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ISA-11:9 ...for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD,

as the waters cover the sea.

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2CH 01:01 And Solomon the son of David was strengthened in his

kingdom, and the LORD his God [was] with him, and magnified him

exceedingly.

2CH 01:02 Then Solomon spake unto all Israel, to the captains of

thousands and of hundreds, and to the judges, and to every

governor in all Israel, the chief of the fathers.

2CH 01:03 So Solomon, and all the congregation with him, went to

the high place that [was] at Gibeon; for there was the

tabernacle of the congregation of God, which Moses the servant

of the LORD had made in the wilderness.

2CH 01:04 But the ark of God had David brought up from

Kirjathjearim to [the place which] David had prepared for it:

for he had pitched a tent for it at Jerusalem.

2CH 01:05 Moreover the brazen altar, that Bezaleel the son of

Uri, the son of Hur, had made, he put before the tabernacle of

the LORD: and Solomon and the congregation sought unto it.

2CH 01:06 And Solomon went up thither to the brazen altar before

the LORD, which [was] at the tabernacle of the congregation, and

offered a thousand burnt offerings upon it.

2CH 01:07 In that night did God appear unto Solomon, and said

unto him, Ask what I shall give thee.

2CH 01:08 And Solomon said unto God, Thou hast showed great

mercy unto David my father, and hast made me to reign in his

stead.

2CH 01:09 Now, O LORD God, let thy promise unto David my father

be established: for thou hast made me king over a people like

the dust of the earth in multitude.

2CH 01:10 Give me now wisdom and knowledge, that I may go out

and come in before this people: for who can judge this thy

people, [that is so] great?

2CH 01:11 And God said to Solomon, Because this was in thine

heart, and thou hast not asked riches, wealth, or honour, nor

the life of thine enemies, neither yet hast asked long life; but

hast asked wisdom and knowledge for thyself, that thou mayest

judge my people, over whom I have made thee king:

2CH 01:12 Wisdom and knowledge [is] granted unto thee; and I

will give thee riches, and wealth, and honour, such as none of

the kings have had that [have been] before thee, neither shall

there any after thee have the like.

2CH 01:13 Then Solomon came [from his journey] to the high place

that [was] at Gibeon to Jerusalem, from before the tabernacle of

the congregation, and reigned over Israel.

2CH 01:14 And Solomon gathered chariots and horsemen: and he had

a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand

horsemen, which he placed in the chariot cities, and with the

king at Jerusalem.

2CH 01:15 And the king made silver and gold at Jerusalem [as

plenteous] as stones, and cedar trees made he as the sycamore

trees that [are] in the vale for abundance.

2CH 01:16 And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and linen

yarn: the king's merchants received the linen yarn at a price.

2CH 01:17 And they fetched up, and brought forth out of Egypt a

chariot for six hundred [shekels] of silver, and an horse for an

hundred and fifty: and so brought they out [horses] for all the

kings of the Hittites, and for the kings of Syria, by their

means.

2CH 02:01 And Solomon determined to build an house for the name

of the LORD, and an house for his kingdom.

2CH 02:02 And Solomon told out threescore and ten thousand men

to bear burdens, and fourscore thousand to hew in the mountain,

and three thousand and six hundred to oversee them.

2CH 02:03 And Solomon sent to Huram the king of Tyre, saying, As

thou didst deal with David my father, and didst send him cedars

to build him an house to dwell therein, [even so deal with me].

2CH 02:04 Behold, I build an house to the name of the LORD my

God, to dedicate [it] to him, [and] to burn before him sweet

incense, and for the continual showbread, and for the burnt

offerings morning and evening, on the sabbaths, and on the new

moons, and on the solemn feasts of the LORD our God. This [is an

ordinance] for ever to Israel.

2CH 02:05 And the house which I build [is] great: for great [is]

our God above all gods.

2CH 02:06 But who is able to build him an house, seeing the

heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain him? who [am] I then,

that I should build him an house, save only to burn sacrifice

before him?

2CH 02:07 Send me now therefore a man cunning to work in gold,

and in silver, and in brass, and in iron, and in purple, and

crimson, and blue, and that can skill to grave with the cunning

men that [are] with me in Judah and in Jerusalem, whom David my

father did provide.

2CH 02:08 Send me also cedar trees, fir trees, and algum trees,

out of Lebanon: for I know that thy servants can skill to cut

timber in Lebanon; and, behold, my servants [shall be] with thy

servants,

2CH 02:09 Even to prepare me timber in abundance: for the house

which I am about to build [shall be] wonderful great.

2CH 02:10 And, behold, I will give to thy servants, the hewers

that cut timber, twenty thousand measures of beaten wheat, and

twenty thousand measures of barley, and twenty thousand baths of

wine, and twenty thousand baths of oil.

2CH 02:11 Then Huram the king of Tyre answered in writing, which

he sent to Solomon, Because the LORD hath loved his people, he

hath made thee king over them.

2CH 02:12 Huram said moreover, Blessed [be] the LORD God of

Israel, that made heaven and earth, who hath given to David the

king a wise son, endued with prudence and understanding, that

might build an house for the LORD, and an house for his kingdom.

2CH 02:13 And now I have sent a cunning man, endued with

understanding, of Huram my father's,

2CH 02:14 The son of a woman of the daughters of Dan, and his

father [was] a man of Tyre, skilful to work in gold, and in

silver, in brass, in iron, in stone, and in timber, in purple,

in blue, and in fine linen, and in crimson; also to grave any

manner of graving, and to find out every device which shall be

put to him, with thy cunning men, and with the cunning men of my

lord David thy father.

2CH 02:15 Now therefore the wheat, and the barley, the oil, and

the wine, which my lord hath spoken of, let him send unto his

servants:

2CH 02:16 And we will cut wood out of Lebanon, as much as thou

shalt need: and we will bring it to thee in floats by sea to

Joppa; and thou shalt carry it up to Jerusalem.

2CH 02:17 And Solomon numbered all the strangers that [were] in

the land of Israel, after the numbering wherewith David his

father had numbered them; and they were found an hundred and

fifty thousand and three thousand and six hundred.

2CH 02:18 And he set threescore and ten thousand of them [to be]

bearers of burdens, and fourscore thousand [to be] hewers in the

mountain, and three thousand and six hundred overseers to set

the people a work.

2CH 03:01 Then Solomon began to build the house of the LORD at

Jerusalem in mount Moriah, where [the Lord] appeared unto David

his father, in the place that David had prepared in the

threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite.

2CH 03:02 And he began to build in the second [day] of the

second month, in the fourth year of his reign.

2CH 03:03 Now these [are the things wherein] Solomon was

instructed for the building of the house of God. The length by

cubits after the first measure [was] threescore cubits, and the

breadth twenty cubits.

2CH 03:04 And the porch that [was] in the front [of the house],

the length [of it was] according to the breadth of the house,

twenty cubits, and the height [was] an hundred and twenty: and

he overlaid it within with pure gold.

2CH 03:05 And the greater house he ceiled with fir tree, which

he overlaid with fine gold, and set thereon palm trees and

chains.

2CH 03:06 And he garnished the house with precious stones for

beauty: and the gold [was] gold of Parvaim.

2CH 03:07 He overlaid also the house, the beams, the posts, and

the walls thereof, and the doors thereof, with gold; and graved

cherubims on the walls.

2CH 03:08 And he made the most holy house, the length whereof

[was] according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and

the breadth thereof twenty cubits: and he overlaid it with fine

gold, [amounting] to six hundred talents.

2CH 03:09 And the weight of the nails [was] fifty shekels of

gold. And he overlaid the upper chambers with gold.

2CH 03:10 And in the most holy house he made two cherubims of

image work, and overlaid them with gold.

2CH 03:11 And the wings of the cherubims [were] twenty cubits

long: one wing [of the one cherub was] five cubits, reaching to

the wall of the house: and the other wing [was likewise] five

cubits, reaching to the wing of the other cherub.

2CH 03:12 And [one] wing of the other cherub [was] five cubits,

reaching to the wall of the house: and the other wing [was] five

cubits [also], joining to the wing of the other cherub.

2CH 03:13 The wings of these cherubims spread themselves forth

twenty cubits: and they stood on their feet, and their faces

[were] inward.

2CH 03:14 And he made the veil [of] blue, and purple, and

crimson, and fine linen, and wrought cherubims thereon.

2CH 03:15 Also he made before the house two pillars of thirty

and five cubits high, and the chapiter that [was] on the top of

each of them [was] five cubits.

2CH 03:16 And he made chains, [as] in the oracle, and put [them]

on the heads of the pillars; and made an hundred pomegranates,

and put [them] on the chains.

2CH 03:17 And he reared up the pillars before the temple, one on

the right hand, and the other on the left; and called the name

of that on the right hand Jachin, and the name of that on the

left Boaz.

2CH 04:01 Moreover he made an altar of brass, twenty cubits the

length thereof, and twenty cubits the breadth thereof, and ten

cubits the height thereof.

2CH 04:02 Also he made a molten sea of ten cubits from brim to

brim, round in compass, and five cubits the height thereof; and

a line of thirty cubits did compass it round about.

2CH 04:03 And under it [was] the similitude of oxen, which did

compass it round about: ten in a cubit, compassing the sea round

about. Two rows of oxen [were] cast, when it was cast.

2CH 04:04 It stood upon twelve oxen, three looking toward the

north, and three looking toward the west, and three looking

toward the south, and three looking toward the east: and the sea

[was set] above upon them, and all their hinder parts [were]

inward.

2CH 04:05 And the thickness of it [was] an handbreadth, and the

brim of it like the work of the brim of a cup, with flowers of

lilies; [and] it received and held three thousand baths.

2CH 04:06 He made also ten lavers, and put five on the right

hand, and five on the left, to wash in them: such things as they

offered for the burnt offering they washed in them; but the sea

[was] for the priests to wash in.

2CH 04:07 And he made ten candlesticks of gold according to

their form, and set [them] in the temple, five on the right hand,

and five on the left.

2CH 04:08 He made also ten tables, and placed [them] in the

temple, five on the right side, and five on the left. And he

made an hundred basins of gold.

2CH 04:09 Furthermore he made the court of the priests, and the

great court, and doors for the court, and overlaid the doors of

them with brass.

2CH 04:10 And he set the sea on the right side of the east end,

over against the south.

2CH 04:11 And Huram made the pots, and the shovels, and the

basins. And Huram finished the work that he was to make for king

Solomon for the house of God;

2CH 04:12 [To wit], the two pillars, and the pommels, and the

chapiters [which were] on the top of the two pillars, and the

two wreaths to cover the two pommels of the chapiters which

[were] on the top of the pillars;

2CH 04:13 And four hundred pomegranates on the two wreaths; two

rows of pomegranates on each wreath, to cover the two pommels of

the chapiters which [were] upon the pillars.

2CH 04:14 He made also bases, and lavers made he upon the bases;

2CH 04:15 One sea, and twelve oxen under it.

2CH 04:16 The pots also, and the shovels, and the fleshhooks,

and all their instruments, did Huram his father make to king

Solomon for the house of the LORD of bright brass.

2CH 04:17 In the plain of Jordan did the king cast them, in the

clay ground between Succoth and Zeredathah.

2CH 04:18 Thus Solomon made all these vessels in great abundance:

for the weight of the brass could not be found out.

2CH 04:19 And Solomon made all the vessels that [were for] the

house of God, the golden altar also, and the tables whereon the

showbread [was set];

2CH 04:20 Moreover the candlesticks with their lamps, that they

should burn after the manner before the oracle, of pure gold;

2CH 04:21 And the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs, [made

he of] gold, [and] that perfect gold;

2CH 04:22 And the snuffers, and the basins, and the spoons, and

the censers, [of] pure gold: and the entry of the house, the

inner doors thereof for the most holy [place], and the doors of

the house of the temple, [were of] gold.

2CH 05:01 Thus all the work that Solomon made for the house of

the LORD was finished: and Solomon brought in [all] the things

that David his father had dedicated; and the silver, and the

gold, and all the instruments, put he among the treasures of the

house of God.

2CH 05:02 Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all

the heads of the tribes, the chief of the fathers of the

children of Israel, unto Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the

covenant of the LORD out of the city of David, which [is] Zion.

2CH 05:03 Wherefore all the men of Israel assembled themselves

unto the king in the feast which [was] in the seventh month.

2CH 05:04 And all the elders of Israel came; and the Levites

took up the ark.

2CH 05:05 And they brought up the ark, and the tabernacle of the

congregation, and all the holy vessels that [were] in the

tabernacle, these did the priests [and] the Levites bring up.

2CH 05:06 Also king Solomon, and all the congregation of Israel

that were assembled unto him before the ark, sacrificed sheep

and oxen, which could not be told nor numbered for multitude.

2CH 05:07 And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of

the LORD unto his place, to the oracle of the house, into the

most holy [place, even] under the wings of the cherubims:

2CH 05:08 For the cherubims spread forth [their] wings over the

place of the ark, and the cherubims covered the ark and the

staves thereof above.

2CH 05:09 And they drew out the staves [of the ark], that the

ends of the staves were seen from the ark before the oracle; but

they were not seen without. And there it is unto this day.

2CH 05:10 [There was] nothing in the ark save the two tables

which Moses put [therein] at Horeb, when the LORD made [a

covenant] with the children of Israel, when they came out of

Egypt.

2CH 05:11 And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of

the holy [place]: (for all the priests [that were] present were

sanctified, [and] did not [then] wait by course:

2CH 05:12 Also the Levites [which were] the singers, all of them

of Asaph, of Heman, of Jeduthun, with their sons and their

brethren, [being] arrayed in white linen, having cymbals and

psalteries and harps, stood at the east end of the altar, and

with them an hundred and twenty priests sounding with trumpets:)

2CH 05:13 It came even to pass, as the trumpeters and singers

[were] as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and

thanking the LORD; and when they lifted up [their] voice with

the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of music, and praised

the LORD, [saying], For [he is] good; for his mercy [endureth]

for ever: that [then] the house was filled with a cloud, [even]

the house of the LORD;

2CH 05:14 So that the priests could not stand to minister by

reason of the cloud: for the glory of the LORD had filled the

house of God.

2CH 06:01 Then said Solomon, The LORD hath said that he would

dwell in the thick darkness.

2CH 06:02 But I have built an house of habitation for thee, and

a place for thy dwelling for ever.

2CH 06:03 And the king turned his face, and blessed the whole

congregation of Israel: and all the congregation of Israel stood.

2CH 06:04 And he said, Blessed [be] the LORD God of Israel, who

hath with his hands fulfilled [that] which he spake with his

mouth to my father David, saying,

2CH 06:05 Since the day that I brought forth my people out of

the land of Egypt I chose no city among all the tribes of Israel

to build an house in, that my name might be there; neither chose

I any man to be a ruler over my people Israel:

2CH 06:06 But I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be

there; and have chosen David to be over my people Israel.

2CH 06:07 Now it was in the heart of David my father to build an

house for the name of the LORD God of Israel.

2CH 06:08 But the LORD said to David my father, Forasmuch as it

was in thine heart to build an house for my name, thou didst

well in that it was in thine heart:

2CH 06:09 Notwithstanding thou shalt not build the house; but

thy son which shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build

the house for my name.

2CH 06:10 The LORD therefore hath performed his word that he

hath spoken: for I am risen up in the room of David my father,

and am set on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised, and

have built the house for the name of the LORD God of Israel.

2CH 06:11 And in it have I put the ark, wherein [is] the

covenant of the LORD, that he made with the children of Israel.

2CH 06:12 And he stood before the altar of the LORD in the

presence of all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his

hands:

2CH 06:13 For Solomon had made a brazen scaffold, of five cubits

long, and five cubits broad, and three cubits high, and had set

it in the midst of the court: and upon it he stood, and kneeled

down upon his knees before all the congregation of Israel, and

spread forth his hands toward heaven,

2CH 06:14 And said, O LORD God of Israel, [there is] no God like

thee in the heaven, nor in the earth; which keepest covenant,

and [showest] mercy unto thy servants, that walk before thee

with all their hearts:

2CH 06:15 Thou which hast kept with thy servant David my father

that which thou hast promised him; and spakest with thy mouth,

and hast fulfilled [it] with thine hand, as [it is] this day.

2CH 06:16 Now therefore, O LORD God of Israel, keep with thy

servant David my father that which thou hast promised him,

saying, There shall not fail thee a man in my sight to sit upon

the throne of Israel; yet so that thy children take heed to

their way to walk in my law, as thou hast walked before me.

2CH 06:17 Now then, O LORD God of Israel, let thy word be

verified, which thou hast spoken unto thy servant David.

2CH 06:18 But will God in very deed dwell with men on the earth?

behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee;

how much less this house which I have built!

2CH 06:19 Have respect therefore to the prayer of thy servant,

and to his supplication, O LORD my God, to hearken unto the cry

and the prayer which thy servant prayeth before thee:

2CH 06:20 That thine eyes may be open upon this house day and

night, upon the place whereof thou hast said that thou wouldest

put thy name there; to hearken unto the prayer which thy servant

prayeth toward this place.

2CH 06:21 Hearken therefore unto the supplications of thy

servant, and of thy people Israel, which they shall make toward

this place: hear thou from thy dwelling place, [even] from

heaven; and when thou hearest, forgive.

2CH 06:22 If a man sin against his neighbour, and an oath be

laid upon him to make him swear, and the oath come before thine

altar in this house;

2CH 06:23 Then hear thou from heaven, and do, and judge thy

servants, by requiting the wicked, by recompensing his way upon

his own head; and by justifying the righteous, by giving him

according to his righteousness.

2CH 06:24 And if thy people Israel be put to the worse before

the enemy, because they have sinned against thee; and shall

return and confess thy name, and pray and make supplication

before thee in this house;

2CH 06:25 Then hear thou from the heavens, and forgive the sin

of thy people Israel, and bring them again unto the land which

thou gavest to them and to their fathers.

2CH 06:26 When the heaven is shut up, and there is no rain,

because they have sinned against thee; [yet] if they pray toward

this place, and confess thy name, and turn from their sin, when

thou dost afflict them;

2CH 06:27 Then hear thou from heaven, and forgive the sin of thy

servants, and of thy people Israel, when thou hast taught them

the good way, wherein they should walk; and send rain upon thy

land, which thou hast given unto thy people for an inheritance.

2CH 06:28 If there be dearth in the land, if there be pestilence,

if there be blasting, or mildew, locusts, or caterpillars; if

their enemies besiege them in the cities of their land;

whatsoever sore or whatsoever sickness [there be]:

2CH 06:29 [Then] what prayer [or] what supplication soever shall

be made of any man, or of all thy people Israel, when every one

shall know his own sore and his own grief, and shall spread

forth his hands in this house:

2CH 06:30 Then hear thou from heaven thy dwelling place, and

forgive, and render unto every man according unto all his ways,

whose heart thou knowest; (for thou only knowest the hearts of

the children of men:)

2CH 06:31 That they may fear thee, to walk in thy ways, so long

as they live in the land which thou gavest unto our fathers.

2CH 06:32 Moreover concerning the stranger, which is not of thy

people Israel, but is come from a far country for thy great

name's sake, and thy mighty hand, and thy stretched out arm; if

they come and pray in this house;

2CH 06:33 Then hear thou from the heavens, [even] from thy

dwelling place, and do according to all that the stranger

calleth to thee for; that all people of the earth may know thy

name, and fear thee, as [doth] thy people Israel, and may know

that this house which I have built is called by thy name.

2CH 06:34 If thy people go out to war against their enemies by

the way that thou shalt send them, and they pray unto thee

toward this city which thou hast chosen, and the house which I

have built for thy name;

2CH 06:35 Then hear thou from the heavens their prayer and their

supplication, and maintain their cause.

2CH 06:36 If they sin against thee, (for [there is] no man which

sinneth not,) and thou be angry with them, and deliver them over

before [their] enemies, and they carry them away captives unto a

land far off or near;

2CH 06:37 Yet [if] they bethink themselves in the land whither

they are carried captive, and turn and pray unto thee in the

land of their captivity, saying, We have sinned, we have done

amiss, and have dealt wickedly;

2CH 06:38 If they return to thee with all their heart and with

all their soul in the land of their captivity, whither they have

carried them captives, and pray toward their land, which thou

gavest unto their fathers, and [toward] the city which thou hast

chosen, and toward the house which I have built for thy name:

2CH 06:39 Then hear thou from the heavens, [even] from thy

dwelling place, their prayer and their supplications, and

maintain their cause, and forgive thy people which have sinned

against thee.

2CH 06:40 Now, my God, let, I beseech thee, thine eyes be open,

and [let] thine ears [be] attent unto the prayer [that is made]

in this place.

2CH 06:41 Now therefore arise, O LORD God, into thy resting

place, thou, and the ark of thy strength: let thy priests, O

LORD God, be clothed with salvation, and let thy saints rejoice

in goodness.

2CH 06:42 O LORD God, turn not away the face of thine anointed:

remember the mercies of David thy servant.

2CH 07:01 Now when Solomon had made an end of praying, the fire

came down from heaven, and consumed the burnt offering and the

sacrifices; and the glory of the LORD filled the house.

2CH 07:02 And the priests could not enter into the house of the

LORD, because the glory of the LORD had filled the LORD'S house.

2CH 07:03 And when all the children of Israel saw how the fire

came down, and the glory of the LORD upon the house, they bowed

themselves with their faces to the ground upon the pavement, and

worshipped, and praised the LORD, [saying], For [he is] good;

for his mercy [endureth] for ever.

2CH 07:04 Then the king and all the people offered sacrifices

before the LORD.

2CH 07:05 And king Solomon offered a sacrifice of twenty and two

thousand oxen, and an hundred and twenty thousand sheep: so the

king and all the people dedicated the house of God.

2CH 07:06 And the priests waited on their offices: the Levites

also with instruments of music of the LORD, which David the king

had made to praise the LORD, because his mercy [endureth] for

ever, when David praised by their ministry; and the priests

sounded trumpets before them, and all Israel stood.

2CH 07:07 Moreover Solomon hallowed the middle of the court that

[was] before the house of the LORD: for there he offered burnt

offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings, because the

brazen altar which Solomon had made was not able to receive the

burnt offerings, and the meat offerings, and the fat.

2CH 07:08 Also at the same time Solomon kept the feast seven

days, and all Israel with him, a very great congregation, from

the entering in of Hamath unto the river of Egypt.

2CH 07:09 And in the eighth day they made a solemn assembly: for

they kept the dedication of the altar seven days, and the feast

seven days.

2CH 07:10 And on the three and twentieth day of the seventh

month he sent the people away into their tents, glad and merry

in heart for the goodness that the LORD had showed unto David,

and to Solomon, and to Israel his people.

2CH 07:11 Thus Solomon finished the house of the LORD, and the

king's house: and all that came into Solomon's heart to make in

the house of the LORD, and in his own house, he prosperously

effected.

2CH 07:12 And the LORD appeared to Solomon by night, and said

unto him, I have heard thy prayer, and have chosen this place to

myself for an house of sacrifice.

2CH 07:13 If I shut up heaven that there be no rain, or if I

command the locusts to devour the land, or if I send pestilence

among my people;

2CH 07:14 If my people, which are called by my name, shall

humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from

their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will

forgive their sin, and will heal their land.

2CH 07:15 Now mine eyes shall be open, and mine ears attent unto

the prayer [that is made] in this place.

2CH 07:16 For now have I chosen and sanctified this house, that

my name may be there for ever: and mine eyes and mine heart

shall be there perpetually.

2CH 07:17 And as for thee, if thou wilt walk before me, as David

thy father walked, and do according to all that I have commanded

thee, and shalt observe my statutes and my judgments;

2CH 07:18 Then will I stablish the throne of thy kingdom,

according as I have covenanted with David thy father, saying,

There shall not fail thee a man [to be] ruler in Israel.

2CH 07:19 But if ye turn away, and forsake my statutes and my

commandments, which I have set before you, and shall go and

serve other gods, and worship them;

2CH 07:20 Then will I pluck them up by the roots out of my land

which I have given them; and this house, which I have sanctified

for my name, will I cast out of my sight, and will make it [to

be] a proverb and a byword among all nations.

2CH 07:21 And this house, which is high, shall be an

astonishment to every one that passeth by it; so that he shall

say, Why hath the LORD done thus unto this land, and unto this

house?

2CH 07:22 And it shall be answered, Because they forsook the

LORD God of their fathers, which brought them forth out of the

land of Egypt, and laid hold on other gods, and worshipped them,

and served them: therefore hath he brought all this evil upon

them.

2CH 08:01 And it came to pass at the end of twenty years,

wherein Solomon had built the house of the LORD, and his own

house,

2CH 08:02 That the cities which Huram had restored to Solomon,

Solomon built them, and caused the children of Israel to dwell

there.

2CH 08:03 And Solomon went to Hamathzobah, and prevailed against

it.

2CH 08:04 And he built Tadmor in the wilderness, and all the

store cities, which he built in Hamath.

2CH 08:05 Also he built Bethhoron the upper, and Bethhoron the

nether, fenced cities, with walls, gates, and bars;

2CH 08:06 And Baalath, and all the store cities that Solomon had,

and all the chariot cities, and the cities of the horsemen, and

all that Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon,

and throughout all the land of his dominion.

2CH 08:07 [As for] all the people [that were] left of the

Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites,

and the Jebusites, which [were] not of Israel,

2CH 08:08 [But] of their children, who were left after them in

the land, whom the children of Israel consumed not, them did

Solomon make to pay tribute until this day.

2CH 08:09 But of the children of Israel did Solomon make no

servants for his work; but they [were] men of war, and chief of

his captains, and captains of his chariots and horsemen.

2CH 08:10 And these [were] the chief of king Solomon's officers,

[even] two hundred and fifty, that bare rule over the people.

2CH 08:11 And Solomon brought up the daughter of Pharaoh out of

the city of David unto the house that he had built for her: for

he said, My wife shall not dwell in the house of David king of

Israel, because [the places are] holy, whereunto the ark of the

LORD hath come.

2CH 08:12 Then Solomon offered burnt offerings unto the LORD on

the altar of the LORD, which he had built before the porch,

2CH 08:13 Even after a certain rate every day, offering

according to the commandment of Moses, on the sabbaths, and on

the new moons, and on the solemn feasts, three times in the year,

[even] in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of

weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles.

2CH 08:14 And he appointed, according to the order of David his

father, the courses of the priests to their service, and the

Levites to their charges, to praise and minister before the

priests, as the duty of every day required: the porters also by

their courses at every gate: for so had David the man of God

commanded.

2CH 08:15 And they departed not from the commandment of the king

unto the priests and Levites concerning any matter, or

concerning the treasures.

2CH 08:16 Now all the work of Solomon was prepared unto the day

of the foundation of the house of the LORD, and until it was

finished. [So] the house of the LORD was perfected.

2CH 08:17 Then went Solomon to Eziongeber, and to Eloth, at the

sea side in the land of Edom.

2CH 08:18 And Huram sent him by the hands of his servants ships,

and servants that had knowledge of the sea; and they went with

the servants of Solomon to Ophir, and took thence four hundred

and fifty talents of gold, and brought [them] to king Solomon.

2CH 09:01 And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of

Solomon, she came to prove Solomon with hard questions at

Jerusalem, with a very great company, and camels that bare

spices, and gold in abundance, and precious stones: and when she

was come to Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in

her heart.

2CH 09:02 And Solomon told her all her questions: and there was

nothing hid from Solomon which he told her not.

2CH 09:03 And when the queen of Sheba had seen the wisdom of

Solomon, and the house that he had built,

2CH 09:04 And the meat of his table, and the sitting of his

servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and their apparel;

his cupbearers also, and their apparel; and his ascent by which

he went up into the house of the LORD; there was no more spirit

in her.

2CH 09:05 And she said to the king, [It was] a true report which

I heard in mine own land of thine acts, and of thy wisdom:

2CH 09:06 Howbeit I believed not their words, until I came, and

mine eyes had seen [it]: and, behold, the one half of the

greatness of thy wisdom was not told me: [for] thou exceedest

the fame that I heard.

2CH 09:07 Happy [are] thy men, and happy [are] these thy

servants, which stand continually before thee, and hear thy

wisdom.

2CH 09:08 Blessed be the LORD thy God, which delighted in thee

to set thee on his throne, [to be] king for the LORD thy God:

because thy God loved Israel, to establish them for ever,

therefore made he thee king over them, to do judgment and

justice.

2CH 09:09 And she gave the king an hundred and twenty talents of

gold, and of spices great abundance, and precious stones:

neither was there any such spice as the queen of Sheba gave king

Solomon.

2CH 09:10 And the servants also of Huram, and the servants of

Solomon, which brought gold from Ophir, brought algum trees and

precious stones.

2CH 09:11 And the king made [of] the algum trees terraces to the

house of the LORD, and to the king's palace, and harps and

psalteries for singers: and there were none such seen before in

the land of Judah.

2CH 09:12 And king Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her

desire, whatsoever she asked, beside [that] which she had

brought unto the king. So she turned, and went away to her own

land, she and her servants.

2CH 09:13 Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one

year was six hundred and threescore and six talents of gold;

2CH 09:14 Beside [that which] chapmen and merchants brought. And

all the kings of Arabia and governors of the country brought

gold and silver to Solomon.

2CH 09:15 And king Solomon made two hundred targets [of] beaten

gold: six hundred [shekels] of beaten gold went to one target.

2CH 09:16 And three hundred shields [made he of] beaten gold:

three hundred [shekels] of gold went to one shield. And the king

put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.

2CH 09:17 Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and

overlaid it with pure gold.

2CH 09:18 And [there were] six steps to the throne, with a

footstool of gold, [which were] fastened to the throne, and

stays on each side of the sitting place, and two lions standing

by the stays:

2CH 09:19 And twelve lions stood there on the one side and on

the other upon the six steps. There was not the like made in any

kingdom.

2CH 09:20 And all the drinking vessels of king Solomon [were of]

gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon

[were of] pure gold: none [were of] silver; it was [not] any

thing accounted of in the days of Solomon.

2CH 09:21 For the king's ships went to Tarshish with the

servants of Huram: every three years once came the ships of

Tarshish bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and

peacocks.

2CH 09:22 And king Solomon passed all the kings of the earth in

riches and wisdom.

2CH 09:23 And all the kings of the earth sought the presence of

Solomon, to hear his wisdom, that God had put in his heart.

2CH 09:24 And they brought every man his present, vessels of

silver, and vessels of gold, and raiment, harness, and spices,

horses, and mules, a rate year by year.

2CH 09:25 And Solomon had four thousand stalls for horses and

chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen; whom he bestowed in the

chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem.

2CH 09:26 And he reigned over all the kings from the river even

unto the land of the Philistines, and to the border of Egypt.

2CH 09:27 And the king made silver in Jerusalem as stones, and

cedar trees made he as the sycamore trees that [are] in the low

plains in abundance.

2CH 09:28 And they brought unto Solomon horses out of Egypt, and

out of all lands.

2CH 09:29 Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, first and last,

[are] they not written in the book of Nathan the prophet, and in

the prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and in the visions of Iddo

the seer against Jeroboam the son of Nebat?

2CH 09:30 And Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel forty

years.

2CH 09:31 And Solomon slept with his fathers, and he was buried

in the city of David his father: and Rehoboam his son reigned in

his stead.

2CH 10:01 And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for to Shechem were all

Israel come to make him king.

2CH 10:02 And it came to pass, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat,

who [was] in Egypt, whither he had fled from the presence of

Solomon the king, heard [it], that Jeroboam returned out of

Egypt.

2CH 10:03 And they sent and called him. So Jeroboam and all

Israel came and spake to Rehoboam, saying,

2CH 10:04 Thy father made our yoke grievous: now therefore ease

thou somewhat the grievous servitude of thy father, and his

heavy yoke that he put upon us, and we will serve thee.

2CH 10:05 And he said unto them, Come again unto me after three

days. And the people departed.

2CH 10:06 And king Rehoboam took counsel with the old men that

had stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, saying,

What counsel give ye [me] to return answer to this people?

2CH 10:07 And they spake unto him, saying, If thou be kind to

this people, and please them, and speak good words to them, they

will be thy servants for ever.

2CH 10:08 But he forsook the counsel which the old men gave him,

and took counsel with the young men that were brought up with

him, that stood before him.

2CH 10:09 And he said unto them, What advice give ye that we may

return answer to this people, which have spoken to me, saying,

Ease somewhat the yoke that thy father did put upon us?

2CH 10:10 And the young men that were brought up with him spake

unto him, saying, Thus shalt thou answer the people that spake

unto thee, saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, but make thou

[it] somewhat lighter for us; thus shalt thou say unto them, My

little [finger] shall be thicker than my father's loins.

2CH 10:11 For whereas my father put a heavy yoke upon you, I

will put more to your yoke: my father chastised you with whips,

but I [will chastise you] with scorpions.

2CH 10:12 So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam on the

third day, as the king bade, saying, Come again to me on the

third day.

2CH 10:13 And the king answered them roughly; and king Rehoboam

forsook the counsel of the old men,

2CH 10:14 And answered them after the advice of the young men,

saying, My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add thereto:

my father chastised you with whips, but I [will chastise you]

with scorpions.

2CH 10:15 So the king hearkened not unto the people: for the

cause was of God, that the LORD might perform his word, which he

spake by the hand of Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of

Nebat.

2CH 10:16 And when all Israel [saw] that the king would not

hearken unto them, the people answered the king, saying, What

portion have we in David? and [we have] none inheritance in the

son of Jesse: every man to your tents, O Israel: [and] now,

David, see to thine own house. So all Israel went to their tents.

2CH 10:17 But [as for] the children of Israel that dwelt in the

cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them.

2CH 10:18 Then king Rehoboam sent Hadoram that [was] over the

tribute; and the children of Israel stoned him with stones, that

he died. But king Rehoboam made speed to get him up to [his]

chariot, to flee to Jerusalem.

2CH 10:19 And Israel rebelled against the house of David unto

this day.

2CH 11:01 And when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he gathered

of the house of Judah and Benjamin an hundred and fourscore

thousand chosen [men], which were warriors, to fight against

Israel, that he might bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam.

2CH 11:02 But the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah the man of

God, saying,

2CH 11:03 Speak unto Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah,

and to all Israel in Judah and Benjamin, saying,

2CH 11:04 Thus saith the LORD, Ye shall not go up, nor fight

against your brethren: return every man to his house: for this

thing is done of me. And they obeyed the words of the LORD, and

returned from going against Jeroboam.

2CH 11:05 And Rehoboam dwelt in Jerusalem, and built cities for

defence in Judah.

2CH 11:06 He built even Bethlehem, and Etam, and Tekoa,

2CH 11:07 And Bethzur, and Shoco, and Adullam,

2CH 11:08 And Gath, and Mareshah, and Ziph,

2CH 11:09 And Adoraim, and Lachish, and Azekah,

2CH 11:10 And Zorah, and Aijalon, and Hebron, which [are] in

Judah and in Benjamin fenced cities.

2CH 11:11 And he fortified the strong holds, and put captains in

them, and store of victual, and of oil and wine.

2CH 11:12 And in every several city [he put] shields and spears,

and made them exceeding strong, having Judah and Benjamin on his

side.

2CH 11:13 And the priests and the Levites that [were] in all

Israel resorted to him out of all their coasts.

2CH 11:14 For the Levites left their suburbs and their

possession, and came to Judah and Jerusalem: for Jeroboam and

his sons had cast them off from executing the priest's office

unto the LORD:

2CH 11:15 And he ordained him priests for the high places, and

for the devils, and for the calves which he had made.

2CH 11:16 And after them out of all the tribes of Israel such as

set their hearts to seek the LORD God of Israel came to

Jerusalem, to sacrifice unto the LORD God of their fathers.

2CH 11:17 So they strengthened the kingdom of Judah, and made

Rehoboam the son of Solomon strong, three years: for three years

they walked in the way of David and Solomon.

2CH 11:18 And Rehoboam took him Mahalath the daughter of

Jerimoth the son of David to wife, [and] Abihail the daughter of

Eliab the son of Jesse;

2CH 11:19 Which bare him children; Jeush, and Shemariah, and

Zaham.

2CH 11:20 And after her he took Maachah the daughter of Absalom;

which bare him Abijah, and Attai, and Ziza, and Shelomith.

2CH 11:21 And Rehoboam loved Maachah the daughter of Absalom

above all his wives and his concubines: (for he took eighteen

wives, and threescore concubines; and begat twenty and eight

sons, and threescore daughters.)

2CH 11:22 And Rehoboam made Abijah the son of Maachah the chief,

[to be] ruler among his brethren: for [he thought] to make him

king.

2CH 11:23 And he dealt wisely, and dispersed of all his children

throughout all the countries of Judah and Benjamin, unto every

fenced city: and he gave them victual in abundance. And he

desired many wives.

2CH 12:01 And it came to pass, when Rehoboam had established the

kingdom, and had strengthened himself, he forsook the law of the

LORD, and all Israel with him.

2CH 12:02 And it came to pass, [that] in the fifth year of king

Rehoboam Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem,

because they had transgressed against the LORD,

2CH 12:03 With twelve hundred chariots, and threescore thousand

horsemen: and the people [were] without number that came with

him out of Egypt; the Lubims, the Sukkiims, and the Ethiopians.

2CH 12:04 And he took the fenced cities which [pertained] to

Judah, and came to Jerusalem.

2CH 12:05 Then came Shemaiah the prophet to Rehoboam, and [to]

the princes of Judah, that were gathered together to Jerusalem

because of Shishak, and said unto them, Thus saith the LORD, Ye

have forsaken me, and therefore have I also left you in the hand

of Shishak.

2CH 12:06 Whereupon the princes of Israel and the king humbled

themselves; and they said, The LORD [is] righteous.

2CH 12:07 And when the LORD saw that they humbled themselves,

the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah, saying, They have humbled

themselves; [therefore] I will not destroy them, but I will

grant them some deliverance; and my wrath shall not be poured

out upon Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak.

2CH 12:08 Nevertheless they shall be his servants; that they may

know my service, and the service of the kingdoms of the

countries.

2CH 12:09 So Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem,

and took away the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the

treasures of the king's house; he took all: he carried away also

the shields of gold which Solomon had made.

2CH 12:10 Instead of which king Rehoboam made shields of brass,

and committed [them] to the hands of the chief of the guard,

that kept the entrance of the king's house.

2CH 12:11 And when the king entered into the house of the LORD,

the guard came and fetched them, and brought them again into the

guard chamber.

2CH 12:12 And when he humbled himself, the wrath of the LORD

turned from him, that he would not destroy [him] altogether: and

also in Judah things went well.

2CH 12:13 So king Rehoboam strengthened himself in Jerusalem,

and reigned: for Rehoboam [was] one and forty years old when he

began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the

city which the LORD had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel,

to put his name there. And his mother's name [was] Naamah an

Ammonitess.

2CH 12:14 And he did evil, because he prepared not his heart to

seek the LORD.

2CH 12:15 Now the acts of Rehoboam, first and last, [are] they

not written in the book of Shemaiah the prophet, and of Iddo the

seer concerning genealogies? And [there were] wars between

Rehoboam and Jeroboam continually.

2CH 12:16 And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried in

the city of David: and Abijah his son reigned in his stead.

2CH 13:01 Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam began

Abijah to reign over Judah.

2CH 13:02 He reigned three years in Jerusalem. His mother's name

also [was] Michaiah the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. And there

was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.

2CH 13:03 And Abijah set the battle in array with an army of

valiant men of war, [even] four hundred thousand chosen men:

Jeroboam also set the battle in array against him with eight

hundred thousand chosen men, [being] mighty men of valour.

2CH 13:04 And Abijah stood up upon mount Zemaraim, which [is] in

mount Ephraim, and said, Hear me, thou Jeroboam, and all Israel;

2CH 13:05 Ought ye not to know that the LORD God of Israel gave

the kingdom over Israel to David for ever, [even] to him and to

his sons by a covenant of salt?

2CH 13:06 Yet Jeroboam the son of Nebat, the servant of Solomon

the son of David, is risen up, and hath rebelled against his

lord.

2CH 13:07 And there are gathered unto him vain men, the children

of Belial, and have strengthened themselves against Rehoboam the

son of Solomon, when Rehoboam was young and tenderhearted, and

could not withstand them.

2CH 13:08 And now ye think to withstand the kingdom of the LORD

in the hand of the sons of David; and ye [be] a great multitude,

and [there are] with you golden calves, which Jeroboam made you

for gods.

2CH 13:09 Have ye not cast out the priests of the LORD, the sons

of Aaron, and the Levites, and have made you priests after the

manner of the nations of [other] lands? so that whosoever cometh

to consecrate himself with a young bullock and seven rams, [the

same] may be a priest of [them that are] no gods.

2CH 13:10 But as for us, the LORD [is] our God, and we have not

forsaken him; and the priests, which minister unto the LORD,

[are] the sons of Aaron, and the Levites [wait] upon [their]

business:

2CH 13:11 And they burn unto the LORD every morning and every

evening burnt sacrifices and sweet incense: the showbread also

[set they in order] upon the pure table; and the candlestick of

gold with the lamps thereof, to burn every evening: for we keep

the charge of the LORD our God; but ye have forsaken him.

2CH 13:12 And, behold, God himself [is] with us for [our]

captain, and his priests with sounding trumpets to cry alarm

against you. O children of Israel, fight ye not against the LORD

God of your fathers; for ye shall not prosper.

2CH 13:13 But Jeroboam caused an ambushment to come about behind

them: so they were before Judah, and the ambushment [was] behind

them.

2CH 13:14 And when Judah looked back, behold, the battle [was]

before and behind: and they cried unto the LORD, and the priests

sounded with the trumpets.

2CH 13:15 Then the men of Judah gave a shout: and as the men of

Judah shouted, it came to pass, that God smote Jeroboam and all

Israel before Abijah and Judah.

2CH 13:16 And the children of Israel fled before Judah: and God

delivered them into their hand.

2CH 13:17 And Abijah and his people slew them with a great

slaughter: so there fell down slain of Israel five hundred

thousand chosen men.

2CH 13:18 Thus the children of Israel were brought under at that

time, and the children of Judah prevailed, because they relied

upon the LORD God of their fathers.

2CH 13:19 And Abijah pursued after Jeroboam, and took cities

from him, Bethel with the towns thereof, and Jeshanah with the

towns thereof, and Ephrain with the towns thereof.

2CH 13:20 Neither did Jeroboam recover strength again in the

days of Abijah: and the LORD struck him, and he died.

2CH 13:21 But Abijah waxed mighty, and married fourteen wives,

and begat twenty and two sons, and sixteen daughters.

2CH 13:22 And the rest of the acts of Abijah, and his ways, and

his sayings, [are] written in the story of the prophet Iddo.

2CH 14:01 So Abijah slept with his fathers, and they buried him

in the city of David: and Asa his son reigned in his stead. In

his days the land was quiet ten years.

2CH 14:02 And Asa did [that which was] good and right in the

eyes of the LORD his God:

2CH 14:03 For he took away the altars of the strange [gods], and

the high places, and brake down the images, and cut down the

groves:

2CH 14:04 And commanded Judah to seek the LORD God of their

fathers, and to do the law and the commandment.

2CH 14:05 Also he took away out of all the cities of Judah the

high places and the images: and the kingdom was quiet before him.

2CH 14:06 And he built fenced cities in Judah: for the land had

rest, and he had no war in those years; because the LORD had

given him rest.

2CH 14:07 Therefore he said unto Judah, Let us build these

cities, and make about [them] walls, and towers, gates, and bars,

[while] the land [is] yet before us; because we have sought the

LORD our God, we have sought [him], and he hath given us rest on

every side. So they built and prospered.

2CH 14:08 And Asa had an army [of men] that bare targets and

spears, out of Judah three hundred thousand; and out of Benjamin,

that bare shields and drew bows, two hundred and fourscore

thousand: all these [were] mighty men of valour.

2CH 14:09 And there came out against them Zerah the Ethiopian

with an host of a thousand thousand, and three hundred chariots;

and came unto Mareshah.

2CH 14:10 Then Asa went out against him, and they set the battle

in array in the valley of Zephathah at Mareshah.

2CH 14:11 And Asa cried unto the LORD his God, and said, LORD,

[it is] nothing with thee to help, whether with many, or with

them that have no power: help us, O LORD our God; for we rest on

thee, and in thy name we go against this multitude. O LORD, thou

[art] our God; let not man prevail against thee.

2CH 14:12 So the LORD smote the Ethiopians before Asa, and

before Judah; and the Ethiopians fled.

2CH 14:13 And Asa and the people that [were] with him pursued

them unto Gerar: and the Ethiopians were overthrown, that they

could not recover themselves; for they were destroyed before the

LORD, and before his host; and they carried away very much spoil.

2CH 14:14 And they smote all the cities round about Gerar; for

the fear of the LORD came upon them: and they spoiled all the

cities; for there was exceeding much spoil in them.

2CH 14:15 They smote also the tents of cattle, and carried away

sheep and camels in abundance, and returned to Jerusalem.

2CH 15:01 And the Spirit of God came upon Azariah the son of

Oded:

2CH 15:02 And he went out to meet Asa, and said unto him, Hear

ye me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin; The LORD [is] with you,

while ye be with him; and if ye seek him, he will be found of

you; but if ye forsake him, he will forsake you.

2CH 15:03 Now for a long season Israel [hath been] without the

true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law.

2CH 15:04 But when they in their trouble did turn unto the LORD

God of Israel, and sought him, he was found of them.

2CH 15:05 And in those times [there was] no peace to him that

went out, nor to him that came in, but great vexations [were]

upon all the inhabitants of the countries.

2CH 15:06 And nation was destroyed of nation, and city of city:

for God did vex them with all adversity.

2CH 15:07 Be ye strong therefore, and let not your hands be weak:

for your work shall be rewarded.

2CH 15:08 And when Asa heard these words, and the prophecy of

Oded the prophet, he took courage, and put away the abominable

idols out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the

cities which he had taken from mount Ephraim, and renewed the

altar of the LORD, that [was] before the porch of the LORD.

2CH 15:09 And he gathered all Judah and Benjamin, and the

strangers with them out of Ephraim and Manasseh, and out of

Simeon: for they fell to him out of Israel in abundance, when

they saw that the LORD his God [was] with him.

2CH 15:10 So they gathered themselves together at Jerusalem in

the third month, in the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa.

2CH 15:11 And they offered unto the LORD the same time, of the

spoil [which] they had brought, seven hundred oxen and seven

thousand sheep.

2CH 15:12 And they entered into a covenant to seek the LORD God

of their fathers with all their heart and with all their soul;

2CH 15:13 That whosoever would not seek the LORD God of Israel

should be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or

woman.

2CH 15:14 And they sware unto the LORD with a loud voice, and

with shouting, and with trumpets, and with cornets.

2CH 15:15 And all Judah rejoiced at the oath: for they had sworn

with all their heart, and sought him with their whole desire;

and he was found of them: and the LORD gave them rest round

about.

2CH 15:16 And also [concerning] Maachah the mother of Asa the

king, he removed her from [being] queen, because she had made an

idol in a grove: and Asa cut down her idol, and stamped [it],

and burnt [it] at the brook Kidron.

2CH 15:17 But the high places were not taken away out of Israel:

nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days.

2CH 15:18 And he brought into the house of God the things that

his father had dedicated, and that he himself had dedicated,

silver, and gold, and vessels.

2CH 15:19 And there was no [more] war unto the five and

thirtieth year of the reign of Asa.

2CH 16:01 In the six and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa

Baasha king of Israel came up against Judah, and built Ramah, to

the intent that he might let none go out or come in to Asa king

of Judah.

2CH 16:02 Then Asa brought out silver and gold out of the

treasures of the house of the LORD and of the king's house, and

sent to Benhadad king of Syria, that dwelt at Damascus, saying,

2CH 16:03 [There is] a league between me and thee, as [there

was] between my father and thy father: behold, I have sent thee

silver and gold; go, break thy league with Baasha king of Israel,

that he may depart from me.

2CH 16:04 And Benhadad hearkened unto king Asa, and sent the

captains of his armies against the cities of Israel; and they

smote Ijon, and Dan, and Abelmaim, and all the store cities of

Naphtali.

2CH 16:05 And it came to pass, when Baasha heard [it], that he

left off building of Ramah, and let his work cease.

2CH 16:06 Then Asa the king took all Judah; and they carried

away the stones of Ramah, and the timber thereof, wherewith

Baasha was building; and he built therewith Geba and Mizpah.

2CH 16:07 And at that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of

Judah, and said unto him, Because thou hast relied on the king

of Syria, and not relied on the LORD thy God, therefore is the

host of the king of Syria escaped out of thine hand.

2CH 16:08 Were not the Ethiopians and the Lubims a huge host,

with very many chariots and horsemen? yet, because thou didst

rely on the LORD, he delivered them into thine hand.

2CH 16:09 For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the

whole earth, to show himself strong in the behalf of [them]

whose heart [is] perfect toward him. Herein thou hast done

foolishly: therefore from henceforth thou shalt have wars.

2CH 16:10 Then Asa was wroth with the seer, and put him in a

prison house; for [he was] in a rage with him because of this

[thing]. And Asa oppressed [some] of the people the same time.

2CH 16:11 And, behold, the acts of Asa, first and last, lo, they

[are] written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.

2CH 16:12 And Asa in the thirty and ninth year of his reign was

diseased in his feet, until his disease [was] exceeding [great]:

yet in his disease he sought not to the LORD, but to the

physicians.

2CH 16:13 And Asa slept with his fathers, and died in the one

and fortieth year of his reign.

2CH 16:14 And they buried him in his own sepulchres, which he

had made for himself in the city of David, and laid him in the

bed which was filled with sweet odours and divers kinds [of

spices] prepared by the apothecaries' art: and they made a very

great burning for him.

2CH 17:01 And Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his stead, and

strengthened himself against Israel.

2CH 17:02 And he placed forces in all the fenced cities of Judah,

and set garrisons in the land of Judah, and in the cities of

Ephraim, which Asa his father had taken.

2CH 17:03 And the LORD was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked

in the first ways of his father David, and sought not unto

Baalim;

2CH 17:04 But sought to the [LORD] God of his father, and walked

in his commandments, and not after the doings of Israel.

2CH 17:05 Therefore the LORD stablished the kingdom in his hand;

and all Judah brought to Jehoshaphat presents; and he had riches

and honour in abundance.

2CH 17:06 And his heart was lifted up in the ways of the LORD:

moreover he took away the high places and groves out of Judah.

2CH 17:07 Also in the third year of his reign he sent to his

princes, [even] to Benhail, and to Obadiah, and to Zechariah,

and to Nethaneel, and to Michaiah, to teach in the cities of

Judah.

2CH 17:08 And with them [he sent] Levites, [even] Shemaiah, and

Nethaniah, and Zebadiah, and Asahel, and Shemiramoth, and

Jehonathan, and Adonijah, and Tobijah, and Tobadonijah, Levites;

and with them Elishama and Jehoram, priests.

2CH 17:09 And they taught in Judah, and [had] the book of the

law of the LORD with them, and went about throughout all the

cities of Judah, and taught the people.

2CH 17:10 And the fear of the LORD fell upon all the kingdoms of

the lands that [were] round about Judah, so that they made no

war against Jehoshaphat.

2CH 17:11 Also [some] of the Philistines brought Jehoshaphat

presents, and tribute silver; and the Arabians brought him

flocks, seven thousand and seven hundred rams, and seven

thousand and seven hundred he goats.

2CH 17:12 And Jehoshaphat waxed great exceedingly; and he built

in Judah castles, and cities of store.

2CH 17:13 And he had much business in the cities of Judah: and

the men of war, mighty men of valour, [were] in Jerusalem.

2CH 17:14 And these [are] the numbers of them according to the

house of their fathers: Of Judah, the captains of thousands;

Adnah the chief, and with him mighty men of valour three hundred

thousand.

2CH 17:15 And next to him [was] Jehohanan the captain, and with

him two hundred and fourscore thousand.

2CH 17:16 And next him [was] Amasiah the son of Zichri, who

willingly offered himself unto the LORD; and with him two

hundred thousand mighty men of valour.

2CH 17:17 And of Benjamin; Eliada a mighty man of valour, and

with him armed men with bow and shield two hundred thousand.

2CH 17:18 And next him [was] Jehozabad, and with him an hundred

and fourscore thousand ready prepared for the war.

2CH 17:19 These waited on the king, beside [those] whom the king

put in the fenced cities throughout all Judah.

2CH 18:01 Now Jehoshaphat had riches and honour in abundance,

and joined affinity with Ahab.

2CH 18:02 And after [certain] years he went down to Ahab to

Samaria. And Ahab killed sheep and oxen for him in abundance,

and for the people that [he had] with him, and persuaded him to

go up [with him] to Ramothgilead.

2CH 18:03 And Ahab king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat king of

Judah, Wilt thou go with me to Ramothgilead? And he answered him,

I [am] as thou [art], and my people as thy people; and [we will

be] with thee in the war.

2CH 18:04 And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, Inquire,

I pray thee, at the word of the LORD to day.

2CH 18:05 Therefore the king of Israel gathered together of

prophets four hundred men, and said unto them, Shall we go to

Ramothgilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go up;

for God will deliver [it] into the king's hand.

2CH 18:06 But Jehoshaphat said, [Is there] not here a prophet of

the LORD besides, that we might inquire of him?

2CH 18:07 And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, [There

is] yet one man, by whom we may inquire of the LORD: but I hate

him; for he never prophesied good unto me, but always evil: the

same [is] Micaiah the son of Imla. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not

the king say so.

2CH 18:08 And the king of Israel called for one [of his]

officers, and said, Fetch quickly Micaiah the son of Imla.

2CH 18:09 And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah

sat either of them on his throne, clothed in [their] robes, and

they sat in a void place at the entering in of the gate of

Samaria; and all the prophets prophesied before them.

2CH 18:10 And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah had made him horns

of iron, and said, Thus saith the LORD, With these thou shalt

push Syria until they be consumed.

2CH 18:11 And all the prophets prophesied so, saying, Go up to

Ramothgilead, and prosper: for the LORD shall deliver [it] into

the hand of the king.

2CH 18:12 And the messenger that went to call Micaiah spake to

him, saying, Behold, the words of the prophets [declare] good to

the king with one assent; let thy word therefore, I pray thee,

be like one of theirs, and speak thou good.

2CH 18:13 And Micaiah said, [As] the LORD liveth, even what my

God saith, that will I speak.

2CH 18:14 And when he was come to the king, the king said unto

him, Micaiah, shall we go to Ramothgilead to battle, or shall I

forbear? And he said, Go ye up, and prosper, and they shall be

delivered into your hand.

2CH 18:15 And the king said to him, How many times shall I

adjure thee that thou say nothing but the truth to me in the

name of the LORD?

2CH 18:16 Then he said, I did see all Israel scattered upon the

mountains, as sheep that have no shepherd: and the LORD said,

These have no master; let them return [therefore] every man to

his house in peace.

2CH 18:17 And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, Did I not

tell thee [that] he would not prophesy good unto me, but evil?

2CH 18:18 Again he said, Therefore hear the word of the LORD; I

saw the LORD sitting upon his throne, and all the host of heaven

standing on his right hand and [on] his left.

2CH 18:19 And the LORD said, Who shall entice Ahab king of

Israel, that he may go up and fall at Ramothgilead? And one

spake saying after this manner, and another saying after that

manner.

2CH 18:20 Then there came out a spirit, and stood before the

LORD, and said, I will entice him. And the LORD said unto him,

Wherewith?

2CH 18:21 And he said, I will go out, and be a lying spirit in

the mouth of all his prophets. And [the LORD] said, Thou shalt

entice [him], and thou shalt also prevail: go out, and do [even]

so.

2CH 18:22 Now therefore, behold, the LORD hath put a lying

spirit in the mouth of these thy prophets, and the LORD hath

spoken evil against thee.

2CH 18:23 Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near, and

smote Micaiah upon the cheek, and said, Which way went the

Spirit of the LORD from me to speak unto thee?

2CH 18:24 And Micaiah said, Behold, thou shalt see on that day

when thou shalt go into an inner chamber to hide thyself.

2CH 18:25 Then the king of Israel said, Take ye Micaiah, and

carry him back to Amon the governor of the city, and to Joash

the king's son;

2CH 18:26 And say, Thus saith the king, Put this [fellow] in the

prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of

affliction, until I return in peace.

2CH 18:27 And Micaiah said, If thou certainly return in peace,

[then] hath not the LORD spoken by me. And he said, Hearken, all

ye people.

2CH 18:28 So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of

Judah went up to Ramothgilead.

2CH 18:29 And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, I will

disguise myself, and will go to the battle; but put thou on thy

robes. So the king of Israel disguised himself; and they went to

the battle.

2CH 18:30 Now the king of Syria had commanded the captains of

the chariots that [were] with him, saying, Fight ye not with

small or great, save only with the king of Israel.

2CH 18:31 And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots

saw Jehoshaphat, that they said, It [is] the king of Israel.

Therefore they compassed about him to fight: but Jehoshaphat

cried out, and the LORD helped him; and God moved them [to

depart] from him.

2CH 18:32 For it came to pass, that, when the captains of the

chariots perceived that it was not the king of Israel, they

turned back again from pursuing him.

2CH 18:33 And a [certain] man drew a bow at a venture, and smote

the king of Israel between the joints of the harness: therefore

he said to his chariot man, Turn thine hand, that thou mayest

carry me out of the host; for I am wounded.

2CH 18:34 And the battle increased that day: howbeit the king of

Israel stayed [himself] up in [his] chariot against the Syrians

until the even: and about the time of the sun going down he died.

2CH 19:01 And Jehoshaphat the king of Judah returned to his

house in peace to Jerusalem.

2CH 19:02 And Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet

him, and said to king Jehoshaphat, Shouldest thou help the

ungodly, and love them that hate the LORD? therefore [is] wrath

upon thee from before the LORD.

2CH 19:03 Nevertheless there are good things found in thee, in

that thou hast taken away the groves out of the land, and hast

prepared thine heart to seek God.

2CH 19:04 And Jehoshaphat dwelt at Jerusalem: and he went out

again through the people from Beersheba to mount Ephraim, and

brought them back unto the LORD God of their fathers.

2CH 19:05 And he set judges in the land throughout all the

fenced cities of Judah, city by city,

2CH 19:06 And said to the judges, Take heed what ye do: for ye

judge not for man, but for the LORD, who [is] with you in the

judgment.

2CH 19:07 Wherefore now let the fear of the LORD be upon you;

take heed and do [it]: for [there is] no iniquity with the LORD

our God, nor respect of persons, nor taking of gifts.

2CH 19:08 Moreover in Jerusalem did Jehoshaphat set of the

Levites, and [of] the priests, and of the chief of the fathers

of Israel, for the judgment of the LORD, and for controversies,

when they returned to Jerusalem.

2CH 19:09 And he charged them, saying, Thus shall ye do in the

fear of the LORD, faithfully, and with a perfect heart.

2CH 19:10 And what cause soever shall come to you of your

brethren that dwell in their cities, between blood and blood,

between law and commandment, statutes and judgments, ye shall

even warn them that they trespass not against the LORD, and [so]

wrath come upon you, and upon your brethren: this do, and ye

shall not trespass.

2CH 19:11 And, behold, Amariah the chief priest [is] over you in

all matters of the LORD; and Zebadiah the son of Ishmael, the

ruler of the house of Judah, for all the king's matters: also

the Levites [shall be] officers before you. Deal courageously,

and the LORD shall be with the good.

2CH 20:01 It came to pass after this also, [that] the children

of Moab, and the children of Ammon, and with them [other] beside

the Ammonites, came against Jehoshaphat to battle.

2CH 20:02 Then there came some that told Jehoshaphat, saying,

There cometh a great multitude against thee from beyond the sea

on this side Syria; and, behold, they [be] in Hazazontamar,

which [is] Engedi.

2CH 20:03 And Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek the

LORD, and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah.

2CH 20:04 And Judah gathered themselves together, to ask [help]

of the LORD: even out of all the cities of Judah they came to

seek the LORD.

2CH 20:05 And Jehoshaphat stood in the congregation of Judah and

Jerusalem, in the house of the LORD, before the new court,

2CH 20:06 And said, O LORD God of our fathers, [art] not thou

God in heaven? and rulest [not] thou over all the kingdoms of

the heathen? and in thine hand [is there not] power and might,

so that none is able to withstand thee?

2CH 20:07 [Art] not thou our God, [who] didst drive out the

inhabitants of this land before thy people Israel, and gavest it

to the seed of Abraham thy friend for ever?

2CH 20:08 And they dwelt therein, and have built thee a

sanctuary therein for thy name, saying,

2CH 20:09 If, [when] evil cometh upon us, [as] the sword,

judgment, or pestilence, or famine, we stand before this house,

and in thy presence, (for thy name [is] in this house,) and cry

unto thee in our affliction, then thou wilt hear and help.

2CH 20:10 And now, behold, the children of Ammon and Moab and

mount Seir, whom thou wouldest not let Israel invade, when they

came out of the land of Egypt, but they turned from them, and

destroyed them not;

2CH 20:11 Behold, [I say, how] they reward us, to come to cast

us out of thy possession, which thou hast given us to inherit.

2CH 20:12 O our God, wilt thou not judge them? for we have no

might against this great company that cometh against us; neither

know we what to do: but our eyes [are] upon thee.

2CH 20:13 And all Judah stood before the LORD, with their little

ones, their wives, and their children.

2CH 20:14 Then upon Jahaziel the son of Zechariah, the son of

Benaiah, the son of Jeiel, the son of Mattaniah, a Levite of the

sons of Asaph, came the Spirit of the LORD in the midst of the

congregation;

2CH 20:15 And he said, Hearken ye, all Judah, and ye inhabitants

of Jerusalem, and thou king Jehoshaphat, Thus saith the LORD

unto you, Be not afraid nor dismayed by reason of this great

multitude; for the battle [is] not yours, but God's.

2CH 20:16 To morrow go ye down against them: behold, they come

up by the cliff of Ziz; and ye shall find them at the end of the

brook, before the wilderness of Jeruel.

2CH 20:17 Ye shall not [need] to fight in this [battle]: set

yourselves, stand ye [still], and see the salvation of the LORD

with you, O Judah and Jerusalem: fear not, nor be dismayed; to

morrow go out against them: for the LORD [will be] with you.

2CH 20:18 And Jehoshaphat bowed his head with [his] face to the

ground: and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell

before the LORD, worshipping the LORD.

2CH 20:19 And the Levites, of the children of the Kohathites,

and of the children of the Korhites, stood up to praise the LORD

God of Israel with a loud voice on high.

2CH 20:20 And they rose early in the morning, and went forth

into the wilderness of Tekoa: and as they went forth,

Jehoshaphat stood and said, Hear me, O Judah, and ye inhabitants

of Jerusalem; Believe in the LORD your God, so shall ye be

established; believe his prophets, so shall ye prosper.

2CH 20:21 And when he had consulted with the people, he

appointed singers unto the LORD, and that should praise the

beauty of holiness, as they went out before the army, and to say,

Praise the LORD; for his mercy [endureth] for ever.

2CH 20:22 And when they began to sing and to praise, the LORD

set ambushments against the children of Ammon, Moab, and mount

Seir, which were come against Judah; and they were smitten.

2CH 20:23 For the children of Ammon and Moab stood up against

the inhabitants of mount Seir, utterly to slay and destroy

[them]: and when they had made an end of the inhabitants of Seir,

every one helped to destroy another.

2CH 20:24 And when Judah came toward the watch tower in the

wilderness, they looked unto the multitude, and, behold, they

[were] dead bodies fallen to the earth, and none escaped.

2CH 20:25 And when Jehoshaphat and his people came to take away

the spoil of them, they found among them in abundance both

riches with the dead bodies, and precious jewels, which they

stripped off for themselves, more than they could carry away:

and they were three days in gathering of the spoil, it was so

much.

2CH 20:26 And on the fourth day they assembled themselves in the

valley of Berachah; for there they blessed the LORD: therefore

the name of the same place was called, The valley of Berachah,

unto this day.

2CH 20:27 Then they returned, every man of Judah and Jerusalem,

and Jehoshaphat in the forefront of them, to go again to

Jerusalem with joy; for the LORD had made them to rejoice over

their enemies.

2CH 20:28 And they came to Jerusalem with psalteries and harps

and trumpets unto the house of the LORD.

2CH 20:29 And the fear of God was on all the kingdoms of [those]

countries, when they had heard that the LORD fought against the

enemies of Israel.

2CH 20:30 So the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet: for his God

gave him rest round about.

2CH 20:31 And Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah: [he was] thirty

and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty

and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name [was] Azubah

the daughter of Shilhi.

2CH 20:32 And he walked in the way of Asa his father, and

departed not from it, doing [that which was] right in the sight

of the LORD.

2CH 20:33 Howbeit the high places were not taken away: for as

yet the people had not prepared their hearts unto the God of

their fathers.

2CH 20:34 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, first and

last, behold, they [are] written in the book of Jehu the son of

Hanani, who [is] mentioned in the book of the kings of Israel.

2CH 20:35 And after this did Jehoshaphat king of Judah join

himself with Ahaziah king of Israel, who did very wickedly:

2CH 20:36 And he joined himself with him to make ships to go to

Tarshish: and they made the ships in Eziongaber.

2CH 20:37 Then Eliezer the son of Dodavah of Mareshah prophesied

against Jehoshaphat, saying, Because thou hast joined thyself

with Ahaziah, the LORD hath broken thy works. And the ships were

broken, that they were not able to go to Tarshish.

2CH 21:01 Now Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried

with his fathers in the city of David. And Jehoram his son

reigned in his stead.

2CH 21:02 And he had brethren the sons of Jehoshaphat, Azariah,

and Jehiel, and Zechariah, and Azariah, and Michael, and

Shephatiah: all these [were] the sons of Jehoshaphat king of

Israel.

2CH 21:03 And their father gave them great gifts of silver, and

of gold, and of precious things, with fenced cities in Judah:

but the kingdom gave he to Jehoram; because he [was] the

firstborn.

2CH 21:04 Now when Jehoram was risen up to the kingdom of his

father, he strengthened himself, and slew all his brethren with

the sword, and [divers] also of the princes of Israel.

2CH 21:05 Jehoram [was] thirty and two years old when he began

to reign, and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.

2CH 21:06 And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, like

as did the house of Ahab: for he had the daughter of Ahab to

wife: and he wrought [that which was] evil in the eyes of the

LORD.

2CH 21:07 Howbeit the LORD would not destroy the house of David,

because of the covenant that he had made with David, and as he

promised to give a light to him and to his sons for ever.

2CH 21:08 In his days the Edomites revolted from under the

dominion of Judah, and made themselves a king.

2CH 21:09 Then Jehoram went forth with his princes, and all his

chariots with him: and he rose up by night, and smote the

Edomites which compassed him in, and the captains of the

chariots.

2CH 21:10 So the Edomites revolted from under the hand of Judah

unto this day. The same time [also] did Libnah revolt from under

his hand; because he had forsaken the LORD God of his fathers.

2CH 21:11 Moreover he made high places in the mountains of Judah,

and caused the inhabitants of Jerusalem to commit fornication,

and compelled Judah [thereto].

2CH 21:12 And there came a writing to him from Elijah the

prophet, saying, Thus saith the LORD God of David thy father,

Because thou hast not walked in the ways of Jehoshaphat thy

father, nor in the ways of Asa king of Judah,

2CH 21:13 But hast walked in the way of the kings of Israel, and

hast made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to go a whoring,

like to the whoredoms of the house of Ahab, and also hast slain

thy brethren of thy father's house, [which were] better than

thyself:

2CH 21:14 Behold, with a great plague will the LORD smite thy

people, and thy children, and thy wives, and all thy goods:

2CH 21:15 And thou [shalt have] great sickness by disease of thy

bowels, until thy bowels fall out by reason of the sickness day

by day.

2CH 21:16 Moreover the LORD stirred up against Jehoram the

spirit of the Philistines, and of the Arabians, that [were] near

the Ethiopians:

2CH 21:17 And they came up into Judah, and brake into it, and

carried away all the substance that was found in the king's

house, and his sons also, and his wives; so that there was never

a son left him, save Jehoahaz, the youngest of his sons.

2CH 21:18 And after all this the LORD smote him in his bowels

with an incurable disease.

2CH 21:19 And it came to pass, that in process of time, after

the end of two years, his bowels fell out by reason of his

sickness: so he died of sore diseases. And his people made no

burning for him, like the burning of his fathers.

2CH 21:20 Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign,

and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years, and departed without

being desired. Howbeit they buried him in the city of David, but

not in the sepulchres of the kings.

2CH 22:01 And the inhabitants of Jerusalem made Ahaziah his

youngest son king in his stead: for the band of men that came

with the Arabians to the camp had slain all the eldest. So

Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah reigned.

2CH 22:02 Forty and two years old [was] Ahaziah when he began to

reign, and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. His mother's name

also [was] Athaliah the daughter of Omri.

2CH 22:03 He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab: for

his mother was his counsellor to do wickedly.

2CH 22:04 Wherefore he did evil in the sight of the LORD like

the house of Ahab: for they were his counsellors after the death

of his father to his destruction.

2CH 22:05 He walked also after their counsel, and went with

Jehoram the son of Ahab king of Israel to war against Hazael

king of Syria at Ramothgilead: and the Syrians smote Joram.

2CH 22:06 And he returned to be healed in Jezreel because of the

wounds which were given him at Ramah, when he fought with Hazael

king of Syria. And Azariah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went

down to see Jehoram the son of Ahab at Jezreel, because he was

sick.

2CH 22:07 And the destruction of Ahaziah was of God by coming to

Joram: for when he was come, he went out with Jehoram against

Jehu the son of Nimshi, whom the LORD had anointed to cut off

the house of Ahab.

2CH 22:08 And it came to pass, that, when Jehu was executing

judgment upon the house of Ahab, and found the princes of Judah,

and the sons of the brethren of Ahaziah, that ministered to

Ahaziah, he slew them.

2CH 22:09 And he sought Ahaziah: and they caught him, (for he

was hid in Samaria,) and brought him to Jehu: and when they had

slain him, they buried him: Because, said they, he [is] the son

of Jehoshaphat, who sought the LORD with all his heart. So the

house of Ahaziah had no power to keep still the kingdom.

2CH 22:10 But when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her

son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal of the

house of Judah.

2CH 22:11 But Jehoshabeath, the daughter of the king, took Joash

the son of Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king's sons

that were slain, and put him and his nurse in a bedchamber. So

Jehoshabeath, the daughter of king Jehoram, the wife of Jehoiada

the priest, (for she was the sister of Ahaziah,) hid him from

Athaliah, so that she slew him not.

2CH 22:12 And he was with them hid in the house of God six years:

and Athaliah reigned over the land.

2CH 23:01 And in the seventh year Jehoiada strengthened himself,

and took the captains of hundreds, Azariah the son of Jeroham,

and Ishmael the son of Jehohanan, and Azariah the son of Obed,

and Maaseiah the son of Adaiah, and Elishaphat the son of Zichri,

into covenant with him.

2CH 23:02 And they went about in Judah, and gathered the Levites

out of all the cities of Judah, and the chief of the fathers of

Israel, and they came to Jerusalem.

2CH 23:03 And all the congregation made a covenant with the king

in the house of God. And he said unto them, Behold, the king's

son shall reign, as the LORD hath said of the sons of David.

2CH 23:04 This [is] the thing that ye shall do; A third part of

you entering on the sabbath, of the priests and of the Levites,

[shall be] porters of the doors;

2CH 23:05 And a third part [shall be] at the king's house; and a

third part at the gate of the foundation: and all the people

[shall be] in the courts of the house of the LORD.

2CH 23:06 But let none come into the house of the LORD, save the

priests, and they that minister of the Levites; they shall go in,

for they [are] holy: but all the people shall keep the watch of

the LORD.

2CH 23:07 And the Levites shall compass the king round about,

every man with his weapons in his hand; and whosoever [else]

cometh into the house, he shall be put to death: but be ye with

the king when he cometh in, and when he goeth out.

2CH 23:08 So the Levites and all Judah did according to all

things that Jehoiada the priest had commanded, and took every

man his men that were to come in on the sabbath, with them that

were to go [out] on the sabbath: for Jehoiada the priest

dismissed not the courses.

2CH 23:09 Moreover Jehoiada the priest delivered to the captains

of hundreds spears, and bucklers, and shields, that [had been]

king David's, which [were] in the house of God.

2CH 23:10 And he set all the people, every man having his weapon

in his hand, from the right side of the temple to the left side

of the temple, along by the altar and the temple, by the king

round about.

2CH 23:11 Then they brought out the king's son, and put upon him

the crown, and [gave him] the testimony, and made him king. And

Jehoiada and his sons anointed him, and said, God save the king.

2CH 23:12 Now when Athaliah heard the noise of the people

running and praising the king, she came to the people into the

house of the LORD:

2CH 23:13 And she looked, and, behold, the king stood at his

pillar at the entering in, and the princes and the trumpets by

the king: and all the people of the land rejoiced, and sounded

with trumpets, also the singers with instruments of music, and

such as taught to sing praise. Then Athaliah rent her clothes,

and said, Treason, Treason.

2CH 23:14 Then Jehoiada the priest brought out the captains of

hundreds that were set over the host, and said unto them, Have

her forth of the ranges: and whoso followeth her, let him be

slain with the sword. For the priest said, Slay her not in the

house of the LORD.

2CH 23:15 So they laid hands on her; and when she was come to

the entering of the horse gate by the king's house, they slew

her there.

2CH 23:16 And Jehoiada made a covenant between him, and between

all the people, and between the king, that they should be the

LORD'S people.

2CH 23:17 Then all the people went to the house of Baal, and

brake it down, and brake his altars and his images in pieces,

and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars.

2CH 23:18 Also Jehoiada appointed the offices of the house of

the LORD by the hand of the priests the Levites, whom David had

distributed in the house of the LORD, to offer the burnt

offerings of the LORD, as [it is] written in the law of Moses,

with rejoicing and with singing, [as it was ordained] by David.

2CH 23:19 And he set the porters at the gates of the house of

the LORD, that none [which was] unclean in any thing should

enter in.

2CH 23:20 And he took the captains of hundreds, and the nobles,

and the governors of the people, and all the people of the land,

and brought down the king from the house of the LORD: and they

came through the high gate into the king's house, and set the

king upon the throne of the kingdom.

2CH 23:21 And all the people of the land rejoiced: and the city

was quiet, after that they had slain Athaliah with the sword.

2CH 24:01 Joash [was] seven years old when he began to reign,

and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also

[was] Zibiah of Beersheba.

2CH 24:02 And Joash did [that which was] right in the sight of

the LORD all the days of Jehoiada the priest.

2CH 24:03 And Jehoiada took for him two wives; and he begat sons

and daughters.

2CH 24:04 And it came to pass after this, [that] Joash was

minded to repair the house of the LORD.

2CH 24:05 And he gathered together the priests and the Levites,

and said to them, Go out unto the cities of Judah, and gather of

all Israel money to repair the house of your God from year to

year, and see that ye hasten the matter. Howbeit the Levites

hastened [it] not.

2CH 24:06 And the king called for Jehoiada the chief, and said

unto him, Why hast thou not required of the Levites to bring in

out of Judah and out of Jerusalem the collection, [according to

the commandment] of Moses the servant of the LORD, and of the

congregation of Israel, for the tabernacle of witness?

2CH 24:07 For the sons of Athaliah, that wicked woman, had

broken up the house of God; and also all the dedicated things of

the house of the LORD did they bestow upon Baalim.

2CH 24:08 And at the king's commandment they made a chest, and

set it without at the gate of the house of the LORD.

2CH 24:09 And they made a proclamation through Judah and

Jerusalem, to bring in to the LORD the collection [that] Moses

the servant of God [laid] upon Israel in the wilderness.

2CH 24:10 And all the princes and all the people rejoiced, and

brought in, and cast into the chest, until they had made an end.

2CH 24:11 Now it came to pass, that at what time the chest was

brought unto the king's office by the hand of the Levites, and

when they saw that [there was] much money, the king's scribe and

the high priest's officer came and emptied the chest, and took

it, and carried it to his place again. Thus they did day by day,

and gathered money in abundance.

2CH 24:12 And the king and Jehoiada gave it to such as did the

work of the service of the house of the LORD, and hired masons

and carpenters to repair the house of the LORD, and also such as

wrought iron and brass to mend the house of the LORD.

2CH 24:13 So the workmen wrought, and the work was perfected by

them, and they set the house of God in his state, and

strengthened it.

2CH 24:14 And when they had finished [it], they brought the rest

of the money before the king and Jehoiada, whereof were made

vessels for the house of the LORD, [even] vessels to minister,

and to offer [withal], and spoons, and vessels of gold and

silver. And they offered burnt offerings in the house of the

LORD continually all the days of Jehoiada.

2CH 24:15 But Jehoiada waxed old, and was full of days when he

died; an hundred and thirty years old [was he] when he died.

2CH 24:16 And they buried him in the city of David among the

kings, because he had done good in Israel, both toward God, and

toward his house.

2CH 24:17 Now after the death of Jehoiada came the princes of

Judah, and made obeisance to the king. Then the king hearkened

unto them.

2CH 24:18 And they left the house of the LORD God of their

fathers, and served groves and idols: and wrath came upon Judah

and Jerusalem for this their trespass.

2CH 24:19 Yet he sent prophets to them, to bring them again unto

the LORD; and they testified against them: but they would not

give ear.

2CH 24:20 And the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah the son of

Jehoiada the priest, which stood above the people, and said unto

them, Thus saith God, Why transgress ye the commandments of the

LORD, that ye cannot prosper? because ye have forsaken the LORD,

he hath also forsaken you.

2CH 24:21 And they conspired against him, and stoned him with

stones at the commandment of the king in the court of the house

of the LORD.

2CH 24:22 Thus Joash the king remembered not the kindness which

Jehoiada his father had done to him, but slew his son. And when

he died, he said, The LORD look upon [it], and require [it].

2CH 24:23 And it came to pass at the end of the year, [that] the

host of Syria came up against him: and they came to Judah and

Jerusalem, and destroyed all the princes of the people from

among the people, and sent all the spoil of them unto the king

of Damascus.

2CH 24:24 For the army of the Syrians came with a small company

of men, and the LORD delivered a very great host into their hand,

because they had forsaken the LORD God of their fathers. So

they executed judgment against Joash.

2CH 24:25 And when they were departed from him, (for they left

him in great diseases,) his own servants conspired against him

for the blood of the sons of Jehoiada the priest, and slew him

on his bed, and he died: and they buried him in the city of

David, but they buried him not in the sepulchres of the kings.

2CH 24:26 And these are they that conspired against him; Zabad

the son of Shimeath an Ammonitess, and Jehozabad the son of

Shimrith a Moabitess.

2CH 24:27 Now [concerning] his sons, and the greatness of the

burdens [laid] upon him, and the repairing of the house of God,

behold, they [are] written in the story of the book of the kings.

And Amaziah his son reigned in his stead.

2CH 25:01 Amaziah [was] twenty and five years old [when] he

began to reign, and he reigned twenty and nine years in

Jerusalem. And his mother's name [was] Jehoaddan of Jerusalem.

2CH 25:02 And he did [that which was] right in the sight of the

LORD, but not with a perfect heart.

2CH 25:03 Now it came to pass, when the kingdom was established

to him, that he slew his servants that had killed the king his

father.

2CH 25:04 But he slew not their children, but [did] as [it is]

written in the law in the book of Moses, where the LORD

commanded, saying, The fathers shall not die for the children,

neither shall the children die for the fathers, but every man

shall die for his own sin.

2CH 25:05 Moreover Amaziah gathered Judah together, and made

them captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds,

according to the houses of [their] fathers, throughout all Judah

and Benjamin: and he numbered them from twenty years old and

above, and found them three hundred thousand choice [men, able]

to go forth to war, that could handle spear and shield.

2CH 25:06 He hired also an hundred thousand mighty men of valour

out of Israel for an hundred talents of silver.

2CH 25:07 But there came a man of God to him, saying, O king,

let not the army of Israel go with thee; for the LORD [is] not

with Israel, [to wit, with] all the children of Ephraim.

2CH 25:08 But if thou wilt go, do [it], be strong for the battle:

God shall make thee fall before the enemy: for God hath power

to help, and to cast down.

2CH 25:09 And Amaziah said to the man of God, But what shall we

do for the hundred talents which I have given to the army of

Israel? And the man of God answered, The LORD is able to give

thee much more than this.

2CH 25:10 Then Amaziah separated them, [to wit], the army that

was come to him out of Ephraim, to go home again: wherefore

their anger was greatly kindled against Judah, and they returned

home in great anger.

2CH 25:11 And Amaziah strengthened himself, and led forth his

people, and went to the valley of salt, and smote of the

children of Seir ten thousand.

2CH 25:12 And [other] ten thousand [left] alive did the children

of Judah carry away captive, and brought them unto the top of

the rock, and cast them down from the top of the rock, that they

all were broken in pieces.

2CH 25:13 But the soldiers of the army which Amaziah sent back,

that they should not go with him to battle, fell upon the cities

of Judah, from Samaria even unto Bethhoron, and smote three

thousand of them, and took much spoil.

2CH 25:14 Now it came to pass, after that Amaziah was come from

the slaughter of the Edomites, that he brought the gods of the

children of Seir, and set them up [to be] his gods, and bowed

down himself before them, and burned incense unto them.

2CH 25:15 Wherefore the anger of the LORD was kindled against

Amaziah, and he sent unto him a prophet, which said unto him,

Why hast thou sought after the gods of the people, which could

not deliver their own people out of thine hand?

2CH 25:16 And it came to pass, as he talked with him, that [the

king] said unto him, Art thou made of the king's counsel?

forbear; why shouldest thou be smitten? Then the prophet forbare,

and said, I know that God hath determined to destroy thee,

because thou hast done this, and hast not hearkened unto my

counsel.

2CH 25:17 Then Amaziah king of Judah took advice, and sent to

Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu, king of Israel,

saying, Come, let us see one another in the face.

2CH 25:18 And Joash king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah,

saying, The thistle that [was] in Lebanon sent to the cedar

that [was] in Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son to

wife: and there passed by a wild beast that [was] in Lebanon,

and trode down the thistle.

2CH 25:19 Thou sayest, Lo, thou hast smitten the Edomites; and

thine heart lifteth thee up to boast: abide now at home; why

shouldest thou meddle to [thine] hurt, that thou shouldest fall,

[even] thou, and Judah with thee?

2CH 25:20 But Amaziah would not hear; for it [came] of God, that

he might deliver them into the hand [of their enemies], because

they sought after the gods of Edom.

2CH 25:21 So Joash the king of Israel went up; and they saw one

another in the face, [both] he and Amaziah king of Judah, at

Bethshemesh, which [belongeth] to Judah.

2CH 25:22 And Judah was put to the worse before Israel, and they

fled every man to his tent.

2CH 25:23 And Joash the king of Israel took Amaziah king of

Judah, the son of Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, at Bethshemesh,

and brought him to Jerusalem, and brake down the wall of

Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim to the corner gate, four

hundred cubits.

2CH 25:24 And [he took] all the gold and the silver, and all the

vessels that were found in the house of God with Obededom, and

the treasures of the king's house, the hostages also, and

returned to Samaria.

2CH 25:25 And Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after

the death of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years.

2CH 25:26 Now the rest of the acts of Amaziah, first and last,

behold, [are] they not written in the book of the kings of Judah

and Israel?

2CH 25:27 Now after the time that Amaziah did turn away from

following the LORD they made a conspiracy against him in

Jerusalem; and he fled to Lachish: but they sent to Lachish

after him, and slew him there.

2CH 25:28 And they brought him upon horses, and buried him with

his fathers in the city of Judah.

2CH 26:01 Then all the people of Judah took Uzziah, who [was]

sixteen years old, and made him king in the room of his father

Amaziah.

2CH 26:02 He built Eloth, and restored it to Judah, after that

the king slept with his fathers.

2CH 26:03 Sixteen years old [was] Uzziah when he began to reign,

and he reigned fifty and two years in Jerusalem. His mother's

name also [was] Jecoliah of Jerusalem.

2CH 26:04 And he did [that which was] right in the sight of the

LORD, according to all that his father Amaziah did.

2CH 26:05 And he sought God in the days of Zechariah, who had

understanding in the visions of God: and as long as he sought

the LORD, God made him to prosper.

2CH 26:06 And he went forth and warred against the Philistines,

and brake down the wall of Gath, and the wall of Jabneh, and the

wall of Ashdod, and built cities about Ashdod, and among the

Philistines.

2CH 26:07 And God helped him against the Philistines, and

against the Arabians that dwelt in Gurbaal, and the Mehunims.

2CH 26:08 And the Ammonites gave gifts to Uzziah: and his name

spread abroad [even] to the entering in of Egypt; for he

strengthened [himself] exceedingly.

2CH 26:09 Moreover Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the

corner gate, and at the valley gate, and at the turning [of the

wall], and fortified them.

2CH 26:10 Also he built towers in the desert, and digged many

wells: for he had much cattle, both in the low country, and in

the plains: husbandmen [also], and vine dressers in the

mountains, and in Carmel: for he loved husbandry.

2CH 26:11 Moreover Uzziah had an host of fighting men, that went

out to war by bands, according to the number of their account by

the hand of Jeiel the scribe and Maaseiah the ruler, under the

hand of Hananiah, [one] of the king's captains.

2CH 26:12 The whole number of the chief of the fathers of the

mighty men of valour [were] two thousand and six hundred.

2CH 26:13 And under their hand [was] an army, three hundred

thousand and seven thousand and five hundred, that made war with

mighty power, to help the king against the enemy.

2CH 26:14 And Uzziah prepared for them throughout all the host

shields, and spears, and helmets, and habergeons, and bows, and

slings [to cast] stones.

2CH 26:15 And he made in Jerusalem engines, invented by cunning

men, to be on the towers and upon the bulwarks, to shoot arrows

and great stones withal. And his name spread far abroad; for he

was marvellously helped, till he was strong.

2CH 26:16 But when he was strong, his heart was lifted up to

[his] destruction: for he transgressed against the LORD his God,

and went into the temple of the LORD to burn incense upon the

altar of incense.

2CH 26:17 And Azariah the priest went in after him, and with him

fourscore priests of the LORD, [that were] valiant men:

2CH 26:18 And they withstood Uzziah the king, and said unto him,

[It appertaineth] not unto thee, Uzziah, to burn incense unto

the LORD, but to the priests the sons of Aaron, that are

consecrated to burn incense: go out of the sanctuary; for thou

hast trespassed; neither [shall it be] for thine honour from the

LORD God.

2CH 26:19 Then Uzziah was wroth, and [had] a censer in his hand

to burn incense: and while he was wroth with the priests, the

leprosy even rose up in his forehead before the priests in the

house of the LORD, from beside the incense altar.

2CH 26:20 And Azariah the chief priest, and all the priests,

looked upon him, and, behold, he [was] leprous in his forehead,

and they thrust him out from thence; yea, himself hasted also to

go out, because the LORD had smitten him.

2CH 26:21 And Uzziah the king was a leper unto the day of his

death, and dwelt in a several house, [being] a leper; for he was

cut off from the house of the LORD: and Jotham his son [was]

over the king's house, judging the people of the land.

2CH 26:22 Now the rest of the acts of Uzziah, first and last,

did Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, write.

2CH 26:23 So Uzziah slept with his fathers, and they buried him

with his fathers in the field of the burial which [belonged] to

the kings; for they said, He [is] a leper: and Jotham his son

reigned in his stead.

2CH 27:01 Jotham [was] twenty and five years old when he began

to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. His

mother's name also [was] Jerushah, the daughter of Zadok.

2CH 27:02 And he did [that which was] right in the sight of the

LORD, according to all that his father Uzziah did: howbeit he

entered not into the temple of the LORD. And the people did yet

corruptly.

2CH 27:03 He built the high gate of the house of the LORD, and

on the wall of Ophel he built much.

2CH 27:04 Moreover he built cities in the mountains of Judah,

and in the forests he built castles and towers.

2CH 27:05 He fought also with the king of the Ammonites, and

prevailed against them. And the children of Ammon gave him the

same year an hundred talents of silver, and ten thousand

measures of wheat, and ten thousand of barley. So much did the

children of Ammon pay unto him, both the second year, and the

third.

2CH 27:06 So Jotham became mighty, because he prepared his ways

before the LORD his God.

2CH 27:07 Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, and all his wars,

and his ways, lo, they [are] written in the book of the kings of

Israel and Judah.

2CH 27:08 He was five and twenty years old when he began to

reign, and reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem.

2CH 27:09 And Jotham slept with his fathers, and they buried him

in the city of David: and Ahaz his son reigned in his stead.

2CH 28:01 Ahaz [was] twenty years old when he began to reign,

and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem: but he did not [that

which was] right in the sight of the LORD, like David his father:

2CH 28:02 For he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, and

made also molten images for Baalim.

2CH 28:03 Moreover he burnt incense in the valley of the son of

Hinnom, and burnt his children in the fire, after the

abominations of the heathen whom the LORD had cast out before

the children of Israel.

2CH 28:04 He sacrificed also and burnt incense in the high

places, and on the hills, and under every green tree.

2CH 28:05 Wherefore the LORD his God delivered him into the hand

of the king of Syria; and they smote him, and carried away a

great multitude of them captives, and brought [them] to Damascus.

And he was also delivered into the hand of the king of Israel,

who smote him with a great slaughter.

2CH 28:06 For Pekah the son of Remaliah slew in Judah an hundred

and twenty thousand in one day, [which were] all valiant men;

because they had forsaken the LORD God of their fathers.

2CH 28:07 And Zichri, a mighty man of Ephraim, slew Maaseiah the

king's son, and Azrikam the governor of the house, and Elkanah

[that was] next to the king.

2CH 28:08 And the children of Israel carried away captive of

their brethren two hundred thousand, women, sons, and daughters,

and took also away much spoil from them, and brought the spoil

to Samaria.

2CH 28:09 But a prophet of the LORD was there, whose name [was]

Oded: and he went out before the host that came to Samaria, and

said unto them, Behold, because the LORD God of your fathers was

wroth with Judah, he hath delivered them into your hand, and ye

have slain them in a rage [that] reacheth up unto heaven.

2CH 28:10 And now ye purpose to keep under the children of Judah

and Jerusalem for bondmen and bondwomen unto you: [but are

there] not with you, even with you, sins against the LORD your

God?

2CH 28:11 Now hear me therefore, and deliver the captives again,

which ye have taken captive of your brethren: for the fierce

wrath of the LORD [is] upon you.

2CH 28:12 Then certain of the heads of the children of Ephraim,

Azariah the son of Johanan, Berechiah the son of Meshillemoth,

and Jehizkiah the son of Shallum, and Amasa the son of Hadlai,

stood up against them that came from the war,

2CH 28:13 And said unto them, Ye shall not bring in the captives

hither: for whereas we have offended against the LORD [already],

ye intend to add [more] to our sins and to our trespass: for our

trespass is great, and [there is] fierce wrath against Israel.

2CH 28:14 So the armed men left the captives and the spoil

before the princes and all the congregation.

2CH 28:15 And the men which were expressed by name rose up, and

took the captives, and with the spoil clothed all that were

naked among them, and arrayed them, and shod them, and gave them

to eat and to drink, and anointed them, and carried all the

feeble of them upon asses, and brought them to Jericho, the city

of palm trees, to their brethren: then they returned to Samaria.

2CH 28:16 At that time did king Ahaz send unto the kings of

Assyria to help him.

2CH 28:17 For again the Edomites had come and smitten Judah, and

carried away captives.

2CH 28:18 The Philistines also had invaded the cities of the low

country, and of the south of Judah, and had taken Bethshemesh,

and Ajalon, and Gederoth, and Shocho with the villages thereof,

and Timnah with the villages thereof, Gimzo also and the

villages thereof: and they dwelt there.

2CH 28:19 For the LORD brought Judah low because of Ahaz king of

Israel; for he made Judah naked, and transgressed sore against

the LORD.

2CH 28:20 And Tilgathpilneser king of Assyria came unto him, and

distressed him, but strengthened him not.

2CH 28:21 For Ahaz took away a portion [out] of the house of the

LORD, and [out] of the house of the king, and of the princes,

and gave [it] unto the king of Assyria: but he helped him not.

2CH 28:22 And in the time of his distress did he trespass yet

more against the LORD: this [is that] king Ahaz.

2CH 28:23 For he sacrificed unto the gods of Damascus, which

smote him: and he said, Because the gods of the kings of Syria

help them, [therefore] will I sacrifice to them, that they may

help me. But they were the ruin of him, and of all Israel.

2CH 28:24 And Ahaz gathered together the vessels of the house of

God, and cut in pieces the vessels of the house of God, and shut

up the doors of the house of the LORD, and he made him altars in

every corner of Jerusalem.

2CH 28:25 And in every several city of Judah he made high places

to burn incense unto other gods, and provoked to anger the LORD

God of his fathers.

2CH 28:26 Now the rest of his acts and of all his ways, first

and last, behold, they [are] written in the book of the kings of

Judah and Israel.

2CH 28:27 And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and they buried him

in the city, [even] in Jerusalem: but they brought him not into

the sepulchres of the kings of Israel: and Hezekiah his son

reigned in his stead.

2CH 29:01 Hezekiah began to reign [when he was] five and twenty

years old, and he reigned nine and twenty years in Jerusalem.

And his mother's name [was] Abijah, the daughter of Zechariah.

2CH 29:02 And he did [that which was] right in the sight of the

LORD, according to all that David his father had done.

2CH 29:03 He in the first year of his reign, in the first month,

opened the doors of the house of the LORD, and repaired them.

2CH 29:04 And he brought in the priests and the Levites, and

gathered them together into the east street,

2CH 29:05 And said unto them, Hear me, ye Levites, sanctify now

yourselves, and sanctify the house of the LORD God of your

fathers, and carry forth the filthiness out of the holy [place].

2CH 29:06 For our fathers have trespassed, and done [that which

was] evil in the eyes of the LORD our God, and have forsaken him,

and have turned away their faces from the habitation of the

LORD, and turned [their] backs.

2CH 29:07 Also they have shut up the doors of the porch, and put

out the lamps, and have not burned incense nor offered burnt

offerings in the holy [place] unto the God of Israel.

2CH 29:08 Wherefore the wrath of the LORD was upon Judah and

Jerusalem, and he hath delivered them to trouble, to

astonishment, and to hissing, as ye see with your eyes.

2CH 29:09 For, lo, our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our

sons and our daughters and our wives [are] in captivity for this.

2CH 29:10 Now [it is] in mine heart to make a covenant with the

LORD God of Israel, that his fierce wrath may turn away from us.

2CH 29:11 My sons, be not now negligent: for the LORD hath

chosen you to stand before him, to serve him, and that ye should

minister unto him, and burn incense.

2CH 29:12 Then the Levites arose, Mahath the son of Amasai, and

Joel the son of Azariah, of the sons of the Kohathites: and of

the sons of Merari, Kish the son of Abdi, and Azariah the son of

Jehalelel: and of the Gershonites; Joah the son of Zimmah, and

Eden the son of Joah:

2CH 29:13 And of the sons of Elizaphan; Shimri, and Jeiel: and

of the sons of Asaph; Zechariah, and Mattaniah:

2CH 29:14 And of the sons of Heman; Jehiel, and Shimei: and of

the sons of Jeduthun; Shemaiah, and Uzziel.

2CH 29:15 And they gathered their brethren, and sanctified

themselves, and came, according to the commandment of the king,

by the words of the LORD, to cleanse the house of the LORD.

2CH 29:16 And the priests went into the inner part of the house

of the LORD, to cleanse [it], and brought out all the

uncleanness that they found in the temple of the LORD into the

court of the house of the LORD. And the Levites took [it], to

carry [it] out abroad into the brook Kidron.

2CH 29:17 Now they began on the first [day] of the first month

to sanctify, and on the eighth day of the month came they to the

porch of the LORD: so they sanctified the house of the LORD in

eight days; and in the sixteenth day of the first month they

made an end.

2CH 29:18 Then they went in to Hezekiah the king, and said, We

have cleansed all the house of the LORD, and the altar of burnt

offering, with all the vessels thereof, and the showbread table,

with all the vessels thereof.

2CH 29:19 Moreover all the vessels, which king Ahaz in his reign

did cast away in his transgression, have we prepared and

sanctified, and, behold, they [are] before the altar of the LORD.

2CH 29:20 Then Hezekiah the king rose early, and gathered the

rulers of the city, and went up to the house of the LORD.

2CH 29:21 And they brought seven bullocks, and seven rams, and

seven lambs, and seven he goats, for a sin offering for the

kingdom, and for the sanctuary, and for Judah. And he commanded

the priests the sons of Aaron to offer [them] on the altar of

the LORD.

2CH 29:22 So they killed the bullocks, and the priests received

the blood, and sprinkled [it] on the altar: likewise, when they

had killed the rams, they sprinkled the blood upon the altar:

they killed also the lambs, and they sprinkled the blood upon

the altar.

2CH 29:23 And they brought forth the he goats [for] the sin

offering before the king and the congregation; and they laid

their hands upon them:

2CH 29:24 And the priests killed them, and they made

reconciliation with their blood upon the altar, to make an

atonement for all Israel: for the king commanded [that] the

burnt offering and the sin offering [should be made] for all

Israel.

2CH 29:25 And he set the Levites in the house of the LORD with

cymbals, with psalteries, and with harps, according to the

commandment of David, and of Gad the king's seer, and Nathan the

prophet: for [so was] the commandment of the LORD by his

prophets.

2CH 29:26 And the Levites stood with the instruments of David,

and the priests with the trumpets.

2CH 29:27 And Hezekiah commanded to offer the burnt offering

upon the altar. And when the burnt offering began, the song of

the LORD began [also] with the trumpets, and with the

instruments [ordained] by David king of Israel.

2CH 29:28 And all the congregation worshipped, and the singers

sang, and the trumpeters sounded: [and] all [this continued]

until the burnt offering was finished.

2CH 29:29 And when they had made an end of offering, the king

and all that were present with him bowed themselves, and

worshipped.

2CH 29:30 Moreover Hezekiah the king and the princes commanded

the Levites to sing praise unto the LORD with the words of David,

and of Asaph the seer. And they sang praises with gladness, and

they bowed their heads and worshipped.

2CH 29:31 Then Hezekiah answered and said, Now ye have

consecrated yourselves unto the LORD, come near and bring

sacrifices and thank offerings into the house of the LORD. And

the congregation brought in sacrifices and thank offerings; and

as many as were of a free heart burnt offerings.

2CH 29:32 And the number of the burnt offerings, which the

congregation brought, was threescore and ten bullocks, an

hundred rams, [and] two hundred lambs: all these [were] for a

burnt offering to the LORD.

2CH 29:33 And the consecrated things [were] six hundred oxen and

three thousand sheep.

2CH 29:34 But the priests were too few, so that they could not

flay all the burnt offerings: wherefore their brethren the

Levites did help them, till the work was ended, and until the

[other] priests had sanctified themselves: for the Levites

[were] more upright in heart to sanctify themselves than the

priests.

2CH 29:35 And also the burnt offerings [were] in abundance, with

the fat of the peace offerings, and the drink offerings for

[every] burnt offering. So the service of the house of the LORD

was set in order.

2CH 29:36 And Hezekiah rejoiced, and all the people, that God

had prepared the people: for the thing was [done] suddenly.

2CH 30:01 And Hezekiah sent to all Israel and Judah, and wrote

letters also to Ephraim and Manasseh, that they should come to

the house of the LORD at Jerusalem, to keep the passover unto

the LORD God of Israel.

2CH 30:02 For the king had taken counsel, and his princes, and

all the congregation in Jerusalem, to keep the passover in the

second month.

2CH 30:03 For they could not keep it at that time, because the

priests had not sanctified themselves sufficiently, neither had

the people gathered themselves together to Jerusalem.

2CH 30:04 And the thing pleased the king and all the

congregation.

2CH 30:05 So they established a decree to make proclamation

throughout all Israel, from Beersheba even to Dan, that they

should come to keep the passover unto the LORD God of Israel at

Jerusalem: for they had not done [it] of a long [time in such

sort] as it was written.

2CH 30:06 So the posts went with the letters from the king and

his princes throughout all Israel and Judah, and according to

the commandment of the king, saying, Ye children of Israel, turn

again unto the LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, and he

will return to the remnant of you, that are escaped out of the

hand of the kings of Assyria.

2CH 30:07 And be not ye like your fathers, and like your

brethren, which trespassed against the LORD God of their fathers,

[who] therefore gave them up to desolation, as ye see.

2CH 30:08 Now be ye not stiffnecked, as your fathers [were, but]

yield yourselves unto the LORD, and enter into his sanctuary,

which he hath sanctified for ever: and serve the LORD your God,

that the fierceness of his wrath may turn away from you.

2CH 30:09 For if ye turn again unto the LORD, your brethren and

your children [shall find] compassion before them that lead them

captive, so that they shall come again into this land: for the

LORD your God [is] gracious and merciful, and will not turn away

[his] face from you, if ye return unto him.

2CH 30:10 So the posts passed from city to city through the

country of Ephraim and Manasseh even unto Zebulun: but they

laughed them to scorn, and mocked them.

2CH 30:11 Nevertheless divers of Asher and Manasseh and of

Zebulun humbled themselves, and came to Jerusalem.

2CH 30:12 Also in Judah the hand of God was to give them one

heart to do the commandment of the king and of the princes, by

the word of the LORD.

2CH 30:13 And there assembled at Jerusalem much people to keep

the feast of unleavened bread in the second month, a very great

congregation.

2CH 30:14 And they arose and took away the altars that [were] in

Jerusalem, and all the altars for incense took they away, and

cast [them] into the brook Kidron.

2CH 30:15 Then they killed the passover on the fourteenth [day]

of the second month: and the priests and the Levites were

ashamed, and sanctified themselves, and brought in the burnt

offerings into the house of the LORD.

2CH 30:16 And they stood in their place after their manner,

according to the law of Moses the man of God: the priests

sprinkled the blood, [which they received] of the hand of the

Levites.

2CH 30:17 For [there were] many in the congregation that were

not sanctified: therefore the Levites had the charge of the

killing of the passovers for every one [that was] not clean, to

sanctify [them] unto the LORD.

2CH 30:18 For a multitude of the people, [even] many of Ephraim,

and Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun, had not cleansed themselves,

yet did they eat the passover otherwise than it was written.

But Hezekiah prayed for them, saying, The good LORD pardon every

one

2CH 30:19 [That] prepareth his heart to seek God, the LORD God

of his fathers, though [he be] not [cleansed] according to the

purification of the sanctuary.

2CH 30:20 And the LORD hearkened to Hezekiah, and healed the

people.

2CH 30:21 And the children of Israel that were present at

Jerusalem kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with

great gladness: and the Levites and the priests praised the LORD

day by day, [singing] with loud instruments unto the LORD.

2CH 30:22 And Hezekiah spake comfortably unto all the Levites

that taught the good knowledge of the LORD: and they did eat

throughout the feast seven days, offering peace offerings, and

making confession to the LORD God of their fathers.

2CH 30:23 And the whole assembly took counsel to keep other

seven days: and they kept [other] seven days with gladness.

2CH 30:24 For Hezekiah king of Judah did give to the

congregation a thousand bullocks and seven thousand sheep; and

the princes gave to the congregation a thousand bullocks and ten

thousand sheep: and a great number of priests sanctified

themselves.

2CH 30:25 And all the congregation of Judah, with the priests

and the Levites, and all the congregation that came out of

Israel, and the strangers that came out of the land of Israel,

and that dwelt in Judah, rejoiced.

2CH 30:26 So there was great joy in Jerusalem: for since the

time of Solomon the son of David king of Israel [there was] not

the like in Jerusalem.

2CH 30:27 Then the priests the Levites arose and blessed the

people: and their voice was heard, and their prayer came [up] to

his holy dwelling place, [even] unto heaven.

2CH 31:01 Now when all this was finished, all Israel that were

present went out to the cities of Judah, and brake the images in

pieces, and cut down the groves, and threw down the high places

and the altars out of all Judah and Benjamin, in Ephraim also

and Manasseh, until they had utterly destroyed them all. Then

all the children of Israel returned, every man to his possession,

into their own cities.

2CH 31:02 And Hezekiah appointed the courses of the priests and

the Levites after their courses, every man according to his

service, the priests and Levites for burnt offerings and for

peace offerings, to minister, and to give thanks, and to praise

in the gates of the tents of the LORD.

2CH 31:03 [He appointed] also the king's portion of his

substance for the burnt offerings, [to wit], for the morning and

evening burnt offerings, and the burnt offerings for the

sabbaths, and for the new moons, and for the set feasts, as [it

is] written in the law of the LORD.

2CH 31:04 Moreover he commanded the people that dwelt in

Jerusalem to give the portion of the priests and the Levites,

that they might be encouraged in the law of the LORD.

2CH 31:05 And as soon as the commandment came abroad, the

children of Israel brought in abundance the firstfruits of corn,

wine, and oil, and honey, and of all the increase of the field;

and the tithe of all [things] brought they in abundantly.

2CH 31:06 And [concerning] the children of Israel and Judah,

that dwelt in the cities of Judah, they also brought in the

tithe of oxen and sheep, and the tithe of holy things which were

consecrated unto the LORD their God, and laid [them] by heaps.

2CH 31:07 In the third month they began to lay the foundation of

the heaps, and finished [them] in the seventh month.

2CH 31:08 And when Hezekiah and the princes came and saw the

heaps, they blessed the LORD, and his people Israel.

2CH 31:09 Then Hezekiah questioned with the priests and the

Levites concerning the heaps.

2CH 31:10 And Azariah the chief priest of the house of Zadok

answered him, and said, Since [the people] began to bring the

offerings into the house of the LORD, we have had enough to eat,

and have left plenty: for the LORD hath blessed his people; and

that which is left [is] this great store.

2CH 31:11 Then Hezekiah commanded to prepare chambers in the

house of the LORD; and they prepared [them],

2CH 31:12 And brought in the offerings and the tithes and the

dedicated [things] faithfully: over which Cononiah the Levite

[was] ruler, and Shimei his brother [was] the next.

2CH 31:13 And Jehiel, and Azaziah, and Nahath, and Asahel, and

Jerimoth, and Jozabad, and Eliel, and Ismachiah, and Mahath, and

Benaiah, [were] overseers under the hand of Cononiah and Shimei

his brother, at the commandment of Hezekiah the king, and

Azariah the ruler of the house of God.

2CH 31:14 And Kore the son of Imnah the Levite, the porter

toward the east, [was] over the freewill offerings of God, to

distribute the oblations of the LORD, and the most holy things.

2CH 31:15 And next him [were] Eden, and Miniamin, and Jeshua,

and Shemaiah, Amariah, and Shecaniah, in the cities of the

priests, in [their] set office, to give to their brethren by

courses, as well to the great as to the small:

2CH 31:16 Beside their genealogy of males, from three years old

and upward, [even] unto every one that entereth into the house

of the LORD, his daily portion for their service in their

charges according to their courses;

2CH 31:17 Both to the genealogy of the priests by the house of

their fathers, and the Levites from twenty years old and upward,

in their charges by their courses;

2CH 31:18 And to the genealogy of all their little ones, their

wives, and their sons, and their daughters, through all the

congregation: for in their set office they sanctified themselves

in holiness:

2CH 31:19 Also of the sons of Aaron the priests, [which were] in

the fields of the suburbs of their cities, in every several city,

the men that were expressed by name, to give portions to all

the males among the priests, and to all that were reckoned by

genealogies among the Levites.

2CH 31:20 And thus did Hezekiah throughout all Judah, and

wrought [that which was] good and right and truth before the

LORD his God.

2CH 31:21 And in every work that he began in the service of the

house of God, and in the law, and in the commandments, to seek

his God, he did [it] with all his heart, and prospered.

2CH 32:01 After these things, and the establishment thereof,

Sennacherib king of Assyria came, and entered into Judah, and

encamped against the fenced cities, and thought to win them for

himself.

2CH 32:02 And when Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib was come, and

that he was purposed to fight against Jerusalem,

2CH 32:03 He took counsel with his princes and his mighty men to

stop the waters of the fountains which [were] without the city:

and they did help him.

2CH 32:04 So there was gathered much people together, who

stopped all the fountains, and the brook that ran through the

midst of the land, saying, Why should the kings of Assyria come,

and find much water?

2CH 32:05 Also he strengthened himself, and built up all the

wall that was broken, and raised [it] up to the towers, and

another wall without, and repaired Millo [in] the city of David,

and made darts and shields in abundance.

2CH 32:06 And he set captains of war over the people, and

gathered them together to him in the street of the gate of the

city, and spake comfortably to them, saying,

2CH 32:07 Be strong and courageous, be not afraid nor dismayed

for the king of Assyria, nor for all the multitude that [is]

with him: for [there be] more with us than with him:

2CH 32:08 With him [is] an arm of flesh; but with us [is] the

LORD our God to help us, and to fight our battles. And the

people rested themselves upon the words of Hezekiah king of

Judah.

2CH 32:09 After this did Sennacherib king of Assyria send his

servants to Jerusalem, (but he [himself laid siege] against

Lachish, and all his power with him,) unto Hezekiah king of

Judah, and unto all Judah that [were] at Jerusalem, saying,

2CH 32:10 Thus saith Sennacherib king of Assyria, Whereon do ye

trust, that ye abide in the siege in Jerusalem?

2CH 32:11 Doth not Hezekiah persuade you to give over yourselves

to die by famine and by thirst, saying, The LORD our God shall

deliver us out of the hand of the king of Assyria?

2CH 32:12 Hath not the same Hezekiah taken away his high places

and his altars, and commanded Judah and Jerusalem, saying, Ye

shall worship before one altar, and burn incense upon it?

2CH 32:13 Know ye not what I and my fathers have done unto all

the people of [other] lands? were the gods of the nations of

those lands any ways able to deliver their lands out of mine

hand?

2CH 32:14 Who [was there] among all the gods of those nations

that my fathers utterly destroyed, that could deliver his people

out of mine hand, that your God should be able to deliver you

out of mine hand?

2CH 32:15 Now therefore let not Hezekiah deceive you, nor

persuade you on this manner, neither yet believe him: for no god

of any nation or kingdom was able to deliver his people out of

mine hand, and out of the hand of my fathers: how much less

shall your God deliver you out of mine hand?

2CH 32:16 And his servants spake yet [more] against the LORD God,

and against his servant Hezekiah.

2CH 32:17 He wrote also letters to rail on the LORD God of

Israel, and to speak against him, saying, As the gods of the

nations of [other] lands have not delivered their people out of

mine hand, so shall not the God of Hezekiah deliver his people

out of mine hand.

2CH 32:18 Then they cried with a loud voice in the Jews' speech

unto the people of Jerusalem that [were] on the wall, to

affright them, and to trouble them; that they might take the

city.

2CH 32:19 And they spake against the God of Jerusalem, as

against the gods of the people of the earth, [which were] the

work of the hands of man.

2CH 32:20 And for this [cause] Hezekiah the king, and the

prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz, prayed and cried to heaven.

2CH 32:21 And the LORD sent an angel, which cut off all the

mighty men of valour, and the leaders and captains in the camp

of the king of Assyria. So he returned with shame of face to his

own land. And when he was come into the house of his god, they

that came forth of his own bowels slew him there with the sword.

2CH 32:22 Thus the LORD saved Hezekiah and the inhabitants of

Jerusalem from the hand of Sennacherib the king of Assyria, and

from the hand of all [other], and guided them on every side.

2CH 32:23 And many brought gifts unto the LORD to Jerusalem, and

presents to Hezekiah king of Judah: so that he was magnified in

the sight of all nations from thenceforth.

2CH 32:24 In those days Hezekiah was sick to the death, and

prayed unto the LORD: and he spake unto him, and he gave him a

sign.

2CH 32:25 But Hezekiah rendered not again according to the

benefit [done] unto him; for his heart was lifted up: therefore

there was wrath upon him, and upon Judah and Jerusalem.

2CH 32:26 Notwithstanding Hezekiah humbled himself for the pride

of his heart, [both] he and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so

that the wrath of the LORD came not upon them in the days of

Hezekiah.

2CH 32:27 And Hezekiah had exceeding much riches and honour: and

he made himself treasuries for silver, and for gold, and for

precious stones, and for spices, and for shields, and for all

manner of pleasant jewels;

2CH 32:28 Storehouses also for the increase of corn, and wine,

and oil; and stalls for all manner of beasts, and cotes for

flocks.

2CH 32:29 Moreover he provided him cities, and possessions of

flocks and herds in abundance: for God had given him substance

very much.

2CH 32:30 This same Hezekiah also stopped the upper watercourse

of Gihon, and brought it straight down to the west side of the

city of David. And Hezekiah prospered in all his works.

2CH 32:31 Howbeit in [the business of] the ambassadors of the

princes of Babylon, who sent unto him to inquire of the wonder

that was [done] in the land, God left him, to try him, that he

might know all [that was] in his heart.

2CH 32:32 Now the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and his goodness,

behold, they [are] written in the vision of Isaiah the prophet,

the son of Amoz, [and] in the book of the kings of Judah and

Israel.

2CH 32:33 And Hezekiah slept with his fathers, and they buried

him in the chiefest of the sepulchres of the sons of David: and

all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem did him honour at his

death. And Manasseh his son reigned in his stead.

2CH 33:01 Manasseh [was] twelve years old when he began to reign,

and he reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem:

2CH 33:02 But did [that which was] evil in the sight of the LORD,

like unto the abominations of the heathen, whom the LORD had

cast out before the children of Israel.

2CH 33:03 For he built again the high places which Hezekiah his

father had broken down, and he reared up altars for Baalim, and

made groves, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served

them.

2CH 33:04 Also he built altars in the house of the LORD, whereof

the LORD had said, In Jerusalem shall my name be for ever.

2CH 33:05 And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the

two courts of the house of the LORD.

2CH 33:06 And he caused his children to pass through the fire in

the valley of the son of Hinnom: also he observed times, and

used enchantments, and used witchcraft, and dealt with a

familiar spirit, and with wizards: he wrought much evil in the

sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.

2CH 33:07 And he set a carved image, the idol which he had made,

in the house of God, of which God had said to David and to

Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have

chosen before all the tribes of Israel, will I put my name for

ever:

2CH 33:08 Neither will I any more remove the foot of Israel from

out of the land which I have appointed for your fathers; so that

they will take heed to do all that I have commanded them,

according to the whole law and the statutes and the ordinances

by the hand of Moses.

2CH 33:09 So Manasseh made Judah and the inhabitants of

Jerusalem to err, [and] to do worse than the heathen, whom the

LORD had destroyed before the children of Israel.

2CH 33:10 And the LORD spake to Manasseh, and to his people: but

they would not hearken.

2CH 33:11 Wherefore the LORD brought upon them the captains of

the host of the king of Assyria, which took Manasseh among the

thorns, and bound him with fetters, and carried him to Babylon.

2CH 33:12 And when he was in affliction, he besought the LORD

his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his

fathers,

2CH 33:13 And prayed unto him: and he was entreated of him, and

heard his supplication, and brought him again to Jerusalem into

his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the LORD he [was] God.

2CH 33:14 Now after this he built a wall without the city of

David, on the west side of Gihon, in the valley, even to the

entering in at the fish gate, and compassed about Ophel, and

raised it up a very great height, and put captains of war in all

the fenced cities of Judah.

2CH 33:15 And he took away the strange gods, and the idol out of

the house of the LORD, and all the altars that he had built in

the mount of the house of the LORD, and in Jerusalem, and cast

[them] out of the city.

2CH 33:16 And he repaired the altar of the LORD, and sacrificed

thereon peace offerings and thank offerings, and commanded Judah

to serve the LORD God of Israel.

2CH 33:17 Nevertheless the people did sacrifice still in the

high places, [yet] unto the LORD their God only.

2CH 33:18 Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and his prayer

unto his God, and the words of the seers that spake to him in

the name of the LORD God of Israel, behold, they [are written]

in the book of the kings of Israel.

2CH 33:19 His prayer also, and [how God] was entreated of him,

and all his sins, and his trespass, and the places wherein he

built high places, and set up groves and graven images, before

he was humbled: behold, they [are] written among the sayings of

the seers.

2CH 33:20 So Manasseh slept with his fathers, and they buried

him in his own house: and Amon his son reigned in his stead.

2CH 33:21 Amon [was] two and twenty years old when he began to

reign, and reigned two years in Jerusalem.

2CH 33:22 But he did [that which was] evil in the sight of the

LORD, as did Manasseh his father: for Amon sacrificed unto all

the carved images which Manasseh his father had made, and served

them;

2CH 33:23 And humbled not himself before the LORD, as Manasseh

his father had humbled himself; but Amon trespassed more and

more.

2CH 33:24 And his servants conspired against him, and slew him

in his own house.

2CH 33:25 But the people of the land slew all them that had

conspired against king Amon; and the people of the land made

Josiah his son king in his stead.

2CH 34:01 Josiah [was] eight years old when he began to reign,

and he reigned in Jerusalem one and thirty years.

2CH 34:02 And he did [that which was] right in the sight of the

LORD, and walked in the ways of David his father, and declined

[neither] to the right hand, nor to the left.

2CH 34:03 For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet

young, he began to seek after the God of David his father: and

in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem from

the high places, and the groves, and the carved images, and the

molten images.

2CH 34:04 And they brake down the altars of Baalim in his

presence; and the images, that [were] on high above them, he cut

down; and the groves, and the carved images, and the molten

images, he brake in pieces, and made dust [of them], and strowed

[it] upon the graves of them that had sacrificed unto them.

2CH 34:05 And he burnt the bones of the priests upon their

altars, and cleansed Judah and Jerusalem.

2CH 34:06 And [so did he] in the cities of Manasseh, and Ephraim,

and Simeon, even unto Naphtali, with their mattocks round about.

2CH 34:07 And when he had broken down the altars and the groves,

and had beaten the graven images into powder, and cut down all

the idols throughout all the land of Israel, he returned to

Jerusalem.

2CH 34:08 Now in the eighteenth year of his reign, when he had

purged the land, and the house, he sent Shaphan the son of

Azaliah, and Maaseiah the governor of the city, and Joah the son

of Joahaz the recorder, to repair the house of the LORD his God.

2CH 34:09 And when they came to Hilkiah the high priest, they

delivered the money that was brought into the house of God,

which the Levites that kept the doors had gathered of the hand

of Manasseh and Ephraim, and of all the remnant of Israel, and

of all Judah and Benjamin; and they returned to Jerusalem.

2CH 34:10 And they put [it] in the hand of the workmen that had

the oversight of the house of the LORD, and they gave it to the

workmen that wrought in the house of the LORD, to repair and

amend the house:

2CH 34:11 Even to the artificers and builders gave they [it], to

buy hewn stone, and timber for couplings, and to floor the

houses which the kings of Judah had destroyed.

2CH 34:12 And the men did the work faithfully: and the overseers

of them [were] Jahath and Obadiah, the Levites, of the sons of

Merari; and Zechariah and Meshullam, of the sons of the

Kohathites, to set [it] forward; and [other of] the Levites, all

that could skill of instruments of music.

2CH 34:13 Also [they were] over the bearers of burdens, and

[were] overseers of all that wrought the work in any manner of

service: and of the Levites [there were] scribes, and officers,

and porters.

2CH 34:14 And when they brought out the money that was brought

into the house of the LORD, Hilkiah the priest found a book of

the law of the LORD [given] by Moses.

2CH 34:15 And Hilkiah answered and said to Shaphan the scribe, I

have found the book of the law in the house of the LORD. And

Hilkiah delivered the book to Shaphan.

2CH 34:16 And Shaphan carried the book to the king, and brought

the king word back again, saying, All that was committed to thy

servants, they do [it].

2CH 34:17 And they have gathered together the money that was

found in the house of the LORD, and have delivered it into the

hand of the overseers, and to the hand of the workmen.

2CH 34:18 Then Shaphan the scribe told the king, saying, Hilkiah

the priest hath given me a book. And Shaphan read it before the

king.

2CH 34:19 And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words

of the law, that he rent his clothes.

2CH 34:20 And the king commanded Hilkiah, and Ahikam the son of

Shaphan, and Abdon the son of Micah, and Shaphan the scribe, and

Asaiah a servant of the king's, saying,

2CH 34:21 Go, inquire of the LORD for me, and for them that are

left in Israel and in Judah, concerning the words of the book

that is found: for great [is] the wrath of the LORD that is

poured out upon us, because our fathers have not kept the word

of the LORD, to do after all that is written in this book.

2CH 34:22 And Hilkiah, and [they] that the king [had appointed],

went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of

Tikvath, the son of Hasrah, keeper of the wardrobe; (now she

dwelt in Jerusalem in the college:) and they spake to her to

that [effect].

2CH 34:23 And she answered them, Thus saith the LORD God of

Israel, Tell ye the man that sent you to me,

2CH 34:24 Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will bring evil upon

this place, and upon the inhabitants thereof, [even] all the

curses that are written in the book which they have read before

the king of Judah:

2CH 34:25 Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense

unto other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all

the works of their hands; therefore my wrath shall be poured out

upon this place, and shall not be quenched.

2CH 34:26 And as for the king of Judah, who sent you to inquire

of the LORD, so shall ye say unto him, Thus saith the LORD God

of Israel [concerning] the words which thou hast heard;

2CH 34:27 Because thine heart was tender, and thou didst humble

thyself before God, when thou heardest his words against this

place, and against the inhabitants thereof, and humbledst

thyself before me, and didst rend thy clothes, and weep before

me; I have even heard [thee] also, saith the LORD.

2CH 34:28 Behold, I will gather thee to thy fathers, and thou

shalt be gathered to thy grave in peace, neither shall thine

eyes see all the evil that I will bring upon this place, and

upon the inhabitants of the same. So they brought the king word

again.

2CH 34:29 Then the king sent and gathered together all the

elders of Judah and Jerusalem.

2CH 34:30 And the king went up into the house of the LORD, and

all the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and the

priests, and the Levites, and all the people, great and small:

and he read in their ears all the words of the book of the

covenant that was found in the house of the LORD.

2CH 34:31 And the king stood in his place, and made a covenant

before the LORD, to walk after the LORD, and to keep his

commandments, and his testimonies, and his statutes, with all

his heart, and with all his soul, to perform the words of the

covenant which are written in this book.

2CH 34:32 And he caused all that were present in Jerusalem and

Benjamin to stand [to it]. And the inhabitants of Jerusalem did

according to the covenant of God, the God of their fathers.

2CH 34:33 And Josiah took away all the abominations out of all

the countries that [pertained] to the children of Israel, and

made all that were present in Israel to serve, [even] to serve

the LORD their God. [And] all his days they departed not from

following the LORD, the God of their fathers.

2CH 35:01 Moreover Josiah kept a passover unto the LORD in

Jerusalem: and they killed the passover on the fourteenth [day]

of the first month.

2CH 35:02 And he set the priests in their charges, and

encouraged them to the service of the house of the LORD,

2CH 35:03 And said unto the Levites that taught all Israel,

which were holy unto the LORD, Put the holy ark in the house

which Solomon the son of David king of Israel did build; [it

shall] not [be] a burden upon [your] shoulders: serve now the

LORD your God, and his people Israel,

2CH 35:04 And prepare [yourselves] by the houses of your fathers,

after your courses, according to the writing of David king of

Israel, and according to the writing of Solomon his son.

2CH 35:05 And stand in the holy [place] according to the

divisions of the families of the fathers of your brethren the

people, and [after] the division of the families of the Levites.

2CH 35:06 So kill the passover, and sanctify yourselves, and

prepare your brethren, that [they] may do according to the word

of the LORD by the hand of Moses.

2CH 35:07 And Josiah gave to the people, of the flock, lambs and

kids, all for the passover offerings, for all that were present,

to the number of thirty thousand, and three thousand bullocks:

these [were] of the king's substance.

2CH 35:08 And his princes gave willingly unto the people, to the

priests, and to the Levites: Hilkiah and Zechariah and Jehiel,

rulers of the house of God, gave unto the priests for the

passover offerings two thousand and six hundred [small cattle],

and three hundred oxen.

2CH 35:09 Conaniah also, and Shemaiah and Nethaneel, his

brethren, and Hashabiah and Jeiel and Jozabad, chief of the

Levites, gave unto the Levites for passover offerings five

thousand [small cattle], and five hundred oxen.

2CH 35:10 So the service was prepared, and the priests stood in

their place, and the Levites in their courses, according to the

king's commandment.

2CH 35:11 And they killed the passover, and the priests

sprinkled [the blood] from their hands, and the Levites flayed

[them].

2CH 35:12 And they removed the burnt offerings, that they might

give according to the divisions of the families of the people,

to offer unto the LORD, as [it is] written in the book of Moses.

And so [did they] with the oxen.

2CH 35:13 And they roasted the passover with fire according to

the ordinance: but the [other] holy [offerings] sod they in pots,

and in caldrons, and in pans, and divided [them] speedily among

all the people.

2CH 35:14 And afterward they made ready for themselves, and for

the priests: because the priests the sons of Aaron [were busied]

in offering of burnt offerings and the fat until night;

therefore the Levites prepared for themselves, and for the

priests the sons of Aaron.

2CH 35:15 And the singers the sons of Asaph [were] in their

place, according to the commandment of David, and Asaph, and

Heman, and Jeduthun the king's seer; and the porters [waited] at

every gate; they might not depart from their service; for their

brethren the Levites prepared for them.

2CH 35:16 So all the service of the LORD was prepared the same

day, to keep the passover, and to offer burnt offerings upon the

altar of the LORD, according to the commandment of king Josiah.

2CH 35:17 And the children of Israel that were present kept the

passover at that time, and the feast of unleavened bread seven

days.

2CH 35:18 And there was no passover like to that kept in Israel

from the days of Samuel the prophet; neither did all the kings

of Israel keep such a passover as Josiah kept, and the priests,

and the Levites, and all Judah and Israel that were present, and

the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

2CH 35:19 In the eighteenth year of the reign of Josiah was this

passover kept.

2CH 35:20 After all this, when Josiah had prepared the temple,

Necho king of Egypt came up to fight against Charchemish by

Euphrates: and Josiah went out against him.

2CH 35:21 But he sent ambassadors to him, saying, What have I to

do with thee, thou king of Judah? [I come] not against thee this

day, but against the house wherewith I have war: for God

commanded me to make haste: forbear thee from [meddling with]

God, who [is] with me, that he destroy thee not.

2CH 35:22 Nevertheless Josiah would not turn his face from him,

but disguised himself, that he might fight with him, and

hearkened not unto the words of Necho from the mouth of God, and

came to fight in the valley of Megiddo.

2CH 35:23 And the archers shot at king Josiah; and the king said

to his servants, Have me away; for I am sore wounded.

2CH 35:24 His servants therefore took him out of that chariot,

and put him in the second chariot that he had; and they brought

him to Jerusalem, and he died, and was buried in [one of] the

sepulchres of his fathers. And all Judah and Jerusalem mourned

for Josiah.

2CH 35:25 And Jeremiah lamented for Josiah: and all the singing

men and the singing women spake of Josiah in their lamentations

to this day, and made them an ordinance in Israel: and, behold,

they [are] written in the lamentations.

2CH 35:26 Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and his goodness,

according to [that which was] written in the law of the LORD,

2CH 35:27 And his deeds, first and last, behold, they [are]

written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah.

2CH 36:01 Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of

Josiah, and made him king in his father's stead in Jerusalem.

2CH 36:02 Jehoahaz [was] twenty and three years old when he

began to reign, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem.

2CH 36:03 And the king of Egypt put him down at Jerusalem, and

condemned the land in an hundred talents of silver and a talent

of gold.

2CH 36:04 And the king of Egypt made Eliakim his brother king

over Judah and Jerusalem, and turned his name to Jehoiakim. And

Necho took Jehoahaz his brother, and carried him to Egypt.

2CH 36:05 Jehoiakim [was] twenty and five years old when he

began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem: and he

did [that which was] evil in the sight of the LORD his God.

2CH 36:06 Against him came up Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon,

and bound him in fetters, to carry him to Babylon.

2CH 36:07 Nebuchadnezzar also carried of the vessels of the

house of the LORD to Babylon, and put them in his temple at

Babylon.

2CH 36:08 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and his

abominations which he did, and that which was found in him,

behold, they [are] written in the book of the kings of Israel

and Judah: and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead.

2CH 36:09 Jehoiachin [was] eight years old when he began to

reign, and he reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem:

and he did [that which was] evil in the sight of the LORD.

12CH 36:10 And when the year was expired, king Nebuchadnezzar

sent,

and brought him to Babylon, with the goodly vessels of the house

the LORD, and made Zedekiah his brother king over Judah and

Jerusalem. 2CH 36:11 Zedekiah [was] one and twenty years old when

he began to reign, and reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. 2CH 36:

And he did [that which was] evil in the sight of the LORD his

God,

[and] humbled not himself before Jeremiah the prophet [speaking]

from the mouth of the LORD. 2CH 36:13 And he also rebelled

against

king Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God: but he

stiffened

his neck, and hardened his heart from turning unto the LORD God

Israel. 2CH 36:14 Moreover all the chief of the priests, and the

people, transgressed very much after all the abominations of the

heathen; and polluted the house of the LORD which he had

hallowed in

Jerusalem. 2CH 36:15 And the LORD God of their fathers sent to

them

by his messengers, rising up betimes, and sending; because he had

compassion on his people, and on his dwelling place: 2CH 36:16

But

they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and

misused his prophets, until the wrath of the LORD arose against

his

people, till [there was] no remedy. 2CH 36:17 Therefore he

brought

upon them the king of the Chaldees, who slew their young men with

the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion

upon young man or maiden, old man, or him that stooped for age:

gave [them] all into his hand. 2CH 36:18 And all the vessels of

the

house of God, great and small, and the treasures of the house of

the

LORD, and the treasures of the king, and of his princes; all

[these]

he brought to Babylon. 2CH 36:19 And they burnt the house of God,

and brake down the wall of Jerusalem, and burnt all the palaces

thereof with fire, and destroyed all the goodly vessels thereof.

2CH

36:20 And them that had escaped from the sword carried he away to

Babylon; where they were servants to him and his sons until the

reign of the kingdom of Persia: 2CH 36:21 To fulfil the word of

the

LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed her

sabbaths: [for] as long as she lay desolate she kept sabbath, to

fulfil threescore and ten years. 2CH 36:22 Now in the first year

Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD [spoken] by the

mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, the LORD stirred up the

spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation

throughout all his kingdom, and [put it] also in writing, saying,

2CH 36:23 Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, All the kingdoms of

the earth hath the LORD God of heaven given me; and he hath

charged me to build him an house in Jerusalem, which [is] in

Judah. Who [is there] among you of all his people? The LORD his

God [be] with him, and let him go up.