meh'-lek
from 4427; a king:--king, royal.
see Hebrew for [04427]
And it came to pass in the days [03117] of Amraphel [0569] king [04428] of Shinar [08152], Arioch [0746] king [04428] of Ellasar [0495], Chedorlaomer [03540] king [04428] of Elam [05867], and Tidal [08413] king [04428] of nations [01471];
That these made [06213] war [04421] with [0854] Bera [01298] king [04428] of Sodom [05467], and with Birsha [01306] king [04428] of Gomorrah [06017], Shinab [08134] king [04428] of Admah [0126], and Shemeber [08038] king [04428] of Zeboiim [06636], and the king [04428] of Bela [01106], which is [01931] Zoar [06820].
And in the fourteenth [0702] [06240] year [08141] came [0935] Chedorlaomer [03540], and the kings [04428] that were with him, and smote [05221] the Rephaims [07497] in Ashteroth Karnaim [06255], and the Zuzims [02104] in Ham [01990], and the Emims [0368] in Shaveh Kiriathaim [07741],Shaveh…: or, The plain of Kiriathaim
And there went out [03318] the king [04428] of Sodom [05467], and the king [04428] of Gomorrah [06017], and the king [04428] of Admah [0126], and the king [04428] of Zeboiim [06636], and the king [04428] of Bela [01106] (the same [01931] is Zoar [06820];) and they joined [06186] battle [04421] with them in the vale [06010] of Siddim [07708];
With Chedorlaomer [03540] the king [04428] of Elam [05867], and with Tidal [08413] king [04428] of nations [01471], and Amraphel [0569] king [04428] of Shinar [08152], and Arioch [0746] king [04428] of Ellasar [0495]; four [0702] kings [04428] with five [02568].
And the vale [06010] of Siddim [07708] was full of [0875] slimepits [02564] [0875]; and the kings [04428] of Sodom [05467] and Gomorrah [06017] fled [05127], and fell [05307] there; and they that remained [07604] fled [05127] to the mountain [02022].
And the king [04428] of Sodom [05467] went out [03318] to meet [07125] him after [0310] his return [07725] from the slaughter [05221] of Chedorlaomer [03540], and of the kings [04428] that were with him, at the valley [06010] of Shaveh [07740], which [01931] is the king's [04428] dale [06010].
And Melchizedek [04442] king [04428] of Salem [08004] brought forth [03318] bread [03899] and wine [03196]: and he was the priest [03548] of the most high [05945] God [0410].
And the king [04428] of Sodom [05467] said [0559] unto Abram [087], Give [05414] me the persons [05315], and take [03947] the goods [07399] to thyself.persons: Heb. souls
And Abram [087] said [0559] to the king [04428] of Sodom [05467], I have lift up [07311] mine hand [03027] unto the Lord [03068], the most high [05945] God [0410], the possessor [07069] of heaven [08064] and earth [0776],
And I will make [06509] thee exceeding [03966] [03966] fruitful [06509], and I will make [05414] nations [01471] of thee, and kings [04428] shall come out [03318] of thee.
And I will bless [01288] her, and give [05414] thee a son [01121] also of her: yea, I will bless [01288] her, and she shall be a mother of nations [01471]; kings [04428] of people [05971] shall be of her.she…: Heb. she shall become nations
And Abraham [085] said [0559] of [0413] Sarah [08283] his wife [0802], She is my sister [0269]: and Abimelech [040] king [04428] of Gerar [01642] sent [07971], and took [03947] Sarah [08283].
And there was a famine [07458] in the land [0776], beside [0905] the first [07223] famine [07458] that was in the days [03117] of Abraham [085]. And Isaac [03327] went [03212] unto Abimelech [040] king [04428] of the Philistines [06430] unto Gerar [01642].
And it came to pass, when he had been there a long [0748] time [03117], that Abimelech [040] king [04428] of the Philistines [06430] looked out [08259] at [01157] a window [02474], and saw [07200], and, behold, Isaac [03327] was sporting [06711] with Rebekah [07259] his wife [0802].
And God [0430] said [0559] unto him, I am God [0410] Almighty [07706]: be fruitful [06509] and multiply [07235]; a nation [01471] and a company [06951] of nations [01471] shall be of thee, and kings [04428] shall come [03318] out of thy loins [02504];
And these are the kings [04428] that reigned [04427] in the land [0776] of Edom [0123], before [06440] there reigned [04427] any king [04428] over the children [01121] of Israel [03478].
And Joseph's [03130] master [0113] took [03947] him, and put him [05414] into the prison [05470] [01004], a place [04725] where the king's [04428] prisoners [0615] were bound [0631]: and he was there in the prison [05470] [01004].
And it came to pass after [0310] these things [01697], that the butler [08248] of the king [04428] of Egypt [04714] and his baker [0644] had offended [02398] their lord [0113] the king [04428] of Egypt [04714].
And they dreamed [02492] a dream [02472] both of them [08147], each man [0376] his dream [02472] in one [0259] night [03915], each man [0376] according to the interpretation [06623] of his dream [02472], the butler [08248] and the baker [0644] of the king [04428] of Egypt [04714], which were bound [0631] in the prison [05470] [01004].
And Joseph [03130] was thirty [07970] years [08141] old [01121] when he stood [05975] before [06440] Pharaoh [06547] king [04428] of Egypt [04714]. And Joseph [03130] went out [03318] from the presence [06440] of Pharaoh [06547], and went throughout [05674] all the land [0776] of Egypt [04714].
Out of Asher [0836] his bread [03899] shall be fat [08082], and he shall yield [05414] royal [04428] dainties [04574].
Now there arose up [06965] a new [02319] king [04428] over Egypt [04714], which knew [03045] not Joseph [03130].
And the king [04428] of Egypt [04714] spake [0559] to the Hebrew [05680] midwives [03205], of which the name [08034] of the one [0259] was Shiphrah [08236], and the name [08034] of the other [08145] Puah [06326]:
But the midwives [03205] feared [03372] God [0430], and did [06213] not as the king [04428] of Egypt [04714] commanded [01696] them, but saved [02421] the men children [03206] alive [02421].
And the king [04428] of Egypt [04714] called [07121] for the midwives [03205], and said [0559] unto them, Why [04069] have ye done [06213] this thing [01697], and have saved [02421] the men children [03206] alive [02421]?
And it came to pass in process [07227] [01992] of time [03117], that the king [04428] of Egypt [04714] died [04191]: and the children [01121] of Israel [03478] sighed [0584] by reason of [04480] the bondage [05656], and they cried [02199], and their cry [07775] came up [05927] unto God [0430] by reason of the bondage [05656].
And they shall hearken [08085] to thy voice [06963]: and thou shalt come [0935], thou and the elders [02205] of Israel [03478], unto the king [04428] of Egypt [04714], and ye shall say [0559] unto him, The Lord [03068] God [0430] of the Hebrews [05680] hath met [07136] with us: and now let us go [03212], we beseech thee, three [07969] days' [03117] journey [01870] into the wilderness [04057], that we may sacrifice [02076] to the Lord [03068] our God [0430].
And I am sure [03045] that the king [04428] of Egypt [04714] will not let [05414] you go [01980], no, not by a mighty [02389] hand [03027].no…: or, but by strong hand
And the king [04428] of Egypt [04714] said [0559] unto them, Wherefore do ye, Moses [04872] and Aaron [0175], let [06544] the people [05971] from their works [04639]? get [03212] you unto your burdens [05450].
Go [0935] in, speak [01696] unto Pharaoh [06547] king [04428] of Egypt [04714], that he let the children [01121] of Israel [03478] go out [07971] of his land [0776].
And the Lord [03068] spake [01696] unto Moses [04872] and unto Aaron [0175], and gave them a charge [06680] unto the children [01121] of Israel [03478], and unto Pharaoh [06547] king [04428] of Egypt [04714], to bring [03318] the children [01121] of Israel [03478] out of the land [0776] of Egypt [04714].
These [01992] are they which spake [01696] to Pharaoh [06547] king [04428] of Egypt [04714], to bring out [03318] the children [01121] of Israel [03478] from Egypt [04714]: these are that Moses [04872] and Aaron [0175].
That the Lord [03068] spake [01696] unto Moses [04872], saying [0559], I am the Lord [03068]: speak [01696] thou unto Pharaoh [06547] king [04428] of Egypt [04714] all that I say [01696] unto thee.
And it was told [05046] the king [04428] of Egypt [04714] that the people [05971] fled [01272]: and the heart [03824] of Pharaoh [06547] and of his servants [05650] was turned [02015] against the people [05971], and they said [0559], Why have we done [06213] this, that we have let Israel [03478] go [07971] from serving [05647] us?
And the Lord [03068] hardened [02388] the heart [03820] of Pharaoh [06547] king [04428] of Egypt [04714], and he pursued [07291] after [0310] the children [01121] of Israel [03478]: and the children [01121] of Israel [03478] went out [03318] with an high [07311] hand [03027].
And Moses [04872] sent [07971] messengers [04397] from Kadesh [06946] unto the king [04428] of Edom [0123], Thus saith [0559] thy brother [0251] Israel [03478], Thou knowest [03045] all the travail [08513] that hath befallen [04672] us:befallen…: Heb. found us
Let us pass [05674], I pray thee, through thy country [0776]: we will not pass [05674] through the fields [07704], or through the vineyards [03754], neither will we drink [08354] of the water [04325] of the wells [0875]: we will go [03212] by the king's [04428] high way [01870], we will not turn [05186] to the right hand [03225] nor to the left [08040], until we have passed [05674] thy borders [01366].
And when king [04428] Arad [06166] the Canaanite [03669], which dwelt [03427] in the south [05045], heard [08085] tell that Israel [03478] came [0935] by the way [01870] of the spies [0871]; then he fought [03898] against Israel [03478], and took [07617] some of them prisoners [07628].
And Israel [03478] sent [07971] messengers [04397] unto Sihon [05511] king [04428] of the Amorites [0567], saying [0559],
Let me pass [05674] through thy land [0776]: we will not turn [05186] into the fields [07704], or into the vineyards [03754]; we will not drink [08354] of the waters [04325] of the well [0875]: but we will go along [03212] by the king's [04428] high way [01870], until we be past [05674] thy borders [01366].
For Heshbon [02809] was the city [05892] of Sihon [05511] the king [04428] of the Amorites [0567], who had fought [03898] against the former [07223] king [04428] of Moab [04124], and taken [03947] all his land [0776] out of his hand [03027], even unto Arnon [0769].
Woe [0188] to thee, Moab [04124]! thou art undone [06], O people [05971] of Chemosh [03645]: he hath given [05414] his sons [01121] that escaped [06412], and his daughters [01323], into captivity [07622] unto Sihon [05511] king [04428] of the Amorites [0567].
And they turned [06437] and went up [05927] by the way [01870] of Bashan [01316]: and Og [05747] the king [04428] of Bashan [01316] went out [03318] against [07125] them, he, and all his people [05971], to the battle [04421] at Edrei [0154].
And the Lord [03068] said [0559] unto Moses [04872], Fear [03372] him not: for I have delivered [05414] him into thy hand [03027], and all his people [05971], and his land [0776]; and thou shalt do [06213] to him as thou didst [06213] unto Sihon [05511] king [04428] of the Amorites [0567], which dwelt [03427] at Heshbon [02809].
And Moab [04124] said [0559] unto the elders [02205] of Midian [04080], Now shall this company [06951] lick up [03897] all that are round about [05439] us, as the ox [07794] licketh up [03897] the grass [03418] of the field [07704]. And Balak [01111] the son [01121] of Zippor [06834] was king [04428] of the Moabites [04124] at that time [06256].
And Balaam [01109] said [0559] unto God [0430], Balak [01111] the son [01121] of Zippor [06834], king [04428] of Moab [04124], hath sent [07971] unto me, saying,
And he took up [05375] his parable [04912], and said [0559], Balak [01111] the king [04428] of Moab [04124] hath brought [05148] me from Aram [0758], out of the mountains [02042] of the east [06924], saying, Come [03212], curse [0779] me Jacob [03290], and come [03212], defy [02194] Israel [03478].
He hath not beheld [05027] iniquity [0205] in Jacob [03290], neither hath he seen [07200] perverseness [05999] in Israel [03478]: the Lord [03068] his God [0430] is with him, and the shout [08643] of a king [04428] is among them.
He shall pour [05140] the water [04325] out [05140] of his buckets [01805], and his seed [02233] shall be in many [07227] waters [04325], and his king [04428] shall be higher [07311] than Agag [090], and his kingdom [04438] shall be exalted [05375].
And they slew [02026] the kings [04428] of Midian [04080], beside [05921] the rest of them that were slain [02491]; namely, Evi [0189], and Rekem [07552], and Zur [06698], and Hur [02354], and Reba [07254], five [02568] kings [04428] of Midian [04080]: Balaam [01109] also the son [01121] of Beor [01160] they slew [02026] with the sword [02719].
And Moses [04872] gave [05414] unto them, even to the children [01121] of Gad [01410], and to the children [01121] of Reuben [07205], and unto half [02677] the tribe [07626] of Manasseh [04519] the son [01121] of Joseph [03130], the kingdom [04467] of Sihon [05511] king [04428] of the Amorites [0567], and the kingdom [04467] of Og [05747] king [04428] of Bashan [01316], the land [0776], with the cities [05892] thereof in the coasts [01367], even the cities [05892] of the country [0776] round about [05439].
And king [04428] Arad [06166] the Canaanite [03669], which dwelt [03427] in the south [05045] in the land [0776] of Canaan [03667], heard [08085] of the coming [0935] of the children [01121] of Israel [03478].
After [0310] he had slain [05221] Sihon [05511] the king [04428] of the Amorites [0567], which dwelt [03427] in Heshbon [02809], and Og [05747] the king [04428] of Bashan [01316], which dwelt [03427] at Astaroth [06252] in Edrei [0154]:
Rise ye up [06965], take your journey [05265], and pass over [05674] the river [05158] Arnon [0769]: behold [07200], I have given [05414] into thine hand [03027] Sihon [05511] the Amorite [0567], king [04428] of Heshbon [02809], and his land [0776]: begin [02490] to possess [03423] it, and contend [01624] with him in battle [04421].begin…: Heb. begin, possess
And I sent [07971] messengers [04397] out of the wilderness [04057] of Kedemoth [06932] unto Sihon [05511] king [04428] of Heshbon [02809] with words [01697] of peace [07965], saying [0559],
But Sihon [05511] king [04428] of Heshbon [02809] would [014] not let us pass [05674] by him: for the Lord [03068] thy God [0430] hardened [07185] his spirit [07307], and made his heart [03824] obstinate [0553], that he might deliver [05414] him into thy hand [03027], as appeareth this day [03117].
Then we turned [06437], and went up [05927] the way [01870] to Bashan [01316]: and Og [05747] the king [04428] of Bashan [01316] came out [03318] against [07125] us, he and all his people [05971], to battle [04421] at Edrei [0154].
And the Lord [03068] said [0559] unto me, Fear [03372] him not: for I will deliver [05414] him, and all his people [05971], and his land [0776], into thy hand [03027]; and thou shalt do [06213] unto him as thou didst [06213] unto Sihon [05511] king [04428] of the Amorites [0567], which dwelt [03427] at Heshbon [02809].
So the Lord [03068] our God [0430] delivered [05414] into our hands [03027] Og [05747] also, the king [04428] of Bashan [01316], and all his people [05971]: and we smote [05221] him until none was left [07604] to him remaining [08300].
And we utterly destroyed [02763] them, as we did [06213] unto Sihon [05511] king [04428] of Heshbon [02809], utterly destroying [02763] the men [04962], women [0802], and children [02945], of every city [05892].
And we took [03947] at that time [06256] out [03947] of the hand [03027] of the two [08147] kings [04428] of the Amorites [0567] the land [0776] that was on this side [05676] Jordan [03383], from the river [05158] of Arnon [0769] unto mount [02022] Hermon [02768];
For only Og [05747] king [04428] of Bashan [01316] remained [07604] of the remnant [03499] of giants [07497]; behold, his bedstead [06210] was a bedstead [06210] of iron [01270]; is it not [03808] in Rabbath [07237] of the children [01121] of Ammon [05983]? nine [08672] cubits [0520] was the length [0753] thereof, and four [0702] cubits [0520] the breadth [07341] of it, after the cubit [0520] of a man [0376].
And I commanded [06680] Joshua [03091] at that time [06256], saying [0559], Thine eyes [05869] have seen [07200] all that the Lord [03068] your God [0430] hath done [06213] unto these two [08147] kings [04428]: so shall the Lord [03068] do [06213] unto all the kingdoms [04467] whither thou passest [05674].
On this side [05676] Jordan [03383], in the valley [01516] over against [04136] Beth–peor [01047], in the land [0776] of Sihon [05511] king [04428] of the Amorites [0567], who dwelt [03427] at Heshbon [02809], whom Moses [04872] and the children [01121] of Israel [03478] smote [05221], after they were come forth [03318] out of Egypt [04714]:
And they possessed [03423] his land [0776], and the land [0776] of Og [05747] king [04428] of Bashan [01316], two [08147] kings [04428] of the Amorites [0567], which were on this side [05676] Jordan [03383] toward the sunrising [08121] [04217];
But because the Lord [03068] loved [0160] you, and because he would keep [08104] the oath [07621] which he had sworn [07650] unto your fathers [01], hath the Lord [03068] brought you out [03318] with a mighty [02389] hand [03027], and redeemed [06299] you out of the house [01004] of bondmen [05650], from the hand [03027] of Pharaoh [06547] king [04428] of Egypt [04714].
And he shall deliver [05414] their kings [04428] into thine hand [03027], and thou shalt destroy [06] their name [08034] from under heaven [08064]: there shall no man [0376] be able to stand [03320] before [06440] thee, until thou have destroyed [08045] them.
And his miracles [0226], and his acts [04639], which he did [06213] in the midst [08432] of Egypt [04714] unto Pharaoh [06547] the king [04428] of Egypt [04714], and unto all his land [0776];
When thou art come [0935] unto the land [0776] which the Lord [03068] thy God [0430] giveth [05414] thee, and shalt possess [03423] it, and shalt dwell [03427] therein, and shalt say [0559], I will set [07760] a king [04428] over me, like as all the nations [01471] that are about [05439] me;
Thou shalt in any wise [07760] set [07760] him king [04428] over thee, whom the Lord [03068] thy God [0430] shall choose [0977]: one from among [07130] thy brethren [0251] shalt thou set [07760] king [04428] over thee: thou mayest [03201] not set [05414] a stranger [0376] [05237] over thee, which is not thy brother [0251].
The Lord [03068] shall bring [03212] thee, and thy king [04428] which thou shalt set [06965] over thee, unto a nation [01471] which neither thou nor thy fathers [01] have known [03045]; and there shalt thou serve [05647] other [0312] gods [0430], wood [06086] and stone [068].
And when ye came [0935] unto this place [04725], Sihon [05511] the king [04428] of Heshbon [02809], and Og [05747] the king [04428] of Bashan [01316], came out [03318] against [07125] us unto battle [04421], and we smote [05221] them:
And the Lord [03068] shall do [06213] unto them as he did [06213] to Sihon [05511] and to Og [05747], kings [04428] of the Amorites [0567], and unto the land [0776] of them, whom he destroyed [08045].
And he was king [04428] in Jeshurun [03484], when the heads [07218] of the people [05971] and the tribes [07626] of Israel [03478] were gathered [0622] together [03162].
And it was told [0559] the king [04428] of Jericho [03405], saying [0559], Behold, there came [0935] men [0582] in hither to night [03915] of the children [01121] of Israel [03478] to search out [02658] the country [0776].
And the king [04428] of Jericho [03405] sent [07971] unto Rahab [07343], saying [0559], Bring forth [03318] the men [0582] that are come [0935] to thee, which are entered [0935] into thine house [01004]: for they be come [0935] to search out [02658] all the country [0776].
For we have heard [08085] how the Lord [03068] dried up [03001] the water [04325] of the Red [05488] sea [03220] for you [06440], when ye came out [03318] of Egypt [04714]; and what ye did [06213] unto the two [08147] kings [04428] of the Amorites [0567], that were on the other side [05676] Jordan [03383], Sihon [05511] and Og [05747], whom ye utterly destroyed [02763].
And it came to pass, when all the kings [04428] of the Amorites [0567], which were on the side [05676] of Jordan [03383] westward [03220], and all the kings [04428] of the Canaanites [03669], which were by the sea [03220], heard [08085] that the Lord [03068] had dried up [03001] the waters [04325] of Jordan [03383] from before [06440] the children [01121] of Israel [03478], until we were passed over [05674], that their heart [03824] melted [04549], neither was there spirit [07307] in them any more, because [06440] of the children [01121] of Israel [03478].
And the Lord [03068] said [0559] unto Joshua [03091], See [07200], I have given [05414] into thine hand [03027] Jericho [03405], and the king [04428] thereof, and the mighty men [01368] of valour [02428].
And the Lord [03068] said [0559] unto Joshua [03091], Fear [03372] not, neither be thou dismayed [02865]: take [03947] all the people [05971] of war [04421] with thee, and arise [06965], go up [05927] to Ai [05857]: see [07200], I have given [05414] into thy hand [03027] the king [04428] of Ai [05857], and his people [05971], and his city [05892], and his land [0776]:
And thou shalt do [06213] to Ai [05857] and her king [04428] as thou didst [06213] unto Jericho [03405] and her king [04428]: only the spoil [07998] thereof, and the cattle [0929] thereof, shall ye take for a prey [0962] unto yourselves: lay [07760] thee an ambush [0693] for the city [05892] behind [0310] it.
And it came to pass, when the king [04428] of Ai [05857] saw [07200] it, that they hasted [04116] and rose up early [07925], and the men [0582] of the city [05892] went out [03318] against [07125] Israel [03478] to battle [04421], he and all his people [05971], at a time appointed [04150], before [06440] the plain [06160]; but he wist [03045] not that there were liers in ambush [0693] against him behind [0310] the city [05892].
And the king [04428] of Ai [05857] they took [08610] alive [02416], and brought [07126] him to Joshua [03091].
And the king [04428] of Ai [05857] he hanged [08518] on a tree [06086] until eventide [06153] [06256]: and as soon as the sun [08121] was down [0935], Joshua [03091] commanded [06680] that they should take [03381] his carcase [05038] down [03381] from the tree [06086], and cast [07993] it at the entering [06607] of the gate [08179] of the city [05892], and raise [06965] thereon a great [01419] heap [01530] of stones [068], that remaineth unto this day [03117].
And it came to pass, when all the kings [04428] which were on this side [05676] Jordan [03383], in the hills [02022], and in the valleys [08219], and in all the coasts [02348] of the great [01419] sea [03220] over against [04136] Lebanon [03844], the Hittite [02850], and the Amorite [0567], the Canaanite [03669], the Perizzite [06522], the Hivite [02340], and the Jebusite [02983], heard [08085] thereof;
And all that he did [06213] to the two [08147] kings [04428] of the Amorites [0567], that were beyond [05676] Jordan [03383], to Sihon [05511] king [04428] of Heshbon [02809], and to Og [05747] king [04428] of Bashan [01316], which was at Ashtaroth [06252].
Now it came to pass, when Adoni–zedek [0139] king [04428] of Jerusalem [03389] had heard [08085] how [03588] Joshua [03091] had taken [03920] Ai [05857], and had utterly destroyed [02763] it; as he had done [06213] to Jericho [03405] and her king [04428], so he had done [06213] to Ai [05857] and her king [04428]; and how the inhabitants [03427] of Gibeon [01391] had made peace [07999] with Israel [03478], and were among [07130] them;
Wherefore Adoni–zedek [0139] king [04428] of Jerusalem [03389] sent [07971] unto Hoham [01944] king [04428] of Hebron [02275], and unto Piram [06502] king [04428] of Jarmuth [03412], and unto Japhia [03309] king [04428] of Lachish [03923], and unto Debir [01688] king [04428] of Eglon [05700], saying [0559],
Therefore the five [02568] kings [04428] of the Amorites [0567], the king [04428] of Jerusalem [03389], the king [04428] of Hebron [02275], the king [04428] of Jarmuth [03412], the king [04428] of Lachish [03923], the king [04428] of Eglon [05700], gathered themselves together [0622], and went up [05927], they and all their hosts [04264], and encamped [02583] before Gibeon [01391], and made war [03898] against it.
And the men [0582] of Gibeon [01391] sent [07971] unto Joshua [03091] to the camp [04264] to Gilgal [01537], saying [0559], Slack [07503] not thy hand [03027] from thy servants [05650]; come up [05927] to us quickly [04120], and save [03467] us, and help [05826] us: for all the kings [04428] of the Amorites [0567] that dwell [03427] in the mountains [02022] are gathered together [06908] against us.
But these five [02568] kings [04428] fled [05127], and hid [02244] themselves in a cave [04631] at Makkedah [04719].
And it was told [05046] Joshua [03091], saying [0559], The five [02568] kings [04428] are found [04672] hid [02244] in a cave [04631] at Makkedah [04719].
Then said [0559] Joshua [03091], Open [06605] the mouth [06310] of the cave [04631], and bring out [03318] those five [02568] kings [04428] unto me out of the cave [04631].
And they did [06213] so, and brought forth [03318] those five [02568] kings [04428] unto him out of the cave [04631], the king [04428] of Jerusalem [03389], the king [04428] of Hebron [02275], the king [04428] of Jarmuth [03412], the king [04428] of Lachish [03923], and the king [04428] of Eglon [05700].
And it came to pass, when they brought out [03318] those kings [04428] unto Joshua [03091], that Joshua [03091] called [07121] for all the men [0376] of Israel [03478], and said [0559] unto the captains [07101] of the men [0582] of war [04421] which went [01980] with him, Come near [07126], put [07760] your feet [07272] upon the necks [06677] of these kings [04428]. And they came near [07126], and put [07760] their feet [07272] upon the necks [06677] of them.
And that day [03117] Joshua [03091] took [03920] Makkedah [04719], and smote [05221] it with the edge [06310] of the sword [02719], and the king [04428] thereof he utterly destroyed [02763], them, and all the souls [05315] that were therein; he let [07604] none remain [08300]: and he did [06213] to the king [04428] of Makkedah [04719] as he did [06213] unto the king [04428] of Jericho [03405].
And the Lord [03068] delivered [05414] it also, and the king [04428] thereof, into the hand [03027] of Israel [03478]; and he smote [05221] it with the edge [06310] of the sword [02719], and all the souls [05315] that were therein; he let [07604] none remain [08300] in it; but did [06213] unto the king [04428] thereof as he did [06213] unto the king [04428] of Jericho [03405].
Then Horam [02036] king [04428] of Gezer [01507] came up [05927] to help [05826] Lachish [03923]; and Joshua [03091] smote [05221] him and his people [05971], until he had left [07604] him none remaining [08300].
And they took [03920] it, and smote [05221] it with the edge [06310] of the sword [02719], and the king [04428] thereof, and all the cities [05892] thereof, and all the souls [05315] that were therein; he left [07604] none remaining [08300], according to all that he had done [06213] to Eglon [05700]; but destroyed [02763] it utterly, and all the souls [05315] that were therein.
And he took [03920] it, and the king [04428] thereof, and all the cities [05892] thereof; and they smote [05221] them with the edge [06310] of the sword [02719], and utterly destroyed [02763] all the souls [05315] that were therein; he left [07604] none remaining [08300]: as he had done [06213] to Hebron [02275], so he did [06213] to Debir [01688], and to the king [04428] thereof; as he had done [06213] also to Libnah [03841], and to her king [04428].
So Joshua [03091] smote [05221] all the country [0776] of the hills [02022], and of the south [05045], and of the vale [08219], and of the springs [0794], and all their kings [04428]: he left [07604] none remaining [08300], but utterly destroyed [02763] all that breathed [05397], as the Lord [03068] God [0430] of Israel [03478] commanded [06680].
And all these kings [04428] and their land [0776] did Joshua [03091] take [03920] at one [0259] time [06471], because the Lord [03068] God [0430] of Israel [03478] fought [03898] for Israel [03478].
And it came to pass, when Jabin [02985] king [04428] of Hazor [02674] had heard [08085] those things, that he sent [07971] to Jobab [03103] king [04428] of Madon [04068], and to the king [04428] of Shimron [08110], and to the king [04428] of Achshaph [0407],
And to the kings [04428] that were on the north [06828] of the mountains [02022], and of the plains [06160] south [05045] of Chinneroth [03672], and in the valley [08219], and in the borders [05299] of Dor [01756] on the west [03220],
And when all these kings [04428] were met together [03259], they came [0935] and pitched [02583] together [03162] at the waters [04325] of Merom [04792], to fight [03898] against Israel [03478].met…: Heb. assembled by appointment
And Joshua [03091] at that time [06256] turned back [07725], and took [03920] Hazor [02674], and smote [05221] the king [04428] thereof with the sword [02719]: for Hazor [02674] beforetime [06440] was the head [07218] of all those kingdoms [04467].
And all the cities [05892] of those kings [04428], and all the kings [04428] of them, did Joshua [03091] take [03920], and smote [05221] them with the edge [06310] of the sword [02719], and he utterly destroyed [02763] them, as Moses [04872] the servant [05650] of the Lord [03068] commanded [06680].
Even from the mount [02022] Halak [02510], that goeth up [05927] to Seir [08165], even unto Baal–gad [01171] in the valley [01237] of Lebanon [03844] under mount [02022] Hermon [02768]: and all their kings [04428] he took [03920], and smote [05221] them, and slew [04191] them.the mount…: or, the smooth mountain
Joshua [03091] made [06213] war [04421] a long [07227] time [03117] with all those kings [04428].
Now these are the kings [04428] of the land [0776], which the children [01121] of Israel [03478] smote [05221], and possessed [03423] their land [0776] on the other side [05676] Jordan [03383] toward the rising [04217] of the sun [08121], from the river [05158] Arnon [0769] unto mount [02022] Hermon [02768], and all the plain [06160] on the east [04217]:
Sihon [05511] king [04428] of the Amorites [0567], who dwelt [03427] in Heshbon [02809], and ruled [04910] from Aroer [06177], which is upon the bank [08193] of the river [05158] Arnon [0769], and from the middle [08432] of the river [05158], and from half [02677] Gilead [01568], even unto the river [05158] Jabbok [02999], which is the border [01366] of the children [01121] of Ammon [05983];
And the coast [01366] of Og [05747] king [04428] of Bashan [01316], which was of the remnant [03499] of the giants [07497], that dwelt [03427] at Ashtaroth [06252] and at Edrei [0154],
And reigned [04910] in mount [02022] Hermon [02768], and in Salcah [05548], and in all Bashan [01316], unto the border [01366] of the Geshurites [01651] and the Maachathites [04602], and half [02677] Gilead [01568], the border [01366] of Sihon [05511] king [04428] of Heshbon [02809].
And these are the kings [04428] of the country [0776] which Joshua [03091] and the children [01121] of Israel [03478] smote [05221] on this side [05676] Jordan [03383] on the west [03220], from Baal–gad [01171] in the valley [01237] of Lebanon [03844] even unto the mount [02022] Halak [02510], that goeth up [05927] to Seir [08165]; which Joshua [03091] gave [05414] unto the tribes [07626] of Israel [03478] for a possession [03425] according to their divisions [04256];
The king [04428] of Jericho [03405], one [0259]; the king [04428] of Ai [05857], which is beside [06654] Beth–el [01008], one [0259];
The king [04428] of Jerusalem [03389], one [0259]; the king [04428] of Hebron [02275], one [0259];
The king [04428] of Jarmuth [03412], one [0259]; the king [04428] of Lachish [03923], one [0259];
The king [04428] of Eglon [05700], one [0259]; the king [04428] of Gezer [01507], one [0259];
The king [04428] of Debir [01688], one [0259]; the king [04428] of Geder [01445], one [0259];
The king [04428] of Hormah [02767], one [0259]; the king [04428] of Arad [06166], one [0259];
The king [04428] of Libnah [03841], one [0259]; the king [04428] of Adullam [05725], one [0259];
The king [04428] of Makkedah [04719], one [0259]; the king [04428] of Beth–el [01008], one [0259];
The king [04428] of Tappuah [08599], one [0259]; the king [04428] of Hepher [02660], one [0259];
The king [04428] of Aphek [0663], one [0259]; the king [04428] of Lasharon [08289], one [0259];Lasharon: or, Sharon
The king [04428] of Madon [04068], one [0259]; the king [04428] of Hazor [02674], one [0259];
The king [04428] of Shimron–meron [08112], one [0259]; the king [04428] of Achshaph [0407], one [0259];
The king [04428] of Taanach [08590], one [0259]; the king [04428] of Megiddo [04023], one [0259];
The king [04428] of Kedesh [06943], one [0259]; the king [04428] of Jokneam [03362] of Carmel [03760], one [0259];
The king [04428] of Dor [01756] in the coast [05299] of Dor [01756], one [0259]; the king [04428] of the nations [01471] of Gilgal [01537], one [0259];
The king [04428] of Tirzah [08656], one [0259]: all the kings [04428] thirty [07970] and one [0259].
And all the cities [05892] of Sihon [05511] king [04428] of the Amorites [0567], which reigned [04427] in Heshbon [02809], unto the border [01366] of the children [01121] of Ammon [05983];
And all the cities [05892] of the plain [04334], and all the kingdom [04468] of Sihon [05511] king [04428] of the Amorites [0567], which reigned [04427] in Heshbon [02809], whom Moses [04872] smote [05221] with the princes [05387] of Midian [04080], Evi [0189], and Rekem [07552], and Zur [06698], and Hur [02354], and Reba [07254], which were dukes [05257] of Sihon [05511], dwelling [03427] in the country [0776].
And in the valley [06010], Beth–aram [01027], and Beth–nimrah [01039], and Succoth [05523], and Zaphon [06829], the rest [03499] of the kingdom [04468] of Sihon [05511] king [04428] of Heshbon [02809], Jordan [03383] and his border [01366], even unto the edge [07097] of the sea [03220] of Chinnereth [03672] on the other side [05676] Jordan [03383] eastward [04217].
And their coast [01366] was from Mahanaim [04266], all Bashan [01316], all the kingdom [04468] of Og [05747] king [04428] of Bashan [01316], and all the towns [02333] of Jair [02971], which are in Bashan [01316], threescore [08346] cities [05892]:
Then Balak [01111] the son [01121] of Zippor [06834], king [04428] of Moab [04124], arose [06965] and warred [03898] against Israel [03478], and sent [07971] and called [07121] Balaam [01109] the son [01121] of Beor [01160] to curse [07043] you:
And I sent [07971] the hornet [06880] before [06440] you, which drave them out [01644] from before [06440] you, even the two [08147] kings [04428] of the Amorites [0567]; but not with thy sword [02719], nor with thy bow [07198].
And Adoni–bezek [0137] said [0559], Threescore and ten [07657] kings [04428], having their thumbs [03027] [0931] and their great toes [07272] cut off [07112], gathered [03950] their meat under my table [07979]: as I have done [06213], so God [0430] hath requited [07999] me. And they brought [0935] him to Jerusalem [03389], and there he died [04191].their thumbs…: Heb. the thumbs of their hands and of their feetgathered: or, gleaned
Therefore the anger [0639] of the Lord [03068] was hot [02734] against Israel [03478], and he sold [04376] them into the hand [03027] of Chushan–rishathaim [03573] king [04428] of Mesopotamia [0763]: and the children [01121] of Israel [03478] served [05647] Chushan–rishathaim [03573] eight [08083] years [08141].Mesopotamia: Heb. Aram–naharaim
And the Spirit [07307] of the Lord [03068] came upon him, and he judged [08199] Israel [03478], and went out [03318] to war [04421]: and the Lord [03068] delivered [05414] Chushan–rishathaim [03573] king [04428] of Mesopotamia [0763] into his hand [03027]; and his hand [03027] prevailed [05810] against Chushan–rishathaim [03573].came: Heb. wasMesopotamia: Heb. Aram
And the children [01121] of Israel [03478] did [06213] evil [07451] again [03254] in the sight [05869] of the Lord [03068]: and the Lord [03068] strengthened [02388] Eglon [05700] the king [04428] of Moab [04124] against Israel [03478], because they had done [06213] evil [07451] in the sight [05869] of the Lord [03068].
So the children [01121] of Israel [03478] served [05647] Eglon [05700] the king [04428] of Moab [04124] eighteen [06240] [08083] years [08141].
But when the children [01121] of Israel [03478] cried [02199] unto the Lord [03068], the Lord [03068] raised them up [06965] a deliverer [03467], Ehud [0164] the son [01121] of Gera [01617], a Benjamite [01145], a man [0376] lefthanded [03225] [0334]: and by him [03027] the children [01121] of Israel [03478] sent [07971] a present [04503] unto Eglon [05700] the king [04428] of Moab [04124].a Benjamite: or, the son of Jeminilefthanded: Heb. shut of his right hand
And he brought [07126] the present [04503] unto Eglon [05700] king [04428] of Moab [04124]: and Eglon [05700] was a very [03966] fat [01277] man [0376].
But he himself turned again [07725] from the quarries [06456] that were by Gilgal [01537], and said [0559], I have a secret [05643] errand [01697] unto thee, O king [04428]: who said [0559], Keep silence [02013]. And all that stood [05975] by him went out [03318] from him.quarries: or, graven images
And the Lord [03068] sold [04376] them into the hand [03027] of Jabin [02985] king [04428] of Canaan [03667], that reigned [04427] in Hazor [02674]; the captain [08269] of whose host [06635] was Sisera [05516], which dwelt [03427] in Harosheth [02800] of the Gentiles [01471].
Howbeit Sisera [05516] fled away [05127] on his feet [07272] to the tent [0168] of Jael [03278] the wife [0802] of Heber [02268] the Kenite [07017]: for there was peace [07965] between Jabin [02985] the king [04428] of Hazor [02674] and the house [01004] of Heber [02268] the Kenite [07017].
So God [0430] subdued [03665] on that day [03117] Jabin [02985] the king [04428] of Canaan [03667] before [06440] the children [01121] of Israel [03478].
And the hand [03027] of the children [01121] of Israel [03478] prospered [01980] [03212], and prevailed [07186] against Jabin [02985] the king [04428] of Canaan [03667], until they had destroyed [03772] Jabin [02985] king [04428] of Canaan [03667].prospered…: Heb. going went and was hard
Hear [08085], O ye kings [04428]; give ear [0238], O ye princes [07336]; I, even I, will sing [07891] unto the Lord [03068]; I will sing [02167] praise to the Lord [03068] God [0430] of Israel [03478].
The kings [04428] came [0935] and fought [03898], then fought [03898] the kings [04428] of Canaan [03667] in Taanach [08590] by the waters [04325] of Megiddo [04023]; they took [03947] no gain [01215] of money [03701].
And he said [0559] unto the men [0582] of Succoth [05523], Give [05414], I pray you, loaves [03603] of bread [03899] unto the people [05971] that follow [07272] me; for they be faint [05889], and I am pursuing [07291] after [0310] Zebah [02078] and Zalmunna [06759], kings [04428] of Midian [04080].
And when Zebah [02078] and Zalmunna [06759] fled [05127], he pursued [07291] after [0310] them, and took [03920] the two [08147] kings [04428] of Midian [04080], Zebah [02078] and Zalmunna [06759], and discomfited [02729] all the host [04264].discomfited: Heb. terrified
Then said [0559] he unto Zebah [02078] and Zalmunna [06759], What [0375] manner of men [0582] were they whom ye slew [02026] at Tabor [08396]? And they answered [0559], As thou [03644] art, so were they; each one [0259] resembled [08389] the children [01121] of a king [04428].resembled…: Heb. according to the form, etc
And the weight [04948] of the golden [02091] earrings [05141] that he requested [07592] was a thousand [0505] and seven [07651] hundred [03967] shekels of gold [02091]; beside ornaments [07720], and collars [05188], and purple [0713] raiment [0899] that was on the kings [04428] of Midian [04080], and beside the chains [06060] that were about their camels' [01581] necks [06677].collars: or, sweet jewels
And all the men [01167] of Shechem [07927] gathered together [0622], and all the house [01004] of Millo [01037] [04407], and went [03212], and made [04427] Abimelech [040] king [04428], by the plain [0436] of the pillar [05324] that was in Shechem [07927].plain: or, oak
The trees [06086] went forth [01980] [01980] on a time to anoint [04886] a king [04428] over them; and they said [0559] unto the olive tree [02132], Reign [04427] thou over us.
And the bramble [0329] said [0559] unto the trees [06086], If in truth [0571] ye anoint [04886] me king [04428] over you, then come [0935] and put your trust [02620] in my shadow [06738]: and if not, let fire [0784] come out [03318] of the bramble [0329], and devour [0398] the cedars [0730] of Lebanon [03844].
And Jephthah [03316] sent [07971] messengers [04397] unto the king [04428] of the children [01121] of Ammon [05983], saying [0559], What hast thou to do with me, that thou art come [0935] against me to fight [03898] in my land [0776]?
And the king [04428] of the children [01121] of Ammon [05983] answered [0559] unto the messengers [04397] of Jephthah [03316], Because Israel [03478] took away [03947] my land [0776], when they came up [05927] out of Egypt [04714], from Arnon [0769] even unto Jabbok [02999], and unto Jordan [03383]: now therefore restore those lands again [07725] peaceably [07965].
And Jephthah [03316] sent [07971] messengers [04397] again [03254] unto the king [04428] of the children [01121] of Ammon [05983]:
Then Israel [03478] sent [07971] messengers [04397] unto the king [04428] of Edom [0123], saying [0559], Let me, I pray thee, pass through [05674] thy land [0776]: but the king [04428] of Edom [0123] would not hearken [08085] thereto. And in like manner they sent [07971] unto the king [04428] of Moab [04124]: but he would [014] not consent: and Israel [03478] abode [03427] in Kadesh [06946].
And Israel [03478] sent [07971] messengers [04397] unto Sihon [05511] king [04428] of the Amorites [0567], the king [04428] of Heshbon [02809]; and Israel [03478] said [0559] unto him, Let us pass [05674], we pray thee, through thy land [0776] into [05704] my place [04725].
And now art thou any thing better [02896] than Balak [01111] the son [01121] of Zippor [06834], king [04428] of Moab [04124]? did he ever [07378] strive [07378] against Israel [03478], or did he ever [03898] fight [03898] against them,
Howbeit the king [04428] of the children [01121] of Ammon [05983] hearkened [08085] not unto the words [01697] of Jephthah [03316] which he sent [07971] him.
In those days [03117] there was no king [04428] in Israel [03478], but every man [0376] did [06213] that which was right [03477] in his own eyes [05869].
In those days [03117] there was no king [04428] in Israel [03478]: and in those days [03117] the tribe [07626] of the Danites [01839] sought [01245] them an inheritance [05159] to dwell in [03427]; for unto that day [03117] all their inheritance [05159] had not fallen [05307] unto them among [08432] the tribes [07626] of Israel [03478].
And it came to pass in those days [03117], when there was no king [04428] in Israel [03478], that there was a certain [0376] Levite [03881] sojourning [01481] on the side [03411] of mount [02022] Ephraim [0669], who took [03947] to him a concubine [06370] [0802] out of Beth–lehem–judah [03063] [01035].a concubine: Heb. a woman a concubine, or, a wife a concubine
In those days [03117] there was no king [04428] in Israel [03478]: every man [0376] did [06213] that which was right [03477] in his own eyes [05869].
The adversaries [07378] of the Lord [03068] shall be broken to pieces [02865]; out of heaven [08064] shall he thunder [07481] upon them: the Lord [03068] shall judge [01777] the ends [0657] of the earth [0776]; and he shall give [05414] strength [05797] unto his king [04428], and exalt [07311] the horn [07161] of his anointed [04899].
And said [0559] unto him, Behold, thou art old [02204], and thy sons [01121] walk [01980] not in thy ways [01870]: now make [07760] us a king [04428] to judge [08199] us like all the nations [01471].
But the thing [01697] displeased [05869] [03415] Samuel [08050], when they said [0559], Give [05414] us a king [04428] to judge [08199] us. And Samuel [08050] prayed [06419] unto the Lord [03068].displeased: Heb. was evil in the eyes of
Now therefore hearken [08085] unto their voice [06963]: howbeit [0389] yet protest [05749] solemnly [05749] unto them, and shew [05046] them the manner [04941] of the king [04428] that shall reign [04427] over them.hearken…: or, obeyhowbeit…: or, notwithstanding when thou hast solemnly protested against them then thou shalt
And Samuel [08050] told [0559] all the words [01697] of the Lord [03068] unto the people [05971] that asked [07592] of him a king [04428].
And he said [0559], This will be the manner [04941] of the king [04428] that shall reign [04427] over you: He will take [03947] your sons [01121], and appoint [07760] them for himself, for his chariots [04818], and to be his horsemen [06571]; and some shall run [07323] before [06440] his chariots [04818].
And ye shall cry out [02199] in that day [03117] because [06440] of your king [04428] which ye shall have chosen [0977] you; and the Lord [03068] will not hear [06030] you in that day [03117].
Nevertheless the people [05971] refused [03985] to obey [08085] the voice [06963] of Samuel [08050]; and they said [0559], Nay; but we will have a king [04428] over us;
That we also may be like all the nations [01471]; and that our king [04428] may judge [08199] us, and go out [03318] before [06440] us, and fight [03898] our battles [04421].
And the Lord [03068] said [0559] to Samuel [08050], Hearken [08085] unto their voice [06963], and make [04427] them a king [04428]. And Samuel [08050] said [0559] unto the men [0582] of Israel [03478], Go [03212] ye every man [0376] unto his city [05892].
And ye have this day [03117] rejected [03988] your God [0430], who himself saved [03467] you out of all your adversities [07451] and your tribulations [06869]; and ye have said [0559] unto him, Nay, but set [07760] a king [04428] over us. Now therefore present [03320] yourselves before [06440] the Lord [03068] by your tribes [07626], and by your thousands [0505].
And Samuel [08050] said [0559] to all the people [05971], See [07200] ye him whom the Lord [03068] hath chosen [0977], that there is none like him among all the people [05971]? And all the people [05971] shouted [07321], and said [0559], God save [02421] the king [04428].God…: Heb. Let the king live
And Samuel [08050] said [0559] unto all Israel [03478], Behold, I have hearkened [08085] unto your voice [06963] in all that ye said [0559] unto me, and have made [04427] a king [04428] over you.
And now, behold, the king [04428] walketh [01980] before [06440] you: and I am old [02204] and grayheaded [07867]; and, behold, my sons [01121] are with you: and I have walked [01980] before [06440] you from my childhood [05271] unto this day [03117].
And when they forgat [07911] the Lord [03068] their God [0430], he sold [04376] them into the hand [03027] of Sisera [05516], captain [08269] of the host [06635] of Hazor [02674], and into the hand [03027] of the Philistines [06430], and into the hand [03027] of the king [04428] of Moab [04124], and they fought [03898] against them.
And when ye saw [07200] that Nahash [05176] the king [04428] of the children [01121] of Ammon [05983] came [0935] against you, ye said [0559] unto me, Nay; but a king [04428] shall reign [04427] over us: when the Lord [03068] your God [0430] was your king [04428].
Now therefore behold the king [04428] whom ye have chosen [0977], and whom ye have desired [07592]! and, behold, the Lord [03068] hath set [05414] a king [04428] over you.
If ye will fear [03372] the Lord [03068], and serve [05647] him, and obey [08085] his voice [06963], and not rebel [04784] against the commandment [06310] of the Lord [03068], then shall both ye and also the king [04428] that reigneth [04427] over you continue following [0310] the Lord [03068] your God [0430]:commandment: Heb. mouthcontinue…: Heb. be after
Is it not wheat [02406] harvest [07105] to day [03117]? I will call [07121] unto the Lord [03068], and he shall send [05414] thunder [06963] and rain [04306]; that ye may perceive [03045] and see [07200] that your wickedness [07451] is great [07227], which ye have done [06213] in the sight [05869] of the Lord [03068], in asking [07592] you a king [04428].
And all the people [05971] said [0559] unto Samuel [08050], Pray [06419] for thy servants [05650] unto the Lord [03068] thy God [0430], that we die [04191] not: for we have added [03254] unto all our sins [02403] this evil [07451], to ask [07592] us a king [04428].
But if ye shall still [07489] do wickedly [07489], ye shall be consumed [05595], both ye and your king [04428].
So Saul [07586] took [03920] the kingdom [04410] over Israel [03478], and fought [03898] against all his enemies [0341] on every side [05439], against Moab [04124], and against the children [01121] of Ammon [05983], and against Edom [0123], and against the kings [04428] of Zobah [06678], and against the Philistines [06430]: and whithersoever he turned [06437] himself, he vexed [07561] them.
Samuel [08050] also said [0559] unto Saul [07586], The Lord [03068] sent [07971] me to anoint [04886] thee to be king [04428] over his people [05971], over Israel [03478]: now therefore hearken [08085] thou unto the voice [06963] of the words [01697] of the Lord [03068].
And he took [08610] Agag [090] the king [04428] of the Amalekites [06002] alive [02416], and utterly destroyed [02763] all the people [05971] with the edge [06310] of the sword [02719].
It repenteth [05162] me that I have set up [04427] Saul [07586] to be king [04428]: for he is turned back [07725] from following [0310] me, and hath not performed [06965] my commandments [01697]. And it grieved [02734] Samuel [08050]; and he cried [02199] unto the Lord [03068] all night [03915].
And Samuel [08050] said [0559], When thou wast little [06996] in thine own sight [05869], wast thou not made the head [07218] of the tribes [07626] of Israel [03478], and the Lord [03068] anointed [04886] thee king [04428] over Israel [03478]?
And Saul [07586] said [0559] unto Samuel [08050], Yea, I have obeyed [08085] the voice [06963] of the Lord [03068], and have gone [03212] the way [01870] which the Lord [03068] sent [07971] me, and have brought [0935] Agag [090] the king [04428] of Amalek [06002], and have utterly destroyed [02763] the Amalekites [06002].
For rebellion [04805] is as the sin [02403] of witchcraft [07081], and stubbornness [06484] is as iniquity [0205] and idolatry [08655]. Because thou hast rejected [03988] the word [01697] of the Lord [03068], he hath also rejected [03988] thee from being king [04428].witchcraft: Heb. divination
And Samuel [08050] said [0559] unto Saul [07586], I will not return [07725] with thee: for thou hast rejected [03988] the word [01697] of the Lord [03068], and the Lord [03068] hath rejected [03988] thee from being king [04428] over Israel [03478].
Then said [0559] Samuel [08050], Bring ye hither [05066] to me Agag [090] the king [04428] of the Amalekites [06002]. And Agag [090] came [03212] unto him delicately [04574]. And Agag [090] said [0559], Surely [0403] the bitterness [04751] of death [04194] is past [05493].
And the Lord [03068] said [0559] unto Samuel [08050], How long wilt thou mourn [056] for Saul [07586], seeing I have rejected [03988] him from reigning [04427] over Israel [03478]? fill [04390] thine horn [07161] with oil [08081], and go [03212], I will send [07971] thee to Jesse [03448] the Beth–lehemite [01022]: for I have provided [07200] me a king [04428] among his sons [01121].
And the men [0376] of Israel [03478] said [0559], Have ye seen [07200] this man [0376] that is come up [05927]? surely to defy [02778] Israel [03478] is he come up [05927]: and it shall be, that the man [0376] who killeth [05221] him, the king [04428] will enrich [06238] him with great [01419] riches [06239], and will give [05414] him his daughter [01323], and make [06213] his father's [01] house [01004] free [02670] in Israel [03478].
And when Saul [07586] saw [07200] David [01732] go forth [03318] against [07125] the Philistine [06430], he said [0559] unto Abner [074], the captain [08269] of the host [06635], Abner [074], whose son [01121] is this youth [05288]? And Abner [074] said [0559], As thy soul [05315] liveth [02416], O king [04428], I cannot [0518] tell [03045].
And the king [04428] said [0559], Enquire [07592] thou whose son [01121] the stripling [05958] is.
And it came to pass as they came [0935], when David [01732] was returned [07725] from the slaughter [05221] of the Philistine [06430], that the women [0802] came out [03318] of all cities [05892] of Israel [03478], singing [07891] and dancing [04246], to meet [07125] king [04428] Saul [07586], with tabrets [08596], with joy [08057], and with instruments of musick [07991].Philistine: or, Philistinesinstruments…: Heb. three stringed instruments
And David [01732] said [0559] unto Saul [07586], Who am I? and what is my life [02416], or my father's [01] family [04940] in Israel [03478], that I should be son in law [02860] to the king [04428]?
And Saul [07586] commanded [06680] his servants [05650], saying, Commune [01696] with David [01732] secretly [03909], and say [0559], Behold, the king [04428] hath delight [02654] in thee, and all his servants [05650] love [0157] thee: now therefore be the king's [04428] son in law [02859].
And Saul's [07586] servants [05650] spake [01696] those words [01697] in the ears [0241] of David [01732]. And David [01732] said [0559], Seemeth [05869] it to you a light [07043] thing to be a king's [04428] son in law [02859], seeing that I am a poor [07326] man [0376], and lightly esteemed [07034]?
And Saul [07586] said [0559], Thus shall ye say [0559] to David [01732], The king [04428] desireth [02656] not any dowry [04119], but an hundred [03967] foreskins [06190] of the Philistines [06430], to be avenged [05358] of the king's [04428] enemies [0341]. But Saul [07586] thought [02803] to make David [01732] fall [05307] by the hand [03027] of the Philistines [06430].
And when his servants [05650] told [05046] David [01732] these words [01697], it pleased [05869] [01697] [03474] David [01732] well to be the king's [04428] son in law [02859]: and the days [03117] were not expired [04390].expired: Heb. fulfilled
Wherefore David [01732] arose [06965] and went [03212], he and his men [0582], and slew [05221] of the Philistines [06430] two hundred [03967] men [0376]; and David [01732] brought [0935] their foreskins [06190], and they gave them in full tale [04390] to the king [04428], that he might be the king's [04428] son in law [02859]. And Saul [07586] gave [05414] him Michal [04324] his daughter [01323] to wife [0802].
And Jonathan [03083] spake [01696] good [02896] of David [01732] unto Saul [07586] his father [01], and said [0559] unto him, Let not the king [04428] sin [02398] against his servant [05650], against David [01732]; because he hath not sinned [02398] against thee, and because his works [04639] have been to thee-ward very [03966] good [02896]:
And David [01732] said [0559] unto Jonathan [03083], Behold, to morrow [04279] is the new moon [02320], and I should not fail [03427] to sit [03427] with the king [04428] at meat [0398]: but let me go [07971], that I may hide [05641] myself in the field [07704] unto the third [07992] day at even [06153].
So David [01732] hid [05641] himself in the field [07704]: and when the new moon [02320] was come, the king [04428] sat him down [03427] to eat [0398] meat [03899].
And the king [04428] sat [03427] upon his seat [04186], as at other times [06471], even upon a seat [04186] by the wall [07023]: and Jonathan [03083] arose [06965], and Abner [074] sat [03427] by Saul's [07586] side [06654], and David's [01732] place [04725] was empty [06485].
And he said [0559], Let me go [07971], I pray thee; for our family [04940] hath a sacrifice [02077] in the city [05892]; and my brother [0251], he hath commanded [06680] me to be there: and now, if I have found [04672] favour [02580] in thine eyes [05869], let me get away [04422], I pray thee, and see [07200] my brethren [0251]. Therefore he cometh [0935] not unto the king's [04428] table [07979].
And David [01732] said [0559] unto Ahimelech [0288] the priest [03548], The king [04428] hath commanded [06680] me a business [01697], and hath said [0559] unto me, Let no man [0376] know [03045] any thing [03972] of the business [01697] whereabout I send [07971] thee, and what I have commanded [06680] thee: and I have appointed [03045] my servants [05288] to such [06423] and such [0492] a place [04725].
And David [01732] said [0559] unto Ahimelech [0288], And is there [03426] not [0371] here under thine hand [03027] spear [02595] or sword [02719]? for I have neither brought [03947] my sword [02719] nor my weapons [03627] with me [03027], because the king's [04428] business [01697] required [01961] haste [05169].
And David [01732] arose [06965], and fled [01272] that day [03117] for fear [06440] of Saul [07586], and went [0935] to Achish [0397] the king [04428] of Gath [01661].
And the servants [05650] of Achish [0397] said [0559] unto him, Is not this David [01732] the king [04428] of the land [0776]? did they not sing [06030] one to another of him [02088] in dances [04246], saying [0559], Saul [07586] hath slain [05221] his thousands [0505], and David [01732] his ten thousands [07233]?
And David [01732] laid up [07760] these words [01697] in his heart [03824], and was sore [03966] afraid [03372] of [06440] Achish [0397] the king [04428] of Gath [01661].
And David [01732] went [03212] thence to Mizpeh [04708] of Moab [04124]: and he said [0559] unto the king [04428] of Moab [04124], Let my father [01] and my mother [0517], I pray thee, come forth [03318], and be with you, till I know [03045] what God [0430] will do [06213] for me.
And he brought [05148] them before [06440] the king [04428] of Moab [04124]: and they dwelt [03427] with him all the while [03117] that David [01732] was in the hold [04686].
Then the king [04428] sent [07971] to call [07121] Ahimelech [0288] the priest [03548], the son [01121] of Ahitub [0285], and all his father's [01] house [01004], the priests [03548] that were in Nob [05011]: and they came [0935] all of them to the king [04428].
Then Ahimelech [0288] answered [06030] the king [04428], and said [0559], And who is so faithful [0539] among all thy servants [05650] as David [01732], which is the king's [04428] son in law [02860], and goeth [05493] at thy bidding [04928], and is honourable [03513] in thine house [01004]?
Did I then [03117] begin [02490] to enquire [07592] of God [0430] for him? be it far from me [02486]: let not the king [04428] impute [07760] any thing [01697] unto his servant [05650], nor to all the house [01004] of my father [01]: for thy servant [05650] knew [03045] nothing [01697] of all this, less [06996] or more [01419].less…: Heb. little or great
And the king [04428] said [0559], Thou shalt surely [04191] die [04191], Ahimelech [0288], thou, and all thy father's [01] house [01004].
And the king [04428] said [0559] unto the footmen [07323] that stood [05324] about him, Turn [05437], and slay [04191] the priests [03548] of the Lord [03068]; because their hand [03027] also is with David [01732], and because they knew [03045] when he fled [01272], and did not shew [0241] [01540] it to me. But the servants [05650] of the king [04428] would [014] not put forth [07971] their hand [03027] to fall [06293] upon the priests [03548] of the Lord [03068].footmen: or, guard: Heb. runners
And the king [04428] said [0559] to Doeg [01673], Turn [05437] thou, and fall [06293] upon the priests [03548]. And Doeg [01673] the Edomite [0130] turned [05437], and he fell [06293] upon the priests [03548], and slew [04191] on that day [03117] fourscore [08084] and five [02568] persons [0376] that did wear [05375] a linen [0906] ephod [0646].
Now therefore, O king [04428], come down [03381] according to all the desire [0185] of thy soul [05315] to come down [03381]; and our part shall be to deliver [05462] him into the king's [04428] hand [03027].
David [01732] also arose [06965] afterward, and went out [03318] of the cave [04631], and cried [07121] after [0310] Saul [07586], saying [0559], My lord [0113] the king [04428]. And when Saul [07586] looked [05027] behind [0310] him, David [01732] stooped [06915] with his face [0639] to the earth [0776], and bowed [07812] himself.
After [0310] whom is the king [04428] of Israel [03478] come out [03318]? after [0310] whom dost thou pursue [07291]? after [0310] a dead [04191] dog [03611], after [0310] a [0259] flea [06550].
And Abigail [026] came [0935] to Nabal [05037]; and, behold, he held a feast [04960] in his house [01004], like the feast [04960] of a king [04428]; and Nabal's [05037] heart [03820] was merry [02896] within him, for he was very [03966] drunken [07910]: wherefore she told [05046] him nothing [01697], less [06996] or more [01419], until the morning [01242] light [0216].
And David [01732] cried [07121] to the people [05971], and to Abner [074] the son [01121] of Ner [05369], saying [0559], Answerest [06030] thou not, Abner [074]? Then Abner [074] answered [06030] and said [0559], Who art thou that criest [07121] to the king [04428]?
And David [01732] said [0559] to Abner [074], Art not thou a valiant man [0376]? and who is like to thee in Israel [03478]? wherefore then hast thou not kept [08104] thy lord [0113] the king [04428]? for there came [0935] one [0259] of the people [05971] in to destroy [07843] the king [04428] thy lord [0113].
This thing [01697] is not good [02896] that thou hast done [06213]. As the Lord [03068] liveth [02416], ye are worthy [01121] to die [04194], because ye have not kept [08104] your master [0113], the Lord's [03068] anointed [04899]. And now see [07200] where the king's [04428] spear [02595] is, and the cruse [06835] of water [04325] that was at his bolster [04763].worthy to die: Heb. the sons of death
And Saul [07586] knew [05234] David's [01732] voice [06963], and said [0559], Is this thy voice [06963], my son [01121] David [01732]? And David [01732] said [0559], It is my voice [06963], my lord [0113], O king [04428].
Now therefore, I pray thee, let my lord [0113] the king [04428] hear [08085] the words [01697] of his servant [05650]. If the Lord [03068] have stirred thee up [05496] against me, let him accept [07306] an offering [04503]: but if they be the children [01121] of men [0120], cursed [0779] be they before [06440] the Lord [03068]; for they have driven [01644] me out this day [03117] from abiding [05596] in the inheritance [05159] of the Lord [03068], saying [0559], Go [03212], serve [05647] other [0312] gods [0430].accept: Heb. smellabiding: Heb. cleaving
Now therefore, let not my blood [01818] fall [05307] to the earth [0776] before the face [06440] of the Lord [03068]: for the king [04428] of Israel [03478] is come out [03318] to seek [01245] a [0259] flea [06550], as when one doth hunt [07291] a partridge [07124] in the mountains [02022].
And David [01732] answered [06030] and said [0559], Behold the king's [04428] spear [02595]! and let one [0259] of the young men [05288] come over [05674] and fetch [03947] it.
And David [01732] arose [06965], and he passed over [05674] with the six [08337] hundred [03967] men [0376] that were with him unto Achish [0397], the son [01121] of Maoch [04582], king [04428] of Gath [01661].
Then Achish [0397] gave [05414] him Ziklag [06860] that day [03117]: wherefore Ziklag [06860] pertaineth unto the kings [04428] of Judah [03063] unto this day [03117].
And the king [04428] said [0559] unto her, Be not afraid [03372]: for what sawest [07200] thou? And the woman [0802] said [0559] unto Saul [07586], I saw [07200] gods [0430] ascending [05927] out of the earth [0776].
Then said [0559] the princes [08269] of the Philistines [06430], What do these Hebrews [05680] here? And Achish [0397] said [0559] unto the princes [08269] of the Philistines [06430], Is not this David [01732], the servant [05650] of Saul [07586] the king [04428] of Israel [03478], which hath been with me these days [03117], or these years [08141], and I have found [04672] no fault [03972] in him since [03117] he fell [05307] unto me unto this day [03117]?
And David [01732] said [0559] unto Achish [0397], But what have I done [06213]? and what hast thou found [04672] in thy servant [05650] so long as [03117] I have been with thee [06440] unto this day [03117], that I may not go [0935] fight [03898] against the enemies [0341] of my lord [0113] the king [04428]?with…: Heb. before thee
And the men [0582] of Judah [03063] came [0935], and there they anointed [04886] David [01732] king [04428] over the house [01004] of Judah [03063]. And they told [05046] David [01732], saying [0559], That the men [0582] of Jabesh–gilead [01568] [03003] were they that buried [06912] Saul [07586].
Therefore now let your hands [03027] be strengthened [02388], and be ye valiant [02428] [01121]: for your master [0113] Saul [07586] is dead [04191], and also the house [01004] of Judah [03063] have anointed [04886] me king [04428] over them.be ye…: Heb. be ye the sons of valour
And the time [03117] [04557] that David [01732] was king [04428] in Hebron [02275] over the house [01004] of Judah [03063] was seven [07651] years [08141] and six [08337] months [02320].time: Heb. number of days
And his second [04932], Chileab [03609], of Abigail [026] the wife [0802] of Nabal [05037] the Carmelite [03761]; and the third [07992], Absalom [053] the son [01121] of Maacah [04601] the daughter [01323] of Talmai [08526] king [04428] of Geshur [01650];Chileab: or, Daniel
And Abner [074] had communication [01697] [01961] with the elders [02205] of Israel [03478], saying [0559], Ye sought [01245] for David [01732] in times [08543] past [08032] to be king [04428] over you:in times…: Heb. both yesterday and the third day
And Abner [074] said [0559] unto David [01732], I will arise [06965] and go [03212], and will gather [06908] all Israel [03478] unto my lord [0113] the king [04428], that they may make [03772] a league [01285] with thee, and that thou mayest reign [04427] over all that thine heart [05315] desireth [0183]. And David [01732] sent [07971] Abner [074] away [07971]; and he went [03212] in peace [07965].
When Joab [03097] and all the host [06635] that was with him were come [0935], they told [05046] Joab [03097], saying [0559], Abner [074] the son [01121] of Ner [05369] came [0935] to the king [04428], and he hath sent him away [07971], and he is gone [03212] in peace [07965].
Then Joab [03097] came [0935] to the king [04428], and said [0559], What hast thou done [06213]? behold, Abner [074] came [0935] unto thee; why is it that thou hast sent him away [07971], and he is quite [01980] gone [03212]?
And David [01732] said [0559] to Joab [03097], and to all the people [05971] that were with him, Rend [07167] your clothes [0899], and gird [02296] you with sackcloth [08242], and mourn [05594] before [06440] Abner [074]. And king [04428] David [01732] himself followed [0310] [01980] the bier [04296].bier: Heb. bed
And they buried [06912] Abner [074] in Hebron [02275]: and the king [04428] lifted up [05375] his voice [06963], and wept [01058] at the grave [06913] of Abner [074]; and all the people [05971] wept [01058].
And the king [04428] lamented [06969] over Abner [074], and said [0559], Died [04191] Abner [074] as a fool [05036] dieth [04194]?
And all the people [05971] took notice [05234] of it, and it pleased [05869] [03190] them: as whatsoever the king [04428] did [06213] pleased [02896] [05869] all the people [05971].pleased them: Heb. was good in their eyes
For all the people [05971] and all Israel [03478] understood [03045] that day [03117] that it was not of the king [04428] to slay [04191] Abner [074] the son [01121] of Ner [05369].
And the king [04428] said [0559] unto his servants [05650], Know [03045] ye not that there is a prince [08269] and a great man [01419] fallen [05307] this day [03117] in Israel [03478]?
And I am this day [03117] weak [07390], though anointed [04886] king [04428]; and these men [0582] the sons [01121] of Zeruiah [06870] be too hard [07186] for me: the Lord [03068] shall reward [07999] the doer of evil [06213] according to his wickedness [07451].weak: Heb. tender
And they brought [0935] the head [07218] of Ish–bosheth [0378] unto David [01732] to Hebron [02275], and said [0559] to the king [04428], Behold the head [07218] of Ish–bosheth [0378] the son [01121] of Saul [07586] thine enemy [0341], which sought [01245] thy life [05315]; and the Lord [03068] hath [05414] avenged [05360] my lord [0113] the king [04428] this day [03117] of Saul [07586], and of his seed [02233].
Also in time past [08032] [0865], when Saul [07586] was king [04428] over us, thou wast he that leddest out [03318] and broughtest in [0935] Israel [03478]: and the Lord [03068] said [0559] to thee, Thou shalt feed [07462] my people [05971] Israel [03478], and thou shalt be a captain [05057] over Israel [03478].
So all the elders [02205] of Israel [03478] came [0935] to the king [04428] to Hebron [02275]; and king [04428] David [01732] made [03772] a league [01285] with them in Hebron [02275] before [06440] the Lord [03068]: and they anointed [04886] David [01732] king [04428] over Israel [03478].
And the king [04428] and his men [0582] went [03212] to Jerusalem [03389] unto the Jebusites [02983], the inhabitants [03427] of the land [0776]: which spake [0559] unto David [01732], saying [0559], Except thou take away [05493] the blind [05787] and the lame [06455], thou shalt not come in [0935] hither: thinking [0559], David [01732] cannot come in [0935] hither.thinking…: or, saying David shall not, etc
And Hiram [02438] king [04428] of Tyre [06865] sent [07971] messengers [04397] to David [01732], and cedar [0730] trees [06086], and carpenters [02796], and masons [068] [07023]: and they built [01129] David [01732] an house [01004].masons: Heb. hewers of the stone of the wall
And David [01732] perceived [03045] that the Lord [03068] had established [03559] him king [04428] over Israel [03478], and that he had exalted [05375] his kingdom [04467] for his people [05971] Israel's [03478] sake.
But when the Philistines [06430] heard [08085] that they had anointed [04886] David [01732] king [04428] over Israel [03478], all the Philistines [06430] came up [05927] to seek [01245] David [01732]; and David [01732] heard [08085] of it, and went down [03381] to the hold [04686].
And it was told [05046] king [04428] David [01732], saying [0559], The Lord [03068] hath blessed [01288] the house [01004] of Obed–edom [05654], and all that pertaineth unto him, because of the ark [0727] of God [0430]. So David [01732] went [03212] and brought up [05927] the ark [0727] of God [0430] from the house [01004] of Obed–edom [05654] into the city [05892] of David [01732] with gladness [08057].
And as the ark [0727] of the Lord [03068] came [0935] into the city [05892] of David [01732], Michal [04324] Saul's [07586] daughter [01323] looked [08259] through a window [02474], and saw [07200] king [04428] David [01732] leaping [06339] and dancing [03769] before [06440] the Lord [03068]; and she despised [0959] him in her heart [03820].
Then David [01732] returned [07725] to bless [01288] his household [01004]. And Michal [04324] the daughter [01323] of Saul [07586] came out [03318] to meet [07125] David [01732], and said [0559], How glorious [03513] was the king [04428] of Israel [03478] to day [03117], who uncovered [01540] himself to day [03117] in the eyes [05869] of the handmaids [0519] of his servants [05650], as one [0259] of the vain fellows [07386] shamelessly [01540] uncovereth [01540] himself!shamelessly: or, openly
And it came to pass, when the king [04428] sat [03427] in his house [01004], and the Lord [03068] had given him rest [05117] round about [05439] from all his enemies [0341];
That the king [04428] said [0559] unto Nathan [05416] the prophet [05030], See [07200] now, I dwell [03427] in an house [01004] of cedar [0730], but the ark [0727] of God [0430] dwelleth [03427] within [08432] curtains [03407].
And Nathan [05416] said [0559] to the king [04428], Go [03212], do [06213] all that is in thine heart [03824]; for the Lord [03068] is with thee.
Then went [0935] king [04428] David [01732] in, and sat [03427] before [06440] the Lord [03068], and he said [0559], Who am I, O Lord [0136] God [03069]? and what is my house [01004], that thou hast brought [0935] me hitherto [01988]?
David [01732] smote [05221] also Hadadezer [01909], the son [01121] of Rehob [07340], king [04428] of Zobah [06678], as he went [03212] to recover [07725] his border [03027] at the river [05104] Euphrates [06578].Hadadezer: or, Hadarezer
And when the Syrians [0758] of Damascus [01834] came [0935] to succour [05826] Hadadezer [01909] king [04428] of Zobah [06678], David [01732] slew [05221] of the Syrians [0758] two [08147] and twenty [06242] thousand [0505] men [0376].
And from Betah [0984], and from Berothai [01268], cities [05892] of Hadadezer [01909], king [04428] David [01732] took [03947] exceeding [03966] much [07235] brass [05178].
When Toi [08583] king [04428] of Hamath [02574] heard [08085] that David [01732] had smitten [05221] all the host [02428] of Hadadezer [01909],
Then Toi [08583] sent [07971] Joram [03141] his son [01121] unto king [04428] David [01732], to salute [07965] [07592] him, and to bless [01288] him, because he had fought [03898] against Hadadezer [01909], and smitten [05221] him: for Hadadezer [01909] had wars [04421] [0376] with Toi [08583]. And Joram brought with him [03027] vessels [03627] of silver [03701], and vessels [03627] of gold [02091], and vessels [03627] of brass [05178]:Joram: also called, Hadoramsalute…: Heb. ask him of peacehad wars…: Heb. was a man of wars withbrought…: Heb. in his hand were
Which also king [04428] David [01732] did dedicate [06942] unto the Lord [03068], with the silver [03701] and gold [02091] that he had dedicated [06942] of all nations [01471] which he subdued [03533];
Of Syria [0758], and of Moab [04124], and of the children [01121] of Ammon [05983], and of the Philistines [06430], and of Amalek [06002], and of the spoil [07998] of Hadadezer [01909], son [01121] of Rehob [07340], king [04428] of Zobah [06678].
And there was of the house [01004] of Saul [07586] a servant [05650] whose name [08034] was Ziba [06717]. And when they had called [07121] him unto David [01732], the king [04428] said [0559] unto him, Art thou Ziba [06717]? And he said [0559], Thy servant [05650] is he.
And the king [04428] said [0559], Is there not [0657] yet any [0376] of the house [01004] of Saul [07586], that I may shew [06213] the kindness [02617] of God [0430] unto him? And Ziba [06717] said [0559] unto the king [04428], Jonathan [03083] hath yet a son [01121], which is lame [05223] on his feet [07272].
And the king [04428] said [0559] unto him, Where [0375] is he? And Ziba [06717] said [0559] unto the king [04428], Behold, he is in the house [01004] of Machir [04353], the son [01121] of Ammiel [05988], in Lo–debar [03810].
Then king [04428] David [01732] sent [07971], and fetched [03947] him out of the house [01004] of Machir [04353], the son [01121] of Ammiel [05988], from Lo–debar [03810].
Then the king [04428] called [07121] to Ziba [06717], Saul's [07586] servant [05288], and said [0559] unto him, I have given [05414] unto thy master's [0113] son [01121] all that pertained [01961] to Saul [07586] and to all his house [01004].
Then said [0559] Ziba [06717] unto the king [04428], According to all that my lord [0113] the king [04428] hath commanded [06680] his servant [05650], so shall thy servant [05650] do [06213]. As for Mephibosheth [04648], said the king, he shall eat [0398] at my table [07979], as one [0259] of the king's [04428] sons [01121].
So Mephibosheth [04648] dwelt [03427] in Jerusalem [03389]: for he did eat [0398] continually [08548] at the king's [04428] table [07979]; and was lame [06455] on both [08147] his feet [07272].
And it came to pass after this [0310], that the king [04428] of the children [01121] of Ammon [05983] died [04191], and Hanun [02586] his son [01121] reigned [04427] in his stead.
When they told [05046] it unto David [01732], he sent [07971] to meet [07125] them, because the men [0582] were greatly [03966] ashamed [03637]: and the king [04428] said [0559], Tarry [03427] at Jericho [03405] until your beards [02206] be grown [06779], and then return [07725].
And when the children [01121] of Ammon [05983] saw [07200] that they stank [0887] before David [01732], the children [01121] of Ammon [05983] sent [07971] and hired [07936] the Syrians [0758] of Beth–rehob [01050], and the Syrians [0758] of Zoba [06678], twenty [06242] thousand [0505] footmen [07273], and of king [04428] Maacah [04601] a thousand [0505] men [0376], and of Ish–tob [0382] twelve [08147] [06240] thousand [0505] men [0376].Ish–tob: or, the men of Tob
And when all the kings [04428] that were servants [05650] to Hadarezer [01928] saw [07200] that they were smitten [05062] before [06440] Israel [03478], they made peace [07999] with Israel [03478], and served [05647] them. So the Syrians [0758] feared [03372] to help [03467] the children [01121] of Ammon [05983] any more.
And it came to pass, after the year [08141] was expired [08666], at the time [06256] when kings [04397] [04428] go forth [03318] to battle, that David [01732] sent [07971] Joab [03097], and his servants [05650] with him, and all Israel [03478]; and they destroyed [07843] the children [01121] of Ammon [05983], and besieged [06696] Rabbah [07237]. But David [01732] tarried still [03427] at Jerusalem [03389].after…: Heb. at the return of the year, or, in the spring
And it came to pass in an eveningtide [06256] [06153], that David [01732] arose [06965] from off his bed [04904], and walked [01980] upon the roof [01406] of the king's [04428] house [01004]: and from the roof [01406] he saw [07200] a woman [0802] washing [07364] herself; and the woman [0802] was very [03966] beautiful [02896] to look upon [04758].
And David [01732] said [0559] to Uriah [0223], Go down [03381] to thy house [01004], and wash [07364] thy feet [07272]. And Uriah [0223] departed out [03318] of the king's [04428] house [01004], and there followed [0310] him a mess [04864] of meat from the king [04428].followed…: Heb. went out after him
But Uriah [0223] slept [07901] at the door [06607] of the king's [04428] house [01004] with all the servants [05650] of his lord [0113], and went not down [03381] to his house [01004].
And charged [06680] the messenger [04397], saying [0559], When thou hast made an end [03615] of telling [01696] the matters [01697] of the war [04421] unto the king [04428],
And if so be that the king's [04428] wrath [02534] arise [05927], and he say [0559] unto thee, Wherefore approached ye so nigh [05066] unto the city [05892] when ye did fight [03898]? knew [03045] ye not that they would shoot [03384] from the wall [02346]?
And the shooters [03384] shot [03384] from off the wall [02346] upon thy servants [05650]; and some of the king's [04428] servants [05650] be dead [04191], and thy servant [05650] Uriah [0223] the Hittite [02850] is dead [04191] also.
And Nathan [05416] said [0559] to David [01732], Thou art the man [0376]. Thus saith [0559] the Lord [03068] God [0430] of Israel [03478], I anointed [04886] thee king [04428] over Israel [03478], and I delivered [05337] thee out of the hand [03027] of Saul [07586];
And he took [03947] their king's [04428] crown [05850] from off his head [07218], the weight [04948] whereof was a talent [03603] of gold [02091] with the precious [03368] stones [068]: and it was set on David's [01732] head [07218]. And he brought forth [03318] the spoil [07998] of the city [05892] in great [03966] abundance [07235].in great…: Heb. very great
And he said [0559] unto him, Why art thou, being the king's [04428] son [01121], lean [01800] from day [01242] to day [01242]? wilt thou not tell [05046] me? And Amnon [0550] said [0559] unto him, I love [0157] Tamar [08559], my brother [0251] Absalom's [053] sister [0269].lean: Heb. thinfrom day…: Heb. morning by morning
So Amnon [0550] lay down [07901], and made himself sick [02470]: and when the king [04428] was come [0935] to see [07200] him, Amnon [0550] said [0559] unto the king [04428], I pray thee, let Tamar [08559] my sister [0269] come [0935], and make [03823] me a couple [08147] of cakes [03834] in my sight [05869], that I may eat [01262] at her hand [03027].
And I, whither shall I cause my shame [02781] to go [03212]? and as for thee, thou shalt be as one [0259] of the fools [05036] in Israel [03478]. Now therefore, I pray thee, speak [01696] unto the king [04428]; for he will not withhold [04513] me from thee.
And she had a garment [03801] of divers colours [06446] upon her: for with such robes [04598] were the king's [04428] daughters [01323] that were virgins [01330] apparelled [03847]. Then his servant [08334] brought [03318] her out [02351], and bolted [05274] the door [01817] after [0310] her.
But when king [04428] David [01732] heard [08085] of all these things [01697], he was very [03966] wroth [02734].
And it came to pass after two full [03117] years [08141], that Absalom [053] had sheepshearers [01494] in Baal–hazor [01178], which is beside Ephraim [0669]: and Absalom [053] invited [07121] all the king's [04428] sons [01121].
And Absalom [053] came [0935] to the king [04428], and said [0559], Behold now, thy servant [05650] hath sheepshearers [01494]; let [03212] the king [04428], I beseech thee, and his servants [05650] go [03212] with thy servant [05650].
And the king [04428] said [0559] to Absalom [053], Nay, my son [01121], let us not all now go [03212], lest we be chargeable [03513] unto thee. And he pressed [06555] him: howbeit he would [014] not go [03212], but blessed [01288] him.
Then said [0559] Absalom [053], If not, I pray thee, let my brother [0251] Amnon [0550] go [03212] with us. And the king [04428] said [0559] unto him, Why should he go [03212] with thee?
But Absalom [053] pressed [06555] him, that he let Amnon [0550] and all the king's [04428] sons [01121] go [07971] with him.
And the servants [05288] of Absalom [053] did [06213] unto Amnon [0550] as Absalom [053] had commanded [06680]. Then all the king's [04428] sons [01121] arose [06965], and every man [0376] gat him up [07392] upon his mule [06505], and fled [05127].gat…: Heb. rode
And it came to pass, while they were in the way [01870], that tidings [08052] came [0935] to David [01732], saying [0559], Absalom [053] hath slain [05221] all the king's [04428] sons [01121], and there is not one [0259] of them left [03498].
Then the king [04428] arose [06965], and tare [07167] his garments [0899], and lay [07901] on the earth [0776]; and all his servants [05650] stood [05324] by with their clothes [0899] rent [07167].
And Jonadab [03122], the son [01121] of Shimeah [08093] David's [01732] brother [0251], answered [06030] and said [0559], Let not my lord [0113] suppose [0559] that they have slain [04191] all the young men [05288] the king's [04428] sons [01121]; for Amnon [0550] only is dead [04191]: for by the appointment [06310] of Absalom [053] this hath been determined [07760] from the day [03117] that he forced [06031] his sister [0269] Tamar [08559].appointment: Heb. mouthdetermined: or, settled
Now therefore let not my lord [0113] the king [04428] take [07760] the thing [01697] to his heart [03820], to think [0559] that all the king's [04428] sons [01121] are dead [04191]: for Amnon [0550] only is dead [04191].
And Jonadab [03122] said [0559] unto the king [04428], Behold, the king's [04428] sons [01121] come [0935]: as thy servant [05650] said [01697], so it is.as thy…: Heb. according to the word of thy servant
And it came to pass, as soon as he had made an end [03615] of speaking [01696], that, behold, the king's [04428] sons [01121] came [0935], and lifted up [05375] their voice [06963] and wept [01058]: and the king [04428] also and all his servants [05650] wept [01058] very [03966] sore [01419] [01065].very…: Heb. with a great weeping greatly
But Absalom [053] fled [01272], and went [03212] to Talmai [08526], the son [01121] of Ammihud [05989] [05991], king [04428] of Geshur [01650]. And David mourned [056] for his son [01121] every day [03117].Ammihud: or, Ammihur
And the soul of king [04428] David [01732] longed [03615] to go forth [03318] unto Absalom [053]: for he was comforted [05162] concerning Amnon [0550], seeing he was dead [04191].longed: or, was consumed
Now Joab [03097] the son [01121] of Zeruiah [06870] perceived [03045] that the king's [04428] heart [03820] was toward Absalom [053].
And come [0935] to the king [04428], and speak [01696] on this manner [01697] unto him. So Joab [03097] put [07760] the words [01697] in her mouth [06310].
And when the woman [0802] of Tekoah [08621] spake [0559] to the king [04428], she fell [05307] on her face [0639] to the ground [0776], and did obeisance [07812], and said [0559], Help [03467], O king [04428].Help: Heb. Save
And the king [04428] said [0559] unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered [0559], I am indeed [061] a widow [0490] woman [0802], and mine husband [0376] is dead [04191].
And the king [04428] said [0559] unto the woman [0802], Go [03212] to thine house [01004], and I will give charge [06680] concerning thee.
And the woman [0802] of Tekoah [08621] said [0559] unto the king [04428], My lord [0113], O king [04428], the iniquity [05771] be on me, and on my father's [01] house [01004]: and the king [04428] and his throne [03678] be guiltless [05355].
And the king [04428] said [0559], Whosoever saith [01696] ought unto thee, bring [0935] him to me, and he shall not touch [05060] thee any more [03254].
Then said [0559] she, I pray thee, let the king [04428] remember [02142] the Lord [03068] thy God [0430], that thou wouldest not suffer the revengers [01350] of blood [01818] to destroy [07843] any more [07235], lest they destroy [08045] my son [01121]. And he said [0559], As the Lord [03068] liveth [02416], there shall not one hair [08185] of thy son [01121] fall [05307] to the earth [0776].that…: Heb. that the revenger of blood do not multiply to destroy
Then the woman [0802] said [0559], Let thine handmaid [08198], I pray thee, speak [01696] one word [01697] unto my lord [0113] the king [04428]. And he said [0559], Say on [01696].
And the woman [0802] said [0559], Wherefore then hast thou thought [02803] such a thing against the people [05971] of God [0430]? for the king [04428] doth speak [01696] this thing [01697] as one which is faulty [0818], in that the king [04428] doth not fetch home again [07725] his banished [05080].
Now therefore that I am come [0935] to speak [01696] of this thing [01697] unto my lord [0113] the king [04428], it is because the people [05971] have made me afraid [03372]: and thy handmaid [08198] said [0559], I will now speak [01696] unto the king [04428]; it may be that the king [04428] will perform [06213] the request [01697] of his handmaid [0519].
For the king [04428] will hear [08085], to deliver [05337] his handmaid [0519] out of the hand [03709] of the man [0376] that would destroy [08045] me and my son [01121] together [03162] out of the inheritance [05159] of God [0430].
Then thine handmaid [08198] said [0559], The word [01697] of my lord [0113] the king [04428] shall now be comfortable [04496]: for as an angel [04397] of God [0430], so is my lord [0113] the king [04428] to discern [08085] good [02896] and bad [07451]: therefore the Lord [03068] thy God [0430] will be with thee.comfortable: Heb. for restto discern: Heb. to hear
Then the king [04428] answered [06030] and said [0559] unto the woman [0802], Hide [03582] not from me, I pray thee, the thing [01697] that I shall ask [07592] thee. And the woman [0802] said [0559], Let my lord [0113] the king [04428] now speak [01696].
And the king [04428] said [0559], Is not the hand [03027] of Joab [03097] with thee in all this? And the woman [0802] answered [06030] and said [0559], As thy soul [05315] liveth [02416], my lord [0113] the king [04428], none [0376] can [0786] turn to the right hand [03231] or to the left [08041] from ought that my lord [0113] the king [04428] hath spoken [01696]: for thy servant [05650] Joab [03097], he bade [06680] me, and he put [07760] all these words [01697] in the mouth [06310] of thine handmaid [08198]:
And the king [04428] said [0559] unto Joab [03097], Behold now, I have done [06213] this thing [01697]: go [03212] therefore, bring [07725] the young man [05288] Absalom [053] again [07725].
And Joab [03097] fell [05307] to the ground [0776] on his face [06440], and bowed [07812] himself, and thanked [01288] the king [04428]: and Joab [03097] said [0559], To day [03117] thy servant [05650] knoweth [03045] that I have found [04672] grace [02580] in thy sight [05869], my lord [0113], O king [04428], in that the king [04428] hath fulfilled [06213] the request [01697] of his servant [05650].thanked: Heb. blessedhis servant: or, thy servant
And the king [04428] said [0559], Let him turn [05437] to his own house [01004], and let him not see [07200] my face [06440]. So Absalom [053] returned [05437] to his own house [01004], and saw [07200] not the king's [04428] face [06440].
And when he polled [01548] his head [07218], (for it was at every year's [03117] [03117] end [07093] that he polled [01548] it: because the hair was heavy [03513] on him, therefore he polled [01548] it:) he weighed [08254] the hair [08181] of his head [07218] at two hundred [03967] shekels [08255] after the king's [04428] weight [068].
So Absalom [053] dwelt [03427] two full [03117] years [08141] in Jerusalem [03389], and saw [07200] not the king's [04428] face [06440].
Therefore Absalom [053] sent [07971] for Joab [03097], to have sent [07971] him to the king [04428]; but he would [014] not come [0935] to him: and when he sent again [07971] the second time [08145], he would [014] not come [0935].
And Absalom [053] answered [0559] Joab [03097], Behold, I sent [07971] unto thee, saying [0559], Come [0935] hither, that I may send [07971] thee to the king [04428], to say [0559], Wherefore am I come [0935] from Geshur [01650]? it had been good [02896] for me to have been there still: now therefore let me see [07200] the king's [04428] face [06440]; and if there be [03426] any iniquity [05771] in me, let him kill [04191] me.
So Joab [03097] came [0935] to the king [04428], and told [05046] him: and when he had called [07121] for Absalom [053], he came [0935] to the king [04428], and bowed [07812] himself on his face [0639] to the ground [0776] before [06440] the king [04428]: and the king [04428] kissed [05401] Absalom [053].
And Absalom [053] rose up early [07925], and stood [05975] beside [03027] the way [01870] of the gate [08179]: and it was so, that when any man [0376] that had a controversy [07379] came [0935] to the king [04428] for judgment [04941], then Absalom [053] called [07121] unto him, and said [0559], Of what [0335] city [05892] art thou? And he said [0559], Thy servant [05650] is of one [0259] of the tribes [07626] of Israel [03478].came: Heb. to come
And Absalom [053] said [0559] unto him, See [07200], thy matters [01697] are good [02896] and right [05228]; but there is no man deputed of the king [04428] to hear [08085] thee.there…: or, none will hear thee from the king downward
And on this manner [01697] did [06213] Absalom [053] to all Israel [03478] that came [0935] to the king [04428] for judgment [04941]: so Absalom [053] stole [01589] the hearts [03820] of the men [0582] of Israel [03478].
And it came to pass after [07093] forty [0705] years [08141], that Absalom [053] said [0559] unto the king [04428], I pray thee, let me go [03212] and pay [07999] my vow [05088], which I have vowed [05087] unto the Lord [03068], in Hebron [02275].
And the king [04428] said [0559] unto him, Go [03212] in peace [07965]. So he arose [06965], and went [03212] to Hebron [02275].
And the king's [04428] servants [05650] said [0559] unto the king [04428], Behold, thy servants [05650] are ready to do whatsoever my lord [0113] the king [04428] shall appoint [0977].appoint: Heb. choose
And the king [04428] went forth [03318], and all his household [01004] after [07272] him. And the king [04428] left [05800] ten [06235] women [0802], which were concubines [06370], to keep [08104] the house [01004].after…: Heb. at his feet
And the king [04428] went forth [03318], and all the people [05971] after [07272] him, and tarried [05975] in a place [01004] that was far off [01023] [04801].
And all his servants [05650] passed on [05674] beside [03027] him; and all the Cherethites [03774], and all the Pelethites [06432], and all the Gittites [01663], six [08337] hundred [03967] men [0376] which came [0935] after [07272] him from Gath [01661], passed on [05674] before [06440] the king [04428].
Then said [0559] the king [04428] to Ittai [0863] the Gittite [01663], Wherefore goest [03212] thou also with us? return [07725] to thy place [04725], and abide [03427] with the king [04428]: for thou art a stranger [05237], and also an exile [01540].
And Ittai [0863] answered [06030] the king [04428], and said [0559], As the Lord [03068] liveth [02416], and as my lord [0113] the king [04428] liveth [02416], surely in what place [04725] my lord [0113] the king [04428] shall be, whether in death [04194] or life [02416], even there also will thy servant [05650] be.
And all the country [0776] wept [01058] with a loud [01419] voice [06963], and all the people [05971] passed over [05674]: the king [04428] also himself passed over [05674] the brook [05158] Kidron [06939], and all the people [05971] passed over [05674], toward [06440] the way [01870] of the wilderness [04057].Kidron: Gr. Cedron
And the king [04428] said [0559] unto Zadok [06659], Carry back [07725] the ark [0727] of God [0430] into the city [05892]: if I shall find [04672] favour [02580] in the eyes [05869] of the Lord [03068], he will bring me again [07725], and shew [07200] me both it, and his habitation [05116]:
The king [04428] said [0559] also unto Zadok [06659] the priest [03548], Art not thou a seer [07200]? return [07725] into the city [05892] in peace [07965], and your two [08147] sons [01121] with you, Ahimaaz [0290] thy son [01121], and Jonathan [03083] the son [01121] of Abiathar [054].
But if thou return [07725] to the city [05892], and say [0559] unto Absalom [053], I will be thy servant [05650], O king [04428]; as I have been thy father's [01] servant [05650] hitherto [0227], so will I now also be thy servant [05650]: then mayest thou for me defeat [06565] the counsel [06098] of Ahithophel [0302].
And hast thou not there with thee Zadok [06659] and Abiathar [054] the priests [03548]? therefore it shall be, that what thing [01697] soever thou shalt hear [08085] out of the king's [04428] house [01004], thou shalt tell [05046] it to Zadok [06659] and Abiathar [054] the priests [03548].
And the king [04428] said [0559] unto Ziba [06717], What meanest thou by these? And Ziba [06717] said [0559], The asses [02543] be for the king's [04428] household [01004] to ride on [07392]; and the bread [03899] and summer fruit [07019] for the young men [05288] to eat [0398]; and the wine [03196], that such as be faint [03287] in the wilderness [04057] may drink [08354].
And the king [04428] said [0559], And where is thy master's [0113] son [01121]? And Ziba [06717] said [0559] unto the king [04428], Behold, he abideth [03427] at Jerusalem [03389]: for he said [0559], To day [03117] shall the house [01004] of Israel [03478] restore [07725] me the kingdom [04468] of my father [01].
Then said [0559] the king [04428] to Ziba [06717], Behold, thine are all that pertained unto Mephibosheth [04648]. And Ziba [06717] said [0559], I humbly [07812] beseech thee that I may find [04672] grace [02580] in thy sight [05869], my lord [0113], O king [04428].I humbly…: Heb. I do obeisance
And when king [04428] David [01732] came [0935] to Bahurim [0980], behold, thence came out [03318] a man [0376] of the family [04940] of the house [01004] of Saul [07586], whose name [08034] was Shimei [08096], the son [01121] of Gera [01617]: he came forth [03318], and cursed [07043] still as he came [03318].he came forth…: or, he still came forth and cursed
And he cast [05619] stones [068] at David [01732], and at all the servants [05650] of king [04428] David [01732]: and all the people [05971] and all the mighty men [01368] were on his right hand [03225] and on his left [08040].
Then said [0559] Abishai [052] the son [01121] of Zeruiah [06870] unto the king [04428], Why should this dead [04191] dog [03611] curse [07043] my lord [0113] the king [04428]? let me go over [05674], I pray thee, and take off [05493] his head [07218].
And the king [04428] said [0559], What have I to do with you, ye sons [01121] of Zeruiah [06870]? so let him curse [07043], because the Lord [03068] hath said [0559] unto him, Curse [07043] David [01732]. Who shall then say [0559], Wherefore hast thou done so [06213]?
And the king [04428], and all the people [05971] that were with him, came [0935] weary [05889], and refreshed [05314] themselves there.
And it came to pass, when Hushai [02365] the Archite [0757], David's [01732] friend [07463], was come [0935] unto Absalom [053], that Hushai [02365] said [0559] unto Absalom [053], God save [02421] the king [04428], God save [02421] the king [04428].God…: Heb. Let the king live
And I will come [0935] upon him while he is weary [03023] and weak [07504] handed [03027], and will make him afraid [02729]: and all the people [05971] that are with him shall flee [05127]; and I will smite [05221] the king [04428] only:
Now therefore send [07971] quickly [04120], and tell [05046] David [01732], saying [0559], Lodge [03885] not this night [03915] in the plains [05679] [06160] of the wilderness [04057], but speedily [05674] pass over [05674]; lest the king [04428] be swallowed up [01104], and all the people [05971] that are with him.
Now Jonathan [03083] and Ahimaaz [0290] stayed [05975] by En–rogel [05883]; for they might [03201] not be seen [07200] to come [0935] into the city [05892]: and a wench [08198] went [01980] and told [05046] them; and they went [03212] and told [05046] king [04428] David [01732].
And it came to pass, after [0310] they were departed [03212], that they came up [05927] out of the well [0875], and went [03212] and told [05046] king [04428] David [01732], and said [0559] unto David [01732], Arise [06965], and pass quickly [04120] over [05674] the water [04325]: for thus hath Ahithophel [0302] counselled [03289] against you.
And David [01732] sent forth [07971] a third part [07992] of the people [05971] under the hand [03027] of Joab [03097], and a third part [07992] under the hand [03027] of Abishai [052] the son [01121] of Zeruiah [06870], Joab's [03097] brother [0251], and a third part [07992] under the hand [03027] of Ittai [0863] the Gittite [01663]. And the king [04428] said [0559] unto the people [05971], I will surely [03318] go forth [03318] with you myself [0589] also.
And the king [04428] said [0559] unto them, What seemeth [05869] you best [03190] I will do [06213]. And the king [04428] stood [05975] by the gate [08179] side [03027], and all the people [05971] came out [03318] by hundreds [03967] and by thousands [0505].
And the king [04428] commanded [06680] Joab [03097] and Abishai [052] and Ittai [0863], saying [0559], Deal gently [0328] for my sake with the young man [05288], even with Absalom [053]. And all the people [05971] heard [08085] when the king [04428] gave all the captains [08269] charge [06680] concerning [01697] Absalom [053].
And the man [0376] said [0559] unto Joab [03097], Though [03863] I should receive [08254] a thousand [0505] shekels of silver [03701] in mine hand [03709], yet would I not put forth [07971] mine hand [03027] against the king's [04428] son [01121]: for in our hearing [0241] the king [04428] charged [06680] thee and Abishai [052] and Ittai [0863], saying [0559], Beware [08104] that none touch the young man [05288] Absalom [053].receive: Heb. weigh upon mine handBeware…: Heb. Beware whosoever ye be of, etc
Otherwise [0176] I should have wrought [06213] falsehood [08267] against mine own life [05315]: for there is no matter [01697] hid [03582] from the king [04428], and thou thyself wouldest have set [03320] thyself against me.
Now Absalom [053] in his lifetime [02416] had taken [03947] and reared up [05324] for himself a pillar [04678], which is in the king's [04428] dale [06010]: for he said [0559], I have no son [01121] to keep my name [08034] in remembrance [02142]: and he called [07121] the pillar [04678] after his own name [08034]: and it is called [07121] unto this day [03117], Absalom's [053] place [03027].
Then said [0559] Ahimaaz [0290] the son [01121] of Zadok [06659], Let me now run [07323], and bear [01319] the king [04428] tidings [01319], how that the Lord [03068] hath avenged [08199] him of his enemies [0341] [03027].avenged…: Heb. judged him from the hand, etc
And Joab [03097] said [0559] unto him, Thou [0376] shalt not bear tidings [01309] this day [03117], but thou shalt bear tidings [01319] another [0312] day [03117]: but this day [03117] thou shalt bear no tidings [01319], because the king's [04428] son [01121] is dead [04191].bear tidings this: Heb. be a man of tidings, etc
Then said [0559] Joab [03097] to Cushi [03569], Go [03212] tell [05046] the king [04428] what thou hast seen [07200]. And Cushi [03569] bowed [07812] himself unto Joab [03097], and ran [07323].
And the watchman [06822] cried [07121], and told [05046] the king [04428]. And the king [04428] said [0559], If he be alone, there is tidings [01309] in his mouth [06310]. And he came [03212] apace [01980], and drew near [07131].
And the watchman [06822] saw [07200] another [0312] man [0376] running [07323]: and the watchman [06822] called [07121] unto the porter [07778], and said [0559], Behold another man [0376] running [07323] alone. And the king [04428] said [0559], He also bringeth tidings [01319].
And the watchman [06822] said [0559], Me thinketh [07200] the running [04794] of the foremost [07223] is like the running [04794] of Ahimaaz [0290] the son [01121] of Zadok [06659]. And the king [04428] said [0559], He is a good [02896] man [0376], and cometh [0935] with good [02896] tidings [01309].Me…: Heb. I see the running
And Ahimaaz [0290] called [07121], and said [0559] unto the king [04428], All is well [07965]. And he fell down [07812] to the earth [0776] upon his face [0639] before the king [04428], and said [0559], Blessed [01288] be the Lord [03068] thy God [0430], which hath delivered up [05462] the men [0582] that lifted up [05375] their hand [03027] against my lord [0113] the king [04428].All…: or, Peace be to thee: Heb. Peacedelivered…: Heb. shut up
And the king [04428] said [0559], Is the young man [05288] Absalom [053] safe [07965]? And Ahimaaz [0290] answered [0559], When Joab [03097] sent [07971] the king's [04428] servant [05650], and me thy servant [05650], I saw [07200] a great [01419] tumult [01995], but I knew [03045] not what it was.Is…: Heb. Is there peace?
And the king [04428] said [0559] unto him, Turn aside [05437], and stand [03320] here [03541]. And he turned aside [05437], and stood still [05975].
And, behold, Cushi [03569] came [0935]; and Cushi [03569] said [0559], Tidings [01319], my lord [0113] the king [04428]: for the Lord [03068] hath avenged [08199] thee this day [03117] of all them [03027] that rose up [06965] against thee.Tidings: Heb. Tidings is brought
And the king [04428] said [0559] unto Cushi [03569], Is the young man [05288] Absalom [053] safe [07965]? And Cushi [03569] answered [0559], The enemies [0341] of my lord [0113] the king [04428], and all that rise [06965] against thee to do thee hurt [07451], be as that young man [05288] is.
And the king [04428] was much moved [07264], and went up [05927] to the chamber [05944] over the gate [08179], and wept [01058]: and as he went [03212], thus he said [0559], O my son [01121] Absalom [053], my son [01121], my son [01121] Absalom [053]! would God I had died [04191] for thee [05414], O Absalom [053], my son [01121], my son [01121]!
And it was told [05046] Joab [03097], Behold, the king [04428] weepeth [01058] and mourneth [056] for Absalom [053].
And the victory [08668] that day [03117] was turned into mourning [060] unto all the people [05971]: for the people [05971] heard [08085] say [0559] that day [03117] how the king [04428] was grieved [06087] for his son [01121].victory: Heb. salvation, or, deliverance
But the king [04428] covered [03813] his face [06440], and the king [04428] cried [02199] with a loud [01419] voice [06963], O my son [01121] Absalom [053], O Absalom [053], my son [01121], my son [01121]!
And Joab [03097] came [0935] into the house [01004] to the king [04428], and said [0559], Thou hast shamed [03001] this day [03117] the faces [06440] of all thy servants [05650], which this day [03117] have saved [04422] thy life [05315], and the lives [05315] of thy sons [01121] and of thy daughters [01323], and the lives [05315] of thy wives [0802], and the lives [05315] of thy concubines [06370];
Then the king [04428] arose [06965], and sat [03427] in the gate [08179]. And they told [05046] unto all the people [05971], saying [0559], Behold, the king [04428] doth sit [03427] in the gate [08179]. And all the people [05971] came [0935] before [06440] the king [04428]: for Israel [03478] had fled [05127] every man [0376] to his tent [0168].
And all the people [05971] were at strife [01777] throughout all the tribes [07626] of Israel [03478], saying [0559], The king [04428] saved [05337] us out of the hand [03709] of our enemies [0341], and he delivered [04422] us out of the hand [03709] of the Philistines [06430]; and now he is fled [01272] out of the land [0776] for Absalom [053].
And Absalom [053], whom we anointed [04886] over us, is dead [04191] in battle [04421]. Now therefore why speak [02790] ye not a word of bringing [07725] the king [04428] back [07725]?speak…: Heb. are ye silent?
And king [04428] David [01732] sent [07971] to Zadok [06659] and to Abiathar [054] the priests [03548], saying [0559], Speak [01696] unto the elders [02205] of Judah [03063], saying [0559], Why are ye the last [0314] to bring [07725] the king [04428] back [07725] to his house [01004]? seeing the speech [01697] of all Israel [03478] is come [0935] to the king [04428], even to his house [01004].
Ye are my brethren [0251], ye are my bones [06106] and my flesh [01320]: wherefore then are ye the last [0314] to bring back [07725] the king [04428]?
And he bowed [05186] the heart [03824] of all the men [0376] of Judah [03063], even as the heart of one [0259] man [0376]; so that they sent [07971] this word unto the king [04428], Return [07725] thou, and all thy servants [05650].
So the king [04428] returned [07725], and came [0935] to Jordan [03383]. And Judah [03063] came [0935] to Gilgal [01537], to go [03212] to meet [07125] the king [04428], to conduct [05674] the king [04428] over [05674] Jordan [03383].
And Shimei [08096] the son [01121] of Gera [01617], a Benjamite [01145], which was of Bahurim [0980], hasted [04116] and came down [03381] with the men [0376] of Judah [03063] to meet [07125] king [04428] David [01732].
And there were a thousand [0505] men [0376] of Benjamin [01145] with him, and Ziba [06717] the servant [05288] of the house [01004] of Saul [07586], and his fifteen [06240] [02568] sons [01121] and his twenty [06242] servants [05650] with him; and they went over [06743] Jordan [03383] before [06440] the king [04428].
And there went over [05674] a ferry boat [05679] to carry over [05674] the king's [04428] household [01004], and to do [06213] what he thought [05869] good [02896]. And Shimei [08096] the son [01121] of Gera [01617] fell down [05307] before [06440] the king [04428], as he was come over [05674] Jordan [03383];what…: Heb. the good in his eyes
And said [0559] unto the king [04428], Let not my lord [0113] impute [02803] iniquity [05771] unto me, neither do thou remember [02142] that which thy servant [05650] did perversely [05753] the day [03117] that my lord [0113] the king [04428] went out [03318] of Jerusalem [03389], that the king [04428] should take [07760] it to his heart [03820].
For thy servant [05650] doth know [03045] that I have sinned [02398]: therefore, behold, I am come [0935] the first [07223] this day [03117] of all the house [01004] of Joseph [03130] to go down [03381] to meet [07125] my lord [0113] the king [04428].
And David [01732] said [0559], What have I to do with you, ye sons [01121] of Zeruiah [06870], that ye should this day [03117] be adversaries [07854] unto me? shall there any man [0376] be put to death [04191] this day [03117] in Israel [03478]? for do not I know [03045] that I am this day [03117] king [04428] over Israel [03478]?
Therefore the king [04428] said [0559] unto Shimei [08096], Thou shalt not die [04191]. And the king [04428] sware [07650] unto him.
And Mephibosheth [04648] the son [01121] of Saul [07586] came down [03381] to meet [07125] the king [04428], and had neither [03808] dressed [06213] his feet [07272], nor trimmed [06213] his beard [08222], nor washed [03526] his clothes [0899], from the day [03117] the king [04428] departed [03212] until the day [03117] he came [0935] again in peace [07965].
And it came to pass, when he was come [0935] to Jerusalem [03389] to meet [07125] the king [04428], that the king [04428] said [0559] unto him, Wherefore wentest [01980] not thou with me, Mephibosheth [04648]?
And he answered [0559], My lord [0113], O king [04428], my servant [05650] deceived [07411] me: for thy servant [05650] said [0559], I will saddle [02280] me an ass [02543], that I may ride [07392] thereon, and go [03212] to the king [04428]; because thy servant [05650] is lame [06455].
And he hath slandered [07270] thy servant [05650] unto my lord [0113] the king [04428]; but my lord [0113] the king [04428] is as an angel [04397] of God [0430]: do [06213] therefore what is good [02896] in thine eyes [05869].
For all of my father's [01] house [01004] were but [03808] dead [04194] men [0582] before my lord [0113] the king [04428]: yet didst thou set [07896] thy servant [05650] among them that did eat [0398] at thine own table [07979]. What right [06666] therefore have [03426] I yet to cry [02199] any more unto the king [04428]?dead…: Heb. men of death
And the king [04428] said [0559] unto him, Why speakest [01696] thou any more of thy matters [01697]? I have said [0559], Thou and Ziba [06717] divide [02505] the land [07704].
And Mephibosheth [04648] said [0559] unto the king [04428], Yea, let him take [03947] all, forasmuch [0310] as [0834] my lord [0113] the king [04428] is come again [0935] in peace [07965] unto his own house [01004].
And Barzillai [01271] the Gileadite [01569] came down [03381] from Rogelim [07274], and went over [05674] Jordan [03383] with the king [04428], to conduct [07971] him over Jordan [03383].
Now Barzillai [01271] was a very [03966] aged [02204] man, even fourscore [08084] years [08141] old [01121]: and he had provided the king [04428] of sustenance [03557] while he lay [07871] at Mahanaim [04266]; for he was a very [03966] great [01419] man [0376].
And the king [04428] said [0559] unto Barzillai [01271], Come thou over [05674] with me, and I will feed [03557] thee with me in Jerusalem [03389].
And Barzillai [01271] said [0559] unto the king [04428], How long [03117] have I to live [02416] [08141], that I should go up [05927] with the king [04428] unto Jerusalem [03389]?How…: Heb. How many days are the years of my life
I am this day [03117] fourscore [08084] years [08141] old [01121]: and can I discern [03045] between good [02896] and evil [07451]? can thy servant [05650] taste [02938] what [0834] I eat [0398] or what [0834] I drink [08354]? can I hear [08085] any more the voice [06963] of singing men [07891] and singing women [07891]? wherefore then should thy servant [05650] be yet a burden [04853] unto my lord [0113] the king [04428]?
Thy servant [05650] will go [05674] a little way [04592] over [05674] Jordan [03383] with the king [04428]: and why should the king [04428] recompense [01580] it me with such a reward [01578]?
Let thy servant [05650], I pray thee, turn back again [07725], that I may die [04191] in mine own city [05892], and be buried by the grave [06913] of my father [01] and of my mother [0517]. But behold thy servant [05650] Chimham [03643]; let him go over [05674] with my lord [0113] the king [04428]; and do [06213] to him what shall seem good [05869] [02896] unto thee.
And the king [04428] answered [0559], Chimham [03643] shall go [05674] over with me, and I will do [06213] to him that which shall seem good [05869] [02896] unto thee: and whatsoever thou shalt require [0977] of me, that will I do [06213] for thee.require: Heb. choose
And all the people [05971] went over [05674] Jordan [03383]. And when the king [04428] was come over [05674], the king [04428] kissed [05401] Barzillai [01271], and blessed [01288] him; and he returned [07725] unto his own place [04725].
Then the king [04428] went on [05674] to Gilgal [01537], and Chimham [03643] went on [05674] with him: and all the people [05971] of Judah [03063] conducted [05674] [05674] the king [04428], and also half [02677] the people [05971] of Israel [03478].Chimham: Heb. Chimhan
And, behold, all the men [0376] of Israel [03478] came [0935] to the king [04428], and said [0559] unto the king [04428], Why have our brethren [0251] the men [0376] of Judah [03063] stolen thee away [01589], and have brought [05674] the king [04428], and his household [01004], and all David's [01732] men [0582] with him, over Jordan [03383]?
And all the men [0376] of Judah [03063] answered [06030] the men [0376] of Israel [03478], Because the king [04428] is near of kin [07138] to us: wherefore then be ye angry [02734] for this matter [01697]? have we eaten [0398] at all [0398] of the king's [04428] cost? or hath he given [05375] us any gift [05379]?
And the men [0376] of Israel [03478] answered [06030] the men [0376] of Judah [03063], and said [0559], We have ten [06235] parts [03027] in the king [04428], and we [0589] have also more right in David [01732] than ye: why then did ye despise [07043] us, that our advice [01697] should not be first [07223] had in bringing back [07725] our king [04428]? And the words [01697] of the men [0376] of Judah [03063] were fiercer [07185] than the words [01697] of the men [0376] of Israel [03478].despise…: Heb. set us at light
So every man [0376] of Israel [03478] went up [05927] from after [0310] David [01732], and followed [0310] Sheba [07652] the son [01121] of Bichri [01075]: but the men [0376] of Judah [03063] clave [01692] unto their king [04428], from Jordan [03383] even to Jerusalem [03389].
And David [01732] came [0935] to his house [01004] at Jerusalem [03389]; and the king [04428] took [03947] the ten [06235] women [0802] his concubines [06370], whom he had left [03240] to keep [08104] the house [01004], and put [05414] them in ward [04931], and fed [03557] them, but went not in [0935] unto them. So they were shut up [06887] unto the day [03117] of their death [04191], living [02424] in widowhood [0491].ward: Heb. an house of wardshut…: Heb. boundliving…: Heb. in widowhood of life
Then said [0559] the king [04428] to Amasa [06021], Assemble [02199] me the men [0376] of Judah [03063] within three [07969] days [03117], and be thou here present [05975].Assemble: Heb. Call
The matter [01697] is not so: but a man [0376] of mount [02022] Ephraim [0669], Sheba [07652] the son [01121] of Bichri [01075] by name [08034], hath lifted up [05375] his hand [03027] against the king [04428], even against David [01732]: deliver [05414] him only, and I will depart [03212] from the city [05892]. And the woman [0802] said [0559] unto Joab [03097], Behold, his head [07218] shall be thrown [07993] to thee over [01157] the wall [02346].by name: Heb. by his name
Then the woman [0802] went [0935] unto all the people [05971] in her wisdom [02451]. And they cut off [03772] the head [07218] of Sheba [07652] the son [01121] of Bichri [01075], and cast [07993] it out to Joab [03097]. And he blew [08628] a trumpet [07782], and they retired [06327] from the city [05892], every man [0376] to his tent [0168]. And Joab [03097] returned [07725] to Jerusalem [03389] unto the king [04428].retired: Heb. were scattered
And the king [04428] called [07121] the Gibeonites [01393], and said [0559] unto them; (now the Gibeonites [01393] were not of the children [01121] of Israel [03478], but of the remnant [03499] of the Amorites [0567]; and the children [01121] of Israel [03478] had sworn [07650] unto them: and Saul [07586] sought [01245] to slay [05221] them in his zeal [07065] to the children [01121] of Israel [03478] and Judah [03063].)
And they answered [0559] the king [04428], The man [0376] that consumed [03615] us, and that devised [01819] against us that we should be destroyed [08045] from remaining [03320] in any of the coasts [01366] of Israel [03478],devised…: or, cut us off
Let seven [07651] men [0582] of his sons [01121] be delivered [05414] unto us, and we will hang them up [03363] unto the Lord [03068] in Gibeah [01390] of Saul [07586], whom the Lord [03068] did choose [0972]. And the king [04428] said [0559], I will give [05414] them.whom…: or, chosen of the Lord
But the king [04428] spared [02550] Mephibosheth [04648], the son [01121] of Jonathan [03083] the son [01121] of Saul [07586], because of the Lord's [03068] oath [07621] that was between them, between David [01732] and Jonathan [03083] the son [01121] of Saul [07586].
But the king [04428] took [03947] the two [08147] sons [01121] of Rizpah [07532] the daughter [01323] of Aiah [0345], whom she bare [03205] unto Saul [07586], Armoni [0764] and Mephibosheth [04648]; and the five [02568] sons [01121] of Michal [04324] the daughter [01323] of Saul [07586], whom she brought up [03205] for Adriel [05741] the son [01121] of Barzillai [01271] the Meholathite [04259]:Michal: or, Michal's sisterbrought…: Heb. bear to Adriel
And the bones [06106] of Saul [07586] and Jonathan [03083] his son [01121] buried [06912] they in the country [0776] of Benjamin [01144] in Zelah [06762], in the sepulchre [06913] of Kish [07027] his father [01]: and they performed [06213] all that the king [04428] commanded [06680]. And after [0310] that God [0430] was intreated [06279] for the land [0776].
He is the tower [01431] [04024] of salvation [03444] for his king [04428]: and sheweth [06213] mercy [02617] to his anointed [04899], unto David [01732], and to his seed [02233] for [05704] evermore [05769].
For the king [04428] said [0559] to Joab [03097] the captain [08269] of the host [02428], which was with him, Go now through [07751] all the tribes [07626] of Israel [03478], from Dan [01835] even to Beer–sheba [0884], and number [06485] ye the people [05971], that I may know [03045] the number [04557] of the people [05971].Go: or, Compass
And Joab [03097] said [0559] unto the king [04428], Now the Lord [03068] thy God [0430] add [03254] unto the people [05971], how many soever [01992] they be, an hundredfold [06471] [03967], and that the eyes [05869] of my lord [0113] the king [04428] may see [07200] it: but why doth my lord [0113] the king [04428] delight [02654] in this thing [01697]?
Notwithstanding the king's [04428] word [01697] prevailed [02388] against Joab [03097], and against the captains [08269] of the host [02428]. And Joab [03097] and the captains [08269] of the host [02428] went out [03318] from the presence [06440] of the king [04428], to number [06485] the people [05971] of Israel [03478].
And Joab [03097] gave up [05414] the sum [04557] of the number [04662] of the people [05971] unto the king [04428]: and there were in Israel [03478] eight [08083] hundred [03967] thousand [0505] valiant [02428] men [0381] [0376] that drew [08025] the sword [02719]; and the men [0376] of Judah [03063] were five [02568] hundred [03967] thousand [0505] men [0376].
And Araunah [0728] looked [08259], and saw [07200] the king [04428] and his servants [05650] coming on [05674] toward him: and Araunah [0728] went out [03318], and bowed [07812] himself before the king [04428] on his face [0639] upon the ground [0776].
And Araunah [0728] said [0559], Wherefore is my lord [0113] the king [04428] come [0935] to his servant [05650]? And David [01732] said [0559], To buy [07069] the threshingfloor [01637] of thee, to build [01129] an altar [04196] unto the Lord [03068], that the plague [04046] may be stayed [06113] from the people [05971].
And Araunah [0728] said [0559] unto David [01732], Let my lord [0113] the king [04428] take [03947] and offer up [05927] what seemeth good [02896] unto him [05869]: behold [07200], here be oxen [01241] for burnt sacrifice [05930], and threshing instruments [04173] and other instruments [03627] of the oxen [01241] for wood [06086].
All these things did Araunah [0728], as a king [04428], give [05414] unto the king [04428]. And Araunah [0728] said [0559] unto the king [04428], The Lord [03068] thy God [0430] accept [07521] thee.
And the king [04428] said [0559] unto Araunah [0728], Nay; but I will surely [07069] buy [07069] it of thee at a price [04242]: neither will I offer [05927] burnt offerings [05930] unto the Lord [03068] my God [0430] of that which doth cost me nothing [02600]. So David [01732] bought [07069] the threshingfloor [01637] and the oxen [01241] for fifty [02572] shekels [08255] of silver [03701].
Now king [04428] David [01732] was old [02204] and stricken [0935] in years [03117]; and they covered [03680] him with clothes [0899], but he gat no heat [03179].stricken…: Heb. entered into days
Wherefore his servants [05650] said [0559] unto him, Let there be sought [01245] for my lord [0113] the king [04428] a young [05291] virgin [01330]: and let her stand [05975] before [06440] the king [04428], and let her cherish [05532] him, and let her lie [07901] in thy bosom [02436], that my lord [0113] the king [04428] may get heat [02552].Let there…: Heb. Let them seeka young…: Heb. a damsel, a virgincherish…: Heb. be a cherisher unto him
So they sought [01245] for a fair [03303] damsel [05291] throughout all the coasts [01366] of Israel [03478], and found [04672] Abishag [049] a Shunammite [07767], and brought [0935] her to the king [04428].
And the damsel [05291] was very [03966] fair [03303], and cherished [05532] the king [04428], and ministered [08334] to him: but the king [04428] knew [03045] her not.
And Adonijah [0138] slew [02076] sheep [06629] and oxen [01241] and fat cattle [04806] by the stone [068] of Zoheleth [02120], which is by [0681] En–rogel [05883], and called [07121] all his brethren [0251] the king's [04428] sons [01121], and all the men [0582] of Judah [03063] the king's [04428] servants [05650]:En–rogel: or, the well Rogel
Go [03212] and get thee in [0935] unto king [04428] David [01732], and say [0559] unto him, Didst not thou, my lord [0113], O king [04428], swear [07650] unto thine handmaid [0519], saying [0559], Assuredly [03588] Solomon [08010] thy son [01121] shall reign [04427] after [0310] me, and he shall sit [03427] upon my throne [03678]? why then doth Adonijah [0138] reign [04427]?
Behold, while thou yet talkest [01696] there with the king [04428], I also will come in [0935] after [0310] thee, and confirm [04390] thy words [01697].confirm: Heb. fill up
And Bath–sheba [01339] went in [0935] unto the king [04428] into the chamber [02315]: and the king [04428] was very [03966] old [02204]; and Abishag [049] the Shunammite [07767] ministered [08334] unto the king [04428].
And Bath–sheba [01339] bowed [06915], and did obeisance [07812] unto the king [04428]. And the king [04428] said [0559], What wouldest thou?What…: Heb. What to thee?
And now, behold, Adonijah [0138] reigneth [04427]; and now, my lord [0113] the king [04428], thou knowest [03045] it not:
And he hath slain [02076] oxen [07794] and fat cattle [04806] and sheep [06629] in abundance [07230], and hath called [07121] all the sons [01121] of the king [04428], and Abiathar [054] the priest [03548], and Joab [03097] the captain [08269] of the host [06635]: but Solomon [08010] thy servant [05650] hath he not called [07121].
And thou, my lord [0113], O king [04428], the eyes [05869] of all Israel [03478] are upon thee, that thou shouldest tell [05046] them who shall sit [03427] on the throne [03678] of my lord [0113] the king [04428] after [0310] him.
Otherwise it shall come to pass, when my lord [0113] the king [04428] shall sleep [07901] with his fathers [01], that I and my son [01121] Solomon [08010] shall be counted offenders [02400].offenders: Heb. sinners
And, lo, while she yet talked [01696] with the king [04428], Nathan [05416] the prophet [05030] also came in [0935].
And they told [05046] the king [04428], saying [0559], Behold Nathan [05416] the prophet [05030]. And when he was come in [0935] before [06440] the king [04428], he bowed [07812] himself before the king [04428] with his face [0639] to the ground [0776].
And Nathan [05416] said [0559], My lord [0113], O king [04428], hast thou said [0559], Adonijah [0138] shall reign [04427] after [0310] me, and he shall sit [03427] upon my throne [03678]?
For he is gone down [03381] this day [03117], and hath slain [02076] oxen [07794] and fat cattle [04806] and sheep [06629] in abundance [07230], and hath called [07121] all the king's [04428] sons [01121], and the captains [08269] of the host [06635], and Abiathar [054] the priest [03548]; and, behold, they eat [0398] and drink [08354] before [06440] him, and say [0559], God save [02421] king [04428] Adonijah [0138].God…: Heb. Let king Adonijah live
Is this thing [01697] done [01961] by my lord [0113] the king [04428], and thou hast not shewed [03045] it unto thy servant [05650], who should sit [03427] on the throne [03678] of my lord [0113] the king [04428] after [0310] him?
Then king [04428] David [01732] answered [06030] and said [0559], Call [07121] me Bath–sheba [01339]. And she came [0935] into the king's [04428] presence [06440], and stood [05975] before [06440] the king [04428].into…: Heb. before the king
And the king [04428] sware [07650], and said [0559], As the Lord [03068] liveth [02416], that hath redeemed [06299] my soul [05315] out of all distress [06869],
Then Bath–sheba [01339] bowed [06915] with her face [0639] to the earth [0776], and did reverence [07812] to the king [04428], and said [0559], Let my lord [0113] king [04428] David [01732] live [02421] for ever [05769].
And king [04428] David [01732] said [0559], Call [07121] me Zadok [06659] the priest [03548], and Nathan [05416] the prophet [05030], and Benaiah [01141] the son [01121] of Jehoiada [03077]. And they came [0935] before [06440] the king [04428].
The king [04428] also said [0559] unto them, Take [03947] with you the servants [05650] of your lord [0113], and cause Solomon [08010] my son [01121] to ride [07392] upon mine own mule [06506], and bring him down [03381] to Gihon [01521]:mine…: Heb. which belongeth to me
And let Zadok [06659] the priest [03548] and Nathan [05416] the prophet [05030] anoint [04886] him there king [04428] over Israel [03478]: and blow [08628] ye with the trumpet [07782], and say [0559], God save [02421] king [04428] Solomon [08010].
And Benaiah [01141] the son [01121] of Jehoiada [03077] answered [06030] the king [04428], and said [0559], Amen [0543]: the Lord [03068] God [0430] of my lord [0113] the king [04428] say [0559] so too.
As the Lord [03068] hath been with my lord [0113] the king [04428], even so be he with Solomon [08010], and make [01431] his throne [03678] greater [01431] than the throne [03678] of my lord [0113] king [04428] David [01732].
So Zadok [06659] the priest [03548], and Nathan [05416] the prophet [05030], and Benaiah [01141] the son [01121] of Jehoiada [03077], and the Cherethites [03774], and the Pelethites [06432], went down [03381], and caused Solomon [08010] to ride [07392] upon king [04428] David's [01732] mule [06506], and brought [03212] him to Gihon [01521].
And Zadok [06659] the priest [03548] took [03947] an horn [07161] of oil [08081] out of the tabernacle [0168], and anointed [04886] Solomon [08010]. And they blew [08628] the trumpet [07782]; and all the people [05971] said [0559], God save [02421] king [04428] Solomon [08010].
And Jonathan [03129] answered [06030] and said [0559] to Adonijah [0138], Verily [061] our lord [0113] king [04428] David [01732] hath made Solomon [08010] king [04427].
And the king [04428] hath sent [07971] with him Zadok [06659] the priest [03548], and Nathan [05416] the prophet [05030], and Benaiah [01141] the son [01121] of Jehoiada [03077], and the Cherethites [03774], and the Pelethites [06432], and they have caused him to ride [07392] upon the king's [04428] mule [06506]:
And Zadok [06659] the priest [03548] and Nathan [05416] the prophet [05030] have anointed [04886] him king [04428] in Gihon [01521]: and they are come up [05927] from thence rejoicing [08056], so that the city [07151] rang again [01949]. This is the noise [06963] that ye have heard [08085].
And moreover the king's [04428] servants [05650] came [0935] to bless [01288] our lord [0113] king [04428] David [01732], saying [0559], God [0430] make the name [08034] of Solomon [08010] better [03190] than thy name [08034], and make [01431] his throne [03678] greater [01431] than thy throne [03678]. And the king [04428] bowed [07812] himself upon the bed [04904].
And also thus said [0559] the king [04428], Blessed [01288] be the Lord [03068] God [0430] of Israel [03478], which hath given [05414] one to sit [03427] on my throne [03678] this day [03117], mine eyes [05869] even seeing [07200] it.
And it was told [05046] Solomon [08010], saying [0559], Behold, Adonijah [0138] feareth [03372] king [04428] Solomon [08010]: for, lo, he hath caught hold [0270] on the horns [07161] of the altar [04196], saying [0559], Let king [04428] Solomon [08010] swear [07650] unto me to day [03117] that he will not slay [04191] his servant [05650] with the sword [02719].
So king [04428] Solomon [08010] sent [07971], and they brought him down [03381] from the altar [04196]. And he came [0935] and bowed [07812] himself to king [04428] Solomon [08010]: and Solomon [08010] said [0559] unto him, Go [03212] to thine house [01004].
And he said [0559], Speak [0559], I pray thee, unto Solomon [08010] the king [04428], (for he will not say [07725] thee [06440] nay [07725],) that he give [05414] me Abishag [049] the Shunammite [07767] to wife [0802].
And Bath–sheba [01339] said [0559], Well [02896]; I will speak [01696] for thee unto the king [04428].
Bath–sheba [01339] therefore went [0935] unto king [04428] Solomon [08010], to speak [01696] unto him for Adonijah [0138]. And the king [04428] rose up [06965] to meet [07125] her, and bowed [07812] himself unto her, and sat down [03427] on his throne [03678], and caused a seat [03678] to be set [07760] for the king's [04428] mother [0517]; and she sat [03427] on his right hand [03225].
Then she said [0559], I desire [07592] one [0259] small [06996] petition [07596] of thee; I pray thee, say [07725] me [06440] not nay [07725]. And the king [04428] said [0559] unto her, Ask on [07592], my mother [0517]: for I will not say [07725] thee [06440] nay [07725].
And king [04428] Solomon [08010] answered [06030] and said [0559] unto his mother [0517], And why dost thou ask [07592] Abishag [049] the Shunammite [07767] for Adonijah [0138]? ask [07592] for him the kingdom [04410] also; for he is mine elder [01419] brother [0251]; even for him, and for Abiathar [054] the priest [03548], and for Joab [03097] the son [01121] of Zeruiah [06870].
Then king [04428] Solomon [08010] sware [07650] by the Lord [03068], saying [0559], God [0430] do [06213] so to me, and more also [03254], if Adonijah [0138] have not spoken [01696] this word [01697] against his own life [05315].
And king [04428] Solomon [08010] sent [07971] by the hand [03027] of Benaiah [01141] the son [01121] of Jehoiada [03077]; and he fell [06293] upon him that he died [04191].
And unto Abiathar [054] the priest [03548] said [0559] the king [04428], Get [03212] thee to Anathoth [06068], unto thine own fields [07704]; for thou art worthy [0376] of death [04194]: but I will not at this time [03117] put thee to death [04191], because thou barest [05375] the ark [0727] of the Lord [0136] God [03069] before [06440] David [01732] my father [01], and because thou hast been afflicted [06031] in all wherein my father [01] was afflicted [06031].worthy…: Heb. a man of death
And it was told [05046] king [04428] Solomon [08010] that Joab [03097] was fled [05127] unto the tabernacle [0168] of the Lord [03068]; and, behold, he is by [0681] the altar [04196]. Then Solomon [08010] sent [07971] Benaiah [01141] the son [01121] of Jehoiada [03077], saying [0559], Go [03212], fall [06293] upon him.
And Benaiah [01141] came [0935] to the tabernacle [0168] of the Lord [03068], and said [0559] unto him, Thus saith [0559] the king [04428], Come forth [03318]. And he said [0559], Nay; but I will die [04191] here. And Benaiah [01141] brought [07725] the king [04428] word [01697] again [07725], saying [0559], Thus said [01696] Joab [03097], and thus he answered [06030] me.
And the king [04428] said [0559] unto him, Do [06213] as he hath said [01696], and fall [06293] upon him, and bury [06912] him; that thou mayest take away [05493] the innocent [02600] blood [01818], which Joab [03097] shed [08210], from me, and from the house [01004] of my father [01].
And the king [04428] put [05414] Benaiah [01141] the son [01121] of Jehoiada [03077] in his room over the host [06635]: and Zadok [06659] the priest [03548] did the king [04428] put [05414] in the room of Abiathar [054].
And the king [04428] sent [07971] and called [07121] for Shimei [08096], and said [0559] unto him, Build [01129] thee an house [01004] in Jerusalem [03389], and dwell [03427] there, and go not forth [03318] thence any whither [0575].
And Shimei [08096] said [0559] unto the king [04428], The saying [01697] is good [02896]: as my lord [0113] the king [04428] hath said [01696], so will thy servant [05650] do [06213]. And Shimei [08096] dwelt [03427] in Jerusalem [03389] many [07227] days [03117].
And it came to pass at the end [07093] of three [07969] years [08141], that two [08147] of the servants [05650] of Shimei [08096] ran away [01272] unto Achish [0397] son [01121] of Maachah [04601] king [04428] of Gath [01661]. And they told [05046] Shimei [08096], saying [0559], Behold, thy servants [05650] be in Gath [01661].
And the king [04428] sent [07971] and called [07121] for Shimei [08096], and said [0559] unto him, Did I not make thee to swear [07650] by the Lord [03068], and protested [05749] unto thee, saying [0559], Know [03045] for a certain [03045], on the day [03117] thou goest out [03318], and walkest [01980] abroad any whither [0575], that thou shalt surely [04191] die [04191]? and thou saidst [0559] unto me, The word [01697] that I have heard [08085] is good [02896].
The king [04428] said [0559] moreover to Shimei [08096], Thou knowest [03045] all the wickedness [07451] which thine heart [03824] is privy to [03045], that thou didst [06213] to David [01732] my father [01]: therefore the Lord [03068] shall return [07725] thy wickedness [07451] upon thine own head [07218];
And king [04428] Solomon [08010] shall be blessed [01288], and the throne [03678] of David [01732] shall be established [03559] before [06440] the Lord [03068] for [05704] ever [05769].
So the king [04428] commanded [06680] Benaiah [01141] the son [01121] of Jehoiada [03077]; which went out [03318], and fell [06293] upon him, that he died [04191]. And the kingdom [04467] was established [03559] in the hand [03027] of Solomon [08010].
And Solomon [08010] made affinity [02859] with Pharaoh [06547] king [04428] of Egypt [04714], and took [03947] Pharaoh's [06547] daughter [01323], and brought [0935] her into the city [05892] of David [01732], until he had made an end [03615] of building [01129] his own house [01004], and the house [01004] of the Lord [03068], and the wall [02346] of Jerusalem [03389] round about [05439].
And the king [04428] went [03212] to Gibeon [01391] to sacrifice [02076] there; for that [01931] was the great [01419] high place [01116]: a thousand [0505] burnt offerings [05930] did Solomon [08010] offer [05927] upon that altar [04196].
And I have also given [05414] thee that which thou hast not asked [07592], both riches [06239], and honour [03519]: so that there shall not be any [0376] among the kings [04428] like unto thee all thy days [03117].shall…: or, hath not been
Then came [0935] there two [08147] women [0802], that were harlots [02181], unto the king [04428], and stood [05975] before [06440] him.
And the other [0312] woman [0802] said [0559], Nay; but the living [02416] is my son [01121], and the dead [04191] is thy son [01121]. And this said [0559], No; but the dead [04191] is thy son [01121], and the living [02416] is my son [01121]. Thus they spake [01696] before [06440] the king [04428].
Then said [0559] the king [04428], The one [02063] saith [0559], This is my son [01121] that liveth [02416], and thy son [01121] is the dead [04191]: and the other [02063] saith [0559], Nay; but thy son [01121] is the dead [04191], and my son [01121] is the living [02416].
And the king [04428] said [0559], Bring [03947] me a sword [02719]. And they brought [0935] a sword [02719] before [06440] the king [04428].
And the king [04428] said [0559], Divide [01504] the living [02416] child [03206] in two [08147], and give [05414] half [02677] to the one [0259], and half [02677] to the other [0259].
Then spake [0559] the woman [0802] whose the living [02416] child [01121] was unto the king [04428], for her bowels [07356] yearned [03648] upon her son [01121], and she said [0559], O [0994] my lord [0113], give [05414] her the living [02416] child [03205], and in no wise [04191] slay [04191] it. But the other said [0559], Let it be neither mine nor thine, but divide [01504] it.yearned: Heb. were hot
Then the king [04428] answered [06030] and said [0559], Give [05414] her the living [02416] child [03205], and in no wise [04191] slay [04191] it: she is the mother [0517] thereof.
And all Israel [03478] heard [08085] of the judgment [04941] which the king [04428] had judged [08199]; and they feared [03372] the king [06440]: for they saw [07200] that the wisdom [02451] of God [0430] was in him [07130], to do [06213] judgment [04941].in him: Heb. in the midst of him
So king [04428] Solomon [08010] was king [04428] over all Israel [03478].
And Azariah [05838] the son [01121] of Nathan [05416] was over the officers [05324]: and Zabud [02071] the son [01121] of Nathan [05416] was principal officer [03548], and the king's [04428] friend [07463]:
And Solomon [08010] had twelve [06240] [08147] officers [05324] over all Israel [03478], which provided victuals [03557] for the king [04428] and his household [01004]: each man [0259] his month [02320] in a year [08141] made provision [03557].
Geber [01398] the son [01121] of Uri [0221] was in the country [0776] of Gilead [01568], in the country [0776] of Sihon [05511] king [04428] of the Amorites [0567], and of Og [05747] king [04428] of Bashan [01316]; and he was the only [0259] officer [05333] which was in the land [0776].
For he had dominion [07287] over all the region on this side [05676] the river [05104], from Tiphsah [08607] even to Azzah [05804], over all the kings [04428] on this side [05676] the river [05104]: and he had peace [07965] on all sides [05676] [05650] round about [05439] him.
And those officers [05324] provided victual [03557] for king [04428] Solomon [08010], and for all that came [07131] unto king [04428] Solomon's [08010] table [07979], every man [0376] in his month [02320]: they lacked [05737] nothing [01697].
And there came [0935] of all people [05971] to hear [08085] the wisdom [02451] of Solomon [08010], from all kings [04428] of the earth [0776], which had heard [08085] of his wisdom [02451].
And Hiram [02438] king [04428] of Tyre [06865] sent [07971] his servants [05650] unto Solomon [08010]; for he had heard [08085] that they had anointed [04886] him king [04428] in the room of his father [01]: for Hiram [02438] was ever [03117] a lover [0157] of David [01732].Hiram: also called, Huram
And king [04428] Solomon [08010] raised [05927] a levy [04522] out of all Israel [03478]; and the levy [04522] was thirty [07970] thousand [0505] men [0376].levy: Heb. tribute of men
And the king [04428] commanded [06680], and they brought [05265] great [01419] stones [068], costly [03368] stones [068], and hewed [01496] stones [068], to lay the foundation [03245] of the house [01004].
And the house [01004] which king [04428] Solomon [08010] built [01129] for the Lord [03068], the length [0753] thereof was threescore [08346] cubits [0520], and the breadth [07341] thereof twenty [06242] cubits, and the height [06967] thereof thirty [07970] cubits [0520].
And king [04428] Solomon [08010] sent [07971] and fetched [03947] Hiram [02438] out of Tyre [06865].Hiram: also called, Huram
He was a widow's [0490] [0802] son [01121] of the tribe [04294] of Naphtali [05321], and his father [01] was a man [0376] of Tyre [06876], a worker [02790] in brass [05178]: and he was filled [04390] with wisdom [02451], and understanding [08394], and cunning [01847] to work [06213] all works [04399] in brass [05178]. And he came [0935] to king [04428] Solomon [08010], and wrought [06213] all his work [04399].a widow's…: Heb. the son of a widow woman
And Hiram [02438] made [06213] the lavers [03595], and the shovels [03257], and the basons [04219]. So Hiram [02438] made [03615] an end of doing [06213] all the work [04399] that he made [06213] king [04428] Solomon [08010] for the house [01004] of the Lord [03068]:And Hiram: Heb. And Hirom
And the pots [05518], and the shovels [03257], and the basons [04219]: and all these vessels [03627], which Hiram [02438] made [06213] to king [04428] Solomon [08010] for the house [01004] of the Lord [03068], were of bright [04178] brass [05178].bright: Heb. made bright or, scoured
In the plain [03603] of Jordan [03383] did the king [04428] cast [03332] them, in the clay [04568] ground [0127] between Succoth [05523] and Zarthan [06891].in…: Heb. in the thickness of the ground
So was ended [07999] all the work [04399] that king [04428] Solomon [08010] made [06213] for the house [01004] of the Lord [03068]. And Solomon [08010] brought in [0935] the things which David [01732] his father [01] had dedicated [06944]; even the silver [03701], and the gold [02091], and the vessels [03627], did he put [05414] among the treasures [0214] of the house [01004] of the Lord [03068].things…: Heb. holy things of David
Then Solomon [08010] assembled [06950] the elders [02205] of Israel [03478], and all the heads [07218] of the tribes [04294], the chief [05387] of the fathers [01] of the children [01121] of Israel [03478], unto king [04428] Solomon [08010] in Jerusalem [03389], that they might bring up [05927] the ark [0727] of the covenant [01285] of the Lord [03068] out of the city [05892] of David [01732], which is Zion [06726].chief: Heb. princes
And all the men [0376] of Israel [03478] assembled [06950] themselves unto king [04428] Solomon [08010] at the feast [02282] in the month [03391] Ethanim [0388], which is the seventh [07637] month [02320].
And king [04428] Solomon [08010], and all the congregation [05712] of Israel [03478], that were assembled [03259] unto him, were with him before [06440] the ark [0727], sacrificing [02076] sheep [06629] and oxen [01241], that could not be told [05608] nor numbered [04487] for multitude [07230].
And the king [04428] turned [05437] his face [06440] about [05437], and blessed [01288] all the congregation [06951] of Israel [03478]: (and all the congregation [06951] of Israel [03478] stood [05975];)
And the king [04428], and all Israel [03478] with him, offered [02076] sacrifice [02077] before [06440] the Lord [03068].
And Solomon [08010] offered [02076] a sacrifice [02077] of peace offerings [08002], which he offered [02076] unto the Lord [03068], two [08147] and twenty [06242] thousand [0505] oxen [01241], and an hundred [03967] and twenty [06242] thousand [0505] sheep [06629]. So the king [04428] and all the children [01121] of Israel [03478] dedicated [02596] the house [01004] of the Lord [03068].
The same day [03117] did the king [04428] hallow [06942] the middle [08432] of the court [02691] that was before [06440] the house [01004] of the Lord [03068]: for there he offered [06213] burnt offerings [05930], and meat offerings [04503], and the fat [02459] of the peace offerings [08002]: because the brasen [05178] altar [04196] that was before [06440] the Lord [03068] was too little [06996] to receive [03557] the burnt offerings [05930], and meat offerings [04503], and the fat [02459] of the peace offerings [08002].
On the eighth [08066] day [03117] he sent [07971] the people [05971] away [07971]: and they blessed [01288] the king [04428], and went [03212] unto their tents [0168] joyful [08056] and glad [02896] of heart [03820] for all the goodness [02896] that the Lord [03068] had done [06213] for David [01732] his servant [05650], and for Israel [03478] his people [05971].blessed: or, thanked
And it came to pass, when Solomon [08010] had finished [03615] the building [01129] of the house [01004] of the Lord [03068], and the king's [04428] house [01004], and all Solomon's [08010] desire [02837] which he was pleased [02654] to do [06213],
And it came to pass at the end [07097] of twenty [06242] years [08141], when Solomon [08010] had built [01129] the two [08147] houses [01004], the house [01004] of the Lord [03068], and the king's [04428] house [01004],
(Now Hiram [02438] the king [04428] of Tyre [06865] had furnished [05375] Solomon [08010] with cedar [0730] trees [06086] and fir [01265] trees [06086], and with gold [02091], according to all his desire [02656],) that then [0227] king [04428] Solomon [08010] gave [05414] Hiram [02438] twenty [06242] cities [05892] in the land [0776] of Galilee [01551].
And Hiram [02438] sent [07971] to the king [04428] sixscore [06242] [03967] talents [03603] of gold [02091].
And this is the reason [01697] of the levy [04522] which king [04428] Solomon [08010] raised [05927]; for to build [01129] the house [01004] of the Lord [03068], and his own house [01004], and Millo [04407], and the wall [02346] of Jerusalem [03389], and Hazor [02674], and Megiddo [04023], and Gezer [01507].
For Pharaoh [06547] king [04428] of Egypt [04714] had gone up [05927], and taken [03920] Gezer [01507], and burnt [08313] it with fire [0784], and slain [02026] the Canaanites [03669] that dwelt [03427] in the city [05892], and given [05414] it for a present [07964] unto his daughter [01323], Solomon's [08010] wife [0802].
And king [04428] Solomon [08010] made [06213] a navy of ships [0590] in Ezion–geber [06100], which is beside Eloth [0359], on the shore [08193] of the Red [05488] sea [03220], in the land [0776] of Edom [0123].shore: Heb. lip
And they came [0935] to Ophir [0211], and fetched [03947] from thence gold [02091], four [0702] hundred [03967] and twenty [06242] talents [03603], and brought [0935] it to king [04428] Solomon [08010].
And Solomon [08010] told [05046] her all her questions [01697]: there was not any thing [01697] hid [05956] from the king [04428], which he told [05046] her not.questions: Heb. words
And she said [0559] to the king [04428], It was a true [0571] report [01697] that I heard [08085] in mine own land [0776] of thy acts [01697] and of thy wisdom [02451].report: Heb. wordacts: or, sayings
Blessed [01288] be the Lord [03068] thy God [0430], which delighted [02654] in thee, to set [05414] thee on the throne [03678] of Israel [03478]: because the Lord [03068] loved [0160] Israel [03478] for ever [05769], therefore made [07760] he thee king [04428], to do [06213] judgment [04941] and justice [06666].
And she gave [05414] the king [04428] an hundred [03967] and twenty [06242] talents [03603] of gold [02091], and of spices [01314] very [03966] great store [07235], and precious [03368] stones [068]: there came [0935] no more such [01931] abundance [07230] of spices [01314] as these which the queen [04436] of Sheba [07614] gave [05414] to king [04428] Solomon [08010].
And the king [04428] made [06213] of the almug [0484] trees [06086] pillars [04552] for the house [01004] of the Lord [03068], and for the king's [04428] house [01004], harps [03658] also and psalteries [05035] for singers [07891]: there came [0935] no such almug [0484] trees [06086], nor were seen [07200] unto this day [03117].pillars: or, rails: Heb. a prop
And king [04428] Solomon [08010] gave [05414] unto the queen [04436] of Sheba [07614] all her desire [02656], whatsoever she asked [07592], beside that which Solomon [08010] gave [05414] her of his royal [04428] bounty [03027]. So she turned [06437] and went [03212] to her own country [0776], she and her servants [05650].of his…: Heb. according to the hand of king Solomon
Beside that he had of the merchantmen [08446] [0582], and of the traffick [04536] of the spice merchants [07402], and of all the kings [04428] of Arabia [06153], and of the governors [06346] of the country [0776].governors: or, captains
And king [04428] Solomon [08010] made [06213] two hundred [03967] targets [06793] of beaten [07820] gold [02091]: six [08337] hundred [03967] shekels of gold [02091] went [05927] to one [0259] target [06793].
And he made three [07969] hundred [03967] shields [04043] of beaten [07820] gold [02091]; three [07969] pound [04488] of gold [02091] went [05927] to one [0259] shield [04043]: and the king [04428] put [05414] them in the house [01004] of the forest [03293] of Lebanon [03844].
Moreover the king [04428] made [06213] a great [01419] throne [03678] of ivory [08127], and overlaid [06823] it with the best [06338] gold [02091].
And all king [04428] Solomon's [08010] drinking [04945] vessels [03627] were of gold [02091], and all the vessels [03627] of the house [01004] of the forest [03293] of Lebanon [03844] were of pure [05462] gold [02091]; none were of silver [03701]: it was nothing [03972] accounted [02803] of in the days [03117] of Solomon [08010].none…: or, there was no silver in them
For the king [04428] had at sea [03220] a navy [0590] of Tharshish [08659] with the navy [0590] of Hiram [02438]: once [0259] in three [07969] years [08141] came [0935] the navy [0590] of Tharshish [08659], bringing [05375] gold [02091], and silver [03701], ivory [08143], and apes [06971], and peacocks [08500].ivory: or, elephants' teeth
So king [04428] Solomon [08010] exceeded [01431] all the kings [04428] of the earth [0776] for riches [06239] and for wisdom [02451].
And Solomon [08010] gathered together [0622] chariots [07393] and horsemen [06571]: and he had a thousand [0505] and four [0702] hundred [03967] chariots [07393], and twelve [06240] [08147] thousand [0505] horsemen [06571], whom he bestowed [05148] in the cities [05892] for chariots [07393], and with the king [04428] at Jerusalem [03389].
And the king [04428] made [05414] silver [03701] to be in Jerusalem [03389] as stones [068], and cedars [0730] made [05414] he to be as the sycomore trees [08256] that are in the vale [08219], for abundance [07230].made: Heb. gave
And Solomon [08010] had horses [05483] brought [04161] out of Egypt [04714], and linen yarn [04723]: the king's [04428] merchants [05503] received [03947] the linen yarn [04723] at a price [04242].And Solomon…: Heb. And the going forth of the horses which was Solomon's
And a chariot [04818] came up [05927] and went out [03318] of Egypt [04714] for six [08337] hundred [03967] shekels of silver [03701], and an horse [05483] for an hundred [03967] and fifty [02572]: and so for all the kings [04428] of the Hittites [02850], and for the kings [04428] of Syria [0758], did they bring them out [03318] by their means [03027].by their…: Heb. by their hand
But king [04428] Solomon [08010] loved [0157] many [07227] strange [05237] women [0802], together with the daughter [01323] of Pharaoh [06547], women of the Moabites [04125], Ammonites [05984], Edomites [0130], Zidonians [06722], and Hittites [02850];together…: or, beside
And the Lord [03068] stirred up [06965] an adversary [07854] unto Solomon [08010], Hadad [01908] the Edomite [0130]: he was of the king's [04428] seed [02233] in Edom [0123].
And they arose [06965] out of Midian [04080], and came [0935] to Paran [06290]: and they took [03947] men [0582] with them out of Paran [06290], and they came [0935] to Egypt [04714], unto Pharaoh [06547] king [04428] of Egypt [04714]; which gave [05414] him an house [01004], and appointed [0559] him victuals [03899], and gave [05414] him land [0776].
And God [0430] stirred him up [06965] another adversary [07854], Rezon [07331] the son [01121] of Eliadah [0450], which fled [01272] from his lord [0113] Hadadezer [01909] king [04428] of Zobah [06678]:
And Jeroboam [03379] the son [01121] of Nebat [05028], an Ephrathite [0673] of Zereda [06868], Solomon's [08010] servant [05650], whose mother's [0517] name [08034] was Zeruah [06871], a widow [0490] woman [0802], even he lifted up [07311] his hand [03027] against the king [04428].
And this was the cause [01697] that he lifted up [07311] his hand [03027] against the king [04428]: Solomon [08010] built [01129] Millo [04407], and repaired [05462] the breaches [06556] of the city [05892] of David [01732] his father [01].repaired: Heb. closed
And I will take [03947] thee, and thou shalt reign [04427] according to all that thy soul [05315] desireth [0183], and shalt be king [04428] over Israel [03478].
Solomon [08010] sought [01245] therefore to kill [04191] Jeroboam [03379]. And Jeroboam [03379] arose [06965], and fled [01272] into Egypt [04714], unto Shishak [07895] king [04428] of Egypt [04714], and was in Egypt [04714] until the death [04194] of Solomon [08010].
And it came to pass, when Jeroboam [03379] the son [01121] of Nebat [05028], who was yet in Egypt [04714], heard [08085] of it, (for he was fled [01272] from the presence [06440] of king [04428] Solomon [08010], and Jeroboam [03379] dwelt [03427] in Egypt [04714];)
And king [04428] Rehoboam [07346] consulted [03289] with the old men [02205], that stood [05975] before [06440] Solomon [08010] his father [01] while he yet lived [02416], and said [0559], How do ye advise [03289] that I may [07725] answer [01697] this people [05971]?
So Jeroboam [03379] and all the people [05971] came [0935] to Rehoboam [07346] the third [07992] day [03117], as the king [04428] had appointed [01696], saying [0559], Come to me again [07725] the third [07992] day [03117].
And the king [04428] answered [06030] the people [05971] roughly [07186], and forsook [05800] the old men's [02205] counsel [06098] that they gave [03289] him;roughly: Heb. hardly
Wherefore the king [04428] hearkened [08085] not unto the people [05971]; for the cause [05438] was from the Lord [03068], that he might perform [06965] his saying [01697], which the Lord [03068] spake [01696] by [03027] Ahijah [0281] the Shilonite [07888] unto Jeroboam [03379] the son [01121] of Nebat [05028].
So [07725] when all Israel [03478] saw [07200] that the king [04428] hearkened [08085] not unto them, the people [05971] answered [01697] the king [04428], saying [0559], What portion [02506] have we in David [01732]? neither have we inheritance [05159] in the son [01121] of Jesse [03448]: to your tents [0168], O Israel [03478]: now see [07200] to thine own house [01004], David [01732]. So Israel [03478] departed [03212] unto their tents [0168].
Then king [04428] Rehoboam [07346] sent [07971] Adoram [0151], who was over the tribute [04522]; and all Israel [03478] stoned [07275] him with stones [068], that he died [04191]. Therefore king [04428] Rehoboam [07346] made speed [0553] to get him up [05927] to his chariot [04818], to flee [05127] to Jerusalem [03389].made…: Heb. strengthened himself
Speak [0559] unto Rehoboam [07346], the son [01121] of Solomon [08010], king [04428] of Judah [03063], and unto all the house [01004] of Judah [03063] and Benjamin [01144], and to the remnant [03499] of the people [05971], saying [0559],
If this people [05971] go up [05927] to do [06213] sacrifice [02077] in the house [01004] of the Lord [03068] at Jerusalem [03389], then shall the heart [03820] of this people [05971] turn again [07725] unto their lord [0113], even unto Rehoboam [07346] king [04428] of Judah [03063], and they shall kill [02026] me, and go again [07725] to Rehoboam [07346] king [04428] of Judah [03063].
Whereupon the king [04428] took counsel [03289], and made [06213] two [08147] calves [05695] of gold [02091], and said [0559] unto them, It is too much [07227] for you to go up [05927] to Jerusalem [03389]: behold thy gods [0430], O Israel [03478], which brought thee up [05927] out of the land [0776] of Egypt [04714].
And it came to pass, when king [04428] Jeroboam [03379] heard [08085] the saying [01697] of the man [0376] of God [0430], which had cried [07121] against the altar [04196] in Beth–el [01008], that he put forth [07971] his hand [03027] from the altar [04196], saying [0559], Lay hold [08610] on him. And his hand [03027], which he put forth [07971] against him, dried up [03001], so that he could [03201] not pull it in again [07725] to him.
And the king [04428] answered [06030] and said [0559] unto the man [0376] of God [0430], Intreat [02470] now the face [06440] of the Lord [03068] thy God [0430], and pray [06419] for me, that my hand [03027] may be restored me again [07725]. And the man [0376] of God [0430] besought [06440] [02470] the Lord [03068], and the king's [04428] hand [03027] was restored him again [07725], and became as it was before [07223].the Lord, and: Heb. the face of the Lord, etc
And the king [04428] said [01696] unto the man [0376] of God [0430], Come [0935] home [01004] with me, and refresh [05582] thyself, and I will give [05414] thee a reward [04991].
And the man [0376] of God [0430] said [0559] unto the king [04428], If thou wilt give [05414] me half [02677] thine house [01004], I will not go in [0935] with thee, neither will I eat [0398] bread [03899] nor drink [08354] water [04325] in this place [04725]:
Now there dwelt [03427] an [0259] old [02205] prophet [05030] in Beth–el [01008]; and his sons [01121] came [0935] and told [05608] him all the works [04639] that the man [0376] of God [0430] had done [06213] that day [03117] in Beth–el [01008]: the words [01697] which he had spoken [01696] unto the king [04428], them they told [05608] also to their father [01].
And Jeroboam [03379] said [0559] to his wife [0802], Arise [06965], I pray thee, and disguise [08138] thyself, that thou be not known [03045] to be the wife [0802] of Jeroboam [03379]; and get [01980] thee to Shiloh [07887]: behold, there is Ahijah [0281] the prophet [05030], which told [01696] me that I should be king [04428] over this people [05971].
Moreover the Lord [03068] shall raise him up [06965] a king [04428] over Israel [03478], who shall cut off [03772] the house [01004] of Jeroboam [03379] that day [03117]: but what? even now.
And the rest [03499] of the acts [01697] of Jeroboam [03379], how he warred [03898], and how he reigned [04427], behold, they are written [03789] in the book [05612] of the chronicles [03117] [01697] of the kings [04428] of Israel [03478].
And it came to pass in the fifth [02549] year [08141] of king [04428] Rehoboam [07346], that Shishak [07895] king [04428] of Egypt [04714] came up [05927] against Jerusalem [03389]:
And he took away [03947] the treasures [0214] of the house [01004] of the Lord [03068], and the treasures [0214] of the king's [04428] house [01004]; he even took away [03947] all: and he took away [03947] all the shields [04043] of gold [02091] which Solomon [08010] had made [06213].
And king [04428] Rehoboam [07346] made [06213] in their stead brasen [05178] shields [04043], and committed [06485] them unto the hands [03027] of the chief [08269] of the guard [07323], which kept [08104] the door [06607] of the king's [04428] house [01004].guard: Heb. runners
And it was so, when [01767] the king [04428] went [0935] into the house [01004] of the Lord [03068], that the guard [07323] bare [05375] them, and brought them back [07725] into the guard [07323] chamber [08372].
Now the rest [03499] of the acts [01697] of Rehoboam [07346], and all that he did [06213], are they not written [03789] in the book [05612] of the chronicles [03117] [01697] of the kings [04428] of Judah [03063]?
Now in the eighteenth [06240] [08083] year [08141] of king [04428] Jeroboam [03379] the son [01121] of Nebat [05028] reigned [04427] Abijam [038] over Judah [03063].
Now the rest [03499] of the acts [01697] of Abijam [038], and all that he did [06213], are they not written [03789] in the book [05612] of the chronicles [03117] [01697] of the kings [04428] of Judah [03063]? And there was war [04421] between Abijam [038] and Jeroboam [03379].
And in the twentieth [06242] year [08141] of Jeroboam [03379] king [04428] of Israel [03478] reigned [04427] Asa [0609] over Judah [03063].
And there was war [04421] between Asa [0609] and Baasha [01201] king [04428] of Israel [03478] all their days [03117].
And Baasha [01201] king [04428] of Israel [03478] went up [05927] against Judah [03063], and built [01129] Ramah [07414], that he might not suffer [05414] any to go out [03318] or come in [0935] to Asa [0609] king [04428] of Judah [03063].
Then Asa [0609] took [03947] all the silver [03701] and the gold [02091] that were left [03498] in the treasures [0214] of the house [01004] of the Lord [03068], and the treasures [0214] of the king's [04428] house [01004], and delivered [05414] them into the hand [03027] of his servants [05650]: and king [04428] Asa [0609] sent [07971] them to Ben–hadad [01130], the son [01121] of Tabrimon [02886], the son [01121] of Hezion [02383], king [04428] of Syria [0758], that dwelt [03427] at Damascus [01834], saying [0559],
There is a league [01285] between me and thee, and between my father [01] and thy father [01]: behold, I have sent [07971] unto thee a present [07810] of silver [03701] and gold [02091]; come [03212] and break [06565] thy league [01285] with Baasha [01201] king [04428] of Israel [03478], that he may depart [05927] from me.depart: Heb. go up
So Ben–hadad [01130] hearkened [08085] unto king [04428] Asa [0609], and sent [07971] the captains [08269] of the hosts [02428] which he had against the cities [05892] of Israel [03478], and smote [05221] Ijon [05859], and Dan [01835], and Abel–beth–maachah [062], and all Cinneroth [03672], with all the land [0776] of Naphtali [05321].
Then king [04428] Asa [0609] made a proclamation [08085] throughout all Judah [03063]; none was exempted [05355]: and they took [05375] away the stones [068] of Ramah [07414], and the timber [06086] thereof, wherewith Baasha [01201] had builded [01129]; and king [04428] Asa [0609] built [01129] with them Geba [01387] of Benjamin [01144], and Mizpah [04709].exempted: Heb. free
The rest [03499] of all the acts [01697] of Asa [0609], and all his might [01369], and all that he did [06213], and the cities [05892] which he built [01129], are they not written [03789] in the book [05612] of the chronicles [03117] [01697] of the kings [04428] of Judah [03063]? Nevertheless in the time [06256] of his old age [02209] he was diseased [02470] in his feet [07272].
And Nadab [05070] the son [01121] of Jeroboam [03379] began to reign [04427] over Israel [03478] in the second [08147] year [08141] of Asa [0609] king [04428] of Judah [03063], and reigned [04427] over Israel [03478] two [08147] years [08141].began…: Heb. reigned
Even in the third [07969] year [08141] of Asa [0609] king [04428] of Judah [03063] did Baasha [01201] slay [04191] him, and reigned [04427] in his stead.
Now the rest [03499] of the acts [01697] of Nadab [05070], and all that he did [06213], are they not written [03789] in the book [05612] of the chronicles [03117] [01697] of the kings [04428] of Israel [03478]?
And there was war [04421] between Asa [0609] and Baasha [01201] king [04428] of Israel [03478] all their days [03117].
In the third [07969] year [08141] of Asa [0609] king [04428] of Judah [03063] began Baasha [01201] the son [01121] of Ahijah [0281] to reign [04427] over all Israel [03478] in Tirzah [08656], twenty [06242] and four [0702] years [08141].
Now the rest [03499] of the acts [01697] of Baasha [01201], and what he did [06213], and his might [01369], are they not written [03789] in the book [05612] of the chronicles [03117] [01697] of the kings [04428] of Israel [03478]?
In the twenty [08141] [06242] and sixth [08337] year [08141] of Asa [0609] king [04428] of Judah [03063] began Elah [0425] the son [01121] of Baasha [01201] to reign [04427] over Israel [03478] in Tirzah [08656], two years [08141].
And Zimri [02174] went in [0935] and smote [05221] him, and killed [04191] him, in the twenty [06242] and seventh [07651] year [08141] of Asa [0609] king [04428] of Judah [03063], and reigned [04427] in his stead.
Now the rest [03499] of the acts [01697] of Elah [0425], and all that he did [06213], are they not written [03789] in the book [05612] of the chronicles [03117] [01697] of the kings [04428] of Israel [03478]?
In the twenty [08141] [06242] and seventh [07651] year [08141] of Asa [0609] king [04428] of Judah [03063] did Zimri [02174] reign [04427] seven [07651] days [03117] in Tirzah [08656]. And the people [05971] were encamped [02583] against Gibbethon [01405], which belonged to the Philistines [06430].
And the people [05971] that were encamped [02583] heard [08085] say [0559], Zimri [02174] hath conspired [07194], and hath also slain [05221] the king [04428]: wherefore all Israel [03478] made Omri [06018], the captain [08269] of the host [06635], king [04427] over Israel [03478] that day [03117] in the camp [04264].
And it came to pass, when Zimri [02174] saw [07200] that the city [05892] was taken [03920], that he went [0935] into the palace [0759] of the king's [04428] house [01004], and burnt [08313] the king's [04428] house [01004] over him with fire [0784], and died [04191],
Now the rest [03499] of the acts [01697] of Zimri [02174], and his treason [07195] that he wrought [07194], are they not written [03789] in the book [05612] of the chronicles [03117] [01697] of the kings [04428] of Israel [03478]?
In the thirty [08141] [07970] and first [0259] year [08141] of Asa [0609] king [04428] of Judah [03063] began Omri [06018] to reign [04427] over Israel [03478], twelve [06240] [08147] years [08141]: six [08337] years [08141] reigned [04427] he in Tirzah [08656].
Now the rest [03499] of the acts [01697] of Omri [06018] which he did [06213], and his might [01369] that he shewed [06213], are they not written [03789] in the book [05612] of the chronicles [03117] [01697] of the kings [04428] of Israel [03478]?
And in the thirty [08141] [07970] and eighth [08083] year [08141] of Asa [0609] king [04428] of Judah [03063] began Ahab [0256] the son [01121] of Omri [06018] to reign [04427] over Israel [03478]: and Ahab [0256] the son [01121] of Omri [06018] reigned [04427] over Israel [03478] in Samaria [08111] twenty [06242] and two [08147] years [08141].
And it came to pass, as if it had been a light thing [07043] for him to walk [03212] in the sins [02403] of Jeroboam [03379] the son [01121] of Nebat [05028], that he took [03947] to wife [0802] Jezebel [0348] the daughter [01323] of Ethbaal [0856] king [04428] of the Zidonians [06722], and went [03212] and served [05647] Baal [01168], and worshipped [07812] him.as if…: Heb. was it a light thing, etc
And Ahab [0256] made [06213] a grove [0842]; and Ahab [0256] did [06213] more [03254] to provoke the Lord [03068] God [0430] of Israel [03478] to anger [03707] than all the kings [04428] of Israel [03478] that were before [06440] him.
And the Lord [03068] said [0559] unto him, Go [03212], return [07725] on thy way [01870] to the wilderness [04057] of Damascus [01834]: and when thou comest [0935], anoint [04886] Hazael [02371] to be king [04428] over Syria [0758]:
And Jehu [03058] the son [01121] of Nimshi [05250] shalt thou anoint [04886] to be king [04428] over Israel [03478]: and Elisha [0477] the son [01121] of Shaphat [08202] of Abel–meholah [065] shalt thou anoint [04886] to be prophet [05030] in thy room.Elisha: Gr. Eliseus
And Ben–hadad [01130] the king [04428] of Syria [0758] gathered [06908] all his host [02428] together [06908]: and there were thirty [07970] and two [08147] kings [04428] with him, and horses [05483], and chariots [07393]: and he went up [05927] and besieged [06696] Samaria [08111], and warred [03898] against it.
And he sent [07971] messengers [04397] to Ahab [0256] king [04428] of Israel [03478] into the city [05892], and said [0559] unto him, Thus saith [0559] Ben–hadad [01130],
And the king [04428] of Israel [03478] answered [06030] and said [0559], My lord [0113], O king [04428], according to thy saying [01697], I am thine, and all that I have.
Then the king [04428] of Israel [03478] called [07121] all the elders [02205] of the land [0776], and said [0559], Mark [03045], I pray you, and see [07200] how this man seeketh [01245] mischief [07451]: for he sent [07971] unto me for my wives [0802], and for my children [01121], and for my silver [03701], and for my gold [02091]; and I denied [04513] him not.I denied…: Heb. I kept not back from him
Wherefore he said [0559] unto the messengers [04397] of Ben–hadad [01130], Tell [0559] my lord [0113] the king [04428], All that thou didst send [07971] for to thy servant [05650] at the first [07223] I will do [06213]: but this thing [01697] I may [03201] not do [06213]. And the messengers [04397] departed [03212], and brought [07725] him word [01697] again [07725].
And the king [04428] of Israel [03478] answered [06030] and said [0559], Tell [01696] him, Let not him that girdeth [02296] on his harness boast [01984] himself as he that putteth it off [06605].
And it came to pass, when Ben–hadad heard [08085] this message [01697], as he was drinking [08354], he and the kings [04428] in the pavilions [05521], that he said [0559] unto his servants [05650], Set [07760] yourselves in array. And they set [07760] themselves in array against the city [05892].message: Heb. wordpavilions: or, tentsSet yourselves…: or, Place the engines. And they placed the engines
And, behold, there came [05066] a [0259] prophet [05030] unto Ahab [0256] king [04428] of Israel [03478], saying [0559], Thus saith [0559] the Lord [03068], Hast thou seen [07200] all this great [01419] multitude [01995]? behold, I will deliver [05414] it into thine hand [03027] this day [03117]; and thou shalt know [03045] that I am the Lord [03068].came: Heb. approached
And they went out [03318] at noon [06672]. But Ben–hadad [01130] was drinking [08354] himself drunk [07910] in the pavilions [05521], he and the kings [04428], the thirty [07970] and two [08147] kings [04428] that helped [05826] him.
And they slew [05221] every one [0376] his man [0376]: and the Syrians [0758] fled [05127]; and Israel [03478] pursued [07291] them: and Ben–hadad [01130] the king [04428] of Syria [0758] escaped [04422] on an horse [05483] with the horsemen [06571].
And the king [04428] of Israel [03478] went out [03318], and smote [05221] the horses [05483] and chariots [07393], and slew [05221] the Syrians [0758] with a great [01419] slaughter [04347].
And the prophet [05030] came [05066] to the king [04428] of Israel [03478], and said [0559] unto him, Go [03212], strengthen [02388] thyself, and mark [03045], and see [07200] what thou doest [06213]: for at the return [08666] of the year [08141] the king [04428] of Syria [0758] will come up [05927] against thee.
And the servants [05650] of the king [04428] of Syria [0758] said [0559] unto him, Their gods [0430] are gods [0430] of the hills [02022]; therefore they were stronger [02388] than we; but [0199] let us fight [03898] against them in the plain [04334], and surely [03808] we shall be stronger [02388] than they.
And do [06213] this thing [01697], Take [05493] the kings [04428] away, every man [0376] out of his place [04725], and put [07760] captains [06346] in their rooms:
And there came [05066] a man [0376] of God [0430], and spake [0559] unto the king [04428] of Israel [03478], and said [0559], Thus saith [0559] the Lord [03068], Because the Syrians [0758] have said [0559], The Lord [03068] is God [0430] of the hills [02022], but he is not God [0430] of the valleys [06010], therefore will I deliver [05414] all this great [01419] multitude [01995] into thine hand [03027], and ye shall know [03045] that I am the Lord [03068].
And his servants [05650] said [0559] unto him, Behold now, we have heard [08085] that the kings [04428] of the house [01004] of Israel [03478] are merciful [02617] kings [04428]: let us, I pray thee, put [07760] sackcloth [08242] on our loins [04975], and ropes [02256] upon our heads [07218], and go out [03318] to the king [04428] of Israel [03478]: peradventure he will save [02421] thy life [05315].
So they girded [02296] sackcloth [08242] on their loins [04975], and put ropes [02256] on their heads [07218], and came [0935] to the king [04428] of Israel [03478], and said [0559], Thy servant [05650] Ben–hadad [01130] saith [0559], I pray thee, let me live [05315] [02421]. And he said [0559], Is he yet alive [02416]? he is my brother [0251].
So the prophet [05030] departed [03212], and waited [05975] for the king [04428] by the way [01870], and disguised [02664] himself with ashes [0666] upon his face [05869].
And as the king [04428] passed by [05674], he cried [06817] unto the king [04428]: and he said [0559], Thy servant [05650] went out [03318] into the midst [07130] of the battle [04421]; and, behold, a man [0376] turned aside [05493], and brought [0935] a man [0376] unto me, and said [0559], Keep [08104] this man [0376]: if by any means [06485] he be missing [06485], then shall thy life [05315] be for his life [05315], or else thou shalt pay [08254] a talent [03603] of silver [03701].pay: Heb. weigh
And as thy servant [05650] was busy [06213] here and there, he was gone [0369]. And the king [04428] of Israel [03478] said [0559] unto him, So shall thy judgment [04941] be; thyself hast decided [02782] it.he was…: Heb. he was not
And he hasted [04116], and took the ashes [0666] away [05493] from his face [05869]; and the king [04428] of Israel [03478] discerned [05234] him that he was of the prophets [05030].
And the king [04428] of Israel [03478] went [03212] to his house [01004] heavy [05620] and displeased [02198], and came [0935] to Samaria [08111].
And it came to pass after [0310] these things [01697], that Naboth [05022] the Jezreelite [03158] had a vineyard [03754], which was in Jezreel [03157], hard by [0681] the palace [01964] of Ahab [0256] king [04428] of Samaria [08111].
And set [03427] two [08147] men [0582], sons [01121] of Belial [01100], before him, to bear witness [05749] against him, saying [0559], Thou didst blaspheme [01288] God [0430] and the king [04428]. And then carry him out [03318], and stone [05619] him, that he may die [04191].
And there came [0935] in two [08147] men [0582], children [01121] of Belial [01100], and sat [03427] before him: and the men [0582] of Belial [01100] witnessed [05749] against him, even against Naboth [05022], in the presence of the people [05971], saying [0559], Naboth [05022] did blaspheme [01288] God [0430] and the king [04428]. Then they carried him forth [03318] out [02351] of the city [05892], and stoned [05619] him with stones [068], that he died [04191].
Arise [06965], go down [03381] to meet [07125] Ahab [0256] king [04428] of Israel [03478], which is in Samaria [08111]: behold, he is in the vineyard [03754] of Naboth [05022], whither he is gone down [03381] to possess [03423] it.
And it came to pass in the third [07992] year [08141], that Jehoshaphat [03092] the king [04428] of Judah [03063] came down [03381] to the king [04428] of Israel [03478].
And the king [04428] of Israel [03478] said [0559] unto his servants [05650], Know [03045] ye that Ramoth [07433] in Gilead [01568] is ours, and we be still [02814], and take [03947] it not out of the hand [03027] of the king [04428] of Syria [0758]?still…: Heb. silent from taking it
And he said [0559] unto Jehoshaphat [03092], Wilt thou go [03212] with me to battle [04421] to Ramoth–gilead [01568] [07433]? And Jehoshaphat [03092] said [0559] to the king [04428] of Israel [03478], I am as thou [03644] art, my people [05971] as thy people [05971], my horses [05483] as thy horses [05483].
And Jehoshaphat [03092] said [0559] unto the king [04428] of Israel [03478], Enquire [01875], I pray thee, at the word [01697] of the Lord [03068] to day [03117].
Then the king [04428] of Israel [03478] gathered [06908] the prophets [05030] together [06908], about four [0702] hundred [03967] men [0376], and said [0559] unto them, Shall I go [03212] against Ramoth–gilead [01568] [07433] to battle [04421], or shall I forbear [02308]? And they said [0559], Go up [05927]; for the Lord [0136] shall deliver [05414] it into the hand [03027] of the king [04428].
And the king [04428] of Israel [03478] said [0559] unto Jehoshaphat [03092], There is yet one [0259] man [0376], Micaiah [04321] the son [01121] of Imlah [03229], by whom we may enquire [01875] of the Lord [03068]: but I hate [08130] him; for he doth not prophesy [05012] good [02896] concerning me, but evil [07451]. And Jehoshaphat [03092] said [0559], Let not the king [04428] say [0559] so.
Then the king [04428] of Israel [03478] called [07121] an [0259] officer [05631], and said [0559], Hasten [04116] hither Micaiah [04321] the son [01121] of Imlah [03229].officer: or, eunuch
And the king [04428] of Israel [03478] and Jehoshaphat [03092] the king [04428] of Judah [03063] sat [03427] each [0376] on his throne [03678], having put on [03847] their robes [0899], in a void place [01637] in the entrance [06607] of the gate [08179] of Samaria [08111]; and all the prophets [05030] prophesied [05012] before [06440] them.void…: Heb. floor
And all the prophets [05030] prophesied [05012] so, saying [0559], Go up [05927] to Ramoth–gilead [01568] [07433], and prosper [06743]: for the Lord [03068] shall deliver [05414] it into the king's [04428] hand [03027].
And the messenger [04397] that was gone [01980] to call [07121] Micaiah [04321] spake [01696] unto him, saying [0559], Behold now, the words [01697] of the prophets [05030] declare good [02896] unto the king [04428] with one [0259] mouth [06310]: let thy word [01697], I pray thee, be like the word [01697] of one [0259] of them, and speak [01696] that which is good [02896].
So he came [0935] to the king [04428]. And the king [04428] said [0559] unto him, Micaiah [04321], shall we go [03212] against Ramoth–gilead [01568] [07433] to battle [04421], or shall we forbear [02308]? And he answered [0559] him, Go [05927], and prosper [06743]: for the Lord [03068] shall deliver [05414] it into the hand [03027] of the king [04428].
And the king [04428] said [0559] unto him, How many times [06471] shall I adjure [07650] thee that thou tell [01696] me nothing but that which is true [0571] in the name [08034] of the Lord [03068]?
And the king [04428] of Israel [03478] said [0559] unto Jehoshaphat [03092], Did I not tell [0559] thee that he would prophesy [05012] no good [02896] concerning me, but evil [07451]?
And the king [04428] of Israel [03478] said [0559], Take [03947] Micaiah [04321], and carry him back [07725] unto Amon [0526] the governor [08269] of the city [05892], and to Joash [03101] the king's [04428] son [01121];
And say [0559], Thus saith [0559] the king [04428], Put [07760] this fellow in the prison [03608] [01004], and feed [0398] him with bread [03899] of affliction [03906] and with water [04325] of affliction [03906], until I come [0935] in peace [07965].
So the king [04428] of Israel [03478] and Jehoshaphat [03092] the king [04428] of Judah [03063] went up [05927] to Ramoth–gilead [01568] [07433].
And the king [04428] of Israel [03478] said [0559] unto Jehoshaphat [03092], I will disguise [02664] myself, and enter [0935] into the battle [04421]; but put thou on [03847] thy robes [0899]. And the king [04428] of Israel [03478] disguised [02664] himself, and went [0935] into the battle [04421].I will…: or, when he was to disguise himself, and enter into the battle
But the king [04428] of Syria [0758] commanded [06680] his thirty [07970] and two [08147] captains [08269] that had rule over his chariots [07393], saying [0559], Fight [03898] neither with small [06996] nor great [01419], save only with the king [04428] of Israel [03478].
And it came to pass, when the captains [08269] of the chariots [07393] saw [07200] Jehoshaphat [03092], that they said [0559], Surely it is the king [04428] of Israel [03478]. And they turned aside [05493] to fight [03898] against him: and Jehoshaphat [03092] cried out [02199].
And it came to pass, when the captains [08269] of the chariots [07393] perceived [07200] that it was not the king [04428] of Israel [03478], that they turned back [07725] from pursuing [0310] him.
And a certain man [0376] drew [04900] a bow [07198] at a venture [08537], and smote [05221] the king [04428] of Israel [03478] between the joints [01694] of the harness [08302]: wherefore he said [0559] unto the driver of his chariot [07395], Turn [02015] thine hand [03027], and carry me out [03318] of the host [04264]; for I am wounded [02470].at a…: Heb. in his simplicityjoints…: Heb. joints and the breastplatewounded: Heb. made sick
And the battle [04421] increased [05927] that day [03117]: and the king [04428] was stayed up [05975] in his chariot [04818] against [05227] the Syrians [0758], and died [04191] at even [06153]: and the blood [01818] ran out [03332] of the wound [04347] into the midst [02436] of the chariot [07393].increased: Heb. ascendedmidst: Heb. bosom
So the king [04428] died [04191], and was brought [0935] to Samaria [08111]; and they buried [06912] the king [04428] in Samaria [08111].was brought: Heb. came
Now the rest [03499] of the acts [01697] of Ahab [0256], and all that he did [06213], and the ivory [08127] house [01004] which he made [01129], and all the cities [05892] that he built [01129], are they not written [03789] in the book [05612] of the chronicles [03117] [01697] of the kings [04428] of Israel [03478]?
And Jehoshaphat [03092] the son [01121] of Asa [0609] began to reign [04427] over Judah [03063] in the fourth [0702] year [08141] of Ahab [0256] king [04428] of Israel [03478].
And Jehoshaphat [03092] made peace [07999] with the king [04428] of Israel [03478].
Now the rest [03499] of the acts [01697] of Jehoshaphat [03092], and his might [01369] that he shewed [06213], and how he warred [03898], are they not written [03789] in the book [05612] of the chronicles [03117] [01697] of the kings [04428] of Judah [03063]?
There was then no king [04428] in Edom [0123]: a deputy [05324] was king [04428].
Ahaziah [0274] the son [01121] of Ahab [0256] began to reign [04427] over Israel [03478] in Samaria [08111] the seventeenth [06240] [07651] year [08141] of Jehoshaphat [03092] king [04428] of Judah [03063], and reigned [04427] two years [08141] over Israel [03478].
But the angel [04397] of the Lord [03068] said [01696] to Elijah [0452] the Tishbite [08664], Arise [06965], go up [05927] to meet [07125] the messengers [04397] of the king [04428] of Samaria [08111], and say [01696] unto them, Is it not because there is not a God [0430] in Israel [03478], that ye go [01980] to enquire [01875] of Baal–zebub [01176] the god [0430] of Ekron [06138]?
And they said [0559] unto him, There came [05927] a man [0376] up [05927] to meet [07125] us, and said [0559] unto us, Go [03212], turn again [07725] unto the king [04428] that sent [07971] you, and say [01696] unto him, Thus saith [0559] the Lord [03068], Is it not because there is not a God [0430] in Israel [03478], that thou sendest [07971] to enquire [01875] of Baal–zebub [01176] the god [0430] of Ekron [06138]? therefore thou shalt not come down [03381] from that bed [04296] on which thou art gone up [05927], but shalt surely [04191] die [04191].
Then the king [04428] sent [07971] unto him a captain [08269] of fifty [02572] with his fifty [02572]. And he went up [05927] to him: and, behold, he sat [03427] on the top [07218] of an hill [02022]. And he spake [01696] unto him, Thou man [0376] of God [0430], the king [04428] hath said [01696], Come down [03381].
Again [07725] also he sent [07971] unto him another [0312] captain [08269] of fifty [02572] with his fifty [02572]. And he answered [06030] and said [01696] unto him, O man [0376] of God [0430], thus hath the king [04428] said [0559], Come down [03381] quickly [04120].
And the angel [04397] of the Lord [03068] said [01696] unto Elijah [0452], Go down [03381] with him: be not afraid [03372] of him [06440]. And he arose [06965], and went down [03381] with him unto the king [04428].
So he died [04191] according to the word [01697] of the Lord [03068] which Elijah [0452] had spoken [01696]. And Jehoram [03088] reigned [04427] in his stead in the second [08147] year [08141] of Jehoram [03088] the son [01121] of Jehoshaphat [03092] king [04428] of Judah [03063]; because he had no son [01121].
Now the rest [03499] of the acts [01697] of Ahaziah [0274] which he did [06213], are they not written [03789] in the book [05612] of the chronicles [03117] [01697] of the kings [04428] of Israel [03478]?
Now Jehoram [03088] the son [01121] of Ahab [0256] began to reign [04427] over Israel [03478] in Samaria [08111] the eighteenth [06240] [08083] year [08141] of Jehoshaphat [03092] king [04428] of Judah [03063], and reigned [04427] twelve [06240] [08147] years [08141].
And Mesha [04338] king [04428] of Moab [04124] was a sheepmaster [05349], and rendered [07725] unto the king [04428] of Israel [03478] an hundred [03967] thousand [0505] lambs [03733], and an hundred [03967] thousand [0505] rams [0352], with the wool [06785].
But it came to pass, when Ahab [0256] was dead [04194], that the king [04428] of Moab [04124] rebelled [06586] against the king [04428] of Israel [03478].
And king [04428] Jehoram [03088] went out [03318] of Samaria [08111] the same time [03117], and numbered [06485] all Israel [03478].
And he went [03212] and sent [07971] to Jehoshaphat [03092] the king [04428] of Judah [03063], saying [0559], The king [04428] of Moab [04124] hath rebelled [06586] against me: wilt thou go [03212] with me against Moab [04124] to battle [04421]? And he said [0559], I will go up [05927]: I am as thou art, my people [05971] as thy people [05971], and my horses [05483] as thy horses [05483].
So the king [04428] of Israel [03478] went [03212], and the king [04428] of Judah [03063], and the king [04428] of Edom [0123]: and they fetched a compass [05437] of seven [07651] days' [03117] journey [01870]: and there was no water [04325] for the host [04264], and for the cattle [0929] that followed [07272] them.that…: Heb. at their feet
And the king [04428] of Israel [03478] said [0559], Alas [0162]! that the Lord [03068] hath called [07121] these three [07969] kings [04428] together [07121], to deliver [05414] them into the hand [03027] of Moab [04124]!
But Jehoshaphat [03092] said [0559], Is there not here a prophet [05030] of the Lord [03068], that we may enquire [01875] of the Lord [03068] by him? And one [0259] of the king [04428] of Israel's [03478] servants [05650] answered [06030] and said [0559], Here is Elisha [0477] the son [01121] of Shaphat [08202], which poured [03332] water [04325] on the hands [03027] of Elijah [0452].
And Jehoshaphat [03092] said [0559], The word [01697] of the Lord [03068] is [03426] with him. So the king [04428] of Israel [03478] and Jehoshaphat [03092] and the king [04428] of Edom [0123] went down [03381] to him.
And Elisha [0477] said [0559] unto the king [04428] of Israel [03478], What have I to do with thee? get [03212] thee to the prophets [05030] of thy father [01], and to the prophets [05030] of thy mother [0517]. And the king [04428] of Israel [03478] said [0559] unto him, Nay: for the Lord [03068] hath called [07121] these three [07969] kings [04428] together [07121], to deliver [05414] them into the hand [03027] of Moab [04124].
And Elisha [0477] said [0559], As the Lord [03068] of hosts [06635] liveth [02416], before [06440] whom I stand [05975], surely, were it not that [03884] I regard [05375] the presence [06440] of Jehoshaphat [03092] the king [04428] of Judah [03063], I would not look [05027] toward thee, nor see [07200] thee.
And when all the Moabites [04124] heard [08085] that the kings [04428] were come up [05927] to fight [03898] against them, they gathered [06817] all that were able to put [02296] on armour [02290], and upward [04605], and stood [05975] in the border [01366].gathered: Heb. were cried togetherput on…: Heb. gird himself with a girdle
And they said [0559], This is blood [01818]: the kings [04428] are surely [02717] slain [02717], and they have smitten [05221] one [0376] another [07453]: now therefore, Moab [04124], to the spoil [07998].slain: Heb. destroyed
And when the king [04428] of Moab [04124] saw [07200] that the battle [04421] was too sore [02388] for him, he took [03947] with him seven [07651] hundred [03967] men [0376] that drew [08025] swords [02719], to break through [01234] even unto the king [04428] of Edom [0123]: but they could [03201] not.
And he said [0559] unto him, Say [0559] now unto her, Behold, thou hast been careful [02729] for us with all this care [02731]; what is to be done [06213] for thee? wouldest [03426] thou be spoken [01696] for to the king [04428], or to the captain [08269] of the host [06635]? And she answered [0559], I dwell [03427] among [08432] mine own people [05971].
Now Naaman [05283], captain [08269] of the host [06635] of the king [04428] of Syria [0758], was a great [01419] man [0376] with [06440] his master [0113], and honourable [05375], because by him the Lord [03068] had given [05414] deliverance [08668] unto Syria [0758]: he was also a mighty [01368] man [0376] in valour [02428], but he was a leper [06879].with: Heb. beforehonourable: or, gracious: Heb. lifted up, or, accepted in countenancedeliverance: or, victory
And the king [04428] of Syria [0758] said [0559], Go to [03212], go [0935], and I will send [07971] a letter [05612] unto the king [04428] of Israel [03478]. And he departed [03212], and took [03947] with him [03027] ten [06235] talents [03603] of silver [03701], and six [08337] thousand [0505] pieces of gold [02091], and ten [06235] changes [02487] of raiment [0899].with…: Heb. in his hand
And he brought [0935] the letter [05612] to the king [04428] of Israel [03478], saying [0559], Now when this letter [05612] is come [0935] unto thee, behold, I have therewith sent [07971] Naaman [05283] my servant [05650] to thee, that thou mayest recover [0622] him of his leprosy [06883].
And it came to pass, when the king [04428] of Israel [03478] had read [07121] the letter [05612], that he rent [07167] his clothes [0899], and said [0559], Am I God [0430], to kill [04191] and to make alive [02421], that this man [02088] doth send [07971] unto me to recover [0622] a man [0376] of his leprosy [06883]? wherefore [0389] consider [03045], I pray you, and see [07200] how he seeketh a quarrel [0579] against me.
And it was so, when Elisha [0477] the man [0376] of God [0430] had heard [08085] that the king [04428] of Israel [03478] had rent [07167] his clothes [0899], that he sent [07971] to the king [04428], saying [0559], Wherefore hast thou rent [07167] thy clothes [0899]? let him come [0935] now to me, and he shall know [03045] that there is [03426] a prophet [05030] in Israel [03478].
Then the king [04428] of Syria [0758] warred [03898] against Israel [03478], and took counsel [03289] with his servants [05650], saying [0559], In such [06423] and such [0492] a place [04725] shall be my camp [08466].camp: or, encamping
And the man [0376] of God [0430] sent [07971] unto the king [04428] of Israel [03478], saying [0559], Beware [08104] that thou pass [05674] not such [02088] a place [04725]; for thither the Syrians [0758] are come down [05185].
And the king [04428] of Israel [03478] sent [07971] to the place [04725] which the man [0376] of God [0430] told [0559] him and warned [02094] him of, and saved [08104] himself there, not once [0259] nor twice [08147].
Therefore the heart [03820] of the king [04428] of Syria [0758] was sore troubled [05590] for this thing [01697]; and he called [07121] his servants [05650], and said [0559] unto them, Will ye not shew [05046] me which of us is for the king [04428] of Israel [03478]?
And one [0259] of his servants [05650] said [0559], None, my lord [0113], O king [04428]: but Elisha [0477], the prophet [05030] that is in Israel [03478], telleth [05046] the king [04428] of Israel [03478] the words [01697] that thou speakest [01696] in thy bedchamber [04904] [02315].None: Heb. No
And the king [04428] of Israel [03478] said [0559] unto Elisha [0477], when he saw [07200] them, My father [01], shall I smite [05221] them? shall I smite [05221] them?
And it came to pass after this [0310], that Ben–hadad [01130] king [04428] of Syria [0758] gathered [06908] all his host [04264], and went up [05927], and besieged [06696] Samaria [08111].
And as the king [04428] of Israel [03478] was passing by [05674] upon the wall [02346], there cried [06817] a woman [0802] unto him, saying [0559], Help [03467], my lord [0113], O king [04428].
And the king [04428] said [0559] unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered [0559], This woman [0802] said [0559] unto me, Give [05414] thy son [01121], that we may eat [0398] him to day [03117], and we will eat [0398] my son [01121] to morrow [04279].
And it came to pass, when the king [04428] heard [08085] the words [01697] of the woman [0802], that he rent [07167] his clothes [0899]; and he passed by [05674] upon the wall [02346], and the people [05971] looked [07200], and, behold, he had sackcloth [08242] within [01004] upon his flesh [01320].
Then a lord [07991] on whose hand [03027] the king [04428] leaned [08172] answered [06030] the man [0376] of God [0430], and said [0559], Behold, if the Lord [03068] would make [06213] windows [0699] in heaven [08064], might this thing [01697] be? And he said [0559], Behold, thou shalt see [07200] it with thine eyes [05869], but shalt not eat [0398] thereof.a lord…: Heb. a lord which belonged to the king leaning upon his hand
For the Lord [0136] had made the host [04264] of the Syrians [0758] to hear [08085] a noise [06963] of chariots [07393], and a noise [06963] of horses [05483], even the noise [06963] of a great [01419] host [02428]: and they said [0559] one [0376] to another [0251], Lo, the king [04428] of Israel [03478] hath hired [07936] against us the kings [04428] of the Hittites [02850], and the kings [04428] of the Egyptians [04714], to come [0935] upon us.
Then they said [0559] one [0376] to another [07453], We do [06213] not well: this day [03117] is a day [03117] of good tidings [01309], and we hold our peace [02814]: if we tarry [02442] till the morning [01242] light [0216], some mischief [05771] will come [04672] upon us: now therefore come [03212], that we may go [0935] and tell [05046] the king's [04428] household [01004].some…: Heb. we shall find punishment
And he called [07121] the porters [07778]; and they told [05046] it to the king's [04428] house [01004] within [06441].
And the king [04428] arose [06965] in the night [03915], and said [0559] unto his servants [05650], I will now shew [05046] you what the Syrians [0758] have done [06213] to us. They know [03045] that we be hungry [07457]; therefore are they gone out [03318] of the camp [04264] to hide [02247] themselves in the field [07704], saying [0559], When they come out [03318] of the city [05892], we shall catch [08610] them alive [02416], and get [0935] into the city [05892].
They took [03947] therefore two [08147] chariot [07393] horses [05483]; and the king [04428] sent [07971] after [0310] the host [04264] of the Syrians [0758], saying [0559], Go [03212] and see [07200].
And they went [03212] after [0310] them unto Jordan [03383]: and, lo, all the way [01870] was full [04392] of garments [0899] and vessels [03627], which the Syrians [0758] had cast away [07993] in their haste [02648]. And the messengers [04397] returned [07725], and told [05046] the king [04428].
And the king [04428] appointed [06485] the lord [07991] on whose hand [03027] he leaned [08172] to have the charge of the gate [08179]: and the people [05971] trode [07429] upon him in the gate [08179], and he died [04191], as the man [0376] of God [0430] had said [01696], who spake [01696] when the king [04428] came down [03381] to him.
And it came to pass as the man [0376] of God [0430] had spoken [01696] to the king [04428], saying [0559], Two measures [05429] of barley [08184] for a shekel [08255], and a measure [05429] of fine flour [05560] for a shekel [08255], shall be to morrow [04279] about this time [06256] in the gate [08179] of Samaria [08111]:
And it came to pass at the seven [07651] years' [08141] end [07097], that the woman [0802] returned [07725] out of the land [0776] of the Philistines [06430]: and she went forth [03318] to cry [06817] unto the king [04428] for her house [01004] and for her land [07704].
And the king [04428] talked [01696] with Gehazi [01522] the servant [05288] of the man [0376] of God [0430], saying [0559], Tell [05608] me, I pray thee, all the great things [01419] that Elisha [0477] hath done [06213].
And it came to pass, as he was telling [05608] the king [04428] how he had restored [02421] a dead body [04191] to life [02421], that, behold, the woman [0802], whose son [01121] he had restored to life [02421], cried [06817] to the king [04428] for her house [01004] and for her land [07704]. And Gehazi [01522] said [0559], My lord [0113], O king [04428], this is the woman [0802], and this is her son [01121], whom Elisha [0477] restored to life [02421].
And when the king [04428] asked [07592] the woman [0802], she told [05608] him. So the king [04428] appointed [05414] unto her a certain [0259] officer [05631], saying [0559], Restore [07725] all that was hers, and all the fruits [08393] of the field [07704] since the day [03117] that she left [05800] the land [0776], even until now.officer: or, eunuch
And Elisha [0477] came [0935] to Damascus [01834]; and Ben–hadad [01130] the king [04428] of Syria [0758] was sick [02470]; and it was told [05046] him, saying [0559], The man [0376] of God [0430] is come [0935] hither [02008].
And the king [04428] said [0559] unto Hazael [02371], Take [03947] a present [04503] in thine hand [03027], and go [03212], meet [07125] the man [0376] of God [0430], and enquire [01875] of the Lord [03068] by him, saying [0559], Shall I recover [02421] of this disease [02483]?
So Hazael [02371] went [03212] to meet [07125] him, and took [03947] a present [04503] with him [03027], even of every good thing [02898] of Damascus [01834], forty [0705] camels' [01581] burden [04853], and came [0935] and stood [05975] before [06440] him, and said [0559], Thy son [01121] Ben–hadad [01130] king [04428] of Syria [0758] hath sent [07971] me to thee, saying [0559], Shall I recover [02421] of this disease [02483]?with…: Heb. in his hand
And Hazael [02371] said [0559], But what, is thy servant [05650] a dog [03611], that he should do [06213] this great [01419] thing [01697]? And Elisha [0477] answered [0559], The Lord [03068] hath shewed [07200] me that thou shalt be king [04428] over Syria [0758].
And in the fifth [02568] year [08141] of Joram [03141] the son [01121] of Ahab [0256] king [04428] of Israel [03478], Jehoshaphat [03092] being then king [04428] of Judah [03063], Jehoram [03088] the son [01121] of Jehoshaphat [03092] king [04428] of Judah [03063] began to reign [04427].began…: Heb. reigned
And he walked [03212] in the way [01870] of the kings [04428] of Israel [03478], as did [06213] the house [01004] of Ahab [0256]: for the daughter [01323] of Ahab [0256] was his wife [0802]: and he did [06213] evil [07451] in the sight [05869] of the Lord [03068].
In his days [03117] Edom [0123] revolted [06586] from under the hand [03027] of Judah [03063], and made [04427] a king [04428] over themselves.
And the rest [03499] of the acts [01697] of Joram [03141], and all that he did [06213], are they not written [03789] in the book [05612] of the chronicles [03117] [01697] of the kings [04428] of Judah [03063]?
In the twelfth [08141] [06240] [08147] year [08141] of Joram [03141] the son [01121] of Ahab [0256] king [04428] of Israel [03478] did Ahaziah [0274] the son [01121] of Jehoram [03088] king [04428] of Judah [03063] begin to reign [04427].
Two [08147] and twenty [06242] years [08141] old [01121] was Ahaziah [0274] when he began to reign [04427]; and he reigned [04427] one [0259] year [08141] in Jerusalem [03389]. And his mother's [0517] name [08034] was Athaliah [06271], the daughter [01323] of Omri [06018] king [04428] of Israel [03478].daughter: or, granddaughter
And he went [03212] with Joram [03141] the son [01121] of Ahab [0256] to the war [04421] against Hazael [02371] king [04428] of Syria [0758] in Ramoth–gilead [01568] [07433]; and the Syrians [0761] wounded [05221] Joram [03141].
And king [04428] Joram [03141] went back [07725] to be healed [07495] in Jezreel [03157] of the wounds [04347] which the Syrians [0761] had given [05221] him at Ramah [07414], when he fought [03898] against Hazael [02371] king [04428] of Syria [0758]. And Ahaziah [0274] the son [01121] of Jehoram [03088] king [04428] of Judah [03063] went down [03381] to see [07200] Joram [03141] the son [01121] of Ahab [0256] in Jezreel [03157], because he was sick [02470].which…: Heb. wherewith the Syrians had woundedRamah: called Ramothsick: Heb. wounded
Then take [03947] the box [06378] of oil [08081], and pour [03332] it on his head [07218], and say [0559], Thus saith [0559] the Lord [03068], I have anointed [04886] thee king [04428] over Israel [03478]. Then open [06605] the door [01817], and flee [05127], and tarry [02442] not.
And he arose [06965], and went [0935] into the house [01004]; and he poured [03332] the oil [08081] on his head [07218], and said [0559] unto him, Thus saith [0559] the Lord [03068] God [0430] of Israel [03478], I have anointed [04886] thee king [04428] over the people [05971] of the Lord [03068], even over Israel [03478].
And they said [0559], It is false [08267]; tell [05046] us now. And he said [0559], Thus and thus spake [0559] he to me, saying [0559], Thus saith [0559] the Lord [03068], I have anointed [04886] thee king [04428] over Israel [03478].
So Jehu [03058] the son [01121] of Jehoshaphat [03092] the son [01121] of Nimshi [05250] conspired [07194] against Joram [03141]. (Now Joram [03141] had kept [08104] Ramoth–gilead [01568] [07433], he and all Israel [03478], because [06440] of Hazael [02371] king [04428] of Syria [0758].
But king [04428] Joram [03088] was returned [07725] to be healed [07495] in Jezreel [03157] of the wounds [04347] which the Syrians [0761] had given [05221] him, when he fought [03898] with Hazael [02371] king [04428] of Syria [0758].) And Jehu [03058] said [0559], If it be [03426] your minds [05315], then let none [0408] go forth [03318] nor escape [06412] out of the city [05892] to go [03212] to tell [05046] it in Jezreel [03157].Joram: Heb. Jehoram but not in verse sixteenhad given: Heb. smotelet none…: Heb. let no escaper go, etc
So Jehu [03058] rode in a chariot [07392], and went [03212] to Jezreel [03157]; for Joram [03141] lay [07901] there. And Ahaziah [0274] king [04428] of Judah [03063] was come down [03381] to see [07200] Joram [03141].
So there went [03212] one on horseback [05483] [07392] to meet [07125] him, and said [0559], Thus saith [0559] the king [04428], Is it peace [07965]? And Jehu [03058] said [0559], What hast thou to do with peace [07965]? turn [05437] thee behind [0310] me. And the watchman [06822] told [05046], saying [0559], The messenger [04397] came [0935] to them, but he cometh not again [07725].
Then he sent out [07971] a second [08145] on horseback [05483] [07392], which came [0935] to them, and said [0559], Thus saith [0559] the king [04428], Is it peace [07965]? And Jehu [03058] answered [0559], What hast thou to do with peace [07965]? turn [05437] thee behind [0310] me.
And Joram [03088] said [0559], Make ready [0631]. And his chariot [07393] was made ready [0631]. And Joram [03088] king [04428] of Israel [03478] and Ahaziah [0274] king [04428] of Judah [03063] went out [03318], each [0376] in his chariot [07393], and they went out [03318] against [07125] Jehu [03058], and met [04672] him in the portion [02513] of Naboth [05022] the Jezreelite [03158].Make ready: Heb. Bindmet: Heb. found
But when Ahaziah [0274] the king [04428] of Judah [03063] saw [07200] this, he fled [05127] by the way [01870] of the garden [01588] house [01004]. And Jehu [03058] followed [07291] after [0310] him, and said [0559], Smite [05221] him also in the chariot [04818]. And they did so at the going up [04608] to Gur [01483], which is by Ibleam [02991]. And he fled [05127] to Megiddo [04023], and died [04191] there.
And when he was come in [0935], he did eat [0398] and drink [08354], and said [0559], Go [06485], see now this cursed [0779] woman, and bury [06912] her: for she is a king's [04428] daughter [01323].
But they were exceedingly [03966] [03966] afraid [03372], and said [0559], Behold, two [08147] kings [04428] stood [05975] not before [06440] him: how then shall we stand [05975]?
Then he wrote [03789] a letter [05612] the second time [08145] to them, saying [0559], If ye be mine, and if ye will hearken [08085] unto my voice [06963], take [03947] ye the heads [07218] of the men [0582] your master's [0113] sons [01121], and come [0935] to me to Jezreel [03157] by to morrow [04279] this time [06256]. Now the king's [04428] sons [01121], being seventy [07657] persons [0376], were with the great men [01419] of the city [05892], which brought them up [01431].mine: Heb. for me
And it came to pass, when the letter [05612] came [0935] to them, that they took [03947] the king's [04428] sons [01121], and slew [07819] seventy [07657] persons [0376], and put [07760] their heads [07218] in baskets [01731], and sent [07971] him them to Jezreel [03157].
And there came [0935] a messenger [04397], and told [05046] him, saying [0559], They have brought [0935] the heads [07218] of the king's [04428] sons [01121]. And he said [0559], Lay [07760] ye them in two [08147] heaps [06652] at the entering in [06607] of the gate [08179] until the morning [01242].
Jehu [03058] met [04672] with the brethren [0251] of Ahaziah [0274] king [04428] of Judah [03063], and said [0559], Who are ye? And they answered [0559], We are the brethren [0251] of Ahaziah [0274]; and we go down [03381] to salute [07965] the children [01121] of the king [04428] and the children [01121] of the queen [01377].met with: Heb. foundto salute…: Heb. to the peace of, etc
Now the rest [03499] of the acts [01697] of Jehu [03058], and all that he did [06213], and all his might [01369], are they not written [03789] in the book [05612] of the chronicles [03117] [01697] of the kings [04428] of Israel [03478]?
But Jehosheba [03089], the daughter [01323] of king [04428] Joram [03141], sister [0269] of Ahaziah [0274], took [03947] Joash [03101] the son [01121] of Ahaziah [0274], and stole [01589] him from among [08432] the king's [04428] sons [01121] which were slain [04191]; and they hid [05641] him, even him and his nurse [03243], in the bedchamber [04296] [02315] from [06440] Athaliah [06271], so that he was not slain [04191].Jehosheba: also called, JehoshabeathJoash: also called, Jehoash
And the seventh [07637] year [08141] Jehoiada [03077] sent [07971] and fetched [03947] the rulers [08269] over hundreds [03967], with the captains [03746] and the guard [07323], and brought [0935] them to him into the house [01004] of the Lord [03068], and made [03772] a covenant [01285] with them, and took an oath [07650] of them in the house [01004] of the Lord [03068], and shewed [07200] them the king's [04428] son [01121].
And he commanded [06680] them, saying [0559], This is the thing [01697] that ye shall do [06213]; A third part [07992] of you that enter in [0935] on the sabbath [07676] shall even be keepers [08104] of the watch [04931] of the king's [04428] house [01004];
And two [08147] parts [03027] of all you that go forth [03318] on the sabbath [07676], even they shall keep [08104] the watch [04931] of the house [01004] of the Lord [03068] about [0413] the king [04428].parts: or, companies: Heb. hands
And ye shall compass [05362] the king [04428] round about [05439], every man [0376] with his weapons [03627] in his hand [03027]: and he that cometh [0935] within the ranges [07713], let him be slain [04191]: and be ye with the king [04428] as he goeth out [03318] and as he cometh in [0935].
And to the captains [08269] over hundreds [03967] did the priest [03548] give [05414] king [04428] David's [01732] spears [02595] and shields [07982], that were in the temple [01004] of the Lord [03068].
And the guard [07323] stood [05975], every man [0376] with his weapons [03627] in his hand [03027], round about [05439] the king [04428], from the right [03233] corner [03802] of the temple [01004] to the left [08042] corner [03802] of the temple [01004], along by the altar [04196] and the temple [01004].corner: Heb. shoulder
And he brought forth [03318] the king's [04428] son [01121], and put [05414] the crown [05145] upon him, and gave him the testimony [05715]; and they made him king [04427], and anointed [04886] him; and they clapped [05221] their hands [03709], and said [0559], God save [02421] the king [04428].God…: Heb. Let the king live
And when she looked [07200], behold, the king [04428] stood [05975] by a pillar [05982], as the manner [04941] was, and the princes [08269] and the trumpeters [02689] by the king [04428], and all the people [05971] of the land [0776] rejoiced [08056], and blew [08628] with trumpets [02689]: and Athaliah [06271] rent [07167] her clothes [0899], and cried [07121], Treason [07195], Treason [07195].
And they laid [07760] hands [03027] on her; and she went [0935] by the way [01870] by the which the horses [05483] came [03996] into the king's [04428] house [01004]: and there was she slain [04191].
And Jehoiada [03077] made [03772] a covenant [01285] between the Lord [03068] and the king [04428] and the people [05971], that they should be the Lord's [03068] people [05971]; between the king [04428] also and the people [05971].
And he took [03947] the rulers [08269] over hundreds [03967], and the captains [03746], and the guard [07323], and all the people [05971] of the land [0776]; and they brought down [03381] the king [04428] from the house [01004] of the Lord [03068], and came [0935] by the way [01870] of the gate [08179] of the guard [07323] to the king's [04428] house [01004]. And he sat [03427] on the throne [03678] of the kings [04428].
And all the people [05971] of the land [0776] rejoiced [08055], and the city [05892] was in quiet [08252]: and they slew [04191] Athaliah [06271] with the sword [02719] beside the king's [04428] house [01004].
But it was so, that in the three [08141] [07969] and twentieth [06242] year [08141] of king [04428] Jehoash [03060] the priests [03548] had not repaired [02388] the breaches [0919] of the house [01004].three…: Heb. twentieth year and third year
Then king [04428] Jehoash [03060] called [07121] for Jehoiada [03077] the priest [03548], and the other priests [03548], and said [0559] unto them, Why repair [02388] ye not the breaches [0919] of the house [01004]? now therefore receive [03947] no more money [03701] of your acquaintance [04378], but deliver [05414] it for the breaches [0919] of the house [01004].
And it was so, when they saw [07200] that there was much [07227] money [03701] in the chest [0727], that the king's [04428] scribe [05608] and the high [01419] priest [03548] came up [05927], and they put up in bags [06696], and told [04487] the money [03701] that was found [04672] in the house [01004] of the Lord [03068].scribe: or, secretaryput…: Heb. bound up
Then Hazael [02371] king [04428] of Syria [0758] went up [05927], and fought [03898] against Gath [01661], and took [03920] it: and Hazael [02371] set [07760] his face [06440] to go up [05927] to Jerusalem [03389].
And Jehoash [03060] king [04428] of Judah [03063] took [03947] all the hallowed things [06944] that Jehoshaphat [03092], and Jehoram [03088], and Ahaziah [0274], his fathers [01], kings [04428] of Judah [03063], had dedicated [06942], and his own hallowed things [06944], and all the gold [02091] that was found [04672] in the treasures [0214] of the house [01004] of the Lord [03068], and in the king's [04428] house [01004], and sent [07971] it to Hazael [02371] king [04428] of Syria [0758]: and he went away [05927] from Jerusalem [03389].went…: Heb. went up
And the rest [03499] of the acts [01697] of Joash [03101], and all that he did [06213], are they not written [03789] in the book [05612] of the chronicles [03117] [01697] of the kings [04428] of Judah [03063]?
In the three [08141] [07969] and twentieth [06242] year [08141] of Joash [03101] the son [01121] of Ahaziah [0274] king [04428] of Judah [03063] Jehoahaz [03059] the son [01121] of Jehu [03058] began to reign [04427] over Israel [03478] in Samaria [08111], and reigned seventeen [06240] [07651] years [08141].three…: Heb. twentieth year and third year
And the anger [0639] of the Lord [03068] was kindled [02734] against Israel [03478], and he delivered [05414] them into the hand [03027] of Hazael [02371] king [04428] of Syria [0758], and into the hand [03027] of Ben–hadad [01130] the son [01121] of Hazael [02371], all their days [03117].
And Jehoahaz [03059] besought [02470] the Lord [03068], and the Lord [03068] hearkened [08085] unto [06440] him: for he saw [07200] the oppression [03906] of Israel [03478], because the king [04428] of Syria [0758] oppressed [03905] them.
Neither did he leave [07604] of the people [05971] to Jehoahaz [03059] but fifty [02572] horsemen [06571], and ten [06235] chariots [07393], and ten [06235] thousand [0505] footmen [07273]; for the king [04428] of Syria [0758] had destroyed [06] them, and had made [07760] them like the dust [06083] by threshing [01758].
Now the rest [03499] of the acts [01697] of Jehoahaz [03059], and all that he did [06213], and his might [01369], are they not written [03789] in the book [05612] of the chronicles [03117] [01697] of the kings [04428] of Israel [03478]?
In the thirty [08141] [07970] and seventh [07651] year [08141] of Joash [03101] king [04428] of Judah [03063] began Jehoash [03060] the son [01121] of Jehoahaz [03059] to reign [04427] over Israel [03478] in Samaria [08111], and reigned sixteen [06240] [08337] years [08141].
And the rest [03499] of the acts [01697] of Joash [03101], and all that he did [06213], and his might [01369] wherewith he fought [03898] against Amaziah [0558] king [04428] of Judah [03063], are they not written [03789] in the book [05612] of the chronicles [03117] [01697] of the kings [04428] of Israel [03478]?
And Joash [03101] slept [07901] with his fathers [01]; and Jeroboam [03379] sat [03427] upon his throne [03678]: and Joash [03101] was buried [06912] in Samaria [08111] with the kings [04428] of Israel [03478].
Now Elisha [0477] was fallen sick [02470] of his sickness [02483] whereof he died [04191]. And Joash [03101] the king [04428] of Israel [03478] came down [03381] unto him, and wept [01058] over his face [06440], and said [0559], O my father [01], my father [01], the chariot [07393] of Israel [03478], and the horsemen [06571] thereof.
And he said [0559] to the king [04428] of Israel [03478], Put [07392] thine hand [03027] upon the bow [07198]. And he put [07392] his hand [03027] upon it: and Elisha [0477] put [07760] his hands [03027] upon the king's [04428] hands [03027].Put thine…: Heb. Make thine hand to ride
And he said [0559], Take [03947] the arrows [02671]. And he took [03947] them. And he said [0559] unto the king [04428] of Israel [03478], Smite [05221] upon the ground [0776]. And he smote [05221] thrice [06471] [07969], and stayed [05975].
But Hazael [02371] king [04428] of Syria [0758] oppressed [03905] Israel [03478] all the days [03117] of Jehoahaz [03059].
So Hazael [02371] king [04428] of Syria [0758] died [04191]; and Ben–hadad [01130] his son [01121] reigned [04427] in his stead.
In the second [08147] year [08141] of Joash [03101] son [01121] of Jehoahaz [03099] king [04428] of Israel [03478] reigned [04427] Amaziah [0558] the son [01121] of Joash [03101] king [04428] of Judah [03063].
And it came to pass, as soon as the kingdom [04467] was confirmed [02388] in his hand [03027], that he slew [05221] his servants [05650] which had slain [05221] the king [04428] his father [01].
Then Amaziah [0558] sent [07971] messengers [04397] to Jehoash [03060], the son [01121] of Jehoahaz [03059] son [01121] of Jehu [03058], king [04428] of Israel [03478], saying [0559], Come [03212], let us look [07200] one another in the face [06440].
And Jehoash [03060] the king [04428] of Israel [03478] sent [07971] to Amaziah [0558] king [04428] of Judah [03063], saying [0559], The thistle [02336] that was in Lebanon [03844] sent [07971] to the cedar [0730] that was in Lebanon [03844], saying [0559], Give [05414] thy daughter [01323] to my son [01121] to wife [0802]: and there passed [05674] by a wild [07704] beast [02416] that was in Lebanon [03844], and trode down [07429] the thistle [02336].
But Amaziah [0558] would not hear [08085]. Therefore Jehoash [03060] king [04428] of Israel [03478] went up [05927]; and he and Amaziah [0558] king [04428] of Judah [03063] looked [07200] one another in the face [06440] at Beth–shemesh [01053], which belongeth to Judah [03063].
And Jehoash [03060] king [04428] of Israel [03478] took [08610] Amaziah [0558] king [04428] of Judah [03063], the son [01121] of Jehoash [03060] the son [01121] of Ahaziah [0274], at Beth–shemesh [01053], and came [0935] to Jerusalem [03389], and brake down [06555] the wall [02346] of Jerusalem [03389] from the gate [08179] of Ephraim [0669] unto the corner [06438] gate [08179], four [0702] hundred [03967] cubits [0520].
And he took [03947] all the gold [02091] and silver [03701], and all the vessels [03627] that were found [04672] in the house [01004] of the Lord [03068], and in the treasures [0214] of the king's [04428] house [01004], and hostages [08594] [01121], and returned [07725] to Samaria [08111].
Now the rest [03499] of the acts [01697] of Jehoash [03060] which he did [06213], and his might [01369], and how he fought [03898] with Amaziah [0558] king [04428] of Judah [03063], are they not written [03789] in the book [05612] of the chronicles [03117] [01697] of the kings [04428] of Israel [03478]?
And Jehoash [03060] slept [07901] with his fathers [01], and was buried [06912] in Samaria [08111] with the kings [04428] of Israel [03478]; and Jeroboam [03379] his son [01121] reigned [04427] in his stead.
And Amaziah [0558] the son [01121] of Joash [03101] king [04428] of Judah [03063] lived [02421] after [0310] the death [04194] of Jehoash [03060] son [01121] of Jehoahaz [03059] king [04428] of Israel [03478] fifteen [06240] [02568] years [08141].
And the rest [03499] of the acts [01697] of Amaziah [0558], are they not written [03789] in the book [05612] of the chronicles [03117] [01697] of the kings [04428] of Judah [03063]?
He built [01129] Elath [0359], and restored [07725] it to Judah [03063], after [0310] that the king [04428] slept [07901] with his fathers [01].
In the fifteenth [08141] [06240] [02568] year [08141] of Amaziah [0558] the son [01121] of Joash [03101] king [04428] of Judah [03063] Jeroboam [03379] the son [01121] of Joash [03101] king [04428] of Israel [03478] began to reign [04427] in Samaria [08111], and reigned forty [0705] and one [0259] years [08141].
Now the rest [03499] of the acts [01697] of Jeroboam [03379], and all that he did [06213], and his might [01369], how he warred [03898], and how he recovered [07725] Damascus [01834], and Hamath [02574], which belonged to Judah [03063], for Israel [03478], are they not written [03789] in the book [05612] of the chronicles [03117] [01697] of the kings [04428] of Israel [03478]?
And Jeroboam [03379] slept [07901] with his fathers [01], even with the kings [04428] of Israel [03478]; and Zachariah [02148] his son [01121] reigned [04427] in his stead.
In the twenty [08141] [06242] and seventh [07651] year [08141] of Jeroboam [03379] king [04428] of Israel [03478] began Azariah [05838] son [01121] of Amaziah [0558] king [04428] of Judah [03063] to reign [04427].Azariah: also called, Uzziah
And the Lord [03068] smote [05060] the king [04428], so that he was a leper [06879] unto the day [03117] of his death [04194], and dwelt [03427] in a several [02669] house [01004]. And Jotham [03147] the king's [04428] son [01121] was over the house [01004], judging [08199] the people [05971] of the land [0776].
And the rest [03499] of the acts [01697] of Azariah [05838], and all that he did [06213], are they not written [03789] in the book [05612] of the chronicles [03117] [01697] of the kings [04428] of Judah [03063]?
In the thirty [08141] [07970] and eighth [08083] year [08141] of Azariah [05838] king [04428] of Judah [03063] did Zachariah [02148] the son [01121] of Jeroboam [03379] reign [04427] over Israel [03478] in Samaria [08111] six [08337] months [02320].
And the rest [03499] of the acts [01697] of Zachariah [02148], behold, they are written [03789] in the book [05612] of the chronicles [03117] [01697] of the kings [04428] of Israel [03478].
Shallum [07967] the son [01121] of Jabesh [03003] began to reign [04427] in the nine [08672] and thirtieth [07970] year [08141] of Uzziah [05818] king [04428] of Judah [03063]; and he reigned [04427] a full [03117] month [03391] in Samaria [08111].Uzziah: Gr. Oziasa full…: Heb. a month of days
And the rest [03499] of the acts [01697] of Shallum [07967], and his conspiracy [07195] which he made [07194], behold, they are written [03789] in the book [05612] of the chronicles [03117] [01697] of the kings [04428] of Israel [03478].
In the nine [08141] [08672] and thirtieth [07970] year [08141] of Azariah [05838] king [04428] of Judah [03063] began Menahem [04505] the son [01121] of Gadi [01424] to reign [04427] over Israel [03478], and reigned ten [06235] years [08141] in Samaria [08111].
And Pul [06322] the king [04428] of Assyria [0804] came [0935] against the land [0776]: and Menahem [04505] gave [05414] Pul [06322] a thousand [0505] talents [03603] of silver [03701], that his hand [03027] might be with him to confirm [02388] the kingdom [04467] in his hand [03027].
And Menahem [04505] exacted [03318] the money [03701] of Israel [03478], even of all the mighty men [01368] of wealth [02428], of each [0259] man [0376] fifty [02572] shekels [08255] of silver [03701], to give [05414] to the king [04428] of Assyria [0804]. So the king [04428] of Assyria [0804] turned back [07725], and stayed [05975] not there in the land [0776].exacted: Heb. caused to come forth
And the rest [03499] of the acts [01697] of Menahem [04505], and all that he did [06213], are they not written [03789] in the book [05612] of the chronicles [03117] [01697] of the kings [04428] of Israel [03478]?
In the fiftieth [08141] [02572] year [08141] of Azariah [05838] king [04428] of Judah [03063] Pekahiah [06494] the son [01121] of Menahem [04505] began to reign [04427] over Israel [03478] in Samaria [08111], and reigned two years [08141].
But Pekah [06492] the son [01121] of Remaliah [07425], a captain [07991] of his, conspired [07194] against him, and smote [05221] him in Samaria [08111], in the palace [0759] of the king's [04428] house [01004], with Argob [0709] and Arieh [0745], and with him fifty [02572] men [0376] of the Gileadites [01569] [01121]: and he killed [04191] him, and reigned [04427] in his room.
And the rest [03499] of the acts [01697] of Pekahiah [06494], and all that he did [06213], behold, they are written [03789] in the book [05612] of the chronicles [03117] [01697] of the kings [04428] of Israel [03478].
In the two [08141] [08147] and fiftieth [02572] year [08141] of Azariah [05838] king [04428] of Judah [03063] Pekah [06492] the son [01121] of Remaliah [07425] began to reign [04427] over Israel [03478] in Samaria [08111], and reigned twenty [06242] years [08141].
In the days [03117] of Pekah [06492] king [04428] of Israel [03478] came [0935] Tiglath–pileser [08407] king [04428] of Assyria [0804], and took [03947] Ijon [05859], and Abel–beth–maachah [062], and Janoah [03239], and Kedesh [06943], and Hazor [02674], and Gilead [01568], and Galilee [01551], all the land [0776] of Naphtali [05321], and carried them captive [01540] to Assyria [0804].
And the rest [03499] of the acts [01697] of Pekah [06492], and all that he did [06213], behold, they are written [03789] in the book [05612] of the chronicles [03117] [01697] of the kings [04428] of Israel [03478].
In the second [08147] year [08141] of Pekah [06492] the son [01121] of Remaliah [07425] king [04428] of Israel [03478] began Jotham [03147] the son [01121] of Uzziah [05818] king [04428] of Judah [03063] to reign [04427].
Now the rest [03499] of the acts [01697] of Jotham [03147], and all that he did [06213], are they not written [03789] in the book [05612] of the chronicles [03117] [01697] of the kings [04428] of Judah [03063]?
In those days [03117] the Lord [03068] began [02490] to send [07971] against Judah [03063] Rezin [07526] the king [04428] of Syria [0758], and Pekah [06492] the son [01121] of Remaliah [07425].
In the seventeenth [08141] [06240] [07651] year [08141] of Pekah [06492] the son [01121] of Remaliah [07425] Ahaz [0271] the son [01121] of Jotham [03147] king [04428] of Judah [03063] began to reign [04427].
But he walked [03212] in the way [01870] of the kings [04428] of Israel [03478], yea, and made his son [01121] to pass through [05674] the fire [0784], according to the abominations [08441] of the heathen [01471], whom the Lord [03068] cast out [03423] from before [06440] the children [01121] of Israel [03478].
Then Rezin [07526] king [04428] of Syria [0758] and Pekah [06492] son [01121] of Remaliah [07425] king [04428] of Israel [03478] came up [05927] to Jerusalem [03389] to war [04421]: and they besieged [06696] Ahaz [0271], but could [03201] not overcome [03898] him.
At that time [06256] Rezin [07526] king [04428] of Syria [0758] recovered [07725] Elath [0359] to Syria [0130] [0758], and drave [05394] the Jews [03064] from Elath [0359]: and the Syrians [0726] came [0935] to Elath [0359], and dwelt [03427] there unto this day [03117].from Elath: Heb. from Eloth
So Ahaz [0271] sent [07971] messengers [04397] to Tiglath–pileser [08407] king [04428] of Assyria [0804], saying [0559], I am thy servant [05650] and thy son [01121]: come up [05927], and save [03467] me out of the hand [03709] of the king [04428] of Syria [0758], and out of the hand [03709] of the king [04428] of Israel [03478], which rise up [06965] against me.
And Ahaz [0271] took [03947] the silver [03701] and gold [02091] that was found [04672] in the house [01004] of the Lord [03068], and in the treasures [0214] of the king's [04428] house [01004], and sent [07971] it for a present [07810] to the king [04428] of Assyria [0804].
And the king [04428] of Assyria [0804] hearkened [08085] unto him: for the king [04428] of Assyria [0804] went up [05927] against Damascus [01834], and took [08610] it, and carried the people of it captive [01540] to Kir [07024], and slew [04191] Rezin [07526].Damascus: Heb. Dammesek
And king [04428] Ahaz [0271] went [03212] to Damascus [01834] to meet [07125] Tiglath–pileser [08407] king [04428] of Assyria [0804], and saw [07200] an altar [04196] that was at Damascus [01834]: and king [04428] Ahaz [0271] sent [07971] to Urijah [0223] the priest [03548] the fashion [01823] of the altar [04196], and the pattern [08403] of it, according to all the workmanship [04639] thereof.Damascus: Heb. Dammesek
And Urijah [0223] the priest [03548] built [01129] an altar [04196] according to all that king [04428] Ahaz [0271] had sent [07971] from Damascus [01834]: so Urijah [0223] the priest [03548] made [06213] it against king [04428] Ahaz [0271] came [0935] from Damascus [01834].
And when the king [04428] was come [0935] from Damascus [01834], the king [04428] saw [07200] the altar [04196]: and the king [04428] approached [07126] to the altar [04196], and offered [05927] thereon.
And king [04428] Ahaz [0271] commanded [06680] Urijah [0223] the priest [03548], saying [0559], Upon the great [01419] altar [04196] burn [06999] the morning [01242] burnt offering [05930], and the evening [06153] meat offering [04503], and the king's [04428] burnt sacrifice [05930], and his meat offering [04503], with the burnt offering [05930] of all the people [05971] of the land [0776], and their meat offering [04503], and their drink offerings [05262]; and sprinkle [02236] upon it all the blood [01818] of the burnt offering [05930], and all the blood [01818] of the sacrifice [02077]: and the brasen [05178] altar [04196] shall be for me to enquire [01239] by.
Thus did [06213] Urijah [0223] the priest [03548], according to all that king [04428] Ahaz [0271] commanded [06680].
And king [04428] Ahaz [0271] cut off [07112] the borders [04526] of the bases [04350], and removed [05493] the laver [03595] from off them; and took down [03381] the sea [03220] from off the brasen [05178] oxen [01241] that were under it, and put [05414] it upon a pavement [04837] of stones [068].
And the covert [04329] [04329] for the sabbath [07676] that they had built [01129] in the house [01004], and the king's [04428] entry [03996] without [02435], turned [05437] he from the house [01004] of the Lord [03068] for [06440] the king [04428] of Assyria [0804].
Now the rest [03499] of the acts [01697] of Ahaz [0271] which he did [06213], are they not written [03789] in the book [05612] of the chronicles [03117] [01697] of the kings [04428] of Judah [03063]?
In the twelfth [06240] [08147] year [08141] of Ahaz [0271] king [04428] of Judah [03063] began Hoshea [01954] the son [01121] of Elah [0425] to reign [04427] in Samaria [08111] over Israel [03478] nine [08672] years [08141].
And he did [06213] that which was evil [07451] in the sight [05869] of the Lord [03068], but not as the kings [04428] of Israel [03478] that were before [06440] him.
Against him came up [05927] Shalmaneser [08022] king [04428] of Assyria [0804]; and Hoshea [01954] became his servant [05650], and gave [07725] him presents [04503].gave: Heb. renderedpresents: or, tribute
And the king [04428] of Assyria [0804] found [04672] conspiracy [07195] in Hoshea [01954]: for he had sent [07971] messengers [04397] to So [05471] king [04428] of Egypt [04714], and brought [05927] no present [04503] to the king [04428] of Assyria [0804], as he had done year [08141] by year [08141]: therefore the king [04428] of Assyria [0804] shut him up [06113], and bound [0631] him in prison [03608] [01004].present: or, tribute
Then the king [04428] of Assyria [0804] came up [05927] throughout all the land [0776], and went up [05927] to Samaria [08111], and besieged [06696] it three [07969] years [08141].
In the ninth [08671] year [08141] of Hoshea [01954] the king [04428] of Assyria [0804] took [03920] Samaria [08111], and carried [01540] Israel [03478] away [01540] into Assyria [0804], and placed [03427] them in Halah [02477] and in Habor [02249] by the river [05104] of Gozan [01470], and in the cities [05892] of the Medes [04074].
For so it was, that the children [01121] of Israel [03478] had sinned [02398] against the Lord [03068] their God [0430], which had brought them up [05927] out of the land [0776] of Egypt [04714], from under the hand [03027] of Pharaoh [06547] king [04428] of Egypt [04714], and had feared [03372] other [0312] gods [0430],
And walked [03212] in the statutes [02708] of the heathen [01471], whom the Lord [03068] cast out [03423] from before [06440] the children [01121] of Israel [03478], and of the kings [04428] of Israel [03478], which they had made [06213].
And the king [04428] of Assyria [0804] brought [0935] men from Babylon [0894], and from Cuthah [03575], and from Ava [05755], and from Hamath [02574], and from Sepharvaim [05617], and placed [03427] them in the cities [05892] of Samaria [08111] instead of the children [01121] of Israel [03478]: and they possessed [03423] Samaria [08111], and dwelt [03427] in the cities [05892] thereof.
Wherefore they spake [0559] to the king [04428] of Assyria [0804], saying [0559], The nations [01471] which thou hast removed [01540], and placed [03427] in the cities [05892] of Samaria [08111], know [03045] not the manner [04941] of the God [0430] of the land [0776]: therefore he hath sent [07971] lions [0738] among them, and, behold, they slay [04191] them, because they know [03045] not the manner [04941] of the God [0430] of the land [0776].
Then the king [04428] of Assyria [0804] commanded [06680], saying [0559], Carry [03212] thither one [0259] of the priests [03548] whom ye brought [01540] from thence; and let them go [03212] and dwell [03427] there, and let him teach [03384] them the manner [04941] of the God [0430] of the land [0776].
Now it came to pass in the third [07969] year [08141] of Hoshea [01954] son [01121] of Elah [0425] king [04428] of Israel [03478], that Hezekiah [02396] the son [01121] of Ahaz [0271] king [04428] of Judah [03063] began to reign [04427].Hezekiah: he is called Ezekias
He trusted [0982] in the Lord [03068] God [0430] of Israel [03478]; so that after [0310] him was none like him among all the kings [04428] of Judah [03063], nor any that were before [06440] him.
And the Lord [03068] was with him; and he prospered [07919] whithersoever he went forth [03318]: and he rebelled [04775] against the king [04428] of Assyria [0804], and served [05647] him not.
And it came to pass in the fourth [07243] year [08141] of king [04428] Hezekiah [02396], which was the seventh [07637] year [08141] of Hoshea [01954] son [01121] of Elah [0425] king [04428] of Israel [03478], that Shalmaneser [08022] king [04428] of Assyria [0804] came up [05927] against Samaria [08111], and besieged [06696] it.
And at the end [07097] of three [07969] years [08141] they took [03920] it: even in the sixth [08337] year [08141] of Hezekiah [02396], that is the ninth [08672] year [08141] of Hoshea [01954] king [04428] of Israel [03478], Samaria [08111] was taken [03920].
And the king [04428] of Assyria [0804] did carry away [01540] Israel [03478] unto Assyria [0804], and put [05148] them in Halah [02477] and in Habor [02249] by the river [05104] of Gozan [01470], and in the cities [05892] of the Medes [04074]:
Now in the fourteenth [06240] [0702] year [08141] of king [04428] Hezekiah [02396] did Sennacherib [05576] king [04428] of Assyria [0804] come up [05927] against all the fenced [01219] cities [05892] of Judah [03063], and took [08610] them.Sennacherib: Heb. Sanherib
And Hezekiah [02396] king [04428] of Judah [03063] sent [07971] to the king [04428] of Assyria [0804] to Lachish [03923], saying [0559], I have offended [02398]; return [07725] from me: that which thou puttest [05414] on me will I bear [05375]. And the king [04428] of Assyria [0804] appointed [07760] unto Hezekiah [02396] king [04428] of Judah [03063] three [07969] hundred [03967] talents [03603] of silver [03701] and thirty [07970] talents [03603] of gold [02091].
And Hezekiah [02396] gave [05414] him all the silver [03701] that was found [04672] in the house [01004] of the Lord [03068], and in the treasures [0214] of the king's [04428] house [01004].
At that time [06256] did Hezekiah [02396] cut off [07112] the gold from the doors [01817] of the temple [01964] of the Lord [03068], and from the pillars [0547] which Hezekiah [02396] king [04428] of Judah [03063] had overlaid [06823], and gave [05414] it to the king [04428] of Assyria [0804].it: Heb. them
And the king [04428] of Assyria [0804] sent [07971] Tartan [08661] and Rabsaris [07249] and Rab–shakeh [07262] from Lachish [03923] to king [04428] Hezekiah [02396] with a great [03515] host [02426] against Jerusalem [03389]. And they went up [05927] and came [0935] to Jerusalem [03389]. And when they were come up [05927], they came [0935] and stood [05975] by the conduit [08585] of the upper [05945] pool [01295], which is in the highway [04546] of the fuller's [03526] field [07704].great: Heb. heavy
And when they had called [07121] to the king [04428], there came out [03318] to them Eliakim [0471] the son [01121] of Hilkiah [02518], which was over the household [01004], and Shebna [07644] the scribe [05608], and Joah [03098] the son [01121] of Asaph [0623] the recorder [02142].scribe: or, secretary
And Rab–shakeh [07262] said [0559] unto them, Speak [0559] ye now to Hezekiah [02396], Thus saith [0559] the great [01419] king [04428], the king [04428] of Assyria [0804], What confidence [0986] is this wherein thou trustest [0982]?
Now, behold, thou trustest [0982] upon the staff [04938] of this bruised [07533] reed [07070], even upon Egypt [04714], on which if a man [0376] lean [05564], it will go [0935] into his hand [03709], and pierce [05344] it: so is Pharaoh [06547] king [04428] of Egypt [04714] unto all that trust [0982] on him.trustest: Heb. trustest thee
Now therefore, I pray thee, give pledges [06148] to my lord [0113] the king [04428] of Assyria [0804], and I will deliver [05414] thee two thousand [0505] horses [05483], if thou be able [03201] on thy part to set [05414] riders [07392] upon them.pledges: or, hostages
Then Rab–shakeh [07262] stood [05975] and cried [07121] with a loud [01419] voice [06963] in the Jews' language [03066], and spake [01696], saying [0559], Hear [08085] the word [01697] of the great [01419] king [04428], the king [04428] of Assyria [0804]:
Thus saith [0559] the king [04428], Let not Hezekiah [02396] deceive [05377] you: for he shall not be able [03201] to deliver [05337] you out of his hand [03027]:
Neither let Hezekiah [02396] make you trust [0982] in the Lord [03068], saying [0559], The Lord [03068] will surely [05337] deliver [05337] us, and this city [05892] shall not be delivered [05414] into the hand [03027] of the king [04428] of Assyria [0804].
Hearken [08085] not to Hezekiah [02396]: for thus saith [0559] the king [04428] of Assyria [0804], Make [06213] an agreement with me by a present [01293], and come out [03318] to me, and then eat [0398] ye every man [0376] of his own vine [01612], and every one [0376] of his fig tree [08384], and drink [08354] ye every one [0376] the waters [04325] of his cistern [0953]:Make…: or, Seek my favour: Heb. Make with me a blessingcistern: or, pit
Hath any [0376] of the gods [0430] of the nations [01471] delivered [05337] at all [05337] his land [0776] out of the hand [03027] of the king [04428] of Assyria [0804]?
But the people [05971] held their peace [02790], and answered [06030] him not a word [01697]: for the king's [04428] commandment [04687] was, saying [0559], Answer [06030] him not.
And it came to pass, when king [04428] Hezekiah [02396] heard [08085] it, that he rent [07167] his clothes [0899], and covered [03680] himself with sackcloth [08242], and went [0935] into the house [01004] of the Lord [03068].
It may be [0194] the Lord [03068] thy God [0430] will hear [08085] all the words [01697] of Rab–shakeh [07262], whom the king [04428] of Assyria [0804] his master [0113] hath sent [07971] to reproach [02778] the living [02416] God [0430]; and will reprove [03198] the words [01697] which the Lord [03068] thy God [0430] hath heard [08085]: wherefore lift up [05375] thy prayer [08605] for the remnant [07611] that are left [04672].left: Heb. found
So the servants [05650] of king [04428] Hezekiah [02396] came [0935] to Isaiah [03470].
And Isaiah [03470] said [0559] unto them, Thus shall ye say [0559] to your master [0113], Thus saith [0559] the Lord [03068], Be not afraid [03372] of [06440] the words [01697] which thou hast heard [08085], with which the servants [05288] of the king [04428] of Assyria [0804] have blasphemed [01442] me.
So Rab–shakeh [07262] returned [07725], and found [04672] the king [04428] of Assyria [0804] warring [03898] against Libnah [03841]: for he had heard [08085] that he was departed [05265] from Lachish [03923].
And when he heard [08085] say [0559] of Tirhakah [08640] king [04428] of Ethiopia [03568], Behold, he is come out [03318] to fight [03898] against thee: he sent [07971] messengers [04397] again [07725] unto Hezekiah [02396], saying [0559],
Thus shall ye speak [0559] to Hezekiah [02396] king [04428] of Judah [03063], saying [0559], Let not thy God [0430] in whom thou trustest [0982] deceive [05377] thee, saying [0559], Jerusalem [03389] shall not be delivered [05414] into the hand [03027] of the king [04428] of Assyria [0804].
Behold, thou hast heard [08085] what the kings [04428] of Assyria [0804] have done [06213] to all lands [0776], by destroying them utterly [02763]: and shalt thou be delivered [05337]?
Where is the king [04428] of Hamath [02574], and the king [04428] of Arpad [0774], and the king [04428] of the city [05892] of Sepharvaim [05617], of Hena [02012], and Ivah [05755]?
Of a truth [0551], Lord [03068], the kings [04428] of Assyria [0804] have destroyed [02717] the nations [01471] and their lands [0776],
Then Isaiah [03470] the son [01121] of Amoz [0531] sent [07971] to Hezekiah [02396], saying [0559], Thus saith [0559] the Lord [03068] God [0430] of Israel [03478], That which thou hast prayed [06419] to me against Sennacherib [05576] king [04428] of Assyria [0804] I have heard [08085].
Therefore thus saith [0559] the Lord [03068] concerning the king [04428] of Assyria [0804], He shall not come [0935] into this city [05892], nor shoot [03384] an arrow [02671] there, nor come before [06923] it with shield [04043], nor cast [08210] a bank [05550] against it.
So Sennacherib [05576] king [04428] of Assyria [0804] departed [05265], and went [03212] and returned [07725], and dwelt [03427] at Nineveh [05210].
And I will add [03254] unto thy days [03117] fifteen [06240] [02568] years [08141]; and I will deliver [05337] thee and this city [05892] out of the hand [03709] of the king [04428] of Assyria [0804]; and I will defend [01598] this city [05892] for mine own sake, and for my servant [05650] David's [01732] sake.
At that time [06256] Berodach–baladan [01255], the son [01121] of Baladan [01081], king [04428] of Babylon [0894], sent [07971] letters [05612] and a present [04503] unto Hezekiah [02396]: for he had heard [08085] that Hezekiah [02396] had been sick [02470].Berodach–baladan: or, Merodach–baladan
Then came [0935] Isaiah [03470] the prophet [05030] unto king [04428] Hezekiah [02396], and said [0559] unto him, What said [0559] these men [0582]? and from whence [0370] came [0935] they unto thee? And Hezekiah [02396] said [0559], They are come [0935] from a far [07350] country [0776], even from Babylon [0894].
And of thy sons [01121] that shall issue [03318] from thee, which thou shalt beget [03205], shall they take away [03947]; and they shall be eunuchs [05631] in the palace [01964] of the king [04428] of Babylon [0894].
And the rest [03499] of the acts [01697] of Hezekiah [02396], and all his might [01369], and how he made [06213] a pool [01295], and a conduit [08585], and brought [0935] water [04325] into the city [05892], are they not written [03789] in the book [05612] of the chronicles [03117] [01697] of the kings [04428] of Judah [03063]?
For he built up [01129] again [07725] the high places [01116] which Hezekiah [02396] his father [01] had destroyed [06]; and he reared up [06965] altars [04196] for Baal [01168], and made [06213] a grove [0842], as did [06213] Ahab [0256] king [04428] of Israel [03478]; and worshipped [07812] all the host [06635] of heaven [08064], and served [05647] them.
Because Manasseh [04519] king [04428] of Judah [03063] hath done [06213] these abominations [08441], and hath done wickedly [07489] above all that the Amorites [0567] did [06213], which were before [06440] him, and hath made Judah [03063] also to sin [02398] with his idols [01544]:
Now the rest [03499] of the acts [01697] of Manasseh [04519], and all that he did [06213], and his sin [02403] that he sinned [02398], are they not written [03789] in the book [05612] of the chronicles [03117] [01697] of the kings [04428] of Judah [03063]?
And the servants [05650] of Amon [0526] conspired [07194] against him, and slew [04191] the king [04428] in his own house [01004].
And the people [05971] of the land [0776] slew [05221] all them that had conspired [07194] against king [04428] Amon [0526]; and the people [05971] of the land [0776] made Josiah [02977] his son [01121] king [04427] in his stead.
Now the rest [03499] of the acts [01697] of Amon [0526] which he did [06213], are they not written [03789] in the book [05612] of the chronicles [03117] [01697] of the kings [04428] of Judah [03063]?
And it came to pass in the eighteenth [06240] [08083] year [08141] of king [04428] Josiah [02977], that the king [04428] sent [07971] Shaphan [08227] the son [01121] of Azaliah [0683], the son [01121] of Meshullam [04918], the scribe [05608], to the house [01004] of the Lord [03068], saying [0559],
And Shaphan [08227] the scribe [05608] came [0935] to the king [04428], and brought [07725] the king [04428] word [01697] again [07725], and said [0559], Thy servants [05650] have gathered [05413] the money [03701] that was found [04672] in the house [01004], and have delivered [05414] it into the hand [03027] of them that do [06213] the work [04399], that have the oversight [06485] of the house [01004] of the Lord [03068].gathered: Heb. melted
And Shaphan [08227] the scribe [05608] shewed [05046] the king [04428], saying [0559], Hilkiah [02518] the priest [03548] hath delivered [05414] me a book [05612]. And Shaphan [08227] read [07121] it before [06440] the king [04428].
And it came to pass, when the king [04428] had heard [08085] the words [01697] of the book [05612] of the law [08451], that he rent [07167] his clothes [0899].
And the king [04428] commanded [06680] Hilkiah [02518] the priest [03548], and Ahikam [0296] the son [01121] of Shaphan [08227], and Achbor [05907] the son [01121] of Michaiah [04320], and Shaphan [08227] the scribe [05608], and Asahiah [06222] a servant [05650] of the king's [04428], saying [0559],Achbor: or, AbdonMichaiah: or, Micah
Thus saith [0559] the Lord [03068], Behold, I will bring [0935] evil [07451] upon this place [04725], and upon the inhabitants [03427] thereof, even all the words [01697] of the book [05612] which the king [04428] of Judah [03063] hath read [07121]:
But to the king [04428] of Judah [03063] which sent [07971] you to enquire [01875] of the Lord [03068], thus shall ye say [0559] to him, Thus saith [0559] the Lord [03068] God [0430] of Israel [03478], As touching the words [01697] which thou hast heard [08085];
Behold therefore, I will gather [0622] thee unto thy fathers [01], and thou shalt be gathered [0622] into thy grave [06913] in peace [07965]; and thine eyes [05869] shall not see [07200] all the evil [07451] which I will bring [0935] upon this place [04725]. And they brought [07725] the king [04428] word [01697] again [07725].
And the king [04428] sent [07971], and they gathered [0622] unto him all the elders [02205] of Judah [03063] and of Jerusalem [03389].
And the king [04428] went up [05927] into the house [01004] of the Lord [03068], and all the men [0376] of Judah [03063] and all the inhabitants [03427] of Jerusalem [03389] with him, and the priests [03548], and the prophets [05030], and all the people [05971], both small [06996] and great [01419]: and he read [07121] in their ears [0241] all the words [01697] of the book [05612] of the covenant [01285] which was found [04672] in the house [01004] of the Lord [03068].both…: Heb. from small even unto great
And the king [04428] stood [05975] by a pillar [05982], and made [03772] a covenant [01285] before [06440] the Lord [03068], to walk [03212] after [0310] the Lord [03068], and to keep [08104] his commandments [04687] and his testimonies [05715] and his statutes [02708] with all their heart [03820] and all their soul [05315], to perform [06965] the words [01697] of this covenant [01285] that were written [03789] in this book [05612]. And all the people [05971] stood [05975] to the covenant [01285].
And the king [04428] commanded [06680] Hilkiah [02518] the high [01419] priest [03548], and the priests [03548] of the second order [04932], and the keepers [08104] of the door [05592], to bring forth [03318] out of the temple [01964] of the Lord [03068] all the vessels [03627] that were made [06213] for Baal [01168], and for the grove [0842], and for all the host [06635] of heaven [08064]: and he burned [08313] them without [02351] Jerusalem [03389] in the fields [07709] of Kidron [06939], and carried [05375] the ashes [06083] of them unto Beth–el [01008].
And he put down [07673] the idolatrous priests [03649], whom the kings [04428] of Judah [03063] had ordained [05414] to burn incense [06999] in the high places [01116] in the cities [05892] of Judah [03063], and in the places round about [04524] Jerusalem [03389]; them also that burned incense [06999] unto Baal [01168], to the sun [08121], and to the moon [03394], and to the planets [04208], and to all the host [06635] of heaven [08064].put…: Heb. caused to ceaseidolatrous…: Heb. Chemarimplanets: or, twelve signs or, constellations
And he took away [07673] the horses [05483] that the kings [04428] of Judah [03063] had given [05414] to the sun [08121], at the entering in [0935] of the house [01004] of the Lord [03068], by the chamber [03957] of Nathan–melech [05419] the chamberlain [05631], which was in the suburbs [06503], and burned [08313] the chariots [04818] of the sun [08121] with fire [0784].chamberlain: or, eunuch, or, officer
And the altars [04196] that were on the top [01406] of the upper chamber [05944] of Ahaz [0271], which the kings [04428] of Judah [03063] had made [06213], and the altars [04196] which Manasseh [04519] had made [06213] in the two [08147] courts [02691] of the house [01004] of the Lord [03068], did the king [04428] beat down [05422], and brake them down [07323] from thence, and cast [07993] the dust [06083] of them into the brook [05158] Kidron [06939].brake…: or, ran from thence
And the high places [01116] that were before [06440] Jerusalem [03389], which were on the right hand [03225] of the mount [02022] of corruption [04889], which Solomon [08010] the king [04428] of Israel [03478] had builded [01129] for Ashtoreth [06253] the abomination [08251] of the Zidonians [06722], and for Chemosh [03645] the abomination [08251] of the Moabites [04124], and for Milcom [04445] the abomination [08441] of the children [01121] of Ammon [05983], did the king [04428] defile [02930].the mount…: that is, the mount of Olives
And all the houses [01004] also of the high places [01116] that were in the cities [05892] of Samaria [08111], which the kings [04428] of Israel [03478] had made [06213] to provoke the Lord to anger [03707], Josiah [02977] took away [05493], and did [06213] to them according to all the acts [04639] that he had done [06213] in Beth–el [01008].
And the king [04428] commanded [06680] all the people [05971], saying [0559], Keep [06213] the passover [06453] unto the Lord [03068] your God [0430], as it is written [03789] in the book [05612] of this covenant [01285].
Surely there was not holden [06213] such a passover [06453] from the days [03117] of the judges [08199] that judged [08199] Israel [03478], nor in all the days [03117] of the kings [04428] of Israel [03478], nor of the kings [04428] of Judah [03063];
But in the eighteenth [06240] [08083] year [08141] of king [04428] Josiah [02977], wherein this passover [06453] was holden [06213] to the Lord [03068] in Jerusalem [03389].
And like unto him was there no king [04428] before [06440] him, that turned [07725] to the Lord [03068] with all his heart [03824], and with all his soul [05315], and with all his might [03966], according to all the law [08451] of Moses [04872]; neither after [0310] him arose [06965] there any like him.
Now the rest [03499] of the acts [01697] of Josiah [02977], and all that he did [06213], are they not written [03789] in the book [05612] of the chronicles [03117] [01697] of the kings [04428] of Judah [03063]?
In his days [03117] Pharaoh–nechoh [06549] king [04428] of Egypt [04714] went up [05927] against the king [04428] of Assyria [0804] to the river [05104] Euphrates [06578]: and king [04428] Josiah [02977] went [03212] against [07125] him; and he slew [04191] him at Megiddo [04023], when he had seen [07200] him.
In his days [03117] Nebuchadnezzar [05019] king [04428] of Babylon [0894] came up [05927], and Jehoiakim [03079] became his servant [05650] three [07969] years [08141]: then he turned [07725] and rebelled [04775] against him.
Now the rest [03499] of the acts [01697] of Jehoiakim [03079], and all that he did [06213], are they not written [03789] in the book [05612] of the chronicles [03117] [01697] of the kings [04428] of Judah [03063]?
And the king [04428] of Egypt [04714] came [03318] not again [03254] any more out of his land [0776]: for the king [04428] of Babylon [0894] had taken [03947] from the river [05158] of Egypt [04714] unto the river [05104] Euphrates [06578] all that pertained to the king [04428] of Egypt [04714].
At that time [06256] the servants [05650] of Nebuchadnezzar [05019] king [04428] of Babylon [0894] came up [05927] against Jerusalem [03389], and the city [05892] was besieged [04692] [0935].was…: Heb. came into siege
And Nebuchadnezzar [05019] king [04428] of Babylon [0894] came [0935] against the city [05892], and his servants [05650] did besiege [06696] it.
And Jehoiachin [03078] the king [04428] of Judah [03063] went out [03318] to the king [04428] of Babylon [0894], he, and his mother [0517], and his servants [05650], and his princes [08269], and his officers [05631]: and the king [04428] of Babylon [0894] took [03947] him in the eighth [08083] year [08141] of his reign [04427].officers: or, eunuchshis reign: Nebuchadnezzar's eighth year
And he carried out [03318] thence all the treasures [0214] of the house [01004] of the Lord [03068], and the treasures [0214] of the king's [04428] house [01004], and cut in pieces [07112] all the vessels [03627] of gold [02091] which Solomon [08010] king [04428] of Israel [03478] had made [06213] in the temple [01964] of the Lord [03068], as the Lord [03068] had said [01696].
And he carried away [01540] Jehoiachin [03078] to Babylon [0894], and the king's [04428] mother [0517], and the king's [04428] wives [0802], and his officers [05631], and the mighty [0193] [0352] of the land [0776], those carried [03212] he into captivity [01473] from Jerusalem [03389] to Babylon [0894].officers: or, eunuchs
And all the men [0582] of might [02428], even seven [07651] thousand [0505], and craftsmen [02796] and smiths [04525] a thousand [0505], all that were strong [01368] and apt [06213] for war [04421], even them the king [04428] of Babylon [0894] brought [0935] captive [01473] to Babylon [0894].
And the king [04428] of Babylon [0894] made Mattaniah [04983] his father's brother [01730] king [04427] in his stead, and changed [05437] his name [08034] to Zedekiah [06667].
For through the anger [0639] of the Lord [03068] it came to pass in Jerusalem [03389] and Judah [03063], until he had cast them out [07993] from his presence [06440], that Zedekiah [06667] rebelled [04775] against the king [04428] of Babylon [0894].
And it came to pass in the ninth [08671] year [08141] of his reign [04427], in the tenth [06224] month [02320], in the tenth [06218] day of the month [02320], that Nebuchadnezzar [05019] king [04428] of Babylon [0894] came [0935], he, and all his host [02428], against Jerusalem [03389], and pitched [02583] against it; and they built [01129] forts [01785] against it round about [05439].
And the city [05892] was besieged [04692] [0935] unto the eleventh [06240] [06249] year [08141] of king [04428] Zedekiah [06667].
And the city [05892] was broken up [01234], and all the men [0582] of war [04421] fled by night [03915] by the way [01870] of the gate [08179] between two walls [02346], which is by the king's [04428] garden [01588]: (now the Chaldees [03778] were against the city [05892] round about [05439]:) and the king went [03212] the way [01870] toward the plain [06160].
And the army [02428] of the Chaldees [03778] pursued [07291] after [0310] the king [04428], and overtook [05381] him in the plains [06160] of Jericho [03405]: and all his army [02428] were scattered [06327] from him.
So they took [08610] the king [04428], and brought him up [05927] to the king [04428] of Babylon [0894] to Riblah [07247]; and they gave [01696] judgment [04941] upon him.gave…: Heb. spake judgment with him
And in the fifth [02549] month [02320], on the seventh [07651] day of the month [02320], which is the nineteenth [08141] [06240] [08672] year [08141] of king [04428] Nebuchadnezzar [05019] king [04428] of Babylon [0894], came [0935] Nebuzar–adan [05018], captain [07227] of the guard [02876], a servant [05650] of the king [04428] of Babylon [0894], unto Jerusalem [03389]:captain…: or, chief marshal
And he burnt [08313] the house [01004] of the Lord [03068], and the king's [04428] house [01004], and all the houses [01004] of Jerusalem [03389], and every great [01419] man's house [01004] burnt [08313] he with fire [0784].
Now the rest [03499] of the people [05971] that were left [07604] in the city [05892], and the fugitives [05307] that fell away [05307] to the king [04428] of Babylon [0894], with the remnant [03499] of the multitude [01995], did Nebuzar–adan [05018] the captain [07227] of the guard [02876] carry away [01540].fugitives: Heb. fallen away
And out of the city [05892] he took [03947] an [0259] officer [05631] that was set [06496] over the men [0582] of war [04421], and five [02568] men [0582] of them that were [07200] in the king's [04428] presence [06440], which were found [04672] in the city [05892], and the principal [08269] scribe [05608] of the host [06635], which mustered [06633] the people [05971] of the land [0776], and threescore [08346] men [0376] of the people [05971] of the land [0776] that were found [04672] in the city [05892]:officer: or, eunuchwere in…: Heb. saw the king's faceprincipal…: or, scribe of the captain of the host
And Nebuzar–adan [05018] captain [07227] of the guard [02876] took [03947] these, and brought [03212] them to the king [04428] of Babylon [0894] to Riblah [07247]:
And the king [04428] of Babylon [0894] smote [05221] them, and slew [04191] them at Riblah [07247] in the land [0776] of Hamath [02574]. So Judah [03063] was carried away [01540] out of their land [0127].
And as for the people [05971] that remained [07604] in the land [0776] of Judah [03063], whom Nebuchadnezzar [05019] king [04428] of Babylon [0894] had left [07604], even over them he made Gedaliah [01436] the son [01121] of Ahikam [0296], the son [01121] of Shaphan [08227], ruler [06485].
And when all the captains [08269] of the armies [02428], they and their men [0582], heard [08085] that the king [04428] of Babylon [0894] had made Gedaliah [01436] governor [06485], there came [0935] to Gedaliah [01436] to Mizpah [04709], even Ishmael [03458] the son [01121] of Nethaniah [05418], and Johanan [03110] the son [01121] of Careah [07143], and Seraiah [08304] the son [01121] of Tanhumeth [08576] the Netophathite [05200], and Jaazaniah [02970] the son [01121] of a Maachathite [04602], they and their men [0582].
And Gedaliah [01436] sware [07650] to them, and to their men [0582], and said [0559] unto them, Fear [03372] not to be the servants [05650] of the Chaldees [03778]: dwell [03427] in the land [0776], and serve [05647] the king [04428] of Babylon [0894]; and it shall be well [03190] with you.
And it came to pass in the seven [07651] and thirtieth [07970] year [08141] of the captivity [01546] of Jehoiachin [03078] king [04428] of Judah [03063], in the twelfth [06240] [08147] month [02320], on the seven [07651] and twentieth [06242] day of the month [02320], that Evil–merodach [0192] king [04428] of Babylon [0894] in the year [08141] that he began to reign [04427] did lift up [05375] the head [07218] of Jehoiachin [03078] king [04428] of Judah [03063] out of prison [03608] [01004];
And he spake [01696] kindly [02896] to him, and set [05414] his throne [03678] above the throne [03678] of the kings [04428] that were with him in Babylon [0894];kindly…: Heb. good things with him
And his allowance [0737] was a continual [08548] allowance [0737] given [05414] him of the king [04428], a daily [03117] [03117] rate [01697] for every day [03117], all the days [03117] of his life [02416].
Now these are the kings [04428] that reigned [04427] in the land [0776] of Edom [0123] before [06440] any king [04428] reigned [04427] over the children [01121] of Israel [03478]; Bela [01106] the son [01121] of Beor [01160]: and the name [08034] of his city [05892] was Dinhabah [01838].
The third [07992], Absalom [053] the son [01121] of Maachah [04601] the daughter [01323] of Talmai [08526] king [04428] of Geshur [01650]: the fourth [07243], Adonijah [0138] the son [01121] of Haggith [02294]:
These were the potters [03335], and those that dwelt [03427] among plants [05196] and hedges [01448]: there they dwelt [03427] with the king [04428] for his work [04399].
And these written [03789] by name [08034] came [0935] in the days [03117] of Hezekiah [03169] king [04428] of Judah [03063], and smote [05221] their tents [0168], and the habitations [04583] that were found [04672] there, and destroyed [02763] them utterly unto this day [03117], and dwelt [03427] in their rooms: because there was pasture [04829] there for their flocks [06629].
Beerah [0880] his son [01121], whom Tilgath–pilneser [08407] king [04428] of Assyria [0804] carried away [01540] captive: he was prince [05387] of the Reubenites [07206].Tilgath–pilneser: also called, Tiglath–pileser
All these were reckoned by genealogies [03187] in the days [03117] of Jotham [03147] king [04428] of Judah [03063], and in the days [03117] of Jeroboam [03379] king [04428] of Israel [03478].
And the God [0430] of Israel [03478] stirred up [05782] the spirit [07307] of Pul [06322] king [04428] of Assyria [0804], and the spirit [07307] of Tilgath–pilneser [08407] king [04428] of Assyria [0804], and he carried them away [01540], even the Reubenites [07206], and the Gadites [01425], and the half [02677] tribe [07626] of Manasseh [04519], and brought [0935] them unto Halah [02477], and Habor [02249], and Hara [02024], and to the river [05104] Gozan [01470], unto this day [03117].
So all Israel [03478] were reckoned by genealogies [03187]; and, behold, they were written [03789] in the book [05612] of the kings [04428] of Israel [03478] and Judah [03063], who were carried away [01540] to Babylon [0894] for their transgression [04604].
Who hitherto waited in the king's [04428] gate [08179] eastward [04217]: they were porters [07778] in the companies [04264] of the children [01121] of Levi [03878].
And moreover in time [08543] past [08032], even when Saul [07586] was king [04428], thou wast he that leddest out [03318] and broughtest in [0935] Israel [03478]: and the Lord [03068] thy God [0430] said [0559] unto thee, Thou shalt feed [07462] my people [05971] Israel [03478], and thou shalt be ruler [05057] over my people [01571] Israel [03478].in time…: Heb. both yesterday and the third dayfeed: or, rule
Therefore came [0935] all the elders [02205] of Israel [03478] to the king [04428] to Hebron [02275]; and David [01732] made [03772] a covenant [01285] with them in Hebron [02275] before [06440] the Lord [03068]; and they anointed [04886] David [01732] king [04428] over Israel [03478], according to the word [01697] of the Lord [03068] by [03027] Samuel [08050].by: Heb. by the hand of
Now Hiram [02361] [02438] king [04428] of Tyre [06865] sent [07971] messengers [04397] to David [01732], and timber [06086] of cedars [0730], with masons [07023] and carpenters [02796], to build [01129] him an house [01004].
And David [01732] perceived [03045] that the Lord [03068] had confirmed [03559] him king [04428] over Israel [03478], for his kingdom [04438] was lifted up [05375] on high [04605], because of his people [05971] Israel [03478].
And when the Philistines [06430] heard [08085] that David [01732] was anointed [04886] king [04428] over all Israel [03478], all the Philistines [06430] went up [05927] to seek [01245] David [01732]. And David [01732] heard [08085] of it, and went out [03318] against [06440] them.
And it came to pass, as the ark [0727] of the covenant [01285] of the Lord [03068] came [0935] to the city [05892] of David [01732], that Michal [04324] the daughter [01323] of Saul [07586] looking out [08259] at a window [02474] saw [07200] king [04428] David [01732] dancing [07540] and playing [07832]: and she despised [0959] him in her heart [03820].
He suffered [03240] no man [0376] to do them wrong [06231]: yea, he reproved [03198] kings [04428] for their sakes,
And David [01732] the king [04428] came [0935] and sat [03427] before [06440] the Lord [03068], and said [0559], Who am I, O Lord [03068] God [0430], and what is mine house [01004], that thou hast brought [0935] me hitherto [01988]?
And David [01732] smote [05221] Hadarezer [01928] king [04428] of Zobah [06678] unto Hamath [02574], as he went [03212] to stablish [05324] his dominion [03027] by the river [05104] Euphrates [06578].Hadarezer: or, Hadadezer
And when the Syrians [0758] of Damascus [01834] came [0935] to help [05826] Hadarezer [01928] king [04428] of Zobah [06678], David [01732] slew [05221] of the Syrians [0758] two [08147] and twenty [06242] thousand [0505] men [0376].Damascus: Heb. Darmesek
Now when Tou [08583] king [04428] of Hamath [02574] heard [08085] how David [01732] had smitten [05221] all the host [02428] of Hadarezer [01928] king [04428] of Zobah [06678];Tou: also called, Toi
He sent [07971] Hadoram [01913] his son [01121] to king [04428] David [01732], to enquire [07592] of his welfare [07965], and to congratulate [01288] him, because he had fought [03898] against Hadarezer [01928], and smitten [05221] him; (for Hadarezer [01928] had war [04421] [0376] with Tou [08583];) and with him all manner of vessels [03627] of gold [02091] and silver [03701] and brass [05178].Hadoram: also called, Joramto enquire…: or, to saluteto congratulate: Heb. to blesshad war: Heb. was the man of wars
Them also king [04428] David [01732] dedicated [06942] unto the Lord [03068], with the silver [03701] and the gold [02091] that he brought [05375] from all these nations [01471]; from Edom [0123], and from Moab [04124], and from the children [01121] of Ammon [05983], and from the Philistines [06430], and from Amalek [06002].
And Benaiah [01141] the son [01121] of Jehoiada [03077] was over the Cherethites [03774] and the Pelethites [06432]; and the sons [01121] of David [01732] were chief [07223] about [03027] the king [04428].about…: Heb. at the hand of the king
Now it came to pass after this [0310], that Nahash [05176] the king [04428] of the children [01121] of Ammon [05983] died [04191], and his son [01121] reigned [04427] in his stead.
Then there went [03212] certain, and told [05046] David [01732] how the men [0582] were served. And he sent [07971] to meet [07125] them: for the men [0582] were greatly [03966] ashamed [03637]. And the king [04428] said [0559], Tarry [03427] at Jericho [03405] until your beards [02206] be grown [06779], and then return [07725].
So they hired [07936] thirty [07970] and two [08147] thousand [0505] chariots [07393], and the king [04428] of Maachah [04601] and his people [05971]; who came [0935] and pitched [02583] before [06440] Medeba [04311]. And the children [01121] of Ammon [05983] gathered themselves together [0622] from their cities [05892], and came [0935] to battle [04421].
And the children [01121] of Ammon [05983] came out [03318], and put the battle [04421] in array [06186] before the gate [06607] of the city [05892]: and the kings [04428] that were come [0935] were by themselves in the field [07704].
And it came to pass, that after [06256] the year [08141] was expired [08666], at the time [06256] that kings [04428] go out [03318] to battle, Joab [03097] led forth [05090] the power [02428] of the army [06635], and wasted [07843] the country [0776] of the children [01121] of Ammon [05983], and came [0935] and besieged [06696] Rabbah [07237]. But David [01732] tarried [03427] at Jerusalem [03389]. And Joab [03097] smote [05221] Rabbah [07237], and destroyed [02040] it.after…: Heb. at the return of the year
And David [01732] took [03947] the crown [05850] of their king [04428] from off his head [07218], and found [04672] it to weigh [04948] a talent [03603] of gold [02091], and there were precious [03368] stones [068] in it; and it was set upon David's [01732] head [07218]: and he brought [03318] also exceeding [03966] much [07235] spoil [07998] out of the city [05892].to weigh: Heb. the weight of
And Joab [03097] answered [0559], The Lord [03068] make his people [05971] an hundred [03967] times [06471] so many more [03254] as they [01992] be: but, my lord [0113] the king [04428], are they not all my lord's [0113] servants [05650]? why then doth my lord [0113] require [01245] this thing? why will he be a cause of trespass [0819] to Israel [03478]?
Nevertheless the king's [04428] word [01697] prevailed [02388] against Joab [03097]. Wherefore Joab [03097] departed [03318], and went [01980] throughout all Israel [03478], and came [0935] to Jerusalem [03389].
But Levi [03878] and Benjamin [01144] counted [06485] he not among [08432] them: for the king's [04428] word [01697] was abominable [08581] to Joab [03097].
And Ornan [0771] said [0559] unto David [01732], Take [03947] it to thee, and let my lord [0113] the king [04428] do [06213] that which is good [02896] in his eyes [05869]: lo [07200], I give [05414] thee the oxen [01241] also for burnt offerings [05930], and the threshing instruments [04173] for wood [06086], and the wheat [02406] for the meat offering [04503]; I give [05414] it all.
And king [04428] David [01732] said [0559] to Ornan [0771], Nay; but I will verily [07069] buy [07069] it for the full [04392] price [03701]: for I will not take [05375] that which is thine for the Lord [03068], nor offer [05927] burnt offerings [05930] without cost [02600].
And Shemaiah [08098] the son [01121] of Nethaneel [05417] the scribe [05608], one of the Levites [03881], wrote [03789] them before [06440] the king [04428], and the princes [08269], and Zadok [06659] the priest [03548], and Ahimelech [0288] the son [01121] of Abiathar [054], and before the chief [07218] of the fathers [01] of the priests [03548] and Levites [03881]: one [0259] principal [01] household [01004] being taken [0270] for Eleazar [0499], and one taken [0270] for Ithamar [0385].principal…: Heb. house of the father
These likewise cast [05307] lots [01486] over against [05980] their brethren [0251] the sons [01121] of Aaron [0175] in the presence [06440] of David [01732] the king [04428], and Zadok [06659], and Ahimelech [0288], and the chief [07218] of the fathers [01] of the priests [03548] and Levites [03881], even the principal [07218] fathers [01] over against [05980] their younger [06996] brethren [0251].
Of the sons [01121] of Asaph [0623]; Zaccur [02139], and Joseph [03130], and Nethaniah [05418], and Asarelah [0841], the sons [01121] of Asaph [0623] under the hands [03027] of Asaph [0623], which prophesied [05012] according to the order [03027] of the king [04428].Asarelah: otherwise called Jesharelahaccording…: Heb. by the hands of the king
All these were the sons [01121] of Heman [01968] the king's [04428] seer [02374] in the words [01697] of God [0430], to lift up [07311] the horn [07161]. And God [0430] gave [05414] to Heman [01968] fourteen [06240] [0702] sons [01121] and three [07969] daughters [01323].words: or, matters
All these were under the hands [03027] of their father [01] for song [07892] in the house [01004] of the Lord [03068], with cymbals [04700], psalteries [05035], and harps [03658], for the service [05656] of the house [01004] of God [0430], according to the king's [04428] order [03027] to Asaph [0623], Jeduthun [03038], and Heman [01968].according…: Heb. by the hands of the king
Which Shelomith [08013] and his brethren [0251] were over all the treasures [0214] of the dedicated things [06944], which David [01732] the king [04428], and the chief [07218] fathers [01], the captains [08269] over thousands [0505] and hundreds [03967], and the captains [08269] of the host [06635], had dedicated [06942].
And of the Hebronites [02276], Hashabiah [02811] and his brethren [0251], men [01121] of valour [02428], a thousand [0505] and seven [07651] hundred [03967], were officers [06486] among them of Israel [03478] on this side [05676] Jordan [03383] westward [04628] in all the business [04399] of the Lord [03068], and in the service [05656] of the king [04428].officers…: Heb. over the charge
And his brethren [0251], men [01121] of valour [02428], were two thousand [0505] and seven [07651] hundred [03967] chief [07218] fathers [01], whom king [04428] David [01732] made rulers [06485] over the Reubenites [07206], the Gadites [01425], and the half [02677] tribe [07626] of Manasseh [04520], for every matter [01697] pertaining to God [0430], and affairs [01697] of the king [04428].affairs: Heb. thing
Now the children [01121] of Israel [03478] after their number [04557], to wit, the chief [07218] fathers [01] and captains [08269] of thousands [0505] and hundreds [03967], and their officers [07860] that served [08334] the king [04428] in any matter [01697] of the courses [04256], which came in [0935] and went out [03318] month [02320] by month [02320] throughout all the months [02320] of the year [08141], of every [0259] course [04256] were twenty [06242] and four [0702] thousand [0505].
Joab [03097] the son [01121] of Zeruiah [06870] began [02490] to number [04487], but he finished [03615] not, because there fell wrath [07110] for it [02063] against Israel [03478]; neither was the number [04557] put [05927] in the account [04557] of the chronicles [03117] [01697] of king [04428] David [01732].was: Heb. ascended
And over the king's [04428] treasures [0214] was Azmaveth [05820] the son [01121] of Adiel [05717]: and over the storehouses [0214] in the fields [07704], in the cities [05892], and in the villages [03723], and in the castles [04026], was Jehonathan [03083] the son [01121] of Uzziah [05818]:
And over the flocks [06629] was Jaziz [03151] the Hagerite [01905]. All these were the rulers [08269] of the substance [07399] which was king [04428] David's [01732].
Also Jonathan [03083] David's [01732] uncle [01730] was a counsellor [03289], a wise [0995] man [0376], and a scribe [05608]: and Jehiel [03171] the son [01121] of Hachmoni [02453] was with the king's [04428] sons [01121]:scribe: or, secretaryson…: or, Hachmonite
And Ahithophel [0302] was the king's [04428] counsellor [03289]: and Hushai [02365] the Archite [0757] was the king's [04428] companion [07453]:
And after [0310] Ahithophel [0302] was Jehoiada [03077] the son [01121] of Benaiah [01141], and Abiathar [054]: and the general [08269] of the king's [04428] army [06635] was Joab [03097].
And David [01732] assembled [06950] all the princes [08269] of Israel [03478], the princes [08269] of the tribes [07626], and the captains [08269] of the companies [04256] that ministered [08334] to the king [04428] by course [04256], and the captains [08269] over the thousands [0505], and captains [08269] over the hundreds [03967], and the stewards [08269] over all the substance [07399] and possession [04735] of the king [04428], and of his sons [01121], with the officers [05631], and with the mighty men [01368], and with all the valiant men [02428], unto Jerusalem [03389].possession: or, cattleand of…: or, and his sonsofficers: or, eunuchs
Then David [01732] the king [04428] stood up [06965] upon his feet [07272], and said [0559], Hear [08085] me, my brethren [0251], and my people [05971]: As for me, I had in mine heart [03824] to build [01129] an house [01004] of rest [04496] for the ark [0727] of the covenant [01285] of the Lord [03068], and for the footstool [07272] [01916] of our God [0430], and had made ready [03559] for the building [01129]:
Howbeit the Lord [03068] God [0430] of Israel [03478] chose [0977] me before all the house [01004] of my father [01] to be king [04428] over Israel [03478] for ever [05769]: for he hath chosen [0977] Judah [03063] to be the ruler [05057]; and of the house [01004] of Judah [03063], the house [01004] of my father [01]; and among the sons [01121] of my father [01] he liked [07521] me to make me king [04427] over all Israel [03478]:
Furthermore David [01732] the king [04428] said [0559] unto all the congregation [06951], Solomon [08010] my son [01121], whom alone [0259] God [0430] hath chosen [0977], is yet young [05288] and tender [07390], and the work [04399] is great [01419]: for the palace [01002] is not for man [0120], but for the Lord [03068] God [0430].
Then the chief [08269] of the fathers [01] and princes [08269] of the tribes [07626] of Israel [03478], and the captains [08269] of thousands [0505] and of hundreds [03967], with the rulers [08269] of the king's [04428] work [04399], offered willingly [05068],
Then the people [05971] rejoiced [08055], for that they offered willingly [05068], because with perfect [08003] heart [03820] they offered willingly [05068] to the Lord [03068]: and David [01732] the king [04428] also rejoiced [08055] with great [01419] joy [08057].
And David [01732] said [0559] to all the congregation [06951], Now bless [01288] the Lord [03068] your God [0430]. And all the congregation [06951] blessed [01288] the Lord [03068] God [0430] of their fathers [01], and bowed down their heads [06915], and worshipped [07812] the Lord [03068], and the king [04428].
Then Solomon [08010] sat on [03427] the throne [03678] of the Lord [03068] as king [04428] instead of David [01732] his father [01], and prospered [06743]; and all Israel [03478] obeyed [08085] him.
And all the princes [08269], and the mighty men [01368], and all the sons [01121] likewise of king [04428] David [01732], submitted themselves [08478] [03027] [05414] unto Solomon [08010] the king [04428].submitted…: Heb. gave the hand under Solomon
And the Lord [03068] magnified [01431] Solomon [08010] exceedingly [04605] in the sight [05869] of all Israel [03478], and bestowed [05414] upon him such royal [04438] majesty [01935] as had not been on any king [04428] before [06440] him in Israel [03478].
Now the acts [01697] of David [01732] the king [04428], first [07223] and last [0314], behold, they are written [03789] in the book [01697] of Samuel [08050] the seer [07200], and in the book [01697] of Nathan [05416] the prophet [05030], and in the book [01697] of Gad [01410] the seer [02374],book: or, history: Heb. words
Wisdom [02451] and knowledge [04093] is granted [05414] unto thee; and I will give [05414] thee riches [06239], and wealth [05233], and honour [03519], such as none of the kings [04428] have had that have been before [06440] thee, neither shall there any after [0310] thee have the like.
And Solomon [08010] gathered [0622] chariots [07393] and horsemen [06571]: and he had a thousand [0505] and four [0702] hundred [03967] chariots [07393], and twelve [06240] [08147] thousand [0505] horsemen [06571], which he placed [03240] in the chariot [07393] cities [05892], and with the king [04428] at Jerusalem [03389].
And the king [04428] made [05414] silver [03701] and gold [02091] at Jerusalem [03389] as plenteous as stones [068], and cedar trees [0730] made [05414] he as the sycomore trees [08256] that are in the vale [08219] for abundance [07230].made: Heb. gave
And Solomon [08010] had horses [05483] brought [04161] out of Egypt [04714], and linen yarn [04723]: the king's [04428] merchants [05503] received [03947] the linen yarn [04723] at a price [04242].Solomon…: Heb. the going forth of the horses which was Solomon's
And they fetched up [05927], and brought forth [03318] out of Egypt [04714] a chariot [04818] for six [08337] hundred [03967] shekels of silver [03701], and an horse [05483] for an hundred [03967] and fifty [02572]: and so brought they out [03318] horses for all the kings [04428] of the Hittites [02850], and for the kings [04428] of Syria [0758], by their means [03027].means: Heb. hand
And Solomon [08010] sent [07971] to Huram [02361] the king [04428] of Tyre [06865], saying [0559], As thou didst deal [06213] with David [01732] my father [01], and didst send [07971] him cedars [0730] to build [01129] him an house [01004] to dwell [03427] therein, even so deal with me.Huram: or, Hiram
Then Huram [02361] the king [04428] of Tyre [06865] answered [0559] in writing [03791], which he sent [07971] to Solomon [08010], Because the Lord [03068] hath loved [0160] his people [05971], he hath made [05414] thee king [04428] over them.
Huram [02361] said [0559] moreover, Blessed [01288] be the Lord [03068] God [0430] of Israel [03478], that made [06213] heaven [08064] and earth [0776], who hath given [05414] to David [01732] the king [04428] a wise [02450] son [01121], endued [03045] with prudence [07922] and understanding [0998], that might build [01129] an house [01004] for the Lord [03068], and an house [01004] for his kingdom [04438].endued…: Heb. knowing prudence and understanding
And Huram [02361] made [06213] the pots [05518], and the shovels [03257], and the basons [04219]. And Huram [02438] [02361] finished [06213] [03615] the work [04399] that he was to make [06213] for king [04428] Solomon [08010] for the house [01004] of God [0430];basons: or, bowlsfinished: Heb. finished to make
The pots [05518] also, and the shovels [03257], and the fleshhooks [04207], and all their instruments [03627], did Huram [02361] his father [01] make [06213] to king [04428] Solomon [08010] for the house [01004] of the Lord [03068] of bright [04838] brass [05178].bright: Heb. made bright, or, scoured
In the plain [03603] of Jordan [03383] did the king [04428] cast [03332] them, in the clay [05645] ground [0127] between Succoth [05523] and Zeredathah [06868].clay…: Heb. thicknesses of the ground
Wherefore all the men [0376] of Israel [03478] assembled [06950] themselves unto the king [04428] in the feast [02282] which was in the seventh [07637] month [02320].
Also king [04428] Solomon [08010], and all the congregation [05712] of Israel [03478] that were assembled [03259] unto him before [06440] the ark [0727], sacrificed [02076] sheep [06629] and oxen [01241], which could not be told [05608] nor numbered [04487] for multitude [07230].
And the king [04428] turned [05437] his face [06440], and blessed [01288] the whole congregation [06951] of Israel [03478]: and all the congregation [06951] of Israel [03478] stood [05975].
Then the king [04428] and all the people [05971] offered [02076] sacrifices [02077] before [06440] the Lord [03068].
And king [04428] Solomon [08010] offered [02076] a sacrifice [02077] of twenty [06242] and two [08147] thousand [0505] oxen [01241], and an hundred [03967] and twenty [06242] thousand [0505] sheep [06629]: so the king [04428] and all the people [05971] dedicated [02596] the house [01004] of God [0430].
And the priests [03548] waited [05975] on their offices [04931]: the Levites [03881] also with instruments [03627] of musick [07892] of the Lord [03068], which David [01732] the king [04428] had made [06213] to praise [03034] the Lord [03068], because his mercy [02617] endureth for ever [05769], when David [01732] praised [01984] by their ministry [03027]; and the priests [03548] sounded trumpets [02690] [02690] before them, and all Israel [03478] stood [05975].by their…: Heb. by their hand
Thus Solomon [08010] finished [03615] the house [01004] of the Lord [03068], and the king's [04428] house [01004]: and all that came [0935] into Solomon's [08010] heart [03820] to make [06213] in the house [01004] of the Lord [03068], and in his own house [01004], he prosperously effected [06743].
And these were the chief [08269] of king [04428] Solomon's [08010] officers [05333] [05324], even two hundred [03967] and fifty [02572], that bare rule [07287] over the people [05971].
And Solomon [08010] brought up [05927] the daughter [01323] of Pharaoh [06547] out of the city [05892] of David [01732] unto the house [01004] that he had built [01129] for her: for he said [0559], My wife [0802] shall not dwell [03427] in the house [01004] of David [01732] king [04428] of Israel [03478], because the places are holy [06944], whereunto the ark [0727] of the Lord [03068] hath come [0935].holy: Heb. holiness
And they departed [05493] not from the commandment [04687] of the king [04428] unto the priests [03548] and Levites [03881] concerning any matter [01697], or concerning the treasures [0214].
And Huram [02361] sent [07971] him by the hands [03027] of his servants [05650] ships [0591] [0591], and servants [05650] that had knowledge [03045] of the sea [03220]; and they went [0935] with the servants [05650] of Solomon [08010] to Ophir [0211], and took [03947] thence four [0702] hundred [03967] and fifty [02572] talents [03603] of gold [02091], and brought [0935] them to king [04428] Solomon [08010].
And she said [0559] to the king [04428], It was a true [0571] report [01697] which I heard [08085] in mine own land [0776] of thine acts [01697], and of thy wisdom [02451]:report: Heb. wordacts: or, sayings
Blessed [01288] be the Lord [03068] thy God [0430], which delighted [02654] in thee to set [05414] thee on his throne [03678], to be king [04428] for the Lord [03068] thy God [0430]: because thy God [0430] loved [0160] Israel [03478], to establish [05975] them for ever [05769], therefore made [05414] he thee king [04428] over them, to do [06213] judgment [04941] and justice [06666].
And she gave [05414] the king [04428] an hundred [03967] and twenty [06242] talents [03603] of gold [02091], and of spices [01314] great [03966] abundance [07230], and precious [03368] stones [068]: neither was there any such spice [01314] as the queen [04436] of Sheba [07614] gave [05414] king [04428] Solomon [08010].
And the king [04428] made [06213] of the algum [0418] trees [06086] terraces [04546] to the house [01004] of the Lord [03068], and to the king's [04428] palace [01004], and harps [03658] and psalteries [05035] for singers [07891]: and there were none such [01992] seen [07200] before [06440] in the land [0776] of Judah [03063].terraces: or, stairs: Heb. highways
And king [04428] Solomon [08010] gave [05414] to the queen [04436] of Sheba [07614] all her desire [02656], whatsoever she asked [07592], beside that which she had brought [0935] unto the king [04428]. So she turned [02015], and went away [03212] to her own land [0776], she and her servants [05650].
Beside that which chapmen [08446] [0582] and merchants [05503] brought [0935]. And all the kings [04428] of Arabia [06152] and governors [06346] of the country [0776] brought [0935] gold [02091] and silver [03701] to Solomon [08010].governors: or, captains
And king [04428] Solomon [08010] made [06213] two hundred [03967] targets [06793] of beaten [07820] gold [02091]: six [08337] hundred [03967] shekels of beaten [07820] gold [02091] went [05927] to one [0259] target [06793].
And three [07969] hundred [03967] shields [04043] made he of beaten [07820] gold [02091]: three [07969] hundred [03967] shekels of gold [02091] went [05927] to one [0259] shield [04043]. And the king [04428] put [05414] them in the house [01004] of the forest [03293] of Lebanon [03844].
Moreover the king [04428] made [06213] a great [01419] throne [03678] of ivory [08127], and overlaid [06823] it with pure [02889] gold [02091].
And all the drinking [04945] vessels [03627] of king [04428] Solomon [08010] were of gold [02091], and all the vessels [03627] of the house [01004] of the forest [03293] of Lebanon [03844] were of pure [05462] gold [02091]: none were of silver [03701]; it was not any [03972] thing accounted [02803] of in the days [03117] of Solomon [08010].pure: Heb. shut upnone were of silver: or, there was no silver in them
For the king's [04428] ships [0591] went [01980] to Tarshish [08659] with the servants [05650] of Huram [02361]: every three [07969] years [08141] once [0259] came [0935] the ships [0591] of Tarshish [08659] bringing [05375] gold [02091], and silver [03701], ivory [08143], and apes [06971], and peacocks [08500].ivory: or, elephants' teeth
And king [04428] Solomon [08010] passed [01431] all the kings [04428] of the earth [0776] in riches [06239] and wisdom [02451].
And all the kings [04428] of the earth [0776] sought [01245] the presence [06440] of Solomon [08010], to hear [08085] his wisdom [02451], that God [0430] had put [05414] in his heart [03820].
And Solomon [08010] had four [0702] thousand [0505] stalls [0723] for horses [05483] and chariots [04818], and twelve [06240] [08147] thousand [0505] horsemen [06571]; whom he bestowed [03240] in the chariot [07393] cities [05892], and with the king [04428] at Jerusalem [03389].
And he reigned [04910] over all the kings [04428] from the river [05104] even unto the land [0776] of the Philistines [06430], and to the border [01366] of Egypt [04714].river: that is, Euphrates
And the king [04428] made [05414] silver [03701] in Jerusalem [03389] as stones [068], and cedar trees [0730] made [05414] he as the sycomore trees [08256] that are in the low plains [08219] in abundance [07230].made silver: Heb. gave silver
And it came to pass, when Jeroboam [03379] the son [01121] of Nebat [05028], who was in Egypt [04714], whither he had fled [01272] from the presence [06440] of Solomon [08010] the king [04428], heard [08085] it, that Jeroboam [03379] returned [07725] out of Egypt [04714].
And king [04428] Rehoboam [07346] took counsel [03289] with the old [02205] men that had stood [05975] before [06440] Solomon [08010] his father [01] while he yet lived [02416], saying [0559], What [0349] counsel give [03289] ye me to return [07725] answer [01697] to this people [05971]?
So Jeroboam [03379] and all the people [05971] came [0935] to Rehoboam [07346] on the third [07992] day [03117], as the king [04428] bade [01696], saying [0559], Come again [07725] to me on the third [07992] day [03117].
And the king [04428] answered [06030] them roughly [07186]; and king [04428] Rehoboam [07346] forsook [05800] the counsel [06098] of the old men [02205],
So the king [04428] hearkened [08085] not unto the people [05971]: for the cause [05252] was of God [0430], that the Lord [03068] might perform [06965] his word [01697], which he spake [01696] by the hand [03027] of Ahijah [0281] the Shilonite [07888] to Jeroboam [03379] the son [01121] of Nebat [05028].
And when all Israel [03478] saw [07200] that the king [04428] would not hearken [08085] unto them, the people [05971] answered [07725] the king [04428], saying [0559], What portion [02506] have we in David [01732]? and we have none inheritance [05159] in the son [01121] of Jesse [03448]: every man [0376] to your tents [0168], O Israel [03478]: and now, David [01732], see [07200] to thine own house [01004]. So all Israel [03478] went [03212] to their tents [0168].
Then king [04428] Rehoboam [07346] sent [07971] Hadoram [01913] that was over the tribute [04522]; and the children [01121] of Israel [03478] stoned [07275] him with stones [068], that he died [04191]. But king [04428] Rehoboam [07346] made speed [0553] to get him up [05927] to his chariot [04818], to flee [05127] to Jerusalem [03389].made speed: Heb. strengthened himself
Speak [0559] unto Rehoboam [07346] the son [01121] of Solomon [08010], king [04428] of Judah [03063], and to all Israel [03478] in Judah [03063] and Benjamin [01144], saying [0559],
And it came to pass, that in the fifth [02549] year [08141] of king [04428] Rehoboam [07346] Shishak [07895] king [04428] of Egypt [04714] came up [05927] against Jerusalem [03389], because they had transgressed [04603] against the Lord [03068],
Whereupon the princes [08269] of Israel [03478] and the king [04428] humbled [03665] themselves; and they said [0559], The Lord [03068] is righteous [06662].
So Shishak [07895] king [04428] of Egypt [04714] came up [05927] against Jerusalem [03389], and took away [03947] the treasures [0214] of the house [01004] of the Lord [03068], and the treasures [0214] of the king's [04428] house [01004]; he took [03947] all: he carried away [03947] also the shields [04043] of gold [02091] which Solomon [08010] had made [06213].
Instead of which king [04428] Rehoboam [07346] made [06213] shields [04043] of brass [05178], and committed [06485] them to the hands [03027] of the chief [08269] of the guard [07323], that kept [08104] the entrance [06607] of the king's [04428] house [01004].
And when [01767] the king [04428] entered [0935] into the house [01004] of the Lord [03068], the guard [07323] came [0935] and fetched [05375] them, and brought them again [07725] into the guard [07323] chamber [08372].
So king [04428] Rehoboam [07346] strengthened [02388] himself in Jerusalem [03389], and reigned [04427]: for Rehoboam [07346] was one [0259] and forty [0705] years [08141] old [01121] when he began to reign [04427], and he reigned [04427] seventeen [06240] [07651] years [08141] in Jerusalem [03389], the city [05892] which the Lord [03068] had chosen [0977] out of all the tribes [07626] of Israel [03478], to put [07760] his name [08034] there. And his mother's [0517] name [08034] was Naamah [05279] an Ammonitess [05985].
Now in the eighteenth [06240] [08083] year [08141] of king [04428] Jeroboam [03379] began Abijah [029] to reign [04427] over Judah [03063].
And also concerning Maachah [04601] the mother [0517] of Asa [0609] the king [04428], he removed [05493] her from being queen [01377], because she had made [06213] an idol [04656] in a grove [0842]: and Asa [0609] cut down [03772] her idol [04656], and stamped [01854] it, and burnt [08313] it at the brook [05158] Kidron [06939].mother: that is, grandmotheridol: Heb. horror
In the six [08337] and thirtieth [07970] year [08141] of the reign [04438] of Asa [0609] Baasha [01201] king [04428] of Israel [03478] came up [05927] against Judah [03063], and built [01129] Ramah [07414], to the intent that [01115] he might let [05414] none go out [03318] or come in [0935] to Asa [0609] king [04428] of Judah [03063].
Then Asa [0609] brought out [03318] silver [03701] and gold [02091] out of the treasures [0214] of the house [01004] of the Lord [03068] and of the king's [04428] house [01004], and sent [07971] to Ben–hadad [01130] king [04428] of Syria [0758], that dwelt [03427] at Damascus [01834], saying [0559],Damascus: Heb. Darmesek
There is a league [01285] between me and thee, as there was between my father [01] and thy father [01]: behold, I have sent [07971] thee silver [03701] and gold [02091]; go [03212], break [06565] thy league [01285] with Baasha [01201] king [04428] of Israel [03478], that he may depart [05927] from me.
And Ben–hadad [01130] hearkened [08085] unto king [04428] Asa [0609], and sent [07971] the captains [08269] of his armies [02428] against the cities [05892] of Israel [03478]; and they smote [05221] Ijon [05859], and Dan [01835], and Abel–maim [066], and all the store [04543] cities [05892] of Naphtali [05321].his: Heb. which were his
Then Asa [0609] the king [04428] took [03947] all Judah [03063]; and they carried away [05375] the stones [068] of Ramah [07414], and the timber [06086] thereof, wherewith Baasha [01201] was building [01129]; and he built [01129] therewith Geba [01387] and Mizpah [04709].
And at that time [06256] Hanani [02607] the seer [07200] came [0935] to Asa [0609] king [04428] of Judah [03063], and said [0559] unto him, Because thou hast relied [08172] on the king [04428] of Syria [0758], and not relied [08172] on the Lord [03068] thy God [0430], therefore is the host [02428] of the king [04428] of Syria [0758] escaped [04422] out of thine hand [03027].
And, behold, the acts [01697] of Asa [0609], first [07223] and last [0314], lo, they are written [03789] in the book [05612] of the kings [04428] of Judah [03063] and Israel [03478].
These waited [08334] on the king [04428], beside those whom the king [04428] put [05414] in the fenced [04013] cities [05892] throughout all Judah [03063].
And Ahab [0256] king [04428] of Israel [03478] said [0559] unto Jehoshaphat [03092] king [04428] of Judah [03063], Wilt thou go [03212] with me to Ramoth–gilead [01568] [07433]? And he answered [0559] him, I am as thou art, and my people [05971] as thy people [05971]; and we will be with thee in the war [04421].
And Jehoshaphat [03092] said [0559] unto the king [04428] of Israel [03478], Enquire [01875], I pray thee, at the word [01697] of the Lord [03068] to day [03117].
Therefore the king [04428] of Israel [03478] gathered together [06908] of prophets [05030] four [0702] hundred [03967] men [0376], and said [0559] unto them, Shall we go [03212] to Ramoth–gilead [01568] [07433] to battle [04421], or shall I forbear [02308]? And they said [0559], Go up [05927]; for God [0430] will deliver [05414] it into the king's [04428] hand [03027].
And the king [04428] of Israel [03478] said [0559] unto Jehoshaphat [03092], There is yet one [0259] man [0376], by whom we may enquire [01875] of the Lord [03068]: but I hate [08130] him; for he never prophesied [05012] good [02896] unto me, but always [03117] evil [07451]: the same is Micaiah [04321] the son [01121] of Imla [03229]. And Jehoshaphat [03092] said [0559], Let not the king [04428] say [0559] so.
And the king [04428] of Israel [03478] called [07121] for one [0259] of his officers [05631], and said [0559], Fetch quickly [04116] Micaiah [04319] the son [01121] of Imla [03229].officers: or, eunuchsFetch…: Heb. Hasten
And the king [04428] of Israel [03478] and Jehoshaphat [03092] king [04428] of Judah [03063] sat [03427] either [0376] of them on his throne [03678], clothed [03847] in their robes [0899], and they sat [03427] in a void place [01637] at the entering in [06607] of the gate [08179] of Samaria [08111]; and all the prophets [05030] prophesied [05012] before [06440] them.void…: or, floor
And all the prophets [05030] prophesied [05012] so, saying [0559], Go up [05927] to Ramoth–gilead [01568] [07433], and prosper [06743]: for the Lord [03068] shall deliver [05414] it into the hand [03027] of the king [04428].
And the messenger [04397] that went [01980] to call [07121] Micaiah [04321] spake [01696] to him, saying [0559], Behold, the words [01697] of the prophets [05030] declare good [02896] to the king [04428] with one [0259] assent [06310]; let thy word [01697] therefore, I pray thee, be like one [0259] of theirs, and speak [01696] thou good [02896].with…: Heb. with one mouth
And when he was come [0935] to the king [04428], the king [04428] said [0559] unto him, Micaiah [04318], shall we go [03212] to Ramoth–gilead [01568] [07433] to battle [04421], or shall I forbear [02308]? And he said [0559], Go ye up [05927], and prosper [06743], and they shall be delivered [05414] into your hand [03027].
And the king [04428] said [0559] to him, How many times [06471] shall I adjure [07650] thee that thou say [01696] nothing but the truth [0571] to me in the name [08034] of the Lord [03068]?
And the king [04428] of Israel [03478] said [0559] to Jehoshaphat [03092], Did I not tell [0559] thee that he would not prophesy [05012] good [02896] unto me, but evil [07451]?but evil: or, but for evil
And the Lord [03068] said [0559], Who shall entice [06601] Ahab [0256] king [04428] of Israel [03478], that he may go up [05927] and fall [05307] at Ramoth–gilead [01568] [07433]? And one spake [0559] saying [0559] after this manner [03602], and another saying [0559] after that manner [03602].
Then the king [04428] of Israel [03478] said [0559], Take [03947] ye Micaiah [04321], and carry him back [07725] to Amon [0526] the governor [08269] of the city [05892], and to Joash [03101] the king's [04428] son [01121];
And say [0559], Thus saith [0559] the king [04428], Put [07760] this fellow in the prison [03608] [01004], and feed [0398] him with bread [03899] of affliction [03906] and with water [04325] of affliction [03906], until I return [07725] in peace [07965].
So the king [04428] of Israel [03478] and Jehoshaphat [03092] the king [04428] of Judah [03063] went up [05927] to Ramoth–gilead [01568] [07433].
And the king [04428] of Israel [03478] said [0559] unto Jehoshaphat [03092], I will disguise [02664] myself, and will go [0935] to the battle [04421]; but put [03847] thou on thy robes [0899]. So the king [04428] of Israel [03478] disguised [02664] himself; and they went [0935] to the battle [04421].
Now the king [04428] of Syria [0758] had commanded [06680] the captains [08269] of the chariots [07393] that were with him, saying [0559], Fight [03898] ye not with small [06996] or great [01419], save only with the king [04428] of Israel [03478].
And it came to pass, when the captains [08269] of the chariots [07393] saw [07200] Jehoshaphat [03092], that they said [0559], It is the king [04428] of Israel [03478]. Therefore they compassed about [05437] him to fight [03898]: but Jehoshaphat [03092] cried out [02199], and the Lord [03068] helped [05826] him; and God [0430] moved [05496] them to depart from him.
For it came to pass, that, when the captains [08269] of the chariots [07393] perceived [07200] that it was not the king [04428] of Israel [03478], they turned back again [07725] from pursuing [0310] him.from…: Heb. from after him
And a certain man drew [04900] a bow [07198] at a venture [08537], and smote [05221] the king [04428] of Israel [03478] between the joints [01694] of the harness [08302]: therefore he said [0559] to his chariot [07395] man [0376], Turn [02015] thine hand [03027], that thou mayest carry me out [03318] of the host [04264]; for I am wounded [02470].at a venture: Heb. in his simplicitybetween…: Heb. between the joints and between the breastplatewounded: Heb. made sick
And the battle [04421] increased [05927] that day [03117]: howbeit the king [04428] of Israel [03478] stayed himself up [05975] in his chariot [04818] against [05227] the Syrians [0758] until the even [06153]: and about the time [06256] of the sun [08121] going down [0935] he died [04191].
And Jehoshaphat [03092] the king [04428] of Judah [03063] returned [07725] to his house [01004] in peace [07965] to Jerusalem [03389].
And Jehu [03058] the son [01121] of Hanani [02607] the seer [02374] went out [03318] to meet [06440] him, and said [0559] to king [04428] Jehoshaphat [03092], Shouldest thou help [05826] the ungodly [07563], and love [0157] them that hate [08130] the Lord [03068]? therefore [02063] is wrath [07110] upon thee from before [06440] the Lord [03068].
And, behold, Amariah [0568] the chief [07218] priest [03548] is over you in all matters [01697] of the Lord [03068]; and Zebadiah [02069] the son [01121] of Ishmael [03458], the ruler [05057] of the house [01004] of Judah [03063], for all the king's [04428] matters [01697]: also the Levites [03881] shall be officers [07860] before [06440] you. Deal [06213] courageously [02388], and the Lord [03068] shall be with the good [02896].Deal…: Heb. Take courage and do
And he said [0559], Hearken [07181] ye, all Judah [03063], and ye inhabitants [03427] of Jerusalem [03389], and thou king [04428] Jehoshaphat [03092], Thus saith [0559] the Lord [03068] unto you, Be not afraid [03372] nor dismayed [02865] by reason [06440] of this great [07227] multitude [01995]; for the battle [04421] is not yours, but God's [0430].
Now the rest [03499] of the acts [01697] of Jehoshaphat [03092], first [07223] and last [0314], behold, they are written [03789] in the book [01697] of Jehu [03058] the son [01121] of Hanani [02607], who is mentioned [05927] in the book [05612] of the kings [04428] of Israel [03478].book of Jehu: Heb. words, etcis mentioned: Heb. was made to ascend
And after [0310] this did Jehoshaphat [03092] king [04428] of Judah [03063] join [02266] himself with Ahaziah [0274] king [04428] of Israel [03478], who did [06213] very wickedly [07561]:
And he had brethren [0251] the sons [01121] of Jehoshaphat [03092], Azariah [05838], and Jehiel [03171], and Zechariah [02148], and Azariah [05838], and Michael [04317], and Shephatiah [08203]: all these were the sons [01121] of Jehoshaphat [03092] king [04428] of Israel [03478].
And he walked [03212] in the way [01870] of the kings [04428] of Israel [03478], like as did [06213] the house [01004] of Ahab [0256]: for he had the daughter [01323] of Ahab [0256] to wife [0802]: and he wrought [06213] that which was evil [07451] in the eyes [05869] of the Lord [03068].
In his days [03117] the Edomites [0123] revolted [06586] from under the dominion [03027] of Judah [03063], and made [04427] themselves a king [04428].dominion: Heb. hand
And there came [0935] a writing [04385] to him from Elijah [0452] the prophet [05030], saying [0559], Thus saith [0559] the Lord [03068] God [0430] of David [01732] thy father [01], Because thou hast not walked [01980] in the ways [01870] of Jehoshaphat [03092] thy father [01], nor in the ways [01870] of Asa [0609] king [04428] of Judah [03063],
But hast walked [03212] in the way [01870] of the kings [04428] of Israel [03478], and hast made Judah [03063] and the inhabitants [03427] of Jerusalem [03389] to go a whoring [02181], like to the whoredoms [02181] of the house [01004] of Ahab [0256], and also hast slain [02026] thy brethren [0251] of thy father's [01] house [01004], which were better [02896] than thyself:
And they came up [05927] into Judah [03063], and brake [01234] into it, and carried away [07617] all the substance [07399] that was found [04672] in the king's [04428] house [01004], and his sons [01121] also, and his wives [0802]; so that there was never a son [01121] left [07604] him, save Jehoahaz [03059], the youngest [06996] of his sons [01121].carried…: Heb. carried captiveJehoahaz: also called, Ahaziah, or, Azariah
Thirty [07970] and two [08147] years old [01121] was he when he began to reign [04427], and he reigned [04427] in Jerusalem [03389] eight [08083] years [08141], and departed [03212] without being desired [02532]. Howbeit they buried [06912] him in the city [05892] of David [01732], but not in the sepulchres [06913] of the kings [04428].without…: Heb. without desire
And the inhabitants [03427] of Jerusalem [03389] made [04427] Ahaziah [0274] his youngest [06996] son [01121] king [04427] in his stead: for the band of men [01416] that came [0935] with the Arabians [06163] to the camp [04264] had slain [02026] all the eldest [07223]. So Ahaziah [0274] the son [01121] of Jehoram [03088] king [04428] of Judah [03063] reigned [04427].
He walked [01980] also after their counsel [06098], and went [03212] with Jehoram [03088] the son [01121] of Ahab [0256] king [04428] of Israel [03478] to war [04421] against Hazael [02371] king [04428] of Syria [0758] at Ramoth–gilead [01568] [07433]: and the Syrians [07421] smote [05221] Joram [03141].
And he returned [07725] to be healed [07495] in Jezreel [03157] because of the wounds [04347] which were given [05221] him at Ramah [07414], when he fought [03898] with Hazael [02371] king [04428] of Syria [0758]. And Azariah [05838] the son [01121] of Jehoram [03088] king [04428] of Judah [03063] went down [03381] to see [07200] Jehoram [03088] the son [01121] of Ahab [0256] at Jezreel [03157], because he was sick [02470].which…: Heb. wherewith they wounded himAzariah: also called, Ahaziah, or, Jehoahaz
But Jehoshabeath [03090], the daughter [01323] of the king [04428], took [03947] Joash [03101] the son [01121] of Ahaziah [0274], and stole [01589] him from among [08432] the king's [04428] sons [01121] that were slain [04191], and put [05414] him and his nurse [03243] in a bedchamber [04296] [02315]. So Jehoshabeath [03090], the daughter [01323] of king [04428] Jehoram [03088], the wife [0802] of Jehoiada [03077] the priest [03548], (for she was the sister [0269] of Ahaziah [0274],) hid [05641] him from [06440] Athaliah [06271], so that she slew [04191] him not.Jehoshabeath: also called, Jehosheba
And all the congregation [06951] made [03772] a covenant [01285] with the king [04428] in the house [01004] of God [0430]. And he said [0559] unto them, Behold, the king's [04428] son [01121] shall reign [04427], as the Lord [03068] hath said [01696] of the sons [01121] of David [01732].
And a third part [07992] shall be at the king's [04428] house [01004]; and a third part [07992] at the gate [08179] of the foundation [03247]: and all the people [05971] shall be in the courts [02691] of the house [01004] of the Lord [03068].
And the Levites [03881] shall compass [05362] the king [04428] round about [05439], every man [0376] with his weapons [03627] in his hand [03027]; and whosoever else cometh [0935] into the house [01004], he shall be put to death [04191]: but be ye with the king [04428] when he cometh in [0935], and when he goeth out [03318].
Moreover Jehoiada [03077] the priest [03548] delivered [05414] to the captains [08269] of hundreds [03967] spears [02595], and bucklers [04043], and shields [07982], that had been king [04428] David's [01732], which were in the house [01004] of God [0430].
And he set [05975] all the people [05971], every man [0376] having his weapon [07973] in his hand [03027], from the right [03233] side [03802] of the temple [01004] to the left [08042] side [03802] of the temple [01004], along by the altar [04196] and the temple [01004], by the king [04428] round about [05439].side: Heb. shouldertemple: Heb. house
Then they brought out [03318] the king's [04428] son [01121], and put [05414] upon him the crown [05145], and gave him the testimony [05715], and made him king [04427]. And Jehoiada [03077] and his sons [01121] anointed [04886] him, and said [0559], God save [02421] the king [04428].God…: Heb. Let the king live
Now when Athaliah [06271] heard [08085] the noise [06963] of the people [05971] running [07323] and praising [01984] the king [04428], she came [0935] to the people [05971] into the house [01004] of the Lord [03068]:
And she looked [07200], and, behold, the king [04428] stood [05975] at his pillar [05982] at the entering in [03996], and the princes [08269] and the trumpets [02689] by the king [04428]: and all the people [05971] of the land [0776] rejoiced [08056], and sounded [08628] with trumpets [02689], also the singers [07891] with instruments [03627] of musick [07892], and such as taught [03045] to sing praise [01984]. Then Athaliah [06271] rent [07167] her clothes [0899], and said [0559], Treason [07195], Treason [07195].Treason: Heb. Conspiracy
So they laid [07760] hands [03027] on her; and when she was come [0935] to the entering [03996] of the horse [05483] gate [08179] by the king's [04428] house [01004], they slew [04191] her there.
And Jehoiada [03077] made [03772] a covenant [01285] between him, and between all the people [05971], and between the king [04428], that they should be the Lord's [03068] people [05971].
And he took [03947] the captains [08269] of hundreds [03967], and the nobles [0117], and the governors [04910] of the people [05971], and all the people [05971] of the land [0776], and brought down [03381] the king [04428] from the house [01004] of the Lord [03068]: and they came [0935] through [08432] the high [05945] gate [08179] into the king's [04428] house [01004], and set [03427] the king [04428] upon the throne [03678] of the kingdom [04467].
And the king [04428] called [07121] for Jehoiada [03077] the chief [07218], and said [0559] unto him, Why hast thou not required [01875] of the Levites [03881] to bring in [0935] out of Judah [03063] and out of Jerusalem [03389] the collection [04864], according to the commandment of Moses [04872] the servant [05650] of the Lord [03068], and of the congregation [06951] of Israel [03478], for the tabernacle [0168] of witness [05715]?
And at the king's [04428] commandment [0559] they made [06213] a [0259] chest [0727], and set [05414] it without [02351] at the gate [08179] of the house [01004] of the Lord [03068].
Now it came to pass, that at what time [06256] the chest [0727] was brought [0935] unto the king's [04428] office [06486] by the hand [03027] of the Levites [03881], and when they saw [07200] that there was much [07227] money [03701], the king's [04428] scribe [05608] and the high [07218] priest's [03548] officer [06496] came [0935] and emptied [06168] the chest [0727], and took [05375] it, and carried [07725] it to his place [04725] again [07725]. Thus they did [06213] day [03117] by day [03117], and gathered [0622] money [03701] in abundance [07230].
And the king [04428] and Jehoiada [03077] gave [05414] it to such as did [06213] the work [04399] of the service [05656] of the house [01004] of the Lord [03068], and hired [07936] masons [02672] and carpenters [02796] to repair [02318] the house [01004] of the Lord [03068], and also such as wrought [02796] iron [01270] and brass [05178] to mend [02388] the house [01004] of the Lord [03068].
And when they had finished [03615] it, they brought [0935] the rest [07605] of the money [03701] before [06440] the king [04428] and Jehoiada [03077], whereof were made [06213] vessels [03627] for the house [01004] of the Lord [03068], even vessels [03627] to minister [08335], and to offer [05927] withal, and spoons [03709], and vessels [03627] of gold [02091] and silver [03701]. And they offered [05927] burnt offerings [05930] in the house [01004] of the Lord [03068] continually [08548] all the days [03117] of Jehoiada [03077].to offer…: or, pestils
And they buried [06912] him in the city [05892] of David [01732] among the kings [04428], because he had done [06213] good [02896] in Israel [03478], both toward God [0430], and toward his house [01004].
Now after [0310] the death [04194] of Jehoiada [03077] came [0935] the princes [08269] of Judah [03063], and made obeisance [07812] to the king [04428]. Then the king [04428] hearkened [08085] unto them.
And they conspired [07194] against him, and stoned [07275] him with stones [068] at the commandment [04687] of the king [04428] in the court [02691] of the house [01004] of the Lord [03068].
Thus Joash [03101] the king [04428] remembered [02142] not the kindness [02617] which Jehoiada [03077] his father [01] had done [06213] to him, but slew [02026] his son [01121]. And when he died [04194], he said [0559], The Lord [03068] look [07200] upon it, and require [01875] it.
And it came to pass at the end [08622] of the year [08141], that the host [02428] of Syria [0758] came up [05927] against him: and they came [0935] to Judah [03063] and Jerusalem [03389], and destroyed [07843] all the princes [08269] of the people [05971] from among the people [05971], and sent [07971] all the spoil [07998] of them unto the king [04428] of Damascus [01834].at the…: Heb. in the revolution of the yearDamascus: Heb. Darmesek
And when they were departed [03212] from him, (for they left [05800] him in great [07227] diseases [04251],) his own servants [05650] conspired [07194] against him for the blood [01818] of the sons [01121] of Jehoiada [03077] the priest [03548], and slew [02026] him on his bed [04296], and he died [04191]: and they buried [06912] him in the city [05892] of David [01732], but they buried [06912] him not in the sepulchres [06913] of the kings [04428].
Now concerning his sons [01121], and the greatness [07230] [07235] of the burdens [04853] laid upon him, and the repairing [03247] of the house [01004] of God [0430], behold, they are written [03789] in the story [04097] of the book [05612] of the kings [04428]. And Amaziah [0558] his son [01121] reigned [04427] in his stead.repairing: Heb. foundingstory: or, commentary
Now it came to pass, when the kingdom [04467] was established [02388] to him, that he slew [02026] his servants [05650] that had killed [05221] the king [04428] his father [01].established…: Heb. confirmed upon him
But there came [0935] a man [0376] of God [0430] to him, saying [0559], O king [04428], let not the army [06635] of Israel [03478] go [0935] with thee; for the Lord [03068] is not with Israel [03478], to wit, with all the children [01121] of Ephraim [0669].
And it came to pass, as he talked [01696] with him, that the king said [0559] unto him, Art thou made [05414] of the king's [04428] counsel [03289]? forbear [02308]; why shouldest thou be smitten [05221]? Then the prophet [05030] forbare [02308], and said [0559], I know [03045] that God [0430] hath determined [03289] to destroy [07843] thee, because thou hast done [06213] this, and hast not hearkened [08085] unto my counsel [06098].determined: Heb. counselled
Then Amaziah [0558] king [04428] of Judah [03063] took advice [03289], and sent [07971] to Joash [03101], the son [01121] of Jehoahaz [03059], the son [01121] of Jehu [03058], king [04428] of Israel [03478], saying [0559], Come [03212], let us see one another [07200] in the face [06440].
And Joash [03101] king [04428] of Israel [03478] sent [07971] to Amaziah [0558] king [04428] of Judah [03063], saying [0559], The thistle [02336] that was in Lebanon [03844] sent [07971] to the cedar [0730] that was in Lebanon [03844], saying [0559], Give [05414] thy daughter [01323] to my son [01121] to wife [0802]: and there passed by [05674] a wild [07704] beast [02416] that was in Lebanon [03844], and trode down [07429] the thistle [02336].thistle: or, furze bush, or, thorna wild…: Heb. a beast of the field
So Joash [03101] the king [04428] of Israel [03478] went up [05927]; and they saw one another [07200] in the face [06440], both he and Amaziah [0558] king [04428] of Judah [03063], at Beth–shemesh [01053], which belongeth to Judah [03063].
And Joash [03101] the king [04428] of Israel [03478] took [08610] Amaziah [0558] king [04428] of Judah [03063], the son [01121] of Joash [03101], the son [01121] of Jehoahaz [03059], at Beth–shemesh [01053], and brought [0935] him to Jerusalem [03389], and brake down [06555] the wall [02346] of Jerusalem [03389] from the gate [08179] of Ephraim [0669] to the corner [06437] gate [08179], four [0702] hundred [03967] cubits [0520].the corner…: Heb. the gate of it that looketh
And he took all the gold [02091] and the silver [03701], and all the vessels [03627] that were found [04672] in the house [01004] of God [0430] with Obed–edom [05654], and the treasures [0214] of the king's [04428] house [01004], the hostages [08594] [01121] also, and returned [07725] to Samaria [08111].
And Amaziah [0558] the son [01121] of Joash [03101] king [04428] of Judah [03063] lived [02421] after [0310] the death [04194] of Joash [03101] son [01121] of Jehoahaz [03059] king [04428] of Israel [03478] fifteen [06240] [02568] years [08141].
Now the rest [03499] of the acts [01697] of Amaziah [0558], first [07223] and last [0314], behold, are they not written [03789] in the book [05612] of the kings [04428] of Judah [03063] and Israel [03478]?
He built [01129] Eloth [0359], and restored [07725] it to Judah [03063], after [0310] that the king [04428] slept [07901] with his fathers [01].
Moreover Uzziah [05818] had an host [02428] of fighting [04421] men [06213], that went out [03318] to war [06635] by bands [01416], according to the number [04557] of their account [06486] by the hand [03027] of Jeiel [03273] the scribe [05608] and Maaseiah [04641] the ruler [07860], under the hand [03027] of Hananiah [02608], one of the king's [04428] captains [08269].
And under their hand [03027] was an army [06635] [02428], three [07969] hundred [03967] thousand [0505] and seven [07651] thousand [0505] and five [02568] hundred [03967], that made [06213] war [04421] with mighty [02428] power [03581], to help [05826] the king [04428] against the enemy [0341].an army: Heb. the power of an army
And they withstood [05975] Uzziah [05818] the king [04428], and said [0559] unto him, It appertaineth not unto thee, Uzziah [05818], to burn incense [06999] unto the Lord [03068], but to the priests [03548] the sons [01121] of Aaron [0175], that are consecrated [06942] to burn incense [06999]: go out [03318] of the sanctuary [04720]; for thou hast trespassed [04603]; neither shall it be for thine honour [03519] from the Lord [03068] God [0430].
And Uzziah [05818] the king [04428] was a leper [06879] unto the day [03117] of his death [04194], and dwelt in [03427] a several [02669] [02669] house [01004], being a leper [06879]; for he was cut off [01504] from the house [01004] of the Lord [03068]: and Jotham [03147] his son [01121] was over the king's [04428] house [01004], judging [08199] the people [05971] of the land [0776].several: Heb. free
So Uzziah [05818] slept [07901] with his fathers [01], and they buried [06912] him with his fathers [01] in the field [07704] of the burial [06900] which belonged to the kings [04428]; for they said [0559], He is a leper [06879]: and Jotham [03147] his son [01121] reigned [04427] in his stead.
He fought [03898] also with the king [04428] of the Ammonites [05984], and prevailed [02388] against them. And the children [01121] of Ammon [05983] gave [05414] him the same year [08141] an hundred [03967] talents [03603] of silver [03701], and ten [06235] thousand [0505] measures [03734] of wheat [02406], and ten [06235] thousand [0505] of barley [08184]. So much did the children [01121] of Ammon [05983] pay [07725] unto [02063] him, both the second [08145] year [08141], and the third [07992].So…: Heb. This
Now the rest [03499] of the acts [01697] of Jotham [03147], and all his wars [04421], and his ways [01870], lo, they are written [03789] in the book [05612] of the kings [04428] of Israel [03478] and Judah [03063].
For he walked in [03212] the ways [01870] of the kings [04428] of Israel [03478], and made [06213] also molten images [04541] for Baalim [01168].
Wherefore the Lord [03068] his God [0430] delivered [05414] him into the hand [03027] of the king [04428] of Syria [0758]; and they smote [05221] him, and carried away [07617] a great multitude [01419] of them captives [07633], and brought [0935] them to Damascus [01834]. And he was also delivered [05414] into the hand [03027] of the king [04428] of Israel [03478], who smote [05221] him with a great [01419] slaughter [04347].Damascus: Heb. Darmesek
And Zichri [02147], a mighty man [01368] of Ephraim [0669], slew [02026] Maaseiah [04641] the king's [04428] son [01121], and Azrikam [05840] the governor [05057] of the house [01004], and Elkanah [0511] that was next [04932] to the king [04428].next…: Heb. the second to the king
At that time [06256] did king [04428] Ahaz [0271] send [07971] unto the kings [04428] of Assyria [0804] to help [05826] him.
For the Lord [03068] brought [03665] Judah [03063] low [03665] because of Ahaz [0271] king [04428] of Israel [03478]; for he made [06544] Judah [03063] naked [06544], and transgressed [04603] sore [04604] against the Lord [03068].
And Tilgath–pilneser [08407] king [04428] of Assyria [0804] came [0935] unto him, and distressed [06696] him, but strengthened [02388] him not.
For Ahaz [0271] took away a portion [02505] out of the house [01004] of the Lord [03068], and out of the house [01004] of the king [04428], and of the princes [08269], and gave [05414] it unto the king [04428] of Assyria [0804]: but he helped [05833] him not.
And in the time [06256] of his distress [06887] did he trespass [04603] yet more [03254] against the Lord [03068]: this is that king [04428] Ahaz [0271].
For he sacrificed [02076] unto the gods [0430] of Damascus [01834], which smote [05221] him: and he said [0559], Because the gods [0430] of the kings [04428] of Syria [0758] help [05826] them, therefore will I sacrifice [02076] to them, that they may help [05826] me. But they were the ruin [03782] of him, and of all Israel [03478].Damascus: Heb. Darmesek
Now the rest [03499] of his acts [01697] and of all his ways [01870], first [07223] and last [0314], behold, they are written [03789] in the book [05612] of the kings [04428] of Judah [03063] and Israel [03478].
And Ahaz [0271] slept [07901] with his fathers [01], and they buried [06912] him in the city [05892], even in Jerusalem [03389]: but they brought [0935] him not into the sepulchres [06913] of the kings [04428] of Israel [03478]: and Hezekiah [03169] his son [01121] reigned [04427] in his stead.
And they gathered [0622] their brethren [0251], and sanctified [06942] themselves, and came [0935], according to the commandment [04687] of the king [04428], by the words [01697] of the Lord [03068], to cleanse [02891] the house [01004] of the Lord [03068].by the words…: or, in the business of the Lord
Then they went [0935] in [06441] to Hezekiah [02396] the king [04428], and said [0559], We have cleansed [02891] all the house [01004] of the Lord [03068], and the altar [04196] of burnt offering [05930], with all the vessels [03627] thereof, and the shewbread [04635] table [07979], with all the vessels [03627] thereof.
Moreover all the vessels [03627], which king [04428] Ahaz [0271] in his reign [04438] did cast away [02186] in his transgression [04604], have we prepared [03559] and sanctified [06942], and, behold, they are before [06440] the altar [04196] of the Lord [03068].
Then Hezekiah [03169] the king [04428] rose early [07925], and gathered [0622] the rulers [08269] of the city [05892], and went up [05927] to the house [01004] of the Lord [03068].
And they brought forth [05066] the he goats [08163] for the sin offering [02403] before [06440] the king [04428] and the congregation [06951]; and they laid [05564] their hands [03027] upon them:forth: Heb. near
And the priests [03548] killed [07819] them, and they made reconciliation [02398] with their blood [01818] upon the altar [04196], to make an atonement [03722] for all Israel [03478]: for the king [04428] commanded [0559] that the burnt offering [05930] and the sin offering [02403] should be made for all Israel [03478].
And he set [05975] the Levites [03881] in the house [01004] of the Lord [03068] with cymbals [04700], with psalteries [05035], and with harps [03658], according to the commandment [04687] of David [01732], and of Gad [01410] the king's [04428] seer [02374], and Nathan [05416] the prophet [05030]: for so was the commandment [04687] of [03027] the Lord [03068] by [03027] his prophets [05030].commandment of the Lord: Heb. commandment by the hand of the Lordby: Heb. by the hand of
And Hezekiah [02396] commanded [0559] to offer [05927] the burnt offering [05930] upon the altar [04196]. And when [06256] the burnt offering [05930] began [02490], the song [07892] of the Lord [03068] began [02490] also with the trumpets [02689], and with the instruments [03627] ordained by [03027] David [01732] king [04428] of Israel [03478].when: Heb. in the timethe instruments: Heb. hands of instruments
And when they had made an end [03615] of offering [05927], the king [04428] and all that were present [04672] with him bowed [03766] themselves, and worshipped [07812].present: Heb. found
Moreover Hezekiah [03169] the king [04428] and the princes [08269] commanded [0559] the Levites [03881] to sing praise [01984] unto the Lord [03068] with the words [01697] of David [01732], and of Asaph [0623] the seer [02374]. And they sang praises [01984] with gladness [08057], and they bowed their heads [06915] and worshipped [07812].
For the king [04428] had taken counsel [03289], and his princes [08269], and all the congregation [06951] in Jerusalem [03389], to keep [06213] the passover [06453] in the second [08145] month [02320].
And the thing [01697] pleased [05869] [03474] the king [04428] and all the congregation [06951].pleased…: Heb. was right in the eyes of the king
So the posts [07323] went [03212] with the letters [0107] from [03027] the king [04428] and his princes [08269] throughout all Israel [03478] and Judah [03063], and according to the commandment [04687] of the king [04428], saying [0559], Ye children [01121] of Israel [03478], turn again [07725] unto the Lord [03068] God [0430] of Abraham [085], Isaac [03327], and Israel [03478], and he will return [07725] to the remnant [07604] of you, that are escaped [06413] out of the hand [03709] of the kings [04428] of Assyria [0804].from: Heb. from the hand
Also in Judah [03063] the hand [03027] of God [0430] was to give [05414] them one [0259] heart [03820] to do [06213] the commandment [04687] of the king [04428] and of the princes [08269], by the word [01697] of the Lord [03068].
For Hezekiah [02396] king [04428] of Judah [03063] did give [07311] to the congregation [06951] a thousand [0505] bullocks [06499] and seven [07651] thousand [0505] sheep [06629]; and the princes [08269] gave [07311] to the congregation [06951] a thousand [0505] bullocks [06499] and ten [06235] thousand [0505] sheep [06629]: and a great number [07230] of priests [03548] sanctified [06942] themselves.did give: Heb. lifted up, or, offeredgave: Heb. lifted up, or, offered
So there was great [01419] joy [08057] in Jerusalem [03389]: for since the time [03117] of Solomon [08010] the son [01121] of David [01732] king [04428] of Israel [03478] there was not the like in Jerusalem [03389].
He appointed also the king's [04428] portion [04521] of his substance [07399] for the burnt offerings [05930], to wit, for the morning [01242] and evening [06153] burnt offerings [05930], and the burnt offerings [05930] for the sabbaths [07676], and for the new moons [02320], and for the set feasts [04150], as it is written [03789] in the law [08451] of the Lord [03068].
And Jehiel [03171], and Azaziah [05812], and Nahath [05184], and Asahel [06214], and Jerimoth [03406], and Jozabad [03107], and Eliel [0447], and Ismachiah [03253], and Mahath [04287], and Benaiah [01141], were overseers [06496] under the hand [03027] of Cononiah [03562] and Shimei [08096] his brother [0251], at the commandment [04662] of Hezekiah [03169] the king [04428], and Azariah [05838] the ruler [05057] of the house [01004] of God [0430].under…: Heb. at the hand
After [0310] these things [01697], and the establishment [0571] thereof, Sennacherib [05576] king [04428] of Assyria [0804] came [0935], and entered [0935] into Judah [03063], and encamped [02583] against the fenced [01219] cities [05892], and thought [0559] to win [01234] them for himself.to win…: Heb. to break them up
So there was gathered [06908] much [07227] people [05971] together [06908], who stopped [05640] all the fountains [04599], and the brook [05158] that ran [07857] through the midst [08432] of the land [0776], saying [0559], Why should the kings [04428] of Assyria [0804] come [0935], and find [04672] much [07227] water [04325]?ran: Heb. overflowed
Be strong [02388] and courageous [0553], be not afraid [03372] nor dismayed [02865] for [06440] the king [04428] of Assyria [0804], nor for all the multitude [01995] that is with him: for there be more [07227] with us than with him:
With him is an arm [02220] of flesh [01320]; but with us is the Lord [03068] our God [0430] to help [05826] us, and to fight [03898] our battles [04421]. And the people [05971] rested [05564] themselves upon the words [01697] of Hezekiah [03169] king [04428] of Judah [03063].rested…: Heb. leaned
After [0310] this did Sennacherib [05576] king [04428] of Assyria [0804] send [07971] his servants [05650] to Jerusalem [03389], (but he himself laid siege against Lachish [03923], and all his power [04475] with him,) unto Hezekiah [03169] king [04428] of Judah [03063], and unto all Judah [03063] that were at Jerusalem [03389], saying [0559],power: Heb. dominion
Thus saith [0559] Sennacherib [05576] king [04428] of Assyria [0804], Whereon do ye trust [0982], that ye abide [03427] in the siege [04692] in Jerusalem [03389]?siege: or, strong hold
Doth not Hezekiah [03169] persuade [05496] you to give [05414] over yourselves to die [04191] by famine [07458] and by thirst [06772], saying [0559], The Lord [03068] our God [0430] shall deliver [05337] us out of the hand [03709] of the king [04428] of Assyria [0804]?
And for this cause Hezekiah [03169] the king [04428], and the prophet [05030] Isaiah [03470] the son [01121] of Amoz [0531], prayed [06419] and cried [02199] to heaven [08064].
And the Lord [03068] sent [07971] an angel [04397], which cut off [03582] all the mighty men [01368] of valour [02428], and the leaders [05057] and captains [08269] in the camp [04264] of the king [04428] of Assyria [0804]. So he returned [07725] with shame [01322] of face [06440] to his own land [0776]. And when he was come [0935] into the house [01004] of his god [0430], they that came forth [03329] of his own bowels [04578] slew [05307] him there with the sword [02719].slew…: Heb. made him fall
Thus the Lord [03068] saved [03467] Hezekiah [03169] and the inhabitants [03427] of Jerusalem [03389] from the hand [03027] of Sennacherib [05576] the king [04428] of Assyria [0804], and from the hand [03027] of all other, and guided [05095] them on every side [05439].
And many [07227] brought [0935] gifts [04503] unto the Lord [03068] to Jerusalem [03389], and presents [04030] to Hezekiah [03169] king [04428] of Judah [03063]: so that he was magnified [05375] in the sight [05869] of all nations [01471] from thenceforth [0310].presents: Heb. precious things
Now the rest [03499] of the acts [01697] of Hezekiah [03169], and his goodness [02617], behold, they are written [03789] in the vision [02377] of Isaiah [03470] the prophet [05030], the son [01121] of Amoz [0531], and in the book [05612] of the kings [04428] of Judah [03063] and Israel [03478].goodness: Heb. kindnesses
Wherefore the Lord [03068] brought [0935] upon them the captains of [08269] the host of [06635] the king [04428] of Assyria [0804], which took [03920] Manasseh [04519] among the thorns [02336], and bound him [0631] with fetters [05178], and carried [03212] him to Babylon [0894].of the king: Heb. which were the king'sfetters: or, chains
Now the rest [03499] of the acts [01697] of Manasseh [04519], and his prayer [08605] unto his God [0430], and the words [01697] of the seers [02374] that spake [01696] to him in the name [08034] of the Lord [03068] God [0430] of Israel [03478], behold, they are written in the book [01697] of the kings [04428] of Israel [03478].
But the people [05971] of the land [0776] slew [05221] all them that had conspired [07194] against king [04428] Amon [0526]; and the people [05971] of the land [0776] made [04427] Josiah [02977] his son [01121] king [04427] in his stead.
Even to the artificers [02796] and builders [01129] gave [05414] they it, to buy [07069] hewn [04274] stone [068], and timber [06086] for couplings [04226], and to floor [07136] the houses [01004] which the kings [04428] of Judah [03063] had destroyed [07843].to floor: or, to rafter
And Shaphan [08227] carried [0935] the book [05612] to the king [04428], and brought [07725] the king [04428] word [01697] back [07725] again, saying [0559], All that was committed [05414] to [03027] thy servants [05650], they do [06213] it.to thy…: Heb. to the hand of, etc
Then Shaphan [08227] the scribe [05608] told [05046] the king [04428], saying [0559], Hilkiah [02518] the priest [03548] hath given [05414] me a book [05612]. And Shaphan [08227] read [07121] it before [06440] the king [04428].it: Heb. in it
And it came to pass, when the king [04428] had heard [08085] the words [01697] of the law [08451], that he rent [07167] his clothes [0899].
And the king [04428] commanded [06680] Hilkiah [02518], and Ahikam [0296] the son [01121] of Shaphan [08227], and Abdon [05658] the son [01121] of Micah [04318], and Shaphan [08227] the scribe [05608], and Asaiah [06222] a servant [05650] of the king's [04428], saying [0559],Abdon: or, Achbor
And Hilkiah [02518], and they that the king [04428] had appointed, went [03212] to Huldah [02468] the prophetess [05031], the wife [0802] of Shallum [07967] the son [01121] of Tikvath [08445] [08616], the son [01121] of Hasrah [02641], keeper [08104] of the wardrobe [0899]; (now she dwelt [03427] in Jerusalem [03389] in the college [04932]:) and they spake [01696] to her to that effect.Hasrah: also called, Harhaswardrobe: Heb. garmentsin the college: or, in the school, or, in the second part
Thus saith [0559] the Lord [03068], Behold, I will bring [0935] evil [07451] upon this place [04725], and upon the inhabitants [03427] thereof, even all the curses [0423] that are written [03789] in the book [05612] which they have read [07121] before [06440] the king [04428] of Judah [03063]:
And as for [0413] the king [04428] of Judah [03063], who sent [07971] you to enquire [01875] of the Lord [03068], so shall ye say [0559] unto him, Thus saith [0559] the Lord [03068] God [0430] of Israel [03478] concerning the words [01697] which thou hast heard [08085];
Behold, I will gather [0622] thee to thy fathers [01], and thou shalt be gathered [0622] to thy grave [06913] in peace [07965], neither shall thine eyes [05869] see [07200] all the evil [07451] that I will bring [0935] upon this place [04725], and upon the inhabitants [03427] of the same. So they brought [07725] the king [04428] word [01697] again [07725].
Then the king [04428] sent [07971] and gathered together [0622] all the elders [02205] of Judah [03063] and Jerusalem [03389].
And the king [04428] went up [05927] into the house [01004] of the Lord [03068], and all the men [0376] of Judah [03063], and the inhabitants [03427] of Jerusalem [03389], and the priests [03548], and the Levites [03881], and all the people [05971], great [01419] and small [06996]: and he read [07121] in their ears [0241] all the words [01697] of the book [05612] of the covenant [01285] that was found [04672] in the house [01004] of the Lord [03068].great…: Heb. from great even to small
And the king [04428] stood [05975] in his place [05977], and made [03772] a covenant [01285] before [06440] the Lord [03068], to walk [03212] after [0310] the Lord [03068], and to keep [08104] his commandments [04687], and his testimonies [05715], and his statutes [02706], with all his heart [03824], and with all his soul [05315], to perform [06213] the words [01697] of the covenant [01285] which are written [03789] in this book [05612].
And said [0559] unto the Levites [03881] that taught [04000] [0995] all Israel [03478], which were holy [06918] unto the Lord [03068], Put [05414] the holy [06944] ark [0727] in the house [01004] which Solomon [08010] the son [01121] of David [01732] king [04428] of Israel [03478] did build [01129]; it shall not be a burden [04853] upon your shoulders [03802]: serve [05647] now the Lord [03068] your God [0430], and his people [05971] Israel [03478],
And prepare [03559] [03559] yourselves by the houses [01004] of your fathers [01], after your courses [04256], according to the writing [03791] of David [01732] king [04428] of Israel [03478], and according to the writing [04385] of Solomon [08010] his son [01121].
And Josiah [02977] gave [07311] to the people [05971] [01121], of the flock [06629], lambs [03532] and kids [05795] [01121], all for the passover offerings [06453], for all that were present [04672], to the number [04557] of thirty [07970] thousand [0505], and three [07969] thousand [0505] bullocks [01241]: these were of the king's [04428] substance [07399].gave: Heb. offered
So the service [05656] was prepared [03559], and the priests [03548] stood [05975] in their place [05977], and the Levites [03881] in their courses [04256], according to the king's [04428] commandment [04687].
And the singers [07891] the sons [01121] of Asaph [0623] were in their place [04612], according to the commandment [04687] of David [01732], and Asaph [0623], and Heman [01968], and Jeduthun [03038] the king's [04428] seer [02374]; and the porters [07778] waited at every gate [08179]; they might not depart [05493] from their service [05656]; for their brethren [0251] the Levites [03881] prepared [03559] for them.place: Heb. station
So all the service [05656] of the Lord [03068] was prepared [03559] the same day [03117], to keep [06213] the passover [06453], and to offer [05927] burnt offerings [05930] upon the altar [04196] of the Lord [03068], according to the commandment [04687] of king [04428] Josiah [02977].
And there was no passover [06453] like [03644] to that kept [06213] in Israel [03478] from the days [03117] of Samuel [08050] the prophet [05030]; neither did [06213] all the kings [04428] of Israel [03478] keep [06213] such a passover [06453] as Josiah [02977] kept [06213], and the priests [03548], and the Levites [03881], and all Judah [03063] and Israel [03478] that were present [04672], and the inhabitants [03427] of Jerusalem [03389].present: Heb. found
After [0310] all this, when Josiah [02977] had prepared [03559] the temple [01004], Necho [05224] king [04428] of Egypt [04714] came up [05927] to fight [03898] against Carchemish [03751] by Euphrates [06578]: and Josiah [02977] went out [03318] against [07125] him.temple: Heb. house
But he sent [07971] ambassadors [04397] to him, saying [0559], What have I to do with thee, thou king [04428] of Judah [03063]? I come not against thee this day [03117], but against the house [01004] wherewith I have war [04421]: for God [0430] commanded [0559] me to make haste [0926]: forbear [02308] thee from meddling with God [0430], who is with me, that he destroy [07843] thee not.the house…: Heb. the house of my war
And the archers [03384] shot [03384] at king [04428] Josiah [02977]; and the king [04428] said [0559] to his servants [05650], Have me away [05674]; for I am sore [03966] wounded [02470].wounded: Heb. made sick
And his deeds [01697], first [07223] and last [0314], behold, they are written [03789] in the book [05612] of the kings [04428] of Israel [03478] and Judah [03063].
And the king [04428] of Egypt [04714] put him down [05493] at Jerusalem [03389], and condemned [06064] the land [0776] in an hundred [03967] talents [03603] of silver [03701] and a talent [03603] of gold [02091].put…: Heb. removed him
And the king [04428] of Egypt [04714] made Eliakim [0471] his brother [0251] king [04427] over Judah [03063] and Jerusalem [03389], and turned [05437] his name [08034] to Jehoiakim [03079]. And Necho [05224] took [03947] Jehoahaz [03099] his brother [0251], and carried [0935] him to Egypt [04714].
Against him came up [05927] Nebuchadnezzar [05019] king [04428] of Babylon [0894], and bound [0631] him in fetters [05178], to carry [03212] him to Babylon [0894].fetters: or, chains
Now the rest [03499] of the acts [01697] of Jehoiakim [03079], and his abominations [08441] which he did [06213], and that which was found [04672] in him, behold, they are written [03789] in the book [05612] of the kings [04428] of Israel [03478] and Judah [03063]: and Jehoiachin [03078] his son [01121] reigned [04427] in his stead.Jehoiachin: also called, Jeconiah, or, Coniah
And when the year [08141] was expired [08666], king [04428] Nebuchadnezzar [05019] sent [07971], and brought [0935] him to Babylon [0894], with the goodly [02532] vessels [03627] of the house [01004] of the Lord [03068], and made Zedekiah [06667] his brother [0251] king [04427] over Judah [03063] and Jerusalem [03389].when…: Heb. at the return of the yeargoodly…: Heb. vessels of desireZedekiah…: or, Mattaniah, his father's brother
And he also rebelled [04775] against king [04428] Nebuchadnezzar [05019], who had made him swear [07650] by God [0430]: but he stiffened [07185] his neck [06203], and hardened [0553] his heart [03824] from turning [07725] unto the Lord [03068] God [0430] of Israel [03478].
Therefore he brought [05927] upon them the king [04428] of the Chaldees [03778], who slew [02026] their young men [0970] with the sword [02719] in the house [01004] of their sanctuary [04720], and had no compassion [02550] upon young man [0970] or maiden [01330], old man [02205], or him that stooped for age [03486]: he gave [05414] them all into his hand [03027].
And all the vessels [03627] of the house [01004] of God [0430], great [01419] and small [06996], and the treasures [0214] of the house [01004] of the Lord [03068], and the treasures [0214] of the king [04428], and of his princes [08269]; all these he brought [0935] to Babylon [0894].
Now in the first [0259] year [08141] of Cyrus [03566] king [04428] of Persia [06539], that the word [01697] of the Lord [03068] spoken by the mouth [06310] of Jeremiah [03414] might be accomplished [03615], the Lord [03068] stirred up [05782] the spirit [07307] of Cyrus [03566] king [04428] of Persia [06539], that he made a proclamation [06963] [05674] throughout all his kingdom [04438], and put it also in writing [04385], saying [0559],
Thus saith [0559] Cyrus [03566] king [04428] of Persia [06539], All the kingdoms [04467] of the earth [0776] hath the Lord [03068] God [0430] of heaven [08064] given [05414] me; and he hath charged [06485] me to build [01129] him an house [01004] in Jerusalem [03389], which is in Judah [03063]. Who is there among you of all his people [05971]? The Lord [03068] his God [0430] be with him, and let him go up [05927].
Now in the first [0259] year [08141] of Cyrus [03566] king [04428] of Persia [06539], that the word [01697] of the Lord [03068] by the mouth [06310] of Jeremiah [03414] might be fulfilled [03615], the Lord [03068] stirred up [05782] the spirit [07307] of Cyrus [03566] king [04428] of Persia [06539], that he made a proclamation [06963] [05674] throughout all his kingdom [04438], and put it also in writing [04385], saying [0559],made…: Heb. caused a voice to pass
Thus saith [0559] Cyrus [03566] king [04428] of Persia [06539], The Lord [03068] God [0430] of heaven [08064] hath given [05414] me all the kingdoms [04467] of the earth [0776]; and he hath charged [06485] me to build [01129] him an house [01004] at Jerusalem [03389], which is in Judah [03063].
Also Cyrus [03566] the king [04428] brought forth [03318] the vessels [03627] of the house [01004] of the Lord [03068], which Nebuchadnezzar [05019] had brought forth [03318] out of Jerusalem [03389], and had put [05414] them in the house [01004] of his gods [0430];
Even those did Cyrus [03566] king [04428] of Persia [06539] bring forth [03318] by the hand [03027] of Mithredath [04990] the treasurer [01489], and numbered [05608] them unto Sheshbazzar [08339], the prince [05387] of Judah [03063].
Now these are the children [01121] of the province [04082] that went up [05927] out of the captivity [07628], of those which had been carried away [01473], whom Nebuchadnezzar [05019] the king [04428] of Babylon [0894] had carried away [01540] unto Babylon [0894], and came again [07725] unto Jerusalem [03389] and Judah [03063], every one [0376] unto his city [05892];
They gave [05414] money [03701] also unto the masons [02672], and to the carpenters [02796]; and meat [03978], and drink [04960], and oil [08081], unto them of Zidon [06722], and to them of Tyre [06876], to bring [0935] cedar [0730] trees [06086] from Lebanon [03844] to the sea [03220] of Joppa [03305], according to the grant [07558] that they had of Cyrus [03566] king [04428] of Persia [06539].carpenters: or, workmen
And when the builders [01129] laid the foundation [03245] of the temple [01964] of the Lord [03068], they set [05975] the priests [03548] in their apparel [03847] with trumpets [02689], and the Levites [03881] the sons [01121] of Asaph [0623] with cymbals [04700], to praise [01984] the Lord [03068], after the ordinance [03027] of David [01732] king [04428] of Israel [03478].
Then they came [05066] to Zerubbabel [02216], and to the chief [07218] of the fathers [01], and said [0559] unto them, Let us build [01129] with you: for we seek [01875] your God [0430], as ye do; and we do sacrifice [02076] unto him since the days [03117] of Esar–haddon [0634] king [04428] of Assur [0804], which brought us up hither [05927].
But Zerubbabel [02216], and Jeshua [03442], and the rest [07605] of the chief [07218] of the fathers [01] of Israel [03478], said [0559] unto them, Ye have nothing to do with us to build [01129] an house [01004] unto our God [0430]; but we ourselves together [03162] will build [01129] unto the Lord [03068] God [0430] of Israel [03478], as king [04428] Cyrus [03566] the king [04428] of Persia [06539] hath commanded [06680] us.
And hired [07936] counsellors [03289] against them, to frustrate [06565] their purpose [06098], all the days [03117] of Cyrus [03566] king [04428] of Persia [06539], even until the reign [04438] of Darius [01867] king [04428] of Persia [06539].
And in the days [03117] of Artaxerxes [0783] wrote [03789] Bishlam [01312], Mithredath [04990], Tabeel [02870], and the rest [07605] of their companions [03674], unto Artaxerxes [0783] king [04428] of Persia [06539]; and the writing [03791] of the letter [05406] was written [03789] in the Syrian tongue [0762], and interpreted [08638] in the Syrian tongue [0762].Bishlam: or, in peacecompanions: Heb. societies
And kept [06213] the feast [02282] of unleavened bread [04682] seven [07651] days [03117] with joy [08057]: for the Lord [03068] had made them joyful [08055], and turned [05437] the heart [03820] of the king [04428] of Assyria [0804] unto them, to strengthen [02388] their hands [03027] in the work [04399] of the house [01004] of God [0430], the God [0430] of Israel [03478].
Now after [0310] these things [01697], in the reign [04438] of Artaxerxes [0783] king [04428] of Persia [06539], Ezra [05830] the son [01121] of Seraiah [08304], the son [01121] of Azariah [05838], the son [01121] of Hilkiah [02518],
This Ezra [05830] went up [05927] from Babylon [0894]; and he was a ready [04106] scribe [05608] in the law [08451] of Moses [04872], which the Lord [03068] God [0430] of Israel [03478] had given [05414]: and the king [04428] granted [05414] him all his request [01246], according to the hand [03027] of the Lord [03068] his God [0430] upon him.
And there went up [05927] some of the children [01121] of Israel [03478], and of the priests [03548], and the Levites [03881], and the singers [07891], and the porters [07778], and the Nethinims [05411], unto Jerusalem [03389], in the seventh [07651] year [08141] of Artaxerxes [0783] the king [04428].
And he came [0935] to Jerusalem [03389] in the fifth [02549] month [02320], which was in the seventh [07637] year [08141] of the king [04428].
Now this is the copy [06572] of the letter [05406] that the king [04428] Artaxerxes [0783] gave [05414] unto Ezra [05830] the priest [03548], the scribe [05608], even a scribe [05608] of the words [01697] of the commandments [04687] of the Lord [03068], and of his statutes [02706] to Israel [03478].
Blessed [01288] be the Lord [03068] God [0430] of our fathers [01], which hath put [05414] such a thing as this in the king's [04428] heart [03820], to beautify [06286] the house [01004] of the Lord [03068] which is in Jerusalem [03389]:
And hath extended [05186] mercy [02617] unto me before [06440] the king [04428], and his counsellors [03289], and before all the king's [04428] mighty [01368] princes [08269]. And I was strengthened [02388] as the hand [03027] of the Lord [03068] my God [0430] was upon me, and I gathered together [06908] out of Israel [03478] chief men [07218] to go up [05927] with me.
These are now the chief [07218] of their fathers [01], and this is the genealogy [03187] of them that went up [05927] with me from Babylon [0894], in the reign [04438] of Artaxerxes [0783] the king [04428].
For I was ashamed [0954] to require [07592] of the king [04428] a band of soldiers [02428] and horsemen [06571] to help [05826] us against the enemy [0341] in the way [01870]: because we had spoken [0559] unto the king [04428], saying [0559], The hand [03027] of our God [0430] is upon all them for good [02896] that seek [01245] him; but his power [05797] and his wrath [0639] is against all them that forsake [05800] him.
And weighed [08254] unto them the silver [03701], and the gold [02091], and the vessels [03627], even the offering [08641] of the house [01004] of our God [0430], which the king [04428], and his counsellors [03289], and his lords [08269], and all Israel [03478] there present [04672], had offered [07311]:
And they delivered [05414] the king's [04428] commissions [01881] unto the king's [04428] lieutenants [0323], and to the governors [06346] on this side [05676] the river [05104]: and they furthered [05375] the people [05971], and the house [01004] of God [0430].
Since the days [03117] of our fathers [01] have we been in a great [01419] trespass [0819] unto this day [03117]; and for our iniquities [05771] have we, our kings [04428], and our priests [03548], been delivered [05414] into the hand [03027] of the kings [04428] of the lands [0776], to the sword [02719], to captivity [07628], and to a spoil [0961], and to confusion [01322] of face [06440], as it is this day [03117].
For we were bondmen [05650]; yet our God [0430] hath not forsaken [05800] us in our bondage [05659], but hath extended [05186] mercy [02617] unto us in the sight [06440] of the kings [04428] of Persia [06539], to give [05414] us a reviving [04241], to set up [07311] the house [01004] of our God [0430], and to repair [05975] the desolations [02723] thereof, and to give [05414] us a wall [01447] in Judah [03063] and in Jerusalem [03389].to repair: Heb. to set up
O Lord [0136], I beseech [0577] thee, let now thine ear [0241] be attentive [07183] to the prayer [08605] of thy servant [05650], and to the prayer [08605] of thy servants [05650], who desire [02655] to fear [03372] thy name [08034]: and prosper [06743], I pray thee, thy servant [05650] this day [03117], and grant [05414] him mercy [07356] in the sight [06440] of this man [0376]. For I was the king's [04428] cupbearer [08248].
And it came to pass in the month [02320] Nisan [05212], in the twentieth [06242] year [08141] of Artaxerxes [0783] the king [04428], that wine [03196] was before [06440] him: and I took up [05375] the wine [03196], and gave [05414] it unto the king [04428]. Now I had not been beforetime sad [07451] in his presence [06440].
Wherefore the king [04428] said [0559] unto me, Why is thy countenance [06440] sad [07451], seeing thou art not sick [02470]? this is nothing else but sorrow [07455] of heart [03820]. Then I was very [03966] sore [07235] afraid [03372],
And said [0559] unto the king [04428], Let the king [04428] live [02421] for ever [05769]: why should not my countenance [06440] be sad [03415], when the city [05892], the place [01004] of my fathers' [01] sepulchres [06913], lieth waste [02720], and the gates [08179] thereof are consumed [0398] with fire [0784]?
Then the king [04428] said [0559] unto me, For what dost thou make request [01245]? So I prayed [06419] to the God [0430] of heaven [08064].
And I said [0559] unto the king [04428], If it please [02895] the king [04428], and if thy servant [05650] have found favour [03190] in thy sight [06440], that thou wouldest send [07971] me unto Judah [03063], unto the city [05892] of my fathers' [01] sepulchres [06913], that I may build [01129] it.
And the king [04428] said [0559] unto me, (the queen [07694] also sitting [03427] by him [0681],) For how long shall thy journey [04109] be? and when wilt thou return [07725]? So it pleased [06440] [03190] the king [04428] to send [07971] me; and I set [05414] him a time [02165].queen: Heb. wife
Moreover I said [0559] unto the king [04428], If it please [02895] the king [04428], let letters [0107] be given [05414] me to the governors [06346] beyond [05676] the river [05104], that they may convey me over [05674] till I come [0935] into Judah [03063];
And a letter [0107] unto Asaph [0623] the keeper [08104] of the king's [04428] forest [06508], that he may give [05414] me timber [06086] to make beams [07136] for the gates [08179] of the palace [01002] which appertained to the house [01004], and for the wall [02346] of the city [05892], and for the house [01004] that I shall enter into [0935]. And the king [04428] granted [05414] me, according to the good [02896] hand [03027] of my God [0430] upon me.
Then I came [0935] to the governors [06346] beyond [05676] the river [05104], and gave [05414] them the king's [04428] letters [0107]. Now the king [04428] had sent [07971] captains [08269] of the army [02428] and horsemen [06571] with me.
Then I went on [05674] to the gate [08179] of the fountain [05869], and to the king's [04428] pool [01295]: but there was no place [04725] for the beast [0929] that was under me to pass [05674].
Then I told [05046] them of the hand [03027] of my God [0430] which was good [02896] upon me; as also the king's [04428] words [01697] that he had spoken [0559] unto me. And they said [0559], Let us rise up [06965] and build [01129]. So they strengthened [02388] their hands [03027] for this good [02896] work.
But when Sanballat [05571] the Horonite [02772], and Tobiah [02900] the servant [05650], the Ammonite [05984], and Geshem [01654] the Arabian [06163], heard [08085] it, they laughed us to scorn [03932], and despised [0959] us, and said [0559], What is this thing [01697] that ye do [06213]? will ye rebel [04775] against the king [04428]?
But the gate [08179] of the fountain [05869] repaired [02388] Shallun [07968] the son [01121] of Col–hozeh [03626], the ruler [08269] of part [06418] of Mizpah [04709]; he built [01129] it, and covered [02926] it, and set up [05975] the doors [01817] thereof, the locks [04514] thereof, and the bars [01280] thereof, and the wall [02346] of the pool [01295] of Siloah [07975] by the king's [04428] garden [01588], and unto the stairs [04609] that go down [03381] from the city [05892] of David [01732].
Palal [06420] the son [01121] of Uzai [0186], over against the turning [04740] of the wall, and the tower [04026] which lieth out [03318] from the king's [04428] high [05945] house [01004], that was by the court [02691] of the prison [04307]. After [0310] him Pedaiah [06305] the son [01121] of Parosh [06551].
There were [03426] also that said [0559], We have borrowed [03867] money [03701] for the king's [04428] tribute [04060], and that upon our lands [07704] and vineyards [03754].
Moreover from the time [03117] that I was appointed [06680] to be their governor [06346] in the land [0776] of Judah [03063], from the twentieth [06242] year [08141] even unto the two [08147] and thirtieth [07970] year [08141] of Artaxerxes [0783] the king [04428], that is, twelve [06240] [08147] years [08141], I and my brethren [0251] have not eaten [0398] the bread [03899] of the governor [06346].
Wherein was written [03789], It is reported [08085] among the heathen [01471], and Gashmu [01654] saith [0559] it, that thou and the Jews [03064] think [02803] to rebel [04775]: for which cause [03651] thou buildest [01129] the wall [02346], that thou mayest be [01933] their king [04428], according to these words [01697].Gashmu: also called, Geshem
And thou hast also appointed [05975] prophets [05030] to preach [07121] of thee at Jerusalem [03389], saying [0559], There is a king [04428] in Judah [03063]: and now shall it be reported [08085] to the king [04428] according to these words [01697]. Come [03212] now therefore, and let us take counsel [03289] together [03162].
These are the children [01121] of the province [04082], that went up [05927] out of the captivity [07628], of those that had been carried away [01473], whom Nebuchadnezzar [05019] the king [04428] of Babylon [0894] had carried away [01540], and came again [07725] to Jerusalem [03389] and to Judah [03063], every one [0376] unto his city [05892];
Moreover thou gavest [05414] them kingdoms [04467] and nations [05971], and didst divide [02505] them into corners [06285]: so they possessed [03423] the land [0776] of Sihon [05511], and the land [0776] of the king [04428] of Heshbon [02809], and the land [0776] of Og [05747] king [04428] of Bashan [01316].
So the children [01121] went in [0935] and possessed [03423] the land [0776], and thou subduedst [03665] before [06440] them the inhabitants [03427] of the land [0776], the Canaanites [03669], and gavest [05414] them into their hands [03027], with their kings [04428], and the people [05971] of the land [0776], that they might do [06213] with them as they would [07522].as they…: Heb. according to their will
Now therefore, our God [0430], the great [01419], the mighty [01368], and the terrible [03372] God [0410], who keepest [08104] covenant [01285] and mercy [02617], let not all the trouble [08513] seem little [04591] before [06440] thee, that hath come [04672] upon us, on our kings [04428], on our princes [08269], and on our priests [03548], and on our prophets [05030], and on our fathers [01], and on all thy people [05971], since the time [03117] of the kings [04428] of Assyria [0804] unto this day [03117].trouble: Heb. wearinessthat…: Heb. that hath found us
Neither have our kings [04428], our princes [08269], our priests [03548], nor our fathers [01], kept [06213] thy law [08451], nor hearkened [07181] unto thy commandments [04687] and thy testimonies [05715], wherewith thou didst testify [05749] against them.
And it yieldeth much [07235] increase [08393] unto the kings [04428] whom thou hast set [05414] over us because of our sins [02403]: also they have dominion [04910] over our bodies [01472], and over our cattle [0929], at their pleasure [07522], and we are in great [01419] distress [06869].
For it was the king's [04428] commandment [04687] concerning them, that a certain portion [0548] should be for the singers [07891], due [01697] for every day [03117].a certain…: or, a sure ordinance
And Pethahiah [06611] the son [01121] of Meshezabeel [04898], of the children [01121] of Zerah [02226] the son [01121] of Judah [03063], was at the king's [04428] hand [03027] in all matters [01697] concerning the people [05971].Zerah: also called, Zarah
But in all this time was not I at Jerusalem [03389]: for in the two [08147] and thirtieth [07970] year [08141] of Artaxerxes [0783] king [04428] of Babylon [0894] came [0935] I unto the king [04428], and after [07093] certain days [03117] obtained I leave [07592] of the king [04428]:after…: Heb. at the end of daysobtained…: or, I earnestly requested
Did not Solomon [08010] king [04428] of Israel [03478] sin [02398] by these things? yet among many [07227] nations [01471] was there no king [04428] like him, who was beloved [0157] of his God [0430], and God [0430] made [05414] him king [04428] over all Israel [03478]: nevertheless even him [01571] did outlandish [05237] women [0802] cause to sin [02398].
That in those days [03117], when the king [04428] Ahasuerus [0325] sat [03427] on the throne [03678] of his kingdom [04438], which was in Shushan [07800] the palace [01002],
And when these days [03117] were expired [04390], the king [04428] made [06213] a feast [04960] unto all the people [05971] that were present [04672] in Shushan [07800] the palace [01002], both unto great [01419] and small [06996], seven [07651] days [03117], in the court [02691] of the garden [01594] of the king's [04428] palace [01055];present: Heb. found
And they gave them drink [08248] in vessels [03627] of gold [02091], (the vessels [03627] being diverse [08138] one from another [03627],) and royal [04438] wine [03196] in abundance [07227], according to the state [03027] of the king [04428].royal…: Heb. wine of the kingdomstate: Heb. hand
And the drinking [08360] was according to the law [01881]; none did compel [0597]: for so the king [04428] had appointed [03245] to all the officers [07227] of his house [01004], that they should do [06213] according to every man's [0376] pleasure [07522].
Also Vashti [02060] the queen [04436] made [06213] a feast [04960] for the women [0802] in the royal [04438] house [01004] which belonged to king [04428] Ahasuerus [0325].
On the seventh [07637] day [03117], when the heart [03820] of the king [04428] was merry [02896] with wine [03196], he commanded [0559] Mehuman [04104], Biztha [0968], Harbona [02726], Bigtha [0903], and Abagtha [05], Zethar [02242], and Carcas [03752], the seven [07651] chamberlains [05631] that served [08334] in the presence [06440] of Ahasuerus [0325] the king [04428],chamberlains: or, eunuchs
To bring [0935] Vashti [02060] the queen [04436] before [06440] the king [04428] with the crown [03804] royal [04438], to shew [07200] the people [05971] and the princes [08269] her beauty [03308]: for she was fair [02896] to look on [04758].fair…: Heb. good of countenance
But the queen [04436] Vashti [02060] refused [03985] to come [0935] at the king's [04428] commandment [01697] by [03027] his chamberlains [05631]: therefore was the king [04428] very [03966] wroth [07107], and his anger [02534] burned [01197] in him.by his…: Heb. which was by the hand of his eunuchs
Then the king [04428] said [0559] to the wise men [02450], which knew [03045] the times [06256], (for so was the king's [04428] manner [01697] toward [06440] all that knew [03045] law [01881] and judgment [01779]:
And the next [07138] unto him was Carshena [03771], Shethar [08369], Admatha [0133], Tarshish [08659], Meres [04825], Marsena [04826], and Memucan [04462], the seven [07651] princes [08269] of Persia [06539] and Media [04074], which saw [07200] the king's [04428] face [06440], and which sat [03427] the first [07223] in the kingdom [04438];)
What shall we do [06213] unto the queen [04436] Vashti [02060] according to law [01881], because she hath not performed [06213] the commandment [03982] of the king [04428] Ahasuerus [0325] by [03027] the chamberlains [05631]?What…: Heb. What to do
And Memucan [04462] answered [0559] before [06440] the king [04428] and the princes [08269], Vashti [02060] the queen [04436] hath not done wrong [05753] to the king [04428] only, but also to all the princes [08269], and to all the people [05971] that are in all the provinces [04082] of the king [04428] Ahasuerus [0325].
For this deed [01697] of the queen [04436] shall come abroad [03318] unto all women [0802], so that they shall despise [0959] their husbands [01167] in their eyes [05869], when it shall be reported [0559], The king [04428] Ahasuerus [0325] commanded [0559] Vashti [02060] the queen [04436] to be brought in [0935] before [06440] him, but she came [0935] not.
Likewise shall the ladies [08282] of Persia [06539] and Media [04074] say [0559] this day [03117] unto all the king's [04428] princes [08269], which have heard [08085] of the deed [01697] of the queen [04436]. Thus shall there arise too much [01767] contempt [0963] and wrath [07110].
If it please [02895] the king [04428], let there go [03318] a royal [04438] commandment [01697] from him [06440], and let it be written [03789] among the laws [01881] of the Persians [06539] and the Medes [04074], that it be not altered [05674], That Vashti [02060] come [0935] no more before [06440] king [04428] Ahasuerus [0325]; and let the king [04428] give [05414] her royal estate [04438] unto another [07468] that is better [02896] than she.If it…: Heb. If it be good with the kingunto…: Heb. unto her companionfrom him: Heb. from before himbe not…: Heb. pass not away
And when the king's [04428] decree [06599] which he shall make [06213] shall be published [08085] throughout all his empire [04438], (for it is great [07227],) all the wives [0802] shall give [05414] to their husbands [01167] honour [03366], both to great [01419] and small [06996].
And the saying [01697] pleased [05869] [03190] the king [04428] and the princes [08269]; and the king [04428] did [06213] according to the word [01697] of Memucan [04462]:pleased…: Heb. was good in the eyes of the king
For he sent [07971] letters [05612] into all the king's [04428] provinces [04082], into every province [04082] according to the writing [03791] thereof, and to every people [05971] after their language [03956], that every man [0376] should bear rule [08323] in his own house [01004], and that it should be published [01696] according to the language [03956] of every people [05971].that it…: Heb. that one should publish it according to the language of his people
After [0310] these things [01697], when the wrath [02534] of king [04428] Ahasuerus [0325] was appeased [07918], he remembered [02142] Vashti [02060], and what she had done [06213], and what was decreed [01504] against her.
Then said [0559] the king's [04428] servants [05288] that ministered [08334] unto him, Let there be fair [04758] [02896] young [05291] virgins [01330] sought [01245] for the king [04428]:
And let the king [04428] appoint [06485] officers [06496] in all the provinces [04082] of his kingdom [04438], that they may gather together [06908] all the fair [04758] [02896] young [05291] virgins [01330] unto Shushan [07800] the palace [01002], to the house [01004] of the women [0802], unto the custody [03027] of Hege [01896] the king's [04428] chamberlain [05631], keeper [08104] of the women [0802]; and let their things for purification [08562] be given [05414] them:unto the…: Heb. unto the handHege: also called, Hegai
And let the maiden [05291] which pleaseth [05869] [03190] the king [04428] be queen [04427] instead of Vashti [02060]. And the thing [01697] pleased [05869] [03190] the king [04428]; and he did so [06213].
Who had been carried away [01540] from Jerusalem [03389] with the captivity [01473] which had been carried away [01540] with Jeconiah [03204] king [04428] of Judah [03063], whom Nebuchadnezzar [05019] the king [04428] of Babylon [0894] had carried away [01540].Jeconiah: also called, Jehoiachin
So it came to pass, when the king's [04428] commandment [01697] and his decree [01881] was heard [08085], and when many [07227] maidens [05291] were gathered together [06908] unto Shushan [07800] the palace [01002], to the custody [03027] of Hegai [01896], that Esther [0635] was brought [03947] also unto the king's [04428] house [01004], to the custody [03027] of Hegai [01896], keeper [08104] of the women [0802].
And the maiden [05291] pleased [05869] [03190] him, and she obtained [05375] kindness [02617] of him [06440]; and he speedily [0926] gave [05414] her her things for purification [08562], with such things as belonged [04490] to her, and seven [07651] maidens [05291], which were meet [07200] to be given [05414] her, out of the king's [04428] house [01004]: and he preferred [08138] her and her maids [05291] unto the best [02896] place of the house [01004] of the women [0802].such…: Heb. her portionspreferred: Heb. changed
Now when every maid's [05291] turn [08447] was come [05060] to go in [0935] to king [04428] Ahasuerus [0325], after [07093] that she had been twelve [06240] [08147] months [02320], according to the manner [01881] of the women [0802], (for so were the days [03117] of their purifications [04795] accomplished [04390], to wit, six [08337] months [02320] with oil [08081] of myrrh [04753], and six [08337] months [02320] with sweet odours [01314], and with other things for the purifying [08562] of the women [0802];)
Then thus came [0935] every maiden [05291] unto the king [04428]; whatsoever she desired [0559] was given [05414] her to go [0935] with her out of the house [01004] of the women [0802] unto the king's [04428] house [01004].
In the evening [06153] she went [0935], and on the morrow [01242] she returned [07725] into the second [08145] house [01004] of the women [0802], to the custody [03027] of Shaashgaz [08190], the king's [04428] chamberlain [05631], which kept [08104] the concubines [06370]: she came in [0935] unto the king [04428] no more, except the king [04428] delighted [02654] in her, and that she were called [07121] by name [08034].
Now when the turn [08447] of Esther [0635], the daughter [01323] of Abihail [032] the uncle [01730] of Mordecai [04782], who had taken [03947] her for his daughter [01323], was come [05060] to go in [0935] unto the king [04428], she required [01245] nothing [01697] but what Hegai [01896] the king's [04428] chamberlain [05631], the keeper [08104] of the women [0802], appointed [0559]. And Esther [0635] obtained [05375] favour [02580] in the sight [05869] of all them that looked [07200] upon her.
So Esther [0635] was taken [03947] unto king [04428] Ahasuerus [0325] into his house [01004] royal [04438] in the tenth [06224] month [02320], which is the month [02320] Tebeth [02887], in the seventh [07651] year [08141] of his reign [04438].
And the king [04428] loved [0157] Esther [0635] above all the women [0802], and she obtained [05375] grace [02580] and favour [02617] in his sight [06440] more than all the virgins [01330]; so that he set [07760] the royal [04438] crown [03804] upon her head [07218], and made her queen [04427] instead of Vashti [02060].favour: or, kindnessin his…: Heb. before him
Then the king [04428] made [06213] a great [01419] feast [04960] unto all his princes [08269] and his servants [05650], even Esther's [0635] feast [04960]; and he made [06213] a release [02010] to the provinces [04082], and gave [05414] gifts [04864], according to the state [03027] of the king [04428].release: Heb. rest
And when the virgins [01330] were gathered together [06908] the second time [08145], then Mordecai [04782] sat [03427] in the king's [04428] gate [08179].
In those days [03117], while Mordecai [04782] sat [03427] in the king's [04428] gate [08179], two [08147] of the king's [04428] chamberlains [05631], Bigthan [0904] and Teresh [08657], of those which kept [08104] the door [05592], were wroth [07107], and sought [01245] to lay [07971] hand [03027] on the king [04428] Ahasuerus [0325].Bigthan: also called, Bigthanathe door: Heb. the threshold
And the thing [01697] was known [03045] to Mordecai [04782], who told [05046] it unto Esther [0635] the queen [04436]; and Esther [0635] certified [0559] the king [04428] thereof in Mordecai's [04782] name [08034].
And when inquisition [01245] was made of the matter [01697], it was found out [04672]; therefore they were both [08147] hanged [08518] on a tree [06086]: and it was written [03789] in the book [05612] of the chronicles [03117] [01697] before [06440] the king [04428].
After [0310] these things [01697] did king [04428] Ahasuerus [0325] promote [01431] Haman [02001] the son [01121] of Hammedatha [04099] the Agagite [091], and advanced [05375] him, and set [07760] his seat [03678] above all the princes [08269] that were with him.
And all the king's [04428] servants [05650], that were in the king's [04428] gate [08179], bowed [03766], and reverenced [07812] Haman [02001]: for the king [04428] had so commanded [06680] concerning him. But Mordecai [04782] bowed [03766] not, nor did him reverence [07812].
Then the king's [04428] servants [05650], which were in the king's [04428] gate [08179], said [0559] unto Mordecai [04782], Why transgressest [05674] thou the king's [04428] commandment [04687]?
In the first [07223] month [02320], that is, the month [02320] Nisan [05212], in the twelfth [06240] [08147] year [08141] of king [04428] Ahasuerus [0325], they cast [05307] Pur [06332], that is, the lot [01486], before [06440] Haman [02001] from day [03117] to day [03117], and from month [02320] to month [02320], to the twelfth [06240] [08147] month, that is, the month [02320] Adar [0143].
And Haman [02001] said [0559] unto king [04428] Ahasuerus [0325], There is [03426] a certain [0259] people [05971] scattered abroad [06340] and dispersed [06504] among the people [05971] in all the provinces [04082] of thy kingdom [04438]; and their laws [01881] are diverse [08138] from all people [05971]; neither keep [06213] they the king's [04428] laws [01881]: therefore it is not for the king's [04428] profit [07737] to suffer [03240] them.for the…: Heb. meet or, equal, etc
If it please [02895] the king [04428], let it be written [03789] that they may be destroyed [06]: and I will pay [08254] ten [06235] thousand [0505] talents [03603] of silver [03701] to the hands [03027] of those that have the charge [06213] of the business [04399], to bring [0935] it into the king's [04428] treasuries [01595].that they…: Heb. to destroy thempay: Heb. weigh
And the king [04428] took [05493] his ring [02885] from his hand [03027], and gave [05414] it unto Haman [02001] the son [01121] of Hammedatha [04099] the Agagite [091], the Jews' [03064] enemy [06887].enemy: or, oppressor
And the king [04428] said [0559] unto Haman [02001], The silver [03701] is given [05414] to thee, the people [05971] also, to do [06213] with them as it seemeth [05869] good [02896] to thee.
Then were the king's [04428] scribes [05608] called [07121] on the thirteenth [06240] [07969] day [03117] of the first [07223] month [02320], and there was written [03789] according to all that Haman [02001] had commanded [06680] unto the king's [04428] lieutenants [0323], and to the governors [06346] that were over every province [04082], and to the rulers [08269] of every people [05971] of every province [04082] according to the writing [03791] thereof, and to every people [05971] after their language [03956]; in the name [08034] of king [04428] Ahasuerus [0325] was it written [03789], and sealed [02856] with the king's [04428] ring [02885].scribes: or, secretaries
And the letters [05612] were sent [07971] by [03027] posts [07323] into all the king's [04428] provinces [04082], to destroy [08045], to kill [02026], and to cause to perish [06], all Jews [03064], both young [05288] and old [02205], little children [02945] and women [0802], in one [0259] day [03117], even upon the thirteenth [06240] [07969] day of the twelfth [06240] [08147] month [02320], which is the month [02320] Adar [0143], and to take the spoil [07998] of them for a prey [0962].
The posts [07323] went out [03318], being hastened [01765] by the king's [04428] commandment [01697], and the decree [01881] was given [05414] in Shushan [07800] the palace [01002]. And the king [04428] and Haman [02001] sat down [03427] to drink [08354]; but the city [05892] Shushan [07800] was perplexed [0943].
And came [0935] even before [06440] the king's [04428] gate [08179]: for none might enter [0935] into the king's [04428] gate [08179] clothed [03830] with sackcloth [08242].
And in every province [04082], whithersoever [04725] the king's [04428] commandment [01697] and his decree [01881] came [05060], there was great [01419] mourning [060] among the Jews [03064], and fasting [06685], and weeping [01065], and wailing [04553]; and many [07227] lay [03331] in sackcloth [08242] and ashes [0665].many…: Heb. sackcloth and ashes were laid under many
Then called [07121] Esther [0635] for Hatach [02047], one of the king's [04428] chamberlains [05631], whom he had appointed [05975] to attend [06440] upon her, and gave him a commandment [06680] to Mordecai [04782], to know [03045] what it was, and why it was.appointed…: Heb. set before her
So Hatach [02047] went forth [03318] to Mordecai [04782] unto the street [07339] of the city [05892], which was before [06440] the king's [04428] gate [08179].
And Mordecai [04782] told [05046] him of all that had happened [07136] unto him, and of the sum [06575] of the money [03701] that Haman [02001] had promised [0559] to pay [08254] to the king's [04428] treasuries [01595] for the Jews [03064], to destroy [06] them.
Also he gave [05414] him the copy [06572] of the writing [03791] of the decree [01881] that was given [05414] at Shushan [07800] to destroy [08045] them, to shew [07200] it unto Esther [0635], and to declare [05046] it unto her, and to charge [06680] her that she should go in [0935] unto the king [04428], to make supplication [02603] unto him, and to make request [01245] before [06440] him for her people [05971].
All the king's [04428] servants [05650], and the people [05971] of the king's [04428] provinces [04082], do know [03045], that whosoever, whether man [0376] or woman [0802], shall come [0935] unto the king [04428] into the inner [06442] court [02691], who is not called [07121], there is one [0259] law [01881] of his to put him to death [04191], except [0905] such to whom the king [04428] shall hold out [03447] the golden [02091] sceptre [08275], that he may live [02421]: but I have not been called [07121] to come in [0935] unto the king [04428] these thirty [07970] days [03117].
Then Mordecai [04782] commanded [0559] to answer [07725] Esther [0635], Think [01819] not with thyself [05315] that thou shalt escape [04422] in the king's [04428] house [01004], more than all the Jews [03064].
Go [03212], gather together [03664] all the Jews [03064] that are present [04672] in Shushan [07800], and fast [06684] ye for me, and neither eat [0398] nor drink [08354] three [07969] days [03117], night [03915] or day [03117]: I also and my maidens [05291] will fast [06684] likewise; and so [03651] will I go [0935] in unto the king [04428], which is not according to the law [01881]: and if I perish [06], I perish [06].present: Heb. found
Now it came to pass on the third [07992] day [03117], that Esther [0635] put on [03847] her royal [04438] apparel, and stood [05975] in the inner [06442] court [02691] of the king's [04428] house [01004], over against [05227] the king's [04428] house [01004]: and the king [04428] sat [03427] upon his royal [04438] throne [03678] in the royal [04438] house [01004], over against [05227] the gate [06607] of the house [01004].
And it was so, when the king [04428] saw [07200] Esther [0635] the queen [04436] standing [05975] in the court [02691], that she obtained [05375] favour [02580] in his sight [05869]: and the king [04428] held out [03447] to Esther [0635] the golden [02091] sceptre [08275] that was in his hand [03027]. So Esther [0635] drew near [07126], and touched [05060] the top [07218] of the sceptre [08275].
Then said [0559] the king [04428] unto her, What wilt thou, queen [04436] Esther [0635]? and what is thy request [01246]? it shall be even given [05414] thee to the half [02677] of the kingdom [04438].
And Esther [0635] answered [0559], If it seem good [02895] unto the king [04428], let the king [04428] and Haman [02001] come [0935] this day [03117] unto the banquet [04960] that I have prepared [06213] for him.
Then the king [04428] said [0559], Cause Haman [02001] to make haste [04116], that he may do [06213] as Esther [0635] hath said [01697]. So the king [04428] and Haman [02001] came [0935] to the banquet [04960] that Esther [0635] had prepared [06213].
And the king [04428] said [0559] unto Esther [0635] at the banquet [04960] of wine [03196], What is thy petition [07596]? and it shall be granted [05414] thee: and what is thy request [01246]? even to the half [02677] of the kingdom [04438] it shall be performed [06213].
If I have found [04672] favour [02580] in the sight [05869] of the king [04428], and if it please [02895] the king [04428] to grant [05414] my petition [07596], and to perform [06213] my request [01246], let the king [04428] and Haman [02001] come [0935] to the banquet [04960] that I shall prepare [06213] for them, and I will do [06213] to morrow [04279] as the king [04428] hath said [01697].perform: Heb. do
Then went [03318] Haman [02001] forth [03318] that day [03117] joyful [08056] and with a glad [02896] heart [03820]: but when Haman [02001] saw [07200] Mordecai [04782] in the king's [04428] gate [08179], that he stood not up [06965], nor moved [02111] for him, he [02001] was full [04390] of indignation [02534] against Mordecai [04782].
And Haman [02001] told [05608] them of the glory [03519] of his riches [06239], and the multitude [07230] of his children [01121], and all the things wherein the king [04428] had promoted [01431] him, and how he had advanced [05375] him above the princes [08269] and servants [05650] of the king [04428].
Haman [02001] said [0559] moreover, Yea, Esther [0635] the queen [04436] did let no man come in [0935] with the king [04428] unto the banquet [04960] that she had prepared [06213] but myself; and to morrow [04279] am I invited [07121] unto her also with the king [04428].
Yet all this availeth [07737] me nothing, so long as [06256] I see [07200] Mordecai [04782] the Jew [03064] sitting [03427] at the king's [04428] gate [08179].
Then said [0559] Zeresh [02238] his wife [0802] and all his friends [0157] unto him, Let a gallows [06086] be made [06213] of fifty [02572] cubits [0520] high [01364], and to morrow [01242] speak [0559] thou unto the king [04428] that Mordecai [04782] may be hanged [08518] thereon: then go [0935] thou in merrily [08056] with the king [04428] unto the banquet [04960]. And the thing [01697] pleased [06440] [03190] Haman [02001]; and he caused [06213] the gallows [06086] to be made [06213].gallows: Heb. tree
On that night [03915] could not [05074] the king [04428] sleep [08142], and he commanded [0559] to bring [0935] the book [05612] of records [02146] of the chronicles [03117] [01697]; and they were read [07121] before [06440] the king [04428].could…: Heb. the king's sleep fled away
And it was found [04672] written [03789], that Mordecai [04782] had told [05046] of Bigthana [0904] and Teresh [08657], two [08147] of the king's [04428] chamberlains [05631], the keepers [08104] of the door [05592], who sought [01245] to lay [07971] hand [03027] on the king [04428] Ahasuerus [0325].Bigthana: also called, Bigthandoor: Heb. threshold
And the king [04428] said [0559], What honour [03366] and dignity [01420] hath been done [06213] to Mordecai [04782] for this? Then said [0559] the king's [04428] servants [05288] that ministered [08334] unto him, There is nothing [01697] done [06213] for him.
And the king [04428] said [0559], Who is in the court [02691]? Now Haman [02001] was come [0935] into the outward [02435] court [02691] of the king's [04428] house [01004], to speak [0559] unto the king [04428] to hang [08518] Mordecai [04782] on the gallows [06086] that he had prepared [03559] for him.
And the king's [04428] servants [05288] said [0559] unto him, Behold, Haman [02001] standeth [05975] in the court [02691]. And the king [04428] said [0559], Let him come in [0935].
So Haman [02001] came in [0935]. And the king [04428] said [0559] unto him, What shall be done [06213] unto the man [0376] whom the king [04428] delighteth [02654] to honour [03366]? Now Haman [02001] thought [0559] in his heart [03820], To whom would the king [04428] delight [02654] to do [06213] honour [03366] more [03148] than to myself?whom the king…: Heb. in whose honour the king delighteth
And Haman [02001] answered [0559] the king [04428], For the man [0376] whom the king [04428] delighteth [02654] to honour [03366],whom the king…: Heb. in whose honour the king delighteth
Let the royal [04438] apparel [03830] be brought [0935] which the king [04428] useth to wear [03847], and the horse [05483] that the king [04428] rideth [07392] upon, and the crown [03804] royal [04438] which is set [05414] upon his head [07218]:Let…: Heb. Let them bring the royal apparelwhich the king…: Heb. wherewith the king clotheth himself
And let this apparel [03830] and horse [05483] be delivered [05414] to the hand [03027] of one [0376] of the king's [04428] most noble [06579] princes [08269], that they may array [03847] the man [0376] withal whom the king [04428] delighteth [02654] to honour [03366], and bring [07392] him on horseback [05483] through the street [07339] of the city [05892], and proclaim [07121] before [06440] him, Thus shall it be done [06213] to the man [0376] whom the king [04428] delighteth [02654] to honour [03366].bring…: Heb. cause him to ride
Then the king [04428] said [0559] to Haman [02001], Make haste [04116], and take [03947] the apparel [03830] and the horse [05483], as thou hast said [01696], and do [06213] even so to Mordecai [04782] the Jew [03064], that sitteth [03427] at the king's [04428] gate [08179]: let nothing [01697] fail [05307] of all that thou hast spoken [01696].let…: Heb. suffer not a whit to fall
Then took [03947] Haman [02001] the apparel [03830] and the horse [05483], and arrayed [03847] Mordecai [04782], and brought him on horseback [07392] through the street [07339] of the city [05892], and proclaimed [07121] before [06440] him, Thus shall it be done [06213] unto the man [0376] whom the king [04428] delighteth [02654] to honour [03366].
And Mordecai [04782] came again [07725] to the king's [04428] gate [08179]. But Haman [02001] hasted [01765] to his house [01004] mourning [057], and having his head [07218] covered [02645].
And while they were yet talking [01696] with him, came [05060] the king's [04428] chamberlains [05631], and hasted [0926] to bring [0935] Haman [02001] unto the banquet [04960] that Esther [0635] had prepared [06213].
So the king [04428] and Haman [02001] came [0935] to banquet [08354] with Esther [0635] the queen [04436].to banquet: Heb. to drink
And the king [04428] said [0559] again unto Esther [0635] on the second [08145] day [03117] at the banquet [04960] of wine [03196], What is thy petition [07596], queen [04436] Esther [0635]? and it shall be granted [05414] thee: and what is thy request [01246]? and it shall be performed [06213], even to the half [02677] of the kingdom [04438].
Then Esther [0635] the queen [04436] answered [06030] and said [0559], If I have found [04672] favour [02580] in thy sight [05869], O king [04428], and if it please [02895] the king [04428], let my life [05315] be given [05414] me at my petition [07596], and my people [05971] at my request [01246]:
For we are sold [04376], I and my people [05971], to be destroyed [08045], to be slain [02026], and to perish [06]. But if [0432] we had been sold [04376] for bondmen [05650] and bondwomen [08198], I had held my tongue [02790], although the enemy [06862] could not countervail [07737] the king's [04428] damage [05143].to be destroyed…: Heb. that they should destroy, and kill, and cause to perish
Then the king [04428] Ahasuerus [0325] answered [0559] and said [0559] unto Esther [0635] the queen [04436], Who is he, and where is he, that durst presume [04390] in his heart [03820] to do [06213] so?that…: Heb. whose heart hath filled him
And Esther [0635] said [0559], The adversary [06862] [0376] and enemy [0341] is this wicked [07451] Haman [02001]. Then Haman [02001] was afraid [01204] before [06440] the king [04428] and the queen [04436].The adversary: Heb. The man adversarybefore: or, at the presence of
And the king [04428] arising [06965] from the banquet [04960] of wine [03196] in his wrath [02534] went into the palace [01055] garden [01594]: and Haman [02001] stood up [05975] to make request [01245] for his life [05315] to Esther [0635] the queen [04436]; for he saw [07200] that there was evil [07451] determined [03615] against him by the king [04428].
Then the king [04428] returned [07725] out of the palace [01055] garden [01594] into the place [01004] of the banquet [04960] of wine [03196]; and Haman [02001] was fallen [05307] upon the bed [04296] whereon Esther [0635] was. Then said [0559] the king [04428], Will he force [03533] the queen [04436] also before me in the house [01004]? As the word [01697] went out [03318] of the king's [04428] mouth [06310], they covered [02645] Haman's [02001] face [06440].before me: Heb. with me
And Harbonah [02726], one [0259] of the chamberlains [05631], said [0559] before [06440] the king [04428], Behold also, the gallows [06086] fifty [02572] cubits [0520] high [01364], which Haman [02001] had made [06213] for Mordecai [04782], who had spoken [01696] good [02896] for the king [04428], standeth [05975] in the house [01004] of Haman [02001]. Then the king [04428] said [0559], Hang [08518] him thereon.gallows: Heb. tree
So they hanged [08518] Haman [02001] on the gallows [06086] that he had prepared [03559] for Mordecai [04782]. Then was the king's [04428] wrath [02534] pacified [07918].
On that day [03117] did the king [04428] Ahasuerus [0325] give [05414] the house [01004] of Haman [02001] the Jews' [03064] enemy [06887] unto Esther [0635] the queen [04436]. And Mordecai [04782] came [0935] before [06440] the king [04428]; for Esther [0635] had told [05046] what he was unto her.
And the king [04428] took off [05493] his ring [02885], which he had taken [05674] from Haman [02001], and gave [05414] it unto Mordecai [04782]. And Esther [0635] set [07760] Mordecai [04782] over the house [01004] of Haman [02001].
And Esther [0635] spake [01696] yet again [03254] before [06440] the king [04428], and fell down [05307] at [06440] his feet [07272], and besought [02603] him with tears [01058] to put away [05674] the mischief [07451] of Haman [02001] the Agagite [091], and his device [04284] that he had devised [02803] against the Jews [03064].and besought…: Heb. and she wept, and besought him
Then the king [04428] held out [03447] the golden [02091] sceptre [08275] toward Esther [0635]. So Esther [0635] arose [06965], and stood [05975] before [06440] the king [04428],
And said [0559], If it please [02896] the king [04428], and if I have found [04672] favour [02580] in his sight [06440], and the thing [01697] seem right [03787] before [06440] the king [04428], and I be pleasing [02896] in his eyes [05869], let it be written [03789] to reverse [07725] the letters [05612] devised [04284] by Haman [02001] the son [01121] of Hammedatha [04099] the Agagite [091], which he wrote [03789] to destroy [06] the Jews [03064] which are in all the king's [04428] provinces [04082]:devised: Heb. the devicewhich he…: or, who wrote
Then the king [04428] Ahasuerus [0325] said [0559] unto Esther [0635] the queen [04436] and to Mordecai [04782] the Jew [03064], Behold, I have given [05414] Esther [0635] the house [01004] of Haman [02001], and him they have hanged [08518] upon the gallows [06086], because he laid [07971] his hand [03027] upon the Jews [03064].
Write [03789] ye also for the Jews [03064], as it liketh [02896] you [05869], in the king's [04428] name [08034], and seal [02856] it with the king's [04428] ring [02885]: for the writing [03791] which is written [03789] in the king's [04428] name [08034], and sealed [02856] with the king's [04428] ring [02885], may no man reverse [07725].
Then were the king's [04428] scribes [05608] called [07121] at that time [06256] in the third [07992] month [02320], that is, the month [02320] Sivan [05510], on the three [07969] and twentieth [06242] day thereof; and it was written [03789] according to all that Mordecai [04782] commanded [06680] unto the Jews [03064], and to the lieutenants [0323], and the deputies [06346] and rulers [08269] of the provinces [04082] which are from India [01912] unto Ethiopia [03568], an hundred [03967] twenty [06242] and seven [07651] provinces [04082], unto every province [04082] according to the writing [03791] thereof, and unto every people [05971] after their language [03956], and to the Jews [03064] according to their writing [03791], and according to their language [03956].
And he wrote [03789] in the king [04428] Ahasuerus' [0325] name [08034], and sealed [02856] it with the king's [04428] ring [02885], and sent [07971] letters [05612] by [03027] posts [07323] on horseback [05483], and riders [07392] on mules [07409], camels [0327], and young [01121] dromedaries [07424]:
Wherein the king [04428] granted [05414] the Jews [03064] which were in every city [05892] to gather themselves together [06950], and to stand [05975] for their life [05315], to destroy [08045], to slay [02026], and to cause to perish [06], all the power [02428] of the people [05971] and province [04082] that would assault [06696] them, both little ones [02945] and women [0802], and to take the spoil [07998] of them for a prey [0962],
Upon one [0259] day [03117] in all the provinces [04082] of king [04428] Ahasuerus [0325], namely, upon the thirteenth [06240] [07969] day of the twelfth [06240] [08147] month [02320], which is the month [02320] Adar [0143].
So the posts [07323] that rode [07392] upon mules [07409] and camels [0327] went out [03318], being hastened [0926] and pressed on [01765] by the king's [04428] commandment [01697]. And the decree [01881] was given [05414] at Shushan [07800] the palace [01002].
And Mordecai [04782] went out [03318] from the presence [06440] of the king [04428] in royal [04438] apparel [03830] of blue [08504] and white [02353], and with a great [01419] crown [05850] of gold [02091], and with a garment [08509] of fine linen [0948] and purple [0713]: and the city [05892] of Shushan [07800] rejoiced [06670] and was glad [08056].blue: or, violet
And in every province [04082], and in every city [05892], whithersoever [04725] the king's [04428] commandment [01697] and his decree [01881] came [05060], the Jews [03064] had joy [08057] and gladness [08342], a feast [04960] and a good [02896] day [03117]. And many [07227] of the people [05971] of the land [0776] became Jews [03054]; for the fear [06343] of the Jews [03064] fell [05307] upon them.
Now in the twelfth [06240] [08147] month [02320], that is, the month [02320] Adar [0143], on the thirteenth [06240] [07969] day [03117] of the same, when the king's [04428] commandment [01697] and his decree [01881] drew near [05060] to be put in execution [06213], in the day [03117] that the enemies [0341] of the Jews [03064] hoped [07663] to have power [07980] over them, (though it was turned [02015] to the contrary, that the Jews [03064] had rule [07980] over them that hated [08130] them;)
The Jews [03064] gathered themselves together [06950] in their cities [05892] throughout all the provinces [04082] of the king [04428] Ahasuerus [0325], to lay [07971] hand [03027] on such as sought [01245] their hurt [07451]: and no man [0376] could withstand [05975] them [06440]; for the fear [06343] of them fell [05307] upon all people [05971].
And all the rulers [08269] of the provinces [04082], and the lieutenants [0323], and the deputies [06346], and officers [04399] [06213] of the king [04428], helped [05375] the Jews [03064]; because the fear [06343] of Mordecai [04782] fell [05307] upon them.officers…: Heb. those which did the business that belonged to the king
For Mordecai [04782] was great [01419] in the king's [04428] house [01004], and his fame [08089] went out [01980] throughout all the provinces [04082]: for this man [0376] Mordecai [04782] waxed [01980] greater and greater [01419].
On that day [03117] the number [04557] of those that were slain [02026] in Shushan [07800] the palace [01002] was brought [0935] before [06440] the king [04428].was…: Heb. came
And the king [04428] said [0559] unto Esther [0635] the queen [04436], The Jews [03064] have slain [02026] and destroyed [06] five [02568] hundred [03967] men [0376] in Shushan [07800] the palace [01002], and the ten [06235] sons [01121] of Haman [02001]; what have they done [06213] in the rest [07605] of the king's [04428] provinces [04082]? now what is thy petition [07596]? and it shall be granted [05414] thee: or what is thy request [01246] further [05750]? and it shall be done [06213].
Then said [0559] Esther [0635], If it please [02896] the king [04428], let it be granted [05414] to the Jews [03064] which are in Shushan [07800] to do [06213] to morrow [04279] also according unto this day's [03117] decree [01881], and let Haman's [02001] ten [06235] sons [01121] be hanged [08518] upon the gallows [06086].let Haman's…: Heb. let men hang, etc
And the king [04428] commanded [0559] it so to be done [06213]: and the decree [01881] was given [05414] at Shushan [07800]; and they hanged [08518] Haman's [02001] ten [06235] sons [01121].
But the other [07605] Jews [03064] that were in the king's [04428] provinces [04082] gathered themselves together [06950], and stood [05975] for their lives [05315], and had rest [05118] from their enemies [0341], and slew [02026] of their foes [08130] seventy [07657] and five [02568] thousand [0505], but they laid [07971] not their hands [03027] on the prey [0961],
And Mordecai [04782] wrote [03789] these things [01697], and sent [07971] letters [05612] unto all the Jews [03064] that were in all the provinces [04082] of the king [04428] Ahasuerus [0325], both nigh [07138] and far [07350],
But when Esther came [0935] before [06440] the king [04428], he commanded [0559] by letters [05612] that his wicked [07451] device [04284], which he devised [02803] against the Jews [03064], should return [07725] upon his own head [07218], and that he and his sons [01121] should be hanged [08518] on the gallows [06086].when…: Heb. when she came
And the king [04428] Ahasuerus [0325] laid [07760] a tribute [04522] upon the land [0776], and upon the isles [0339] of the sea [03220].
And all the acts [04639] of his power [08633] and of his might [01369], and the declaration [06575] of the greatness [01420] of Mordecai [04782], whereunto the king [04428] advanced [01431] him, are they not written [03789] in the book [05612] of the chronicles [03117] [01697] of the kings [04428] of Media [04074] and Persia [06539]?advanced…: Heb. made him great
For Mordecai [04782] the Jew [03064] was next [04932] unto king [04428] Ahasuerus [0325], and great [01419] among the Jews [03064], and accepted [07521] of the multitude [07230] of his brethren [0251], seeking [01875] the wealth [02896] of his people [05971], and speaking [01696] peace [07965] to all his seed [02233].
With kings [04428] and counsellors [03289] of the earth [0776], which built [01129] desolate places [02723] for themselves;
He looseth [06605] the bond [04148] of kings [04428], and girdeth [0631] their loins [04975] with a girdle [0232].
Trouble [06862] and anguish [04691] shall make him afraid [01204]; they shall prevail [08630] against him, as a king [04428] ready [06264] to the battle [03593].
His confidence [04009] shall be rooted out [05423] of his tabernacle [0168], and it shall bring [06805] him to the king [04428] of terrors [01091].
I chose [0977] out their way [01870], and sat [03427] chief [07218], and dwelt [07931] as a king [04428] in the army [01416], as one that comforteth [05162] the mourners [057].
Is it fit to say [0559] to a king [04428], Thou art wicked [01100]? and to princes [05081], Ye are ungodly [07563]?
He withdraweth [01639] not his eyes [05869] from the righteous [06662]: but with kings [04428] are they on the throne [03678]; yea, he doth establish [03427] them for ever [05331], and they are exalted [01361].
He beholdeth [07200] all high [01364] things: he is a king [04428] over all the children [01121] of pride [07830].
The kings [04428] of the earth [0776] set [03320] themselves, and the rulers [07336] take counsel [03245] together [03162], against the Lord [03068], and against his anointed [04899], saying,
Yet have I set [05258] my king [04428] upon my holy [06944] hill [02022] of Zion [06726].set: Heb. anointedupon…: Heb. upon Zion, the hill of my holiness
Be wise [07919] now therefore, O ye kings [04428]: be instructed [03256], ye judges [08199] of the earth [0776].
Hearken [07181] unto the voice [06963] of my cry [07773], my King [04428], and my God [0430]: for unto thee will I pray [06419].
The Lord [03068] is King [04428] for ever [05769] and ever [05703]: the heathen [01471] are perished [06] out of his land [0776].
Great [01431] deliverance [03444] giveth he to his king [04428]; and sheweth [06213] mercy [02617] to his anointed [04899], to David [01732], and to his seed [02233] for [05704] evermore [05769].
Save [03467], Lord [03068]: let the king [04428] hear [06030] us when [03117] we call [07121].
The king [04428] shall joy [08055] in thy strength [05797], O Lord [03068]; and in thy salvation [03444] how greatly [03966] shall he rejoice [01523]!
For the king [04428] trusteth [0982] in the Lord [03068], and through the mercy [02617] of the most High [05945] he shall not be moved [04131].
Lift up [05375] your heads [07218], O ye gates [08179]; and be ye lift up [05375], ye everlasting [05769] doors [06607]; and the King [04428] of glory [03519] shall come in [0935].
Who is this King [04428] of glory [03519]? The Lord [03068] strong [05808] and mighty [01368], the Lord [03068] mighty [01368] in battle [04421].
Lift up [05375] your heads [07218], O ye gates [08179]; even lift them up [05375], ye everlasting [05769] doors [06607]; and the King [04428] of glory [03519] shall come in [0935].
Who is this King [04428] of glory [03519]? The Lord [03068] of hosts [06635], he is the King [04428] of glory [03519]. Selah [05542].
The Lord [03068] sitteth [03427] upon the flood [03999]; yea, the Lord [03068] sitteth [03427] King [04428] for ever [05769].
There is no king [04428] saved [03467] by the multitude [07230] of an host [02428]: a mighty man [01368] is not delivered [05337] by much [07230] strength [03581].
Thou art my King [04428], O God [0430]: command [06680] deliverances [03444] for Jacob [03290].
My heart [03820] is inditing [07370] a good [02896] matter [01697]: I speak [0559] of the things which I have made [04639] touching the king [04428]: my tongue [03956] is the pen [05842] of a ready [04106] writer [05608].Maschil: or, of instructionis inditing: Heb. boileth, or, bubbleth up
Thine arrows [02671] are sharp [08150] in the heart [03820] of the king's [04428] enemies [0341]; whereby the people [05971] fall [05307] under thee.
Kings' [04428] daughters [01323] were among thy honourable women [03368]: upon thy right hand [03225] did stand [05324] the queen [07694] in gold [03800] of Ophir [0211].
So shall the king [04428] greatly desire [0183] thy beauty [03308]: for he is thy Lord [0113]; and worship [07812] thou him.
The king's [04428] daughter [01323] is all glorious [03520] within [06441]: her clothing [03830] is of wrought [04865] gold [02091].
She shall be brought [02986] unto the king [04428] in raiment of needlework [07553]: the virgins [01330] her companions [07464] that follow [0310] her shall be brought [0935] unto thee.
With gladness [08057] and rejoicing [01524] shall they be brought [02986]: they shall enter [0935] into the king's [04428] palace [01964].
For the Lord [03068] most high [05945] is terrible [03372]; he is a great [01419] King [04428] over all the earth [0776].
Sing praises [02167] to God [0430], sing praises [02167]: sing praises [02167] unto our King [04428], sing praises [02167].
For God [0430] is the King [04428] of all the earth [0776]: sing ye praises [02167] with understanding [07919].with: or, every one that hath
Beautiful [03303] for situation [05131], the joy [04885] of the whole earth [0776], is mount [02022] Zion [06726], on the sides [03411] of the north [06828], the city [07151] of the great [07227] King [04428].
For, lo, the kings [04428] were assembled [03259], they passed by [05674] together [03162].
Thou wilt prolong [03254] the king's [04428] life [03117] [03117]: and his years [08141] as many [01755] generations [01755].Thou…: Heb. Thou shalt add days to the days of the kingas…: Heb. as generation and generation
But the king [04428] shall rejoice [08055] in God [0430]; every one that sweareth [07650] by him shall glory [01984]: but the mouth [06310] of them that speak [01696] lies [08267] shall be stopped [05534].
Kings [04428] of armies [06635] did flee [05074] apace [05074]: and she that tarried [05116] at home [01004] divided [02505] the spoil [07998].did…: Heb. did flee, did flee
When the Almighty [07706] scattered [06566] kings [04428] in it, it was white as snow [07949] in Salmon [06756].in it…: or, for her, she
They have seen [07200] thy goings [01979], O God [0430]; even the goings [01979] of my God [0410], my King [04428], in the sanctuary [06944].
Because of thy temple [01964] at Jerusalem [03389] shall kings [04428] bring [02986] presents [07862] unto thee.
Give [05414] the king [04428] thy judgments [04941], O God [0430], and thy righteousness [06666] unto the king's [04428] son [01121].for: or, of
The kings [04428] of Tarshish [08659] and of the isles [0339] shall bring [07725] presents [04503]: the kings [04428] of Sheba [07614] and Seba [05434] shall offer [07126] gifts [0814].
Yea, all kings [04428] shall fall down [07812] before him: all nations [01471] shall serve [05647] him.
For God [0430] is my King [04428] of old [06924], working [06466] salvation [03444] in the midst [07130] of the earth [0776].
He shall cut off [01219] the spirit [07307] of princes [05057]: he is terrible [03372] to the kings [04428] of the earth [0776].
Yea, the sparrow [06833] hath found [04672] an house [01004], and the swallow [01866] a nest [07064] for herself, where she may lay [07896] her young [0667], even thine altars [04196], O Lord [03068] of hosts [06635], my King [04428], and my God [0430].
For the Lord [03068] is our defence [04043]; and the Holy One [06918] of Israel [03478] is our king [04428].the Lord…: or, our shield is of the Lord, and our king is of the Holy One of Israel
Also I will make [05414] him my firstborn [01060], higher [05945] than the kings [04428] of the earth [0776].
For the Lord [03068] is a great [01419] God [0410], and a great [01419] King [04428] above all gods [0430].
With trumpets [02689] and sound [06963] of cornet [07782] make a joyful noise [07321] before [06440] the Lord [03068], the King [04428].
The king's [04428] strength [05797] also loveth [0157] judgment [04941]; thou dost establish [03559] equity [04339], thou executest [06213] judgment [04941] and righteousness [06666] in Jacob [03290].
So the heathen [01471] shall fear [03372] the name [08034] of the Lord [03068], and all the kings [04428] of the earth [0776] thy glory [03519].
He suffered [03240] no man [0120] to do them wrong [06231]: yea, he reproved [03198] kings [04428] for their sakes;
The king [04428] sent [07971] and loosed [05425] him; even the ruler [04910] of the people [05971], and let him go free [06605].
Their land [0776] brought forth [08317] frogs [06854] in abundance [08317], in the chambers [02315] of their kings [04428].
The Lord [0136] at thy right hand [03225] shall strike [04272] through kings [04428] in the day [03117] of his wrath [0639].
I will speak [01696] of thy testimonies [05713] also before kings [04428], and will not be ashamed [0954].
Who smote [05221] great [07227] nations [01471], and slew [02026] mighty [06099] kings [04428];
Sihon [05511] king [04428] of the Amorites [0567], and Og [05747] king [04428] of Bashan [01316], and all the kingdoms [04467] of Canaan [03667]:
To him which smote [05221] great [01419] kings [04428]: for his mercy [02617] endureth for ever [05769]:
And slew [02026] famous [0117] kings [04428]: for his mercy [02617] endureth for ever [05769]:
Sihon [05511] king [04428] of the Amorites [0567]: for his mercy [02617] endureth for ever [05769]:
And Og [05747] the king [04428] of Bashan [01316]: for his mercy [02617] endureth for ever [05769]:
All the kings [04428] of the earth [0776] shall praise [03034] thee, O Lord [03068], when they hear [08085] the words [0561] of thy mouth [06310].
It is he that giveth [05414] salvation [08668] unto kings [04428]: who delivereth [06475] David [01732] his servant [05650] from the hurtful [07451] sword [02719].salvation: or, victory
I will extol [07311] thee, my God [0430], O king [04428]; and I will bless [01288] thy name [08034] for ever [05769] and ever [05703].
Kings [04428] of the earth [0776], and all people [03816]; princes [08269], and all judges [08199] of the earth [0776]:
Let Israel [03478] rejoice [08055] in him that made [06213] him: let the children [01121] of Zion [06726] be joyful [01523] in their King [04428].in him…: Heb. in his Makers
To bind [0631] their kings [04428] with chains [02131], and their nobles [03513] with fetters [03525] of iron [01270];
The proverbs [04912] of Solomon [08010] the son [01121] of David [01732], king [04428] of Israel [03478];
By me kings [04428] reign [04427], and princes [07336] decree [02710] justice [06664].
In the multitude [07230] of people [05971] is the king's [04428] honour [01927]: but in the want [0657] of people [03816] is the destruction [04288] of the prince [07333].
The king's [04428] favour [07522] is toward a wise [07919] servant [05650]: but his wrath [05678] is against him that causeth shame [0954].
A divine sentence [07081] is in the lips [08193] of the king [04428]: his mouth [06310] transgresseth [04603] not in judgment [04941].A divine…: Heb. Divination
It is an abomination [08441] to kings [04428] to commit [06213] wickedness [07562]: for the throne [03678] is established [03559] by righteousness [06666].
Righteous [06664] lips [08193] are the delight [07522] of kings [04428]; and they love [0157] him that speaketh [01696] right [03477].
The wrath [02534] of a king [04428] is as messengers [04397] of death [04194]: but a wise [02450] man [0376] will pacify [03722] it.
In the light [0216] of the king's [04428] countenance [06440] is life [02416]; and his favour [07522] is as a cloud [05645] of the latter rain [04456].
The king's [04428] wrath [02197] is as the roaring [05099] of a lion [03715]; but his favour [07522] is as dew [02919] upon the grass [06212].
The fear [0367] of a king [04428] is as the roaring [05099] of a lion [03715]: whoso provoketh him to anger [05674] sinneth [02398] against his own soul [05315].
A king [04428] that sitteth in [03427] the throne [03678] of judgment [01779] scattereth away [02219] all evil [07451] with his eyes [05869].
A wise [02450] king [04428] scattereth [02219] the wicked [07563], and bringeth [07725] the wheel [0212] over them.
Mercy [02617] and truth [0571] preserve [05341] the king [04428]: and his throne [03678] is upholden [05582] by mercy [02617].
The king's [04428] heart [03820] is in the hand [03027] of the Lord [03068], as the rivers [06388] of water [04325]: he turneth [05186] it whithersoever he will [02654].
He that loveth [0157] pureness [02889] [02890] of heart [03820], for the grace [02580] of his lips [08193] the king [04428] shall be his friend [07453].for…: or, and hath grace in his lips
Seest [02372] thou a man [0376] diligent [04106] in his business [04399]? he shall stand [03320] before [06440] kings [04428]; he shall not stand [03320] before [06440] mean [02823] men.mean…: Heb. obscure men
My son [01121], fear [03372] thou the Lord [03068] and the king [04428]: and meddle [06148] not with them that are given to change [08138]:them…: Heb. changers
These are also proverbs [04912] of Solomon [08010], which the men [0582] of Hezekiah [02396] king [04428] of Judah [03063] copied out [06275].
It is the glory [03519] of God [0430] to conceal [05641] a thing [01697]: but the honour [03519] of kings [04428] is to search out [02713] a matter [01697].
The heaven [08064] for height [07312], and the earth [0776] for depth [06011], and the heart [03820] of kings [04428] is unsearchable [02714].is…: Heb. there is no searching
Take away [01898] the wicked [07563] from before [06440] the king [04428], and his throne [03678] shall be established [03559] in righteousness [06664].
Put not forth [01921] thyself in the presence [06440] of the king [04428], and stand [05975] not in the place [04725] of great [01419] men:Put…: Heb. Set not out thy glory
The king [04428] by judgment [04941] establisheth [05975] the land [0776]: but he [0376] that receiveth gifts [08641] overthroweth [02040] it.he…: Heb. a man of oblations
The king [04428] that faithfully [0571] judgeth [08199] the poor [01800], his throne [03678] shall be established [03559] for ever [05703].
The locusts [0697] have no king [04428], yet go they forth [03318] all of them by bands [02686];by…: Heb. gathered together
The spider [08079] taketh hold [08610] with her hands [03027], and is in kings' [04428] palaces [01964].
A greyhound [02223] [04975]; an he goat [08495] also [0176]; and a king [04428], against whom there is no rising up [0510].greyhound: or, horse: Heb. girt in the loins
The words [01697] of king [04428] Lemuel [03927], the prophecy [04853] that his mother [0517] taught [03256] him.
Give [05414] not thy strength [02428] unto women [0802], nor thy ways [01870] to that which destroyeth [04229] kings [04428].
It is not for kings [04428], O Lemuel [03927], it is not for kings [04428] to drink [08354] wine [03196]; nor for [0176] [0335] princes [07336] strong drink [07941]:
The words [01697] of the Preacher [06953], the son [01121] of David [01732], king [04428] in Jerusalem [03389].
I the Preacher [06953] was king [04428] over Israel [03478] in Jerusalem [03389].
I gathered [03664] me also silver [03701] and gold [02091], and the peculiar treasure [05459] of kings [04428] and of the provinces [04082]: I gat [06213] me men singers [07891] and women singers [07891], and the delights [08588] of the sons [01121] of men [0120], as musical instruments [07705] [07705], and that of all sorts.musical…: Heb. musical instrument and instruments
And I turned [06437] myself to behold [07200] wisdom [02451], and madness [01947], and folly [05531]: for what can the man [0120] do that cometh [0935] after [0310] the king [04428]? even that which hath been already [03528] done [06213].even…: or, in those things which have been already done
Better [02896] is a poor [04542] and a wise [02450] child [03206] than an old [02205] and foolish [03684] king [04428], who will [03045] no more be admonished [02094].who…: Heb. who knoweth not to be admonished
Moreover the profit [03504] of the earth [0776] is for all: the king [04428] himself is served [05647] by the field [07704].
I counsel thee to keep [08104] the king's [04428] commandment [06310], and that in regard [01700] of the oath [07621] of God [0430].
Where the word [01697] of a king [04428] is, there is power [07983]: and who may say [0559] unto him, What doest [06213] thou?
There was a little [06996] city [05892], and few [04592] men [0582] within it; and there came [0935] a great [01419] king [04428] against it, and besieged [05437] it, and built [01129] great [01419] bulwarks [04685] against it:
Woe [0337] to thee, O land [0776], when thy king [04428] is a child [05288], and thy princes [08269] eat [0398] in the morning [01242]!
Blessed [0835] art thou, O land [0776], when thy king [04428] is the son [01121] of nobles [02715], and thy princes [08269] eat [0398] in due season [06256], for strength [01369], and not for drunkenness [08358]!
Curse [07043] not the king [04428], no not in thy thought [04093]; and curse [07043] not the rich [06223] in thy bedchamber [04904] [02315]: for a bird [05775] of the air [08064] shall carry [03212] the voice [06963], and that which hath [01167] wings [03671] shall tell [05046] the matter [01697].thought: or, conscience
Draw [04900] me, we will run [07323] after [0310] thee: the king [04428] hath brought [0935] me into his chambers [02315]: we will be glad [01523] and rejoice [08055] in thee, we will remember [02142] thy love [01730] more than wine [03196]: the upright [04339] love [0157] thee.the upright…: or, they love thee uprightly
While the king [04428] sitteth at his table [04524], my spikenard [05373] sendeth forth [05414] the smell [07381] thereof.
King [04428] Solomon [08010] made [06213] himself a chariot [0668] of the wood [06086] of Lebanon [03844].a chariot: or, a bed
Go forth [03318], O ye daughters [01323] of Zion [06726], and behold [07200] king [04428] Solomon [08010] with the crown [05850] wherewith his mother [0517] crowned [05849] him in the day [03117] of his espousals [02861], and in the day [03117] of the gladness [08057] of his heart [03820].
Thine head [07218] upon thee is like Carmel [03760], and the hair [01803] of thine head [07218] like purple [0713]; the king [04428] is held [0631] in the galleries [07298].Carmel: or, crimsonheld: Heb. bound
The vision [02377] of Isaiah [03470] the son [01121] of Amoz [0531], which he saw [02372] concerning Judah [03063] and Jerusalem [03389] in the days [03117] of Uzziah [05818], Jotham [03147], Ahaz [0271], and Hezekiah [03169], kings [04428] of Judah [03063].
In the year [08141] that king [04428] Uzziah [05818] died [04194] I saw [07200] also [0853] the Lord [0136] sitting [03427] upon a throne [03678], high [07311] and lifted up [05375], and his train [07757] filled [0853] [04392] the temple [01964].his…: or, the skirts thereof
Then said [0559] I, Woe [0188] is me! for I am undone [01820]; because I am a man [0376] of unclean [02931] lips [08193], and I dwell [03427] in the midst [08432] of a people [05971] of unclean [02931] lips [08193]: for mine eyes [05869] have seen [07200] the King [04428], the Lord [03068] of hosts [06635].undone: Heb. cut off
And it came to pass in the days [03117] of Ahaz [0271] the son [01121] of Jotham [03147], the son [01121] of Uzziah [05818], king [04428] of Judah [03063], that Rezin [07526] the king [04428] of Syria [0758], and Pekah [06492] the son [01121] of Remaliah [07425], king [04428] of Israel [03478], went up [05927] toward Jerusalem [03389] to war [04421] against it, but could [03201] not prevail [03898] against it.
Let us go up [05927] against Judah [03063], and vex [06973] it, and let us make a breach [01234] therein for us, and set [04427] a king [04428] in the midst [08432] of it, even the son [01121] of Tabeal [02870]:vex: or, waken
For before the child [05288] shall know [03045] to refuse [03988] the evil [07451], and choose [0977] the good [02896], the land [0127] that thou abhorrest [06973] shall be [06440] forsaken [05800] of both [08147] her kings [04428].
The Lord [03068] shall bring [0935] upon thee, and upon thy people [05971], and upon thy father's [01] house [01004], days [03117] that have not come [0935], from the day [03117] that Ephraim [0669] departed [05493] from Judah [03063]; even the king [04428] of Assyria [0804].
In the same day [03117] shall the Lord [0136] shave [01548] with a razor [08593] that is hired [07917], namely, by them beyond [05676] the river [05104], by the king [04428] of Assyria [0804], the head [07218], and the hair [08181] of the feet [07272]: and it shall also consume [05595] the beard [02206].
For before the child [05288] shall have knowledge [03045] to cry [07121], My father [01], and my mother [0517], the riches [02428] of Damascus [01834] and the spoil [07998] of Samaria [08111] shall be taken away [05375] before [06440] the king [04428] of Assyria [0804].the riches…: or, he that is before the king of Assyria shall take away the riches, etc
Now therefore, behold, the Lord [0136] bringeth up [05927] upon them the waters [04325] of the river [05104], strong [06099] and many [07227], even the king [04428] of Assyria [0804], and all his glory [03519]: and he shall come up [05927] over all his channels [0650], and go over [01980] all his banks [01415]:
And they shall pass [05674] through it, hardly bestead [07185] and hungry [07457]: and it shall come to pass, that when they shall be hungry [07456], they shall fret [07107] themselves, and curse [07043] their king [04428] and their God [0430], and look [06437] upward [04605].
For he saith [0559], Are not my princes [08269] altogether [03162] kings [04428]?
Wherefore it shall come to pass, that when the Lord [0136] hath performed [01214] his whole work [04639] upon mount [02022] Zion [06726] and on Jerusalem [03389], I will punish [06485] the fruit [06529] of the stout [01433] heart [03824] of the king [04428] of Assyria [0804], and the glory [08597] of his high [07312] looks [05869].punish: Heb. visit uponstout…: Heb. greatness of the heart
That thou shalt take up [05375] this proverb [04912] against the king [04428] of Babylon [0894], and say [0559], How hath the oppressor [05065] ceased [07673]! the golden city [04062] ceased [07673]!proverb: or, taunting speechgolden…: or, exactress of gold
Hell [07585] from beneath is moved [07264] for thee to meet [07125] thee at thy coming [0935]: it stirreth up [05782] the dead [07496] for thee, even all the chief ones [06260] of the earth [0776]; it hath raised up [06965] from their thrones [03678] all the kings [04428] of the nations [01471].Hell: or, The gravechief…: Heb. leaders, or, great goats
All the kings [04428] of the nations [01471], even all of them, lie [07901] in glory [03519], every one [0376] in his own house [01004].
In the year [08141] that king [04428] Ahaz [0271] died [04194] was this burden [04853].
And [0853] the Egyptians [04714] will I give over [05534] into the hand [03027] of a cruel [07186] lord [0113]; and a fierce [05794] king [04428] shall rule [04910] over them, saith [05002] the Lord [0113], the Lord [03068] of hosts [06635].give…: or, shut up
Surely the princes [08269] of Zoan [06814] are fools [0191], the counsel [06098] of the wise [02450] counsellors [03289] of Pharaoh [06547] is become brutish [01197]: how say [0559] ye unto Pharaoh [06547], I am the son [01121] of the wise [02450], the son [01121] of ancient [06924] kings [04428]?
In the year [08141] that Tartan [08661] came [0935] unto Ashdod [0795], (when Sargon [05623] the king [04428] of Assyria [0804] sent [07971] him,) and fought [03898] against Ashdod [0795], and took [03920] it;
So shall the king [04428] of Assyria [0804] lead away [05090] the Egyptians [04714] prisoners [07628], and the Ethiopians [03568] captives [01546], young [05288] and old [02205], naked [06174] and barefoot [03182], even with their buttocks [08357] uncovered [02834], to the shame [06172] of Egypt [04714].the Egyptians…: Heb. the captivity of Egyptshame: Heb. nakedness
And the inhabitant [03427] of this isle [0339] shall say [0559] in that day [03117], Behold, such [03541] is our expectation [04007], whither we flee [05127] for help [05833] to be delivered [05337] from [06440] the king [04428] of Assyria [0804]: and how shall we escape [04422]?isle: or, country
And it shall come to pass in that day [03117], that Tyre [06865] shall be forgotten [07911] seventy [07657] years [08141], according to the days [03117] of one [0259] king [04428]: after the end [07093] of seventy [07657] years [08141] shall Tyre [06865] sing [07892] as an harlot [02181].shall Tyre…: Heb. it shall be unto Tyre as the song of an harlot
And it shall come to pass in that day [03117], that the Lord [03068] shall punish [06485] the host [06635] of the high ones [04791] that are on high [04791], and the kings [04428] of the earth [0127] upon the earth [0127].punish: Heb. visit upon
For Tophet [08613] is ordained [06186] of old [0865]; yea, for the king [04428] it is prepared [03559]; he hath made it deep [06009] and large [07337]: the pile [04071] thereof is fire [0784] and much [07235] wood [06086]; the breath [05397] of the Lord [03068], like a stream [05158] of brimstone [01614], doth kindle [01197] it.of old: Heb. from yesterday
Behold, a king [04428] shall reign [04427] in righteousness [06664], and princes [08269] shall rule [08323] in judgment [04941].
Thine eyes [05869] shall see [02372] the king [04428] in his beauty [03308]: they shall behold [07200] the land [0776] that is very far off [04801].that…: Heb. of far distances
For the Lord [03068] is our judge [08199], the Lord [03068] is our lawgiver [02710], the Lord [03068] is our king [04428]; he will save [03467] us.lawgiver: Heb. statutemaker
Now it came to pass in the fourteenth [06240] [0702] year [08141] of king [04428] Hezekiah [02396], that Sennacherib [05576] king [04428] of Assyria [0804] came up [05927] against all the defenced [01219] cities [05892] of Judah [03063], and took [08610] them.
And the king [04428] of Assyria [0804] sent [07971] Rabshakeh [07262] from Lachish [03923] to Jerusalem [03389] unto king [04428] Hezekiah [02396] with a great [03515] army [02426]. And he stood [05975] by the conduit [08585] of the upper [05945] pool [01295] in the highway [04546] of the fuller's [03526] field [07704].
And Rabshakeh [07262] said [0559] unto them, Say [0559] ye now to Hezekiah [02396], Thus saith [0559] the great [01419] king [04428], the king [04428] of Assyria [0804], What confidence [0986] is this wherein thou trustest [0982]?
Lo, thou trustest [0982] in the staff [04938] of this broken [07533] reed [07070], on Egypt [04714]; whereon if a man [0376] lean [05564], it will go [0935] into his hand [03709], and pierce [05344] it: so is Pharaoh [06547] king [04428] of Egypt [04714] to all that trust [0982] in him.
Now therefore give pledges [06148], I pray thee, to my master [0113] the king [04428] of Assyria [0804], and I will give [05414] thee two thousand [0505] horses [05483], if thou be able [03201] on thy part to set [05414] riders [07392] upon them.pledges: or, hostages
Then Rabshakeh [07262] stood [05975], and cried [07121] with a loud [01419] voice [06963] in the Jews' language [03066], and said [0559], Hear [08085] ye the words [01697] of the great [01419] king [04428], the king [04428] of Assyria [0804].
Thus saith [0559] the king [04428], Let not Hezekiah [02396] deceive [05377] you: for he shall not be able [03201] to deliver [05337] you.
Neither let Hezekiah [02396] make you trust [0982] in the Lord [03068], saying [0559], The Lord [03068] will surely [05337] deliver [05337] us: this city [05892] shall not be delivered [05414] into the hand [03027] of the king [04428] of Assyria [0804].
Hearken [08085] not to Hezekiah [02396]: for thus saith [0559] the king [04428] of Assyria [0804], Make [06213] an agreement with me by a present [01293], and come out [03318] to me: and eat [0398] ye every one [0376] of his vine [01612], and every one [0376] of his fig tree [08384], and drink [08354] ye every one [0376] the waters [04325] of his own cistern [0953];Make…: or, Seek my favour by a present: Heb. Make with me a blessing
Beware lest Hezekiah [02396] persuade [05496] you, saying [0559], The Lord [03068] will deliver [05337] us. Hath any [0376] of the gods [0430] of the nations [01471] delivered [05337] his land [0776] out of the hand [03027] of the king [04428] of Assyria [0804]?
But they held their peace [02790], and answered [06030] him not a word [01697]: for the king's [04428] commandment [04687] was, saying [0559], Answer [06030] him not.
And it came to pass, when king [04428] Hezekiah [02396] heard [08085] it, that he rent [07167] his clothes [0899], and covered [03680] himself with sackcloth [08242], and went [0935] into the house [01004] of the Lord [03068].
It may be the Lord [03068] thy God [0430] will hear [08085] the words [01697] of Rabshakeh [07262], whom the king [04428] of Assyria [0804] his master [0113] hath sent [07971] to reproach [02778] the living [02416] God [0430], and will reprove [03198] the words [01697] which the Lord [03068] thy God [0430] hath heard [08085]: wherefore lift up [05375] thy prayer [08605] for the remnant [07611] that is left [04672].left: Heb. found
So the servants [05650] of king [04428] Hezekiah [02396] came [0935] to Isaiah [03470].
And Isaiah [03470] said [0559] unto them, Thus shall ye say [0559] unto your master [0113], Thus saith [0559] the Lord [03068], Be not afraid [03372] of [06440] the words [01697] that thou hast heard [08085], wherewith the servants [05288] of the king [04428] of Assyria [0804] have blasphemed [01442] me.
So Rabshakeh [07262] returned [07725], and found [04672] the king [04428] of Assyria [0804] warring [03898] against Libnah [03841]: for he had heard [08085] that he was departed [05265] from Lachish [03923].
And he heard [08085] say [0559] concerning Tirhakah [08640] king [04428] of Ethiopia [03568], He is come forth [03318] to make war [03898] with thee. And when he heard [08085] it, he sent [07971] messengers [04397] to Hezekiah [02396], saying [0559],
Thus shall ye speak [0559] to Hezekiah [02396] king [04428] of Judah [03063], saying [0559], Let not thy God [0430], in whom thou trustest [0982], deceive [05377] thee, saying [0559], Jerusalem [03389] shall not be given [05414] into the hand [03027] of the king [04428] of Assyria [0804].
Behold, thou hast heard [08085] what the kings [04428] of Assyria [0804] have done [06213] to all lands [0776] by destroying them utterly [02763]; and shalt thou be delivered [05337]?
Where is the king [04428] of Hamath [02574], and the king [04428] of Arphad [0774], and the king [04428] of the city [05892] of Sepharvaim [05617], Hena [02012], and Ivah [05755]?
Of a truth [0551], Lord [03068], the kings [04428] of Assyria [0804] have laid waste [02717] all the nations [0776], and their countries [0776],nations: Heb. lands
Then Isaiah [03470] the son [01121] of Amoz [0531] sent [07971] unto Hezekiah [02396], saying [0559], Thus saith [0559] the Lord [03068] God [0430] of Israel [03478], Whereas thou hast prayed [06419] to me against Sennacherib [05576] king [04428] of Assyria [0804]:
Therefore thus saith [0559] the Lord [03068] concerning the king [04428] of Assyria [0804], He shall not come [0935] into this city [05892], nor shoot [03384] an arrow [02671] there, nor come before [06923] it with shields [04043], nor cast [08210] a bank [05550] against it.
So Sennacherib [05576] king [04428] of Assyria [0804] departed [05265], and went [03212] and returned [07725], and dwelt [03427] at Nineveh [05210].
And I will deliver [05337] thee and this city [05892] out of the hand [03709] of the king [04428] of Assyria [0804]: and I will defend [01598] this city [05892].
The writing [04385] of Hezekiah [02396] king [04428] of Judah [03063], when he had been sick [02470], and was recovered [02421] of his sickness [02483]:
At that time [06256] Merodach–baladan [04757], the son [01121] of Baladan [01081], king [04428] of Babylon [0894], sent [07971] letters [05612] and a present [04503] to Hezekiah [02396]: for he had heard [08085] that he had been sick [02470], and was recovered [02388].
Then came [0935] Isaiah [03470] the prophet [05030] unto king [04428] Hezekiah [02396], and said [0559] unto him, What said [0559] these men [0582]? and from whence [0370] came [0935] they unto thee? And Hezekiah [02396] said [0559], They are come [0935] from a far [07350] country [0776] unto me, even from Babylon [0894].
And of thy sons [01121] that shall issue [03318] from thee, which thou shalt beget [03205], shall they take away [03947]; and they shall be eunuchs [05631] in the palace [01964] of the king [04428] of Babylon [0894].
Who raised up [05782] the righteous [06664] man from the east [04217], called [07121] him to his foot [07272], gave [05414] the nations [01471] before [06440] him, and made him rule [07287] over kings [04428]? he gave [05414] them as the dust [06083] to his sword [02719], and as driven [05086] stubble [07179] to his bow [07198].the righteous…: Heb. righteousness
Produce [07126] your cause [07379], saith [0559] the Lord [03068]; bring forth [05066] your strong [06110] reasons, saith [0559] the King [04428] of Jacob [03290].Produce: Heb. Cause to come near
I am the Lord [03068], your Holy One [06918], the creator [01254] of Israel [03478], your King [04428].
Thus saith [0559] the Lord [03068] the King [04428] of Israel [03478], and his redeemer [01350] the Lord [03068] of hosts [06635]; I am the first [07223], and I am the last [0314]; and beside [01107] me there is no God [0430].
Thus saith [0559] the Lord [03068] to his anointed [04899], to Cyrus [03566], whose right hand [03225] I have holden [02388], to subdue [07286] nations [01471] before [06440] him; and I will loose [06605] the loins [04975] of kings [04428], to open [06605] before [06440] him the two leaved gates [01817]; and the gates [08179] shall not be shut [05462];have…: or, strengthened
Thus saith [0559] the Lord [03068], the Redeemer [01350] of Israel [03478], and his Holy One [06918], to him whom man [05315] despiseth [0960], to him whom the nation [01471] abhorreth [08581], to a servant [05650] of rulers [04910], Kings [04428] shall see [07200] and arise [06965], princes [08269] also shall worship [07812], because of the Lord [03068] that is faithful [0539], and the Holy One [06918] of Israel [03478], and he shall choose [0977] thee.whom man…: or, that is despised in soul
And kings [04428] shall be thy nursing fathers [0539], and their queens [08282] thy nursing mothers [03243]: they shall bow down [07812] to thee with their face [0639] toward the earth [0776], and lick up [03897] the dust [06083] of thy feet [07272]; and thou shalt know [03045] that I am the Lord [03068]: for they shall not be ashamed [0954] that wait [06960] for me.nursing fathers: Heb. nourishersqueens: Heb. princesses
So shall he sprinkle [05137] many [07227] nations [01471]; the kings [04428] shall shut [07092] their mouths [06310] at him: for that which had not been told [05608] them shall they see [07200]; and that which they had not heard [08085] shall they consider [0995].
And thou wentest [07788] to the king [04428] with ointment [08081], and didst increase [07235] thy perfumes [07547], and didst send [07971] thy messengers [06735] far off [07350], and didst debase [08213] thyself even unto hell [07585].thou…: or, thou respectedst
And the Gentiles [01471] shall come [01980] to thy light [0216], and kings [04428] to the brightness [05051] of thy rising [02225].
And the sons [01121] of strangers [05236] shall build up [01129] thy walls [02346], and their kings [04428] shall minister [08334] unto thee: for in my wrath [07110] I smote [05221] thee, but in my favour [07522] have I had mercy [07355] on thee.
Therefore thy gates [08179] shall be open [06605] continually [08548]; they shall not be shut [05462] day [03119] nor night [03915]; that men may bring [0935] unto thee the forces [02428] of the Gentiles [01471], and that their kings [04428] may be brought [05090].forces: or, wealth
Thou shalt also suck [03243] the milk [02461] of the Gentiles [01471], and shalt suck [03243] the breast [07699] of kings [04428]: and thou shalt know [03045] that I the Lord [03068] am thy Saviour [03467] and thy Redeemer [01350], the mighty One [046] of Jacob [03290].
And the Gentiles [01471] shall see [07200] thy righteousness [06664], and all kings [04428] thy glory [03519]: and thou shalt be called [07121] by a new [02319] name [05344], which the mouth [06310] of the Lord [03068] shall name [08034].
To whom the word [01697] of the Lord [03068] came in the days [03117] of Josiah [02977] the son [01121] of Amon [0526] king [04428] of Judah [03063], in the thirteenth [06240] [07969] year [08141] of his reign [04427].
It came also in the days [03117] of Jehoiakim [03079] the son [01121] of Josiah [02977] king [04428] of Judah [03063], unto the end [08552] of the eleventh [06240] [06249] year [08141] of Zedekiah [06667] the son [01121] of Josiah [02977] king [04428] of Judah [03063], unto the carrying away [01540] of Jerusalem [03389] captive [01540] in the fifth [02549] month [02320].
For, behold, I [0589] have made [05414] thee this day [03117] a defenced [04013] city [05892], and an iron [01270] pillar [05982], and brasen [05178] walls [02346] against the whole land [0776], against the kings [04428] of Judah [03063], against the princes [08269] thereof, against the priests [03548] thereof, and against the people [05971] of the land [0776].
As the thief [01590] is ashamed [01322] when he is found [04672], so is the house [01004] of Israel [03478] ashamed [03001]; they, their kings [04428], their princes [08269], and their priests [03548], and their prophets [05030],
The Lord [03068] said [0559] also unto me in the days [03117] of Josiah [02977] the king [04428], Hast thou seen [07200] that which backsliding [04878] Israel [03478] hath done [06213]? she is gone up [01980] upon every high [01364] mountain [02022] and under [08478] every green [07488] tree [06086], and there hath played the harlot [02181].
And it shall come to pass at that day [03117], saith [05002] the Lord [03068], that the heart [03820] of the king [04428] shall perish [06], and the heart [03820] of the princes [08269]; and the priests [03548] shall be astonished [08074], and the prophets [05030] shall wonder [08539].
At that time [06256], saith [05002] the Lord [03068], they shall bring out [03318] the bones [06106] of the kings [04428] of Judah [03063], and the bones [06106] of his princes [08269], and the bones [06106] of the priests [03548], and the bones [06106] of the prophets [05030], and the bones [06106] of the inhabitants [03427] of Jerusalem [03389], out of their graves [06913]:
Behold the voice [06963] of the cry [07775] of the daughter [01323] of my people [05971] because of them that dwell in a far [04801] country [0776]: Is not the Lord [03068] in Zion [06726]? is not her king [04428] in her? Why have they provoked me to anger [03707] with their graven images [06456], and with strange [05236] vanities [01892]?them…: Heb. the country of them that are far off
Who would not fear [03372] thee, O King [04428] of nations [01471]? for to thee doth it appertain [02969]: forasmuch as among all the wise [02450] men of the nations [01471], and in all their kingdoms [04438], there is none like unto thee.to…: or, it liketh thee
But the Lord [03068] is the true [0571] God [0430], he is the living [02416] God [0430], and an everlasting [05769] king [04428]: at his wrath [07110] the earth [0776] shall tremble [07493], and the nations [01471] shall not be able to abide [03557] his indignation [02195].true…: Heb. God of truthliving God: Heb. living Godseverlasting…: Heb. king of eternity
Then shalt thou say [0559] unto them, Thus saith [0559] the Lord [03068], Behold, I will fill [04390] all the inhabitants [03427] of this land [0776], even the kings [04428] that sit [03427] upon David's [01732] throne [03678], and the priests [03548], and the prophets [05030], and all the inhabitants [03427] of Jerusalem [03389], with drunkenness [07943].
Say [0559] unto the king [04428] and to the queen [01377], Humble [08213] yourselves, sit down [03427]: for your principalities [04761] shall come down [03381], even the crown [05850] of your glory [08597].principalities: or, head tires
And I will cause [05414] them to be removed [02113] [02189] into all kingdoms [04467] of the earth [0776], because [01558] of Manasseh [04519] the son [01121] of Hezekiah [03169] king [04428] of Judah [03063], for that which he did [06213] in Jerusalem [03389].cause…: Heb. give them for a removing
Thus said [0559] the Lord [03068] unto me; Go [01980] and stand [05975] in the gate [08179] of the children [01121] of the people [05971], whereby the kings [04428] of Judah [03063] come in [0935], and by the which they go out [03318], and in all the gates [08179] of Jerusalem [03389];
And say [0559] unto them, Hear [08085] ye the word [01697] of the Lord [03068], ye kings [04428] of Judah [03063], and all Judah [03063], and all the inhabitants [03427] of Jerusalem [03389], that enter in [0935] by these gates [08179]:
Then shall there enter [0935] into the gates [08179] of this city [05892] kings [04428] and princes [08269] sitting [03427] upon the throne [03678] of David [01732], riding [07392] in chariots [07393] and on horses [05483], they, and their princes [08269], the men [0376] of Judah [03063], and the inhabitants [03427] of Jerusalem [03389]: and this city [05892] shall remain [03427] for ever [05769].
And say [0559], Hear [08085] ye the word [01697] of the Lord [03068], O kings [04428] of Judah [03063], and inhabitants [03427] of Jerusalem [03389]; Thus saith [0559] the Lord [03068] of hosts [06635], the God [0430] of Israel [03478]; Behold, I will bring [0935] evil [07451] upon this place [04725], the which whosoever heareth [08085], his ears [0241] shall tingle [06750].
Because they have forsaken [05800] me, and have estranged [05234] this place [04725], and have burned incense [06999] in it unto other [0312] gods [0430], whom neither they nor their fathers [01] have known [03045], nor the kings [04428] of Judah [03063], and have filled [04390] this place [04725] with the blood [01818] of innocents [05355];
And the houses [01004] of Jerusalem [03389], and the houses [01004] of the kings [04428] of Judah [03063], shall be defiled [02931] as the place [04725] of Tophet [08612], because of all the houses [01004] upon whose roofs [01406] they have burned incense [06999] unto all the host [06635] of heaven [08064], and have poured out [05258] drink offerings [05262] unto other [0312] gods [0430].
For thus saith [0559] the Lord [03068], Behold, I will make [05414] thee a terror [04032] to thyself, and to all thy friends [0157]: and they shall fall [05307] by the sword [02719] of their enemies [0341], and thine eyes [05869] shall behold [07200] it: and I will give [05414] all Judah [03063] into the hand [03027] of the king [04428] of Babylon [0894], and he shall carry them captive [01540] into Babylon [0894], and shall slay [05221] them with the sword [02719].
Moreover I will deliver [05414] all the strength [02633] of this city [05892], and all the labours [03018] thereof, and all the precious things [03366] thereof, and all the treasures [0214] of the kings [04428] of Judah [03063] will I give [05414] into the hand [03027] of their enemies [0341], which shall spoil [0962] them, and take [03947] them, and carry [0935] them to Babylon [0894].
The word [01697] which came unto Jeremiah [03414] from the Lord [03068], when king [04428] Zedekiah [06667] sent [07971] unto him Pashur [06583] the son [01121] of Melchiah [04441], and Zephaniah [06846] the son [01121] of Maaseiah [04641] the priest [03548], saying [0559],
Enquire [01875], I pray thee, of the Lord [03068] for us [01157]; for Nebuchadrezzar [05019] king [04428] of Babylon [0894] maketh war [03898] against us; if so be that the Lord [03068] will deal [06213] with us according to all his wondrous works [06381], that he may go up [05927] from us.
Thus saith [0559] the Lord [03068] God [0430] of Israel [03478]; Behold, I will turn back [05437] the weapons [03627] of war [04421] that are in your hands [03027], wherewith ye fight [03898] against the king [04428] of Babylon [0894], and against the Chaldeans [03778], which besiege [06696] you without [02351] the walls [02346], and I will assemble [0622] them into the midst [08432] of this city [05892].
And afterward [0310], saith [05002] the Lord [03068], I will deliver [05414] Zedekiah [06667] king [04428] of Judah [03063], and his servants [05650], and the people [05971], and such as are left [07604] in this city [05892] from the pestilence [01698], from the sword [02719], and from the famine [07458], into the hand [03027] of Nebuchadrezzar [05019] king [04428] of Babylon [0894], and into the hand [03027] of their enemies [0341], and into the hand [03027] of those that seek [01245] their life [05315]: and he shall smite [05221] them with the edge [06310] of the sword [02719]; he shall not spare [02347] them, neither have pity [02550], nor have mercy [07355].
For I have set [07760] my face [06440] against this city [05892] for evil [07451], and not for good [02896], saith [05002] the Lord [03068]: it shall be given [05414] into the hand [03027] of the king [04428] of Babylon [0894], and he shall burn [08313] it with fire [0784].
And touching the house [01004] of the king [04428] of Judah [03063], say, Hear [08085] ye the word [01697] of the Lord [03068];
Thus saith [0559] the Lord [03068]; Go down [03381] to the house [01004] of the king [04428] of Judah [03063], and speak [01696] there this word [01697],
And say [0559], Hear [08085] the word [01697] of the Lord [03068], O king [04428] of Judah [03063], that sittest [03427] upon the throne [03678] of David [01732], thou, and thy servants [05650], and thy people [05971] that enter [0935] in by these gates [08179]:
For if ye do [06213] this thing [01697] indeed [06213], then shall there enter in [0935] by the gates [08179] of this house [01004] kings [04428] sitting [03427] upon the throne [03678] of David [01732], riding [07392] in chariots [07393] and on horses [05483], he, and his servants [05650], and his people [05971].upon…: Heb. for David upon his throne
For thus saith [0559] the Lord [03068] unto the king's [04428] house [01004] of Judah [03063]; Thou art Gilead [01568] unto me, and the head [07218] of Lebanon [03844]: yet surely I will make [07896] thee a wilderness [04057], and cities [05892] which are not inhabited [03427] [03427].
For thus saith [0559] the Lord [03068] touching [0413] Shallum [07967] the son [01121] of Josiah [02977] king [04428] of Judah [03063], which reigned [04427] instead of Josiah [02977] his father [01], which went forth [03318] out of this place [04725]; He shall not return [07725] thither any more:
Therefore thus saith [0559] the Lord [03068] concerning Jehoiakim [03079] the son [01121] of Josiah [02977] king [04428] of Judah [03063]; They shall not lament [05594] for him, saying, Ah [01945] my brother [0251]! or, Ah [01945] sister [0269]! they shall not lament [05594] for him, saying, Ah [01945] lord [0113]! or, Ah [01945] his glory [01935]!
As I live [02416], saith [05002] the Lord [03068], though Coniah [03659] the son [01121] of Jehoiakim [03079] king [04428] of Judah [03063] were the signet [02368] upon my right [03225] hand [03027], yet would I pluck [05423] thee thence;
And I will give [05414] thee into the hand [03027] of them that seek [01245] thy life [05315], and into the hand [03027] of them whose face [06440] thou fearest [03016], even into the hand [03027] of Nebuchadrezzar [05019] king [04428] of Babylon [0894], and into the hand [03027] of the Chaldeans [03778].
Behold, the days [03117] come [0935], saith [05002] the Lord [03068], that I will raise [06965] unto David [01732] a righteous [06662] Branch [06780], and a King [04428] shall reign [04427] and prosper [07919], and shall execute [06213] judgment [04941] and justice [06666] in the earth [0776].
The Lord [03068] shewed [07200] me, and, behold, two [08147] baskets [01736] of figs [08384] were set [03259] before [06440] the temple [01964] of the Lord [03068], after [0310] that Nebuchadrezzar [05019] king [04428] of Babylon [0894] had carried away captive [01540] Jeconiah [03204] the son [01121] of Jehoiakim [03079] king [04428] of Judah [03063], and the princes [08269] of Judah [03063], with the carpenters [02796] and smiths [04525], from Jerusalem [03389], and had brought [0935] them to Babylon [0894].
And as the evil [07451] figs [08384], which cannot be eaten [0398], they are so evil [07455]; surely thus saith [0559] the Lord [03068], So will I give [05414] Zedekiah [06667] the king [04428] of Judah [03063], and his princes [08269], and the residue [07611] of Jerusalem [03389], that remain [07604] in this land [0776], and them that dwell [03427] in the land [0776] of Egypt [04714]:
The word [01697] that came to Jeremiah [03414] concerning all the people [05971] of Judah [03063] in the fourth [07243] year [08141] of Jehoiakim [03079] the son [01121] of Josiah [02977] king [04428] of Judah [03063], that was the first [07224] year [08141] of Nebuchadrezzar [05019] king [04428] of Babylon [0894];
From the thirteenth [06240] [07969] year [08141] of Josiah [02977] the son [01121] of Amon [0526] king [04428] of Judah [03063], even unto this day [03117], that is the three [07969] and twentieth [06242] year [08141], the word [01697] of the Lord [03068] hath come unto me, and I have spoken [01696] unto you, rising early [07925] and speaking [01696]; but ye have not hearkened [08085].
Behold, I will send [07971] and take [03947] all the families [04940] of the north [06828], saith [05002] the Lord [03068], and Nebuchadrezzar [05019] the king [04428] of Babylon [0894], my servant [05650], and will bring [0935] them against this land [0776], and against the inhabitants [03427] thereof, and against all these nations [01471] round about [05439], and will utterly destroy [02763] them, and make [07760] them an astonishment [08047], and an hissing [08322], and perpetual [05769] desolations [02723].
And this whole land [0776] shall be a desolation [02723], and an astonishment [08047]; and these nations [01471] shall serve [05647] the king [04428] of Babylon [0894] seventy [07657] years [08141].
And it shall come to pass, when seventy [07657] years [08141] are accomplished [04390], that I will punish [06485] the king [04428] of Babylon [0894], and that nation [01471], saith [05002] the Lord [03068], for their iniquity [05771], and the land [0776] of the Chaldeans [03778], and will make [07760] it perpetual [05769] desolations [08077].punish: Heb. visit upon
For many [07227] nations [01471] and great [01419] kings [04428] shall serve [05647] themselves of them also: and I will recompense [07999] them according to their deeds [06467], and according to the works [04639] of their own hands [03027].
To wit, Jerusalem [03389], and the cities [05892] of Judah [03063], and the kings [04428] thereof, and the princes [08269] thereof, to make [05414] them a desolation [02723], an astonishment [08047], an hissing [08322], and a curse [07045]; as it is this day [03117];
Pharaoh [06547] king [04428] of Egypt [04714], and his servants [05650], and his princes [08269], and all his people [05971];
And all the mingled [06153] people, and all the kings [04428] of the land [0776] of Uz [05780], and all the kings [04428] of the land [0776] of the Philistines [06430], and Ashkelon [0831], and Azzah [05804], and Ekron [06138], and the remnant [07611] of Ashdod [0795],
And all the kings [04428] of Tyrus [06865], and all the kings [04428] of Zidon [06721], and the kings [04428] of the isles [0339] which are beyond [05676] the sea [03220],isles: or, region by the sea side
And all the kings [04428] of Arabia [06152], and all the kings [04428] of the mingled people [06153] that dwell [07931] in the desert [04057],
And all the kings [04428] of Zimri [02174], and all the kings [04428] of Elam [05867], and all the kings [04428] of the Medes [04074],
And all the kings [04428] of the north [06828], far [07350] and near [07138], one [0376] with another [0251], and all the kingdoms [04467] of the world [0776], which are upon the face [06440] of the earth [0127]: and the king [04428] of Sheshach [08347] shall drink [08354] after [0310] them.
In the beginning [07225] of the reign [04468] of Jehoiakim [03079] the son [01121] of Josiah [02977] king [04428] of Judah [03063] came this word [01697] from the Lord [03068], saying [0559],
When the princes [08269] of Judah [03063] heard [08085] these things [01697], then they came up [05927] from the king's [04428] house [01004] unto the house [01004] of the Lord [03068], and sat down [03427] in the entry [06607] of the new [02319] gate [08179] of the Lord's [03068] house.in the…: or, at the door
Micah [04320] the Morasthite [04183] prophesied [05012] in the days [03117] of Hezekiah [02396] king [04428] of Judah [03063], and spake [0559] to all the people [05971] of Judah [03063], saying [0559], Thus saith [0559] the Lord [03068] of hosts [06635]; Zion [06726] shall be plowed [02790] like a field [07704], and Jerusalem [03389] shall become heaps [05856], and the mountain [02022] of the house [01004] as the high places [01116] of a forest [03293].
Did Hezekiah [02396] king [04428] of Judah [03063] and all Judah [03063] put him at all [04191] to death [04191]? did he not fear [03373] the Lord [03068], and besought [02470] the Lord [06440] [03068], and the Lord [03068] repented [05162] him of the evil [07451] which he had pronounced [01696] against them? Thus [0587] might we procure [06213] great [01419] evil [07451] against our souls [05315].the Lord, and the: Heb. the face of the Lord, etc
And when Jehoiakim [03079] the king [04428], with all his mighty men [01368], and all the princes [08269], heard [08085] his words [01697], the king [04428] sought [01245] to put him to death [04191]: but when Urijah [0223] heard [08085] it, he was afraid [03372], and fled [01272], and went [0935] into Egypt [04714];
And Jehoiakim [03079] the king [04428] sent [07971] men [0582] into Egypt [04714], namely, Elnathan [0494] the son [01121] of Achbor [05907], and certain men [0582] with him into Egypt [04714].
And they fetched forth [03318] Urijah [0223] out of Egypt [04714], and brought [0935] him unto Jehoiakim [03079] the king [04428]; who slew [05221] him with the sword [02719], and cast [07993] his dead body [05038] into the graves [06913] of the common [01121] people [05971].common…: Heb. sons of the people
In the beginning [07225] of the reign [04467] of Jehoiakim [03079] the son [01121] of Josiah [02977] king [04428] of Judah [03063] came this word [01697] unto Jeremiah [03414] from the Lord [03068], saying [0559],
And send [07971] them to the king [04428] of Edom [0123], and to the king [04428] of Moab [04124], and to the king [04428] of the Ammonites [05983] [01121], and to the king [04428] of Tyrus [06865], and to the king [04428] of Zidon [06721], by the hand [03027] of the messengers [04397] which come [0935] to Jerusalem [03389] unto Zedekiah [06667] king [04428] of Judah [03063];
And now have I given [05414] all these lands [0776] into the hand [03027] of Nebuchadnezzar [05019] the king [04428] of Babylon [0894], my servant [05650]; and the beasts [02416] of the field [07704] have I given [05414] him also to serve [05647] him.
And all nations [01471] shall serve [05647] him, and his son [01121], and his son's [01121] son [01121], until the very time [06256] of his land [0776] come [0935]: and then many [07227] nations [01471] and great [01419] kings [04428] shall serve [05647] themselves of him.
And it shall come to pass, that the nation [01471] and kingdom [04467] which will not serve [05647] the same Nebuchadnezzar [05019] the king [04428] of Babylon [0894], and that will not put [05414] their neck [06677] under the yoke [05923] of the king [04428] of Babylon [0894], that nation [01471] will I punish [06485], saith [05002] the Lord [03068], with the sword [02719], and with the famine [07458], and with the pestilence [01698], until I have consumed [08552] them by his hand [03027].
Therefore hearken [08085] not ye to your prophets [05030], nor to your diviners [07080], nor to your dreamers [02472], nor to your enchanters [06049], nor to your sorcerers [03786], which speak [0559] unto you, saying [0559], Ye shall not serve [05647] the king [04428] of Babylon [0894]:dreamers: Heb. dreams
But the nations [01471] that bring [0935] their neck [06677] under the yoke [05923] of the king [04428] of Babylon [0894], and serve [05647] him, those will I let remain still [03240] in their own land [0127], saith [05002] the Lord [03068]; and they shall till [05647] it, and dwell [03427] therein.
I spake [01696] also to Zedekiah [06667] king [04428] of Judah [03063] according to all these words [01697], saying [0559], Bring [0935] your necks [06677] under the yoke [05923] of the king [04428] of Babylon [0894], and serve [05647] him and his people [05971], and live [02421].
Why will ye die [04191], thou and thy people [05971], by the sword [02719], by the famine [07458], and by the pestilence [01698], as the Lord [03068] hath spoken [01696] against the nation [01471] that will not serve [05647] the king [04428] of Babylon [0894]?
Therefore hearken [08085] not unto the words [01697] of the prophets [05030] that speak [0559] unto you, saying [0559], Ye shall not serve [05647] the king [04428] of Babylon [0894]: for they prophesy [05012] a lie [08267] unto you.
Hearken [08085] not unto them; serve [05647] the king [04428] of Babylon [0894], and live [02421]: wherefore should this city [05892] be laid waste [02723]?
But if they be prophets [05030], and if the word [01697] of the Lord [03068] be [03426] with them, let them now make intercession [06293] to the Lord [03068] of hosts [06635], that the vessels [03627] which are left [03498] in the house [01004] of the Lord [03068], and in the house [01004] of the king [04428] of Judah [03063], and at Jerusalem [03389], go [0935] not to Babylon [0894].
Which Nebuchadnezzar [05019] king [04428] of Babylon [0894] took [03947] not, when he carried away captive [01540] Jeconiah [03204] the son [01121] of Jehoiakim [03079] king [04428] of Judah [03063] from Jerusalem [03389] to Babylon [0894], and all the nobles [02715] of Judah [03063] and Jerusalem [03389];
Yea, thus saith [0559] the Lord [03068] of hosts [06635], the God [0430] of Israel [03478], concerning the vessels [03627] that remain [03498] in the house [01004] of the Lord [03068], and in the house [01004] of the king [04428] of Judah [03063] and of Jerusalem [03389];
And it came to pass the same year [08141], in the beginning [07225] of the reign [04467] of Zedekiah [06667] king [04428] of Judah [03063], in the fourth [07243] year [08141], and in the fifth [02549] month [02320], that Hananiah [02608] the son [01121] of Azur [05809] the prophet [05030], which was of Gibeon [01391], spake [0559] unto me in the house [01004] of the Lord [03068], in the presence [05869] of the priests [03548] and of all the people [05971], saying [0559],
Thus speaketh [0559] the Lord [03068] of hosts [06635], the God [0430] of Israel [03478], saying [0559], I have broken [07665] the yoke [05923] of the king [04428] of Babylon [0894].
Within two full [03117] years [08141] will I bring again [07725] into this place [04725] all the vessels [03627] of the Lord's [03068] house [01004], that Nebuchadnezzar [05019] king [04428] of Babylon [0894] took away [03947] from this place [04725], and carried [0935] them to Babylon [0894]:two…: Heb. two years of days
And I will bring again [07725] to this place [04725] Jeconiah [03204] the son [01121] of Jehoiakim [03079] king [04428] of Judah [03063], with all the captives [01546] of Judah [03063], that went [0935] into Babylon [0894], saith [05002] the Lord [03068]: for I will break [07665] the yoke [05923] of the king [04428] of Babylon [0894].captives: Heb. captivity
And Hananiah [02608] spake [0559] in the presence [05869] of all the people [05971], saying [0559], Thus saith [0559] the Lord [03068]; Even so will I break [07665] the yoke [05923] of Nebuchadnezzar [05019] king [04428] of Babylon [0894] from the neck [06677] of all nations [01471] within the space of two full [03117] years [08141]. And the prophet [05030] Jeremiah [03414] went [03212] his way [01870].
For thus saith [0559] the Lord [03068] of hosts [06635], the God [0430] of Israel [03478]; I have put [05414] a yoke [05923] of iron [01270] upon the neck [06677] of all these nations [01471], that they may serve [05647] Nebuchadnezzar [05019] king [04428] of Babylon [0894]; and they shall serve [05647] him: and I have given [05414] him the beasts [02416] of the field [07704] also.
(After [0310] that Jeconiah [03204] the king [04428], and the queen [01377], and the eunuchs [05631], the princes [08269] of Judah [03063] and Jerusalem [03389], and the carpenters [02796], and the smiths [04525], were departed [03318] from Jerusalem [03389];)eunuchs: or, chamberlains
By the hand [03027] of Elasah [0501] the son [01121] of Shaphan [08227], and Gemariah [01587] the son [01121] of Hilkiah [02518], (whom Zedekiah [06667] king [04428] of Judah [03063] sent [07971] unto Babylon [0894] to Nebuchadnezzar [05019] king [04428] of Babylon [0894]) saying [0559],
Know that thus saith [0559] the Lord [03068] of the king [04428] that sitteth [03427] upon the throne [03678] of David [01732], and of all the people [05971] that dwelleth [03427] in this city [05892], and of your brethren [0251] that are not gone forth [03318] with you into captivity [01473];
Thus saith [0559] the Lord [03068] of hosts [06635], the God [0430] of Israel [03478], of Ahab [0256] the son [01121] of Kolaiah [06964], and of Zedekiah [06667] the son [01121] of Maaseiah [04641], which prophesy [05012] a lie [08267] unto you in my name [08034]; Behold, I will deliver [05414] them into the hand [03027] of Nebuchadrezzar [05019] king [04428] of Babylon [0894]; and he shall slay [05221] them before your eyes [05869];
And of them shall be taken up [03947] a curse [07045] by all the captivity [01546] of Judah [03063] which are in Babylon [0894], saying [0559], The Lord [03068] make [07760] thee like Zedekiah [06667] and like Ahab [0256], whom the king [04428] of Babylon [0894] roasted [07033] in the fire [0784];
But they shall serve [05647] the Lord [03068] their God [0430], and David [01732] their king [04428], whom I will raise up [06965] unto them.
The word [01697] that came to Jeremiah [03414] from the Lord [03068] in the tenth [06224] year [08141] of Zedekiah [06667] king [04428] of Judah [03063], which was the eighteenth [08141] [06240] [08083] year [08141] of Nebuchadrezzar [05019].
For then the king [04428] of Babylon's [0894] army [02428] besieged [06696] Jerusalem [03389]: and Jeremiah [03414] the prophet [05030] was shut up [03607] in the court [02691] of the prison [04307], which was in the king [04428] of Judah's [03063] house [01004].
For Zedekiah [06667] king [04428] of Judah [03063] had shut him up [03607], saying [0559], Wherefore dost thou prophesy [05012], and say [0559], Thus saith [0559] the Lord [03068], Behold, I will give [05414] this city [05892] into the hand [03027] of the king [04428] of Babylon [0894], and he shall take [03920] it;
And Zedekiah [06667] king [04428] of Judah [03063] shall not escape [04422] out of the hand [03027] of the Chaldeans [03778], but shall surely [05414] be delivered [05414] into the hand [03027] of the king [04428] of Babylon [0894], and shall speak [01696] with him mouth [06310] to mouth [06310], and his eyes [05869] shall behold [07200] his eyes [05869];
Therefore thus saith [0559] the Lord [03068]; Behold, I will give [05414] this city [05892] into the hand [03027] of the Chaldeans [03778], and into the hand [03027] of Nebuchadrezzar [05019] king [04428] of Babylon [0894], and he shall take [03920] it:
Because of all the evil [07451] of the children [01121] of Israel [03478] and of the children [01121] of Judah [03063], which they have done [06213] to provoke me to anger [03707], they, their kings [04428], their princes [08269], their priests [03548], and their prophets [05030], and the men [0376] of Judah [03063], and the inhabitants [03427] of Jerusalem [03389].
And now therefore thus saith [0559] the Lord [03068], the God [0430] of Israel [03478], concerning this city [05892], whereof ye say [0559], It shall be delivered [05414] into the hand [03027] of the king [04428] of Babylon [0894] by the sword [02719], and by the famine [07458], and by the pestilence [01698];
For thus saith [0559] the Lord [03068], the God [0430] of Israel [03478], concerning the houses [01004] of this city [05892], and concerning the houses [01004] of the kings [04428] of Judah [03063], which are thrown down [05422] by the mounts [05550], and by the sword [02719];
The word [01697] which came unto Jeremiah [03414] from the Lord [03068], when Nebuchadnezzar [05019] king [04428] of Babylon [0894], and all his army [02428], and all the kingdoms [04467] of the earth [0776] of his dominion [04475] [03027], and all the people [05971], fought [03898] against Jerusalem [03389], and against all the cities [05892] thereof, saying [0559],of his…: Heb. the dominion of his hand
Thus saith [0559] the Lord [03068], the God [0430] of Israel [03478]; Go [01980] and speak [0559] to Zedekiah [06667] king [04428] of Judah [03063], and tell [0559] him, Thus saith [0559] the Lord [03068]; Behold, I will give [05414] this city [05892] into the hand [03027] of the king [04428] of Babylon [0894], and he shall burn [08313] it with fire [0784]:
And thou shalt not escape out [04422] of his hand [03027], but shalt surely [08610] be taken [08610], and delivered [05414] into his hand [03027]; and thine eyes [05869] shall behold [07200] the eyes [05869] of the king [04428] of Babylon [0894], and he shall speak [01696] with thee mouth [06310] to mouth [06310], and thou shalt go [0935] to Babylon [0894].he shall…: Heb. his mouth shall speak to thy mouth
Yet hear [08085] the word [01697] of the Lord [03068], O Zedekiah [06667] king [04428] of Judah [03063]; Thus saith [0559] the Lord [03068] of thee, Thou shalt not die [04191] by the sword [02719]:
But thou shalt die [04191] in peace [07965]: and with the burnings [04955] of thy fathers [01], the former [07223] kings [04428] which were before [06440] thee, so shall they burn [08313] odours for thee; and they will lament [05594] thee, saying, Ah [01945] lord [0113]! for I have pronounced [01696] the word [01697], saith [05002] the Lord [03068].
Then Jeremiah [03414] the prophet [05030] spake [01696] all these words [01697] unto Zedekiah [06667] king [04428] of Judah [03063] in Jerusalem [03389],
When the king [04428] of Babylon's [0894] army [02428] fought [03898] against Jerusalem [03389], and against all the cities [05892] of Judah [03063] that were left [03498], against Lachish [03923], and against Azekah [05825]: for these defenced [04013] cities [05892] remained [07604] of the cities [05892] of Judah [03063].
This is the word [01697] that came unto Jeremiah [03414] from the Lord [03068], after [0310] that the king [04428] Zedekiah [06667] had made [03772] a covenant [01285] with all the people [05971] which were at Jerusalem [03389], to proclaim [07121] liberty [01865] unto them;
And Zedekiah [06667] king [04428] of Judah [03063] and his princes [08269] will I give [05414] into the hand [03027] of their enemies [0341], and into the hand [03027] of them that seek [01245] their life [05315], and into the hand [03027] of the king [04428] of Babylon's [0894] army [02428], which are gone up [05927] from you.
The word [01697] which came unto Jeremiah [03414] from the Lord [03068] in the days [03117] of Jehoiakim [03079] the son [01121] of Josiah [02977] king [04428] of Judah [03063], saying [0559],
But it came to pass, when Nebuchadrezzar [05019] king [04428] of Babylon [0894] came up [05927] into the land [0776], that we said [0559], Come [0935], and let us go [0935] to Jerusalem [03389] for fear [06440] of the army [02428] of the Chaldeans [03778], and for fear [06440] of the army [02428] of the Syrians [0758]: so we dwell [03427] at Jerusalem [03389].
And it came to pass in the fourth [07243] year [08141] of Jehoiakim [03079] the son [01121] of Josiah [02977] king [04428] of Judah [03063], that this word [01697] came unto Jeremiah [03414] from the Lord [03068], saying [0559],
And it came to pass in the fifth [02549] year [08141] of Jehoiakim [03079] the son [01121] of Josiah [02977] king [04428] of Judah [03063], in the ninth [08671] month [02320], that they proclaimed [07121] a fast [06685] before [06440] the Lord [03068] to all the people [05971] in Jerusalem [03389], and to all the people [05971] that came [0935] from the cities [05892] of Judah [03063] unto Jerusalem [03389].
Then he went down [03381] into the king's [04428] house [01004], into the scribe's [05608] chamber [03957]: and, lo, all the princes [08269] sat [03427] there, even Elishama [0476] the scribe [05608], and Delaiah [01806] the son [01121] of Shemaiah [08098], and Elnathan [0494] the son [01121] of Achbor [05907], and Gemariah [01587] the son [01121] of Shaphan [08227], and Zedekiah [06667] the son [01121] of Hananiah [02608], and all the princes [08269].
Now it came to pass, when they had heard [08085] all the words [01697], they were afraid [06342] both [0413] one [0376] and other [07453], and said [0559] unto Baruch [01263], We will surely [05046] tell [05046] the king [04428] of all these words [01697].
And they went in [0935] to the king [04428] into the court [02691], but they laid up [06485] the roll [04039] in the chamber [03957] of Elishama [0476] the scribe [05608], and told [05046] all the words [01697] in the ears [0241] of the king [04428].
So the king [04428] sent [07971] Jehudi [03065] to fetch [03947] the roll [04039]: and he took [03947] it out of Elishama [0476] the scribe's [05608] chamber [03957]. And Jehudi [03065] read [07121] it in the ears [0241] of the king [04428], and in the ears [0241] of all the princes [08269] which stood [05975] beside [05921] the king [04428].
Now the king [04428] sat [03427] in the winterhouse [02779] [01004] in the ninth [08671] month [02320]: and there was a fire on the hearth [0254] burning [01197] before [06440] him.
Yet they were not afraid [06342], nor rent [07167] their garments [0899], neither the king [04428], nor any of his servants [05650] that heard [08085] all these words [01697].
Nevertheless Elnathan [0494] and Delaiah [01806] and Gemariah [01587] had made intercession [06293] to the king [04428] that he would not burn [08313] the roll [04039]: but he would not hear [08085] them.
But the king [04428] commanded [06680] Jerahmeel [03396] the son [01121] of Hammelech [04429], and Seraiah [08304] the son [01121] of Azriel [05837], and Shelemiah [08018] the son [01121] of Abdeel [05655], to take [03947] Baruch [01263] the scribe [05608] and Jeremiah [03414] the prophet [05030]: but the Lord [03068] hid [05641] them.of Hammelech: or, of the king
Then the word [01697] of the Lord [03068] came to Jeremiah [03414], after [0310] that the king [04428] had burned [08313] the roll [04039], and the words [01697] which Baruch [01263] wrote [03789] at the mouth [06310] of Jeremiah [03414], saying [0559],
Take [03947] thee again [07725] another [0312] roll [04039], and write [03789] in it all the former [07223] words [01697] that were in the first [07223] roll [04039], which Jehoiakim [03079] the king [04428] of Judah [03063] hath burned [08313].
And thou shalt say [0559] to Jehoiakim [03079] king [04428] of Judah [03063], Thus saith [0559] the Lord [03068]; Thou hast burned [08313] this roll [04039], saying [0559], Why hast thou written [03789] therein, saying [0559], The king [04428] of Babylon [0894] shall certainly [0935] come [0935] and destroy [07843] this land [0776], and shall cause to cease [07673] from thence man [0120] and beast [0929]?
Therefore thus saith [0559] the Lord [03068] of Jehoiakim [03079] king [04428] of Judah [03063]; He shall have none to sit [03427] upon the throne [03678] of David [01732]: and his dead body [05038] shall be cast out [07993] in the day [03117] to the heat [02721], and in the night [03915] to the frost [07140].
Then took [03947] Jeremiah [03414] another [0312] roll [04039], and gave [05414] it to Baruch [01263] the scribe [05608], the son [01121] of Neriah [05374]; who wrote [03789] therein from the mouth [06310] of Jeremiah [03414] all the words [01697] of the book [05612] which Jehoiakim [03079] king [04428] of Judah [03063] had burned [08313] in the fire [0784]: and there were added [03254] besides unto them many [07227] like [01992] words [01697].like: Heb. as they
And king [04428] Zedekiah [06667] the son [01121] of Josiah [02977] reigned [04427] instead of Coniah [03659] the son [01121] of Jehoiakim [03079], whom Nebuchadrezzar [05019] king [04428] of Babylon [0894] made king [04427] in the land [0776] of Judah [03063].
And Zedekiah [06667] the king [04428] sent [07971] Jehucal [03081] the son [01121] of Shelemiah [08018] and Zephaniah [06846] the son [01121] of Maaseiah [04641] the priest [03548] to the prophet [05030] Jeremiah [03414], saying [0559], Pray [06419] now unto the Lord [03068] our God [0430] for us.
Thus saith [0559] the Lord [03068], the God [0430] of Israel [03478]; Thus shall ye say [0559] to the king [04428] of Judah [03063], that sent [07971] you unto me to enquire [01875] of me; Behold, Pharaoh's [06547] army [02428], which is come forth [03318] to help [05833] you, shall return [07725] to Egypt [04714] into their own land [0776].
Then Zedekiah [06667] the king [04428] sent [07971], and took him out [03947]: and the king [04428] asked [07592] him secretly [05643] in his house [01004], and said [0559], Is there any word [01697] from the Lord [03068]? And Jeremiah [03414] said [0559], There is [03426]: for, said [0559] he, thou shalt be delivered [05414] into the hand [03027] of the king [04428] of Babylon [0894].
Moreover Jeremiah [03414] said [0559] unto king [04428] Zedekiah [06667], What have I offended [02398] against thee, or against thy servants [05650], or against this people [05971], that ye have put [05414] me in prison [03608] [01004]?
Where are now [0346] your prophets [05030] which prophesied [05012] unto you, saying [0559], The king [04428] of Babylon [0894] shall not come [0935] against you, nor against this land [0776]?
Therefore hear [08085] now, I pray thee, O my lord [0113] the king [04428]: let my supplication [08467], I pray thee, be accepted [05307] before [06440] thee; that thou cause me not to return [07725] to the house [01004] of Jonathan [03083] the scribe [05608], lest I die [04191] there.let…: Heb. let my supplication fall
Then Zedekiah [06667] the king [04428] commanded [06680] that they should commit [06485] Jeremiah [03414] into the court [02691] of the prison [04307], and that they should give [05414] him daily [03117] a piece [03603] of bread [03899] out of the bakers' [0644] street [02351], until all the bread [03899] in the city [05892] were spent [08552]. Thus Jeremiah [03414] remained [03427] in the court [02691] of the prison [04307].
Thus saith [0559] the Lord [03068], This city [05892] shall surely [05414] be given [05414] into the hand [03027] of the king [04428] of Babylon's [0894] army [02428], which shall take [03920] it.
Therefore the princes [08269] said [0559] unto the king [04428], We beseech thee, let this man [0376] be put to death [04191]: for thus [03651] he weakeneth [07503] the hands [03027] of the men [0582] of war [04421] that remain [07604] in this city [05892], and the hands [03027] of all the people [05971], in speaking [01696] such words [01697] unto them: for this man [0376] seeketh [01875] not the welfare [07965] of this people [05971], but the hurt [07451].welfare: Heb. peace
Then Zedekiah [06667] the king [04428] said [0559], Behold, he is in your hand [03027]: for the king [04428] is not he that can [03201] do any thing [01697] against you.
Then took [03947] they Jeremiah [03414], and cast [07993] him into the dungeon [0953] of Malchiah [04441] the son [01121] of Hammelech [04428], that was in the court [02691] of the prison [04307]: and they let down [07971] Jeremiah [03414] with cords [02256]. And in the dungeon [0953] there was no water [04325], but mire [02916]: so Jeremiah [03414] sunk [02883] in the mire [02916].of Hammelech: or, of the king
Now when Ebed–melech [05663] the Ethiopian [03569], one [0376] of the eunuchs [05631] which was in the king's [04428] house [01004], heard [08085] that they had put [05414] Jeremiah [03414] in the dungeon [0953]; the king [04428] then sitting [03427] in the gate [08179] of Benjamin [01144];
Ebed–melech [05663] went forth [03318] out of the king's [04428] house [01004], and spake [01696] to the king [04428], saying [0559],
My lord [0113] the king [04428], these men [0582] have done evil [07489] in all that they have done [06213] to Jeremiah [03414] the prophet [05030], whom they have cast [07993] into the dungeon [0953]; and he is like to die [04191] for [06440] hunger [07458] in the place [08478] where he is: for there is no more bread [03899] in the city [05892].he is like…: Heb. he will die
Then the king [04428] commanded [06680] Ebed–melech [05663] the Ethiopian [03569], saying [0559], Take [03947] from hence thirty [07970] men [0582] with thee [03027], and take up [05927] Jeremiah [03414] the prophet [05030] out of the dungeon [0953], before he die [04191].with thee: Heb. in thine hand
So Ebed–melech [05663] took [03947] the men [0582] with him [03027], and went [0935] into the house [01004] of the king [04428] under the treasury [0214], and took [03947] thence old [01094] cast clouts [05499] and old [01094] rotten rags [04418], and let them down [07971] by cords [02256] into the dungeon [0953] to Jeremiah [03414].
Then Zedekiah [06667] the king [04428] sent [07971], and took [03947] Jeremiah [03414] the prophet [05030] unto him into the third [07992] entry [03996] that is in the house [01004] of the Lord [03068]: and the king [04428] said [0559] unto Jeremiah [03414], I will ask [07592] thee a thing [01697]; hide [03582] nothing from me.third: or, principal
So Zedekiah [06667] the king [04428] sware [07650] secretly [05643] unto Jeremiah [03414], saying [0559], As the Lord [03068] liveth [02416], that made [06213] us this soul [05315], I will not put thee to death [04191], neither will I give [05414] thee into the hand [03027] of these men [0582] that seek [01245] thy life [05315].
Then said [0559] Jeremiah [03414] unto Zedekiah [06667], Thus saith [0559] the Lord [03068], the God [0430] of hosts [06635], the God [0430] of Israel [03478]; If thou wilt assuredly [03318] go forth [03318] unto the king [04428] of Babylon's [0894] princes [08269], then thy soul [05315] shall live [02421], and this city [05892] shall not be burned [08313] with fire [0784]; and thou shalt live [02421], and thine house [01004]:
But if thou wilt not go forth [03318] to the king [04428] of Babylon's [0894] princes [08269], then shall this city [05892] be given [05414] into the hand [03027] of the Chaldeans [03778], and they shall burn [08313] it with fire [0784], and thou shalt not escape out [04422] of their hand [03027].
And Zedekiah [06667] the king [04428] said [0559] unto Jeremiah [03414], I am afraid [01672] of the Jews [03064] that are fallen [05307] to the Chaldeans [03778], lest they deliver [05414] me into their hand [03027], and they mock [05953] me.
And, behold, all the women [0802] that are left [07604] in the king [04428] of Judah's [03063] house [01004] shall be brought forth [03318] to the king [04428] of Babylon's [0894] princes [08269], and those women shall say [0559], Thy friends [07965] [0582] have set thee on [05496], and have prevailed [03201] against thee: thy feet [07272] are sunk [02883] in the mire [01206], and they are turned away [05472] back [0268].Thy friends: Heb. Men of thy peace
So they shall bring out [03318] all thy wives [0802] and thy children [01121] to the Chaldeans [03778]: and thou shalt not escape out [04422] of their hand [03027], but shalt be taken [08610] by the hand [03027] of the king [04428] of Babylon [0894]: and thou shalt cause this city [05892] to be burned [08313] with fire [0784].thou shalt cause…: Heb. thou shalt burn, etc
But if the princes [08269] hear [08085] that I have talked [01696] with thee, and they come [0935] unto thee, and say [0559] unto thee, Declare [05046] unto us now what thou hast said [01696] unto the king [04428], hide [03582] it not from us, and we will not put thee to death [04191]; also what the king [04428] said [01696] unto thee:
Then thou shalt say [0559] unto them, I presented [05307] my supplication [08467] before [06440] the king [04428], that he would not cause me to return [07725] to Jonathan's [03083] house [01004], to die [04191] there.
Then came [0935] all the princes [08269] unto Jeremiah [03414], and asked [07592] him: and he told [05046] them according to all these words [01697] that the king [04428] had commanded [06680]. So they left off speaking [02790] with him; for the matter [01697] was not perceived [08085].they…: Heb. they were silent from him
In the ninth [08671] year [08141] of Zedekiah [06667] king [04428] of Judah [03063], in the tenth [06224] month [02320], came [0935] Nebuchadrezzar [05019] king [04428] of Babylon [0894] and all his army [02428] against Jerusalem [03389], and they besieged [06696] it.
And all the princes [08269] of the king [04428] of Babylon [0894] came in [0935], and sat [03427] in the middle [08432] gate [08179], even Nergal–sharezer [05371], Samgar–nebo [05562], Sarsechim [08310], Rab–saris [07249], Nergal–sharezer [05371], Rab–mag [07248], with all the residue [07611] of the princes [08269] of the king [04428] of Babylon [0894].
And it came to pass, that when Zedekiah [06667] the king [04428] of Judah [03063] saw [07200] them, and all the men [0582] of war [04421], then they fled [01272], and went forth [03318] out of the city [05892] by night [03915], by the way [01870] of the king's [04428] garden [01588], by the gate [08179] betwixt the two walls [02346]: and he went out [03318] the way [01870] of the plain [06160].
But the Chaldeans' [03778] army [02428] pursued [07291] after [0310] them, and overtook [05381] Zedekiah [06667] in the plains [06160] of Jericho [03405]: and when they had taken [03947] him, they brought him up [05927] to Nebuchadnezzar [05019] king [04428] of Babylon [0894] to Riblah [07247] in the land [0776] of Hamath [02574], where he gave [01696] judgment [04941] upon him.gave…: Heb. spake with him judgments
Then the king [04428] of Babylon [0894] slew [07819] the sons [01121] of Zedekiah [06667] in Riblah [07247] before his eyes [05869]: also the king [04428] of Babylon [0894] slew [07819] all the nobles [02715] of Judah [03063].
And the Chaldeans [03778] burned [08313] the king's [04428] house [01004], and the houses [01004] of the people [05971], with fire [0784], and brake down [05422] the walls [02346] of Jerusalem [03389].
Now Nebuchadrezzar [05019] king [04428] of Babylon [0894] gave charge [06680] concerning Jeremiah [03414] to [03027] Nebuzar–adan [05018] the captain [07227] of the guard [02876], saying [0559],to: Heb. by the hand ofcaptain…: or, chief marshal: Heb. chief of the executioners, or, slaughtermen
So Nebuzar–adan [05018] the captain [07227] of the guard [02876] sent [07971], and Nebushasban [05021], Rab–saris [07249], and Nergal–sharezer [05371], Rab–mag [07248], and all the king [04428] of Babylon's [0894] princes [07227];captain…: or, chief marshal: Heb. chief of the executioners, or, slaughtermen
Now while he was not yet gone back [07725], he said, Go back [07725] also to Gedaliah [01436] the son [01121] of Ahikam [0296] the son [01121] of Shaphan [08227], whom the king [04428] of Babylon [0894] hath made governor [06485] over the cities [05892] of Judah [03063], and dwell [03427] with him among [08432] the people [05971]: or go [03212] wheresoever it seemeth convenient [05869] [03477] unto thee to go [03212]. So the captain [07227] of the guard [02876] gave [05414] him victuals [0737] and a reward [04864], and let him go [07971].
Now when all the captains [08269] of the forces [02428] which were in the fields [07704], even they and their men [0582], heard [08085] that the king [04428] of Babylon [0894] had made Gedaliah [01436] the son [01121] of Ahikam [0296] governor [06485] in the land [0776], and had committed [06485] unto him men [0582], and women [0802], and children [02945], and of the poor [01803] of the land [0776], of them that were not carried away captive [01540] to Babylon [0894];
And Gedaliah [01436] the son [01121] of Ahikam [0296] the son [01121] of Shaphan [08227] sware [07650] unto them and to their men [0582], saying [0559], Fear [03372] not to serve [05647] the Chaldeans [03778]: dwell in [03427] the land [0776], and serve [05647] the king [04428] of Babylon [0894], and it shall be well [03190] with you.
Likewise when all the Jews [03064] that were in Moab [04124], and among the Ammonites [05983], and in Edom [0123], and that were in all the countries [0776], heard [08085] that the king [04428] of Babylon [0894] had left [05414] a remnant [07611] of Judah [03063], and that he had set [06485] over them Gedaliah [01436] the son [01121] of Ahikam [0296] the son [01121] of Shaphan [08227];
And said [0559] unto him, Dost thou certainly [03045] know [03045] that Baalis [01185] the king [04428] of the Ammonites [05983] [01121] hath sent [07971] Ishmael [03458] the son [01121] of Nethaniah [05418] to slay [05315] [05221] thee? But Gedaliah [01436] the son [01121] of Ahikam [0296] believed [0539] them not.to slay…: Heb. to strike thee in soul?
Now it came to pass in the seventh [07637] month [02320], that Ishmael [03458] the son [01121] of Nethaniah [05418] the son [01121] of Elishama [0476], of the seed [02233] royal [04410], and the princes [07227] of the king [04428], even ten [06235] men [0582] with him, came [0935] unto Gedaliah [01436] the son [01121] of Ahikam [0296] to Mizpah [04709]; and there they did eat [0398] bread [03899] together [03162] in Mizpah [04708].
Then arose [06965] Ishmael [03458] the son [01121] of Nethaniah [05418], and the ten [06235] men [0582] that were with him, and smote [05221] Gedaliah [01436] the son [01121] of Ahikam [0296] the son [01121] of Shaphan [08227] with the sword [02719], and slew [04191] him, whom the king [04428] of Babylon [0894] had made governor [06485] over the land [0776].
Now the pit [0953] wherein Ishmael [03458] had cast [07993] all the dead bodies [06297] of the men [0582], whom he had slain [05221] because [03027] of Gedaliah [01436], was it which Asa [0609] the king [04428] had made [06213] for fear [06440] of Baasha [01201] king [04428] of Israel [03478]: and Ishmael [03458] the son [01121] of Nethaniah [05418] filled [04390] it with them that were slain [02491].because…: or, near Gedaliah: Heb. by the hand, or, by the side of Gedaliah
Then Ishmael [03458] carried away captive [07617] all the residue [07611] of the people [05971] that were in Mizpah [04709], even the king's [04428] daughters [01323], and all the people [05971] that remained [07604] in Mizpah [04709], whom Nebuzar–adan [05018] the captain [07227] of the guard [02876] had committed [06485] to Gedaliah [01436] the son [01121] of Ahikam [0296]: and Ishmael [03458] the son [01121] of Nethaniah [05418] carried them away captive [07617], and departed [03212] to go over [05674] to the Ammonites [05983] [01121].
Because [06440] of the Chaldeans [03778]: for they were afraid [03372] of them, because Ishmael [03458] the son [01121] of Nethaniah [05418] had slain [05221] Gedaliah [01436] the son [01121] of Ahikam [0296], whom the king [04428] of Babylon [0894] made governor [06485] in the land [0776].
Be not afraid [03372] of [06440] the king [04428] of Babylon [0894], of whom [06440] ye are afraid [03373]; be not afraid [03372] of him, saith [05002] the Lord [03068]: for I am with you to save [03467] you, and to deliver [05337] you from his hand [03027].
Even men [01397], and women [0802], and children [02945], and the king's [04428] daughters [01323], and every person [05315] that Nebuzar–adan [05018] the captain [07227] of the guard [02876] had left [03240] with Gedaliah [01436] the son [01121] of Ahikam [0296] the son [01121] of Shaphan [08227], and Jeremiah [03414] the prophet [05030], and Baruch [01263] the son [01121] of Neriah [05374].
And say [0559] unto them, Thus saith [0559] the Lord [03068] of hosts [06635], the God [0430] of Israel [03478]; Behold, I will send [07971] and take [03947] Nebuchadrezzar [05019] the king [04428] of Babylon [0894], my servant [05650], and will set [07760] his throne [03678] upon [04605] these stones [068] that I have hid [02934]; and he shall spread [05186] his royal pavilion [08237] over them.
Have ye forgotten [07911] the wickedness [07451] of your fathers [01], and the wickedness [07451] of the kings [04428] of Judah [03063], and the wickedness [07451] of their wives [0802], and your own wickedness [07451], and the wickedness [07451] of your wives [0802], which they have committed [06213] in the land [0776] of Judah [03063], and in the streets [02351] of Jerusalem [03389]?wickedness…: Heb. wickednesses, or, punishments, etc
But we will certainly [06213] do [06213] whatsoever thing [01697] goeth forth [03318] out of our own mouth [06310], to burn incense [06999] unto the queen [04446] of heaven [08064], and to pour out [05258] drink offerings [05262] unto her, as we have done [06213], we, and our fathers [01], our kings [04428], and our princes [08269], in the cities [05892] of Judah [03063], and in the streets [02351] of Jerusalem [03389]: for then had we plenty [07646] of victuals [03899], and were well [02896], and saw [07200] no evil [07451].queen…: or, frame of heavenvictuals: Heb. bread
The incense [07002] that ye burned [06999] in the cities [05892] of Judah [03063], and in the streets [02351] of Jerusalem [03389], ye, and your fathers [01], your kings [04428], and your princes [08269], and the people [05971] of the land [0776], did not the Lord [03068] remember [02142] them, and came [05927] it not into his mind [03820]?
Thus saith [0559] the Lord [03068]; Behold, I will give [05414] Pharaoh–hophra [06548] king [04428] of Egypt [04714] into the hand [03027] of his enemies [0341], and into the hand [03027] of them that seek [01245] his life [05315]; as I gave [05414] Zedekiah [06667] king [04428] of Judah [03063] into the hand [03027] of Nebuchadrezzar [05019] king [04428] of Babylon [0894], his enemy [0341], and that sought [01245] his life [05315].
The word [01697] that Jeremiah [03414] the prophet [05030] spake [01696] unto Baruch [01263] the son [01121] of Neriah [05374], when he had written [03789] these words [01697] in a book [05612] at the mouth [06310] of Jeremiah [03414], in the fourth [07243] year [08141] of Jehoiakim [03079] the son [01121] of Josiah [02977] king [04428] of Judah [03063], saying [0559],
Against Egypt [04714], against the army [02428] of Pharaoh–necho [06549] king [04428] of Egypt [04714], which was by the river [05104] Euphrates [06578] in Carchemish [03751], which Nebuchadrezzar [05019] king [04428] of Babylon [0894] smote [05221] in the fourth [07243] year [08141] of Jehoiakim [03079] the son [01121] of Josiah [02977] king [04428] of Judah [03063].
The word [01697] that the Lord [03068] spake [01696] to Jeremiah [03414] the prophet [05030], how Nebuchadrezzar [05019] king [04428] of Babylon [0894] should come [0935] and smite [05221] the land [0776] of Egypt [04714].
They did cry [07121] there, Pharaoh [06547] king [04428] of Egypt [04714] is but a noise [07588]; he hath passed [05674] the time appointed [04150].
As I live [02416], saith [05002] the King [04428], whose name [08034] is the Lord [03068] of hosts [06635], Surely as Tabor [08396] is among the mountains [02022], and as Carmel [03760] by the sea [03220], so shall he come [0935].
The Lord [03068] of hosts [06635], the God [0430] of Israel [03478], saith [0559]; Behold, I will punish [06485] the multitude [0528] [0527] of No [04996], and Pharaoh [06547], and Egypt [04714], with their gods [0430], and their kings [04428]; even Pharaoh [06547], and all them that trust [0982] in him:multitude: or, nourisher: Heb. Amon
And I will deliver [05414] them into the hand [03027] of those that seek [01245] their lives [05315], and into the hand [03027] of Nebuchadrezzar [05019] king [04428] of Babylon [0894], and into the hand [03027] of his servants [05650]: and afterward [0310] it shall be inhabited [07931], as in the days [03117] of old [06924], saith [05002] the Lord [03068].
Moab [04124] is spoiled [07703], and gone up [05927] out of her cities [05892], and his chosen [04005] young men [0970] are gone down [03381] to the slaughter [02874], saith [05002] the King [04428], whose name [08034] is the Lord [03068] of hosts [06635].his…: Heb. the choice of
Concerning the Ammonites [05983] [01121], thus saith [0559] the Lord [03068]; Hath Israel [03478] no sons [01121]? hath he no heir [03423]? why then doth their king [04428] inherit [03423] Gad [01410], and his people [05971] dwell [03427] in his cities [05892]?Concerning: or, Againsttheir king: or, Melcom
Howl [03213], O Heshbon [02809], for Ai [05857] is spoiled [07703]: cry [06817], ye daughters [01323] of Rabbah [07237], gird [02296] you with sackcloth [08242]; lament [05594], and run to and fro [07751] by the hedges [01448]; for their king [04428] shall go [03212] into captivity [01473], and his priests [03548] and his princes [08269] together [03162].their king: or, Melcom
Concerning Kedar [06938], and concerning the kingdoms [04467] of Hazor [02674], which Nebuchadrezzar [05019] king [04428] of Babylon [0894] shall smite [05221], thus saith [0559] the Lord [03068]; Arise [06965] ye, go up [05927] to Kedar [06938], and spoil [07703] the men [01121] of the east [06924].
Flee [05127], get [05110] you far off [03966], dwell [03427] deep [06009], O ye inhabitants [03427] of Hazor [02674], saith [05002] the Lord [03068]; for Nebuchadrezzar [05019] king [04428] of Babylon [0894] hath taken counsel [03289] [06098] against you, and hath conceived [02803] a purpose [04284] against you.get…: Heb. flit greatly
The word [01697] of the Lord [03068] that came to Jeremiah [03414] the prophet [05030] against Elam [05867] in the beginning [07225] of the reign [04438] of Zedekiah [06667] king [04428] of Judah [03063], saying [0559],
And I will set [07760] my throne [03678] in Elam [05867], and will destroy [06] from thence the king [04428] and the princes [08269], saith [05002] the Lord [03068].
Israel [03478] is a scattered [06340] sheep [07716]; the lions [0738] have driven him away [05080]: first [07223] the king [04428] of Assyria [0804] hath devoured [0398] him; and last [0314] this Nebuchadrezzar [05019] king [04428] of Babylon [0894] hath broken his bones [06105].
Therefore thus saith [0559] the Lord [03068] of hosts [06635], the God [0430] of Israel [03478]; Behold, I will punish [06485] the king [04428] of Babylon [0894] and his land [0776], as I have punished [06485] the king [04428] of Assyria [0804].
Behold, a people [05971] shall come [0935] from the north [06828], and a great [01419] nation [01471], and many [07227] kings [04428] shall be raised up [05782] from the coasts [03411] of the earth [0776].
The king [04428] of Babylon [0894] hath heard [08085] the report [08088] of them, and his hands [03027] waxed feeble [07503]: anguish [06869] took hold [02388] of him, and pangs [02427] as of a woman in travail [03205].
Make bright [01305] the arrows [02671]; gather [04390] the shields [07982]: the Lord [03068] hath raised up [05782] the spirit [07307] of the kings [04428] of the Medes [04074]: for his device [04209] is against Babylon [0894], to destroy [07843] it; because it is the vengeance [05360] of the Lord [03068], the vengeance [05360] of his temple [01964].bright: Heb. pure
Prepare [06942] against her the nations [01471] with the kings [04428] of the Medes [04074], the captains [06346] thereof, and all the rulers [05461] thereof, and all the land [0776] of his dominion [04475].
One post [07323] shall run [07323] to meet [07125] another [07323], and one messenger [05046] to meet [07125] another [05046], to shew [05046] the king [04428] of Babylon [0894] that his city [05892] is taken [03920] at one end [07097],
Nebuchadrezzar [05019] the king [04428] of Babylon [0894] hath devoured [0398] me, he hath crushed [02000] me, he hath made [03322] me an empty [07385] vessel [03627], he hath swallowed me up [01104] like a dragon [08577], he hath filled [04390] his belly [03770] with my delicates [05730], he hath cast me out [01740].
And I will make drunk [07937] her princes [08269], and her wise [02450] men, her captains [06346], and her rulers [05461], and her mighty men [01368]: and they shall sleep [03462] a perpetual [05769] sleep [08142], and not wake [06974], saith [05002] the King [04428], whose name [08034] is the Lord [03068] of hosts [06635].
The word [01697] which Jeremiah [03414] the prophet [05030] commanded [06680] Seraiah [08304] the son [01121] of Neriah [05374], the son [01121] of Maaseiah [04271], when he went [03212] with Zedekiah [06667] the king [04428] of Judah [03063] into Babylon [0894] in the fourth [07243] year [08141] of his reign [04427]. And this Seraiah [08304] was a quiet [04496] prince [08269].with: or, on the behalf ofquiet…: or, prince of Menucha, or, chief chamberlain
For through [05921] the anger [0639] of the Lord [03068] it came to pass in Jerusalem [03389] and Judah [03063], till he had cast them out [07993] from his presence [06440], that Zedekiah [06667] rebelled [04775] against the king [04428] of Babylon [0894].
And it came to pass in the ninth [08671] year [08141] of his reign [04427], in the tenth [06224] month [02320], in the tenth [06218] day of the month [02320], that Nebuchadrezzar [05019] king [04428] of Babylon [0894] came [0935], he and all his army [02428], against Jerusalem [03389], and pitched [02583] against it, and built [01129] forts [01785] against it round about [05439].
So [0935] the city [05892] was besieged [04692] unto the eleventh [06240] [06249] year [08141] of king [04428] Zedekiah [06667].
Then the city [05892] was broken up [01234], and all the men [0582] of war [04421] fled [01272], and went forth [03318] out of the city [05892] by night [03915] by the way [01870] of the gate [08179] between the two walls [02346], which was by the king's [04428] garden [01588]; (now the Chaldeans [03778] were by the city [05892] round about [05439]:) and they went [03212] by the way [01870] of the plain [06160].
But the army [02428] of the Chaldeans [03778] pursued [07291] after [0310] the king [04428], and overtook [05381] Zedekiah [06667] in the plains [06160] of Jericho [03405]; and all his army [02428] was scattered [06327] from him.
Then they took [08610] the king [04428], and carried him up [05927] unto the king [04428] of Babylon [0894] to Riblah [07247] in the land [0776] of Hamath [02574]; where he gave [01696] judgment [04941] upon him.
And the king [04428] of Babylon [0894] slew [07819] the sons [01121] of Zedekiah [06667] before his eyes [05869]: he slew [07819] also all the princes [08269] of Judah [03063] in Riblah [07247].
Then he put out [05786] the eyes [05869] of Zedekiah [06667]; and the king [04428] of Babylon [0894] bound [0631] him in chains [05178], and carried [0935] him to Babylon [0894], and put [05414] him in prison [06486] [01004] till the day [03117] of his death [04194].put out: Heb. blindedchains: or, fettersprison: Heb. house of the wards
Now in the fifth [02549] month [02320], in the tenth [06218] day of the month [02320], which was the nineteenth [08141] [06240] [08672] year [08141] of Nebuchadrezzar [05019] king [04428] of Babylon [0894], came [0935] Nebuzar–adan [05018], captain [07227] of the guard [02876], which served [06440] [05975] the king [04428] of Babylon [0894], into Jerusalem [03389],captain…: or, chief marshal: Heb. chief of the executioners, or, slaughtermenserved: Heb. stood before
And burned [08313] the house [01004] of the Lord [03068], and the king's [04428] house [01004]; and all the houses [01004] of Jerusalem [03389], and all the houses [01004] of the great [01419] men, burned [08313] he with fire [0784]:
Then Nebuzar–adan [05018] the captain [07227] of the guard [02876] carried away captive [01540] certain of the poor [01803] of the people [05971], and the residue [03499] of the people [05971] that remained [07604] in the city [05892], and those that fell away [05307], that fell [05307] to the king [04428] of Babylon [0894], and the rest [03499] of the multitude [0527].
The two [08147] pillars [05982], one [0259] sea [03220], and twelve [06240] [08147] brasen [05178] bulls [01241] that were under the bases [04350], which king [04428] Solomon [08010] had made [06213] in the house [01004] of the Lord [03068]: the brass [05178] of all these vessels [03627] was without weight [04948].the brass: Heb. their brass
He took [03947] also out of the city [05892] an [0259] eunuch [05631], which had the charge [06496] of the men [0582] of war [04421]; and seven [07651] men [0582] of them that were near [07200] the king's [04428] person [06440], which were found [04672] in the city [05892]; and the principal [08269] scribe [05608] of the host [06635], who mustered [06633] the people [05971] of the land [0776]; and threescore [08346] men [0376] of the people [05971] of the land [0776], that were found [04672] in the midst [08432] of the city [05892].were near…: Heb. saw the face of the kingprincipal…: or, scribe of the captain of the host
So Nebuzar–adan [05018] the captain [07227] of the guard [02876] took [03947] them, and brought [03212] them to the king [04428] of Babylon [0894] to Riblah [07247].
And the king [04428] of Babylon [0894] smote [05221] them, and put them to death [04191] in Riblah [07247] in the land [0127] of Hamath [02574]. Thus Judah [03063] was carried away captive [01540] out of his own land [0776].
And it came to pass in the seven [07651] and thirtieth [07970] year [08141] of the captivity [01546] of Jehoiachin [03078] king [04428] of Judah [03063], in the twelfth [06240] [08147] month [02320], in the five [02568] and twentieth [06242] day of the month [02320], that Evil–merodach [0192] king [04428] of Babylon [0894] in the first year [08141] of his reign [04438] lifted up [05375] the head [07218] of Jehoiachin [03078] king [04428] of Judah [03063], and brought him forth [03318] out of prison [03628] [01004],
And spake [01696] kindly [02896] unto him, and set [05414] his throne [03678] above [04605] the throne [03678] of the kings [04428] that were with him in Babylon [0894],kindly…: Heb. good things with him
And for his diet [0737], there was a continual [08548] diet [0737] given [05414] him of the king [04428] of Babylon [0894], every [03117] day [03117] a portion [01697] until the day [03117] of his death [04194], all the days [03117] of his life [02416].every…: Heb. the matter of the day in his day
And he hath violently taken away [02554] his tabernacle [07900], as if it were of a garden [01588]: he hath destroyed [07843] his places of the assembly [04150]: the Lord [03068] hath caused the solemn feasts [04150] and sabbaths [07676] to be forgotten [07911] in Zion [06726], and hath despised [05006] in the indignation [02195] of his anger [0639] the king [04428] and the priest [03548].tabernacle: or, hedge
Her gates [08179] are sunk [02883] into the ground [0776]; he hath destroyed [06] and broken [07665] her bars [01280]: her king [04428] and her princes [08269] are among the Gentiles [01471]: the law [08451] is no more; her prophets [05030] also find [04672] no vision [02377] from the Lord [03068].
The kings [04428] of the earth [0776], and all the inhabitants [03427] of the world [08398], would not have believed [0539] that the adversary [06862] and the enemy [0341] should have entered [0935] into the gates [08179] of Jerusalem [03389].
In the fifth [02568] day of the month [02320], which was the fifth [02549] year [08141] of king [04428] Jehoiachin's [03112] captivity [01546],
The king [04428] shall mourn [056], and the prince [05387] shall be clothed [03847] with desolation [08077], and the hands [03027] of the people [05971] of the land [0776] shall be troubled [0926]: I will do [06213] unto them after their way [01870], and according to their deserts [04941] will I judge [08199] them; and they shall know [03045] that I am the Lord [03068].according…: Heb. with their judgments
Say [0559] now to the rebellious [04805] house [01004], Know [03045] ye not what these things mean? tell [0559] them, Behold, the king [04428] of Babylon [0894] is come [0935] to Jerusalem [03389], and hath taken [03947] the king [04428] thereof, and the princes [08269] thereof, and led [0935] them with him to Babylon [0894];
As I live [02416], saith [05002] the Lord [0136] God [03069], surely in the place [04725] where the king [04428] dwelleth that made him king [04427], whose oath [0423] he despised [0959], and whose covenant [01285] he brake [06565], even with him in the midst [08432] of Babylon [0894] he shall die [04191].
And they put [05414] him in ward [05474] in chains [02397], and brought [0935] him to the king [04428] of Babylon [0894]: they brought [0935] him into holds [04685], that his voice [06963] should no more be heard [08085] upon the mountains [02022] of Israel [03478].in chains: or, in hooks
Also, thou son [01121] of man [0120], appoint [07760] thee two [08147] ways [01870], that the sword [02719] of the king [04428] of Babylon [0894] may come [0935]: both twain [08147] shall come forth [03318] out of one [0259] land [0776]: and choose [01254] thou a place [03027], choose [01254] it at the head [07218] of the way [01870] to the city [05892].
For the king [04428] of Babylon [0894] stood [05975] at the parting [0517] of the way [01870], at the head [07218] of the two [08147] ways [01870], to use [07080] divination [07081]: he made his arrows [02671] bright [07043], he consulted [07592] with images [08655], he looked [07200] in the liver [03516].parting of: Heb. mother ofarrows: or, knivesimages: Heb. teraphim
Son [01121] of man [0120], write [03789] thee the name [08034] of the day [03117], even of this same [06106] day [03117]: the king [04428] of Babylon [0894] set [05564] himself against Jerusalem [03389] this same [06106] day [03117].
For thus saith [0559] the Lord [0136] God [03069]; Behold, I will bring [0935] upon Tyrus [06865] Nebuchadrezzar [05019] king [04428] of Babylon [0894], a king [04428] of kings [04428], from the north [06828], with horses [05483], and with chariots [07393], and with horsemen [06571], and companies [06951], and much [07227] people [05971].
When thy wares [05801] went forth [03318] out of the seas [03220], thou filledst [07646] many [07227] people [05971]; thou didst enrich [06238] the kings [04428] of the earth [0776] with the multitude [07230] of thy riches [01952] and of thy merchandise [04627].
All the inhabitants [03427] of the isles [0339] shall be astonished [08074] at thee, and their kings [04428] shall be sore [08178] afraid [08175], they shall be troubled [07481] in their countenance [06440].
Son [01121] of man [0120], take up [05375] a lamentation [07015] upon the king [04428] of Tyrus [06865], and say [0559] unto him, Thus saith [0559] the Lord [0136] God [03069]; Thou sealest up [02856] the sum [08508], full [04392] of wisdom [02451], and perfect [03632] in beauty [03308].
Thine heart [03820] was lifted up [01361] because of thy beauty [03308], thou hast corrupted [07843] thy wisdom [02451] by reason of [05921] thy brightness [03314]: I will cast [07993] thee to the ground [0776], I will lay [05414] thee before [06440] kings [04428], that they may behold [07200] thee.
Son [01121] of man [0120], set [07760] thy face [06440] against Pharaoh [06547] king [04428] of Egypt [04714], and prophesy [05012] against him, and against all Egypt [04714]:
Speak [01696], and say [0559], Thus saith [0559] the Lord [0136] God [03069]; Behold, I am against thee, Pharaoh [06547] king [04428] of Egypt [04714], the great [01419] dragon [08577] that lieth [07257] in the midst [08432] of his rivers [02975], which hath said [0559], My river [02975] is mine own, and I have made [06213] it for myself.
Son [01121] of man [0120], Nebuchadrezzar [05019] king [04428] of Babylon [0894] caused [05647] his army [02428] to serve [05647] a great [01419] service [05656] against Tyrus [06865]: every head [07218] was made bald [07139], and every shoulder [03802] was peeled [04803]: yet had he no wages [07939], nor his army [02428], for Tyrus [06865], for the service [05656] that he had served [05647] against it:
Therefore thus saith [0559] the Lord [0136] God [03069]; Behold, I will give [05414] the land [0776] of Egypt [04714] unto Nebuchadrezzar [05019] king [04428] of Babylon [0894]; and he shall take [05375] her multitude [01995], and take [07997] her spoil [07998], and take [0962] her prey [0957]; and it shall be the wages [07939] for his army [02428].take her spoil…: Heb. spoil her spoil, and prey her prey
Thus saith [0559] the Lord [0136] God [03069]; I will also make the multitude [01995] of Egypt [04714] to cease [07673] by the hand [03027] of Nebuchadrezzar [05019] king [04428] of Babylon [0894].
Son [01121] of man [0120], I have broken [07665] the arm [02220] of Pharaoh [06547] king [04428] of Egypt [04714]; and, lo, it shall not be bound up [02280] to be healed [05414] [07499], to put [07760] a roller [02848] to bind [02280] it, to make it strong [02388] to hold [08610] the sword [02719].
Therefore thus saith [0559] the Lord [0136] God [03069]; Behold, I am against Pharaoh [06547] king [04428] of Egypt [04714], and will break [07665] his arms [02220], the strong [02389], and that which was broken [07665]; and I will cause the sword [02719] to fall [05307] out of his hand [03027].
And I will strengthen [02388] the arms [02220] of the king [04428] of Babylon [0894], and put [05414] my sword [02719] in his hand [03027]: but I will break [07665] Pharaoh's [06547] arms [02220], and he shall groan [05008] before [06440] him with the groanings [05009] of a deadly wounded [02491] man.
But I will strengthen [02388] the arms [02220] of the king [04428] of Babylon [0894], and the arms [02220] of Pharaoh [06547] shall fall down [05307]; and they shall know [03045] that I am the Lord [03068], when I shall put [05414] my sword [02719] into the hand [03027] of the king [04428] of Babylon [0894], and he shall stretch it out [05186] upon the land [0776] of Egypt [04714].
Son [01121] of man [0120], speak [0559] unto Pharaoh [06547] king [04428] of Egypt [04714], and to his multitude [01995]; Whom art thou like [01819] in thy greatness [01433]?
Son [01121] of man [0120], take up [05375] a lamentation [07015] for Pharaoh [06547] king [04428] of Egypt [04714], and say [0559] unto him, Thou art like [01819] a young lion [03715] of the nations [01471], and thou art as a whale [08565] [08577] in the seas [03220]: and thou camest forth [01518] with thy rivers [05104], and troubledst [01804] the waters [04325] with thy feet [07272], and fouledst [07515] their rivers [05104].whale: or, dragon
Yea, I will make many [07227] people [05971] amazed [08074] at thee, and their kings [04428] shall be horribly [08178] afraid [08175] for thee, when I shall brandish [05774] my sword [02719] before them [06440]; and they shall tremble [02729] at every moment [07281], every man [0376] for his own life [05315], in the day [03117] of thy fall [04658].
For thus saith [0559] the Lord [0136] God [03069]; The sword [02719] of the king [04428] of Babylon [0894] shall come [0935] upon thee.
There is Edom [0123], her kings [04428], and all her princes [05387], which with their might [01369] are laid [05414] by them that were slain [02491] by the sword [02719]: they shall lie [07901] with the uncircumcised [06189], and with them that go down [03381] to the pit [0953].laid: Heb. given, or, put
And I will make [06213] them one [0259] nation [01471] in the land [0776] upon the mountains [02022] of Israel [03478]; and one [0259] king [04428] shall be king [04428] to them all: and they shall be [05750] no more two [08147] nations [01471], neither shall they be divided [02673] into two [08147] kingdoms [04467] any more at all:
And David [01732] my servant [05650] shall be king [04428] over them; and they all shall have one [0259] shepherd [07462]: they shall also walk [03212] in my judgments [04941], and observe [08104] my statutes [02708], and do [06213] them.
And he said [0559] unto me, Son [01121] of man [0120], the place [04725] of my throne [03678], and the place [04725] of the soles [03709] of my feet [07272], where I will dwell [07931] in the midst [08432] of the children [01121] of Israel [03478] for ever [05769], and my holy [06944] name [08034], shall the house [01004] of Israel [03478] no more defile [02930], neither they, nor their kings [04428], by their whoredom [02184], nor by the carcases [06297] of their kings [04428] in their high places [01116].
Now let them put away [07368] their whoredom [02184], and the carcases [06297] of their kings [04428], far [07368] from me, and I will dwell [07931] in the midst [08432] of them for ever [05769].
In the third [07969] year [08141] of the reign [04438] of Jehoiakim [03079] king [04428] of Judah [03063] came [0935] Nebuchadnezzar [05019] king [04428] of Babylon [0894] unto Jerusalem [03389], and besieged [06696] it.
And the Lord [0136] gave [05414] Jehoiakim [03079] king [04428] of Judah [03063] into his hand [03027], with part [07117] of the vessels [03627] of the house [01004] of God [0430]: which he carried [0935] into the land [0776] of Shinar [08152] to the house [01004] of his god [0430]; and he brought [0935] the vessels [03627] into the treasure [0214] house [01004] of his god [0430].
And the king [04428] spake [0559] unto Ashpenaz [0828] the master [07227] of his eunuchs [05631], that he should bring [0935] certain of the children [01121] of Israel [03478], and of the king's [04410] seed [02233], and of the princes [06579];
Children [03206] in whom was no blemish [03971] [03971], but well [02896] favoured [04758], and skilful [07919] in all wisdom [02451], and cunning [03045] in knowledge [01847], and understanding [0995] science [04093], and such as had ability [03581] in them to stand [05975] in the king's [04428] palace [01964], and whom they might teach [03925] the learning [05612] and the tongue [03956] of the Chaldeans [03778].
And the king [04428] appointed [04487] them a daily [03117] [03117] provision [01697] of the king's [04428] meat [06598], and of the wine [03196] which he drank [04960]: so nourishing [01431] them three [07969] years [08141], that at the end [07117] thereof they might stand [05975] before [06440] the king [04428].the wine…: Heb. the wine of his drink
But Daniel [01840] purposed [07760] in his heart [03820] that he would not defile [01351] himself with the portion [06598] of the king's [04428] meat [06598], nor with the wine [03196] which he drank [04960]: therefore he requested [01245] of the prince [08269] of the eunuchs [05631] that he might not defile [01351] himself.
And the prince [08269] of the eunuchs [05631] said [0559] unto Daniel [01840], I fear [03373] my lord [0113] the king [04428], who hath appointed [04487] your meat [03978] and your drink [04960]: for why should he see [07200] your faces [06440] worse liking [02196] than the children [03206] which are of your sort [01524]? then shall ye make me endanger [02325] my head [07218] to the king [04428].worse…: Heb. saddersort: or, term, or, continuance?
Then let our countenances [04758] be looked upon [07200] before [06440] thee, and the countenance [04758] of the children [03206] that eat [0398] of the portion [06598] of the king's [04428] meat [06598]: and as thou seest [07200], deal [06213] with thy servants [05650].
And at the end [07117] of ten [06235] days [03117] their countenances [04758] appeared [07200] fairer [02896] and fatter [01277] in flesh [01320] than all the children [03206] which did eat [0398] the portion [06598] of the king's [04428] meat [06598].
Now at the end [07117] of the days [03117] that the king [04428] had said [0559] he should bring [0935] them in, then the prince [08269] of the eunuchs [05631] brought [0935] them in before [06440] Nebuchadnezzar [05019].
And the king [04428] communed [01696] with them; and among them all was found [04672] none like Daniel [01840], Hananiah [02608], Mishael [04332], and Azariah [05838]: therefore stood [05975] they before [06440] the king [04428].
And in all matters [01697] of wisdom [02451] and understanding [0998], that the king [04428] enquired [01245] of them, he found [04672] them ten times [06235] better [03027] than all the magicians [02748] and astrologers [0825] that were in all his realm [04438].wisdom…: Heb. wisdom of understanding
And Daniel [01840] continued even unto the first [0259] year [08141] of king [04428] Cyrus [03566].
Then the king [04428] commanded [0559] to call [07121] the magicians [02748], and the astrologers [0825], and the sorcerers [03784], and the Chaldeans [03778], for to shew [05046] the king [04428] his dreams [02472]. So they came [0935] and stood [05975] before [06440] the king [04428].
And the king [04428] said [0559] unto them, I have dreamed [02492] a dream [02472], and my spirit [07307] was troubled [06470] to know [03045] the dream [02472].
Then spake [01696] the Chaldeans [03778] to the king [04428] in Syriack [0762], O king [04430], live [02418] for ever [05957]: tell [0560] thy servants [05649] the dream [02493], and we will shew [02324] the interpretation [06591].O king…: (Chaldee, to the end of chapter seven)
In the third [07969] year [08141] of the reign [04438] of king [04428] Belshazzar [01112] a vision [02377] appeared [07200] unto me, even unto me Daniel [01840], after [0310] that which appeared [07200] unto me at the first [08462].
The ram [0352] which thou sawest [07200] having [01167] two horns [07161] are the kings [04428] of Media [04074] and Persia [06539].
And the rough [08163] goat [06842] is the king [04428] of Grecia [03120]: and the great [01419] horn [07161] that is between his eyes [05869] is the first [07223] king [04428].
And in the latter time [0319] of their kingdom [04438], when the transgressors [06586] are come to the full [08552], a king [04428] of fierce [05794] countenance [06440], and understanding [0995] dark sentences [02420], shall stand up [05975].are…: Heb. are accomplished
And I Daniel [01840] fainted [01961], and was sick [02470] certain days [03117]; afterward I rose up [06965], and did [06213] the king's [04428] business [04399]; and I was astonished [08074] at the vision [04758], but none understood [0995] it.
Neither have we hearkened [08085] unto thy servants [05650] the prophets [05030], which spake [01696] in thy name [08034] to our kings [04428], our princes [08269], and our fathers [01], and to all the people [05971] of the land [0776].
O Lord [0136], to us belongeth confusion [01322] of face [06440], to our kings [04428], to our princes [08269], and to our fathers [01], because we have sinned [02398] against thee.
In the third [07969] year [08141] of Cyrus [03566] king [04428] of Persia [06539] a thing [01697] was revealed [01540] unto Daniel [01840], whose name [08034] was called [07121] Belteshazzar [01095]; and the thing [01697] was true [0571], but the time appointed [06635] was long [01419]: and he understood [0995] the thing [01697], and had understanding [0998] of the vision [04758].long: Heb. great
But the prince [08269] of the kingdom [04438] of Persia [06539] withstood [05975] me one [0259] and twenty [06242] days [03117]: but, lo, Michael [04317], one [0259] of the chief [07223] princes [08269], came [0935] to help [05826] me; and I remained [03498] there with [0681] the kings [04428] of Persia [06539].chief: or, first
And now will I shew [05046] thee the truth [0571]. Behold, there shall stand up [05975] yet three [07969] kings [04428] in Persia [06539]; and the fourth [07243] shall be far [06239] richer [06238] than they all [01419]: and by his strength [02393] through his riches [06239] he shall stir up [05782] all against the realm [04438] of Grecia [03120].
And a mighty [01368] king [04428] shall stand up [05975], that shall rule [04910] with great [07227] dominion [04474], and do [06213] according to his will [07522].
And the king [04428] of the south [05045] shall be strong [02388], and one of his princes [08269]; and he shall be strong [02388] above him, and have dominion [04910]; his dominion [04475] shall be a great [07227] dominion [04474].
And in the end [07093] of years [08141] they shall join themselves together [02266]; for the king's [04428] daughter [01323] of the south [05045] shall come [0935] to the king [04428] of the north [06828] to make [06213] an agreement [04339]: but she shall not retain [06113] the power [03581] of the arm [02220]; neither shall he stand [05975], nor his arm [02220]: but she shall be given up [05414], and they that brought [0935] her, and he that begat [03205] her, and he that strengthened [02388] her in these times [06256].join…: Heb. associate themselvesan…: Heb. rightshe that begat…: or, whom she brought forth
But out of a branch [05342] of her roots [08328] shall one stand up [05975] in his estate [03653], which shall come [0935] with an army [02428], and shall enter [0935] into the fortress [04581] of the king [04428] of the north [06828], and shall deal [06213] against them, and shall prevail [02388]:in…: or, in his place, or, office
And shall also carry [0935] captives [07628] into Egypt [04714] their gods [0430], with their princes [05257], and with their precious [02532] vessels [03627] of silver [03701] and of gold [02091]; and he shall continue [05975] more years [08141] than the king [04428] of the north [06828].their precious…: Heb. vessels of their desire
So the king [04428] of the south [05045] shall come [0935] into his kingdom [04438], and shall return [07725] into his own land [0127].
And the king [04428] of the south [05045] shall be moved with choler [04843], and shall come forth [03318] and fight [03898] with him, even with the king [04428] of the north [06828]: and he shall set forth [05975] a great [07227] multitude [01995]; but the multitude [01995] shall be given [05414] into his hand [03027].
For the king [04428] of the north [06828] shall return [07725], and shall set forth [05975] a multitude [01995] greater [07227] than the former [07223], and shall certainly [0935] come [0935] after [07093] certain [06256] years [08141] with a great [01419] army [02428] and with much [07227] riches [07399].after…: Heb. at the end of times, even years
And in those times [06256] there shall many [07227] stand up [05975] against the king [04428] of the south [05045]: also the robbers [06530] [01121] of thy people [05971] shall exalt [05375] themselves to establish [05975] the vision [02377]; but they shall fall [03782].the robbers: Heb. the children of robbers
So the king [04428] of the north [06828] shall come [0935], and cast up [08210] a mount [05550], and take [03920] the most fenced [04013] cities [05892]: and the arms [02220] of the south [05045] shall not withstand [05975], neither his chosen [04005] people [05971], neither shall there be any strength [03581] to withstand [05975].the most…: Heb. the city of munitionshis…: Heb. the people of his choices
And he shall stir up [05782] his power [03581] and his courage [03824] against the king [04428] of the south [05045] with a great [01419] army [02428]; and the king [04428] of the south [05045] shall be stirred up [01624] to battle [04421] with a very [03966] great [01419] and mighty [06099] army [02428]; but he shall not stand [05975]: for they shall forecast [02803] devices [04284] against him.
And both [08147] these kings' [04428] hearts [03824] shall be to do mischief [07451] [04827], and they shall speak [01696] lies [03577] at one [0259] table [07979]; but it shall not prosper [06743]: for yet the end [07093] shall be at the time appointed [04150].hearts: Heb. their hearts
And the king [04428] shall do [06213] according to his will [07522]; and he shall exalt [07311] himself, and magnify [01431] himself above every god [0410], and shall speak [01696] marvellous things [06381] against the God [0410] of gods [0410], and shall prosper [06743] till the indignation [02195] be accomplished [03615]: for that that is determined [02782] shall be done [06213].
And at the time [06256] of the end [07093] shall the king [04428] of the south [05045] push [05055] at him: and the king [04428] of the north [06828] shall come against him like a whirlwind [08175], with chariots [07393], and with horsemen [06571], and with many [07227] ships [0591]; and he shall enter [0935] into the countries [0776], and shall overflow [07857] and pass over [05674].
The word [01697] of the Lord [03068] that came unto Hosea [01954], the son [01121] of Beeri [0882], in the days [03117] of Uzziah [05818], Jotham [03147], Ahaz [0271], and Hezekiah [03169], kings [04428] of Judah [03063], and in the days [03117] of Jeroboam [03379] the son [01121] of Joash [03101], king [04428] of Israel [03478].
For the children [01121] of Israel [03478] shall abide [03427] many [07227] days [03117] without a king [04428], and without a prince [08269], and without a sacrifice [02077], and without an image [04676], and without an ephod [0646], and without teraphim [08655]:image: Heb. a standing, or, statue, or, pillar
Afterward [0310] shall the children [01121] of Israel [03478] return [07725], and seek [01245] the Lord [03068] their God [0430], and David [01732] their king [04428]; and shall fear [06342] the Lord [03068] and his goodness [02898] in the latter [0319] days [03117].
Hear [08085] ye this, O priests [03548]; and hearken [07181], ye house [01004] of Israel [03478]; and give ye ear [0238], O house [01004] of the king [04428]; for judgment [04941] is toward you, because ye have been a snare [06341] on Mizpah [04709], and a net [07568] spread [06566] upon Tabor [08396].
When Ephraim [0669] saw [07200] his sickness [02483], and Judah [03063] saw his wound [04205], then went [03212] Ephraim [0669] to the Assyrian [0804], and sent [07971] to king [04428] Jareb [07378] [03377]: yet could [03201] he not heal [07495] you, nor cure [01455] you of your wound [04205].king Jareb: or, the king of Jareb: or, the king that should plead
They make the king [04428] glad [08055] with their wickedness [07451], and the princes [08269] with their lies [03585].
In the day [03117] of our king [04428] the princes [08269] have made him sick [02470] with bottles [02534] of wine [03196]; he stretched out [04900] his hand [03027] with scorners [03945].bottles…: or, heat through wine
They are all hot [02552] as an oven [08574], and have devoured [0398] their judges [08199]; all their kings [04428] are fallen [05307]: there is none among them that calleth [07121] unto me.
Yea, though they have hired [08566] among the nations [01471], now will I gather [06908] them, and they shall sorrow [02490] a little [04592] for the burden [04853] of the king [04428] of princes [08269].sorrow: or, begina…: or, in a little while
For now they shall say [0559], We have no king [04428], because we feared [03372] not the Lord [03068]; what then should a king [04428] do [06213] to us?
It shall be also carried [02986] unto Assyria [0804] for a present [04503] to king [04428] Jareb [03377]: Ephraim [0669] shall receive [03947] shame [01317], and Israel [03478] shall be ashamed [0954] of his own counsel [06098].
As for Samaria [08111], her king [04428] is cut off [01820] as the foam [07110] upon [06440] the water [04325].the water: Heb. the face of the water
So [03602] shall Beth–el [01008] do [06213] unto you because [06440] of your great [07451] wickedness [07451]: in a morning [07837] shall the king [04428] of Israel [03478] utterly [01820] be cut off [01820].your…: Heb. the evil of your evil
He shall not return [07725] into the land [0776] of Egypt [04714], but the Assyrian [0804] shall be his king [04428], because they refused [03985] to return [07725].
I will [0165] be thy king [04428]: where [0645] is any other that may save [03467] thee in all thy cities [05892]? and thy judges [08199] of whom thou saidst [0559], Give [05414] me a king [04428] and princes [08269]?I will…: rather, Where is thy king?
I gave [05414] thee a king [04428] in mine anger [0639], and took [03947] him away in my wrath [05678].
The words [01697] of Amos [05986], who was among the herdmen [05349] of Tekoa [08620], which he saw [02372] concerning Israel [03478] in the days [03117] of Uzziah [05818] king [04428] of Judah [03063], and in the days [03117] of Jeroboam [03379] the son [01121] of Joash [03101] king [04428] of Israel [03478], two years [08141] before [06440] the earthquake [07494].
And their king [04428] shall go [01980] into captivity [01473], he and his princes [08269] together [03162], saith [0559] the Lord [03068].
Thus saith [0559] the Lord [03068]; For three [07969] transgressions [06588] of Moab [04124], and for four [0702], I will not turn away [07725] the punishment thereof; because he burned [08313] the bones [06106] of the king [04428] of Edom [0123] into lime [07875]:
But ye have borne [05375] the tabernacle [05522] of your Moloch [04428] and Chiun [03594] your images [06754], the star [03556] of your god [0430], which ye made [06213] to yourselves.the tabernacle…: or, Siccuth your king
Thus hath the Lord [0136] God [03069] shewed [07200] unto me; and, behold, he formed [03335] grasshoppers [01462] in the beginning [08462] of the shooting up [05927] of the latter growth [03954]; and, lo, it was the latter growth [03954] after [0310] the king's [04428] mowings [01488].grasshoppers: or, green worms
Then Amaziah [0558] the priest [03548] of Beth–el [01008] sent [07971] to Jeroboam [03379] king [04428] of Israel [03478], saying [0559], Amos [05986] hath conspired [07194] against thee in the midst [07130] of the house [01004] of Israel [03478]: the land [0776] is not able [03201] to bear [03557] all his words [01697].
But prophesy [05012] not again [03254] any more at Beth–el [01008]: for it is the king's [04428] chapel [04720], and it is the king's [04467] court [01004].chapel: or, sanctuaryking's court: Heb. house of the kingdom
For word [01697] came [05060] unto the king [04428] of Nineveh [05210], and he arose [06965] from his throne [03678], and he laid [05674] his robe [0155] from him, and covered [03680] him with sackcloth [08242], and sat [03427] in ashes [0665].
And he caused it to be proclaimed [02199] and published [0559] through Nineveh [05210] by the decree [02940] of the king [04428] and his nobles [01419], saying [0559], Let neither man [0120] nor beast [0929], herd [01241] nor flock [06629], taste [02938] any thing [03972]: let them not feed [07462], nor drink [08354] water [04325]:published: Heb. saidnobles: Heb. great men
The word [01697] of the Lord [03068] that came to Micah [04318] the Morasthite [04183] in the days [03117] of Jotham [03147], Ahaz [0271], and Hezekiah [03169], kings [04428] of Judah [03063], which he saw [02372] concerning Samaria [08111] and Jerusalem [03389].
Therefore shalt thou give [05414] presents [07964] to Moresheth–gath [04182]: the houses [01004] of Achzib [0392] shall be a lie [0391] to the kings [04428] of Israel [03478].to…: or, for Moresheth–gathAchzib: that is, A lie
The breaker [06555] is come up [05927] before [06440] them: they have broken up [06555], and have passed through [05674] the gate [08179], and are gone out [03318] by it: and their king [04428] shall pass [05674] before [06440] them, and the Lord [03068] on the head [07218] of them.
Now why dost thou cry [07321] out aloud [07452]? is there no king [04428] in thee? is thy counsellor [03289] perished [06]? for pangs [02427] have taken [02388] thee as a woman in travail [03205].
O my people [05971], remember [02142] now what Balak [01111] king [04428] of Moab [04124] consulted [03289], and what Balaam [01109] the son [01121] of Beor [01160] answered [06030] him from Shittim [07851] unto Gilgal [01537]; that ye may know [03045] the righteousness [06666] of the Lord [03068].
Thy shepherds [07462] slumber [05123], O king [04428] of Assyria [0804]: thy nobles [0117] shall dwell [07931] in the dust: thy people [05971] is scattered [06335] upon the mountains [02022], and no man gathereth [06908] them.nobles: or, valiant ones
And they shall scoff [07046] at the kings [04428], and the princes [07336] shall be a scorn [04890] unto them: they shall deride [07832] every strong hold [04013]; for they shall heap [06651] dust [06083], and take [03920] it.
The word [01697] of the Lord [03068] which came unto Zephaniah [06846] the son [01121] of Cushi [03570], the son [01121] of Gedaliah [01436], the son [01121] of Amariah [0568], the son [01121] of Hizkiah [02396], in the days [03117] of Josiah [02977] the son [01121] of Amon [0526], king [04428] of Judah [03063].
And them that worship [07812] the host [06635] of heaven [08064] upon the housetops [01406]; and them that worship [07812] and that swear [07650] by the Lord [03068], and that swear [07650] by Malcham [04428];by the…: or, to the Lord
And it shall come to pass in the day [03117] of the Lord's [03068] sacrifice [02077], that I will punish [06485] the princes [08269], and the king's [04428] children [01121], and all such as are clothed [03847] with strange [05237] apparel [04403].punish: Heb. visit upon
The Lord [03068] hath taken away [05493] thy judgments [04941], he hath cast out [06437] thine enemy [0341]: the king [04428] of Israel [03478], even the Lord [03068], is in the midst [07130] of thee: thou shalt not see [07200] evil [07451] any more.
In the second [08147] year [08141] of Darius [01867] the king [04428], in the sixth [08345] month [02320], in the first [0259] day [03117] of the month [02320], came the word [01697] of the Lord [03068] by [03027] Haggai [02292] the prophet [05030] unto Zerubbabel [02216] the son [01121] of Shealtiel [07597], governor [06346] of Judah [03063], and to Joshua [03091] the son [01121] of Josedech [03087], the high [01419] priest [03548], saying [0559],by: Heb. by the hand ofgovernor: or, captain
In the four [0702] and twentieth [06242] day [03117] of the sixth [08345] month [02320], in the second [08147] year [08141] of Darius [01867] the king [04428].
And it came to pass in the fourth [0702] year [08141] of king [04428] Darius [01867], that the word [01697] of the Lord [03068] came unto Zechariah [02148] in the fourth [0702] day of the ninth [08671] month [02320], even in Chisleu [03691];
Ashkelon [0831] shall see [07200] it, and fear [03372]; Gaza [05804] also shall see it, and be very [03966] sorrowful [02342], and Ekron [06138]; for her expectation [04007] shall be ashamed [03001]; and the king [04428] shall perish [06] from Gaza [05804], and Ashkelon [0831] shall not be inhabited [03427].
Rejoice [01523] greatly [03966], O daughter [01323] of Zion [06726]; shout [07321], O daughter [01323] of Jerusalem [03389]: behold, thy King [04428] cometh [0935] unto thee: he is just [06662], and having salvation [03467]; lowly [06041], and riding [07392] upon an ass [02543], and upon a colt [05895] the foal [01121] of an ass [0860].having…: or, saving himself
For I will no more pity [02550] the inhabitants [03427] of the land [0776], saith [05002] the Lord [03068]: but, lo, I will deliver [04672] the men [0120] every one [0376] into his neighbour's [07453] hand [03027], and into the hand [03027] of his king [04428]: and they shall smite [03807] the land [0776], and out of their hand [03027] I will not deliver [05337] them.deliver: Heb. make to be found
And ye shall flee [05127] to the valley [01516] of the mountains [02022]; for the valley [01516] of the mountains [02022] shall reach [05060] unto Azal [0682]: yea, ye shall flee [05127], like as ye fled [05127] from before [06440] the earthquake [07494] in the days [03117] of Uzziah [05818] king [04428] of Judah [03063]: and the Lord [03068] my God [0430] shall come [0935], and all the saints [06918] with thee.the mountains: or, my mountainsfor the…: or, when he shall touch the valley of the mountains to the place he separated
And the Lord [03068] shall be king [04428] over all the earth [0776]: in that day [03117] shall there be one [0259] Lord [03068], and his name [08034] one [0259].
All the land [0776] shall be turned [05437] as a plain [06160] from Geba [01387] to Rimmon [07417] south [05045] of Jerusalem [03389]: and it shall be lifted up [07213], and inhabited [03427] in her place, from Benjamin's [01144] gate [08179] unto the place [04725] of the first [07223] gate [08179], unto the corner [06434] gate [08179], and from the tower [04026] of Hananeel [02606] unto the king's [04428] winepresses [03342].turned: or, compassedinhabited: or, shall abide
And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left [03498] of all the nations [01471] which came [0935] against Jerusalem [03389] shall even go up [05927] from [01767] year [08141] to year [08141] to worship [07812] the King [04428], the Lord [03068] of hosts [06635], and to keep [02287] the feast [02282] of tabernacles [05521].
And it shall be, that whoso will not come up [05927] of all the families [04940] of the earth [0776] unto Jerusalem [03389] to worship [07812] the King [04428], the Lord [03068] of hosts [06635], even upon them shall be no rain [01653].
But cursed [0779] be the deceiver [05230], which [03426] hath in his flock [05739] a male [02145], and voweth [05087], and sacrificeth [02076] unto the Lord [0136] a corrupt thing [07843]: for I am a great [01419] King [04428], saith [0559] the Lord [03068] of hosts [06635], and my name [08034] is dreadful [03372] among the heathen [01471].which…: Heb. in whose flock is