2 CHRONICLES
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2 Chronicles 1
1 And Solomon the son of David was strengthened in his kingdom, and Yahweh
his God [was] with him, and magnified him exceedingly.
2 Then Solomon spake unto all
3 So Solomon, and all the congregation with him, went
to the high place that [was] at
4 But the ark of God had David brought up from Kirjathjearim to [the place
which] David had prepared for it: for he had pitched a tent for it at
5 Moreover the brasen altar, that Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, had
made, he put before the tabernacle of Yahweh: and Solomon and the congregation
sought unto it.
6 And Solomon went up thither to the brasen altar before Yahweh, which [was] at
the tabernacle of the congregation, and offered a thousand burnt offerings upon
it.
7 In that night did God appear unto Solomon, and said unto him, Ask what I
shall give thee.
8 And Solomon said unto God, Thou hast shewed great mercy unto David my father,
and hast made me to reign in his stead.
9 Now, O Yahweh God, let Thy promise unto David my father be established: for
Thou hast made me king over a people like the dust of the earth in multitude.
10 Give me now wisdom and knowledge, that I may go out
and come in before this people: for who can judge this Thy people, [that is so]
great?
11 And God said to Solomon, Because this was in thine heart, and thou hast not
asked riches, wealth, or honour, nor the life of thine enemies, neither yet
hast asked long life; but hast asked wisdom and knowledge for thyself, that
thou mayest judge My people, over whom I have made thee king:
12 Wisdom and knowledge [is] granted unto thee; and I will give thee riches,
and wealth, and honour, such as none of the kings have had that [have been]
before thee, neither shall there any after thee have the like.
13 Then Solomon came [from his journey] to the high place that [was] at Gibeon
to
14 And Solomon gathered chariots and horsemen: and he had a thousand and four
hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, which he placed in the chariot
cities, and with the king at
15 And the king made silver and gold at
16 And Solomon had horses brought out of
17 And they fetched up, and brought forth out of
1 And Solomon determined to build an house for the name of Yahweh, and an house for his
kingdom.
2 And Solomon told out threescore and ten thousand men to bear burdens, and
fourscore thousand to hew in the mountain, and three thousand and six hundred
to oversee them.
3 And Solomon sent to Huram the king of
4 Behold, I build an house to the name of Yahweh my God, to dedicate [it] to
Him, [and] to burn before Him sweet incense, and for the continual shewbread,
and for the burnt offerings morning and evening, on the sabbaths, and on the
new moons, and on the solemn feasts of Yahweh our God. This
[is an ordinance] for ever
to
5 And the house which I build [is] great: for great [is] our God above all
gods.
6 But who is able to build Him an house, seeing the
heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain Him? who
[am] I then, that I should build Him an house, save only to burn sacrifice
before Him?
7 Send me now therefore a man cunning to work in gold, and in silver, and in
brass, and in iron, and in purple, and crimson, and blue, and that can skill to
grave with the cunning men that [are] with me in Judah and in Jerusalem, whom
David my father did provide.
8 Send me also cedar trees, fir trees, and algum trees, out of
9 Even to prepare me timber in abundance: for the house which I am about to
build [shall be] wonderful great.
10 And, behold, I will give to thy servants, the hewers that cut timber, twenty
thousand measures of beaten wheat, and twenty thousand measures of barley, and
twenty thousand baths of wine, and twenty thousand baths of oil.
11 Then Huram the king of Tyre answered in writing, which he sent to Solomon,
Because Yahweh hath loved His people, He hath made thee king over them.
12 Huram said moreover, Blessed [be] Yahweh, God of
Israel, That made heaven and earth, Who hath given to David the king a wise
son, endued with prudence and understanding, that might build an house for
Yahweh, and an house for his kingdom.
13 And now I have sent a cunning man, endued with understanding, of Huram my
father's,
14 The son of a woman of the daughters of Dan, and his father [was] a man of
Tyre, skilful to work in gold, and in silver, in brass, in iron, in stone, and
in timber, in purple, in blue, and in fine linen, and in crimson; also to grave
any manner of graving, and to find out every device which shall be put to him,
with thy cunning men, and with the cunning men of my lord David thy father.
15 Now therefore the wheat, and the
barley, the oil, and the wine, which my lord hath spoken of, let him send unto
his servants:
16 And we will cut wood out of Lebanon, as much as thou shalt need: and we will
bring it to thee in floats by sea to Joppa; and thou shalt carry it up to
Jerusalem.
17 And Solomon numbered all the strangers that [were] in the land of Israel,
after the numbering wherewith David his father had numbered them; and they were
found an hundred and fifty thousand and three thousand and six hundred.
18 And he set threescore and ten thousand of them [to be] bearers of burdens,
and fourscore thousand [to be] hewers in the mountain, and three thousand and
six hundred overseers to set the people a work.
1 Then Solomon began to build the
house of Yahweh at
2 And he began to build in the second [day] of the second month, in the fourth
year of his reign.
3 Now these [are the things wherein] Solomon was instructed for the building of
the house of God. The length by cubits after the first measure [was] threescore
cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits.
4 And the porch that [was] in the front [of the house], the length [of it was]
according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the height [was] an
hundred and twenty: and he overlaid it within with pure gold.
5 And the greater house he cieled with fir tree, which he overlaid with fine
gold, and set thereon palm trees and chains.
6 And he garnished the house with
precious stones for beauty: and the gold [was] gold of Parvaim.
7 He overlaid also the house, the beams, the posts, and the walls thereof, and
the doors thereof, with gold; and graved cherubims on the walls.
8 And he made the most holy house, the length whereof [was] according to the
breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits: and
he overlaid it with fine gold, [amounting] to six hundred talents.
9 And the weight of the nails [was] fifty shekels of gold. And he overlaid the
upper chambers with gold.
10 And in the most holy house he made two cherubims of image work, and overlaid
them with gold.
11 And the wings of the cherubims [were] twenty cubits long: one wing [of the
one cherub was] five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house: and the other
wing [was likewise] five cubits, reaching to the wing of the other cherub.
12 And [one] wing of the other cherub [was] five cubits, reaching to the wall
of the house: and the other wing [was] five cubits [also], joining to the wing
of the other cherub.
13 The wings of these cherubims spread themselves forth twenty cubits: and they
stood on their feet, and their faces [were] inward.
14 And he made the vail [of] blue, and purple, and crimson, and fine linen, and
wrought cherubims thereon.
15 Also he made before the house two pillars of thirty and five cubits high,
and the chapiter that [was] on the top of each of them [was] five cubits.
16 And he made chains, [as] in the oracle, and put [them] on the heads of the
pillars; and made an hundred pomegranates, and put [them] on the chains.
17 And he reared up the pillars before the temple, one on the right hand, and
the other on the left; and called the name of that on the right hand Jachin,
and the name of that on the left Boaz.
1 Moreover he made an altar of brass, twenty cubits the length thereof, and
twenty cubits the breadth thereof, and ten cubits the height thereof.
2 Also he made a molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim, round in compass,
and five cubits the height thereof; and a line of thirty cubits did compass it
round about.
3 And under it [was] the similitude of oxen, which did compass it round about:
ten in a cubit, compassing the sea round about. Two rows of oxen [were] cast,
when it was cast.
4 It stood upon twelve oxen, three looking toward the north, and three looking
toward the west, and three looking toward the south, and three looking toward
the east: and the sea [was set] above upon them, and all their hinder parts
[were] inward.
5 And the thickness of it [was] an handbreadth, and
the brim of it like the work of the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies;
[and] it received and held three thousand baths.
6 He made also ten lavers, and put five on the right hand, and five on the
left, to wash in them: such things as they offered for the burnt offering they
washed in them; but the sea [was] for the priests to wash in.
7 And he made ten candlesticks of gold according to their form, and set [them]
in the temple, five on the right hand, and five on the left.
8 He made also ten tables, and placed [them] in the temple, five on the right
side, and five on the left. And he made an hundred basons of gold.
9 Furthermore he made the court of the priests, and the great court, and doors
for the court, and overlaid the doors of them with brass.
10 And he set the sea on the right side of the east end, over against the
south.
11 And Huram made the pots, and the shovels, and the basons. And Huram finished
the work that he was to make for king Solomon for the house of God;
12 [To wit], the two pillars, and the pommels, and the chapiters [which were]
on the top of the two pillars, and the two wreaths to cover the two pommels of
the chapiters which [were] on the top of the pillars;
13 And four hundred pomegranates on the two wreaths; two rows of pomegranates
on each wreath, to cover the two pommels of the chapiters which [were] upon the
pillars.
14 He made also bases, and lavers made he upon the bases;
15 One sea, and twelve oxen under it.
16 The pots also, and the shovels, and the fleshhooks, and all their
instruments, did Huram his father make to king Solomon
for the house of Yahweh of bright brass.
17 In the plain of Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay ground between
Succoth and Zeredathah.
18 Thus Solomon made all these vessels in great abundance: for the weight of
the brass could not be found out.
19 And Solomon made all the vessels that [were for] the house of God, the
golden altar also, and the tables whereon the showbread [was set];
20 Moreover the candlesticks with their lamps, that they should burn after the
manner before the oracle, of pure gold;
21 And the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs, [made he of] gold, [and] that
perfect gold;
22 And the snuffers, and the basons, and the spoons, and the censers, [of] pure
gold: and the entry of the house, the inner doors thereof for the most holy
[place], and the doors of the house of the temple, [were of] gold.
1 Thus all the work that Solomon made for the house of Yahweh was finished:
and Solomon brought in [all] the things that David his father had dedicated;
and the silver, and the gold, and all the instruments, put he
among the treasures of the house of God.
2 Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes,
the chief of the fathers of the children of Israel, unto Jerusalem, to bring up
the ark of the covenant of Yahweh out of the city of David, which [is] Zion.
3 Wherefore all the men of
5 And they brought up the ark, and the tabernacle of the congregation, and all
the holy vessels that [were] in the tabernacle, these did the priests [and] the
Levites bring up.
6 Also king Solomon, and all the congregation of
7 And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of Yahweh unto his place,
to the oracle of the house, into the most holy [place, even] under the wings of
the cherubims:
8 For the cherubims spread forth [their] wings over the place of the ark, and
the cherubims covered the ark and the staves thereof above.
9 And they drew out the staves [of the ark], that the ends of the staves were
seen from the ark before the oracle; but they were not seen without. And there
it is unto this day.
10 [There was] nothing in the ark
save the two tables which Moses put [therein] at Horeb, when Yahweh made [a
covenant] with the children of
11 And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy [place]: (for
all the priests [that were] present were sanctified, [and] did not [then] wait
by course:
12 Also the Levites [which were] the singers, all of them of Asaph, of Heman,
of Jeduthun, with their sons and their brethren, [being] arrayed in white
linen, having cymbals and psalteries and harps, stood at the east end of the
altar, and with them an hundred and twenty priests sounding with trumpets:)
13 It came even to pass, as the trumpeters and singers [were] as one, to make
one sound to be heard in praising and thanking Yahweh; and when they lifted up
[their] voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of musick, and
praised Yahweh, [saying], For [He is] good; for His mercy [endureth] for ever:
that [then] the house was filled with a cloud, [even] the house of Yahweh;
14 So that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud: for
the glory of Yahweh had filled the house of God.
1 Then said Solomon, Yahweh hath said that He would dwell in the thick
darkness.
2 But I have built an house of habitation for Thee,
and a place for Thy dwelling for ever.
3 And the king turned his face, and blessed the whole congregation of
4 And he said, Blessed [be] Yahweh, God of Israel, Who hath with His hands
fulfilled [that] which He spake with His mouth to my father David, saying,
5 Since the day that I brought forth My people out of the land of Egypt I chose
no city among all the tribes of Israel to build an house in, that My name might
be there; neither chose I any man to be a ruler over My people Israel:
6 But I have chosen Jerusalem, that My name might be there; and have chosen
David to be over My people Israel.
7 Now it was in the heart of David my father to build an
house for the name of Yahweh, God of Israel.
8 But Yahweh said to David my father, Forasmuch as it was in thine heart to
build an house for My name, thou didst well in that it was in thine heart:
9 Notwithstanding thou shalt not build the house; but thy son which shall come
forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house for My name.
10 Yahweh therefore hath performed His word that He hath spoken: for I am risen
up in the room of David my father, and am set on the
throne of
11 And in it have I put the ark, wherein [is] the covenant of Yahweh, that He
made with the children of
12 And he stood before the altar of Yahweh in the presence of all the
congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands:
13 For Solomon had made a brasen scaffold, of five cubits long, and five cubits
broad, and three cubits high, and had set it in the midst of the court: and
upon it he stood, and kneeled down upon his knees before all the congregation
of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven,
14 And said, O Yahweh, God of Israel, [there is] no God like Thee in the
heaven, nor in the earth; Which keepest covenant, and [shewest] mercy unto Thy
servants, that walk before Thee with all their hearts:
15 Thou Which hast kept with Thy servant David my father that which Thou hast
promised him; and spakest with Thy mouth, and hast fulfilled [it] with Thine
hand, as [it is] this day.
16 Now therefore, O Yahweh, God of Israel, keep with Thy servant David my father
that which Thou hast promised him, saying, There shall not fail thee a man in
My sight to sit upon the throne of Israel; yet so that thy children take heed
to their way to walk in My law, as thou hast walked before Me.
17 Now then, O Yahweh, God of Israel, let Thy word be verified, which Thou hast
spoken unto Thy servant David.
18 But will God in very deed dwell with men on the earth? behold,
heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain Thee; how much less this house
which I have built!
19 Have respect therefore to the prayer of Thy servant, and to his
supplication, O Yahweh my God, to hearken unto the cry and the prayer which Thy
servant prayeth before Thee:
20 That Thine eyes may be open upon this house day and night, upon the place
whereof Thou hast said that Thou wouldest put Thy name there; to hearken unto
the prayer which Thy servant prayeth toward this place.
21 Hearken therefore unto the supplications of Thy servant, and of Thy people
22 If a man sin against his neighbour, and an oath be laid upon him to make him
swear, and the oath come before Thine altar in this house;
23 Then hear Thou from heaven, and do, and judge Thy servants, by requiting the
wicked, by recompensing his way upon his own head; and by justifying the
righteous, by giving him according to his righteousness.
24 And if Thy people Israel be put to the worse before the enemy, because they
have sinned against Thee; and shall return and confess Thy name, and pray and
make supplication before Thee in this house;
25 Then hear Thou from the heavens, and forgive the sin of Thy people Israel,
and bring them again unto the land which Thou gavest to them and to their
fathers.
26 When the heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned
against Thee; [yet] if they pray toward this place, and confess Thy name, and
turn from their sin, when Thou dost afflict them;
27 Then hear Thou from heaven, and forgive the sin of Thy servants, and of Thy
people Israel, when Thou hast taught them the good way, wherein they should
walk; and send rain upon Thy land, which Thou hast given unto Thy people for an
inheritance.
28 If there be dearth in the land, if there be pestilence, if there be
blasting, or mildew, locusts, or caterpillers; if their enemies besiege them in
the cities of their land; whatsoever sore or whatsoever sickness [there be]:
29 [Then] what prayer [or] what supplication soever shall be made of any man,
or of all Thy people Israel, when every one shall know his own sore and his own
grief, and shall spread forth his hands in this house:
30 Then hear Thou from heaven Thy dwelling place, and forgive, and render unto
every man according unto all his ways, whose heart Thou knowest; (for Thou only
knowest the hearts of the children of men:)
31 That they may fear Thee, to walk in Thy ways, so long as they live in the
land which Thou gavest unto our fathers.
32 Moreover concerning the stranger, which is not of Thy people Israel, but is
come from a far country for Thy great name's sake, and Thy mighty hand, and Thy
stretched out arm; if they come and pray in this house;
33 Then hear Thou from the heavens, [even] from Thy dwelling place, and do
according to all that the stranger calleth to Thee for; that all people of the
earth may know Thy name, and fear Thee, as [doth] Thy people Israel, and may
know that this house which I have built is called by Thy name.
34 If Thy people go out to war against their enemies by the way that Thou shalt
send them, and they pray unto Thee toward this city which Thou hast chosen, and
the house which I have built for Thy name;
35 Then hear Thou from the heavens their prayer and their supplication, and
maintain their cause.
36 If they sin against Thee, (for [there is] no man which sinneth not,) and
Thou be angry with them, and deliver them over before [their] enemies, and they
carry them away captives unto a land far off or near;
37 Yet [if] they bethink themselves in the land whither they are carried
captive, and turn and pray unto Thee in the land of their captivity, saying, We
have sinned, we have done amiss, and have dealt wickedly;
38 If they return to Thee with all their heart and with all their soul in the
land of their captivity, whither they have carried them captives, and pray
toward their land, which Thou gavest unto their fathers, and [toward] the city
which Thou hast chosen, and toward the house which I have built for Thy name:
39 Then hear Thou from the heavens, [even] from Thy dwelling place, their
prayer and their supplications, and maintain their cause, and forgive Thy
people which have sinned against Thee.
40 Now, my God, let, I beseech Thee, Thine eyes be open, and [let] Thine ears
[be] attent unto the prayer [that is made] in this place.
41 Now therefore arise, O Yahweh God, into Thy resting place, Thou, and the ark
of Thy strength: let Thy priests, O Yahweh God, be clothed with salvation, and
let Thy saints rejoice in goodness.
42 O Yahweh God, turn not away the face of Thine anointed: remember the mercies
of David Thy servant.
1 Now when Solomon had made an end of praying, the fire came down from
heaven, and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices; and the glory of
Yahweh filled the house.
2 And the priests could not enter into the house of Yahweh, because the glory
of Yahweh had filled Yahweh's house.
3 And when all the children of Israel saw how the fire came down, and the glory
of Yahweh upon the house, they bowed themselves with their faces to the ground
upon the pavement, and worshipped, and praised Yahweh, [saying], For [He is]
good; for His mercy [endureth] for ever.
4 Then the king and all the people offered sacrifices before Yahweh.
5 And king Solomon offered a sacrifice of twenty and
two thousand oxen, and an hundred and twenty thousand sheep: so the king and
all the people dedicated the house of God.
6 And the priests waited on their offices: the Levites also with instruments of
musick of Yahweh, which David the king had made to praise Yahweh, because His
mercy [endureth] for ever, when David praised by their ministry; and the
priests sounded trumpets before them, and all
7 Moreover Solomon hallowed the middle of the court that [was] before the house
of Yahweh: for there he offered burnt offerings, and the fat of the peace
offerings, because the brasen altar which Solomon had made was not able to
receive the burnt offerings, and the meat offerings, and the fat.
8 Also at the same time Solomon kept the feast seven days,
and all
9 And in the eighth day they made a solemn assembly: for they kept the
dedication of the altar seven days, and the feast seven days.
10 And on the three and twentieth day of the seventh month he sent the people
away into their tents, glad and merry in heart for the goodness that Yahweh had
shewed unto David, and to Solomon, and to
11 Thus Solomon finished the house of Yahweh, and the king's house: and all
that came into Solomon's heart to make in the house of Yahweh, and in his own
house, he prosperously effected.
12 And Yahweh appeared to Solomon by night, and said unto him, I have heard thy
prayer, and have chosen this place to Myself for an
house of sacrifice.
13 If I shut up heaven that there be no rain, or if I command the locusts to
devour the land, or if I send pestilence among My people;
14 If My people, which are called by My name, shall humble themselves, and
pray, and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from
heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
15 Now Mine eyes shall be open, and Mine ears attent unto the prayer [that is
made] in this place.
16 For now have I chosen and sanctified this house, that My
name may be there for ever: and Mine eyes and Mine heart shall be there
perpetually.
17 And as for thee, if thou wilt walk before Me, as David thy father walked,
and do according to all that I have commanded thee, and shalt observe My
statutes and My judgments;
18 Then will I stablish the throne of thy kingdom, according as I have
covenanted with David thy father, saying, There shall not fail thee a man [to
be] ruler in Israel.
19 But if ye turn away, and forsake My statutes and My commandments, which I
have set before you, and shall go and serve other gods, and worship them;
20 Then will I pluck them up by the roots out of My land which I have given
them; and this house, which I have sanctified for My name, will I cast out of My
sight, and will make it [to be] a proverb and a byword among all nations.
21 And this house, which is high, shall be an astonishment to every one that
passeth by it; so that he shall say, Why hath Yahweh done thus unto this land,
and unto this house?
22 And it shall be answered, Because they forsook
Yahweh, God of their fathers, Which brought them forth out of the
1 And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, wherein Solomon had built
the house of Yahweh, and his own house,
2 That the cities which Huram had restored to Solomon, Solomon built them, and
caused the children of
3 And Solomon went to Hamathzobah, and prevailed against it.
4 And he built Tadmor in the wilderness, and all the store cities, which
he built in Hamath.
5 Also he built Bethhoron the upper, and Bethhoron the nether, fenced cities,
with walls, gates, and bars;
6 And Baalath, and all the store cities that Solomon had, and all the chariot
cities, and the cities of the horsemen, and all that Solomon desired to build
in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and throughout all the land of his dominion.
7 [As for] all the people [that were] left of the Hittites, and the Amorites,
and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, which [were] not of
8 [But] of their children, who were left after them in the land, whom the
children of
9 But of the children of
10 And these [were] the chief of king Solomon's
officers, [even] two hundred and fifty, that bare rule over the people.
11 And Solomon brought up the daughter of Pharaoh out of the city of David unto
the house that he had built for her: for he said, My wife shall not dwell in
the house of David king of Israel, because [the places are] holy, whereunto the
ark of Yahweh hath come.
12 Then Solomon offered burnt offerings unto Yahweh on the altar of Yahweh,
which he had built before the porch,
13 Even after a certain rate every day, offering according to the commandment
of Moses, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the solemn feasts,
three times in the year, [even] in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the
feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles.
14 And he appointed, according to the order of David his father, the courses of
the priests to their service, and the Levites to their charges, to praise and
minister before the priests, as the duty of every day required: the porters
also by their courses at every gate: for so had David the man of God commanded.
15 And they departed not from the commandment of the king unto the priests and
Levites concerning any matter, or concerning the treasures.
16 Now all the work of Solomon was prepared unto the day of the foundation of
the house of Yahweh, and until it was finished. [So] the house of Yahweh was
perfected.
17 Then went Solomon to Eziongeber, and to Eloth, at the sea side in the
18 And Huram sent him by the hands of his servants
ships, and servants that had knowledge of the sea; and they went with the
servants of Solomon to Ophir, and took thence four hundred and fifty talents of
gold, and brought [them] to king Solomon.
1 And when the queen of
2 And Solomon told her all her questions: and there was nothing hid from
Solomon which he told her not.
3 And when the queen of Sheba had seen the wisdom of Solomon, and the house
that he had built,
4 And the meat of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the
attendance of his ministers, and their apparel; his cupbearers also, and their
apparel; and his ascent by which he went up into the house of Yahweh; there was
no more spirit in her.
5 And she said to the king, [It was] a true report which I heard in mine own
land of thine acts, and of thy wisdom:
6 Howbeit I believed not their words, until I came, and mine eyes had seen
[it]: and, behold, the one half of the greatness of thy wisdom was not told me:
[for] thou exceedest the fame that I heard.
7 Happy [are] thy men, and happy [are] these thy
servants, which stand continually before thee, and hear thy wisdom.
8 Blessed be Yahweh thy God, Which delighted in thee to set thee on His throne,
[to be] king for Yahweh thy God: because thy God loved
9 And she gave the king an hundred and twenty talents
of gold, and of spices great abundance, and precious stones: neither was there
any such spice as the queen of
10 And the servants also of Huram, and the servants of Solomon, which brought
gold from Ophir, brought algum trees and precious stones.
11 And the king made [of] the algum trees terraces to the house of Yahweh, and
to the king's palace, and harps and psalteries for singers: and there were none
such seen before in the land of Judah.
12 And king Solomon gave to the queen of
13 Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred and
threescore and six talents of gold;
14 Beside [that which] chapmen and merchants brought. And all the kings of
15 And king Solomon made two hundred targets [of]
beaten gold: six hundred [shekels] of beaten gold went to one target.
16 And three hundred shields [made he of] beaten gold: three hundred [shekels]
of gold went to one shield. And the king put them in the house of the
17 Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with pure
gold.
18 And [there were] six steps to the throne, with a footstool of gold, [which
were] fastened to the throne, and stays on each side of the sitting place, and
two lions standing by the stays:
19 And twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other upon the six
steps. There was not the like made in any kingdom.
20 And all the drinking vessels of king Solomon [were
of] gold, and all the vessels of the house of the
21 For the king's ships went to Tarshish with the servants of Huram: every
three years once came the ships of Tarshish bringing gold, and silver, ivory,
and apes, and peacocks.
22 And king Solomon passed all the kings of the earth
in riches and wisdom.
23 And all the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom, that God had put in his heart.
24 And they brought every man his present, vessels of silver, and
vessels of gold, and raiment, harness, and spices, horses, and mules, a rate
year by year.
25 And Solomon had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots, and twelve
thousand horsemen; whom he bestowed in the chariot cities, and with the king at
26 And he reigned over all the kings from the river even unto the land of the
Philistines, and to the border of
27 And the king made silver in
28 And they brought unto Solomon horses out of
29 Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, first and last, [are] they not written
in the book of Nathan the prophet, and in the prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite,
and in the visions of Iddo the seer against Jeroboam the son of Nebat?
30 And Solomon reigned in
31 And Solomon slept with his fathers, and he was buried in the city of David
his father: and Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead.
1 And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for to Shechem were all
2 And it came to pass, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who [was] in
3 And they sent and called him. So Jeroboam and all
4 Thy father made our yoke grievous: now therefore ease thou somewhat the
grievous servitude of thy father, and his heavy yoke that he put upon us, and
we will serve thee.
5 And he said unto them, Come again unto me after
three days. And the people departed.
6 And king Rehoboam took counsel with the old men that had stood before Solomon
his father while he yet lived, saying, What counsel give ye [me] to return
answer to this people?
7 And they spake unto him, saying, If thou be kind to this people, and please
them, and speak good words to them, they will be thy servants for ever.
8 But he forsook the counsel which the old men gave him, and took counsel with
the young men that were brought up with him, that stood before him.
9 And he said unto them, What advice give ye that we
may return answer to this people, which have spoken to me, saying, Ease
somewhat the yoke that thy father did put upon us?
10 And the young men that were brought up with him spake unto him, saying, Thus
shalt thou answer the people that spake unto thee, saying, Thy father made our
yoke heavy, but make thou [it] somewhat lighter for us; thus shalt thou say
unto them, My little [finger] shall be thicker than my father's loins.
11 For whereas my father put a heavy yoke upon you, I will put more to your
yoke: my father chastised you with whips, but I [will chastise you] with scorpions.
12 So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam on the third day, as the
king bade, saying, Come again to me on the third day.
13 And the king answered them roughly; and king Rehoboam forsook the counsel of
the old men,
14 And answered them after the advice of the young men, saying, My father made
your yoke heavy, but I will add thereto: my father chastised you with whips,
but I [will chastise you] with scorpions.
15 So the king hearkened not unto the people: for the cause was of God, that
Yahweh might perform His word, which He spake by the hand of Ahijah the
Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.
16 And when all
17 But [as for] the children of
18 Then king Rehoboam sent Hadoram that [was] over the tribute; and the
children of
19 And
1 And when Rehoboam was come to
2 But the word of Yahweh came to
Shemaiah the man of God, saying,
3 Speak unto Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all Israel in
Judah and Benjamin, saying,
4 Thus saith Yahweh, Ye shall not go up, nor fight against your brethren:
return every man to his house: for this thing is done of Me. And they obeyed
the words of Yahweh, and returned from going against Jeroboam.
5 And Rehoboam dwelt in
6 He built even
7 And Bethzur, and Shoco, and Adullam,
8 And Gath, and Mareshah, and Ziph,
9 And Adoraim, and
10 And Zorah, and Aijalon, and
11 And he fortified the strong holds, and put captains in them, and store of
victual, and of oil and wine.
12 And in every several city [he put] shields and spears, and made them
exceeding strong, having Judah and Benjamin on his side.
13 And the priests and the Levites that [were] in all
14 For the Levites left their suburbs and their possession, and came to
15 And he ordained him priests for the high places, and for the devils, and for
the calves which he had made.
16 And after them out of all the tribes of
17 So they strengthened the
18 And Rehoboam took him Mahalath the daughter of Jerimoth the son of David to
wife, [and] Abihail the daughter of Eliab the son of Jesse;
19 Which bare him children; Jeush, and Shamariah, and Zaham.
20 And after her he took Maachah the daughter of Absalom; which bare him
Abijah, and Attai, and Ziza, and Shelomith.
21 And Rehoboam loved Maachah the
daughter of Absalom above all his wives and his concubines: (for he took
eighteen wives, and threescore concubines; and begat twenty and eight sons, and
threescore daughters.)
22 And Rehoboam made Abijah the son of Maachah the chief, [to be] ruler among
his brethren: for [he thought] to make him king.
23 And he dealt wisely, and dispersed of all his children throughout all the
countries of Judah and Benjamin, unto every fenced city: and he gave them
victual in abundance. And he desired many wives.
1 And it came to pass, when Rehoboam had established the kingdom, and had
strengthened himself, he forsook the law of Yahweh, and all
2 And it came to pass, [that] in the fifth year of king Rehoboam Shishak king
of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, because they had transgressed against
Yahweh,
3 With twelve hundred chariots, and threescore thousand horsemen: and the
people [were] without number that came with him out of Egypt; the Lubims, the
Sukkiims, and the Ethiopians.
4 And he took the fenced cities which [pertained] to
5 Then came Shemaiah the prophet to Rehoboam, and [to] the princes of Judah,
that were gathered together to Jerusalem because of Shishak, and said unto
them, Thus saith Yahweh, Ye have forsaken Me, and therefore have I also left
you in the hand of Shishak.
6 Whereupon the princes of
7 And when Yahweh saw that they humbled themselves, the word of Yahweh came to
Shemaiah, saying, They have humbled themselves;
[therefore] I will not destroy them, but I will grant them some deliverance;
and My wrath shall not be poured out upon
8 Nevertheless they shall be his servants; that they may know My service, and the service of the kingdoms of the countries.
9 So Shishak king of
10 Instead of which king Rehoboam made shields of brass, and committed [them]
to the hands of the chief of the guard, that kept the entrance of the king's
house.
11 And when the king entered into the house of Yahweh, the guard came and
fetched them, and brought them again into the guard chamber.
12 And when he humbled himself, the wrath of Yahweh turned from him, that He
would not destroy [him] altogether: and also in
13 So king Rehoboam strengthened himself in
14 And he did evil, because he prepared not his heart to seek Yahweh.
15 Now the acts of Rehoboam, first and last, [are] they not written in the book
of Shemaiah the prophet, and of Iddo the seer concerning genealogies? And
[there were] wars between Rehoboam and Jeroboam continually.
16 And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of
1 Now in the eighteenth year of
king Jeroboam began Abijah to reign over
2 He reigned three years in
3 And Abijah set the battle in array with an army of valiant men of war, [even]
four hundred thousand chosen men: Jeroboam also set the battle in array against
him with eight hundred thousand chosen men, [being] mighty men of valour.
4 And Abijah stood up upon mount Zemaraim, which [is] in mount Ephraim, and
said, Hear me, thou Jeroboam, and all Israel;
5 Ought ye not to know that Yahweh, God of Israel, gave the kingdom over Israel
to David for ever, [even] to him and to his sons by a covenant of salt?
6 Yet Jeroboam the son of Nebat, the servant of Solomon the son of David, is
risen up, and hath rebelled against his lord.
7 And there are gathered unto him vain men, the children of Belial, and have
strengthened themselves against Rehoboam the son of Solomon, when Rehoboam was
young and tenderhearted, and could not withstand them.
8 And now ye think to withstand the
9 Have ye not cast out the priests of Yahweh, the sons of Aaron, and the
Levites, and have made you priests after the manner of the nations of [other]
lands? so that whosoever cometh to consecrate himself
with a young bullock and seven rams, [the same] may be a priest of [them that
are] no gods.
10 But as for us, Yahweh [is] our God, and we have not forsaken Him; and the
priests, which minister unto Yahweh, [are] the sons of Aaron, and the Levites
[wait] upon [their] business:
11 And they burn unto Yahweh every morning and every evening burnt sacrifices
and sweet incense: the shewbread also [set they in order] upon the pure table;
and the candlestick of gold with the lamps thereof, to burn every evening: for
we keep the charge of Yahweh our God; but ye have forsaken Him.
12 And, behold, God Himself [is] with us for [our] captain, and His priests
with sounding trumpets to cry alarm against you. O children of
13 But Jeroboam caused an ambushment to come about behind them: so they were
before
14 And when
15 Then the men of
16 And the children of
17 And Abijah and his people slew them with a great slaughter: so there fell
down slain of
18 Thus the children of
19 And Abijah pursued after Jeroboam, and took cities from him,
20 Neither did Jeroboam recover strength again in the days of Abijah: and
Yahweh struck him, and he died.
21 But Abijah waxed mighty, and married fourteen wives, and begat twenty and
two sons, and sixteen daughters.
22 And the rest of the acts of Abijah, and his ways, and his sayings, [are]
written in the story of the prophet Iddo.
1 So Abijah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of
2 And Asa did [that which was] good and right in the eyes of Yahweh his God:
3 For he took away the altars of the strange [gods], and the high places, and
brake down the images, and cut down the groves:
4 And commanded Judah to seek Yahweh, God of their fathers, and to do the law
and the commandment.
5 Also he took away out of all the cities of
6 And he built fenced cities in
7 Therefore he said unto Judah, Let us build these cities, and make about
[them] walls, and towers, gates, and bars, [while] the land [is] yet before us;
because we have sought Yahweh our God, we have sought [Him], and He hath given
us rest on every side. So they built and prospered.
8 And Asa had an army [of men] that bare targets and spears, out of Judah three
hundred thousand; and out of Benjamin, that bare shields and drew bows, two
hundred and fourscore thousand: all these [were] mighty men of valour.
9 And there came out against them Zerah the Ethiopian with an
host of a thousand thousand, and three hundred chariots; and came unto
Mareshah.
10 Then Asa went out against him, and they set the battle in array in the
11 And Asa cried unto Yahweh his God, and said, Yahweh, [it is] nothing with
Thee to help, whether with many, or with them that
have no power: help us, O Yahweh our God; for we rest on Thee, and in Thy name
we go against this multitude. O Yahweh, Thou [art] our God; let not man prevail
against Thee.
12 So Yahweh smote the Ethiopians before Asa, and before
13 And Asa and the people that [were] with him pursued them unto Gerar: and the
Ethiopians were overthrown, that they could not recover themselves; for they
were destroyed before Yahweh, and before His host; and they carried away very
much spoil.
14 And they smote all the cities round about Gerar; for the fear of Yahweh came
upon them: and they spoiled all the cities; for there was exceeding much spoil
in them.
15 They smote also the tents of cattle, and carried away sheep and camels in
abundance, and returned to
1 And the Spirit of God came upon Azariah the son of Oded:
2 And he went out to meet Asa, and said unto him, Hear ye me, Asa, and all
Judah and Benjamin; Yahweh [is] with you, while ye be with Him; and if ye seek
Him, He will be found of you; but if ye forsake Him, He will forsake you.
3 Now for a long season
4 But when they in their trouble did turn unto Yahweh, God of Israel, and
sought Him, He was found of them.
5 And in those times [there was] no peace to him that went out, nor to
him that came in, but great vexations [were] upon all the inhabitants of the
countries.
6 And nation was destroyed of nation, and city of city: for God did vex them
with all adversity.
7 Be ye strong therefore, and let not your hands be weak: for your work shall
be rewarded.
8 And when Asa heard these words, and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he took
courage, and put away the abominable idols out of all the land of Judah and
Benjamin, and out of the cities which he had taken from mount Ephraim, and
renewed the altar of Yahweh, that [was] before the porch of Yahweh.
9 And he gathered all Judah and Benjamin, and the strangers with them out of
Ephraim and Manasseh, and out of Simeon: for they fell to him out of
10 So they gathered themselves together at
11 And they offered unto Yahweh the same time, of the spoil [which] they had
brought, seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep.
12 And they entered into a covenant to seek Yahweh, God of their fathers, with
all their heart and with all their soul;
13 That whosoever would not seek Yahweh, God of Israel, should be put to death,
whether small or great, whether man or woman. 14
And they sware unto Yahweh with a loud voice, and with shouting, and with
trumpets, and with cornets.
15 And all
16 And also [concerning] Maachah the mother of Asa the king, he removed her
from [being] queen, because she had made an idol in a grove: and Asa cut down
her idol, and stamped [it], and burnt [it] at the brook Kidron.
17 But the high places were not taken away out of
18 And he brought into the house of God the things that his father had dedicated, and that he himself had dedicated, silver, and
gold, and vessels.
19 And there was no [more] war unto the five and thirtieth year of the reign of
Asa.
1 In the six and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa Baasha king of
2 Then Asa brought out silver and gold out of the treasures of the house of
Yahweh and of the king's house, and sent to Benhadad king of Syria, that dwelt
at Damascus, saying,
3 [There is] a league between me and thee, as [there was] between my father and
thy father: behold, I have sent thee silver and gold; go, break thy league with
Baasha king of Israel, that he may depart from me.
4 And Benhadad hearkened unto king Asa, and sent the captains of his armies
against the cities of
5 And it came to pass, when Baasha heard [it], that he left off building of
Ramah, and let his work cease.
6 Then Asa the king took all
7 And at that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of
8 Were not the Ethiopians and the Lubims a huge host, with very many chariots
and horsemen? yet, because thou didst rely on Yahweh,
He delivered them into thine hand.
9 For the eyes of Yahweh run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to shew
Himself strong in the behalf of [them] whose heart [is] perfect toward Him.
Herein thou hast done foolishly: therefore from henceforth thou shalt have
wars.
10 Then Asa was wroth with the seer, and put him in a prison house; for [he
was] in a rage with him because of this [thing]. And Asa oppressed [some] of
the people the same time.
11 And, behold, the acts of Asa, first and last, lo, they [are] written in the
book of the kings of
12 And Asa in the thirty and ninth year of his reign was diseased in his feet,
until his disease [was] exceeding [great]: yet in his disease he sought not to
Yahweh, but to the physicians.
13 And Asa slept with his fathers, and died in the one and fortieth year of his
reign.
14 And they buried him in his own sepulchres, which he had made for himself in
the city of David, and laid him in the bed which was filled with sweet odours
and divers kinds [of spices] prepared by the apothecaries' art: and they made a
very great burning for him.
1 And Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his stead, and strengthened himself
against
2 And he placed forces in all the fenced cities of
3 And Yahweh was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the first ways of his
father David, and sought not unto Baalim;
4 But sought to [Yahweh] the God of his father, and walked in His commandments,
and not after the doings of
5 Therefore Yahweh stablished the kingdom in his hand; and all
6 And his heart was lifted up in the ways of Yahweh: moreover he took away the
high places and groves out of
7 Also in the third year of his reign he sent to his princes, [even] to
Benhail, and to Obadiah, and to Zechariah, and to Nethaneel, and to Michaiah,
to teach in the cities of
8 And with them [he sent] Levites, [even] Shemaiah, and Nthaniah, and Zebadiah,
and Asahel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehonathan, and Adonijah, and Tobijah, and
Tobadonijah, Levites; and with them Elishama and Jehoram, priests.
9 And they taught in
10 And the fear of Yahweh fell upon all the kingdoms of the lands that [were]
round about
11 Also [some] of the Philistines brought Jehoshaphat presents, and tribute
silver; and the Arabians brought him flocks, seven thousand and seven hundred
rams, and seven thousand and seven hundred he goats.
12 And Jehoshaphat waxed great exceedingly; and he built in
13 And he had much business in the cities of
14 And these [are] the numbers of them according to the house of their fathers:
Of Judah, the captains of thousands; Adnah the chief, and with him mighty men
of valour three hundred thousand.
15 And next to him [was] Jehohanan the captain, and with him two hundred and
fourscore thousand.
16 And next him [was] Amasiah the son of Zichri, who willingly offered himself
unto Yahweh; and with him two hundred thousand mighty men of valour.
17 And of Benjamin; Eliada a mighty man of valour, and
with him armed men with bow and shield two hundred thousand.
18 And next him [was] Jehozabad, and with him an
hundred and fourscore thousand ready prepared for the war.
19 These waited on the king, beside [those] whom the king put in the fenced
cities throughout all
1 Now Jehoshaphat had riches and honour in abundance, and joined affinity
with Ahab.
2 And after [certain] years he went down to Ahab to
3 And Ahab king of
4 And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of
5 Therefore the king of
6 But Jehoshaphat said, [Is there] not here a prophet of Yahweh besides, that we might enquire of him?
7 And the king of
8 And the king of
9 And the king of
10 And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah had made him horns of iron, and said, Thus
saith Yahweh, With these thou shalt push Syria until they be consumed.
11 And all the prophets prophesied so, saying, Go up to Ramothgilead, and
prosper: for Yahweh shall deliver [it] into the hand of the king.
12 And the messenger that went to call Micaiah spake to him, saying, Behold,
the words of the prophets [declare] good to the king with one assent; let thy
word therefore, I pray thee, be like one of theirs, and speak thou good.
13 And Micaiah said, [As] Yahweh liveth, even what my God saith, that will I
speak.
14 And when he was come to the king, the king said unto him, Micaiah, shall we
go to Ramothgilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And he said, Go ye up, and
prosper, and they shall be delivered into your hand.
15 And the king said to him, How many times shall I
adjure thee that thou say nothing but the truth to me in the name of Yahweh?
16 Then he said, I did see all
17 And the king of
18 Again he said, Therefore hear the word of Yahweh; I
saw Yahweh sitting upon His throne, and all the host of heaven standing on His
right hand and [on] His left.
19 And Yahweh said, Who shall entice Ahab king of
20 Then there came out a spirit, and stood before Yahweh, and said, I will
entice him. And Yahweh said unto him, Wherewith?
21 And he said, I will go out, and be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his
prophets. And [Yahweh] said, Thou shalt entice [him], and thou shalt also
prevail: go out, and do [even] so.
22 Now therefore, behold, Yahweh hath put a lying spirit in the mouth of
these thy prophets, and Yahweh hath spoken evil against thee.
23 Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near, and smote Micaiah upon the
cheek, and said, Which way went the Spirit of Yahweh
from me to speak unto thee?
24 And Micaiah said, Behold, thou shalt see on that day when thou shalt go into
an inner chamber to hide thyself.
25 Then the king of Israel said, Take ye Micaiah, and carry him back to Amon
the governor of the city, and to Joash the king's son;
26 And say, Thus saith the king, Put this [fellow] in the prison, and feed him
with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I return in peace.
27 And Micaiah said, If thou certainly return in
peace, [then] hath not Yahweh spoken by me. And he said, Hearken, all ye
people.
28 So the king of
29 And the king of
30 Now the king of Syria had commanded the captains of the chariots that [were]
with him, saying, Fight ye not with small or great, save only with the king of
Israel.
31 And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that
they said, It [is] the king of
32 For it came to pass, that, when the captains of the chariots perceived that
it was not the king of
33 And a [certain] man drew a bow at a venture, and smote the king of
34 And the battle increased that day: howbeit the king of
1 And Jehoshaphat the king of
2 And Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him, and said to king
Jehoshaphat, Shouldest thou help the ungodly, and love them that hate Yahweh? therefore [is] wrath upon thee from before Yahweh.
3 Nevertheless there are good things found in thee, in that thou hast taken
away the groves out of the land, and hast prepared thine heart to seek God.
4 And Jehoshaphat dwelt at
5 And he set judges in the land throughout all the fenced cities of Judah, city
by city,
6 And said to the judges, Take heed what ye do: for ye judge not for man, but
for Yahweh, Who [is] with you in the judgment.
7 Wherefore now let the fear of Yahweh be upon you; take heed and do [it]: for
[there is] no iniquity with Yahweh our God, nor
respect of persons, nor taking of gifts.
8 Moreover in
9 And he charged them, saying, Thus shall ye do in the fear of Yahweh,
faithfully, and with a perfect heart.
10 And what cause soever shall come to you of your brethren that dwell in their
cities, between blood and blood, between law and commandment, statutes and
judgments, ye shall even warn them that they trespass not against Yahweh, and
[so] wrath come upon you, and upon your brethren: this do, and ye shall not
trespass.
11 And, behold, Amariah the chief priest [is] over you in all matters of
Yahweh; and Zebadiah the son of Ishmael, the ruler of the house of Judah, for
all the king's matters: also the Levites [shall be] officers before you. Deal
courageously, and Yahweh shall be with the good.
1 It came to pass after this also, [that] the children of
2 Then there came some that told Jehoshaphat, saying, There cometh a great
multitude against thee from beyond the sea on this side
3 And Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek Yahweh, and proclaimed a fast
throughout all
4 And
5 And Jehoshaphat stood in the congregation of
6 And said, O Yahweh, God of our fathers, [art] not Thou God in heaven? and rulest [not] Thou over all the kingdoms of the heathen? and in Thine hand [is there not] power and might, so that
none is able to withstand Thee?
7 [Art] not Thou our God, [Who] didst drive out the inhabitants of this land
before Thy people Israel, and gavest it to the seed of Abraham Thy friend for
ever?
8 And they dwelt therein, and have built Thee a sanctuary therein for Thy name,
saying,
9 If, [when] evil cometh upon us, [as] the sword, judgment, or pestilence, or
famine, we stand before this house, and in Thy presence, (for Thy name [is] in
this house,) and cry unto Thee in our affliction, then Thou wilt hear and help.
10 And now, behold, the children of Ammon and Moab and mount Seir, whom Thou
wouldest not let Israel invade, when they came out of the land of Egypt, but
they turned from them, and destroyed them not;
11 Behold, [I say, how] they reward us, to come to cast us out of Thy
possession, which Thou hast given us to inherit.
12 O our God, wilt Thou not judge them? for we have no
might against this great company that cometh against us; neither know we what
to do: but our eyes [are] upon Thee.
13 And all
14 Then upon Jahaziel the son of Zechariah, the son of Benaiah, the son of
Jeiel, the son of Mattaniah, a Levite of the sons of Asaph, came the Spirit of
Yahweh in the midst of the congregation;
15 And he said, Hearken ye, all Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem, and
thou king Jehoshaphat, Thus saith Yahweh unto you, Be not afraid nor dismayed
by reason of this great multitude; for the battle [is] not yours, but God's.
16 To morrow go ye down against them: behold, they come up by the cliff of Ziz;
and ye shall find them at the end of the brook, before the wilderness of
Jeruel.
17 Ye shall not [need] to fight in this [battle]: set yourselves, stand ye
[still], and see the salvation of Yahweh with you, O Judah and
18 And Jehoshaphat bowed his head with [his] face to the ground: and all Judah
and the inhabitants of
19 And the Levites, of the children of the Kohathites, and of the children of
the Korhites, stood up to praise Yahweh, God of Israel, with a loud voice on
high.
20 And they rose early in the morning, and went forth into the wilderness of
Tekoa: and as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and said, Hear me, O Judah,
and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem; Believe in Yahweh your God, so shall ye be
established; believe His prophets, so shall ye prosper.
21 And when he had consulted with the people, he appointed singers unto Yahweh,
and that should praise the beauty of holiness, as they went out before the
army, and to say, Praise Yahweh; for His mercy [endureth] for ever.
22 And when they began to sing and to praise, Yahweh set ambushments against
the children of
23 For the children of Ammon and
24 And when
25 And when Jehoshaphat and his people came to take away the spoil of them,
they found among them in abundance both riches with the dead bodies, and
precious jewels, which they stripped off for themselves, more than they could
carry away: and they were three days in gathering of the spoil, it was so much.
26 And on the fourth day they assembled themselves in the
27 Then they returned, every man of
28 And they came to
29 And the fear of God was on all the kingdoms of [those] countries, when they
had heard that Yahweh fought against the enemies of
30 So the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet: for his God gave him rest round
about.
31 And Jehoshaphat reigned over
32 And he walked in the way of Asa his father, and departed not from it, doing
[that which was] right in the sight of Yahweh.
33 Howbeit the high places were not taken away: for as yet the people had not
prepared their hearts unto the God of their fathers.
34 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, first and last, behold, they [are]
written in the book of Jehu the son of Hanani, who [is] mentioned in the book
of the kings of
35 And after this did Jehoshaphat king of
36 And he joined himself with him to make ships to go to Tarshish: and they
made the ships in Eziongaber.
37 Then Eliezer the son of Dodavah of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat,
saying, Because thou hast joined thyself with Ahaziah,
Yahweh hath broken thy works. And the ships were broken, that they were not
able to go to Tarshish.
1 Now Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in
the city of
2 And he had brethren the sons of Jehoshaphat, Azariah, and Jehiel, and
Zechariah, and Azariah, and Michael, and Shephatiah: all these [were] the sons
of Jehoshaphat king of
3 And their father gave them great gifts of silver, and of gold, and of precious
things, with fenced cities in
4 Now when Jehoram was risen up to the kingdom of his father, he strengthened
himself, and slew all his brethren with the sword, and [divers] also of the
princes of
5 Jehoram [was] thirty and two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned
eight years in
6 And he walked in the way of the kings of
7 Howbeit Yahweh would not destroy the house of David, because of the covenant
that He had made with David, and as He promised to give a light to him and to
his sons for ever.
8 In his days the Edomites revolted from under the dominion of
9 Then Jehoram went forth with his princes, and all
his chariots with him: and he rose up by night, and smote the Edomites which
compassed him in, and the captains of the chariots.
10 So the Edomites revolted from under the hand of
11 Moreover he made high places in the mountains of
12 And there came a writing to him from Elijah the prophet, saying, Thus saith
Yahweh, God of David thy father, Because thou hast not walked in the ways of
Jehoshaphat thy father, nor in the ways of Asa king of Judah,
13 But hast walked in the way of the kings of Israel, and hast made Judah and
the inhabitants of Jerusalem to go a whoring, like to the whoredoms of the
house of Ahab, and also hast slain thy brethren of thy father's house, [which
were] better than thyself:
14 Behold, with a great plague will Yahweh smite thy people, and thy children,
and thy wives, and all thy goods:
15 And thou [shalt have] great sickness by disease of thy bowels, until thy
bowels fall out by reason of the sickness day by day.
16 Moreover Yahweh stirred up against Jehoram the spirit of the Philistines,
and of the Arabians, that [were] near the Ethiopians:
17 And they came up into Judah, and brake into it, and carried away all the
substance that was found in the king's house, and his sons also, and his wives;
so that there was never a son left him, save Jehoahaz, the youngest of his
sons.
18 And after all this Yahweh smote him in his bowels with an incurable disease.
19 And it came to pass, that in process of time, after the end of two years,
his bowels fell out by reason of his sickness: so he died of sore diseases. And
his people made no burning for him, like the burning of his fathers.
20 Thirty and two years old was he when he began to
reign, and he reigned in
1 And the inhabitants of
2 Forty and two years old [was] Ahaziah when he began to reign,
and he reigned one year in
3 He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab: for his mother was his
counsellor to do wickedly.
4 Wherefore he did evil in the sight of Yahweh like the house of Ahab: for they
were his counsellors after the death of his father to his destruction.
5 He walked also after their counsel, and went with Jehoram the son of Ahab
king of
6 And he returned to be healed in Jezreel because of the wounds which were
given him at Ramah, when he fought with Hazael king of
7 And the destruction of Ahaziah was of God by coming to Joram: for when he was
come, he went out with Jehoram against Jehu the son of Nimshi, whom Yahweh had
anointed to cut off the house ofAhab.
8 And it came to pass, that, when Jehu was executing judgment upon the house of
Ahab, and found the princes of
9 And he sought Ahaziah: and they caught him, (for he was hid in
10 But when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose
and destroyed all the seed royal of the house of
11 But Jehoshabeath, the daughter of the king, took Joash the son of Ahaziah,
and stole him from among the king's sons that were slain, and put him and his
nurse in a bedchamber. So Jehoshabeath, the daughter of king Jehoram, the wife
of Jehoiada the priest, (for she was the sister of Ahaziah,) hid him from
Athaliah, so that she slew him not.
12 And he was with them hid in the house of God six years: and Athaliah reigned
over the land.
1 And in the seventh year Jehoiada strengthened himself, and took the
captains of hundreds, Azariah the son of Jeroham, and Ishmael the son of
Jehohanan, and Azariah the son of Obed, and Maaseiah the son of Adaiah, and
Elishaphat the son of Zichri, into covenant with him.
2 And they went about in
3 And all the congregation made a covenant with the
king in the house of God. And he said unto them, Behold, the king's son shall
reign, as Yahweh hath said of the sons of David.
4 This [is] the thing that ye shall do; A third part of you entering on the
sabbath, of the priests and of the Levites, [shall be] porters of the doors;
5 And a third part [shall be] at the king's house; and a third part at the gate
of the foundation: and all the people [shall be] in the courts of the house of
Yahweh.
6 But let none come into the house of Yahweh, save the priests, and they that
minister of the Levites; they shall go in, for they [are] holy: but all the
people shall keep the watch of Yahweh.
7 And the Levites shall compass the king round about, every man with his
weapons in his hand; and whosoever [else] cometh into the house, he shall be
put to death: but be ye with the king when he cometh in, and when he goeth out.
8 So the Levites and all
9 Moreover Jehoiada the priest delivered to the captains of hundreds spears,
and bucklers, and shields, that [had been] king
David's, which [were] in the house of God.
10 And he set all the people, every man having his weapon in his hand, from the
right side of the temple to the left side of the temple, along by the altar and
the temple, by the king round about.
11 Then they brought out the king's son, and put upon him the crown, and [gave
him] the testimony, and made him king. And Jehoiada and his sons anointed him,
and said, God save the king.
12 Now when Athaliah heard the noise of the people running and praising the
king, she came to the people into the house of Yahweh:
13 And she looked, and, behold, the king stood at his pillar at the entering
in, and the princes and the trumpets by the king: and all the people of the
land rejoiced, and sounded with trumpets, also the singers with instruments of
musick, and such as taught to sing praise. Then Athaliah rent her clothes, and
said, Treason, Treason.
14 Then Jehoiada the priest brought out the captains of hundreds that were set
over the host, and said unto them, Have her forth of
the ranges: and whoso followeth her, let him be slain with the sword. For the
priest said, Slay her not in the house of Yahweh.
15 So they laid hands on her; and when she was come to the entering of the
horse gate by the king's house, they slew her there.
16 And Jehoiada made a covenant between him, and between all the people, and
between the king, that they should be Yahweh's people.
17 Then all the people went to the house of Baal, and brake
it down, and brake his altars and his images in pieces, and slew Mattan the
priest of Baal before the altars.
18 Also Jehoiada appointed the offices of the house of Yahweh by the hand of
the priests the Levites, whom David had distributed in the house of Yahweh, to
offer the burnt offerings of Yahweh, as [it is] written in the law of Moses,
with rejoicing and with singing, [as it was ordained] by David.
19 And he set the porters at the gates of the house of Yahweh, that none [which
was] unclean in any thing should enter in.
20 And he took the captains of hundreds, and the nobles, and the
governors of the people, and all the people of the land, and brought down the
king from the house of Yahweh: and they came through the high gate into the
king's house, and set the king upon the throne of the kingdom.
21 And all the people of the land rejoiced: and the city was quiet, after that
they had slain Athaliah with the sword.
1 Joash [was] seven years old when
he began to reign, and he reigned forty years in
2 And Joash did [that which was] right in the sight of Yahweh all the days of
Jehoiada the priest.
3 And Jehoiada took for him two wives; and he begat sons and daughters.
4 And it came to pass after this, [that] Joash was minded to repair the house
of Yahweh.
5 And he gathered together the priests and the Levites, and said to them, Go
out unto the cities of
6 And the king called for Jehoiada the chief, and said unto him, Why hast thou
not required of the Levites to bring in out of Judah and out of Jerusalem the
collection, [according to the commandment] of Moses the servant of Yahweh, and
of the congregation of Israel, for the tabernacle of witness?
7 For the sons of Athaliah, that wicked woman, had broken up the house of God;
and also all the dedicated things of the house of Yahweh did they bestow upon
Baalim.
8 And at the king's commandment they made a chest, and set it without at the
gate of the house of Yahweh.
9 And they made a proclamation through
10 And all the princes and all the people rejoiced, and brought in, and cast
into the chest, until they had made an end.
11 Now it came to pass, that at what time the chest was brought unto the king's
office by the hand of the Levites, and when they saw that [there was] much
money, the king's scribe and the high priest's officer came and emptied the
chest, and took it, and carried it to his place again. Thus they did day by
day, and gathered money in abundance.
12 And the king and Jehoiada gave
it to such as did the work of the service of the house
of Yahweh, and hired masons and carpenters to repair the house of Yahweh, and
also such as wrought iron and brass to mend the house of Yahweh.
13 So the workmen wrought, and the work was perfected by them, and they set the
house of God in his state, and strengthened it.
14 And when they had finished [it], they brought the rest of the money before
the king and Jehoiada, whereof were made vessels for the house of Yahweh,
[even] vessels to minister, and to offer [withal], and spoons, and vessels of
gold and silver. And they offered burnt offerings in the house of Yahweh
continually all the days of Jehoiada.
15 But Jehoiada waxed old, and was full of days when he died; an hundred and
thirty years old [was he] when he died.
16 And they buried him in the city of
17 Now after the death of Jehoiada came the princes of
18 And they left the house of Yahweh, God of their fathers, and served groves
and idols: and wrath came upon
19 Yet He sent prophets to them, to bring them again unto Yahweh; and they
testified against them: but they would not give ear.
20 And the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest,
which stood above the people, and said unto them, Thus
saith God, Why transgress ye the commandments of Yahweh, that ye cannot
prosper? because ye have forsaken Yahweh, He hath also
forsaken you.
21 And they conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at the
commandment of the king in the court of the house of Yahweh.
22 Thus Joash the king remembered
not the kindness which Jehoiada his father had done to him, but slew his son.
And when he died, he said, Yahweh look upon [it], and require [it].
23 And it came to pass at the end of the year, [that]
the host of
24 For the army of the Syrians came with a small company of men, and Yahweh
delivered a very great host into their hand, because they had forsaken Yahweh,
God of their fathers. So they executed judgment against Joash.
25 And when they were departed from him, (for they left him in great diseases,)
his own servants conspired against him for the blood of the sons of Jehoiada
the priest, and slew him on his bed, and he died: and they buried him in the
city of
26 And these are they that conspired against him; Zabad the son of Shimeath an
Ammonitess, and Jehozabad the son of Shimrith a Moabitess.
27 Now [concerning] his sons, and the greatness of the burdens [laid] upon him,
and the repairing of the house of God, behold, they [are] written in the story
of the book of the kings. And Amaziah his son reigned in his stead.
1 Amaziah [was] twenty and five years old [when] he began to reign, and he
reigned twenty and nine years in
2 And he did [that which was] right in the sight of Yahweh, but not with a
perfect heart.
3 Now it came to pass, when the kingdom was established to him, that he slew
his servants that had killed the king his father.
4 But he slew not their children, but [did] as [it is] written in the law in
the book of Moses, where Yahweh commanded, saying, The fathers shall not die
for the children, neither shall the children die for the fathers, but every man
shall die for his own sin.
5 Moreover Amaziah gathered Judah together, and made them captains over
thousands, and captains over hundreds, according to the houses of [their]
fathers, throughout all Judah and Benjamin: and he numbered them from twenty
years old and above, and found them three hundred thousand choice [men, able]
to go forth to war, that could handle spear and shield.
6 He hired also an hundred thousand mighty men of valour out of
7 But there came a man of God to him, saying, O king, let not the army of
Israel go with thee; for Yahweh [is] not with Israel, [to wit, with] all the
children of Ephraim.
8 But if thou wilt go, do [it], be strong for the
battle: God shall make thee fall before the enemy: for God hath power to help,
and to cast down.
9 And Amaziah said to the man of God, But what shall
we do for the hundred talents which I have given to the army of
10 Then Amaziah separated them, [to wit], the army that was come to him out of
Ephraim, to go home again: wherefore their anger was greatly kindled against
11 And Amaziah strengthened himself, and led forth his people, and went to the
valley of salt, and smote of the children of Seir ten thousand.
12 And [other] ten thousand [left] alive did the children of
13 But the soldiers of the army which Amaziah sent back, that they should not
go with him to battle, fell upon the cities of
14 Now it came to pass, after that Amaziah was come from the slaughter of the
Edomites, that he brought the gods of the children of Seir, and set them up [to
be] his gods, and bowed down himself before them, and burned incense unto them.
15 Wherefore the anger of Yahweh was kindled against Amaziah, and He sent unto
him a prophet, which said unto him, Why hast thou
sought after the gods of the people, which could not deliver their own people
out of thine hand?
16 And it came to pass, as he talked with him, that [the king] said unto him,
Art thou made of the king's counsel? forbear; why shouldest thou be smitten? Then the prophet
forbare, and said, I know that God hath determined to destroy thee, because
thou hast done this, and hast not hearkened unto my counsel.
17 Then Amaziah king of Judah took advice, and sent to Joash, the son of
Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come, let us see one another
in the face.
18 And Joash king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The thistle
that [was] in Lebanon sent to the cedar that [was] in Lebanon, saying, Give thy
daughter to my son to wife: and there passed by a wild beast that [was] in
Lebanon, and trode down the thistle.
19 Thou sayest, Lo, thou hast smitten the Edomites; and thine heart lifteth
thee up to boast: abide now at home; why shouldest thou meddle to [thine] hurt,
that thou shouldest fall, [even] thou, and Judah with thee?
20 But Amaziah would not hear; for it [came] of God, that he might deliver them
into the hand [of their enemies], because they sought after the gods of
21 So Joash the king of
22 And
23 And Joash the king of
24 And [he took] all the gold and the silver, and all the vessels that were
found in the house of God with Obededom, and the treasures of the king's house,
the hostages also, and returned to Samaria.
25 And Amaziah the son of Joash king of