Death of Jezebel. 2 KINGS, X. And they did so at the going up to Gur, B. C. 884. which is by Ibleam. And he fled to Me-1 for me. giddo," and died there. 28 And his servants carried him in a chariot to Jerusalem, and buried him in his sepulchre with his fathers in the city of David. a Jos.17.11. Ju.1.27. 2 Ch.22.9. 2 Ch.21.18, 19. 29 And in the eleventh year of Joram c.8.25, the son of Ahab began Ahaziah to reign over Judah. 30 And when Jehu was come to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it; and she 2 painted her face, and tired her head, and looked out at a window. 31 And as Jehu entered in at the gate, c 1 Ki.21.21. d Ju.9.5, &c. e Mat.14.8,11. put her eyes in painting. Eze.23.40. Baal's worshippers slain to them, saying, If ye be mine, and if ye will hearken unto my voice, take ye the heads of the men, your master's sons, and come to me to Jezreel by to-morrow this time. (Now the king's sons, being seventy persons, were with the great men of the city, which brought them up.) 7 And it came to pass, when the letter came to them, that they took the king's sons, and slew c seventy persons, and c d put their heads in baskets, and sent him them to Jezreel. 8. And there came a messenger, and told him, saying, They have brought the heads of the king's sons. And he said, Lay ye she said, Had Zimri ƒ peace, who slew his 1 Ki.16.9-20. them in two heaps at the entering in of the master? g c.9.14,21. 1 Sa.3.19. Je.44.28,29. i 1 Ki.21.19, &c. 4 by the hand of. 1 Ki.16.31. Ec.6.3. 33 And he said, Throw her down. So they threw her down: and some of her blood was sprinkled on the wall, and on the horses: and he trode her under foot. 34 And when he was come in, he did eat and drink, and said, Go, see now this cursed woman, and bury her: for she is a king's daughter.j 35 And they went to bury her; but "they".14.18-20. found no more of her than the scull, and Je.22.19. the feet, and the palms of her hands. 36 Wherefore they came again, and told him. And he said, This is the word of the LORD, which he spake by his servant Eli-Ki.14.10. jah the Tishbite, saying, " In the portion of Jezreel shall dogs eat the flesh of Jezebel: 37 And the carcass of Jezebel shall be as dung upon the face of the field in the portion of Jezreel; so that they shall not say, This is Jezebel. gate until the morning. 9 And it came to pass in the morning, that he went out, and stood, and said to all the people, Ye be righteous: behold, I conspired against my master, and slew him: but who slew all these? 4 i 10 Know now that there shall fall unto the earth nothing of the word of the LORD, which the LORD spake concerning the house of Ahab: for the LORD hath done that which he spake by his servant Elijah. 11 So Jehu slew all that remained of the house of Ahab in Jezreel, and all his great men, and his 5 kinsfolks,' and his priests, until he left him none remaining. 12 And he arose and departed, and came to Samaria. And as he was at the shearing-house in the way, 6 8 13 Jehu met with the brethren of Ahaziah king of Judah, and said, Who are ye? And they answered, We are the brethren of Abaziah: and we go down to 9 salute the children of the king, and the children of the queen. 14 And he said, Take them alive. ” And they took them alive, and slew them at Ch.22.3. the pit of the shearing, house, even two and 10 nourishers. fe.35.6, &c. 11 found. s1 Ch.2.55. 12 blessed. 2 Now, as soon as this letter cometh to you, seeing your master's sons are with you, and there are with you chariots and t Ezr.10.19. horses, a fenced city also, and armour; 3 Look even out the best and meetest of your master's sons, and set him on his father's throne, and fight for your master's house. Ki.19.10. Pr.27.2. v c.9.24,27. 4 But they were exceedingly afraid, and said, Behold, two kings stood not before wc.9.8. him: how then shall we stand? 5 And he that was over the house, and he that was over the city, the elders also, and the bringers-up of the children, sent to Jehu, saying, We are thy servants, and will do all that thou shalt bid us; we will not make any king: do thou that which is good in thine eyes. 6 Then he wrote a letter the second time 1 Ki.21.21. y 1 K1.20.4,32. 1 Ki.16.31. 32. a 1 Ki.22.6. 317 forty men: neither left he any of them. 15 And when he was departed thence, he lighted on Jehonadab the son of Rechab, coming to meet him: and he 12 saluted him and said to him, Is thine heart right, as my heart is with thy heart? And Jehona-" dab answered, It is. If it be, give me thine hand. And he gave him his hand: and he took him up to him into the chariot 16 And he said, Come with me, and see my zeal for the LORD. So they made him ride in his chariot. Baal's worshippers slain. 1 a Job 13.7. Jehu's inconsistency. 34 Now the rest of the acts of Jehu, and all that he did, and all his might, are they not written in the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel? 2 KINGS, XI. a great sacrifice to do to Baal: whosoever B. C. 884. shall be wanting, he shall not live. But Jehu did it in subtilty, " to the intent that he might destroy the worshippers of Baal. 20 And Jehu said, ' Proclaim a solemn assembly for Baal. And they proclaimed it. 21 And Jehu sent through all Israel; and all the worshippers of Baal came, so that there was not a man left that came not: and they came into the house of Baal; and the house of Baal was full from one end to another.. 22 And he said unto him that was over the vestry, Bring forth vestments for all the worshippers of Baal. And he brought them forth vestments. e 23 And Jehu went, and Jehonadab the son of Rechab, into the house of Baal, and said unto the worshippers of Baal, Search, and look that there be here with you none of the servants of the LORD, but the worshippers of Baal only. 24 And when they went in to offer sacrifices and burnt-offerings, Jehu appointed fourscore men without, and said, If any of the men whom I have brought into your hands escape, he that letteth him go, his life shall be for the life of him. 2 the days wele. 1 Ki.16.32. 3 or, so full, 4 seed of the 52 Ch.22.11. e ver. 15. 25 And it came to pass, as soon as he had inade an end of offering the burnt-offering, that Jehu said to the guard and to the captains, Go in, and slay them; let none come forth. And they smote them with the edge, Eze.9.5-7. of the sword; and the guard and the captains cast them out, and went to the city of the house of Baal. k 7 mouth. c.16.18. 8 statues. 1 Ki.14.23. 1 Ki.15.13. or, from breaking up. Da.2.5. 3.29. 26 And they brought forth the images out of the house of Baal, and burned' them.2 Sa.5.21. 27 And they brake down the image of Baal, and brake down the house of Baal, and made it a draught-house unto this day. 28 Thus Jehu destroyed Baal out of Israel. 29 Howbeit, from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, Jehu departed not from after them, to wit, the golden calves" that were in Beth-el, and that were in Dan. companies. n1 Ki.12.28, 31 But Jehu 11 took no heed to walk in the law of the LORD God of Israel with all his heart: for he departed not from the sins c.8.12. of Jeroboam, which made Israel to sin. 32 In those days the LORD began 12 to cut Israel short: and Hazael" smote them in all the coasts of Israel; 13 shoulder. Ps.21.3. De.17.18-20. Gilead and Bashan. 33 From Jordan 14 eastward, all the land of Gilead, the Gadites, and the Reubenites, and the Manassites, from Aroer, which is y 2 Sa.2.4,7. by the river Arnon, even Gilead and Bashan. 15 z P8.47.1. 318 AND when Athaliah, the motherd of Ahaziah, saw that her son was dead, she arose, and destroyed all the seed* royal. 2 But Jehosheba, the daughter of king Joram, sister of Ahaziah, took 6 Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king's sons which were slain; and they hid him, even him and his nurse, in the bedchamber from Athaliah, so that he was not slain. 3 And he was with her hid in the house of the LORD six years. And Athaliah did reign over the land. 4 And the seventh year Jehoiada sent and fetched the rulers over hundreds, with the captains and the guard, and brought them to him into the house of the LORD, and made a covenant with them, and took an oath of them in the house of the LORD, and shewed them the king's son. 5 And he commanded them, saying, This is the thing that ye shall do; A third part of you that enter in on the sabbath shall even be keepers of the watch of the king's house; 6 And a third part shall be at the gate of Sur; and a third part at the gate behind the guard: so shall ye keep the watch of the house, that it be not broken down. 7 And two1parts of all you that go forth on the sabbath, even they shall keep the watch of the house of the LORD about the king. 8 And ye shall compass the king round about, every man with his weapons in his hand: and he that cometh within the ranges, let him be slain: and be ye with the king as he goeth out, and as he cometh in. 9 And the captains Pover the hundreds did according to all things that Jehoiada the priest commanded: and they took every man his men that were to come in on the sabbath, with them that should go out on the sabbath, and came to Jehoiada the priest. 10 And to the captains over hundreds did the priest give king David's spears and shields, that were in the temple of the LORD. Death of Athaliah. 2 KINGS, XII. B. C. 884. live. a 1 Sa.10.24. 2 hands, and said, God save the king. in the teen tieth year 23.3. c 2 Ch.24.5, &c. Nu.10.1-10. 19 And he took the rulers over hundreds, and the captains, and the guard, and all the people of the land; and they brought down the king from the house of the LORD, and came by the way of the gate of the went forth. guard to the king's house. And he sat on the throne of the kings. 20 And all the people of the land rejoiced, m and the city was in quiet: and they slew Athaliah with the sword beside the king's house. 21 Seven years old was Jehoash when he began to reign. CHAP. XII. the seventh year Jehu, Jehoash m Pr.11.10. n2 Ch.24.1, Reign of Jehoash. man of his acquaintance; and let them repair the breaches of the house, wheresoever any breach shall be found. 6 But it was so, that, 2 in the three and twentieth year of king Jehoash, the priests had not repaired the breaches of the house. 7 Then king Jehoash called for Jehoiada the priest, and the other priests, and said unto them, Why repair ye not the breaches of the house? Now, therefore, receive no more money of your acquaintance, but deliver it for the breaches of the house. 8 And the priests consented to receive no more money of the people, neither to repair the breaches of the house. 9 But Jehoiada the priest took a chest, and bored a hole in the lid of it, and set it beside the altar, on the right side as one cometh into the house of the LORD: and the priests that kept the door put therein all the money that was brought into the house of the LORD. · 10 And it was so, when they saw that there was much money in the chest, that the king's scribe and the high priest came up, and they 5 put up in bags, and told the money that was found in the house of the LORD. 11 And they gave the money, being told, into the hands of them that did the work, that had the oversight of the house of the LORD: and they 7 laid it out to the carpenters and builders that wrought upon the house of the LORD, 12 And to masons, and hewers of stone, and to buy timber and hewed stone to repair the breaches of the house of the LORD, and for all that was laid out for the house to repair it. 8 13 Howbeit, there were not made for the house of the LORD bowls of silver, snuffers, basins, trumpets, any vessels of gold, or vessels of silver, of the money that was brought into the house of the LORD: 14 But theye that to the workmen, and repaired therewith the house of the LORD. Moreover, reckoned not ed he in Jerusalem: and his mother's name Le.7.7. was Zibiah of Beer-sheba. 2 And Jehoash did that which was right in the sight of the LORD all his days wherein Jehoiada the priest instructed him. 3 But the high places were not taken away: the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places. Nu.18.9. r I Ki.15.14. c.14.4. s c.8.12. t1 Ki.15.18. 9 holinesses, u Ex.30.13. of his esti- the money to be bestowed on workmen: for they dealt faithfully. 16 The trespass-money? and sin-money was not brought into the house of the LORD: it was the priests'. 17 Then Hazael king of Syria went up, and fought against Gath, and took it: and Hazael set his face to go up to Jerusalem. 18 And Jehoash king of Judah took all 10 of the souls the hallowed things that Jehoshaphat, and Jehoram, and Ahaziah, his fathers, kings of Judah, had dedicated, and his own hallowed things, and all the gold that was found in the treasures of the house of the LORD, and in the king's house, and sent it to Hazael king of Syria: and he went 12 away from Jerusalem. ascendeth 4 And Jehoash said to the priests, All the money of the dedicated things that is brought into the house of the LORD, even the money " of every one that passeth the 11 account, the money 10 that every man is set at, and all the money 11 that cometh into any man's heart to bring into the Ex.35.5. house of the LORD, 5 Let the priests take it to them, every upon the heart of a man. 12 up. 319 21 For Jozachar the son of Shimeath, and Jehozabad the son of Shomer, 2 his 2 or, Shimrith. servants, smote him, and he died; and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David: and Amaziah his son reigned in his stead. CHAP. XIII. 3 make thine hand to ride. Death of Elisha. Jeroboam sat upon his throne: and Joash was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel. 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 bow and arrows: and he took unto him bow and arrows. 16 And he said to the king of Israel, Put 3 thine hand upon the bow: and he put his hand upon it; and Elisha put his The store and we king of Judah, Je N4 the three and twentieth year of Joash, the twentieth hands upon the king's hands. hoahaz, the son of Jehu, began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned seventeen years. year and third year. d Ju.7.20. 2 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, and 5 followed the sins 1 Ki.20 26. of Jeroboam.the son of Nebat, which made Israel to sin; he departed not therefrom. 3 And the anger of the LORD was kin- Ju.2.14. dled against Israel; and he delivered them into the hand of Hazael king of Syria, c.8.12. and into the hand of Ben-hadad the son of Hazael, all their days. h 12.17. 4 And Jehoahaz besought the LORD, Ps.78.34 and the LORD hearkened unto him; for he saw the oppression of Israel, because the king of Syria oppressed them. 9 i Ex.3.7. c.14.26. j ver.25. yesterday, day. and third 7 he walked. went down. 9 stood. 11 Ki.16.33. 5 (And the LORD gave Israel a saviour, ver.25. so that they went out from under the hand of the Syrians: and the children of Israel dwelt in their tents, as 6 before-time. 6 Nevertheless they departed not from the sins of the house of Jeroboam, who made Israel sin, but walked therein: and there remained the grove also in Samaria.) 7 Neither did he leave of the people to Jehoahaz but fifty horsemen, and ten chariots, and ten thousand footmen; for the king of Syria had destroyed them, and had made them like the dust by threshing." 8 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoahaz, and all that he did, and his might, are they not written in the book of the Chronicles 10 face. of the kings of Israel? 9 And Jehoahaz slept with his fathers; and they buried him in Samaria: and Joash " his son reigned in his stead. 8 c.8.12. ver.3. 10 In the thirty and seventh year of Jo-alone. ash king of Judah began Jehoash, the son of Jehoahaz, to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned sixteen years. I t In consort with his father. c.14.1. u ver. 18,19. c.13.10. &c. 11 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,w2 Ch.25.1, who made Israel sin; but he walked therein. 12 And the rest of the acts of Joash, and z c.14.15,25. all that he did, and his might wherewith he fought against Amaziah king of Judah, y are they not written in the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel? 13 And Joash slept with his fathers; and c.14.9, &c. 2 Ch.25.17, &c. 320 18 And he said, Take the arrows. And he took them. And he said unto the king of Israel, Smite upon the ground. And he smote thrice, and stayed. 19 And the man of God was wroth with him, and said, Thou shouldest have smitten five or six times, then hadst thou smitten Syria till thou hadst consumed it: whereas now thou shalt smite Syria but thrice. ' 20 And Elisha died, and they buried him. And the bands of the Moabites invaded the land at the coming in of the year. 21 And it came to pass, as they were burying a man, that, behold 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 revived, and stood up on his feet. 22 But Hazael king of Syria oppressed Israel all the days of Jehoahaz. 8 m 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 10 presence as yet.¶ 24 So Hazael king of Syria died; and Ben-hadad his son reigned in his stead. 25 And Jehoash, the son of Jehoahaz, took again, out of the hand of Ben-hadad, the son of Hazael, the cities which he had taken out of the hand of Jehoahaz his father by war: three times did Joash beat him, and recovered the cities of Israel. CHAP. XIV. 11 N the second year of Joash son of reigned Amaziah, the son of Joash king of Judah. 2 He was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem. 3 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, yet not like David Jehoash defeats Amaziah. 1 KINGS, XV his father: he did according to all things B. C. 839. as Joash his father did. a 2 Ch.25.25, &c. b c.12.3. 4 Howbeit the high places were not taken away: as yet the people did sacrifice and burnt incense on the high places. 5 And it came to pass, as soon as the kingdom was confirmed in his hand, that he slew his servants which had slain the Jos.10.31. king his father. e c c c.12.20. 6 But the children of the murderers he slew not: according unto that which is written in the book of the law of Moses, De.24.16. wherein the LORD commanded, saying, The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, nor the children be put to death for the fathers; but every man shall be put to death for his own sin. Eze. 18.4,20. 5.3; and 2 Ch.26.1. he is called Uzziah. h c.16.6. or, the rock: Ob.3. i Jos.15.38. j Now he begins to reign alone. k2 Ch.25.17, &c. 9 And Jehoash the king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The thistle" that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son to wife: and there passed by a wild beast that was in Leba-r De.8.14. non, and trode down the thistle. 2 called Jonas, Mat.12.39, 40. 2 Ch.32.25. Eze.28.2, 5,17. Hab.2.4. at thy house. s De.32.36. Pr.3.30. 15.18. 10 Thou hast indeed smitten Edom, and thine heart hath lifted thee up: glory of this, and tarry 2 at home; for why shouldest thou meddle to thy hurt, that thou shouldest fall' even thou, and Judah with thee? 25.8. 11 But Amaziah would not hear. There-u De.9.14. fore Jehoash king of Israel went up; and he and Amaziah king of Judah looked one another in the face at which belongeth to Judah. Beth-shemesh, 3 12 And Judah was 3 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, hundred cubits. b four 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. Ro.11.2,&c. Jos.19.38. 20 c.13.5. z 2 Sa.8.6. 1 Ki.11.24. 2 Ch.8.3. Ne.8.16. y z Je.31.38. Zec.14-10. a After an interregnum Reign of Azariah. 17 And " Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death of Jehoash 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 against 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 horses; and he was buried at Jerusalem with his fathers, in the city of David. 21 And all the people of Judah took Azariah, which was sixteen years old, and made him king instead of his father Amaziah. h 22 He built Elath, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers. 23 In the fifteenth year of Amaziah ; the son of Joash king of Judah, Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel began to reign in Samaria, and reigned forty and 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. 25 He restored the coast of Israel from the entering of Hamath unto the sea of the plain, according to the word of the LORD God of Israel, which he spake by the hand of his servant Jonah, 1-the son of Amittai, the prophet, which was of Gath-hepher. 26 For the LORD saw the affliction of Israel, that it was very bitter: for there was not any shut up, nor any left, nor any helper for Israel. 27 And the LORD said not " that he would blot out the name of Israel from under heaven: but he saved them by the hand of Jeroboam the son of Joash. 28 Now the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, and all that he did, and his might, how he warred, and how he recovered Damascus, and Hamath, which belonged to Judah for Israel, are they not written in the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel? 29 And Jeroboam slept with his fathers, even with the kings of Israel; and Zachariah his son reigned " in his stead. CHAP. XV. N the twenty and seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel began Azariah him consort son of Amaziah king of Judah to reign. to the Syri- 2 Sixteen years old was he when he an wars. It began to reign, and he reigned two and fifty years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Jecholiah of Jerusalem. is the 16th year of Jeroboam's monarchy. 15 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoash which he did, and his might, and how he fought with Amaziah king of Judah, are Called they not written in the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel; 16 And Jehoash slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel; and Jeroboam his son reigned. in his stead. Uzziah. c.13.12. h2 Ch.26.19. 321 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, so |