#### 2Ch 1

1 And Solomon 08010 the son 01121 of David 01732 was strengthened 02388 08691 in his kingdom 04438, and the LORD 03068 his God 0430 [was] with him, and magnified 01431 08762 him exceedingly 04605.
2 Then Solomon 08010 spake 0559 08799 unto all Israel 03478, to the captains 08269 of thousands 0505 and of hundreds 03967, and to the judges 08199 08802, and to every governor 05387 in all Israel 03478, the chief 07218 of the fathers 01.
3 So Solomon 08010, and all the congregation 06951 with him, went 03212 08799 to the high place 01116 that [was] at Gibeon 01391; for there was the tabernacle 0168 of the congregation 04150 of God 0430, which Moses 04872 the servant 05650 of the LORD 03068 had made 06213 08804 in the wilderness 04057.
4 But 061 the ark 0727 of God 0430 had David 01732 brought up 05927 08689 from Kirjathjearim 07157 to [the place which] David 01732 had prepared 03559 08687 for it: for he had pitched 05186 08804 a tent 0168 for it at Jerusalem 03389.
5 Moreover the brasen 05178 altar 04196, that Bezaleel 01212 the son 01121 of Uri 0221, the son 01121 of Hur 02354, had made 06213 08804, he put 07760 08804 before 06440 the tabernacle 04908 of the LORD 03068: and Solomon 08010 and the congregation 06951 sought 01875 08799 unto it.
6 And Solomon 08010 went up 05927 08686 thither to the brasen 05178 altar 04196 before 06440 the LORD 03068, which [was] at the tabernacle 0168 of the congregation 04150, and offered 05927 08686 a thousand 0505 burnt offerings 05930 upon it.
7 In that night 03915 did God 0430 appear 07200 08738 unto Solomon 08010, and said 0559 08799 unto him, Ask 07592 08798 what I shall give 05414 08799 thee.
8 And Solomon 08010 said 0559 08799 unto God 0430, Thou hast shewed 06213 08804 great 01419 mercy 02617 unto David 01732 my father 01, and hast made me to reign 04427 08689 in his stead.
9 Now, O LORD 03068 God 0430, let thy promise 01697 unto David 01732 my father 01 be established 0539 08735: for thou hast made me king 04427 08689 over a people 05971 like the dust 06083 of the earth 0776 in multitude 07227.
10 Give 05414 08798 me now wisdom 02451 and knowledge 04093, that I may go out 03318 08799 and come in 0935 08799 before 06440 this people 05971: for who can judge 08199 08799 this thy people 05971, [that is so] great 01419?
11 And God 0430 said 0559 08799 to Solomon 08010, Because this was in thine heart 03824, and thou hast not asked 07592 08804 riches 06239, wealth 05233, or honour 03519, nor the life 05315 of thine enemies 08130 08802, neither yet hast asked 07592 08804 long 07227 life 03117; but hast asked 07592 08799 wisdom 02451 and knowledge 04093 for thyself, that thou mayest judge 08199 08799 my people 05971, over whom I have made thee king 04427 08689:
12 Wisdom 02451 and knowledge 04093 [is] granted 05414 08803 unto thee; and I will give 05414 08799 thee riches 06239, and wealth 05233, and honour 03519, such as none of the kings 04428 have had that [have been] before 06440 thee, neither shall there any after 0310 thee have the like.
13 Then Solomon 08010 came 0935 08799 [from his journey] to the high place 01116 that [was] at Gibeon 01391 to Jerusalem 03389, from before 06440 the tabernacle 0168 of the congregation 04150, and reigned 04427 08799 over Israel 03478.
14 And Solomon 08010 gathered 0622 08799 chariots 07393 and horsemen 06571: and he had a thousand 0505 and four 0702 hundred 03967 chariots 07393, and twelve 08147 06240 thousand 0505 horsemen 06571, which he placed 03240 08686 in the chariot 07393 cities 05892, and with the king 04428 at Jerusalem 03389.
15 And the king 04428 made 05414 08799 silver 03701 and gold 02091 at Jerusalem 03389 [as plenteous] as stones 068, and cedar trees 0730 made 05414 08804 he as the sycomore trees 08256 that [are] in the vale 08219 for abundance 07230.
16 And Solomon 08010 had horses 05483 brought 04161 out of Egypt 04714, and linen yarn 04723: the king's 04428 merchants 05503 08802 received 03947 08799 the linen yarn 04723 at a price 04242.
17 And they fetched up 05927 08799, and brought forth 03318 08686 out of Egypt 04714 a chariot 04818 for six 08337 hundred 03967 [shekels] of silver 03701, and an horse 05483 for an hundred 03967 and fifty 02572: and so brought they out 03318 08686 [horses] for all the kings 04428 of the Hittites 02850, and for the kings 04428 of Syria 0758, by their means 03027.

#### 2Ch 2

1 And Solomon 08010 determined 0559 08799 to build 01129 08800 an house 01004 for the name 08034 of the LORD 03068, and an house 01004 for his kingdom 04438.
2 And Solomon 08010 told out 05608 08799 threescore and ten 07657 thousand 0505 men 0376 to bear burdens 05449, and fourscore 08084 thousand 0505 0376 to hew 02672 08802 in the mountain 02022, and three 07969 thousand 0505 and six 08337 hundred 03967 to oversee 05329 08764 them.
3 And Solomon 08010 sent 07971 08799 to Huram 02361 the king 04428 of Tyre 06865, saying 0559 08800, As thou didst deal 06213 08804 with David 01732 my father 01, and didst send 07971 08799 him cedars 0730 to build 01129 08800 him an house 01004 to dwell 03427 08800 therein, [even so deal with me].
4 Behold, I build 01129 08802 an house 01004 to the name 08034 of the LORD 03068 my God 0430, to dedicate 06942 08687 [it] to him, [and] to burn 06999 08687 before 06440 him sweet 05561 incense 07004, and for the continual 08548 shewbread 04635, and for the burnt offerings 05930 morning 01242 and evening 06153, on the sabbaths 07676, and on the new moons 02320, and on the solemn feasts 04150 of the LORD 03068 our God 0430. This [is an ordinance] for ever 05769 to Israel 03478.
5 And the house 01004 which I build 01129 08802 [is] great 01419: for great 01419 [is] our God 0430 above all gods 0430.
6 But who is able 06113 08799 03581 to build 01129 08800 him an house 01004, seeing the heaven 08064 and heaven 08064 of heavens 08064 cannot contain 03557 08770 him? who [am] I then, that I should build 01129 08799 him an house 01004, save only 0518 to burn sacrifice 06999 08687 before 06440 him?
7 Send 07971 08798 me now therefore a man 0376 cunning 02450 to work 06213 08800 in gold 02091, and in silver 03701, and in brass 05178, and in iron 01270, and in purple 0710, and crimson 03758, and blue 08504, and that can skill 03045 08802 to grave 06605 08763 06603 with the cunning men 02450 that [are] with me in Judah 03063 and in Jerusalem 03389, whom David 01732 my father 01 did provide 03559 08689.
8 Send 07971 08798 me also cedar 0730 trees 06086, fir trees 01265, and algum trees 0418, out of Lebanon 03844: for I know 03045 08804 that thy servants 05650 can skill 03045 08802 to cut 03772 08800 timber 06086 in Lebanon 03844; and, behold, my servants 05650 [shall be] with thy servants 05650,
9 Even to prepare 03559 08687 me timber 06086 in abundance 07230: for the house 01004 which I am about to build 01129 08802 [shall be] wonderful 06381 08687 great 01419.
10 And, behold, I will give 05414 08804 to thy servants 05650, the hewers 02404 08802 that cut 03772 08802 timber 06086, twenty 06242 thousand 0505 measures 03734 of beaten 04347 wheat 02406, and twenty 06242 thousand 0505 measures 03734 of barley 08184, and twenty 06242 thousand 0505 baths 01324 of wine 03196, and twenty 06242 thousand 0505 baths 01324 of oil 08081.
11 Then Huram 02361 the king 04428 of Tyre 06865 answered 0559 08799 in writing 03791, which he sent 07971 08799 to Solomon 08010, Because the LORD 03068 hath loved 0160 his people 05971, he hath made 05414 08804 thee king 04428 over them.
12 Huram 02361 said 0559 08799 moreover, Blessed 01288 08803 [be] the LORD 03068 God 0430 of Israel 03478, that made 06213 08804 heaven 08064 and earth 0776, who hath given 05414 08804 to David 01732 the king 04428 a wise 02450 son 01121, endued 03045 08802 with prudence 07922 and understanding 0998, that might build 01129 08799 an house 01004 for the LORD 03068, and an house 01004 for his kingdom 04438.
13 And now I have sent 07971 08804 a cunning 02450 man 0376, endued 03045 08802 with understanding 0998, of Huram 02361 my father's 01,
14 The son 01121 of a woman 0802 of the daughters 01323 of Dan 01835, and his father 01 [was] a man 0376 of Tyre 06876, skilful 03045 08802 to work 06213 08800 in gold 02091, and in silver 03701, in brass 05178, in iron 01270, in stone 068, and in timber 06086, in purple 0713, in blue 08504, and in fine linen 0948, and in crimson 03758; also to grave 06605 08763 any manner of graving 06603, and to find out 02803 08800 every device 04284 which shall be put 05414 08735 to him, with thy cunning men 02450, and with the cunning men 02450 of my lord 0113 David 01732 thy father 01.
15 Now therefore the wheat 02406, and the barley 08184, the oil 08081, and the wine 03196, which my lord 0113 hath spoken 0559 08804 of, let him send 07971 08799 unto his servants 05650:
16 And we will cut 03772 08799 wood 06086 out of Lebanon 03844, as much as thou shalt need 06878: and we will bring 0935 08686 it to thee in floats 07513 by sea 03220 to Joppa 03305; and thou shalt carry it up 05927 08686 to Jerusalem 03389.
17 And Solomon 08010 numbered 05608 08799 all the strangers 0582 01616 that [were] in the land 0776 of Israel 03478, after 0310 the numbering 05610 wherewith David 01732 his father 01 had numbered 05608 08804 them; and they were found 04672 08735 an hundred 03967 and fifty 02572 thousand 0505 and three 07969 thousand 0505 and six 08337 hundred 03967.
18 And he set 06213 08799 threescore and ten 07657 thousand 0505 of them [to be] bearers of burdens 05449, and fourscore 08084 thousand 0505 [to be] hewers 02672 08802 in the mountain 02022, and three 07969 thousand 0505 and six 08337 hundred 03967 overseers 05329 08764 to set 05647 00 the people 05971 a work 05647 08687.

#### 2Ch 3

1 Then Solomon 08010 began 02490 08686 to build 01129 08800 the house 01004 of the LORD 03068 at Jerusalem 03389 in mount 02022 Moriah 04179, where [the LORD] appeared 07200 08738 unto David 01732 his father 01, in the place 04725 that David 01732 had prepared 03559 08689 in the threshingfloor 01637 of Ornan 0771 the Jebusite 02983.
2 And he began 02490 08686 to build 01129 08800 in the second 08145 [day] of the second 08145 month 02320, in the fourth 0702 year 08141 of his reign 04438.
3 Now these [are the things wherein] Solomon 08010 was instructed 03245 08717 for the building 01129 08800 of the house 01004 of God 0430. The length 0753 by cubits 0520 after the first 07223 measure 04060 [was] threescore 08346 cubits 0520, and the breadth 07341 twenty 06242 cubits 0520.
4 And the porch 0197 that [was] in the front 06440 [of the house], the length 0753 [of it was] according to the breadth 07341 of the house 01004, twenty 06242 cubits 0520, and the height 01363 [was] an hundred 03967 and twenty 06242: and he overlaid 06823 08762 it within 06441 with pure 02889 gold 02091.
5 And the greater 01419 house 01004 he cieled 02645 08765 with fir 01265 tree 06086, which he overlaid 02645 08762 with fine 02896 gold 02091, and set 05927 08686 thereon palm trees 08561 and chains 08333.
6 And he garnished 06823 08762 the house 01004 with precious 03368 stones 068 for beauty 08597: and the gold 02091 [was] gold 02091 of Parvaim 06516.
7 He overlaid 02645 08762 also the house 01004, the beams 06982, the posts 05592, and the walls 07023 thereof, and the doors 01817 thereof, with gold 02091; and graved 06605 08765 cherubims 03742 on the walls 07023.
8 And he made 06213 08799 the most 06944 holy 06944 house 01004, the length 0753 whereof [was] according to 06440 the breadth 07341 of the house 01004, twenty 06242 cubits 0520, and the breadth 07341 thereof twenty 06242 cubits 0520: and he overlaid 02645 08762 it with fine 02896 gold 02091, [amounting] to six 08337 hundred 03967 talents 03603.
9 And the weight 04948 of the nails 04548 [was] fifty 02572 shekels 08255 of gold 02091. And he overlaid 02645 08765 the upper chambers 05944 with gold 02091.
10 And in the most 06944 holy 06944 house 01004 he made 06213 08799 two 08147 cherubims 03742 of image 06816 work 04639, and overlaid 06823 08762 them with gold 02091.
11 And the wings 03671 of the cherubims 03742 [were] twenty 06242 cubits 0520 long 0753: one 0259 wing 03671 [of the one cherub was] five 02568 cubits 0520, reaching 05060 08688 to the wall 07023 of the house 01004: and the other 0312 wing 03671 [was likewise] five 02568 cubits 0520, reaching 05060 08688 to the wing 03671 of the other 0312 cherub 03742.
12 And [one] wing 03671 of the other 0259 cherub 03742 [was] five 02568 cubits 0520, reaching 05060 08688 to the wall 07023 of the house 01004: and the other 0312 wing 03671 [was] five 02568 cubits 0520 [also], joining 01695 to the wing 03671 of the other 0312 cherub 03742.
13 The wings 03671 of these cherubims 03742 spread themselves forth 06566 08802 twenty 06242 cubits 0520: and they stood 05975 08802 on their feet 07272, and their faces 06440 [were] inward 01004.
14 And he made 06213 08799 the vail 06532 [of] blue 08504, and purple 0713, and crimson 03758, and fine linen 0948, and wrought 05927 08686 cherubims 03742 thereon.
15 Also he made 06213 08799 before 06440 the house 01004 two 08147 pillars 05982 of thirty 07970 and five 02568 cubits 0520 high 0753, and the chapiter 06858 that [was] on the top 07218 of each of them [was] five 02568 cubits 0520.
16 And he made 06213 08799 chains 08333, [as] in the oracle 01687, and put 05414 08799 [them] on the heads 07218 of the pillars 05982; and made 06213 08799 an hundred 03967 pomegranates 07416, and put 05414 08799 [them] on the chains 08333.
17 And he reared up 06965 08686 the pillars 05982 before 06440 the temple 01964, one 0259 on the right hand 03225, and the other 0259 on the left 08040; and called 07121 08799 the name 08034 of that on the right hand 03233 08675 03227 Jachin 03199, and the name 08034 of that on the left 08042 Boaz 01162.

#### 2Ch 4

1 Moreover he made 06213 08799 an altar 04196 of brass 05178, twenty 06242 cubits 0520 the length 0753 thereof, and twenty 06242 cubits 0520 the breadth 07341 thereof, and ten 06235 cubits 0520 the height 06967 thereof.
2 Also he made 06213 08799 a molten 03332 08716 sea 03220 of ten 06235 cubits 0520 from brim 08193 to brim 08193, round 05696 in compass 05439, and five 02568 cubits 0520 the height 06967 thereof; and a line 06957 of thirty 07970 cubits 0520 did compass 05437 08799 it round about 05439.
3 And under it [was] the similitude 01823 of oxen 01241, which did compass 05437 08802 it round about 05439: ten 06235 in a cubit 0520, compassing 05362 08688 the sea 03220 round about 05439. Two 08147 rows 02905 of oxen 01241 [were] cast 03332 08803, when it was cast 04166.
4 It stood 05975 08802 upon twelve 08147 06240 oxen 01241, three 07969 looking 06437 08802 toward the north 06828, and three 07969 looking 06437 08802 toward the west 03220, and three 07969 looking 06437 08802 toward the south 05045, and three 07969 looking 06437 08802 toward the east 04217: and the sea 03220 [was set] above 04605 upon them, and all their hinder parts 0268 [were] inward 01004.
5 And the thickness 05672 of it [was] an handbreadth 02947, and the brim 08193 of it like the work 04639 of the brim 08193 of a cup 03563, with flowers 06525 of lilies 07799; [and] it received 02388 08688 and held 03557 08686 three 07969 thousand 0505 baths 01324.
6 He made 06213 08799 also ten 06235 lavers 03595, and put 05414 08799 five 02568 on the right hand 03225, and five 02568 on the left 08040, to wash 07364 08800 in them: such things as they offered 04639 for the burnt offering 05930 they washed 01740 08686 in them; but the sea 03220 [was] for the priests 03548 to wash in 07364 08800.
7 And he made 06213 08799 ten 06235 candlesticks 04501 of gold 02091 according to their form 04941, and set 05414 08799 [them] in the temple 01964, five 02568 on the right hand 03225, and five 02568 on the left 08040.
8 He made 06213 08799 also ten 06235 tables 07979, and placed 03240 08686 [them] in the temple 01964, five 02568 on the right side 03225, and five 02568 on the left 08040. And he made 06213 08799 an hundred 03967 basons 04219 of gold 02091.
9 Furthermore he made 06213 08799 the court 02691 of the priests 03548, and the great 01419 court 05835, and doors 01817 for the court 05835, and overlaid 06823 08765 the doors 01817 of them with brass 05178.
10 And he set 05414 08804 the sea 03220 on the right 03233 side 03802 of the east end 06924, over against 04136 the south 05045.
11 And Huram 02361 made 06213 08799 the pots 05518, and the shovels 03257, and the basons 04219. And Huram 02361 08676 02438 finished 03615 08762 06213 08800 the work 04399 that he was to make 06213 08804 for king 04428 Solomon 08010 for the house 01004 of God 0430;
12 [To wit], the two 08147 pillars 05982, and the pommels 01543, and the chapiters 03805 [which were] on the top 07218 of the two pillars 05982, and the two 08147 wreaths 07639 to cover 03680 08763 the two 08147 pommels 01543 of the chapiters 03805 which [were] on the top 07218 of the pillars 05982;
13 And four 0702 hundred 03967 pomegranates 07416 on the two 08147 wreaths 07639; two 08147 rows 02905 of pomegranates 07416 on each 0259 wreath 07639, to cover 03680 08763 the two 08147 pommels 01543 of the chapiters 03805 which [were] upon 06440 the pillars 05982.
14 He made 06213 08804 also bases 04350, and lavers 03595 made 06213 08804 he upon the bases 04350;
15 One 0259 sea 03220, and twelve 08147 06240 oxen 01241 under it.
16 The pots 05518 also, and the shovels 03257, and the fleshhooks 04207, and all their instruments 03627, did Huram 02361 his father 01 make 06213 08804 to king 04428 Solomon 08010 for the house 01004 of the LORD 03068 of bright 04838 08803 brass 05178.
17 In the plain 03603 of Jordan 03383 did the king 04428 cast 03332 08804 them, in the clay 05645 ground 0127 between Succoth 05523 and Zeredathah 06868.
18 Thus Solomon 08010 made 06213 08799 all these vessels 03627 in great 03966 abundance 07230: for the weight 04948 of the brass 05178 could not be found out 02713 08738.
19 And Solomon 08010 made 06213 08799 all the vessels 03627 that [were for] the house 01004 of God 0430, the golden 02091 altar 04196 also, and the tables 07979 whereon the shewbread 03899 06440 [was set];
20 Moreover the candlesticks 04501 with their lamps 05216, that they should burn 01197 08763 after the manner 04941 before 06440 the oracle 01687, of pure 05462 08803 gold 02091;
21 And the flowers 06525, and the lamps 05216, and the tongs 04457, [made he of] gold 02091, [and] that perfect 04357 gold 02091;
22 And the snuffers 04212, and the basons 04219, and the spoons 03709, and the censers 04289, [of] pure 05462 08803 gold 02091: and the entry 06607 of the house 01004, the inner 06442 doors 01817 thereof for the most 06944 holy 06944 [place], and the doors 01817 of the house 01004 of the temple 01964, [were of] gold 02091.

#### 2Ch 5

1 Thus all the work 04399 that Solomon 08010 made 06213 08804 for the house 01004 of the LORD 03068 was finished 07999 08799: and Solomon 08010 brought 0935 08686 in [all] the things 06944 00 that David 01732 his father 01 had dedicated 06944; and the silver 03701, and the gold 02091, and all the instruments 03627, put 05414 08804 he among the treasures 0214 of the house 01004 of God 0430.
2 Then Solomon 08010 assembled 06950 08686 the elders 02205 of Israel 03478, and all the heads 07218 of the tribes 04294, the chief 05387 of the fathers 01 of the children 01121 of Israel 03478, unto Jerusalem 03389, to bring up 05927 08687 the ark 0727 of the covenant 01285 of the LORD 03068 out of the city 05892 of David 01732, which [is] Zion 06726.
3 Wherefore all the men 0376 of Israel 03478 assembled 06950 08735 themselves unto the king 04428 in the feast 02282 which [was] in the seventh 07637 month 02320.
4 And all the elders 02205 of Israel 03478 came 0935 08799; and the Levites 03881 took up 05375 08799 the ark 0727.
5 And they brought up 05927 08686 the ark 0727, and the tabernacle 0168 of the congregation 04150, and all the holy 06944 vessels 03627 that [were] in the tabernacle 0168, these did the priests 03548 [and] the Levites 03881 bring up 05927 08689.
6 Also king 04428 Solomon 08010, and all the congregation 05712 of Israel 03478 that were assembled 03259 08737 unto him before 06440 the ark 0727, sacrificed 02076 08764 sheep 06629 and oxen 01241, which could not be told 05608 08735 nor numbered 04487 08735 for multitude 07230.
7 And the priests 03548 brought in 0935 08686 the ark 0727 of the covenant 01285 of the LORD 03068 unto his place 04725, to the oracle 01687 of the house 01004, into the most 06944 holy 06944 [place, even] under the wings 03671 of the cherubims 03742:
8 For the cherubims 03742 spread forth 06566 08802 [their] wings 03671 over the place 04725 of the ark 0727, and the cherubims 03742 covered 03680 08762 the ark 0727 and the staves 0905 thereof above 04605.
9 And they drew out 0748 08686 the staves 0905 [of the ark], that the ends 07218 of the staves 0905 were seen 07200 08735 from the ark 0727 before 06440 the oracle 01687; but they were not seen 07200 08735 without 02351. And there it is unto this day 03117.
10 [There was] nothing in the ark 0727 save the two 08147 tables 03871 which Moses 04872 put 05414 08804 [therein] at Horeb 02722, when the LORD 03068 made 03772 08804 [a covenant] with the children 01121 of Israel 03478, when they came out 03318 08800 of Egypt 04714.
11 And it came to pass, when the priests 03548 were come out 03318 08800 of the holy 06944 [place]: (for all the priests 03548 [that were] present 04672 08737 were sanctified 06942 08694, [and] did not [then] wait 08104 08800 by course 04256:
12 Also the Levites 03881 [which were] the singers 07891 08789, all of them of Asaph 0623, of Heman 01968, of Jeduthun 03038, with their sons 01121 and their brethren 0251, [being] arrayed 03847 08794 in white linen 0948, having cymbals 04700 and psalteries 05035 and harps 03658, stood 05975 08802 at the east end 04217 of the altar 04196, and with them an hundred 03967 and twenty 06242 priests 03548 sounding 02690 08688 with trumpets 02689:)
13 It came even to pass, as the trumpeters 02690 08764 08675 02690 08764 and singers 07891 08789 [were] as one 0259, to make one 0259 sound 06963 to be heard 08085 08687 in praising 01984 08763 and thanking 03034 08687 the LORD 03068; and when they lifted up 07311 08687 [their] voice 06963 with the trumpets 02689 and cymbals 04700 and instruments 03627 of musick 07892, and praised 01984 08763 the LORD 03068, [saying], For [he is] good 02896; for his mercy 02617 [endureth] for ever 05769: that [then] the house 01004 was filled 04390 08804 with a cloud 06051, [even] the house 01004 of the LORD 03068;
14 So that the priests 03548 could 03201 08804 not stand 05975 08800 to minister 08334 08763 by reason 06440 of the cloud 06051: for the glory 03519 of the LORD 03068 had filled 04390 08804 the house 01004 of God 0430.

#### 2Ch 6

1 Then said 0559 08804 Solomon 08010, The LORD 03068 hath said 0559 08804 that he would dwell 07931 08800 in the thick darkness 06205.
2 But I have built 01129 08804 an house 01004 of habitation 02073 for thee, and a place 04349 for thy dwelling 03427 08800 for ever 05769.
3 And the king 04428 turned 05437 08686 his face 06440, and blessed 01288 08762 the whole congregation 06951 of Israel 03478: and all the congregation 06951 of Israel 03478 stood 05975 08802.
4 And he said 0559 08799, Blessed 01288 08803 [be] the LORD 03068 God 0430 of Israel 03478, who hath with his hands 03027 fulfilled 04390 08765 [that] which he spake 01696 08765 with his mouth 06310 to my father 01 David 01732, saying 0559 08800,
5 Since the day 03117 that I brought forth 03318 08689 my people 05971 out of the land 0776 of Egypt 04714 I chose 0977 08804 no city 05892 among all the tribes 07626 of Israel 03478 to build 01129 08800 an house 01004 in, that my name 08034 might be there; neither chose 0977 08804 I any man 0376 to be a ruler 05057 over my people 05971 Israel 03478:
6 But I have chosen 0977 08799 Jerusalem 03389, that my name 08034 might be there; and have chosen 0977 08799 David 01732 to be over my people 05971 Israel 03478.
7 Now it was in the heart 03824 of David 01732 my father 01 to build 01129 08800 an house 01004 for the name 08034 of the LORD 03068 God 0430 of Israel 03478.
8 But the LORD 03068 said 0559 08799 to David 01732 my father 01, Forasmuch as it was in thine heart 03824 to build 01129 08800 an house 01004 for my name 08034, thou didst well 02895 08689 in that it was in thine heart 03824:
9 Notwithstanding 07535 thou shalt not build 01129 08799 the house 01004; but thy son 01121 which shall come forth 03318 08802 out of thy loins 02504, he shall build 01129 08799 the house 01004 for my name 08034.
10 The LORD 03068 therefore hath performed 06965 08686 his word 01697 that he hath spoken 01696 08765: for I am risen up 06965 08799 in the room of David 01732 my father 01, and am set 03427 08799 on the throne 03678 of Israel 03478, as the LORD 03068 promised 01696 08765, and have built 01129 08799 the house 01004 for the name 08034 of the LORD 03068 God 0430 of Israel 03478.
11 And in it 08033 have I put 07760 08799 the ark 0727, wherein [is] the covenant 01285 of the LORD 03068, that he made 03772 08804 with the children 01121 of Israel 03478.
12 And he stood 05975 08799 before 06440 the altar 04196 of the LORD 03068 in the presence of all the congregation 06951 of Israel 03478, and spread forth 06566 08799 his hands 03709:
13 For Solomon 08010 had made 06213 08804 a brasen 05178 scaffold 03595, of five 02568 cubits 0520 long 0753, and five 02568 cubits 0520 broad 07341, and three 07969 cubits 0520 high 06967, and had set 05414 08799 it in the midst 08432 of the court 05835: and upon it he stood 05975 08799, and kneeled down 01288 08799 upon his knees 01290 before all the congregation 06951 of Israel 03478, and spread forth 06566 08799 his hands 03709 toward heaven 08064,
14 And said 0559 08799, O LORD 03068 God 0430 of Israel 03478, [there is] no God 0430 like thee in the heaven 08064, nor in the earth 0776; which keepest 08104 08802 covenant 01285, and [shewest] mercy 02617 unto thy servants 05650, that walk 01980 08802 before 06440 thee with all their hearts 03820:
15 Thou which hast kept 08104 08804 with thy servant 05650 David 01732 my father 01 that which thou hast promised 01696 08765 him; and spakest 01696 08762 with thy mouth 06310, and hast fulfilled 04390 08765 [it] with thine hand 03027, as [it is] this day 03117.
16 Now therefore, O LORD 03068 God 0430 of Israel 03478, keep 08104 08798 with thy servant 05650 David 01732 my father 01 that which thou hast promised 01696 08765 him, saying 0559 08800, There shall not fail 03772 08735 thee a man 0376 in my sight 06440 to sit 03427 08802 upon the throne 03678 of Israel 03478; yet so 07535 that thy children 01121 take heed 08104 08799 to their way 01870 to walk 03212 08800 in my law 08451, as thou hast walked 01980 08804 before 06440 me.
17 Now then, O LORD 03068 God 0430 of Israel 03478, let thy word 01697 be verified 0539 08735, which thou hast spoken 01696 08765 unto thy servant 05650 David 01732.
18 But will God 0430 in very deed 0552 dwell 03427 08799 with men 0120 on the earth 0776? behold, heaven 08064 and the heaven 08064 of heavens 08064 cannot contain 03557 08770 thee; how much less this house 01004 which I have built 01129 08804!
19 Have respect 06437 08804 therefore to the prayer 08605 of thy servant 05650, and to his supplication 08467, O LORD 03068 my God 0430, to hearken 08085 08800 unto the cry 07440 and the prayer 08605 which thy servant 05650 prayeth 06419 08693 before 06440 thee:
20 That thine eyes 05869 may be open 06605 08803 upon this house 01004 day 03119 and night 03915, upon the place 04725 whereof thou hast said 0559 08804 that thou wouldest put 07760 08800 thy name 08034 there; to hearken 08085 08800 unto the prayer 08605 which thy servant 05650 prayeth 06419 08691 toward this place 04725.
21 Hearken 08085 08804 therefore unto the supplications 08469 of thy servant 05650, and of thy people 05971 Israel 03478, which they shall make 06419 08691 toward this place 04725: hear 08085 08799 thou from thy dwelling 03427 08800 place 04725, [even] from heaven 08064; and when thou hearest 08085 08804, forgive 05545 08804.
22 If a man 0376 sin 02398 08799 against his neighbour 07453, and an oath 0423 be laid 05375 08804 upon him to make him swear 0422 08687, and the oath 0423 come 0935 08804 before 06440 thine altar 04196 in this house 01004;
23 Then hear 08085 08799 thou from heaven 08064, and do 06213 08804, and judge 08199 08804 thy servants 05650, by requiting 07725 08687 the wicked 07563, by recompensing 05414 08800 his way 01870 upon his own head 07218; and by justifying 06663 08687 the righteous 06662, by giving 05414 08800 him according to his righteousness 06666.
24 And if thy people 05971 Israel 03478 be put to the worse 05062 08735 before 06440 the enemy 0341 08802, because they have sinned 02398 08799 against thee; and shall return 07725 08804 and confess 03034 08689 thy name 08034, and pray 06419 08694 and make supplication 02603 08694 before 06440 thee in this house 01004;
25 Then hear 08085 08799 thou from the heavens 08064, and forgive 05545 08804 the sin 02403 of thy people 05971 Israel 03478, and bring them again 07725 08689 unto the land 0127 which thou gavest 05414 08804 to them and to their fathers 01.
26 When the heaven 08064 is shut up 06113 08736, and there is no rain 04306, because they have sinned 02398 08799 against thee; [yet] if they pray 06419 08694 toward this place 04725, and confess 03034 08689 thy name 08034, and turn 07725 08799 from their sin 02403, when thou dost afflict 06031 08686 them;
27 Then hear 08085 08799 thou from heaven 08064, and forgive 05545 08804 the sin 02403 of thy servants 05650, and of thy people 05971 Israel 03478, when thou hast taught 03384 08686 them the good 02896 way 01870, wherein they should walk 03212 08799; and send 05414 08804 rain 04306 upon thy land 0776, which thou hast given 05414 08804 unto thy people 05971 for an inheritance 05159.
28 If there be dearth 07458 in the land 0776, if there be pestilence 01698, if there be blasting 07711, or mildew 03420, locusts 0697, or caterpillers 02625; if their enemies 0341 08802 besiege 06887 08686 them in the cities 08179 of their land 0776; whatsoever sore 05061 or whatsoever sickness 04245 [there be]:
29 [Then] what prayer 08605 [or] what supplication 08467 soever shall be made of any man 0120, or of all thy people 05971 Israel 03478, when every one 0376 shall know 03045 08799 his own sore 05061 and his own grief 04341, and shall spread forth 06566 08804 his hands 03709 in this house 01004:
30 Then hear 08085 08799 thou from heaven 08064 thy dwelling 03427 08800 place 04349, and forgive 05545 08804, and render 05414 08804 unto every man 0376 according unto all his ways 01870, whose heart 03824 thou knowest 03045 08799; (for thou only knowest 03045 08804 the hearts 03824 of the children 01121 of men 0120:)
31 That they may fear 03372 08799 thee, to walk 03212 08800 in thy ways 01870, so long as 03117 they live 02416 06440 in the land 0127 which thou gavest 05414 08804 unto our fathers 01.
32 Moreover concerning the stranger 05237, which is not of thy people 05971 Israel 03478, but is come 0935 08804 from a far 07350 country 0776 for thy great 01419 name's 08034 sake, and thy mighty 02389 hand 03027, and thy stretched out 05186 08803 arm 02220; if they come 0935 08804 and pray 06419 08694 in this house 01004;
33 Then hear 08085 08799 thou from the heavens 08064, [even] from thy dwelling 03427 08800 place 04349, and do 06213 08804 according to all that the stranger 05237 calleth 07121 08799 to thee for; that all people 05971 of the earth 0776 may know 03045 08799 thy name 08034, and fear 03372 08800 thee, as [doth] thy people 05971 Israel 03478, and may know 03045 08800 that this house 01004 which I have built 01129 08804 is called 07121 08738 by thy name 08034.
34 If thy people 05971 go out 03318 08799 to war 04421 against their enemies 0341 08802 by the way 01870 that thou shalt send 07971 08799 them, and they pray 06419 08694 unto thee toward 01870 this city 05892 which thou hast chosen 0977 08804, and the house 01004 which I have built 01129 08804 for thy name 08034;
35 Then hear 08085 08804 thou from the heavens 08064 their prayer 08605 and their supplication 08467, and maintain 06213 08804 their cause 04941.
36 If they sin 02398 08799 against thee, (for [there is] no man 0120 which sinneth 02398 08799 not,) and thou be angry 0599 08804 with them, and deliver 05414 08804 them over before 06440 [their] enemies 0341 08802, and they carry them away 07617 08804 captives 07617 08802 unto a land 0776 far off 07350 or near 07138;
37 Yet [if] they bethink 07725 08689 03824 themselves in the land 0776 whither they are carried captive 07617 08738, and turn 07725 08804 and pray 02603 08694 unto thee in the land 0776 of their captivity 07628, saying 0559 08800, We have sinned 02398 08804, we have done amiss 05753 08689, and have dealt wickedly 07561 08804;
38 If they return 07725 08804 to thee with all their heart 03820 and with all their soul 05315 in the land 0776 of their captivity 07628, whither they have carried them captives 07617 08804, and pray 06419 08694 toward 01870 their land 0776, which thou gavest 05414 08804 unto their fathers 01, and [toward] the city 05892 which thou hast chosen 0977 08804, and toward the house 01004 which I have built 01129 08804 for thy name 08034:
39 Then hear 08085 08804 thou from the heavens 08064, [even] from thy dwelling 03427 08800 place 04349, their prayer 08605 and their supplications 08467, and maintain 06213 08804 their cause 04941, and forgive 05545 08804 thy people 05971 which have sinned 02398 08804 against thee.
40 Now, my God 0430, let, I beseech thee, thine eyes 05869 be open 06605 08803, and [let] thine ears 0241 [be] attent 07183 unto the prayer 08605 [that is made] in this place 04725.
41 Now therefore arise 06965 08798, O LORD 03068 God 0430, into thy resting 05118 place, thou, and the ark 0727 of thy strength 05797: let thy priests 03548, O LORD 03068 God 0430, be clothed 03847 08799 with salvation 08668, and let thy saints 02623 rejoice 08055 08799 in goodness 02896.
42 O LORD 03068 God 0430, turn not away 07725 08686 the face 06440 of thine anointed 04899: remember 02142 08798 the mercies 02617 of David 01732 thy servant 05650.

#### 2Ch 7

1 Now when Solomon 08010 had made an end 03615 08763 of praying 06419 08692, the fire 0784 came down 03381 08804 from heaven 08064, and consumed 0398 08799 the burnt offering 05930 and the sacrifices 02077; and the glory 03519 of the LORD 03068 filled 04390 08804 the house 01004.
2 And the priests 03548 could 03201 08804 not enter 0935 08800 into the house 01004 of the LORD 03068, because the glory 03519 of the LORD 03068 had filled 04390 08804 the LORD'S 03068 house 01004.
3 And when all the children 01121 of Israel 03478 saw 07200 08802 how the fire 0784 came down 03381 08800, and the glory 03519 of the LORD 03068 upon the house 01004, they bowed 03766 08799 themselves with their faces 0639 to the ground 0776 upon the pavement 07531, and worshipped 07812 08691, and praised 03034 08687 the LORD 03068, [saying], For [he is] good 02896; for his mercy 02617 [endureth] for ever 05769.
4 Then the king 04428 and all the people 05971 offered 02076 08802 sacrifices 02077 before 06440 the LORD 03068.
5 And king 04428 Solomon 08010 offered 02076 08799 a sacrifice 02077 of twenty 06242 and two 08147 thousand 0505 oxen 01241, and an hundred 03967 and twenty 06242 thousand 0505 sheep 06629: so the king 04428 and all the people 05971 dedicated 02596 08799 the house 01004 of God 0430.
6 And the priests 03548 waited 05975 08802 on their offices 04931: the Levites 03881 also with instruments 03627 of musick 07892 of the LORD 03068, which David 01732 the king 04428 had made 06213 08804 to praise 03034 08687 the LORD 03068, because his mercy 02617 [endureth] for ever 05769, when David 01732 praised 01984 08763 by their ministry 03027; and the priests 03548 sounded trumpets 02690 08688 08675 02690 08764 before them, and all Israel 03478 stood 05975 08802.
7 Moreover Solomon 08010 hallowed 06942 08762 the middle 08432 of the court 02691 that [was] before 06440 the house 01004 of the LORD 03068: for there he offered 06213 08804 burnt offerings 05930, and the fat 02459 of the peace offerings 08002, because the brasen 05178 altar 04196 which Solomon 08010 had made 06213 08804 was not able 03201 08804 to receive 03557 08687 the burnt offerings 05930, and the meat offerings 04503, and the fat 02459.
8 Also at the same time 06256 Solomon 08010 kept 06213 08799 the feast 02282 seven 07651 days 03117, and all Israel 03478 with him, a very 03966 great 01419 congregation 06951, from the entering in 0935 08800 of Hamath 02574 unto the river 05158 of Egypt 04714.
9 And in the eighth 08066 day 03117 they made 06213 08799 a solemn assembly 06116: for they kept 06213 08804 the dedication 02598 of the altar 04196 seven 07651 days 03117, and the feast 02282 seven 07651 days 03117.
10 And on the three 07969 and twentieth 06242 day 03117 of the seventh 07637 month 02320 he sent 07971 00 the people 05971 away 07971 08765 into their tents 0168, glad 08056 and merry 02896 in heart 03820 for the goodness 02896 that the LORD 03068 had shewed 06213 08804 unto David 01732, and to Solomon 08010, and to Israel 03478 his people 05971.
11 Thus Solomon 08010 finished 03615 08762 the house 01004 of the LORD 03068, and the king's 04428 house 01004: and all that came 0935 08802 into Solomon's 08010 heart 03820 to make 06213 08800 in the house 01004 of the LORD 03068, and in his own house 01004, he prosperously effected 06743 08689.
12 And the LORD 03068 appeared 07200 08735 to Solomon 08010 by night 03915, and said 0559 08799 unto him, I have heard 08085 08804 thy prayer 08605, and have chosen 0977 08804 this place 04725 to myself for an house 01004 of sacrifice 02077.
13 If 02005 I shut up 06113 08799 heaven 08064 that there be no rain 04306, or if I command 06680 08762 the locusts 02284 to devour 0398 08800 the land 0776, or if I send 07971 08762 pestilence 01698 among my people 05971;
14 If my people 05971, which are called 07121 08738 by my name 08034, shall humble 03665 08735 themselves, and pray 06419 08691, and seek 01245 08762 my face 06440, and turn 07725 08799 from their wicked 07451 ways 01870; then will I hear 08085 08799 from heaven 08064, and will forgive 05545 08799 their sin 02403, and will heal 07495 08799 their land 0776.
15 Now mine eyes 05869 shall be open 06605 08803, and mine ears 0241 attent 07183 unto the prayer 08605 [that is made] in this place 04725.
16 For now have I chosen 0977 08804 and sanctified 06942 08689 this house 01004, that my name 08034 may be there for 05704 ever 05769: and mine eyes 05869 and mine heart 03820 shall be there perpetually 03117.
17 And as for thee, if thou wilt walk 03212 08799 before 06440 me, as David 01732 thy father 01 walked 01980 08804, and do 06213 08800 according to all that I have commanded 06680 08765 thee, and shalt observe 08104 08799 my statutes 02706 and my judgments 04941;
18 Then will I stablish 06965 08689 the throne 03678 of thy kingdom 04438, according as I have covenanted 03772 08804 with David 01732 thy father 01, saying 0559 08800, There shall not fail 03772 08735 thee a man 0376 [to be] ruler 04910 08802 in Israel 03478.
19 But if ye turn away 07725 08799, and forsake 05800 08804 my statutes 02708 and my commandments 04687, which I have set 05414 08804 before 06440 you, and shall go 01980 08804 and serve 05647 08804 other 0312 gods 0430, and worship 07812 08694 them;
20 Then will I pluck them up by the roots 05428 08804 out of my land 0127 which I have given 05414 08804 them; and this house 01004, which I have sanctified 06942 08689 for my name 08034, will I cast out 07993 08686 of my sight 06440, and will make 05414 08799 it [to be] a proverb 04912 and a byword 08148 among all nations 05971.
21 And this house 01004, which is high 05945, shall be an astonishment 08074 08799 to every one that passeth 05674 08802 by it; so that he shall say 0559 08804, Why hath the LORD 03068 done 06213 08804 thus unto this land 0776, and unto this house 01004?
22 And it shall be answered 0559 08804, Because they forsook 05800 08804 the LORD 03068 God 0430 of their fathers 01, which brought them forth 03318 08689 out of the land 0776 of Egypt 04714, and laid hold 02388 08686 on other 0312 gods 0430, and worshipped 07812 08691 them, and served 05647 08799 them: therefore hath he brought 0935 08689 all this evil 07451 upon them.

#### 2Ch 8

1 And it came to pass at the end 07093 of twenty 06242 years 08141, wherein Solomon 08010 had built 01129 08804 the house 01004 of the LORD 03068, and his own house 01004,
2 That the cities 05892 which Huram 02361 had restored 05414 08804 to Solomon 08010, Solomon 08010 built 01129 08804 them, and caused the children 01121 of Israel 03478 to dwell 03427 08686 there.
3 And Solomon 08010 went 03212 08799 to Hamathzobah 02578, and prevailed 02388 08799 against it.
4 And he built 01129 08799 Tadmor 08412 in the wilderness 04057, and all the store 04543 cities 05892, which he built 01129 08804 in Hamath 02574.
5 Also he built 01129 08799 Bethhoron 01032 the upper 05945, and Bethhoron 01032 the nether 08481, fenced 04692 cities 05892, with walls 02346, gates 01817, and bars 01280;
6 And Baalath 01191, and all the store 04543 cities 05892 that Solomon 08010 had, and all the chariot 07393 cities 05892, and the cities 05892 of the horsemen 06571, and all that Solomon 08010 desired 02836 08804 02837 to build 01129 08800 in Jerusalem 03389, and in Lebanon 03844, and throughout all the land 0776 of his dominion 04475.
7 [As for] all the people 05971 [that were] left 03498 08737 of the Hittites 02850, and the Amorites 0567, and the Perizzites 06522, and the Hivites 02340, and the Jebusites 02983, which [were] not of Israel 03478,
8 [But] of their children 01121, who were left 03498 08738 after 0310 them in the land 0776, whom the children 01121 of Israel 03478 consumed 03615 08765 not, them did Solomon 08010 make to pay 05927 08686 tribute 04522 until this day 03117.
9 But of the children 01121 of Israel 03478 did Solomon 08010 make 05414 08804 no servants 05650 for his work 04399; but they [were] men 0582 of war 04421, and chief 08269 of his captains 07991, and captains 08269 of his chariots 07393 and horsemen 06571.
10 And these [were] the chief 08269 of king 04428 Solomon's 08010 officers 05324 08737 08675 05333, [even] two hundred 03967 and fifty 02572, that bare rule 07287 08802 over the people 05971.
11 And Solomon 08010 brought up 05927 08689 the daughter 01323 of Pharaoh 06547 out of the city 05892 of David 01732 unto the house 01004 that he had built 01129 08804 for her: for he said 0559 08804, My wife 0802 shall not dwell 03427 08799 in the house 01004 of David 01732 king 04428 of Israel 03478, because [the places are] holy 06944, whereunto the ark 0727 of the LORD 03068 hath come 0935 08804.
12 Then Solomon 08010 offered 05927 08689 burnt offerings 05930 unto the LORD 03068 on the altar 04196 of the LORD 03068, which he had built 01129 08804 before 06440 the porch 0197,
13 Even after a certain rate 01697 every day 03117, offering 05927 08687 according to the commandment 04687 of Moses 04872, on the sabbaths 07676, and on the new moons 02320, and on the solemn feasts 04150, three 07969 times 06471 in the year 08141, [even] in the feast 02282 of unleavened bread 04682, and in the feast 02282 of weeks 07620, and in the feast 02282 of tabernacles 05521.
14 And he appointed 05975 08686, according to the order 04941 of David 01732 his father 01, the courses 04256 of the priests 03548 to their service 05656, and the Levites 03881 to their charges 04931, to praise 01984 08763 and minister 08334 08763 before the priests 03548, as the duty 01697 of every day 03117 required 03117: the porters 07778 also by their courses 04256 at every gate 08179: for so had David 01732 the man 0376 of God 0430 commanded 04687.
15 And they departed 05493 08804 not from the commandment 04687 of the king 04428 unto the priests 03548 and Levites 03881 concerning any matter 01697, or concerning the treasures 0214.
16 Now all the work 04399 of Solomon 08010 was prepared 03559 08735 unto the day 03117 of the foundation 04143 of the house 01004 of the LORD 03068, and until it was finished 03615 08800. [So] the house 01004 of the LORD 03068 was perfected 08003.
17 Then went 01980 08804 Solomon 08010 to Eziongeber 06100, and to Eloth 0359, at the sea 03220 side 08193 in the land 0776 of Edom 0123.
18 And Huram 02361 sent 07971 08799 him by the hands 03027 of his servants 05650 ships 0591 08675 0591, and servants 05650 that had knowledge 03045 08802 of the sea 03220; and they went 0935 08799 with the servants 05650 of Solomon 08010 to Ophir 0211, and took 03947 08799 thence four 0702 hundred 03967 and fifty 02572 talents 03603 of gold 02091, and brought 0935 08686 [them] to king 04428 Solomon 08010.

#### 2Ch 9

1 And when the queen 04436 of Sheba 07614 heard 08085 08804 of the fame 08088 of Solomon 08010, she came 0935 08799 to prove 05254 08763 Solomon 08010 with hard questions 02420 at Jerusalem 03389, with a very 03966 great 03515 company 02428, and camels 01581 that bare 05375 08802 spices 01314, and gold 02091 in abundance 07230, and precious 03368 stones 068: and when she was come 0935 08799 to Solomon 08010, she communed 01696 08762 with him of all that was in her heart 03824.
2 And Solomon 08010 told 05046 08686 her all her questions 01697: and there was nothing hid 05956 08738 from Solomon 08010 which he told 05046 08689 her not.
3 And when the queen 04436 of Sheba 07614 had seen 07200 08799 the wisdom 02451 of Solomon 08010, and the house 01004 that he had built 01129 08804,
4 And the meat 03978 of his table 07979, and the sitting 04186 of his servants 05650, and the attendance 04612 of his ministers 08334 08764, and their apparel 04403; his cupbearers 08248 08688 also, and their apparel 04403; and his ascent 05944 by which he went up 05927 08799 into the house 01004 of the LORD 03068; there was no more spirit 07307 in her.
5 And she said 0559 08799 to the king 04428, [It was] a true 0571 report 01697 which I heard 08085 08804 in mine own land 0776 of thine acts 01697, and of thy wisdom 02451:
6 Howbeit I believed 0539 08689 not their words 01697, until I came 0935 08804, and mine eyes 05869 had seen 07200 08799 [it]: and, behold, the one half 02677 of the greatness 04768 of thy wisdom 02451 was not told 05046 08717 me: [for] thou exceedest 03254 08804 the fame 08052 that I heard 08085 08804.
7 Happy 0835 [are] thy men 0582, and happy 0835 [are] these thy servants 05650, which stand 05975 08802 continually 08548 before 06440 thee, and hear 08085 08802 thy wisdom 02451.
8 Blessed 01288 08803 be the LORD 03068 thy God 0430, which delighted 02654 08804 in thee to set 05414 08800 thee on his throne 03678, [to be] king 04428 for the LORD 03068 thy God 0430: because thy God 0430 loved 0160 Israel 03478, to establish 05975 08687 them for ever 05769, therefore made 05414 08799 he thee king 04428 over them, to do 06213 08800 judgment 04941 and justice 06666.
9 And she gave 05414 08799 the king 04428 an hundred 03967 and twenty 06242 talents 03603 of gold 02091, and of spices 01314 great 03966 abundance 07230, and precious 03368 stones 068: neither was there any such spice 01314 as the queen 04436 of Sheba 07614 gave 05414 08804 king 04428 Solomon 08010.
10 And the servants 05650 also of Huram 02361, and the servants 05650 of Solomon 08010, which brought 0935 08689 gold 02091 from Ophir 0211, brought 0935 08689 algum 0418 trees 06086 and precious 03368 stones 068.
11 And the king 04428 made 06213 08799 [of] the algum 0418 trees 06086 terraces 04546 to the house 01004 of the LORD 03068, and to the king's 04428 palace 01004, and harps 03658 and psalteries 05035 for singers 07891 08802: and there were none such 01992 seen 07200 08738 before 06440 in the land 0776 of Judah 03063.
12 And king 04428 Solomon 08010 gave 05414 08804 to the queen 04436 of Sheba 07614 all her desire 02656, whatsoever she asked 07592 08804, beside [that] which she had brought 0935 08689 unto the king 04428. So she turned 02015 08799, and went away 03212 08799 to her own land 0776, she and her servants 05650.
13 Now the weight 04948 of gold 02091 that came 0935 08804 to Solomon 08010 in one 0259 year 08141 was six 08337 hundred 03967 and threescore 08346 and six 08337 talents 03603 of gold 02091;
14 Beside [that which] chapmen 0582 08446 08802 and merchants 05503 08802 brought 0935 08688. And all the kings 04428 of Arabia 06152 and governors 06346 of the country 0776 brought 0935 08688 gold 02091 and silver 03701 to Solomon 08010.
15 And king 04428 Solomon 08010 made 06213 08799 two hundred 03967 targets 06793 [of] beaten 07820 08803 gold 02091: six 08337 hundred 03967 [shekels] of beaten 07820 08803 gold 02091 went 05927 08686 to one 0259 target 06793.
16 And three 07969 hundred 03967 shields 04043 [made he of] beaten 07820 08803 gold 02091: three 07969 hundred 03967 [shekels] of gold 02091 went 05927 08686 to one 0259 shield 04043. And the king 04428 put 05414 08799 them in the house 01004 of the forest 03293 of Lebanon 03844.
17 Moreover the king 04428 made 06213 08799 a great 01419 throne 03678 of ivory 08127, and overlaid 06823 08762 it with pure 02889 gold 02091.
18 And [there were] six 08337 steps 04609 to the throne 03678, with a footstool 03534 of gold 02091, [which were] fastened 0270 08716 to the throne 03678, and stays 03027 on each side of the sitting 03427 08800 place 04725, and two 08147 lions 0738 standing 05975 08802 by 0681 the stays 03027:
19 And twelve 08147 06240 lions 0738 stood 05975 08802 there on the one side and on the other upon the six 08337 steps 04609. There was not the like made 06213 08738 in any kingdom 04467.
20 And all the drinking 04945 vessels 03627 of king 04428 Solomon 08010 [were of] gold 02091, and all the vessels 03627 of the house 01004 of the forest 03293 of Lebanon 03844 [were of] pure 05462 08803 gold 02091: none [were of] silver 03701; it was [not] any 03972 thing accounted 02803 08737 of in the days 03117 of Solomon 08010.
21 For the king's 04428 ships 0591 went 01980 08802 to Tarshish 08659 with the servants 05650 of Huram 02361: every three 07969 years 08141 once 0259 came 0935 08799 the ships 0591 of Tarshish 08659 bringing 05375 08802 gold 02091, and silver 03701, ivory 08143, and apes 06971, and peacocks 08500.
22 And king 04428 Solomon 08010 passed 01431 08799 all the kings 04428 of the earth 0776 in riches 06239 and wisdom 02451.
23 And all the kings 04428 of the earth 0776 sought 01245 08764 the presence 06440 of Solomon 08010, to hear 08085 08800 his wisdom 02451, that God 0430 had put 05414 08804 in his heart 03820.
24 And they brought 0935 08688 every man 0376 his present 04503, vessels 03627 of silver 03701, and vessels 03627 of gold 02091, and raiment 08008, harness 05402, and spices 01314, horses 05483, and mules 06505, a rate 01697 year 08141 by year 08141.
25 And Solomon 08010 had four 0702 thousand 0505 stalls 0723 for horses 05483 and chariots 04818, and twelve 08147 06240 thousand 0505 horsemen 06571; whom he bestowed 03240 08686 in the chariot 07393 cities 05892, and with the king 04428 at Jerusalem 03389.
26 And he reigned 04910 08802 over all the kings 04428 from the river 05104 even unto the land 0776 of the Philistines 06430, and to the border 01366 of Egypt 04714.
27 And the king 04428 made 05414 08799 silver 03701 in Jerusalem 03389 as stones 068, and cedar trees 0730 made 05414 08804 he as the sycomore trees 08256 that [are] in the low plains 08219 in abundance 07230.
28 And they brought 03318 08688 unto Solomon 08010 horses 05483 out of Egypt 04714, and out of all lands 0776.
29 Now the rest 07605 of the acts 01697 of Solomon 08010, first 07223 and last 0314, [are] they not written 03789 08803 in the book 01697 of Nathan 05416 the prophet 05030, and in the prophecy 05016 of Ahijah 0281 the Shilonite 07888, and in the visions 02378 of Iddo 03260 the seer 02374 against Jeroboam 03379 the son 01121 of Nebat 05028?
30 And Solomon 08010 reigned 04427 08799 in Jerusalem 03389 over all Israel 03478 forty 0705 years 08141.
31 And Solomon 08010 slept 07901 08799 with his fathers 01, and he was buried 06912 08799 in the city 05892 of David 01732 his father 01: and Rehoboam 07346 his son 01121 reigned 04427 08799 in his stead.

#### 2Ch 10

1 And Rehoboam 07346 went 03212 08799 to Shechem 07927: for to Shechem 07927 were all Israel 03478 come 0935 08804 to make him king 04427 08687.
2 And it came to pass, when Jeroboam 03379 the son 01121 of Nebat 05028, who [was] in Egypt 04714, whither he had fled 01272 08804 from the presence 06440 of Solomon 08010 the king 04428, heard 08085 08800 [it], that Jeroboam 03379 returned 07725 08799 out of Egypt 04714.
3 And they sent 07971 08799 and called 07121 08799 him. So Jeroboam 03379 and all Israel 03478 came 0935 08799 and spake 01696 08762 to Rehoboam 07346, saying 0559 08800,
4 Thy father 01 made our yoke 05923 grievous 07185 08689: now therefore ease 07043 08685 thou somewhat the grievous 07186 servitude 05656 of thy father 01, and his heavy 03515 yoke 05923 that he put 05414 08804 upon us, and we will serve 05647 08799 thee.
5 And he said 0559 08799 unto them, Come again 07725 08798 unto me after three 07969 days 03117. And the people 05971 departed 03212 08799.
6 And king 04428 Rehoboam 07346 took counsel 03289 08735 with the old 02205 men that had stood 05975 08802 before 06440 Solomon 08010 his father 01 while he yet lived 02416, saying 0559 08800, What 0349 counsel give 03289 08737 ye [me] to return 07725 08687 answer 01697 to this people 05971?
7 And they spake 01696 08762 unto him, saying 0559 08800, If thou be kind 02896 to this people 05971, and please 07521 08804 them, and speak 01696 08765 good 02896 words 01697 to them, they will be thy servants 05650 for ever 03117.
8 But he forsook 05800 08799 the counsel 06098 which the old men 02205 gave 03289 08804 him, and took counsel 03289 08735 with the young men 03206 that were brought up 01431 08804 with him, that stood 05975 08802 before 06440 him.
9 And he said 0559 08799 unto them, What advice 03289 08737 give ye that we may return 07725 08686 answer 01697 to this people 05971, which have spoken 01696 08765 to me, saying 0559 08800, Ease 07043 08685 somewhat the yoke 05923 that thy father 01 did put 05414 08804 upon us?
10 And the young men 03206 that were brought up 01431 08804 with him spake 01696 08762 unto him, saying 0559 08800, Thus shalt thou answer 0559 08799 the people 05971 that spake 01696 08765 unto thee, saying 0559 08800, Thy father 01 made 03513 00 our yoke 05923 heavy 03513 08689, but make thou [it] somewhat lighter 07043 08685 for us; thus shalt thou say 0559 08799 unto them, My little 06995 [finger] shall be thicker 05666 08804 than my father's 01 loins 04975.
11 For whereas 06258 my father 01 put 06006 08689 a heavy 03515 yoke 05923 upon you, I will put more 03254 08686 to your yoke 05923: my father 01 chastised 03256 08765 you with whips 07752, but I [will chastise you] with scorpions 06137.
12 So Jeroboam 03379 and all the people 05971 came 0935 08799 to Rehoboam 07346 on the third 07992 day 03117, as the king 04428 bade 01696 08765, saying 0559 08800, Come again 07725 08798 to me on the third 07992 day 03117.
13 And the king 04428 answered 06030 08799 them roughly 07186; and king 04428 Rehoboam 07346 forsook 05800 08799 the counsel 06098 of the old men 02205,
14 And answered 01696 08762 them after the advice 06098 of the young men 03206, saying 0559 08800, My father 01 made your yoke 05923 heavy 03513 08689, but I will add 03254 08686 thereto: my father 01 chastised 03256 08765 you with whips 07752, but I [will chastise you] with scorpions 06137.
15 So the king 04428 hearkened 08085 08804 not unto the people 05971: for the cause 05252 was of God 0430, that the LORD 03068 might perform 06965 08687 his word 01697, which he spake 01696 08765 by the hand 03027 of Ahijah 0281 the Shilonite 07888 to Jeroboam 03379 the son 01121 of Nebat 05028.
16 And when all Israel 03478 [saw 07200 08804] that the king 04428 would not hearken 08085 08804 unto them, the people 05971 answered 07725 08686 the king 04428, saying 0559 08800, What portion 02506 have we in David 01732? and [we have] none inheritance 05159 in the son 01121 of Jesse 03448: every man 0376 to your tents 0168, O Israel 03478: [and] now, David 01732, see 07200 08798 to thine own house 01004. So all Israel 03478 went 03212 08799 to their tents 0168.
17 But [as for] the children 01121 of Israel 03478 that dwelt 03427 08802 in the cities 05892 of Judah 03063, Rehoboam 07346 reigned 04427 08799 over them.
18 Then king 04428 Rehoboam 07346 sent 07971 08799 Hadoram 01913 that [was] over the tribute 04522; and the children 01121 of Israel 03478 stoned 07275 08799 him with stones 068, that he died 04191 08799. But king 04428 Rehoboam 07346 made speed 0553 08694 to get him up 05927 08800 to [his] chariot 04818, to flee 05127 08800 to Jerusalem 03389.
19 And Israel 03478 rebelled 06586 08799 against the house 01004 of David 01732 unto this day 03117.

#### 2Ch 11

1 And when Rehoboam 07346 was come 0935 08799 to Jerusalem 03389, he gathered 06950 08686 of the house 01004 of Judah 03063 and Benjamin 01144 an hundred 03967 and fourscore 08084 thousand 0505 chosen 0977 08803 [men], which were warriors 06213 08802 04421, to fight 03898 08736 against Israel 03478, that he might bring 07725 00 the kingdom 04467 again 07725 08687 to Rehoboam 07346.
2 But the word 01697 of the LORD 03068 came to Shemaiah 08098 the man 0376 of God 0430, saying 0559 08800,
3 Speak 0559 08798 unto Rehoboam 07346 the son 01121 of Solomon 08010, king 04428 of Judah 03063, and to all Israel 03478 in Judah 03063 and Benjamin 01144, saying 0559 08800,
4 Thus saith 0559 08804 the LORD 03068, Ye shall not go up 05927 08799, nor fight 03898 08735 against your brethren 0251: return 07725 08798 every man 0376 to his house 01004: for this thing 01697 is done 01961 08738 of me. And they obeyed 08085 08799 the words 01697 of the LORD 03068, and returned 07725 08799 from going 03212 08800 against Jeroboam 03379.
5 And Rehoboam 07346 dwelt 03427 08799 in Jerusalem 03389, and built 01129 08799 cities 05892 for defence 04692 in Judah 03063.
6 He built 01129 08799 even Bethlehem 01035, and Etam 05862, and Tekoa 08620,
7 And Bethzur 01049, and Shoco 07755, and Adullam 05725,
8 And Gath 01661, and Mareshah 04762, and Ziph 02128,
9 And Adoraim 0115, and Lachish 03923, and Azekah 05825,
10 And Zorah 06881, and Aijalon 0357, and Hebron 02275, which [are] in Judah 03063 and in Benjamin 01144 fenced 04694 cities 05892.
11 And he fortified 02388 08762 the strong holds 04694, and put 05414 08799 captains 05057 in them, and store 0214 of victual 03978, and of oil 08081 and wine 03196.
12 And in every several city 05892 [he put] shields 06793 and spears 07420, and made them exceeding 07235 08687 03966 strong 02388 08762, having Judah 03063 and Benjamin 01144 on his side.
13 And the priests 03548 and the Levites 03881 that [were] in all Israel 03478 resorted 03320 08694 to him out of all their coasts 01366.
14 For the Levites 03881 left 05800 08804 their suburbs 04054 and their possession 0272, and came 03212 08799 to Judah 03063 and Jerusalem 03389: for Jeroboam 03379 and his sons 01121 had cast them off 02186 08689 from executing the priest's office 03547 08763 unto the LORD 03068:
15 And he ordained 05975 08686 him priests 03548 for the high places 01116, and for the devils 08163, and for the calves 05695 which he had made 06213 08804.
16 And after 0310 them out of all the tribes 07626 of Israel 03478 such as set 05414 08802 their hearts 03824 to seek 01245 08763 the LORD 03068 God 0430 of Israel 03478 came 0935 08804 to Jerusalem 03389, to sacrifice 02076 08800 unto the LORD 03068 God 0430 of their fathers 01.
17 So they strengthened 02388 08762 the kingdom 04438 of Judah 03063, and made Rehoboam 07346 the son 01121 of Solomon 08010 strong 0553 08762, three 07969 years 08141: for three 07969 years 08141 they walked 01980 08804 in the way 01870 of David 01732 and Solomon 08010.
18 And Rehoboam 07346 took 03947 08799 him Mahalath 04258 the daughter 01323 08675 01121 of Jerimoth 03406 the son 01121 of David 01732 to wife 0802, [and] Abihail 032 the daughter 01323 of Eliab 0446 the son 01121 of Jesse 03448;
19 Which bare 03205 08799 him children 01121; Jeush 03266, and Shamariah 08114, and Zaham 02093.
20 And after 0310 her he took 03947 08804 Maachah 04601 the daughter 01323 of Absalom 053; which bare 03205 08799 him Abijah 029, and Attai 06262, and Ziza 02124, and Shelomith 08019.
21 And Rehoboam 07346 loved 0157 08799 Maachah 04601 the daughter 01323 of Absalom 053 above all his wives 0802 and his concubines 06370: (for he took 05375 08804 eighteen 08083 06240 wives 0802, and threescore 08346 concubines 06370; and begat 03205 08686 twenty 06242 and eight 08083 sons 01121, and threescore 08346 daughters 01323.)
22 And Rehoboam 07346 made 05975 08686 Abijah 029 the son 01121 of Maachah 04601 the chief 07218, [to be] ruler 05057 among his brethren 0251: for [he thought] to make him king 04427 08687.
23 And he dealt wisely 0995 08799, and dispersed 06555 08799 of all his children 01121 throughout all the countries 0776 of Judah 03063 and Benjamin 01144, unto every fenced 04694 city 05892: and he gave 05414 08799 them victual 04202 in abundance 07230. And he desired 07592 08799 many 01995 wives 0802.

#### 2Ch 12

1 And it came to pass, when Rehoboam 07346 had established 03559 08687 the kingdom 04438, and had strengthened 02393 himself, he forsook 05800 08804 the law 08451 of the LORD 03068, and all Israel 03478 with him.
2 And it came to pass, [that] in the fifth 02549 year 08141 of king 04428 Rehoboam 07346 Shishak 07895 king 04428 of Egypt 04714 came up 05927 08804 against Jerusalem 03389, because they had transgressed 04603 08804 against the LORD 03068,
3 With twelve hundred 03967 0505 chariots 07393, and threescore 08346 thousand 0505 horsemen 06571: and the people 05971 [were] without number 04557 that came 0935 08804 with him out of Egypt 04714; the Lubims 03864, the Sukkiims 05525, and the Ethiopians 03569.
4 And he took 03920 08799 the fenced 04694 cities 05892 which [pertained] to Judah 03063, and came 0935 08799 to Jerusalem 03389.
5 Then came 0935 08804 Shemaiah 08098 the prophet 05030 to Rehoboam 07346, and [to] the princes 08269 of Judah 03063, that were gathered together 0622 08738 to Jerusalem 03389 because 06440 of Shishak 07895, and said 0559 08799 unto them, Thus saith 0559 08804 the LORD 03068, Ye have forsaken 05800 08804 me, and therefore have I also 0637 left 05800 08804 you in the hand 03027 of Shishak 07895.
6 Whereupon the princes 08269 of Israel 03478 and the king 04428 humbled 03665 08735 themselves; and they said 0559 08799, The LORD 03068 [is] righteous 06662.
7 And when the LORD 03068 saw 07200 08800 that they humbled 03665 08738 themselves, the word 01697 of the LORD 03068 came to Shemaiah 08098, saying 0559 08800, They have humbled 03665 08738 themselves; [therefore] I will not destroy 07843 08686 them, but I will grant 05414 08804 them some 04592 deliverance 06413; and my wrath 02534 shall not be poured out 05413 08799 upon Jerusalem 03389 by the hand 03027 of Shishak 07895.
8 Nevertheless they shall be his servants 05650; that they may know 03045 08799 my service 05656, and the service 05656 of the kingdoms 04467 of the countries 0776.
9 So Shishak 07895 king 04428 of Egypt 04714 came up 05927 08799 against Jerusalem 03389, and took away 03947 08799 the treasures 0214 of the house 01004 of the LORD 03068, and the treasures 0214 of the king's 04428 house 01004; he took 03947 08804 all: he carried away 03947 08799 also the shields 04043 of gold 02091 which Solomon 08010 had made 06213 08804.
10 Instead of which king 04428 Rehoboam 07346 made 06213 08799 shields 04043 of brass 05178, and committed 06485 08689 [them] to the hands 03027 of the chief 08269 of the guard 07323 08801, that kept 08104 08802 the entrance 06607 of the king's 04428 house 01004.
11 And when 01767 the king 04428 entered 0935 08800 into the house 01004 of the LORD 03068, the guard 07323 08801 came 0935 08804 and fetched 05375 08804 them, and brought them again 07725 08689 into the guard 07323 08801 chamber 08372.
12 And when he humbled 03665 08736 himself, the wrath 0639 of the LORD 03068 turned 07725 08804 from him, that he would not destroy 07843 08687 [him] altogether 03617: and also in Judah 03063 things 01697 went well 02896.
13 So king 04428 Rehoboam 07346 strengthened 02388 08691 himself in Jerusalem 03389, and reigned 04427 08799: for Rehoboam 07346 [was] one 0259 and forty 0705 years 08141 old 01121 when he began to reign 04427 08800, and he reigned 04427 08804 seventeen 07651 06240 years 08141 in Jerusalem 03389, the city 05892 which the LORD 03068 had chosen 0977 08804 out of all the tribes 07626 of Israel 03478, to put 07760 08800 his name 08034 there. And his mother's 0517 name 08034 [was] Naamah 05279 an Ammonitess 05985.
14 And he did 06213 08799 evil 07451, because he prepared 03559 08689 not his heart 03820 to seek 01875 08800 the LORD 03068.
15 Now the acts 01697 of Rehoboam 07346, first 07223 and last 0314, [are] they not written 03789 08803 in the book 01697 of Shemaiah 08098 the prophet 05030, and of Iddo 05714 the seer 02374 concerning genealogies 03187 08692? And [there were] wars 04421 between Rehoboam 07346 and Jeroboam 03379 continually 03117.
16 And Rehoboam 07346 slept 07901 08799 with his fathers 01, and was buried 06912 08735 in the city 05892 of David 01732: and Abijah 029 his son 01121 reigned 04427 08799 in his stead.

#### 2Ch 13

1 Now in the eighteenth 08083 06240 year 08141 of king 04428 Jeroboam 03379 began Abijah 029 to reign 04427 08799 over Judah 03063.
2 He reigned 04427 08804 three 07969 years 08141 in Jerusalem 03389. His mother's 0517 name 08034 also [was] Michaiah 04322 the daughter 01323 of Uriel 0222 of Gibeah 01390. And there was war 04421 between Abijah 029 and Jeroboam 03379.
3 And Abijah 029 set 0631 00 the battle 04421 in array 0631 08799 with an army 02428 of valiant men 01368 of war 04421, [even] four 0702 hundred 03967 thousand 0505 chosen 0977 08803 men 0376: Jeroboam 03379 also set the battle 04421 in array 06186 08804 against him with eight 08083 hundred 03967 thousand 0505 chosen 0977 08803 men 0376, [being] mighty men 01368 of valour 02428.
4 And Abijah 029 stood up 06965 08799 upon mount 02022 Zemaraim 06787, which [is] in mount 02022 Ephraim 0669, and said 0559 08799, Hear 08085 08798 me, thou Jeroboam 03379, and all Israel 03478;
5 Ought ye not to know 03045 08800 that the LORD 03068 God 0430 of Israel 03478 gave 05414 08804 the kingdom 04467 over Israel 03478 to David 01732 for ever 05769, [even] to him and to his sons 01121 by a covenant 01285 of salt 04417?
6 Yet Jeroboam 03379 the son 01121 of Nebat 05028, the servant 05650 of Solomon 08010 the son 01121 of David 01732, is risen up 06965 08799, and hath rebelled 04775 08799 against his lord 0113.
7 And there are gathered 06908 08735 unto him vain 07386 men 0582, the children 01121 of Belial 01100, and have strengthened 0553 08691 themselves against Rehoboam 07346 the son 01121 of Solomon 08010, when Rehoboam 07346 was young 05288 and tenderhearted 07390 03824, and could not withstand 02388 08694 them 06440.
8 And now ye think 0559 08802 to withstand 02388 08692 the kingdom 06440 04467 of the LORD 03068 in the hand 03027 of the sons 01121 of David 01732; and ye [be] a great 07227 multitude 01995, and [there are] with you golden 02091 calves 05695, which Jeroboam 03379 made 06213 08804 you for gods 0430.
9 Have ye not cast out 05080 08689 the priests 03548 of the LORD 03068, the sons 01121 of Aaron 0175, and the Levites 03881, and have made 06213 08799 you priests 03548 after the manner of the nations 05971 of [other] lands 0776? so that whosoever cometh 0935 08802 to consecrate 04390 08763 03027 himself with a young 01121 01241 bullock 06499 and seven 07651 rams 0352, [the same] may be a priest 03548 of [them that are] no 03808 gods 0430.
10 But as for us, the LORD 03068 [is] our God 0430, and we have not forsaken 05800 08804 him; and the priests 03548, which minister 08334 08764 unto the LORD 03068, [are] the sons 01121 of Aaron 0175, and the Levites 03881 [wait] upon [their] business 04399:
11 And they burn 06999 08688 unto the LORD 03068 every morning 01242 and every evening 06153 burnt sacrifices 05930 and sweet 05561 incense 07004: the shewbread 03899 04635 also [set they in order] upon the pure 02889 table 07979; and the candlestick 04501 of gold 02091 with the lamps 05216 thereof, to burn 01197 08763 every evening 06153: for we keep 08104 08802 the charge 04931 of the LORD 03068 our God 0430; but ye have forsaken 05800 08804 him.
12 And, behold, God 0430 himself [is] with us for [our] captain 07218, and his priests 03548 with sounding 08643 trumpets 02689 to cry alarm 07321 08687 against you. O children 01121 of Israel 03478, fight 03898 08735 ye not against the LORD 03068 God 0430 of your fathers 01; for ye shall not prosper 06743 08686.
13 But Jeroboam 03379 caused an ambushment 03993 to come 0935 08800 about 05437 08689 behind 0310 them: so they were before 06440 Judah 03063, and the ambushment 03993 [was] behind 0310 them.
14 And when Judah 03063 looked back 06437 08799, behold, the battle 04421 [was] before 06440 and behind 0268: and they cried 06817 08799 unto the LORD 03068, and the priests 03548 sounded 02690 08688 08675 02690 08764 with the trumpets 02689.
15 Then the men 0376 of Judah 03063 gave a shout 07321 08686: and as the men 0376 of Judah 03063 shouted 07321 08687, it came to pass, that God 0430 smote 05062 08804 Jeroboam 03379 and all Israel 03478 before 06440 Abijah 029 and Judah 03063.
16 And the children 01121 of Israel 03478 fled 05127 08799 before 06440 Judah 03063: and God 0430 delivered 05414 08799 them into their hand 03027.
17 And Abijah 029 and his people 05971 slew 05221 08686 them with a great 07227 slaughter 04347: so there fell down 05307 08799 slain 02491 of Israel 03478 five 02568 hundred 03967 thousand 0505 chosen 0977 08803 men 0376.
18 Thus the children 01121 of Israel 03478 were brought 03665 08735 under at that time 06256, and the children 01121 of Judah 03063 prevailed 0553 08799, because they relied 08172 08738 upon the LORD 03068 God 0430 of their fathers 01.
19 And Abijah 029 pursued 07291 08799 after 0310 Jeroboam 03379, and took 03920 08799 cities 05892 from him, Bethel 01008 with the towns 01323 thereof, and Jeshanah 03466 with the towns 01323 thereof, and Ephrain 06085 with the towns 01323 thereof.
20 Neither did Jeroboam 03379 recover 06113 08804 strength 03581 again in the days 03117 of Abijah 029: and the LORD 03068 struck 05062 08799 him, and he died 04191 08799.
21 But Abijah 029 waxed mighty 02388 08691, and married 05375 08799 fourteen 0702 06240 wives 0802, and begat 03205 08686 twenty 06242 and two 08147 sons 01121, and sixteen 08337 06240 daughters 01323.
22 And the rest 03499 of the acts 01697 of Abijah 029, and his ways 01870, and his sayings 01697, [are] written 03789 08803 in the story 04097 of the prophet 05030 Iddo 05714.

#### 2Ch 14

1 So Abijah 029 slept 07901 08799 with his fathers 01, and they buried 06912 08799 him in the city 05892 of David 01732: and Asa 0609 his son 01121 reigned 04427 08799 in his stead. In his days 03117 the land 0776 was quiet 08252 08804 ten 06235 years 08141.
2 And Asa 0609 did 06213 08799 [that which was] good 02896 and right 03477 in the eyes 05869 of the LORD 03068 his God 0430:
3 For he took away 05493 08686 the altars 04196 of the strange 05236 [gods], and the high places 01116, and brake down 07665 08762 the images 04676, and cut down 01438 08762 the groves 0842:
4 And commanded 0559 08799 Judah 03063 to seek 01875 08800 the LORD 03068 God 0430 of their fathers 01, and to do 06213 08800 the law 08451 and the commandment 04687.
5 Also he took away 05493 08686 out of all the cities 05892 of Judah 03063 the high places 01116 and the images 02553: and the kingdom 04467 was quiet 08252 08799 before 06440 him.
6 And he built 01129 08799 fenced 04694 cities 05892 in Judah 03063: for the land 0776 had rest 08252 08804, and he had no war 04421 in those years 08141; because the LORD 03068 had given him rest 05117 08689.
7 Therefore he said 0559 08799 unto Judah 03063, Let us build 01129 08799 these cities 05892, and make about 05437 08686 [them] walls 02346, and towers 04026, gates 01817, and bars 01280, [while] the land 0776 [is] yet before 06440 us; because we have sought 01875 08804 the LORD 03068 our God 0430, we have sought 01875 08804 [him], and he hath given us rest 05117 08799 on every side 05439. So they built 01129 08799 and prospered 06743 08686.
8 And Asa 0609 had an army 02428 [of men] that bare 05375 08802 targets 06793 and spears 07420, out of Judah 03063 three 07969 hundred 03967 thousand 0505; and out of Benjamin 01144, that bare 05375 08802 shields 04043 and drew 01869 08802 bows 07198, two hundred 03967 and fourscore 08084 thousand 0505: all these [were] mighty men 01368 of valour 02428.
9 And there came out 03318 08799 against them Zerah 02226 the Ethiopian 03569 with an host 02428 of a thousand 0505 thousand 0505, and three 07969 hundred 03967 chariots 04818; and came 0935 08799 unto Mareshah 04762.
10 Then Asa 0609 went out 03318 08799 against 06440 him, and they set the battle 04421 in array 06186 08799 in the valley 01516 of Zephathah 06859 at Mareshah 04762.
11 And Asa 0609 cried 07121 08799 unto the LORD 03068 his God 0430, and said 0559 08799, LORD 03068, [it is] nothing with thee to help 05826 08800, whether 0996 with many 07227, or with them that have no power 03581: help 05826 08798 us, O LORD 03068 our God 0430; for we rest 08172 08738 on thee, and in thy name 08034 we go 0935 08804 against this multitude 01995. O LORD 03068, thou [art] our God 0430; let not man 0582 prevail 06113 08799 against thee.
12 So the LORD 03068 smote 05062 08799 the Ethiopians 03569 before 06440 Asa 0609, and before 06440 Judah 03063; and the Ethiopians 03569 fled 05127 08799.
13 And Asa 0609 and the people 05971 that [were] with him pursued 07291 08799 them unto Gerar 01642: and the Ethiopians 03569 were overthrown 05307 08799, that they could not recover 04241 themselves; for they were destroyed 07665 08738 before 06440 the LORD 03068, and before 06440 his host 04264; and they carried away 05375 08799 very 03966 much 07235 08687 spoil 07998.
14 And they smote 05221 08686 all the cities 05892 round about 05439 Gerar 01642; for the fear 06343 of the LORD 03068 came upon them: and they spoiled 0962 08799 all the cities 05892; for there was exceeding much 07227 spoil 0961 in them.
15 They smote 05221 08689 also the tents 0168 of cattle 04735, and carried away 07617 08799 sheep 06629 and camels 01581 in abundance 07230, and returned 07725 08799 to Jerusalem 03389.

#### 2Ch 15

1 And the Spirit 07307 of God 0430 came upon Azariah 05838 the son 01121 of Oded 05752:
2 And he went out 03318 08799 to meet 06440 Asa 0609, and said 0559 08799 unto him, Hear 08085 08798 ye me, Asa 0609, and all Judah 03063 and Benjamin 01144; The LORD 03068 [is] with you, while ye be with him; and if ye seek 01875 08799 him, he will be found 04672 08735 of you; but if ye forsake 05800 08799 him, he will forsake 05800 08799 you.
3 Now for a long 07227 season 03117 Israel 03478 [hath been] without 03808 the true 0571 God 0430, and without a teaching 03384 08688 priest 03548, and without law 08451.
4 But when they in their trouble 06862 did turn 07725 08799 unto the LORD 03068 God 0430 of Israel 03478, and sought 01245 08762 him, he was found 04672 08735 of them.
5 And in those times 06256 [there was] no peace 07965 to him that went out 03318 08802, nor to him that came in 0935 08802, but great 07227 vexations 04103 [were] upon all the inhabitants 03427 08802 of the countries 0776.
6 And nation 01471 was destroyed 03807 08795 of nation 01471, and city 05892 of city 05892: for God 0430 did vex 02000 08804 them with all adversity 06869.
7 Be ye strong 02388 08798 therefore, and let not your hands 03027 be weak 07503 08799: for your work 06468 shall be 03426 rewarded 07939.
8 And when Asa 0609 heard 08085 08800 these words 01697, and the prophecy 05016 of Oded 05752 the prophet 05030, he took courage 02388 08694, and put away 05674 08686 the abominable idols 08251 out of all the land 0776 of Judah 03063 and Benjamin 01144, and out of the cities 05892 which he had taken 03920 08804 from mount 02022 Ephraim 0669, and renewed 02318 08762 the altar 04196 of the LORD 03068, that [was] before 06440 the porch 0197 of the LORD 03068.
9 And he gathered 06908 08799 all Judah 03063 and Benjamin 01144, and the strangers 01481 08802 with them out of Ephraim 0669 and Manasseh 04519, and out of Simeon 08095: for they fell 05307 08804 to him out of Israel 03478 in abundance 07230, when they saw 07200 08800 that the LORD 03068 his God 0430 [was] with him.
10 So they gathered themselves together 06908 08735 at Jerusalem 03389 in the third 07992 month 02320, in the fifteenth 02568 06240 year 08141 of the reign 04438 of Asa 0609.
11 And they offered 02076 08799 unto the LORD 03068 the same time 03117, of the spoil 07998 [which] they had brought 0935 08689, seven 07651 hundred 03967 oxen 01241 and seven 07651 thousand 0505 sheep 06629.
12 And they entered 0935 08799 into a covenant 01285 to seek 01875 08800 the LORD 03068 God 0430 of their fathers 01 with all their heart 03824 and with all their soul 05315;
13 That whosoever would not seek 01875 08799 the LORD 03068 God 0430 of Israel 03478 should be put to death 04191 08714, whether 04480 small 06996 or great 01419, whether man 0376 or woman 0802.
14 And they sware 07650 08735 unto the LORD 03068 with a loud 01419 voice 06963, and with shouting 08643, and with trumpets 02689, and with cornets 07782.
15 And all Judah 03063 rejoiced 08055 08799 at the oath 07621: for they had sworn 07650 08738 with all their heart 03824, and sought 01245 08765 him with their whole desire 07522; and he was found 04672 08735 of them: and the LORD 03068 gave them rest 05117 08799 round about 05439.
16 And also [concerning] Maachah 04601 the mother 0517 of Asa 0609 the king 04428, he removed 05493 08689 her from [being] queen 01377, because she had made 06213 08804 an idol 04656 in a grove 0842: and Asa 0609 cut down 03772 08799 her idol 04656, and stamped 01854 08686 [it], and burnt 08313 08799 [it] at the brook 05158 Kidron 06939.
17 But the high places 01116 were not taken away 05493 08804 out of Israel 03478: nevertheless the heart 03824 of Asa 0609 was perfect 08003 all his days 03117.
18 And he brought 0935 08686 into the house 01004 of God 0430 the things that his father 01 had dedicated 06944, and that he himself had dedicated 06944, silver 03701, and gold 02091, and vessels 03627.
19 And there was no [more] war 04421 unto the five 02568 and thirtieth 07970 year 08141 of the reign 04438 of Asa 0609.

#### 2Ch 16

1 In the six 08337 and thirtieth 07970 year 08141 of the reign 04438 of Asa 0609 Baasha 01201 king 04428 of Israel 03478 came up 05927 08804 against Judah 03063, and built 01129 08799 Ramah 07414, to the intent that 01115 he might let 05414 08800 none go out 03318 08802 or come in 0935 08802 to Asa 0609 king 04428 of Judah 03063.
2 Then Asa 0609 brought out 03318 08686 silver 03701 and gold 02091 out of the treasures 0214 of the house 01004 of the LORD 03068 and of the king's 04428 house 01004, and sent 07971 08799 to Benhadad 01130 king 04428 of Syria 0758, that dwelt 03427 08802 at Damascus 01834, saying 0559 08800,
3 [There is] a league 01285 between me and thee, as [there was] between my father 01 and thy father 01: behold, I have sent 07971 08804 thee silver 03701 and gold 02091; go 03212 08798, break 06565 08685 thy league 01285 with Baasha 01201 king 04428 of Israel 03478, that he may depart 05927 08799 from me.
4 And Benhadad 01130 hearkened 08085 08799 unto king 04428 Asa 0609, and sent 07971 08799 the captains 08269 of his armies 02428 against the cities 05892 of Israel 03478; and they smote 05221 08686 Ijon 05859, and Dan 01835, and Abelmaim 066, and all the store 04543 cities 05892 of Naphtali 05321.
5 And it came to pass, when Baasha 01201 heard 08085 08800 [it], that he left off 02308 08799 building 01129 08800 of Ramah 07414, and let his work 04399 cease 07673 08686.
6 Then Asa 0609 the king 04428 took 03947 08804 all Judah 03063; and they carried away 05375 08799 the stones 068 of Ramah 07414, and the timber 06086 thereof, wherewith Baasha 01201 was building 01129 08804; and he built 01129 08799 therewith Geba 01387 and Mizpah 04709.
7 And at that time 06256 Hanani 02607 the seer 07200 08802 came 0935 08804 to Asa 0609 king 04428 of Judah 03063, and said 0559 08799 unto him, Because thou hast relied 08172 08736 on the king 04428 of Syria 0758, and not relied 08172 08738 on the LORD 03068 thy God 0430, therefore is the host 02428 of the king 04428 of Syria 0758 escaped 04422 08738 out of thine hand 03027.
8 Were not the Ethiopians 03569 and the Lubims 03864 a huge 07230 host 02428, with very 03966 many 07235 08687 chariots 07393 and horsemen 06571? yet, because thou didst rely 08172 08736 on the LORD 03068, he delivered 05414 08804 them into thine hand 03027.
9 For the eyes 05869 of the LORD 03068 run to and fro 07751 08789 throughout the whole earth 0776, to shew himself strong 02388 08692 in the behalf of [them] whose heart 03824 [is] perfect 08003 toward him. Herein thou hast done foolishly 05528 08738: therefore from henceforth 06258 thou shalt have 03426 wars 04421.
10 Then Asa 0609 was wroth 03707 08799 with the seer 07200 08802, and put 05414 08799 him in a prison 04115 house 01004; for [he was] in a rage 02197 with him because of this [thing]. And Asa 0609 oppressed 07533 08762 [some] of the people 05971 the same time 06256.
11 And, behold, the acts 01697 of Asa 0609, first 07223 and last 0314, lo, they [are] written 03789 08803 in the book 05612 of the kings 04428 of Judah 03063 and Israel 03478.
12 And Asa 0609 in the thirty 07970 and ninth 08672 year 08141 of his reign 04438 was diseased 02456 08799 in his feet 07272, until his disease 02483 [was] exceeding 04605 [great]: yet in his disease 02483 he sought 01875 08804 not to the LORD 03068, but to the physicians 07495 08802.
13 And Asa 0609 slept 07901 08799 with his fathers 01, and died 04191 08799 in the one 0259 and fortieth 0705 year 08141 of his reign 04427 08800.
14 And they buried 06912 08799 him in his own sepulchres 06913, which he had made 03738 08804 for himself in the city 05892 of David 01732, and laid 07901 08686 him in the bed 04904 which was filled 04390 08765 with sweet odours 01314 and divers kinds 02177 [of spices] prepared 07543 08794 by the apothecaries' 04842 art 04639: and they made 08313 08799 a very 03966 great 01419 burning 08316 for him.

#### 2Ch 17

1 And Jehoshaphat 03092 his son 01121 reigned 04427 08799 in his stead, and strengthened 02388 08691 himself against Israel 03478.
2 And he placed 05414 08799 forces 02428 in all the fenced 01219 08803 cities 05892 of Judah 03063, and set 05414 08799 garrisons 05333 in the land 0776 of Judah 03063, and in the cities 05892 of Ephraim 0669, which Asa 0609 his father 01 had taken 03920 08804.
3 And the LORD 03068 was with Jehoshaphat 03092, because he walked 01980 08804 in the first 07223 ways 01870 of his father 01 David 01732, and sought 01875 08804 not unto Baalim 01168;
4 But sought 01875 08804 to the [LORD] God 0430 of his father 01, and walked 01980 08804 in his commandments 04687, and not after the doings 04639 of Israel 03478.
5 Therefore the LORD 03068 stablished 03559 08686 the kingdom 04467 in his hand 03027; and all Judah 03063 brought 05414 08799 to Jehoshaphat 03092 presents 04503; and he had riches 06239 and honour 03519 in abundance 07230.
6 And his heart 03820 was lifted up 01361 08799 in the ways 01870 of the LORD 03068: moreover he took away 05493 08689 the high places 01116 and groves 0842 out of Judah 03063.
7 Also in the third 07969 year 08141 of his reign 04427 08800 he sent 07971 08804 to his princes 08269, [even] to Benhail 01134, and to Obadiah 05662, and to Zechariah 02148, and to Nethaneel 05417, and to Michaiah 04322, to teach 03925 08763 in the cities 05892 of Judah 03063.
8 And with them [he sent] Levites 03881, [even] Shemaiah 08098, and Nethaniah 05418, and Zebadiah 02069, and Asahel 06214, and Shemiramoth 08070, and Jehonathan 03083, and Adonijah 0138, and Tobijah 02900, and Tobadonijah 02899, Levites 03881; and with them Elishama 0476 and Jehoram 03088, priests 03548.
9 And they taught 03925 08762 in Judah 03063, and [had] the book 05612 of the law 08451 of the LORD 03068 with them, and went about 05437 08799 throughout all the cities 05892 of Judah 03063, and taught 03925 08762 the people 05971.
10 And the fear 06343 of the LORD 03068 fell upon all the kingdoms 04467 of the lands 0776 that [were] round about 05439 Judah 03063, so that they made no war 03898 08738 against Jehoshaphat 03092.
11 Also [some] of the Philistines 06430 brought 0935 08688 Jehoshaphat 03092 presents 04503, and tribute 04853 silver 03701; and the Arabians 06163 brought 0935 08688 him flocks 06629, seven 07651 thousand 0505 and seven 07651 hundred 03967 rams 0352, and seven 07651 thousand 0505 and seven 07651 hundred 03967 he goats 08495.
12 And Jehoshaphat 03092 waxed 01980 08802 great 01432 exceedingly 04605; and he built 01129 08799 in Judah 03063 castles 01003, and cities 05892 of store 04543.
13 And he had much 07227 business 04399 in the cities 05892 of Judah 03063: and the men 0582 of war 04421, mighty men 01368 of valour 02428, [were] in Jerusalem 03389.
14 And these [are] the numbers 06486 of them according to the house 01004 of their fathers 01: Of Judah 03063, the captains 08269 of thousands 0505; Adnah 05734 the chief 08269, and with him mighty men 01368 of valour 02428 three 07969 hundred 03967 thousand 0505.
15 And next 03027 to him [was] Jehohanan 03076 the captain 08269, and with him two hundred 03967 and fourscore 08084 thousand 0505.
16 And next 03027 him [was] Amasiah 06007 the son 01121 of Zichri 02147, who willingly offered 05068 08693 himself unto the LORD 03068; and with him two hundred 03967 thousand 0505 mighty men 01368 of valour 02428.
17 And of Benjamin 01144; Eliada 0450 a mighty man 01368 of valour 02428, and with him armed men 05401 08802 with bow 07198 and shield 04043 two hundred 03967 thousand 0505.
18 And next 03027 him [was] Jehozabad 03075, and with him an hundred 03967 and fourscore 08084 thousand 0505 ready prepared 02502 08803 for the war 06635.
19 These waited 08334 08764 on the king 04428, beside [those] whom the king 04428 put 05414 08804 in the fenced 04013 cities 05892 throughout all Judah 03063.

#### 2Ch 18

1 Now Jehoshaphat 03092 had riches 06239 and honour 03519 in abundance 07230, and joined affinity 02859 08691 with Ahab 0256.
2 And after 07093 [certain] years 08141 he went down 03381 08799 to Ahab 0256 to Samaria 08111. And Ahab 0256 killed 02076 08799 sheep 06629 and oxen 01241 for him in abundance 07230, and for the people 05971 that [he had] with him, and persuaded 05496 08686 him to go up 05927 08800 [with him] to Ramothgilead 07433 01568.
3 And Ahab 0256 king 04428 of Israel 03478 said 0559 08799 unto Jehoshaphat 03092 king 04428 of Judah 03063, Wilt thou go 03212 08799 with me to Ramothgilead 07433 01568? And he answered 0559 08799 him, I [am] as thou [art], and my people 05971 as thy people 05971; and [we will be] with thee in the war 04421.
4 And Jehoshaphat 03092 said 0559 08799 unto the king 04428 of Israel 03478, Enquire 01875 08798, I pray thee, at the word 01697 of the LORD 03068 to day 03117.
5 Therefore the king 04428 of Israel 03478 gathered together 06908 08799 of prophets 05030 four 0702 hundred 03967 men 0376, and said 0559 08799 unto them, Shall we go 03212 08799 to Ramothgilead 07433 01568 to battle 04421, or shall I forbear 02308 08799? And they said 0559 08799, Go up 05927 08798; for God 0430 will deliver 05414 08799 [it] into the king's 04428 hand 03027.
6 But Jehoshaphat 03092 said 0559 08799, [Is there] not here a prophet 05030 of the LORD 03068 besides, that we might enquire 01875 08799 of him?
7 And the king 04428 of Israel 03478 said 0559 08799 unto Jehoshaphat 03092, [There is] yet one 0259 man 0376, by whom we may enquire 01875 08800 of the LORD 03068: but I hate 08130 08804 him; for he never prophesied 05012 08693 good 02896 unto me, but always 03117 evil 07451: the same [is] Micaiah 04321 the son 01121 of Imla 03229. And Jehoshaphat 03092 said 0559 08799, Let not the king 04428 say 0559 08799 so.
8 And the king 04428 of Israel 03478 called 07121 08799 for one 0259 [of his] officers 05631, and said 0559 08799, Fetch quickly 04116 08761 Micaiah 04319 the son 01121 of Imla 03229.
9 And the king 04428 of Israel 03478 and Jehoshaphat 03092 king 04428 of Judah 03063 sat 03427 08802 either 0376 of them on his throne 03678, clothed 03847 08794 in [their] robes 0899, and they sat 03427 08802 in a void place 01637 at the entering in 06607 of the gate 08179 of Samaria 08111; and all the prophets 05030 prophesied 05012 08693 before 06440 them.
10 And Zedekiah 06667 the son 01121 of Chenaanah 03668 had made 06213 08799 him horns 07161 of iron 01270, and said 0559 08799, Thus saith 0559 08804 the LORD 03068, With these thou shalt push 05055 08762 Syria 0758 until they be consumed 03615 08763.
11 And all the prophets 05030 prophesied 05012 08737 so, saying 0559 08800, Go up 05927 08798 to Ramothgilead 07433 01568, and prosper 06743 08685: for the LORD 03068 shall deliver 05414 08804 [it] into the hand 03027 of the king 04428.
12 And the messenger 04397 that went 01980 08804 to call 07121 08800 Micaiah 04321 spake 01696 08765 to him, saying 0559 08800, Behold, the words 01697 of the prophets 05030 [declare] good 02896 to the king 04428 with one 0259 assent 06310; let thy word 01697 therefore, I pray thee, be like one 0259 of theirs, and speak 01696 08765 thou good 02896.
13 And Micaiah 04321 said 0559 08799, [As] the LORD 03068 liveth 02416, even what my God 0430 saith 0559 08799, that will I speak 01696 08762.
14 And when he was come 0935 08799 to the king 04428, the king 04428 said 0559 08799 unto him, Micaiah 04318, shall we go 03212 08799 to Ramothgilead 07433 01568 to battle 04421, or shall I forbear 02308 08799? And he said 0559 08799, Go ye up 05927 08798, and prosper 06743 08685, and they shall be delivered 05414 08735 into your hand 03027.
15 And the king 04428 said 0559 08799 to him, How many times 06471 shall I adjure 07650 08688 thee that thou say 01696 08762 nothing but the truth 0571 to me in the name 08034 of the LORD 03068?
16 Then he said 0559 08799, I did see 07200 08804 all Israel 03478 scattered 06327 08737 upon the mountains 02022, as sheep 06629 that have no shepherd 07462 08802: and the LORD 03068 said 0559 08799, These have no master 0113; let them return 07725 08799 [therefore] every man 0376 to his house 01004 in peace 07965.
17 And the king 04428 of Israel 03478 said 0559 08799 to Jehoshaphat 03092, Did I not tell 0559 08804 thee [that] he would not prophesy 05012 08691 good 02896 unto me, but evil 07451?
18 Again he said 0559 08799, Therefore hear 08085 08798 the word 01697 of the LORD 03068; I saw 07200 08804 the LORD 03068 sitting 03427 08802 upon his throne 03678, and all the host 06635 of heaven 08064 standing 05975 08802 on his right hand 03225 and [on] his left 08040.
19 And the LORD 03068 said 0559 08799, Who shall entice 06601 08762 Ahab 0256 king 04428 of Israel 03478, that he may go up 05927 08799 and fall 05307 08799 at Ramothgilead 07433 01568? And one spake 0559 08799 saying 0559 08802 after this manner 03602, and another saying 0559 08802 after that manner 03602.
20 Then there came out 03318 08799 a spirit 07307, and stood 05975 08799 before 06440 the LORD 03068, and said 0559 08799, I will entice 06601 08762 him. And the LORD 03068 said 0559 08799 unto him, Wherewith?
21 And he said 0559 08799, I will go out 03318 08799, and be a lying 08267 spirit 07307 in the mouth 06310 of all his prophets 05030. And [the LORD] said 0559 08799, Thou shalt entice 06601 08762 [him], and thou shalt also prevail 03201 08799: go out 03318 08798, and do 06213 08798 [even] so.
22 Now therefore, behold, the LORD 03068 hath put 05414 08804 a lying 08267 spirit 07307 in the mouth 06310 of these thy prophets 05030, and the LORD 03068 hath spoken 01696 08765 evil 07451 against thee.
23 Then Zedekiah 06667 the son 01121 of Chenaanah 03668 came near 05066 08799, and smote 05221 08686 Micaiah 04321 upon the cheek 03895, and said 0559 08799, Which 0335 way 01870 went 05674 08804 the Spirit 07307 of the LORD 03068 from me to speak 01696 08763 unto thee?
24 And Micaiah 04321 said 0559 08799, Behold, thou shalt see 07200 08802 on that day 03117 when thou shalt go 0935 08799 into an inner 02315 chamber 02315 to hide 02244 08736 thyself.
25 Then the king 04428 of Israel 03478 said 0559 08799, Take 03947 08798 ye Micaiah 04321, and carry him back 07725 08685 to Amon 0526 the governor 08269 of the city 05892, and to Joash 03101 the king's 04428 son 01121;
26 And say 0559 08804, Thus saith 0559 08804 the king 04428, Put 07760 08798 this [fellow] in the prison 01004 03608, and feed 0398 08685 him with bread 03899 of affliction 03906 and with water 04325 of affliction 03906, until I return 07725 08800 in peace 07965.
27 And Micaiah 04321 said 0559 08799, If thou certainly 07725 08800 return 07725 08799 in peace 07965, [then] hath not the LORD 03068 spoken 01696 08765 by me. And he said 0559 08799, Hearken 08085 08798, all ye people 05971.
28 So the king 04428 of Israel 03478 and Jehoshaphat 03092 the king 04428 of Judah 03063 went up 05927 08799 to Ramothgilead 07433 01568.
29 And the king 04428 of Israel 03478 said 0559 08799 unto Jehoshaphat 03092, I will disguise 02664 08692 myself, and will go 0935 08800 to the battle 04421; but put 03847 08798 thou on thy robes 0899. So the king 04428 of Israel 03478 disguised 02664 08691 himself; and they went 0935 08799 to the battle 04421.
30 Now the king 04428 of Syria 0758 had commanded 06680 08765 the captains 08269 of the chariots 07393 that [were] with him, saying 0559 08800, Fight 03898 08735 ye not with small 06996 or great 01419, save only with the king 04428 of Israel 03478.
31 And it came to pass, when the captains 08269 of the chariots 07393 saw 07200 08800 Jehoshaphat 03092, that they said 0559 08804, It [is] the king 04428 of Israel 03478. Therefore they compassed about 05437 08799 him to fight 03898 08736: but Jehoshaphat 03092 cried out 02199 08799, and the LORD 03068 helped 05826 08804 him; and God 0430 moved 05496 08686 them [to depart] from him.
32 For it came to pass, that, when the captains 08269 of the chariots 07393 perceived 07200 08800 that it was not the king 04428 of Israel 03478, they turned back again 07725 08799 from pursuing 0310 him.
33 And a [certain] man drew 04900 08804 a bow 07198 at a venture 08537, and smote 05221 08686 the king 04428 of Israel 03478 between the joints 01694 of the harness 08302: therefore he said 0559 08799 to his chariot 07395 man 0376, Turn 02015 08798 thine hand 03027, that thou mayest carry me out 03318 08689 of the host 04264; for I am wounded 02470 08717.
34 And the battle 04421 increased 05927 08799 that day 03117: howbeit the king 04428 of Israel 03478 stayed [himself] up 05975 08689 in [his] chariot 04818 against 05227 the Syrians 0758 until the even 06153: and about the time 06256 of the sun 08121 going down 0935 08800 he died 04191 08799.

#### 2Ch 19

1 And Jehoshaphat 03092 the king 04428 of Judah 03063 returned 07725 08799 to his house 01004 in peace 07965 to Jerusalem 03389.
2 And Jehu 03058 the son 01121 of Hanani 02607 the seer 02374 went out 03318 08799 to meet 06440 him, and said 0559 08799 to king 04428 Jehoshaphat 03092, Shouldest thou help 05826 08800 the ungodly 07563, and love 0157 08799 them that hate 08130 08802 the LORD 03068? therefore 02063 [is] wrath 07110 upon thee from before 06440 the LORD 03068.
3 Nevertheless 061 there are good 02896 things 01697 found 04672 08738 in thee, in that thou hast taken away 01197 08765 the groves 0842 out of the land 0776, and hast prepared 03559 08689 thine heart 03824 to seek 01875 08800 God 0430.
4 And Jehoshaphat 03092 dwelt 03427 08799 at Jerusalem 03389: and he went out 03318 08799 again 07725 08799 through the people 05971 from Beersheba 0884 to mount 02022 Ephraim 0669, and brought them back 07725 08686 unto the LORD 03068 God 0430 of their fathers 01.
5 And he set 05975 08686 judges 08199 08802 in the land 0776 throughout all the fenced 01219 08803 cities 05892 of Judah 03063, city 05892 by city 05892,
6 And said 0559 08799 to the judges 08199 08802, Take heed 07200 08798 what ye do 06213 08802: for ye judge 08199 08799 not for man 0120, but for the LORD 03068, who [is] with you in the judgment 01697 04941.
7 Wherefore now let the fear 06343 of the LORD 03068 be upon you; take heed 08104 08798 and do 06213 08798 [it]: for [there is] no iniquity 05766 with the LORD 03068 our God 0430, nor respect 04856 of persons 06440, nor taking 04727 of gifts 07810.
8 Moreover in Jerusalem 03389 did Jehoshaphat 03092 set 05975 08689 of the Levites 03881, and [of] the priests 03548, and of the chief 07218 of the fathers 01 of Israel 03478, for the judgment 04941 of the LORD 03068, and for controversies 07379, when they returned 07725 08799 to Jerusalem 03389.
9 And he charged 06680 08762 them, saying 0559 08800, Thus shall ye do 06213 08799 in the fear 03374 of the LORD 03068, faithfully 0530, and with a perfect 08003 heart 03824.
10 And what cause 07379 soever shall come 0935 08799 to you of your brethren 0251 that dwell 03427 08802 in their cities 05892, between blood 01818 and blood 01818, between law 08451 and commandment 04687, statutes 02706 and judgments 04941, ye shall even warn 02094 08689 them that they trespass 0816 08799 not against the LORD 03068, and [so] wrath 07110 come upon you, and upon your brethren 0251: this 03541 do 06213 08799, and ye shall not trespass 0816 08799.
11 And, behold, Amariah 0568 the chief 07218 priest 03548 [is] over you in all matters 01697 of the LORD 03068; and Zebadiah 02069 the son 01121 of Ishmael 03458, the ruler 05057 of the house 01004 of Judah 03063, for all the king's 04428 matters 01697: also the Levites 03881 [shall be] officers 07860 08802 before 06440 you. Deal 06213 08798 courageously 02388 08798, and the LORD 03068 shall be with the good 02896.

#### 2Ch 20

1 It came to pass after this 0310 also, [that] the children 01121 of Moab 04124, and the children 01121 of Ammon 05983, and with them [other] beside the Ammonites 05984, came 0935 08804 against Jehoshaphat 03092 to battle 04421.
2 Then there came 0935 08799 some that told 05046 08686 Jehoshaphat 03092, saying 0559 08800, There cometh 0935 08802 a great 07227 multitude 01995 against thee from beyond 05676 the sea 03220 on this side Syria 0758; and, behold, they [be] in Hazazontamar 02688, which [is] Engedi 05872.
3 And Jehoshaphat 03092 feared 03372 08799, and set 05414 08799 himself 06440 to seek 01875 08800 the LORD 03068, and proclaimed 07121 08799 a fast 06685 throughout 05921 all Judah 03063.
4 And Judah 03063 gathered themselves together 06908 08735, to ask 01245 08763 [help] of the LORD 03068: even out of all the cities 05892 of Judah 03063 they came 0935 08804 to seek 01245 08763 the LORD 03068.
5 And Jehoshaphat 03092 stood 05975 08799 in the congregation 06951 of Judah 03063 and Jerusalem 03389, in the house 01004 of the LORD 03068, before 06440 the new 02319 court 02691,
6 And said 0559 08799, O LORD 03068 God 0430 of our fathers 01, [art] not thou God 0430 in heaven 08064? and rulest 04910 08802 [not] thou over all the kingdoms 04467 of the heathen 01471? and in thine hand 03027 [is there not] power 03581 and might 01369, so that none is able to withstand 03320 08692 thee?
7 [Art] not thou our God 0430, [who] didst drive out 03423 08689 the inhabitants 03427 08802 of this land 0776 before 06440 thy people 05971 Israel 03478, and gavest 05414 08799 it to the seed 02233 of Abraham 085 thy friend 0157 08802 for ever 05769?
8 And they dwelt 03427 08799 therein, and have built 01129 08799 thee a sanctuary 04720 therein for thy name 08034, saying 0559 08800,
9 If, [when] evil 07451 cometh 0935 08799 upon us, [as] the sword 02719, judgment 08196, or pestilence 01698, or famine 07458, we stand 05975 08799 before 06440 this house 01004, and in thy presence 06440, (for thy name 08034 [is] in this house 01004,) and cry 02199 08799 unto thee in our affliction 06869, then thou wilt hear 08085 08799 and help 03467 08686.
10 And now, behold, the children 01121 of Ammon 05983 and Moab 04124 and mount 02022 Seir 08165, whom thou wouldest not let 05414 08804 Israel 03478 invade 0935 08800, when they came out 0935 08800 of the land 0776 of Egypt 04714, but they turned 05493 08804 from them, and destroyed 08045 08689 them not;
11 Behold, [I say, how] they reward 01580 08802 us, to come 0935 08800 to cast us out 01644 08763 of thy possession 03425, which thou hast given us to inherit 03423 08689.
12 O our God 0430, wilt thou not judge 08199 08799 them? for we have no might 03581 against 06440 this great 07227 company 01995 that cometh 0935 08802 against us; neither know 03045 08799 we 0587 what to do 06213 08799: but our eyes 05869 [are] upon thee.
13 And all Judah 03063 stood 05975 08802 before 06440 the LORD 03068, with 01571 their little ones 02945, their wives 0802, and their children 01121.
14 Then upon Jahaziel 03166 the son 01121 of Zechariah 02148, the son 01121 of Benaiah 01141, the son 01121 of Jeiel 03273, the son 01121 of Mattaniah 04983, a Levite 03881 of the sons 01121 of Asaph 0623, came the Spirit 07307 of the LORD 03068 in the midst 08432 of the congregation 06951;
15 And he said 0559 08799, Hearken 07181 08685 ye, all Judah 03063, and ye inhabitants 03427 08802 of Jerusalem 03389, and thou king 04428 Jehoshaphat 03092, Thus saith 0559 08804 the LORD 03068 unto you, Be not afraid 03372 08799 nor dismayed 02865 08735 by reason 06440 of this great 07227 multitude 01995; for the battle 04421 [is] not yours, but God's 0430.
16 To morrow 04279 go ye down 03381 08798 against them: behold, they come up 05927 08802 by the cliff 04608 of Ziz 06732; and ye shall find 04672 08804 them at the end 05490 of the brook 05158, before 06440 the wilderness 04057 of Jeruel 03385.
17 Ye shall not [need] to fight 03898 08736 in this 02063 [battle]: set 03320 08690 yourselves, stand 05975 08798 ye [still], and see 07200 08798 the salvation 03444 of the LORD 03068 with you, O Judah 03063 and Jerusalem 03389: fear 03372 08799 not, nor be dismayed 02865 08735; to morrow 04279 go out 03318 08798 against 06440 them: for the LORD 03068 [will be] with you.
18 And Jehoshaphat 03092 bowed 06915 08799 his head with [his] face 0639 to the ground 0776: and all Judah 03063 and the inhabitants 03427 08802 of Jerusalem 03389 fell 05307 08804 before 06440 the LORD 03068, worshipping 07812 08692 the LORD 03068.
19 And the Levites 03881, of the children 01121 of the Kohathites 06956, and of the children 01121 of the Korhites 07145, stood up 06965 08799 to praise 01984 08763 the LORD 03068 God 0430 of Israel 03478 with a loud 01419 voice 06963 on high 04605.
20 And they rose early 07925 08686 in the morning 01242, and went forth 03318 08799 into the wilderness 04057 of Tekoa 08620: and as they went forth 03318 08800, Jehoshaphat 03092 stood 05975 08804 and said 0559 08799, Hear 08085 08798 me, O Judah 03063, and ye inhabitants 03427 08802 of Jerusalem 03389; Believe 0539 08685 in the LORD 03068 your God 0430, so shall ye be established 0539 08735; believe 0539 08685 his prophets 05030, so shall ye prosper 06743 08685.
21 And when he had consulted 03289 08735 with the people 05971, he appointed 05975 08686 singers 07891 08789 unto the LORD 03068, and that should praise 01984 08764 the beauty 01927 of holiness 06944, as they went out 03318 08800 before 06440 the army 02502 08803, and to say 0559 08802, Praise 03034 08685 the LORD 03068; for his mercy 02617 [endureth] for ever 05769.
22 And when 06256 they began 02490 08689 to sing 07440 and to praise 08416, the LORD 03068 set 05414 08804 ambushments 0693 08764 against the children 01121 of Ammon 05983, Moab 04124, and mount 02022 Seir 08165, which were come 0935 08802 against Judah 03063; and they were smitten 05062 08735.
23 For the children 01121 of Ammon 05983 and Moab 04124 stood up 05975 08799 against the inhabitants 03427 08802 of mount 02022 Seir 08165, utterly to slay 02763 08687 and destroy 08045 08687 [them]: and when they had made an end 03615 08763 of the inhabitants 03427 08802 of Seir 08165, every one 0376 helped 05826 08804 to destroy 04889 another 07453.
24 And when Judah 03063 came 0935 08804 toward the watch tower 04707 08677 04708 in the wilderness 04057, they looked 06437 08799 unto the multitude 01995, and, behold, they [were] dead bodies 06297 fallen 05307 08802 to the earth 0776, and none escaped 06413.
25 And when Jehoshaphat 03092 and his people 05971 came 0935 08799 to take away 0962 08800 the spoil 07998 of them, they found 04672 08799 among them in abundance 07230 both riches 07399 with the dead bodies 06297, and precious 02532 jewels 03627, which they stripped off 05337 08762 for themselves, more than 0369 they could carry away 04853: and they were three 07969 days 03117 in gathering 0962 08802 of the spoil 07998, it was so much 07227.
26 And on the fourth 07243 day 03117 they assembled 06950 08738 themselves in the valley 06010 of Berachah 01294; for there they blessed 01288 08765 the LORD 03068: therefore the name 08034 of the same place 04725 was called 07121 08804, The valley 06010 of Berachah 01294, unto this day 03117.
27 Then they returned 07725 08799, every man 0376 of Judah 03063 and Jerusalem 03389, and Jehoshaphat 03092 in the forefront 07218 of them, to go again 07725 08800 to Jerusalem 03389 with joy 08057; for the LORD 03068 had made them to rejoice 08055 08765 over their enemies 0341 08802.
28 And they came 0935 08799 to Jerusalem 03389 with psalteries 05035 and harps 03658 and trumpets 02689 unto the house 01004 of the LORD 03068.
29 And the fear 06343 of God 0430 was on all the kingdoms 04467 of [those] countries 0776, when they had heard 08085 08800 that the LORD 03068 fought 03898 08738 against the enemies 0341 08802 of Israel 03478.
30 So the realm 04438 of Jehoshaphat 03092 was quiet 08252 08799: for his God 0430 gave him rest 05117 08799 round about 05439.
31 And Jehoshaphat 03092 reigned 04427 08799 over Judah 03063: [he was] thirty 07970 and five 02568 years 08141 old 01121 when he began to reign 04427 08800, and he reigned 04427 08804 twenty 06242 and five 02568 years 08141 in Jerusalem 03389. And his mother's 0517 name 08034 [was] Azubah 05806 the daughter 01323 of Shilhi 07977.
32 And he walked 03212 08799 in the way 01870 of Asa 0609 his father 01, and departed 05493 08804 not from it, doing 06213 08800 [that which was] right 03477 in the sight 05869 of the LORD 03068.
33 Howbeit the high places 01116 were not taken away 05493 08804: for as yet the people 05971 had not prepared 03559 08689 their hearts 03824 unto the God 0430 of their fathers 01.
34 Now the rest 03499 of the acts 01697 of Jehoshaphat 03092, first 07223 and last 0314, behold, they [are] written 03789 08803 in the book 01697 of Jehu 03058 the son 01121 of Hanani 02607, who [is] mentioned 05927 08717 in the book 05612 of the kings 04428 of Israel 03478.
35 And after 0310 this did Jehoshaphat 03092 king 04428 of Judah 03063 join 02266 08694 himself with Ahaziah 0274 king 04428 of Israel 03478, who did 06213 08800 very wickedly 07561 08689:
36 And he joined 02266 08762 himself with him to make 06213 08800 ships 0591 to go 03212 08800 to Tarshish 08659: and they made 06213 08799 the ships 0591 in Eziongeber 06100.
37 Then Eliezer 0461 the son 01121 of Dodavah 01735 of Mareshah 04762 prophesied 05012 08691 against Jehoshaphat 03092, saying 0559 08800, Because thou hast joined 02266 08692 thyself with Ahaziah 0274, the LORD 03068 hath broken 06555 08804 thy works 04639. And the ships 0591 were broken 07665 08735, that they were not able 06113 08804 to go 03212 08800 to Tarshish 08659.

#### 2Ch 21

1 Now Jehoshaphat 03092 slept 07901 08799 with his fathers 01, and was buried 06912 08735 with his fathers 01 in the city 05892 of David 01732. And Jehoram 03088 his son 01121 reigned 04427 08799 in his stead.
2 And he had brethren 0251 the sons 01121 of Jehoshaphat 03092, Azariah 05838, and Jehiel 03171, and Zechariah 02148, and Azariah 05838, and Michael 04317, and Shephatiah 08203: all these [were] the sons 01121 of Jehoshaphat 03092 king 04428 of Israel 03478.
3 And their father 01 gave 05414 08799 them great 07227 gifts 04979 of silver 03701, and of gold 02091, and of precious things 04030, with fenced 04694 cities 05892 in Judah 03063: but the kingdom 04467 gave 05414 08804 he to Jehoram 03088; because he [was] the firstborn 01060.
4 Now when Jehoram 03088 was risen up 06965 08799 to the kingdom 04467 of his father 01, he strengthened 02388 08691 himself, and slew 02026 08799 all his brethren 0251 with the sword 02719, and [divers] also of the princes 08269 of Israel 03478.
5 Jehoram 03088 [was] thirty 07970 and two 08147 years 08141 old 01121 when he began to reign 04427 08800, and he reigned 04427 08804 eight 08083 years 08141 in Jerusalem 03389.
6 And he walked 03212 08799 in the way 01870 of the kings 04428 of Israel 03478, like as did 06213 08804 the house 01004 of Ahab 0256: for he had the daughter 01323 of Ahab 0256 to wife 0802: and he wrought 06213 08799 [that which was] evil 07451 in the eyes 05869 of the LORD 03068.
7 Howbeit the LORD 03068 would 014 08804 not destroy 07843 08687 the house 01004 of David 01732, because of the covenant 01285 that he had made 03772 08804 with David 01732, and as he promised 0559 08804 to give 05414 08800 a light 05216 to him and to his sons 01121 for ever 03117.
8 In his days 03117 the Edomites 0123 revolted 06586 08804 from under the dominion 03027 of Judah 03063, and made 04427 08686 themselves a king 04428.
9 Then Jehoram 03088 went forth 05674 08799 with his princes 08269, and all his chariots 07393 with him: and he rose up 06965 08804 by night 03915, and smote 05221 08686 the Edomites 0123 which compassed him in 05437 08802, and the captains 08269 of the chariots 07393.
10 So the Edomites 0123 revolted 06586 08799 from under the hand 03027 of Judah 03063 unto this day 03117. The same time 06256 [also] did Libnah 03841 revolt 06586 08799 from under his hand 03027; because he had forsaken 05800 08804 the LORD 03068 God 0430 of his fathers 01.
11 Moreover he made 06213 08804 high places 01116 in the mountains 02022 of Judah 03063, and caused the inhabitants 03427 08802 of Jerusalem 03389 to commit fornication 02181 08686, and compelled 05080 08686 Judah 03063 [thereto].
12 And there came 0935 08799 a writing 04385 to him from Elijah 0452 the prophet 05030, saying 0559 08800, Thus saith 0559 08804 the LORD 03068 God 0430 of David 01732 thy father 01, Because thou hast not walked 01980 08804 in the ways 01870 of Jehoshaphat 03092 thy father 01, nor in the ways 01870 of Asa 0609 king 04428 of Judah 03063,
13 But hast walked 03212 08799 in the way 01870 of the kings 04428 of Israel 03478, and hast made Judah 03063 and the inhabitants 03427 08802 of Jerusalem 03389 to go a whoring 02181 08686, like to the whoredoms 02181 08687 of the house 01004 of Ahab 0256, and also hast slain 02026 08804 thy brethren 0251 of thy father's 01 house 01004, [which were] better 02896 than thyself:
14 Behold, with a great 01419 plague 04046 will the LORD 03068 smite 05062 08802 thy people 05971, and thy children 01121, and thy wives 0802, and all thy goods 07399:
15 And thou [shalt have] great 07227 sickness 02483 by disease 04245 of thy bowels 04578, until thy bowels 04578 fall out 03318 08799 by reason of the sickness 02483 day 03117 by day 03117.
16 Moreover the LORD 03068 stirred up 05782 08686 against Jehoram 03088 the spirit 07307 of the Philistines 06430, and of the Arabians 06163, that [were] near 05921 03027 the Ethiopians 03569:
17 And they came up 05927 08799 into Judah 03063, and brake 01234 08799 into it, and carried away 07617 08799 all the substance 07399 that was found 04672 08737 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 08738 him, save Jehoahaz 03059, the youngest 06996 of his sons 01121.
18 And after 0310 all this the LORD 03068 smote 05062 08804 him in his bowels 04578 with an incurable 0369 04832 disease 02483.
19 And it came to pass, that in process of time 03117, after 03318 08800 06256 the end 07093 of two 08147 years 03117, his bowels 04578 fell out 03318 08804 by reason 05973 of his sickness 02483: so he died 04191 08799 of sore 07451 diseases 08463. And his people 05971 made 06213 08804 no burning 08316 for him, like the burning 08316 of his fathers 01.
20 Thirty 07970 and two 08147 years old 01121 was he when he began to reign 04427 08800, and he reigned 04427 08804 in Jerusalem 03389 eight 08083 years 08141, and departed 03212 08799 without being desired 02532. Howbeit they buried 06912 08799 him in the city 05892 of David 01732, but not in the sepulchres 06913 of the kings 04428.

#### 2Ch 22

1 And the inhabitants 03427 08802 of Jerusalem 03389 made 04427 00 Ahaziah 0274 his youngest 06996 son 01121 king 04427 08686 in his stead: for the band of men 01416 that came 0935 08802 with the Arabians 06163 to the camp 04264 had slain 02026 08804 all the eldest 07223. So Ahaziah 0274 the son 01121 of Jehoram 03088 king 04428 of Judah 03063 reigned 04427 08799.
2 Forty 0705 and two 08147 years 08141 old 01121 [was] Ahaziah 0274 when he began to reign 04427 08800, and he reigned 04427 08804 one 0259 year 08141 in Jerusalem 03389. His mother's 0517 name 08034 also [was] Athaliah 06271 the daughter 01323 of Omri 06018.
3 He also walked 01980 08804 in the ways 01870 of the house 01004 of Ahab 0256: for his mother 0517 was his counsellor 03289 08802 to do wickedly 07561 08687.
4 Wherefore he did 06213 08799 evil 07451 in the sight 05869 of the LORD 03068 like the house 01004 of Ahab 0256: for they were his counsellors 03289 08802 after 0310 the death 04194 of his father 01 to his destruction 04889.
5 He walked 01980 08804 also after their counsel 06098, and went 03212 08799 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 08686 Joram 03141.
6 And he returned 07725 08799 to be healed 07495 08692 in Jezreel 03157 because of the wounds 04347 which were given 05221 08689 him at Ramah 07414, when he fought 03898 08736 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 08804 to see 07200 08800 Jehoram 03088 the son 01121 of Ahab 0256 at Jezreel 03157, because he was sick 02470 08802.
7 And the destruction 08395 of Ahaziah 0274 was of God 0430 by coming 0935 08800 to Joram 03141: for when he was come 0935 08800, he went out 03318 08804 with Jehoram 03088 against Jehu 03058 the son 01121 of Nimshi 05250, whom the LORD 03068 had anointed 04886 08804 to cut off 03772 08687 the house 01004 of Ahab 0256.
8 And it came to pass, that, when Jehu 03058 was executing judgment 08199 08736 upon the house 01004 of Ahab 0256, and found 04672 08799 the princes 08269 of Judah 03063, and the sons 01121 of the brethren 0251 of Ahaziah 0274, that ministered 08334 08764 to Ahaziah 0274, he slew 02026 08799 them.
9 And he sought 01245 08762 Ahaziah 0274: and they caught 03920 08799 him, (for he was hid 02244 08693 in Samaria 08111,) and brought 0935 08686 him to Jehu 03058: and when they had slain 04191 08686 him, they buried 06912 08799 him: Because, said 0559 08804 they, he [is] the son 01121 of Jehoshaphat 03092, who sought 01875 08804 the LORD 03068 with all his heart 03824. So the house 01004 of Ahaziah 0274 had no power 03581 to keep 06113 08800 still the kingdom 04467.
10 But when Athaliah 06271 the mother 0517 of Ahaziah 0274 saw 07200 08804 that her son 01121 was dead 04191 08804, she arose 06965 08799 and destroyed 01696 08762 all the seed 02233 royal 04467 of the house 01004 of Judah 03063.
11 But Jehoshabeath 03090, the daughter 01323 of the king 04428, took 03947 08799 Joash 03101 the son 01121 of Ahaziah 0274, and stole 01589 08799 him from among 08432 the king's 04428 sons 01121 that were slain 04191 08716, and put 05414 08799 him and his nurse 03243 08688 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 08686 him from 06440 Athaliah 06271, so that she slew 04191 08689 him not.
12 And he was with them hid 02244 08693 in the house 01004 of God 0430 six 08337 years 08141: and Athaliah 06271 reigned 04427 08802 over the land 0776.

#### 2Ch 23

1 And in the seventh 07637 year 08141 Jehoiada 03077 strengthened 02388 08694 himself, and took 03947 08799 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.
2 And they went about 05437 08799 in Judah 03063, and gathered 06908 08799 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 08799 to Jerusalem 03389.
3 And all the congregation 06951 made 03772 08799 a covenant 01285 with the king 04428 in the house 01004 of God 0430. And he said 0559 08799 unto them, Behold, the king's 04428 son 01121 shall reign 04427 08799, as the LORD 03068 hath said 01696 08765 of the sons 01121 of David 01732.
4 This [is] the thing 01697 that ye shall do 06213 08799; A third part 07992 of you entering 0935 08802 on the sabbath 07676, of the priests 03548 and of the Levites 03881, [shall be] porters 07778 of the doors 05592;
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.
6 But let none come 0935 08799 into the house 01004 of the LORD 03068, save the priests 03548, and they that minister 08334 08764 of the Levites 03881; they shall go in 0935 08799, for they [are] holy 06944: but all the people 05971 shall keep 08104 08799 the watch 04931 of the LORD 03068.
7 And the Levites 03881 shall compass 05362 08689 the king 04428 round about 05439, every man 0376 with his weapons 03627 in his hand 03027; and whosoever [else] cometh 0935 08802 into the house 01004, he shall be put to death 04191 08714: but be ye with the king 04428 when he cometh in 0935 08800, and when he goeth out 03318 08800.
8 So the Levites 03881 and all Judah 03063 did 06213 08799 according to all things that Jehoiada 03077 the priest 03548 had commanded 06680 08765, and took 03947 08799 every man 0376 his men 0582 that were to come in 0935 08802 on the sabbath 07676, with them that were to go 03318 08802 [out] on the sabbath 07676: for Jehoiada 03077 the priest 03548 dismissed 06358 08804 not the courses 04256.
9 Moreover Jehoiada 03077 the priest 03548 delivered 05414 08799 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.
10 And he set 05975 08686 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.
11 Then they brought out 03318 08686 the king's 04428 son 01121, and put 05414 08799 upon him the crown 05145, and [gave him] the testimony 05715, and made him king 04427 08686. And Jehoiada 03077 and his sons 01121 anointed 04886 08799 him, and said 0559 08799, God save 02421 08799 the king 04428.
12 Now when Athaliah 06271 heard 08085 08799 the noise 06963 of the people 05971 running 07323 08801 and praising 01984 08764 the king 04428, she came 0935 08799 to the people 05971 into the house 01004 of the LORD 03068:
13 And she looked 07200 08799, and, behold, the king 04428 stood 05975 08802 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 08802 with trumpets 02689, also the singers 07891 08789 with instruments 03627 of musick 07892, and such as taught 03045 08688 to sing praise 01984 08763. Then Athaliah 06271 rent 07167 08799 her clothes 0899, and said 0559 08799, Treason 07195, Treason 07195.
14 Then Jehoiada 03077 the priest 03548 brought out 03318 08686 the captains 08269 of hundreds 03967 that were set over 06485 08803 the host 02428, and said 0559 08799 unto them, Have her forth 03318 08685 of the ranges 01004 07713: and whoso followeth 0935 08802 0310 her, let him be slain 04191 08714 with the sword 02719. For the priest 03548 said 0559 08804, Slay 04191 08686 her not in the house 01004 of the LORD 03068.
15 So they laid 07760 08799 hands 03027 on her; and when she was come 0935 08799 to the entering 03996 of the horse 05483 gate 08179 by the king's 04428 house 01004, they slew 04191 08686 her there.
16 And Jehoiada 03077 made 03772 08799 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.
17 Then all the people 05971 went 0935 08799 to the house 01004 of Baal 01168, and brake it down 05422 08799, and brake 07665 00 his altars 04196 and his images 06754 in pieces 07665 08765, and slew 02026 08804 Mattan 04977 the priest 03548 of Baal 01168 before 06440 the altars 04196.
18 Also Jehoiada 03077 appointed 07760 08799 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 08804 in the house 01004 of the LORD 03068, to offer 05927 08687 the burnt offerings 05930 of the LORD 03068, as [it is] written 03789 08803 in the law 08451 of Moses 04872, with rejoicing 08057 and with singing 07892, [as it was ordained] by 03027 David 01732.
19 And he set 05975 08686 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 08799.
20 And he took 03947 08799 the captains 08269 of hundreds 03967, and the nobles 0117, and the governors 04910 08802 of the people 05971, and all the people 05971 of the land 0776, and brought down 03381 08686 the king 04428 from the house 01004 of the LORD 03068: and they came 0935 08799 through 08432 the high 05945 gate 08179 into the king's 04428 house 01004, and set 03427 08686 the king 04428 upon the throne 03678 of the kingdom 04467.
21 And all the people 05971 of the land 0776 rejoiced 08055 08799: and the city 05892 was quiet 08252 08804, after that they had slain 04191 08689 Athaliah 06271 with the sword 02719.

#### 2Ch 24

1 Joash 03101 [was] seven 07651 years 08141 old 01121 when he began to reign 04427 08800, and he reigned 04427 08804 forty 0705 years 08141 in Jerusalem 03389. His mother's 0517 name 08034 also [was] Zibiah 06645 of Beersheba 0884.
2 And Joash 03101 did 06213 08799 [that which was] right 03477 in the sight 05869 of the LORD 03068 all the days 03117 of Jehoiada 03077 the priest 03548.
3 And Jehoiada 03077 took 05375 08799 for him two 08147 wives 0802; and he begat 03205 08686 sons 01121 and daughters 01323.
4 And it came to pass after 0310 this, [that] Joash 03101 was minded 03820 to repair 02318 08763 the house 01004 of the LORD 03068.
5 And he gathered together 06908 08799 the priests 03548 and the Levites 03881, and said 0559 08799 to them, Go out 03318 08798 unto the cities 05892 of Judah 03063, and gather 06908 08798 of all Israel 03478 money 03701 to repair 02388 08763 the house 01004 of your God 0430 from 01767 year 08141 to year 08141, and see that ye hasten 04116 08762 the matter 01697. Howbeit the Levites 03881 hastened 04116 08765 [it] not.
6 And the king 04428 called 07121 08799 for Jehoiada 03077 the chief 07218, and said 0559 08799 unto him, Why hast thou not required 01875 08804 of the Levites 03881 to bring in 0935 08687 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?
7 For the sons 01121 of Athaliah 06271, that wicked 04849 woman, had broken up 06555 08804 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 08804 upon Baalim 01168.
8 And at the king's 04428 commandment 0559 08799 they made 06213 08799 a 0259 chest 0727, and set 05414 08799 it without 02351 at the gate 08179 of the house 01004 of the LORD 03068.
9 And they made 05414 08799 a proclamation 06963 through Judah 03063 and Jerusalem 03389, to bring in 0935 08687 to the LORD 03068 the collection 04864 [that] Moses 04872 the servant 05650 of God 0430 [laid] upon Israel 03478 in the wilderness 04057.
10 And all the princes 08269 and all the people 05971 rejoiced 08055 08799, and brought in 0935 08686, and cast 07993 08686 into the chest 0727, until they had made an end 03615 08763.
11 Now it came to pass, that at what time 06256 the chest 0727 was brought 0935 08686 unto the king's 04428 office 06486 by the hand 03027 of the Levites 03881, and when they saw 07200 08800 that [there was] much 07227 money 03701, the king's 04428 scribe 05608 08802 and the high 07218 priest's 03548 officer 06496 came 0935 08804 and emptied 06168 08762 the chest 0727, and took 05375 08799 it, and carried 07725 00 it to his place 04725 again 07725 08686. Thus they did 06213 08804 day 03117 by day 03117, and gathered 0622 08799 money 03701 in abundance 07230.
12 And the king 04428 and Jehoiada 03077 gave 05414 08799 it to such as did 06213 08802 the work 04399 of the service 05656 of the house 01004 of the LORD 03068, and hired 07936 08802 masons 02672 08802 and carpenters 02796 to repair 02318 08763 the house 01004 of the LORD 03068, and also such as wrought 02796 iron 01270 and brass 05178 to mend 02388 08763 the house 01004 of the LORD 03068.
13 So the workmen 04399 06213 08802 wrought 06213 08799, and the work 04399 was 05927 08799 perfected 0724 by them 03027, and they set 05975 08686 the house 01004 of God 0430 in his state 04971, and strengthened 0553 08762 it.
14 And when they had finished 03615 08763 [it], they brought 0935 08689 the rest 07605 of the money 03701 before 06440 the king 04428 and Jehoiada 03077, whereof were made 06213 08799 vessels 03627 for the house 01004 of the LORD 03068, [even] vessels 03627 to minister 08335, and to offer 05927 08687 [withal], and spoons 03709, and vessels 03627 of gold 02091 and silver 03701. And they offered 05927 08688 burnt offerings 05930 in the house 01004 of the LORD 03068 continually 08548 all the days 03117 of Jehoiada 03077.
15 But Jehoiada 03077 waxed old 02204 08799, and was full 07646 08799 of days 03117 when he died 04191 08799; an hundred 03967 and thirty 07970 years 08141 old 01121 [was he] when he died 04194.
16 And they buried 06912 08799 him in the city 05892 of David 01732 among the kings 04428, because he had done 06213 08804 good 02896 in Israel 03478, both toward God 0430, and toward his house 01004.
17 Now after 0310 the death 04194 of Jehoiada 03077 came 0935 08804 the princes 08269 of Judah 03063, and made obeisance 07812 08691 to the king 04428. Then the king 04428 hearkened 08085 08804 unto them.
18 And they left 05800 08799 the house 01004 of the LORD 03068 God 0430 of their fathers 01, and served 05647 08799 groves 0842 and idols 06091: and wrath 07110 came upon Judah 03063 and Jerusalem 03389 for this their trespass 0819.
19 Yet he sent 07971 08799 prophets 05030 to them, to bring them again 07725 08687 unto the LORD 03068; and they testified 05749 08686 against them: but they would not give ear 0238 08689.
20 And the Spirit 07307 of God 0430 came 03847 08804 upon Zechariah 02148 the son 01121 of Jehoiada 03077 the priest 03548, which stood 05975 08799 above the people 05971, and said 0559 08799 unto them, Thus saith 0559 08804 God 0430, Why transgress 05674 08802 ye the commandments 04687 of the LORD 03068, that ye cannot prosper 06743 08686? because ye have forsaken 05800 08804 the LORD 03068, he hath also forsaken 05800 08799 you.
21 And they conspired 07194 08799 against him, and stoned 07275 08799 him with stones 068 at the commandment 04687 of the king 04428 in the court 02691 of the house 01004 of the LORD 03068.
22 Thus Joash 03101 the king 04428 remembered 02142 08804 not the kindness 02617 which Jehoiada 03077 his father 01 had done 06213 08804 to him, but slew 02026 08799 his son 01121. And when he died 04194, he said 0559 08804, The LORD 03068 look 07200 08799 upon [it], and require 01875 08799 [it].
23 And it came to pass at the end 08622 of the year 08141, [that] the host 02428 of Syria 0758 came up 05927 08804 against him: and they came 0935 08799 to Judah 03063 and Jerusalem 03389, and destroyed 07843 08686 all the princes 08269 of the people 05971 from among the people 05971, and sent 07971 08765 all the spoil 07998 of them unto the king 04428 of Damascus 01834.
24 For the army 02428 of the Syrians 0758 came 0935 08804 with a small 04705 company of men 0582, and the LORD 03068 delivered 05414 08804 a very 03966 great 07230 host 02428 into their hand 03027, because they had forsaken 05800 08804 the LORD 03068 God 0430 of their fathers 01. So they executed 06213 08804 judgment 08201 against Joash 03101.
25 And when they were departed 03212 08800 from him, (for they left 05800 08804 him in great 07227 diseases 04251,) his own servants 05650 conspired 07194 08694 against him for the blood 01818 of the sons 01121 of Jehoiada 03077 the priest 03548, and slew 02026 08799 him on his bed 04296, and he died 04191 08799: and they buried 06912 08799 him in the city 05892 of David 01732, but they buried 06912 08804 him not in the sepulchres 06913 of the kings 04428.
26 And these are they that conspired 07194 08693 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.
27 Now [concerning] his sons 01121, and the greatness 07235 08799 08675 07230 of the burdens 04853 [laid] upon him, and the repairing 03247 of the house 01004 of God 0430, behold, they [are] written 03789 08803 in the story 04097 of the book 05612 of the kings 04428. And Amaziah 0558 his son 01121 reigned 04427 08799 in his stead.

#### 2Ch 25

1 Amaziah 0558 [was] twenty 06242 and five 02568 years 08141 old 01121 [when] he began to reign 04427 08804, and he reigned 04427 08804 twenty 06242 and nine 08672 years 08141 in Jerusalem 03389. And his mother's 0517 name 08034 [was] Jehoaddan 03086 of Jerusalem 03389.
2 And he did 06213 08799 [that which was] right 03477 in the sight 05869 of the LORD 03068, but not with a perfect 08003 heart 03824.
3 Now it came to pass, when the kingdom 04467 was established 02388 08804 to him, that he slew 02026 08799 his servants 05650 that had killed 05221 08688 the king 04428 his father 01.
4 But he slew 04191 08689 not their children 01121, but [did] as [it is] written 03789 08803 in the law 08451 in the book 05612 of Moses 04872, where the LORD 03068 commanded 06680 08765, saying 0559 08800, The fathers 01 shall not die 04191 08799 for the children 01121, neither shall the children 01121 die 04191 08799 for the fathers 01, but every man 0376 shall die 04191 08799 for his own sin 02399.
5 Moreover Amaziah 0558 gathered 06908 00 Judah 03063 together 06908 08799, and made 05975 08686 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 08799 them from twenty 06242 years 08141 old 01121 and above 04605, and found 04672 08799 them three 07969 hundred 03967 thousand 0505 choice 0977 08803 [men, able] to go forth 03318 08802 to war 06635, that could handle 0270 08802 spear 07420 and shield 06793.
6 He hired 07936 08799 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.
7 But there came 0935 08804 a man 0376 of God 0430 to him, saying 0559 08800, O king 04428, let not the army 06635 of Israel 03478 go 0935 08799 with thee; for the LORD 03068 [is] not with Israel 03478, [to wit, with] all the children 01121 of Ephraim 0669.
8 But if thou wilt go 0935 08798, do 06213 08798 [it], be strong 02388 08798 for the battle 04421: God 0430 shall make thee fall 03782 08686 before 06440 the enemy 0341 08802: for God 0430 hath 03426 power 03581 to help 05826 08800, and to cast down 03782 08687.
9 And Amaziah 0558 said 0559 08799 to the man 0376 of God 0430, But what shall we do 06213 08800 for the hundred 03967 talents 03603 which I have given 05414 08804 to the army 01416 of Israel 03478? And the man 0376 of God 0430 answered 0559 08799, The LORD 03068 is 03426 able to give 05414 08800 thee much more 07235 08687 than this.
10 Then Amaziah 0558 separated 0914 08686 them, [to wit], the army 01416 that was come 0935 08804 to him out of Ephraim 0669, to go 03212 00 home 04725 again 03212 08800: wherefore their anger 0639 was greatly 03966 kindled 02734 08799 against Judah 03063, and they returned 07725 08799 home 04725 in great 02750 anger 0639.
11 And Amaziah 0558 strengthened 02388 08694 himself, and led forth 05090 08799 his people 05971, and went 03212 08799 to the valley 01516 of salt 04417, and smote 05221 08686 of the children 01121 of Seir 08165 ten 06235 thousand 0505.
12 And [other] ten 06235 thousand 0505 [left] alive 02416 did the children 01121 of Judah 03063 carry away captive 07617 08804, and brought 0935 08686 them unto the top 07218 of the rock 05553, and cast them down 07993 08686 from the top 07218 of the rock 05553, that they all were broken in pieces 01234 08738.
13 But the soldiers 01121 of the army 01416 which Amaziah 0558 sent back 07725 08689, that they should not go 03212 08800 with him to battle 04421, fell 06584 08799 upon the cities 05892 of Judah 03063, from Samaria 08111 even unto Bethhoron 01032, and smote 05221 08686 three 07969 thousand 0505 of them, and took 0962 08799 much 07227 spoil 0961.
14 Now it came to pass, after 0310 that Amaziah 0558 was come 0935 08800 from the slaughter 05221 08687 of the Edomites 0130, that he brought 0935 08686 the gods 0430 of the children 01121 of Seir 08165, and set them up 05975 08686 [to be] his gods 0430, and bowed down 07812 08691 himself before 06440 them, and burned incense 06999 08762 unto them.
15 Wherefore the anger 0639 of the LORD 03068 was kindled 02734 08799 against Amaziah 0558, and he sent 07971 08799 unto him a prophet 05030, which said 0559 08799 unto him, Why hast thou sought 01875 08804 after the gods 0430 of the people 05971, which could not deliver 05337 08689 their own people 05971 out of thine hand 03027?
16 And it came to pass, as he talked 01696 08763 with him, that [the king] said 0559 08799 unto him, Art thou made 05414 08804 of the king's 04428 counsel 03289 08802? forbear 02308 08798; why shouldest thou be smitten 05221 08686? Then the prophet 05030 forbare 02308 08799, and said 0559 08799, I know 03045 08804 that God 0430 hath determined 03289 08804 to destroy 07843 08687 thee, because thou hast done 06213 08804 this, and hast not hearkened 08085 08804 unto my counsel 06098.
17 Then Amaziah 0558 king 04428 of Judah 03063 took advice 03289 08735, and sent 07971 08799 to Joash 03101, the son 01121 of Jehoahaz 03059, the son 01121 of Jehu 03058, king 04428 of Israel 03478, saying 0559 08800, Come 03212 08798, let us see one another 07200 08691 in the face 06440.
18 And Joash 03101 king 04428 of Israel 03478 sent 07971 08799 to Amaziah 0558 king 04428 of Judah 03063, saying 0559 08800, The thistle 02336 that [was] in Lebanon 03844 sent 07971 08804 to the cedar 0730 that [was] in Lebanon 03844, saying 0559 08800, Give 05414 08798 thy daughter 01323 to my son 01121 to wife 0802: and there passed by 05674 08799 a wild 07704 beast 02416 that [was] in Lebanon 03844, and trode down 07429 08799 the thistle 02336.
19 Thou sayest 0559 08804, Lo, thou hast smitten 05221 08689 the Edomites 0123; and thine heart 03820 lifteth thee up 05375 08804 to boast 03513 08687: abide 03427 08798 now at home 01004; why shouldest thou meddle 01624 08691 to [thine] hurt 07451, that thou shouldest fall 05307 08804, [even] thou, and Judah 03063 with thee?
20 But Amaziah 0558 would not hear 08085 08804; for it [came] of God 0430, that he might deliver 05414 08800 them into the hand 03027 [of their enemies], because they sought 01875 08804 after the gods 0430 of Edom 0123.
21 So Joash 03101 the king 04428 of Israel 03478 went up 05927 08799; and they saw one another 07200 08691 in the face 06440, [both] he and Amaziah 0558 king 04428 of Judah 03063, at Bethshemesh 01053, which [belongeth] to Judah 03063.
22 And Judah 03063 was put to the worse 05062 08735 before 06440 Israel 03478, and they fled 05127 08799 every man 0376 to his tent 0168.
23 And Joash 03101 the king 04428 of Israel 03478 took 08610 08804 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 08686 him to Jerusalem 03389, and brake down 06555 08799 the wall 02346 of Jerusalem 03389 from the gate 08179 of Ephraim 0669 to the corner 06437 08802 gate 08179, four 0702 hundred 03967 cubits 0520.
24 And [he took] all the gold 02091 and the silver 03701, and all the vessels 03627 that were found 04672 08737 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 08799 to Samaria 08111.
25 And Amaziah 0558 the son 01121 of Joash 03101 king 04428 of Judah 03063 lived 02421 08799 after 0310 the death 04194 of Joash 03101 son 01121 of Jehoahaz 03059 king 04428 of Israel 03478 fifteen 02568 06240 years 08141.
26 Now the rest 03499 of the acts 01697 of Amaziah 0558, first 07223 and last 0314, behold, [are] they not written 03789 08803 in the book 05612 of the kings 04428 of Judah 03063 and Israel 03478?
27 Now after the time 06256 that Amaziah 0558 did turn away 05493 08804 from following 0310 the LORD 03068 they made 07194 08799 a conspiracy 07195 against him in Jerusalem 03389; and he fled 05127 08799 to Lachish 03923: but they sent 07971 08799 to Lachish 03923 after 0310 him, and slew 04191 08686 him there.
28 And they brought 05375 08799 him upon horses 05483, and buried 06912 08799 him with his fathers 01 in the city 05892 of Judah 03063.

#### 2Ch 26

1 Then all the people 05971 of Judah 03063 took 03947 08799 Uzziah 05818, who [was] sixteen 08337 06240 years 08141 old 01121, and made him king 04427 08686 in the room of his father 01 Amaziah 0558.
2 He built 01129 08804 Eloth 0359, and restored 07725 08686 it to Judah 03063, after 0310 that the king 04428 slept 07901 08800 with his fathers 01.
3 Sixteen 08337 06240 years 08141 old 01121 [was] Uzziah 05818 when he began to reign 04427 08800, and he reigned 04427 08804 fifty 02572 and two 08147 years 08141 in Jerusalem 03389. His mother's 0517 name 08034 also [was] Jecoliah 03203 of Jerusalem 03389.
4 And he did 06213 08799 [that which was] right 03477 in the sight 05869 of the LORD 03068, according to all that his father 01 Amaziah 0558 did 06213 08804.
5 And he sought 01875 08800 God 0430 in the days 03117 of Zechariah 02148, who had understanding 0995 08688 in the visions 07200 08800 of God 0430: and as long as 03117 he sought 01875 08800 the LORD 03068, God 0430 made him to prosper 06743 08689.
6 And he went forth 03318 08799 and warred 03898 08735 against the Philistines 06430, and brake down 06555 08799 the wall 02346 of Gath 01661, and the wall 02346 of Jabneh 02996, and the wall 02346 of Ashdod 0795, and built 01129 08799 cities 05892 about Ashdod 0795, and among the Philistines 06430.
7 And God 0430 helped 05826 08799 him against the Philistines 06430, and against the Arabians 06163 that dwelt 03427 08802 in Gurbaal 01485, and the Mehunims 04586.
8 And the Ammonites 05984 gave 05414 08799 gifts 04503 to Uzziah 05818: and his name 08034 spread abroad 03212 08799 [even] to the entering 0935 08800 in of Egypt 04714; for he strengthened 02388 08689 [himself] exceedingly 04605.
9 Moreover Uzziah 05818 built 01129 08799 towers 04026 in Jerusalem 03389 at the corner 06438 gate 08179, and at the valley 01516 gate 08179, and at the turning 04740 [of the wall], and fortified 02388 08762 them.
10 Also he built 01129 08799 towers 04026 in the desert 04057, and digged 02672 08799 many 07227 wells 0953: for he had much 07227 cattle 04735, both in the low country 08219, and in the plains 04334: husbandmen 0406 [also], and vine dressers 03755 in the mountains 02022, and in Carmel 03760: for he loved 0157 08802 husbandry 0127.
11 Moreover Uzziah 05818 had an host 02428 of fighting 04421 men 06213 08802, that went out 03318 08802 to war 06635 by bands 01416, according to the number 04557 of their account 06486 by the hand 03027 of Jeiel 03273 the scribe 05608 08802 and Maaseiah 04641 the ruler 07860 08802, under the hand 03027 of Hananiah 02608, [one] of the king's 04428 captains 08269.
12 The whole number 04557 of the chief 07218 of the fathers 01 of the mighty men 01368 of valour 02428 [were] two thousand 0505 and six 08337 hundred 03967.
13 And under their hand 03027 [was] an army 02428 06635, three 07969 hundred 03967 thousand 0505 and seven 07651 thousand 0505 and five 02568 hundred 03967, that made 06213 08802 war 04421 with mighty 02428 power 03581, to help 05826 08800 the king 04428 against the enemy 0341 08802.
14 And Uzziah 05818 prepared 03559 08686 for them throughout all the host 06635 shields 04043, and spears 07420, and helmets 03553, and habergeons 08302, and bows 07198, and slings 07050 [to cast] stones 068.
15 And he made 06213 08799 in Jerusalem 03389 engines 02810, invented 04284 by cunning men 02803 08802, to be on the towers 04026 and upon the bulwarks 06438, to shoot 03384 08800 arrows 02671 and great 01419 stones 068 withal. And his name 08034 spread 03318 08799 far abroad 07350; for he was marvellously 06381 08689 helped 05826 08736, till 03588 he was strong 02388 08804.
16 But when he was strong 02393, his heart 03820 was lifted up 01361 08804 to [his] destruction 07843 08687: for he transgressed 04603 08799 against the LORD 03068 his God 0430, and went 0935 08799 into the temple 01964 of the LORD 03068 to burn incense 06999 08687 upon the altar 04196 of incense 07004.
17 And Azariah 05838 the priest 03548 went in 0935 08799 after 0310 him, and with him fourscore 08084 priests 03548 of the LORD 03068, [that were] valiant 02428 men 01121:
18 And they withstood 05975 08799 Uzziah 05818 the king 04428, and said 0559 08799 unto him, [It appertaineth] not unto thee, Uzziah 05818, to burn incense 06999 08687 unto the LORD 03068, but to the priests 03548 the sons 01121 of Aaron 0175, that are consecrated 06942 08794 to burn incense 06999 08687: go out 03318 08798 of the sanctuary 04720; for thou hast trespassed 04603 08804; neither [shall it be] for thine honour 03519 from the LORD 03068 God 0430.
19 Then Uzziah 05818 was wroth 02196 08799, and [had] a censer 04730 in his hand 03027 to burn incense 06999 08687: and while he was wroth 02196 08800 with the priests 03548, the leprosy 06883 even rose up 02224 08804 in his forehead 04696 before 06440 the priests 03548 in the house 01004 of the LORD 03068, from beside the incense 07004 altar 04196.
20 And Azariah 05838 the chief 07218 priest 03548, and all the priests 03548, looked 06437 08799 upon him, and, behold, he [was] leprous 06879 08794 in his forehead 04696, and they thrust him out 0926 08686 from thence; yea, himself hasted 01765 08738 also to go out 03318 08800, because the LORD 03068 had smitten 05060 08765 him.
21 And Uzziah 05818 the king 04428 was a leper 06879 08794 unto the day 03117 of his death 04194, and dwelt in 03427 08799 a several 02669 08675 02669 house 01004, [being] a leper 06879 08794; for he was cut off 01504 08738 from the house 01004 of the LORD 03068: and Jotham 03147 his son 01121 [was] over the king's 04428 house 01004, judging 08199 08802 the people 05971 of the land 0776.
22 Now the rest 03499 of the acts 01697 of Uzziah 05818, first 07223 and last 0314, did Isaiah 03470 the prophet 05030, the son 01121 of Amoz 0531, write 03789 08804.
23 So Uzziah 05818 slept 07901 08799 with his fathers 01, and they buried 06912 08799 him with his fathers 01 in the field 07704 of the burial 06900 which [belonged] to the kings 04428; for they said 0559 08804, He [is] a leper 06879 08794: and Jotham 03147 his son 01121 reigned 04427 08799 in his stead.

#### 2Ch 27

1 Jotham 03147 [was] twenty 06242 and five 02568 years 08141 old 01121 when he began to reign 04427 08800, and he reigned 04427 08804 sixteen 08337 06240 years 08141 in Jerusalem 03389. His mother's 0517 name 08034 also [was] Jerushah 03388, the daughter 01323 of Zadok 06659.
2 And he did 06213 08799 [that which was] right 03477 in the sight 05869 of the LORD 03068, according to all that his father 01 Uzziah 05818 did 06213 08804: howbeit he entered 0935 08804 not into the temple 01964 of the LORD 03068. And the people 05971 did yet corruptly 07843 08688.
3 He built 01129 08804 the high 05945 gate 08179 of the house 01004 of the LORD 03068, and on the wall 02346 of Ophel 06077 he built 01129 08804 much 07230.
4 Moreover he built 01129 08804 cities 05892 in the mountains 02022 of Judah 03063, and in the forests 02793 he built 01129 08804 castles 01003 and towers 04026.
5 He fought 03898 08738 also with the king 04428 of the Ammonites 05984, and prevailed 02388 08799 against them. And the children 01121 of Ammon 05983 gave 05414 08799 him the same year 08141 an hundred 03967 talents 03603 of silver 03701, and ten 06235 thousand 0505 measures 03734 of wheat 02406, and ten 06235 thousand 0505 of barley 08184. So much did the children 01121 of Ammon 05983 pay 07725 08689 unto 02063 him, both the second 08145 year 08141, and the third 07992.
6 So Jotham 03147 became mighty 02388 08691, because he prepared 03559 08689 his ways 01870 before 06440 the LORD 03068 his God 0430.
7 Now the rest 03499 of the acts 01697 of Jotham 03147, and all his wars 04421, and his ways 01870, lo, they [are] written 03789 08803 in the book 05612 of the kings 04428 of Israel 03478 and Judah 03063.
8 He was five 02568 and twenty 06242 years 08141 old 01121 when he began to reign 04427 08800, and reigned 04427 08804 sixteen 08337 06240 years 08141 in Jerusalem 03389.
9 And Jotham 03147 slept 07901 08799 with his fathers 01, and they buried 06912 08799 him in the city 05892 of David 01732: and Ahaz 0271 his son 01121 reigned 04427 08799 in his stead.

#### 2Ch 28

1 Ahaz 0271 [was] twenty 06242 years 08141 old 01121 when he began to reign 04427 08800, and he reigned 04427 08804 sixteen 08337 06240 years 08141 in Jerusalem 03389: but he did 06213 08804 not [that which was] right 03477 in the sight 05869 of the LORD 03068, like David 01732 his father 01:
2 For he walked in 03212 08799 the ways 01870 of the kings 04428 of Israel 03478, and made 06213 08804 also molten images 04541 for Baalim 01168.
3 Moreover he burnt incense 06999 08689 in the valley 01516 of the son 01121 of Hinnom 02011, and burnt 01197 08686 his children 01121 in the fire 0784, after the abominations 08441 of the heathen 01471 whom the LORD 03068 had cast out 03423 08689 before 06440 the children 01121 of Israel 03478.
4 He sacrificed 02076 08762 also and burnt incense 06999 08762 in the high places 01116, and on the hills 01389, and under every green 07488 tree 06086.
5 Wherefore the LORD 03068 his God 0430 delivered 05414 08799 him into the hand 03027 of the king 04428 of Syria 0758; and they smote 05221 08686 him, and carried away 07617 08799 a great multitude 01419 of them captives 07633, and brought 0935 08686 [them] to Damascus 01834. And he was also delivered 05414 08737 into the hand 03027 of the king 04428 of Israel 03478, who smote 05221 08686 him with a great 01419 slaughter 04347.
6 For Pekah 06492 the son 01121 of Remaliah 07425 slew 02026 08799 in Judah 03063 an hundred 03967 and twenty 06242 thousand 0505 in one 0259 day 03117, [which were] all valiant 02428 men 01121; because they had forsaken 05800 08800 the LORD 03068 God 0430 of their fathers 01.
7 And Zichri 02147, a mighty man 01368 of Ephraim 0669, slew 02026 08799 Maaseiah 04641 the king's 04428 son 01121, and Azrikam 05840 the governor 05057 of the house 01004, and Elkanah 0511 [that was] next 04932 to the king 04428.
8 And the children 01121 of Israel 03478 carried away captive 07617 08799 of their brethren 0251 two hundred 03967 thousand 0505, women 0802, sons 01121, and daughters 01323, and took also away 0962 08804 much 07227 spoil 07998 from them, and brought 0935 08686 the spoil 07998 to Samaria 08111.
9 But a prophet 05030 of the LORD 03068 was there, whose name 08034 [was] Oded 05752: and he went out 03318 08799 before 06440 the host 06635 that came 0935 08802 to Samaria 08111, and said 0559 08799 unto them, Behold, because the LORD 03068 God 0430 of your fathers 01 was wroth 02534 with Judah 03063, he hath delivered 05414 08804 them into your hand 03027, and ye have slain 02026 08799 them in a rage 02197 [that] reacheth up 05060 08689 unto heaven 08064.
10 And now ye purpose 0559 08802 to keep under 03533 08800 the children 01121 of Judah 03063 and Jerusalem 03389 for bondmen 05650 and bondwomen 08198 unto you: [but are there] not with you, even 07535 with you, sins 0819 against the LORD 03068 your God 0430?
11 Now hear 08085 08798 me therefore, and deliver 07725 08685 the captives 07633 again, which ye have taken captive 07617 08804 of your brethren 0251: for the fierce 02740 wrath 0639 of the LORD 03068 [is] upon you.
12 Then certain 0582 of the heads 07218 of the children 01121 of Ephraim 0669, Azariah 05838 the son 01121 of Johanan 03076, Berechiah 01296 the son 01121 of Meshillemoth 04919, and Jehizkiah 03169 the son 01121 of Shallum 07967, and Amasa 06021 the son 01121 of Hadlai 02311, stood up 06965 08799 against them that came 0935 08802 from the war 06635,
13 And said 0559 08799 unto them, Ye shall not bring in 0935 08686 the captives 07633 hither: for whereas we have offended 0819 against the LORD 03068 [already], ye intend 0559 08802 to add 03254 08687 [more] to our sins 02403 and to our trespass 0819: for our trespass 0819 is great 07227, and [there is] fierce 02740 wrath 0639 against Israel 03478.
14 So the armed men 02502 08803 left 05800 08799 the captives 07633 and the spoil 0961 before 06440 the princes 08269 and all the congregation 06951.
15 And the men 0582 which were expressed 05344 08738 by name 08034 rose up 06965 08799, and took 02388 08686 the captives 07633, and with the spoil 07998 clothed 03847 08689 all that were naked 04636 among them, and arrayed 03847 08686 them, and shod 05274 08686 them, and gave them to eat 0398 08686 and to drink 08248 08686, and anointed 05480 08799 them, and carried 05095 08762 all the feeble 03782 08802 of them upon asses 02543, and brought 0935 08686 them to Jericho 03405, the city 05892 of palm trees 08558 08677 05899, to 0681 their brethren 0251: then they returned 07725 08799 to Samaria 08111.
16 At that time 06256 did king 04428 Ahaz 0271 send 07971 08804 unto the kings 04428 of Assyria 0804 to help 05826 08800 him.
17 For again the Edomites 0130 had come 0935 08804 and smitten 05221 08686 Judah 03063, and carried away 07617 08799 captives 07628.
18 The Philistines 06430 also had invaded 06584 08804 the cities 05892 of the low country 08219, and of the south 05045 of Judah 03063, and had taken 03920 08799 Bethshemesh 01053, and Ajalon 0357, and Gederoth 01450, and Shocho 07755 with the villages 01323 thereof, and Timnah 08553 with the villages 01323 thereof, Gimzo 01579 also and the villages 01323 thereof: and they dwelt 03427 08799 there.
19 For the LORD 03068 brought 03665 00 Judah 03063 low 03665 08689 because of Ahaz 0271 king 04428 of Israel 03478; for he made 06544 00 Judah 03063 naked 06544 08689, and transgressed 04603 08800 sore 04604 against the LORD 03068.
20 And Tilgathpilneser 08407 king 04428 of Assyria 0804 came 0935 08799 unto him, and distressed 06696 08799 him, but strengthened 02388 08804 him not.
21 For Ahaz 0271 took away a portion 02505 08804 [out] of the house 01004 of the LORD 03068, and [out] of the house 01004 of the king 04428, and of the princes 08269, and gave 05414 08799 [it] unto the king 04428 of Assyria 0804: but he helped 05833 him not.
22 And in the time 06256 of his distress 06887 08687 did he trespass 04603 08800 yet more 03254 08686 against the LORD 03068: this [is that] king 04428 Ahaz 0271.
23 For he sacrificed 02076 08799 unto the gods 0430 of Damascus 01834, which smote 05221 08688 him: and he said 0559 08799, Because the gods 0430 of the kings 04428 of Syria 0758 help 05826 08688 them, [therefore] will I sacrifice 02076 08762 to them, that they may help 05826 08799 me. But they were the ruin 03782 08687 of him, and of all Israel 03478.
24 And Ahaz 0271 gathered together 0622 08799 the vessels 03627 of the house 01004 of God 0430, and cut in pieces 07112 08762 the vessels 03627 of the house 01004 of God 0430, and shut up 05462 08799 the doors 01817 of the house 01004 of the LORD 03068, and he made 06213 08799 him altars 04196 in every corner 06438 of Jerusalem 03389.
25 And in every several city 05892 of Judah 03063 he made 06213 08804 high places 01116 to burn incense 06999 08763 unto other 0312 gods 0430, and provoked to anger 03707 08686 the LORD 03068 God 0430 of his fathers 01.
26 Now the rest 03499 of his acts 01697 and of all his ways 01870, first 07223 and last 0314, behold, they [are] written 03789 08803 in the book 05612 of the kings 04428 of Judah 03063 and Israel 03478.
27 And Ahaz 0271 slept 07901 08799 with his fathers 01, and they buried 06912 08799 him in the city 05892, [even] in Jerusalem 03389: but they brought 0935 08689 him not into the sepulchres 06913 of the kings 04428 of Israel 03478: and Hezekiah 03169 his son 01121 reigned 04427 08799 in his stead.

#### 2Ch 29

1 Hezekiah 03169 began to reign 04427 08804 [when he was] five 02568 and twenty 06242 years 08141 old 01121, and he reigned 04427 08804 nine 08672 and twenty 06242 years 08141 in Jerusalem 03389. And his mother's 0517 name 08034 [was] Abijah 029, the daughter 01323 of Zechariah 02148.
2 And he did 06213 08799 [that which was] right 03477 in the sight 05869 of the LORD 03068, according to all that David 01732 his father 01 had done 06213 08804.
3 He in the first 07223 year 08141 of his reign 04427 08800, in the first 07223 month 02320, opened 06605 08804 the doors 01817 of the house 01004 of the LORD 03068, and repaired 02388 08762 them.
4 And he brought in 0935 08686 the priests 03548 and the Levites 03881, and gathered them together 0622 08799 into the east 04217 street 07339,
5 And said 0559 08799 unto them, Hear 08085 08798 me, ye Levites 03881, sanctify 06942 08690 now yourselves, and sanctify 06942 08761 the house 01004 of the LORD 03068 God 0430 of your fathers 01, and carry forth 03318 08685 the filthiness 05079 out of the holy 06944 [place].
6 For our fathers 01 have trespassed 04603 08804, and done 06213 08804 [that which was] evil 07451 in the eyes 05869 of the LORD 03068 our God 0430, and have forsaken 05800 08799 him, and have turned away 05437 08686 their faces 06440 from the habitation 04908 of the LORD 03068, and turned 05414 08799 [their] backs 06203.
7 Also they have shut up 05462 08804 the doors 01817 of the porch 0197, and put out 03518 08762 the lamps 05216, and have not burned 06999 08689 incense 07004 nor offered 05927 08689 burnt offerings 05930 in the holy 06944 [place] unto the God 0430 of Israel 03478.
8 Wherefore the wrath 07110 of the LORD 03068 was upon Judah 03063 and Jerusalem 03389, and he hath delivered 05414 08799 them to trouble 02189 08675 02113, to astonishment 08047, and to hissing 08322, as ye see 07200 08802 with your eyes 05869.
9 For, lo, our fathers 01 have fallen 05307 08804 by the sword 02719, and our sons 01121 and our daughters 01323 and our wives 0802 [are] in captivity 07628 for this.
10 Now [it is] in mine heart 03824 to make 03772 08800 a covenant 01285 with the LORD 03068 God 0430 of Israel 03478, that his fierce 02740 wrath 0639 may turn away 07725 08799 from us.
11 My sons 01121, be not now negligent 07952 08735: for the LORD 03068 hath chosen 0977 08804 you to stand 05975 08800 before 06440 him, to serve 08334 08763 him, and that ye should minister 08334 08764 unto him, and burn incense 06999 08688.
12 Then the Levites 03881 arose 06965 08799, Mahath 04287 the son 01121 of Amasai 06022, and Joel 03100 the son 01121 of Azariah 05838, of the sons 01121 of the Kohathites 06956: and of the sons 01121 of Merari 04847, Kish 07027 the son 01121 of Abdi 05660, and Azariah 05838 the son 01121 of Jehalelel 03094: and of the Gershonites 01649; Joah 03098 the son 01121 of Zimmah 02155, and Eden 05731 the son 01121 of Joah 03098:
13 And of the sons 01121 of Elizaphan 0469; Shimri 08113, and Jeiel 03273: and of the sons 01121 of Asaph 0623; Zechariah 02148, and Mattaniah 04983:
14 And of the sons 01121 of Heman 01968; Jehiel 03171, and Shimei 08096: and of the sons 01121 of Jeduthun 03038; Shemaiah 08098, and Uzziel 05816.
15 And they gathered 0622 08799 their brethren 0251, and sanctified 06942 08691 themselves, and came 0935 08799, according to the commandment 04687 of the king 04428, by the words 01697 of the LORD 03068, to cleanse 02891 08763 the house 01004 of the LORD 03068.
16 And the priests 03548 went 0935 08799 into the inner part 06441 of the house 01004 of the LORD 03068, to cleanse 02891 08763 [it], and brought out 03318 08686 all the uncleanness 02932 that they found 04672 08804 in the temple 01964 of the LORD 03068 into the court 02691 of the house 01004 of the LORD 03068. And the Levites 03881 took 06901 08762 [it], to carry [it] out 03318 08687 abroad 02351 into the brook 05158 Kidron 06939.
17 Now they began 02490 08686 on the first 0259 [day] of the first 07223 month 02320 to sanctify 06942 08763, and on the eighth 08083 day 03117 of the month 02320 came 0935 08804 they to the porch 0197 of the LORD 03068: so they sanctified 06942 08762 the house 01004 of the LORD 03068 in eight 08083 days 03117; and in the sixteenth 08337 06240 day of the first 07223 month 02320 they made an end 03615 08765.
18 Then they went 0935 08799 in 06441 to Hezekiah 02396 the king 04428, and said 0559 08799, We have cleansed 02891 08765 all the house 01004 of the LORD 03068, and the altar 04196 of burnt offering 05930, with all the vessels 03627 thereof, and the shewbread 04635 table 07979, with all the vessels 03627 thereof.
19 Moreover all the vessels 03627, which king 04428 Ahaz 0271 in his reign 04438 did cast away 02186 08689 in his transgression 04604, have we prepared 03559 08689 and sanctified 06942 08689, and, behold, they [are] before 06440 the altar 04196 of the LORD 03068.
20 Then Hezekiah 03169 the king 04428 rose early 07925 08686, and gathered 0622 08799 the rulers 08269 of the city 05892, and went up 05927 08799 to the house 01004 of the LORD 03068.
21 And they brought 0935 08686 seven 07651 bullocks 06499, and seven 07651 rams 0352, and seven 07651 lambs 03532, and seven 07651 he 06842 goats 05795, for a sin offering 02403 for the kingdom 04467, and for the sanctuary 04720, and for Judah 03063. And he commanded 0559 08799 the priests 03548 the sons 01121 of Aaron 0175 to offer 05927 08687 [them] on the altar 04196 of the LORD 03068.
22 So they killed 07819 08799 the bullocks 01241, and the priests 03548 received 06901 08762 the blood 01818, and sprinkled 02236 08799 [it] on the altar 04196: likewise, when they had killed 07819 08799 the rams 0352, they sprinkled 02236 08799 the blood 01818 upon the altar 04196: they killed 07819 08799 also the lambs 03532, and they sprinkled 02236 08799 the blood 01818 upon the altar 04196.
23 And they brought forth 05066 08686 the he goats 08163 [for] the sin offering 02403 before 06440 the king 04428 and the congregation 06951; and they laid 05564 08799 their hands 03027 upon them:
24 And the priests 03548 killed 07819 08799 them, and they made reconciliation 02398 08762 with their blood 01818 upon the altar 04196, to make an atonement 03722 08763 for all Israel 03478: for the king 04428 commanded 0559 08804 [that] the burnt offering 05930 and the sin offering 02403 [should be made] for all Israel 03478.
25 And he set 05975 08686 the Levites 03881 in the house 01004 of the LORD 03068 with cymbals 04700, with psalteries 05035, and with harps 03658, according to the commandment 04687 of David 01732, and of Gad 01410 the king's 04428 seer 02374, and Nathan 05416 the prophet 05030: for [so was] the commandment 04687 of 03027 the LORD 03068 by 03027 his prophets 05030.
26 And the Levites 03881 stood 05975 08799 with the instruments 03627 of David 01732, and the priests 03548 with the trumpets 02689.
27 And Hezekiah 02396 commanded 0559 08799 to offer 05927 08687 the burnt offering 05930 upon the altar 04196. And when 06256 the burnt offering 05930 began 02490 08689, the song 07892 of the LORD 03068 began 02490 08689 [also] with the trumpets 02689, and with the instruments 03627 [ordained] by 03027 David 01732 king 04428 of Israel 03478.
28 And all the congregation 06951 worshipped 07812 08693, and the singers 07892 sang 07891 08789, and the trumpeters 02689 sounded 02690 08688 08675 02690 08764: [and] all [this continued] until the burnt offering 05930 was finished 03615 08800.
29 And when they had made an end 03615 08763 of offering 05927 08687, the king 04428 and all that were present 04672 08737 with him bowed 03766 08804 themselves, and worshipped 07812 08691.
30 Moreover Hezekiah 03169 the king 04428 and the princes 08269 commanded 0559 08799 the Levites 03881 to sing praise 01984 08763 unto the LORD 03068 with the words 01697 of David 01732, and of Asaph 0623 the seer 02374. And they sang praises 01984 08762 with gladness 08057, and they bowed their heads 06915 08799 and worshipped 07812 08691.
31 Then Hezekiah 03169 answered 06030 08799 and said 0559 08799, Now ye have consecrated 04390 08765 03027 yourselves unto the LORD 03068, come near 05066 08798 and bring 0935 08685 sacrifices 02077 and thank offerings 08426 into the house 01004 of the LORD 03068. And the congregation 06951 brought in 0935 08686 sacrifices 02077 and thank offerings 08426; and as many as were of a free 05081 heart 03820 burnt offerings 05930.
32 And the number 04557 of the burnt offerings 05930, which the congregation 06951 brought 0935 08689, was threescore and ten 07657 bullocks 01241, an hundred 03967 rams 0352, [and] two hundred 03967 lambs 03532: all these [were] for a burnt offering 05930 to the LORD 03068.
33 And the consecrated things 06944 [were] six 08337 hundred 03967 oxen 01241 and three 07969 thousand 0505 sheep 06629.
34 But the priests 03548 were too few 04592, so that they could 03201 08804 not flay 06584 08687 all the burnt offerings 05930: wherefore their brethren 0251 the Levites 03881 did help 02388 08762 them, till the work 04399 was ended 03615 08800, and until the [other] priests 03548 had sanctified 06942 08691 themselves: for the Levites 03881 [were] more upright 03477 in heart 03824 to sanctify 06942 08692 themselves than the priests 03548.
35 And also the burnt offerings 05930 [were] in abundance 07230, with the fat 02459 of the peace offerings 08002, and the drink offerings 05262 for [every] burnt offering 05930. So the service 05656 of the house 01004 of the LORD 03068 was set in order 03559 08735.
36 And Hezekiah 03169 rejoiced 08055 08799, and all the people 05971, that God 0430 had prepared 03559 08689 the people 05971: for the thing 01697 was [done] suddenly 06597.

#### 2Ch 30

1 And Hezekiah 03169 sent 07971 08799 to all Israel 03478 and Judah 03063, and wrote 03789 08804 letters 0107 also to Ephraim 0669 and Manasseh 04519, that they should come 0935 08800 to the house 01004 of the LORD 03068 at Jerusalem 03389, to keep 06213 08800 the passover 06453 unto the LORD 03068 God 0430 of Israel 03478.
2 For the king 04428 had taken counsel 03289 08735, and his princes 08269, and all the congregation 06951 in Jerusalem 03389, to keep 06213 08800 the passover 06453 in the second 08145 month 02320.
3 For they could 03201 08804 not keep 06213 08800 it at that time 06256, because the priests 03548 had not sanctified 06942 08694 themselves sufficiently 04078 08676 01767, neither had the people 05971 gathered themselves together 0622 08738 to Jerusalem 03389.
4 And the thing 01697 pleased 03474 08799 05869 the king 04428 and all the congregation 06951.
5 So they established 05975 08686 a decree 01697 to make proclamation 05674 08687 06963 throughout all Israel 03478, from Beersheba 0884 even to Dan 01835, that they should come 0935 08800 to keep 06213 08800 the passover 06453 unto the LORD 03068 God 0430 of Israel 03478 at Jerusalem 03389: for they had not done 06213 08804 [it] of a long 07230 [time in such sort] as it was written 03789 08803.
6 So the posts 07323 08801 went 03212 08799 with the letters 0107 from 03027 the king 04428 and his princes 08269 throughout all Israel 03478 and Judah 03063, and according to the commandment 04687 of the king 04428, saying 0559 08800, Ye children 01121 of Israel 03478, turn again 07725 08798 unto the LORD 03068 God 0430 of Abraham 085, Isaac 03327, and Israel 03478, and he will return 07725 08799 to the remnant 07604 08737 of you, that are escaped 06413 out of the hand 03709 of the kings 04428 of Assyria 0804.
7 And be not ye like your fathers 01, and like your brethren 0251, which trespassed 04603 08804 against the LORD 03068 God 0430 of their fathers 01, [who] therefore gave them up 05414 08799 to desolation 08047, as ye see 07200 08802.
8 Now be ye not stiffnecked 07185 08686 06203, as your fathers 01 [were, but] yield 05414 08798 yourselves 03027 unto the LORD 03068, and enter 0935 08798 into his sanctuary 04720, which he hath sanctified 06942 08689 for ever 05769: and serve 05647 08798 the LORD 03068 your God 0430, that the fierceness 02740 of his wrath 0639 may turn away 07725 08799 from you.
9 For if ye turn again 07725 08800 unto the LORD 03068, your brethren 0251 and your children 01121 [shall find] compassion 07356 before 06440 them that lead them captive 07617 08802, so that they shall come again 07725 08800 into this land 0776: for the LORD 03068 your God 0430 [is] gracious 02587 and merciful 07349, and will not turn away 05493 08686 [his] face 06440 from you, if ye return 07725 08799 unto him.
10 So the posts 07323 08801 passed 05674 08802 from city 05892 to city 05892 through the country 0776 of Ephraim 0669 and Manasseh 04519 even unto Zebulun 02074: but they laughed them to scorn 07832 08688, and mocked 03932 08688 them.
11 Nevertheless divers 0582 of Asher 0836 and Manasseh 04519 and of Zebulun 02074 humbled 03665 08738 themselves, and came 0935 08799 to Jerusalem 03389.
12 Also in Judah 03063 the hand 03027 of God 0430 was to give 05414 08800 them one 0259 heart 03820 to do 06213 08800 the commandment 04687 of the king 04428 and of the princes 08269, by the word 01697 of the LORD 03068.
13 And there assembled 0622 08735 at Jerusalem 03389 much 07227 people 05971 to keep 06213 08800 the feast 02282 of unleavened bread 04682 in the second 08145 month 02320, a very 03966 great 07230 congregation 06951.
14 And they arose 06965 08799 and took away 05493 08686 the altars 04196 that [were] in Jerusalem 03389, and all the altars for incense 06999 took they away 05493 08689, and cast 07993 08686 [them] into the brook 05158 Kidron 06939.
15 Then they killed 07819 08799 the passover 06453 on the fourteenth 0702 06240 [day] of the second 08145 month 02320: and the priests 03548 and the Levites 03881 were ashamed 03637 08738, and sanctified 06942 08691 themselves, and brought in 0935 08686 the burnt offerings 05930 into the house 01004 of the LORD 03068.
16 And they stood 05975 08799 in their place 05977 after their manner 04941, according to the law 08451 of Moses 04872 the man 0376 of God 0430: the priests 03548 sprinkled 02236 08802 the blood 01818, [which they received] of the hand 03027 of the Levites 03881.
17 For [there were] many 07227 in the congregation 06951 that were not sanctified 06942 08694: therefore the Levites 03881 had the charge of the killing 07821 of the passovers 06453 for every one [that was] not clean 02889, to sanctify 06942 08687 [them] unto the LORD 03068.
18 For a multitude 04768 of the people 05971, [even] many 07227 of Ephraim 0669, and Manasseh 04519, Issachar 03485, and Zebulun 02074, had not 03808 cleansed 02891 08694 themselves, yet did they eat 0398 08804 the passover 06453 otherwise than it was written 03789 08803. But Hezekiah 03169 prayed 06419 08694 for them, saying 0559 08800, The good 02896 LORD 03068 pardon 03722 08762 every one
19 [That] prepareth 03559 08689 his heart 03824 to seek 01875 08800 God 0430, the LORD 03068 God 0430 of his fathers 01, though [he be] not [cleansed] according to the purification 02893 of the sanctuary 06944.
20 And the LORD 03068 hearkened 08085 08799 to Hezekiah 03169, and healed 07495 08799 the people 05971.
21 And the children 01121 of Israel 03478 that were present 04672 08737 at Jerusalem 03389 kept 06213 08799 the feast 02282 of unleavened bread 04682 seven 07651 days 03117 with great 01419 gladness 08057: and the Levites 03881 and the priests 03548 praised 01984 08764 the LORD 03068 day 03117 by day 03117, [singing] with loud 05797 instruments 03627 unto the LORD 03068.
22 And Hezekiah 03169 spake 01696 08762 comfortably 03820 unto all the Levites 03881 that taught 07919 08688 the good 02896 knowledge 07922 of the LORD 03068: and they did eat 0398 08799 throughout the feast 04150 seven 07651 days 03117, offering 02076 08764 peace 08002 offerings 02077, and making confession 03034 08693 to the LORD 03068 God 0430 of their fathers 01.
23 And the whole assembly 06951 took counsel 03289 08735 to keep 06213 08800 other 0312 seven 07651 days 03117: and they kept 06213 08799 [other] seven 07651 days 03117 with gladness 08057.
24 For Hezekiah 02396 king 04428 of Judah 03063 did give 07311 08689 to the congregation 06951 a thousand 0505 bullocks 06499 and seven 07651 thousand 0505 sheep 06629; and the princes 08269 gave 07311 08689 to the congregation 06951 a thousand 0505 bullocks 06499 and ten 06235 thousand 0505 sheep 06629: and a great number 07230 of priests 03548 sanctified 06942 08691 themselves.
25 And all the congregation 06951 of Judah 03063, with the priests 03548 and the Levites 03881, and all the congregation 06951 that came out 0935 08802 of Israel 03478, and the strangers 01616 that came out 0935 08802 of the land 0776 of Israel 03478, and that dwelt 03427 08802 in Judah 03063, rejoiced 08055 08799.
26 So there was great 01419 joy 08057 in Jerusalem 03389: for since the time 03117 of Solomon 08010 the son 01121 of David 01732 king 04428 of Israel 03478 [there was] not the like in Jerusalem 03389.
27 Then the priests 03548 the Levites 03881 arose 06965 08799 and blessed 01288 08762 the people 05971: and their voice 06963 was heard 08085 08735, and their prayer 08605 came 0935 08799 [up] to his holy 06944 dwelling place 04583, [even] unto heaven 08064.

#### 2Ch 31

1 Now when all this was finished 03615 08763, all Israel 03478 that were present 04672 08737 went out 03318 08804 to the cities 05892 of Judah 03063, and brake 07665 00 the images 04676 in pieces 07665 08762, and cut down 01438 08762 the groves 0842, and threw down 05422 08762 the high places 01116 and the altars 04196 out of all Judah 03063 and Benjamin 01144, in Ephraim 0669 also and Manasseh 04519, until they had utterly destroyed 03615 08763 them all. Then all the children 01121 of Israel 03478 returned 07725 08799, every man 0376 to his possession 0272, into their own cities 05892.
2 And Hezekiah 03169 appointed 05975 08686 the courses 04256 of the priests 03548 and the Levites 03881 after their courses 04256, every man 0376 according 06310 to his service 05656, the priests 03548 and Levites 03881 for burnt offerings 05930 and for peace offerings 08002, to minister 08334 08763, and to give thanks 03034 08687, and to praise 01984 08763 in the gates 08179 of the tents 04264 of the LORD 03068.
3 [He appointed] also the king's 04428 portion 04521 of his substance 07399 for the burnt offerings 05930, [to wit], for the morning 01242 and evening 06153 burnt offerings 05930, and the burnt offerings 05930 for the sabbaths 07676, and for the new moons 02320, and for the set feasts 04150, as [it is] written 03789 08803 in the law 08451 of the LORD 03068.
4 Moreover he commanded 0559 08799 the people 05971 that dwelt 03427 08802 in Jerusalem 03389 to give 05414 08800 the portion 04521 of the priests 03548 and the Levites 03881, that they might be encouraged 02388 08799 in the law 08451 of the LORD 03068.
5 And as soon as the commandment 01697 came abroad 06555 08800, the children 01121 of Israel 03478 brought 0935 08689 in abundance 07235 08689 the firstfruits 07225 of corn 01715, wine 08492, and oil 03323, and honey 01706, and of all the increase 08393 of the field 07704; and the tithe 04643 of all [things] brought 0935 08689 they in abundantly 07230.
6 And [concerning] the children 01121 of Israel 03478 and Judah 03063, that dwelt 03427 08802 in the cities 05892 of Judah 03063, they also brought in 0935 08689 the tithe 04643 of oxen 01241 and sheep 06629, and the tithe 04643 of holy things 06944 which were consecrated 06942 08794 unto the LORD 03068 their God 0430, and laid 05414 08799 [them] by heaps 06194 06194.
7 In the third 07992 month 02320 they began 02490 08689 to lay the foundation 03245 08800 of the heaps 06194, and finished 03615 08765 [them] in the seventh 07637 month 02320.
8 And when Hezekiah 03169 and the princes 08269 came 0935 08799 and saw 07200 08799 the heaps 06194, they blessed 01288 08762 the LORD 03068, and his people 05971 Israel 03478.
9 Then Hezekiah 03169 questioned 01875 08799 with the priests 03548 and the Levites 03881 concerning the heaps 06194.
10 And Azariah 05838 the chief 07218 priest 03548 of the house 01004 of Zadok 06659 answered 0559 08799 him, and said 0559 08799, Since [the people] began 02490 08687 to bring 0935 08687 the offerings 08641 into the house 01004 of the LORD 03068, we have had enough 07646 08800 to eat 0398 08800, and have left 03498 08687 plenty 07230: for the LORD 03068 hath blessed 01288 08765 his people 05971; and that which is left 03498 08737 [is] this great store 01995.
11 Then Hezekiah 03169 commanded 0559 08799 to prepare 03559 08687 chambers 03957 in the house 01004 of the LORD 03068; and they prepared 03559 08686 [them],
12 And brought in 0935 08686 the offerings 08641 and the tithes 04643 and the dedicated 06944 [things] faithfully 0530: over which Cononiah 03562 the Levite 03881 [was] ruler 05057, and Shimei 08096 his brother 0251 [was] the next 04932.
13 And Jehiel 03171, and Azaziah 05812, and Nahath 05184, and Asahel 06214, and Jerimoth 03406, and Jozabad 03107, and Eliel 0447, and Ismachiah 03253, and Mahath 04287, and Benaiah 01141, [were] overseers 06496 under the hand 03027 of Cononiah 03562 and Shimei 08096 his brother 0251, at the commandment 04662 of Hezekiah 03169 the king 04428, and Azariah 05838 the ruler 05057 of the house 01004 of God 0430.
14 And Kore 06981 the son 01121 of Imnah 03232 the Levite 03881, the porter 07778 toward the east 04217, [was] over the freewill offerings 05071 of God 0430, to distribute 05414 08800 the oblations 08641 of the LORD 03068, and the most 06944 holy things 06944.
15 And next him [were] Eden 05731, and Miniamin 04509, and Jeshua 03442, and Shemaiah 08098, Amariah 0568, and Shecaniah 07935, in the cities 05892 of the priests 03548, in [their] set office 0530, to give 05414 08800 to their brethren 0251 by 03027 courses 04256, as well to the great 01419 as to the small 06996:
16 Beside their genealogy 03187 08692 of males 02145, from three 07969 years 08141 old 01121 and upward 04605, [even] unto every one that entereth 0935 08802 into the house 01004 of the LORD 03068, his daily 03117 03117 portion 01697 for their service 05656 in their charges 04931 according to their courses 04256;
17 Both to the genealogy 03187 08692 of the priests 03548 by the house 01004 of their fathers 01, and the Levites 03881 from twenty 06242 years 08141 old 01121 and upward 04605, in their charges 04931 by their courses 04256;
18 And to the genealogy 03187 08692 of all their little ones 02945, their wives 0802, and their sons 01121, and their daughters 01323, through all the congregation 06951: for in their set office 0530 they sanctified 06942 08691 themselves in holiness 06944:
19 Also of the sons 01121 of Aaron 0175 the priests 03548, [which were] in the fields 07704 of the suburbs 04054 of their cities 05892, in every several city 05892, the men 0582 that were expressed 05344 08738 by name 08034, to give 05414 08800 portions 04490 to all the males 02145 among the priests 03548, and to all that were reckoned by genealogies 03187 08692 among the Levites 03881.
20 And thus did 06213 08799 Hezekiah 03169 throughout all Judah 03063, and wrought 06213 08799 [that which was] good 02896 and right 03477 and truth 0571 before 06440 the LORD 03068 his God 0430.
21 And in every work 04639 that he began 02490 08689 in the service 05656 of the house 01004 of God 0430, and in the law 08451, and in the commandments 04687, to seek 01875 08800 his God 0430, he did 06213 08804 [it] with all his heart 03824, and prospered 06743 08689.

#### 2Ch 32

1 After 0310 these things 01697, and the establishment 0571 thereof, Sennacherib 05576 king 04428 of Assyria 0804 came 0935 08804, and entered 0935 08799 into Judah 03063, and encamped 02583 08799 against the fenced 01219 08803 cities 05892, and thought 0559 08799 to win 01234 08800 them for himself.
2 And when Hezekiah 03169 saw 07200 08799 that Sennacherib 05576 was come 0935 08804, and that he was purposed 06440 to fight 04421 against Jerusalem 03389,
3 He took counsel 03289 08735 with his princes 08269 and his mighty men 01368 to stop 05640 08800 the waters 04325 of the fountains 05869 which [were] without 02351 the city 05892: and they did help 05826 08799 him.
4 So there was gathered 06908 00 much 07227 people 05971 together 06908 08735, who stopped 05640 08799 all the fountains 04599, and the brook 05158 that ran 07857 08802 through the midst 08432 of the land 0776, saying 0559 08800, Why should the kings 04428 of Assyria 0804 come 0935 08799, and find 04672 08804 much 07227 water 04325?
5 Also he strengthened 02388 08691 himself, and built up 01129 08799 all the wall 02346 that was broken 06555 08803, and raised [it] up 05927 08686 to the towers 04026, and another 0312 wall 02346 without 02351, and repaired 02388 08762 Millo 04407 [in] the city 05892 of David 01732, and made 06213 08799 darts 07973 and shields 04043 in abundance 07230.
6 And he set 05414 08799 captains 08269 of war 04421 over the people 05971, and gathered them together 06908 08799 to him in the street 07339 of the gate 08179 of the city 05892, and spake 01696 08762 comfortably 03824 to them, saying 0559 08800,
7 Be strong 02388 08798 and courageous 0553 08798, be not afraid 03372 08799 nor dismayed 02865 08735 for 06440 the king 04428 of Assyria 0804, nor for all the multitude 01995 that [is] with him: for [there be] more 07227 with us than with him:
8 With him [is] an arm 02220 of flesh 01320; but with us [is] the LORD 03068 our God 0430 to help 05826 08800 us, and to fight 03898 08736 our battles 04421. And the people 05971 rested 05564 08735 themselves upon the words 01697 of Hezekiah 03169 king 04428 of Judah 03063.
9 After 0310 this did Sennacherib 05576 king 04428 of Assyria 0804 send 07971 08804 his servants 05650 to Jerusalem 03389, (but he [himself laid siege] against Lachish 03923, and all his power 04475 with him,) unto Hezekiah 03169 king 04428 of Judah 03063, and unto all Judah 03063 that [were] at Jerusalem 03389, saying 0559 08800,
10 Thus saith 0559 08804 Sennacherib 05576 king 04428 of Assyria 0804, Whereon do ye trust 0982 08802, that ye abide 03427 08802 in the siege 04692 in Jerusalem 03389?
11 Doth not Hezekiah 03169 persuade 05496 08688 you to give 05414 08800 over yourselves to die 04191 08800 by famine 07458 and by thirst 06772, saying 0559 08800, The LORD 03068 our God 0430 shall deliver 05337 08686 us out of the hand 03709 of the king 04428 of Assyria 0804?
12 Hath not the same Hezekiah 03169 taken away 05493 08689 his high places 01116 and his altars 04196, and commanded 0559 08799 Judah 03063 and Jerusalem 03389, saying 0559 08800, Ye shall worship 07812 08691 before 06440 one 0259 altar 04196, and burn incense 06999 08686 upon it?
13 Know 03045 08799 ye not what I and my fathers 01 have done 06213 08804 unto all the people 05971 of [other] lands 0776? were the gods 0430 of the nations 01471 of those lands 0776 any ways 03201 08800 able 03201 08804 to deliver 05337 08687 their lands 0776 out of mine hand 03027?
14 Who [was there] among all the gods 0430 of those nations 01471 that my fathers 01 utterly destroyed 02763 08689, that could 03201 08804 deliver 05337 08687 his people 05971 out of mine hand 03027, that your God 0430 should be able 03201 08799 to deliver 05337 08687 you out of mine hand 03027?
15 Now therefore let not 03808 Hezekiah 02396 deceive 05377 08686 you, nor persuade 05496 08686 you on this manner, neither yet believe 0539 08686 him: for no god 0433 of any nation 01471 or kingdom 04467 was able 03201 08799 to deliver 05337 08687 his people 05971 out of mine hand 03027, and out of the hand 03027 of my fathers 01: how much less shall your God 0430 deliver 05337 08686 you out of mine hand 03027?
16 And his servants 05650 spake 01696 08765 yet [more] against the LORD 03068 God 0430, and against his servant 05650 Hezekiah 03169.
17 He wrote 03789 08804 also letters 05612 to rail 02778 08763 on the LORD 03068 God 0430 of Israel 03478, and to speak 0559 08800 against him, saying 0559 08800, As the gods 0430 of the nations 01471 of [other] lands 0776 have not delivered 05337 08689 their people 05971 out of mine hand 03027, so shall not the God 0430 of Hezekiah 03169 deliver 05337 08686 his people 05971 out of mine hand 03027.
18 Then they cried 07121 08799 with a loud 01419 voice 06963 in the Jews' speech 03066 unto the people 05971 of Jerusalem 03389 that [were] on the wall 02346, to affright 03372 08763 them, and to trouble 0926 08763 them; that they might take 03920 08799 the city 05892.
19 And they spake 01696 08762 against 05921 the God 0430 of Jerusalem 03389, as against the gods 0430 of the people 05971 of the earth 0776, [which were] the work 04639 of the hands 03027 of man 0120.
20 And for this [cause] Hezekiah 03169 the king 04428, and the prophet 05030 Isaiah 03470 the son 01121 of Amoz 0531, prayed 06419 08691 and cried 02199 08799 to heaven 08064.
21 And the LORD 03068 sent 07971 08799 an angel 04397, which cut off 03582 08686 all the mighty men 01368 of valour 02428, and the leaders 05057 and captains 08269 in the camp 04264 of the king 04428 of Assyria 0804. So he returned 07725 08799 with shame 01322 of face 06440 to his own land 0776. And when he was come 0935 08799 into the house 01004 of his god 0430, they that came forth 03329 of his own bowels 04578 slew 05307 08689 him there with the sword 02719.
22 Thus the LORD 03068 saved 03467 08686 Hezekiah 03169 and the inhabitants 03427 08802 of Jerusalem 03389 from the hand 03027 of Sennacherib 05576 the king 04428 of Assyria 0804, and from the hand 03027 of all [other], and guided 05095 08762 them on every side 05439.
23 And many 07227 brought 0935 08688 gifts 04503 unto the LORD 03068 to Jerusalem 03389, and presents 04030 to Hezekiah 03169 king 04428 of Judah 03063: so that he was magnified 05375 08735 in the sight 05869 of all nations 01471 from thenceforth 0310.
24 In those days 03117 Hezekiah 03169 was sick 02470 08804 to the death 04191 08800, and prayed 06419 08691 unto the LORD 03068: and he spake 0559 08799 unto him, and he gave 05414 08804 him a sign 04159.
25 But Hezekiah 03169 rendered not again 07725 08689 according to the benefit 01576 [done] unto him; for his heart 03820 was lifted up 01361 08804: therefore there was wrath 07110 upon him, and upon Judah 03063 and Jerusalem 03389.
26 Notwithstanding Hezekiah 03169 humbled 03665 08735 himself for the pride 01363 of his heart 03820, [both] he and the inhabitants 03427 08802 of Jerusalem 03389, so that the wrath 07110 of the LORD 03068 came 0935 08804 not upon them in the days 03117 of Hezekiah 03169.
27 And Hezekiah 03169 had exceeding 03966 much 07235 08687 riches 06239 and honour 03519: and he made 06213 08804 himself treasuries 0214 for silver 03701, and for gold 02091, and for precious 03368 stones 068, and for spices 01314, and for shields 04043, and for all manner of pleasant 02532 jewels 03627;
28 Storehouses 04543 also for the increase 08393 of corn 01715, and wine 08492, and oil 03323; and stalls 0723 for all manner of beasts 0929, and cotes 0220 for flocks 05739.
29 Moreover he provided 06213 08804 him cities 05892, and possessions 04735 of flocks 06629 and herds 01241 in abundance 07230: for God 0430 had given 05414 08804 him substance 07399 very 03966 much 07227.
30 This same Hezekiah 03169 also stopped 05640 08804 the upper 05945 watercourse 04161 04325 of Gihon 01521, and brought it straight 03474 08762 down 04295 to the west side 04628 of the city 05892 of David 01732. And Hezekiah 03169 prospered 06743 08686 in all his works 04639.
31 Howbeit 03651 in [the business of] the ambassadors 03887 08688 of the princes 08269 of Babylon 0894, who sent 07971 08764 unto him to enquire 01875 08800 of the wonder 04159 that was [done] in the land 0776, God 0430 left 05800 08804 him, to try 05254 08763 him, that he might know 03045 08800 all [that was] in his heart 03824.
32 Now the rest 03499 of the acts 01697 of Hezekiah 03169, and his goodness 02617, behold, they [are] written 03789 08803 in the vision 02377 of Isaiah 03470 the prophet 05030, the son 01121 of Amoz 0531, [and] in the book 05612 of the kings 04428 of Judah 03063 and Israel 03478.
33 And Hezekiah 03169 slept 07901 08799 with his fathers 01, and they buried 06912 08799 him in the chiefest 04608 of the sepulchres 06913 of the sons 01121 of David 01732: and all Judah 03063 and the inhabitants 03427 08802 of Jerusalem 03389 did him 06213 08804 honour 03519 at his death 04194. And Manasseh 04519 his son 01121 reigned 04427 08799 in his stead.

#### 2Ch 33

1 Manasseh 04519 [was] twelve 08147 06240 years 08141 old 01121 when he began to reign 04427 08800, and he reigned 04427 08804 fifty 02572 and five 02568 years 08141 in Jerusalem 03389:
2 But did 06213 08799 [that which was] evil 07451 in the sight 05869 of the LORD 03068, like unto the abominations 08441 of the heathen 01471, whom the LORD 03068 had cast out 03423 08689 before 06440 the children 01121 of Israel 03478.
3 For he built 01129 08799 again 07725 08799 the high places 01116 which Hezekiah 03169 his father 01 had broken down 05422 08765, and he reared up 06965 08686 altars 04196 for Baalim 01168, and made 06213 08799 groves 0842, and worshipped 07812 08691 all the host 06635 of heaven 08064, and served 05647 08799 them.
4 Also he built 01129 08804 altars 04196 in the house 01004 of the LORD 03068, whereof the LORD 03068 had said 0559 08804, In Jerusalem 03389 shall my name 08034 be for ever 05769.
5 And he built 01129 08799 altars 04196 for all the host 06635 of heaven 08064 in the two 08147 courts 02691 of the house 01004 of the LORD 03068.
6 And he caused 05674 00 his children 01121 to pass through 05674 08689 the fire 0784 in the valley 01516 of the son 01121 of Hinnom 02011: also he observed times 06049 08782, and used enchantments 05172 08765, and used witchcraft 03784 08765, and dealt 06213 08804 with a familiar spirit 0178, and with wizards 03049: he wrought 06213 08800 much 07235 08689 evil 07451 in the sight 05869 of the LORD 03068, to provoke him to anger 03707 08687.
7 And he set 07760 08799 a carved image 06459, the idol 05566 which he had made 06213 08804, in the house 01004 of God 0430, of which God 0430 had said 0559 08804 to David 01732 and to Solomon 08010 his son 01121, In this house 01004, and in Jerusalem 03389, which I have chosen 0977 08804 before all the tribes 07626 of Israel 03478, will I put 07760 08799 my name 08034 for ever 05865:
8 Neither will I any more 03254 08686 remove 05493 08687 the foot 07272 of Israel 03478 from out 05921 of the land 0127 which I have appointed 05975 08689 for your fathers 01; so that 0518 they will take heed 08104 08799 to do 06213 08800 all that I have commanded 06680 08765 them, according to the whole law 08451 and the statutes 02706 and the ordinances 04941 by the hand 03027 of Moses 04872.
9 So Manasseh 04519 made 08582 00 Judah 03063 and the inhabitants 03427 08802 of Jerusalem 03389 to err 08582 08686, [and] to do 06213 08800 worse 07451 than the heathen 01471, whom the LORD 03068 had destroyed 08045 08689 before 06440 the children 01121 of Israel 03478.
10 And the LORD 03068 spake 01696 08762 to Manasseh 04519, and to his people 05971: but they would not hearken 07181 08689.
11 Wherefore the LORD 03068 brought 0935 08686 upon them the captains of 08269 the host of 06635 the king 04428 of Assyria 0804, which took 03920 08799 Manasseh 04519 among the thorns 02336, and bound him 0631 08799 with fetters 05178, and carried 03212 08686 him to Babylon 0894.
12 And when he was in affliction 06887 08687, he besought 02470 08765 the LORD 03068 his God 0430, and humbled 03665 08735 himself greatly 03966 before 06440 the God 0430 of his fathers 01,
13 And prayed 06419 08691 unto him: and he was intreated 06279 08735 of him, and heard 08085 08799 his supplication 08467, and brought him again 07725 08686 to Jerusalem 03389 into his kingdom 04438. Then Manasseh 04519 knew 03045 08799 that the LORD 03068 he [was] God 0430.
14 Now after this 0310 he built 01129 08804 a wall 02346 without 02435 the city 05892 of David 01732, on the west side 04628 of Gihon 01521, in the valley 05158, even to the entering in 0935 08800 at the fish 01709 gate 08179, and compassed 05437 08804 about Ophel 06077, and raised it up 01361 08686 a very great height 03966, and put 07760 08799 captains 08269 of war 02428 in all the fenced 01219 08803 cities 05892 of Judah 03063.
15 And he took away 05493 08686 the strange 05236 gods 0430, and the idol 05566 out of the house 01004 of the LORD 03068, and all the altars 04196 that he had built 01129 08804 in the mount 02022 of the house 01004 of the LORD 03068, and in Jerusalem 03389, and cast 07993 08686 [them] out 02351 of the city 05892.
16 And he repaired 01129 08799 the altar 04196 of the LORD 03068, and sacrificed 02076 08799 thereon peace 08002 offerings 02077 and thank offerings 08426, and commanded 0559 08799 Judah 03063 to serve 05647 08800 the LORD 03068 God 0430 of Israel 03478.
17 Nevertheless 061 the people 05971 did sacrifice 02076 08802 still in the high places 01116, [yet] unto the LORD 03068 their God 0430 only.
18 Now the rest 03499 of the acts 01697 of Manasseh 04519, and his prayer 08605 unto his God 0430, and the words 01697 of the seers 02374 that spake 01696 08764 to him in the name 08034 of the LORD 03068 God 0430 of Israel 03478, behold, they [are written] in the book 01697 of the kings 04428 of Israel 03478.
19 His prayer 08605 also, and [how God] was intreated 06279 08736 of him, and all his sin 02403, and his trespass 04604, and the places 04725 wherein he built 01129 08804 high places 01116, and set up 05975 08689 groves 0842 and graven images 06456, before 06440 he was humbled 03665 08736: behold, they [are] written 03789 08803 among the sayings 01697 of the seers 02374 08676 02335.
20 So Manasseh 04519 slept 07901 08799 with his fathers 01, and they buried 06912 08799 him in his own house 01004: and Amon 0526 his son 01121 reigned 04427 08799 in his stead.
21 Amon 0526 [was] two 08147 and twenty 06242 years 08141 old 01121 when he began to reign 04427 08800, and reigned 04427 08804 two 08147 years 08141 in Jerusalem 03389.
22 But he did 06213 08799 [that which was] evil 07451 in the sight 05869 of the LORD 03068, as did 06213 08804 Manasseh 04519 his father 01: for Amon 0526 sacrificed 02076 08765 unto all the carved images 06456 which Manasseh 04519 his father 01 had made 06213 08804, and served 05647 08799 them;
23 And humbled 03665 08738 not himself before 06440 the LORD 03068, as Manasseh 04519 his father 01 had humbled 03665 08736 himself; but Amon 0526 trespassed 0819 more and more 07235 08689.
24 And his servants 05650 conspired 07194 08799 against him, and slew 04191 08686 him in his own house 01004.
25 But the people 05971 of the land 0776 slew 05221 08686 all them that had conspired 07194 08802 against king 04428 Amon 0526; and the people 05971 of the land 0776 made 04427 00 Josiah 02977 his son 01121 king 04427 08686 in his stead.

#### 2Ch 34

1 Josiah 02977 [was] eight 08083 years 08141 old 01121 when he began to reign 04427 08800, and he reigned 04427 08804 in Jerusalem 03389 one 0259 and thirty 07970 years 08141.
2 And he did 06213 08799 [that which was] right 03477 in the sight 05869 of the LORD 03068, and walked 03212 08799 in the ways 01870 of David 01732 his father 01, and declined 05493 08804 [neither] to the right hand 03225, nor to the left 08040.
3 For in the eighth 08083 year 08141 of his reign 04427 08800, while he was yet young 05288, he began 02490 08689 to seek 01875 08800 after the God 0430 of David 01732 his father 01: and in the twelfth 08147 06240 year 08141 he began 02490 08689 to purge 02891 08763 Judah 03063 and Jerusalem 03389 from the high places 01116, and the groves 0842, and the carved images 06456, and the molten images 04541.
4 And they brake down 05422 08762 the altars 04196 of Baalim 01168 in his presence 06440; and the images 02553, that [were] on high above them 04605, he cut down 01438 08765; and the groves 0842, and the carved images 06456, and the molten images 04541, he brake in pieces 07665 08765, and made dust 01854 08689 [of them], and strowed 02236 08799 [it] upon 06440 the graves 06913 of them that had sacrificed 02076 08802 unto them.
5 And he burnt 08313 08804 the bones 06106 of the priests 03548 upon their altars 04196, and cleansed 02891 08762 Judah 03063 and Jerusalem 03389.
6 And [so did he] in the cities 05892 of Manasseh 04519, and Ephraim 0669, and Simeon 08095, even unto Naphtali 05321, with their mattocks 02719 round about 05439.
7 And when he had broken down 05422 08762 the altars 04196 and the groves 0842, and had beaten 03807 08765 the graven images 06456 into powder 01854 08687, and cut down 01438 08765 all the idols 02553 throughout all the land 0776 of Israel 03478, he returned 07725 08799 to Jerusalem 03389.
8 Now in the eighteenth 08083 06240 year 08141 of his reign 04427 08800, when he had purged 02891 08763 the land 0776, and the house 01004, he sent 07971 08804 Shaphan 08227 the son 01121 of Azaliah 0683, and Maaseiah 04641 the governor 08269 of the city 05892, and Joah 03098 the son 01121 of Joahaz 03099 the recorder 02142 08688, to repair 02388 08763 the house 01004 of the LORD 03068 his God 0430.
9 And when they came 0935 08799 to Hilkiah 02518 the high 01419 priest 03548, they delivered 05414 08799 the money 03701 that was brought 0935 08716 into the house 01004 of God 0430, which the Levites 03881 that kept 08104 08802 the doors 05592 had gathered 0622 08804 of the hand 03027 of Manasseh 04519 and Ephraim 0669, and of all the remnant 07611 of Israel 03478, and of all Judah 03063 and Benjamin 01144; and they returned 07725 08799 08675 03427 08802 to Jerusalem 03389.
10 And they put 05414 08799 [it] in the hand 03027 of the workmen 06213 08802 04399 that had the oversight 06485 08716 of the house 01004 of the LORD 03068, and they gave 05414 08799 it to the workmen 06213 08802 04399 that wrought 06213 08802 in the house 01004 of the LORD 03068, to repair 0918 08800 and amend 02388 08763 the house 01004:
11 Even to the artificers 02796 and builders 01129 08802 gave 05414 08799 they [it], to buy 07069 08800 hewn 04274 stone 068, and timber 06086 for couplings 04226, and to floor 07136 08763 the houses 01004 which the kings 04428 of Judah 03063 had destroyed 07843 08689.
12 And the men 0582 did 06213 08802 the work 04399 faithfully 0530: and the overseers 05329 08763 of them [were] Jahath 03189 and Obadiah 05662, the Levites 03881, of the sons 01121 of Merari 04847; and Zechariah 02148 and Meshullam 04918, of the sons of the Kohathites 06956, to set [it] forward 06485 08716; and [other of] the Levites 03881, all that could skill 0995 08688 of instruments 03627 of musick 07892.
13 Also [they were] over the bearers of burdens 05449, and [were] overseers 05329 08764 of all that wrought 06213 08802 the work 04399 in any manner of service 05656: and of the Levites 03881 [there were] scribes 05608 08802, and officers 07860 08802, and porters 07778.
14 And when they brought out 03318 08687 the money 03701 that was brought into 0935 08716 the house 01004 of the LORD 03068, Hilkiah 02518 the priest 03548 found 04672 08804 a book 05612 of the law 08451 of the LORD 03068 [given] by 03027 Moses 04872.
15 And Hilkiah 02518 answered 06030 08799 and said 0559 08799 to Shaphan 08227 the scribe 05608 08802, I have found 04672 08804 the book 05612 of the law 08451 in the house 01004 of the LORD 03068. And Hilkiah 02518 delivered 05414 08799 the book 05612 to Shaphan 08227.
16 And Shaphan 08227 carried 0935 08686 the book 05612 to the king 04428, and brought 07725 00 the king 04428 word 01697 back 07725 08686 again, saying 0559 08800, All that was committed 05414 08738 to 03027 thy servants 05650, they do 06213 08802 [it].
17 And they have gathered together 05413 08686 the money 03701 that was found 04672 08737 in the house 01004 of the LORD 03068, and have delivered 05414 08799 it into the hand 03027 of the overseers 06485 08716, and to the hand 03027 of the workmen 06213 08802 04399.
18 Then Shaphan 08227 the scribe 05608 08802 told 05046 08686 the king 04428, saying 0559 08800, Hilkiah 02518 the priest 03548 hath given 05414 08804 me a book 05612. And Shaphan 08227 read 07121 08799 it before 06440 the king 04428.
19 And it came to pass, when the king 04428 had heard 08085 08800 the words 01697 of the law 08451, that he rent 07167 08799 his clothes 0899.
20 And the king 04428 commanded 06680 08762 Hilkiah 02518, and Ahikam 0296 the son 01121 of Shaphan 08227, and Abdon 05658 the son 01121 of Micah 04318, and Shaphan 08227 the scribe 05608 08802, and Asaiah 06222 a servant 05650 of the king's 04428, saying 0559 08800,
21 Go 03212 08798, enquire 01875 08798 of the LORD 03068 for me, and for them that are left 07604 08737 in Israel 03478 and in Judah 03063, concerning the words 01697 of the book 05612 that is found 04672 08738: for great 01419 [is] the wrath 02534 of the LORD 03068 that is poured out 05413 08738 upon us, because our fathers 01 have not kept 08104 08804 the word 01697 of the LORD 03068, to do 06213 08800 after all that is written 03789 08803 in this book 05612.
22 And Hilkiah 02518, and [they] that the king 04428 [had appointed], went 03212 08799 to Huldah 02468 the prophetess 05031, the wife 0802 of Shallum 07967 the son 01121 of Tikvath 08616 08676 08445, the son 01121 of Hasrah 02641, keeper 08104 08802 of the wardrobe 0899; (now she dwelt 03427 08802 in Jerusalem 03389 in the college 04932:) and they spake 01696 08762 to her to that [effect].
23 And she answered 0559 08799 them, Thus saith 0559 08804 the LORD 03068 God 0430 of Israel 03478, Tell 0559 08798 ye the man 0376 that sent 07971 08804 you to me,
24 Thus saith 0559 08804 the LORD 03068, Behold, I will bring 0935 08688 evil 07451 upon this place 04725, and upon the inhabitants 03427 08802 thereof, [even] all the curses 0423 that are written 03789 08803 in the book 05612 which they have read 07121 08804 before 06440 the king 04428 of Judah 03063:
25 Because they have forsaken 05800 08804 me, and have burned incense 06999 08762 08675 06999 08686 unto other 0312 gods 0430, that they might provoke me to anger 03707 08687 with all the works 04639 of their hands 03027; therefore my wrath 02534 shall be poured out 05413 08799 upon this place 04725, and shall not be quenched 03518 08799.
26 And as for 0413 the king 04428 of Judah 03063, who sent 07971 08802 you to enquire 01875 08800 of the LORD 03068, so shall ye say 0559 08799 unto him, Thus saith 0559 08804 the LORD 03068 God 0430 of Israel 03478 [concerning] the words 01697 which thou hast heard 08085 08804;
27 Because thine heart 03824 was tender 07401 08804, and thou didst humble 03665 08735 thyself before 06440 God 0430, when thou heardest 08085 08800 his words 01697 against this place 04725, and against the inhabitants 03427 08802 thereof, and humbledst 03665 08735 thyself before 06440 me, and didst rend 07167 08799 thy clothes 0899, and weep 01058 08799 before 06440 me; I have even heard 08085 08804 [thee] also, saith 05002 08803 the LORD 03068.
28 Behold, I will gather 0622 08802 thee to thy fathers 01, and thou shalt be gathered 0622 08738 to thy grave 06913 in peace 07965, neither shall thine eyes 05869 see 07200 08799 all the evil 07451 that I will bring 0935 08688 upon this place 04725, and upon the inhabitants 03427 08802 of the same. So they brought 07725 00 the king 04428 word 01697 again 07725 08686.
29 Then the king 04428 sent 07971 08799 and gathered together 0622 08799 all the elders 02205 of Judah 03063 and Jerusalem 03389.
30 And the king 04428 went up 05927 08799 into the house 01004 of the LORD 03068, and all the men 0376 of Judah 03063, and the inhabitants 03427 08802 of Jerusalem 03389, and the priests 03548, and the Levites 03881, and all the people 05971, great 01419 and small 06996: and he read 07121 08799 in their ears 0241 all the words 01697 of the book 05612 of the covenant 01285 that was found 04672 08737 in the house 01004 of the LORD 03068.
31 And the king 04428 stood 05975 08799 in his place 05977, and made 03772 08799 a covenant 01285 before 06440 the LORD 03068, to walk 03212 08800 after 0310 the LORD 03068, and to keep 08104 08800 his commandments 04687, and his testimonies 05715, and his statutes 02706, with all his heart 03824, and with all his soul 05315, to perform 06213 08800 the words 01697 of the covenant 01285 which are written 03789 08803 in this book 05612.
32 And he caused all that were present 04672 08737 in Jerusalem 03389 and Benjamin 01144 to stand 05975 08686 [to it]. And the inhabitants 03427 08802 of Jerusalem 03389 did 06213 08799 according to the covenant 01285 of God 0430, the God 0430 of their fathers 01.
33 And Josiah 02977 took away 05493 08686 all the abominations 08441 out of all the countries 0776 that [pertained] to the children 01121 of Israel 03478, and made all that were present 04672 08737 in Israel 03478 to serve 05647 08686, [even] to serve 05647 08800 the LORD 03068 their God 0430. [And] all his days 03117 they departed 05493 08804 not from following 0310 the LORD 03068, the God 0430 of their fathers 01.

#### 2Ch 35

1 Moreover Josiah 02977 kept 06213 08799 a passover 06453 unto the LORD 03068 in Jerusalem 03389: and they killed 07819 08799 the passover 06453 on the fourteenth 0702 06240 [day] of the first 07223 month 02320.
2 And he set 05975 08686 the priests 03548 in their charges 04931, and encouraged 02388 08762 them to the service 05656 of the house 01004 of the LORD 03068,
3 And said 0559 08799 unto the Levites 03881 that taught 0995 08688 08675 04000 all Israel 03478, which were holy 06918 unto the LORD 03068, Put 05414 08798 the holy 06944 ark 0727 in the house 01004 which Solomon 08010 the son 01121 of David 01732 king 04428 of Israel 03478 did build 01129 08804; [it shall] not [be] a burden 04853 upon [your] shoulders 03802: serve 05647 08798 now the LORD 03068 your God 0430, and his people 05971 Israel 03478,
4 And prepare 03559 08685 08675 03559 08734 [yourselves] by the houses 01004 of your fathers 01, after your courses 04256, according to the writing 03791 of David 01732 king 04428 of Israel 03478, and according to the writing 04385 of Solomon 08010 his son 01121.
5 And stand in 05975 08798 the holy 06944 [place] according to the divisions 06391 of the families 01004 of the fathers 01 of your brethren 0251 the people 01121 05971, and [after] the division 02515 of the families 01 01004 of the Levites 03881.
6 So kill 07819 08798 the passover 06453, and sanctify 06942 08690 yourselves, and prepare 03559 08685 your brethren 0251, that [they] may do 06213 08800 according to the word 01697 of the LORD 03068 by the hand 03027 of Moses 04872.
7 And Josiah 02977 gave 07311 08686 to the people 01121 05971, of the flock 06629, lambs 03532 and kids 01121 05795, all for the passover offerings 06453, for all that were present 04672 08737, to the number 04557 of thirty 07970 thousand 0505, and three 07969 thousand 0505 bullocks 01241: these [were] of the king's 04428 substance 07399.
8 And his princes 08269 gave 07311 08689 willingly 05071 unto the people 05971, to the priests 03548, and to the Levites 03881: Hilkiah 02518 and Zechariah 02148 and Jehiel 03171, rulers 05057 of the house 01004 of God 0430, gave 05414 08804 unto the priests 03548 for the passover offerings 06453 two thousand 0505 and six 08337 hundred 03967 [small cattle], and three 07969 hundred 03967 oxen 01241.
9 Conaniah 03562 also, and Shemaiah 08098 and Nethaneel 05417, his brethren 0251, and Hashabiah 02811 and Jeiel 03273 and Jozabad 03107, chief 08269 of the Levites 03881, gave 07311 08689 unto the Levites 03881 for passover offerings 06453 five 02568 thousand 0505 [small cattle], and five 02568 hundred 03967 oxen 01241.
10 So the service 05656 was prepared 03559 08735, and the priests 03548 stood 05975 08799 in their place 05977, and the Levites 03881 in their courses 04256, according to the king's 04428 commandment 04687.
11 And they killed 07819 08799 the passover 06453, and the priests 03548 sprinkled 02236 08799 [the blood] from their hands 03027, and the Levites 03881 flayed 06584 08688 [them].
12 And they removed 05493 08686 the burnt offerings 05930, that they might give 05414 08800 according to the divisions 04653 of the families 01 01004 of the people 01121 05971, to offer 07126 08687 unto the LORD 03068, as [it is] written 03789 08803 in the book 05612 of Moses 04872. And so [did they] with the oxen 01241.
13 And they roasted 01310 08762 the passover 06453 with fire 0784 according to the ordinance 04941: but the [other] holy 06944 [offerings] sod 01310 08765 they in pots 05518, and in caldrons 01731, and in pans 06745, and divided [them] speedily 07323 08686 among all the people 01121 05971.
14 And afterward 0310 they made ready 03559 08689 for themselves, and for the priests 03548: because the priests 03548 the sons 01121 of Aaron 0175 [were busied] in offering 05927 08687 of burnt offerings 05930 and the fat 02459 until night 03915; therefore the Levites 03881 prepared 03559 08689 for themselves, and for the priests 03548 the sons 01121 of Aaron 0175.
15 And the singers 07891 08789 the sons 01121 of Asaph 0623 [were] in their place 04612, according to the commandment 04687 of David 01732, and Asaph 0623, and Heman 01968, and Jeduthun 03038 the king's 04428 seer 02374; and the porters 07778 [waited] at every gate 08179; they might not depart 05493 08800 from their service 05656; for their brethren 0251 the Levites 03881 prepared 03559 08689 for them.
16 So all the service 05656 of the LORD 03068 was prepared 03559 08735 the same day 03117, to keep 06213 08800 the passover 06453, and to offer 05927 08687 burnt offerings 05930 upon the altar 04196 of the LORD 03068, according to the commandment 04687 of king 04428 Josiah 02977.
17 And the children 01121 of Israel 03478 that were present 04672 08737 kept 06213 08799 the passover 06453 at that time 06256, and the feast 02282 of unleavened bread 04682 seven 07651 days 03117.
18 And there was no passover 06453 like 03644 to that kept 06213 08738 in Israel 03478 from the days 03117 of Samuel 08050 the prophet 05030; neither did 06213 08804 all the kings 04428 of Israel 03478 keep 06213 08804 such a passover 06453 as Josiah 02977 kept 06213 08804, and the priests 03548, and the Levites 03881, and all Judah 03063 and Israel 03478 that were present 04672 08737, and the inhabitants 03427 08802 of Jerusalem 03389.
19 In the eighteenth 08083 06240 year 08141 of the reign 04438 of Josiah 02977 was this passover 06453 kept 06213 08738.
20 After 0310 all this, when Josiah 02977 had prepared 03559 08689 the temple 01004, Necho 05224 king 04428 of Egypt 04714 came up 05927 08804 to fight 03898 08736 against Carchemish 03751 by Euphrates 06578: and Josiah 02977 went out 03318 08799 against 07125 08800 him.
21 But he sent 07971 08799 ambassadors 04397 to him, saying 0559 08800, What have I to do with thee, thou king 04428 of Judah 03063? [I come] not against thee this day 03117, but against the house 01004 wherewith I have war 04421: for God 0430 commanded 0559 08804 me to make haste 0926 08763: forbear 02308 08798 thee from [meddling with] God 0430, who [is] with me, that he destroy 07843 08686 thee not.
22 Nevertheless Josiah 02977 would not turn 05437 08689 his face 06440 from him, but disguised 02664 08694 himself, that he might fight 03898 08736 with him, and hearkened 08085 08804 not unto the words 01697 of Necho 05224 from the mouth 06310 of God 0430, and came 0935 08799 to fight 03898 08736 in the valley 01237 of Megiddo 04023.
23 And the archers 03384 08802 shot 03384 08686 at king 04428 Josiah 02977; and the king 04428 said 0559 08799 to his servants 05650, Have me away 05674 08685; for I am sore 03966 wounded 02470 08717.
24 His servants 05650 therefore took 05674 08686 him out of that chariot 04818, and put 07392 08686 him in the second 04932 chariot 07393 that he had; and they brought 03212 08686 him to Jerusalem 03389, and he died 04191 08799, and was buried 06912 08735 in [one of] the sepulchres 06913 of his fathers 01. And all Judah 03063 and Jerusalem 03389 mourned 056 08693 for Josiah 02977.
25 And Jeremiah 03414 lamented 06969 08787 for Josiah 02977: and all the singing men 07891 08802 and the singing women 07891 08802 spake 0559 08799 of Josiah 02977 in their lamentations 07015 to this day 03117, and made 05414 08799 them an ordinance 02706 in Israel 03478: and, behold, they [are] written 03789 08803 in the lamentations 07015.
26 Now the rest 03499 of the acts 01697 of Josiah 02977, and his goodness 02617, according to [that which was] written 03789 08803 in the law 08451 of the LORD 03068,
27 And his deeds 01697, first 07223 and last 0314, behold, they [are] written 03789 08803 in the book 05612 of the kings 04428 of Israel 03478 and Judah 03063.

#### 2Ch 36

1 Then the people 05971 of the land 0776 took 03947 08799 Jehoahaz 03059 the son 01121 of Josiah 02977, and made him king 04427 08686 in his father's 01 stead in Jerusalem 03389.
2 Jehoahaz 03099 [was] twenty 06242 and three 07969 years 08141 old 01121 when he began to reign 04427 08800, and he reigned 04427 08804 three 07969 months 02320 in Jerusalem 03389.
3 And the king 04428 of Egypt 04714 put him down 05493 08686 at Jerusalem 03389, and condemned 06064 08799 the land 0776 in an hundred 03967 talents 03603 of silver 03701 and a talent 03603 of gold 02091.
4 And the king 04428 of Egypt 04714 made Eliakim 0471 his brother 0251 king 04427 08686 over Judah 03063 and Jerusalem 03389, and turned 05437 08686 his name 08034 to Jehoiakim 03079. And Necho 05224 took 03947 08804 Jehoahaz 03099 his brother 0251, and carried 0935 08686 him to Egypt 04714.
5 Jehoiakim 03079 [was] twenty 06242 and five 02568 years 08141 old 01121 when he began to reign 04427 08800, and he reigned 04427 08804 eleven 0259 06240 years 08141 in Jerusalem 03389: and he did 06213 08799 [that which was] evil 07451 in the sight 05869 of the LORD 03068 his God 0430.
6 Against him came up 05927 08804 Nebuchadnezzar 05019 king 04428 of Babylon 0894, and bound 0631 08799 him in fetters 05178, to carry 03212 08687 him to Babylon 0894.
7 Nebuchadnezzar 05019 also carried 0935 08689 of the vessels 03627 of the house 01004 of the LORD 03068 to Babylon 0894, and put 05414 08799 them in his temple 01964 at Babylon 0894.
8 Now the rest 03499 of the acts 01697 of Jehoiakim 03079, and his abominations 08441 which he did 06213 08804, and that which was found 04672 08737 in him, behold, they [are] written 03789 08803 in the book 05612 of the kings 04428 of Israel 03478 and Judah 03063: and Jehoiachin 03078 his son 01121 reigned 04427 08799 in his stead.
9 Jehoiachin 03078 [was] eight 08083 years 08141 old 01121 when he began to reign 04427 08800, and he reigned 04427 08804 three 07969 months 02320 and ten 06235 days 03117 in Jerusalem 03389: and he did 06213 08799 [that which was] evil 07451 in the sight 05869 of the LORD 03068.
10 And when the year 08141 was expired 08666, king 04428 Nebuchadnezzar 05019 sent 07971 08804, and brought 0935 08686 him to Babylon 0894, with the goodly 02532 vessels 03627 of the house 01004 of the LORD 03068, and made Zedekiah 06667 his brother 0251 king 04427 08686 over Judah 03063 and Jerusalem 03389.
11 Zedekiah 06667 [was] one 0259 and twenty 06242 years 08141 old 01121 when he began to reign 04427 08800, and reigned 04427 08804 eleven 0259 06240 years 08141 in Jerusalem 03389.
12 And he did 06213 08799 [that which was] evil 07451 in the sight 05869 of the LORD 03068 his God 0430, [and] humbled 03665 08738 not himself before 06440 Jeremiah 03414 the prophet 05030 [speaking] from the mouth 06310 of the LORD 03068.
13 And he also rebelled 04775 08804 against king 04428 Nebuchadnezzar 05019, who had made him swear 07650 08689 by God 0430: but he stiffened 07185 08686 his neck 06203, and hardened 0553 08762 his heart 03824 from turning 07725 08800 unto the LORD 03068 God 0430 of Israel 03478.
14 Moreover all the chief 08269 of the priests 03548, and the people 05971, transgressed 04603 08800 very 04604 much 07235 08689 after all the abominations 08441 of the heathen 01471; and polluted 02930 08762 the house 01004 of the LORD 03068 which he had hallowed 06942 08689 in Jerusalem 03389.
15 And the LORD 03068 God 0430 of their fathers 01 sent 07971 08799 to them by 03027 his messengers 04397, rising up betimes 07925 08687, and sending 07971 08800; because he had compassion 02550 08804 on his people 05971, and on his dwelling place 04583:
16 But they mocked 03931 08688 the messengers 04397 of God 0430, and despised 0959 08802 his words 01697, and misused 08591 08700 his prophets 05030, until the wrath 02534 of the LORD 03068 arose 05927 08800 against his people 05971, till [there was] no remedy 04832.
17 Therefore he brought 05927 08686 upon them the king 04428 of the Chaldees 03778, who slew 02026 08799 their young men 0970 with the sword 02719 in the house 01004 of their sanctuary 04720, and had no compassion 02550 08804 upon young man 0970 or maiden 01330, old man 02205, or him that stooped for age 03486: he gave 05414 08804 [them] all into his hand 03027.
18 And all the vessels 03627 of the house 01004 of God 0430, great 01419 and small 06996, and the treasures 0214 of the house 01004 of the LORD 03068, and the treasures 0214 of the king 04428, and of his princes 08269; all [these] he brought 0935 08689 to Babylon 0894.
19 And they burnt 08313 08799 the house 01004 of God 0430, and brake down 05422 08762 the wall 02346 of Jerusalem 03389, and burnt 08313 08804 all the palaces 0759 thereof with fire 0784, and destroyed 07843 08687 all the goodly 04261 vessels 03627 thereof.
20 And them that had escaped 07611 from the sword 02719 carried he away 01540 08686 to Babylon 0894; where they were servants 05650 to him and his sons 01121 until the reign 04427 08800 of the kingdom 04438 of Persia 06539:
21 To fulfil 04390 08763 the word 01697 of the LORD 03068 by the mouth 06310 of Jeremiah 03414, until the land 0776 had enjoyed 07521 08804 her sabbaths 07676: [for] as long as 03117 she lay desolate 08074 08715 she kept sabbath 07673 08804, to fulfil 04390 08763 threescore and ten 07657 years 08141.
22 Now in the first 0259 year 08141 of Cyrus 03566 king 04428 of Persia 06539, that the word 01697 of the LORD 03068 [spoken] by the mouth 06310 of Jeremiah 03414 might be accomplished 03615 08800, the LORD 03068 stirred up 05782 08689 the spirit 07307 of Cyrus 03566 king 04428 of Persia 06539, that he made a proclamation 05674 08686 06963 throughout all his kingdom 04438, and [put it] also in writing 04385, saying 0559 08800,
23 Thus saith 0559 08804 Cyrus 03566 king 04428 of Persia 06539, All the kingdoms 04467 of the earth 0776 hath the LORD 03068 God 0430 of heaven 08064 given 05414 08804 me; and he hath charged 06485 08804 me to build 01129 08800 him an house 01004 in Jerusalem 03389, which [is] in Judah 03063. Who [is there] among you of all his people 05971? The LORD 03068 his God 0430 [be] with him, and let him go up 05927 08799.