30 And when Jehu was come to Jezreel, 9 And it came to pass in the morning, that Jezebel heard of it; and she painted her he went out, and stood, and said to all the face, and tired her head, and looked out at a window.

people, Ye be righteous: behold, I conspired against my master, and slew him; but who slew all these?

31 And as Jehu entered in at the gate, she said, Had Zimri peace, who slew his master? 10 Know now, that there shall fall unto 32 And he lifted up his face to the window, the earth nothing of the word of the LORD, and said, Who is on my side? who? And which the LORD spake concerning the house there looked out to him two or three eunuchs. of Ahab: for the LORD hath done that which

33 And he said, Throw her down. So they he spake by his servant Elijah. threw her down: and some of her blood was 11 So Jehu slew all that remained of the sprinkled on the wall, and on the horses: house of Ahab in Jezreel, and all his great and he trode her under foot. men, and his kinsfolks, and his priests, until he left him none remaining.

12 ¶ And he arose and departed, and came to Samaria: and as he was at the shearinghouse in the way,

34 And when he was come in, he did eat and drink, and said, Go, see now this cursed woman, and bury her: for she is a king's daughter.

35 And they went to bury her; but they found no more of her than the scull, and the feet, and the palms of her hands.

36 Wherefore they came again, and told him and he said, This is the word of the LORD, which he spake by his servant Elijah the Tishbite, saying, In the portion of Jezreel shall dogs eat the flesh of Jezebel:

37 And the carcase of Jezebel shall be as dung upon the face of the field in the portion of Jezreel; so that they shall not say, This is Jezebel. CHAP. X. ND Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria.

13 Jehu met with the brethren of Ahaziah king of Judah, and said, Who are ye? And they answered, We are the brethren of Ahaziah; and we go down to salute the children of the king, and the children of the queen.

14 And he said, Take them alive. And they took them alive, and slew them at the pit of the shearing-house, even two and forty men; neither left be any of them.

15 T And when he was departed thence, he lighted on Jehonadab the son of Rechab coming to meet him; and he saluted him, and said to him, Is thine heart right, as my heart is with thy heart? And Jehonadab an

maria, unto the rulers of Jezreel, to the eld-And he gave him his hand; and he took him ers, and to them that brought up Ahab's chil-up to him into the chariot.

dren, saying,

2 Now, as soon as this letter cometh to you, seeing your master's sons are with you, and there are with you chariots and horses, a fenced city also, and armour;

3 Look even out the best and meetest of your master's sons, and set him on his father's throne, and fight for your master's house.

4 But they were exceedingly afraid, and said, Behold, two kings stood not before him; how then shall we stand?

16 And he said, Come with me, and see my zeal for the LORD. So they made him ride in his chariot.

17 And when he came to Samaria, he slew all that remained unto Ahab in Samaria, till he had destroyed him, according to the saying of the LORD, which he spake to Elijah.

18 1 And Jehu gathered all the people together, and said unto them, Ahab served Baal a little, but Jehu shall serve him much. 19 Now therefore call unto me all the prophets of Baal, all his servants, and all his

5 And he that was over the house, and he that was over the city, the elders also, and priests; let none be wanting: for I have a the bringers-up of the children, sent to Jehu, great sacrifice to do to Baal; whosoever shall saying, We are thy servants, and will do all be wanting, he shall not live. But Jehu did that thou shalt bid us; we will not make any it in subtilty, to the intent that he might deking: do thou that which is good in thine eyes. stroy the worshippers of Baal.

6 Then he wrote a letter the second time to them, saying, If ye be mine, and if ye will hearken unto my voice, take ye the heads of the men your master's sons, and come to me to Jezreel by to-morrow this time. (Now the king's sons, being seventy persons, were with the great inen of the city, which brought of Baal was full from one end to another. them up.)

20 And Jehu said, Proclaim a solemn assembly for Baal. And they proclaimed it. 21 And Jehu sent through all Israel; and all the worshippers of Baal came, so that there was not a man left that came not. And they came into the house of Baal; and the house

7 And it came to pass, when the letter came to them, that they took the king's sons, and slew seventy persons, and put their heads in baskets, and sent him them to Jezreel.

22 And he said unto him that was over the vestry, Bring forth vestments for all the worshippers of Baal. And he brought them forth vestments.

23 And Jehu went, and Jehonadab the son of Rechab, into the house of Baal, and said unto the worshippers of Baal, Search, and look that there be here with you none of the servants of the LORD, but the worshippers of Baal only.

8 And there came a messenger, and told him, saying, They have brought the heads of the king's sons. And he said, Lay ye them in two heaps at the entering in of the gate until the morning.

24 And when they went in to offer sacri-¡to him into the house of the LORD, and made fices and burnt-offerings, Jebu appointed a covenant with them, and took an oath of fourscore men without, and said If any of them in the house of the LORD, and shewed the men whom I have brought into your them the king's son.

hands escape, he that letteth him go, his life shall be for the life of him.

25 And it came to pass, as soon as he had made an end of offering the burnt-offering, that Jehu said to the guard, and to the captains, Go in and slay them; let none come forth. And they smote them with the edge of the sword; and the guard and the captains cast them out, and went to the city of the house of Baal.

26 And they brought forth the images out of the house of Baal, and burned them.

27 And they brake down the image of Baal, and brake down the house of Baal, and made it a draught-house unto this day.

28 Thus Jehu destroyed Baal out of Israel. 29 ¶ Howbeit from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, Jehu departed not from after them, to wit, the golden calves that were in Beth-el, and that were in Dan.

30 And the LORD said unto Jehu, Because thou hast done well in executing that which is right in mine eyes, and hast done unto the house of Ahab according to all that was in mine heart, thy children of the fourth generation shall sit on the throne of Israel.

5 And be commanded them, saying, This is the thing that ye shall do; A third part of you that enter in on the sabbath shall even be keepers of the watch of the king's house;

6 And a third part shall be at the gate of Sur; and a third part at the gate behind the guard: so shall ye keep the watch of the house, that it be not broken down.

7 And two parts of all you that go forth on the sabbath, even they shall keep the watch of the house of the LORD about the king.

8 And ye shall compass the king round about, every man with his weapons in his hand: and he that cometh within the ranges, let him be slain; and be ye with the king as he goeth out, and as he cometh in.

9 And the captains over the hundreds did according to all things that Jehoiada the priest commanded: and they took every man his men that were to come in on the sabbatlı, with them that should go out on the sabbath, and came to Jehoiada the priest.

10 And to the captains over hundreds did the priest give king David's spears and shields, that were in the temple of the LORD.

11 And the guard stood, every man with his weapons in his hand, round about the king, from the right corner of the temple to

31 But Jehu took no heed to walk in the law of the LORD God of Israel with all his the left corner of the temple, along by the heart; for he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam, which made Israel to sin.

altar and the temple.

32 ¶ In those days the LORD began to cut Israel short and Hazael smote them in all the coasts of Israel;

12 And he brought forth the king's son, and put the crown upon him, and gave him the testimony: and they made him king, and anointed him; and they clapped their hands, and said, God save the king.

33 From: Jordan eastward, all the land of Gilead, the Gadites, and the Reubenites, and 13 And when Athaliah heard the noise the Manassites, from Aroer, (which is by the of the guard, and of the people, she came to river Arnon,) even Gilead and Bashan. the people into the temple of the LORD. 341 Now the rest of the acts of Jehu, and 14 And when she looked, behold, the king all that he did, and all his might, are they not written in the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel?

stood by a pillar, as the manner was, and the princes and the trumpeters, by the king; and all the people of the land rejoiced, and blew

35 And Jehu slept with his fathers; and with trumpets. And Athaliah rent her clothes, they buried him in Samaria: and Jehoahaz and cried, Treason, treason! his son reigned in his stead.

15 But Jehoiada the priest commanded the

CHAP. XI.

36 And the time that Jehu reigned over Is-captains of the hundreds, the officers of the rael in Samaria was twenty and eight years. host, and said unto them, Have her forth without the ranges; and him that followeth ND when Athaliah, the mother of Aha-her kill with the sword. For the priest had was she Let her not slain in the arose and destroyed all the seed-royal.

LORD.

2 But Jehosheba the daughter of king Jo- 16 And they laid hands on her; and she went ram, sister of Ahaziah, took Joash the son of by the way by the which the horses came into Ahaziah, and stole him from among the the king's house; and there was she slain. king's sons which were slain; and they hid 17 ¶ And Jehoiada made a covenant behim, even him and his nurse, in the bed-tween the LORD and the king and the people, chamber from Athaliah, so that he was not that they should be the LORD's people; 'beslain. tween the king also and the people.

18 And all the people of the land went into the house of Baal, and brake it down his altars and his images brake they in

41 And the seventh year Jehoiada sent pieces thoroughly, and slew Mattan the priest and fetched the rulers over hundreds, with of Baal before the altars and the priest apthe captains and the guard, and brought them pointed officers over the house of the LORD.

3 And he was with her hid in the house of the LORD six years; and Athaliah did reign over the land.

19 And he took the rulers over hundreds, 13 Howbeit there were not made for the and the captains, and the guard, and all the house of the LORD bowls of silver, snuffers, people of the land; and they brought down basons, trumpets, any vessels of gold, or vesthe king from the house of the LORD, and sels of silver, of the money that was brought came by the way of the gate of the guard to into the house of the LORD: the king's house: and he sat on the throne of the kings.

20 And all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was in quiet; and they slew Athaliah with the sword beside the king's house. 21 Seven years old was Jehoash when he began to reign. CHAP. XII.

IN the seventh year of Jehu, Jehosh began
to reign;
years reigned he in
Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Zi-
biah of Beer-sheba.

2 And Jehoash did that which was right in the sight of the LORD all his days wherein Jehoiada the priest instructed him.

3 But the high places were not taken away; the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.

41 And Jehoash said to the priests, All the money of the dedicated things that is brought into the house of the LORD, even the money of every one that passeth the account, the money that every man is set at, and all the money that cometh into any man's heart to bring into the house of the LORD,

5 Let the priests take it to them, every man of his acquaintance; and let them repair the breaches of the house, wheresoever any breach shall be found.

6 But it was so, that in the three and twentieth year of king Jehoash the priests had not repaired the breaches of the house.

7 Then king Jehosh called for Jehoiada the priest, and the other priests, and said unto them, Why repair ye not the breaches of the house? Now therefore receive no more money of your acquaintance, but deliver it for the breaches of the house

14 But they gave that to the workmen, and repaired therewith the house of the LORD.

15 Moreover, they reckoned not with the men into whose hand they delivered the money to be bestowed on workmen: for they dealt faithfully.

16 The trespass-money and sin-money was not brought into the house of the LORD: it

was the priests'.

17 ¶ Then Hazael king of Syria went up, and fought against Gath, and took it: and Hazael set his face to go up to Jerusalem.

18 And Jehoash king of Judah took all the hallowed things that Jehoshaphat, and Jeho ram, and Ahaziah, his fathers, kings of Judah, had dedicated, and his own hallowed things, and all the gold that was found in the treasures of the house of the LORD, and in the king's house, and sent it to Hazael king of Syria; and he went away from Jerusalem.

19 ¶ And the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Judah?

20 And his servants arose, and made a conspiracy, and slew Joash in the house of Millo, which goeth down to Silla.

21 ForJozachar the son of Shimeath, and Jehozabad the son of Shomer, his servants, smote him, and he died; and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David: and Amaziah his son reigned in his stead. CHAP. XIII.

N the three and twentieth year of Joash the son of Ahaziah king Jehoahaz the son of Jehu began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned seventeen years.

2 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, and followed the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which made Is

8 And the priests consented to receive no more money of the people, neither to repair rael to sin; he departed not therefrom. the breaches of the house. 3 And the anger of the LORD was kin

9 But Jehoiada the priest took a chest, and dled against Israel; and he delivered them inbored a hole in the lid of it, and set it beside to the hand of Hazael king of Syria, and inthe altar, on the right side as one cometh in- to the hand of Ben-hadad the son of Hazael, to the house of the LORD: and the priests that all their days.

kept the door put therein all the money that 4 And Jehoahaz besought the LORD, and was brought into the house of the LORD. the LORD hearkened unto him; for he saw the oppression of Israel, because the king of Syria oppressed them.

10 And it was so, when they saw that there was much money in the chest, that the king's scribe and the high priest came up, and they 5 (And the LORD gave Israel a saviour, so put up in bags, and told the money that was that they went out from under the hand of found in the house of the LORD. the Syrians; and the children of Israel dwelt

11 And they gave the money, being told, in their tents, as before-time. into the hands of them that did the work, 6 Nevertheless they departed not from the that had the oversight of the house of the sins of the house of Jeroboam, who made IsLORD: and they laid it out to the carpenters rael sin, but walked therein: and there reand builders that wrought upon the house of mained the grove also in Samaria.) the LORD,

7 Neither did he leave of the people to Je12 And to masons, and hewers of stone, hoahaz but fifty horsemen, and ten chariots, and to buy timber and hewed stone to repair and ten thousand footmen; for the king of the breaches of the house of the LORD, and Syria had destroyed them, and had made for all that was laid out for the house to re- them like the dust by thrashing. pair it.

8 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoahaz

and all that he did, and his might, are they 24 So Hazael king of Syria died; and not written in the book of the Chronicles of Benhadad his son reigned in his stead. the kings of Israel? 25 And Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz took 9 And Jehoahaz slept with his fathers; and again, out of the hand of Ben-hadad the son they buried him in Samaria: and Joash his of Hazael, the cities which he had taken out son reigned in his stead. of the hand of Jehoahaz his father by war: 10 In the thirty and seventh year of Jo-three times did Joash beat him, and recoverash king of Judah began Jehoash the son of ed the cities of Israel. Jehoahaz to reign over Israel in Samaria,

and reigned sixteen years.

CHAP. XIV.

11 And he did that which was evil in the the second year of Joash son of Jehoabaz king of Israel, reigned Amaziah the sight of the LORD; he departed not from all son of Joash king of Judah. the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who

2 He was twenty and five years old when made Israel sin; but he walked therein. he began to reign, and reigned twenty and 12 And the rest of the acts of Joash, and nine years in Jerusalem and his mother's all that he did, and his might wherewith he name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem. fought against Amaziah king of Judah, are 3 And he did that which was right in the they not written in the book of the Chroni-sight of the LORD, yet not like David his facles of the kings of Israel? ther; he did according to all things as Joash

13 And Joash slept with his fathers; and his father did. Jeroboam sat upon his throne: and Joash was 4 Howbeit the high places were not taken buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel. away; as yet the people did sacrifice and

14 Now Elisha was fallen sick of his sick-burnt incense on the high places. ness whereof he died. And Joash the king of 51 And it came to pass, as soon as the Israel came down unto him, and wept over kingdom was confirmed in his hand, that he his face, and said, O my father, my father slew his servants which had slain the king his the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen father.

thereof!

arrow's.

6 But the children of the murderers he slew 15 And Elisha said unto him, Take bow not: according unto that which is written in and arrows: and he took unto him bow and the book of the law of Moses, wherein the LORD commanded, saying, The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, nor the children be put to death for the fathers; but every man shall be put to death for his own sin.

16 And he said to the king of Israel, Put thine hand upon the bow: and he put his hand upon it; and Elisha put his hands upon the king's hands.

:

17 And he said, Open the window east- 71 He slew of Edom in the valley of Salt ward: and he opened it. Then Elisha said, ten thousand, and took Selah by war, and Shoot and he shot. And he said, The arrow called the name of it Joktheel unto this day. of the LORD's deliverance, and the arrow of 8¶ Then Amaziah sent messengers to Jedeliverance from Syria: for thou shalt smite hoash the son of Jehoahaz, son of Jelu, king the Syrians in Aphek, till thou have consum- of Israel, saying, Come, let us look one anoed them. ther in the face.

18 And he said, Take the arrows: and he 9 And Jeboash the king of Israel sent to took them. And he said unto the king of Is- Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The thistle rael, Smite upon the ground: and he smote that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that thrice, and stayed. was in Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter

19 And the man of God was wroth with to my son to wife: and there passed by a wild him, and said, Thou shouldest have smitten beast that was in Lebanon, and trode down five or six times, then hadst thou smitten the thistle.

Syria till thou hadst consumed it; whereas 10 Thou hast indeed smitten Edom, and now thou shalt smite Syria but thrice. thine heart hath lifted thee up: glory of this, 201 And Elisha died, and they buried and tarry at home; for why shouldest thou him. And the bands of the Moabites in- meddle to thy hurt, that thou shouldest fall, vaded the land at the coming in of the year. even thou, and Judah with thee?

21 And it came to pass, as they were bury- 11 But Amaziah would not hear: therefore ing a man, that, behold, they spied a band of Jehoash king of Israel went up; and he and men; and they cast the man into the sepul- Amaziah king of Judah looked one another chre of Elisha: and when the man was let in the face at Beth-shemesh, which belongeth down, and touched the bones of Elisha, he to Judah. revived, and stood up on his feet.

12 And Judah was put to the worse before 22 T But Hazael king of Syria oppressed Israel; and they fled every man to their tents. Israel all the days of Jehoahaz. 13 And Jehoash king of Israel took Ama

23 And the LORD was gracious unto them, ziah king of Judah, the son of Jehoash the and had compassion on them, and had respect son of Ahaziah, at Beth-shemesh, and came unto them, because of his covenant with to Jerusalem, and brake down the wall of JeAbraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and would not rusalem, from the gate of Ephraim unto the destroy them, neither cast he them from his corner-gate, four hundred cubits.

presence as yet.

14 And he took all the gold and silver, and

all the vessels that were found in the house of in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was the LORD, and in the treasures of the king's Jecholish of Jerusalem. house, and hostages, and returned to Sa- 3 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Amaziah had done;

maria.

4 Save that the high places were not re moved: the people sacrificed and burnt incense still on the high places.

15 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoash which he did, and his might, and how he fought with Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written in the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel?

5¶ And the LORD smote the king, so that

16 And Jehoash slept with his fathers, and he was a leper unto the day of his death, and was buried in Samaria with the kings of dwelt in a several house: and Jotham the Israel; and Jeroboam his son reigned in his king's son was over the house, judging the stead. people of the land.

17 And Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death of Jehoash, son of Jehoahaz king of Israel, fifteen years.

6 And the rest of the acts of Azariah, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Judah?

18 And the rest of the acts of Amaziah, are they not written in the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Judah?

7 So Azariah slept with his fathers; and they buried him with his fathers in the city

19 Now they made a conspiracy against of David: and Jotham his son reigned in him in Jerusalem: and he fled to Lachish; his stead. but they sent after him to Lachish, and slew 81 In the thirty and eighth year of Azariah king of Judah did Zachariah the son of

him there.

20 And they brought him on horses; and Jeroboam reign over Israel in Samaria six he was buried at Jerusalem with his fathers months. in the city of David.

9 And he did that which was evil in the 211 And all the people of Judah took Aza-sight of the LORD, as his fathers had done : riah, which was sixteen years old, and made he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam him king instead of his father Amaziah. the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin.

22 He built Elath, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers.

23 ¶ In the fifteenth year of Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah, Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel began to reign in Samaria, and reigned forty and one years.

11 And the rest of the acts of Zachariah, behold, they are written in the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel.

12 This was the word of the LORD which he spake unto Jehu, saying, Thy sons shall sit on the throne of Israel unto the fourth ge

24 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD: he departed not from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin. 25 He restored the coast of Israel from the neration. And so it came to pass. entering of Hamath unto the sea of the plain, 13 Shallum the son of Jabesh began to according to the word of the LORD God of reign in the nine and thirtieth year of Uzziah Israel, which he spake by the hand of his ser- king of Judah; and he reigned a full month vant Jonah, the son of Amittai, the prophet, in Samaria.

which was of Gath-hepher.

14 For Menahem the son of Gadi went up

26 For the LORD saw the affliction of Is-from Tirzah, and came to Samaria, and rael, that it was very bitter: for there was smote Shallum the son of Jabesh in Samanot any shut up, nor any left, nor any helper ria, and slew him, and reigned in his stead. for Israel. 15 And the rest of the acts of Shallum, and 27 And the LORD said not that he would his conspiracy which he made, behold, they blot out the name of Israel from under hea-are written in the book of the Chronicles of ven but he saved them by the hand of Je-the kings of Israel. roboam the son of Joash.

10 And Shallum the son of Jabesh conspired against him, and smote him before the people, and slew him, and reigned in his stead.

16 Then Menahem smote Tiphsah, and 28 Now the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, all that were therein, and the coasts thereof and all that he did, and bis might, how he from Tirzah: because they opened not to him, warred, and how he recovered Damascus, therefore he smote it; and all the women and Hamath, which belonged to Judah, for therein that were with child he ripped up. Israel, are they not written in the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel?

29 And Jeroboam slept with his fathers, even with the kings of Israel; and Zachariah his son reigned in his stead."

17 In the nine and thirtieth year of Azariah king of Judah began Menahem the son of Gadi to reign over Israel, and reigned ten years in Samaria.

CHAP. XV.

18 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD: he departed not all his

IN the twenty and seventh year of Jerobo-days from the sins of Jeroboam the son of son who made Israel to sin.

am king of Israel,

Amaziah king of Judah to reign.

19 And Pul the king of Assyria came

2 Sixteen years old was he when he began against the land: and Menahem gave Pul to reign; and he reigned two and fifty years a thousand talents of silver, that his ba

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