Screnty of Ahab's sons beheaded. Before CHRIST rir. 834. a 1 Kings 21, 21. b chap. 5, 6. 14 CHAPTER X. CHAPTER X. CHRIST Baal's prophets slain. 16 And he said, Come with me, and see my zeal Before Jehu by his letters causeth seventy of Ahab's children to be for the LORD. So they made him ride in his chariot. Cir. 1984. 17 And when he came to Samaria, he slew all that 19, 19. remained unto Ahab in Samaria, till he had destroy 11 ed him, according to the saying of the LORD, which 22 he spake to Elijah. beheaded. AND Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria. And b 18 And Jehu gathered all the people together, and 2 Now, as soon as this letter cometh to you, see-said unto them, Ahab served Baal a little, but Jehu ing your master's sons are with you, and there are shall serve him much. with you chariots and horses, a fenced city also, and Deut. 17, armour, 1 Sam. 11, 15. 25. 27. d 3 Look even out the best and meetest of your master's sons, and set him on his father's throne, and 1 Kings 2, fight for your master's house. 19 Now therefore call unto me all the prophets of Baal, all his servants, and all his priests; let none Job 13, 7. be wanting: for I have a great sacrifice to do to Baal: Phil. 48. whosoever shall be wanting, he shall not live. But a1 Kings Jehu did it in subtilty, to the intent that he might de- 22, 4 But they were exceedingly afraid, and said, Be-stroy the worshippers of Baal. hold, two kings stood not before 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 Kings 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. 20, 4. g Ex. 26, 5 Be Prov. 15, 17. 6 Then he wrote a letter the second time 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 seventy i verse 14 persons, and put their heads in baskets, and sent him them to Jezreel. 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 d end to another. 22 And he said unto him that was over the vestry, mouth to Bring forth vestments for all the worshippers of Baal. And he brought them forth vestments. 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. Joel3, 2. Rev. 16, 16 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 1 Kings into your hands escape, he that letteth him go, 'his life 20, 39, 40. shall be for the life of him. 25 And it came to pass, as soon as he had made 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 g Ezek. 2, edge of the sword; and the guard and the captains cast them out, and went to the city of the house of Baal. 26 And they brought forth the images out of the house of Baal, and burned them. 30 And the LORD said unto Jehu, Because thou hast done well in executing that which is right in 18, 26. mine eyes, and hast done unto the house of Ahab ac-n: Kings cording to all that was in mine heart, thy children of 12,28. the fourth generation shall sit on the throne of Israel. o 1 Kings 31 But Jehu† took no heed to walk in the law of 14 And he said, 'Take them alive. And they took the LORD God of Israel with all his heart: for he Pilos. 1, them alive, and slew them at the pit of the shearing-departed not from the sins of Jeroboam, which made avere house, even two and forty men: neither left he any of Israel to sin. them. 15 And when he was departed thence, he lighted on Jehonadab the son of Rechab, coming to meet him and he † saluted him, and said to him, Is thine heart right, as my heart is with thy heart? And Jehonadab 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. Athaliah destroyeth the king's seed. CHRIST CHRIST II. KINGS. Jehoiada restoreth the worship of God. Before he did, and all his might, are they not written in the of the hundreds, the officers of the host, and said Before ખ book of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel? unto them, Have her forth without the ranges; and him that followeth her kill with the sword. For the priest had said, Let her not be slain in the house of. the LORD. 35 And Jehu slept with his fathers; and they buried 61 Kings him in Samaria. And Jehoahaz his son reigned in his stead. 15, 28. m 7 And two parts of all you that go forth on the sabbath, even they shall keep the watch of the house of the LORD about the king. 878. y 1 Sam. 22, 7. Ezek. 30. Rev. 19,9 16 And they laid hands on her: and she went by the way by the which the horses came into the king's 20. house and there was she " slain. a a Judg. 1, 7, Mat. 7, 2. 17 And Jehoiada made a covenant between the Rev. 17. LORD and the king and the people, that they should & 19,20. be the LORD's people; between the king also and b Deut. 17, the people. d C 16. 2Sam.23,3 4. 18 And all the people of the land went into the ePs. 122. a house of Baal, and brake it down; his altars and his Rom. 13, 3, images brake they in pieces thoroughly, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. And the priest appointed officers over the house of the LORD. e d cl.. 10 26. 20. 19 And he took the rulers over hundreds, and the 21 Seven years old was Jehoash when he began 3 But the high places were not taken away: the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high 3 And ye shall compass the king round about, every places. man with his weapons in his hand: and he that cometh 4 And Jehoash said to the priests, All the money Within the ranges, let him be " slain : and be ye with of the † dedicated things that is brought into the house the king as he goeth out, and as he cometh in. of the LORD, even the money of every one that pass-holinesses, 9 And the captains over the hundreds did accord-eth the account, the money that every man is set at, ing to all things that Jehoiada the priest commanded: and all the money that 'cometh into any man's heart and they took every man his men that were to come to bring into the house of the LORD, in on the sabbath, with them that should go out on the sabbath, and came to Jehoiada the priest. 5 Let the priests take it to them, every man of his Exod. 25, 'acquaintance; and let them repair the breaches of the house, wheresoever any breach shall be found. 6 But it was so, that, in the three and twentieth year of king Jehoash, the priests had not repaired the 3, 14. 11 And the guard stood, every man with his wea-breaches of the house. pons in his hand, round about the king, from the right corner of the temple to the left corner of the temple, Kings along by the P altar and the temple. 12 And he brought forth the king's son, and put the crown upon him, and gave him the testimony: and they made him king, and anointed him; and they clapped their hands, and said, God † save the king. 13 And when Athaliah heard the noise of the guard Ps. 72, 15. and of the people, she came to the people into the tver. 2, 15. t temple of the LORD. 2 Chr. 23, 14 And when she looked, behold, the king stood by uch. 23, 3. a "pillar, as the manner was, and the princes and the 18.& 34, 3. trumpeters by the king; and all the people of the land 1 Kings rejoiced, and blew with trumpets: and Athaliah rent her clothes, and cried, Treason, treason! 12, 17, 18. verse 1 Mat. 7, 5. Rom 21,3 15 But Jehoiada the priest commanded the captains & 8, 25. 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 ge 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. Jehoash slain by his servants. CHAPTER XIII. Before told the money that was found in the house of the CHRIST LORD. 878. tch. 22, 5. s ch. 22, 6. Isa. 59, 12 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 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 Ezek. 22,50. buy timber and hewed stone to repair the breaches of the house of the LORD, and for all that was laid out 12 Chr. 24, for the house to repair it. ☐ 1 Kings 7, 50. 13 Howbeit, there were not made for the house of the LORD "bowls of silver, snuffers, basons, *trum1 Num. 10, pets, any vessels of gold, or vessels of silver, of the money that was brought into the house of the LORD: 14 But they gave that to the workmen,and repaired therewith the house of the LORD. 2 CHRIST 839. k ch. 8, 12 Joash's victories over Ber-hadad. but fifty horsemen, and ten chariots, and ten thousand Before 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 Amos 1,5 that he did, and his " might, are they not written in 11 Kings the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel? 9 And Jehoahaz" slept with his fathers; and they m1 Sam. buried him in Samaria: and Joash his son reigned in his stead. m 16, 27. Deut. 9, 12 1 Kings 21 ch. 20, 5. & 12 And the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that 25 he did, and his might wherewith he fought against 21,6. Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written in the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel? 13 And Joash slept with his fathers; and Jeroboam ' sat upon his throne: and Joash was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel. r 1 Kings 1 13. 14 1 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 Isa. 57, 1 my father, my father! the "chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof! Zech. 1, 5. 1 ch. 2, 12. u Job 22, 30. & 29, 8. Ezek. 22,39. 15 And Elisha said unto him, Take bow and Prov. 11,11. arrows: and he took unto him bow and arrows. 16 And he said to the king of Israel, † Put thine hand upon the bow: and he put his hand upon it; and Elisha put his hands upon the king's hands. 17 And he said, Open the window eastward: and x Gen. 45, he opened it. Then Elisha said, Shoot: and he shot. 21. And he said, The arrow of the LORD's deliverance, & 144,1 and the arrow of deliverance from Syria; for thou shalt smite the Syrians in Aphek till thou have con 21 For Jozachar the son of Shimeath, and Jeho-sumed them. zabad the son of Shomer, his servants, smote him, and he died; and they buried him with his fathers in 2 Chr. 24, the city of David: and Amaziah his son reigned in his stead. ⚫ ch. 8, 16. & 10, 29. verse 10. CHAPTER XIII. N the three and twentieth year of Joash, the son 1A aziate king of Judah, Jehoahaz, the son of 2 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, and followed the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which made Israel to sin; he departed not beut 4, therefrom. 21. Heh. 12, 29. 3 And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Judg. 2 Israel; and he delivered them into the hand of a. 10, 5, 6. Hazael king of Syria, and into the hand of Bendeh, 13. hadad the son of Hazael, all their days. e1 Kings 15, 18. d e 4 And Jehoahaz' besought the LORD. and the LORD hearkened unto him; for he saw the oppression of cir. 842. Israel, because the king of Syria oppressed them. (Ps. 76, 34. 18 And he said, Take the arrows: and he took them. And he said unto the king of Israel, Smite 10. upon the ground: and he smote thrice, and stayed. z Exod. 17, Isa. 38, 21. 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 1 And Elisha died, and they buried him. And cir. 898. the bands of the Moabites invaded the land at thech. 5, 2. coming in of the year. a ↑ Heb. and touched. 21 And it came to pass, as they were burying a man, that, behold, they spied a band of men; and then 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 1 But Hazael king of Syria oppressed Israel all the days of Jehoahaz. b Ezek. 37, Mat. 14, 3% 10. itev. 11, 11. e ch. 8, 13, 13. 23 And the LORD was gracious unto them, and had 15. compassion on them, and had respect unto them, be- d Exod. 32 cause of his covenant with Abrahain, Isaac, and Ps. 195, %. Jacob, and would not destroy them, neither cast he e Gen. 13, them from his presence as yet. 11. & 17, 7. & 26, 24. (1 Kings 17, 18 Amos 4, 6. ci. 839, f 5 (And the LORD gave Israel a saviour, so that Ex. 3, 7. they went out from under the hand of the Syrians: and 24 So Hazael the king of Syria died; and BenNeh. 8,21. the children of Israel dwelt in their tents as beforetime.hadad his son reigned in his stead. 6 Nevertheless they departed not from the sins of 25 And Jehoash, the son of Jehoahaz, took again, the house of Jeroboam, who made Israel sin, but walk-out of the hand of Ben-hadad the son of Hazael, the Deut. 7,5 ed therein: and there remained the 'grove also in cities which he had taken out of the hand of Jehoahaz is Kings 16, Samaria.) his father by war: three times did Joash beat him, 7 Neither did he leave of the people to Jehoahazand recovered the cities of Israel. g versos 19 19. f f 1 Kings 2, 5 And it came to pass, as soon as the kingdom was ' confirmed in his hand, that he slew his servants Num. 5, which had slain the king his father. g 33. h ch. 12, 20. k 6 But the children of the murderers he slew not: i verse 3 according unto that which is written in the book of k Deut. 24, the law of Moses, 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 fa1 ch. 8, 22. thers; but every man shall be put to death for his 2 Ctr. 25, OWn sin. 16. 7 He' slew of " Edom, in the valley of Salt, ten n Gen. 14,7. thousand, and took || Selah by war, and called the P. 60, title. name of it || Joktheel unto this day. 2 Sam. 8,13. o 2 Chr. 25, 12. ! That is, The rock, Isa. 16, 1. Obedience of God, Chr. 25. 8 Then Amaziah sent messengers to Jeboash, the son of Jehoahaz, son of Jehu king of Israel, saying, P Come, let us look one another in the face. S 9 And Jehoash the king of Israel sent to Amaziah That is 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 Lebanon, and trode p1 Sam. 14, down the thistle. 10. 18. eir. 826. q ver. 11. ch. 23, 29. 10 Thou hast indeed smitten Edom, and thine heart hath lifted thee up: glory of this, and tarry at home; for why shouldest thou "meddle to thy hurt, that && thou shonldest fall, even thou, and Judah with thee? Judg. 9, 8. $ 1 Kings 4, 39. 24 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD he departed not" from all the " sins of Jero- och. 13, 25 boam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin. p Num. 54, 25 He restored the coast of Israel from the enter- Jon. 1, 1. ing of Hamath unto the sea of the plain, according to Mat. 12, 39. the word of the LORD God of Israel, which he spaker Josh. 19. by the hand of his servant Jonah, the son of Amittai, the prophet, which was of Gath-hepher. 28 Now the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, and all 6, 9., that he did, and his might, how he warred, and how x 2 Sam. & he recovered Damascus, and Hamath, which be- 6. longed to Judah, for Israel, are they not written in y Amos 6. the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel? z 1 Kings 29 And Jeroboam slept with his fathers, even with 12,21. the kings of Israel; and || Zachariah his son reigned from Jeh in his stead. 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 Bethshemesh, 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 &21, 16. Beth-shemesh, and came to Jerusalem, and brake Pr. 16, 18. down the wall of Jerusalem, from the "gate of Ephraim unto the corner-gate, four hundred cubits. Nel 8, 16. 14 And he took all the gold and silver, and all the Zech. 14, vessels that were found in the house of the LORD,{ and in the treasures of the king's house, and hostages, Kings, and returned to Samaria. cir. 825. 15 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoash which he did, in his might, and how he fought with Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written in the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel? e b 13. c 2 Chr. 26, 2 Sixteen years old was he when he began to g reign, and he reigned two and fifty years in Jeru- d 2 Chr. 26, salem: and his mother's name was Jecholiah of Jeru- 1,3. salem. e e ch. 14, 2. 3 And he did that which was right in the sight of 2 Chr. 26,3 the LORD, according to all that his father Amaziah (1 Kings had done; 13, 14. 25. 4 Save that the high places were not removed: 1 Kings 9, the people sacrificed and burnt incense still on the Isa. 56, 9, high places. LORD smote the king, so that he was 5 And the 10. hJob 54,19 i Num. 12, 10. a leper unto the day of his death, and dwelt in 16 758. 6 And the rest of the acts of Azariah, and all that Heb. he did, are they not written in the book of the Chron-house of icles of the kings of Judah? freedom, Lev. 13, 46 k 2 Chr 15, 16 And Jehoash slept with his fathers, and was 7 So Azariah 'slept with his fathers; and they buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel; and Je-buried him with his fathers in the city of David: and 5. Kings 2, roboam his son reigned in his stead. Jotham his son reigned in his stead. 17 And Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death of Jehoash, son of Jehoahaz king f King of Israel, fifteen years. 14, 18, 19. 18 And the rest of the acts of Amaziah, are they 11 Kings 2, 81 In the thirty and eighth year of Azariah king 10 of Judah, did Zachariah the son of Jeroboam reign m2chr. 24, over Israel in Samaria" six months. 9 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the 25. 26, 23. n cerse 18 The reigns of Menahem, Pekahiah, Before CHRIST CHAPTER XVI. Pekah, Hoshea, Jotham, &c. Before LORD, as his fathers had done: he departed not from Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, and took 'Ijon, and the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Abel-beth-maachah, and "Janoah, and Kedesh, and Israel to sin. Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and carried them captive to Assyria. CHRIST cir. 772. o chap. 10, 31. & 13, 2, 10 And Shallum the son of Jabesh conspired 11.& 14, 24. against him, and smote him before the people, and p1 Kings slew him, and reigned in his stead. 16, 3. 11 And the rest of the acts of Zachariah, behold, they are written in the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel. 759. k 2 Chr. 23, 20. 30 And Hoshea the son of Elah made a conspiracy against Pekah the son of Remaliah, and smote 1 Kings him, and slew him, and reigned in his stead, in the twentieth year of Jotham the son of Uzziah. 15, 20. m Josh. 15, 6. 740. o Josh. 11, 31 And the rest of the acts of Pekah, and all that Judg. 4,6. 12 This was the word of the LORD which he spake he did, behold, they are written in the book of the unto Jehu, saying, Thy sons shall sit on the throne of Is-Chronicles of the kings of Israel. rael unto the fourth generation. And so it came to pass. 32 I In the second year of Pekah the son of Re- 10. 13 Shallum the son of Jabesh began to reign in maliah king of Israel, began Jotham the son of p Gen. 31, the nine and thirtieth year of Uzziah king of Judah; Uzziah king of Judah to reign. and he reigned a full month in Samaria. 14 For Menahem the son of Gadi went up from Tirzah, and came to Samaria, and smote Shallum the son of Jabesh in Samaria, and slew him, and reigned in his stead. y 15 And the rest of the acts of Shallum, and the conspiracy which he made, behold, they are written in the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel. 16 Then Menahem smote Tiphsah, and all that were therein, and the coast thereof from Tirzah: because they opened not to him, therefore he smote it; and all the women therein that were with child he ripped up. a 17 In the nine and thirtieth year of Azariah king Kings of Judah, began Menahem the son of Gadi to reign over Israel, and reigned ten years in Samaria. 16, 29. 61 Kings 15, 2 771. ch. 17, 6 1 Chr. 5, 26. 1 About three hun dred seventy and five thousand pounds. b 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 a thousand talents of silver, that his hand might be with him, to "confirm the kingdom in his hand. 37 In those days the LORD began to send against Judah, Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah. y ch. 11, 6. cir. 742. z (sa. 10, 5 a ch. 10, 32 & 16, 5. Isa. 7, 1. Hosea 5, 12, 38 And Jotham slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father: 14 and Ahaz his son reigned in his stead. CHAPTER XVI. 20 And Menahem exacted the money of Israel, IN the seventeenth year of Pekah the son of Rema even of all the mighty men of wealth, of each man fifty shekels of silver, to give to the king of Assyria: so the cking of Assyria turned back, and stayed not there in the land. 22 And Menahem slept with his fathers: and Pekahiah his son reigned in his stead. 23 In the fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah, Pekahiah the son of Menahem began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned two years. 24 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD; he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin. 25 But Pekah the son of Remaliah, a captain of Kings, his, conspired against him, and smote him in Samaria, ver. 10. 14 in the palace of the king's house, with Argob and Arieh, and with hin nfty men of the Gileadites: and he killed him, and reigned in his room. Isa. 7, 1. 11 Kings 14, 19. 26 And the rest of the acts of Pekahiah, and all that he did, behold, they are written in the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel. 27 In the two and fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah, Pekah the son of Remaliah began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned twenty years. 28 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD; he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin. 29 In the days of Pekah king of Israel, came 3 But he walked in the way of the kings of Israel; 1,1. yea, and made his son to pass through the fire, ac- d Lev. 18, cording to the abominations of the heathen, whom the P10, 57 LORD cast out from before the children of Israel. e Lev. 26, 4 And he sacrificed and burnt incense in the high 50. places, and on the hills, and under every green tree. 14, 25. 5 Then Rezin king of Syria, and Pekah son of Re- g Den. 12, maliah king of Israel, came up to Jerusalem to war: and they besieged Ahaz, but could not overcome him. Kings 6 At that time Rezin king of Syria recovered Elath 2.7,16 to Syria, and drave the Jews from ' Elath: and the Syrians came to Elath, and dwelt there unto this day. 14, 22 7 So Ahaz sent messengers to 'Tiglath-pileser king k2Chr. 28 of Assyria, saying, I am thy servant, and thy son: come up and save me out of the hand of the king of Syria, and out of the hand of the king of Israel, 13. which rise up against me. |