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2 Chronicles 21:4--26:1

21:4

Now when Jehoram
<03088>

was risen up
<06965> (8799)

to the kingdom
<04467>

of his father
<01>_,

he strengthened
<02388> (8691)

himself, and slew
<02026> (8799)

all his brethren
<0251>

with the sword
<02719>_,

and [divers] also of the princes
<08269>

of Israel
<03478>_.

21:5

Jehoram
<03088>

[was] thirty
<07970>

and two
<08147>

years
<08141>

old
<01121>

when he began to reign
<04427> (8800)_,

and he reigned
<04427> (8804)

eight
<08083>

years
<08141>

in Jerusalem
<03389>_.

21:6

And he walked
<03212> (8799)

in the way
<01870>

of the kings
<04428>

of Israel
<03478>_,

like as did
<06213> (8804)

the house
<01004>

of Ahab
<0256>_:

for he had the daughter
<01323>

of Ahab
<0256>

to wife
<0802>_:

and he wrought
<06213> (8799)

[that which was] evil
<07451>

in the eyes
<05869>

of the LORD
<03068>_.

21:7

Howbeit the LORD
<03068>

would
<014> (8804)

not destroy
<07843> (8687)

the house
<01004>

of David
<01732>_,

because of the covenant
<01285>

that he had made
<03772> (8804)

with David
<01732>_,

and as he promised
<0559> (8804)

to give
<05414> (8800)

a light
<05216>

to him and to his sons
<01121>

for ever
<03117>_.

{light: Heb. lamp, or, candle}

21:8

In his days
<03117>

the Edomites
<0123>

revolted
<06586> (8804)

from under the dominion
<03027>

of Judah
<03063>_,

and made
<04427> (8686)

themselves a king
<04428>_.

{dominion: Heb. hand}

21:9

Then Jehoram
<03088>

went forth
<05674> (8799)

with his princes
<08269>_,

and all his chariots
<07393>

with him: and he rose up
<06965> (8804)

by night
<03915>_,

and smote
<05221> (8686)

the Edomites
<0123>

which compassed him in
<05437> (8802)_,

and the captains
<08269>

of the chariots
<07393>_.

21:10

So the Edomites
<0123>

revolted
<06586> (8799)

from under the hand
<03027>

of Judah
<03063>

unto this day
<03117>_.

The same time
<06256>

[also] did Libnah
<03841>

revolt
<06586> (8799)

from under his hand
<03027>_;

because he had forsaken
<05800> (8804)

the LORD
<03068>

God
<0430>

of his fathers
<01>_.

21:11

Moreover he made
<06213> (8804)

high places
<01116>

in the mountains
<02022>

of Judah
<03063>_,

and caused the inhabitants
<03427> (8802)

of Jerusalem
<03389>

to commit fornication
<02181> (8686)_,

and compelled
<05080> (8686)

Judah
<03063>

[thereto].

21:12

And there came
<0935> (8799)

a writing
<04385>

to him from Elijah
<0452>

the prophet
<05030>_,

saying
<0559> (8800)_,

Thus saith
<0559> (8804)

the LORD
<03068>

God
<0430>

of David
<01732>

thy father
<01>_,

Because thou hast not walked
<01980> (8804)

in the ways
<01870>

of Jehoshaphat
<03092>

thy father
<01>_,

nor in the ways
<01870>

of Asa
<0609>

king
<04428>

of Judah
<03063>_,

21:13

But hast walked
<03212> (8799)

in the way
<01870>

of the kings
<04428>

of Israel
<03478>_,

and hast made Judah
<03063>

and the inhabitants
<03427> (8802)

of Jerusalem
<03389>

to go a whoring
<02181> (8686)_,

like to the whoredoms
<02181> (8687)

of the house
<01004>

of Ahab
<0256>_,

and also hast slain
<02026> (8804)

thy brethren
<0251>

of thy father's
<01>

house
<01004>_,

[which were] better
<02896>

than thyself:

21:14

Behold, with a great
<01419>

plague
<04046>

will the LORD
<03068>

smite
<05062> (8802)

thy people
<05971>_,

and thy children
<01121>_,

and thy wives
<0802>_,

and all thy goods
<07399>_:

{a great...: Heb. a great stroke}

21:15

And thou [shalt have] great
<07227>

sickness
<02483>

by disease
<04245>

of thy bowels
<04578>_,

until thy bowels
<04578>

fall out
<03318> (8799)

by reason of the sickness
<02483>

day
<03117>

by day
<03117>_.

21:16

Moreover the LORD
<03068>

stirred up
<05782> (8686)

against Jehoram
<03088>

the spirit
<07307>

of the Philistines
<06430>_,

and of the Arabians
<06163>_,

that [were] near
<05921> <03027>

the Ethiopians
<03569>_:

21:17

And they came up
<05927> (8799)

into Judah
<03063>_,

and brake
<01234> (8799)

into it, and carried away
<07617> (8799)

all the substance
<07399>

that was found
<04672> (8737)

in the king's
<04428>

house
<01004>_,

and his sons
<01121>

also, and his wives
<0802>_;

so that there was never a son
<01121>

left
<07604> (8738)

him, save Jehoahaz
<03059>_,

the youngest
<06996>

of his sons
<01121>_.

{carried...: Heb. carried captive} {Jehoahaz: also called, Ahaziah, or, Azariah}

21:18

And after
<0310>

all this the LORD
<03068>

smote
<05062> (8804)

him in his bowels
<04578>

with an incurable
<0369> <04832>

disease
<02483>_.

21:19

And it came to pass, that in process of time
<03117>_,

after
<03318> (8800) <06256>

the end
<07093>

of two
<08147>

years
<03117>_,

his bowels
<04578>

fell out
<03318> (8804)

by reason
<05973>

of his sickness
<02483>_:

so he died
<04191> (8799)

of sore
<07451>

diseases
<08463>_.

And his people
<05971>

made
<06213> (8804)

no burning
<08316>

for him, like the burning
<08316>

of his fathers
<01>_.

21:20

Thirty
<07970>

and two
<08147>

years old
<01121>

was he when he began to reign
<04427> (8800)_,

and he reigned
<04427> (8804)

in Jerusalem
<03389>

eight
<08083>

years
<08141>_,

and departed
<03212> (8799)

without being desired
<02532>_.

Howbeit they buried
<06912> (8799)

him in the city
<05892>

of David
<01732>_,

but not in the sepulchres
<06913>

of the kings
<04428>_.

{without...: Heb. without desire}

22:1

And the inhabitants
<03427> (8802)

of Jerusalem
<03389>

made
<04427> (0)

Ahaziah
<0274>

his youngest
<06996>

son
<01121>

king
<04427> (8686)

in his stead: for the band of men
<01416>

that came
<0935> (8802)

with the Arabians
<06163>

to the camp
<04264>

had slain
<02026> (8804)

all the eldest
<07223>_.

So Ahaziah
<0274>

the son
<01121>

of Jehoram
<03088>

king
<04428>

of Judah
<03063>

reigned
<04427> (8799)_.

22:2

Forty
<0705>

and two
<08147>

years
<08141>

old
<01121>

[was] Ahaziah
<0274>

when he began to reign
<04427> (8800)_,

and he reigned
<04427> (8804)

one
<0259>

year
<08141>

in Jerusalem
<03389>_.

His mother's
<0517>

name
<08034>

also [was] Athaliah
<06271>

the daughter
<01323>

of Omri
<06018>_.

22:3

He also walked
<01980> (8804)

in the ways
<01870>

of the house
<01004>

of Ahab
<0256>_:

for his mother
<0517>

was his counsellor
<03289> (8802)

to do wickedly
<07561> (8687)_.

22:4

Wherefore he did
<06213> (8799)

evil
<07451>

in the sight
<05869>

of the LORD
<03068>

like the house
<01004>

of Ahab
<0256>_:

for they were his counsellors
<03289> (8802)

after
<0310>

the death
<04194>

of his father
<01>

to his destruction
<04889>_.

22:5

He walked
<01980> (8804)

also after their counsel
<06098>_,

and went
<03212> (8799)

with Jehoram
<03088>

the son
<01121>

of Ahab
<0256>

king
<04428>

of Israel
<03478>

to war
<04421>

against Hazael
<02371>

king
<04428>

of Syria
<0758>

at Ramothgilead
<07433> <01568>_:

and the Syrians
<07421>

smote
<05221> (8686)

Joram
<03141>_.

22:6

And he returned
<07725> (8799)

to be healed
<07495> (8692)

in Jezreel
<03157>

because of the wounds
<04347>

which were given
<05221> (8689)

him at Ramah
<07414>_,

when he fought
<03898> (8736)

with Hazael
<02371>

king
<04428>

of Syria
<0758>_.

And Azariah
<05838>

the son
<01121>

of Jehoram
<03088>

king
<04428>

of Judah
<03063>

went down
<03381> (8804)

to see
<07200> (8800)

Jehoram
<03088>

the son
<01121>

of Ahab
<0256>

at Jezreel
<03157>_,

because he was sick
<02470> (8802)_.

{which...: Heb. wherewith they wounded him} {Azariah: also called, Ahaziah, or, Jehoahaz}

22:7

And the destruction
<08395>

of Ahaziah
<0274>

was of God
<0430>

by coming
<0935> (8800)

to Joram
<03141>_:

for when he was come
<0935> (8800)_,

he went out
<03318> (8804)

with Jehoram
<03088>

against Jehu
<03058>

the son
<01121>

of Nimshi
<05250>_,

whom the LORD
<03068>

had anointed
<04886> (8804)

to cut off
<03772> (8687)

the house
<01004>

of Ahab
<0256>_.

{destruction: Heb. treading down}

22:8

And it came to pass, that, when Jehu
<03058>

was executing judgment
<08199> (8736)

upon the house
<01004>

of Ahab
<0256>_,

and found
<04672> (8799)

the princes
<08269>

of Judah
<03063>_,

and the sons
<01121>

of the brethren
<0251>

of Ahaziah
<0274>_,

that ministered
<08334> (8764)

to Ahaziah
<0274>_,

he slew
<02026> (8799)

them.

22:9

And he sought
<01245> (8762)

Ahaziah
<0274>_:

and they caught
<03920> (8799)

him, (for he was hid
<02244> (8693)

in Samaria
<08111>,)

and brought
<0935> (8686)

him to Jehu
<03058>_:

and when they had slain
<04191> (8686)

him, they buried
<06912> (8799)

him: Because, said
<0559> (8804)

they, he [is] the son
<01121>

of Jehoshaphat
<03092>_,

who sought
<01875> (8804)

the LORD
<03068>

with all his heart
<03824>_.

So the house
<01004>

of Ahaziah
<0274>

had no power
<03581>

to keep
<06113> (8800)

still the kingdom
<04467>_.

22:10

But when Athaliah
<06271>

the mother
<0517>

of Ahaziah
<0274>

saw
<07200> (8804)

that her son
<01121>

was dead
<04191> (8804)_,

she arose
<06965> (8799)

and destroyed
<01696> (8762)

all the seed
<02233>

royal
<04467>

of the house
<01004>

of Judah
<03063>_.

22:11

But Jehoshabeath
<03090>_,

the daughter
<01323>

of the king
<04428>_,

took
<03947> (8799)

Joash
<03101>

the son
<01121>

of Ahaziah
<0274>_,

and stole
<01589> (8799)

him from among
<08432>

the king's
<04428>

sons
<01121>

that were slain
<04191> (8716)_,

and put
<05414> (8799)

him and his nurse
<03243> (8688)

in a bedchamber
<02315> <04296>_.

So Jehoshabeath
<03090>_,

the daughter
<01323>

of king
<04428>

Jehoram
<03088>_,

the wife
<0802>

of Jehoiada
<03077>

the priest
<03548>_,

(for she was the sister
<0269>

of Ahaziah
<0274>,)

hid
<05641> (8686)

him from
<06440>

Athaliah
<06271>_,

so that she slew
<04191> (8689)

him not. {Jehoshabeath: also called, Jehosheba}

22:12

And he was with them hid
<02244> (8693)

in the house
<01004>

of God
<0430>

six
<08337>

years
<08141>_:

and Athaliah
<06271>

reigned
<04427> (8802)

over the land
<0776>_.

23:1

And in the seventh
<07637>

year
<08141>

Jehoiada
<03077>

strengthened
<02388> (8694)

himself, and took
<03947> (8799)

the captains
<08269>

of hundreds
<03967>_,

Azariah
<05838>

the son
<01121>

of Jeroham
<03395>_,

and Ishmael
<03458>

the son
<01121>

of Jehohanan
<03076>_,

and Azariah
<05838>

the son
<01121>

of Obed
<05744>_,

and Maaseiah
<04641>

the son
<01121>

of Adaiah
<05718>_,

and Elishaphat
<0478>

the son
<01121>

of Zichri
<02147>_,

into covenant
<01285>

with him.

23:2

And they went about
<05437> (8799)

in Judah
<03063>_,

and gathered
<06908> (8799)

the Levites
<03881>

out of all the cities
<05892>

of Judah
<03063>_,

and the chief
<07218>

of the fathers
<01>

of Israel
<03478>_,

and they came
<0935> (8799)

to Jerusalem
<03389>_.

23:3

And all the congregation
<06951>

made
<03772> (8799)

a covenant
<01285>

with the king
<04428>

in the house
<01004>

of God
<0430>_.

And he said
<0559> (8799)

unto them, Behold, the king's
<04428>

son
<01121>

shall reign
<04427> (8799)_,

as the LORD
<03068>

hath said
<01696> (8765)

of the sons
<01121>

of David
<01732>_.

23:4

This [is] the thing
<01697>

that ye shall do
<06213> (8799)_;

A third part
<07992>

of you entering
<0935> (8802)

on the sabbath
<07676>_,

of the priests
<03548>

and of the Levites
<03881>_,

[shall be] porters
<07778>

of the doors
<05592>_;

{doors: Heb. thresholds}

23:5

And a third part
<07992>

[shall be] at the king's
<04428>

house
<01004>_;

and a third part
<07992>

at the gate
<08179>

of the foundation
<03247>_:

and all the people
<05971>

[shall be] in the courts
<02691>

of the house
<01004>

of the LORD
<03068>_.

23:6

But let none come
<0935> (8799)

into the house
<01004>

of the LORD
<03068>_,

save the priests
<03548>_,

and they that minister
<08334> (8764)

of the Levites
<03881>_;

they shall go in
<0935> (8799)_,

for they [are] holy
<06944>_:

but all the people
<05971>

shall keep
<08104> (8799)

the watch
<04931>

of the LORD
<03068>_.

23:7

And the Levites
<03881>

shall compass
<05362> (8689)

the king
<04428>

round about
<05439>_,

every man
<0376>

with his weapons
<03627>

in his hand
<03027>_;

and whosoever [else] cometh
<0935> (8802)

into the house
<01004>_,

he shall be put to death
<04191> (8714)_:

but be ye with the king
<04428>

when he cometh in
<0935> (8800)_,

and when he goeth out
<03318> (8800)_.

23:8

So the Levites
<03881>

and all Judah
<03063>

did
<06213> (8799)

according to all things that Jehoiada
<03077>

the priest
<03548>

had commanded
<06680> (8765)_,

and took
<03947> (8799)

every man
<0376>

his men
<0582>

that were to come in
<0935> (8802)

on the sabbath
<07676>_,

with them that were to go
<03318> (8802)

[out] on the sabbath
<07676>_:

for Jehoiada
<03077>

the priest
<03548>

dismissed
<06358> (8804)

not the courses
<04256>_.

23:9

Moreover Jehoiada
<03077>

the priest
<03548>

delivered
<05414> (8799)

to the captains
<08269>

of hundreds
<03967>

spears
<02595>_,

and bucklers
<04043>_,

and shields
<07982>_,

that [had been] king
<04428>

David's
<01732>_,

which [were] in the house
<01004>

of God
<0430>_.

23:10

And he set
<05975> (8686)

all the people
<05971>_,

every man
<0376>

having his weapon
<07973>

in his hand
<03027>_,

from the right
<03233>

side
<03802>

of the temple
<01004>

to the left
<08042>

side
<03802>

of the temple
<01004>_,

along by the altar
<04196>

and the temple
<01004>_,

by the king
<04428>

round about
<05439>_.

{side: Heb. shoulder} {temple: Heb. house}

23:11

Then they brought out
<03318> (8686)

the king's
<04428>

son
<01121>_,

and put
<05414> (8799)

upon him the crown
<05145>_,

and [gave him] the testimony
<05715>_,

and made him king
<04427> (8686)_.

And Jehoiada
<03077>

and his sons
<01121>

anointed
<04886> (8799)

him, and said
<0559> (8799)_,

God save
<02421> (8799)

the king
<04428>_.

{God...: Heb. Let the king live}

23:12

Now when Athaliah
<06271>

heard
<08085> (8799)

the noise
<06963>

of the people
<05971>

running
<07323> (8801)

and praising
<01984> (8764)

the king
<04428>_,

she came
<0935> (8799)

to the people
<05971>

into the house
<01004>

of the LORD
<03068>_:

23:13

And she looked
<07200> (8799)_,

and, behold, the king
<04428>

stood
<05975> (8802)

at his pillar
<05982>

at the entering in
<03996>_,

and the princes
<08269>

and the trumpets
<02689>

by the king
<04428>_:

and all the people
<05971>

of the land
<0776>

rejoiced
<08056>_,

and sounded
<08628> (8802)

with trumpets
<02689>_,

also the singers
<07891> (8789)

with instruments
<03627>

of musick
<07892>_,

and such as taught
<03045> (8688)

to sing praise
<01984> (8763)_.

Then Athaliah
<06271>

rent
<07167> (8799)

her clothes
<0899>_,

and said
<0559> (8799)_,

Treason
<07195>_,

Treason
<07195>_.

{Treason: Heb. Conspiracy}

23:14

Then Jehoiada
<03077>

the priest
<03548>

brought out
<03318> (8686)

the captains
<08269>

of hundreds
<03967>

that were set over
<06485> (8803)

the host
<02428>_,

and said
<0559> (8799)

unto them, Have her forth
<03318> (8685)

of the ranges
<01004> <07713>_:

and whoso followeth
<0935> (8802) <0310>

her, let him be slain
<04191> (8714)

with the sword
<02719>_.

For the priest
<03548>

said
<0559> (8804)_,

Slay
<04191> (8686)

her not in the house
<01004>

of the LORD
<03068>_.

23:15

So they laid
<07760> (8799)

hands
<03027>

on her; and when she was come
<0935> (8799)

to the entering
<03996>

of the horse
<05483>

gate
<08179>

by the king's
<04428>

house
<01004>_,

they slew
<04191> (8686)

her there.

23:16

And Jehoiada
<03077>

made
<03772> (8799)

a covenant
<01285>

between him, and between all the people
<05971>_,

and between the king
<04428>_,

that they should be the LORD'S
<03068>

people
<05971>_.

23:17

Then all the people
<05971>

went
<0935> (8799)

to the house
<01004>

of Baal
<01168>_,

and brake it down
<05422> (8799)_,

and brake
<07665> (0)

his altars
<04196>

and his images
<06754>

in pieces
<07665> (8765)_,

and slew
<02026> (8804)

Mattan
<04977>

the priest
<03548>

of Baal
<01168>

before
<06440>

the altars
<04196>_.

23:18

Also Jehoiada
<03077>

appointed
<07760> (8799)

the offices
<06486>

of the house
<01004>

of the LORD
<03068>

by the hand
<03027>

of the priests
<03548>

the Levites
<03881>_,

whom David
<01732>

had distributed
<02505> (8804)

in the house
<01004>

of the LORD
<03068>_,

to offer
<05927> (8687)

the burnt offerings
<05930>

of the LORD
<03068>_,

as [it is] written
<03789> (8803)

in the law
<08451>

of Moses
<04872>_,

with rejoicing
<08057>

and with singing
<07892>_,

[as it was ordained] by
<03027>

David
<01732>_.

{as it was...: Heb. by the hands of David}

23:19

And he set
<05975> (8686)

the porters
<07778>

at the gates
<08179>

of the house
<01004>

of the LORD
<03068>_,

that none [which was] unclean
<02931>

in any thing
<01697>

should enter in
<0935> (8799)_.

23:20

And he took
<03947> (8799)

the captains
<08269>

of hundreds
<03967>_,

and the nobles
<0117>_,

and the governors
<04910> (8802)

of the people
<05971>_,

and all the people
<05971>

of the land
<0776>_,

and brought down
<03381> (8686)

the king
<04428>

from the house
<01004>

of the LORD
<03068>_:

and they came
<0935> (8799)

through
<08432>

the high
<05945>

gate
<08179>

into the king's
<04428>

house
<01004>_,

and set
<03427> (8686)

the king
<04428>

upon the throne
<03678>

of the kingdom
<04467>_.

23:21

And all the people
<05971>

of the land
<0776>

rejoiced
<08055> (8799)_:

and the city
<05892>

was quiet
<08252> (8804)_,

after that they had slain
<04191> (8689)

Athaliah
<06271>

with the sword
<02719>_.

24:1

Joash
<03101>

[was] seven
<07651>

years
<08141>

old
<01121>

when he began to reign
<04427> (8800)_,

and he reigned
<04427> (8804)

forty
<0705>

years
<08141>

in Jerusalem
<03389>_.

His mother's
<0517>

name
<08034>

also [was] Zibiah
<06645>

of Beersheba
<0884>_.

24:2

And Joash
<03101>

did
<06213> (8799)

[that which was] right
<03477>

in the sight
<05869>

of the LORD
<03068>

all the days
<03117>

of Jehoiada
<03077>

the priest
<03548>_.

24:3

And Jehoiada
<03077>

took
<05375> (8799)

for him two
<08147>

wives
<0802>_;

and he begat
<03205> (8686)

sons
<01121>

and daughters
<01323>_.

24:4

And it came to pass after
<0310>

this, [that] Joash
<03101>

was minded
<03820>

to repair
<02318> (8763)

the house
<01004>

of the LORD
<03068>_.

{to repair: Heb. to renew}

24:5

And he gathered together
<06908> (8799)

the priests
<03548>

and the Levites
<03881>_,

and said
<0559> (8799)

to them, Go out
<03318> (8798)

unto the cities
<05892>

of Judah
<03063>_,

and gather
<06908> (8798)

of all Israel
<03478>

money
<03701>

to repair
<02388> (8763)

the house
<01004>

of your God
<0430>

from
<01767>

year
<08141>

to year
<08141>_,

and see that ye hasten
<04116> (8762)

the matter
<01697>_.

Howbeit the Levites
<03881>

hastened
<04116> (8765)

[it] not.

24:6

And the king
<04428>

called
<07121> (8799)

for Jehoiada
<03077>

the chief
<07218>_,

and said
<0559> (8799)

unto him, Why hast thou not required
<01875> (8804)

of the Levites
<03881>

to bring in
<0935> (8687)

out of Judah
<03063>

and out of Jerusalem
<03389>

the collection
<04864>_,

[according to the commandment] of Moses
<04872>

the servant
<05650>

of the LORD
<03068>_,

and of the congregation
<06951>

of Israel
<03478>_,

for the tabernacle
<0168>

of witness
<05715>_?

24:7

For the sons
<01121>

of Athaliah
<06271>_,

that wicked
<04849>

woman, had broken up
<06555> (8804)

the house
<01004>

of God
<0430>_;

and also all the dedicated things
<06944>

of the house
<01004>

of the LORD
<03068>

did they bestow
<06213> (8804)

upon Baalim
<01168>_.

24:8

And at the king's
<04428>

commandment
<0559> (8799)

they made
<06213> (8799)

a
<0259>

chest
<0727>_,

and set
<05414> (8799)

it without
<02351>

at the gate
<08179>

of the house
<01004>

of the LORD
<03068>_.

24:9

And they made
<05414> (8799)

a proclamation
<06963>

through Judah
<03063>

and Jerusalem
<03389>_,

to bring in
<0935> (8687)

to the LORD
<03068>

the collection
<04864>

[that] Moses
<04872>

the servant
<05650>

of God
<0430>

[laid] upon Israel
<03478>

in the wilderness
<04057>_.

{a proclamation: Heb. a voice}

24:10

And all the princes
<08269>

and all the people
<05971>

rejoiced
<08055> (8799)_,

and brought in
<0935> (8686)_,

and cast
<07993> (8686)

into the chest
<0727>_,

until they had made an end
<03615> (8763)_.

24:11

Now it came to pass, that at what time
<06256>

the chest
<0727>

was brought
<0935> (8686)

unto the king's
<04428>

office
<06486>

by the hand
<03027>

of the Levites
<03881>_,

and when they saw
<07200> (8800)

that [there was] much
<07227>

money
<03701>_,

the king's
<04428>

scribe
<05608> (8802)

and the high
<07218>

priest's
<03548>

officer
<06496>

came
<0935> (8804)

and emptied
<06168> (8762)

the chest
<0727>_,

and took
<05375> (8799)

it, and carried
<07725> (0)

it to his place
<04725>

again
<07725> (8686)_.

Thus they did
<06213> (8804)

day
<03117>

by day
<03117>_,

and gathered
<0622> (8799)

money
<03701>

in abundance
<07230>_.

24:12

And the king
<04428>

and Jehoiada
<03077>

gave
<05414> (8799)

it to such as did
<06213> (8802)

the work
<04399>

of the service
<05656>

of the house
<01004>

of the LORD
<03068>_,

and hired
<07936> (8802)

masons
<02672> (8802)

and carpenters
<02796>

to repair
<02318> (8763)

the house
<01004>

of the LORD
<03068>_,

and also such as wrought
<02796>

iron
<01270>

and brass
<05178>

to mend
<02388> (8763)

the house
<01004>

of the LORD
<03068>_.

24:13

So the workmen
<04399> <06213> (8802)

wrought
<06213> (8799)_,

and the work
<04399>

was
<05927> (8799)

perfected
<0724>

by them
<03027>_,

and they set
<05975> (8686)

the house
<01004>

of God
<0430>

in his state
<04971>_,

and strengthened
<0553> (8762)

it. {the work...: Heb. the healing went up upon the work}

24:14

And when they had finished
<03615> (8763)

[it], they brought
<0935> (8689)

the rest
<07605>

of the money
<03701>

before
<06440>

the king
<04428>

and Jehoiada
<03077>_,

whereof were made
<06213> (8799)

vessels
<03627>

for the house
<01004>

of the LORD
<03068>_,

[even] vessels
<03627>

to minister
<08335>_,

and to offer
<05927> (8687)

[withal], and spoons
<03709>_,

and vessels
<03627>

of gold
<02091>

and silver
<03701>_.

And they offered
<05927> (8688)

burnt offerings
<05930>

in the house
<01004>

of the LORD
<03068>

continually
<08548>

all the days
<03117>

of Jehoiada
<03077>_.

{to offer...: or, pestils}

24:15

But Jehoiada
<03077>

waxed old
<02204> (8799)_,

and was full
<07646> (8799)

of days
<03117>

when he died
<04191> (8799)_;

an hundred
<03967>

and thirty
<07970>

years
<08141>

old
<01121>

[was he] when he died
<04194>_.

24:16

And they buried
<06912> (8799)

him in the city
<05892>

of David
<01732>

among the kings
<04428>_,

because he had done
<06213> (8804)

good
<02896>

in Israel
<03478>_,

both toward God
<0430>_,

and toward his house
<01004>_.

24:17

Now after
<0310>

the death
<04194>

of Jehoiada
<03077>

came
<0935> (8804)

the princes
<08269>

of Judah
<03063>_,

and made obeisance
<07812> (8691)

to the king
<04428>_.

Then the king
<04428>

hearkened
<08085> (8804)

unto them.

24:18

And they left
<05800> (8799)

the house
<01004>

of the LORD
<03068>

God
<0430>

of their fathers
<01>_,

and served
<05647> (8799)

groves
<0842>

and idols
<06091>_:

and wrath
<07110>

came upon Judah
<03063>

and Jerusalem
<03389>

for this their trespass
<0819>_.

24:19

Yet he sent
<07971> (8799)

prophets
<05030>

to them, to bring them again
<07725> (8687)

unto the LORD
<03068>_;

and they testified
<05749> (8686)

against them: but they would not give ear
<0238> (8689)_.

24:20

And the Spirit
<07307>

of God
<0430>

came
<03847> (8804)

upon Zechariah
<02148>

the son
<01121>

of Jehoiada
<03077>

the priest
<03548>_,

which stood
<05975> (8799)

above the people
<05971>_,

and said
<0559> (8799)

unto them, Thus saith
<0559> (8804)

God
<0430>_,

Why transgress
<05674> (8802)

ye the commandments
<04687>

of the LORD
<03068>_,

that ye cannot prosper
<06743> (8686)_?

because ye have forsaken
<05800> (8804)

the LORD
<03068>_,

he hath also forsaken
<05800> (8799)

you. {came...: Heb. clothed}

24:21

And they conspired
<07194> (8799)

against him, and stoned
<07275> (8799)

him with stones
<068>

at the commandment
<04687>

of the king
<04428>

in the court
<02691>

of the house
<01004>

of the LORD
<03068>_.

24:22

Thus Joash
<03101>

the king
<04428>

remembered
<02142> (8804)

not the kindness
<02617>

which Jehoiada
<03077>

his father
<01>

had done
<06213> (8804)

to him, but slew
<02026> (8799)

his son
<01121>_.

And when he died
<04194>_,

he said
<0559> (8804)_,

The LORD
<03068>

look
<07200> (8799)

upon [it], and require
<01875> (8799)

[it].

24:23

And it came to pass at the end
<08622>

of the year
<08141>_,

[that] the host
<02428>

of Syria
<0758>

came up
<05927> (8804)

against him: and they came
<0935> (8799)

to Judah
<03063>

and Jerusalem
<03389>_,

and destroyed
<07843> (8686)

all the princes
<08269>

of the people
<05971>

from among the people
<05971>_,

and sent
<07971> (8765)

all the spoil
<07998>

of them unto the king
<04428>

of Damascus
<01834>_.

{at the...: Heb. in the revolution of the year} {Damascus: Heb. Darmesek}

24:24

For the army
<02428>

of the Syrians
<0758>

came
<0935> (8804)

with a small
<04705>

company of men
<0582>_,

and the LORD
<03068>

delivered
<05414> (8804)

a very
<03966>

great
<07230>

host
<02428>

into their hand
<03027>_,

because they had forsaken
<05800> (8804)

the LORD
<03068>

God
<0430>

of their fathers
<01>_.

So they executed
<06213> (8804)

judgment
<08201>

against Joash
<03101>_.

24:25

And when they were departed
<03212> (8800)

from him, (for they left
<05800> (8804)

him in great
<07227>

diseases
<04251>,)

his own servants
<05650>

conspired
<07194> (8694)

against him for the blood
<01818>

of the sons
<01121>

of Jehoiada
<03077>

the priest
<03548>_,

and slew
<02026> (8799)

him on his bed
<04296>_,

and he died
<04191> (8799)_:

and they buried
<06912> (8799)

him in the city
<05892>

of David
<01732>_,

but they buried
<06912> (8804)

him not in the sepulchres
<06913>

of the kings
<04428>_.

24:26

And these are they that conspired
<07194> (8693)

against him; Zabad
<02066>

the son
<01121>

of Shimeath
<08100>

an Ammonitess
<05985>_,

and Jehozabad
<03075>

the son
<01121>

of Shimrith
<08116>

a Moabitess
<04125>_.

{Zabad: or, Jozacher} {Shimrith: or, Shomer}

24:27

Now [concerning] his sons
<01121>_,

and the greatness
<07235> (8799) (8675) <07230>

of the burdens
<04853>

[laid] upon him, and the repairing
<03247>

of the house
<01004>

of God
<0430>_,

behold, they [are] written
<03789> (8803)

in the story
<04097>

of the book
<05612>

of the kings
<04428>_.

And Amaziah
<0558>

his son
<01121>

reigned
<04427> (8799)

in his stead. {repairing: Heb. founding} {story: or, commentary}

25:1

Amaziah
<0558>

[was] twenty
<06242>

and five
<02568>

years
<08141>

old
<01121>

[when] he began to reign
<04427> (8804)_,

and he reigned
<04427> (8804)

twenty
<06242>

and nine
<08672>

years
<08141>

in Jerusalem
<03389>_.

And his mother's
<0517>

name
<08034>

[was] Jehoaddan
<03086>

of Jerusalem
<03389>_.

25:2

And he did
<06213> (8799)

[that which was] right
<03477>

in the sight
<05869>

of the LORD
<03068>_,

but not with a perfect
<08003>

heart
<03824>_.

25:3

Now it came to pass, when the kingdom
<04467>

was established
<02388> (8804)

to him, that he slew
<02026> (8799)

his servants
<05650>

that had killed
<05221> (8688)

the king
<04428>

his father
<01>_.

{established...: Heb. confirmed upon him}

25:4

But he slew
<04191> (8689)

not their children
<01121>_,

but [did] as [it is] written
<03789> (8803)

in the law
<08451>

in the book
<05612>

of Moses
<04872>_,

where the LORD
<03068>

commanded
<06680> (8765)_,

saying
<0559> (8800)_,

The fathers
<01>

shall not die
<04191> (8799)

for the children
<01121>_,

neither shall the children
<01121>

die
<04191> (8799)

for the fathers
<01>_,

but every man
<0376>

shall die
<04191> (8799)

for his own sin
<02399>_.

25:5

Moreover Amaziah
<0558>

gathered
<06908> (0)

Judah
<03063>

together
<06908> (8799)_,

and made
<05975> (8686)

them captains
<08269>

over thousands
<0505>_,

and captains
<08269>

over hundreds
<03967>_,

according to the houses
<01004>

of [their] fathers
<01>_,

throughout all Judah
<03063>

and Benjamin
<01144>_:

and he numbered
<06485> (8799)

them from twenty
<06242>

years
<08141>

old
<01121>

and above
<04605>_,

and found
<04672> (8799)

them three
<07969>

hundred
<03967>

thousand
<0505>

choice
<0977> (8803)

[men, able] to go forth
<03318> (8802)

to war
<06635>_,

that could handle
<0270> (8802)

spear
<07420>

and shield
<06793>_.

25:6

He hired
<07936> (8799)

also an hundred
<03967>

thousand
<0505>

mighty
<01368>

men of valour
<02428>

out of Israel
<03478>

for an hundred
<03967>

talents
<03603>

of silver
<03701>_.

25:7

But there came
<0935> (8804)

a man
<0376>

of God
<0430>

to him, saying
<0559> (8800)_,

O king
<04428>_,

let not the army
<06635>

of Israel
<03478>

go
<0935> (8799)

with thee; for the LORD
<03068>

[is] not with Israel
<03478>_,

[to wit, with] all the children
<01121>

of Ephraim
<0669>_.

25:8

But if thou wilt go
<0935> (8798)_,

do
<06213> (8798)

[it], be strong
<02388> (8798)

for the battle
<04421>_:

God
<0430>

shall make thee fall
<03782> (8686)

before
<06440>

the enemy
<0341> (8802)_:

for God
<0430>

hath
<03426>

power
<03581>

to help
<05826> (8800)_,

and to cast down
<03782> (8687)_.

25:9

And Amaziah
<0558>

said
<0559> (8799)

to the man
<0376>

of God
<0430>_,

But what shall we do
<06213> (8800)

for the hundred
<03967>

talents
<03603>

which I have given
<05414> (8804)

to the army
<01416>

of Israel
<03478>_?

And the man
<0376>

of God
<0430>

answered
<0559> (8799)_,

The LORD
<03068>

is
<03426>

able to give
<05414> (8800)

thee much more
<07235> (8687)

than this. {army: Heb. band}

25:10

Then Amaziah
<0558>

separated
<0914> (8686)

them, [to wit], the army
<01416>

that was come
<0935> (8804)

to him out of Ephraim
<0669>_,

to go
<03212> (0)

home
<04725>

again
<03212> (8800)_:

wherefore their anger
<0639>

was greatly
<03966>

kindled
<02734> (8799)

against Judah
<03063>_,

and they returned
<07725> (8799)

home
<04725>

in great
<02750>

anger
<0639>_.

{home again: Heb. to their place} {in great...: Heb. in heat of anger}

25:11

And Amaziah
<0558>

strengthened
<02388> (8694)

himself, and led forth
<05090> (8799)

his people
<05971>_,

and went
<03212> (8799)

to the valley
<01516>

of salt
<04417>_,

and smote
<05221> (8686)

of the children
<01121>

of Seir
<08165>

ten
<06235>

thousand
<0505>_.

25:12

And [other] ten
<06235>

thousand
<0505>

[left] alive
<02416>

did the children
<01121>

of Judah
<03063>

carry away captive
<07617> (8804)_,

and brought
<0935> (8686)

them unto the top
<07218>

of the rock
<05553>_,

and cast them down
<07993> (8686)

from the top
<07218>

of the rock
<05553>_,

that they all were broken in pieces
<01234> (8738)_.

25:13

But the soldiers
<01121>

of the army
<01416>

which Amaziah
<0558>

sent back
<07725> (8689)_,

that they should not go
<03212> (8800)

with him to battle
<04421>_,

fell
<06584> (8799)

upon the cities
<05892>

of Judah
<03063>_,

from Samaria
<08111>

even unto Bethhoron
<01032>_,

and smote
<05221> (8686)

three
<07969>

thousand
<0505>

of them, and took
<0962> (8799)

much
<07227>

spoil
<0961>_.

{the soldiers...: Heb. the sons of the band}

25:14

Now it came to pass, after
<0310>

that Amaziah
<0558>

was come
<0935> (8800)

from the slaughter
<05221> (8687)

of the Edomites
<0130>_,

that he brought
<0935> (8686)

the gods
<0430>

of the children
<01121>

of Seir
<08165>_,

and set them up
<05975> (8686)

[to be] his gods
<0430>_,

and bowed down
<07812> (8691)

himself before
<06440>

them, and burned incense
<06999> (8762)

unto them.

25:15

Wherefore the anger
<0639>

of the LORD
<03068>

was kindled
<02734> (8799)

against Amaziah
<0558>_,

and he sent
<07971> (8799)

unto him a prophet
<05030>_,

which said
<0559> (8799)

unto him, Why hast thou sought
<01875> (8804)

after the gods
<0430>

of the people
<05971>_,

which could not deliver
<05337> (8689)

their own people
<05971>

out of thine hand
<03027>_?

25:16

And it came to pass, as he talked
<01696> (8763)

with him, that [the king] said
<0559> (8799)

unto him, Art thou made
<05414> (8804)

of the king's
<04428>

counsel
<03289> (8802)_?

forbear
<02308> (8798)_;

why shouldest thou be smitten
<05221> (8686)_?

Then the prophet
<05030>

forbare
<02308> (8799)_,

and said
<0559> (8799)_,

I know
<03045> (8804)

that God
<0430>

hath determined
<03289> (8804)

to destroy
<07843> (8687)

thee, because thou hast done
<06213> (8804)

this, and hast not hearkened
<08085> (8804)

unto my counsel
<06098>_.

{determined: Heb. counselled}

25:17

Then Amaziah
<0558>

king
<04428>

of Judah
<03063>

took advice
<03289> (8735)_,

and sent
<07971> (8799)

to Joash
<03101>_,

the son
<01121>

of Jehoahaz
<03059>_,

the son
<01121>

of Jehu
<03058>_,

king
<04428>

of Israel
<03478>_,

saying
<0559> (8800)_,

Come
<03212> (8798)_,

let us see one another
<07200> (8691)

in the face
<06440>_.

25:18

And Joash
<03101>

king
<04428>

of Israel
<03478>

sent
<07971> (8799)

to Amaziah
<0558>

king
<04428>

of Judah
<03063>_,

saying
<0559> (8800)_,

The thistle
<02336>

that [was] in Lebanon
<03844>

sent
<07971> (8804)

to the cedar
<0730>

that [was] in Lebanon
<03844>_,

saying
<0559> (8800)_,

Give
<05414> (8798)

thy daughter
<01323>

to my son
<01121>

to wife
<0802>_:

and there passed by
<05674> (8799)

a wild
<07704>

beast
<02416>

that [was] in Lebanon
<03844>_,

and trode down
<07429> (8799)

the thistle
<02336>_.

{thistle: or, furze bush, or, thorn} {a wild...: Heb. a beast of the field}

25:19

Thou sayest
<0559> (8804)_,

Lo, thou hast smitten
<05221> (8689)

the Edomites
<0123>_;

and thine heart
<03820>

lifteth thee up
<05375> (8804)

to boast
<03513> (8687)_:

abide
<03427> (8798)

now at home
<01004>_;

why shouldest thou meddle
<01624> (8691)

to [thine] hurt
<07451>_,

that thou shouldest fall
<05307> (8804)_,

[even] thou, and Judah
<03063>

with thee?

25:20

But Amaziah
<0558>

would not hear
<08085> (8804)_;

for it [came] of God
<0430>_,

that he might deliver
<05414> (8800)

them into the hand
<03027>

[of their enemies], because they sought
<01875> (8804)

after the gods
<0430>

of Edom
<0123>_.

25:21

So Joash
<03101>

the king
<04428>

of Israel
<03478>

went up
<05927> (8799)_;

and they saw one another
<07200> (8691)

in the face
<06440>_,

[both] he and Amaziah
<0558>

king
<04428>

of Judah
<03063>_,

at Bethshemesh
<01053>_,

which [belongeth] to Judah
<03063>_.

25:22

And Judah
<03063>

was put to the worse
<05062> (8735)

before
<06440>

Israel
<03478>_,

and they fled
<05127> (8799)

every man
<0376>

to his tent
<0168>_.

{put...: Heb. smitten}

25:23

And Joash
<03101>

the king
<04428>

of Israel
<03478>

took
<08610> (8804)

Amaziah
<0558>

king
<04428>

of Judah
<03063>_,

the son
<01121>

of Joash
<03101>_,

the son
<01121>

of Jehoahaz
<03059>_,

at Bethshemesh
<01053>_,

and brought
<0935> (8686)

him to Jerusalem
<03389>_,

and brake down
<06555> (8799)

the wall
<02346>

of Jerusalem
<03389>

from the gate
<08179>

of Ephraim
<0669>

to the corner
<06437> (8802)

gate
<08179>_,

four
<0702>

hundred
<03967>

cubits
<0520>_.

{the corner...: Heb. the gate of it that looketh}

25:24

And [he took] all the gold
<02091>

and the silver
<03701>_,

and all the vessels
<03627>

that were found
<04672> (8737)

in the house
<01004>

of God
<0430>

with Obededom
<05654>_,

and the treasures
<0214>

of the king's
<04428>

house
<01004>_,

the hostages
<01121> <08594>

also, and returned
<07725> (8799)

to Samaria
<08111>_.

25:25

And Amaziah
<0558>

the son
<01121>

of Joash
<03101>

king
<04428>

of Judah
<03063>

lived
<02421> (8799)

after
<0310>

the death
<04194>

of Joash
<03101>

son
<01121>

of Jehoahaz
<03059>

king
<04428>

of Israel
<03478>

fifteen
<02568> <06240>

years
<08141>_.

25:26

Now the rest
<03499>

of the acts
<01697>

of Amaziah
<0558>_,

first
<07223>

and last
<0314>_,

behold, [are] they not written
<03789> (8803)

in the book
<05612>

of the kings
<04428>

of Judah
<03063>

and Israel
<03478>_?

25:27

Now after the time
<06256>

that Amaziah
<0558>

did turn away
<05493> (8804)

from following
<0310>

the LORD
<03068>

they made
<07194> (8799)

a conspiracy
<07195>

against him in Jerusalem
<03389>_;

and he fled
<05127> (8799)

to Lachish
<03923>_:

but they sent
<07971> (8799)

to Lachish
<03923>

after
<0310>

him, and slew
<04191> (8686)

him there. {from...: Heb. from after} {made...: Heb. conspired a conspiracy}

25:28

And they brought
<05375> (8799)

him upon horses
<05483>_,

and buried
<06912> (8799)

him with his fathers
<01>

in the city
<05892>

of Judah
<03063>_.

{Judah: that is, the city of David}

26:1

Then all the people
<05971>

of Judah
<03063>

took
<03947> (8799)

Uzziah
<05818>_,

who [was] sixteen
<08337> <06240>

years
<08141>

old
<01121>_,

and made him king
<04427> (8686)

in the room of his father
<01>

Amaziah
<0558>_.

{Uzziah: or, Azariah}