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Solomon Worships at Gibeon
(1 Kings 3:1-5; Psalm 45:1-17; Psalm 72:1-20)
1And Solomon the son of David was strengthened in his kingdom, and the LORD his God [was] with
him, and magnified him exceedingly.
2Then Solomon spake unto all Israel, to the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and to the
judges, and to every governor in all Israel, the chief of the fathers. 3So Solomon, and all the
congregation with him, went to the high place that [was] at Gibeon; for there was the tabernacle
of the congregation of God, which Moses the servant of the LORD had made in the wilderness.
4But 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 Jerusalem. 5Moreover the brasen altar, that
Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, had made, he put before the tabernacle of the LORD: and
Solomon and the congregation sought unto it. 6And Solomon went up thither to the brasen altar
before the LORD, which [was] at the tabernacle of the congregation, and offered a thousand burnt
offerings upon it.
Solomon Prays for Wisdom
(1 Kings 3:6-9)
7In that night did God appear unto Solomon, and said unto him, Ask what I shall give thee.
8And Solomon said unto God, Thou hast shewed great mercy unto David my father, and hast made
me to reign in his stead. 9Now, O LORD 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. 10Give 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? 11And 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: 12Wisdom 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. 13Then Solomon came [from his
journey] to the high place that [was] at Gibeon to Jerusalem, from before the tabernacle of the
congregation, and reigned over Israel.
Solomon's Riches
(1 Kings 10:14-29)
14And 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
Jerusalem. 15And the king made silver and gold at Jerusalem [as plenteous] as stones, and cedar
trees made he as the sycomore trees that [are] in the vale for abundance. 16And Solomon had
horses brought out of Egypt, and linen yarn: the king's merchants received the linen yarn at a
price. 17And they fetched up, and brought forth out of Egypt a chariot for six hundred [shekels] of
silver, and an horse for an hundred and fifty: and so brought they out [horses] for all the kings of
the Hittites, and for the kings of Syria, by their means.
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Preparations for the Temple
(1 Kings 5:1-12)
1And Solomon determined to build an house for the name of the LORD, and an house for his
kingdom. 2And 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.
3And Solomon sent to Huram the king of Tyre, saying, As thou didst deal with David my father, and
didst send him cedars to build him an house to dwell therein, [even so deal with me]. 4Behold, I
build an house to the name of the LORD 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 the LORD our God. This [is
an ordinance] for ever to Israel. 5And the house which I build [is] great: for great [is] our God
above all gods. 6But 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? 7Send 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. 8Send me also
cedar trees, fir trees, and algum trees, out of Lebanon: for I know that thy servants can skill to cut
timber in Lebanon; and, behold, my servants [shall be] with thy servants, 9Even to prepare me
timber in abundance: for the house which I am about to build [shall be] wonderful great. 10And,
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.
Huram Agrees to Assist
11Then Huram the king of Tyre answered in writing, which he sent to Solomon, Because the LORD
hath loved his people, he hath made thee king over them. 12Huram said moreover, Blessed [be]
the LORD 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 the LORD, and an house
for his kingdom.
13And now I have sent a cunning man, endued with understanding, of Huram my father's, 14The
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. 15Now
therefore the wheat, and the barley, the oil, and the wine, which my lord hath spoken of, let him
send unto his servants: 16And 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.
17And 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
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thousand and three thousand and six hundred. 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.
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Temple Construction Begins
(1 Kings 6:1-4)
1Then Solomon began to build the house of the LORD at Jerusalem in mount Moriah, where [the
LORD] appeared unto David his father, in the place that David had prepared in the threshingfloor
of Ornan the Jebusite. 2And he began to build in the second [day] of the second month, in the
fourth year of his reign.
Dimensions and Materials
3Now 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.
4And 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. 5And the greater house he cieled with fir tree, which he overlaid with fine
gold, and set thereon palm trees and chains. 6And he garnished the house with precious stones for
beauty: and the gold [was] gold of Parvaim. 7He overlaid also the house, the beams, the posts,
and the walls thereof, and the doors thereof, with gold; and graved cherubims on the walls.
8And 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. 9And the weight of the nails [was] fifty shekels of gold. And he
overlaid the upper chambers with gold.
10And in the most holy house he made two cherubims of image work, and overlaid them with gold.
The Cherubim
(1 Kings 6:23-30)
11And 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. 12And [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. 13The wings of these cherubims spread themselves forth twenty cubits: and they stood on
their feet, and their faces [were] inward.
The Veil and Pillars
14And he made the vail [of] blue, and purple, and crimson, and fine linen, and wrought cherubims
thereon.
15Also 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. 16And 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. 17And 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.
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The Bronze Altar and Molten Sea
(1 Kings 7:13-22)
1Moreover he made an altar of brass, twenty cubits the length thereof, and twenty cubits the
breadth thereof, and ten cubits the height thereof. 2Also 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. 3And 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. 4It 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. 5And 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.
The Ten Lavers, Candlesticks, and Tables
(1 Kings 7:38-39)
6He 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.
7And 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. 8He 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.
The Courts
9Furthermore he made the court of the priests, and the great court, and doors for the court, and
overlaid the doors of them with brass. 10And he set the sea on the right side of the east end, over
against the south.
The Instruments of Brass
(1 Kings 7:40-51)
11And 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; 13And 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. 14He made also bases, and lavers made
he upon the bases; 15One sea, and twelve oxen under it. 16The pots also, and the shovels, and the
fleshhooks, and all their instruments, did Huram his father make to king Solomon for the house of
the LORD of bright brass. 17In the plain of Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay ground
between Succoth and Zeredathah. 18Thus Solomon made all these vessels in great abundance: for
the weight of the brass could not be found out.
The Instruments of Gold
19And Solomon made all the vessels that [were for] the house of God, the golden altar also, and the
tables whereon the shewbread [was set]; 20Moreover the candlesticks with their lamps, that they
should burn after the manner before the oracle, of pure gold; 21And the flowers, and the lamps,
and the tongs, [made he of] gold, [and] that perfect gold; 22And 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.
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The Ark Enters the Temple
(1 Kings 8:1-11)
1Thus all the work that Solomon made for the house of the LORD 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.
2Then 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 the LORD
out of the city of David, which [is] Zion. 3Wherefore all the men of Israel assembled themselves
unto the king in the feast which [was] in the seventh month. 4And all the elders of Israel came;
and the Levites took up the ark. 5And 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. 6Also king Solomon, and all the congregation of Israel that were assembled unto
him before the ark, sacrificed sheep and oxen, which could not be told nor numbered for multitude.
7And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the LORD unto his place, to the oracle of the
house, into the most holy [place, even] under the wings of the cherubims: 8For the cherubims
spread forth [their] wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubims covered the ark and the
staves thereof above. 9And 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 the
LORD made [a covenant] with the children of Israel, when they came out of Egypt.
God's Glory Fills the Temple
11And 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: 12Also 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:) 13It came even
to pass, as the trumpeters and singers [were] as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising
and thanking the LORD; and when they lifted up [their] voice with the trumpets and cymbals and
instruments of musick, and praised the LORD, [saying], For [he is] good; for his mercy [endureth]
for ever: that [then] the house was filled with a cloud, [even] the house of the LORD; 14So that
the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud: for the glory of the LORD had filled
the house of God.
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Solomon Blesses the People
(1 Kings 8:12-21)
1Then said Solomon, The LORD hath said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.
2But I have built an house of habitation for thee, and a place for thy dwelling for ever.
3And the king turned his face, and blessed the whole congregation of Israel: and all the
congregation of Israel stood. 4And he said, Blessed [be] the LORD God of Israel, who hath with his
hands fulfilled [that] which he spake with his mouth to my father David, saying, 5Since 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: 6But I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there; and have
chosen David to be over my people Israel. 7Now it was in the heart of David my father to build an
house for the name of the LORD God of Israel. 8But the LORD 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:
9Notwithstanding 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. 10The LORD 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
Israel, as the LORD promised, and have built the house for the name of the LORD God of Israel.
11And in it have I put the ark, wherein [is] the covenant of the LORD, that he made with the
children of Israel.
Solomon's Prayer of Dedication
(1 Kings 8:22-53)
12And he stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of all the congregation of Israel, and
spread forth his hands: 13For 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, 14And said, O LORD 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: 15Thou 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.
16Now therefore, O LORD 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. 17Now then, O LORD God of Israel, let thy word be verified, which thou hast spoken
unto thy servant David.
18But 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! 19Have respect
therefore to the prayer of thy servant, and to his supplication, O LORD my God, to hearken unto
the cry and the prayer which thy servant prayeth before thee: 20That 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. 21Hearken
therefore unto the supplications of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, which they shall make
toward this place: hear thou from thy dwelling place, [even] from heaven; and when thou hearest,
forgive.
22If 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; 23Then 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.
24And 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; 25Then 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.
26When 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; 27Then 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.
28If 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: 30Then 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:) 31That they may fear thee, to walk in thy
ways, so long as they live in the land which thou gavest unto our fathers.
32Moreover 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; 33Then 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.
34If 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; 35Then hear thou from the heavens their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their
cause.
36If 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; 37Yet [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; 38If 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: 39Then 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.
40Now, 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.
41Now therefore arise, O LORD God, into thy resting place, thou, and the ark of thy strength: let
thy priests, O LORD God, be clothed with salvation, and let thy saints rejoice in goodness.
42O LORD God, turn not away the face of thine anointed: remember the mercies of David thy
servant.
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Fire from Heaven
(Psalm 135:1-21; Psalm 136:1-26)
1Now 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 the LORD filled the house. 2And the priests
could not enter into the house of the LORD, because the glory of the LORD had filled the LORD'S
house. 3And when all the children of Israel saw how the fire came down, and the glory of the
LORD upon the house, they bowed themselves with their faces to the ground upon the pavement,
and worshipped, and praised the LORD, [saying], For [he is] good; for his mercy [endureth] for
ever.
Solomon's Solemn Sacrifice
(1 Kings 8:62-66)
4Then the king and all the people offered sacrifices before the LORD. 5And 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. 6And the priests waited on their offices: the
Levites also with instruments of musick of the LORD, which David the king had made to praise the
LORD, because his mercy [endureth] for ever, when David praised by their ministry; and the priests
sounded trumpets before them, and all Israel stood.
7Moreover Solomon hallowed the middle of the court that [was] before the house of the LORD: 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.
The Feast of Dedication
(Ezra 6:16-18)
8Also at the same time Solomon kept the feast seven days, and all Israel with him, a very great
congregation, from the entering in of Hamath unto the river of Egypt. 9And in the eighth day they
made a solemn assembly: for they kept the dedication of the altar seven days, and the feast seven
days. 10And 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 the LORD had shewed unto David, and to
Solomon, and to Israel his people.
God's Promise and Warning
(1 Kings 9:1-9)
11Thus Solomon finished the house of the LORD, and the king's house: and all that came into
Solomon's heart to make in the house of the LORD, and in his own house, he prosperously
effected.
12And the LORD 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. 13If 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; 14If
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. 15Now mine eyes shall be open, and mine ears attent unto the prayer [that is
made] in this place. 16For 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. 17And 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; 18Then 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.
19But 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; 20Then 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. 21And this house, which is high, shall be an astonishment to every one that passeth by it;
so that he shall say, Why hath the LORD done thus unto this land, and unto this house? 22And it
shall be answered, Because they forsook the LORD God of their fathers, which brought them forth
out of the land of Egypt, and laid hold on other gods, and worshipped them, and served them:
therefore hath he brought all this evil upon them.
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Solomon's Additional Accomplishments
(1 Kings 9:15-28)
1And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, wherein Solomon had built the house of the LORD,
and his own house, 2That the cities which Huram had restored to Solomon, Solomon built them,
and caused the children of Israel to dwell there.
3And Solomon went to Hamathzobah, and prevailed against it. 4And he built Tadmor in the
wilderness, and all the store cities, which he built in Hamath. 5Also he built Bethhoron the upper,
and Bethhoron the nether, fenced cities, with walls, gates, and bars; 6And 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 Israel, 8[But] of their children, who were left after
them in the land, whom the children of Israel consumed not, them did Solomon make to pay
tribute until this day. 9But of the children of Israel did Solomon make no servants for his work; but
they [were] men of war, and chief of his captains, and captains of his chariots and horsemen.
10And these [were] the chief of king Solomon's officers, [even] two hundred and fifty, that bare
rule over the people.
11And 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 the LORD hath come.
12Then Solomon offered burnt offerings unto the LORD on the altar of the LORD, which he had built
before the porch, 13Even 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.
14And 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. 15And they departed not from the commandment of the king unto the priests
and Levites concerning any matter, or concerning the treasures.
16Now all the work of Solomon was prepared unto the day of the foundation of the house of the
LORD, and until it was finished. [So] the house of the LORD was perfected.
17Then went Solomon to Eziongeber, and to Eloth, at the sea side in the land of Edom. 18And
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.

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The Queen of Sheba
(1 Kings 10:1-13)
1And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, she came to prove Solomon with
hard questions at Jerusalem, with a very great company, and camels that bare spices, and gold in
abundance, and precious stones: and when she was come to Solomon, she communed with him of
all that was in her heart. 2And Solomon told her all her questions: and there was nothing hid from
Solomon which he told her not. 3And when the queen of Sheba had seen the wisdom of Solomon,
and the house that he had built, 4And 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 the LORD; there was no more spirit in her. 5And she
said to the king, [It was] a true report which I heard in mine own land of thine acts, and of thy
wisdom: 6Howbeit 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. 7Happy [are] thy men, and happy [are] these thy servants, which stand
continually before thee, and hear thy wisdom. 8Blessed be the LORD thy God, which delighted in
thee to set thee on his throne, [to be] king for the LORD thy God: because thy God loved Israel, to
establish them for ever, therefore made he thee king over them, to do judgment and justice. 9And
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 Sheba gave king Solomon.
10And the servants also of Huram, and the servants of Solomon, which brought gold from Ophir,
brought algum trees and precious stones. 11And the king made [of] the algum trees terraces to the
house of the LORD, and to the king's palace, and harps and psalteries for singers: and there were
none such seen before in the land of Judah.
12And king Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatsoever she asked, beside [that]
which she had brought unto the king. So she turned, and went away to her own land, she and her
servants.
Solomon's Wealth and Splendor
13Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred and threescore and six
talents of gold; 14Beside [that which] chapmen and merchants brought. And all the kings of Arabia
and governors of the country brought gold and silver to Solomon. 15And king Solomon made two
hundred targets [of] beaten gold: six hundred [shekels] of beaten gold went to one target. 16And
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 forest of Lebanon.
17Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with pure gold. 18And [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: 19And 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. 20And all the drinking vessels of king Solomon [were of] gold, and all the vessels of
the house of the forest of Lebanon [were of] pure gold: none [were of] silver; it was [not] any
thing accounted of in the days of Solomon. 21For 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.
22And king Solomon passed all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom. 23And all the kings of
the earth sought the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom, that God had put in his heart.
24And 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.
25And 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 Jerusalem. 26And he reigned over all
the kings from the river even unto the land of the Philistines, and to the border of Egypt. 27And the
king made silver in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar trees made he as the sycomore trees that [are]
in the low plains in abundance. 28And they brought unto Solomon horses out of Egypt, and out of
all lands.
The Death of Solomon
(1 Kings 11:41-43)
29Now 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? 30And Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years.
31And Solomon slept with his fathers, and he was buried in the city of David his father: and
Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead.
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Rebellion against Rehoboam
(1 Kings 12:1-15)
1And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for to Shechem were all Israel come to make him king. 2And it
came to pass, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who [was] in Egypt, whither he had fled from the
presence of Solomon the king, heard [it], that Jeroboam returned out of Egypt. 3And they sent and
called him. So Jeroboam and all Israel came and spake to Rehoboam, saying, 4Thy 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. 5And he said unto them, Come again unto
me after three days. And the people departed.
6And 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? 7And 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. 8But 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. 9And 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? 10And 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. 11For
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.
12So 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. 13And the king answered them roughly; and king Rehoboam
forsook the counsel of the old men, 14And 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. 15So the king hearkened not unto the people: for
the cause was of God, that the LORD might perform his word, which he spake by the hand of
Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.
The Kingdom Divided
(1 Kings 12:16-19)
16And when all Israel [saw] that the king would not hearken unto them, the people answered the
king, saying, What portion have we in David? and [we have] none inheritance in the son of Jesse:
every man to your tents, O Israel: [and] now, David, see to thine own house. So all Israel went to
their tents.
17But [as for] the children of Israel that dwelt in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them.
18Then king Rehoboam sent Hadoram that [was] over the tribute; and the children of Israel stoned
him with stones, that he died. But king Rehoboam made speed to get him up to [his] chariot, to
flee to Jerusalem. 19And Israel rebelled against the house of David unto this day.
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Shemaiah's Prophecy
(1 Kings 12:20-24)
1And when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he gathered of the house of Judah and Benjamin an
hundred and fourscore thousand chosen [men], which were warriors, to fight against Israel, that
he might bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam. 2But the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah the
man of God, saying, 3Speak unto Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all Israel in
Judah and Benjamin, saying, 4Thus saith the LORD, 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 the LORD, and returned from going against Jeroboam.
Rehoboam Fortifies Judah
(1 Kings 14:21-24)
5And Rehoboam dwelt in Jerusalem, and built cities for defence in Judah. 6He built even
Bethlehem, and Etam, and Tekoa, 7And Bethzur, and Shoco, and Adullam, 8And Gath, and
Mareshah, and Ziph, 9And Adoraim, and Lachish, and Azekah, 10And Zorah, and Aijalon, and
Hebron, which [are] in Judah and in Benjamin fenced cities. 11And he fortified the strong holds,
and put captains in them, and store of victual, and of oil and wine. 12And in every several city [he
put] shields and spears, and made them exceeding strong, having Judah and Benjamin on his side.
Priests and Levites Forsaken by Jeroboam
13And the priests and the Levites that [were] in all Israel resorted to him out of all their coasts.
14For the Levites left their suburbs and their possession, and came to Judah and Jerusalem: for
Jeroboam and his sons had cast them off from executing the priest's office unto the LORD: 15And
he ordained him priests for the high places, and for the devils, and for the calves which he had
made. 16And after them out of all the tribes of Israel such as set their hearts to seek the LORD God
of Israel came to Jerusalem, to sacrifice unto the LORD God of their fathers. 17So they
strengthened the kingdom of Judah, and made Rehoboam the son of Solomon strong, three years:
for three years they walked in the way of David and Solomon.
Rehoboam's Family
18And Rehoboam took him Mahalath the daughter of Jerimoth the son of David to wife, [and]
Abihail the daughter of Eliab the son of Jesse; 19Which bare him children; Jeush, and Shamariah,
and Zaham. 20And after her he took Maachah the daughter of Absalom; which bare him Abijah,
and Attai, and Ziza, and Shelomith. 21And 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.) 22And Rehoboam made Abijah the
son of Maachah the chief, [to be] ruler among his brethren: for [he thought] to make him king.
23And 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.
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Egypt Invades Judah
(1 Kings 14:25-31)
1And it came to pass, when Rehoboam had established the kingdom, and had strengthened himself,
he forsook the law of the LORD, and all Israel with him. 2And 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 the LORD, 3With 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. 4And he took the fenced cities which [pertained] to Judah, and
came to Jerusalem. 5Then 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 the LORD, Ye have forsaken me, and therefore have I also left you in the hand of Shishak.
6Whereupon the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves; and they said, The LORD [is]
righteous.
7And when the LORD saw that they humbled themselves, the word of the LORD 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 Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak.
8Nevertheless they shall be his servants; that they may know my service, and the service of the
kingdoms of the countries.
Egypt Plunders Jerusalem
9So Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, and took away the treasures of the house of
the LORD, and the treasures of the king's house; he took all: he carried away also the shields of
gold which Solomon had made. 10Instead 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. 11And when the king entered into the house of the LORD, the guard came and fetched
them, and brought them again into the guard chamber. 12And when he humbled himself, the
wrath of the LORD turned from him, that he would not destroy [him] altogether: and also in Judah
things went well.
The Death of Rehoboam
13So king Rehoboam strengthened himself in Jerusalem, and reigned: for Rehoboam [was] one and
forty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city
which the LORD had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there. And his mother's
name [was] Naamah an Ammonitess. 14And he did evil, because he prepared not his heart to seek
the LORD.
15Now 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. 16And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of
David: and Abijah his son reigned in his stead.

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Abijah Succeeds Rehoboam in Judah
(1 Kings 15:1-8)
1Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam began Abijah to reign over Judah. 2He reigned three
years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also [was] Michaiah the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. And
there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam. 3And 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.
Civil War against Jeroboam
(Judges 20:18-23; 2 Samuel 2:12-32; Matthew 13:33-33; Luke 13:20-21)
4And Abijah stood up upon mount Zemaraim, which [is] in mount Ephraim, and said, Hear me, thou
Jeroboam, and all Israel; 5Ought ye not to know that the LORD God of Israel gave the kingdom
over Israel to David for ever, [even] to him and to his sons by a covenant of salt? 6Yet Jeroboam
the son of Nebat, the servant of Solomon the son of David, is risen up, and hath rebelled against
his lord. 7And 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.
8And now ye think to withstand the kingdom of the LORD in the hand of the sons of David; and ye
[be] a great multitude, and [there are] with you golden calves, which Jeroboam made you for
gods. 9Have ye not cast out the priests of the LORD, 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. 10But as for us, the LORD [is] our God, and we have not forsaken him; and the
priests, which minister unto the LORD, [are] the sons of Aaron, and the Levites [wait] upon [their]
business: 11And they burn unto the LORD 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 the LORD our God;
but ye have forsaken him. 12And, behold, God himself [is] with us for [our] captain, and his priests
with sounding trumpets to cry alarm against you. O children of Israel, fight ye not against the
LORD God of your fathers; for ye shall not prosper.
13But Jeroboam caused an ambushment to come about behind them: so they were before Judah,
and the ambushment [was] behind them. 14And when Judah looked back, behold, the battle [was]
before and behind: and they cried unto the LORD, and the priests sounded with the trumpets.
15Then the men of Judah gave a shout: and as the men of Judah shouted, it came to pass, that
God smote Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah. 16And the children of Israel fled
before Judah: and God delivered them into their hand. 17And Abijah and his people slew them with
a great slaughter: so there fell down slain of Israel five hundred thousand chosen men. 18Thus the
children of Israel were brought under at that time, and the children of Judah prevailed, because
they relied upon the LORD God of their fathers. 19And Abijah pursued after Jeroboam, and took
cities from him, Bethel with the towns thereof, and Jeshanah with the towns thereof, and Ephrain
with the towns thereof.
The Death of Jeroboam
(1 Kings 14:19-20)
20Neither did Jeroboam recover strength again in the days of Abijah: and the LORD struck him, and
he died.
21But Abijah waxed mighty, and married fourteen wives, and begat twenty and two sons, and
sixteen daughters. 22And the rest of the acts of Abijah, and his ways, and his sayings, [are] written
in the story of the prophet Iddo.
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Asa Succeeds Abijah in Judah
(1 Kings 15:9-15)
1So Abijah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David: and Asa his son reigned
in his stead. In his days the land was quiet ten years.
2And Asa did [that which was] good and right in the eyes of the LORD his God: 3For he took away
the altars of the strange [gods], and the high places, and brake down the images, and cut down
the groves: 4And commanded Judah to seek the LORD God of their fathers, and to do the law and
the commandment. 5Also he took away out of all the cities of Judah the high places and the
images: and the kingdom was quiet before him. 6And he built fenced cities in Judah: for the land
had rest, and he had no war in those years; because the LORD had given him rest. 7Therefore 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 the LORD our God, we have
sought [him], and he hath given us rest on every side. So they built and prospered. 8And 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.
9And there came out against them Zerah the Ethiopian with an host of a thousand thousand, and
three hundred chariots; and came unto Mareshah. 10Then Asa went out against him, and they set
the battle in array in the valley of Zephathah at Mareshah. 11And Asa cried unto the LORD his God,
and said, LORD, [it is] nothing with thee to help, whether with many, or with them that have no
power: help us, O LORD our God; for we rest on thee, and in thy name we go against this
multitude. O LORD, thou [art] our God; let not man prevail against thee. 12So the LORD smote the
Ethiopians before Asa, and before Judah; and the Ethiopians fled. 13And 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 the LORD, and before his host; and they
carried away very much spoil. 14And they smote all the cities round about Gerar; for the fear of the
LORD came upon them: and they spoiled all the cities; for there was exceeding much spoil in them.
15They smote also the tents of cattle, and carried away sheep and camels in abundance, and
returned to Jerusalem.
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The Prophecy of Azariah
1And the Spirit of God came upon Azariah the son of Oded: 2And he went out to meet Asa, and
said unto him, Hear ye me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin; The LORD [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.
3Now for a long season Israel [hath been] without the true God, and without a teaching priest, and
without law. 4But when they in their trouble did turn unto the LORD God of Israel, and sought him,
he was found of them. 5And 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. 6And nation was
destroyed of nation, and city of city: for God did vex them with all adversity. 7Be ye strong
therefore, and let not your hands be weak: for your work shall be rewarded.
Asa's Reforms
8And 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 the LORD, that [was] before
the porch of the LORD. 9And 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 Israel in abundance, when
they saw that the LORD his God [was] with him. 10So they gathered themselves together at
Jerusalem in the third month, in the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa. 11And they offered unto the
LORD the same time, of the spoil [which] they had brought, seven hundred oxen and seven
thousand sheep. 12And they entered into a covenant to seek the LORD God of their fathers with all
their heart and with all their soul; 13That whosoever would not seek the LORD God of Israel should
be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman. 14And they sware unto the LORD
with a loud voice, and with shouting, and with trumpets, and with cornets. 15And all Judah rejoiced
at the oath: for they had sworn with all their heart, and sought him with their whole desire; and he
was found of them: and the LORD gave them rest round about.
16And 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. 17But the high places were not taken away out of Israel: nevertheless the
heart of Asa was perfect all his days. 18And 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. 19And there
was no [more] war unto the five and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa.
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Asa's Treaty with Syria
(1 Kings 15:16-22)
1In the six and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa Baasha king of Israel came up against Judah, and
built Ramah, to the intent that he might let none go out or come in to Asa king of Judah. 2Then
Asa brought out silver and gold out of the treasures of the house of the LORD 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. 4And
Benhadad hearkened unto king Asa, and sent the captains of his armies against the cities of Israel;
and they smote Ijon, and Dan, and Abelmaim, and all the store cities of Naphtali. 5And it came to
pass, when Baasha heard [it], that he left off building of Ramah, and let his work cease. 6Then Asa
the king took all Judah; and they carried away the stones of Ramah, and the timber thereof,
wherewith Baasha was building; and he built therewith Geba and Mizpah.
Hanani's Message to Asa
7And at that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah, and said unto him, Because thou hast
relied on the king of Syria, and not relied on the LORD thy God, therefore is the host of the king of
Syria escaped out of thine hand. 8Were not the Ethiopians and the Lubims a huge host, with very
many chariots and horsemen? yet, because thou didst rely on the LORD, he delivered them into
thine hand. 9For the eyes of the LORD 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. 10Then 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.
The Death and Burial of Asa
11And, behold, the acts of Asa, first and last, lo, they [are] written in the book of the kings of Judah
and Israel. 12And 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 the LORD, but to the
physicians. 13And Asa slept with his fathers, and died in the one and fortieth year of his reign.
14And 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.
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Jehoshaphat Reigns Well in Judah
(1 Kings 15:23-24)
1And Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his stead, and strengthened himself against Israel. 2And he
placed forces in all the fenced cities of Judah, and set garrisons in the land of Judah, and in the
cities of Ephraim, which Asa his father had taken.
3And the LORD was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the first ways of his father David, and
sought not unto Baalim; 4But sought to the [LORD] God of his father, and walked in his
commandments, and not after the doings of Israel. 5Therefore the LORD stablished the kingdom in
his hand; and all Judah brought to Jehoshaphat presents; and he had riches and honour in
abundance. 6And his heart was lifted up in the ways of the LORD: moreover he took away the high
places and groves out of Judah.
7Also 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 Judah. 8And with them [he
sent] Levites, [even] Shemaiah, and Nethaniah, and Zebadiah, and Asahel, and Shemiramoth, and
Jehonathan, and Adonijah, and Tobijah, and Tobadonijah, Levites; and with them Elishama and
Jehoram, priests. 9And they taught in Judah, and [had] the book of the law of the LORD with
them, and went about throughout all the cities of Judah, and taught the people.
10And the fear of the LORD fell upon all the kingdoms of the lands that [were] round about Judah,
so that they made no war against Jehoshaphat. 11Also [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. 12And Jehoshaphat waxed
great exceedingly; and he built in Judah castles, and cities of store. 13And he had much business in
the cities of Judah: and the men of war, mighty men of valour, [were] in Jerusalem. 14And 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. 15And
next to him [was] Jehohanan the captain, and with him two hundred and fourscore thousand.
16And next him [was] Amasiah the son of Zichri, who willingly offered himself unto the LORD; and
with him two hundred thousand mighty men of valour. 17And of Benjamin; Eliada a mighty man of
valour, and with him armed men with bow and shield two hundred thousand. 18And next him
[was] Jehozabad, and with him an hundred and fourscore thousand ready prepared for the war.
19These waited on the king, beside [those] whom the king put in the fenced cities throughout all
Judah.
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Jehoshaphat Allies with Ahab
(1 Kings 22:1-12)
1Now Jehoshaphat had riches and honour in abundance, and joined affinity with Ahab. 2And after
[certain] years he went down to Ahab to Samaria. And Ahab killed sheep and oxen for him in
abundance, and for the people that [he had] with him, and persuaded him to go up [with him] to
Ramothgilead. 3And Ahab king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat king of Judah, Wilt thou go with me
to Ramothgilead? And he answered him, I [am] as thou [art], and my people as thy people; and
[we will be] with thee in the war.
4And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, Inquire, I pray thee, at the word of the LORD to day.
5Therefore the king of Israel gathered together of prophets four hundred men, and said unto
them, Shall we go to Ramothgilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go up; for God will
deliver [it] into the king's hand. 6But Jehoshaphat said, [Is there] not here a prophet of the LORD
besides, that we might inquire of him? 7And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, [There is]
yet one man, by whom we may inquire of the LORD: but I hate him; for he never prophesied good
unto me, but always evil: the same [is] Micaiah the son of Imla. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the
king say so.
8And the king of Israel called for one [of his] officers, and said, Fetch quickly Micaiah the son of
Imla. 9And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah sat either of them on his throne,
clothed in [their] robes, and they sat in a void place at the entering in of the gate of Samaria; and
all the prophets prophesied before them. 10And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah had made him
horns of iron, and said, Thus saith the LORD, With these thou shalt push Syria until they be
consumed. 11And all the prophets prophesied so, saying, Go up to Ramothgilead, and prosper: for
the LORD shall deliver [it] into the hand of the king.
Micaiah Prophesies against Ahab
(1 Kings 22:13-28)
12And 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. 13And Micaiah said, [As] the LORD liveth, even what my God
saith, that will I speak.
14And 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. 15And 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 the LORD?
16Then he said, I did see all Israel scattered upon the mountains, as sheep that have no shepherd:
and the LORD said, These have no master; let them return [therefore] every man to his house in
peace.
17And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, Did I not tell thee [that] he would not prophesy good
unto me, but evil?
18Again he said, Therefore hear the word of the LORD; I saw the LORD sitting upon his throne, and
all the host of heaven standing on his right hand and [on] his left. 19And the LORD said, Who shall
entice Ahab king of Israel, that he may go up and fall at Ramothgilead? And one spake saying after
this manner, and another saying after that manner. 20Then there came out a spirit, and stood
before the LORD, and said, I will entice him. And the LORD said unto him, Wherewith? 21And he
said, I will go out, and be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And [the LORD] said, Thou
shalt entice [him], and thou shalt also prevail: go out, and do [even] so. 22Now therefore, behold,
the LORD hath put a lying spirit in the mouth of these thy prophets, and the LORD hath spoken evil
against thee.
23Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near, and smote Micaiah upon the cheek, and said,
Which way went the Spirit of the LORD from me to speak unto thee? 24And Micaiah said, Behold,
thou shalt see on that day when thou shalt go into an inner chamber to hide thyself. 25Then 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; 26And 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. 27And Micaiah said, If
thou certainly return in peace, [then] hath not the LORD spoken by me. And he said, Hearken, all
ye people.
Ahab's Defeat and Death
(1 Kings 22:29-40)
28So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went up to Ramothgilead. 29And the king
of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, I will disguise myself, and will go to the battle; but put thou on thy
robes. So the king of Israel disguised himself; and they went to the battle. 30Now 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. 31And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots
saw Jehoshaphat, that they said, It [is] the king of Israel. Therefore they compassed about him to
fight: but Jehoshaphat cried out, and the LORD helped him; and God moved them [to depart] from
him. 32For it came to pass, that, when the captains of the chariots perceived that it was not the
king of Israel, they turned back again from pursuing him. 33And a [certain] man drew a bow at a
venture, and smote the king of Israel between the joints of the harness: therefore he said to his
chariot man, Turn thine hand, that thou mayest carry me out of the host; for I am wounded. 34And
the battle increased that day: howbeit the king of Israel stayed [himself] up in [his] chariot against
the Syrians until the even: and about the time of the sun going down he died.
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Jehoshaphat Reproved by Jehu
1And Jehoshaphat the king of Judah returned to his house in peace to Jerusalem. 2And 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 the LORD? therefore [is] wrath upon thee from before the
LORD. 3Nevertheless 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.
Jehoshaphat's Reforms
(1 Kings 22:41-50; 2 Chronicles 20:31-34)
4And Jehoshaphat dwelt at Jerusalem: and he went out again through the people from Beersheba
to mount Ephraim, and brought them back unto the LORD God of their fathers.
5And he set judges in the land throughout all the fenced cities of Judah, city by city, 6And said to
the judges, Take heed what ye do: for ye judge not for man, but for the LORD, who [is] with you
in the judgment. 7Wherefore now let the fear of the LORD be upon you; take heed and do [it]: for
[there is] no iniquity with the LORD our God, nor respect of persons, nor taking of gifts.
8Moreover in Jerusalem did Jehoshaphat set of the Levites, and [of] the priests, and of the chief of
the fathers of Israel, for the judgment of the LORD, and for controversies, when they returned to
Jerusalem. 9And he charged them, saying, Thus shall ye do in the fear of the LORD, faithfully, and
with a perfect heart. 10And 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 the LORD, and [so] wrath come upon you, and
upon your brethren: this do, and ye shall not trespass. 11And, behold, Amariah the chief priest [is]
over you in all matters of the LORD; 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 the LORD shall be with the good.
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Jehoshaphat Invaded by Moab
(Obadiah 1:1-14)
1It came to pass after this also, [that] the children of Moab, and the children of Ammon, and with
them [other] beside the Ammonites, came against Jehoshaphat to battle. 2Then there came some
that told Jehoshaphat, saying, There cometh a great multitude against thee from beyond the sea
on this side Syria; and, behold, they [be] in Hazazontamar, which [is] Engedi. 3And Jehoshaphat
feared, and set himself to seek the LORD, and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah. 4And Judah
gathered themselves together, to ask [help] of the LORD: even out of all the cities of Judah they
came to seek the LORD.
Jehoshaphat's Prayer
5And Jehoshaphat stood in the congregation of Judah and Jerusalem, in the house of the LORD,
before the new court, 6And said, O LORD 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? 8And they dwelt therein, and have built thee a sanctuary therein for thy name, saying, 9If,
[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. 10And 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; 11Behold, [I say, how] they reward us, to
come to cast us out of thy possession, which thou hast given us to inherit. 12O 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.
13And all Judah stood before the LORD, with their little ones, their wives, and their children.
The Prophecy of Jahaziel
14Then 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 the LORD in the midst of the
congregation; 15And he said, Hearken ye, all Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem, and thou king
Jehoshaphat, Thus saith the LORD unto you, Be not afraid nor dismayed by reason of this great
multitude; for the battle [is] not yours, but God's. 16To 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. 17Ye shall not [need] to fight in this [battle]: set yourselves, stand ye [still],
and see the salvation of the LORD with you, O Judah and Jerusalem: fear not, nor be dismayed; to
morrow go out against them: for the LORD [will be] with you.
18And Jehoshaphat bowed his head with [his] face to the ground: and all Judah and the inhabitants
of Jerusalem fell before the LORD, worshipping the LORD. 19And the Levites, of the children of the
Kohathites, and of the children of the Korhites, stood up to praise the LORD God of Israel with a
loud voice on high.
The Enemies Destroy Themselves
20And 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 the LORD your God, so shall ye be established; believe his prophets, so shall ye prosper.
21And when he had consulted with the people, he appointed singers unto the LORD, and that
should praise the beauty of holiness, as they went out before the army, and to say, Praise the
LORD; for his mercy [endureth] for ever. 22And when they began to sing and to praise, the LORD
set ambushments against the children of Ammon, Moab, and mount Seir, which were come against
Judah; and they were smitten. 23For the children of Ammon and Moab stood up against the
inhabitants of mount Seir, utterly to slay and destroy [them]: and when they had made an end of
the inhabitants of Seir, every one helped to destroy another.
24And when Judah came toward the watch tower in the wilderness, they looked unto the multitude,
and, behold, they [were] dead bodies fallen to the earth, and none escaped. 25And 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.
The People Return in Triumph
26And on the fourth day they assembled themselves in the valley of Berachah; for there they
blessed the LORD: therefore the name of the same place was called, The valley of Berachah, unto
this day. 27Then they returned, every man of Judah and Jerusalem, and Jehoshaphat in the
forefront of them, to go again to Jerusalem with joy; for the LORD had made them to rejoice over
their enemies. 28And they came to Jerusalem with psalteries and harps and trumpets unto the
house of the LORD. 29And the fear of God was on all the kingdoms of [those] countries, when they
had heard that the LORD fought against the enemies of Israel. 30So the realm of Jehoshaphat was
quiet: for his God gave him rest round about.
Summary of Jehoshaphat's Reign
(1 Kings 22:41-50; 2 Chronicles 19:4-11)
31And Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah: [he was] thirty and five years old when he began to reign,
and he reigned twenty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name [was] Azubah the
daughter of Shilhi. 32And he walked in the way of Asa his father, and departed not from it, doing
[that which was] right in the sight of the LORD. 33Howbeit the high places were not taken away:
for as yet the people had not prepared their hearts unto the God of their fathers.
34Now 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 Israel.
Jehoshaphat's Convoy Perishes
35And after this did Jehoshaphat king of Judah join himself with Ahaziah king of Israel, who did very
wickedly: 36And he joined himself with him to make ships to go to Tarshish: and they made the
ships in Eziongeber. 37Then Eliezer the son of Dodavah of Mareshah prophesied against
Jehoshaphat, saying, Because thou hast joined thyself with Ahaziah, the LORD hath broken thy
works. And the ships were broken, that they were not able to go to Tarshish.
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Jehoram's Wicked Reign in Judah
(2 Kings 8:16-19)
1Now Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David. And
Jehoram his son reigned in his stead. 2And 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 Israel. 3And their father gave them great gifts of silver, and of gold, and of
precious things, with fenced cities in Judah: but the kingdom gave he to Jehoram; because he
[was] the firstborn.
4Now 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 Israel. 5Jehoram [was] thirty and
two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem. 6And he walked in
the way of the kings of Israel, like as did the house of Ahab: for he had the daughter of Ahab to
wife: and he wrought [that which was] evil in the eyes of the LORD. 7Howbeit the LORD 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.
Edom and Libnah Revolt
(2 Kings 8:20-24)
8In his days the Edomites revolted from under the dominion of Judah, and made themselves a king.
9Then 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. 10So the
Edomites revolted from under the hand of Judah unto this day. The same time [also] did Libnah
revolt from under his hand; because he had forsaken the LORD God of his fathers. 11Moreover he
made high places in the mountains of Judah, and caused the inhabitants of Jerusalem to commit
fornication, and compelled Judah [thereto].
Elija's Letter to Jehoram
12And there came a writing to him from Elijah the prophet, saying, Thus saith the LORD 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, 13But 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:
14Behold, with a great plague will the LORD smite thy people, and thy children, and thy wives, and
all thy goods: 15And thou [shalt have] great sickness by disease of thy bowels, until thy bowels fall
out by reason of the sickness day by day.
Jehoram's Disease and Death
16Moreover the LORD stirred up against Jehoram the spirit of the Philistines, and of the Arabians,
that [were] near the Ethiopians: 17And 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.
18And after all this the LORD smote him in his bowels with an incurable disease. 19And 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. 20Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned in
Jerusalem eight years, and departed without being desired. Howbeit they buried him in the city of
David, but not in the sepulchres of the kings.
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Ahaziah Reigns Wickedly in Judah
(2 Kings 8:25-29)
1And the inhabitants of Jerusalem made Ahaziah his youngest son king in his stead: for the band of
men that came with the Arabians to the camp had slain all the eldest. So Ahaziah the son of
Jehoram king of Judah reigned. 2Forty and two years old [was] Ahaziah when he began to reign,
and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. His mother's name also [was] Athaliah the daughter of
Omri. 3He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab: for his mother was his counseller to do
wickedly. 4Wherefore he did evil in the sight of the LORD like the house of Ahab: for they were his
counsellers after the death of his father to his destruction.
Ahaziah Allies with Jehoram of Israel
5He walked also after their counsel, and went with Jehoram the son of Ahab king of Israel to war
against Hazael king of Syria at Ramothgilead: and the Syrians smote Joram. 6And he returned to
be healed in Jezreel because of the wounds which were given him at Ramah, when he fought with
Hazael king of Syria. And Azariah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see Jehoram the
son of Ahab at Jezreel, because he was sick.
7And 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 the LORD had anointed to cut off the
house of Ahab.
Jehu Kills the Princes of Judah
(2 Kings 9:14-29)
8And it came to pass, that, when Jehu was executing judgment upon the house of Ahab, and found
the princes of Judah, and the sons of the brethren of Ahaziah, that ministered to Ahaziah, he slew
them. 9And he sought Ahaziah: and they caught him, (for he was hid in Samaria,) and brought him
to Jehu: and when they had slain him, they buried him: Because, said they, he [is] the son of
Jehoshaphat, who sought the LORD with all his heart. So the house of Ahaziah had no power to
keep still the kingdom.
Athaliah Queen in Judah
(2 Kings 11:1-3)
10But when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all
the seed royal of the house of Judah. 11But 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. 12And
he was with them hid in the house of God six years: and Athaliah reigned over the land.

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Joash Anointed King in Judah
(2 Kings 11:4-12)
1And 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. 2And they
went about in Judah, and gathered the Levites out of all the cities of Judah, and the chief of the
fathers of Israel, and they came to Jerusalem. 3And 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 the LORD
hath said of the sons of David. 4This [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; 5And 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 the LORD. 6But let none come into the house of the LORD,
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 the LORD. 7And 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.
8So the Levites and all Judah did according to all things that Jehoiada the priest had commanded,
and took every man his men that were to come in on the sabbath, with them that were to go [out]
on the sabbath: for Jehoiada the priest dismissed not the courses. 9Moreover 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. 10And 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. 11Then 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.
The Death of Athaliah
(2 Kings 11:13-16)
12Now when Athaliah heard the noise of the people running and praising the king, she came to the
people into the house of the LORD: 13And 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. 14Then 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 the LORD. 15So 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.
Jehoiada Restores the Worship of God
(2 Kings 11:17-21)
16And Jehoiada made a covenant between him, and between all the people, and between the king,
that they should be the LORD'S people. 17Then 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. 18Also Jehoiada appointed the offices of the house of the LORD by the hand of the
priests the Levites, whom David had distributed in the house of the LORD, to offer the burnt
offerings of the LORD, as [it is] written in the law of Moses, with rejoicing and with singing, [as it
was ordained] by David. 19And he set the porters at the gates of the house of the LORD, that none
[which was] unclean in any thing should enter in. 20And 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 the LORD: and they came through the high gate into the king's house, and set
the king upon the throne of the kingdom. 21And all the people of the land rejoiced: and the city
was quiet, after that they had slain Athaliah with the sword.
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Joash Repairs the Temple
(2 Kings 12:1-16)
1Joash [was] seven years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem. His
mother's name also [was] Zibiah of Beersheba. 2And Joash did [that which was] right in the sight
of the LORD all the days of Jehoiada the priest. 3And Jehoiada took for him two wives; and he
begat sons and daughters.
Faithless Priests
4And it came to pass after this, [that] Joash was minded to repair the house of the LORD. 5And he
gathered together the priests and the Levites, and said to them, Go out unto the cities of Judah,
and gather of all Israel money to repair the house of your God from year to year, and see that ye
hasten the matter. Howbeit the Levites hastened [it] not. 6And 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 the LORD,
and of the congregation of Israel, for the tabernacle of witness? 7For the sons of Athaliah, that
wicked woman, had broken up the house of God; and also all the dedicated things of the house of
the LORD did they bestow upon Baalim.
Joash Orders Repair of the Temple
8And at the king's commandment they made a chest, and set it without at the gate of the house of
the LORD. 9And they made a proclamation through Judah and Jerusalem, to bring in to the LORD
the collection [that] Moses the servant of God [laid] upon Israel in the wilderness. 10And all the
princes and all the people rejoiced, and brought in, and cast into the chest, until they had made an
end. 11Now 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. 12And the king and Jehoiada gave it to
such as did the work of the service of the house of the LORD, and hired masons and carpenters to
repair the house of the LORD, and also such as wrought iron and brass to mend the house of the
LORD. 13So the workmen wrought, and the work was perfected by them, and they set the house of
God in his state, and strengthened it. 14And 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 the LORD,
[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 the LORD continually all the days of Jehoiada.
Jehoiada's Death and Burial
15But Jehoiada waxed old, and was full of days when he died; an hundred and thirty years old [was
he] when he died. 16And they buried him in the city of David among the kings, because he had
done good in Israel, both toward God, and toward his house.
The Wickedness of Joash
17Now after the death of Jehoiada came the princes of Judah, and made obeisance to the king.
Then the king hearkened unto them. 18And they left the house of the LORD God of their fathers,
and served groves and idols: and wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for this their trespass.
19Yet he sent prophets to them, to bring them again unto the LORD; and they testified against
them: but they would not give ear.
20And 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 the LORD,
that ye cannot prosper? because ye have forsaken the LORD, he hath also forsaken you. 21And
they conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at the commandment of the king in the
court of the house of the LORD. 22Thus 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, The LORD look
upon [it], and require [it].
Joash Slain by Zabad and Jehozabad
(2 Kings 12:17-21)
23And it came to pass at the end of the year, [that] the host of Syria came up against him: and
they came to Judah and Jerusalem, and destroyed all the princes of the people from among the
people, and sent all the spoil of them unto the king of Damascus. 24For the army of the Syrians
came with a small company of men, and the LORD delivered a very great host into their hand,
because they had forsaken the LORD God of their fathers. So they executed judgment against
Joash.
25And 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 David, but they buried him not in the sepulchres of
the kings. 26And these are they that conspired against him; Zabad the son of Shimeath an
Ammonitess, and Jehozabad the son of Shimrith a Moabitess. 27Now [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.
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Amaziah Reigns Well in Judah
(2 Kings 14:1-14)
1Amaziah [was] twenty and five years old [when] he began to reign, and he reigned twenty and
nine years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name [was] Jehoaddan of Jerusalem. 2And he did [that
which was] right in the sight of the LORD, but not with a perfect heart. 3Now it came to pass,
when the kingdom was established to him, that he slew his servants that had killed the king his
father. 4But he slew not their children, but [did] as [it is] written in the law in the book of Moses,
where the LORD 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.
Amaziah's Victories
5Moreover 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. 6He
hired also an hundred thousand mighty men of valour out of Israel for an hundred talents of silver.
7But there came a man of God to him, saying, O king, let not the army of Israel go with thee; for
the LORD [is] not with Israel, [to wit, with] all the children of Ephraim. 8But 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. 9And Amaziah said to the man of God, But what shall we do for the hundred
talents which I have given to the army of Israel? And the man of God answered, The LORD is able
to give thee much more than this. 10Then 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
Judah, and they returned home in great anger.
11And Amaziah strengthened himself, and led forth his people, and went to the valley of salt, and
smote of the children of Seir ten thousand. 12And [other] ten thousand [left] alive did the children
of Judah carry away captive, and brought them unto the top of the rock, and cast them down from
the top of the rock, that they all were broken in pieces. 13But the soldiers of the army which
Amaziah sent back, that they should not go with him to battle, fell upon the cities of Judah, from
Samaria even unto Bethhoron, and smote three thousand of them, and took much spoil.
Amaziah Rebuked for Idolatry
14Now 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. 15Wherefore the anger of the LORD 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?
16And 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.
Amaziah Defeated by Joash of Israel
17Then 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. 18And 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. 19Thou 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?
20But 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 Edom. 21So Joash the king of Israel went
up; and they saw one another in the face, [both] he and Amaziah king of Judah, at Bethshemesh,
which [belongeth] to Judah. 22And Judah was put to the worse before Israel, and they fled every
man to his tent. 23And Joash the king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash, the
son of Jehoahaz, at Bethshemesh, and brought him to Jerusalem, and brake down the wall of
Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim to the corner gate, four hundred cubits. 24And [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.
The Death of Amaziah
25And Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death of Joash son of Jehoahaz king
of Israel fifteen years. 26Now the rest of the acts of Amaziah, first and last, behold, [are] they not
written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel? 27Now after the time that Amaziah did turn
away from following the LORD they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem; and he fled to
Lachish: but they sent to Lachish after him, and slew him there. 28And they brought him upon
horses, and buried him with his fathers in the city of Judah.
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Uzziah Reigns in Judah
(2 Kings 14:17-22)
1Then all the people of Judah took Uzziah, who [was] sixteen years old, and made him king in the
room of his father Amaziah. 2He built Eloth, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with
his fathers. 3Sixteen years old [was] Uzziah when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty and two
years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also [was] Jecoliah of Jerusalem. 4And he did [that which
was] right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Amaziah did. 5And he sought
God in the days of Zechariah, who had understanding in the visions of God: and as long as he
sought the LORD, God made him to prosper.
Uzziah's Victories
6And he went forth and warred against the Philistines, and brake down the wall of Gath, and the
wall of Jabneh, and the wall of Ashdod, and built cities about Ashdod, and among the Philistines.
7And God helped him against the Philistines, and against the Arabians that dwelt in Gurbaal, and
the Mehunims. 8And the Ammonites gave gifts to Uzziah: and his name spread abroad [even] to
the entering in of Egypt; for he strengthened [himself] exceedingly. 9Moreover Uzziah built towers
in Jerusalem at the corner gate, and at the valley gate, and at the turning [of the wall], and
fortified them. 10Also he built towers in the desert, and digged many wells: for he had much cattle,
both in the low country, and in the plains: husbandmen [also], and vine dressers in the mountains,
and in Carmel: for he loved husbandry. 11Moreover Uzziah had an host of fighting men, that went
out to war by bands, according to the number of their account by the hand of Jeiel the scribe and
Maaseiah the ruler, under the hand of Hananiah, [one] of the king's captains. 12The whole number
of the chief of the fathers of the mighty men of valour [were] two thousand and six hundred.
13And under their hand [was] an army, three hundred thousand and seven thousand and five
hundred, that made war with mighty power, to help the king against the enemy. 14And Uzziah
prepared for them throughout all the host shields, and spears, and helmets, and habergeons, and
bows, and slings [to cast] stones. 15And he made in Jerusalem engines, invented by cunning men,
to be on the towers and upon the bulwarks, to shoot arrows and great stones withal. And his name
spread far abroad; for he was marvellously helped, till he was strong.
Uzziah's Pride, Leprosy, Death
16But when he was strong, his heart was lifted up to [his] destruction: for he transgressed against
the LORD his God, and went into the temple of the LORD to burn incense upon the altar of incense.
17And Azariah the priest went in after him, and with him fourscore priests of the LORD, [that were]
valiant men: 18And they withstood Uzziah the king, and said unto him, [It appertaineth] not unto
thee, Uzziah, to burn incense unto the LORD, but to the priests the sons of Aaron, that are
consecrated to burn incense: go out of the sanctuary; for thou hast trespassed; neither [shall it be]
for thine honour from the LORD God. 19Then Uzziah was wroth, and [had] a censer in his hand to
burn incense: and while he was wroth with the priests, the leprosy even rose up in his forehead
before the priests in the house of the LORD, from beside the incense altar. 20And Azariah the chief
priest, and all the priests, looked upon him, and, behold, he [was] leprous in his forehead, and they
thrust him out from thence; yea, himself hasted also to go out, because the LORD had smitten him.
21And Uzziah the king was a leper unto the day of his death, and dwelt in a several house, [being]
a leper; for he was cut off from the house of the LORD: and Jotham his son [was] over the king's
house, judging the people of the land.
22Now the rest of the acts of Uzziah, first and last, did Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, write.
23So Uzziah slept with his fathers, and they buried him with his fathers in the field of the burial
which [belonged] to the kings; for they said, He [is] a leper: and Jotham his son reigned in his
stead.
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Jotham's Good Reign in Judah
(2 Kings 15:32-38)
1Jotham [was] twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in
Jerusalem. His mother's name also [was] Jerushah, the daughter of Zadok. 2And he did [that which
was] right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Uzziah did: howbeit he entered
not into the temple of the LORD. And the people did yet corruptly. 3He built the high gate of the
house of the LORD, and on the wall of Ophel he built much. 4Moreover he built cities in the
mountains of Judah, and in the forests he built castles and towers. 5He fought also with the king of
the Ammonites, and prevailed against them. And the children of Ammon gave him the same year
an hundred talents of silver, and ten thousand measures of wheat, and ten thousand of barley. So
much did the children of Ammon pay unto him, both the second year, and the third. 6So Jotham
became mighty, because he prepared his ways before the LORD his God. 7Now the rest of the acts
of Jotham, and all his wars, and his ways, lo, they [are] written in the book of the kings of Israel
and Judah. 8He was five and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned sixteen years
in Jerusalem. 9And Jotham slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David: and
Ahaz his son reigned in his stead.
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Ahaz Reigns Wickedly in Judah
(2 Kings 16:1-9)
1Ahaz [was] twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem:
but he did not [that which was] right in the sight of the LORD, like David his father: 2For he walked
in the ways of the kings of Israel, and made also molten images for Baalim. 3Moreover he burnt
incense in the valley of the son of Hinnom, and burnt his children in the fire, after the abominations
of the heathen whom the LORD had cast out before the children of Israel. 4He sacrificed also and
burnt incense in the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree.
Judah Defeated by Syria
(Isaiah 1:1-9)
5Wherefore the LORD his God delivered him into the hand of the king of Syria; and they smote him,
and carried away a great multitude of them captives, and brought [them] to Damascus. And he
was also delivered into the hand of the king of Israel, who smote him with a great slaughter. 6For
Pekah the son of Remaliah slew in Judah an hundred and twenty thousand in one day, [which
were] all valiant men; because they had forsaken the LORD God of their fathers. 7And Zichri, a
mighty man of Ephraim, slew Maaseiah the king's son, and Azrikam the governor of the house, and
Elkanah [that was] next to the king.
8And the children of Israel carried away captive of their brethren two hundred thousand, women,
sons, and daughters, and took also away much spoil from them, and brought the spoil to Samaria.
9But a prophet of the LORD was there, whose name [was] Oded: and he went out before the host
that came to Samaria, and said unto them, Behold, because the LORD God of your fathers was
wroth with Judah, he hath delivered them into your hand, and ye have slain them in a rage [that]
reacheth up unto heaven. 10And now ye purpose to keep under the children of Judah and
Jerusalem for bondmen and bondwomen unto you: [but are there] not with you, even with you,
sins against the LORD your God? 11Now hear me therefore, and deliver the captives again, which
ye have taken captive of your brethren: for the fierce wrath of the LORD [is] upon you. 12Then
certain of the heads of the children of Ephraim, Azariah the son of Johanan, Berechiah the son of
Meshillemoth, and Jehizkiah the son of Shallum, and Amasa the son of Hadlai, stood up against
them that came from the war, 13And said unto them, Ye shall not bring in the captives hither: for
whereas we have offended against the LORD [already], ye intend to add [more] to our sins and to
our trespass: for our trespass is great, and [there is] fierce wrath against Israel. 14So the armed
men left the captives and the spoil before the princes and all the congregation. 15And the men
which were expressed by name rose up, and took the captives, and with the spoil clothed all that
were naked among them, and arrayed them, and shod them, and gave them to eat and to drink,
and anointed them, and carried all the feeble of them upon asses, and brought them to Jericho,
the city of palm trees, to their brethren: then they returned to Samaria.
Compromise with Assyria
(2 Kings 16:10-18; Amos 1:1-15)
16At that time did king Ahaz send unto the kings of Assyria to help him. 17For again the Edomites
had come and smitten Judah, and carried away captives. 18The Philistines also had invaded the
cities of the low country, and of the south of Judah, and had taken Bethshemesh, and Ajalon, and
Gederoth, and Shocho with the villages thereof, and Timnah with the villages thereof, Gimzo also
and the villages thereof: and they dwelt there. 19For the LORD brought Judah low because of Ahaz
king of Israel; for he made Judah naked, and transgressed sore against the LORD. 20And
Tilgathpilneser king of Assyria came unto him, and distressed him, but strengthened him not. 21For
Ahaz took away a portion [out] of the house of the LORD, and [out] of the house of the king, and
of the princes, and gave [it] unto the king of Assyria: but he helped him not.
Ahaz's Idolatry
22And in the time of his distress did he trespass yet more against the LORD: this [is that] king Ahaz.
23For he sacrificed unto the gods of Damascus, which smote him: and he said, Because the gods of
the kings of Syria help them, [therefore] will I sacrifice to them, that they may help me. But they
were the ruin of him, and of all Israel. 24And Ahaz gathered together the vessels of the house of
God, and cut in pieces the vessels of the house of God, and shut up the doors of the house of the
LORD, and he made him altars in every corner of Jerusalem. 25And in every several city of Judah
he made high places to burn incense unto other gods, and provoked to anger the LORD God of his
fathers.
Hezekiah Succeeds Ahaz in Judah
(2 Kings 16:19-20)
26Now the rest of his acts and of all his ways, first and last, behold, they [are] written in the book
of the kings of Judah and Israel. 27And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city,
[even] in Jerusalem: but they brought him not into the sepulchres of the kings of Israel: and
Hezekiah his son reigned in his stead.
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Hezekiah's Good Reign in Judah
(2 Kings 18:1-12)
1Hezekiah began to reign [when he was] five and twenty years old, and he reigned nine and twenty
years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name [was] Abijah, the daughter of Zechariah. 2And he did
[that which was] right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that David his father had done.
Hezekiah Cleanses the Temple
3He in the first year of his reign, in the first month, opened the doors of the house of the LORD,
and repaired them. 4And he brought in the priests and the Levites, and gathered them together
into the east street,
5And said unto them, Hear me, ye Levites, sanctify now yourselves, and sanctify the house of the
LORD God of your fathers, and carry forth the filthiness out of the holy [place]. 6For our fathers
have trespassed, and done [that which was] evil in the eyes of the LORD our God, and have
forsaken him, and have turned away their faces from the habitation of the LORD, and turned
[their] backs. 7Also they have shut up the doors of the porch, and put out the lamps, and have not
burned incense nor offered burnt offerings in the holy [place] unto the God of Israel. 8Wherefore
the wrath of the LORD was upon Judah and Jerusalem, and he hath delivered them to trouble, to
astonishment, and to hissing, as ye see with your eyes. 9For, lo, our fathers have fallen by the
sword, and our sons and our daughters and our wives [are] in captivity for this. 10Now [it is] in
mine heart to make a covenant with the LORD God of Israel, that his fierce wrath may turn away
from us. 11My sons, be not now negligent: for the LORD hath chosen you to stand before him, to
serve him, and that ye should minister unto him, and burn incense.
12Then the Levites arose, Mahath the son of Amasai, and Joel the son of Azariah, of the sons of the
Kohathites: and of the sons of Merari, Kish the son of Abdi, and Azariah the son of Jehalelel: and of
the Gershonites; Joah the son of Zimmah, and Eden the son of Joah: 13And of the sons of
Elizaphan; Shimri, and Jeiel: and of the sons of Asaph; Zechariah, and Mattaniah: 14And of the
sons of Heman; Jehiel, and Shimei: and of the sons of Jeduthun; Shemaiah, and Uzziel. 15And they
gathered their brethren, and sanctified themselves, and came, according to the commandment of
the king, by the words of the LORD, to cleanse the house of the LORD. 16And the priests went into
the inner part of the house of the LORD, to cleanse [it], and brought out all the uncleanness that
they found in the temple of the LORD into the court of the house of the LORD. And the Levites
took [it], to carry [it] out abroad into the brook Kidron. 17Now they began on the first [day] of the
first month to sanctify, and on the eighth day of the month came they to the porch of the LORD: so
they sanctified the house of the LORD in eight days; and in the sixteenth day of the first month
they made an end. 18Then they went in to Hezekiah the king, and said, We have cleansed all the
house of the LORD, and the altar of burnt offering, with all the vessels thereof, and the shewbread
table, with all the vessels thereof. 19Moreover all the vessels, which king Ahaz in his reign did cast
away in his transgression, have we prepared and sanctified, and, behold, they [are] before the
altar of the LORD.
Hezekiah Restores Temple Worship
20Then Hezekiah the king rose early, and gathered the rulers of the city, and went up to the house
of the LORD. 21And they brought seven bullocks, and seven rams, and seven lambs, and seven he
goats, for a sin offering for the kingdom, and for the sanctuary, and for Judah. And he commanded
the priests the sons of Aaron to offer [them] on the altar of the LORD. 22So they killed the
bullocks, and the priests received the blood, and sprinkled [it] on the altar: likewise, when they had
killed the rams, they sprinkled the blood upon the altar: they killed also the lambs, and they
sprinkled the blood upon the altar. 23And they brought forth the he goats [for] the sin offering
before the king and the congregation; and they laid their hands upon them: 24And the priests killed
them, and they made reconciliation with their blood upon the altar, to make an atonement for all
Israel: for the king commanded [that] the burnt offering and the sin offering [should be made] for
all Israel.
25And he set the Levites in the house of the LORD with cymbals, with psalteries, and with harps,
according to the commandment of David, and of Gad the king's seer, and Nathan the prophet: for
[so was] the commandment of the LORD by his prophets. 26And the Levites stood with the
instruments of David, and the priests with the trumpets. 27And Hezekiah commanded to offer the
burnt offering upon the altar. And when the burnt offering began, the song of the LORD began
[also] with the trumpets, and with the instruments [ordained] by David king of Israel. 28And all the
congregation worshipped, and the singers sang, and the trumpeters sounded: [and] all [this
continued] until the burnt offering was finished.
29And when they had made an end of offering, the king and all that were present with him bowed
themselves, and worshipped. 30Moreover Hezekiah the king and the princes commanded the
Levites to sing praise unto the LORD with the words of David, and of Asaph the seer. And they
sang praises with gladness, and they bowed their heads and worshipped.
31Then Hezekiah answered and said, Now ye have consecrated yourselves unto the LORD, come
near and bring sacrifices and thank offerings into the house of the LORD. And the congregation
brought in sacrifices and thank offerings; and as many as were of a free heart burnt offerings.
32And the number of the burnt offerings, which the congregation brought, was threescore and ten
bullocks, an hundred rams, [and] two hundred lambs: all these [were] for a burnt offering to the
LORD. 33And the consecrated things [were] six hundred oxen and three thousand sheep. 34But the
priests were too few, so that they could not flay all the burnt offerings: wherefore their brethren
the Levites did help them, till the work was ended, and until the [other] priests had sanctified
themselves: for the Levites [were] more upright in heart to sanctify themselves than the priests.
35And also the burnt offerings [were] in abundance, with the fat of the peace offerings, and the
drink offerings for [every] burnt offering. So the service of the house of the LORD was set in order.
36And Hezekiah rejoiced, and all the people, that God had prepared the people: for the thing was
[done] suddenly.
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Hezekiah Proclaims a Passover
1And Hezekiah sent to all Israel and Judah, and wrote letters also to Ephraim and Manasseh, that
they should come to the house of the LORD at Jerusalem, to keep the passover unto the LORD God
of Israel. 2For the king had taken counsel, and his princes, and all the congregation in Jerusalem,
to keep the passover in the second month. 3For they could not keep it at that time, because the
priests had not sanctified themselves sufficiently, neither had the people gathered themselves
together to Jerusalem. 4And the thing pleased the king and all the congregation. 5So they
established a decree to make proclamation throughout all Israel, from Beersheba even to Dan, that
they should come to keep the passover unto the LORD God of Israel at Jerusalem: for they had not
done [it] of a long [time in such sort] as it was written. 6So the posts went with the letters from
the king and his princes throughout all Israel and Judah, and according to the commandment of
the king, saying, Ye children of Israel, turn again unto the LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and
Israel, and he will return to the remnant of you, that are escaped out of the hand of the kings of
Assyria. 7And be not ye like your fathers, and like your brethren, which trespassed against the
LORD God of their fathers, [who] therefore gave them up to desolation, as ye see. 8Now be ye not
stiffnecked, as your fathers [were, but] yield yourselves unto the LORD, and enter into his
sanctuary, which he hath sanctified for ever: and serve the LORD your God, that the fierceness of
his wrath may turn away from you. 9For if ye turn again unto the LORD, your brethren and your
children [shall find] compassion before them that lead them captive, so that they shall come again
into this land: for the LORD your God [is] gracious and merciful, and will not turn away [his] face
from you, if ye return unto him.
10So the posts passed from city to city through the country of Ephraim and Manasseh even unto
Zebulun: but they laughed them to scorn, and mocked them. 11Nevertheless divers of Asher and
Manasseh and of Zebulun humbled themselves, and came to Jerusalem. 12Also in Judah the hand
of God was to give them one heart to do the commandment of the king and of the princes, by the
word of the LORD.
Hezekiah Celebrates the Passover
13And there assembled at Jerusalem much people to keep the feast of unleavened bread in the
second month, a very great congregation. 14And they arose and took away the altars that [were]
in Jerusalem, and all the altars for incense took they away, and cast [them] into the brook Kidron.
15Then they killed the passover on the fourteenth [day] of the second month: and the priests and
the Levites were ashamed, and sanctified themselves, and brought in the burnt offerings into the
house of the LORD. 16And they stood in their place after their manner, according to the law of
Moses the man of God: the priests sprinkled the blood, [which they received] of the hand of the
Levites. 17For [there were] many in the congregation that were not sanctified: therefore the
Levites had the charge of the killing of the passovers for every one [that was] not clean, to sanctify
[them] unto the LORD. 18For a multitude of the people, [even] many of Ephraim, and Manasseh,
Issachar, and Zebulun, had not cleansed themselves, yet did they eat the passover otherwise than
it was written. But Hezekiah prayed for them, saying, The good LORD pardon every one 19[That]
prepareth his heart to seek God, the LORD God of his fathers, though [he be] not [cleansed]
according to the purification of the sanctuary. 20And the LORD hearkened to Hezekiah, and healed
the people. 21And the children of Israel that were present at Jerusalem kept the feast of
unleavened bread seven days with great gladness: and the Levites and the priests praised the
LORD day by day, [singing] with loud instruments unto the LORD. 22And Hezekiah spake
comfortably unto all the Levites that taught the good knowledge of the LORD: and they did eat
throughout the feast seven days, offering peace offerings, and making confession to the LORD God
of their fathers.
23And the whole assembly took counsel to keep other seven days: and they kept [other] seven days
with gladness. 24For Hezekiah king of Judah did give to the congregation a thousand bullocks and
seven thousand sheep; and the princes gave to the congregation a thousand bullocks and ten
thousand sheep: and a great number of priests sanctified themselves. 25And all the congregation
of Judah, with the priests and the Levites, and all the congregation that came out of Israel, and the
strangers that came out of the land of Israel, and that dwelt in Judah, rejoiced. 26So there was
great joy in Jerusalem: for since the time of Solomon the son of David king of Israel [there was]
not the like in Jerusalem. 27Then the priests the Levites arose and blessed the people: and their
voice was heard, and their prayer came [up] to his holy dwelling place, [even] unto heaven.
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Idols are Destroyed
1Now when all this was finished, all Israel that were present went out to the cities of Judah, and
brake the images in pieces, and cut down the groves, and threw down the high places and the
altars out of all Judah and Benjamin, in Ephraim also and Manasseh, until they had utterly
destroyed them all. Then all the children of Israel returned, every man to his possession, into their
own cities.
2And Hezekiah appointed the courses of the priests and the Levites after their courses, every man
according to his service, the priests and Levites for burnt offerings and for peace offerings, to
minister, and to give thanks, and to praise in the gates of the tents of the LORD.
Contributions for Worship
3[He appointed] also the king's portion of his substance for the burnt offerings, [to wit], for the
morning and evening burnt offerings, and the burnt offerings for the sabbaths, and for the new
moons, and for the set feasts, as [it is] written in the law of the LORD. 4Moreover he commanded
the people that dwelt in Jerusalem to give the portion of the priests and the Levites, that they
might be encouraged in the law of the LORD. 5And as soon as the commandment came abroad,
the children of Israel brought in abundance the firstfruits of corn, wine, and oil, and honey, and of
all the increase of the field; and the tithe of all [things] brought they in abundantly. 6And
[concerning] the children of Israel and Judah, that dwelt in the cities of Judah, they also brought in
the tithe of oxen and sheep, and the tithe of holy things which were consecrated unto the LORD
their God, and laid [them] by heaps. 7In the third month they began to lay the foundation of the
heaps, and finished [them] in the seventh month. 8And when Hezekiah and the princes came and
saw the heaps, they blessed the LORD, and his people Israel. 9Then Hezekiah questioned with the
priests and the Levites concerning the heaps. 10And Azariah the chief priest of the house of Zadok
answered him, and said, Since [the people] began to bring the offerings into the house of the
LORD, we have had enough to eat, and have left plenty: for the LORD hath blessed his people; and
that which is left [is] this great store.
Hezekiah Organizes the Priests
11Then Hezekiah commanded to prepare chambers in the house of the LORD; and they prepared
[them], 12And brought in the offerings and the tithes and the dedicated [things] faithfully: over
which Cononiah the Levite [was] ruler, and Shimei his brother [was] the next. 13And Jehiel, and
Azaziah, and Nahath, and Asahel, and Jerimoth, and Jozabad, and Eliel, and Ismachiah, and
Mahath, and Benaiah, [were] overseers under the hand of Cononiah and Shimei his brother, at the
commandment of Hezekiah the king, and Azariah the ruler of the house of God. 14And Kore the
son of Imnah the Levite, the porter toward the east, [was] over the freewill offerings of God, to
distribute the oblations of the LORD, and the most holy things. 15And next him [were] Eden, and
Miniamin, and Jeshua, and Shemaiah, Amariah, and Shecaniah, in the cities of the priests, in [their]
set office, to give to their brethren by courses, as well to the great as to the small: 16Beside their
genealogy of males, from three years old and upward, [even] unto every one that entereth into the
house of the LORD, his daily portion for their service in their charges according to their courses;
17Both to the genealogy of the priests by the house of their fathers, and the Levites from twenty
years old and upward, in their charges by their courses; 18And to the genealogy of all their little
ones, their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, through all the congregation: for in their set
office they sanctified themselves in holiness: 19Also of the sons of Aaron the priests, [which were]
in the fields of the suburbs of their cities, in every several city, the men that were expressed by
name, to give portions to all the males among the priests, and to all that were reckoned by
genealogies among the Levites.
The Sincerity of Hezekiah
20And thus did Hezekiah throughout all Judah, and wrought [that which was] good and right and
truth before the LORD his God. 21And in every work that he began in the service of the house of
God, and in the law, and in the commandments, to seek his God, he did [it] with all his heart, and
prospered.
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Sennacherib Invades Judah
(2 Kings 18:13-16; Psalm 46:1-11; Psalm 47:1-9; Psalm 48:1-14)
1After these things, and the establishment thereof, Sennacherib king of Assyria came, and entered
into Judah, and encamped against the fenced cities, and thought to win them for himself. 2And
when Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib was come, and that he was purposed to fight against
Jerusalem, 3He took counsel with his princes and his mighty men to stop the waters of the
fountains which [were] without the city: and they did help him. 4So there was gathered much
people together, who stopped all the fountains, and the brook that ran through the midst of the
land, saying, Why should the kings of Assyria come, and find much water? 5Also he strengthened
himself, and built up all the wall that was broken, and raised [it] up to the towers, and another wall
without, and repaired Millo [in] the city of David, and made darts and shields in abundance. 6And
he set captains of war over the people, and gathered them together to him in the street of the gate
of the city, and spake comfortably to them, saying, 7Be strong and courageous, be not afraid nor
dismayed for the king of Assyria, nor for all the multitude that [is] with him: for [there be] more
with us than with him: 8With him [is] an arm of flesh; but with us [is] the LORD our God to help
us, and to fight our battles. And the people rested themselves upon the words of Hezekiah king of
Judah.
Sennacherib Boasts against the Lord
(2 Kings 18:17-37)
9After this did Sennacherib king of Assyria send his servants to Jerusalem, (but he [himself laid
siege] against Lachish, and all his power with him,) unto Hezekiah king of Judah, and unto all
Judah that [were] at Jerusalem, saying, 10Thus saith Sennacherib king of Assyria, Whereon do ye
trust, that ye abide in the siege in Jerusalem? 11Doth not Hezekiah persuade you to give over
yourselves to die by famine and by thirst, saying, The LORD our God shall deliver us out of the
hand of the king of Assyria? 12Hath not the same Hezekiah taken away his high places and his
altars, and commanded Judah and Jerusalem, saying, Ye shall worship before one altar, and burn
incense upon it? 13Know ye not what I and my fathers have done unto all the people of [other]
lands? were the gods of the nations of those lands any ways able to deliver their lands out of mine
hand? 14Who [was there] among all the gods of those nations that my fathers utterly destroyed,
that could deliver his people out of mine hand, that your God should be able to deliver you out of
mine hand? 15Now therefore let not Hezekiah deceive you, nor persuade you on this manner,
neither yet believe him: for no god of any nation or kingdom was able to deliver his people out of
mine hand, and out of the hand of my fathers: how much less shall your God deliver you out of
mine hand?
16And his servants spake yet [more] against the LORD God, and against his servant Hezekiah. 17He
wrote also letters to rail on the LORD God of Israel, and to speak against him, saying, As the gods
of the nations of [other] lands have not delivered their people out of mine hand, so shall not the
God of Hezekiah deliver his people out of mine hand. 18Then they cried with a loud voice in the
Jews' speech unto the people of Jerusalem that [were] on the wall, to affright them, and to trouble
them; that they might take the city. 19And they spake against the God of Jerusalem, as against the
gods of the people of the earth, [which were] the work of the hands of man.
Jerusalem Delivered from Sennacherib
(2 Kings 19:35-37)
20And for this [cause] Hezekiah the king, and the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz, prayed and cried
to heaven. 21And the LORD sent an angel, which cut off all the mighty men of valour, and the
leaders and captains in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he returned with shame of face to his
own land. And when he was come into the house of his god, they that came forth of his own
bowels slew him there with the sword. 22Thus the LORD saved Hezekiah and the inhabitants of
Jerusalem from the hand of Sennacherib the king of Assyria, and from the hand of all [other], and
guided them on every side. 23And many brought gifts unto the LORD to Jerusalem, and presents to
Hezekiah king of Judah: so that he was magnified in the sight of all nations from thenceforth.
Hezekiah's Illness and Recovery
(2 Kings 20:1-11)
24In those days Hezekiah was sick to the death, and prayed unto the LORD: and he spake unto
him, and he gave him a sign. 25But Hezekiah rendered not again according to the benefit [done]
unto him; for his heart was lifted up: therefore there was wrath upon him, and upon Judah and
Jerusalem. 26Notwithstanding Hezekiah humbled himself for the pride of his heart, [both] he and
the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that the wrath of the LORD came not upon them in the days of
Hezekiah.
27And Hezekiah had exceeding much riches and honour: and he made himself treasuries for silver,
and for gold, and for precious stones, and for spices, and for shields, and for all manner of pleasant
jewels; 28Storehouses also for the increase of corn, and wine, and oil; and stalls for all manner of
beasts, and cotes for flocks. 29Moreover he provided him cities, and possessions of flocks and
herds in abundance: for God had given him substance very much. 30This same Hezekiah also
stopped the upper watercourse of Gihon, and brought it straight down to the west side of the city
of David. And Hezekiah prospered in all his works. 31Howbeit in [the business of] the ambassadors
of the princes of Babylon, who sent unto him to inquire of the wonder that was [done] in the land,
God left him, to try him, that he might know all [that was] in his heart.
Hezekiah's Death
32Now the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and his goodness, behold, they [are] written in the vision of
Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, [and] in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel. 33And
Hezekiah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the chiefest of the sepulchres of the sons of
David: and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem did him honour at his death. And Manasseh
his son reigned in his stead.
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Manasseh's Idolatrous Reign in Judah
(2 Kings 21:1-9)
1Manasseh [was] twelve years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty and five years in
Jerusalem: 2But did [that which was] evil in the sight of the LORD, like unto the abominations of
the heathen, whom the LORD had cast out before the children of Israel. 3For he built again the
high places which Hezekiah his father had broken down, and he reared up altars for Baalim, and
made groves, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them. 4Also he built altars in the
house of the LORD, whereof the LORD had said, In Jerusalem shall my name be for ever. 5And he
built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the LORD. 6And he caused
his children to pass through the fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom: also he observed times, and
used enchantments, and used witchcraft, and dealt with a familiar spirit, and with wizards: he
wrought much evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger. 7And he set a carved image,
the idol which he had made, in the house of God, of which God had said to David and to Solomon
his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen before all the tribes of Israel, will I
put my name for ever: 8Neither will I any more remove the foot of Israel from out of the land
which I have appointed for your fathers; so that they will take heed to do all that I have
commanded them, according to the whole law and the statutes and the ordinances by the hand of
Moses. 9So Manasseh made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to err, [and] to do worse than
the heathen, whom the LORD had destroyed before the children of Israel.
Manasseh's Repentance and Restoration
(2 Kings 21:10-18)
10And the LORD spake to Manasseh, and to his people: but they would not hearken. 11Wherefore
the LORD brought upon them the captains of the host of the king of Assyria, which took Manasseh
among the thorns, and bound him with fetters, and carried him to Babylon. 12And when he was in
affliction, he besought the LORD his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his
fathers, 13And prayed unto him: and he was intreated of him, and heard his supplication, and
brought him again to Jerusalem into his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the LORD he [was]
God.
14Now after this he built a wall without the city of David, on the west side of Gihon, in the valley,
even to the entering in at the fish gate, and compassed about Ophel, and raised it up a very great
height, and put captains of war in all the fenced cities of Judah. 15And he took away the strange
gods, and the idol out of the house of the LORD, and all the altars that he had built in the mount of
the house of the LORD, and in Jerusalem, and cast [them] out of the city. 16And he repaired the
altar of the LORD, and sacrificed thereon peace offerings and thank offerings, and commanded
Judah to serve the LORD God of Israel. 17Nevertheless the people did sacrifice still in the high
places, [yet] unto the LORD their God only.
18Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and his prayer unto his God, and the words of the seers
that spake to him in the name of the LORD God of Israel, behold, they [are written] in the book of
the kings of Israel. 19His prayer also, and [how God] was intreated of him, and all his sin, and his
trespass, and the places wherein he built high places, and set up groves and graven images, before
he was humbled: behold, they [are] written among the sayings of the seers. 20So Manasseh slept
with his fathers, and they buried him in his own house: and Amon his son reigned in his stead.
Amon's Evil Reign in Judah
(2 Kings 21:19-26)
21Amon [was] two and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned two years in
Jerusalem. 22But he did [that which was] evil in the sight of the LORD, as did Manasseh his father:
for Amon sacrificed unto all the carved images which Manasseh his father had made, and served
them; 23And humbled not himself before the LORD, as Manasseh his father had humbled himself;
but Amon trespassed more and more. 24And his servants conspired against him, and slew him in
his own house. 25But the people of the land slew all them that had conspired against king Amon;
and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his stead.
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Josiah's Good Reign in Judah
(2 Kings 22:1-2)
1Josiah [was] eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem one and thirty
years. 2And he did [that which was] right in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the ways of
David his father, and declined [neither] to the right hand, nor to the left.
Josiah Destroys Idolatry
(2 Kings 23:4-20)
3For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet young, he began to seek after the God of
David his father: and in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem from the high
places, and the groves, and the carved images, and the molten images. 4And they brake down the
altars of Baalim in his presence; and the images, that [were] on high above them, he cut down;
and the groves, and the carved images, and the molten images, he brake in pieces, and made dust
[of them], and strowed [it] upon the graves of them that had sacrificed unto them. 5And he burnt
the bones of the priests upon their altars, and cleansed Judah and Jerusalem. 6And [so did he] in
the cities of Manasseh, and Ephraim, and Simeon, even unto Naphtali, with their mattocks round
about. 7And when he had broken down the altars and the groves, and had beaten the graven
images into powder, and cut down all the idols throughout all the land of Israel, he returned to
Jerusalem.
Josiah Repairs the Temple
(2 Kings 22:3-7)
8Now in the eighteenth year of his reign, when he had purged the land, and the house, he sent
Shaphan the son of Azaliah, and Maaseiah the governor of the city, and Joah the son of Joahaz the
recorder, to repair the house of the LORD his God. 9And when they came to Hilkiah the high priest,
they delivered the money that was brought into the house of God, which the Levites that kept the
doors had gathered of the hand of Manasseh and Ephraim, and of all the remnant of Israel, and of
all Judah and Benjamin; and they returned to Jerusalem. 10And they put [it] in the hand of the
workmen that had the oversight of the house of the LORD, and they gave it to the workmen that
wrought in the house of the LORD, to repair and amend the house: 11Even to the artificers and
builders gave they [it], to buy hewn stone, and timber for couplings, and to floor the houses which
the kings of Judah had destroyed. 12And the men did the work faithfully: and the overseers of
them [were] Jahath and Obadiah, the Levites, of the sons of Merari; and Zechariah and Meshullam,
of the sons of the Kohathites, to set [it] forward; and [other of] the Levites, all that could skill of
instruments of musick. 13Also [they were] over the bearers of burdens, and [were] overseers of all
that wrought the work in any manner of service: and of the Levites [there were] scribes, and
officers, and porters.
Hilkiah Finds the Book of the Law
(2 Kings 22:8-13)
14And when they brought out the money that was brought into the house of the LORD, Hilkiah the
priest found a book of the law of the LORD [given] by Moses. 15And Hilkiah answered and said to
Shaphan the scribe, I have found the book of the law in the house of the LORD. And Hilkiah
delivered the book to Shaphan. 16And Shaphan carried the book to the king, and brought the king
word back again, saying, All that was committed to thy servants, they do [it]. 17And they have
gathered together the money that was found in the house of the LORD, and have delivered it into
the hand of the overseers, and to the hand of the workmen. 18Then Shaphan the scribe told the
king, saying, Hilkiah the priest hath given me a book. And Shaphan read it before the king.
19And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the law, that he rent his clothes.
20And the king commanded Hilkiah, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Abdon the son of Micah,
and Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah a servant of the king's, saying, 21Go, inquire of the LORD for
me, and for them that are left in Israel and in Judah, concerning the words of the book that is
found: for great [is] the wrath of the LORD that is poured out upon us, because our fathers have
not kept the word of the LORD, to do after all that is written in this book.
Huldah's Prophecy
(2 Kings 22:14-20)
22And Hilkiah, and [they] that the king [had appointed], went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of
Shallum the son of Tikvath, the son of Hasrah, keeper of the wardrobe; (now she dwelt in
Jerusalem in the college:) and they spake to her to that [effect]. 23And she answered them, Thus
saith the LORD God of Israel, Tell ye the man that sent you to me, 24Thus saith the LORD, Behold,
I will bring evil upon this place, and upon the inhabitants thereof, [even] all the curses that are
written in the book which they have read before the king of Judah: 25Because they have forsaken
me, and have burned incense unto other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the
works of their hands; therefore my wrath shall be poured out upon this place, and shall not be
quenched. 26And as for the king of Judah, who sent you to inquire of the LORD, so shall ye say
unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel [concerning] the words which thou hast heard;
27Because thine heart was tender, and thou didst humble thyself before God, when thou heardest
his words against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, and humbledst thyself before me,
and didst rend thy clothes, and weep before me; I have even heard [thee] also, saith the LORD.
28Behold, I will gather thee to thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered to thy grave in peace,
neither shall thine eyes see all the evil that I will bring upon this place, and upon the inhabitants of
the same. So they brought the king word again.
Josiah Renews the Covenant
(2 Kings 23:1-3)
29Then the king sent and gathered together all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem. 30And the king
went up into the house of the LORD, and all the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem,
and the priests, and the Levites, and all the people, great and small: and he read in their ears all
the words of the book of the covenant that was found in the house of the LORD.
31And the king stood in his place, and made a covenant before the LORD, to walk after the LORD,
and to keep his commandments, and his testimonies, and his statutes, with all his heart, and with
all his soul, to perform the words of the covenant which are written in this book. 32And he caused
all that were present in Jerusalem and Benjamin to stand [to it]. And the inhabitants of Jerusalem
did according to the covenant of God, the God of their fathers. 33And Josiah took away all the
abominations out of all the countries that [pertained] to the children of Israel, and made all that
were present in Israel to serve, [even] to serve the LORD their God. [And] all his days they
departed not from following the LORD, the God of their fathers.
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Josiah Restores the Passover
(2 Kings 23:21-27)
1Moreover Josiah kept a passover unto the LORD in Jerusalem: and they killed the passover on the
fourteenth [day] of the first month. 2And he set the priests in their charges, and encouraged them
to the service of the house of the LORD, 3And said unto the Levites that taught all Israel, which
were holy unto the LORD, Put the holy ark in the house which Solomon the son of David king of
Israel did build; [it shall] not [be] a burden upon [your] shoulders: serve now the LORD your God,
and his people Israel, 4And prepare [yourselves] by the houses of your fathers, after your courses,
according to the writing of David king of Israel, and according to the writing of Solomon his son.
5And stand in the holy [place] according to the divisions of the families of the fathers of your
brethren the people, and [after] the division of the families of the Levites. 6So kill the passover,
and sanctify yourselves, and prepare your brethren, that [they] may do according to the word of
the LORD by the hand of Moses.
7And Josiah gave to the people, of the flock, lambs and kids, all for the passover offerings, for all
that were present, to the number of thirty thousand, and three thousand bullocks: these [were] of
the king's substance. 8And his princes gave willingly unto the people, to the priests, and to the
Levites: Hilkiah and Zechariah and Jehiel, rulers of the house of God, gave unto the priests for the
passover offerings two thousand and six hundred [small cattle], and three hundred oxen.
9Conaniah also, and Shemaiah and Nethaneel, his brethren, and Hashabiah and Jeiel and Jozabad,
chief of the Levites, gave unto the Levites for passover offerings five thousand [small cattle], and
five hundred oxen.
10So the service was prepared, and the priests stood in their place, and the Levites in their courses,
according to the king's commandment. 11And they killed the passover, and the priests sprinkled
[the blood] from their hands, and the Levites flayed [them]. 12And they removed the burnt
offerings, that they might give according to the divisions of the families of the people, to offer unto
the LORD, as [it is] written in the book of Moses. And so [did they] with the oxen. 13And they
roasted the passover with fire according to the ordinance: but the [other] holy [offerings] sod they
in pots, and in caldrons, and in pans, and divided [them] speedily among all the people. 14And
afterward they made ready for themselves, and for the priests: because the priests the sons of
Aaron [were busied] in offering of burnt offerings and the fat until night; therefore the Levites
prepared for themselves, and for the priests the sons of Aaron. 15And the singers the sons of
Asaph [were] in their place, according to the commandment of David, and Asaph, and Heman, and
Jeduthun the king's seer; and the porters [waited] at every gate; they might not depart from their
service; for their brethren the Levites prepared for them.
16So all the service of the LORD was prepared the same day, to keep the passover, and to offer
burnt offerings upon the altar of the LORD, according to the commandment of king Josiah. 17And
the children of Israel that were present kept the passover at that time, and the feast of unleavened
bread seven days. 18And there was no passover like to that kept in Israel from the days of Samuel
the prophet; neither did all the kings of Israel keep such a passover as Josiah kept, and the priests,
and the Levites, and all Judah and Israel that were present, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem. 19In
the eighteenth year of the reign of Josiah was this passover kept.
Josiah Slain at Megiddo
(2 Kings 23:28-30)
20After all this, when Josiah had prepared the temple, Necho king of Egypt came up to fight against
Carchemish by Euphrates: and Josiah went out against him. 21But he sent ambassadors to him,
saying, What have I to do with thee, thou king of Judah? [I come] not against thee this day, but
against the house wherewith I have war: for God commanded me to make haste: forbear thee
from [meddling with] God, who [is] with me, that he destroy thee not. 22Nevertheless Josiah would
not turn his face from him, but disguised himself, that he might fight with him, and hearkened not
unto the words of Necho from the mouth of God, and came to fight in the valley of Megiddo. 23And
the archers shot at king Josiah; and the king said to his servants, Have me away; for I am sore
wounded. 24His servants therefore took him out of that chariot, and put him in the second chariot
that he had; and they brought him to Jerusalem, and he died, and was buried in [one of] the
sepulchres of his fathers. And all Judah and Jerusalem mourned for Josiah.
Laments for Josiah
25And Jeremiah lamented for Josiah: and all the singing men and the singing women spake of
Josiah in their lamentations to this day, and made them an ordinance in Israel: and, behold, they
[are] written in the lamentations. 26Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and his goodness, according
to [that which was] written in the law of the LORD, 27And his deeds, first and last, behold, they
[are] written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah.
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Jehoahaz King of Judah
(2 Kings 23:31-35)
1Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and made him king in his father's
stead in Jerusalem. 2Jehoahaz [was] twenty and three years old when he began to reign, and he
reigned three months in Jerusalem. 3And the king of Egypt put him down at Jerusalem, and
condemned the land in an hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold. 4And the king of Egypt
made Eliakim his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem, and turned his name to Jehoiakim. And
Necho took Jehoahaz his brother, and carried him to Egypt.
Jehoiakim's Evil Reign in Judah
(2 Kings 23:36-37)
5Jehoiakim [was] twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in
Jerusalem: and he did [that which was] evil in the sight of the LORD his God. 6Against him came
up Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and bound him in fetters, to carry him to Babylon.
7Nebuchadnezzar also carried of the vessels of the house of the LORD to Babylon, and put them in
his temple at Babylon. 8Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and his abominations which he did,
and that which was found in him, behold, they [are] written in the book of the kings of Israel and
Judah: and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead.
Jehoiachin's Evil Reign in Judah
(2 Kings 24:6-9)
9Jehoiachin [was] eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months and ten
days in Jerusalem: and he did [that which was] evil in the sight of the LORD.
10And when the year was expired, king Nebuchadnezzar sent, and brought him to Babylon, with the
goodly vessels of the house of the LORD, and made Zedekiah his brother king over Judah and
Jerusalem.
Zedekiah King of Judah
(2 Kings 24:18-20; Jeremiah 1:1-3)
11Zedekiah [was] one and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned eleven years in
Jerusalem. 12And he did [that which was] evil in the sight of the LORD his God, [and] humbled not
himself before Jeremiah the prophet [speaking] from the mouth of the LORD. 13And he also
rebelled against king Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God: but he stiffened his neck,
and hardened his heart from turning unto the LORD God of Israel. 14Moreover all the chief of the
priests, and the people, transgressed very much after all the abominations of the heathen; and
polluted the house of the LORD which he had hallowed in Jerusalem.
The Fall of Jerusalem
(2 Kings 25:1-7)
15And the LORD God of their fathers sent to them by his messengers, rising up betimes, and
sending; because he had compassion on his people, and on his dwelling place: 16But they mocked
the messengers of God, and despised his words, and misused his prophets, until the wrath of the
LORD arose against his people, till [there was] no remedy. 17Therefore he brought upon them the
king of the Chaldees, who slew their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary,
and had no compassion upon young man or maiden, old man, or him that stooped for age: he gave
[them] all into his hand. 18And all the vessels of the house of God, great and small, and the
treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king, and of his princes; all [these] he
brought to Babylon. 19And they burnt the house of God, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem,
and burnt all the palaces thereof with fire, and destroyed all the goodly vessels thereof. 20And
them that had escaped from the sword carried he away to Babylon; where they were servants to
him and his sons until the reign of the kingdom of Persia: 21To fulfil the word of the LORD by the
mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed her sabbaths: [for] as long as she lay desolate she
kept sabbath, to fulfil threescore and ten years.
The Proclamation of Cyrus
(Ezra 1:1-4)
22Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD [spoken] by the mouth of
Jeremiah might be accomplished, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he
made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and [put it] also in writing, saying, 23Thus saith
Cyrus king of Persia, All the kingdoms of the earth hath the LORD God of heaven given me; and he
hath charged me to build him an house in Jerusalem, which [is] in Judah. Who [is there] among
you of all his people? The LORD his God [be] with him, and let him go up.