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

Amaziah's good reign.

took again out of the band of Benhadad the son of Hazael, the cities which he had taken out of the hand of Jehoabaz his father by war. Three times did Joash beat him, and recovered the cities of Israel.

CHAP. XIV.

the seaz king of Israel, reigned N the second year of Joash son of Amaziah the son of Joash king of Ju

14 Now Elisha was fallen sick of his sickness whereof he died. And Joash the king of Israel came down unto him, and wept over his face, and said, O my father, my father! the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof. 15 And Elisha said unto him, Take|dah. bow and arrows. And he took unto 2 He was twenty and five years old him bow and arrows. when he began to reign, and reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name wasJehoaddan of Jerusalem.

16 And he said to the king of Israel, Put thy hand upon the bow. And be put his hand upon it: and Elisha put his hands upon the king's hands.

3 And be did that which was right 17 And he said, Open the window in the sight of the LORD, yet not like eastward. And he opened it. Then David his father: he did according to Elisha said, Shoot. And he shot. And all things as Joash his father did. he said, The arrow of the LORD's de liverance, and the arrow of deliverance from Syria; for thou shalt smite the Syrians in Aphek, till thou have consumed them.

4 Howbeit the high places were not taken away as yet the people did sa crifice and burnt incense on the high places.

5 T And it came to pass, as soon as 18 And he said, Take the arrows. the kingdom was confirmed in his And he took them. And he said unto hand, that he slew his servants which the king of Israel, Smite upon the had slam the king his father. ground. And he smote thrice, and 6 But the children of the murderers stayed. he slew not: according unto that which 19 And the man of God was wroth is written in the book of the law of with him, and said, Thou shouldest Moses, wherein the LORD commandhave smitten five or six times; thened, saying, The fathers shall not be put hadst thou smitten Syria till thou hadst to death for the children, nor the chilconsumed it whereas now thou shalt dren be put to death for the fathers, smite Syria but thrice. but every man shall be put to death for his own sin.

20 ¶ And Elisha died, and they bu ried him. And the bands of the Moab ites invited the land at the coming in of the year.

7 He slew of Edom in the valley of salt ten thousand, and took Selah by war, and called the name of it Joktheel unto this day.

8 T Then Amaziah sent messengers to Jehoasb,the son of Jehoabaz son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come, let us look one another in the face.

21 And it came to pass, as they were burying a man, that, bebold, they spied a band of men; and they cast the man into the sepulchre of Elisha: and when the man was let down, and touched the bones of Elisha, he reviv- 9 And Jehoash the king of Israel sent ed, and stood up on his feet. to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, 22 ¶ But Hazael king of Syria op-The thistle that was in Lebanon sent pressed Israel all the day's ofJehoahaz. to the cedar that was in Lebanon, say23 And the LORD was gracious unto ing, Give thy daughter to my son to them, and had compassion on them, wife: and there passed by a wild beast and had respect unto them, because of that was in Lebanon, and trode down his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, the thistle. and Jacob, and would not destroy them, neither cast he them from his presence as yet.

10 Thou hast indeed smitten Edom, and thy heart hath lifted thee up: glory of this, and tarry at home: for why shouldest thou meddle to thy hurt,that thou shouldest fall, even thou and Ju

24 So Hazael king of Syria died; and
Ben-hadad bis sou reigned in his stead.
25 And Jeboash the son of Jehoabaz,|dak with thee ?

Amaziah slain.

11 KINGS.

Azariah's good reign.

11 But Amaziah wɔuld not hear.Jnot from all the sins of Jeroboam the Therefore Jehoash king of Israel went son of Nebat, who made Israel to siu. up; and he and Amaziali king of Ju- 25 He restored the coast of Israel dab looked one another in the face at from the entering of Hamath unto the Beth-shemesh, which belongeth to Ju- sea of the plain, according to the word of the LonD God of Israel, which he 12 And Judah was put to the worse spake by the hand of bis servantJonah. before Israel: and they fled every man the son of Amittai, the prophet, which was of Gath-hepher.

dah.

to their tents.

13 And Jehoash king of Israel took | 26 For the LORD saw the affliction of Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Israel, that it was very bitter: for Jehoash the son of Ahaziah, at Beth-there was not any shut up,nor any left, shemesh, and came to Jerusalem, and nor any helper for Israel. brake down the wall of Jerusalem 27 And the LORD said not that he from the gate of Ephraim unto the would blot out the name of Israel from corner gate, four hundred cubits. under heaven: but he saved them by 14 And he took all the gold and sil- the hand of Jeroboam the son of Joasli. ver, and all the vessels that were found 23 ¶ Now the rest of the acts of Jein the house of the Lond, and in the roboam, and all that he did, and his treasures of the king's house, and hos-night, how he warred, and how he tages, and returned to Samaria. recovered Damascus, and Hamath, 15 T Now the rest of the acts of Je-which belonged to Judah, for Israel, hoash which he did, and his might, and are they not written in the book of the how he fought with Amaziah king of Chronicles of the kings of Israel ? Judah,are they not written in the book 29 And Jeroboam slept with his feof the Chronicles of the kings of Israel? thers, even with the kings of Israel; 15 And Jehoash slept with his fa- and Zachariah his son reigned in his hers, and was buried in Samaria with stead. the kings of Israel; and Jeroboam bis son reigned in his stead.

17 ¶ And Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death of Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz king of Israel, fifteen years.

18 And the rest of the acts of Amaziah, are they not written in the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Judah ?

19 Now they made a conspiracy a gainst him in Jerusalem: and he fled to Lachish; but they sent after him to Lachish, and slew him there.

20 And they brought him on borses: and he was buried at Jerusalem with his fathers in the city of David.

21 T And all the people of Judah took Azariah, which was sixteen years old, and made bim king instead of his father Amaziah;

22 He buit Elath, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers.

23 T In the fifteenth year of Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah, Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel hegan to reign in Samaria, and reign ed forty and one years,

24 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD: he departed

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CHAP. XV.

N the twenty and seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel, began Azariah son of Amaziah king of Judah to reign.

2 Sixteen years old was be when he began to reign, and he reigned two and fifty years in Jerusalem. And his mother'sname was Jecholiah of Jerusalem.

3 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Amaziah had done; 4 Save that the high places were not removed: the people sacrificed and burnt incense still on the high places. 5 ¶ And the LORD Smote the king, 80 that he was a leper unto the day of his death, and dwelt in a several house. And Jotham the king's son was over the house, judging the people of the land.

6 And the rest of the acts of Azariah, and all that he did, are they not writ ten in the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Judah ?

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

8 1 In the thirty and eighth year of

Zachariah slain.

CHAP. XV.

Pekahiah slain. Azariah king of Judah, did Zacarah silver, to give to the king of Assyria. the sou. of Jeroboam reign over Israel] So the king of Assyria turned back, in Samaria six months. and stayed not there in the land. 21 T And the rest of the acts of Menahem, and all that he did, are they not had done: he departed not from the written in the book of the Chronicles sins of Jeroboani the son of Nebat, of the kings of Israel?

9. And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lono, as his fathers

who made 1srael to sin,

22 And Menahem slept with his fa 10 And Shallum the son of Jabesh|thers; and Pekahiah his son reigned conspired against him, and smote him in his stead. before the people, and slew him, and eigned in his stead.

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23 ¶ In the fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah, Pekahiah the son of 11 And the rest of the acts of Zaca-Menahem began to reign over Israel zah, behold, they are written in the in Samaria, and reigned two years. Jook of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel.

12 This was the word of the LORD which he spake unto Jehu, saying, Thy sons shall sit on the throne of Israel unto the fourth generation. And

24 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD: he departed not from the sins of Jeroboain the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin. 25 But Pekah the son of Remaliab, a captain of his, conspired against hiin, and smote him in Samaria, in the pa20 it came to pass. 13 T Shallum the son of Jabesh be-[lace of the king's house with Argob gan to reign in the nine and thirtieth and Arieb, and with him fifty men of year of Uzziah king of Judah; and he the Gileadites: and he killed him, and seigned a full month in Samaria. reigned in his room.

14 For Menahem the son of Gadi] 26 And the rest of the acts of Peka went up from Tirzab, and came tohiah, and all that he did, behold, they Samaria, and smote Shallum the son are written in the book of the Chroni of Jabesh in Samaria, and slew him, cles of the kings of Israel. and reigned in his stead,

27 T In the two and fiftieth year of

15 And the rest of the acts of Shal-Azariah king of Judah, Pekah the son Jum, and his conspiracy which he of Remaliah began to reign over Israel nade, behold, they are written in the in Samaria, und reigned twenty years. book of the Chronicles of the kings of 28 And he did that which was evil .srael. in the sight of the LORD: he departed 16 ¶ Then Menahem smote Tipshah, not from the sins of Jeroboam the son and all that were therein, and the of Nebat, who made Israel to sin. coasts thereof from Tirzah: because 29 In the days of Pekah king of Isthey opened not to him, therefore he rael camne Tiglath-pileser king of AsAbel-bethsmote it; and all the women therein syria, and took Ijon, ar · that were with child he ripped up. maachab, and Janoab and Kedesh, 17 In the nine and thirtieth year of and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, Azariah king of Judah, began Mena-all the land of Naphtali, and carried nem the son of Gadi to reign over Is-them captive to Assyria. rael, and reigned ten years in Sama- 30 And Hoshea the son of Elah made ria. a conspiracy against Pekah the son of

18 And he did that which was evil Remaliah, and smote him, and slew n the sight of the LonD: he departed him, and reigned in his stead, in the inot all his days from the sins of Jero-twentieth year of Jotham the son of boam the son of Nebat, who made Is- Uzziah.

rael to sin.

31 And the rest of the acts of Pekah,

19 And Pul the king of Assyria and all that he did, behold, they are came against the land: and Menahem written in the book of the Chronicles gave Pul a thousand talents of silver, of the kings of Israel. that his band might be with him to 32 In the second year of Pekah the confirm the kingdom in his hand. son of Remaliah king of Israel, began Jotham the son of Uzziab king of Ju dah to reign.

20 And Menaliem exacted the money of Israel, even of all the mighty meu of wealth, of each man fifty shekels of

33 Five and twenty years old was he

Ahuz' imcked reign.

II. KINGS.

He spoilcth the temple. when he began to reign, and he reigned that was found in the house of the sixteen years in Jerusalem. And his LORD, and in the treasures of the mother's name was Jerusha,the daugh- king's house, and sent it for a present ter of Zadok. to the king of Assyria.

34 And he did that which was right|| 9 And the king of Assyria hearkened in the sight of the LORD: he did ac- unto him: for the king of Assyria went cording to all that his father Uzziah up against Damascus, and took it, and had done. carried the people fit captive to Kir, and slew Rizin.

35 T Howbeit the high places were not removed: the people sacrificed and burned incense still in the high places. He built the higher gate of the house of the LORD.

36 ¶ Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, and at that he did, are they not written in the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Judah?

37 In those days the Lond began to send against Judah, Rezia the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah. 38 And Jotham slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father; and Ahaz his son reigned in his stead.

CHAP. XVI.

IN of the son of Jotham king of Judah began to reign. 2 Twenty years old was Ahaz when he began to reign, and reigued sixteen years in Jerusalem, and did not that -which was right in the sight of the LORD his God, like David bis father.

N the seventeenth year of Pekah the

3 But he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, yea, and made his son to pass through the fire, according to the abominations of the heathen, whom the LORD cast out from before the children of Israel.

4 And he sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places, and on the bills, and under every green tree.

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10 T And king Ahaz went to Damas. cus to meet Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, and saw an altar that was at Damascus and king Abaz sent to Urijah the priest the fashion of the altar, and the pattern of it, according to all the workmanship thereof.

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

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

and his meat-ollering, and poured ins drink-offering, and sprinkled the blood of his peace-offerings upon the altar. 14 And he brought also the brazen altar which was before the Lono, from the fore-front of the house, from between the altar and the house of the Lonn, and put it on the north side of the altar.

13 And he burnt his burnt-offering

15 And king Ahaz commanded Urijah the priest, saying, Upon the great altar burn the morning burnt-offering, and and the evening meat-offering, and the king's burnt-sacrifice, and his meatoffering, with the burnt-offering of all the people of the land, and their meat5 T Then Rezin king of Syria, and offering, and their drink-offering; and Pekali son of Remaliah king of Israel, sprinkle upon it all the blood of the came up to Jerusalem to war: and burnt-offering, and all the blood of the theybeseiged Alaz, but could not over-sacrifice: and the brazen altar shall be

come him.

for me to enquire by.

16 Thus did Urijah the priest, ancording to all that king Áhaz commanded.

6 At that time Rezin king of Syria recovered Elath to Syria, and drave the Jews from Elath; and the Syrians came to Elath, and dwelt there unto 17 T And king Ahaz cut off the borthis day. ders of the bases, and removed the 7 So Abaz sent messengers to Tiglath-laver from off them; and took down pileser king of Assyria, saying, I am the sea from off the brazen oxen that thy servant and thy son: come up, and were under it, and put it upon a pavesave me out of the hand of the king ofment of stones.

Syria, and out of the hand of the King 18 And the covert for the sabbath of Israel, which rise up against me. that they had built in the house, and S And Alaz took the silver and gold the king's entry without, turned he

Įlos eu's wicked reign. CHAP. XVII. from the house of the LORD for the king of Assyria.

19 Now the rest of the acts of Abaz which he did, are they not written in the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Judah?

20 And Abaz slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David: and Hezekiah his son reigned in his stead.

CHAP. XVII.

N the twelfth year of Abaz king of Judah, began Hoshea the son of Elah to reign in Samaria over Israel uine years.

2. And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, but not as the kings of lsrael that were before him, 3 1 Against him came up Shalmaneser king of Assyria: and Hoshea became his servant, and gave bim pre

sents.

Samaria captivated.

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

12 For they served idols, whereof the Lono had said unto them, Ye shall not do this thing.

13 Yet the Lond testified against Is. rael and against Judah by all theprophets, and by all the seers, saying, Turn ye from your evil ways, and keep my commandments, and my statutes, according to all the law which I commauded your fathers, and which 1 sent to you by my servants the prophets. 14 Notwithstanding they would not hear, but hardened their necks, like to the neck of their fathers, that did not believe in the LORD their God.

15 And they rejected hus statutes, and his covenant that he made with their 4 And the king of Assyria found con-fathers, and his testinronies which he spiracy in Hoshea: for he had sent testified against them: and they fol messengers to So king of Egypt, and[lowed vanity, and becaine vain, and brought no present to the king of As- went after the heathen that were round syria, as he had done year by year; about them, concerning whom the therefore the king of Assyria shut him up, and bound him in prison.

T Then the king of Assyria came up throughout all the land, and went up to Samaria, and beseiged it three

years.

6 In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria, and carried Israel away into Assyria, and placed them in Halah and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.

Long had charged them, that they should not do like them.

16 And they left all the commandments of the LORD their God, and made them molten images, even two calves, and made a grove, and wor and shipped all the host of heaven, served Baal.

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

7 For so it was, that the children of Israel had sinned against the Lono 18 Therefore the LonD was very antheir God, which had brought them up out of the land of Egypt, from un-gry with Israel, and removed them der the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt, out of his sight: there was none left and had feared other gods, but the tribe of Judab only. 19 Also Judah kept not the commandments of the Lond their God, but [walked in the statutes of Israel which they made.

8 And walked in the statutes of the heathen, whom the Lond cast outfrom before the children of Israel, and of the kings of Israel, which they had made.

20 And the Lord rejected all the seed 9 And the children of Israel did se- [of Israel, and afflicted them, and decretly those things that were not right|livered them into the band of spoilers, against the LORD their God, and they until he had east them out of his sight. built them high places in all their eities, from the tower of the watchinen to the fenced city.

10 And they set them up images and groves in every high hill, and under Evergreen tree:

21 For he rent Israel from the nouse of David; and they made Jeroboam the son of Nebat king: and Jeroboam drave Israel from following the Louv, and made them sin a great sin. 22 For the children of Israel walked 389

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