The Second Book of Kings, starting at chapter 13
{13:1} In the three and twentieth year of Joash the son of Ahaziah,
king of Judah, Jehoahaz the son of Jehu began to reign over Israel in
Samaria for seventeen years. {13:2} He did that which was evil in the
sight of the LORD, and followed the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat,
with which he made Israel to sin; he didn't depart from it. {13:3} The
anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and he delivered them
into the hand of Hazael king of Syria, and into the hand of Benhadad
the son of Hazael, continually. {13:4} Jehoahaz begged the LORD, and
the LORD listened to him; for he saw the oppression of Israel, how
that the king of Syria oppressed them. {13:5} (the LORD gave Israel a
savior, so that they went out from under the hand of the Syrians; and
the children of Israel lived in their tents as before. {13:6}
Nevertheless they didn't depart from the sins of the house of
Jeroboam, with which he made Israel to sin, but walked therein: and
there remained the Asherah also in Samaria.) {13:7} For he didn't
leave to Jehoahaz of the people any more than fifty horsemen, and ten
chariots, and ten thousand footmen; for the king of Syria destroyed
them, and made them like the dust in threshing. {13:8} Now the rest of
the acts of Jehoahaz, and all that he did, and his might, aren't they
written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? {13:9}
Jehoahaz slept with his fathers; and they buried him in Samaria: and
Joash his son reigned in his place. {13:10} In the thirty-seventh year
of Joash king of Judah, Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz began to reign
over Israel in Samaria for sixteen years. {13:11} He did that which
was evil in the sight of the LORD; he didn't depart from all the sins
of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, with which he made Israel to sin; but he
walked therein. {13:12} Now the rest of the acts of Joash, and all
that he did, and his might with which he fought against Amaziah king
of Judah, aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the
kings of Israel? {13:13} Joash slept with his fathers; and Jeroboam
sat on his throne: and Joash was buried in Samaria with the kings of
Israel. {13:14} Now Elisha was fallen sick of his sickness of which he
died: and Joash the king of Israel came down to him, and wept over
him, and said, "My father, my father, the chariots of Israel and its
horsemen!"
{13:15} Elisha said to him, "Take bow and arrows"; and he took to
him bow and arrows. {13:16} He said to the king of Israel, "Put your
hand on the bow"; and he put his hand on it. Elisha laid his hands on
the king's hands. {13:17} He said, "Open the window eastward"; and he
opened it. Then Elisha said, "Shoot!" and he shot. He said, "The
LORD's arrow of victory, even the arrow of victory over Syria; for you
shall strike the Syrians in Aphek, until you have consumed them."
{13:18} He said, "Take the arrows"; and he took them. He said to the
king of Israel, "Strike the ground"; and he struck three times, and
stopped. {13:19} The man of God was angry with him, and said, "You
should have struck five or six times. Then you would have struck Syria
until you had consumed it, whereas now you shall strike Syria just
three times."
{13:20} Elisha died, and they buried him. Now the bands of the
Moabites invaded the land at the coming in of the year. {13:21} It
happened, as they were burying a man, that behold, they spied a band;
and they cast the man into the tomb of Elisha: and as soon as the man
touched the bones of Elisha, he revived, and stood up on his feet.
{13:22} Hazael king of Syria oppressed Israel all the days of
Jehoahaz. {13:23} But the LORD was gracious to them, and had
compassion on them, and had respect to them, because of his covenant
with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and would not destroy them, neither
cast he them from his presence as yet. {13:24} Hazael king of Syria
died; and Benhadad his son reigned in his place. {13:25} Jehoash the
son of Jehoahaz took again out of the hand of Benhadad the son of
Hazael the cities which he had taken out of the hand of Jehoahaz his
father by war. Joash struck him three times, and recovered the cities
of Israel.
{14:1} In the second year of Joash son of Joahaz king of Israel
began Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah to reign. {14:2} He was
twenty-five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned
twenty-nine years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Jehoaddin of
Jerusalem. {14:3} He did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD,
yet not like David his father: he did according to all that Joash his
father had done. {14:4} However the high places were not taken away:
the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.
{14:5} It happened, as soon as the kingdom was established in his
hand, that he killed his servants who had slain the king his father:
{14:6} but the children of the murderers he didn't put to death;
according to that which is written in the scroll of the Torah of
Moses, as the LORD commanded, saying, "The fathers shall not be put to
death for the children, nor the children be put to death for the
fathers; but every man shall die for his own sin." {14:7} He killed of
Edom in the Valley of Salt ten thousand, and took Sela by war, and
called its name Joktheel, to this day. {14:8} Then Amaziah sent
messengers to Jehoash, the son of Jehoahaz son of Jehu, king of
Israel, saying, "Come, let us look one another in the face."
{14:9} Jehoash the 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 your daughter to my son as wife. Then a wild
animal that was in Lebanon passed by, and trampled down the thistle.
{14:10} You have indeed struck Edom, and your heart has lifted you up.
Enjoy the glory of it, and stay at home; for why should you meddle to
your harm, that you should fall, even you, and Judah with you?'"
{14:11} But Amaziah would not listen. So Jehoash king of Israel went
up; and he and Amaziah king of Judah looked one another in the face at
Beth Shemesh, which belongs to Judah. {14:12} Judah was defeated by
Israel; and they fled every man to his tent. {14:13} Jehoash king of
Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Jehoash the son of
Ahaziah, at Beth Shemesh, and came to Jerusalem, and broke down the
wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim to the corner gate, four
hundred cubits. {14:14} 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, the hostages also, and returned to Samaria.
{14:15} Now the rest of the acts of Jehoash which he did, and his
might, and how he fought with Amaziah king of Judah, aren't they
written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? {14:16}
Jehoash slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria with the
kings of Israel; and Jeroboam his son reigned in his place. {14:17}
Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death of
Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years. {14:18} Now the
rest of the acts of Amaziah, aren't they written in the book of the
chronicles of the kings of Judah? {14:19} They made a conspiracy
against him in Jerusalem; and he fled to Lachish: but they sent after
him to Lachish, and killed him there. {14:20} They brought him on
horses; and he was buried at Jerusalem with his fathers in the city of
David. {14:21} All the people of Judah took Azariah, who was sixteen
years old, and made him king in the place of his father Amaziah.
{14:22} He built Elath, and restored it to Judah, after that the king
slept with his fathers. {14:23} In the fifteenth year of Amaziah the
son of Joash king of Judah, Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel
began to reign in Samaria for forty-one years. {14:24} He did that
which was evil in the sight of the LORD: he didn't depart from all the
sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, with which he made Israel to sin.
{14:25} He restored the border of Israel from the entrance of Hamath
to the sea of the Arabah, according to the word of the LORD, the God
of Israel, which he spoke by his servant Jonah the son of Amittai, the
prophet, who was of Gath Hepher. {14:26} For the LORD saw the
affliction of Israel, that it was very bitter; for there was none shut
up nor left at large, neither was there any helper for Israel. {14:27}
The LORD didn't say that he would blot out the name of Israel from
under the sky; but he saved them by the hand of Jeroboam the son of
Joash. {14:28} 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 had belonged to Judah, for Israel, aren't they written
in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? {14:29} Jeroboam
slept with his fathers, even with the kings of Israel; and Zechariah
his son reigned in his place.
{15:1} In the twenty-seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel began
Azariah son of Amaziah king of Judah to reign. {15:2} Sixteen years
old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned fifty-two years in
Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Jecoliah of Jerusalem. {15:3} He
did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, according to all
that his father Amaziah had done. {15:4} However the high places were
not taken away: the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the
high places. {15:5} The LORD struck the king, so that he was a leper
to the day of his death, and lived in a separate house. Jotham the
king's son was over the household, judging the people of the land.
{15:6} Now the rest of the acts of Azariah, and all that he did,
aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of
Judah? {15:7} Azariah slept with his fathers; and they buried him with
his fathers in the city of David: and Jotham his son reigned in his
place. {15:8} In the thirty-eighth year of Azariah king of Judah,
Zechariah the son of Jeroboam reigned over Israel in Samaria six
months. {15:9} He did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, as
his fathers had done: he didn't depart from the sins of Jeroboam the
son of Nebat, with which he made Israel to sin. {15:10} Shallum the
son of Jabesh conspired against him, and struck him before the people,
and killed him, and reigned in his place. {15:11} Now the rest of the
acts of Zechariah, behold, they are written in the book of the
chronicles of the kings of Israel. {15:12} This was the word of the
LORD which he spoke to Jehu, saying, "Your sons to the fourth
generation shall sit on the throne of Israel." So it came to pass.
{15:13} Shallum the son of Jabesh began to reign in the thirty-ninth
year of Uzziah king of Judah; and he reigned for a month in Samaria.
{15:14} Menahem the son of Gadi went up from Tirzah, and came to
Samaria, and struck Shallum the son of Jabesh in Samaria, and killed
him, and reigned in his place. {15:15} Now the rest of the acts of
Shallum, and his conspiracy which he made, behold, they are written in
the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel. {15:16} Then
Menahem struck Tiphsah, and all who were therein, and its borders,
from Tirzah: because they didn't open to him, therefore he struck it;
and all the women therein who were with child he ripped up. {15:17} In
the nine and thirtieth year of Azariah king of Judah, Menahem the son
of Gadi began to reign over Israel for ten years in Samaria. {15:18}
He did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD: he didn't depart
all his days from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, with which he
made Israel to sin. {15:19} There came against the land Pul the king
of Assyria; and Menahem gave Pul one thousand talents of silver, that
his hand might be with him to confirm the kingdom in his hand. {15:20}
Menahem exacted the 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 didn't stay there in
the land. {15:21} Now the rest of the acts of Menahem, and all that he
did, aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of
Israel? {15:22} Menahem slept with his fathers; and Pekahiah his son
reigned in his place. {15:23} In the fiftieth year of Azariah king of
Judah Pekahiah the son of Menahem began to reign over Israel in
Samaria for two years. {15:24} He did that which was evil in the sight
of the LORD: he didn't depart from the sins of Jeroboam the son of
Nebat, with which he made Israel to sin. {15:25} Pekah the son of
Remaliah, his captain, conspired against him, and struck him in
Samaria, in the castle of the king's house, with Argob and Arieh; and
with him were fifty men of the Gileadites: and he killed him, and
reigned in his place. {15:26} Now 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. {15:27} In the two and fiftieth
year of Azariah king of Judah Pekah the son of Remaliah began to reign
over Israel in Samaria for twenty years. {15:28} He did that which was
evil in the sight of the LORD: he didn't depart from the sins of
Jeroboam the son of Nebat, with which he made Israel to sin. {15:29}
In the days of Pekah king of Israel came Tiglath Pileser king of
Assyria, and took Ijon, and Abel Beth Maacah, and Janoah, and Kedesh,
and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali; and he
carried them captive to Assyria. {15:30} Hoshea the son of Elah made a
conspiracy against Pekah the son of Remaliah, and struck him, and
killed him, and reigned in his place, in the twentieth year of Jotham
the son of Uzziah. {15:31} Now the rest of the acts of Pekah, and all
that he did, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of
the kings of Israel. {15:32} In the second year of Pekah the son of
Remaliah king of Israel began Jotham the son of Uzziah king of Judah
to reign. {15:33} He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign;
and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was
Jerusha the daughter of Zadok. {15:34} He did that which was right in
the eyes of the LORD; he did according to all that his father Uzziah
had done. {15:35} However the high places were not taken away: the
people still sacrificed and burned incense in the high places. He
built the upper gate of the house of the LORD. {15:36} Now the rest of
the acts of Jotham, and all that he did, aren't they written in the
book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? {15:37} In those days
the LORD began to send against Judah Rezin the king of Syria, and
Pekah the son of Remaliah. {15:38} Jotham slept with his fathers, and
was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father: and Ahaz
his son reigned in his place.
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