Elisha's bones revive a dead man. CHAP XIV. Amaziah's good reign. 15 And Elisha said unto him, Take bow he slew his servants which had slain the And he took unto him bow king his father. and arrows. and arrows. 6 But the children of the murderers he 16 And he said to the king of Israel, slew not; according unto that which is Put thy hand upon the bow. And he put written in the book of the law of Moses, his hand upon it: and Elisha put his hands wherein the LORD commanded, saying, upon the king's hands. The fathers shall not be put to death for 17 And he said, Open the window east- the children, nor the children be put to ward. And he opened it. Then Elisha death for the fathers; but every man shall said, Shoot. And he shot. And he said, be put to death for his own sin. The arrow of the LORD's deliverance, and 7 He slew of Edom in the valley of Salt the arrow of deliverance from Syria: for ten thousand, and took Selah by war, and thou shalt smite the Syrians in Aphek, till called the name of it Jok theel unto this day. thou have consumed them. 8 T Then Amaziah sent messengers to 18 And he said, Take the arrows. And Jehoash, the son of Jehoahaz, son of Jehu he took them. And he said unto the king king of Israel, saying, Come, let us look of Israel, Smite upon the ground. And he one another in the face. smote thrice, and stayed. 9 And Jehoash the king of Israel sent to 19 And the man of God was wroth with Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The thistle him, and said, Thou shouldest have smit- that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that ten five or six times; then hadst thou smit- was in Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughten Syria till thou hadst consumed it: where-ter to my son to wife: and there passed as now thou shalt smite Syria but thrice. by a wild beast that was in Lebanon, and 20 T And Elisha died, and they buried trode down the thistle. him. And the bands of the Moabites in- 10 Thou hast indeed smitten Edom, and vaded the land at the coming in of the year. thy heart hath lifted thee up: glory of 21 And it came to pass, as they were bu- this, and tarry at home: for why shouldest rying a man, that behold, they spied a band thou meddle to thy hurt, that thou shouldof men; and they cast the man into the se- est fall, even thou, and Judah with thee? pulchre of Elisha: and when the man was let down, and touched the bones of Elisha, he revived, and stood up on his feet. 22 T But Hazael king of Syria oppressed Israel all the days of Jehoahaz. 23 And the LORD was gracious unto them, and had compassion on them, and had respect unto them, because of his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and would not destroy them, neither cast he them from his presence as yet. 24 So Hazael king of Syria died; and Ben-hadad his son reigned in his stead. 25 And Jeboash the son of Jehoahaz took again out of the hand of Ben-hadad the son of Hazael the cities, which he had taken out of the hand of Jehoahaz his father by war. Three times did Joash beat him, and recovered the cities of Israel. CHAP. XIV. 11 But Amaziah would not hear. Therefore Jehoash king of Israel went up; and he and Amaziah king of Judah looked one another in the face at Beth-shemesh, which belongeth to Judah. 12 And Judah was put to the worse before Israel; and they fled every man to their tents. 13 And Jehoash king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Jehoash the son of Ahaziah, at Beth-shemesh, and came to Jerusalem, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim unto the corner-gate, four hundred cubits. 14 And he took all the gold and silver, and all the vessels that were found in the house of the LORD, and in the treasures of the king's house, and hostages, and returned to Samaria. 15 Now the rest of the acts of Jeho IN the second year of Joash son of Jeho-ash which he did, and his might, and how Ν ahaz king of Israel reigned Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah. he fought with Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written in the book of the Chroni cles of the kings of Israel? 2 He was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and reigned twenty and 16 And Jehoash slept with his fathers, nine years in Jerusalem. And his mo- and was buried in Samaria with the kings ther's name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem. of Israel; and Jeroboam his son reigned in 3 And he did that which was right in the his stead. sight of the LORD, yet not like David his 17 And Amaziah the son of Joash king father: he did according to all things as of Judah lived after the death of Jehoash Joash his father did. son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years. 4 Howbeit, the high places were not 18. And the rest of the acts of Amaziah, taken away as yet the people did sacri- are they not written in the book of the fice, and burnt incense on the high places. Chronicles of the kings of Judah? 5 T And it came to pass, as soon as the 19 Now they made a conspiracy agains kingdom was confirmed in his hand, that him in Jerusalem: and he fled to Lachish; The reign of Azariah. II. KINGS. Of Jotham and other kings. but they sent after him to Lachish, and book of the Chronicles of the kings of Judah? slew him there. 20 And they brought him on horses: and he was buried at Jerusalem with his fathers in the city of David. 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. 21 And all the people of Judah took 8 T In the thirty and eighth year of AzaAzariah, which was sixteen years old, and riah king of Judah did Zachariah the son made him king instead of his father Ama- of Jeroboam reign over Israel in Samaria ziah. six months. 22 He built Elath, and restored it to Ju- 9 And he did that which was evil in the dah, after that the king slept with his fathers. sight of the LORD, as his fathers had done: 23 In the fifteenth year of Amaziah he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Judah, Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin. the son of Joash king of Israel began to 10 And Shallum the son of Jabesh conreign in Samaria, and reigned forty and spired against him, and smote him before the people, and slew him, and reigned in his stead. one years. 24 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD: he departed not from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin. 11 And the rest of the acts of Zachariah, behold, they are written in the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel. 25 He restored the coast of Israel from 12 This was the word of the LORD which the entering of Hamath unto the sea of the he spake unto Jehu, saying, Thy sons shall plain, according to the word of the LORD sit on the throne of Israel unto the fourth God of Israel, which he spake by the hand generation. And so it came to pass. of his servant Jonah, the son of Amittai, 13 ¶ Shallum the son of Jabesh began the prophet, which was of Gath-hepher. to reign in the nine and thirtieth year of 26 For the LORD saw the affliction of Is- Uzziah king of Judah; and he reigned a rael, that it was very bitter: for there was full month in Samaria. not any shut up, nor any left, nor any helper for Israel. 14 For Menahem the son of Gadi went up from Tirzah, and came to Samaria, and 27 And the LORD said not that he would smote Shallum the son of Jabesh in Samaria, blot out the name of Israel from under and slew him, and reigned in his stead. heaven: but he saved them by the hand of Jeroboam the son of Joash. 15 And the rest of the acts of Shallum, and his conspiracy which he made, behold, they are written in the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel. 28 Now the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, and all that he did, and his might, how he warred, and how he recovered Da- 16 Then Menahem smote Tiphsah, mascus, and Hamath, which belonged to and all that were therein, and the coasts Judah, for Israel, are they not written in thereof from Tirzah: because they opened the book of the Chronicles of the kings of not to him, therefore he smote it; and all Israel? the women therein that were with child 29 And Jeroboam slept with his fathers, he ripped up. even with the kings of Israel; and Zachariah his son reigned in his stead. CHAP. XV. IN the twenty and seventh year of Jero- 2 Sixteen years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned two and fifty years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name 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. 17 In the nine and thirtieth year of Azariah king of Judah began Menahem the son of Gadi to reign over Israel, and reigned ten years in Samaria. 18 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD: he departed not all his days from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin. 19 And Pul the king of Assyria came against the land: and Menahem gave Pul thousand talents of silver, that his hand might be with him to confirm the kingdom in his hand. a 20 And Menahem exacted the money of Israel, even of all the mighty men of wealth, of each man fifty shekels of silver, 5 T And the LORD smote the king, so to give to the king of Assyria. So the that he was a leper unto the day of his king of Assyria turned back, and stayed death, and dwelt in a several house. And not there in the land. Jotham the king's son was over the house, 21 ¶ And the rest of the acts of Menajudging the people of the land. hem, and all that he did, are they not writ6 And the rest of the acts of Azariah, ten in the book of the Chronicles of the and all thathe did, are they not written in the kings of Israel? |