BEFORE CHRIST

896.

■ Is. 7. 9.

a 1 Chr. 16. 29.

2 Heb. praisers.

b 1 Chr. 16. 31.

Ps. 136. 1.

c 1 Chr. 16.

41.

7.3, 6.

dren of the Kohathites, and of the children of the Korhites, stood up to praise the LORD God of Israel with a loud voice on high.

20 ¶ And they rose early in the morning, and went forth into the wilderness of Tekoa: and as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and said, Hear me, O Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem; z Believe in the LORD your God, so shall ye be established; believe his prophets, so shall ye prosper.

21 And when he had consulted with the people, he appointed singers unto the LORD, and 2 that should praise the beauty of holiness, as they went out before the army, and to say, b Praise the LORD; for his mercy endureth for ever.

4

22 ¶ And when they began to ch. 5. 13. & sing and to praise, the LORD set ambushments against the children of Ammon, Moab, and mount Seir, which were come against Judah; and they were smitten.

8 Heb. And in the time that they,

&c.

4 Heb.

in singing and praise.

1Sam.14.20.

5 Or, they smote one another.

5

23 For the children of Ammon and dJudg.7.22. Moab stood up against the inhabitants of mount Seir, utterly to slay and destroy them: and when they had made an end of the inhabitants of Seir, every one helped to destroy destruction. another.

6 Heb. for the

24 And when Judah came toward the watch tower in the wilderness, they looked unto the multitude, and, behold, they were dead bodies fallen 7Heb. there to the earth, and 'none escaped.

was not an escaping.

8 That is, Blessing.

9 Heb. head.

25 And when Jehoshaphat and his people came to take away the spoil of them, they found among them in abundance both riches with the dead bodies, and precious jewels, which they stripped off for themselves, more than they could carry away: and they were three days in

34. Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, first and last, behold, they are written in the 2 book of Jehu the son of Hanani, 1 who is mentioned in the book of the kings of Israel. 35 And after this m did Jehosha- made to phat king of Judah join himself with Ahaziah king of Israel, who did very wickedly:

36 And he joined himself with him to make ships to go to Tarshish: and they made the ships in Eziongaber.

37 Then Eliezer the son of Dodavah of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, Because thou hast joined thyself with Ahaziah, the LORD hath broken thy works. the ships were broken, that they were not able to go to Tarshish.

26 And on the fourth day they assembled themselves in the valley of Berachah; for there they blessed the LORD therefore the name of the same place was called, The valley of Berachah, unto this day.

27 Then they returned, every man of Judah and Jerusalem, and Jehoshaphat in the forefront of them, to go again to Jerusalem with joy; Neh.12.43. for the LORD had made them to rejoice over their enemies.

í ch. 17. 10.

28 And they came to Jerusalem with psalteries and harps and trumpets unto the house of the LORD.

29 And the fear of God was on all the kingdoms of those countries,

22. 48.

• ch. 9. 21.

889.

a 1 Kings 22.50.

his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David. And Jehoram his son reigned in his Alone. stead.

2 And he had brethren the sons of Jehoshaphat, Azariah, and Jehiel, and Zechariah, and Azariah, and Michael, and Shephatiah: all these were the sons of Jehoshaphat king of Israel.

3 And their father gave them great gifts of silver, and of gold, and of precious things, with fenced cities in Judah: but the kingdom gave he to Jehoram; because he was the first- Jehoram born.

4 Now when Jehoram was risen up to the kingdom of his father, he strengthened himself, and slew all

CHRIST

892.

892.

b In consort,

2 Kings 8. 17, &c.

c ch. 22. 2.

с

b

BEFORE his brethren with the sword, and divers also of the princes of Israel. 5 ¶ Jehoram was thirty and two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem. 6 And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, like as did the house of Ahab: for he had the daughter of Ahab to wife: and he wrought that which was evil in the eyes of the LORD. 7 Howbeit the LORD would not destroy the house of David, because of the covenant that he had made with David, and as he promised to give a 2light to him and to his sons for ever. 8 In his days the Edomites revolted from under the dominion of 1 Kings 11. Judah, and made themselves a king. 9 Then Jehoram went forth with his princes, and all his chariots with him: and he rose up by night, and smote the Edomites which compassed him in,and the captains ofthe chariots.

2 Heb. lamp, or, candle. d2 Sam. 7. 12. 13.

36.

2 Kings 8. 19.

Ps. 132. 11, &c.

889.

• 2 Kings 8. 20, &c.

8 Heb. hand.

8 ver. 11.

Ex. 34. 15. 11 Kings 16.

Deut. 31.16.

31-33.

2 Kings 9. 22.

k ver. 4.

6 Heb. a great stroke.

13 But hast walked in the way of the kings of Israel, and hast & made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to go a whoring, like to the whoredoms of the house of Ahab, and also hast slain thy brethren of thy father's house, which were better than thyself:

14 Behold, with a great plague will the LORD smite thy people, and thy children, and thy wives, and all thy goods:

15 And thou shalt have great sick1 ver. 18,19. ness by disease of thy bowels, until thy bowels fall out by reason of the sickness day by day.

20 Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years, and departed without being desired. Howbeit they buried him in the city of David, but not in the sepulchres of the kings.

CHAPTER XXII.

1 Ahaziah succeeding reigneth wickedly. 5 In his confederacy with Joram the son of Ahab, he is slain by Jehu. 10 Athaliah, destroying all the seed royal, save Joash, whom Jehoshabeath his aunt hid, usurpeth the kingdom.

AND the inhabitants of Jerusalem

made a Ahaziah his youngest son king in his stead: for the band of men that came with the Arabians to the camp had slain all the eldest. So Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah reigned.

| 3. He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab: for his mother was his counsellor to do wickedly.

4 Wherefore he did evil in the sight of the LORD like the house of Ahab: for they were his counsellors after the death of his father to his destruction.

after.

o ver. 15. p ch. 16. 14.

4 Heb. desire.

without

Jer. 22. 18.

5 He walked also after their counsel, and went with Jehoram Kings 8. the son of Ahab king of Israel to war against Hazael king of Syria at Ramoth-gilead: and the Syrians smote Joram.

6 And he returned to be healed in Jezreel because of the wounds which were given him at Ramah, when he fought with Hazael king of Syria. And Azariah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see Jehoram the son of Ahab at Jezreel, because he was sick.

7 And the 'destruction of Ahaziah was of God by coming to Joram: for when he was come, he went out with Jehoram against Jehu the son

of Nimshi, whom the LORD had anointed to cut off the house of Ahab. 8 And it came to pass, that, when 12 Kings 9. Jehu was executing judgment upon the house of Ahab, and found the princes of Judah, and the sons of the brethren of Ahaziah, that ministered to Ahaziah, he slew them.

k 2 Kings 10. 10, 11. 12 Kings10, 13,14.

9 And he sought Ahaziah: and Megiddo in they caught him, (for he was hid in Samaria,) and brought him to Jehu: and when they had slain him, they buried him: Because, said they, he is the son of Jehoshaphat, who " sought the LORD with all his heart. So the house of Ahaziah had no power to keep still the kingdom.

n ch. 17. 4.

884.

• 2 Kings 11. 1, &c.

p2 Kingsll. Jehosheba.

878. a 2 Kings 11. 4, &c.

b 2 Sam. 7. 12.

1 Kings 2.
4. & 9. 5.
ch. 6. 16.
& 7. 18.

& 21. 7.

• 1 Chr. 9. 25.

2 Heb. thresholds.

10 T But when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal of the house of Judah.

11 But P Jehoshabeath, the daughter of the king, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king's sons that were slain, and put him and his nurse in a bedchamber. So Jehoshabeath, the daughter of king Jehoram, the wife of Jehoiada the priest, (for she was the sister of Ahaziah,) hid him from Athaliah, so that she slew him

not.

12 And he was with them hid in the house of God six years: and Athaliah reigned over the land.

CHAPTER XXIII.

1 Jehoiada, having set things in order, maketh Joash king, 12 Athaliah is slain. 16 Jehoiada restoreth the worship of God.

Joash made king.

878.

5 And a third part shall be at the BEFORE king's house; and a third part at the CHRIST gate of the foundation: and all the people shall be in the courts of the house of the LORD.

6 But let none come into the house of the LORD, save the priests, and they that minister of the Levites; they shall go in, for they are holy but all the people shall keep the watch of the LORD.

7 And the Levites shall compass the king round about, every man with his weapons in his hand; and whosoever else cometh into the house, he shall be put to death: but be ye with the king when he cometh in, and when he goeth out.

8 So the Levites and all Judah did according to all things that Jehoiada the priest had commanded, and took every man his men that were to come in on the sabbath, with them that were to go out on the sabbath for Jehoiada the priest dismissed not the courses.

d 1 Chr. 28.

28, 29.

e See 1 Chr. 24.

9 Moreover Jehoiada the priest & 25. delivered to the captains of hundreds spears, and bucklers, and shields, that had been king David's, which were in the house of God.

10 And he set all the people, every man having his weapon in his hand, from the right side of the temple to the left side of the temple, along by the altar and the temple, by the king round about.

2 Heb

shoulder.

3 Heb. house.

ND in the seventh year JeA hoiada strengthened

and took the captains of hundreds, Azariah the son of Jeroham, and Ishmael the son of Jehohanan, and Azariah the son of Obed, and Maaseiah the son of Adaiah, and Elishaphat the son of Zichri, into covenant with him.

2 And they went about in Judah, and gathered the Levites out of all the cities of Judah, and the chief of the fathers of Israel, and they came to Jerusalem.

3 And all the congregation made a covenant with the king in the house of God. And he said unto them, Behold, the king's son shall reign, as the LORD hath said of the sons of David.

f

18.

4 Heb. Let the

12 Now when Athaliah heard king live. the noise of the people running and praising the king, she came to the people into the house of the LORD:

13 And she looked, and, behold, the king stood at his pillar at the entering in, and the princes and the trumpets by the king: and all the people of the land rejoiced, and sounded with trumpets, also the singers with instruments of musick, and

such as taught to sing praise. 81 Chr.25.8. Then Athaliah rent her clothes, and said, Treason, Treason.

14 Then Jehoiada the priest brought out the captains of hundreds that were set over the host, and said unto them, Have her forth of the ranges: and whoso followeth her, let him be slain with the sword.

6 Heb. Conspiracy.

Athaliah is slain.

BEFORE CHRIST

878.

For the priest said, Slay her not in the house of the LORD.

15 So they laid hands on her; and when she was come to the entering Neh. 3.28. of the horse gate by the king's house, they slew her there.

16 ¶ And Jehoiada made a covenant between him, and between all the people, and between the king, that they should be the LORD's people.

17 Then all the people went to the house of Baal, and brake it down, and brake his altars and his images in 1 Deut.13.9. pieces, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars.

30,31.& 24.1.

k

18 Also Jehoiada appointed the offices of the house of the LORD by the hand of the priests the Levites, 1 Chr.23.6, whom David had distributed in the house of the LORD, to offer the burnt offerings of the LORD, as it is written in the law of Moses, with rejoicing and with singing, as it was ordained 2 by David.

1Num.28.2.

Heb.by the

hands of David. 1Chr.25.2,6.

m 1 Chr. 20.

1, &c.

n2 Kings 11. 19.

cir. 878.

a2 Kings 11. 21. & 12. 1, &c.

b See ch. 26. 5.

8 Heb. to renew.

856.

e2 Kings 12. 4.

19 And he set the porters at the gates of the house of the LORD, that none which was unclean in any thing should enter in.

20 And he took the captains of hundreds, and the nobles, and the governors of the people, and all the people of the land, and brought down the king from the house of the LORD: and they came through the high gate into the king's house, and set the king upon the throne of the kingdom.

21 And all the people of the land rejoiced and the city was quiet, after that they had slain Athaliah with the sword.

CHAPTER XXIV.

1 Joash reigneth well all the days of Jehoiada. 4 He giveth order for the repair of the temple. 15 Jehoiada's death and honourable burial.

17 Joash, falling to idolatry, slayeth Zechariah the son of Jehoiada. 23 Joash is spoiled by the Syrians, and slain by Zabad and Jehozabad. 27 Amaziah succeedeth him.

JOA

a

OASH was seven years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Zibiah of Beersheba.

11 Now it came to pass, that at what time the chest was brought unto the king's office by the hand of the Levites, and when they saw that 12 Kings 12. there was much money, the king's scribe and the high priest's officer came and emptied the chest, and took it, and carried it to his place again. Thus they did day by day, and gathered money in abundance.

12 And the king and Jehoiada gave it to such as did the work of the service of the house of the LORD, and hired masons and carpenters to repair the house of the LORD, and also such as wrought iron and brass to mend the house of the LORD.

8 Heb. the healing

13 So the workmen wrought, and 3 the work was perfected by them, and they set the house of God in his went up upstate, and strengthened it.

14 And when they had finished it, they brought the rest of the money before the king and Jehoiada, m whereof were made vessels for the house of the LORD, even vessels to minister, and to offer withal, and spoons, and vessels of gold and silver. And they offered burnt offerings in the house of the LORD continually all the days of Jehoiada.

15 ¶ But Jehoiada waxed old, and was full of days when he died; an

on the work.

mee 13.

2 Kings 12.

Or, pestils.

cir. 850.

Joash falleth to idolatry.

BEFORE

hundred and thirty years old was he CHRIST when he died.

cir. 850.

cir. 840.

16 And they buried him in the city of David among the kings, because he had done good in Israel, both toward God, and toward his house.

17 Now after the death of Jehoiada came the princes of Judah, and made obeisance to the king. Then the king hearkened unto them.

ם

18 And they left the house of the LORD God of their fathers, and served groves and idols: and wrath came Judg. 5.8. upon Judah and Jerusalem for this their trespass.

D1 Kings 14. 23.

ch. 19. 2. &

28. 13. & 29. 8. & 32. 25.

p ch. 36. 15. Jer. 7.25, 26. & 25. 4.

q ch.15.1. & 20.14.

19 Yet he P sent prophets to them, to bring them again unto the LORD; and they testified against them: but they would not give ear.

20 And the Spirit of God 2 came 2Heb.cloth upon Zechariah the son of Jehoiada

ed, as Judg. the priest, which stood above the people, and said unto them, Thus saith God, Why transgress ye the commandments of the LORD, that ye cannot prosper? because ye have forsaken the LORD, he hath also forsaken you.

ach. 15. 2.

840.

t Matt. 23. 35. Acta 7. 58, 59.

840.

3 Heb. in the of the year.

revolution

a 2Kings 12. 17.

839.

4 Heb. Darmesek.

x Lev. 26. 8. Deut.32.30. Is. 30. 17.

21 And they conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at the commandment of the king in the court of the house of the LORD.

22 Thus Joash the king remembered not the kindness which Jehoiada his father had done to him, but slew his son. And when he died, he said, The LORD look upon it, and require it.

23 And it came to pass at the end of the year, that "the host of Syria came up against him: and they came to Judah and Jerusalem, and destroyed all the princes of the people from among the people, and sent all the spoil of them unto the king of

4 Damascus.

24 For the army of the Syrians came with a small company of men, and the LORD delivered a very great Lev. 20. 25. host into their hand, because they had forsaken the LORD God of their fathers. So they executed judgment against Joash.

Deut. 28.25.

z ch. 22.8. Is. 10.5.

20.

b ver. 21.

25 And when they were departed from him, (for they left him in great 2 Kings 12. diseases,) his own servants conspired against him for the blood of the sons of Jehoiada the priest, and slew him on his bed, and he died: and they buried him in the city of David, but they buried him not in the sepulchres of the kings.

5 Or, Jozachar,

26 And these are they that con2 Kings 12. spired against him; Zabad the son

5

CHAPTER XXV.

1 Amaziah beginneth to reign well. 3 He executeth justice on the traitors. 5 Having hired an army of Israelites against the Edomites, at the word of a prophet he loseth the hundred talents, and dismisseth them. 11 He overthroweth the Edomites. 10, 13 The Israelites, discontented with their dismission, spoil as they return home. 14 Amaziah, proud of his victory, serveth the gods of Edom, and despiscth the admonitions of the prophet. 17 He provoketh Joash to his overthrow. 25 His reign. 27 He is slain by conspiracy.

years

AMAZIAH & was twenty and five 2Kings 14. sold when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. And his mother's | name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem. 2 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, but not with a perfect heart.

с

b

3 Now it came to pass, when the kingdom was established to him, that he slew his servants that had killed the king his father.

4 But he slew not their children, but did as it is written in the law in the book of Moses, where the LORD commanded, saying, a The fathers shall not die for the children, neither shall the children die for the fathers, but every man shall die for his own sin.

bSee2Kings

14.4. ver.14.

5, &c.

2 Kings 14. Heb. confirmed upon

him.

5 ¶ Moreover Amaziah gathered Judah together, and made them captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, according to the houses of their fathers, throughout all Judah and Benjamin: and he numbered them from twenty years. Num. 1.3. old and above, and found them three hundred thousand choice men, able to go forth to war, that could handle spear and shield.

6 He hired also an hundred thousand mighty men of valour out of Israel for an hundred talents of silver.

7 But there came a man of God to him, saying, O king, let not the army of Israel go with thee; for the LORD is not with Israel, to wit, with all the children of Ephraim.

8 But if thou wilt go, do it, be strong for the battle: God shall make thee fall before the enemy: for God hath power to help, and to cast down. ch. 20. 6. 9 And Amaziah said to the man of