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2 Kings
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Now when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was
dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal.
But Jehosheba, the daughter of king Joram, sister of Ahaziah,
took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him away from among the
king’s sons who were slain, even him and his nurse, and put
them in the bedroom; and they hid him from Athaliah, so that
he was not slain;
He was with her hidden in the house of Yahweh six years.
Athaliah reigned over the land.
In the seventh year Jehoiada sent and fetched the captains over
hundreds of the Carites and of the guard, and brought them to
him into the house of Yahweh; and he made a covenant with them,
and took an oath of them in the house of Yahweh, and showed them
the king’s son.
He commanded them, saying, “This is the thing that you shall do:
a third part of you, who come in on the Sabbath, shall be
keepers of the watch of the king’s house;
A third part shall be at the gate Sur; and a third part at the
gate behind the guard. So you shall keep the watch of the house,
and be a barrier.
The two companies of you, even all who go out on the Sabbath,
shall keep the watch of the house of Yahweh around the king.
You shall surround the king, every man with his weapons in his
hand; and he who comes within the ranks, let him be slain. Be
with the king when he goes out, and when he comes in.”
The captains over hundreds did according to all that Jehoiada
the priest commanded; and they took every man his men, those who
were to come in on the Sabbath, with those who were to go out on
the Sabbath, and came to Jehoiada the priest.
The priest delivered to the captains over hundreds the spears
and shields that had been king David’s, which were in the house
of Yahweh.
The guard stood, every man with his weapons in his hand, from
the right side of the house to the left side of the house, along
by the altar and the house, around the king.
Then he brought out the king’s son, and put the crown on him,
and gave him the testimony; and they made him king, and
anointed him; and they clapped their hands, and said, “Long live
the king!”
When Athaliah heard the noise of the guard and of the
people, she came to the people into the house of Yahweh:
and she looked, and behold, the king stood by the pillar, as the
tradition was, and the captains and the trumpets by the king;
and all the people of the land rejoiced, and blew trumpets. Then
Athaliah tore her clothes, and cried, “Treason! Treason!”
Jehoiada the priest commanded the captains of hundreds who were
set over the army, and said to them, “Bring her out between the
ranks. Kill him who follows her with the sword.” For the priest
said, “Don’t let her be slain in the house of Yahweh.”
So they made way for her; and she went by the way of the horses’
entry to the king’s house. She was slain there.
Jehoiada made a covenant between Yahweh and the king and the
people, that they should be Yahweh’s people; between the king
also and the people.
All the people of the land went to the house of Baal, and broke
it down; his altars and his images broke they in pieces
thoroughly, and killed Mattan the priest of Baal before the
altars. The priest appointed officers over the house of Yahweh.
He took the captains over hundreds, and the Carites, and the
guard, and all the people of the land; and they brought down the
king from the house of Yahweh, and came by the way of the gate
of the guard to the king’s house. He sat on the throne of the
kings.
So all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was quiet.
Athaliah they had slain with the sword at the king’s house.
Jehoash was seven years old when he began to reign.
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In the seventh year of Jehu began Jehoash to reign; and he
reigned forty years in Jerusalem: and his mother’s name was
Zibiah of Beersheba.
Jehoash did that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh all his
days in which Jehoiada the priest instructed him.
However the high places were not taken away; the people still
sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.
Jehoash said to the priests, “All the money of the holy things
that is brought into the house of Yahweh, in current money, the
money of the persons for whom each man is rated, and all the
money that it comes into any man’s heart to bring into the house
of Yahweh,
let the priests take it to them, every man from his
acquaintance; and they shall repair the breaches of the house,
wherever any breach shall be found.”
But it was so, that in the three and twentieth year of king
Jehoash the priests had not repaired the breaches of the house.
Then king Jehoash called for Jehoiada the priest, and for the
other priests, and said to them, “Why don’t you repair the
breaches of the house? Now therefore take no more money from
your treasurers, but deliver it for the breaches of the house.”
The priests consented that they should take no more money
from the people, neither repair the breaches of the house.
But Jehoiada the priest took a chest, and bored a hole in its
lid, and set it beside the altar, on the right side as one comes
into the house of Yahweh: and the priests who kept the threshold
put therein all the money that was brought into the house of
Yahweh.
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 put
up in bags and counted the money that was found in the house of
Yahweh.
They gave the money that was weighed out into the hands of those
who did the work, who had the oversight of the house of Yahweh:
and they paid it out to the carpenters and the builders, who
worked on the house of Yahweh,
and to the masons and the stone cutters, and for buying timber
and cut stone to repair the breaches of the house of Yahweh, and
for all that was laid out for the house to repair it.
But there were not made for the house of Yahweh cups of silver,
snuffers, basins, trumpets, any vessels of gold, or vessels of
silver, of the money that was brought into the house of Yahweh;
for they gave that to those who did the work, and repaired
therewith the house of Yahweh.
Moreover they didn’t demand an accounting from the men into
whose hand they delivered the money to give to those who did the
work; for they dealt faithfully.
The money for the trespass offerings, and the money for the sin
offerings, was not brought into the house of Yahweh: it was the
priests’.
Then Hazael king of Syria went up, and fought against Gath, and
took it; and Hazael set his face to go up to Jerusalem.
Jehoash king of Judah took all the holy things that Jehoshaphat
and Jehoram and Ahaziah, his fathers, kings of Judah, had
dedicated, and his own holy things, and all the gold that was
found in the treasures of the house of Yahweh, and of the king’s
house, and sent it to Hazael king of Syria: and he went away
from Jerusalem.
Now the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, aren’t
they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of
Judah?
His servants arose, and made a conspiracy, and struck Joash at
the house of Millo, on the way that goes down to Silla.
For Jozacar the son of Shimeath, and Jehozabad the son of Shomer,
his servants, struck him, and he died; and they buried him with
his fathers in the city of David: and Amaziah his son reigned in
his place.
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In the three and twentieth year of Joash the son of Ahaziah,
king of Judah, Jehoahaz the son of Jehu began to reign over
Israel in Samaria, and reigned seventeen years.
He did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, and followed
the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, with which he made Israel
to sin; he didn’t depart from it.
The anger of Yahweh was kindled against Israel, and he delivered
them into the hand of Hazael king of Syria, and into the hand of
Benhadad the son of Hazael, continually.
Jehoahaz begged Yahweh, and Yahweh listened to him; for he saw
the oppression of Israel, how that the king of Syria oppressed
them.
(Yahweh gave Israel a savior, so that they went out from under
the hand of the Syrians; and the children of Israel lived in
their tents as before.
Nevertheless they didn’t depart from the sins of the house of
Jeroboam, with which he made Israel to sin, but walked therein:
and there remained the Asherah also in Samaria.)
For he didn’t leave to Jehoahaz of the people any more than
fifty horsemen, and ten chariots, and ten thousand footmen; for
the king of Syria destroyed them, and made them like the dust in
threshing.
Now the rest of the acts of Jehoahaz, and all that he did, and
his might, aren’t they written in the book of the chronicles of
the kings of Israel?
Jehoahaz slept with his fathers; and they buried him in Samaria:
and Joash his son reigned in his place.
In the thirty-seventh year of Joash king of Judah began Jehoash
the son of Jehoahaz to reign over Israel in Samaria, and
reigned sixteen years.
He did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh; he didn’t
depart from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, with
which he made Israel to sin; but he walked therein.
Now the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, and his
might with which he fought against Amaziah king of Judah, aren’t
they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of
Israel?
Joash slept with his fathers; and Jeroboam sat on his throne:
and Joash was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel.
Now Elisha was fallen sick of his sickness of which he died: and
Joash the king of Israel came down to him, and wept over him,
and said, “My father, my father, the chariots of Israel and its
horsemen!”
Elisha said to him, “Take bow and arrows;” and he took to him
bow and arrows.
He said to the king of Israel, “Put your hand on the bow;” and
he put his hand on it. Elisha laid his hands on the
king’s hands.
He said, “Open the window eastward;” and he opened it. Then
Elisha said, “Shoot!” and he shot. He said, “Yahweh’s arrow of
victory, even the arrow of victory over Syria; for you shall
strike the Syrians in Aphek, until you have consumed them.”
He said, “Take the arrows;” and he took them. He said to the
king of Israel, “Strike the ground;” and he struck three times,
and stopped.
The man of God was angry with him, and said, “You should have
struck five or six times. Then you would have struck Syria until
you had consumed it, whereas now you shall strike Syria just
three times.”
Elisha died, and they buried him. Now the bands of the Moabites
invaded the land at the coming in of the year.
It happened, as they were burying a man, that behold, they spied
a band; and they cast the man into the tomb of Elisha: and as
soon as the man touched the bones of Elisha, he revived, and
stood up on his feet.
Hazael king of Syria oppressed Israel all the days of Jehoahaz.
But Yahweh was gracious to them, and had compassion on them, and
had respect to them, because of his covenant with Abraham,
Isaac, and Jacob, and would not destroy them, neither cast he
them from his presence as yet.
Hazael king of Syria died; and Benhadad his son reigned in his
place.
Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz took again out of the hand of
Benhadad the son of Hazael the cities which he had taken out of
the hand of Jehoahaz his father by war. Three times did Joash
strike him, and recovered the cities of Israel.
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In the second year of Joash son of Joahaz king of Israel began
Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah to reign.
He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign; and he
reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem: and his mother’s name
was Jehoaddin of Jerusalem.
He did that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh, yet not like
David his father: he did according to all that Joash his father
had done.
However the high places were not taken away: the people still
sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.
It happened, as soon as the kingdom was established in his hand,
that he killed his servants who had slain the king his father:
but the children of the murderers he didn’t put to death;
according to that which is written in the book of the law of
Moses, as Yahweh 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 die for his own sin.”
He killed of Edom in the Valley of Salt ten thousand, and took
Sela by war, and called its name Joktheel, to this day.
Then Amaziah sent messengers to Jehoash, the son of Jehoahaz son
of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, “Come, let us look one another
in the face.”
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 your daughter to my son as wife.
Then a wild animal that was in Lebanon passed by, and trampled
down the thistle.
You have indeed struck Edom, and your heart has lifted you up.
Enjoy the glory of it, and stay at home; for why should you
meddle to your harm, that you should fall, even you, and Judah
with you?’”
But Amaziah would not listen. So Jehoash king of Israel went up;
and he and Amaziah king of Judah looked one another in the face
at Beth Shemesh, which belongs to Judah.
Judah was defeated by Israel; and they fled every man to his
tent.
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 broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of
Ephraim to the corner gate, four hundred cubits.
He took all the gold and silver, and all the vessels that were
found in the house of Yahweh, and in the treasures of the king’s
house, the hostages also, and returned to Samaria.
Now the rest of the acts of Jehoash which he did, and his might,
and how he fought with Amaziah king of Judah, aren’t they
written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
Jehoash slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria with
the kings of Israel; and Jeroboam his son reigned in his place.
Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death of
Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years.
Now the rest of the acts of Amaziah, aren’t they written in the
book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
They made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem; and he fled to
Lachish: but they sent after him to Lachish, and killed him
there.
They brought him on horses; and he was buried at Jerusalem with
his fathers in the city of David.
All the people of Judah took Azariah, who was sixteen years old,
and made him king in the place of his father Amaziah.
He built Elath, and restored it to Judah, after that the king
slept with his fathers.
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-one years.
He did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh: he didn’t
depart from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, with
which he made Israel to sin.
He restored the border of Israel from the entrance of Hamath to
the sea of the Arabah, according to the word of Yahweh, the God
of Israel, which he spoke by his servant Jonah the son of
Amittai, the prophet, who was of Gath Hepher.
For Yahweh saw the affliction of Israel, that it was very
bitter; for there was none shut up nor left at large, neither
was there any helper for Israel.
Yahweh didn’t say that he would blot out the name of Israel from
under the sky; but he saved them by the hand of Jeroboam the son
of Joash.
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 had belonged to Judah, for Israel, aren’t
they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of
Israel?
Jeroboam slept with his fathers, even with the kings of Israel;
and Zechariah his son reigned in his place.
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In the twenty-seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel began
Azariah son of Amaziah king of Judah to reign.
Sixteen years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned
fifty-two years in Jerusalem: and his mother’s name was Jecoliah
of Jerusalem.
He did that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh, according to
all that his father Amaziah had done.
However the high places were not taken away: the people still
sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.
Yahweh struck the king, so that he was a leper to the day of his
death, and lived in a separate house. Jotham the king’s son was
over the household, judging the people of the land.
Now the rest of the acts of Azariah, and all that he did, aren’t
they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of
Judah?
Azariah slept with his fathers; and they buried him with his
fathers in the city of David: and Jotham his son reigned in his
place.
In the thirty-eighth year of Azariah king of Judah did Zechariah
the son of Jeroboam reign over Israel in Samaria six months.
He did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, as his
fathers had done: he didn’t depart from the sins of Jeroboam the
son of Nebat, with which he made Israel to sin.
Shallum the son of Jabesh conspired against him, and struck him
before the people, and killed him, and reigned in his place.
Now the rest of the acts of Zechariah, behold, they are written
in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
This was the word of Yahweh which he spoke to Jehu, saying,
“Your sons to the fourth generation shall sit on the throne of
Israel.” So it came to pass.
Shallum the son of Jabesh began to reign in the thirty-ninth
year of Uzziah king of Judah; and he reigned for a month in
Samaria.
Menahem the son of Gadi went up from Tirzah, and came to
Samaria, and struck Shallum the son of Jabesh in Samaria, and
killed him, and reigned in his place.
Now the rest of the acts of Shallum, and his conspiracy which he
made, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of
the kings of Israel.
Then Menahem struck Tiphsah, and all who were therein, and its
borders, from Tirzah: because they didn’t open to him, therefore
he struck it; and all the women therein who were with child he
ripped up.
In the nine and thirtieth year of Azariah king of Judah began
Menahem the son of Gadi to reign over Israel, and reigned
ten years in Samaria.
He did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh: he didn’t
depart all his days from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat,
with which he made Israel to sin.
There came against the land Pul the king of Assyria; and Menahem
gave Pul one thousand talents of silver, that his hand might be
with him to confirm the kingdom in his hand.
Menahem exacted the money of Israel, even of all the mighty men
of wealth, of each man fifty shekels of silver, to give to the
king of Assyria. So the king of Assyria turned back, and didn’t
stay there in the land.
Now the rest of the acts of Menahem, and all that he did, aren’t
they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of
Israel?
Menahem slept with his fathers; and Pekahiah his son reigned in
his place.
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.
He did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh: he didn’t
depart from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, with which he
made Israel to sin.
Pekah the son of Remaliah, his captain, conspired against him,
and struck him in Samaria, in the castle of the king’s house,
with Argob and Arieh; and with him were fifty men of the
Gileadites: and he killed him, and reigned in his place.
Now 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.
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.
He did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh: he didn’t
depart from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, with which he
made Israel to sin.
In the days of Pekah king of Israel came Tiglath Pileser king of
Assyria, and took Ijon, and Abel Beth Maacah, and Janoah, and
Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of
Naphtali; and he carried them captive to Assyria.
Hoshea the son of Elah made a conspiracy against Pekah the son
of Remaliah, and struck him, and killed him, and reigned in his
place, in the twentieth year of Jotham the son of Uzziah.
Now the rest of the acts of Pekah, and all that he did, behold,
they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of
Israel.
In the second year of Pekah the son of Remaliah king of Israel
began Jotham the son of Uzziah king of Judah to reign.
He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign; and he
reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem: and his mother’s name was
Jerusha the daughter of Zadok.
He did that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh; he did
according to all that his father Uzziah had done.
However the high places were not taken away: the people still
sacrificed and burned incense in the high places. He built the
upper gate of the house of Yahweh.
Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, and all that he did, aren’t
they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of
Judah?
In those days Yahweh began to send against Judah Rezin the king
of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah.
Jotham slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers
in the city of David his father: and Ahaz his son reigned in his
place.
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