And he built 01129 fortified 04694 cities 05892 in Judah 03063: for the land 0776 had rest 08252, and he had no war 04421 in those years 08141; because the LORD 03068 had given him rest 05117.
7 Therefore he said 0559 to Judah 03063, Let us build 01129 these cities 05892, and make about 05437 them walls 02346, and towers 04026, gates 01817, and bars 01280, while the land 0776 is yet before 06440 us; because we have sought 01875 the LORD 03068 our God 0430, we have sought 01875 him, and he hath given us rest 05117 on every side 05439. So they built 01129 and prospered 06743.
8 And Asa 0609 had an army 02428 of men that bore 05375 shields 06793 and spears 07420, out of Judah 03063 three 07969 hundred 03967 thousand 0505; and out of Benjamin 01144, that bore 05375 shields 04043 and drew 01869 bows 07198, two hundred 03967 and eighty 08084 thousand 0505: all these were mighty men 01368 of valour 02428.
9 And there came out 03318 against them Zerah 02226 the Cushite 03569 with an host 02428 of a million 0505, 505, and three 07969 hundred 03967 chariots 04818; and came 0935 to Mareshah 04762.
10 Then Asa 0609 went out 03318 against 06440 him, and they set the battle 04421 in array 06186 in the valley 01516 of Zephathah 06859 at Mareshah 04762.
11 And Asa 0609 cried 07121 to the LORD 03068 his God 0430, and said 0559, LORD 03068, it is nothing with thee to help 05826, whether 0996 with many 07227, or with them that have no power 03581: help 05826 us, O LORD 03068 our God 0430; for we rest 08172 on thee, and in thy name 08034 we go 0935 against this multitude 01995. O LORD 03068, thou art our God 0430; let not man 0582 prevail 06113 against thee. man: or, mortal man
12 So the LORD 03068 smote 05062 the Cushites 03569 before 06440 Asa 0609, and before 06440 Judah 03063; and the Cushites 03569 fled 05127.
13 And Asa 0609 and the people 05971 that were with him pursued 07291 them to Gerar 01642: and the Cushites 03569 were overthrown 05307, that they could not recover 04241 themselves; for they were destroyed 07665 before 06440 the LORD 03068, and before 06440 his host 04264; and they carried away 05375 very 03966 much 07235 spoil 07998. destroyed: Heb. broken
14 And they smote 05221 all the cities 05892 about 05439 Gerar 01642; for the fear 06343 of the LORD 03068 came upon them: and they smote 0962 all the cities 05892; for there was very much 07227 spoil 0961 in them.
15 They smote 05221 also the tents 0168 of cattle 04735, and carried away 07617 sheep 06629 and camels 01581 in abundance 07230, and returned 07725 to Jerusalem 03389.
1 And the Spirit 07307 of God 0430 came upon Azariah 05838 the son 01121 of Oded 05752:
2 And he went out 03318 to meet 06440 Asa 0609, and said 0559 to him, Hear 08085 ye me, Asa 0609, and all Judah 03063 and Benjamin 01144; The LORD 03068 is with you, while ye are with him; and if ye seek 01875 him, he will be found 04672 of you; but if ye forsake 05800 him, he will forsake 05800 you. to meet…: Heb. before Asa
3 Now for a long 07227 season 03117 Israel 03478 hath been without 03808 the true 0571 God 0430, and without a teaching 03384 priest 03548, and without law 08451.
4 But when they in their trouble 06862 returned 07725 to the LORD 03068 God 0430 of Israel 03478, and sought 01245 him, he was found 04672 by them.
5 And in those times 06256 there was no peace 07965 to him that went out 03318, nor to him that came in 0935, but great 07227 vexations 04103 were upon all the inhabitants 03427 of the countries 0776.
6 And nation 01471 was destroyed 03807 by nation 01471, and city 05892 by city 05892: for God 0430 troubled 02000 them with all adversity 06869. destroyed: Heb. beaten in pieces
7 Be ye strong 02388 therefore, and let not your hands 03027 be weak 07503: for your work 06468 shall be 03426 rewarded 07939.
8 And when Asa 0609 heard 08085 these words 01697, and the prophecy 05016 of Oded 05752 the prophet 05030, he took courage 02388, and put away 05674 the abominable idols 08251 out of all the land 0776 of Judah 03063 and Benjamin 01144, and out of the cities 05892 which he had taken 03920 from mount 02022 Ephraim 0669, and repaired 02318 the altar 04196 of the LORD 03068, that was before 06440 the porch 0197 of the LORD 03068. abominable…: Heb. abominations
9 And he gathered 06908 all Judah 03063 and Benjamin 01144, and the strangers 01481 with them out of Ephraim 0669 and Manasseh 04519, and out of Simeon 08095: for they resorted 05307 to him out of Israel 03478 in multitudes 07230, when they saw 07200 that the LORD 03068 his God 0430 was with him.
10 So they gathered themselves together 06908 at Jerusalem 03389 in the third 07992 month 02320, in the fifteenth 02568, 6240 year 08141 of the reign 04438 of Asa 0609.
11 And they offered 02076 to the LORD 03068 at the same time 03117, of the spoil 07998 which they had brought 0935, seven 07651 hundred 03967 oxen 01241 and seven 07651 thousand 0505 sheep 06629. the same…: Heb. in that day
12 And they entered 0935 into a covenant 01285 to seek 01875 the LORD 03068 God 0430 of their fathers 01 with all their heart 03824 and with all their soul 05315;
13 That whoever would not seek 01875 the LORD 03068 God 0430 of Israel 03478 should be put to death 04191, whether 04480 small 06996 or great 01419, whether man 0376 or woman 0802.
14 And they swore 07650 to the LORD 03068 with a loud 01419 voice 06963, and with shouting 08643, and with trumpets 02689, and with cornets 07782.
15 And all Judah 03063 rejoiced 08055 at the oath 07621: for they had sworn 07650 with all their heart 03824, and sought 01245 him with their whole desire 07522; and he was found 04672 by them: and the LORD 03068 gave them rest 05117 on all sides 05439.
16 And also concerning Maachah 04601 the mother 0517 of Asa 0609 the king 04428, he removed 05493 her from being queen 01377, because she had made 06213 an idol 04656 in a grove 0842: and Asa 0609 cut down 03772 her idol 04656, and stamped 01854 it, and burnt 08313 it at the brook 05158 Kidron 06939. mother: that is, grandmotheridol: Heb. horror
17 But the high places 01116 were not taken away 05493 out of Israel 03478: nevertheless the heart 03824 of Asa 0609 was perfect 08003 all his days 03117.
18 And he brought 0935 into the house 01004 of God 0430 the things that his father 01 had dedicated 06944, and that he himself had dedicated 06944, silver 03701, and gold 02091, and vessels 03627.
19 And there was no more war 04421 until the five 02568 and thirtieth 07970 year 08141 of the reign 04438 of Asa 0609.
1 In the six 08337 and thirtieth 07970 year 08141 of the reign 04438 of Asa 0609 Baasha 01201 king 04428 of Israel 03478 came 05927 against Judah 03063, and built 01129 Ramah 07414, to the intent that 01115 he might let 05414 none go out 03318 or come in 0935 to Asa 0609 king 04428 of Judah 03063.
2 Then Asa 0609 brought 03318 silver 03701 and gold 02091 out of the treasuries 0214 of the house 01004 of the LORD 03068 and of the king’s 04428 house 01004, and sent 07971 to Benhadad 01130 king 04428 of Syria 0758, that dwelt 03427 at Damascus 01834, saying 0559, Damascus: Heb. Darmesek
3 There is a league 01285 between me and thee, as there was between my father 01 and thy father 01: behold, I have sent 07971 thee silver 03701 and gold 02091; go 03212, break 06565 thy league 01285 with Baasha 01201 king 04428 of Israel 03478, that he may depart 05927 from me.
4 And Benhadad 01130 hearkened 08085 to king 04428 Asa 0609, and sent 07971 the captains 08269 of his armies 02428 against the cities 05892 of Israel 03478; and they smote 05221 Ijon 05859, and Dan 01835, and Abelmaim 066, and all the store 04543 cities 05892 of Naphtali 05321. his: Heb. which were his
5 And it came to pass, when Baasha 01201 heard 08085 it, that he stopped 02308 building 01129 of Ramah 07414, and let his work 04399 cease 07673.
6 Then Asa 0609 the king 04428 took 03947 all Judah 03063; and they carried away 05375 the stones 068 of Ramah 07414, and the timber 06086 of it, with which Baasha 01201 was building 01129; and he built 01129 with it Geba 01387 and Mizpah 04709.
7 And at that time 06256 Hanani 02607 the seer 07200 came 0935 to Asa 0609 king 04428 of Judah 03063, and said 0559 to him, Because thou hast relied 08172 on the king 04428 of Syria 0758, and not relied 08172 on the LORD 03068 thy God 0430, therefore hath the host 02428 of the king 04428 of Syria 0758 escaped 04422 out of thy hand 03027.
8 Were not the Cushites 03569 and the Lubims 03864 a huge 07230 army 02428, with very 03966 many 07235 chariots 07393 and horsemen 06571? yet, because thou didst rely 08172 on the LORD 03068, he delivered 05414 them into thy hand 03027. a huge: Heb. in abundance
9 For the eyes 05869 of the LORD 03068 run to and fro 07751 throughout the whole earth 0776, to show himself strong 02388 in the behalf of them whose heart 03824 is perfect 08003 toward him. In this thou hast done foolishly 05528: therefore from henceforth 06258 thou shalt have 03426 wars 04421. to shew…: or, strongly to hold with them, etc
10 Then Asa 0609 was angry 03707 with the seer 07200, and put 05414 him in a prison 04115 house 01004; for he was in a rage 02197 with him because of this thing. And Asa 0609 oppressed 07533 some of the people 05971 the same time 06256. oppressed: Heb. crushed
11 And, behold, the acts 01697 of Asa 0609, first 07223 and last 0314, lo, they are written 03789 in the book 05612 of the kings 04428 of Judah 03063 and Israel 03478.
12 And Asa 0609 in the thirty 07970 and ninth 08672 year 08141 of his reign 04438 was diseased 02456 in his feet 07272, until his disease 02483 was very 04605 grievous: yet in his disease 02483 he sought 01875 not to the LORD 03068, but to the physicians 07495.
13 And Asa 0609 slept 07901 with his fathers 01, and died 04191 in the one 0259 and fortieth 0705 year 08141 of his reign 04427.
14 And they buried 06912 him in his own sepulchres 06913, which he had made 03738 for himself in the city 05892 of David 01732, and laid 07901 him in the bed 04904 which was filled 04390 with sweet odours 01314 and various kinds 02177 of spices prepared 07543 by the perfumers 04842’ art 04639: and they made 08313 a very 03966 great 01419 burning 08316 for him. had made: Heb. had digged
1 And Jehoshaphat 03092 his son 01121 reigned 04427 in his stead, and strengthened 02388 himself against Israel 03478.
2 And he placed 05414 forces 02428 in all the fortified 01219 cities 05892 of Judah 03063, and set 05414 garrisons 05333 in the land 0776 of Judah 03063, and in the cities 05892 of Ephraim 0669, which Asa 0609 his father 01 had taken 03920.
3 And the LORD 03068 was with Jehoshaphat 03092, because he walked 01980 in the first 07223 ways 01870 of his father 01 David 01732, and sought 01875 not to Baalim 01168; of…: or, of his father, and of David
4 But sought 01875 to the LORD God 0430 of his father 01, and walked 01980 in his commandments 04687, and not after the doings 04639 of Israel 03478.
5 Therefore the LORD 03068 established 03559 the kingdom 04467 in his hand 03027; and all Judah 03063 brought 05414 to Jehoshaphat 03092 tribute 04503; and he had riches 06239 and honour 03519 in abundance 07230. brought: Heb. gave
6 And his heart 03820 was lifted up 01361 in the ways 01870 of the LORD 03068: moreover he took away 05493 the high places 01116 and groves 0842 out of Judah 03063. was…: that is, was encouraged
7 Also in the third 07969 year 08141 of his reign 04427 he sent 07971 to his princes 08269, even to Benhail 01134, and to Obadiah 05662, and to Zechariah 02148, and to Nethaneel 05417, and to Michaiah 04322, to teach 03925 in the cities 05892 of Judah 03063.
8 And with them he sent Levites 03881, even Shemaiah 08098, and Nethaniah 05418, and Zebadiah 02069, and Asahel 06214, and Shemiramoth 08070, and Jehonathan 03083, and Adonijah 0138, and Tobijah 02900, and Tobadonijah 02899, Levites 03881; and with them Elishama 0476 and Jehoram 03088, priests 03548.
9 And they taught 03925 in Judah 03063, and had the book 05612 of the law 08451 of the LORD 03068 with them, and went about 05437 throughout all the cities 05892 of Judah 03063, and taught 03925 the people 05971.
10 And the fear 06343 of the LORD 03068 fell upon all the kingdoms 04467 of the lands 0776 that were around 05439 Judah 03063, so that they made no war 03898 against Jehoshaphat 03092. fell: Heb. was
11 Also some of the Philistines 06430 brought 0935 Jehoshaphat 03092 presents 04503, and tribute 04853 silver 03701; and the Arabians 06163 brought 0935 him flocks 06629, seven 07651 thousand 0505 and seven 07651 hundred 03967 rams 0352, and seven 07651 thousand 0505 and seven 07651 hundred 03967 male goats 08495.
12 And Jehoshaphat 03092 became 01980 exceedingly 04605 great 01432; and he built 01129 in Judah 03063 fortresses 01003, and cities 05892 of store 04543. castles: or, palaces
13 And he had much 07227 business 04399 in the cities 05892 of Judah 03063: and the men 0582 of war 04421, mighty men 01368 of valour 02428, were in Jerusalem 03389.
14 And these are the numbers 06486 of them according to the house 01004 of their fathers 01: Of Judah 03063, the captains 08269 of thousands 0505; Adnah 05734 the chief 08269, and with him mighty men 01368 of valour 02428 three 07969 hundred 03967 thousand 0505.
15 And next 03027 to him was Jehohanan 03076 the captain 08269, and with him two hundred 03967 and eighty 08084 thousand 0505. next…: Heb. at his hand
16 And next 03027 to him was Amasiah 06007 the son 01121 of Zichri 02147, who willingly offered 05068 himself to the LORD 03068; and with him two hundred 03967 thousand 0505 mighty men 01368 of valour 02428.
17 And of Benjamin 01144; Eliada 0450 a mighty man 01368 of valour 02428, and with him armed men 05401 with bow 07198 and shield 04043 two hundred 03967 thousand 0505.
18 And next 03027 to him was Jehozabad 03075, and with him an hundred 03967 and eighty 08084 thousand 0505 ready prepared 02502 for the war 06635.
19 These waited 08334 on the king 04428, besides those whom the king 04428 put 05414 in the fortified 04013 cities 05892 throughout all Judah 03063.
1 Now Jehoshaphat 03092 had riches 06239 and honour 03519 in abundance 07230, and allied himself 02859 with Ahab 0256 by marriage 02859.
2 And after 07093 certain years 08141 he went down 03381 to Ahab 0256 to Samaria 08111. And Ahab 0256 killed 02076 sheep 06629 and oxen 01241 for him in abundance 07230, and for the people 05971 that he had with him, and persuaded 05496 him to go up 05927 with him to Ramothgilead 07433, 1568. after…: Heb. at the end of years
3 And Ahab 0256 king 04428 of Israel 03478 said 0559 to Jehoshaphat 03092 king 04428 of Judah 03063, Wilt thou go 03212 with me to Ramothgilead 07433, 1568? And he answered 0559 him, I am as thou art, and my people 05971 as thy people 05971; and we will be with thee in the war 04421.
4 And Jehoshaphat 03092 said 0559 to the king 04428 of Israel 03478, Enquire 01875, I pray thee, at the word 01697 of the LORD 03068 to day 03117.
5 Therefore the king 04428 of Israel 03478 gathered together 06908 of prophets 05030 four 0702 hundred 03967 men 0376, and said 0559 to them, Shall we go 03212 to Ramothgilead 07433, 1568 to battle 04421, or shall I forbear 02308? And they said 0559, Go up 05927; for God 0430 will deliver 05414 it into the king’s 04428 hand 03027.
6 But Jehoshaphat 03092 said 0559, Is there not here a prophet 05030 of the LORD 03068 besides, that we may enquire 01875 of him? besides: Heb. yet, or, more
7 And the king 04428 of Israel 03478 said 0559 to Jehoshaphat 03092, There is yet one 0259 man 0376, by whom we may enquire 01875 of the LORD 03068: but I hate 08130 him; for he never prophesieth 05012 good 02896 to me, but always 03117 evil 07451: the same is Micaiah 04321 the son 01121 of Imla 03229. And Jehoshaphat 03092 said 0559, Let not the king 04428 say 0559 so.
8 And the king 04428 of Israel 03478 called 07121 for one 0259 of his officers 05631, and said 0559, Bring quickly 04116 Micaiah 04319 the son 01121 of Imla 03229. officers: or, eunuchsFetch…: Heb. Hasten
9 And the king 04428 of Israel 03478 and Jehoshaphat 03092 king 04428 of Judah 03063 sat 03427 each 0376 of them on his throne 03678, clothed 03847 in their robes 0899, and they sat 03427 in an open place 01637 at the entrance 06607 of the gate 08179 of Samaria 08111; and all the prophets 05030 prophesied 05012 before 06440 them. void…: or, floor
10 And Zedekiah 06667 the son 01121 of Chenaanah 03668 had made 06213 him horns 07161 of iron 01270, and said 0559, Thus saith 0559 the LORD 03068, With these thou shalt push 05055 Syria 0758 until they shall be consumed 03615. they…: Heb. thou consume them
11 And all the prophets 05030 prophesied 05012 so, saying 0559, Go up 05927 to Ramothgilead 07433, 1568, and prosper 06743: for the LORD 03068 shall deliver 05414 it into the hand 03027 of the king 04428.
12 And the messenger 04397 that went 01980 to call 07121 Micaiah 04321 spoke 01696 to him, saying 0559, Behold, the words 01697 of the prophets 05030 declare good 02896 to the king 04428 with one 0259 consent 06310; let thy word 01697 therefore, I pray thee, be like one 0259 of theirs, and speak 01696 thou good 02896. with…: Heb. with one mouth
13 And Micaiah 04321 said 0559, As the LORD 03068 liveth 02416, even what my God 0430 saith 0559, that will I speak 01696.
14 And when he had come 0935 to the king 04428, the king 04428 said 0559 to him, Micaiah 04318, shall we go 03212 to Ramothgilead 07433, 1568 to battle 04421, or shall I forbear 02308? And he said 0559, Go ye up 05927, and prosper 06743, and they shall be delivered 05414 into your hand 03027.
15 And the king 04428 said 0559 to him, How many times 06471 shall I adjure 07650 thee that thou say 01696 nothing but the truth 0571 to me in the name 08034 of the LORD 03068?
16 Then he said 0559, I saw 07200 all Israel 03478 scattered 06327 upon the mountains 02022, as sheep 06629 that have no shepherd 07462: and the LORD 03068 said 0559, These have no master 0113; let them return 07725 therefore every man 0376 to his house 01004 in peace 07965.
17 And the king 04428 of Israel 03478 said 0559 to Jehoshaphat 03092, Did I not tell 0559 thee that he would not prophesy 05012 good 02896 to me, but evil 07451? but evil: or, but for evil
18 Again he said 0559, Therefore hear 08085 the word 01697 of the LORD 03068; I saw 07200 the LORD 03068 sitting 03427 upon his throne 03678, and all the host 06635 of heaven 08064 standing 05975 on his right hand 03225 and on his left 08040.
19 And the LORD 03068 said 0559, Who shall entice 06601 Ahab 0256 king 04428 of Israel 03478, that he may go up 05927 and fall 05307 at Ramothgilead 07433, 1568? And one spoke 0559 saying 0559 after this manner 03602, and another saying 0559 after that manner 03602.
20 Then there came out 03318 a spirit 07307, and stood 05975 before 06440 the LORD 03068, and said 0559, I will entice 06601 him. And the LORD 03068 said 0559 to him, How?
21 And he said 0559, I will go out 03318, and be a lying 08267 spirit 07307 in the mouth 06310 of all his prophets 05030. And the LORD said 0559, Thou shalt entice 06601 him, and thou shalt also prevail 03201: go out 03318, and do 06213 even so.
22 Now therefore, behold, the LORD 03068 hath put 05414 a lying 08267 spirit 07307 in the mouth 06310 of these thy prophets 05030, and the LORD 03068 hath spoken 01696 evil 07451 against thee.
23 Then Zedekiah 06667 the son 01121 of Chenaanah 03668 came near 05066, and smote 05221 Micaiah 04321 upon the cheek 03895, and said 0559, Which 0335 way 01870 went 05674 the Spirit 07307 of the LORD 03068 from me to speak 01696 to thee?
24 And Micaiah 04321 said 0559, Behold, thou shalt see 07200 on that day 03117 when thou shalt go 0935 into an inner 02315 chamber 02315 to hide 02244 thyself. into…: or, from chamber to chamber: Heb. a chamber in a chamber
25 Then the king 04428 of Israel 03478 said 0559, Take 03947 ye Micaiah 04321, and carry him back 07725 to Amon 0526 the governor 08269 of the city 05892, and to Joash 03101 the king’s 04428 son 01121;
26 And say 0559, Thus saith 0559 the king 04428, Put 07760 this man in the prison 01004, 3608, and feed 0398 him with bread 03899 of affliction 03906 and with water 04325 of affliction 03906, until I return 07725 in peace 07965.
27 And Micaiah 04321 said 0559, If thou shalt certainly 07725 return 07725 in peace 07965, then hath not the LORD 03068 spoken 01696 by me. And he said 0559, Hearken 08085, all ye people 05971.
28 So the king 04428 of Israel 03478 and Jehoshaphat 03092 the king 04428 of Judah 03063 went up 05927 to Ramothgilead 07433, 1568.
29 And the king 04428 of Israel 03478 said 0559 to Jehoshaphat 03092, I will disguise 02664 myself, and will go 0935 to the battle 04421; but put 03847 thou on thy robes 0899. So the king 04428 of Israel 03478 disguised 02664 himself; and they went 0935 to the battle 04421.
30 Now the king 04428 of Syria 0758 had commanded 06680 the captains 08269 of the chariots 07393 that were with him, saying 0559, Fight 03898 ye not with small 06996 or great 01419, except only with the king 04428 of Israel 03478.
31 And it came to pass, when the captains 08269 of the chariots 07393 saw 07200 Jehoshaphat 03092, that they said 0559, It is the king 04428 of Israel 03478. Therefore they surrounded 05437 him to fight 03898: but Jehoshaphat 03092 cried out 02199, and the LORD 03068 helped 05826 him; and God 0430 moved 05496 them to depart from him.
32 For it came to pass, that, when the captains 08269 of the chariots 07393 perceived 07200 that it was not the king 04428 of Israel 03478, they turned back again 07725 from pursuing 0310 him. from…: Heb. from after him
33 And a certain man drew 04900 a bow 07198 at a venture 08537, and smote 05221 the king 04428 of Israel 03478 between the joints 01694 of the armour 08302: therefore he said 0559 to his chariot 07395 man 0376, Turn 02015 thy hand 03027, that thou mayest carry me out 03318 of the host 04264; for I am wounded 02470. at a venture: Heb. in his simplicitybetween…: Heb. between the joints and between the breastplatewounded: Heb. made sick
34 And the battle 04421 increased 05927 that day 03117: yet the king 04428 of Israel 03478 held himself 05975 in his chariot 04818 against 05227 the Syrians 0758 until the evening 06153: and about the time 06256 of the sun 08121 setting 0935 he died 04191.
1 And Jehoshaphat 03092 the king 04428 of Judah 03063 returned 07725 to his house 01004 in peace 07965 to Jerusalem 03389.
2 And Jehu 03058 the son 01121 of Hanani 02607 the seer 02374 went out 03318 to meet 06440 him, and said 0559 to king 04428 Jehoshaphat 03092, Shouldest thou help 05826 the wicked 07563, and love 0157 them that hate 08130 the LORD 03068? therefore 02063 is wrath 07110 upon thee from before 06440 the LORD 03068.
3 Nevertheless 061 there are good 02896 things 01697 found 04672 in thee, in that thou hast taken away 01197 the groves 0842 out of the land 0776, and hast prepared 03559 thy heart 03824 to seek 01875 God 0430.
4 And Jehoshaphat 03092 dwelt 03427 at Jerusalem 03389: and he went out 03318 again 07725 through the people 05971 from Beersheba 0884 to mount 02022 Ephraim 0669, and brought them back 07725 to the LORD 03068 God 0430 of their fathers 01. he went…: Heb. he returned and went out
5 And he set 05975 judges 08199 in the land 0776 throughout all the fortified 01219 cities 05892 of Judah 03063, city 05892 by city 05892,
6 And said 0559 to the judges 08199, Take heed 07200 what ye do 06213: for ye judge 08199 not for man 0120, but for the LORD 03068, who is with you in the judgment 01697, 4941. in…: Heb. in the matter of judgment
7 Therefore now let the fear 06343 of the LORD 03068 be upon you; take heed 08104 and do 06213 it: for there is no iniquity 05766 with the LORD 03068 our God 0430, nor respect 04856 of persons 06440, nor taking 04727 of bribes 07810.
8 Moreover in Jerusalem 03389 did Jehoshaphat 03092 set 05975 of the Levites 03881, and of the priests 03548, and of the heads 07218 of the fathers 01 of Israel 03478, for the judgment 04941 of the LORD 03068, and for controversies 07379, when they returned 07725 to Jerusalem 03389.
9 And he charged 06680 them, saying 0559, Thus shall ye do 06213 in the fear 03374 of the LORD 03068, faithfully 0530, and with a perfect 08003 heart 03824.
10 And whatever cause 07379 shall come 0935 to you of your brethren 0251 that dwell 03427 in their cities 05892, between blood 01818 and blood 01818, between law 08451 and commandment 04687, statutes 02706 and judgments 04941, ye shall even warn 02094 them that they trespass 0816 not against the LORD 03068, and so wrath 07110 come upon you, and upon your brethren 0251: this 03541 do 06213, and ye shall not trespass 0816.
11 And, behold, Amariah 0568 the chief 07218 priest 03548 is over you in all matters 01697 of the LORD 03068; and Zebadiah 02069 the son 01121 of Ishmael 03458, the ruler 05057 of the house 01004 of Judah 03063, for all the king’s 04428 matters 01697: also the Levites 03881 shall be officers 07860 before 06440 you. Deal 06213 courageously 02388, and the LORD 03068 shall be with the good 02896. Deal…: Heb. Take courage and do
1 It came to pass after this 0310 also, that the children 01121 of Moab 04124, and the children 01121 of Ammon 05983, and with them others besides the Ammonites 05984, came 0935 against Jehoshaphat 03092 to battle 04421.
2 Then there came 0935 some that told 05046 Jehoshaphat 03092, saying 0559, There cometh 0935 a great 07227 multitude 01995 against thee from beyond 05676 the sea 03220 on this side of Syria 0758; and, behold, they are in Hazazontamar 02688, which is Engedi 05872.
3 And Jehoshaphat 03092 feared 03372, and set 05414 himself 06440 to seek 01875 the LORD 03068, and proclaimed 07121 a fast 06685 throughout 05921 all Judah 03063. himself: Heb. his face
4 And Judah 03063 gathered themselves together 06908, to ask 01245 help of the LORD 03068: even from all the cities 05892 of Judah 03063 they came 0935 to seek 01245 the LORD 03068.
5 And Jehoshaphat 03092 stood 05975 in the congregation 06951 of Judah 03063 and Jerusalem 03389, in the house 01004 of the LORD 03068, before 06440 the new 02319 court 02691,
6 And said 0559, O LORD 03068 God 0430 of our fathers 01, art not thou God 0430 in heaven 08064? and rulest 04910 thou not over all the kingdoms 04467 of the heathen 01471? and in thy hand 03027 is there not power 03581 and might 01369, so that none is able to withstand 03320 thee?
7 Art not thou our God 0430, who didst drive out 03423 the inhabitants 03427 of this land 0776 before 06440 thy people 05971 Israel 03478, and give 05414 it to the seed 02233 of Abraham 085 thy friend 0157 for ever 05769? who: Heb. thou
8 And they dwelt 03427 in it, and have built 01129 thee a sanctuary 04720 in it for thy name 08034, saying 0559,
9 If, when evil 07451 cometh 0935 upon us, as the sword 02719, judgment 08196, or pestilence 01698, or famine 07458, we stand 05975 before 06440 this house 01004, and in thy presence 06440, (for thy name 08034 is in this house 01004,) and cry 02199 to thee in our affliction 06869, then thou wilt hear 08085 and help 03467.
10 And now, behold, the children 01121 of Ammon 05983 and Moab 04124 and mount 02022 Seir 08165, whom thou wouldest not let 05414 Israel 03478 invade 0935, when they came from 0935 the land 0776 of Egypt 04714, but they turned 05493 from them, and destroyed 08045 them not;
11 Behold, I say, how they reward 01580 us, to come 0935 to cast us out 01644 of thy possession 03425, which thou hast given us to inherit 03423.
12 O our God 0430, wilt thou not judge 08199 them? for we have no might 03581 against 06440 this great 07227 company 01995 that cometh 0935 against us; neither know 03045 we 0587 what to do 06213: but our eyes 05869 are upon thee.
13 And all Judah 03063 stood 05975 before 06440 the LORD 03068, with 01571 their little ones 02945, their wives 0802, and their children 01121.
14 Then upon Jahaziel 03166 the son 01121 of Zechariah 02148, the son 01121 of Benaiah 01141, the son 01121 of Jeiel 03273, the son 01121 of Mattaniah 04983, a Levite 03881 of the sons 01121 of Asaph 0623, came the Spirit 07307 of the LORD 03068 in the midst 08432 of the congregation 06951;
15 And he said 0559, Hearken 07181 ye, all Judah 03063, and ye inhabitants 03427 of Jerusalem 03389, and thou king 04428 Jehoshaphat 03092, Thus saith 0559 the LORD 03068 to you, Be not afraid 03372 nor dismayed 02865 by reason 06440 of this great 07227 multitude 01995; for the battle 04421 is not yours, but God’s 0430.
16 To morrow 04279 go ye down 03381 against them: behold, they come up 05927 by the cliff 04608 of Ziz 06732; and ye shall find 04672 them at the end 05490 of the brook 05158, before 06440 the wilderness 04057 of Jeruel 03385. cliff: Heb. ascentbrook: or, valley
17 Ye shall not need to fight 03898 in this 02063 battle: set 03320 yourselves, stand 05975 ye still, and see 07200 the salvation 03444 of the LORD 03068 with you, O Judah 03063 and Jerusalem 03389: fear 03372 not, nor be dismayed 02865; to morrow 04279 go out 03318 against 06440 them: for the LORD 03068 will be with you.
18 And Jehoshaphat 03092 bowed 06915 his head with his face 0639 to the ground 0776: and all Judah 03063 and the inhabitants 03427 of Jerusalem 03389 fell 05307 before 06440 the LORD 03068, worshipping 07812 the LORD 03068.
19 And the Levites 03881, of the children 01121 of the Kohathites 06956, and of the children 01121 of the Korhites 07145, stood up 06965 to praise 01984 the LORD 03068 God 0430 of Israel 03478 with a loud 01419 voice 06963 on high 04605.
20 And they rose early 07925 in the morning 01242, and went forth 03318 into the wilderness 04057 of Tekoa 08620: and as they went forth 03318, Jehoshaphat 03092 stood 05975 and said 0559, Hear 08085 me, O Judah 03063, and ye inhabitants 03427 of Jerusalem 03389; Believe 0539 in the LORD 03068 your God 0430, so shall ye be established 0539; believe 0539 his prophets 05030, so shall ye prosper 06743.
21 And when he had consulted 03289 with the people 05971, he appointed 05975 singers 07891 to the LORD 03068, and that should praise 01984 the beauty 01927 of holiness 06944, as they went out 03318 before 06440 the army 02502, and to say 0559, Praise 03034 the LORD 03068; for his mercy 02617 endureth for ever 05769. that…: Heb. praisers
22 And when 06256 they began 02490 to sing 07440 and to praise 08416, the LORD 03068 set 05414 ambushes 0693 against the children 01121 of Ammon 05983, Moab 04124, and mount 02022 Seir 08165, who were come 0935 against Judah 03063; and they were smitten 05062. And when…: Heb. And in the time that they, etcto sing…: Heb. in singing and praisethey were…: or, they smote one another
23 For the children 01121 of Ammon 05983 and Moab 04124 stood up 05975 against the inhabitants 03427 of mount 02022 Seir 08165, utterly to slay 02763 and destroy 08045 them: and when they had made an end 03615 of the inhabitants 03427 of Seir 08165, every one 0376 helped 05826 to destroy 04889 another 07453. to destroy: Heb. for the destruction
24 And when Judah 03063 came 0935 toward the watch tower 04707, 4708 in the wilderness 04057, they looked 06437 to the multitude 01995, and, behold, they were dead bodies 06297 fallen 05307 to the earth 0776, and none escaped 06413. none…: Heb. there was not an escaping
25 And when Jehoshaphat 03092 and his people 05971 came 0935 to take away 0962 the spoil 07998 of them, they found 04672 among them in abundance 07230 both riches 07399 with the dead bodies 06297, and precious 02532 jewels 03627, which they stripped off 05337 for themselves, more than 0369 they could carry away 04853: and they were three 07969 days 03117 in gathering 0962 the spoil 07998, it was so much 07227.
26 And on the fourth 07243 day 03117 they assembled 06950 themselves in the valley 06010 of Berachah 01294; for there they blessed 01288 the LORD 03068: therefore the name 08034 of the same place 04725 hath been called 07121, The valley 06010 of Berachah 01294, to this day 03117. Berachah: that is, blessing
27 Then they returned 07725, every man 0376 of Judah 03063 and Jerusalem 03389, and Jehoshaphat 03092 in the front 07218 of them, to go again 07725 to Jerusalem 03389 with joy 08057; for the LORD 03068 had made them to rejoice 08055 over their enemies 0341. forefront: Heb. head
28 And they came 0935 to Jerusalem 03389 with psalteries 05035 and harps 03658 and trumpets 02689 to the house 01004 of the LORD 03068.
29 And the fear 06343 of God 0430 was on all the kingdoms 04467 of those countries 0776, when they had heard 08085 that the LORD 03068 fought 03898 against the enemies 0341 of Israel 03478.
30 So the realm 04438 of Jehoshaphat 03092 was quiet 08252: for his God 0430 gave him rest 05117 on all sides 05439.
31 And Jehoshaphat 03092 reigned 04427 over Judah 03063: he was thirty 07970 and five 02568 years 08141 old 01121 when he began to reign 04427, and he reigned 04427 twenty 06242 and five 02568 years 08141 in Jerusalem 03389. And his mother’s 0517 name 08034 was Azubah 05806 the daughter 01323 of Shilhi 07977.
32 And he walked 03212 in the way 01870 of Asa 0609 his father 01, and departed 05493 not from it, doing 06213 that which was right 03477 in the sight 05869 of the LORD 03068.
33 But the high places 01116 were not taken away 05493: for as yet the people 05971 had not prepared 03559 their hearts 03824 to the God 0430 of their fathers 01.
34 Now the rest 03499 of the acts 01697 of Jehoshaphat 03092, first 07223 and last 0314, behold, they are written 03789 in the book 01697 of Jehu 03058 the son 01121 of Hanani 02607, who is mentioned 05927 in the book 05612 of the kings 04428 of Israel 03478. book of Jehu: Heb. words, etcis mentioned: Heb. was made to ascend
35 And after 0310 this Jehoshaphat 03092 king 04428 of Judah 03063 joined 02266 himself with Ahaziah 0274 king 04428 of Israel 03478, who did 06213 very wickedly 07561:
36 And he joined 02266 himself with him to make 06213 ships 0591 to go 03212 to Tarshish 08659: and they made 06213 the ships 0591 in Eziongeber 06100.
37 Then Eliezer 0461 the son 01121 of Dodavah 01735 of Mareshah 04762 prophesied 05012 against Jehoshaphat 03092, saying 0559, Because thou hast joined 02266 thyself with Ahaziah 0274, the LORD 03068 hath broken 06555 thy works 04639. And the ships 0591 were broken 07665, that they were not able 06113 to go 03212 to Tarshish 08659.
1 Now Jehoshaphat 03092 slept 07901 with his fathers 01, and was buried 06912 with his fathers 01 in the city 05892 of David 01732. And Jehoram 03088 his son 01121 reigned 04427 in his stead.
2 And he had brethren 0251 the sons 01121 of Jehoshaphat 03092, Azariah 05838, and Jehiel 03171, and Zechariah 02148, and Azariah 05838, and Michael 04317, and Shephatiah 08203: all these were the sons 01121 of Jehoshaphat 03092 king 04428 of Israel 03478.
3 And their father 01 gave 05414 them great 07227 gifts 04979 of silver 03701, and of gold 02091, and of precious things 04030, with fortified 04694 cities 05892 in Judah 03063: but the kingdom 04467 he gave 05414 to Jehoram 03088; because he was the firstborn 01060.
4 Now when Jehoram 03088 had risen 06965 to the kingdom 04467 of his father 01, he strengthened 02388 himself, and slew 02026 all his brethren 0251 with the sword 02719, and others also of the princes 08269 of Israel 03478.
5 Jehoram 03088 was thirty 07970 and two 08147 years 08141 old 01121 when he began to reign 04427, and he reigned 04427 eight 08083 years 08141 in Jerusalem 03389.
6 And he walked 03212 in the way 01870 of the kings 04428 of Israel 03478, as did 06213 the house 01004 of Ahab 0256: for he had the daughter 01323 of Ahab 0256 for a wife 0802: and he wrought 06213 that which was evil 07451 in the eyes 05869 of the LORD 03068.
7 Yet the LORD 03068 would 014 not destroy 07843 the house 01004 of David 01732, because of the covenant 01285 that he had made 03772 with David 01732, and as he promised 0559 to give 05414 a light 05216 to him and to his sons 01121 for ever 03117. light: Heb. lamp, or, candle
8 In his days 03117 the Edomites 0123 revolted 06586 from under the dominion 03027 of Judah 03063, and made 04427 themselves a king 04428. dominion: Heb. hand
9 Then Jehoram 03088 went forth 05674 with his princes 08269, and all his chariots 07393 with him: and he rose 06965 by night 03915, and smote 05221 the Edomites 0123 who surrounded him 05437, and the captains 08269 of the chariots 07393.
10 So the Edomites 0123 revolted 06586 from under the hand 03027 of Judah 03063 to this day 03117. The same time 06256 also did Libnah 03841 revolt 06586 from under his hand 03027; because he had forsaken 05800 the LORD 03068 God 0430 of his fathers 01.
11 Moreover he made 06213 high places 01116 in the mountains 02022 of Judah 03063, and caused the inhabitants 03427 of Jerusalem 03389 to play the harlot 02181, and compelled 05080 Judah 03063 to do the same.
12 And there came 0935 a writing 04385 to him from Elijah 0452 the prophet 05030, saying 0559, Thus saith 0559 the LORD 03068 God 0430 of David 01732 thy father 01, Because thou hast not walked 01980 in the ways 01870 of Jehoshaphat 03092 thy father 01, nor in the ways 01870 of Asa 0609 king 04428 of Judah 03063,
13 But hast walked 03212 in the way 01870 of the kings 04428 of Israel 03478, and hast made Judah 03063 and the inhabitants 03427 of Jerusalem 03389 to play the harlot 02181, like the harlotries 02181 of the house 01004 of Ahab 0256, and also hast slain 02026 thy brethren 0251 of thy father’s 01 house 01004, who were better 02896 than thyself:
14 Behold, with a great 01419 plague 04046 will the LORD 03068 smite 05062 thy people 05971, and thy children 01121, and thy wives 0802, and all thy goods 07399: a great…: Heb. a great stroke
15 And thou shalt have great 07227 sickness 02483 by disease 04245 of thy bowels 04578, until thy bowels 04578 fall out 03318 by reason of the sickness 02483 day 03117 by day 03117.
16 Moreover the LORD 03068 stirred up 05782 against Jehoram 03088 the spirit 07307 of the Philistines 06430, and of the Arabians 06163, that were near 05921, 3027 the Cushites 03569:
17 And they came up 05927 into Judah 03063, and broke 01234 into it, and carried away 07617 all the substance 07399 that was found 04672 in the king’s 04428 house 01004, and his sons 01121 also, and his wives 0802; so that there was not a son 01121 left 07604 to him, except Jehoahaz 03059, the youngest 06996 of his sons 01121. carried…: Heb. carried captiveJehoahaz: also called, Ahaziah, or, Azariah
18 And after 0310 all this the LORD 03068 smote 05062 him in his bowels 04578 with an incurable 0369, 4832 disease 02483.
19 And it came to pass, that in process of time 03117, after 03318, 6256 the end 07093 of two 08147 years 03117, his bowels 04578 fell out 03318 by reason 05973 of his sickness 02483: so he died 04191 of grievous 07451 diseases 08463. And his people 05971 made 06213 no burning 08316 for him, like the burning 08316 of his fathers 01.
20 Thirty 07970 and two 08147 years old 01121 was he when he began to reign 04427, and he reigned 04427 in Jerusalem 03389 eight 08083 years 08141, and departed 03212 without being desired 02532. Yet they buried 06912 him in the city 05892 of David 01732, but not in the sepulchres 06913 of the kings 04428. without…: Heb. without desire
1 And the inhabitants 03427 of Jerusalem 03389 made 04427 Ahaziah 0274 his youngest 06996 son 01121 king 04427 in his stead: for the band of men 01416 that came 0935 with the Arabians 06163 to the camp 04264 had slain 02026 all the eldest 07223. So Ahaziah 0274 the son 01121 of Jehoram 03088 king 04428 of Judah 03063 reigned 04427.
2 Forty 0705 and two 08147 years 08141 old 01121 was Ahaziah 0274 when he began to reign 04427, and he reigned 04427 one 0259 year 08141 in Jerusalem 03389. His mother’s 0517 name 08034 also was Athaliah 06271 the daughter 01323 of Omri 06018.
3 He also walked 01980 in the ways 01870 of the house 01004 of Ahab 0256: for his mother 0517 was his counsellor 03289 to do wickedly 07561.
4 Therefore he did 06213 evil 07451 in the sight 05869 of the LORD 03068 like the house 01004 of Ahab 0256: for they were his counsellors 03289 after 0310 the death 04194 of his father 01 to his destruction 04889.
5 He walked 01980 also after their counsel 06098, and went 03212 with Jehoram 03088 the son 01121 of Ahab 0256 king 04428 of Israel 03478 to war 04421 against Hazael 02371 king 04428 of Syria 0758 at Ramothgilead 07433, 1568: and the Syrians 07421 smote 05221 Joram 03141.
6 And he returned 07725 to be healed 07495 in Jezreel 03157 because of the wounds 04347 which were given 05221 him at Ramah 07414, when he fought 03898 with Hazael 02371 king 04428 of Syria 0758. And Azariah 05838 the son 01121 of Jehoram 03088 king 04428 of Judah 03063 went down 03381 to see 07200 Jehoram 03088 the son 01121 of Ahab 0256 at Jezreel 03157, because he was sick 02470. which…: Heb. wherewith they wounded himAzariah: also called, Ahaziah, or, Jehoahaz
7 And the destruction 08395 of Ahaziah 0274 was from God 0430 by coming 0935 to Joram 03141: for when he had come 0935, he went out 03318 with Jehoram 03088 against Jehu 03058 the son 01121 of Nimshi 05250, whom the LORD 03068 had anointed 04886 to cut off 03772 the house 01004 of Ahab 0256. destruction: Heb. treading down
8 And it came to pass, that, when Jehu 03058 was executing judgment 08199 upon the house 01004 of Ahab 0256, and found 04672 the princes 08269 of Judah 03063, and the sons 01121 of the brethren 0251 of Ahaziah 0274, that ministered 08334 to Ahaziah 0274, he slew 02026 them.
9 And he sought 01245 Ahaziah 0274: and they caught 03920 him, (for he was hid 02244 in Samaria 08111,) and brought 0935 him to Jehu 03058: and when they had slain 04191 him, they buried 06912 him: Because, said 0559 they, he is the son 01121 of Jehoshaphat 03092, who sought 01875 the LORD 03068 with all his heart 03824. So the house 01004 of Ahaziah 0274 had no power 03581 to retain 06113 the kingdom 04467.
10 But when Athaliah 06271 the mother 0517 of Ahaziah 0274 saw 07200 that her son 01121 was dead 04191, she arose 06965 and destroyed 01696 all the seed 02233 royal 04467 of the house 01004 of Judah 03063.
11 But Jehoshabeath 03090, the daughter 01323 of the king 04428, took 03947 Joash 03101 the son 01121 of Ahaziah 0274, and stole 01589 him from among 08432 the king’s 04428 sons 01121 that were slain 04191, and put 05414 him and his nurse 03243 in a bedchamber 02315, 4296. So Jehoshabeath 03090, the daughter 01323 of king 04428 Jehoram 03088, the wife 0802 of Jehoiada 03077 the priest 03548, (for she was the sister 0269 of Ahaziah 0274,) hid 05641 him from 06440 Athaliah 06271, so that she slew 04191 him not. Jehoshabeath: also called, Jehosheba
12 And he was with them hid 02244 in the house 01004 of God 0430 six 08337 years 08141: and Athaliah 06271 reigned 04427 over the land 0776.
1 And in the seventh 07637 year 08141 Jehoiada 03077 strengthened 02388 himself, and took 03947 the captains 08269 of hundreds 03967, Azariah 05838 the son 01121 of Jeroham 03395, and Ishmael 03458 the son 01121 of Jehohanan 03076, and Azariah 05838 the son 01121 of Obed 05744, and Maaseiah 04641 the son 01121 of Adaiah 05718, and Elishaphat 0478 the son 01121 of Zichri 02147, into covenant 01285 with him.
2 And they went about 05437 in Judah 03063, and gathered 06908 the Levites 03881 out of all the cities 05892 of Judah 03063, and the heads 07218 of the fathers 01 of Israel 03478, and they came 0935 to Jerusalem 03389.
3 And all the congregation 06951 made 03772 a covenant 01285 with the king 04428 in the house 01004 of God 0430. And he said 0559 to them, Behold, the king’s 04428 son 01121 shall reign 04427, as the LORD 03068 hath said 01696 of the sons 01121 of David 01732.
4 This is the thing 01697 that ye shall do 06213; A third part 07992 of you entering 0935 on the sabbath 07676, of the priests 03548 and of the Levites 03881, shall be porters 07778 of the doors 05592; doors: Heb. thresholds
5 And a third part 07992 shall be at the king’s 04428 house 01004; and a third part 07992 at the gate 08179 of the foundation 03247: and all the people 05971 shall be in the courts 02691 of the house 01004 of the LORD 03068.
6 But let none come 0935 into the house 01004 of the LORD 03068, except the priests 03548, and they that minister 08334 of the Levites 03881; they shall go in 0935, for they are holy 06944: but all the people 05971 shall keep 08104 the watch 04931 of the LORD 03068.
7 And the Levites 03881 shall surround 05439, 5362 the king 04428, every man 0376 with his weapons 03627 in his hand 03027; and whoever else cometh 0935 into the house 01004, he shall be put to death 04191: but be ye with the king 04428 when he cometh in 0935, and when he goeth out 03318.
8 So the Levites 03881 and all Judah 03063 did 06213 according to all things that Jehoiada 03077 the priest 03548 had commanded 06680, and took 03947 every man 0376 his men 0582 that were to come in 0935 on the sabbath 07676, with them that were to go 03318 out on the sabbath 07676: for Jehoiada 03077 the priest 03548 dismissed 06358 not the courses 04256.
9 Moreover Jehoiada 03077 the priest 03548 delivered 05414 to the captains 08269 of hundreds 03967 spears 02595, and bucklers 04043, and shields 07982, that had been king 04428 David’s 01732, which were in the house 01004 of God 0430.
10 And he set 05975 all the people 05971, every man 0376 having his weapon 07973 in his hand 03027, from the right 03233 side 03802 of the temple 01004 to the left 08042 side 03802 of the temple 01004, along by the altar 04196 and the temple 01004, by the king 04428 on all sides 05439. side: Heb. shouldertemple: Heb. house
11 Then they brought out 03318 the king’s 04428 son 01121, and put 05414 upon him the crown 05145, and gave him the testimony 05715, and made him king 04427. And Jehoiada 03077 and his sons 01121 anointed 04886 him, and said 0559, God save 02421 the king 04428. God…: Heb. Let the king live
12 Now when Athaliah 06271 heard 08085 the noise 06963 of the people 05971 running 07323 and praising 01984 the king 04428, she came 0935 to the people 05971 into the house 01004 of the LORD 03068:
13 And she looked 07200, and, behold, the king 04428 stood 05975 at his pillar 05982 at the entrance 03996, and the princes 08269 and the trumpets 02689 by the king 04428: and all the people 05971 of the land 0776 rejoiced 08056, and sounded 08628 with trumpets 02689, also the singers 07891 with instruments 03627 of music 07892, and such as taught 03045 to sing praise 01984. Then Athaliah 06271 tore 07167 her clothes 0899, and said 0559, Treason 07195, Treason 07195. Treason: Heb. Conspiracy
14 Then Jehoiada 03077 the priest 03548 brought out 03318 the captains 08269 of hundreds 03967 that were set over 06485 the host 02428, and said 0559 to them, Have her forth 03318 between the ranks 01004, 7713: and whoever followeth 0935, 310 her, let him be slain 04191 with the sword 02719. For the priest 03548 said 0559, Slay 04191 her not in the house 01004 of the LORD 03068.
15 So they laid 07760 hands 03027 on her; and when she had come 0935 to the entrance 03996 of the horse 05483 gate 08179 by the king’s 04428 house 01004, they slew 04191 her there.
16 And Jehoiada 03077 made 03772 a covenant 01285 between him, and between all the people 05971, and between the king 04428, that they should be the LORD’S 03068 people 05971.
17 Then all the people 05971 went 0935 to the house 01004 of Baal 01168, and broke it down 05422, and broke 07665 his altars 04196 and his images 06754 in pieces 07665, and slew 02026 Mattan 04977 the priest 03548 of Baal 01168 before 06440 the altars 04196.
18 Also Jehoiada 03077 appointed 07760 the offices 06486 of the house 01004 of the LORD 03068 by the hand 03027 of the priests 03548 the Levites 03881, whom David 01732 had distributed 02505 in the house 01004 of the LORD 03068, to offer 05927 the burnt offerings 05930 of the LORD 03068, as it is written 03789 in the law 08451 of Moses 04872, with rejoicing 08057 and with singing 07892, as it was ordained by 03027 David 01732. as it was…: Heb. by the hands of David
19 And he set 05975 the porters 07778 at the gates 08179 of the house 01004 of the LORD 03068, that none who was unclean 02931 in any thing 01697 should enter 0935.
20 And he took 03947 the captains 08269 of hundreds 03967, and the nobles 0117, and the governors 04910 of the people 05971, and all the people 05971 of the land 0776, and brought down 03381 the king 04428 from the house 01004 of the LORD 03068: and they came 0935 through 08432 the high 05945 gate 08179 into the king’s 04428 house 01004, and set 03427 the king 04428 upon the throne 03678 of the kingdom 04467.
21 And all the people 05971 of the land 0776 rejoiced 08055: and the city 05892 was quiet 08252, after they had slain 04191 Athaliah 06271 with the sword 02719.
1 Joash 03101 was seven 07651 years 08141 old 01121 when he began to reign 04427, and he reigned 04427 forty 0705 years 08141 in Jerusalem 03389. His mother’s 0517 name 08034 also was Zibiah 06645 of Beersheba 0884.
2 And Joash 03101 did 06213 that which was right 03477 in the sight 05869 of the LORD 03068 all the days 03117 of Jehoiada 03077 the priest 03548.
3 And Jehoiada 03077 took 05375 for him two 08147 wives 0802; and he begat 03205 sons 01121 and daughters 01323.
4 And it came to pass after 0310 this, that Joash 03101 was minded 03820 to repair 02318 the house 01004 of the LORD 03068. to repair: Heb. to renew
5 And he gathered 06908 the priests 03548 and the Levites 03881, and said 0559 to them, Go out 03318 to the cities 05892 of Judah 03063, and gather 06908 from all Israel 03478 money 03701 to repair 02388 the house 01004 of your God 0430 from 01767 year 08141 to year 08141, and see that ye hasten 04116 the matter 01697. But the Levites 03881 hastened 04116 it not.
6 And the king 04428 called 07121 for Jehoiada 03077 the chief 07218, and said 0559 to him, Why hast thou not required 01875 of the Levites 03881 to bring in 0935 out of Judah 03063 and out of Jerusalem 03389 the collection 04864, according to the commandment of Moses 04872 the servant 05650 of the LORD 03068, and of the congregation 06951 of Israel 03478, for the tabernacle 0168 of witness 05715?
7 For the sons 01121 of Athaliah 06271, that wicked 04849 woman, had broken up 06555 the house 01004 of God 0430; and also all the dedicated things 06944 of the house 01004 of the LORD 03068 they bestowed 06213 upon Baalim 01168.
8 And at the king’s 04428 commandment 0559 they made 06213 a 0259 chest 0727, and set 05414 it without 02351 at the gate 08179 of the house 01004 of the LORD 03068.
9 And they made 05414 a proclamation 06963 through Judah 03063 and Jerusalem 03389, to bring in 0935 to the LORD 03068 the collection 04864 that Moses 04872 the servant 05650 of God 0430 laid upon Israel 03478 in the wilderness 04057. a proclamation: Heb. a voice
10 And all the princes 08269 and all the people 05971 rejoiced 08055, and brought in 0935, and cast 07993 into the chest 0727, until they had finished 03615.
11 Now it came to pass, that at the time 06256 the chest 0727 was brought 0935 to the king’s 04428 office 06486 by the hand 03027 of the Levites 03881, and when they saw 07200 that there was much 07227 money 03701, the king’s 04428 scribe 05608 and the high 07218 priest’s 03548 officer 06496 came 0935 and emptied 06168 the chest 0727, and took 05375 it, and carried 07725 it to its place 04725 again 07725. Thus they did 06213 day 03117 by day 03117, and assembled 0622 money 03701 in abundance 07230.
12 And the king 04428 and Jehoiada 03077 gave 05414 it to such as did 06213 the work 04399 of the service 05656 of the house 01004 of the LORD 03068, and hired 07936 masons 02672 and carpenters 02796 to repair 02318 the house 01004 of the LORD 03068, and also such as wrought 02796 iron 01270 and brass 05178 to mend 02388 the house 01004 of the LORD 03068.
13 So the workmen 04399, 6213 wrought 06213, and the work 04399 was 05927 perfected 0724 by them 03027, and they set 05975 the house 01004 of God 0430 in order 04971, and strengthened 0553 it. the work…: Heb. the healing went up upon the work
14 And when they had finished 03615 it, they brought 0935 the rest 07605 of the money 03701 before 06440 the king 04428 and Jehoiada 03077, of which were made 06213 vessels 03627 for the house 01004 of the LORD 03068, even vessels 03627 to minister 08335, and to offer 05927 with, and spoons 03709, and vessels 03627 of gold 02091 and silver 03701. And they offered 05927 burnt offerings 05930 in the house 01004 of the LORD 03068 continually 08548 all the days 03117 of Jehoiada 03077. to offer…: or, pestils
15 But Jehoiada 03077 grew old 02204, and was full 07646 of days 03117 when he died 04191; an hundred 03967 and thirty 07970 years 08141 old 01121 was he when he died 04194.
16 And they buried 06912 him in the city 05892 of David 01732 among the kings 04428, because he had done 06213 good 02896 in Israel 03478, both toward God 0430, and toward his house 01004.
17 Now after 0310 the death 04194 of Jehoiada 03077 came 0935 the princes 08269 of Judah 03063, and made obeisance 07812 to the king 04428. Then the king 04428 hearkened 08085 to them.
18 And they left 05800 the house 01004 of the LORD 03068 God 0430 of their fathers 01, and served 05647 groves 0842 and idols 06091: and wrath 07110 came upon Judah 03063 and Jerusalem 03389 for this their trespass 0819.
19 Yet he sent 07971 prophets 05030 to them, to bring them again 07725 to the LORD 03068; and they testified 05749 against them: but they would not give ear 0238.
20 And the Spirit 07307 of God 0430 came 03847 upon Zechariah 02148 the son 01121 of Jehoiada 03077 the priest 03548, who stood 05975 above the people 05971, and said 0559 to them, Thus saith 0559 God 0430, Why transgress 05674 ye the commandments 04687 of the LORD 03068, that ye cannot prosper 06743? because ye have forsaken 05800 the LORD 03068, he hath also forsaken 05800 you. came…: Heb. clothed
21 And they conspired 07194 against him, and stoned 07275 him with stones 068 at the commandment 04687 of the king 04428 in the court 02691 of the house 01004 of the LORD 03068.
22 Thus Joash 03101 the king 04428 remembered 02142 not the kindness 02617 which Jehoiada 03077 his father 01 had done 06213 to him, but slew 02026 his son 01121. And when he died 04194, he said 0559, The LORD 03068 look 07200 upon it, and require 01875 it.
23 And it came to pass at the end 08622 of the year 08141, that the army 02428 of Syria 0758 came up 05927 against him: and they came 0935 to Judah 03063 and Jerusalem 03389, and destroyed 07843 all the princes 08269 of the people 05971 from among the people 05971, and sent 07971 all the spoil 07998 of them to the king 04428 of Damascus 01834. at the…: Heb. in the revolution of the yearDamascus: Heb. Darmesek
24 For the army 02428 of the Syrians 0758 came 0935 with a small 04705 company of men 0582, and the LORD 03068 delivered 05414 a very 03966 great 07230 host 02428 into their hand 03027, because they had forsaken 05800 the LORD 03068 God 0430 of their fathers 01. So they executed 06213 judgment 08201 against Joash 03101.
25 And when they had departed 03212 from him, (for they left 05800 him in great 07227 diseases 04251,) his own servants 05650 conspired 07194 against him for the blood 01818 of the sons 01121 of Jehoiada 03077 the priest 03548, and slew 02026 him on his bed 04296, and he died 04191: and they buried 06912 him in the city 05892 of David 01732, but they buried 06912 him not in the sepulchres 06913 of the kings 04428.
26 And these are they that conspired 07194 against him; Zabad 02066 the son 01121 of Shimeath 08100 an Ammonitess 05985, and Jehozabad 03075 the son 01121 of Shimrith 08116 a Moabitess 04125. Zabad: or, JozacherShimrith: or, Shomer
27 Now concerning his sons 01121, and the greatness 07235, 7230 of the burdens 04853 laid upon him, and the repairing 03247 of the house 01004 of God 0430, behold, they are written 03789 in the story 04097 of the book 05612 of the kings 04428. And Amaziah 0558 his son 01121 reigned 04427 in his stead. repairing: Heb. foundingstory: or, commentary
1 Amaziah 0558 was twenty 06242 and five 02568 years 08141 old 01121 when he began to reign 04427, and he reigned 04427 twenty 06242 and nine 08672 years 08141 in Jerusalem 03389. And his mother’s 0517 name 08034 was Jehoaddan 03086 of Jerusalem 03389.
2 And he did 06213 that which was right 03477 in the sight 05869 of the LORD 03068, but not with a perfect 08003 heart 03824.
3 Now it came to pass, when the kingdom 04467 was established 02388 to him, that he slew 02026 his servants 05650 that had killed 05221 the king 04428 his father 01. established…: Heb. confirmed upon him
4 But he slew 04191 not their children 01121, but did as it is written 03789 in the law 08451 of the book 05612 of Moses 04872, where the LORD 03068 commanded 06680, saying 0559, The fathers 01 shall not die 04191 for the children 01121, neither shall the children 01121 die 04191 for the fathers 01, but every man 0376 shall die 04191 for his own sin 02399.
5 Moreover Amaziah 0558 gathered 06908 Judah 03063 together 06908, and made 05975 them captains 08269 over thousands 0505, and captains 08269 over hundreds 03967, according to the houses 01004 of their fathers 01, throughout all Judah 03063 and Benjamin 01144: and he numbered 06485 them from twenty 06242 years 08141 old 01121 and above 04605, and found 04672 them three 07969 hundred 03967 thousand 0505 choice 0977 men, able to go forth 03318 to war 06635, that could handle 0270 spear 07420 and shield 06793.
6 He hired 07936 also an hundred 03967 thousand 0505 mighty 01368 men of valour 02428 out of Israel 03478 for an hundred 03967 talents 03603 of silver 03701.
7 But there came 0935 a man 0376 of God 0430 to him, saying 0559, O king 04428, let not the army 06635 of Israel 03478 go 0935 with thee; for the LORD 03068 is not with Israel 03478, that is, with all the children 01121 of Ephraim 0669.
8 But if thou wilt go 0935, do 06213 it, be strong 02388 for the battle 04421: God 0430 shall make thee fall 03782 before 06440 the enemy 0341: for God 0430 hath 03426 power 03581 to help 05826, and to cast down 03782.
9 And Amaziah 0558 said 0559 to the man 0376 of God 0430, But what shall we do 06213 for the hundred 03967 talents 03603 which I have given 05414 to the army 01416 of Israel 03478? And the man 0376 of God 0430 answered 0559, The LORD 03068 is 03426 able to give 05414 thee much more 07235 than this. army: Heb. band
10 Then Amaziah 0558 separated 0914 them, that is, the army 01416 that had come 0935 to him out of Ephraim 0669, to go 03212 home 04725 again 03212: therefore their anger 0639 was greatly 03966 kindled 02734 against Judah 03063, and they returned 07725 home 04725 in great 02750 anger 0639. home again: Heb. to their placein great…: Heb. in heat of anger
11 And Amaziah 0558 strengthened 02388 himself, and led forth 05090 his people 05971, and went 03212 to the valley 01516 of salt 04417, and smote 05221 of the children 01121 of Seir 08165 ten 06235 thousand 0505.
12 And other ten 06235 thousand 0505 left alive 02416 the children 01121 of Judah 03063 carried away captive 07617, and brought 0935 them to the top 07218 of the rock 05553, and cast them down 07993 from the top 07218 of the rock 05553, that they were all broken in pieces 01234.
13 But the soldiers 01121 of the army 01416 whom Amaziah 0558 sent back 07725, that they should not go 03212 with him to battle 04421, fell 06584 upon the cities 05892 of Judah 03063, from Samaria 08111 even to Bethhoron 01032, and smote 05221 three 07969 thousand 0505 of them, and took 0962 much 07227 spoil 0961. the soldiers…: Heb. the sons of the band
14 Now it came to pass, after 0310 that Amaziah 0558 had come 0935 from the slaughter 05221 of the Edomites 0130, that he brought 0935 the gods 0430 of the children 01121 of Seir 08165, and set them up 05975 to be his gods 0430, and bowed 07812 himself before 06440 them, and burned incense 06999 to them.
15 Therefore the anger 0639 of the LORD 03068 was kindled 02734 against Amaziah 0558, and he sent 07971 to him a prophet 05030, who said 0559 to him, Why hast thou sought 01875 after the gods 0430 of the people 05971, which could not deliver 05337 their own people 05971 out of thy hand 03027?
16 And it came to pass, as he talked 01696 with him, that the king said 0559 to him, Art thou made 05414 of the king’s 04428 council 03289? forbear 02308; why shouldest thou be smitten 05221? Then the prophet 05030 stopped 02308, and said 0559, I know 03045 that God 0430 hath determined 03289 to destroy 07843 thee, because thou hast done 06213 this, and hast not hearkened 08085 to my counsel 06098. determined: Heb. counselled
17 Then Amaziah 0558 king 04428 of Judah 03063 took advice 03289, and sent 07971 to Joash 03101, the son 01121 of Jehoahaz 03059, the son 01121 of Jehu 03058, king 04428 of Israel 03478, saying 0559, Come 03212, let us look one another 07200 in the face 06440.
18 And Joash 03101 king 04428 of Israel 03478 sent 07971 to Amaziah 0558 king 04428 of Judah 03063, saying 0559, The thistle 02336 that was in Lebanon 03844 sent 07971 to the cedar 0730 that was in Lebanon 03844, saying 0559, Give 05414 thy daughter 01323 to my son 01121 for a wife 0802: and there passed by 05674 a wild 07704 beast 02416 that was in Lebanon 03844, and trod down 07429 the thistle 02336. thistle: or, furze bush, or, thorna wild…: Heb. a beast of the field
19 Thou sayest 0559, Lo, thou hast smitten 05221 the Edomites 0123; and thy heart 03820 lifteth thee up 05375 to boast 03513: abide 03427 now at home 01004; why shouldest thou meddle 01624 to thy harm 07451, that thou shouldest fall 05307, even thou, and Judah 03063 with thee?
20 But Amaziah 0558 would not hear 08085; for it came from God 0430, that he might deliver 05414 them into the hand 03027 of their enemies, because they sought 01875 after the gods 0430 of Edom 0123.
21 So Joash 03101 the king 04428 of Israel 03478 went up 05927; and they looked one another 07200 in the face 06440, both he and Amaziah 0558 king 04428 of Judah 03063, at Bethshemesh 01053, which belongeth to Judah 03063.
22 And Judah 03063 was smote 05062 before 06440 Israel 03478, and they fled 05127 every man 0376 to his tent 0168. put…: Heb. smitten
23 And Joash 03101 the king 04428 of Israel 03478 took 08610 Amaziah 0558 king 04428 of Judah 03063, the son 01121 of Joash 03101, the son 01121 of Jehoahaz 03059, at Bethshemesh 01053, and brought 0935 him to Jerusalem 03389, and broke down 06555 the wall 02346 of Jerusalem 03389 from the gate 08179 of Ephraim 0669 to the corner 06437 gate 08179, four 0702 hundred 03967 cubits 0520. the corner…: Heb. the gate of it that looketh
24 And he took all the gold 02091 and the silver 03701, and all the vessels 03627 that were found 04672 in the house 01004 of God 0430 with Obededom 05654, and the treasures 0214 of the king’s 04428 house 01004, the hostages 01121, 8594 also, and returned 07725 to Samaria 08111.
25 And Amaziah 0558 the son 01121 of Joash 03101 king 04428 of Judah 03063 lived 02421 after 0310 the death 04194 of Joash 03101 son 01121 of Jehoahaz 03059 king 04428 of Israel 03478 fifteen 02568, 6240 years 08141.
26 Now the rest 03499 of the acts 01697 of Amaziah 0558, first 07223 and last 0314, behold, are they not written 03789 in the book 05612 of the kings 04428 of Judah 03063 and Israel 03478?
27 Now after the time 06256 that Amaziah 0558 turned away 05493 from following 0310 the LORD 03068 they made 07194 a conspiracy 07195 against him in Jerusalem 03389; and he fled 05127 to Lachish 03923: but they sent 07971 to Lachish 03923 after 0310 him, and slew 04191 him there. from…: Heb. from aftermade…: Heb. conspired a conspiracy
28 And they brought 05375 him upon horses 05483, and buried 06912 him with his fathers 01 in the city 05892 of Judah 03063. Judah: that is, the city of David
1 Then all the people 05971 of Judah 03063 took 03947 Uzziah 05818, who was sixteen 08337, 6240 years 08141 old 01121, and made him king 04427 instead of his father 01 Amaziah 0558. Uzziah: or, Azariah
2 He built 01129 Eloth 0359, and restored 07725 it to Judah 03063, after 0310 the king 04428 slept 07901 with his fathers 01.
3 Sixteen 08337, 6240 years 08141 old 01121 was Uzziah 05818 when he began to reign 04427, and he reigned 04427 fifty 02572 and two 08147 years 08141 in Jerusalem 03389. His mother’s 0517 name 08034 also was Jecoliah 03203 of Jerusalem 03389.
4 And he did 06213 that which was right 03477 in the sight 05869 of the LORD 03068, according to all that his father 01 Amaziah 0558 did 06213.
5 And he sought 01875 God 0430 in the days 03117 of Zechariah 02148, who had understanding 0995 in the visions 07200 of God 0430: and as long as 03117 he sought 01875 the LORD 03068, God 0430 made him to prosper 06743. in the visions…: Heb. in the seeing of God
6 And he went forth 03318 and warred 03898 against the Philistines 06430, and broke down 06555 the wall 02346 of Gath 01661, and the wall 02346 of Jabneh 02996, and the wall 02346 of Ashdod 0795, and built 01129 cities 05892 about Ashdod 0795, and among the Philistines 06430. about…: or, in the country of Ashdod
7 And God 0430 helped 05826 him against the Philistines 06430, and against the Arabians 06163 that dwelt 03427 in Gurbaal 01485, and the Mehunims 04586.
8 And the Ammonites 05984 gave 05414 gifts 04503 to Uzziah 05818: and his name 08034 spread abroad 03212 even to the entrance 0935 of Egypt 04714; for he strengthened 02388 himself exceedingly 04605. spread…: Heb. went
9 Moreover Uzziah 05818 built 01129 towers 04026 in Jerusalem 03389 at the corner 06438 gate 08179, and at the valley 01516 gate 08179, and at the turning 04740 of the wall, and fortified 02388 them. fortified: or, repaired
10 Also he built 01129 towers 04026 in the desert 04057, and dug 02672 many 07227 wells 0953: for he had many 07227 cattle 04735, both in the low country 08219, and in the plains 04334: farmers 0406 also, and vinedressers 03755 in the mountains 02022, and in Carmel 03760: for he loved 0157 the soil 0127. digged…: or, cut out many cisternsCarmel: or, fruitful fieldshusbandry: Heb. ground
11 Moreover Uzziah 05818 had an army 02428 of fighting 04421 men 06213, that went out 03318 to war 06635 by bands 01416, according to the number 04557 of their reckoning 06486 by the hand 03027 of Jeiel 03273 the scribe 05608 and Maaseiah 04641 the ruler 07860, under the hand 03027 of Hananiah 02608, one of the king’s 04428 captains 08269.
12 The whole number 04557 of the heads 07218 of the father’s 01 houses of the mighty men 01368 of valour 02428 were two thousand 0505 and six 08337 hundred 03967.
13 And under their hand 03027 was an army 02428, 6635, three 07969 hundred 03967 thousand 0505 and seven 07651 thousand 0505 and five 02568 hundred 03967, that made 06213 war 04421 with mighty 02428 power 03581, to help 05826 the king 04428 against the enemy 0341. an army: Heb. the power of an army
14 And Uzziah 05818 prepared 03559 for them throughout all the army 06635 shields 04043, and spears 07420, and helmets 03553, and coats of mail 08302, and bows 07198, and slings 07050 to cast stones 068. slings…: Heb. stones of slings
15 And he made 06213 in Jerusalem 03389 engines 02810, invented 04284 by skilful men 02803, to be on the towers 04026 and upon the bulwarks 06438, to shoot 03384 arrows 02671 and great 01419 stones 068. And his name 08034 spread 03318 far abroad 07350; for he was marvellously 06381 helped 05826, till 03588 he was strong 02388. spread: Heb. went forth
16 But when he was strong 02393, his heart 03820 was lifted up 01361 to his destruction 07843: for he transgressed 04603 against the LORD 03068 his God 0430, and went 0935 into the temple 01964 of the LORD 03068 to burn incense 06999 upon the altar 04196 of incense 07004.
17 And Azariah 05838 the priest 03548 went in 0935 after 0310 him, and with him eighty 08084 priests 03548 of the LORD 03068, that were valiant 02428 men 01121:
18 And they withstood 05975 Uzziah 05818 the king 04428, and said 0559 to him, It appertaineth not to thee, Uzziah 05818, to burn incense 06999 to the LORD 03068, but to the priests 03548 the sons 01121 of Aaron 0175, that are consecrated 06942 to burn incense 06999: go out 03318 of the sanctuary 04720; for thou hast trespassed 04603; neither shall it be for thy honour 03519 from the LORD 03068 God 0430.
19 Then Uzziah 05818 was angry 02196, and had a censer 04730 in his hand 03027 to burn incense 06999: and while he was angry 02196 with the priests 03548, the leprosy 06883 even rose up 02224 in his forehead 04696 before 06440 the priests 03548 in the house 01004 of the LORD 03068, from beside the incense 07004 altar 04196.
20 And Azariah 05838 the chief 07218 priest 03548, and all the priests 03548, looked 06437 upon him, and, behold, he was leprous 06879 in his forehead 04696, and they thrust him out 0926 from there; yea, himself hastened 01765 also to go out 03318, because the LORD 03068 had smitten 05060 him.
21 And Uzziah 05818 the king 04428 was a leper 06879 to the day 03117 of his death 04194, and dwelt in 03427 a separate 02669, 2669 house 01004, being a leper 06879; for he was cut off 01504 from the house 01004 of the LORD 03068: and Jotham 03147 his son 01121 was over the king’s 04428 house 01004, judging 08199 the people 05971 of the land 0776. several: Heb. free
22 Now the rest 03499 of the acts 01697 of Uzziah 05818, first 07223 and last 0314, were written 03789 by Isaiah 03470 the prophet 05030, the son 01121 of Amoz 0531.
23 So Uzziah 05818 slept 07901 with his fathers 01, and they buried 06912 him with his fathers 01 in the field 07704 of the burial 06900 which belonged to the kings 04428; for they said 0559, He is a leper 06879: and Jotham 03147 his son 01121 reigned 04427 in his stead.
1 Jotham 03147 was twenty 06242 and five 02568 years 08141 old 01121 when he began to reign 04427, and he reigned 04427 sixteen 08337, 6240 years 08141 in Jerusalem 03389. His mother’s 0517 name 08034 also was Jerushah 03388, the daughter 01323 of Zadok 06659.
2 And he did 06213 that which was right 03477 in the sight 05869 of the LORD 03068, according to all that his father 01 Uzziah 05818 did 06213: yet he entered 0935 not into the temple 01964 of the LORD 03068. And the people 05971 did yet corruptly 07843.
3 He built 01129 the high 05945 gate 08179 of the house 01004 of the LORD 03068, and on the wall 02346 of Ophel 06077 he built 01129 much 07230. Ophel: or, the tower
4 Moreover he built 01129 cities 05892 in the mountains 02022 of Judah 03063, and in the forests 02793 he built 01129 fortresses 01003 and towers 04026.
5 He fought 03898 also with the king 04428 of the Ammonites 05984, and prevailed 02388 against them. And the children 01121 of Ammon 05983 gave 05414 him the same year 08141 an hundred 03967 talents 03603 of silver 03701, and ten 06235 thousand 0505 measures 03734 of wheat 02406, and ten 06235 thousand 0505 of barley 08184. So much did the children 01121 of Ammon 05983 pay 07725 to 02063 him, both the second 08145 year 08141, and the third 07992. So…: Heb. This
6 So Jotham 03147 became mighty 02388, because he prepared 03559 his ways 01870 before 06440 the LORD 03068 his God 0430. prepared: or, established
7 Now the rest 03499 of the acts 01697 of Jotham 03147, and all his wars 04421, and his ways 01870, see, they are written 03789 in the book 05612 of the kings 04428 of Israel 03478 and Judah 03063.
8 He was five 02568 and twenty 06242 years 08141 old 01121 when he began to reign 04427, and reigned 04427 sixteen 08337, 6240 years 08141 in Jerusalem 03389.
9 And Jotham 03147 slept 07901 with his fathers 01, and they buried 06912 him in the city 05892 of David 01732: and Ahaz 0271 his son 01121 reigned 04427 in his stead.
1 Ahaz 0271 was twenty 06242 years 08141 old 01121 when he began to reign 04427, and he reigned 04427 sixteen 08337, 6240 years 08141 in Jerusalem 03389: but he did 06213 not that which was right 03477 in the sight 05869 of the LORD 03068, like David 01732 his father 01:
2 For he walked in 03212 the ways 01870 of the kings 04428 of Israel 03478, and made 06213 also molten images 04541 for Baalim 01168.
3 Moreover he burnt incense 06999 in the valley 01516 of the son 01121 of Hinnom 02011, and burnt 01197 his children 01121 in the fire 0784, after the abominations 08441 of the heathen 01471 whom the LORD 03068 had cast out 03423 before 06440 the children 01121 of Israel 03478. burnt…: or, offered sacrifice
4 He sacrificed 02076 also and burnt incense 06999 in the high places 01116, and on the hills 01389, and under every green 07488 tree 06086.
5 Therefore the LORD 03068 his God 0430 delivered 05414 him into the hand 03027 of the king 04428 of Syria 0758; and they smote 05221 him, and carried away 07617 a great multitude 01419 of them captives 07633, and brought 0935 them to Damascus 01834. And he was also delivered 05414 into the hand 03027 of the king 04428 of Israel 03478, who smote 05221 him with a great 01419 slaughter 04347. Damascus: Heb. Darmesek
6 For Pekah 06492 the son 01121 of Remaliah 07425 slew 02026 in Judah 03063 an hundred 03967 and twenty 06242 thousand 0505 in one 0259 day 03117, who were all valiant 02428 men 01121; because they had forsaken 05800 the LORD 03068 God 0430 of their fathers 01. valiant…: Heb. sons of valour
7 And Zichri 02147, a mighty man 01368 of Ephraim 0669, slew 02026 Maaseiah 04641 the king’s 04428 son 01121, and Azrikam 05840 the governor 05057 of the house 01004, and Elkanah 0511 that was next 04932 to the king 04428. next…: Heb. the second to the king
8 And the children 01121 of Israel 03478 carried away captive 07617 of their brethren 0251 two hundred 03967 thousand 0505, women 0802, sons 01121, and daughters 01323, and also took away 0962 much 07227 spoil 07998 from them, and brought 0935 the spoil 07998 to Samaria 08111.
9 But a prophet 05030 of the LORD 03068 was there, whose name 08034 was Oded 05752: and he went out 03318 before 06440 the army 06635 that came 0935 to Samaria 08111, and said 0559 to them, Behold, because the LORD 03068 God 0430 of your fathers 01 was angry 02534 with Judah 03063, he hath delivered 05414 them into your hand 03027, and ye have slain 02026 them in a rage 02197 that reacheth 05060 to heaven 08064.
10 And now ye purpose 0559 to bring into bondage 03533 for yourselves the children 01121 of Judah 03063 and Jerusalem 03389 for male 05650 and female slaves 08198: but are there not with you, even 07535 with you, sins 0819 against the LORD 03068 your God 0430?
11 Now hear 08085 me therefore, and deliver 07725 the captives 07633 again, which ye have taken captive 07617 of your brethren 0251: for the fierce 02740 wrath 0639 of the LORD 03068 is upon you.
12 Then certain 0582 of the heads 07218 of the children 01121 of Ephraim 0669, Azariah 05838 the son 01121 of Johanan 03076, Berechiah 01296 the son 01121 of Meshillemoth 04919, and Jehizkiah 03169 the son 01121 of Shallum 07967, and Amasa 06021 the son 01121 of Hadlai 02311, stood up 06965 against them that came 0935 from the war 06635,
13 And said 0559 to them, Ye shall not bring in 0935 the captives 07633 here: for though we have offended 0819 against the LORD 03068 already, ye intend 0559 to add 03254 more to our sins 02403 and to our trespass 0819: for our trespass 0819 is great 07227, and there is fierce 02740 wrath 0639 against Israel 03478.
14 So the armed men 02502 left 05800 the captives 07633 and the spoil 0961 before 06440 the princes 08269 and all the congregation 06951.
15 And the men 0582 who were mentioned 05344 by name 08034 arose 06965, and took 02388 the captives 07633, and with the spoil 07998 clothed 03847 all that were naked 04636 among them, and arrayed 03847 them, and shod 05274 them, and gave them food 0398 and drink 08248, and anointed 05480 them, and carried 05095 all the feeble 03782 of them upon donkeys 02543, and brought 0935 them to Jericho 03405, the city 05892 of palm trees 08558, 5899, to 0681 their brethren 0251: then they returned 07725 to Samaria 08111.
16 At that time 06256 king 04428 Ahaz 0271 sent 07971 to the kings 04428 of Assyria 0804 to help 05826 him.
17 For again the Edomites 0130 had come 0935 and smitten 05221 Judah 03063, and carried away 07617 captives 07628. captives: Heb. a captivity
18 The Philistines 06430 also had invaded 06584 the cities 05892 of the low country 08219, and of the south 05045 of Judah 03063, and had taken 03920 Bethshemesh 01053, and Ajalon 0357, and Gederoth 01450, and Shocho 07755 with its villages 01323, and Timnah 08553 with its villages 01323, Gimzo 01579 also and its villages 01323: and they dwelt 03427 there.
19 For the LORD 03068 brought 03665 Judah 03063 low 03665 because of Ahaz 0271 king 04428 of Israel 03478; for he made 06544 Judah 03063 naked 06544, and greatly 04604 transgressed 04603 against the LORD 03068.
20 And Tilgathpilneser 08407 king 04428 of Assyria 0804 came 0935 to him, and distressed 06696 him, but strengthened 02388 him not.
21 For Ahaz 0271 took away a portion 02505 from the house 01004 of the LORD 03068, and from the house 01004 of the king 04428, and of the princes 08269, and gave 05414 it to the king 04428 of Assyria 0804: but he helped 05833 him not.
22 And in the time 06256 of his distress 06887 he trespassed 04603 yet more 03254 against the LORD 03068: this is that king 04428 Ahaz 0271.
23 For he sacrificed 02076 to the gods 0430 of Damascus 01834, which smote 05221 him: and he said 0559, Because the gods 0430 of the kings 04428 of Syria 0758 help 05826 them, therefore will I sacrifice 02076 to them, that they may help 05826 me. But they were the ruin 03782 of him, and of all Israel 03478. Damascus: Heb. Darmesek
24 And Ahaz 0271 gathered 0622 the vessels 03627 of the house 01004 of God 0430, and cut in pieces 07112 the vessels 03627 of the house 01004 of God 0430, and shut up 05462 the doors 01817 of the house 01004 of the LORD 03068, and he made 06213 for himself altars 04196 in every corner 06438 of Jerusalem 03389.
25 And in every single city 05892 of Judah 03063 he made 06213 high places 01116 to burn incense 06999 to other 0312 gods 0430, and provoked to anger 03707 the LORD 03068 God 0430 of his fathers 01. to burn: or, to offer
26 Now the rest 03499 of his acts 01697 and of all his ways 01870, first 07223 and last 0314, behold, they are written 03789 in the book 05612 of the kings 04428 of Judah 03063 and Israel 03478.
27 And Ahaz 0271 slept 07901 with his fathers 01, and they buried 06912 him in the city 05892, even in Jerusalem 03389: but they brought 0935 him not into the sepulchres 06913 of the kings 04428 of Israel 03478: and Hezekiah 03169 his son 01121 reigned 04427 in his stead.
1 Hezekiah 03169 began to reign 04427 when he was five 02568 and twenty 06242 years 08141 old 01121, and he reigned 04427 nine 08672 and twenty 06242 years 08141 in Jerusalem 03389. And his mother’s 0517 name 08034 was Abijah 029, the daughter 01323 of Zechariah 02148.
2 And he did 06213 that which was right 03477 in the sight 05869 of the LORD 03068, according to all that David 01732 his father 01 had done 06213.
3 He in the first 07223 year 08141 of his reign 04427, in the first 07223 month 02320, opened 06605 the doors 01817 of the house 01004 of the LORD 03068, and repaired 02388 them.
4 And he brought in 0935 the priests 03548 and the Levites 03881, and gathered them 0622 in the east 04217 street 07339,
5 And said 0559 to them, Hear 08085 me, ye Levites 03881, sanctify 06942 now yourselves, and sanctify 06942 the house 01004 of the LORD 03068 God 0430 of your fathers 01, and carry forth 03318 the filthiness 05079 out of the holy 06944 place.
6 For our fathers 01 have trespassed 04603, and done 06213 that which was evil 07451 in the eyes 05869 of the LORD 03068 our God 0430, and have forsaken 05800 him, and have turned away 05437 their faces 06440 from the habitation 04908 of the LORD 03068, and turned 05414 their backs 06203. turned their…: Heb. given the neck
7 Also they have shut up 05462 the doors 01817 of the porch 0197, and put out 03518 the lamps 05216, and have not burned 06999 incense 07004 nor offered 05927 burnt offerings 05930 in the holy 06944 place to the God 0430 of Israel 03478.
8 Therefore the wrath 07110 of the LORD 03068 hath been upon Judah 03063 and Jerusalem 03389, and he hath delivered 05414 them to trouble 02189, 2113, to astonishment 08047, and to hissing 08322, as ye see 07200 with your eyes 05869. trouble: Heb. commotion
9 For, lo, our fathers 01 have fallen 05307 by the sword 02719, and our sons 01121 and our daughters 01323 and our wives 0802 are in captivity 07628 for this.
10 Now it is in my heart 03824 to make 03772 a covenant 01285 with the LORD 03068 God 0430 of Israel 03478, that his fierce 02740 wrath 0639 may turn away 07725 from us.
11 My sons 01121, be not now negligent 07952: for the LORD 03068 hath chosen 0977 you to stand 05975 before 06440 him, to serve 08334 him, and that ye should minister 08334 to him, and burn incense 06999. be not…: or, be not now deceivedburn…: or, offer sacrifice
12 Then the Levites 03881 arose 06965, Mahath 04287 the son 01121 of Amasai 06022, and Joel 03100 the son 01121 of Azariah 05838, of the sons 01121 of the Kohathites 06956: and of the sons 01121 of Merari 04847, Kish 07027 the son 01121 of Abdi 05660, and Azariah 05838 the son 01121 of Jehalelel 03094: and of the Gershonites 01649; Joah 03098 the son 01121 of Zimmah 02155, and Eden 05731 the son 01121 of Joah 03098:
13 And of the sons 01121 of Elizaphan 0469; Shimri 08113, and Jeiel 03273: and of the sons 01121 of Asaph 0623; Zechariah 02148, and Mattaniah 04983:
14 And of the sons 01121 of Heman 01968; Jehiel 03171, and Shimei 08096: and of the sons 01121 of Jeduthun 03038; Shemaiah 08098, and Uzziel 05816.
15 And they assembled 0622 their brethren 0251, and sanctified 06942 themselves, and came 0935, according to the commandment 04687 of the king 04428, by the words 01697 of the LORD 03068, to cleanse 02891 the house 01004 of the LORD 03068. by the words…: or, in the business of the LORD
16 And the priests 03548 went 0935 into the inner part 06441 of the house 01004 of the LORD 03068, to cleanse 02891 it, and brought out 03318 all the uncleanness 02932 that they found 04672 in the temple 01964 of the LORD 03068 into the court 02691 of the house 01004 of the LORD 03068. And the Levites 03881 took 06901 it, to carry it out 03318 abroad 02351 into the brook 05158 Kidron 06939.
17 Now they began 02490 on the first 0259 day of the first 07223 month 02320 to sanctify 06942, and on the eighth 08083 day 03117 of the month 02320 they came 0935 to the porch 0197 of the LORD 03068: so they sanctified 06942 the house 01004 of the LORD 03068 in eight 08083 days 03117; and on the sixteenth 08337, 6240 day of the first 07223 month 02320 they finished 03615.
18 Then they went 0935 in 06441 to Hezekiah 02396 the king 04428, and said 0559, We have cleansed 02891 all the house 01004 of the LORD 03068, and the altar 04196 of burnt offering 05930, with all its vessels 03627, and the showbread 04635 table 07979, with all its vessels 03627.
19 Moreover all the vessels 03627, which king 04428 Ahaz 0271 in his reign 04438 cast away 02186 in his transgression 04604, have we prepared 03559 and sanctified 06942, and, behold, they are before 06440 the altar 04196 of the LORD 03068.
20 Then Hezekiah 03169 the king 04428 rose early 07925, and assembled 0622 the rulers 08269 of the city 05892, and went up 05927 to the house 01004 of the LORD 03068.
21 And they brought 0935 seven 07651 bulls 06499, and seven 07651 rams 0352, and seven 07651 lambs 03532, and seven 07651 male 06842 goats 05795, for a sin offering 02403 for the kingdom 04467, and for the sanctuary 04720, and for Judah 03063. And he commanded 0559 the priests 03548 the sons 01121 of Aaron 0175 to offer 05927 them on the altar 04196 of the LORD 03068.
22 So they killed 07819 the bulls 01241, and the priests 03548 received 06901 the blood 01818, and sprinkled 02236 it on the altar 04196: likewise, when they had killed 07819 the rams 0352, they sprinkled 02236 the blood 01818 upon the altar 04196: they killed 07819 also the lambs 03532, and they sprinkled 02236 the blood 01818 upon the altar 04196.
23 And they brought forth 05066 the male goats 08163 for the sin offering 02403 before 06440 the king 04428 and the congregation 06951; and they laid 05564 their hands 03027 upon them: forth: Heb. near
24 And the priests 03548 killed 07819 them, and they made reconciliation 02398 with their blood 01818 upon the altar 04196, to make an atonement 03722 for all Israel 03478: for the king 04428 commanded 0559 that the burnt offering 05930 and the sin offering 02403 should be made for all Israel 03478.
25 And he set 05975 the Levites 03881 in the house 01004 of the LORD 03068 with cymbals 04700, with psalteries 05035, and with harps 03658, according to the commandment 04687 of David 01732, and of Gad 01410 the king’s 04428 seer 02374, and Nathan 05416 the prophet 05030: for so was the commandment 04687 of 03027 the LORD 03068 by 03027 his prophets 05030. commandment of the LORD: Heb. commandment by the hand of the LORDby: Heb. by the hand of
26 And the Levites 03881 stood 05975 with the instruments 03627 of David 01732, and the priests 03548 with the trumpets 02689.
27 And Hezekiah 02396 commanded 0559 to offer 05927 the burnt offering 05930 upon the altar 04196. And when 06256 the burnt offering 05930 began 02490, the song 07892 of the LORD 03068 began 02490 also with the trumpets 02689, and with the instruments 03627 ordained by 03027 David 01732 king 04428 of Israel 03478. when: Heb. in the timethe instruments: Heb. hands of instruments
28 And all the congregation 06951 worshipped 07812, and the singers 07892 sang 07891, and the trumpeters 02689 sounded 02690: and all this continued until the burnt offering 05930 was finished 03615. singers: Heb. song
29 And when they had finished 03615 offering 05927, the king 04428 and all that were present 04672 with him bowed 03766 themselves, and worshipped 07812. present: Heb. found
30 Moreover Hezekiah 03169 the king 04428 and the princes 08269 commanded 0559 the Levites 03881 to sing praise 01984 to the LORD 03068 with the words 01697 of David 01732, and of Asaph 0623 the seer 02374. And they sang praises 01984 with gladness 08057, and they bowed their heads 06915 and worshipped 07812.
31 Then Hezekiah 03169 answered 06030 and said 0559, Now ye have consecrated 04390, 3027 yourselves to the LORD 03068, come near 05066 and bring 0935 sacrifices 02077 and thank offerings 08426 into the house 01004 of the LORD 03068. And the congregation 06951 brought in 0935 sacrifices 02077 and thank offerings 08426; and as many as were of a free 05081 heart 03820 burnt offerings 05930. consecrated…: or, filled your hand
32 And the number 04557 of the burnt offerings 05930, which the congregation 06951 brought 0935, was seventy 07657 bulls 01241, an hundred 03967 rams 0352, and two hundred 03967 lambs 03532: all these were for a burnt offering 05930 to the LORD 03068.
33 And the consecrated things 06944 were six 08337 hundred 03967 oxen 01241 and three 07969 thousand 0505 sheep 06629.
34 But the priests 03548 were too few 04592, so that they could 03201 not flay 06584 all the burnt offerings 05930: therefore their brethren 0251 the Levites 03881 helped 02388 them, till the work 04399 was ended 03615, and until the other priests 03548 had sanctified 06942 themselves: for the Levites 03881 were more upright 03477 in heart 03824 to sanctify 06942 themselves than the priests 03548. did help…: Heb. strengthened them
35 And also the burnt offerings 05930 were in abundance 07230, with the fat 02459 of the peace offerings 08002, and the drink offerings 05262 for every burnt offering 05930. So the service 05656 of the house 01004 of the LORD 03068 was set in order 03559.
36 And Hezekiah 03169 rejoiced 08055, and all the people 05971, that God 0430 had prepared 03559 the people 05971: for the thing 01697 was done suddenly 06597.
1 And Hezekiah 03169 sent 07971 to all Israel 03478 and Judah 03063, and wrote 03789 letters 0107 also to Ephraim 0669 and Manasseh 04519, that they should come 0935 to the house 01004 of the LORD 03068 at Jerusalem 03389, to keep 06213 the passover 06453 to the LORD 03068 God 0430 of Israel 03478.
2 For the king 04428 had taken counsel 03289, and his princes 08269, and all the congregation 06951 in Jerusalem 03389, to keep 06213 the passover 06453 in the second 08145 month 02320.
3 For they could 03201 not keep 06213 it at that time 06256, because the priests 03548 had not sanctified 06942 themselves sufficiently 04078, 1767, neither had the people 05971 gathered themselves together 0622 at Jerusalem 03389.
4 And the thing 01697 pleased 03474, 5869 the king 04428 and all the congregation 06951. pleased…: Heb. was right in the eyes of the king
5 So they established 05975 a decree 01697 to make proclamation 05674, 6963 throughout all Israel 03478, from Beersheba 0884 even to Dan 01835, that they should come 0935 to keep 06213 the passover 06453 to the LORD 03068 God 0430 of Israel 03478 at Jerusalem 03389: for they had not done 06213 it of a long 07230 time in the manner as it was written 03789.
6 So the posts 07323 went 03212 with the letters 0107 from 03027 the king 04428 and his princes 08269 throughout all Israel 03478 and Judah 03063, and according to the commandment 04687 of the king 04428, saying 0559, Ye children 01121 of Israel 03478, turn again 07725 to the LORD 03068 God 0430 of Abraham 085, Isaac 03327, and Israel 03478, and he will return 07725 to the remnant 07604 of you, that have escaped 06413 from the hand 03709 of the kings 04428 of Assyria 0804. from: Heb. from the hand
7 And be not ye like your fathers 01, and like your brethren 0251, who trespassed 04603 against the LORD 03068 God 0430 of their fathers 01, who therefore gave them up 05414 to desolation 08047, as ye see 07200.
8 Now be ye not stiffnecked 07185, 6203, as your fathers 01 were, but yield 05414 yourselves 03027 to the LORD 03068, and enter 0935 into his sanctuary 04720, which he hath sanctified 06942 for ever 05769: and serve 05647 the LORD 03068 your God 0430, that the fierceness 02740 of his wrath 0639 may turn away 07725 from you. be ye…: Heb. harden not your necksyield…: Heb. give the hand
9 For if ye turn again 07725 to the LORD 03068, your brethren 0251 and your children 01121 shall find compassion 07356 before 06440 them that lead them captive 07617, so that they shall return 07725 into this land 0776: for the LORD 03068 your God 0430 is gracious 02587 and merciful 07349, and will not turn away 05493 his face 06440 from you, if ye return 07725 to him.
10 So the posts 07323 passed 05674 from city 05892 to city 05892 through the country 0776 of Ephraim 0669 and Manasseh 04519 even to Zebulun 02074: but they laughed them to scorn 07832, and mocked 03932 them.
11 Nevertheless some 0582 from Asher 0836 and Manasseh 04519 and of Zebulun 02074 humbled 03665 themselves, and came 0935 to Jerusalem 03389.
12 Also in Judah 03063 the hand 03027 of God 0430 was to give 05414 them one 0259 heart 03820 to do 06213 the commandment 04687 of the king 04428 and of the princes 08269, by the word 01697 of the LORD 03068.
13 And there assembled 0622 at Jerusalem 03389 many 07227 people 05971 to keep 06213 the feast 02282 of unleavened bread 04682 in the second 08145 month 02320, a very 03966 great 07230 congregation 06951.
14 And they arose 06965 and took away 05493 the altars 04196 that were in Jerusalem 03389, and all the altars for incense 06999 they took away 05493, and cast 07993 them into the brook 05158 Kidron 06939.
15 Then they killed 07819 the passover 06453 on the fourteenth 0702, 6240 day of the second 08145 month 02320: and the priests 03548 and the Levites 03881 were ashamed 03637, and sanctified 06942 themselves, and brought in 0935 the burnt offerings 05930 into the house 01004 of the LORD 03068.
16 And they stood 05975 in their place 05977 after their custom 04941, according to the law 08451 of Moses 04872 the man 0376 of God 0430: the priests 03548 sprinkled 02236 the blood 01818, which they received from the hand 03027 of the Levites 03881. their place: Heb. their standing
17 For there were many 07227 in the congregation 06951 that were not sanctified 06942: therefore the Levites 03881 had the charge of the killing 07821 of the passovers 06453 for every one that was not clean 02889, to sanctify 06942 them to the LORD 03068.
18 For a multitude 04768 of the people 05971, even many 07227 of Ephraim 0669, and Manasseh 04519, Issachar 03485, and Zebulun 02074, had not 03808 cleansed 02891 themselves, yet they ate 0398 the passover 06453 otherwise than it was written 03789. But Hezekiah 03169 prayed 06419 for them, saying 0559, The good 02896 LORD 03068 pardon 03722 every one
19 That prepareth 03559 his heart 03824 to seek 01875 God 0430, the LORD 03068 God 0430 of his fathers 01, though he is not cleansed according to the purification 02893 of the sanctuary 06944.
20 And the LORD 03068 hearkened 08085 to Hezekiah 03169, and healed 07495 the people 05971.
21 And the children 01121 of Israel 03478 that were present 04672 at Jerusalem 03389 kept 06213 the feast 02282 of unleavened bread 04682 seven 07651 days 03117 with great 01419 gladness 08057: and the Levites 03881 and the priests 03548 praised 01984 the LORD 03068 day 03117 by day 03117, singing with loud 05797 instruments 03627 to the LORD 03068. present: Heb. foundloud…: Heb. instruments of strength
22 And Hezekiah 03169 encouraged 01696, 3820 all the Levites 03881 that taught 07919 the good 02896 knowledge 07922 of the LORD 03068: and they ate 0398 throughout the feast 04150 seven 07651 days 03117, offering 02076 peace 08002 offerings 02077, and making confession 03034 to the LORD 03068 God 0430 of their fathers 01. comfortably…: Heb. to the heart of all
23 And the whole assembly 06951 took counsel 03289 to keep 06213 other 0312 seven 07651 days 03117: and they kept 06213 other seven 07651 days 03117 with gladness 08057.
24 For Hezekiah 02396 king 04428 of Judah 03063 gave 07311 to the congregation 06951 a thousand 0505 bulls 06499 and seven 07651 thousand 0505 sheep 06629; and the princes 08269 gave 07311 to the congregation 06951 a thousand 0505 bulls 06499 and ten 06235 thousand 0505 sheep 06629: and a great number 07230 of priests 03548 sanctified 06942 themselves. did give: Heb. lifted up, or, offeredgave: Heb. lifted up, or, offered
25 And all the congregation 06951 of Judah 03063, with the priests 03548 and the Levites 03881, and all the congregation 06951 that came out 0935 of Israel 03478, and the strangers 01616 that came from 0935 the land 0776 of Israel 03478, and that dwelt 03427 in Judah 03063, rejoiced 08055.
26 So there was great 01419 joy 08057 in Jerusalem 03389: for since the time 03117 of Solomon 08010 the son 01121 of David 01732 king 04428 of Israel 03478 there was not the like in Jerusalem 03389.
27 Then the priests 03548 the Levites 03881 arose 06965 and blessed 01288 the people 05971: and their voice 06963 was heard 08085, and their prayer 08605 ascended 0935 to his holy 06944 dwelling place 04583, even to heaven 08064. his holy…: Heb. the habitation of his holiness
1 Now when all this was finished 03615, all Israel 03478 that were present 04672 went out 03318 to the cities 05892 of Judah 03063, and broke 07665 the images 04676 in pieces 07665, and cut down 01438 the groves 0842, and threw down 05422 the high places 01116 and the altars 04196 out of all Judah 03063 and Benjamin 01144, in Ephraim 0669 also and Manasseh 04519, until they had utterly destroyed 03615 them all. Then all the children 01121 of Israel 03478 returned 07725, every man 0376 to his possession 0272, into their own cities 05892. present: Heb. foundimages: Heb. statuesuntil…: Heb. until to make an end
2 And Hezekiah 03169 appointed 05975 the courses 04256 of the priests 03548 and the Levites 03881 after their courses 04256, every man 0376 according 06310 to his service 05656, the priests 03548 and Levites 03881 for burnt offerings 05930 and for peace offerings 08002, to minister 08334, and to give thanks 03034, and to praise 01984 in the gates 08179 of the camp 04264 of the LORD 03068.
3 He appointed also the king’s 04428 portion 04521 of his substance 07399 for the burnt offerings 05930, that is, for the morning 01242 and evening 06153 burnt offerings 05930, and the burnt offerings 05930 for the sabbaths 07676, and for the new moons 02320, and for the set feasts 04150, as it is written 03789 in the law 08451 of the LORD 03068.
4 Moreover he commanded 0559 the people 05971 that dwelt 03427 in Jerusalem 03389 to give 05414 the portion 04521 of the priests 03548 and the Levites 03881, that they might be encouraged 02388 in the law 08451 of the LORD 03068.
5 And as soon as the commandment 01697 came abroad 06555, the children 01121 of Israel 03478 brought 0935 in abundance 07235 the firstfruits 07225 of grain 01715, wine 08492, and oil 03323, and honey 01706, and of all the increase 08393 of the field 07704; and the tithe 04643 of all things they brought 0935 in abundantly 07230. came…: Heb. brake forthhoney: or, dates
6 And the children 01121 of Israel 03478 and Judah 03063, that dwelt 03427 in the cities 05892 of Judah 03063, they also brought in 0935 the tithe 04643 of oxen 01241 and sheep 06629, and the tithe 04643 of holy things 06944 which were consecrated 06942 to the LORD 03068 their God 0430, and laid 05414 them by heaps 06194, 6194. by heaps: Heb. heaps, heaps
7 In the third 07992 month 02320 they began 02490 to lay the foundation 03245 of the heaps 06194, and finished 03615 them in the seventh 07637 month 02320.
8 And when Hezekiah 03169 and the princes 08269 came 0935 and saw 07200 the heaps 06194, they blessed 01288 the LORD 03068, and his people 05971 Israel 03478.
9 Then Hezekiah 03169 questioned 01875 with the priests 03548 and the Levites 03881 concerning the heaps 06194.
10 And Azariah 05838 the chief 07218 priest 03548 of the house 01004 of Zadok 06659 answered 0559 him, and said 0559, Since the people began 02490 to bring 0935 the offerings 08641 into the house 01004 of the LORD 03068, we have had enough 07646 to eat 0398, and have left 03498 plenty 07230: for the LORD 03068 hath blessed 01288 his people 05971; and that which is left 03498 is this great abundance 01995.
11 Then Hezekiah 03169 commanded 0559 to prepare 03559 chambers 03957 in the house 01004 of the LORD 03068; and they prepared 03559 them. chambers: or, storehouses
12 And brought in 0935 the offerings 08641 and the tithes 04643 and the dedicated 06944 things faithfully 0530: over which Cononiah 03562 the Levite 03881 was ruler 05057, and Shimei 08096 his brother 0251 was the next 04932.
13 And Jehiel 03171, and Azaziah 05812, and Nahath 05184, and Asahel 06214, and Jerimoth 03406, and Jozabad 03107, and Eliel 0447, and Ismachiah 03253, and Mahath 04287, and Benaiah 01141, were overseers 06496 under the hand 03027 of Cononiah 03562 and Shimei 08096 his brother 0251, at the commandment 04662 of Hezekiah 03169 the king 04428, and Azariah 05838 the ruler 05057 of the house 01004 of God 0430. under…: Heb. at the hand
14 And Kore 06981 the son 01121 of Imnah 03232 the Levite 03881, the porter 07778 toward the east 04217, was over the freewill offerings 05071 of God 0430, to distribute 05414 the oblations 08641 of the LORD 03068, and the most 06944 holy things 06944.
15 And under him were Eden 05731, and Miniamin 04509, and Jeshua 03442, and Shemaiah 08098, Amariah 0568, and Shecaniah 07935, in the cities 05892 of the priests 03548, in their set office 0530, to give 05414 to their brethren 0251 by 03027 courses 04256, as well to the great 01419 as to the small 06996: next…: Heb. at his handset…: or, trust
16 Besides their genealogy 03187 of males 02145, from three 07969 years 08141 old 01121 and upward 04605, even to every one that entereth 0935 into the house 01004 of the LORD 03068, his daily 03117, 3117 portion 01697 for their service 05656 in their charges 04931 according to their courses 04256;
17 Both to the genealogy 03187 of the priests 03548 by the house 01004 of their fathers 01, and the Levites 03881 from twenty 06242 years 08141 old 01121 and upward 04605, in their charges 04931 by their courses 04256;
18 And to the genealogy 03187 of all their little ones 02945, their wives 0802, and their sons 01121, and their daughters 01323, through all the congregation 06951: for in their set office 0530 they sanctified 06942 themselves in holiness 06944: set…: or, trust
19 Also of the sons 01121 of Aaron 0175 the priests 03548, who were in the fields 07704 of the common lands 04054 of their cities 05892, in every single city 05892, the men 0582 that were mentioned 05344 by name 08034, to give 05414 portions 04490 to all the males 02145 among the priests 03548, and to all that were reckoned by genealogies 03187 among the Levites 03881.
20 And thus did 06213 Hezekiah 03169 throughout all Judah 03063, and performed 06213 that which was good 02896 and right 03477 and truth 0571 before 06440 the LORD 03068 his God 0430.
21 And in every work 04639 that he began 02490 in the service 05656 of the house 01004 of God 0430, and in the law 08451, and in the commandments 04687, to seek 01875 his God 0430, he did 06213 it with all his heart 03824, and prospered 06743.
1 After 0310 these things 01697, and their establishment 0571, Sennacherib 05576 king 04428 of Assyria 0804 came 0935, and entered 0935 into Judah 03063, and encamped 02583 against the fortified 01219 cities 05892, and thought 0559 to win 01234 them for himself. to win…: Heb. to break them up
2 And when Hezekiah 03169 saw 07200 that Sennacherib 05576 had come 0935, and that he purposed 06440 to fight 04421 against Jerusalem 03389, he was…: Heb. his face was to war
3 He took counsel 03289 with his princes 08269 and his mighty men 01368 to stop 05640 the waters 04325 of the fountains 05869 which were outside 02351 the city 05892: and they helped 05826 him.
4 So there was gathered 06908 many 07227 people 05971 together 06908, who stopped 05640 all the fountains 04599, and the brook 05158 that ran 07857 through the midst 08432 of the land 0776, saying 0559, Why should the kings 04428 of Assyria 0804 come 0935, and find 04672 much 07227 water 04325? ran: Heb. overflowed
5 Also he strengthened 02388 himself, and built up 01129 all the wall 02346 that was broken 06555, and raised it up 05927 to the towers 04026, and another 0312 wall 02346 without 02351, and repaired 02388 Millo 04407 in the city 05892 of David 01732, and made 06213 weapons 07973 and shields 04043 in abundance 07230. darts: or, swords, or, weapons
6 And he set 05414 captains 08269 of war 04421 over the people 05971, and gathered them together 06908 to him in the street 07339 of the gate 08179 of the city 05892, and encouraged 01696, 3824 them, saying 0559, spake…: Heb. he spoke to their heart
7 Be strong 02388 and courageous 0553, be not afraid 03372 nor dismayed 02865 for 06440 the king 04428 of Assyria 0804, nor for all the multitude 01995 that is with him: for there are more 07227 with us than with him:
8 With him is an arm 02220 of flesh 01320; but with us is the LORD 03068 our God 0430 to help 05826 us, and to fight 03898 our battles 04421. And the people 05971 rested 05564 themselves upon the words 01697 of Hezekiah 03169 king 04428 of Judah 03063. rested…: Heb. leaned
9 After 0310 this Sennacherib 05576 king 04428 of Assyria 0804 sent 07971 his servants 05650 to Jerusalem 03389, (but he himself laid siege against Lachish 03923, and all his power 04475 with him,) to Hezekiah 03169 king 04428 of Judah 03063, and to all Judah 03063 that were at Jerusalem 03389, saying 0559, power: Heb. dominion
10 Thus saith 0559 Sennacherib 05576 king 04428 of Assyria 0804, On what do ye trust 0982, that ye abide 03427 in the siege 04692 in Jerusalem 03389? siege: or, strong hold
11 Doth not Hezekiah 03169 persuade 05496 you to give 05414 over yourselves to die 04191 by famine 07458 and by thirst 06772, saying 0559, The LORD 03068 our God 0430 shall deliver 05337 us out of the hand 03709 of the king 04428 of Assyria 0804?
12 Hath not the same Hezekiah 03169 taken away 05493 his high places 01116 and his altars 04196, and commanded 0559 Judah 03063 and Jerusalem 03389, saying 0559, Ye shall worship 07812 before 06440 one 0259 altar 04196, and burn incense 06999 upon it?
13 Know 03045 ye not what I and my fathers 01 have done 06213 to all the people 05971 of other lands 0776? were the gods 0430 of the nations 01471 of those lands 0776 any ways 03201 able 03201 to deliver 05337 their lands 0776 out of my hand 03027?
14 Who was there among all the gods 0430 of those nations 01471 that my fathers 01 utterly destroyed 02763, that could 03201 deliver 05337 his people 05971 out of my hand 03027, that your God 0430 should be able 03201 to deliver 05337 you out of my hand 03027?
15 Now therefore let not 03808 Hezekiah 02396 deceive 05377 you, nor persuade 05496 you in this manner, neither yet believe 0539 him: for no god 0433 of any nation 01471 or kingdom 04467 hath been able 03201 to deliver 05337 his people 05971 out of my hand 03027, and out of the hand 03027 of my fathers 01: how much less shall your God 0430 deliver 05337 you out of my hand 03027?
16 And his servants 05650 spoke 01696 yet more against the LORD 03068 God 0430, and against his servant 05650 Hezekiah 03169.
17 He wrote 03789 also letters 05612 to rail 02778 at the LORD 03068 God 0430 of Israel 03478, and to speak 0559 against him, saying 0559, As the gods 0430 of the nations 01471 of other lands 0776 have not delivered 05337 their people 05971 out of my hand 03027, so shall not the God 0430 of Hezekiah 03169 deliver 05337 his people 05971 out of my hand 03027.
18 Then they cried 07121 with a loud 01419 voice 06963 in the Jews’ speech 03066 to the people 05971 of Jerusalem 03389 that were on the wall 02346, to make them afraid 03372, and to trouble 0926 them; that they might take 03920 the city 05892.
19 And they spoke 01696 against 05921 the God 0430 of Jerusalem 03389, as against the gods 0430 of the people 05971 of the earth 0776, the work 04639 of the hands 03027 of man 0120.
20 And for this cause Hezekiah 03169 the king 04428, and the prophet 05030 Isaiah 03470 the son 01121 of Amoz 0531, prayed 06419 and cried 02199 to heaven 08064.
21 And the LORD 03068 sent 07971 an angel 04397, who cut off 03582 all the mighty men 01368 of valour 02428, and the leaders 05057 and captains 08269 in the camp 04264 of the king 04428 of Assyria 0804. So he returned 07725 with shame 01322 of face 06440 to his own land 0776. And when he had come 0935 into the house 01004 of his god 0430, they that came forth 03329 from his own bowels 04578 slew 05307 him there with the sword 02719. slew…: Heb. made him fall
22 Thus the LORD 03068 saved 03467 Hezekiah 03169 and the inhabitants 03427 of Jerusalem 03389 from the hand 03027 of Sennacherib 05576 the king 04428 of Assyria 0804, and from the hand 03027 of all others, and guided 05095 them on every side 05439.
23 And many 07227 brought 0935 gifts 04503 to the LORD 03068 to Jerusalem 03389, and presents 04030 to Hezekiah 03169 king 04428 of Judah 03063: so that from then on 0310 he was magnified 05375 in the sight 05869 of all nations 01471. presents: Heb. precious things
24 In those days 03117 Hezekiah 03169 was sick 02470 and near to death 04191, and he prayed 06419 to the LORD 03068: and he spoke 0559 to him, and he gave 05414 him a sign 04159. gave…: or, wrought a miracle for him
25 But Hezekiah 03169 rendered not again 07725 according to the benefit 01576 done to him; for his heart 03820 was lifted up 01361: therefore there was wrath 07110 upon him, and upon Judah 03063 and Jerusalem 03389.
26 However Hezekiah 03169 humbled 03665 himself for the pride 01363 of his heart 03820, both he and the inhabitants 03427 of Jerusalem 03389, so that the wrath 07110 of the LORD 03068 came 0935 not upon them in the days 03117 of Hezekiah 03169. pride: Heb. lifting up
27 And Hezekiah 03169 had very 03966 great 07235 riches 06239 and honour 03519: and he made 06213 himself treasuries 0214 for silver 03701, and for gold 02091, and for precious 03368 stones 068, and for spices 01314, and for shields 04043, and for all manner of pleasant 02532 jewels 03627; pleasant…: Heb. instruments of desire
28 Storehouses 04543 also for the increase 08393 of grain 01715, and wine 08492, and oil 03323; and stalls 0723 for all manner of beasts 0929, and sheepfolds 0220 for flocks 05739.
29 Moreover he provided 06213 for himself cities 05892, and possessions 04735 of flocks 06629 and herds 01241 in abundance 07230: for God 0430 had given 05414 him substance 07399 in great 03966 abundance 07227.
30 This same Hezekiah 03169 also stopped 05640 the upper 05945 watercourse 04161, 4325 of Gihon 01521, and brought it straight 03474 down 04295 to the west side 04628 of the city 05892 of David 01732. And Hezekiah 03169 prospered 06743 in all his works 04639.
31 But 03651 in the business of the ambassadors 03887 of the princes 08269 of Babylon 0894, who sent 07971 to him to enquire 01875 of the wonder 04159 that was done in the land 0776, God 0430 left 05800 him, to try 05254 him, that he might know 03045 all that was in his heart 03824. ambassadors: Heb. interpreters
32 Now the rest 03499 of the acts 01697 of Hezekiah 03169, and his goodness 02617, behold, they are written 03789 in the vision 02377 of Isaiah 03470 the prophet 05030, the son 01121 of Amoz 0531, and in the book 05612 of the kings 04428 of Judah 03063 and Israel 03478. goodness: Heb. kindnesses
33 And Hezekiah 03169 slept 07901 with his fathers 01, and they buried 06912 him in the chief 04608 of the sepulchres 06913 of the sons 01121 of David 01732: and all Judah 03063 and the inhabitants 03427 of Jerusalem 03389 did him 06213 honour 03519 at his death 04194. And Manasseh 04519 his son 01121 reigned 04427 in his stead. chiefest: or, highest
1 Manasseh 04519 was twelve 08147, 6240 years 08141 old 01121 when he began to reign 04427, and he reigned 04427 fifty 02572 and five 02568 years 08141 in Jerusalem 03389:
2 But did 06213 that which was evil 07451 in the sight 05869 of the LORD 03068, like the abominations 08441 of the heathen 01471, whom the LORD 03068 had cast out 03423 before 06440 the children 01121 of Israel 03478.
3 For he built 01129 again 07725 the high places 01116 which Hezekiah 03169 his father 01 had broken down 05422, and he reared up 06965 altars 04196 for Baalim 01168, and made 06213 groves 0842, and worshipped 07812 all the host 06635 of heaven 08064, and served 05647 them. he built…: Heb. he returned and built
4 Also he built 01129 altars 04196 in the house 01004 of the LORD 03068, of which the LORD 03068 had said 0559, In Jerusalem 03389 shall my name 08034 be for ever 05769.
5 And he built 01129 altars 04196 for all the host 06635 of heaven 08064 in the two 08147 courts 02691 of the house 01004 of the LORD 03068.
6 And he caused 05674 his children 01121 to pass through 05674 the fire 0784 in the valley 01516 of the son 01121 of Hinnom 02011: also he observed times 06049, and used enchantments 05172, and used witchcraft 03784, and dealt 06213 with a medium 0178, and with wizards 03049: he wrought 06213 much 07235 evil 07451 in the sight 05869 of the LORD 03068, to provoke him to anger 03707.
7 And he set 07760 a carved image 06459, the idol 05566 which he had made 06213, in the house 01004 of God 0430, of which God 0430 had said 0559 to David 01732 and to Solomon 08010 his son 01121, In this house 01004, and in Jerusalem 03389, which I have chosen 0977 before all the tribes 07626 of Israel 03478, will I put 07760 my name 08034 for ever 05865:
8 Neither will I any more 03254 remove 05493 the foot 07272 of Israel 03478 from 05921 the land 0127 which I have appointed 05975 for your fathers 01; provided 0518 they will take heed 08104 to do 06213 all that I have commanded 06680 them, according to the whole law 08451 and the statutes 02706 and the ordinances 04941 by the hand 03027 of Moses 04872.
9 So Manasseh 04519 made 08582 Judah 03063 and the inhabitants 03427 of Jerusalem 03389 to err 08582, and to do 06213 worse 07451 than the heathen 01471, whom the LORD 03068 had destroyed 08045 before 06440 the children 01121 of Israel 03478.
10 And the LORD 03068 spoke 01696 to Manasseh 04519, and to his people 05971: but they would not hearken 07181.
11 Therefore the LORD 03068 brought 0935 upon them the captains of 08269 the army of 06635 the king 04428 of Assyria 0804, who took 03920 Manasseh 04519 in chains 02336, and bound him 0631 with fetters 05178, and carried 03212 him to Babylon 0894. of the king: Heb. which were the king’sfetters: or, chains
12 And when he was in affliction 06887, he besought 02470 the LORD 03068 his God 0430, and humbled 03665 himself greatly 03966 before 06440 the God 0430 of his fathers 01,
13 And prayed 06419 to him: and he was entreated 06279 by him, and heard 08085 his supplication 08467, and brought him again 07725 to Jerusalem 03389 into his kingdom 04438. Then Manasseh 04519 knew 03045 that the LORD 03068 he is God 0430.
14 Now after this 0310 he built 01129 a wall 02346 outside 02435 the city 05892 of David 01732, on the west side 04628 of Gihon 01521, in the valley 05158, even to the entrance 0935 at the fish 01709 gate 08179, and surrounded 05437 Ophel 06077, and raised it up 01361 a very great height 03966, and put 07760 captains 08269 of war 02428 in all the fortified 01219 cities 05892 of Judah 03063. Ophel: or, the tower
15 And he took away 05493 the foreign 05236 gods 0430, and the idol 05566 out of the house 01004 of the LORD 03068, and all the altars 04196 that he had built 01129 in the mount 02022 of the house 01004 of the LORD 03068, and in Jerusalem 03389, and cast 07993 them out 02351 of the city 05892.
16 And he repaired 01129 the altar 04196 of the LORD 03068, and sacrificed 02076 on it peace 08002 offerings 02077 and thank offerings 08426, and commanded 0559 Judah 03063 to serve 05647 the LORD 03068 God 0430 of Israel 03478.
17 Nevertheless 061 the people 05971 sacrificed 02076 still in the high places 01116, yet to the LORD 03068 their God 0430 only.
18 Now the rest 03499 of the acts 01697 of Manasseh 04519, and his prayer 08605 to his God 0430, and the words 01697 of the seers 02374 that spoke 01696 to him in the name 08034 of the LORD 03068 God 0430 of Israel 03478, behold, they are written in the book 01697 of the kings 04428 of Israel 03478.
19 His prayer 08605 also, and how God was entreated 06279 by him, and all his sin 02403, and his trespass 04604, and the places 04725 in which he built 01129 high places 01116, and set up 05975 groves 0842 and graven images 06456, before 06440 he was humbled 03665: behold, they are written 03789 among the sayings 01697 of the seers 02374, 2335. the seers: or, Hosai
20 So Manasseh 04519 slept 07901 with his fathers 01, and they buried 06912 him in his own house 01004: and Amon 0526 his son 01121 reigned 04427 in his stead.
21 Amon 0526 was two 08147 and twenty 06242 years 08141 old 01121 when he began to reign 04427, and reigned 04427 two 08147 years 08141 in Jerusalem 03389.
22 But he did 06213 that which was evil 07451 in the sight 05869 of the LORD 03068, as did 06213 Manasseh 04519 his father 01: for Amon 0526 sacrificed 02076 to all the carved images 06456 which Manasseh 04519 his father 01 had made 06213, and served 05647 them;
23 And humbled 03665 not himself before 06440 the LORD 03068, as Manasseh 04519 his father 01 had humbled 03665 himself; but Amon 0526 trespassed 0819 more and more 07235. trespassed more and more: Heb. multiplied trespass
24 And his servants 05650 conspired 07194 against him, and slew 04191 him in his own house 01004.
25 But the people 05971 of the land 0776 slew 05221 all them that had conspired 07194 against king 04428 Amon 0526; and the people 05971 of the land 0776 made 04427 Josiah 02977 his son 01121 king 04427 in his stead.
1 Josiah 02977 was eight 08083 years 08141 old 01121 when he began to reign 04427, and he reigned 04427 in Jerusalem 03389 one 0259 and thirty 07970 years 08141.
2 And he did 06213 that which was right 03477 in the sight 05869 of the LORD 03068, and walked 03212 in the ways 01870 of David 01732 his father 01, and declined 05493 neither to the right hand 03225, nor to the left 08040.
3 For in the eighth 08083 year 08141 of his reign 04427, while he was yet young 05288, he began 02490 to seek 01875 after the God 0430 of David 01732 his father 01: and in the twelfth 08147, 6240 year 08141 he began 02490 to purge 02891 Judah 03063 and Jerusalem 03389 from the high places 01116, and the groves 0842, and the carved images 06456, and the molten images 04541.
4 And they broke down 05422 the altars 04196 of Baalim 01168 in his presence 06440; and the images 02553, that were on high above them 04605, he cut down 01438; and the groves 0842, and the carved images 06456, and the molten images 04541, he broke in pieces 07665, and made dust 01854 of them, and scattered 02236 it upon 06440 the graves 06913 of them that had sacrificed 02076 to them. the images: or, the sun imagesgraves: Heb. face of the graves
5 And he burnt 08313 the bones 06106 of the priests 03548 upon their altars 04196, and cleansed 02891 Judah 03063 and Jerusalem 03389.
6 And so did he in the cities 05892 of Manasseh 04519, and Ephraim 0669, and Simeon 08095, even to Naphtali 05321, with their surrounding 05439 ruins 02719. mattocks: or, mauls
7 And when he had broken down 05422 the altars 04196 and the groves 0842, and had beaten 03807 the graven images 06456 into powder 01854, and cut down 01438 all the idols 02553 throughout all the land 0776 of Israel 03478, he returned 07725 to Jerusalem 03389. into…: Heb. to make powder
8 Now in the eighteenth 08083, 6240 year 08141 of his reign 04427, when he had purged 02891 the land 0776, and the house 01004, he sent 07971 Shaphan 08227 the son 01121 of Azaliah 0683, and Maaseiah 04641 the governor 08269 of the city 05892, and Joah 03098 the son 01121 of Joahaz 03099 the recorder 02142, to repair 02388 the house 01004 of the LORD 03068 his God 0430.
9 And when they came 0935 to Hilkiah 02518 the high 01419 priest 03548, they delivered 05414 the money 03701 that was brought 0935 into the house 01004 of God 0430, which the Levites 03881 that kept 08104 the doors 05592 had assembled 0622 from the hand 03027 of Manasseh 04519 and Ephraim 0669, and from all the remnant 07611 of Israel 03478, and from all Judah 03063 and Benjamin 01144; and they returned 07725, 3427 to Jerusalem 03389.
10 And they put 05414 it in the hand 03027 of the workmen 06213, 4399 that had the oversight 06485 of the house 01004 of the LORD 03068, and they gave 05414 it to the workmen 06213, 4399 that wrought 06213 in the house 01004 of the LORD 03068, to repair 0918 and restore 02388 the house 01004:
11 Even to the craftsmen 02796 and builders 01129 they gave 05414 it, to buy 07069 hewn 04274 stone 068, and timber 06086 for couplings 04226, and to floor 07136 the houses 01004 which the kings 04428 of Judah 03063 had destroyed 07843. to floor: or, to rafter
12 And the men 0582 did 06213 the work 04399 faithfully 0530: and the overseers 05329 of them were Jahath 03189 and Obadiah 05662, the Levites 03881, of the sons 01121 of Merari 04847; and Zechariah 02148 and Meshullam 04918, of the sons of the Kohathites 06956, to oversee 06485 it; and others of the Levites 03881, all that had skill 0995 in instruments 03627 of music 07892.
13 Also they were over the bearers of burdens 05449, and were overseers 05329 of all that wrought 06213 the work 04399 in any manner of service 05656: and of the Levites 03881 there were scribes 05608, and officers 07860, and porters 07778.
14 And when they brought out 03318 the money 03701 that was brought into 0935 the house 01004 of the LORD 03068, Hilkiah 02518 the priest 03548 found 04672 the book 05612 of the law 08451 of the LORD 03068 given by 03027 Moses 04872. by: Heb. by the hand of
15 And Hilkiah 02518 answered 06030 and said 0559 to Shaphan 08227 the scribe 05608, I have found 04672 the book 05612 of the law 08451 in the house 01004 of the LORD 03068. And Hilkiah 02518 delivered 05414 the book 05612 to Shaphan 08227.
16 And Shaphan 08227 carried 0935 the book 05612 to the king 04428, and brought 07725 the king 04428 word 01697 back 07725 again, saying 0559, All that was committed 05414 to 03027 thy servants 05650, they are doing 06213. to thy…: Heb. to the hand of, etc
17 And they have gathered 05413 the money 03701 that was found 04672 in the house 01004 of the LORD 03068, and have delivered 05414 it into the hand 03027 of the overseers 06485, and to the hand 03027 of the workmen 06213, 4399. gathered together: Heb. poured out, or, melted
18 Then Shaphan 08227 the scribe 05608 told 05046 the king 04428, saying 0559, Hilkiah 02518 the priest 03548 hath given 05414 me a book 05612. And Shaphan 08227 read 07121 it before 06440 the king 04428. it: Heb. in it
19 And it came to pass, when the king 04428 had heard 08085 the words 01697 of the law 08451, that he tore 07167 his clothes 0899.
20 And the king 04428 commanded 06680 Hilkiah 02518, and Ahikam 0296 the son 01121 of Shaphan 08227, and Abdon 05658 the son 01121 of Micah 04318, and Shaphan 08227 the scribe 05608, and Asaiah 06222 a servant 05650 of the king’s 04428, saying 0559, Abdon: or, Achbor
21 Go 03212, enquire 01875 of the LORD 03068 for me, and for them that are left 07604 in Israel 03478 and in Judah 03063, concerning the words 01697 of the book 05612 that is found 04672: for great 01419 is the wrath 02534 of the LORD 03068 that is poured out 05413 upon us, because our fathers 01 have not kept 08104 the word 01697 of the LORD 03068, to do 06213 after all that is written 03789 in this book 05612.
22 And Hilkiah 02518, and they that the king 04428 had appointed, went 03212 to Huldah 02468 the prophetess 05031, the wife 0802 of Shallum 07967 the son 01121 of Tikvath 08616, 8445, the son 01121 of Hasrah 02641, keeper 08104 of the wardrobe 0899; (now she dwelt 03427 in Jerusalem 03389 in the Second Quarter 04932:) and they spoke 01696 to her to that effect. Hasrah: also called, Harhaswardrobe: Heb. garmentsin the college: or, in the school, or, in the second part
23 And she answered 0559 them, Thus saith 0559 the LORD 03068 God 0430 of Israel 03478, Tell 0559 ye the man 0376 that sent 07971 you to me,
24 Thus saith 0559 the LORD 03068, Behold, I will bring 0935 evil 07451 upon this place 04725, and upon its inhabitants 03427, even all the curses 0423 that are written 03789 in the book 05612 which they have read 07121 before 06440 the king 04428 of Judah 03063:
25 Because they have forsaken 05800 me, and have burned incense 06999 to other 0312 gods 0430, that they might provoke me to anger 03707 with all the works 04639 of their hands 03027; therefore my wrath 02534 shall be poured out 05413 upon this place 04725, and shall not be quenched 03518.
26 And as for 0413 the king 04428 of Judah 03063, who sent 07971 you to enquire 01875 of the LORD 03068, so shall ye say 0559 to him, Thus saith 0559 the LORD 03068 God 0430 of Israel 03478 concerning the words 01697 which thou hast heard 08085;
27 Because thy heart 03824 was tender 07401, and thou didst humble 03665 thyself before 06440 God 0430, when thou didst hear 08085 his words 01697 against this place 04725, and against its inhabitants 03427, and didst humble 03665 thyself before 06440 me, and didst rend 07167 thy clothes 0899, and weep 01058 before 06440 me; I have even heard 08085 thee also, saith 05002 the LORD 03068.
28 Behold, I will gather 0622 thee to thy fathers 01, and thou shalt be gathered 0622 to thy grave 06913 in peace 07965, neither shall thy eyes 05869 see 07200 all the evil 07451 that I will bring 0935 upon this place 04725, and upon the inhabitants 03427 of the same. So they brought 07725 the king 04428 word 01697 again 07725.
29 Then the king 04428 sent 07971 and gathered 0622 all the elders 02205 of Judah 03063 and Jerusalem 03389.
30 And the king 04428 went 05927 into the house 01004 of the LORD 03068, and all the men 0376 of Judah 03063, and the inhabitants 03427 of Jerusalem 03389, and the priests 03548, and the Levites 03881, and all the people 05971, great 01419 and small 06996: and he read 07121 in their hearing 0241 all the words 01697 of the book 05612 of the covenant 01285 that was found 04672 in the house 01004 of the LORD 03068. great…: Heb. from great even to small
31 And the king 04428 stood 05975 in his place 05977, and made 03772 a covenant 01285 before 06440 the LORD 03068, to walk 03212 after 0310 the LORD 03068, and to keep 08104 his commandments 04687, and his testimonies 05715, and his statutes 02706, with all his heart 03824, and with all his soul 05315, to perform 06213 the words 01697 of the covenant 01285 which are written 03789 in this book 05612.
32 And he caused all that were present 04672 in Jerusalem 03389 and Benjamin 01144 to stand 05975 to it. And the inhabitants 03427 of Jerusalem 03389 did 06213 according to the covenant 01285 of God 0430, the God 0430 of their fathers 01. present: Heb. found
33 And Josiah 02977 took away 05493 all the abominations 08441 out of all the countries 0776 that pertained to the children 01121 of Israel 03478, and made all that were present 04672 in Israel 03478 to serve 05647, even to serve 05647 the LORD 03068 their God 0430. And all his days 03117 they departed 05493 not from following 0310 the LORD 03068, the God 0430 of their fathers 01. present: Heb. foundfrom…: Heb. from after
1 Moreover Josiah 02977 kept 06213 a passover 06453 to the LORD 03068 in Jerusalem 03389: and they killed 07819 the passover 06453 on the fourteenth 0702, 6240 day of the first 07223 month 02320.
2 And he set 05975 the priests 03548 in their charges 04931, and encouraged 02388 them to the service 05656 of the house 01004 of the LORD 03068,
3 And said 0559 to the Levites 03881 that taught 0995, 4000 all Israel 03478, who were holy 06918 to the LORD 03068, Put 05414 the holy 06944 ark 0727 in the house 01004 which Solomon 08010 the son 01121 of David 01732 king 04428 of Israel 03478 built 01129; it shall not be a burden 04853 upon your shoulders 03802: serve 05647 now the LORD 03068 your God 0430, and his people 05971 Israel 03478,
4 And prepare 03559 yourselves by the houses 01004 of your fathers 01, after your courses 04256, according to the writing 03791 of David 01732 king 04428 of Israel 03478, and according to the writing 04385 of Solomon 08010 his son 01121.
5 And stand in 05975 the holy 06944 place according to the divisions 06391 of the families 01004 of the fathers 01 of your brethren 0251 the people 01121, 5971, and after the division 02515 of the families 01, 1004 of the Levites 03881. the families of the fathers: Heb. the house of the fathersthe people: Heb. the sons of the people
6 So kill 07819 the passover 06453, and sanctify 06942 yourselves, and prepare 03559 your brethren 0251, that they may do 06213 according to the word 01697 of the LORD 03068 by the hand 03027 of Moses 04872.
7 And Josiah 02977 gave 07311 to the people 01121, 5971, of the flock 06629, lambs 03532 and kids 01121, 5795, all for the passover offerings 06453, for all that were present 04672, to the number 04557 of thirty 07970 thousand 0505, and three 07969 thousand 0505 cattle 01241: these were of the king’s 04428 substance 07399. gave: Heb. offered
8 And his princes 08269 gave 07311 willingly 05071 to the people 05971, to the priests 03548, and to the Levites 03881: Hilkiah 02518 and Zechariah 02148 and Jehiel 03171, rulers 05057 of the house 01004 of God 0430, gave 05414 to the priests 03548 for the passover offerings 06453 two thousand 0505 and six 08337 hundred 03967 small cattle, and three 07969 hundred 03967 oxen 01241. gave willingly: Heb. offered, etc
9 Conaniah 03562 also, and Shemaiah 08098 and Nethaneel 05417, his brethren 0251, and Hashabiah 02811 and Jeiel 03273 and Jozabad 03107, chief 08269 of the Levites 03881, gave 07311 to the Levites 03881 for passover offerings 06453 five 02568 thousand 0505 small cattle, and five 02568 hundred 03967 oxen 01241. gave: Heb. offered
10 So the service 05656 was prepared 03559, and the priests 03548 stood 05975 in their place 05977, and the Levites 03881 in their courses 04256, according to the king’s 04428 commandment 04687.
11 And they killed 07819 the passover 06453, and the priests 03548 sprinkled 02236 the blood from their hands 03027, and the Levites 03881 flayed 06584 them.
12 And they removed 05493 the burnt offerings 05930, that they might give 05414 according to the divisions 04653 of the families 01, 1004 of the people 01121, 5971, to offer 07126 to the LORD 03068, as it is written 03789 in the book 05612 of Moses 04872. And so did they with the oxen 01241.
13 And they roasted 01310 the passover 06453 with fire 0784 according to the ordinance 04941: but the other holy 06944 offerings they boiled 01310 in pots 05518, and in caldrons 01731, and in pans 06745, and divided them speedily 07323 among all the people 01121, 5971. divided…: Heb. made them run
14 And afterwards 0310 they made ready 03559 for themselves, and for the priests 03548: because the priests 03548 the sons 01121 of Aaron 0175 were busied in offering 05927 burnt offerings 05930 and the fat 02459 until night 03915; therefore the Levites 03881 prepared 03559 for themselves, and for the priests 03548 the sons 01121 of Aaron 0175.
15 And the singers 07891 the sons 01121 of Asaph 0623 were in their place 04612, according to the commandment 04687 of David 01732, and Asaph 0623, and Heman 01968, and Jeduthun 03038 the king’s 04428 seer 02374; and the porters 07778 waited at every gate 08179; they might not depart 05493 from their service 05656; for their brethren 0251 the Levites 03881 prepared 03559 for them. place: Heb. station
16 So all the service 05656 of the LORD 03068 was prepared 03559 the same day 03117, to keep 06213 the passover 06453, and to offer 05927 burnt offerings 05930 upon the altar 04196 of the LORD 03068, according to the commandment 04687 of king 04428 Josiah 02977.
17 And the children 01121 of Israel 03478 that were present 04672 kept 06213 the passover 06453 at that time 06256, and the feast 02282 of unleavened bread 04682 seven 07651 days 03117. present: Heb. found
18 And there was no passover 06453 like 03644 that kept 06213 in Israel 03478 from the days 03117 of Samuel 08050 the prophet 05030; neither did 06213 all the kings 04428 of Israel 03478 keep 06213 such a passover 06453 as Josiah 02977 kept 06213, and the priests 03548, and the Levites 03881, and all Judah 03063 and Israel 03478 that were present 04672, and the inhabitants 03427 of Jerusalem 03389. present: Heb. found
19 In the eighteenth 08083, 6240 year 08141 of the reign 04438 of Josiah 02977 was this passover 06453 kept 06213.
20 After 0310 all this, when Josiah 02977 had prepared 03559 the temple 01004, Necho 05224 king 04428 of Egypt 04714 came up 05927 to fight 03898 against Carchemish 03751 by Euphrates 06578: and Josiah 02977 went out 03318 against 07125 him. temple: Heb. house
21 But he sent 07971 ambassadors 04397 to him, saying 0559, What have I to do with thee, thou king 04428 of Judah 03063? I come not against thee this day 03117, but against the house 01004 with which I have war 04421: for God 0430 commanded 0559 me to make haste 0926: forbear 02308 thee from meddling with God 0430, who is with me, that he may not destroy 07843 thee. the house…: Heb. the house of my war
22 Nevertheless Josiah 02977 would not turn 05437 his face 06440 from him, but disguised 02664 himself, that he might fight 03898 with him, and hearkened 08085 not to the words 01697 of Necho 05224 from the mouth 06310 of God 0430, and came 0935 to fight 03898 in the valley 01237 of Megiddo 04023.
23 And the archers 03384 shot 03384 at king 04428 Josiah 02977; and the king 04428 said 0559 to his servants 05650, Take me away 05674; for I am grievously 03966 wounded 02470. wounded: Heb. made sick
24 His servants 05650 therefore took 05674 him out of that chariot 04818, and put 07392 him in the second 04932 chariot 07393 that he had; and they brought 03212 him to Jerusalem 03389, and he died 04191, and was buried 06912 in one of the sepulchres 06913 of his fathers 01. And all Judah 03063 and Jerusalem 03389 mourned 056 for Josiah 02977. in one…: or, among the sepulchres
25 And Jeremiah 03414 lamented 06969 for Josiah 02977: and all the singing men 07891 and the singing women 07891 have spoken 0559 of Josiah 02977 in their lamentations 07015 to this day 03117, and made 05414 them an ordinance 02706 in Israel 03478: and, behold, they are written 03789 in the lamentations 07015.
26 Now the rest 03499 of the acts 01697 of Josiah 02977, and his goodness 02617, according to that which was written 03789 in the law 08451 of the LORD 03068, goodness: Heb. kindnesses
27 And his deeds 01697, first 07223 and last 0314, behold, they are written 03789 in the book 05612 of the kings 04428 of Israel 03478 and Judah 03063.
1 Then the people 05971 of the land 0776 took 03947 Jehoahaz 03059 the son 01121 of Josiah 02977, and made him king 04427 in his father’s 01 stead in Jerusalem 03389.
2 Jehoahaz 03099 was twenty 06242 and three 07969 years 08141 old 01121 when he began to reign 04427, and he reigned 04427 three 07969 months 02320 in Jerusalem 03389.
3 And the king 04428 of Egypt 04714 deposed him 05493 at Jerusalem 03389, and imposed a fine on 06064 the land 0776 of an hundred 03967 talents 03603 of silver 03701 and a talent 03603 of gold 02091. put…: Heb. removed him
4 And the king 04428 of Egypt 04714 made Eliakim 0471 his brother 0251 king 04427 over Judah 03063 and Jerusalem 03389, and changed 05437 his name 08034 to Jehoiakim 03079. And Necho 05224 took 03947 Jehoahaz 03099 his brother 0251, and carried 0935 him to Egypt 04714.
5 Jehoiakim 03079 was twenty 06242 and five 02568 years 08141 old 01121 when he began to reign 04427, and he reigned 04427 eleven 0259, 6240 years 08141 in Jerusalem 03389: and he did 06213 that which was evil 07451 in the sight 05869 of the LORD 03068 his God 0430.
6 Against him came up 05927 Nebuchadnezzar 05019 king 04428 of Babylon 0894, and bound 0631 him in fetters 05178, to carry 03212 him to Babylon 0894. fetters: or, chains
7 Nebuchadnezzar 05019 also carried 0935 of the vessels 03627 of the house 01004 of the LORD 03068 to Babylon 0894, and put 05414 them in his temple 01964 at Babylon 0894.
8 Now the rest 03499 of the acts 01697 of Jehoiakim 03079, and his abominations 08441 which he did 06213, and that which was found 04672 in him, behold, they are written 03789 in the book 05612 of the kings 04428 of Israel 03478 and Judah 03063: and Jehoiachin 03078 his son 01121 reigned 04427 in his stead. Jehoiachin: also called, Jeconiah, or, Coniah
9 Jehoiachin 03078 was eight 08083 years 08141 old 01121 when he began to reign 04427, and he reigned 04427 three 07969 months 02320 and ten 06235 days 03117 in Jerusalem 03389: and he did 06213 that which was evil 07451 in the sight 05869 of the LORD 03068.
10 And when the year 08141 had ended 08666, king 04428 Nebuchadnezzar 05019 sent 07971, and brought 0935 him to Babylon 0894, with the precious 02532 vessels 03627 of the house 01004 of the LORD 03068, and made Zedekiah 06667 his brother 0251 king 04427 over Judah 03063 and Jerusalem 03389. when…: Heb. at the return of the yeargoodly…: Heb. vessels of desireZedekiah…: or, Mattaniah, his father’s brother
11 Zedekiah 06667 was one 0259 and twenty 06242 years 08141 old 01121 when he began to reign 04427, and reigned 04427 eleven 0259, 6240 years 08141 in Jerusalem 03389.
12 And he did 06213 that which was evil 07451 in the sight 05869 of the LORD 03068 his God 0430, and humbled 03665 not himself before 06440 Jeremiah 03414 the prophet 05030 speaking from the mouth 06310 of the LORD 03068.
13 And he also rebelled 04775 against king 04428 Nebuchadnezzar 05019, who had made him swear 07650 by God 0430: but he stiffened 07185 his neck 06203, and hardened 0553 his heart 03824 from turning 07725 to the LORD 03068 God 0430 of Israel 03478.
14 Moreover all the chief 08269 of the priests 03548, and the people 05971, transgressed 04603 very 04604 much 07235 after all the abominations 08441 of the heathen 01471; and polluted 02930 the house 01004 of the LORD 03068 which he had hallowed 06942 in Jerusalem 03389.
15 And the LORD 03068 God 0430 of their fathers 01 sent 07971 to them by 03027 his messengers 04397, rising up early 07925, and sending 07971; because he had compassion 02550 on his people 05971, and on his dwelling place 04583: by: Heb. by the hand ofbetimes: that is, continually and carefully
16 But they mocked 03931 the messengers 04397 of God 0430, and despised 0959 his words 01697, and misused 08591 his prophets 05030, until the wrath 02534 of the LORD 03068 arose 05927 against his people 05971, till there was no remedy 04832. remedy: Heb. healing
17 Therefore he brought 05927 upon them the king 04428 of the Chaldees 03778, who slew 02026 their young men 0970 with the sword 02719 in the house 01004 of their sanctuary 04720, and had no compassion 02550 upon young man 0970 or maiden 01330, old man 02205, or him that stooped for age 03486: he gave 05414 them all into his hand 03027.
18 And all the vessels 03627 of the house 01004 of God 0430, great 01419 and small 06996, and the treasures 0214 of the house 01004 of the LORD 03068, and the treasures 0214 of the king 04428, and of his princes 08269; all these he brought 0935 to Babylon 0894.
19 And they burnt 08313 the house 01004 of God 0430, and broke down 05422 the wall 02346 of Jerusalem 03389, and burnt 08313 all its palaces 0759 with fire 0784, and destroyed 07843 all its precious 04261 vessels 03627.
20 And them that had escaped 07611 from the sword 02719 he carried away 01540 to Babylon 0894; where they were servants 05650 to him and his sons 01121 until the reign 04427 of the kingdom 04438 of Persia 06539: them…: Heb. the remainder from the sword
21 To fulfil 04390 the word 01697 of the LORD 03068 by the mouth 06310 of Jeremiah 03414, until the land 0776 had enjoyed 07521 its sabbaths 07676: for as long as 03117 it lay desolate 08074 it kept sabbath 07673, to fulfil 04390 seventy 07657 years 08141.
22 Now in the first 0259 year 08141 of Cyrus 03566 king 04428 of Persia 06539, that the word 01697 of the LORD 03068 spoken by the mouth 06310 of Jeremiah 03414 might be accomplished 03615, the LORD 03068 stirred up 05782 the spirit 07307 of Cyrus 03566 king 04428 of Persia 06539, that he made a proclamation 05674, 6963 throughout all his kingdom 04438, and put it also in writing 04385, saying 0559,
23 Thus saith 0559 Cyrus 03566 king 04428 of Persia 06539, All the kingdoms 04467 of the earth 0776 hath the LORD 03068 God 0430 of heaven 08064 given 05414 me; and he hath charged 06485 me to build 01129 him an house 01004 in Jerusalem 03389, which is in Judah 03063. Who is there among you of all his people 05971? The LORD 03068 his God 0430 be with him, and let him go up 05927.