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  1:1 And Solomon the son of David h him, and magnified him exceedingly.

  1:2 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.

  1:3 So Solomon, and all the gregation he wilderness.

  1:4 But the ark of God had David brought up from Kirjathjearim to the placeJerusalem.

  1:5 Moreover the brasen altar, that Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, had made, he put before the tabernacle of the LORD: and Solomon and the gregation sought unto it.

  1:6 And Solomon .

  1:7 In that night did God appear unto Solomon, and said unto him, Ask hee.

  1:8 And Solomon said unto God, Thou hast sheead.

  1:9 Noude.

  1:10 Give me no?

  1:11 And God said to Solomon, Because this hee king:

  1:12 Wisdom and knohe like.

  1:13 Then Solomon came from his jouro the high place that ion, and reigned over Israel.

  1:14 And Solomon gathered chariots and horsemen: and he had a thousand and four hundred chariots, andelve thousand horsemen,Jerusalem.

  1:15 And the king made silver and gold at Jerusalem as plenteous as stones, and cedar trees made he as the sore trees that are in the vale for abundance.

  1:16 And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and linen yarn: the king"s merts received the linen yarn at a price.

  1:17 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 sht they out horses for all the kings of the Hittites, and for the kings of Syria, by their means.

  2:1 And Solomoermio build an house for the name of the LORD, and an house for his kingdom.

  2:2 And Solomon told out threescore ahousao bear burdens, and fourscore thousand to hehem.

  2:3 And Solomoo Huram the king of Tyre, saying, As thou didst deal h me.

  2:4 Behold, I build an house to the name of the LORD my God, to dedicate it to him, and to burn before him so Israel.

  2:5 And the houseis od above all gods.

  2:6 But o burn sacrifice before him?

  2:7 Send me noher did provide.

  2:8 Send me also cedar trees, fir trees, and algum trees, out of Lebanon: for I knos,

  2:9 Even to prepare me timber in abundance: for the house .

  2:10 And, behold, I hs of oil.

  2:11 Then Huram the king of Tyre anshem.

  2:12 Huram said moreover, Blessed be the Lod of Israel, that made heaven ah, he LORD, and an house for his kingdom.

  2:13 And noher"s,

  2:14 The son of a her.

  2:15 Nos:

  2:16 And o Jerusalem.

  2:17 And Solomon numbered all the strahat housand and six hundred.

  2:18 A threescore ahousand of them to be bearers of burdens, and fourscore thousand to be hehe people a work.

  3:1 Then Solomon began to build the house of the LORD at Jerusalem in mount Moriah, e.

  3:2 And he began to build in the sed day of the seonth, in the fourth year of his reign.

  3:3 Nos.

  3:4 And the porch that h pure gold.

  3:5 And the greater house he cieled rees and s.

  3:6 And he garhe house he gold was gold of Parvaim.

  3:7 He overlaid also the house, the beams, the posts, and the he walls.

  3:8 And he made the most holy house, the length s.

  3:9 And the h gold.

  3:10 And in the most holy house he madeo cherubims of image h gold.

  3:11 And the her cherub.

  3:12 And one her cherub.

  3:13 The heir faces were inward.

  3:14 And he made the vail of blue, and purple, and crimson, and fine linen, and hereon.

  3:15 Also he made before the houseo pillars of thirty and five cubits high, and the chapiter that s.

  3:16 And he made s, as in the oracle, and put them on the heads of the pillars; and made an hundred pomegranates, and put them on the s.

  3:17 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 Ja, and the name of that on the left Boaz.

  4:1 Moreover he made an altar of brass,enty cubits the length thereof, ay cubits the breadth thereof, and ten cubits the height thereof.

  4:2 Also he made a molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim, round inpass, and five cubits the height thereof; and a line of thirty cubits didpass it round about.

  4:3 And u .

  4:4 It stood uponelve oxen, three looking tos were inward.

  4:5 And the thiess of it hs.

  4:6 He made also ten lavers, and put five on the right hand, and five on the left, to o wash in.

  4:7 And he made ten dlesticks of gold acc to their form, ahem iemple, five on the right hand, and five on the left.

  4:8 He made also ten tables, and placed them iemple, five on the right side, and five on the left. And he made an hundred basons of gold.

  4:9 Furthermore he made the court of the priests, and the great court, and doors for the court, and overlaid the doors of them h brass.

  4:10 A the sea on the right side of the east end, ainst the south.

  4:11 And Huram made the pots, and the shovels, and the basons. And Huram fihe he house of God;

  4:12 To he pillars;

  4:13 And four hundred pomegranates on theo he pillars.

  4:14 He made also bases, and lavers made he upon the bases;

  4:15 One sea, andelve oxen u.

  4:16 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 ht brass.

  4:17 In the plain of Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay ground been Succoth and Zeredathah.

  4:18 Thus Solomon made all these vessels i abundance: for the .

  4:19 And Solomon made all the vessels that ;

  4:20 Moreover the dlesticks he oracle, of pure gold;

  4:21 And the flo gold;

  4:22 And the snuffers, and the basons, and the spoons, and the sers, 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.

  5:1 Thus all the he house of God.

  5:2 Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the chief of the fathers of the children of Israel, unto Jerusalem, t up the ark of the ant of the LORD out of the city of David, which is Zion.

  5:3 Wherefore all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto the king in the feast h.

  5:4 And all the elders of Israel came; and the Levites took up the ark.

  5:5 And they brought up the ark, and the tabernacle of the gregation, and all the holy vessels that es bring up.

  5:6 Also king Solomon, and all the gregation of Israel that ude.

  5:7 And the priests brought in the ark of the ant of the LORD unto his place, to the oracle of the house, into the most holy place, even uhe he cherubims:

  5:8 For the cherubims spread forth their hereof above.

  5:9 And they drehis day.

  5:10 There .

  5:11 And it came to pass,by course:

  5:12 Also the Levites s:)

  5:13 It came even to pass, as the trumpeters and singers he LORD;

  5:14 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.

  6:1 Then said Solomon, The LORD hath said that he hick darkness.

  6:2 But I have built an house of habitation for thee, and a place for thy dwelling for ever.

  6:3 And the king turned his face, and blessed the ood.

  6:4 And he said, Blessed be the Lod of Israel, her David, saying,

  6:5 Sihe 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; her chose I any man to be a ruler over my people Israel:

  6:6 But I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there; and have chosen David to be over my people Israel.

  6:7 Nohe Lod of Israel.

  6:8 But the LORD said to David my father, Forasmuch as it :

  6:9 Nithstanding thou shalt not build the house; but thy son he house for my name.

  6:10 The LORD therefore hath performed his he Lod of Israel.

  6:11 And in it have I put the ark, he children of Israel.

  6:12 Aood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of all the gregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands:

  6:13 For Solomon had made a brasen scaffold of five cubits long, and five cubits broad, and three cubits high, and had set it in the midst of the court: and upon it he stood, and kneeled dooward heaven.

  6:14 And said, od of Israel, there is no God like thee in the heaven, nor in the earth; s:

  6:15 Thou his day.

  6:16 No walked before me.

  6:17 No David.

  6:18 But !

  6:19 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 hee:

  6:20 That thine eyes may be open upon this house day and night, upon the place his place.

  6:21 Hearken therefore unto the supplications of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, , five.

  6:22 If a man sin against his neighbour, and an oath be laid upon him to make him shis house;

  6:23 Thehou from heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, by requiting the eousness.

  6:24 And if thy people Israel be put to the his house;

  6:25 Thehou from the heavens, and five the sin of thy people Israel, and bring them again unto the land hers.

  6:26 When the heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against thee; yet if they pray tohem;

  6:27 Thehou from heaven, and five the sin of thy servants, and of thy people Israel, ance.

  6:28 If there be dearth in the land, if there be pestilence, if there be blasting, or mildehere be:

  6:29 Then his house:

  6:30 Thehou from heaven thy dhe children of men:)

  6:31 That they may fear thee, to hers.

  6:32 Moreover ing the stranger, his house;

  6:33 Thehou from the heavens, even from thy dhy name.

  6:34 If thy people go out to hy name;

  6:35 Thehou from the heavens their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.

  6:36 If they sin against thee, (for there is no man o a land far off or near;

  6:37 Yet if they bethink themselves in the landwickedly;

  6:38 If they return to thee hy name:

  6:39 Thehou from the heavens, even from thy dhee.

  6:40 Nohis place.

  6:41 Nos rejoi goodness.

  6:42 od, turn not a.

  7:1 Nohe house.

  7:2 And the priests could er into the house of the LORD, because the glory of the LORD had filled the LORD"s house.

  7:3 And h for ever.

  7:4 Then the king and all the people offered sacrifices before the LORD.

  7:5 And king Solomon offered a sacrifice ofenty ando thousand oxen, and an hundred ay thousand sheep: so the king and all the people dedicated the house of God.

  7:6 And the priests ood.

  7:7 Moreover Solomon hallo.

  7:8 Also at the same time Solomohe feast seven days, and all Israel .

  7:9 And in the eighth day they made a solemn assembly: for they kept the dedication of the altar seven days, and the feast seven days.

  7:10 And ohree aieth day of the seventh month he sent the people ao Israel his people.

  7:11 Thus Solomon fihe 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 oed.

  7:12 And the LORD appeared to Solomon by night, and said unto him, I have heard thy prayer, and have chosen this playself for an house of sacrifice.

  7:13 If I shut up heaven that there be no rain, or if Imand the locusts to devour the land, or if I seilence among my people;

  7:14 If my people, heir land.

  7:15 Nohis place.

  7:16 For noually.

  7:17 And as for thee, if thou s;

  7:18 Then o be ruler in Israel.

  7:19 But if ye turn ahem;

  7:20 Then ions.

  7:21 And this house, his house?

  7:22 And it shall be anshem.

  8:1 And it came to pass at the end ofenty years, he LORD, and his own house,

  8:2 That the cities here.

  8:3 And Solomon .

  8:4 And he built Tadmor in the h.

  8:5 Also he built Bethhoron the upper, ahhoron theher, fenced cities, es, and bars;

  8:6 And Baalath, and all the store cities that Solomon had, and all the chariot cities, and the cities of the horsemen, and all that Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and throughout all the land of his dominion.

  8:7 As for all the people thatof Israel,

  8:8 But of their children, his day.

  8:9 But of the children of Israel did Solomon make no servants for his s and horsemen.

  8:10 And these he people.

  8:11 And Solomht up the daughter of Pharaoh out of the city of David unto the house that he had built for her: for he said, My he.

  8:12 Then Solomon offered burnt s unto the LORD oar of the LORD, he porch,

  8:13 Even after a certain rate every day,acc to thema of Moses, on the sabbaths, and on the neabernacles.

  8:14 And he appointed, acc 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 Godmanded.

  8:15 And they departed not from thema of the king unto the priests aes ing any matter, or ing the treasures.

  8:16 Noed.

  8:17 Then he land of Edom.

  8:18 And Huram sent him by the hands of his servants ships, and servants that had knoo king Solomon.

  9:1 And .

  9:2 And Solomon told her all her questions: and there .

  9:3 And ,

  9:4 And the meat of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and their apparel; his cupbearers also, and their apparel; and his ast byin her.

  9:5 And she said to the king, It hy wisdom:

  9:6 Ho I heard.

  9:7 Happy are thy men, and happy are these thy servants, hy wisdom.

  9:8 Blessed be the LORD thy God, ice.

  9:9 And she gave the king an hundred ay talents of gold, and of spices great abundance, and precious stones: her he queen of Sheba gave king Solomon.

  9:10 And the servants also of Huram, and the servants of Solomon, ones.

  9:11 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 he land of Judah.

  9:12 And king Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire, s.

  9:13 Nos of gold;

  9:14 Beside that o Solomon.

  9:15 And king Solomon madeo huargets of beaten gold: six hundred shekels of beaten gold .

  9:16 And three hundred shields made he of beaten gold: three hundred shekels of goldof Lebanon.

  9:17 Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it h pure gold.

  9:18 And there ays:

  9:19 Andelve lions stood there on the one side and oher upon the six steps. There he like made in any kingdom.

  9:20 And all the drinking vessels of king Solomon he days of Solomon.

  9:21 For the king"s ships he ships of Tarshish bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.

  9:22 And king Solomon passed all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom.

  9:23 And all the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon, to hear his .

  9:24 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.

  9:25 And Solomon had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots, andelve thousand horsemen;Jerusalem.

  9:26 And he reigned over all the kings from the river even unto the land of the Philistines, and to the border of Egypt.

  9:27 And the king made silver in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar trees made he as the sore trees that are in the low plains in abundance.

  9:28 And they brought unto Solomon horses out of Egypt, and out of all lands.

  9:29 No?

  9:30 And Solomned in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years.

  9:31 And Solomo ead.

  10:1 And Rehoboam o make him king.

  10:2 And it came to pass, .

  10:3 And they sent and called him. So Jeroboam and all Israel came and spake to Rehoboam, saying,

  10:4 Thy father made our yoke grievous: nohee.

  10:5 And he said unto them, e again unto me after three days. And the people departed.

  10:6 And king Rehoboam took sel his people?

  10:7 And they spake unto him, saying, If thou be kind to this people, and please them, and speak good s for ever.

  10:8 But he forsook the sel ood before him.

  10:9 And he said unto them, What advice give ye thatupon us?

  10:10 And the youhat her"s loins.

  10:11 For h scorpions.

  10:12 So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam ohird day, as the king bade, saying, e again to me ohird day.

  10:13 And the king anshe old men,

  10:14 And ansh scorpions.

  10:15 So the king hearkened not unto the people: for the cause .

  10:16 And s.

  10:17 But as for the children of Israel that dhem.

  10:18 Then king Rehoboam sent Hadoram that o Jerusalem.

  10:19 And Israel rebelled against the house of David unto this day.

  11:1 And o Rehoboam.

  11:2 But the he man of God, saying,

  11:3 Speak unto Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all Israel in Judah and Benjamin, saying,

  11:4 Thus saith the LORD, Ye shall not go up, nht against your brethreurn every man to his house: for this thing is done of me. And they obeyed theJeroboam.

  11:5 And Rehoboam dies for defen Judah.

  11:6 He built evehlehem, aam, and Tekoa,

  11:7 Ahzur, and Shoco, and Adullam,

  11:8 And Gath, and Mareshah, and Ziph,

  11:9 And Adoraim, and Lachish, and Azekah,

  11:10 And Zorah, and Aijalon, and Hebron, ies.

  11:11 And he fortified the strong holds, and put captains in them, and store of victual, and of oil and wine.

  11:12 And in every several city he put shields and spears, and made them exceeding strong, having Judah and Benjamin on his side.

  11:13 And the priests and the Levites that s.

  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 exeg the priest"s offito the LORD:

  11:15 And he ordained him priests for the high places, and for the devils, and for the calves which he had made.

  11:16 And after them out of all the tribes of Israel such as set their hearts to seek the Lod of Israel came to Jerusalem, to sacrifito the Lod of their fathers.

  11:17 So they strengthehe kingdom of Judah, and made Rehoboam the son of Solomon strong, three years: for three years they he way of David and Solomon.

  11:18 And Rehoboam took him Mahalath the daughter of Jerimoth the son of David to he son of Jesse;

  11:19 Which bare him children; Jeush, and Shamariah, and Zaham.

  11:20 And after her he took Maachah the daughter of Absalom; h.

  11:21 And Rehoboam loved Maachah the daughter of Absalom above all his ers.)

  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.

  11:23 And he dealt ual in abundance. And he desired many wives.

  12:1 And it came to pass, h him.

  12:2 And it came to pass, that in the fifth year of king Rehoboam Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, because they had transgressed against the LORD,

  12:3 Withelve hundred chariots, and threescore thousand horsemen: and the people hiopians.

  12:4 Aook the fenced cities o Jerusalem.

  12:5 Then came Shemaiah the prophet to Rehoboam, and to the princes of Judah, that he hand of Shishak.

  12:6 Whereupon the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves; and they said, The LORD is righteous.

  12:7 And he hand of Shishak.

  12:8 heless they shall be his servants; that they may knories.

  12:9 So Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, and took ahe shields of gold whion had made.

  12:10 Instead of he king"s house.

  12:11 And he guard chamber.

  12:12 Andwell.

  12:13 So king Rehoboam strengthened himself in Jerusalem, and reigned: for Rehoboam ess.

  12:14 And he did evil, because he prepared not his heart to seek the LORD.

  12:15 Noinually.

  12:16 And Rehoboam slept ead.

  13:1 Nn over Judah.

  13:2 He reighree years in Jerusalem. His mother"s name also here was war been Abijah and Jeroboam.

  13:3 And Abijah set the battle in array y men of valour.

  13:4 And Abijah stood up upon mount Zemaraim, hou Jeroboam, and all Israel;

  13:5 Ought ye not to kno?

  13:6 Yet Jeroboam the son of , the servant of Solomon the son of David, is risen up, and hath rebelled against his lord.

  13:7 And there are gathered unto him vaihe children of Belial, and have strengthehemselves against Rehoboam the son of Solomon, hem.

  13:8 And noh yolden calves, which Jeroboam made you fods.

  13:9 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 thatare no gods.

  13:10 But as for us, the LORD is od, and heir business:

  13:11 And they burn unto the LORD every m and every evening burnt sacrifices and s ye have forsaken him.

  13:12 And, behold, God himself isprosper.

  13:13 But Jeroboam caused an ambushment toe about behind them: so they hem.

  13:14 And s.

  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.

  13:16 And the children of Israel fled before Judah: and God delivered them into their hand.

  13:17 And Abijah and his people slehousand chosen men.

  13:18 Thus the children of Israel hers.

  13:19 And Abijah pursued after Jeroboam, and took cities from him, Bethel hereof.

  13:20 her did Jeroboam recover strength again in the days of Abijah: and the LORD struck him, and he died.

  13:21 But Abijah ers.

  13:22 And the rest of the acts of Abijah, and hisIddo.

  14:1 So Abijah slept en years.

  14:2 And Asa did that he LORD his God:

  14:3 For he took ahe groves:

  14:4 Andmanded Judah to seek the Lod of their fathers, and to do the la.

  14:5 Also he took a before him.

  14:6 And he built fenced cities in Judah: for the land had rest, and he had no .

  14:7 Therefore he said unto Judah, Let us build these cities, and make about themand prospered.

  14:8 And Asa had an army of men that bare targets and spears, out of Judah three huhousand; and out of Benjamin, that bare shields and drey men of valour.

  14:9 And there came out against them Zerah the Ethiopian o Mareshah.

  14:10 Then AsaMareshah.

  14:11 And Asa cried unto the LORD his God, and said, LORD, it is nothing hee.

  14:12 So the LORD smote the Ethiopians before Asa, and before Judah; and the Ethiopians fled.

  14:13 And Asa and the people that hey carried away very much spoil.

  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 hem.

  14:15 They smote also the tents of cattle, and carried ao Jerusalem.

  15:1 And the Spirit of God came upon Azariah the son of Oded:

  15:2 And heif ye forsake him, he will forsake you.

  15:3 No law.

  15:4 But hem.

  15:5 And in those times there ries.

  15:6 And nation y.

  15:7 Be ye strong therefore, a not your hands be weak: for your work shall be rewarded.

  15:8 And he LORD.

  15:9 Ahered all Judah and Benjamin, and the strangers h him.

  15:10 So they gathered themselves together at Jerusalem ihird month, in the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa.

  15:11 And they offered unto the LORD the same time, of the spoil housand sheep.

  15:12 And they entered into a ant to seek the Lod of their fathers heir soul;

  15:13 That her man or woman.

  15:14 And they sh cos.

  15:15 And all Judah rejoiced at the oath: for they had s.

  15:16 And also ing 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 dohe brook Kidron.

  15:17 But the high placesall his days.

  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.

  15:19 And there he reign of Asa.

  16:1 In the six and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa Baasha king of Israel came up against Judah, and built Ramah, to the ihat he might let none go out ore in to Asa king of Judah.

  16:2 Then Asa brought out silver and gold out of the treasures of the house of the LORD and of the king"s house, ao Benhadad king of Syria, that d Damascus, saying,

  16:3 There is a league been me and thee, as therefrom me.

  16:4 And Benhadad hearkened unto king Asa, ahe captains of his armies against the cities of Israel; and they smote Ijon, and Dan, and Abelmaim, and all the store cities of Naphtali.

  16:5 And it came to pass,his work cease.

  16:6 Then Asa the king took all Judah; and they carried ah Geba and Mizpah.

  16:7 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.

  16:8 Were not the Ethiopians and the Lubims a huge host, hine hand.

  16:9 For the eyes of the LORD run to and frhout thehave wars.

  16:10 Then Asa ime.

  16:11 And, behold, the acts of Asa, first and last, lo, they are he kings of Judah and Israel.

  16:12 And Asa ihirty and ninth year of his reign he physis.

  16:13 And Asa slept h year of his reign.

  16:14 And they buried him in hisfor him.

  17:1 And Jehoshaphat his sned in his stead, and strengthened himself against Israel.

  17:2 And he placed forces in all the fenced cities of Judah, a garrisons in the land of Judah, and iies of Ephraim, aken.

  17:3 And the LORD o Baalim;

  17:4 But sought to the Lod of his father, and he doings of Israel.

  17:5 Therefore the LORD stablished the kingdom in his hand; and all Judah brought to Jehoshaphat presents; and he had riches and honour in abundance.

  17:6 And his heartof Judah.

  17:7 Also ihird year of his reign he sent to his princes, even to Benhail, and to Obadiah, and to Zechariah, and to haneel, and to Michaiah, to tea the cities of Judah.

  17:8 And s.

  17:9 And they taught in Judah, and had the book of the lahe people.

  17:10 And the fear of the LORD fell upon all the kingdoms of the lands that .

  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.

  17:12 And Jehoshaphat ore.

  17:13 And he had much business iies of Judah: and the men of y men of valour, were in Jerusalem.

  17:14 And these are the numbers of them acc to the house of their fathers: Of Judah, the captains of thousands; Adnah the chief, and housand.

  17:15 Ao him housand.

  17:16 A him y men of valour.

  17:17 And of Benjamin; Eliada a mighty man of valour, and housand.

  17:18 A him he war.

  17:19 Theseall Judah.

  18:1 Noh Ahab.

  18:2 And after certain years he hgilead.

  18:3 And Ahab king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat king of Judah, Wilt thou go he war.

  18:4 And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, Enquire, I pray thee, at the o day.

  18:5 Therefore the king of Israel gathered together of prophets four hundred men, and said unto them, Shall he king"s hand.

  18:6 But Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the LORD besides, thatenquire of him?

  18:7 And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man, by he king say so.

  18:8 And the king of Israel called for one of his officers, and said, Fetch quickly Micaiah the son of Imla.

  18:9 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.

  18:10 And Zedekiah the son of aanah had made him horns of iron, and said, Thus saith the LORD, With these thou shalt push Syria until they be ed.

  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.

  18:12 And the messehat hou good.

  18:13 And Micaiah said, As the LORD liveth, evenwill I speak.

  18:14 And o your hand.

  18:15 And the king said to him, Hohe LORD?

  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.

  18:17 And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, Did I not tell thee that heevil?

  18:18 Again he said, Therefore hear the .

  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.

  18:20 Then there came out a spirit, and stood before the LORD, and said, I h?

  18:21 And he said, I , and do even so.

  18:22 Nohee.

  18:23 Then Zedekiah the son of aanah came near, and smote Micaiah upon the cheek, and said, Which hee?

  18:24 And Micaiah said, Behold, thou shalt see on that day hyself.

  18:25 Then the king of Israel said, Take ye Micaiah, and carry him baon the governor of the city, and to Joash the king"s son;

  18:26 And say, Thus saith the king, Put this fellourn in peace.

  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.

  18:28 So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah hgilead.

  18:29 And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, I le.

  18:30 Nohe king of Israel.

  18:31 And it came to pass,from him.

  18:32 For it came to pass, that, urned back again from pursuing him.

  18:33 And a certain man dre; for I am wounded.

  18:34 And the battle increased that day: hohe sun going down he died.

  19:1 And Jehoshaphat the king of Judah returo his house in peace to Jerusalem.

  19:2 Ahe son of Hanani the seer he LORD.

  19:3 heless there are good things found in thee, in that thou hast taken ao seek God.

  19:4 And Jehoshaphat dhers.

  19:5 A judges in the land throughout all the fenced cities of Judah, city by city,

  19:6 And said to the judges, Take heed .

  19:7 Wherefore nos.

  19:8 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 troversies, o Jerusalem.

  19:9 And he charged them, saying, Thus shall ye do in the fear of the LORD, faithfully, and .

  19:10 And respass.

  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 ceously, and the LORD shall be he good.

  20:1 It came to pass after this also, that the children of Moab, and the children of Ammon, and le.

  20:2 Then there came some that told Jehoshaphat, saying, Thereeth a great multitude against thee from beyond the sea on this side Syria; and, behold, they be in Hazazontamar, which is Engedi.

  20:3 And Jehoshaphat feared, a himself to seek the LORD, and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah.

  20:4 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.

  20:5 And Jehoshaphat stood in the gregation of Judah and Jerusalem, in the house of the LORD, before the ne,

  20:6 And said, od 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 pohee?

  20:7 Art not thou od, hy friend for ever?

  20:8 And they dhy name, saying,

  20:9 If,hear and help.

  20:10 And no;

  20:11 Behold, I say, ho.

  20:12 od, hee.

  20:13 And all Judah stood before the LORD, heir children.

  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 gregation;

  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.

  20:16 To morrohe wilderness of Jeruel.

  20:17 Ye shall not o fight in this battle: set yourselves, staill, ahe salvation of the LORD h you.

  20:18 And Jehoshaphat bohe LORD.

  20:19 And the Levites, of the children of the Kohathites, and of the children of the Korhites, stood up to praise the Lod of Israel h a loud voi high.

  20:20 And they rose early in the m, and s, so shall ye prosper.

  20:21 And h for ever.

  20:22 And en.

  20:23 For the children of Ammon and Moab stood up against the inhabitants of mount Seir, utterly to slay aroy them: and her.

  20:24 And h, and none escaped.

  20:25 Andwas so much.

  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 his day.

  20:27 Then they returned, every man of Judah and Jerusalem, and Jehoshaphat in the forefront of them, to go again to Jerusalem heir enemies.

  20:28 And they came to Jerusalem he LORD.

  20:29 And the fear of God he enemies of Israel.

  20:30 So the realm of Jehoshaphat .

  20:31 And Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah: he er of Shilhi.

  20:32 And he he LORD.

  20:33 Hohers.

  20:34 Nohe kings of Israel.

  20:35 And after this did Jehoshaphat king of Judah join himself h Ahaziah king of Israel, who did very wickedly:

  20:36 And he joined himself he ships in Eziongaber.

  20:37 Then Eliezer the son of Dodavah of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, Because thou hast joihyself o Tarshish.

  21:1 Noead.

  21:2 And he had brethren the sons of Jehoshaphat, Azariah, and Jehiel, and Zechariah, and Azariah, and Michael, and Shephatiah: all theseking of Israel.

  21:3 And their father gave them great gifts of silver, and of gold, and of precious things, born.

  21:4 Nohe princes of Israel.

  21:5 Jehoramyears in Jerusalem.

  21:6 And he he LORD.

  21:7 Hoo his sons for ever.

  21:8 In his days the Edomites revolted from uhe dominion of Judah, and made themselves a king.

  21:9 Then Jehoram s.

  21:10 So the Edomites revolted from uhe hand of Judah unto this day. The same time also did Libnah revolt from under his hand; because he had forsaken the Lod of his fathers.

  21:11 Moreover he made high places in the mountains of Judah and caused the inhabitants of Jerusalem tomit fornication, andpelled Judah thereto.

  21:12 And there came a he ways of Asa king of Judah,

  21:13 But hast hyself:

  21:14 Behold, hy goods:

  21:15 And thou shalt have great siess by disease of thy bohe siess day by day.

  21:16 Moreover the LORD stirred up against Jehoram the spirit of the Philistines, and of the Arabians, that hiopians:

  21:17 And they came up into Judah, and brake into it, and carried a of his sons.

  21:18 And after all this the LORD smote him in his boh an incurable disease.

  21:19 And it came to pass, that in process of time, after the end ofo years, his bohers.

  21:20 Thirty ando years old he kings.

  22:1 And the inhabitants of Jerusalem made Ahaziah his you son king in his stead: for the band of men that came he son of Jehoram king of Judah reigned.

  22:2 Forty ando years old er of Omri.

  22:3 He also o do wickedly.

  22:4 Wherefore he did evil in the sight of the LORD like the house of Ahab: for they ion.

  22:5 He e Joram.

  22:6 Auro be healed in Jezreel because of theJezreel, because he was sick.

  22:7 And the destru of Ahaziah he house of Ahab.

  22:8 And it came to pass, that, hem.

  22:9 And he sought Ahaziah: and they caught him, (for he he kingdom.

  22:10 But he house of Judah.

  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 .

  22:12 And he he land.

  23:1 And in the seventh year Jehoiada strengthened himself, and took the captains of hundreds, Azariah the son of Jeroham, and Ishmael the son of Jehohanan, and Azariah the son of Obed, and Maaseiah the son of Adaiah, and Elishaphat the son of Zichri, into ant h him.

  23:2 And they o Jerusalem.

  23:3 And all the gregation made a ant he sons of David.

  23:4 This is the thing that ye shall do; A third part of you entering on the sabbath, of the priests and of the Levites, shall be porters of the doors;

  23:5 And a third part shall be at the king"s house; and a third part at the gate of the foundation: and all the people shall be in the courts of the house of the LORD.

  23:6 But let o 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 he LORD.

  23:7 And the Levites shallpass the king round about, every man .

  23:8 So the Levites and all Judah did acc to all things that Jehoiada the priest hadmanded, and took every man his men that he courses.

  23:9 Moreover Jehoiada the priest delivered to the captains of hundreds spears, and bucklers, and shields, that had been king David"s, he house of God.

  23:10 A all the people, every man having his .

  23:11 Then they brought out the king"s son, and put upon him the crohe king.

  23:12 Nohe LORD:

  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 hes, and said, Treason, Treason.

  23:14 Then Jehoiada the priest brought out the captains of huhat he LORD.

  23:15 So they laid hands on her; and here.

  23:16 And Jehoiada made a ant been him, and been all the people, ahe king, that they should be the LORD"s people.

  23:17 Then all the people ars.

  23:18 Also Jehoiada appoihe offices of the house of the LORD by the hand of the priests the Levites,was ordained by David.

  23:19 A the porters at the gates of the house of the LORD, that none er in.

  23:20 Aook the captains of hundreds, and the nobles, and the governors of the people, and all the people of the land, and brought dohe kingdom.

  23:21 And all the people of the land rejoiced: and the city he sword.

  24:1 Joash her"s name also was Zibiah of Beersheba.

  24:2 And Joash did that .

  24:3 And Jehoiada took for himo ers.

  24:4 And it came to pass after this, that Joash he LORD.

  24:5 Ahered together the priests and the Levites, and said to them, Go out unto the cities of Judah, and gather of all Israel moo repair the house of yod from year to year, ahat ye hasteter. Ho.

  24:6 And the king called for Jehoiada the chief, and said unto him, Why hast thou not required of the Levites t in out of Judah and out of Jerusalem the colle, acc to thema of Moses the servant of the LORD, and of the gregation of Israel, for the tabernacle of ness?

  24:7 For the sons of Athaliah, that ow upon Baalim.

  24:8 And at the king"smahey made a chest, a he LORD.

  24:9 And they made a proclamation through Judah and Jerusalem, t in to the LORD the colle that Moses the servant of God laid upon Israel in the wilderness.

  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.

  24:11 Nohered money in abundance.

  24:12 And the king and Jehoiada gave it to such as did the he LORD.

  24:13 So the .

  24:14 And he days of Jehoiada.

  24:15 But Jehoiada y years old was he when he died.

  24:16 And they buried him iy of David among the kings, because he had done good in Israel, both tooward his house.

  24:17 Nohem.

  24:18 And they left the house of the Lod of their fathers, and served groves and idols: and respass.

  24:19 Yet he sent prophets to them, t them again unto the LORD; and they testified against them: but theygive ear.

  24:20 And the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest, h also forsaken you.

  24:21 And they spired against him, and stoned him he LORD.

  24:22 Thus Joash the king remembered not the kindness .

  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, aroyed all the princes of the people from among the people, a all the spoil of them unto the king of Damascus.

  24:24 For the army of the Syrians cameJoash.

  24:25 And he kings.

  24:26 And these are they that spired against him; Zabad the son of Shimeath an Ammonitess, and Jehozabad the son of Shimrith a Moabitess.

  24:27 Noead.

  25:1 Amaziah her"s name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem.

  25:2 And he did that .

  25:3 Noher.

  25:4 But he sle every man shall die for his own sin.

  25:5 Moreover Amaziah gathered Judah together, and made them captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, acc to the houses of their fathers, throughout all Judah and Benjamin: and he numbered them fromenty years old and above, and found them three huhousand choice men, able to go forth tocould handle spear and shield.

  25:6 He hired also an huhousand mighty men of valour out of Israel for an hualents of silver.

  25:7 But there came a man of God to him, saying, O king, let not the army of Israel go he children of Ephraim.

  25:8 But if thoudown.

  25:9 And Amaziah said to the man of God, But his.

  25:10 Then Amaziah separated them, toanger.

  25:11 And Amaziah strengthened himself, and led forth his people, and housand.

  25:12 And other ten thousa alive did the children of Judah carry ahey all were broken in pieces.

  25:13 But the soldiers of the army ook much spoil.

  25:14 Nohem.

  25:15 Wherefore the anger of the LORD hine hand?

  25:16 And it came to pass, as he talked o my sel.

  25:17 Then Amaziah king of Judah took advice, ao Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, e, let us see one another in the face.

  25:18 And Joash king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The thistle that le.

  25:19 Thou sayest, Lo, thou hast smitten the Edomites; and thi lifteth thee up to boast: abide nohee?

  25:20 But Amaziah he gods of Edom.

  25:21 So Joash the king of Israel o Judah.

  25:22 And Judah .

  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 dos.

  25:24 Aook all the gold and the silver, and all the vessels that o Samaria.

  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.

  25:26 Nohe kings of Judah and Israel?

  25:27 Nohere.

  25:28 And they brought him upon horses, and buried him y of Judah.

  26:1 Then all the people of Judah took Uzziah, her Amaziah.

  26:2 He built Eloth, aored it to Judah, after that the king slept hers.

  26:3 Sixteen years old her"s name also was Jecoliah of Jerusalem.

  26:4 And he did that her Amaziah did.

  26:5 And he sought God in the days of Zechariah, o prosper.

  26:6 And he ines.

  26:7 And God helped him against the Philistines, and against the Arabians that dhe Mehunims.

  26:8 And the Ammonites gave gifts to Uzziah: and his name spread abroad even to the entering in of Egypt; for he strengthened himself exceedingly.

  26:9 Moreover Uzziah built tohem.

  26:10 Also he built toains, and in Carmel: for he loved husbandry.

  26:11 Moreover Uzziah had an host of fightihat ains.

  26:12 The housand and six hundred.

  26:13 And uheir hand he enemy.

  26:14 And Uzziah prepared for them throughout all the host shields, and spears, as, and habergeons, and boones.

  26:15 And he made in Jerusalem engines, ied by io be o.

  26:16 But ar of inse.

  26:17 And Azariah the priestmen:

  26:18 And they he Lod.

  26:19 Then Uzziah ar.

  26:20 And Azariah the chief priest, and all the priests, looked upon him, and, behold, he en him.

  26:21 And Uzziah the king he land.

  26:22 Noe.

  26:23 So Uzziah slept ead.

  27:1 Jotham er of Zadok.

  27:2 And he did that ly.

  27:3 He built the high gate of the house of the LORD, and on themuch.

  27:4 Moreover he built cities in the mountains of Judah, and in the forests he built castles and towers.

  27:5 He fought also hird.

  27:6 So Jotham became mighty, because he prepared his he LORD his God.

  27:7 Nohe kings of Israel and Judah.

  27:8 He een years in Jerusalem.

  27:9 And Jotham slept ead.

  28:1 Ahaz her:

  28:2 For he en images for Baalim.

  28:3 Moreover he burnt inse in the valley of the son of Hinnom, and burnt his children in the fire, after the abominations of the heathen he children of Israel.

  28:4 He sacrificed also and burnt inse in the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree.

  28:5 Wherefore the LORD his God delivered him into the hand of the king of Syria; and they smote him, and carried aer.

  28:6 For Pekah the son of Remaliah slehers.

  28:7 And Zichri, a mighty man of Ephraim, slehe king.

  28:8 And the children of Israel carried ao Samaria.

  28:9 But a prophet of the LORD o heaven.

  28:10 And nohe LORD yod?

  28:11 Nohe LORD is upon you.

  28:12 Theain 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,

  28:13 And said unto them, Ye shall n in the captives hither: forIsrael.

  28:14 So the armed mehe captives and the spoil before the princes and all the gregation.

  28:15 And the men o Samaria.

  28:16 At that time did king Ahaz send unto the kings of Assyria to help him.

  28:17 Fain the Edomites hade and smitten Judah, and carried aives.

  28:18 The Philistines also had ihe cities of the lohere.

  28:19 For the LORD brought Judah lohe LORD.

  28:20 And Tilgathpilneser king of Assyria came unto him, and distressed him, but strengthened him not.

  28:21 For Ahaz took a.

  28:22 And iime of his distress did he trespass yet mainst the LORD: this is that king Ahaz.

  28:23 For he sacrificed unto the gods of Damascus, he ruin of him, and of all Israel.

  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 er of Jerusalem.

  28:25 And in every several city of Judah he made high places to burn inse unto ods, and provoked to ahe Lod of his fathers.

  28:26 Nohe kings of Judah and Israel.

  28:27 And Ahaz slept ead.

  29:1 Hezekiah began tn er of Zechariah.

  29:2 And he did that her had done.

  29:3 He in the first year of his reign, in the first month, opehe doors of the house of the LORD, and repaired them.

  29:4 And he brought in the priests and the Levites, and gathered them together into the east street,

  29:5 And said unto them, Hear me, ye Levites, sanctify nohe holy place.

  29:6 For our fathers have trespassed, and dohat heir backs.

  29:7 Also they have shut up the doors of the porch, and put out the lamps, and have not burned inse nor offered burnt s in the holy plato the God of Israel.

  29:8 Wherefore the h your eyes.

  29:9 For, lo, our fathers have fallen by the shis.

  29:10 Nourn away from us.

  29:11 My sons, be not noo him, and burn inse.

  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:

  29:13 And of the sons of Elizaphan; Shimri, and Jeiel: and of the sons of Asaph; Zechariah, and Mattaniah:

  29:14 And of the sons of Heman; Jehiel, and Shimei: and of the sons of Jeduthun; Shemaiah, and Uzziel.

  29:15 And they gathered their brethren, and sanctified themselves, and came, acc to thema of the king, by the he LORD.

  29:16 And the priests he brook Kidron.

  29:17 Nohey made an end.

  29:18 Then they hereof.

  29:19 Moreover all the vessels, he LORD.

  29:20 Then Hezekiah the king rose early, and gathered the rulers of the city, and he LORD.

  29:21 And they brought seven bullocks, and seven rams, and seven lambs, and seven he goats, for a sinfor the kingdom, and for the sanctuary, and for Judah. And hemahe priests the sons of Aaron to offer them oar of the LORD.

  29:22 So they killed the bullocks, and the priests received the blood, and spri oar: likear.

  29:23 And they brought forth the he goats for the sinbefore the king and the gregation; and they laid their hands upon them:

  29:24 And the priests killed them, and they made reciliation he sinshould be made for all Israel.

  29:25 A the Levites in the house of the LORD s.

  29:26 And the Levites stood s.

  29:27 And Hezekiahmao offer the burntupoar. And s ordained by David king of Israel.

  29:28 And all the gregation was finished.

  29:29 And hemselves, and worshipped.

  29:30 Moreover Hezekiah the king and the princesmahe Levites to sing praise unto the LORD heir heads and worshipped.

  29:31 Then Hezekiah ans s.

  29:32 And the number of the burnt s, he LORD.

  29:33 And the secrated things housand sheep.

  29:34 But the priests s.

  29:35 And also the burnt sin order.

  29:36 And Hezekiah rejoiced, and all the people, that God had prepared the people: for the thing was done suddenly.

  30:1 And Hezekiah sent to all Israel and Judah, and he Lod of Israel.

  30:2 For the king had taken sel, and his princes, and all the gregation in Jerusalem, to keep the passover in the seonth.

  30:3 For they could not keep it at that time, because the priests had not sanctified themselves suffitly, her had the people gathered themselves together to Jerusalem.

  30:4 And the thing pleased the king and all the gregation.

  30:5 So they established a decree to make proclamation throughout all Israel, from Beersheba even to Dan, that they shoulde to keep the passover unto the Lod of Israel at Jerusalem: for they had not do of a long time in such sort as it en.

  30:6 So the posts he kings of Assyria.

  30:7 A ye like your fathers, and like your brethren, ion, as ye see.

  30:8 Nourn away from you.

  30:9 For if ye turn again unto the LORD, your brethren and your children shall findpassion before them that lead them captive, so that they shalle again into this land: for the LORD yod is gracious and merciful, and o him.

  30:10 So the posts passed from city to city through the try of Ephraim and Manasseh even unto Zebulun: but they laughed them to s, and mocked them.

  30:11 heless divers of Asher and Manasseh and of Zebulun humbled themselves, and came to Jerusalem.

  30:12 Also in Judah the hand of God he LORD.

  30:13 And there assembled at Jerusalem much people to keep the feast of unleavened bread in the seonth, a very great gregation.

  30:14 And they arose and took ahe brook Kidron.

  30:15 Then they killed the passover on the fourteenth day of the seonth: and the priests and the Levites he LORD.

  30:16 And they stood in their place after their manner, acc to the laes.

  30:17 For there he LORD.

  30:18 For a multitude of the people, even many of Ephraim, and Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun, had not sed themselves, yet did they eat the passover otherhem, saying, The good LORD pardon every one

  30:19 That prepareth his heart to seek God, the Lod of his fathers, though he be not sed acc to the purification of the sanctuary.

  30:20 And the LORD hearkeo Hezekiah, and healed the people.

  30:21 And the children of Israel that he LORD.

  30:22 And Hezekiah spakefortably unto all the Levites that taught the good knohers.

  30:23 And the h gladness.

  30:24 For Hezekiah king of Judah did give to the gregation a thousand bullocks and seven thousand sheep; and the princes gave to the gregation a thousand bullocks ahousand sheep: and a great number of priests sanctified themselves.

  30:25 And all the gregation of Judah,in Judah, rejoiced.

  30:26 So there he like in Jerusalem.

  30:27 Then the priests the Levites arose and blessed the people: and their voice o heaven.

  31:1 Noies.

  31:2 And Hezekiah appoihe courses of the priests and the Levites after their courses, every man acc to his service, the priests aes for burnt s and for peace s, to minister, and to give thanks, and to praise ies of the tents of the LORD.

  31:3 He appointed also the king"s portion of his substance for the burnt s, to he LORD.

  31:4 Moreover hemahe people that dhe LORD.

  31:5 And as soon as thema came abroad, the children of Israel brought in abundahe firstfruits of , ly.

  31:6 And ing the children of Israel and Judah, that dhem by heaps.

  31:7 Ihird month they began to lay the foundation of the heaps, and fihem in the seventh month.

  31:8 And he LORD, and his people Israel.

  31:9 Then Hezekiah questioned he heaps.

  31:10 And Azariah the chief priest of the house of Zadok ansore.

  31:11 Then Hezekiahmao prepare chambers in the house of the LORD; and they prepared them,

  31:12 And brought in the s and the tithes and the dedicated things faithfully: over .

  31:13 And Jehiel, and Azaziah, and Nahath, and Asahel, and Jerimoth, and Jozabad, and Eliel, and Ismachiah, and Mahath, and Benaiah, he house of God.

  31:14 And Kore the son of Imnah the Levite, the porter tohings.

  31:15 A him he small:

  31:16 Beside their genealogy of males, from three years old and upheir courses;

  31:17 Both to the genealogy of the priests by the house of their fathers, and the Levites fromenty years old and upheir courses;

  31:18 And to the genealogy of all their little oheir hemselves in holiness:

  31:19 Also of the sons of Aaron the priests, es.

  31:20 And thus did Hezekiah throughout all Judah, and he LORD his God.

  31:21 And in every , and prospered.

  32:1 After these things, and the establishment thereof, Sennacherib king of Assyria came, aered into Judah, and encamped against the fenced cities, and thought to hem for himself.

  32:2 AndJerusalem,

  32:3 He took sel hey did help him.

  32:4 So there er?

  32:5 Also he strengthened himself, and built up all the s and shields in abundance.

  32:6 A captains of hem, saying,

  32:7 Be strong and ceous, be not afraid nor dismayed for the king of Assyria, nor for all the multitude that is h him:

  32:8 With him is an arm of flesh; but he words of Hezekiah king of Judah.

  32:9 After this did Sennacherib king of Assyria send his servants to Jerusalem, (but he himself laid siege against Lachish, and all his po Jerusalem, saying,

  32:10 Thus saith Sennacherib king of Assyria, Whereon do ye trust, that ye abide in the siege in Jerusalem?

  32:11 Doth not Hezekiah persuade you to give over yourselves to die by famine and by thirst, saying, The LORD od shall deliver us out of the hand of the king of Assyria?

  32:12 Hath not the same Hezekiah taken a?

  32:13 Kno of mine hand?

  32:14 Whoof mine hand?

  32:15 No of mine hand?

  32:16 And his servants spake yet mainst the Lod, and against his servant Hezekiah.

  32:17 Heof mine hand.

  32:18 Then they cried y.

  32:19 And they spake against the God of Jerusalem, as against the gods of the people of the earth, he hands of man.

  32:20 And for this cause Hezekiah the king, and the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz, prayed and cried to heaven.

  32:21 And the LORD sent an angel, he sword.

  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.

  32:23 And many brought gifts unto the LORD to Jerusalem, and presents to Hezekiah king of Judah: so that he h.

  32:24 In those days Hezekiah o him, and he gave him a sign.

  32:25 But Hezekiah rendered not again acc to the be doo him; for his heart h upon him, and upon Judah and Jerusalem.

  32:26 Nithstanding Hezekiah humbled himself for the pride of his heart, both he and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that the he days of Hezekiah.

  32:27 And Hezekiah had exceeding much riches and honour: and he made himself treasuries for silver, and fold, and for precious stones, and for spices, and for shields, and for all manner of pleasant jewels;

  32:28 Storehouses also for the increase of , and es for flocks.

  32:29 Moreover he provided him cities, and possessions of flocks and herds in abundance: fod had given him substance very much.

  32:30 This same Hezekiah also stopped the upper y of David. And Hezekiah prospered in all his works.

  32:31 Ho.

  32:32 Nohe kings of Judah and Israel.

  32:33 And Hezekiah slept ead.

  33:1 Manasseh y and five years in Jerusalem:

  33:2 But did that he children of Israel.

  33:3 For he built again the high places hem.

  33:4 Also he built altars in the house of the LORD, he LORD had said, In Jerusalem shall my name be for ever.

  33:5 And he built altars for all the host of heaven in theo courts of the house of the LORD.

  33:6 And he caused his children to pass through the fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom: also he observed times, and used entments, and used o anger.

  33:7 A a carved image, the idolmy name for ever:

  33:8 her he hand of Moses.

  33:9 So Manasseh made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to err, and to do he children of Israel.

  33:10 And the LORD spake to Manasseh, and to his people: but theyhearken.

  33:11 Wherefore the LORD brought upohe captains of the host of the king of Assyria, o Babylon.

  33:12 And hers,

  33:13 And prayed unto him: and he he LORD he was God.

  33:14 Noies of Judah.

  33:15 Aook ay.

  33:16 And he repaired the altar of the LORD, and sacrificed thereon peace s and thank s, andmanded Judah to serve the Lod of Israel.

  33:17 heless the people did sacrifice still in the high places, yet unto the LORD their God only.

  33:18 Nohe kings of Israel.

  33:19 His prayer also, and hohe seers.

  33:20 So Manasseh slept ead.

  33:21 Amon n, and reignedo years in Jerusalem.

  33:22 But he did that hem;

  33:23 And humbled not himself before the LORD, as Manasseh his father had humbled himself; but Amon trespassed more and more.

  33:24 And his servants spired against him, and slew him in his own house.

  33:25 But the people of the land sleead.

  34:1 Josiah y years.

  34:2 And he did that .

  34:3 For in the eighth year of his reign, en images.

  34:4 And they brake dohem.

  34:5 And he burnt the bones of the priests upon their altars, and sed Judah and Jerusalem.

  34:6 And so did he iies of Manasseh, and Ephraim, and Simeon, even unto Naphtali, .

  34:7 And o Jerusalem.

  34:8 Nohe LORD his God.

  34:9 And o Jerusalem.

  34:10 And they put it in the hand of the he house:

  34:11 Even to the artificers and builders gave they it, to buy heroyed.

  34:12 And the men did the s of musick.

  34:13 Also they ers.

  34:14 And he Liven by Moses.

  34:15 And Hilkiah anso Shaphan.

  34:16 And Shaphan carried the book to the king, and brought the king .

  34:17 And they have gathered together the mohat he workmen.

  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.

  34:19 And it came to pass, hes.

  34:20 And the kingmanded 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,

  34:21 Go, enquire of the LORD for me, and for them that are left in Israel and in Judah, ing the his book.

  34:22 And Hilkiah, and they that the king had appointed, .

  34:23 And she anso me,

  34:24 Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I he king of Judah:

  34:25 Because they have forsaken me, and have burned inse unto ods, that they might provoke me to angerbe quenched.

  34:26 And as for the king of Judah,heard;

  34:27 Because thi he LORD.

  34:28 Behold, I he king wain.

  34:29 Then the ki and gathered together all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.

  34:30 And the king he LORD.

  34:31 And the king stood in his place, and made a ant before the LORD, to his book.

  34:32 And he caused all that hers.

  34:33 And Josiah took ahers.

  35:1 Moreover Josiah kept a passover unto the LORD in Jerusalem: and they killed the passover on the fourteenth day of the first month.

  35:2 A the priests in their charges, and enced them to the service of the house of the LORD,

  35:3 And said unto the Levites that taught all Israel, he LORD yod, and his people Israel,

  35:4 And prepare yourselves by the houses of your fathers, after your courses, acc to the ing of Solomon his son.

  35:5 And stand in the holy place acc to the divisions of the families of the fathers of your brethren the people, and after the division of the families of the Levites.

  35:6 So kill the passover, and sanctify yourselves, and prepare your brethren, that they may do acc to the he hand of Moses.

  35:7 And Josiah gave to the people, of the flock, lambs and kids, all for the passover s, for all that ance.

  35:8 And his princes gave hree hundred oxen.

  35:9 iah also, and Shemaiah ahaneel, his brethren, and Hashabiah and Jeiel and Jozabad, chief of the Levites, gave unto the Levites for passover s five thousand small cattle, and five hundred oxen.

  35:10 So the service .

  35:11 And they killed the passover, and the priests sprihe blood from their hands, and the Levites flayed them.

  35:12 And they removed the burnt s, that they might give acc to the divisions of the families of the people, to offer unto the LORD, as it is he oxen.

  35:13 And they roasted the passover he people.

  35:14 And afterhe sons of Aaron.

  35:15 And the sihe sons of Asaph hem.

  35:16 So all the service of the LORDof king Josiah.

  35:17 And the children of Israel thatof unleavened bread seven days.

  35:18 And there s of Jerusalem.

  35:19 In the eighteenth year of the reign of Josiah .

  35:20 After all this,him.

  35:21 But he sent ambassadors to him, saying, What have I to do .

  35:22 heless Josiah he valley of Megiddo.

  35:23 And the archers shot at king Josiah; and the king said to his servants, Have me away; for I am sore wounded.

  35:24 His servants therefore took him out of that chariot, and put him in the sed chariot that he had; and they brought him to Jerusalem, and he died, and hers. And all Judah and Jerusalem mourned for Josiah.

  35:25 And Jeremiah lamented for Josiah: and all the singing men and the singing ions.

  35:26 Nohe LORD,

  35:27 And his deeds, first and last, behold, they are he kings of Israel and Judah.

  36:1 Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and made him king in his father"s stead in Jerusalem.

  36:2 Jehoahaz hs in Jerusalem.

  36:3 And the king of Egypt put him do of gold.

  36:4 And the king of Egypt made Eliakim his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem, and turned his o Jehoiakim. And Necho took Jehoahaz his brother, and carried him to Egypt.

  36:5 Jehoiakim he LORD his God.

  36:6 Against him came up Nebuezzar king of Babylon, and bound him iers, to carry him to Babylon.

  36:7 Nebuezzar also carried of the vessels of the house of the LORD to Babylon, and put them in his temple at Babylon.

  36:8 Noead.

  36:9 Jehoia he LORD.

  36:10 And her king over Judah and Jerusalem.

  36:11 Zedekiah n, and reigned eleven years in Jerusalem.

  36:12 And he did that he LORD.

  36:13 And he also rebelled against king Nebuezzar, he Lod of Israel.

  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.

  36:15 And the Lod of their fathers sent to them by his messengers, rising up betimes, and sending; because he hadpassion on his people, and on his dwelling place:

  36:16 But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his here was no remedy.

  36:17 Therefore he brought upohe king of the Chaldees, o his hand.

  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.

  36:19 And they burnt the house of God, and brake dohereof.

  36:20 And them that had escaped from the she kingdom of Persia:

  36:21 To fulfil the en years.

  36:22 Noing, saying,

  36:23 Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, All the kingdoms of the earth hath the Lod of heaven given me; ah charged me to build him an house in Jerusalem,him go up.