14 Then they sent to Jezebel, sayCHRIST ing, Naboth is stoned, and is dead. 15 And it came to pass, when Jezebel heard that Naboth was stoned, and was dead, that Jezebel said to Ahab, Arise, take possession of the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, which he refused to give thee for money: for Naboth is not alive, but dead. g P. 9. 12. h ch. 13. 32. 2 Chr. 22, 9. ich. 22. 38. k ch. 18. 17. 12 Kin. 17 17. Rom. 7. 14. m ch. 14. 10. 2 Kin. 9. 8. n1 Sain, 25, 22. o ch. 11 10. pch. 15. 29. q ch. 16.3, 11. r2 Kin. 9. 36. Or, ditch. seh. 14, 11. & 16. 4. t ch. 16. 30, &c. uch. 10. 31. Or, incited. x Gen. 15. 16. 2 Kin. 21. 11. 16 And it came to pass, when Ahab heard that Naboth was dead, that Ahab rose up to go down to the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, to take possession of it. 178 And the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying, 18 Arise, go down to meet Ahab king of Israel, h which is in Samaria: behold, he is in the vineyard of Naboth, whither he is gone down to possess it. 19 And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the LORD, Hast thou killed, and also taken possession? And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the LORD, In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth shall dogs lick thy blood, even thine. 20 And Ahab said to Elijah, k Hast thou found me, O mine enemy? And he answered, I have found thee: because Ithou hast sold thyself to work evil in the sight of the Lord. 21 Behold, I will bring evil upon thee, and will take away thy posterity, and will cut off from Ahab "him that pisseth against the wall, and "him that is shut up and left in Israel, 22 And will make thine house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of "Baasha the son of Ahijah, for the provocation wherewith thou hast provoked me to anger, and made Israel to sin. 23 And of Jezebel also spake the LORD, saying, The dogs shall eat Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel. 24 Him that "dieth of Ahab in the city the dogs shall eat; and him that dieth in the field shall the fowls of the air eat. 25 T But there was none like unto Ahab, which did sell himself to work wickedness in the sight of the LORD, "whom Jezebel his wife || stirred up. 26 And he did very abominably in following idols, according to all things as did the Amorites, whom the LORD cast out before the children of Israel. 27 And it came to pass, when Ahab heard those words, that he rent his y Gen. 37.34. clothes, and Y put sackcloth upon his y flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth, and went softly. 28 And the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying, 29 Seest thou how Ahab humbleth himself before me? because he humbleth himself before me, I will not Before Ahab seduced by false prophets. bring the evil in his days: but in his son's days will I bring the evil CHRIST upon his house. CHAPTER XXII. 1 Ahab, seduced by false prophets, accord. ing to the word of Micaiah, is slain at Ramoth-gilead. 37 The dogs lick up his blood, and Ahaziah succeedeth him. 41 Jehoshaphat's good reign. 45 His acts. 50 Jehoram succcedeth him. 51 Ahaziah's evil reign. AND they continued three years Israel. without war between Syria and 899. $2 Kin. 9. 25. 897. 2 And it came to pass in the third year, that "Jehoshaphat the king of a2 Chr. 18. 2, Judah came down to the king of Israel. 3 And the king of Israel said unto his servants, Know ye that Ramoth in Gilead is ours, and we be still, and take it not out of the hand of the king of Syria? &c. b Deut. 4. 43. Heb. silent from 4 And he said unto Jehoshaphat, Wilt thou go with me to battle to Ramoth-gilead? And Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, I am as 2 Kin. 3. 7. thou art, my people as thy people, my horses as thy horses. gath-dch. 18. 19. 5 And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, Inquire, I pray thee, at the word of the LORD to day. 6 Then the king of Israel ered the prophets together, about four hundred men, and said unto them, Shall I go against Ramothgilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go up; for the Lord shall deliver it into the hand of the king. 7 And Jehoshaphat said, Is there 2 Kin. 3. 11. not here a prophet of the LORD besides, that we might inquire of him? 8 And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man, Micaiah the son of Imlah, by whom we may inquire of the LORD: but I hate him; for he doth not prophesy good concerning me, but evil. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so. 9 Then the king of Israel called an officer, and said, Hasten hither Mi- ||Or, eunuch. caiah the son of Imlah. 10 And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah sat each on his throne, having put on their robes, in a void place in the entrance of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets prophesied before them." 11 And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made him horns of iron: and he said, Thus saith the LORD, With these shalt thou push the Syrians, until thou have consumed them. 12 And all the prophets prophesied so, saying, Go up to Ramoth-gilead, and prosper: for the LORD shall deliver it into the king's hand. 13 And the messenger that was gone to call Micaiah spake unto him, say + Heb. floor. Before ing, Behold now, the words of the CHRIST prophets declare good unto the king 897. with one mouth: fet thy word, I pray thee, be like the word of one of them, and speak that which is good. 14 And Micaiah said, As the LORD fNum. 22.38. liveth, f what the LORD saith unto me, that will I speak. g Matt, 9, 36, h Is. 6. 1. i Job 1. 6. & Dan. 7. 10. Heb. 1.7.14. 15 So he came to the king. And the king said unto him, Micaiah, shall we go against Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall we forbear? And he answered him, Go, and prosper: for the LORD shall deliver it into the hand of the king. 16 And the king said unto him, How many times shall I adjure thee that thou tell me nothing but that which is true in the name of the LORD? 17 And he said, I saw all Israel $ scattered upon the hills, as sheep that have not a shepherd: and the LORD said, These have no master: let them return every man to his house in peace. 18 And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, Did I not tell thee that he would prophesy no good concerning me, but evil? 19 And he said, Hear thou therefore the word of the LORD: bI saw the LORD sitting on his throne, i and all the host of heaven standing by him on his right hand and on his left. 20 And the LORD said, Who shall persuade Ahab, that he may go up and fall at Ramoth-gilead? And one said on this manner, and another said on that manner. 21 And there came forth a spirit, and stood before the LORD, and said, I will persuade him. 22 And the LORD said unto him, Wherewith? And he said, I will go forth, and I will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And k Judg. 9. 23. he said, k Thou shalt persuade him, and prevail also: go forth, and do so. 23 Now therefore, behold, the LORD hath put a lying spirit in the mouth of all these thy prophets, and the LORD hath spoken evil concerning thee. Job 12. 16. Ea, 14. 9. 2 Thess. 2.11. 1 Es. 14. 9. 24 But Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah went near, and smote Micaiah m2 Chr.18.23. on the cheek, and said, " Which way went the Spirit of the LORD from me to speak unto thee? 1Or. from chamber to chamber. + Heb. a chamber in a chamber, ch. 20. 30. 25 And Micaiah said, Behold, thou shalt see in that day, when thou shalt go into † an inner chamber to hide thyself. 26 And the king of Israel said, Take Micaiah, and carry him back unto Amon the governor of the city, and to Joash the king's son; 27 And say, Thus saith the king, Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I come in peace. 28 And Micaiah said, If thou return Ahab is slain in battle. Before at all in peace, "the LORD hath not spoken by me. And he said, Heark- CHRIST en, O people, every one of you. 29 So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went up to Ramoth-gilead. 30 And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, I will disguise myself, and enter into the battle; but put thou on thy robes. And the king of Israel "disguised himself, and went into the battle. 31 But the king of Syria commanded his thirty and two captains that had rule over his chariots, saying, Fight neither with small nor great, save only with the king of Israel. 32 And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they said, Surely it is the king of Israel. And they turned aside to fight against him: and Jehoshaphat P cried out. 33 And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots perceived that it was not the king of Israel, that they turned back from pursuing him. 34 And a certain man drew a bow fat a venture, and smote the king of Israel between the fjoints of the harness: wherefore he said unto the driver of his chariot, Turn thine hand, and carry me out of the host; for I am wounded. 35 And the battle fincreased that day: and the king was stayed up in his chariot against the Syrians, and died at even: and the blood ran out of the wound into the † midst of the chariot. 36 And there went a proclamation throughout the host about the going down of the sun, saying, Every man to his city, and every man to his own country. 37 T So the king died, and twas brought to Samaria; and they buried the king in Samaria. 897. n Num. 16.29. Deut. 18. 20, 21, 22. Or, when to ke disguise him. self, and enter into the battle. o 2 Chr. 35.22. p2 Chr. 18.31. Prov. 13. 20. + Heb. in his simplicity. 2 Sam. 15.11. + Heb. joints and the breastplate. + Heb. made sick, ↑ Heb. ascendal. + Heb. bosom. + Heb. came. 38 And one washed the chariot in the pool of Samaria; and the dogs licked up his blood; and they washed his armour according unto the ach. 21. 19. word of the LORD which he spake. 39 Now the rest of the acts of Ahab, and all that he did, and the ivory Amos 3. 15. house which he made, and all the cities that he built, are they not written in the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel? 40 So Ahab slept with his fathers; and Ahaziah his son reigned in his stead. 807. of Asa his father; he turned not CHRIST aside from it, doing that which was right in the eyes of the LORD: nevertheless "the high places were not taken away; for the people offered 2 Kings 12.3 and burnt incense yet in the high places. u ch. 14. 23. & 15. 14. x2 Chr. 19. 2 2 Cor. 6. 14. y ch. 14. 24. & 15. 12. 913. ■ Gen. 25, 23. 2 Sam. 8. 14. 2 Kings 3. 9. & 8. 20. ■ 2 Chr. 20.35, &c. Or, had ten skips. bch. 10. 22. 44 And Jehoshaphat made peace with the king of Israel. 45 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, and his might that he shewed, and how he warred, are they not written in the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Judah? 46 And the remnant of the sodomites, which remained in the days of his father Asa, he took out of the land. 47 There was then no king in Edom: a deputy was king. 48 Jehoshaphat bmade ships of Tharshish to go to Ophir for gold: e2Chr. 20.37. but they went not; for the ships were broken at d Ezion-geber. doh, 9, 26. Before CHRIST about 896. Ahaziah's wicked reign. 913. 49 Then said Ahaziah the son of • Before Ahab unto Jehoshaphat, Let my CHRIST servants go with thy servants in the ships. But Jehoshaphat would not. 50 T And Jehoshaphat slept with 2 Chr. 21. 1. his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father: and Jehoram his son reigned in his stead. 51 Tf Ahaziah the son of Ahab be 880. Now he begins to reign alone. gan to reign over Israel in Samaria ver. 40. the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned two years over Israel. 898. THE SECOND BOOK OF THE KINGS, COMMONLY CALLED, THE FOURTH BOOK OF THE KINGS. CHAPTER I. 1 Moab rebelleth. 2 Ahaziah, sending to Baal-zebub, hath his judgment by Elijah. 5 Elijah twice bringeth fire from heaven upon them whom Ahaziah sent to apprehend him. 13 He pitieth the third captain, and, encouraged by an angel, telleth the king of his death. 17 Jehoram succeedeth Ahaziah. THEN Moab rebelled against Israel b after the death of Ahab. 2 And Ahaziah fell down through a lattice in his upper chamber that was in Samaria, and was sick: and he sent messengers, and said unto them, Go, inquire of Baal-zebub the 1 Sam.5.10. god of Ekron whether I shall recover of this disease. 3 But the angel of the LORD said to Elijah the Tish bite, Arisc, go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria, and say unto them, Is it not because there is not a God in Israel, that ye go to inquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron? 4 Now therefore thus saith the LORD, Thou shalt not come down from that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die. And Elijah departed. 5 T And when the messengers turned back unto him, he said unto them, Why are ye now turned back? 6 And they said unto him, There came a man up to meet us, and said The death of Ahaziah. about 896. II. KINGS. Before ⚫ 12 And Elijah answered and said CHRIST unto them, If I be a man of God, let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty. And the fire of God came down from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty. 13 T And he sent again a captain of the third fifty with his fifty. And the third captain of fifty went up, † Heb, bowed. and came and fell on his knees before Elijah, and besought him, and said unto him, O man of God, I pray thee, let my life, and the life of f1 Sam.26.21. these fifty thy servants, fbe precious in thy sight. Ps. 72. 14. 896. The second 14 Behold, there came fire down from heaven, and burnt up the two captains of the former fifties with their fifties: therefore let my life now be precious in thy sight. 15 And the angel of the LORD said unto Elijah, Go down with him: be not afraid of him. And he arose, and went down with him unto the king. 16 And he said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Forasmuch as thou hast sent messengers to inquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron, is it not because there is no God in Israel to inquire of his word? therefore thou shalt not come down off that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die. 17 So he died according to the word of the LORD which Elijah had spoken. And Jehoram reigned in year that Je his stead, in the second year of Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah; because he had no son. 18 Now the rest of the acts of Ahaziah which he did, are they not written in the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel? koram was Prorex, and the eighteenth of Jehoshaphat, ch. 3. 1. a Gen. 5. 24. CHAPTER II. Elijah taken up into heaven. he said, Yea, I know it; hold ye 4 And Elijah said unto him, Elisha, 5 And the sons of the prophets that were at Jericho came to Elisha, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the LORD will take away thy master from thy head to day? And he answered, Yea, I know it; hold ye your peace. 6 And Elijah said unto him, Tarry, I pray thee, here; for the LORD hath sent me to Jordan. And he said, As the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. And they two went on. 7 And fifty men of the sons of the prophets went, and stood to view afar off: and they two stood by Jordan. Before CHRIST 896. + Heb. in sight, or, over against. 8 And Elijah took his mantle, and 9 T And it came to pass, when they Josh. 3. 16. ver. 14. hast done hard in asking. 10 And he said, † Thou hast asked +Heb. Thou 11 And it came to pass, as they still g ch. 6. 17. Pa. 104. 4. 12 T And Elisha saw it, and he cried, h My father, my father, the chariot of h ch. 13. 14. Israel, and the horsemen thereof! And he saw him no more: and he took hold of his own clothes, and rent them in two pieces. 13 He took up also the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and went AND it came to pass, when the back, and stood by the t bank of LORD would take up Elijah into heaven by a whirlwind, that b1 Kin.19.21. Elijah went with b Elisha from Gilgal. . See Ruth 1. 15, 16. 2 And Elijah said unto Elisha, Tarry here, I pray thee; for the LORD hath sent me to Beth-el. And Elisha said unto him, As the LORD d1 Sam. 1.26. liveth, and d as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. So they went down to Beth-el. ver. 4, 6. ch. 4. 30. 1.Kin.20.35. ver. 5, 7, 15, ch. 4. 1, 38. & 9. 1. 3 And the sons of the prophets that were at Beth-el came forth to Elisha, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the LORD will take away thy master from thy head to day? And Jordan; + Heb. lip. 14 And he took the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and smote the waters, and said, Where is the LORD God of Elijah? And when he also had smitten the waters, i they parted iver. 8. hither and thither: and Elisha went over. 15 And when the sons of the prophets which were k to view at Jericho saw him, they said, The spirit of Elijah doth rest on Elisha. And they came to meet him, and bowed themselves to the ground before him. 16 T And they said unto him, Behold now, there be with thy servants k ver. 7. Before fifty strong men; let them go, we CHRIST pray thee, and seek thy master: flest peradventure the Spirit of the LORD hath taken him up, and cast him upon feome mountain, or into some valley. And he said, Ye shall not send. + Heb. sons of strength. 18ee 1 Kin. 18. 12. Es. 8. 3. Acts 8. 39. ↑ Heb. one of the mountaine. + Heb. causing to miscarry. 25. 17 And when they urged him till he was ashamed, he said, Send. They sent therefore fifty men; and they sought three days, but found him not. 18 And when they came again to him, (for he tarried at Jericho,) he said unto them, Did I not say unto you, Go not? 19 T And the men of the city said unto Elisha, Behold, I pray thee, the situation of this city is pleasant, as my lord seeth: but the water is naught, and the ground + barren. 20 And he said, Bring me a new cruse, and put salt therein. And they brought it to him. 21 And he went forth unto the m See Ex. 15. spring of the waters, and cast the salt in there, and said, Thus saith the LORD, I have healed these waters; there shall not be from thence any more death or barren land. ch. 4. 41. & 6.6. John 9. 6. ach. 1. 17. 896. +Heb.status. h1 Kings 16. 31, 32. el Kings 12. 28,31,32. 22 So the waters were healed unto this day, according to the saying of Elisha which he spake. 23 T And he went up from thence unto Beth-el: and as he was going up by the way, there came forth little children out of the city, and mocked him, and said unto him, Go up, thou bald head; go up, thou bald head. 24 And he turned back, and looked on them, and cursed them in the name of the LORD. And there came forth two she bears out of the wood, and tare forty and two children of them. 25 And he went from thence to mount Carmel, and from thence he returned to Samaria. CHAPTER III. Moab rebelleth against Israel. Before 4 T And Mesha king of Moab was a f sheepmaster, and rendered unto the CHRIST king of Israel a hundred thousand 896. d lambs, and a hundred thousand rams, with the wool. d See Is. 16. 1. 5 But it came to pass, when "Ahab ech. I. 1. was dead, that the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel. 6 And king Jehoram went out of Samaria the same time, and numbered all Israel. 896. 7 And he went and sent to Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, saying, The king of Moab hath rebelled against me: wilt thou go with me against Moab to battle? And he said, 'I will go up: fI am as thou art, my people n Kin. 22.4. as thy people, and my horses as thy horses. 8 And he said, Which way shall we go up? And he answered, The way through the wilderness of Edom. 9 So the king of Israel went, and the king of Judah, and the king of Edom: and they fetched a compass of seven days' journey: and there was no water for the host, and for the cattle † that followed them. 10 And the king of Israel said, Alas! that the LORD hath called these three kings together, to deliver them into the hand of Moab! + Heb. at their feat. See Ex. 11.8. 11 But Jehoshaphat said, Is there 1 Kin. 22.7. not here a prophet of the LORD, that we may inquire of the LORD by him? And one of the king of Israel's servants answered and said, Here is Elisha the son of Shaphat, which poured water on the hands of Elijah. 12 And Jehoshaphat said, The word of the LORD is with him. So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat and the king of Edom went down to heh. 2. 25. him. iEz. 14.3. k So Judg. 10. 14. 18 And Elisha said unto the king of Israel, i What have I to do with thee? get thee to the prophets of thy father, and to the prophets of thy mother. And the king of Israel said unto him, Nay: for the LORD 11 Kin. 18. 19. hath called these three kings togethGer, to deliver them into the hand of 1 Jehoram's reign. 4 Mesha rebelleth. Jehoram, with Jehoshaphat, and the king of Edom, being distressed for want of water, by Elisha obtaineth water, and promise of victory. 21 The Moabites, deceived by the colour of the water, coming to spoil, are overcome. 26 The king of Moab, by sacrificing the king of Edom's son, raiseth the siege. TOW Jehoram the son of Ahab N began to reign over Israel in Samaria in the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned twelve years. 2 And he wrought evil in the sight of the LORD; but not like his father, and like his mother: for he put away the image of Baal that his father had made. 3 Nevertheless he cleaved unto the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which made Israel to sin; he departed not therefrom. Moab. |