Jehoash giveth order for 878. 1 ch. 10. 26. m Deut. 12. 3. 856. Before Iland went into the house of 7 Then king Jehoash called Before CHRIST Baal, and brake it down; his al- for Jehoiada the priest, and the CHRIST tars and his images m brake they other priests, and said unto them, in pieces thoroughly, and slew Why repair ye not the breaches 52 Chr. 24. 6. 2 Chr. 23. 17. Mattan the priest of Baal before of the house? now therefore rethe altars. And the priest ap-ceive no more money of your acpointed tofficers over the house quaintance, but deliver it for of the LORD. the breaches of the house. 8 And the priests consented to receive no more money of the people, neither to repair the breaches of the house. n2 Chr. 23. 02 Chr. 24. 1. a 2 Chr. 24. 1. b1 Kings 15. 14. & 22. 43. ch. 14. 4. © ch. 22. 4. d Ex. 30. 13. † Heb. the money of his estima tion, 19 And he took the rulers over hundreds, and the captains, and the guard, and all the people of the land; and they brought down the king from the house of the LORD, and came by the way of the gate of the guard to the king's house. And he sat on the throne of the kings. 20 And all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was in quiet and they slew Athaliah with the sword beside the king's house. 21 Seven years old was Jehoash when he began to reign. &c. 9 But Jehoiada the priest took ha chest, and bored a hole in the h2 Chr. 24. 8, lid of it, and set it beside the altar, on the right side as one cometh into the house of the LORD: and the priests that kept the † door put therein all thet Heb money that was brought into the house of the LORD. threshold. secretary. † Heb. bound up. 10 And it was so, when they CHAPTER XII. the seventh year of Jehu, In Joash began to reign; had the oversight of the house and forty years reigned he in 4 And Jehoash said to the of the LORD: and they laid it Heb. 12 And to masons, and hew- 13 Howbeit there were not made for the house of the LORD bowls of silver, snuffers, basins, trumpets, any vessels of gold, or vessels of silver, of the money that was brought into the house of the LORD: 14 But they gave that to the the souls of and all the money that tecom-workmen, and repaired there- Lev. 27. 2. † Heb. ascendeth upon the heart of a man. Ex. 35. 5. 1 Chr. 29. 9. 856. 5 Let the priests take it to them, every man of his acquaintance: and let them repair the breaches of the house, wheresoever any breach shall be found. 6 But it was so, that tin the Heb. in the three and twentieth year of king Jehoash the priests had not repaired the breaches of the twentieth year and third year. f2 Chr. 24. 5. house. Joash is slain by his servants. II. KINGS. Jehoahaz' wicked reign. Before about 842. Before set his face to go up to Jerusa- | a saviour, so that they went out CHRIST lem. from under the hand of the CHRIST about 840. Syrians: and the children of Israel dwelt in their tents, tas beforetime. P1 Kings 15. ch. 18. 15, 16. 18. ↑ Heb. went up. 839. ch. 14. 5. 2 Chr. 24. 25. T2 Chr. 24.26, Or. Shimrith 839. By Chr. 24. 27 856. † Heb. the twentieth year and third year. † Heb. walked after. about 849. a Judg. 2. 14. bch. 8. 12. about 842. Ps. 78. 34. d Ex. 3. 7. ch. 14. 26. 18 And Jehoash king of Judah Ptook all the hallowed things that Jehoshaphat, and Jehoram, and Ahaziah, his fathers, kings of Judah, had dedicated, and his own hallowed things, and all the gold that was found in the treasures of the house of the LORD, and in the king's house, and sent it to Hazael king of Syria: and he went away from Jeru salem. 19¶ And the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Judah? 20 And his servants arose, and made a conspiracy, and slew Joash in the house of Millo, which goeth down to Silla. 21 For Jozachar the son of Shimeath, and Jehozabad the son of Shomer, his servants, smote him, and he died; and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David: and Amaziah his son reigned in his stead. CHAPTER XIII. 1 Jehoahaz wicked reign, 3 Jehoahaz, oppressed by Hazael, is relieved by prayer, 8 Joash succeedeth him. 10 His wicked reign. 12 Jeroboam succeed th him. 14 sha dying prophesieth to Joash three victories over the Syrians. 20 The Moabites invading the land, Elisha's bones raise up a dead man. 22 Hazael dying, Joash getteth three victories over Ben-hadad. † the three and twentieth In and might wherewith he fought 2 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, and t followed the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which made Israel to sin; he departed not therefrom. 3 And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Is rael, and he delivered them into the hand of Hazael king of Syria, and into the hand of Benhadad the son of Hazael, all their days. 4 And Jehoahaz besought the LORD, and the LORD hearkened unto him: for he saw the oppression of Israel, because the See ver. 25. king of Syria oppressed them. 5 And the LORD gave Israel & ch. 14. 25, 27. 13 And Joash slept with his fathers; and Jeroboam sat upon his throne: and Joash was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel. h ch. 14. 15. See ver. 14. & 25. kch. 14.9, &c. 2 Chr. 25. 17, &c. 825. 14 Now Elisha was fallen sick about 839. of his sickness whereof he died. And Joash the king of Israel came down unto him, and wept over his face, and said, O my father, my father! the chariot of Ich, 2. 12. Israel, and the horsemen thereof. 15 And Elisha said unto him, Take bow and arrows. And he took unto him bow and arrows. 16 And he said to the king of! Israel, Put thine hand upon the bow. And he put his hand Elisha's sickness and death. Before CHRIST about 839. II. KINGS. Amaziah's good reign over Judah. upon it: and Elisha put his hands upon the king's hands. 17 And he said, Open the window eastward. And he opened it. Then Elisha said, Shoot. And he shot. And he said, The arrow of the LORD'S deliverance, and the arrow of deliverance from Syria: for thou shalt smite m1 Kings 20. the Syrians in m Aphek, till thou have consumed them. 26. n ver, 25. about 838. ↑ Heb. went down. 9 ch. 8. 12. P ch. 14. 27. 9 Ex. 2. 24, 25. Ex. 32 13. ↑ Heb face. about 839. ↑ Heb. returned and took. s ver. 18, 19 about 836. 18 And he said, Take the arrows. And he took them. And he said unto the king of Israel, Smite upon the ground. And he smote thrice, and stayed. 19 And the man of God was wroth with him, and said, Thou shouldest have smitten five or six times; then hadst thou smitten Syria till thou hadst consumed it: whereas now thou shalt smite Syria but thrice. 20 And Elisha died, and they buried him. And the bands of the Moabites invaded the land at the coming in of the year. 21 And it came to pass, as they were burying a man, that, behold, they spied a band of men; and they cast the man into the sepulchre of Elisha: and when the man was let down, and touched the bones of Elisha, he revived, and stood up on his feet. 22 But Hazael king of Syria oppressed Israel all the days of Jehoahaz. 25 And Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz took again out of the hand of Ben-hadad the son of Hazael the cities, which he had taken out of the hand of Jehoahaz his father by war. s Three times did Joash beat him, and recovered the cities of Israel. CHAPTER XIV. 1 Amaziah's good reign. 5 His justice on the murderers of his father. 7 This victory orer Edom. 8 Amaziah, provoking Jehoash, is overcome and spoiled. 15 Jeroboam succeedeth Jehoash. 17 Amaziah slain by a conspiracy. 21 Azariah succeedeth him. 23 Jeroboam's wicked reign. 28 Zachariah succeedeth him. Nathe second year of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel CHRIST reigned b Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah. 2 He was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem. 3 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, yet not like David his father: he did according to all things as Joash his father did. с 839. ach. 13. 10. b 2 Chr. 25. 1. 4 Howbeit the high places ch. 12. 3. were not taken away: as yet the people did sacrifice and burnt incense on the high places. 5 And it came to pass, as soon as the kingdom was confirmed in his hand, that he slew his servants dwhich had slain d ch. 12. 20. the king his father. 6 But the children of the murderers he slew not: according unto that which is written in the book of the law of Moses, wherein the LORD commanded, saying, The fathers shall not be put to Deut. 24 16 death for the children, nor the children be put to death for the fathers; but every man shall be put to death for his own sin. 9 And Jehoash the king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the Icedar that was in Lebanon, say-11 Kings 4. 33. ing, Give thy daughter to my son to wife: and there passed by a wild beast that was in Lebanon, and trode down the thistle. 2 Chr. 32. 25. Ez 28 2,5, 17. Hab. 2.4. 1 Heb. 10 Thou hast indeed smitten Edom, and mthine heart hath Dent. 8. 14. lifted thee up: glory of this, and tarry at home: for why shouldest thou meddle to thy hurt, that thou shouldest fall, even thou, at thy house. and Judah with thee? 11 But Amaziah would not hear. Therefore Jchoash king of Israel went up; and he and Amaziah king of Judah looked one an He is slain by a conspiracy. Before CHRIST about 826. & 21. 16. + Heb. was smitten. II. KINGS. Jeroboam's bad reign over Israel. other in the face at Beth-she- | Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who mesh, which belongeth to Judah. 12 And Judah was put to the Josh. 19. 38. worse before Israel; and they fled every man to their tents. 13 And Jchoash king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Jehoash the son of Ahaziah, at Beth-shemesh, and came to Jerusalem, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim unto rthe corZech. 14. 10. ner gate, four hundred cubits. • Neh. 8. 16. & 12.39. P Jer. 31.38. 91 Kings 7.51. about 825. ch. 13. 12. $2 Chr. 25. 25, &c. t2 Chr. 25. 27. 14 And he took all the gold and silver, and all the vessels that were found in the house of the LORD, and in the treasures of the king's house, and hostages, and returned to Samaria. 15 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoash which he did, and his might, and how he fought with Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written in the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel? 16 And Jehoash slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel; and Jeroboam his son reigned in his stead. 17 And Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years. 18 And the rest of the acts of Amaziah, are they not written in the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Judah? 19 Now they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem: "Josh. 10, 31. and he fled to "Lachish; but they sent after him to Lachish, and slew him there 810. made Israel to sin. 25 He restored the coast of Is Before CHRIST 825. & 34. 8. a Deut. 3. 17. rael from the entering of Ha-Num. 13. 21 Matt. 12. 39, 40, called Junus. 822. af-Josh. 19. 13. ach. 13. 4. Deut. 32. 36. 26 For the LORD dsaw the fliction of Israel, that it was very bitter: for ethere was not any shut up, nor any left, nor any helper for Israel. 27 And the LORD said not that fch. 13. 5. he would blot out the name of Israel from under heaven: but he saved them by the hand of Jeroboam the son of Joash. 28 Now the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, and all that he did, and his might, how he warred, and how he recovered Damascus, and Hamath, which belonged to Judah, for Israel, are they not written in the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel? 29 And Jerobam slept with his fathers, even with the kings of Israel; and Zachariah his son reigned in his stead. CHAPTER XV. 1 Azariah's good reign. 5 lle dying a leper. IN the twenty and seventh year 2 Sixteen years old was he 52 Sam. 8. 6. 1 Kings 11. 24 2 Chr. 8. 3. h After an in terregnum of 11 years, ch. 15 8. 784. about 810. This is the 27th year of Jeroboam's partnership in the kingdom with his father, Who made him consort at his going to the Syri an wars. It is the six teenth year of Jerobo am's mon 3 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, archy according to all that his father Amaziah had done; a ch 14. 21. b Called ver 13, 30, 4 Save that the high places h were not removed: the people sacrificed and burnt incense still on the high places. ver 35. Ch. 12. 3. & 14 4. about 765. d2 Chr 26. 5¶ And the LORD dsmote the about 758. 6 And the rest of the acts of Azariah, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Judah? 7 So Azariah slept with his fa12 Chr. 26. 23. thers; and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David and Jotham his son reigned in his stead. about 773. There hav ing beer an interregnum for 11 years. about 772. 8 In the thirty and eighth year of Azariah king of Judah did Zachariah the son of Jeroboam reign over Israel in Samaria six months. 9 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, as his fathers had done: he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin. 10 And Shallum the son of Jabesh conspired against him, and As prophe. smote him before the people, and slew him, and reigned in his stead. sied, Amos 7, 9. b ch. 10. 30. about 772. called Ozias, and ver. 1, Azariah. ↑ Heb. 11 And the rest of the acts of Zachariah, behold, they are written in the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel. 12 This was the word of the LORD which he spake unto Jehu, saying, Thy sons shall sit on the throne of Israel unto the fourth generation. And so it came to pass. 13 Shallum the son of Jabesh began to reign in the nine and iMatt 1.8.9. thirtieth year of Uzziah king of Judah; and he reigned a full month in Samaria. 14 For Menahem the son of a month of Gadi went up from k Tirzah, and came to Samaria, and smote Shallum the son of Jabesh in Samaria, and slew him, and reigned in his stead. days. k 1 Kings 14. 17. Menahem, Pekahiah, Before 772. 17 In the nine and thirtieth year of Azariah king of Judah CHRIST began Menahem the son of Gadi to reign over Israel, and reigned ten years in Samaria. 771. Is. 9. 1. ch. 14. 5. 18 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD: he departed not all his days from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin. 19 And Pul the king of Assyria came against the land: and Men- Chr. 5. 26. ahem gave Pul a thousand talents of silver, that his hand might be with him to confirm the kingdom in his hand. 20 And Menahem exacted thet money of Israel, even of all the mighty men of wealth, of each man fifty shekels of silver, to give to the king of Assyria. So the king of Assyria turned back, and stayed not there in the land. 21 ¶ And the rest of the acts of Menahem, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel? 22 And Menahem slept with his fathers; and Pekahiah his son reigned in his stead. 23 [ In the fifticth year of Azariah king of Judah, Pekahiah the son of Menahem began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned two years. 24 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD: he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin. 25 But Pekah the son of Remaliah, a captain of his, conspired against him, and smote him in Samaria, in the palace of the king's house, with Argob and Arich, and with him fifty men of the Gileadites: and he killed him, and reigned in his room. 26 And the rest of the acts of Pekahiah, and all that he did, behold, they are written in the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel. |