Rehoboam's wives and children CHRIST 974. a ch. 12, 1. a c CHAPTER XII....XIII. 18 And Rehoboam took him Mahalath the daugh11 Kings ter of Jerimoth the son of David to wife, and Abihail the daughter of Eliab the son of Jesse; 15, His reign and death. CHRIST 971. † Heb. also in Judah, Before made Rehoboam the son of Solomon strong, three { 12 And when he humbled himself, the wrath of the Before years for three years they walked in the way of LORD turned from him, that he would not destroy him David and Solomon. altogether: † and also in Judah things went well. 13 So king Rehoboam strengthened himself in good things Jerusalem, and reigned for Rehoboam was one and h forty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned Hos. 11, 12 Shama-seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the LORD had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel to put his name there. And his mother's name was Naamah, an Ammonitess. c chap. 11. 41 Kings 15, 2 19 Which bare him children; Jeush, and riah, and Zaham. d 20 And after her he took Maachah the daughter of Absalom, which bare him Abijah, and Attai, and Ziza, and Shelomith. e 14 And he did evil, because he prepared not his heart to "seek the LORD. 21 And Rehoboam loved Maachah the daughter of Gen. 22, Absalom above all his wives and his concubines: { Kings 11, (for he took eighteen wives, and threescore concubines; and begat twenty and eight sons and three-et, score daughters.) 22 And Rehoboam made Abijah the son of MaaDeut. 21. ehah the chief, to be ruler among his brethren: for he thought to make him king. 15, 1 | Heb. he unde stood an 23 And he dealt † wisely, and dispersed of all his dispersed children throughout all the countries of Judah and g Gen. 25, Benjamin, unto every fenced city; and he gave them victual in abundance. And he desired many wives. 6. verse 11. 972. Rehoboam, forsaking the Lord, is punished by Shishak. 15 Now the acts of Rehoboam, first and last, are they not written in the book of Shemaiah the prophand of Iddo the seer, concerning genealogies? And there were wars between Rehoboam and Jero- 12, 22. boam continually. versc 5. 16 And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was y ch. 9, 29. buried in the city of David: and Abijah his son 1 Kings 2 reigned in his stead. AND it came to pass, when Rehoboam had estab-name also was Michaiah, the daughter of Uriel of lished the kingdom, and had strengthened Gibeah ;) and there was war between Abijah and ch. 11,17. himself, he "forsook the law of the LORD, and all Jeroboam. b Deut. 32, Israel with him. 15. Prov. 2, 15. 10. 3 And Abijah set the battle in array with an 2 And it came to pass, that, in the fifth year of Re- army of valiant men of war, even four hundred thou- ling 2 Tim. 4,10. hoboam, Shishak king of Egypt came up against sand chosen men: Jeroboam also set the battle in dc. 14, 9. Jerusalem, because they had transgressed against array against him with eight hundred thousand chosen d the LORD, men, being mighty men of valour. 5 Ought you not to know, that the LORD God of Israel gave the kingdom over Israel to David for ever, 12, 13, 16. even to him and to his sons by a covenant of salt?h Num. 12, 5 Then came Shemaiah the prophet to Rehoboam, 6 Yet Jeroboam the son of Nebat, the servant of 1 Jer. 5, 10. and to the princes of Judah that were gathered to-Solomon, the son of David, is risen up, and hath gether to Jerusalem because of Shishak, and said unto rebelled against his lord. them, Thus saith the LORD, Ye have forsaken me, ch. 15, 2. and therefore have I also left you in the hand of Shishak. 6 Whereupon the princes of Israel and the king 1P78, 54.1 humbled themselves; and they said, The LORD is k Isa. 39,8. righteous. 9 Have ye not cast out the priests of the LORD, p1 Kings the sons of Aaron, and the Levites, and have made 12, 28. you priests after the manner of the nations of other q ch.11, 14. lands? so that whosoever cometh to' consecrate him- 1 Kings self with a young bullock and seven rams, the same 15, 33. may be a priest of them that are no gods. 10 But as for us, the LORD is "our God, and we have not forsaken him; and the priests which minister unto the LORD, are the sons of Aaron, and the Levites wait upon their business; 11 And they buru unto the LORD, every morning and every evening, burnt-sacrifices and sweet incense: the shew-bread also set they in order upon the pure table; and the candlestick of gold with the lamps thereof, to burn every evening for we keep the charge of the LORD our God; but ye have forsaken him. s Ex. 29, 15. Num. 23, 1. Micah 6, 7. Mark 7, 4. 1 Rom. 8, 31 u 1 Kings 15, 3. x chap. 2 II. CHRONICLES. 12 And, behold, God himself is with us for our captain, and his priests with sounding trumpets to cry alarm against you. O children of Israel, fight ye not against the LORD God of your fathers; for you shall not prosper. a 13 But Jeroboam caused an ambushment to come a Josh. 8,4 about behind them: so they were before Judah, and Prov. 21,30. the ambushment was behind them. b 1 Kings 22, 32. 14 And when Judah looked back, behold, the battle was before and behind: and they cried unto the LORD, and the priests sounded with the trumpets. 15 Then the men of Judah gave a shout: and as c ch. 14 12 the men of Judah shouted, it came to pass, that God smote Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah. d c 16 And the children of Israel fled before Judah; 4 Ps. 3,8. and God delivered them into their hand. 17 And Abijah and his people slew them with a great slaughter: so there fell down slain of Israel five e Ps. 33, 16. hundred thousand chosen men. ↑ Heb. humbled, Judg. 8, 28. Ps. 106, 42 e 18 Thus the children of Israel were brought under at that time, and the children of Judah prevailed, because they'relied upon the LORD God of their fathers. 19 And Abijah pursued after Jeroboam, and took cities from him; & Beth-el with the towns thereof, and Jeshanah with the towns thereof, and Ephraim with Kings 12, the towns thereof. f 1 Chr. 5, 20. 23. 91, 2, 3. Gen. 12, 8. 20 Neither did Jeroboam recover strength again in he died. 1. Sam. 25, the days of Abijah: and the LORD struck him and 32. Ezek.24, 16. i 21 But Abijah waxed mighty, and married fourteen wives, and begat twenty and two sons, and sixteen daughters. 22 And the rest of the acts of || Abijah, and his ways, and his sayings, are written in the story of the prophet Iddo. 11 And Asa cried unto the LORD his God, and Josh. 15, said, LORD, it is " nothing with thee to help, whether with many, or with them that have no power: help us, O LORD our God; for we rest on thee, and in thy s. name we go against this multitude. O LORD, thou art our God; let not man prevail P against thee. 12 So the LORD smote the Ethiopians before Asa, and before Judah; and the Ethiopians fled. 13 And Asa, and the people that were with him, 13. 22, 4. pursued them unto Gerar; and the Ethiopians were Prov. 18,10 overthrown, that they could not recover themselves; rZech. 2, for they were destroyed before the LORD, and before his host: and they carried away very much spoil. S s. 62, 11. o' Sam. 17, 45. Acts 9, 4. q ch. 13, 15, r 14 And they smote all the cities round about Gerar: Gen. 20,1. for the fear of the LORD came upon them: and theys Gen. 55,5 spoiled all the cities; for there was exceeding much spoil in them. 41. 15 They smote also the tents of cattle, and car- 11 Chr. 4, ried away sheep and camels in abundance, and returned to " Jerusalem. CHAPTER XV. Asa and Judah make a covenant with God. a u ch. 20, 27 a AND the Spirit of God came upon Azariah the 221, son of Oded: c b b ch. 14, 13. 1. 2 And he went out to meet Asa, and said unto him, Hear ye me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin: Deut. 20, The LORD is with you while ye be with him: and if ye seek him, he will be found of you; but if ye forsake him, he will forsake you. d 3 Now for a long season Israel hath been without the true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law: 4 But when they a their trouble did turn unto the So Abijah * slept with his fathers, and they buried LORD God of Israel, and sought him, he was found him in the city of David; and Asa his son reigned Kings in his stead. In his days the land was quiet ten d Jer. 29, 13 e Isa. 55, 6 fch. 12, 3 g Ps. 71,9 h ch. 12, 13 k 1 Kings 5 And in those times there was no peace to him ich. 12, 17. that went out, nor to him that came in, but great vexations were upon all the inhabitants of the countries. 11, 10, 11. 6 And 'nation was destroyed of nation, and city of {city: for God did vex them with all adversity. n m 7 Be ye strong, therefore, and let not your hands be weak: " for your work shall be rewarded. 4 And commanded Judah' to seek the LORD God 81 And when Asa heard these words, and the Kings 15, of their fathers, and to do the law and the command-prophecy of Oded the prophet, he took courage, and & 15, 27. & 16, 8, 15 ] ! Kings 121. ch. 12, 15. & 15, 17. 9 And he gathered all Judah and Benjamin, and t the strangers with them out of Ephraim and Manas- 2 Kings 23, seh, and out of Simeon: (for they fell to him out of is. Israel in abundance, when they saw that the LORD o ch. 13, 19. his God was with him :) p1 Kings 8, 7 Therefore he said unto Judah, Let us build these cities, and make about them walls and towers, gates and bars, while the land is yet before us; because we have sought the LORD our God, we have sought him, 10 So they gathered themselves together at Jeruand he hath given us rest on every side. So they built,salem in the third month, in the fifteenth year of the Kings 6, and prospered. reign of Asa. 8 And Asa had an army of men that bare targets and spears, out of Judah three hundred thousand, and out of Benjamin, that bare shields and † drew bows, 1 Chr. 3, 18. two hundred and fourscore thousand all these were mighty men of valour. & & 40. 9 And there came out against them Zerah the S r ch. 30, 25. 11 And they offered unto the LORD the same time, PS4, of the spoil which they had brought, seven hundred oxen, and seven thousand sheep. s Esth. 8, 9. 13. 12 And they entered into a covenant to seek the Gen. 16 LORD God of their fathers with all their heart and with all their soul ; a ch. 13, 19. 17, 2 16 And also concerning Maachah the mother of Asa the king, he removed her from being queen, because she had made an idol in a grove: and Asa out down her idol, and stamped it, and burnt it at the brook Kidron. Jehoshaphut's good reign. 12 And Asa, in the thirty and ninth year of his reign, was diseased in his feet, until his disease was exceeding great: yet in his disease he sought not to the LORD, but to the physicians. Before CHRIST 914. r 1 Chr. 10, 14. 13 And || Asa slept with his fathers, and died in the 1 That is, one and fortieth year of his reign. Healing, 14 And they buried him in his own sepulchres, which 14, 15, he had made for himself in the city of David, and laid him in the bed which was filled with sweet odours & Gem. 50, 2. and divers kinds of spices prepared by the apothecaries' art; and they made a very great burning for Jer. 34,5. him. CHAPTER XVII. Jehoshaphat succeeding Asa, reigneth and prospereth. 17 But the high places were not taken away out of AND Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his stead, F 145 Israel: nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days. 18 And he brought into the house of God the things that his father had dedicated, and that he himself had dedicated, silver, and gold, and vessels. 19 And there was no more war unto the five and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa. Asa diverteth Baasha from building of Ramah. the six and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa, Baasha king of Israel came up against Judah, and built Ramah, to the intent that he might let none go e EL 2 2 out or come in to Asa king of Judah. ri 15, 2. 2 Then Asa brought out silver and gold out of the treasures of the house of the LORD and of the king's dch 14,11. house, and sent to Ben-hadad king of Syria, that dwelt at Damascus, saying, 3 There is a league between me and thee, as there was between my father and thy father: behold, I have sent thee silver and gold; go, break thy league with Baasha king of Israel, that he may depart from me. and strengthened himself against Israel. 2 And he placed forces in all the fenced cities of Judah, and set garrisons in the land of Judah, and in the cities of Ephraim, which Asa his father had taken. That is, is julge, verses 3, 4. a ch. 13, & 3 And the LORD was with Jehoshaphat, because, 31. he walked in the first ways of his father David, and sought not unto Baalim; c23am. 11, 4 But sought to the LORD God of his father, and d1 Kings walked in his commandments, and not after the 12, 2 doings of Israel: 25. 5 Therefore the LORD stablished the kingdom in 2 Som. 7, his hand; and all Judah brought to Jehoshaphat pres- 1971. ents; and he had riches and honour in abundance. 6 And his heart was lifted up in the ways of the LORD: moreover, he took away the "high places and groves out of Judah. 1. Kings 10, 2 ch. 4, 26 Ezra 10,4 John, 17. h1 Kings 7 Also, in the third year of his rcign, he sent to his princes, even to Ben-hail, and to Obadiah, and to 15,4 Zechariah, and to Nethaneel, and to Michaiah, to iIsa. 49, 23. teach in the cities of Judah. k Isa. 60, 13 8 And with them he sent 'Levites, even Shemaiah, I Neh. 8, 7. 4 And Ben-hadad hearkened unto king Asa, and and Nethaniah, and Zebadiah, and Asahel, and Shesent the captains of his armies against the cities of miramoth, and Jehonathan, and Adonijah, and ToIsrael; and they smote Ijon, and Dan, and Abel-bijah, and Tob-adonijah, Levites; and with them f1 Kings 3, maim, and all the 'store-cities of Naphtali. Elishaina and Jehoram, priests. 5 And it came to pass, when Baasha heard it, that he left off building of Ramah, and let his work cease. 6 Then Asa the king took all Judah; and they carried away the stones of Ramah, and the timber thereof, wherewith Baasha was a building; and he built therewith Geba and Mizpah. 7 And at that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah, and said unto him, Because thou' hast Jer. 17,5 relied on the king of Syria, and not relied on the LORD thy God, therefore is the host of the king of Syria escaped out of thy hand. 9 For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughPPL 19, 25, out the whole earth, to shew himself strong in the 14 And these are the numbers of them, according q ch. 11.1. behalf of them whose heart is perfect towards him.tothe house of their fathers: Of Judah, the captains r ch. 13, 5 Herein thou hast done foolishly; therefore from of thousands; Adnah the chief, and with him mighty henceforth thou shalt have wars. men of valour three hundred thousand. à 1 Sam. 2, 30. ch. 17, 12. Mat. 6, 33. 1 Tim. 4, 8. b 2 Kings 3, 18 22, 3. 22, 4. 19 These waited on the king, besides those whom? the king put in the fenced cities throughout all Judah. CHAPTER XVIII. NOW a Micaiah's prophecy. and the LORD said, These have no master; let them I 18 Again he said, Therefore, hear the word of the LORD; I saw the LORD sitting upon his throne and all the host of heaven standing on his right hand, and on his left. Before CHRIST 897. o Ps. 105, 20, 21. & 148, 2. Jehoshaphat goeth with Ahab against Ramoth-gilead. OW Jehoshaphat had riches and honour in abundance, and joined affinity with Ahab. 2 And after certain years he went down to Ahab to Samaria and Ahab killed sheep and oxen for him in abundance, and for the people that he had with him, 20 Then there came out P a spirit, and stood before p2 Cor. 12 and persuaded him to go up with him to Ramoth-the LORD, and said, I will entice him. And the LORD 2 Thess. 2, gilead. said unto him, Wherewith? 21 And he said, I will go out, and the mouth of all his prophets. said, Thou shalt entice him, and thou shalt also prevail: go out, and do even so. 19 And the LORD said, Who shall entice Ahab Dan. 7, 10 king of Israel, that he may go up and fall at Ramothgilead? And one spake, saying after this manner, and another saying after that manner. d 3 And Ahab king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat Kings king of Judah, Wilt thou go with me to Ramoth-in gilead? And he answered him, I am as thou art, and my people as thy people; and we will be with thee in the war. e ch. 14 1. 4 And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, Inquire, I pray thee, at the word of the LORD to-day. 5 Therefore the king of Israel gathered together of} prophets & four hundred men, and said unto them, Shall we go to Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall I forEzek. 13, bear? And they said, Go up; " for God will deliver it into the king's hand. 2 Kings 22, 6. h 3. 22 Now therefore, behold, the LORD hath put a lying spirit in the mouth of these thy prophets, and the 37 LORD hath spoken evil against thee. 23 Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near, and smote Micaiah upon the cheek, and said, Which way went the Spirit of the LORD from me to speak unto thee? 24 And Micaiah said, Behold, thou shalt see on that day when thou shalt go into an inner chamber to hide thyself. q Ps. 109, Mat. 6, 15. 2 Thess. 2 11. r Judg. 2, Amos 3, 6 Rom 1, 24 s Jer. 20, 2. Mark 14,6 c Acts 23, 2. t Mat. 2, 16 25 Then the king of Israel said, Take ye Micaiah, kom. 7, 23 and carry him back to Amon the governor of the city, and to Joash the king's son; 26 And say, Thus saith the king, Put this fellow uJer. 37,15. in the "prison, and feed him with bread of afflic- Mat. 14, & tion and with water of affliction, until I return in 8 And the king of Israel called for one of his offi-peace. 9 And the king of Israel, and Jehoshaphat king of 10 And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah had made him 'horns of iron, and said, Thus saith the LORD, With these thou shalt push Syria until they be consumed. 11 And all the prophets prophesied so, saying, Go k. Prov. 24, up to Ramoth-gilead, and prosper; for the LORD shall deliver it into the hand of the king. 21, 25. 1 Kings 22, 27. 33 And a certain man drew a bow at a venture, and smote the king of Israel † between the joints of tween the the harness: therefore he said to his chariot-man, buckles and Turn thy hand, that thou mayest carry me out of mail. the host; for I am wounded. 34 And the battle increased that day: howbeit the king of Israel stayed himself up in his chariot against the Syrians until the even; and about the time of the 25. sun going down he died. 2 And Jehu, the son of Hanani the seer, went out to meet him, and said to king Jehoshaphat, Shouldest thou help the ungodly, and love them that hate the LORD? therefore is wrath upon thee from bePs. 15,4 fore the LORD. cil. 18, 3. & 139, 21. 3 Nevertheless, there are good things found in thee, in that thou hast taken away the "groves out of fch. 18, 31 the land, and hast prepared thy heart to seek God. 4 And Jehoshaphat dwelt at Jerusalem: and he went out again through the people, from Beersheba to mount Ephraim, and brought them back unto the LORD God of their fathers. g Neb. 9, a. k Luke 12, 43. b ch. 17, 6. i Ezra 7, 10. 1 5 And he set judges in the land, throughout all k ch. 17, 7. the fenced cities of Judah, city by city, 11 Kings 19, 3. 6 And said to the judges, Take heed what ye do: for ye judge not for man, but for the LORD, who is m P. 82, 1, with you in the judgment. 2. m His prayer. {not power and might, so that " none is able to with- Before stand thee? CHRIST 896. n 2s. 62, 11. o Gen. 17,7 7 Art not thou our God, who didst drive out the inhabitants of this land before thy people Israel, and gavest it to the seed of Abraham thy friend for ever? 8 And they dwelt therein, and have built theeap Ps. 44, 2 sanctuary therein for thy name, saying, q Isa. 41, 8 3. 9 If, when evil cometh upon us, as the sword, r Ps. 74, 6. judgment, or pestilence, or famine, we stand before s 1 Kings 5, this house, and in thy presence, (for thy name is in this house,) and cry unto thee in our affliction, then 1 Kings 8, thou wilt hear and help. 10 And now, behold, the children of Ammon, and Moab, and mount Seir, whom thou "wouldest not let Israel invade, when they came out of the land of Egypt, but they turned from them, and destroyed them not; 11 Behold, I say, how they reward us, to come to cast us out of thy possession, which thou hast given us to inherit. 12 O our God, wilt thou not judge them? for we 7 Wherefore now, let the fear of the LORD behave no might against this great company that cometh z Deut. $2, Neh. 5,15. upon you; take heed and do it: for there is no in-against us; neither know we what to do: but our 36. Rom. 9,14. iquity with the LORD our God, nor respect of persons, eyes are upon thee. nor taking of gifts. 13 And all Judah stood before the LORD, with Isa. 45, 22. 8 Moreover, in Jerusalem did Jehoshaphat set of their little ones, their wives, and their children. p ch. 17, the P Levites, and of the priests, and of the chief of 14 Then upon Jahaziel, the son of Zechariah, the fathers of Israel, for the judgment of the LORD, the son of Benaiah, the son of Jciel, the son of Mattaand for controversies, when they returned to Jeru-niah, a Levite, of the sons of Asaph, came the Spirit Song 3, 5. salem. of the LORD in the midst of the congregation; d Dan. 9,20, 15 And he said, Hearken ye, all Judah, and ye. Num. 11, inhabitants of Jerusalem, and thou king Jehoshaphat; Thus saith the LORD unto you, 'Be not afraid nor dismayed by reason of this great multitude; for the battle is not yours, but God's. 18 And Jehoshaphat 'bowed his head, with his ch. 15, 2. face to the ground: and all Judah and the inhabitants 1 Ex. 4,51. of Jerusalem fell before the LORD, worshipping the LORD. It came to pass after this also, that the childrenofites, and of the children of the Korites, stood up P them other besides the Ammonites, came against 22. 19 And the Levites of the children of the "Kohath- 1 Chr. 6, to praise the LORD God of Israel with a loud voice on high. 20 I 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; Believe in the LORD your God, so shall you 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 that should praise the beauty of holiness as they went out before the army, and to say, 'Praise the LORD; for his mercy endureth for ever. n 2 Samuel o Isa. 7, 9. 11. r ch. 13, 1. s Ex. 15, 11. Ps. 136, 1.1 u 2 Kings 35. 22 And when they began to sing and to praise, the 6, 17.& 19, LORD set" ambushments against the children of Ammon, Moab, and mount Seir, which were come against Judah; and they were smitten. Ps. 35, 5, 6. x Judg. 7, 1 Sam. I 22. 23 For the children of Ammon and Moab * stood 20. |