\id 2KI The Second Book of Kings 
\h 2 Kings 
\toc1 The Second Book of the Kings, Commonly Called the Fourth Book of the Kings 
\toc2 2 Kings 
\toc3 2Ki 
\mt1 The Second Book of the Kings  
\mt2 Commonly Called the Fourth Book of the Kings  
\c 1  
\p
\v 1 Then \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w* \w rebelled|strong="H6586"\w* against \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* the \w death|strong="H4194"\w* of \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w*.  
\v 2 And \w Ahaziah|strong="H0274"\w* fell \w down|strong="H5307"\w* through a \w lattice|strong="H7639"\w* in his upper \w chamber|strong="H5944"\w* that \add was\add* in \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*, and was \w sick|strong="H2470"\w*: and he \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w messengers|strong="H4397"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto them, \w Go|strong="H3212"\w*, \w enquire|strong="H1875"\w* of \w Baal-zebub|strong="H1176"\w* the \w god|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Ekron|strong="H6138"\w* whether I shall \w recover|strong="H2421"\w* of this \w disease|strong="H2483"\w*.  
\v 3 But the \w angel|strong="H4397"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w said|strong="H1696"\w* to \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w* the \w Tishbite|strong="H8664"\w*, \w Arise|strong="H6965"\w*, go \w up|strong="H5927"\w* to \w meet|strong="H7125"\w* the \w messengers|strong="H4397"\w* of the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*, and \w say|strong="H1696"\w* unto them, \add Is it\add* not because \add there is\add* not a \w God|strong="H0430"\w* in \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \add that\add* ye \w go|strong="H1980"\w* to \w enquire|strong="H1875"\w* of \w Baal-zebub|strong="H1176"\w* the \w god|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Ekron|strong="H6138"\w*?  
\v 4 Now therefore thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, Thou shalt not come \w down|strong="H3381"\w* from that \w bed|strong="H4296"\w* on which thou art gone \w up|strong="H5927"\w*, but shalt \w surely|strong="H4191"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w*. And \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w* \w departed|strong="H3212"\w*.\f + \fr 1.4 \ft Thou shalt…: Heb. The bed whither thou art gone up, thou shalt not come down from it\f*   
\p
\v 5 ¶ And when the \w messengers|strong="H4397"\w* turned \w back|strong="H7725"\w* unto him, he \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto them, Why are ye \w now|strong="H2088"\w* turned \w back|strong="H7725"\w*?  
\v 6 And they \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, There \w came|strong="H5927"\w* a \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* to \w meet|strong="H7125"\w* us, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto us, \w Go|strong="H3212"\w*, turn \w again|strong="H7725"\w* unto the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* that \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* you, and \w say|strong="H1696"\w* unto him, Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, \add Is it\add* not because \add there is\add* not a \w God|strong="H0430"\w* in \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \add that\add* thou \w sendest|strong="H7971"\w* to \w enquire|strong="H1875"\w* of \w Baal-zebub|strong="H1176"\w* the \w god|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Ekron|strong="H6138"\w*? therefore thou shalt not come \w down|strong="H3381"\w* from that \w bed|strong="H4296"\w* on which thou art gone \w up|strong="H5927"\w*, but shalt \w surely|strong="H4191"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w*.  
\v 7 And he \w said|strong="H1696"\w* unto them, What \w manner|strong="H4941"\w* of \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \add was he\add* which came \w up|strong="H5927"\w* to \w meet|strong="H7125"\w* you, and \w told|strong="H1696"\w* you these \w words|strong="H1697"\w*?\f + \fr 1.7 \ft What…: Heb. What was the manner of the man\f*  
\v 8 And they \w answered|strong="H0559"\w* him, \add He was\add* an \w hairy|strong="H8181"\w* \w man|strong="H1167"\w*, and \w girt|strong="H0247"\w* with a \w girdle|strong="H0232"\w* of \w leather|strong="H5785"\w* about his \w loins|strong="H4975"\w*. And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, It \add is\add* \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w* the \w Tishbite|strong="H8664"\w*.   
\p
\v 9 Then the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* unto him a \w captain|strong="H8269"\w* of \w fifty|strong="H2572"\w* with his \w fifty|strong="H2572"\w*. And he went \w up|strong="H5927"\w* to him: and, behold, he \w sat|strong="H3427"\w* on the \w top|strong="H7218"\w* of an \w hill|strong="H2022"\w*. And he \w spake|strong="H1696"\w* unto him, Thou \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* hath \w said|strong="H1696"\w*, Come \w down|strong="H3381"\w*.  
\v 10 And \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w* \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* and \w said|strong="H1696"\w* to the \w captain|strong="H8269"\w* of \w fifty|strong="H2572"\w*, If I \add be\add* a \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, then let \w fire|strong="H0784"\w* come \w down|strong="H3381"\w* from \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w*, and \w consume|strong="H0398"\w* thee and thy \w fifty|strong="H2572"\w*. And there came \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w fire|strong="H0784"\w* from \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w*, and \w consumed|strong="H0398"\w* him and his \w fifty|strong="H2572"\w*.  
\v 11 \w Again|strong="H7725"\w* also he \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* unto him \w another|strong="H0312"\w* \w captain|strong="H8269"\w* of \w fifty|strong="H2572"\w* with his \w fifty|strong="H2572"\w*. And he \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* and \w said|strong="H1696"\w* unto him, O \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, thus hath the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Come \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w quickly|strong="H4120"\w*.  
\v 12 And \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w* \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* and \w said|strong="H1696"\w* unto them, If I \add be\add* a \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, let \w fire|strong="H0784"\w* come \w down|strong="H3381"\w* from \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w*, and \w consume|strong="H0398"\w* thee and thy \w fifty|strong="H2572"\w*. And the \w fire|strong="H0784"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w* came \w down|strong="H3381"\w* from \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w*, and \w consumed|strong="H0398"\w* him and his \w fifty|strong="H2572"\w*.   
\p
\v 13 ¶ And he \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w again|strong="H7725"\w* a \w captain|strong="H8269"\w* of the \w third|strong="H7992"\w* \w fifty|strong="H2572"\w* with his \w fifty|strong="H2572"\w*. And the \w third|strong="H7992"\w* \w captain|strong="H8269"\w* of \w fifty|strong="H2572"\w* went \w up|strong="H5927"\w*, and \w came|strong="H0935"\w* and \w fell|strong="H3766"\w* on his \w knees|strong="H1290"\w* \w before|strong="H5048"\w* \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w*, and \w besought|strong="H2603"\w* him, and \w said|strong="H1696"\w* unto him, O \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, I pray thee, let my \w life|strong="H5315"\w*, and the \w life|strong="H5315"\w* of these \w fifty|strong="H2572"\w* thy \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*, be \w precious|strong="H3365"\w* in thy \w sight|strong="H5869"\w*.\f + \fr 1.13 \ft fell: Heb. bowed\f*  
\v 14 Behold, there \w came|strong="H3381"\w* \w fire|strong="H0784"\w* \w down|strong="H3381"\w* from \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w*, and burnt \w up|strong="H0398"\w* the \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w captains|strong="H8269"\w* of the \w former|strong="H7223"\w* \w fifties|strong="H2572"\w* with their \w fifties|strong="H2572"\w*: therefore let my \w life|strong="H5315"\w* now be \w precious|strong="H3365"\w* in thy \w sight|strong="H5869"\w*.  
\v 15 And the \w angel|strong="H4397"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w said|strong="H1696"\w* unto \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w*, Go \w down|strong="H3381"\w* with him: be not \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w* of \w him|strong="H6440"\w*. And he \w arose|strong="H6965"\w*, and went \w down|strong="H3381"\w* with him unto the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*.  
\v 16 And he \w said|strong="H1696"\w* unto him, Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, Forasmuch as thou hast \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w messengers|strong="H4397"\w* to \w enquire|strong="H1875"\w* of \w Baal-zebub|strong="H1176"\w* the \w god|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Ekron|strong="H6138"\w*, \add is it\add* not because \add there is\add* no \w God|strong="H0430"\w* in \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* to \w enquire|strong="H1875"\w* of his \w word|strong="H1697"\w*? therefore thou shalt not come \w down|strong="H3381"\w* off that \w bed|strong="H4296"\w* on which thou art gone \w up|strong="H5927"\w*, but shalt \w surely|strong="H4191"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w*.   
\p
\v 17 ¶ So he \w died|strong="H4191"\w* according to the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* which \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w* had \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w*. And \w Jehoram|strong="H3088"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* in his stead in the \w second|strong="H8147"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* of \w Jehoram|strong="H3088"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*; because he had no \w son|strong="H1121"\w*.  
\v 18 Now the \w rest|strong="H3499"\w* of the \w acts|strong="H1697"\w* of \w Ahaziah|strong="H0274"\w* which he \w did|strong="H6213"\w*, \add are\add* they not \w written|strong="H3789"\w* in the \w book|strong="H5612"\w* of the \w chronicles|strong="H1697"\w* of the \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*?   
\c 2  
\p
\v 1 And it came to pass, when the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* would take \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w* into \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w* by a \w whirlwind|strong="H5591"\w*, that \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* with \w Elisha|strong="H0477"\w* from \w Gilgal|strong="H1537"\w*.  
\v 2 And \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Elisha|strong="H0477"\w*, \w Tarry|strong="H3427"\w* here, I pray thee; for the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* hath \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* me to \w Beth-el|strong="H1008"\w*. And \w Elisha|strong="H0477"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \add unto him, As\add* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w liveth|strong="H2416"\w*, and \add as\add* thy \w soul|strong="H5315"\w* \w liveth|strong="H2416"\w*, I will not \w leave|strong="H5800"\w* thee. So they went \w down|strong="H3381"\w* to \w Beth-el|strong="H1008"\w*.  
\v 3 And the \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* of the \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* that \add were\add* at \w Beth-el|strong="H1008"\w* came \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* to \w Elisha|strong="H0477"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, \w Knowest|strong="H3045"\w* thou that the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* will take \w away|strong="H3947"\w* thy \w master|strong="H0113"\w* from thy \w head|strong="H7218"\w* to \w day|strong="H3117"\w*? And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Yea, I \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \add it;\add* hold ye your \w peace|strong="H2814"\w*.  
\v 4 And \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, \w Elisha|strong="H0477"\w*, \w tarry|strong="H3427"\w* here, I pray thee; for the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* hath \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* me to \w Jericho|strong="H3405"\w*. And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \add As\add* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w liveth|strong="H2416"\w*, and \add as\add* thy \w soul|strong="H5315"\w* \w liveth|strong="H2416"\w*, I will not \w leave|strong="H5800"\w* thee. So they \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Jericho|strong="H3405"\w*.  
\v 5 And the \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* of the \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* that \add were\add* at \w Jericho|strong="H3405"\w* \w came|strong="H5066"\w* to \w Elisha|strong="H0477"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, \w Knowest|strong="H3045"\w* thou that the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* will take \w away|strong="H3947"\w* thy \w master|strong="H0113"\w* from thy \w head|strong="H7218"\w* to \w day|strong="H3117"\w*? And he \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, Yea, I \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \add it;\add* hold ye your \w peace|strong="H2814"\w*.  
\v 6 And \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, \w Tarry|strong="H3427"\w*, I pray thee, here; for the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* hath \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* me to \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w*. And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \add As\add* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w liveth|strong="H2416"\w*, and \add as\add* thy \w soul|strong="H5315"\w* \w liveth|strong="H2416"\w*, I will not \w leave|strong="H5800"\w* thee. And they \w two|strong="H8147"\w* went \w on|strong="H3212"\w*.  
\v 7 And \w fifty|strong="H2572"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* of the \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* of the \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w went|strong="H1980"\w*, and \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* to \w view|strong="H5048"\w* afar \w off|strong="H7350"\w*: and they \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* by \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w*.\f + \fr 2.7 \ft to view: Heb. in sight, or, over against\f*  
\v 8 And \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* his \w mantle|strong="H0155"\w*, and wrapped \add it\add* \w together|strong="H1563"\w*, and \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* the \w waters|strong="H4325"\w*, and they were \w divided|strong="H2673"\w* hither and thither, so that they \w two|strong="H8147"\w* went \w over|strong="H5674"\w* on \w dry|strong="H2724"\w* ground.   
\p
\v 9 ¶ And it came to pass, when they were gone \w over|strong="H5674"\w*, that \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Elisha|strong="H0477"\w*, \w Ask|strong="H7592"\w* what I shall \w do|strong="H6213"\w* for thee, before I be taken \w away|strong="H3947"\w* from thee. And \w Elisha|strong="H0477"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, I pray thee, let a \w double|strong="H8147"\w* \w portion|strong="H6310"\w* of thy \w spirit|strong="H7307"\w* be upon me.  
\v 10 And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Thou hast \w asked|strong="H7592"\w* a hard \w thing|strong="H7185"\w*: \add nevertheless\add*, if thou \w see|strong="H7200"\w* me \add when I am\add* \w taken|strong="H3947"\w* from thee, it shall be so unto thee; but if not, it shall not be \add so\add*.\f + \fr 2.10 \ft Thou hast…: Heb. Thou hast done hard in asking\f*  
\v 11 And it came to pass, as they \w still|strong="H1980"\w* went \w on|strong="H1980"\w*, and \w talked|strong="H1696"\w*, that, behold, \add there appeared\add* a \w chariot|strong="H7393"\w* of \w fire|strong="H0784"\w*, and \w horses|strong="H5483"\w* of \w fire|strong="H0784"\w*, and \w parted|strong="H6504"\w* them \w both|strong="H8147"\w* \w asunder|strong="H0996"\w*; and \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w* went \w up|strong="H5927"\w* by a \w whirlwind|strong="H5591"\w* into \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w*.   
\p
\v 12 ¶ And \w Elisha|strong="H0477"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \add it\add*, and he \w cried|strong="H6817"\w*, My \w father|strong="H0001"\w*, my \w father|strong="H0001"\w*, the \w chariot|strong="H7393"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, and the \w horsemen|strong="H6571"\w* thereof. And he \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* him no more: and he took \w hold|strong="H2388"\w* of his own \w clothes|strong="H0899"\w*, and \w rent|strong="H7167"\w* them in \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w pieces|strong="H7168"\w*.   
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\v 13 He took \w up|strong="H7311"\w* also the \w mantle|strong="H0155"\w* of \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w* that \w fell|strong="H5307"\w* from him, and went \w back|strong="H7725"\w*, and \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* by the \w bank|strong="H8193"\w* of \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w*;\f + \fr 2.13 \ft bank: Heb. lip\f*  
\v 14 And he \w took|strong="H3947"\w* the \w mantle|strong="H0155"\w* of \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w* that \w fell|strong="H5307"\w* from him, and \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* the \w waters|strong="H4325"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Where \add is\add* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w*? and when he also had \w smitten|strong="H5221"\w* the \w waters|strong="H4325"\w*, they \w parted|strong="H2673"\w* hither and thither: and \w Elisha|strong="H0477"\w* went \w over|strong="H5674"\w*.  
\v 15 And when the \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* of the \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* which \add were\add* to view at \w Jericho|strong="H3405"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* him, they \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, The \w spirit|strong="H7307"\w* of \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w* doth \w rest|strong="H5117"\w* on \w Elisha|strong="H0477"\w*. And they \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to \w meet|strong="H7125"\w* him, and \w bowed|strong="H7812"\w* themselves to the \w ground|strong="H0776"\w* before him.   
\p
\v 16 ¶ And they \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, Behold now, there \w be|strong="H3426"\w* with thy \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w fifty|strong="H2572"\w* \w strong|strong="H2428"\w* \w men|strong="H1121"\w*; let them \w go|strong="H3212"\w*, we pray thee, and \w seek|strong="H1245"\w* thy \w master|strong="H0113"\w*: lest peradventure the \w Spirit|strong="H7307"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* hath taken him \w up|strong="H5375"\w*, and \w cast|strong="H7993"\w* him upon \w some|strong="H0259"\w* \w mountain|strong="H2022"\w*, or into \w some|strong="H0259"\w* \w valley|strong="H1516"\w*. And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Ye shall not \w send|strong="H7971"\w*.\f + \fr 2.16 \ft strong…: Heb. sons of strength\f*\f + \fr 2.16 \ft some mountain: Heb. one of the mountains\f*  
\v 17 And when they \w urged|strong="H6484"\w* him till he was \w ashamed|strong="H0954"\w*, he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Send|strong="H7971"\w*. They \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* therefore \w fifty|strong="H2572"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w*; and they \w sought|strong="H1245"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w*, but \w found|strong="H4672"\w* him not.  
\v 18 And when they came \w again|strong="H7725"\w* to him, (for he \w tarried|strong="H3427"\w* at \w Jericho|strong="H3405"\w*,) he \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto them, Did I not \w say|strong="H0559"\w* unto you, \w Go|strong="H3212"\w* not?   
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\v 19 ¶ And the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* of the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Elisha|strong="H0477"\w*, Behold, I pray thee, the \w situation|strong="H4186"\w* of this \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \add is\add* \w pleasant|strong="H2896"\w*, as my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w* \w seeth|strong="H7200"\w*: but the \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \add is\add* \w naught|strong="H7451"\w*, and the \w ground|strong="H0776"\w* \w barren|strong="H7921"\w*.\f + \fr 2.19 \ft barren: Heb. causing to miscarry\f*  
\v 20 And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Bring|strong="H3947"\w* me a \w new|strong="H2319"\w* \w cruse|strong="H6746"\w*, and \w put|strong="H7760"\w* \w salt|strong="H4417"\w* therein. And they \w brought|strong="H3947"\w* \add it\add* to him.  
\v 21 And he went \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* unto the \w spring|strong="H4161"\w* of the \w waters|strong="H4325"\w*, and \w cast|strong="H7993"\w* the \w salt|strong="H4417"\w* in there, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, I have \w healed|strong="H7495"\w* these \w waters|strong="H4325"\w*; there shall not be from thence any more \w death|strong="H4194"\w* or \w barren|strong="H7921"\w* \add land\add*.  
\v 22 So the \w waters|strong="H4325"\w* were \w healed|strong="H7495"\w* unto this \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, according to the \w saying|strong="H1697"\w* of \w Elisha|strong="H0477"\w* which he \w spake|strong="H1696"\w*.   
\p
\v 23 ¶ And he went \w up|strong="H5927"\w* from thence unto \w Beth-el|strong="H1008"\w*: and as he was going \w up|strong="H5927"\w* by the \w way|strong="H1870"\w*, there came \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* \w little|strong="H6996"\w* \w children|strong="H5288"\w* out of the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, and \w mocked|strong="H7046"\w* him, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, Go \w up|strong="H5927"\w*, thou bald \w head|strong="H7142"\w*; go \w up|strong="H5927"\w*, thou bald \w head|strong="H7142"\w*.  
\v 24 And he \w turned|strong="H6437"\w* \w back|strong="H0310"\w*, and \w looked|strong="H7200"\w* on them, and \w cursed|strong="H7043"\w* them in the \w name|strong="H8034"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*. And there came \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* she \w bears|strong="H1677"\w* out of the \w wood|strong="H3293"\w*, and \w tare|strong="H1234"\w* \w forty|strong="H0705"\w* and \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w children|strong="H3206"\w* of them.  
\v 25 And he \w went|strong="H3212"\w* from thence to \w mount|strong="H2022"\w* \w Carmel|strong="H3760"\w*, and from thence he \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* to \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*.   
\c 3  
\p
\v 1 Now \w Jehoram|strong="H3088"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w* began to \w reign|strong="H4427"\w* over \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* in \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w* the \w eighteenth|strong="H8083"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* of \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, and \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* \w twelve|strong="H8147"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*.  
\v 2 And he \w wrought|strong="H6213"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* in the \w sight|strong="H5869"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*; but not like his \w father|strong="H0001"\w*, and like his \w mother|strong="H0517"\w*: for he put \w away|strong="H5493"\w* the \w image|strong="H4676"\w* of \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w* that his \w father|strong="H0001"\w* had \w made|strong="H6213"\w*.\f + \fr 3.2 \ft image: Heb. statue\f*  
\v 3 Nevertheless he \w cleaved|strong="H1692"\w* unto the \w sins|strong="H2403"\w* of \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Nebat|strong="H5028"\w*, which made \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* to \w sin|strong="H2398"\w*; he \w departed|strong="H5493"\w* not therefrom.   
\p
\v 4 ¶ And \w Mesha|strong="H4338"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w* was a \w sheepmaster|strong="H5349"\w*, and \w rendered|strong="H7725"\w* unto the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* an \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w lambs|strong="H3733"\w*, and an \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w rams|strong="H0352"\w*, with the \w wool|strong="H6785"\w*.  
\v 5 But it came to pass, when \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w* was \w dead|strong="H4194"\w*, that the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w* \w rebelled|strong="H6586"\w* against the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.   
\p
\v 6 ¶ And \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Jehoram|strong="H3088"\w* went \w out|strong="H3318"\w* of \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w* the same \w time|strong="H3117"\w*, and \w numbered|strong="H6485"\w* all \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.  
\v 7 And he \w went|strong="H3212"\w* and \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* to \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, The \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w* hath \w rebelled|strong="H6586"\w* against me: wilt thou \w go|strong="H3212"\w* with me against \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w* to \w battle|strong="H4421"\w*? And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, I will go \w up|strong="H5927"\w*: I \add am\add* as thou \add art\add*, my \w people|strong="H5971"\w* as thy \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \add and\add* my \w horses|strong="H5483"\w* as thy \w horses|strong="H5483"\w*.  
\v 8 And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Which \w way|strong="H1870"\w* shall we go \w up|strong="H5927"\w*? And he \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, The \w way|strong="H1870"\w* through the \w wilderness|strong="H4057"\w* of \w Edom|strong="H0123"\w*.  
\v 9 So the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w*, and the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, and the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Edom|strong="H0123"\w*: and they fetched a \w compass|strong="H5437"\w* of \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w days’|strong="H3117"\w* \w journey|strong="H1870"\w*: and there was no \w water|strong="H4325"\w* for the \w host|strong="H4264"\w*, and for the \w cattle|strong="H0929"\w* that \w followed|strong="H7272"\w* them.\f + \fr 3.9 \ft that…: Heb. at their feet\f*  
\v 10 And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Alas|strong="H0162"\w*! that the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* hath \w called|strong="H7121"\w* these \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w together|strong="H7121"\w*, to \w deliver|strong="H5414"\w* them into the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w*!  
\v 11 But \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \add Is there\add* not here a \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, that we may \w enquire|strong="H1875"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* by him? And \w one|strong="H0259"\w* of the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel’s|strong="H3478"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Here \add is\add* \w Elisha|strong="H0477"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Shaphat|strong="H8202"\w*, which \w poured|strong="H3332"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* on the \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* of \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w*.  
\v 12 And \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, The \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w is|strong="H3426"\w* with him. So the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* and \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w* and the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Edom|strong="H0123"\w* went \w down|strong="H3381"\w* to him.  
\v 13 And \w Elisha|strong="H0477"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, What have I to do with thee? \w get|strong="H3212"\w* thee to the \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* of thy \w father|strong="H0001"\w*, and to the \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* of thy \w mother|strong="H0517"\w*. And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, Nay: for the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* hath \w called|strong="H7121"\w* these \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w together|strong="H7121"\w*, to \w deliver|strong="H5414"\w* them into the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w*.  
\v 14 And \w Elisha|strong="H0477"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \add As\add* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w* \w liveth|strong="H2416"\w*, \w before|strong="H6440"\w* whom I \w stand|strong="H5975"\w*, surely, were it not \w that|strong="H3884"\w* I \w regard|strong="H5375"\w* the \w presence|strong="H6440"\w* of \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, I would not \w look|strong="H5027"\w* toward thee, nor \w see|strong="H7200"\w* thee.  
\v 15 But now \w bring|strong="H3947"\w* me a \w minstrel|strong="H5059"\w*. And it came to pass, when the \w minstrel|strong="H5059"\w* \w played|strong="H5059"\w*, that the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* came upon him.  
\v 16 And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, \w Make|strong="H6213"\w* this \w valley|strong="H5158"\w* full of \w ditches|strong="H1356"\w*.  
\v 17 For thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, Ye shall not \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w wind|strong="H7307"\w*, neither shall ye \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w rain|strong="H1653"\w*; yet that \w valley|strong="H5158"\w* shall be \w filled|strong="H4390"\w* with \w water|strong="H4325"\w*, that ye may \w drink|strong="H8354"\w*, both ye, and your \w cattle|strong="H4735"\w*, and your \w beasts|strong="H0929"\w*.  
\v 18 And this is \add but\add* a light \w thing|strong="H7043"\w* in the \w sight|strong="H5869"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*: he will \w deliver|strong="H5414"\w* the \w Moabites|strong="H4124"\w* also into your \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*.  
\v 19 And ye shall \w smite|strong="H5221"\w* every \w fenced|strong="H4013"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, and every \w choice|strong="H4004"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, and shall \w fell|strong="H5307"\w* every \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w tree|strong="H6086"\w*, and \w stop|strong="H5640"\w* all \w wells|strong="H4599"\w* of \w water|strong="H4325"\w*, and \w mar|strong="H3510"\w* every \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w piece|strong="H2513"\w* of land with \w stones|strong="H0068"\w*.\f + \fr 3.19 \ft mar: Heb. grieve\f*   
\p
\v 20 And it came to pass in the \w morning|strong="H1242"\w*, when the meat \w offering|strong="H4503"\w* was \w offered|strong="H5927"\w*, that, behold, there \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* by the \w way|strong="H1870"\w* of \w Edom|strong="H0123"\w*, and the \w country|strong="H0776"\w* was \w filled|strong="H4390"\w* with \w water|strong="H4325"\w*.   
\p
\v 21 ¶ And when all the \w Moabites|strong="H4124"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* that the \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* were come \w up|strong="H5927"\w* to \w fight|strong="H3898"\w* against them, they \w gathered|strong="H6817"\w* all that were able to \w put|strong="H2296"\w* on \w armour|strong="H2290"\w*, and \w upward|strong="H4605"\w*, and \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* in the \w border|strong="H1366"\w*.\f + \fr 3.21 \ft gathered: Heb. were cried together\f*\f + \fr 3.21 \ft put on…: Heb. gird himself with a girdle\f*  
\v 22 And they rose up \w early|strong="H7925"\w* in the \w morning|strong="H1242"\w*, and the \w sun|strong="H8121"\w* \w shone|strong="H2224"\w* upon the \w water|strong="H4325"\w*, and the \w Moabites|strong="H4124"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* the \w water|strong="H4325"\w* on the other \w side|strong="H5048"\w* \add as\add* \w red|strong="H0122"\w* as \w blood|strong="H1818"\w*:  
\v 23 And they \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, This \add is\add* \w blood|strong="H1818"\w*: the \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* are \w surely|strong="H2717"\w* \w slain|strong="H2717"\w*, and they have \w smitten|strong="H5221"\w* \w one|strong="H0376"\w* \w another|strong="H7453"\w*: now therefore, \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w*, to the \w spoil|strong="H7998"\w*.\f + \fr 3.23 \ft slain: Heb. destroyed\f*  
\v 24 And when they \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to the \w camp|strong="H4264"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, the \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* rose \w up|strong="H6965"\w* and \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* the \w Moabites|strong="H4124"\w*, so that they \w fled|strong="H5127"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* them: but they went \w forward|strong="H5221"\w* \w smiting|strong="H5221"\w* the \w Moabites|strong="H4124"\w*, even in \add their\add* country.\f + \fr 3.24 \ft they went…: or, they smote in it even smiting\f*  
\v 25 And they beat \w down|strong="H2040"\w* the \w cities|strong="H5892"\w*, and on every \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w piece|strong="H2513"\w* of land \w cast|strong="H7993"\w* every \w man|strong="H0376"\w* his \w stone|strong="H0068"\w*, and \w filled|strong="H4390"\w* it; and they \w stopped|strong="H5640"\w* all the \w wells|strong="H4599"\w* of \w water|strong="H4325"\w*, and \w felled|strong="H5307"\w* all the \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w trees|strong="H6086"\w*: only in \w Kir-haraseth|strong="H7025"\w* \w left|strong="H7604"\w* they the \w stones|strong="H0068"\w* thereof; howbeit the \w slingers|strong="H7051"\w* went \w about|strong="H5437"\w* \add it\add*, and \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* it.\f + \fr 3.25 \ft only in…: Heb. until he left its stones in Kir-haraseth\f*   
\p
\v 26 ¶ And when the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* that the \w battle|strong="H4421"\w* was too \w sore|strong="H2388"\w* for him, he \w took|strong="H3947"\w* with him \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* that \w drew|strong="H8025"\w* \w swords|strong="H2719"\w*, to break \w through|strong="H1234"\w* \add even\add* unto the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Edom|strong="H0123"\w*: but they \w could|strong="H3201"\w* not.  
\v 27 Then he \w took|strong="H3947"\w* his \w eldest|strong="H1060"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* that should have \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* in his stead, and \w offered|strong="H5927"\w* him \add for\add* a burnt \w offering|strong="H5930"\w* upon the \w wall|strong="H2346"\w*. And there was \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w indignation|strong="H7110"\w* against \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*: and they \w departed|strong="H5265"\w* from him, and \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* to \add their own\add* \w land|strong="H0776"\w*.   
\c 4  
\p
\v 1 Now there \w cried|strong="H6817"\w* a \w certain|strong="H0259"\w* \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* of the \w wives|strong="H0802"\w* of the \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* of the \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* unto \w Elisha|strong="H0477"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* my \w husband|strong="H0376"\w* is \w dead|strong="H4191"\w*; and thou \w knowest|strong="H3045"\w* that thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* did \w fear|strong="H3373"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*: and the \w creditor|strong="H5383"\w* is \w come|strong="H0935"\w* to \w take|strong="H3947"\w* unto him my \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w sons|strong="H3206"\w* to be \w bondmen|strong="H5650"\w*.  
\v 2 And \w Elisha|strong="H0477"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto her, What shall I \w do|strong="H6213"\w* for thee? \w tell|strong="H5046"\w* me, what \w hast|strong="H3426"\w* thou in the \w house|strong="H1004"\w*? And she \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Thine \w handmaid|strong="H8198"\w* hath not any thing in the \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, save a \w pot|strong="H0610"\w* of \w oil|strong="H8081"\w*.  
\v 3 Then he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Go|strong="H3212"\w*, \w borrow|strong="H7592"\w* thee \w vessels|strong="H3627"\w* \w abroad|strong="H2351"\w* of all thy \w neighbours|strong="H7934"\w*, \add even\add* \w empty|strong="H7386"\w* \w vessels|strong="H3627"\w*; borrow not a \w few|strong="H4591"\w*.\f + \fr 4.3 \ft borrow not…: or, scant not\f*  
\v 4 And when thou art come \w in|strong="H0935"\w*, thou shalt \w shut|strong="H5462"\w* the \w door|strong="H1817"\w* upon thee and upon thy \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*, and shalt pour \w out|strong="H3332"\w* into all those \w vessels|strong="H3627"\w*, and thou shalt set \w aside|strong="H5265"\w* that which is \w full|strong="H4392"\w*.  
\v 5 So she \w went|strong="H3212"\w* from him, and \w shut|strong="H5462"\w* the \w door|strong="H1817"\w* upon her and \w upon|strong="H1157"\w* her \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*, \w who|strong="H1992"\w* \w brought|strong="H5066"\w* \add the vessels\add* to her; and she poured \w out|strong="H3332"\w*.  
\v 6 And it came to pass, when the \w vessels|strong="H3627"\w* were \w full|strong="H4390"\w*, that she \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto her \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, \w Bring|strong="H5066"\w* me yet a \w vessel|strong="H3627"\w*. And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto her, \add There is\add* not a \w vessel|strong="H3627"\w* more. And the \w oil|strong="H8081"\w* \w stayed|strong="H5975"\w*.  
\v 7 Then she \w came|strong="H0935"\w* and \w told|strong="H5046"\w* the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w*. And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Go|strong="H3212"\w*, \w sell|strong="H4376"\w* the \w oil|strong="H8081"\w*, and \w pay|strong="H7999"\w* thy \w debt|strong="H5386"\w*, and \w live|strong="H2421"\w* thou and thy \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of the \w rest|strong="H3498"\w*.\f + \fr 4.7 \ft debt: or, creditor\f*   
\p
\v 8 ¶ And it fell on a \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, that \w Elisha|strong="H0477"\w* \w passed|strong="H5674"\w* to \w Shunem|strong="H7766"\w*, where \add was\add* a \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w woman|strong="H0802"\w*; and she \w constrained|strong="H2388"\w* him to \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* \w bread|strong="H3899"\w*. And \add so\add* it was, \add that\add* as \w oft|strong="H1767"\w* as he passed \w by|strong="H5674"\w*, he \w turned|strong="H5493"\w* in thither to \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* \w bread|strong="H3899"\w*.\f + \fr 4.8 \ft it fell on a day: Heb. there was a day\f*\f + \fr 4.8 \ft constrained him: Heb. laid hold on him\f*  
\v 9 And she \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto her \w husband|strong="H0376"\w*, Behold now, I \w perceive|strong="H3045"\w* that this \add is\add* an \w holy|strong="H6918"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, which \w passeth|strong="H5674"\w* by us \w continually|strong="H8548"\w*.  
\v 10 Let us \w make|strong="H6213"\w* a \w little|strong="H6996"\w* \w chamber|strong="H5944"\w*, I pray thee, on the \w wall|strong="H7023"\w*; and let us \w set|strong="H7760"\w* for him there a \w bed|strong="H4296"\w*, and a \w table|strong="H7979"\w*, and a \w stool|strong="H3678"\w*, and a \w candlestick|strong="H4501"\w*: and it shall be, when he \w cometh|strong="H0935"\w* to us, that he shall \w turn|strong="H5493"\w* in thither.  
\v 11 And it fell on a \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, that he \w came|strong="H0935"\w* thither, and he \w turned|strong="H5493"\w* into the \w chamber|strong="H5944"\w*, and \w lay|strong="H7901"\w* there.  
\v 12 And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to \w Gehazi|strong="H1522"\w* his \w servant|strong="H5288"\w*, \w Call|strong="H7121"\w* this \w Shunammite|strong="H7767"\w*. And when he had \w called|strong="H7121"\w* her, she \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* him.  
\v 13 And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, \w Say|strong="H0559"\w* now unto her, Behold, thou hast been \w careful|strong="H2729"\w* for us with all this \w care|strong="H2731"\w*; what \add is\add* to be \w done|strong="H6213"\w* for thee? \w wouldest|strong="H3426"\w* thou be \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w* for to the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, or to the \w captain|strong="H8269"\w* of the \w host|strong="H6635"\w*? And she \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, I \w dwell|strong="H3427"\w* \w among|strong="H8432"\w* mine own \w people|strong="H5971"\w*.  
\v 14 And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, What then \add is\add* to be \w done|strong="H6213"\w* for her? And \w Gehazi|strong="H1522"\w* \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Verily|strong="H0061"\w* she hath no \w child|strong="H1121"\w*, and her \w husband|strong="H0376"\w* is \w old|strong="H2204"\w*.  
\v 15 And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Call|strong="H7121"\w* her. And when he had \w called|strong="H7121"\w* her, she \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* in the \w door|strong="H6607"\w*.  
\v 16 And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, About this \w season|strong="H4150"\w*, according to the \w time|strong="H6256"\w* of \w life|strong="H2416"\w*, thou shalt \w embrace|strong="H2263"\w* a \w son|strong="H1121"\w*. And she \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Nay, my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w*, \add thou\add* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, do not \w lie|strong="H3576"\w* unto thine \w handmaid|strong="H8198"\w*.\f + \fr 4.16 \ft season: Heb. set time\f*  
\v 17 And the \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* \w conceived|strong="H2029"\w*, and \w bare|strong="H3205"\w* a \w son|strong="H1121"\w* at that \w season|strong="H4150"\w* that \w Elisha|strong="H0477"\w* had \w said|strong="H1696"\w* unto her, according to the \w time|strong="H6256"\w* of \w life|strong="H2416"\w*.   
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\v 18 ¶ And when the \w child|strong="H3206"\w* was \w grown|strong="H1431"\w*, it fell on a \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, that he went \w out|strong="H3318"\w* to his \w father|strong="H0001"\w* to the \w reapers|strong="H7114"\w*.  
\v 19 And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto his \w father|strong="H0001"\w*, My \w head|strong="H7218"\w*, my \w head|strong="H7218"\w*. And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to a \w lad|strong="H5288"\w*, \w Carry|strong="H5375"\w* him to his \w mother|strong="H0517"\w*.  
\v 20 And when he had \w taken|strong="H5375"\w* him, and \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* him to his \w mother|strong="H0517"\w*, he \w sat|strong="H3427"\w* on her \w knees|strong="H1290"\w* till \w noon|strong="H6672"\w*, and \add then\add* \w died|strong="H4191"\w*.  
\v 21 And she went \w up|strong="H5927"\w*, and \w laid|strong="H7901"\w* him on the \w bed|strong="H4296"\w* of the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, and \w shut|strong="H5462"\w* \add the door\add* upon him, and went \w out|strong="H3318"\w*.  
\v 22 And she \w called|strong="H7121"\w* unto her \w husband|strong="H0376"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Send|strong="H7971"\w* me, I pray thee, \w one|strong="H0259"\w* of the young \w men|strong="H5288"\w*, and \w one|strong="H0259"\w* of the \w asses|strong="H0860"\w*, that I may \w run|strong="H7323"\w* to the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, and come \w again|strong="H7725"\w*.  
\v 23 And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Wherefore wilt thou \w go|strong="H1980"\w* to him to \w day|strong="H3117"\w*? \add it is\add* neither new \w moon|strong="H2320"\w*, nor \w sabbath|strong="H7676"\w*. And she \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \add It shall be\add* \w well|strong="H7965"\w*.\f + \fr 4.23 \ft well: Heb. peace\f*  
\v 24 Then she \w saddled|strong="H2280"\w* an \w ass|strong="H0860"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to her \w servant|strong="H5288"\w*, \w Drive|strong="H5090"\w*, and go \w forward|strong="H3212"\w*; \w slack|strong="H6113"\w* not \add thy\add* \w riding|strong="H7392"\w* for me, except I \w bid|strong="H0559"\w* thee.\f + \fr 4.24 \ft slack…: Heb. restrain not for me to ride\f*  
\v 25 So she \w went|strong="H3212"\w* and \w came|strong="H0935"\w* unto the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w* to \w mount|strong="H2022"\w* \w Carmel|strong="H3760"\w*. And it came to pass, when the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w* saw her afar \w off|strong="H7200"\w*, that he \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to \w Gehazi|strong="H1522"\w* his \w servant|strong="H5288"\w*, Behold, \add yonder is\add* \w that|strong="H1975"\w* \w Shunammite|strong="H7767"\w*:  
\v 26 \w Run|strong="H7323"\w* now, I pray thee, to \w meet|strong="H7125"\w* her, and \w say|strong="H0559"\w* unto her, \add Is it\add* \w well|strong="H7965"\w* with thee? \add is it\add* \w well|strong="H7965"\w* with thy \w husband|strong="H0376"\w*? \add is it\add* \w well|strong="H7965"\w* with the \w child|strong="H3206"\w*? And she \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, \add It is\add* \w well|strong="H7965"\w*.  
\v 27 And when she \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w* to the \w hill|strong="H2022"\w*, she \w caught|strong="H2388"\w* him by the \w feet|strong="H7272"\w*: but \w Gehazi|strong="H1522"\w* came \w near|strong="H5066"\w* to thrust her \w away|strong="H1920"\w*. And the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Let her \w alone|strong="H7503"\w*; for her \w soul|strong="H5315"\w* \add is\add* \w vexed|strong="H4843"\w* within her: and the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* hath \w hid|strong="H5956"\w* \add it\add* from me, and hath not \w told|strong="H5046"\w* me.\f + \fr 4.27 \ft him…: Heb. by his feet\f*\f + \fr 4.27 \ft vexed: Heb. bitter\f*  
\v 28 Then she \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Did I \w desire|strong="H7592"\w* a \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w*? did I not \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, Do not \w deceive|strong="H7952"\w* me?  
\v 29 Then he \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to \w Gehazi|strong="H1522"\w*, Gird \w up|strong="H2296"\w* thy \w loins|strong="H4975"\w*, and \w take|strong="H3947"\w* my \w staff|strong="H4938"\w* in thine \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*, and go thy \w way|strong="H3212"\w*: if thou \w meet|strong="H4672"\w* any \w man|strong="H0376"\w*, \w salute|strong="H1288"\w* him not; and if \w any|strong="H0376"\w* \w salute|strong="H1288"\w* thee, answer him not \w again|strong="H6030"\w*: and \w lay|strong="H7760"\w* my \w staff|strong="H4938"\w* upon the \w face|strong="H6440"\w* of the \w child|strong="H5288"\w*.  
\v 30 And the \w mother|strong="H0517"\w* of the \w child|strong="H5288"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \add As\add* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w liveth|strong="H2416"\w*, and \add as\add* thy \w soul|strong="H5315"\w* \w liveth|strong="H2416"\w*, I will not \w leave|strong="H5800"\w* thee. And he \w arose|strong="H6965"\w*, and \w followed|strong="H3212"\w* her.  
\v 31 And \w Gehazi|strong="H1522"\w* passed \w on|strong="H5674"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* them, and \w laid|strong="H7760"\w* the \w staff|strong="H4938"\w* upon the \w face|strong="H6440"\w* of the \w child|strong="H5288"\w*; but \add there was\add* neither \w voice|strong="H6963"\w*, nor \w hearing|strong="H7182"\w*. Wherefore he went \w again|strong="H7725"\w* to \w meet|strong="H7125"\w* him, and \w told|strong="H5046"\w* him, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, The \w child|strong="H5288"\w* is not \w awaked|strong="H6974"\w*.\f + \fr 4.31 \ft hearing: Heb. attention\f*  
\v 32 And when \w Elisha|strong="H0477"\w* was \w come|strong="H0935"\w* into the \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, behold, the \w child|strong="H5288"\w* was \w dead|strong="H4191"\w*, \add and\add* \w laid|strong="H7901"\w* upon his \w bed|strong="H4296"\w*.  
\v 33 He went \w in|strong="H0935"\w* therefore, and \w shut|strong="H5462"\w* the \w door|strong="H1817"\w* upon them \w twain|strong="H8147"\w*, and \w prayed|strong="H6419"\w* unto the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*.  
\v 34 And he went \w up|strong="H5927"\w*, and \w lay|strong="H7901"\w* upon the \w child|strong="H3206"\w*, and \w put|strong="H7760"\w* his \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w* upon his \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w*, and his \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* upon his \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*, and his \w hands|strong="H3709"\w* upon his \w hands|strong="H3709"\w*: and he \w stretched|strong="H1457"\w* himself upon the child; and the \w flesh|strong="H1320"\w* of the \w child|strong="H3206"\w* waxed \w warm|strong="H2552"\w*.  
\v 35 Then he \w returned|strong="H7725"\w*, and \w walked|strong="H3212"\w* in the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w to|strong="H0259"\w* and \w fro|strong="H0259"\w*; and went \w up|strong="H5927"\w*, and \w stretched|strong="H1457"\w* himself upon him: and the \w child|strong="H5288"\w* \w sneezed|strong="H2237"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w times|strong="H6471"\w*, and the \w child|strong="H5288"\w* \w opened|strong="H6491"\w* his \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*.\f + \fr 4.35 \ft to and fro: Heb. once hither and once thither\f*  
\v 36 And he \w called|strong="H7121"\w* \w Gehazi|strong="H1522"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Call|strong="H7121"\w* this \w Shunammite|strong="H7767"\w*. So he \w called|strong="H7121"\w* her. And when she was come \w in|strong="H0935"\w* unto him, he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Take \w up|strong="H5375"\w* thy \w son|strong="H1121"\w*.  
\v 37 Then she went \w in|strong="H0935"\w*, and \w fell|strong="H5307"\w* at his \w feet|strong="H7272"\w*, and \w bowed|strong="H7812"\w* herself to the \w ground|strong="H0776"\w*, and took \w up|strong="H5375"\w* her \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, and went \w out|strong="H3318"\w*.   
\p
\v 38 ¶ And \w Elisha|strong="H0477"\w* came \w again|strong="H7725"\w* to \w Gilgal|strong="H1537"\w*: and \add there was\add* a \w dearth|strong="H7458"\w* in the \w land|strong="H0776"\w*; and the \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* of the \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \add were\add* \w sitting|strong="H3427"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* him: and he \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto his \w servant|strong="H5288"\w*, \w Set|strong="H8239"\w* on the \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w pot|strong="H5518"\w*, and \w seethe|strong="H1310"\w* \w pottage|strong="H5138"\w* for the \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* of the \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w*.  
\v 39 And \w one|strong="H0259"\w* went \w out|strong="H3318"\w* into the \w field|strong="H7704"\w* to \w gather|strong="H3950"\w* \w herbs|strong="H0219"\w*, and \w found|strong="H4672"\w* a \w wild|strong="H7704"\w* \w vine|strong="H1612"\w*, and \w gathered|strong="H3950"\w* thereof \w wild|strong="H7704"\w* \w gourds|strong="H6498"\w* his \w lap|strong="H0899"\w* \w full|strong="H4393"\w*, and \w came|strong="H0935"\w* and \w shred|strong="H6398"\w* \add them\add* into the \w pot|strong="H5518"\w* of \w pottage|strong="H5138"\w*: for they \w knew|strong="H3045"\w* \add them\add* not.  
\v 40 So they poured \w out|strong="H3332"\w* for the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* to \w eat|strong="H0398"\w*. And it came to pass, as they were \w eating|strong="H0398"\w* of the \w pottage|strong="H5138"\w*, that they cried \w out|strong="H6817"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, O \add thou\add* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, \add there is\add* \w death|strong="H4194"\w* in the \w pot|strong="H5518"\w*. And they \w could|strong="H3201"\w* not \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* \add thereof\add*.  
\v 41 But he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Then \w bring|strong="H3947"\w* \w meal|strong="H7058"\w*. And he \w cast|strong="H7993"\w* \add it\add* into the \w pot|strong="H5518"\w*; and he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Pour \w out|strong="H3332"\w* for the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, that they may \w eat|strong="H0398"\w*. And there was no \w harm|strong="H1697"\w* in the \w pot|strong="H5518"\w*.\f + \fr 4.41 \ft harm: Heb. evil thing\f*   
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\v 42 ¶ And there \w came|strong="H0935"\w* a \w man|strong="H0376"\w* from \w Baal-shalisha|strong="H1190"\w*, and \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w bread|strong="H3899"\w* of the \w firstfruits|strong="H1061"\w*, \w twenty|strong="H6242"\w* \w loaves|strong="H3899"\w* of \w barley|strong="H8184"\w*, and full ears of \w corn|strong="H3759"\w* in the \w husk|strong="H6861"\w* thereof. And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Give|strong="H5414"\w* unto the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, that they may \w eat|strong="H0398"\w*.\f + \fr 4.42 \ft the husk…: or, his scrip, or, garment\f*  
\v 43 And his \w servitor|strong="H8334"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, What, should I \w set|strong="H5414"\w* this \w before|strong="H6440"\w* an \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w*? He said \w again|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Give|strong="H5414"\w* the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, that they may \w eat|strong="H0398"\w*: for thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, They shall \w eat|strong="H0398"\w*, and shall \w leave|strong="H3498"\w* \add thereof\add*.  
\v 44 So he \w set|strong="H5414"\w* \add it\add* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* them, and they did \w eat|strong="H0398"\w*, and \w left|strong="H3498"\w* \add thereof\add*, according to the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*.   
\c 5  
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\v 1 Now \w Naaman|strong="H5283"\w*, \w captain|strong="H8269"\w* of the \w host|strong="H6635"\w* of the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Syria|strong="H0758"\w*, was a \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w with|strong="H6440"\w* his \w master|strong="H0113"\w*, and \w honourable|strong="H5375"\w*, because by him the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* had \w given|strong="H5414"\w* \w deliverance|strong="H8668"\w* unto \w Syria|strong="H0758"\w*: he was also a \w mighty|strong="H1368"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* in \w valour|strong="H2428"\w*, \add but he was\add* a \w leper|strong="H6879"\w*.\f + \fr 5.1 \ft with: Heb. before\f*\f + \fr 5.1 \ft honourable: or, gracious: Heb. lifted up, or, accepted in countenance\f*\f + \fr 5.1 \ft deliverance: or, victory\f*  
\v 2 And the \w Syrians|strong="H0758"\w* had gone \w out|strong="H3318"\w* by \w companies|strong="H1416"\w*, and had brought away \w captive|strong="H7617"\w* out of the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* a \w little|strong="H6996"\w* \w maid|strong="H5291"\w*; and she waited \w on|strong="H6440"\w* \w Naaman’s|strong="H5283"\w* \w wife|strong="H0802"\w*.\f + \fr 5.2 \ft waited…: Heb. was before\f*  
\v 3 And she \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto her \w mistress|strong="H1404"\w*, \w Would|strong="H0305"\w* God my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w* \add were\add* \w with|strong="H6440"\w* the \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* that \add is\add* in \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*! \w for|strong="H0227"\w* he would \w recover|strong="H0622"\w* him of his \w leprosy|strong="H6883"\w*.\f + \fr 5.3 \ft with: Heb. before\f*\f + \fr 5.3 \ft recover: Heb. gather in\f*  
\v 4 And \add one\add* went \w in|strong="H0935"\w*, and \w told|strong="H5046"\w* his \w lord|strong="H0113"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Thus and thus \w said|strong="H1696"\w* the \w maid|strong="H5291"\w* that \add is\add* of the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.  
\v 5 And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Syria|strong="H0758"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Go \w to|strong="H3212"\w*, \w go|strong="H0935"\w*, and I will \w send|strong="H7971"\w* a \w letter|strong="H5612"\w* unto the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*. And he \w departed|strong="H3212"\w*, and \w took|strong="H3947"\w* with \w him|strong="H3027"\w* \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w talents|strong="H3603"\w* of \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*, and \w six|strong="H8337"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \add pieces\add* of \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*, and \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w changes|strong="H2487"\w* of \w raiment|strong="H0899"\w*.\f + \fr 5.5 \ft with…: Heb. in his hand\f*  
\v 6 And he \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* the \w letter|strong="H5612"\w* to the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Now when this \w letter|strong="H5612"\w* is \w come|strong="H0935"\w* unto thee, behold, I have \add therewith\add* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w Naaman|strong="H5283"\w* my \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* to thee, that thou mayest \w recover|strong="H0622"\w* him of his \w leprosy|strong="H6883"\w*.  
\v 7 And it came to pass, when the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* had \w read|strong="H7121"\w* the \w letter|strong="H5612"\w*, that he \w rent|strong="H7167"\w* his \w clothes|strong="H0899"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \add Am\add* I \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, to \w kill|strong="H4191"\w* and to make \w alive|strong="H2421"\w*, that this \w man|strong="H2088"\w* doth \w send|strong="H7971"\w* unto me to \w recover|strong="H0622"\w* a \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of his \w leprosy|strong="H6883"\w*? \w wherefore|strong="H0389"\w* \w consider|strong="H3045"\w*, I pray you, and \w see|strong="H7200"\w* how he seeketh a \w quarrel|strong="H0579"\w* against me.   
\p
\v 8 ¶ And it was \add so\add*, when \w Elisha|strong="H0477"\w* the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w* had \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* that the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* had \w rent|strong="H7167"\w* his \w clothes|strong="H0899"\w*, that he \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* to the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Wherefore hast thou \w rent|strong="H7167"\w* thy \w clothes|strong="H0899"\w*? let him \w come|strong="H0935"\w* now to me, and he shall \w know|strong="H3045"\w* that there \w is|strong="H3426"\w* a \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* in \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.   
\p
\v 9 So \w Naaman|strong="H5283"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* with his \w horses|strong="H5483"\w* and with his \w chariot|strong="H7393"\w*, and \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* at the \w door|strong="H6607"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Elisha|strong="H0477"\w*.  
\v 10 And \w Elisha|strong="H0477"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* a \w messenger|strong="H4397"\w* unto him, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Go|strong="H1980"\w* and \w wash|strong="H7364"\w* in \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w times|strong="H6471"\w*, and thy \w flesh|strong="H1320"\w* shall come \w again|strong="H7725"\w* to thee, and thou shalt be \w clean|strong="H2891"\w*.  
\v 11 But \w Naaman|strong="H5283"\w* was \w wroth|strong="H7107"\w*, and went \w away|strong="H3212"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Behold, I \w thought|strong="H0559"\w*, He will \w surely|strong="H3318"\w* come \w out|strong="H3318"\w* to me, and \w stand|strong="H5975"\w*, and \w call|strong="H7121"\w* on the \w name|strong="H8034"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* his \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, and \w strike|strong="H5130"\w* his \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* over the \w place|strong="H4725"\w*, and \w recover|strong="H0622"\w* the \w leper|strong="H6879"\w*.\f + \fr 5.11 \ft I thought: Heb. I said\f*\f + \fr 5.11 \ft I thought…: or, I said with myself, He will surely come out, etc: Heb. I said\f*\f + \fr 5.11 \ft strike: Heb. move up and down\f*  
\v 12 \add Are\add* not \w Abana|strong="H0071"\w* and \w Pharpar|strong="H6554"\w*, \w rivers|strong="H5104"\w* of \w Damascus|strong="H1834"\w*, \w better|strong="H2896"\w* than all the \w waters|strong="H4325"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*? may I not \w wash|strong="H7364"\w* in them, and be \w clean|strong="H2891"\w*? So he \w turned|strong="H6437"\w* and went \w away|strong="H3212"\w* in a \w rage|strong="H2534"\w*.\f + \fr 5.12 \ft Abana: or, Amana\f*  
\v 13 And his \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* came \w near|strong="H5066"\w*, and \w spake|strong="H1696"\w* unto him, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, My \w father|strong="H0001"\w*, \add if\add* the \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* had \w bid|strong="H1696"\w* thee \add do some\add* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w thing|strong="H1697"\w*, wouldest thou not have \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \add it\add*? how much rather \w then|strong="H0637"\w*, when he \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* to thee, \w Wash|strong="H7364"\w*, and be \w clean|strong="H2891"\w*?  
\v 14 Then went he \w down|strong="H3381"\w*, and \w dipped|strong="H2881"\w* himself \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w times|strong="H6471"\w* in \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w*, according to the \w saying|strong="H1697"\w* of the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w*: and his \w flesh|strong="H1320"\w* came \w again|strong="H7725"\w* like unto the \w flesh|strong="H1320"\w* of a \w little|strong="H6996"\w* \w child|strong="H5288"\w*, and he was \w clean|strong="H2891"\w*.   
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\v 15 ¶ And he \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* to the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, he and all his \w company|strong="H4264"\w*, and \w came|strong="H0935"\w*, and \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* him: and he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Behold, now I \w know|strong="H3045"\w* that \add there is\add* no \w God|strong="H0430"\w* in all the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*, but in \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*: now therefore, I pray thee, \w take|strong="H3947"\w* a \w blessing|strong="H1293"\w* of thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w*.  
\v 16 But he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \add As\add* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w liveth|strong="H2416"\w*, \w before|strong="H6440"\w* whom I \w stand|strong="H5975"\w*, I will \w receive|strong="H3947"\w* none. And he \w urged|strong="H6484"\w* him to \w take|strong="H3947"\w* \add it;\add* but he \w refused|strong="H3985"\w*.  
\v 17 And \w Naaman|strong="H5283"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Shall there not then, I pray thee, be \w given|strong="H5414"\w* to thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w two|strong="H6776"\w* \w mules’|strong="H6505"\w* \w burden|strong="H4853"\w* of \w earth|strong="H0127"\w*? for thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* will henceforth \w offer|strong="H6213"\w* neither burnt \w offering|strong="H5930"\w* nor \w sacrifice|strong="H2077"\w* unto \w other|strong="H0312"\w* \w gods|strong="H0430"\w*, but unto the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*.  
\v 18 In this \w thing|strong="H1697"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w pardon|strong="H5545"\w* thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w*, \add that\add* when my \w master|strong="H0113"\w* \w goeth|strong="H0935"\w* into the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Rimmon|strong="H7417"\w* to \w worship|strong="H7812"\w* there, and he \w leaneth|strong="H8172"\w* on my \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*, and I \w bow|strong="H7812"\w* myself in the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Rimmon|strong="H7417"\w*: when I bow \w down|strong="H7812"\w* myself in the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Rimmon|strong="H7417"\w*, the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w pardon|strong="H5545"\w* thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* in this \w thing|strong="H1697"\w*.  
\v 19 And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, \w Go|strong="H3212"\w* in \w peace|strong="H7965"\w*. So he \w departed|strong="H3212"\w* from him a \w little|strong="H3530"\w* \w way|strong="H0776"\w*.\f + \fr 5.19 \ft a little…: Heb. a little piece of ground\f*   
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\v 20 ¶ But \w Gehazi|strong="H1522"\w*, the \w servant|strong="H5288"\w* of \w Elisha|strong="H0477"\w* the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Behold, my \w master|strong="H0113"\w* hath \w spared|strong="H2820"\w* \w Naaman|strong="H5283"\w* this \w Syrian|strong="H0761"\w*, in not \w receiving|strong="H3947"\w* at his \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* that which he \w brought|strong="H0935"\w*: but, \add as\add* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w liveth|strong="H2416"\w*, I will \w run|strong="H7323"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* him, and \w take|strong="H3947"\w* \w somewhat|strong="H3972"\w* of him.  
\v 21 So \w Gehazi|strong="H1522"\w* \w followed|strong="H7291"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* \w Naaman|strong="H5283"\w*. And when \w Naaman|strong="H5283"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \add him\add* \w running|strong="H7323"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* him, he lighted \w down|strong="H5307"\w* from the \w chariot|strong="H4818"\w* to \w meet|strong="H7125"\w* him, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \add Is\add* all \w well|strong="H7965"\w*?\f + \fr 5.21 \ft Is…: Heb. Is there peace?\f*  
\v 22 And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, All \add is\add* \w well|strong="H7965"\w*. My \w master|strong="H0113"\w* hath \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* me, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Behold, even now there be \w come|strong="H0935"\w* to me from \w mount|strong="H2022"\w* \w Ephraim|strong="H0669"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* young \w men|strong="H5288"\w* of the \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* of the \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w*: \w give|strong="H5414"\w* them, I pray thee, a \w talent|strong="H3603"\w* of \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*, and \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w changes|strong="H2487"\w* of \w garments|strong="H0899"\w*.  
\v 23 And \w Naaman|strong="H5283"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Be \w content|strong="H2974"\w*, \w take|strong="H3947"\w* two \w talents|strong="H3603"\w*. And he \w urged|strong="H6555"\w* him, and \w bound|strong="H6696"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w talents|strong="H3603"\w* of \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* in \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w bags|strong="H2754"\w*, with \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w changes|strong="H2487"\w* of \w garments|strong="H0899"\w*, and \w laid|strong="H5414"\w* \add them\add* upon \w two|strong="H8147"\w* of his \w servants|strong="H5288"\w*; and they \w bare|strong="H5375"\w* \add them\add* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* him.  
\v 24 And when he \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to the \w tower|strong="H6076"\w*, he \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \add them\add* from their \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*, and \w bestowed|strong="H6485"\w* \add them\add* in the \w house|strong="H1004"\w*: and he let the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* \w go|strong="H7971"\w*, and they \w departed|strong="H3212"\w*.\f + \fr 5.24 \ft tower: or, secret place\f*  
\v 25 But he went \w in|strong="H0935"\w*, and \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* before his \w master|strong="H0113"\w*. And \w Elisha|strong="H0477"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, \w Whence|strong="H0370"\w* \add comest thou\add*, \w Gehazi|strong="H1522"\w*? And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w went|strong="H1980"\w* no \w whither|strong="H0575"\w*.\f + \fr 5.25 \ft no whither: Heb. not hither or thither\f*  
\v 26 And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, \w Went|strong="H1980"\w* not mine \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* \add with thee\add*, when the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w turned|strong="H2015"\w* again from his \w chariot|strong="H4818"\w* to \w meet|strong="H7125"\w* thee? \add Is it\add* a \w time|strong="H6256"\w* to \w receive|strong="H3947"\w* \w money|strong="H3701"\w*, and to \w receive|strong="H3947"\w* \w garments|strong="H0899"\w*, and \w oliveyards|strong="H2132"\w*, and \w vineyards|strong="H3754"\w*, and \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w*, and \w oxen|strong="H1241"\w*, and \w menservants|strong="H5650"\w*, and \w maidservants|strong="H8198"\w*?  
\v 27 The \w leprosy|strong="H6883"\w* therefore of \w Naaman|strong="H5283"\w* shall \w cleave|strong="H1692"\w* unto thee, and unto thy \w seed|strong="H2233"\w* for \w ever|strong="H5769"\w*. And he went \w out|strong="H3318"\w* from his \w presence|strong="H6440"\w* a \w leper|strong="H6879"\w* \add as white\add* as \w snow|strong="H7950"\w*.   
\c 6  
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\v 1 And the \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* of the \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w unto|strong="H6440"\w* \w Elisha|strong="H0477"\w*, Behold now, the \w place|strong="H4725"\w* where we \w dwell|strong="H3427"\w* with thee is too \w strait|strong="H6862"\w* for us.  
\v 2 Let us \w go|strong="H3212"\w*, we pray thee, unto \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w*, and \w take|strong="H3947"\w* thence every \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w a|strong="H0259"\w* \w beam|strong="H6982"\w*, and let us \w make|strong="H6213"\w* us a \w place|strong="H4725"\w* there, where we may \w dwell|strong="H3427"\w*. And he \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Go|strong="H3212"\w* ye.  
\v 3 And \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Be \w content|strong="H2974"\w*, I pray thee, and \w go|strong="H3212"\w* with thy \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*. And he \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, I will \w go|strong="H3212"\w*.  
\v 4 So he \w went|strong="H3212"\w* with them. And when they \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w*, they cut \w down|strong="H1504"\w* \w wood|strong="H6086"\w*.  
\v 5 But as \w one|strong="H0259"\w* was \w felling|strong="H5307"\w* a \w beam|strong="H6982"\w*, the axe \w head|strong="H1270"\w* \w fell|strong="H5307"\w* into the \w water|strong="H4325"\w*: and he \w cried|strong="H6817"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Alas|strong="H0162"\w*, \w master|strong="H0113"\w*! for it was \w borrowed|strong="H7592"\w*.\f + \fr 6.5 \ft axe head: Heb. iron\f*  
\v 6 And the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Where|strong="H0575"\w* \w fell|strong="H5307"\w* it? And he \w shewed|strong="H7200"\w* him the \w place|strong="H4725"\w*. And he cut \w down|strong="H7094"\w* a \w stick|strong="H6086"\w*, and \w cast|strong="H7993"\w* \add it\add* in thither; and the \w iron|strong="H1270"\w* did \w swim|strong="H6687"\w*.  
\v 7 Therefore \w said|strong="H0559"\w* he, Take \add it\add* \w up|strong="H7311"\w* to thee. And he put \w out|strong="H7971"\w* his \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*, and \w took|strong="H3947"\w* it.   
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\v 8 ¶ Then the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Syria|strong="H0758"\w* \w warred|strong="H3898"\w* against \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, and took \w counsel|strong="H3289"\w* with his \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, In \w such|strong="H6423"\w* and \w such|strong="H0492"\w* a \w place|strong="H4725"\w* \add shall be\add* my \w camp|strong="H8466"\w*.\f + \fr 6.8 \ft camp: or, encamping\f*  
\v 9 And the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* unto the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Beware|strong="H8104"\w* that thou \w pass|strong="H5674"\w* not \w such|strong="H2088"\w* a \w place|strong="H4725"\w*; for thither the \w Syrians|strong="H0758"\w* are come \w down|strong="H5185"\w*.  
\v 10 And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* to the \w place|strong="H4725"\w* which the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w told|strong="H0559"\w* him and \w warned|strong="H2094"\w* him of, and \w saved|strong="H8104"\w* himself there, not \w once|strong="H0259"\w* nor \w twice|strong="H8147"\w*.  
\v 11 Therefore the \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* of the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Syria|strong="H0758"\w* was sore \w troubled|strong="H5590"\w* for this \w thing|strong="H1697"\w*; and he \w called|strong="H7121"\w* his \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto them, Will ye not \w shew|strong="H5046"\w* me which of us \add is\add* for the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*?  
\v 12 And \w one|strong="H0259"\w* of his \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, None, my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w*, O \w king|strong="H4428"\w*: but \w Elisha|strong="H0477"\w*, the \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* that \add is\add* in \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w telleth|strong="H5046"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* the \w words|strong="H1697"\w* that thou \w speakest|strong="H1696"\w* in thy \w bedchamber|strong="H2315"\w*.\f + \fr 6.12 \ft None: Heb. No\f*   
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\v 13 ¶ And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Go|strong="H3212"\w* and \w spy|strong="H7200"\w* \w where|strong="H0351"\w* he \add is\add*, that I may \w send|strong="H7971"\w* and \w fetch|strong="H3947"\w* him. And it was \w told|strong="H5046"\w* him, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Behold, \add he is\add* in \w Dothan|strong="H1886"\w*.  
\v 14 Therefore \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* he thither \w horses|strong="H5483"\w*, and \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w*, and a \w great|strong="H3515"\w* \w host|strong="H2428"\w*: and they \w came|strong="H0935"\w* by \w night|strong="H3915"\w*, and \w compassed|strong="H5362"\w* the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w about|strong="H5362"\w*.\f + \fr 6.14 \ft great: Heb. heavy\f*  
\v 15 And when the \w servant|strong="H8334"\w* of the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w* was \w risen|strong="H6965"\w* \w early|strong="H7925"\w*, and gone \w forth|strong="H3318"\w*, behold, an \w host|strong="H2428"\w* \w compassed|strong="H5437"\w* the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* both with \w horses|strong="H5483"\w* and \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w*. And his \w servant|strong="H5288"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, \w Alas|strong="H0162"\w*, my \w master|strong="H0113"\w*! how shall we \w do|strong="H6213"\w*?\f + \fr 6.15 \ft the servant: or, the minister\f*  
\v 16 And he \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Fear|strong="H3372"\w* not: for they that \add be\add* with us \add are\add* \w more|strong="H7227"\w* than they that \add be\add* with them.  
\v 17 And \w Elisha|strong="H0477"\w* \w prayed|strong="H6419"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, I pray thee, \w open|strong="H6491"\w* his \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*, that he may \w see|strong="H7200"\w*. And the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w opened|strong="H6491"\w* the \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* of the young \w man|strong="H5288"\w*; and he \w saw|strong="H7200"\w*: and, behold, the \w mountain|strong="H2022"\w* \add was\add* \w full|strong="H4390"\w* of \w horses|strong="H5483"\w* and \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w* of \w fire|strong="H0784"\w* round \w about|strong="H5439"\w* \w Elisha|strong="H0477"\w*.  
\v 18 And when they came \w down|strong="H3381"\w* to him, \w Elisha|strong="H0477"\w* \w prayed|strong="H6419"\w* unto the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Smite|strong="H5221"\w* this \w people|strong="H1471"\w*, I pray thee, with \w blindness|strong="H5575"\w*. And he \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* them with \w blindness|strong="H5575"\w* according to the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of \w Elisha|strong="H0477"\w*.   
\p
\v 19 ¶ And \w Elisha|strong="H0477"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto them, This \add is\add* not the \w way|strong="H1870"\w*, neither \add is\add* \w this|strong="H2090"\w* the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*: \w follow|strong="H3212"\w* me, and I will \w bring|strong="H3212"\w* you to the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* whom ye \w seek|strong="H1245"\w*. But he \w led|strong="H3212"\w* them to \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*.\f + \fr 6.19 \ft follow…: Heb. come ye after me\f*  
\v 20 And it came to pass, when they were \w come|strong="H0935"\w* into \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*, that \w Elisha|strong="H0477"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, \w open|strong="H6491"\w* the \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* of these \add men\add*, that they may \w see|strong="H7200"\w*. And the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w opened|strong="H6491"\w* their \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*, and they \w saw|strong="H7200"\w*; and, behold, \add they were\add* in the \w midst|strong="H8432"\w* of \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*.  
\v 21 And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Elisha|strong="H0477"\w*, when he \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* them, My \w father|strong="H0001"\w*, shall I \w smite|strong="H5221"\w* \add them\add*? shall I \w smite|strong="H5221"\w* \add them\add*?  
\v 22 And he \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, Thou shalt not \w smite|strong="H5221"\w* \add them:\add* wouldest thou \w smite|strong="H5221"\w* those whom thou hast taken \w captive|strong="H7617"\w* with thy \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* and with thy \w bow|strong="H7198"\w*? \w set|strong="H7760"\w* \w bread|strong="H3899"\w* and \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* them, that they may \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* and \w drink|strong="H8354"\w*, and \w go|strong="H3212"\w* to their \w master|strong="H0113"\w*.  
\v 23 And he \w prepared|strong="H3739"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w provision|strong="H3740"\w* for them: and when they had \w eaten|strong="H0398"\w* and \w drunk|strong="H8354"\w*, he sent them \w away|strong="H7971"\w*, and they \w went|strong="H3212"\w* to their \w master|strong="H0113"\w*. So the \w bands|strong="H1416"\w* of \w Syria|strong="H0758"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* no \w more|strong="H3254"\w* into the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.   
\p
\v 24 ¶ And it came to pass after \w this|strong="H0310"\w*, that \w Ben-hadad|strong="H1130"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Syria|strong="H0758"\w* \w gathered|strong="H6908"\w* all his \w host|strong="H4264"\w*, and went \w up|strong="H5927"\w*, and \w besieged|strong="H6696"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*.  
\v 25 And there was a \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w famine|strong="H7458"\w* in \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*: and, behold, they \w besieged|strong="H6696"\w* it, until an \w ass’s|strong="H2543"\w* \w head|strong="H7218"\w* was \add sold\add* for \w fourscore|strong="H8084"\w* \add pieces\add* of \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*, and the fourth \w part|strong="H7255"\w* of a \w cab|strong="H6894"\w* of \w dove’s dung|strong="H1686"\w* for \w five|strong="H2568"\w* \add pieces\add* of \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*.  
\v 26 And as the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* was passing \w by|strong="H5674"\w* upon the \w wall|strong="H2346"\w*, there \w cried|strong="H6817"\w* a \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* unto him, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Help|strong="H3467"\w*, my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w*, O \w king|strong="H4428"\w*.  
\v 27 And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, If the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* do not \w help|strong="H3467"\w* thee, \w whence|strong="H0370"\w* shall I \w help|strong="H3467"\w* thee? out of the \w barnfloor|strong="H1637"\w*, or out of the \w winepress|strong="H3342"\w*?\f + \fr 6.27 \ft If…: or, Let not the \+nd LORD\+nd* save thee\f*  
\v 28 And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto her, What aileth thee? And she \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, This \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto me, \w Give|strong="H5414"\w* thy \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, that we may \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* him to \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, and we will \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* my \w son|strong="H1121"\w* to \w morrow|strong="H4279"\w*.  
\v 29 So we \w boiled|strong="H1310"\w* my \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, and did \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* him: and I \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto her on the \w next|strong="H0312"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, \w Give|strong="H5414"\w* thy \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, that we may \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* him: and she hath \w hid|strong="H2244"\w* her \w son|strong="H1121"\w*.\f + \fr 6.29 \ft next: Heb. other\f*   
\p
\v 30 ¶ And it came to pass, when the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* the \w words|strong="H1697"\w* of the \w woman|strong="H0802"\w*, that he \w rent|strong="H7167"\w* his \w clothes|strong="H0899"\w*; and he passed \w by|strong="H5674"\w* upon the \w wall|strong="H2346"\w*, and the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w looked|strong="H7200"\w*, and, behold, \add he had\add* \w sackcloth|strong="H8242"\w* \w within|strong="H1004"\w* upon his \w flesh|strong="H1320"\w*.  
\v 31 Then he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* so and \w more|strong="H3254"\w* also to me, if the \w head|strong="H7218"\w* of \w Elisha|strong="H0477"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Shaphat|strong="H8202"\w* shall \w stand|strong="H5975"\w* on him this \w day|strong="H3117"\w*.  
\v 32 But \w Elisha|strong="H0477"\w* \w sat|strong="H3427"\w* in his \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, and the \w elders|strong="H2205"\w* \w sat|strong="H3427"\w* with him; and \add the king\add* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* a \w man|strong="H0376"\w* from \w before|strong="H6440"\w* him: but ere the \w messenger|strong="H4397"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to him, he \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to the \w elders|strong="H2205"\w*, \w See|strong="H7200"\w* ye how this \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of a \w murderer|strong="H7523"\w* hath \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* to take \w away|strong="H5493"\w* mine \w head|strong="H7218"\w*? \w look|strong="H7200"\w*, when the \w messenger|strong="H4397"\w* \w cometh|strong="H0935"\w*, \w shut|strong="H5462"\w* the \w door|strong="H1817"\w*, and hold him \w fast|strong="H3905"\w* at the \w door|strong="H1817"\w*: \add is\add* not the \w sound|strong="H6963"\w* of his \w master’s|strong="H0113"\w* \w feet|strong="H7272"\w* \w behind|strong="H0310"\w* him?  
\v 33 And while he yet \w talked|strong="H1696"\w* with them, behold, the \w messenger|strong="H4397"\w* came \w down|strong="H3381"\w* unto him: and he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Behold, this \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \add is\add* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*; what should I \w wait|strong="H3176"\w* for the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* any longer?   
\c 7  
\p
\v 1 Then \w Elisha|strong="H0477"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Hear|strong="H8085"\w* ye the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*; Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, To \w morrow|strong="H4279"\w* about this \w time|strong="H6256"\w* \add shall\add* a \w measure|strong="H5429"\w* of fine \w flour|strong="H5560"\w* \add be sold\add* for a \w shekel|strong="H8255"\w*, and two \w measures|strong="H5429"\w* of \w barley|strong="H8184"\w* for a \w shekel|strong="H8255"\w*, in the \w gate|strong="H8179"\w* of \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*.  
\v 2 Then a \w lord|strong="H7991"\w* on whose \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w leaned|strong="H8172"\w* \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Behold, \add if\add* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* would \w make|strong="H6213"\w* \w windows|strong="H0699"\w* in \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w*, might this \w thing|strong="H1697"\w* be? And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Behold, thou shalt \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \add it\add* with thine \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*, but shalt not \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* thereof.\f + \fr 7.2 \ft a lord…: Heb. a lord which belonged to the king leaning upon his hand\f*   
\p
\v 3 ¶ And there were \w four|strong="H0702"\w* \w leprous|strong="H6879"\w* \w men|strong="H0582"\w* at the entering \w in|strong="H6607"\w* of the \w gate|strong="H8179"\w*: and they \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w one|strong="H0376"\w* to \w another|strong="H7453"\w*, Why \w sit|strong="H3427"\w* we here until we \w die|strong="H4191"\w*?  
\v 4 If we \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, We will \w enter|strong="H0935"\w* into the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, then the \w famine|strong="H7458"\w* \add is\add* in the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, and we shall \w die|strong="H4191"\w* there: and if we sit \w still|strong="H3427"\w* here, we \w die|strong="H4191"\w* also. Now therefore \w come|strong="H3212"\w*, and let us \w fall|strong="H5307"\w* unto the \w host|strong="H4264"\w* of the \w Syrians|strong="H0758"\w*: if they save us \w alive|strong="H2421"\w*, we shall \w live|strong="H2421"\w*; and if they \w kill|strong="H4191"\w* us, we shall but \w die|strong="H4191"\w*.  
\v 5 And they rose \w up|strong="H6965"\w* in the \w twilight|strong="H5399"\w*, to \w go|strong="H0935"\w* unto the \w camp|strong="H4264"\w* of the \w Syrians|strong="H0758"\w*: and when they were \w come|strong="H0935"\w* to the uttermost \w part|strong="H7097"\w* of the \w camp|strong="H4264"\w* of \w Syria|strong="H0758"\w*, behold, \add there was\add* no \w man|strong="H0376"\w* there.  
\v 6 For the \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w* had made the \w host|strong="H4264"\w* of the \w Syrians|strong="H0758"\w* to \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* a \w noise|strong="H6963"\w* of \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w*, and a \w noise|strong="H6963"\w* of \w horses|strong="H5483"\w*, \add even\add* the \w noise|strong="H6963"\w* of a \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w host|strong="H2428"\w*: and they \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w one|strong="H0376"\w* to \w another|strong="H0251"\w*, Lo, the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* hath \w hired|strong="H7936"\w* against us the \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* of the \w Hittites|strong="H2850"\w*, and the \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* of the \w Egyptians|strong="H4714"\w*, to \w come|strong="H0935"\w* upon us.  
\v 7 Wherefore they \w arose|strong="H6965"\w* and \w fled|strong="H5127"\w* in the \w twilight|strong="H5399"\w*, and \w left|strong="H5800"\w* their \w tents|strong="H0168"\w*, and their \w horses|strong="H5483"\w*, and their \w asses|strong="H2543"\w*, even the \w camp|strong="H4264"\w* as it \add was\add*, and \w fled|strong="H5127"\w* for their \w life|strong="H5315"\w*.  
\v 8 And when these \w lepers|strong="H6879"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to the uttermost \w part|strong="H7097"\w* of the \w camp|strong="H4264"\w*, they \w went|strong="H0935"\w* into \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w tent|strong="H0168"\w*, and did \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* and \w drink|strong="H8354"\w*, and \w carried|strong="H5375"\w* thence \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*, and \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*, and \w raiment|strong="H0899"\w*, and \w went|strong="H3212"\w* and \w hid|strong="H2934"\w* \add it;\add* and came \w again|strong="H7725"\w*, and \w entered|strong="H0935"\w* into \w another|strong="H0312"\w* \w tent|strong="H0168"\w*, and \w carried|strong="H5375"\w* thence \add also\add*, and \w went|strong="H3212"\w* and \w hid|strong="H2934"\w* \add it\add*.  
\v 9 Then they \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w one|strong="H0376"\w* to \w another|strong="H7453"\w*, We \w do|strong="H6213"\w* not well: this \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \add is\add* a \w day|strong="H3117"\w* of good \w tidings|strong="H1309"\w*, and we hold our \w peace|strong="H2814"\w*: if we \w tarry|strong="H2442"\w* till the \w morning|strong="H1242"\w* \w light|strong="H0216"\w*, some \w mischief|strong="H5771"\w* will \w come|strong="H4672"\w* upon us: now therefore \w come|strong="H3212"\w*, that we may \w go|strong="H0935"\w* and \w tell|strong="H5046"\w* the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w household|strong="H1004"\w*.\f + \fr 7.9 \ft some…: Heb. we shall find punishment\f*  
\v 10 So they \w came|strong="H0935"\w* and \w called|strong="H7121"\w* unto the \w porter|strong="H7778"\w* of the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*: and they \w told|strong="H5046"\w* them, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, We \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to the \w camp|strong="H4264"\w* of the \w Syrians|strong="H0758"\w*, and, behold, \add there was\add* no \w man|strong="H0376"\w* there, neither \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* of \w man|strong="H0120"\w*, but \w horses|strong="H5483"\w* \w tied|strong="H0631"\w*, and \w asses|strong="H2543"\w* \w tied|strong="H0631"\w*, and the \w tents|strong="H0168"\w* as they \add were\add*.  
\v 11 And he \w called|strong="H7121"\w* the \w porters|strong="H7778"\w*; and they \w told|strong="H5046"\w* \add it\add* to the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w within|strong="H6441"\w*.   
\p
\v 12 ¶ And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w arose|strong="H6965"\w* in the \w night|strong="H3915"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto his \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*, I will now \w shew|strong="H5046"\w* you what the \w Syrians|strong="H0758"\w* have \w done|strong="H6213"\w* to us. They \w know|strong="H3045"\w* that we \add be\add* \w hungry|strong="H7457"\w*; therefore are they gone \w out|strong="H3318"\w* of the \w camp|strong="H4264"\w* to \w hide|strong="H2247"\w* themselves in the \w field|strong="H7704"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, When they come \w out|strong="H3318"\w* of the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, we shall \w catch|strong="H8610"\w* them \w alive|strong="H2416"\w*, and \w get|strong="H0935"\w* into the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*.  
\v 13 And \w one|strong="H0259"\w* of his \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Let \add some\add* \w take|strong="H3947"\w*, I pray thee, \w five|strong="H2568"\w* of the \w horses|strong="H5483"\w* that \w remain|strong="H7604"\w*, which are \w left|strong="H7604"\w* in the city, (behold, they \add are\add* as all the \w multitude|strong="H1995"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* that are \w left|strong="H7604"\w* in it: behold, \add I say\add*, they \add are\add* even as all the \w multitude|strong="H1995"\w* of the \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* that are \w consumed|strong="H8552"\w*:) and let us \w send|strong="H7971"\w* and \w see|strong="H7200"\w*.\f + \fr 7.13 \ft in the city: Heb. in it\f*  
\v 14 They \w took|strong="H3947"\w* therefore \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w chariot|strong="H7393"\w* \w horses|strong="H5483"\w*; and the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* the \w host|strong="H4264"\w* of the \w Syrians|strong="H0758"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Go|strong="H3212"\w* and \w see|strong="H7200"\w*.  
\v 15 And they \w went|strong="H3212"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* them unto \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w*: and, lo, all the \w way|strong="H1870"\w* \add was\add* \w full|strong="H4392"\w* of \w garments|strong="H0899"\w* and \w vessels|strong="H3627"\w*, which the \w Syrians|strong="H0758"\w* had cast \w away|strong="H7993"\w* in their \w haste|strong="H2648"\w*. And the \w messengers|strong="H4397"\w* \w returned|strong="H7725"\w*, and \w told|strong="H5046"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*.  
\v 16 And the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* went \w out|strong="H3318"\w*, and \w spoiled|strong="H0962"\w* the \w tents|strong="H4264"\w* of the \w Syrians|strong="H0758"\w*. So a \w measure|strong="H5429"\w* of fine \w flour|strong="H5560"\w* was \add sold\add* for a \w shekel|strong="H8255"\w*, and two \w measures|strong="H5429"\w* of \w barley|strong="H8184"\w* for a \w shekel|strong="H8255"\w*, according to the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*.   
\p
\v 17 ¶ And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w appointed|strong="H6485"\w* the \w lord|strong="H7991"\w* on whose \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* he \w leaned|strong="H8172"\w* to have the charge of the \w gate|strong="H8179"\w*: and the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w trode|strong="H7429"\w* upon him in the \w gate|strong="H8179"\w*, and he \w died|strong="H4191"\w*, as the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w* had \w said|strong="H1696"\w*, who \w spake|strong="H1696"\w* when the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* came \w down|strong="H3381"\w* to him.  
\v 18 And it came to pass as the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w* had \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w* to the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Two \w measures|strong="H5429"\w* of \w barley|strong="H8184"\w* for a \w shekel|strong="H8255"\w*, and a \w measure|strong="H5429"\w* of fine \w flour|strong="H5560"\w* for a \w shekel|strong="H8255"\w*, shall be to \w morrow|strong="H4279"\w* about this \w time|strong="H6256"\w* in the \w gate|strong="H8179"\w* of \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*:  
\v 19 And that \w lord|strong="H7991"\w* \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Now, behold, \add if\add* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* should \w make|strong="H6213"\w* \w windows|strong="H0699"\w* in \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w*, might such a \w thing|strong="H1697"\w* be? And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Behold, thou shalt \w see|strong="H7200"\w* it with thine \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*, but shalt not \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* thereof.  
\v 20 And so it fell out unto him: for the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w trode|strong="H7429"\w* upon him in the \w gate|strong="H8179"\w*, and he \w died|strong="H4191"\w*.   
\c 8  
\p
\v 1 Then \w spake|strong="H1696"\w* \w Elisha|strong="H0477"\w* unto the \w woman|strong="H0802"\w*, whose \w son|strong="H1121"\w* he had restored to \w life|strong="H2421"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Arise|strong="H6965"\w*, and \w go|strong="H3212"\w* thou and thine \w household|strong="H1004"\w*, and \w sojourn|strong="H1481"\w* \w wheresoever|strong="H0834"\w* thou canst \w sojourn|strong="H1481"\w*: for the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* hath \w called|strong="H7121"\w* for a \w famine|strong="H7458"\w*; and it shall also \w come|strong="H0935"\w* upon the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*.  
\v 2 And the \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* \w arose|strong="H6965"\w*, and \w did|strong="H6213"\w* after the \w saying|strong="H1697"\w* of the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w*: and she \w went|strong="H3212"\w* with her \w household|strong="H1004"\w*, and \w sojourned|strong="H1481"\w* in the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*.  
\v 3 And it came to pass at the \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w years’|strong="H8141"\w* \w end|strong="H7097"\w*, that the \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* out of the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*: and she went \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* to \w cry|strong="H6817"\w* unto the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* for her \w house|strong="H1004"\w* and for her \w land|strong="H7704"\w*.  
\v 4 And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w talked|strong="H1696"\w* with \w Gehazi|strong="H1522"\w* the \w servant|strong="H5288"\w* of the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Tell|strong="H5608"\w* me, I pray thee, all the great \w things|strong="H1419"\w* that \w Elisha|strong="H0477"\w* hath \w done|strong="H6213"\w*.  
\v 5 And it came to pass, as he was \w telling|strong="H5608"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* how he had \w restored|strong="H2421"\w* a dead \w body|strong="H4191"\w* to \w life|strong="H2421"\w*, that, behold, the \w woman|strong="H0802"\w*, whose \w son|strong="H1121"\w* he had restored to \w life|strong="H2421"\w*, \w cried|strong="H6817"\w* to the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* for her \w house|strong="H1004"\w* and for her \w land|strong="H7704"\w*. And \w Gehazi|strong="H1522"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, My \w lord|strong="H0113"\w*, O \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, this \add is\add* the \w woman|strong="H0802"\w*, and this \add is\add* her \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, whom \w Elisha|strong="H0477"\w* restored to \w life|strong="H2421"\w*.  
\v 6 And when the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w asked|strong="H7592"\w* the \w woman|strong="H0802"\w*, she \w told|strong="H5608"\w* him. So the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w appointed|strong="H5414"\w* unto her a \w certain|strong="H0259"\w* \w officer|strong="H5631"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Restore|strong="H7725"\w* all that \add was\add* hers, and all the \w fruits|strong="H8393"\w* of the \w field|strong="H7704"\w* since the \w day|strong="H3117"\w* that she \w left|strong="H5800"\w* the \w land|strong="H0776"\w*, even until now.\f + \fr 8.6 \ft officer: or, eunuch\f*   
\p
\v 7 ¶ And \w Elisha|strong="H0477"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Damascus|strong="H1834"\w*; and \w Ben-hadad|strong="H1130"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Syria|strong="H0758"\w* was \w sick|strong="H2470"\w*; and it was \w told|strong="H5046"\w* him, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, The \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w* is \w come|strong="H0935"\w* \w hither|strong="H2008"\w*.  
\v 8 And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Hazael|strong="H2371"\w*, \w Take|strong="H3947"\w* a \w present|strong="H4503"\w* in thine \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*, and \w go|strong="H3212"\w*, \w meet|strong="H7125"\w* the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, and \w enquire|strong="H1875"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* by him, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Shall I \w recover|strong="H2421"\w* of this \w disease|strong="H2483"\w*?  
\v 9 So \w Hazael|strong="H2371"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* to \w meet|strong="H7125"\w* him, and \w took|strong="H3947"\w* a \w present|strong="H4503"\w* with \w him|strong="H3027"\w*, even of every good \w thing|strong="H2898"\w* of \w Damascus|strong="H1834"\w*, \w forty|strong="H0705"\w* \w camels’|strong="H1581"\w* \w burden|strong="H4853"\w*, and \w came|strong="H0935"\w* and \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* him, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Thy \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w Ben-hadad|strong="H1130"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Syria|strong="H0758"\w* hath \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* me to thee, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Shall I \w recover|strong="H2421"\w* of this \w disease|strong="H2483"\w*?\f + \fr 8.9 \ft with…: Heb. in his hand\f*  
\v 10 And \w Elisha|strong="H0477"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, \w Go|strong="H3212"\w*, \w say|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, Thou mayest \w certainly|strong="H2421"\w* \w recover|strong="H2421"\w*: howbeit the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* hath \w shewed|strong="H7200"\w* me that he shall \w surely|strong="H4191"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w*.  
\v 11 And he \w settled|strong="H5975"\w* his \w countenance|strong="H6440"\w* \w stedfastly|strong="H7760"\w*, until he was \w ashamed|strong="H0954"\w*: and the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w wept|strong="H1058"\w*.\f + \fr 8.11 \ft stedfastly: Heb. and set it\f*  
\v 12 And \w Hazael|strong="H2371"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Why \w weepeth|strong="H1058"\w* my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w*? And he \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, Because I \w know|strong="H3045"\w* the \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* that thou wilt \w do|strong="H6213"\w* unto the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*: their strong \w holds|strong="H4013"\w* wilt thou \w set|strong="H7971"\w* on \w fire|strong="H0784"\w*, and their young \w men|strong="H0970"\w* wilt thou \w slay|strong="H2026"\w* with the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*, and wilt \w dash|strong="H7376"\w* their \w children|strong="H5768"\w*, and rip \w up|strong="H1234"\w* their women with \w child|strong="H2030"\w*.  
\v 13 And \w Hazael|strong="H2371"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, But what, \add is\add* thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* a \w dog|strong="H3611"\w*, that he should \w do|strong="H6213"\w* this \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w thing|strong="H1697"\w*? And \w Elisha|strong="H0477"\w* \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, The \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* hath \w shewed|strong="H7200"\w* me that thou \add shalt be\add* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* over \w Syria|strong="H0758"\w*.  
\v 14 So he \w departed|strong="H3212"\w* from \w Elisha|strong="H0477"\w*, and \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to his \w master|strong="H0113"\w*; who \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to him, What \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w Elisha|strong="H0477"\w* to thee? And he \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, He \w told|strong="H0559"\w* me \add that\add* thou shouldest \w surely|strong="H2421"\w* \w recover|strong="H2421"\w*.  
\v 15 And it came to pass on the \w morrow|strong="H4283"\w*, that he \w took|strong="H3947"\w* a thick \w cloth|strong="H4346"\w*, and \w dipped|strong="H2881"\w* \add it\add* in \w water|strong="H4325"\w*, and \w spread|strong="H6566"\w* \add it\add* on his \w face|strong="H6440"\w*, so that he \w died|strong="H4191"\w*: and \w Hazael|strong="H2371"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* in his stead.   
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\v 16 ¶ And in the \w fifth|strong="H2568"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* of \w Joram|strong="H3141"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w* \add being\add* then \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w Jehoram|strong="H3088"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* began to \w reign|strong="H4427"\w*.\f + \fr 8.16 \ft began…: Heb. reigned\f*  
\v 17 \w Thirty|strong="H7970"\w* and \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w old|strong="H1121"\w* was he when he began to \w reign|strong="H4427"\w*; and he \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* \w eight|strong="H8083"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* in \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.  
\v 18 And he \w walked|strong="H3212"\w* in the \w way|strong="H1870"\w* of the \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, as \w did|strong="H6213"\w* the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w*: for the \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* of \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w* was his \w wife|strong="H0802"\w*: and he \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* in the \w sight|strong="H5869"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*.  
\v 19 Yet the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w would|strong="H0014"\w* not \w destroy|strong="H7843"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* for \w David|strong="H1732"\w* his \w servant’s|strong="H5650"\w* sake, as he \w promised|strong="H0559"\w* him to \w give|strong="H5414"\w* him \w alway|strong="H3117"\w* a \w light|strong="H5216"\w*, \add and\add* to his \w children|strong="H1121"\w*.\f + \fr 8.19 \ft light: Heb. candle, or, lamp\f*   
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\v 20 ¶ In his \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w Edom|strong="H0123"\w* \w revolted|strong="H6586"\w* from under the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, and \w made|strong="H4427"\w* a \w king|strong="H4428"\w* over themselves.  
\v 21 So \w Joram|strong="H3141"\w* went \w over|strong="H5674"\w* to \w Zair|strong="H6811"\w*, and all the \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w* with him: and he \w rose|strong="H6965"\w* by \w night|strong="H3915"\w*, and \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* the \w Edomites|strong="H0123"\w* which compassed him \w about|strong="H5437"\w*, and the \w captains|strong="H8269"\w* of the \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w*: and the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w fled|strong="H5127"\w* into their \w tents|strong="H0168"\w*.  
\v 22 Yet \w Edom|strong="H0123"\w* \w revolted|strong="H6586"\w* from under the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* unto this \w day|strong="H3117"\w*. Then \w Libnah|strong="H3841"\w* \w revolted|strong="H6586"\w* at the \w same|strong="H1931"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w*.  
\v 23 And the \w rest|strong="H3499"\w* of the \w acts|strong="H1697"\w* of \w Joram|strong="H3141"\w*, and all that he \w did|strong="H6213"\w*, \add are\add* they not \w written|strong="H3789"\w* in the \w book|strong="H5612"\w* of the \w chronicles|strong="H1697"\w* of the \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*?  
\v 24 And \w Joram|strong="H3141"\w* \w slept|strong="H7901"\w* with his \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*, and was \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* with his \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w* in the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* of \w David|strong="H1732"\w*: and \w Ahaziah|strong="H0274"\w* his \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* in his stead.\f + \fr 8.24 \ft Ahaziah: also called, Azariah, and Jehoahaz\f*   
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\v 25 ¶ In the \w twelfth|strong="H8147"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* of \w Joram|strong="H3141"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* did \w Ahaziah|strong="H0274"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Jehoram|strong="H3088"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* begin to \w reign|strong="H4427"\w*.  
\v 26 \w Two|strong="H8147"\w* and \w twenty|strong="H6242"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w old|strong="H1121"\w* \add was\add* \w Ahaziah|strong="H0274"\w* when he began to \w reign|strong="H4427"\w*; and he \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* in \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*. And his \w mother’s|strong="H0517"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \add was\add* \w Athaliah|strong="H6271"\w*, the \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* of \w Omri|strong="H6018"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.\f + \fr 8.26 \ft daughter: or, granddaughter\f*  
\v 27 And he \w walked|strong="H3212"\w* in the \w way|strong="H1870"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w*, and \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* in the \w sight|strong="H5869"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, as \add did\add* the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w*: for he \add was\add* the son in \w law|strong="H2860"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w*.   
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\v 28 ¶ And he \w went|strong="H3212"\w* with \w Joram|strong="H3141"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w* to the \w war|strong="H4421"\w* against \w Hazael|strong="H2371"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Syria|strong="H0758"\w* in \w Ramoth-gilead|strong="H7433"\w*; and the \w Syrians|strong="H0761"\w* \w wounded|strong="H5221"\w* \w Joram|strong="H3141"\w*.  
\v 29 And \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Joram|strong="H3141"\w* went \w back|strong="H7725"\w* to be \w healed|strong="H7495"\w* in \w Jezreel|strong="H3157"\w* of the \w wounds|strong="H4347"\w* which the \w Syrians|strong="H0761"\w* had \w given|strong="H5221"\w* him at \w Ramah|strong="H7414"\w*, when he \w fought|strong="H3898"\w* against \w Hazael|strong="H2371"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Syria|strong="H0758"\w*. And \w Ahaziah|strong="H0274"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Jehoram|strong="H3088"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* went \w down|strong="H3381"\w* to \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w Joram|strong="H3141"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w* in \w Jezreel|strong="H3157"\w*, because he was \w sick|strong="H2470"\w*.\f + \fr 8.29 \ft which…: Heb. wherewith the Syrians had wounded\f*\f + \fr 8.29 \ft Ramah: called Ramoth\f*\f + \fr 8.29 \ft sick: Heb. wounded\f*   
\c 9  
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\v 1 And \w Elisha|strong="H0477"\w* the \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* \w one|strong="H0259"\w* of the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of the \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, Gird \w up|strong="H2296"\w* thy \w loins|strong="H4975"\w*, and \w take|strong="H3947"\w* this \w box|strong="H6378"\w* of \w oil|strong="H8081"\w* in thine \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*, and \w go|strong="H3212"\w* to \w Ramoth-gilead|strong="H7433"\w*:  
\v 2 And when thou \w comest|strong="H0935"\w* thither, look \w out|strong="H7200"\w* there \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Nimshi|strong="H5250"\w*, and go \w in|strong="H0935"\w*, and make him arise \w up|strong="H6965"\w* from \w among|strong="H8432"\w* his \w brethren|strong="H0251"\w*, and \w carry|strong="H0935"\w* him to an \w inner|strong="H2315"\w* \w chamber|strong="H2315"\w*;\f + \fr 9.2 \ft inner…: Heb. chamber in a chamber\f*  
\v 3 Then \w take|strong="H3947"\w* the \w box|strong="H6378"\w* of \w oil|strong="H8081"\w*, and \w pour|strong="H3332"\w* \add it\add* on his \w head|strong="H7218"\w*, and \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, I have \w anointed|strong="H4886"\w* thee \w king|strong="H4428"\w* over \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*. Then \w open|strong="H6605"\w* the \w door|strong="H1817"\w*, and \w flee|strong="H5127"\w*, and \w tarry|strong="H2442"\w* not.   
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\v 4 ¶ So the young \w man|strong="H5288"\w*, \add even\add* the young \w man|strong="H5288"\w* the \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w*, \w went|strong="H3212"\w* to \w Ramoth-gilead|strong="H7433"\w*.  
\v 5 And when he \w came|strong="H0935"\w*, behold, the \w captains|strong="H8269"\w* of the \w host|strong="H2428"\w* \add were\add* \w sitting|strong="H3427"\w*; and he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, I have an \w errand|strong="H1697"\w* to thee, O \w captain|strong="H8269"\w*. And \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Unto which of all us? And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, To thee, O \w captain|strong="H8269"\w*.  
\v 6 And he \w arose|strong="H6965"\w*, and \w went|strong="H0935"\w* into the \w house|strong="H1004"\w*; and he \w poured|strong="H3332"\w* the \w oil|strong="H8081"\w* on his \w head|strong="H7218"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, I have \w anointed|strong="H4886"\w* thee \w king|strong="H4428"\w* over the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, \add even\add* over \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.  
\v 7 And thou shalt \w smite|strong="H5221"\w* the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w* thy \w master|strong="H0113"\w*, that I may \w avenge|strong="H5358"\w* the \w blood|strong="H1818"\w* of my \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* the \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w*, and the \w blood|strong="H1818"\w* of all the \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, at the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of \w Jezebel|strong="H0348"\w*.  
\v 8 For the whole \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w* shall \w perish|strong="H0006"\w*: and I will cut \w off|strong="H3772"\w* from \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w* him that \w pisseth|strong="H8366"\w* against the \w wall|strong="H7023"\w*, and him that is shut \w up|strong="H6113"\w* and \w left|strong="H5800"\w* in \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*:  
\v 9 And I will \w make|strong="H5414"\w* the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w* like the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Nebat|strong="H5028"\w*, and like the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Baasha|strong="H1201"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ahijah|strong="H0281"\w*:  
\v 10 And the \w dogs|strong="H3611"\w* shall \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* \w Jezebel|strong="H0348"\w* in the \w portion|strong="H2506"\w* of \w Jezreel|strong="H3157"\w*, and \add there shall be\add* none to \w bury|strong="H6912"\w* \add her\add*. And he \w opened|strong="H6605"\w* the \w door|strong="H1817"\w*, and \w fled|strong="H5127"\w*.   
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\v 11 ¶ Then \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* came \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* to the \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* of his \w lord|strong="H0113"\w*: and \add one\add* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, \add Is\add* all \w well|strong="H7965"\w*? wherefore \w came|strong="H0935"\w* this \w mad|strong="H7696"\w* \add fellow\add* to thee? And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto them, Ye \w know|strong="H3045"\w* the \w man|strong="H0376"\w*, and his \w communication|strong="H7879"\w*.  
\v 12 And they \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \add It is\add* \w false|strong="H8267"\w*; \w tell|strong="H5046"\w* us now. And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Thus and thus \w spake|strong="H0559"\w* he to me, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, I have \w anointed|strong="H4886"\w* thee \w king|strong="H4428"\w* over \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.  
\v 13 Then they \w hasted|strong="H4116"\w*, and \w took|strong="H3947"\w* every \w man|strong="H0376"\w* his \w garment|strong="H0899"\w*, and \w put|strong="H7760"\w* \add it\add* under him on the \w top|strong="H1634"\w* of the \w stairs|strong="H4609"\w*, and \w blew|strong="H8628"\w* with \w trumpets|strong="H7782"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* is \w king|strong="H4427"\w*.\f + \fr 9.13 \ft is king: Heb. reigneth\f*  
\v 14 So \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Nimshi|strong="H5250"\w* \w conspired|strong="H7194"\w* against \w Joram|strong="H3141"\w*. (Now \w Joram|strong="H3141"\w* had \w kept|strong="H8104"\w* \w Ramoth-gilead|strong="H7433"\w*, he and all \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w because|strong="H6440"\w* of \w Hazael|strong="H2371"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Syria|strong="H0758"\w*.  
\v 15 But \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Joram|strong="H3088"\w* was \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* to be \w healed|strong="H7495"\w* in \w Jezreel|strong="H3157"\w* of the \w wounds|strong="H4347"\w* which the \w Syrians|strong="H0761"\w* had \w given|strong="H5221"\w* him, when he \w fought|strong="H3898"\w* with \w Hazael|strong="H2371"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Syria|strong="H0758"\w*.) And \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, If it \w be|strong="H3426"\w* your \w minds|strong="H5315"\w*, \add then\add* let \w none|strong="H0408"\w* go \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* \add nor\add* \w escape|strong="H6412"\w* out of the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* to \w go|strong="H3212"\w* to \w tell|strong="H5046"\w* \add it\add* in \w Jezreel|strong="H3157"\w*.\f + \fr 9.15 \ft Joram: Heb. Jehoram but not in verse sixteen\f*\f + \fr 9.15 \ft had given: Heb. smote\f*\f + \fr 9.15 \ft let none…: Heb. let no escaper go, etc\f*   
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\v 16 So \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* rode in a \w chariot|strong="H7392"\w*, and \w went|strong="H3212"\w* to \w Jezreel|strong="H3157"\w*; for \w Joram|strong="H3141"\w* \w lay|strong="H7901"\w* there. And \w Ahaziah|strong="H0274"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* was come \w down|strong="H3381"\w* to \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w Joram|strong="H3141"\w*.  
\v 17 And there \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* a \w watchman|strong="H6822"\w* on the \w tower|strong="H4026"\w* in \w Jezreel|strong="H3157"\w*, and he \w spied|strong="H7200"\w* the \w company|strong="H8229"\w* of \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* as he \w came|strong="H0935"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, I \w see|strong="H7200"\w* a \w company|strong="H8229"\w*. And \w Joram|strong="H3088"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Take|strong="H3947"\w* an \w horseman|strong="H7395"\w*, and \w send|strong="H7971"\w* to \w meet|strong="H7125"\w* them, and let him \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, \add Is it\add* \w peace|strong="H7965"\w*?  
\v 18 So there \w went|strong="H3212"\w* one on \w horseback|strong="H7392"\w* to \w meet|strong="H7125"\w* him, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, \add Is it\add* \w peace|strong="H7965"\w*? And \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, What hast thou to do with \w peace|strong="H7965"\w*? \w turn|strong="H5437"\w* thee \w behind|strong="H0310"\w* me. And the \w watchman|strong="H6822"\w* \w told|strong="H5046"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, The \w messenger|strong="H4397"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to them, but he cometh not \w again|strong="H7725"\w*.  
\v 19 Then he sent \w out|strong="H7971"\w* a \w second|strong="H8145"\w* on \w horseback|strong="H7392"\w*, which \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to them, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, \add Is it\add* \w peace|strong="H7965"\w*? And \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, What hast thou to do with \w peace|strong="H7965"\w*? \w turn|strong="H5437"\w* thee \w behind|strong="H0310"\w* me.  
\v 20 And the \w watchman|strong="H6822"\w* \w told|strong="H5046"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, He \w came|strong="H0935"\w* even unto them, and cometh not \w again|strong="H7725"\w*: and the \w driving|strong="H4491"\w* \add is\add* like the \w driving|strong="H4491"\w* of \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Nimshi|strong="H5250"\w*; for he \w driveth|strong="H5090"\w* \w furiously|strong="H7697"\w*.\f + \fr 9.20 \ft driving: or, marching\f*\f + \fr 9.20 \ft furiously: Heb. in madness\f*  
\v 21 And \w Joram|strong="H3088"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Make \w ready|strong="H0631"\w*. And his \w chariot|strong="H7393"\w* was made \w ready|strong="H0631"\w*. And \w Joram|strong="H3088"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* and \w Ahaziah|strong="H0274"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* went \w out|strong="H3318"\w*, \w each|strong="H0376"\w* in his \w chariot|strong="H7393"\w*, and they went \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w against|strong="H7125"\w* \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w*, and \w met|strong="H4672"\w* him in the \w portion|strong="H2513"\w* of \w Naboth|strong="H5022"\w* the \w Jezreelite|strong="H3158"\w*.\f + \fr 9.21 \ft Make ready: Heb. Bind\f*\f + \fr 9.21 \ft met: Heb. found\f*  
\v 22 And it came to pass, when \w Joram|strong="H3088"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w*, that he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \add Is it\add* \w peace|strong="H7965"\w*, \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w*? And he \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, What \w peace|strong="H7965"\w*, so long \w as|strong="H5704"\w* the \w whoredoms|strong="H2183"\w* of thy \w mother|strong="H0517"\w* \w Jezebel|strong="H0348"\w* and her \w witchcrafts|strong="H3785"\w* \add are so\add* \w many|strong="H7227"\w*?  
\v 23 And \w Joram|strong="H3088"\w* \w turned|strong="H2015"\w* his \w hands|strong="H3027"\w*, and \w fled|strong="H5127"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to \w Ahaziah|strong="H0274"\w*, \add There is\add* \w treachery|strong="H4820"\w*, O \w Ahaziah|strong="H0274"\w*.  
\v 24 And \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* drew a \w bow|strong="H7198"\w* with his \w full|strong="H4390"\w* \w strength|strong="H3027"\w*, and \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* \w Jehoram|strong="H3088"\w* between his \w arms|strong="H2220"\w*, and the \w arrow|strong="H2678"\w* went \w out|strong="H3318"\w* at his \w heart|strong="H3820"\w*, and he sunk \w down|strong="H3766"\w* in his \w chariot|strong="H7393"\w*.\f + \fr 9.24 \ft drew…: Heb. filled his hand with a bow\f*\f + \fr 9.24 \ft sunk: Heb. bowed\f*  
\v 25 Then \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \add Jehu\add* to \w Bidkar|strong="H0920"\w* his \w captain|strong="H7991"\w*, Take \w up|strong="H5375"\w*, \add and\add* \w cast|strong="H7993"\w* him in the \w portion|strong="H2513"\w* of the \w field|strong="H7704"\w* of \w Naboth|strong="H5022"\w* the \w Jezreelite|strong="H3158"\w*: for \w remember|strong="H2142"\w* how that, when I and thou \w rode|strong="H7392"\w* \w together|strong="H6776"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w* his \w father|strong="H0001"\w*, the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w laid|strong="H5375"\w* this \w burden|strong="H4853"\w* upon him;  
\v 26 Surely I have \w seen|strong="H7200"\w* \w yesterday|strong="H0570"\w* the \w blood|strong="H1818"\w* of \w Naboth|strong="H5022"\w*, and the \w blood|strong="H1818"\w* of his \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*; and I will \w requite|strong="H7999"\w* thee in this \w plat|strong="H2513"\w*, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*. Now therefore \w take|strong="H5375"\w* \add and\add* \w cast|strong="H7993"\w* him into the \w plat|strong="H2513"\w* \add of ground\add*, according to the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*.\f + \fr 9.26 \ft blood: Heb. bloods\f*\f + \fr 9.26 \ft plat: or, portion\f*   
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\v 27 ¶ But when \w Ahaziah|strong="H0274"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \add this\add*, he \w fled|strong="H5127"\w* by the \w way|strong="H1870"\w* of the \w garden|strong="H1588"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*. And \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* \w followed|strong="H7291"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* him, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Smite|strong="H5221"\w* him also in the \w chariot|strong="H4818"\w*. \add And they did so\add* at the going \w up|strong="H4608"\w* to \w Gur|strong="H1483"\w*, which \add is\add* by \w Ibleam|strong="H2991"\w*. And he \w fled|strong="H5127"\w* to \w Megiddo|strong="H4023"\w*, and \w died|strong="H4191"\w* there.  
\v 28 And his \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w carried|strong="H7392"\w* him in a chariot to \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, and \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* him in his \w sepulchre|strong="H6900"\w* with his \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w* in the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* of \w David|strong="H1732"\w*.  
\v 29 And in the \w eleventh|strong="H0259"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* of \w Joram|strong="H3141"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w* began \w Ahaziah|strong="H0274"\w* to \w reign|strong="H4427"\w* over \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*.   
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\v 30 ¶ And when \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* was \w come|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Jezreel|strong="H3157"\w*, \w Jezebel|strong="H0348"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \add of it;\add* and she \w painted|strong="H7760"\w* her \w face|strong="H5869"\w*, and \w tired|strong="H3190"\w* her \w head|strong="H7218"\w*, and looked \w out|strong="H8259"\w* at a \w window|strong="H2474"\w*.\f + \fr 9.30 \ft painted…: Heb. put her eyes in painting\f*  
\v 31 And as \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* entered \w in|strong="H0935"\w* at the \w gate|strong="H8179"\w*, she \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \add Had\add* \w Zimri|strong="H2174"\w* \w peace|strong="H7965"\w*, who \w slew|strong="H2026"\w* his \w master|strong="H0113"\w*?  
\v 32 And he lifted \w up|strong="H5375"\w* his \w face|strong="H6440"\w* to the \w window|strong="H2474"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Who \add is\add* on my side? who? And there looked \w out|strong="H8259"\w* to him \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \add or\add* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w eunuchs|strong="H5631"\w*.\f + \fr 9.32 \ft eunuchs: or, chamberlains\f*  
\v 33 And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Throw her \w down|strong="H8058"\w*. So they threw her \w down|strong="H8058"\w*: and \add some\add* of her \w blood|strong="H1818"\w* was \w sprinkled|strong="H5137"\w* on the \w wall|strong="H7023"\w*, and on the \w horses|strong="H5483"\w*: and he trode her under \w foot|strong="H7429"\w*.  
\v 34 And when he was come \w in|strong="H0935"\w*, he did \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* and \w drink|strong="H8354"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Go|strong="H6485"\w*, see now this \w cursed|strong="H0779"\w* \add woman\add*, and \w bury|strong="H6912"\w* her: for she \add is\add* a \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w*.  
\v 35 And they \w went|strong="H3212"\w* to \w bury|strong="H6912"\w* her: but they \w found|strong="H4672"\w* no more of her \w than|strong="H0518"\w* the \w skull|strong="H1538"\w*, and the \w feet|strong="H7272"\w*, and the \w palms|strong="H3709"\w* of \add her\add* \w hands|strong="H3027"\w*.  
\v 36 Wherefore they came \w again|strong="H7725"\w*, and \w told|strong="H5046"\w* him. And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, This \add is\add* the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, which he \w spake|strong="H1696"\w* \w by|strong="H3027"\w* his \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w* the \w Tishbite|strong="H8664"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, In the \w portion|strong="H2506"\w* of \w Jezreel|strong="H3157"\w* shall \w dogs|strong="H3611"\w* \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* the \w flesh|strong="H1320"\w* of \w Jezebel|strong="H0348"\w*:\f + \fr 9.36 \ft by: Heb. by the hand of\f*  
\v 37 And the \w carcase|strong="H5038"\w* of \w Jezebel|strong="H0348"\w* shall be as \w dung|strong="H1828"\w* upon the \w face|strong="H6440"\w* of the \w field|strong="H7704"\w* in the \w portion|strong="H2506"\w* of \w Jezreel|strong="H3157"\w*; \add so\add* that they shall not \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, This \add is\add* \w Jezebel|strong="H0348"\w*.   
\c 10  
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\v 1 And \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w* had \w seventy|strong="H7657"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* in \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*. And \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* \w wrote|strong="H3789"\w* \w letters|strong="H5612"\w*, and \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* to \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*, unto the \w rulers|strong="H8269"\w* of \w Jezreel|strong="H3157"\w*, to the \w elders|strong="H2205"\w*, and to them that brought \w up|strong="H0539"\w* \w Ahab’s|strong="H0256"\w* \add children\add*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*,\f + \fr 10.1 \ft them…: Heb. nourishers\f*  
\v 2 Now as soon as this \w letter|strong="H5612"\w* \w cometh|strong="H0935"\w* to you, seeing your \w master’s|strong="H0113"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \add are\add* with you, and \add there are\add* with you \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w* and \w horses|strong="H5483"\w*, a \w fenced|strong="H4013"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* also, and \w armour|strong="H5402"\w*;  
\v 3 Look even \w out|strong="H7200"\w* the \w best|strong="H2896"\w* and \w meetest|strong="H3477"\w* of your \w master’s|strong="H0113"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*, and \w set|strong="H7760"\w* \add him\add* on his \w father’s|strong="H0001"\w* \w throne|strong="H3678"\w*, and \w fight|strong="H3898"\w* for your \w master’s|strong="H0113"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.  
\v 4 But they were \w exceedingly|strong="H3966"\w* \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Behold, \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* not \w before|strong="H6440"\w* him: how then shall we \w stand|strong="H5975"\w*?  
\v 5 And he that \add was\add* over the \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, and he that \add was\add* over the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, the \w elders|strong="H2205"\w* also, and the bringers \w up|strong="H0539"\w* \add of the children\add*, \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* to \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, We \add are\add* thy \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*, and will \w do|strong="H6213"\w* all that thou shalt \w bid|strong="H0559"\w* us; we will not make \w any|strong="H0376"\w* \w king|strong="H4427"\w*: \w do|strong="H6213"\w* thou \add that which is\add* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* in thine \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*.  
\v 6 Then he \w wrote|strong="H3789"\w* a \w letter|strong="H5612"\w* the second \w time|strong="H8145"\w* to them, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, If ye \add be\add* mine, and \add if\add* ye will \w hearken|strong="H8085"\w* unto my \w voice|strong="H6963"\w*, \w take|strong="H3947"\w* ye the \w heads|strong="H7218"\w* of the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* your \w master’s|strong="H0113"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*, and \w come|strong="H0935"\w* to me to \w Jezreel|strong="H3157"\w* by to \w morrow|strong="H4279"\w* this \w time|strong="H6256"\w*. Now the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*, \add being\add* \w seventy|strong="H7657"\w* \w persons|strong="H0376"\w*, \add were\add* with the great \w men|strong="H1419"\w* of the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, which brought them \w up|strong="H1431"\w*.\f + \fr 10.6 \ft mine: Heb. for me\f*  
\v 7 And it came to pass, when the \w letter|strong="H5612"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to them, that they \w took|strong="H3947"\w* the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*, and \w slew|strong="H7819"\w* \w seventy|strong="H7657"\w* \w persons|strong="H0376"\w*, and \w put|strong="H7760"\w* their \w heads|strong="H7218"\w* in \w baskets|strong="H1731"\w*, and \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* him \add them\add* to \w Jezreel|strong="H3157"\w*.   
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\v 8 ¶ And there \w came|strong="H0935"\w* a \w messenger|strong="H4397"\w*, and \w told|strong="H5046"\w* him, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, They have \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* the \w heads|strong="H7218"\w* of the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*. And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Lay|strong="H7760"\w* ye them in \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w heaps|strong="H6652"\w* at the entering \w in|strong="H6607"\w* of the \w gate|strong="H8179"\w* until the \w morning|strong="H1242"\w*.  
\v 9 And it came to pass in the \w morning|strong="H1242"\w*, that he went \w out|strong="H3318"\w*, and \w stood|strong="H5975"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, Ye \add be\add* \w righteous|strong="H6662"\w*: behold, I \w conspired|strong="H7194"\w* against my \w master|strong="H0113"\w*, and \w slew|strong="H2026"\w* him: but who \w slew|strong="H5221"\w* all these?  
\v 10 \w Know|strong="H3045"\w* \w now|strong="H0645"\w* that there shall \w fall|strong="H5307"\w* unto the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w* nothing of the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, which the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w spake|strong="H1696"\w* concerning the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w*: for the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* hath \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \add that\add* which he \w spake|strong="H1696"\w* \w by|strong="H3027"\w* his \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w*.\f + \fr 10.10 \ft by: Heb. by the hand of\f*  
\v 11 So \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* \w slew|strong="H5221"\w* all that \w remained|strong="H7604"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w* in \w Jezreel|strong="H3157"\w*, and all his great \w men|strong="H1419"\w*, and his \w kinsfolks|strong="H3045"\w*, and his \w priests|strong="H3548"\w*, until he \w left|strong="H7604"\w* him none \w remaining|strong="H8300"\w*.\f + \fr 10.11 \ft kinsfolks: or, acquaintance\f*   
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\v 12 ¶ And he \w arose|strong="H6965"\w* and \w departed|strong="H0935"\w*, and \w came|strong="H3212"\w* to \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*. \add And\add* as he \add was\add* at the \w shearing|strong="H7462"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* in the \w way|strong="H1870"\w*,\f + \fr 10.12 \ft shearing…: Heb. house of shepherds binding sheep\f*  
\v 13 \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* \w met|strong="H4672"\w* with the \w brethren|strong="H0251"\w* of \w Ahaziah|strong="H0274"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Who \add are\add* ye? And they \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, We \add are\add* the \w brethren|strong="H0251"\w* of \w Ahaziah|strong="H0274"\w*; and we go \w down|strong="H3381"\w* to \w salute|strong="H7965"\w* the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* and the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of the \w queen|strong="H1377"\w*.\f + \fr 10.13 \ft met with: Heb. found\f*\f + \fr 10.13 \ft to salute…: Heb. to the peace of, etc\f*  
\v 14 And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Take|strong="H8610"\w* them \w alive|strong="H2416"\w*. And they \w took|strong="H8610"\w* them \w alive|strong="H2416"\w*, and \w slew|strong="H7819"\w* them at the \w pit|strong="H0953"\w* of the shearing \w house|strong="H1044"\w*, \add even\add* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* and \w forty|strong="H0705"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w*; neither \w left|strong="H7604"\w* he \w any|strong="H0376"\w* of them.   
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\v 15 ¶ And when he was \w departed|strong="H3212"\w* thence, he \w lighted|strong="H4672"\w* on \w Jehonadab|strong="H3082"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Rechab|strong="H7394"\w* \add coming\add* to \w meet|strong="H7125"\w* him: and he \w saluted|strong="H1288"\w* him, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to him, \w Is|strong="H3426"\w* thine \w heart|strong="H3824"\w* \w right|strong="H3477"\w*, as my \w heart|strong="H3824"\w* \add is\add* with thy \w heart|strong="H3824"\w*? And \w Jehonadab|strong="H3082"\w* \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, It \w is|strong="H3426"\w*. If it be, \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \add me\add* thine \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*. And he \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \add him\add* his \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*; and he took him \w up|strong="H5927"\w* to him into the \w chariot|strong="H4818"\w*.\f + \fr 10.15 \ft lighted on: Heb. found\f*\f + \fr 10.15 \ft saluted: Heb. blessed\f*  
\v 16 And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Come|strong="H3212"\w* with me, and \w see|strong="H7200"\w* my \w zeal|strong="H7068"\w* for the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*. So they made him \w ride|strong="H7392"\w* in his \w chariot|strong="H7393"\w*.  
\v 17 And when he \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*, he \w slew|strong="H5221"\w* all that \w remained|strong="H7604"\w* unto \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w* in \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*, till he had \w destroyed|strong="H8045"\w* him, according to the \w saying|strong="H1697"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, which he \w spake|strong="H1696"\w* to \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w*.   
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\v 18 ¶ And \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* \w gathered|strong="H6908"\w* all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w together|strong="H6908"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto them, \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w* \w served|strong="H5647"\w* \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w* a \w little|strong="H4592"\w*; \add but\add* \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* shall \w serve|strong="H5647"\w* him \w much|strong="H7235"\w*.  
\v 19 Now therefore \w call|strong="H7121"\w* unto me all the \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* of \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w*, all his \w servants|strong="H5647"\w*, and all his \w priests|strong="H3548"\w*; let \w none|strong="H0376"\w* be \w wanting|strong="H6485"\w*: for I have a \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w sacrifice|strong="H2077"\w* \add to do\add* to \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w*; whosoever shall be \w wanting|strong="H6485"\w*, he shall not \w live|strong="H2421"\w*. But \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \add it\add* in \w subtilty|strong="H6122"\w*, to the intent that he might \w destroy|strong="H0006"\w* the \w worshippers|strong="H5647"\w* of \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w*.  
\v 20 And \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Proclaim|strong="H6942"\w* a solemn \w assembly|strong="H6116"\w* for \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w*. And they \w proclaimed|strong="H7121"\w* \add it\add*.\f + \fr 10.20 \ft Proclaim: Heb. Sanctify\f*  
\v 21 And \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* through all \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*: and all the \w worshippers|strong="H5647"\w* of \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w*, so that there was not a \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w left|strong="H7604"\w* that \w came|strong="H0935"\w* not. And they \w came|strong="H0935"\w* into the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w*; and the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w* was \w full|strong="H4390"\w* from one \w end|strong="H6310"\w* to \w another|strong="H6310"\w*.\f + \fr 10.21 \ft full…: or, so full that they stood mouth to mouth\f*  
\v 22 And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him that \add was\add* over the \w vestry|strong="H4458"\w*, Bring \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* \w vestments|strong="H3830"\w* for all the \w worshippers|strong="H5647"\w* of \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w*. And he brought them \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* \w vestments|strong="H4403"\w*.  
\v 23 And \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* \w went|strong="H0935"\w*, and \w Jehonadab|strong="H3082"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Rechab|strong="H7394"\w*, into the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto the \w worshippers|strong="H5647"\w* of \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w*, \w Search|strong="H2664"\w*, and \w look|strong="H7200"\w* that there \w be|strong="H3426"\w* here with you none of the \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, but the \w worshippers|strong="H5647"\w* of \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w* only.  
\v 24 And when they went \w in|strong="H0935"\w* to \w offer|strong="H6213"\w* \w sacrifices|strong="H2077"\w* and burnt \w offerings|strong="H5930"\w*, \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* \w appointed|strong="H7760"\w* \w fourscore|strong="H8084"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* \w without|strong="H2351"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \add If\add* \w any|strong="H0376"\w* of the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* whom I have \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* into your \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* \w escape|strong="H4422"\w*, \add he that letteth him go\add*, his \w life|strong="H5315"\w* \add shall be\add* for the \w life|strong="H5315"\w* of him.  
\v 25 And it came to pass, as soon as he had made an \w end|strong="H3615"\w* of \w offering|strong="H6213"\w* the burnt \w offering|strong="H5930"\w*, that \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to the \w guard|strong="H7323"\w* and to the \w captains|strong="H7991"\w*, Go \w in|strong="H0935"\w*, \add and\add* \w slay|strong="H5221"\w* them; let \w none|strong="H0376"\w* come \w forth|strong="H3318"\w*. And they \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* them with the \w edge|strong="H6310"\w* of the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*; and the \w guard|strong="H7323"\w* and the \w captains|strong="H7991"\w* cast \add them\add* \w out|strong="H7993"\w*, and \w went|strong="H3212"\w* to the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w*.\f + \fr 10.25 \ft the edge: Heb. the mouth\f*  
\v 26 And they brought \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* the \w images|strong="H4676"\w* out of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w*, and \w burned|strong="H8313"\w* them.\f + \fr 10.26 \ft images: Heb. statues\f*  
\v 27 And they brake \w down|strong="H5422"\w* the \w image|strong="H4676"\w* of \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w*, and brake \w down|strong="H5422"\w* the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w*, and \w made|strong="H7760"\w* it a draught \w house|strong="H4163"\w* unto this \w day|strong="H3117"\w*.  
\v 28 Thus \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* \w destroyed|strong="H8045"\w* \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w* out of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.   
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\v 29 ¶ Howbeit \add from\add* the \w sins|strong="H2399"\w* of \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Nebat|strong="H5028"\w*, who made \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* to \w sin|strong="H2398"\w*, \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* \w departed|strong="H5493"\w* not from \w after|strong="H0310"\w* them, \add to wit\add*, the \w golden|strong="H2091"\w* \w calves|strong="H5695"\w* that \add were\add* in \w Beth-el|strong="H1008"\w*, and that \add were\add* in \w Dan|strong="H1835"\w*.  
\v 30 And the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w*, Because thou hast done \w well|strong="H2895"\w* in \w executing|strong="H6213"\w* \add that which is\add* \w right|strong="H3477"\w* in mine \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*, \add and\add* hast \w done|strong="H6213"\w* unto the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w* according to all that \add was\add* in mine \w heart|strong="H3824"\w*, thy \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of the \w fourth|strong="H7243"\w* \add generation\add* shall \w sit|strong="H3427"\w* on the \w throne|strong="H3678"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.  
\v 31 But \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* took no \w heed|strong="H8104"\w* to \w walk|strong="H3212"\w* in the \w law|strong="H8451"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* with all his \w heart|strong="H3824"\w*: for he \w departed|strong="H5493"\w* not from the \w sins|strong="H2403"\w* of \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w*, which made \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* to \w sin|strong="H2398"\w*.\f + \fr 10.31 \ft took…: Heb. observed not\f*   
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\v 32 ¶ In those \w days|strong="H3117"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w began|strong="H2490"\w* to \w cut|strong="H7096"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w short|strong="H7096"\w*: and \w Hazael|strong="H2371"\w* \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* them in all the \w coasts|strong="H1366"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*;\f + \fr 10.32 \ft to cut: Heb. to cut off the ends\f*  
\v 33 From \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* \w eastward|strong="H4217"\w*, all the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w*, the \w Gadites|strong="H1425"\w*, and the \w Reubenites|strong="H7206"\w*, and the \w Manassites|strong="H4520"\w*, from \w Aroer|strong="H6177"\w*, which \add is\add* by the \w river|strong="H5158"\w* \w Arnon|strong="H0769"\w*, even \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w* and \w Bashan|strong="H1316"\w*.\f + \fr 10.33 \ft eastward: Heb. toward the rising of the sun\f*\f + \fr 10.33 \ft even…: or, even to Gilead and Bashan\f*  
\v 34 Now the \w rest|strong="H3499"\w* of the \w acts|strong="H1697"\w* of \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w*, and all that he \w did|strong="H6213"\w*, and all his \w might|strong="H1369"\w*, \add are\add* they not \w written|strong="H3789"\w* in the \w book|strong="H5612"\w* of the \w chronicles|strong="H1697"\w* of the \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*?  
\v 35 And \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* \w slept|strong="H7901"\w* with his \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*: and they \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* him in \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*. And \w Jehoahaz|strong="H3059"\w* his \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* in his stead.  
\v 36 And the \w time|strong="H3117"\w* that \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* over \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* in \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w* \add was\add* \w twenty|strong="H6242"\w* and \w eight|strong="H8083"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*.\f + \fr 10.36 \ft the time: Heb. the days were\f*   
\c 11  
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\v 1 And when \w Athaliah|strong="H6271"\w* the \w mother|strong="H0517"\w* of \w Ahaziah|strong="H0274"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* that her \w son|strong="H1121"\w* was \w dead|strong="H4191"\w*, she \w arose|strong="H6965"\w* and \w destroyed|strong="H0006"\w* all the \w seed|strong="H2233"\w* \w royal|strong="H4467"\w*.\f + \fr 11.1 \ft seed…: Heb. seed of the kingdom\f*  
\v 2 But \w Jehosheba|strong="H3089"\w*, the \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* of \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Joram|strong="H3141"\w*, \w sister|strong="H0269"\w* of \w Ahaziah|strong="H0274"\w*, \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w Joash|strong="H3101"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ahaziah|strong="H0274"\w*, and \w stole|strong="H1589"\w* him from \w among|strong="H8432"\w* the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \add which were\add* \w slain|strong="H4191"\w*; and they \w hid|strong="H5641"\w* him, \add even\add* him and his \w nurse|strong="H3243"\w*, in the \w bedchamber|strong="H2315"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w Athaliah|strong="H6271"\w*, so that he was not \w slain|strong="H4191"\w*.\f + \fr 11.2 \ft Jehosheba: also called, Jehoshabeath\f*\f + \fr 11.2 \ft Joash: also called, Jehoash\f*  
\v 3 And he was with her \w hid|strong="H2244"\w* in the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w six|strong="H8337"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*. And \w Athaliah|strong="H6271"\w* did \w reign|strong="H4427"\w* over the \w land|strong="H0776"\w*.   
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\v 4 ¶ And the \w seventh|strong="H7637"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* \w Jehoiada|strong="H3077"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* and \w fetched|strong="H3947"\w* the \w rulers|strong="H8269"\w* over \w hundreds|strong="H3967"\w*, with the \w captains|strong="H3746"\w* and the \w guard|strong="H7323"\w*, and \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* them to him into the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, and \w made|strong="H3772"\w* a \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w* with them, and took an \w oath|strong="H7650"\w* of them in the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, and \w shewed|strong="H7200"\w* them the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*.  
\v 5 And he \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* them, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, This \add is\add* the \w thing|strong="H1697"\w* that ye shall \w do|strong="H6213"\w*; A third \w part|strong="H7992"\w* of you that enter \w in|strong="H0935"\w* on the \w sabbath|strong="H7676"\w* shall even be \w keepers|strong="H8104"\w* of the \w watch|strong="H4931"\w* of the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*;  
\v 6 And a third \w part|strong="H7992"\w* \add shall be\add* at the \w gate|strong="H8179"\w* of \w Sur|strong="H5495"\w*; and a third \w part|strong="H7992"\w* at the \w gate|strong="H8179"\w* \w behind|strong="H0310"\w* the \w guard|strong="H7323"\w*: so shall ye \w keep|strong="H8104"\w* the \w watch|strong="H4931"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, that it be not broken \w down|strong="H4535"\w*.\f + \fr 11.6 \ft that…: or, from breaking up\f*  
\v 7 And \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w parts|strong="H3027"\w* of all you that go \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* on the \w sabbath|strong="H7676"\w*, even they shall \w keep|strong="H8104"\w* the \w watch|strong="H4931"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w about|strong="H0413"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*.\f + \fr 11.7 \ft parts: or, companies: Heb. hands\f*  
\v 8 And ye shall \w compass|strong="H5362"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* round \w about|strong="H5439"\w*, every \w man|strong="H0376"\w* with his \w weapons|strong="H3627"\w* in his \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*: and he that \w cometh|strong="H0935"\w* within the \w ranges|strong="H7713"\w*, let him be \w slain|strong="H4191"\w*: and be ye with the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* as he goeth \w out|strong="H3318"\w* and as he cometh \w in|strong="H0935"\w*.  
\v 9 And the \w captains|strong="H8269"\w* over the \w hundreds|strong="H3967"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* according to all \add things\add* that \w Jehoiada|strong="H3077"\w* the \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w*: and they \w took|strong="H3947"\w* every \w man|strong="H0376"\w* his \w men|strong="H0582"\w* that were to come \w in|strong="H0935"\w* on the \w sabbath|strong="H7676"\w*, with them that should go \w out|strong="H3318"\w* on the \w sabbath|strong="H7676"\w*, and \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Jehoiada|strong="H3077"\w* the \w priest|strong="H3548"\w*.  
\v 10 And to the \w captains|strong="H8269"\w* over \w hundreds|strong="H3967"\w* did the \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w David’s|strong="H1732"\w* \w spears|strong="H2595"\w* and \w shields|strong="H7982"\w*, that \add were\add* in the \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*.  
\v 11 And the \w guard|strong="H7323"\w* \w stood|strong="H5975"\w*, every \w man|strong="H0376"\w* with his \w weapons|strong="H3627"\w* in his \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*, round \w about|strong="H5439"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, from the \w right|strong="H3233"\w* \w corner|strong="H3802"\w* of the \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* to the \w left|strong="H8042"\w* \w corner|strong="H3802"\w* of the \w temple|strong="H1004"\w*, \add along\add* by the \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* and the \w temple|strong="H1004"\w*.\f + \fr 11.11 \ft corner: Heb. shoulder\f*  
\v 12 And he brought \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, and \w put|strong="H5414"\w* the \w crown|strong="H5145"\w* upon him, and \add gave him\add* the \w testimony|strong="H5715"\w*; and they made him \w king|strong="H4427"\w*, and \w anointed|strong="H4886"\w* him; and they \w clapped|strong="H5221"\w* their \w hands|strong="H3709"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, God \w save|strong="H2421"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*.\f + \fr 11.12 \ft God…: Heb. Let the king live\f*   
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\v 13 ¶ And when \w Athaliah|strong="H6271"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* the \w noise|strong="H6963"\w* of the \w guard|strong="H7323"\w* \add and\add* of the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, she \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* into the \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*.  
\v 14 And when she \w looked|strong="H7200"\w*, behold, the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* by a \w pillar|strong="H5982"\w*, as the \w manner|strong="H4941"\w* \add was\add*, and the \w princes|strong="H8269"\w* and the \w trumpeters|strong="H2689"\w* by the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, and all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* of the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \w rejoiced|strong="H8056"\w*, and \w blew|strong="H8628"\w* with \w trumpets|strong="H2689"\w*: and \w Athaliah|strong="H6271"\w* \w rent|strong="H7167"\w* her \w clothes|strong="H0899"\w*, and \w cried|strong="H7121"\w*, \w Treason|strong="H7195"\w*, \w Treason|strong="H7195"\w*.  
\v 15 But \w Jehoiada|strong="H3077"\w* the \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* the \w captains|strong="H8269"\w* of the \w hundreds|strong="H3967"\w*, the \w officers|strong="H6485"\w* of the \w host|strong="H2428"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto them, Have her \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* \w without|strong="H1004"\w* the \w ranges|strong="H7713"\w*: and him that \w followeth|strong="H0935"\w* her \w kill|strong="H4191"\w* with the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*. For the \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* had \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Let her not be \w slain|strong="H4191"\w* in the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*.  
\v 16 And they \w laid|strong="H7760"\w* \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* on her; and she \w went|strong="H0935"\w* by the \w way|strong="H1870"\w* by the which the \w horses|strong="H5483"\w* \w came|strong="H3996"\w* into the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*: and there was she \w slain|strong="H4191"\w*.   
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\v 17 ¶ And \w Jehoiada|strong="H3077"\w* \w made|strong="H3772"\w* a \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w* between the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* and the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* and the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, that they should be the \nd \+w LORD’s|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*; between the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* also and the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*.  
\v 18 And all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* of the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \w went|strong="H0935"\w* into the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w*, and brake it \w down|strong="H5422"\w*; his \w altars|strong="H4196"\w* and his \w images|strong="H6754"\w* brake they in \w pieces|strong="H7665"\w* \w thoroughly|strong="H3190"\w*, and \w slew|strong="H2026"\w* \w Mattan|strong="H4977"\w* the \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* of \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \w altars|strong="H4196"\w*. And the \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* \w appointed|strong="H7760"\w* \w officers|strong="H6485"\w* over the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*.\f + \fr 11.18 \ft officers: Heb. offices\f*  
\v 19 And he \w took|strong="H3947"\w* the \w rulers|strong="H8269"\w* over \w hundreds|strong="H3967"\w*, and the \w captains|strong="H3746"\w*, and the \w guard|strong="H7323"\w*, and all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* of the \w land|strong="H0776"\w*; and they brought \w down|strong="H3381"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* from the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, and \w came|strong="H0935"\w* by the \w way|strong="H1870"\w* of the \w gate|strong="H8179"\w* of the \w guard|strong="H7323"\w* to the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*. And he \w sat|strong="H3427"\w* on the \w throne|strong="H3678"\w* of the \w kings|strong="H4428"\w*.  
\v 20 And all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* of the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \w rejoiced|strong="H8055"\w*, and the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* was in \w quiet|strong="H8252"\w*: and they \w slew|strong="H4191"\w* \w Athaliah|strong="H6271"\w* with the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* \add beside\add* the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.  
\v 21 \w Seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w old|strong="H1121"\w* \add was\add* \w Jehoash|strong="H3060"\w* when he began to \w reign|strong="H4427"\w*.   
\c 12  
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\v 1 In the \w seventh|strong="H7651"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* of \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* \w Jehoash|strong="H3060"\w* began to \w reign|strong="H4427"\w*; and \w forty|strong="H0705"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* he in \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*. And his \w mother’s|strong="H0517"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \add was\add* \w Zibiah|strong="H6645"\w* of \w Beer-sheba|strong="H0884"\w*.  
\v 2 And \w Jehoash|strong="H3060"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \add that which was\add* \w right|strong="H3477"\w* in the \w sight|strong="H5869"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* all his \w days|strong="H3117"\w* wherein \w Jehoiada|strong="H3077"\w* the \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* \w instructed|strong="H3384"\w* him.  
\v 3 But the high \w places|strong="H1116"\w* were not taken \w away|strong="H5493"\w*: the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* still \w sacrificed|strong="H2076"\w* and burnt \w incense|strong="H6999"\w* in the high \w places|strong="H1116"\w*.   
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\v 4 ¶ And \w Jehoash|strong="H3060"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to the \w priests|strong="H3548"\w*, All the \w money|strong="H3701"\w* of the dedicated \w things|strong="H6944"\w* that is \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* into the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, \add even\add* the \w money|strong="H3701"\w* of every \w one|strong="H0376"\w* that \w passeth|strong="H5674"\w* \add the account\add*, the \w money|strong="H3701"\w* that every \w man|strong="H5315"\w* is set \w at|strong="H6187"\w*, \add and\add* all the \w money|strong="H3701"\w* that \w cometh|strong="H5927"\w* into any \w man’s|strong="H0376"\w* \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* to \w bring|strong="H0935"\w* into the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*,\f + \fr 12.4 \ft dedicated things: or, holy things: Heb. holinesses\f*\f + \fr 12.4 \ft that every…: Heb. of the souls of his estimation\f*\f + \fr 12.4 \ft cometh…: Heb. ascendeth upon the heart of a man\f*  
\v 5 Let the \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w take|strong="H3947"\w* \add it\add* to them, every \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of his \w acquaintance|strong="H4378"\w*: and let them \w repair|strong="H2388"\w* the \w breaches|strong="H0919"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, wheresoever any \w breach|strong="H0919"\w* shall be \w found|strong="H4672"\w*.  
\v 6 But it was \add so, that\add* in the \w three|strong="H7969"\w* and \w twentieth|strong="H6242"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* of \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Jehoash|strong="H3060"\w* the \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* had not \w repaired|strong="H2388"\w* the \w breaches|strong="H0919"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.\f + \fr 12.6 \ft three…: Heb. twentieth year and third year\f*  
\v 7 Then \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Jehoash|strong="H3060"\w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* for \w Jehoiada|strong="H3077"\w* the \w priest|strong="H3548"\w*, and the \add other\add* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto them, Why \w repair|strong="H2388"\w* ye not the \w breaches|strong="H0919"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w*? now therefore \w receive|strong="H3947"\w* no \add more\add* \w money|strong="H3701"\w* of your \w acquaintance|strong="H4378"\w*, but \w deliver|strong="H5414"\w* it for the \w breaches|strong="H0919"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.  
\v 8 And the \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w consented|strong="H0225"\w* to \w receive|strong="H3947"\w* \w no|strong="H1115"\w* \add more\add* \w money|strong="H3701"\w* of the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w neither|strong="H1115"\w* to \w repair|strong="H2388"\w* the \w breaches|strong="H0919"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.  
\v 9 But \w Jehoiada|strong="H3077"\w* the \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w a|strong="H0259"\w* \w chest|strong="H0727"\w*, and \w bored|strong="H5344"\w* a \w hole|strong="H2356"\w* in the \w lid|strong="H1817"\w* of it, and \w set|strong="H5414"\w* it \w beside|strong="H0681"\w* the \w altar|strong="H4196"\w*, on the right \w side|strong="H3225"\w* as \w one|strong="H0376"\w* \w cometh|strong="H0935"\w* into the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*: and the \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* that \w kept|strong="H8104"\w* the \w door|strong="H5592"\w* \w put|strong="H5414"\w* therein all the \w money|strong="H3701"\w* \add that was\add* \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* into the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*.\f + \fr 12.9 \ft door: Heb. threshold\f*  
\v 10 And it was \add so\add*, when they \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* that \add there was\add* \w much|strong="H7227"\w* \w money|strong="H3701"\w* in the \w chest|strong="H0727"\w*, that the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w scribe|strong="H5608"\w* and the \w high|strong="H1419"\w* \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* came \w up|strong="H5927"\w*, and they put up in \w bags|strong="H6696"\w*, and \w told|strong="H4487"\w* the \w money|strong="H3701"\w* that was \w found|strong="H4672"\w* in the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*.\f + \fr 12.10 \ft scribe: or, secretary\f*\f + \fr 12.10 \ft put…: Heb. bound up\f*  
\v 11 And they \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* the \w money|strong="H3701"\w*, being \w told|strong="H8505"\w*, into the \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* of them that \w did|strong="H6213"\w* the \w work|strong="H4399"\w*, that had the \w oversight|strong="H6485"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*: and they laid it \w out|strong="H3318"\w* to the \w carpenters|strong="H2796"\w* and \w builders|strong="H1129"\w*, that \w wrought|strong="H6213"\w* upon the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*,\f + \fr 12.11 \ft laid…: Heb. brought it forth\f*  
\v 12 And to \w masons|strong="H1443"\w*, and \w hewers|strong="H2672"\w* of \w stone|strong="H0068"\w*, and to \w buy|strong="H7069"\w* \w timber|strong="H6086"\w* and \w hewed|strong="H4274"\w* \w stone|strong="H0068"\w* to \w repair|strong="H2388"\w* the \w breaches|strong="H0919"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, and for all that was laid \w out|strong="H3318"\w* for the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* to \w repair|strong="H2394"\w* \add it\add*.\f + \fr 12.12 \ft was…: Heb. went forth\f*  
\v 13 Howbeit there were not \w made|strong="H6213"\w* for the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w bowls|strong="H5592"\w* of \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*, \w snuffers|strong="H4212"\w*, \w basons|strong="H4219"\w*, \w trumpets|strong="H2689"\w*, any \w vessels|strong="H3627"\w* of \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*, or \w vessels|strong="H3627"\w* of \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*, of the \w money|strong="H3701"\w* \add that was\add* \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* into the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*:  
\v 14 But they \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* that to the \w workmen|strong="H4399"\w*, and \w repaired|strong="H2388"\w* therewith the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*.  
\v 15 Moreover they \w reckoned|strong="H2803"\w* not with the \w men|strong="H0582"\w*, into whose \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* they \w delivered|strong="H5414"\w* the \w money|strong="H3701"\w* to be \w bestowed|strong="H5414"\w* on \w workmen|strong="H4399"\w*: for they \w dealt|strong="H6213"\w* \w faithfully|strong="H0530"\w*.  
\v 16 The \w trespass|strong="H0817"\w* \w money|strong="H3701"\w* and \w sin|strong="H2403"\w* \w money|strong="H3701"\w* was not \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* into the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*: it was the \w priests’|strong="H3548"\w*.   
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\v 17 ¶ Then \w Hazael|strong="H2371"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Syria|strong="H0758"\w* went \w up|strong="H5927"\w*, and \w fought|strong="H3898"\w* against \w Gath|strong="H1661"\w*, and \w took|strong="H3920"\w* it: and \w Hazael|strong="H2371"\w* \w set|strong="H7760"\w* his \w face|strong="H6440"\w* to go \w up|strong="H5927"\w* to \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.  
\v 18 And \w Jehoash|strong="H3060"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* all the hallowed \w things|strong="H6944"\w* that \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w*, and \w Jehoram|strong="H3088"\w*, and \w Ahaziah|strong="H0274"\w*, his \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*, \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, had \w dedicated|strong="H6942"\w*, and his own hallowed \w things|strong="H6944"\w*, and all the \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* \add that was\add* \w found|strong="H4672"\w* in the \w treasures|strong="H0214"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, and in the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, and \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \add it\add* to \w Hazael|strong="H2371"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Syria|strong="H0758"\w*: and he went \w away|strong="H5927"\w* from \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.\f + \fr 12.18 \ft went…: Heb. went up\f*   
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\v 19 ¶ And the \w rest|strong="H3499"\w* of the \w acts|strong="H1697"\w* of \w Joash|strong="H3101"\w*, and all that he \w did|strong="H6213"\w*, \add are\add* they not \w written|strong="H3789"\w* in the \w book|strong="H5612"\w* of the \w chronicles|strong="H1697"\w* of the \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*?  
\v 20 And his \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w arose|strong="H6965"\w*, and \w made|strong="H7194"\w* a \w conspiracy|strong="H7195"\w*, and \w slew|strong="H5221"\w* \w Joash|strong="H3101"\w* in the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Millo|strong="H4407"\w*, which goeth \w down|strong="H3381"\w* to \w Silla|strong="H5538"\w*.\f + \fr 12.20 \ft the house…: or, Bethmillo\f*  
\v 21 For \w Jozachar|strong="H3108"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Shimeath|strong="H8100"\w*, and \w Jehozabad|strong="H3075"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Shomer|strong="H7763"\w*, his \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*, \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* him, and he \w died|strong="H4191"\w*; and they \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* him with his \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w* in the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* of \w David|strong="H1732"\w*: and \w Amaziah|strong="H0558"\w* his \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* in his stead.   
\c 13  
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\v 1 In the \w three|strong="H7969"\w* and \w twentieth|strong="H6242"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* of \w Joash|strong="H3101"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ahaziah|strong="H0274"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w Jehoahaz|strong="H3059"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* began to \w reign|strong="H4427"\w* over \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* in \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*, \add and reigned\add* \w seventeen|strong="H7651"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*.\f + \fr 13.1 \ft three…: Heb. twentieth year and third year\f*  
\v 2 And he \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \add that which was\add* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* in the \w sight|strong="H5869"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, and \w followed|strong="H3212"\w* the \w sins|strong="H2403"\w* of \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Nebat|strong="H5028"\w*, which made \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* to \w sin|strong="H2398"\w*; he \w departed|strong="H5493"\w* not therefrom.\f + \fr 13.2 \ft followed: Heb. walked after\f*   
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\v 3 ¶ And the \w anger|strong="H0639"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* was \w kindled|strong="H2734"\w* against \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, and he \w delivered|strong="H5414"\w* them into the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of \w Hazael|strong="H2371"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Syria|strong="H0758"\w*, and into the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of \w Ben-hadad|strong="H1130"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Hazael|strong="H2371"\w*, all \add their\add* \w days|strong="H3117"\w*.  
\v 4 And \w Jehoahaz|strong="H3059"\w* \w besought|strong="H2470"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, and the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w hearkened|strong="H8085"\w* \w unto|strong="H6440"\w* him: for he \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* the \w oppression|strong="H3906"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, because the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Syria|strong="H0758"\w* \w oppressed|strong="H3905"\w* them.  
\v 5 (And the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* a \w saviour|strong="H3467"\w*, so that they went \w out|strong="H3318"\w* from under the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of the \w Syrians|strong="H0758"\w*: and the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w dwelt|strong="H3427"\w* in their \w tents|strong="H0168"\w*, as \w beforetime|strong="H8032"\w*.\f + \fr 13.5 \ft as beforetime: Heb. as yesterday, and third day\f*  
\v 6 Nevertheless they \w departed|strong="H5493"\w* not from the \w sins|strong="H2403"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w*, who made \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w sin|strong="H2398"\w*, \add but\add* \w walked|strong="H1980"\w* therein: and there \w remained|strong="H5975"\w* the \w grove|strong="H0842"\w* also in \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*.)\f + \fr 13.6 \ft walked: Heb. he walked\f*\f + \fr 13.6 \ft remained: Heb. stood\f*  
\v 7 Neither did he \w leave|strong="H7604"\w* of the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* to \w Jehoahaz|strong="H3059"\w* but \w fifty|strong="H2572"\w* \w horsemen|strong="H6571"\w*, and \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w*, and \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w footmen|strong="H7273"\w*; for the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Syria|strong="H0758"\w* had \w destroyed|strong="H0006"\w* them, and had \w made|strong="H7760"\w* them like the \w dust|strong="H6083"\w* by \w threshing|strong="H1758"\w*.   
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\v 8 ¶ Now the \w rest|strong="H3499"\w* of the \w acts|strong="H1697"\w* of \w Jehoahaz|strong="H3059"\w*, and all that he \w did|strong="H6213"\w*, and his \w might|strong="H1369"\w*, \add are\add* they not \w written|strong="H3789"\w* in the \w book|strong="H5612"\w* of the \w chronicles|strong="H1697"\w* of the \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*?  
\v 9 And \w Jehoahaz|strong="H3059"\w* \w slept|strong="H7901"\w* with his \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*; and they \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* him in \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*: and \w Joash|strong="H3101"\w* his \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* in his stead.\f + \fr 13.9 \ft Joash: also called, Jehoash\f*   
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\v 10 ¶ In the \w thirty|strong="H7970"\w* and \w seventh|strong="H7651"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* of \w Joash|strong="H3101"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* began \w Jehoash|strong="H3060"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Jehoahaz|strong="H3059"\w* to \w reign|strong="H4427"\w* over \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* in \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*, \add and reigned\add* \w sixteen|strong="H8337"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*.  
\v 11 And he \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \add that which was\add* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* in the \w sight|strong="H5869"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*; he \w departed|strong="H5493"\w* not from all the \w sins|strong="H2403"\w* of \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Nebat|strong="H5028"\w*, who made \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w sin|strong="H2398"\w*: \add but\add* he \w walked|strong="H1980"\w* therein.  
\v 12 And the \w rest|strong="H3499"\w* of the \w acts|strong="H1697"\w* of \w Joash|strong="H3101"\w*, and all that he \w did|strong="H6213"\w*, and his \w might|strong="H1369"\w* wherewith he \w fought|strong="H3898"\w* against \w Amaziah|strong="H0558"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \add are\add* they not \w written|strong="H3789"\w* in the \w book|strong="H5612"\w* of the \w chronicles|strong="H1697"\w* of the \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*?  
\v 13 And \w Joash|strong="H3101"\w* \w slept|strong="H7901"\w* with his \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*; and \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* \w sat|strong="H3427"\w* upon his \w throne|strong="H3678"\w*: and \w Joash|strong="H3101"\w* was \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* in \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w* with the \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.   
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\v 14 ¶ Now \w Elisha|strong="H0477"\w* was fallen \w sick|strong="H2470"\w* of his \w sickness|strong="H2483"\w* whereof he \w died|strong="H4191"\w*. And \w Joash|strong="H3101"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* came \w down|strong="H3381"\w* unto him, and \w wept|strong="H1058"\w* over his \w face|strong="H6440"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, O my \w father|strong="H0001"\w*, my \w father|strong="H0001"\w*, the \w chariot|strong="H7393"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, and the \w horsemen|strong="H6571"\w* thereof.  
\v 15 And \w Elisha|strong="H0477"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, \w Take|strong="H3947"\w* \w bow|strong="H7198"\w* and \w arrows|strong="H2671"\w*. And he \w took|strong="H3947"\w* unto him \w bow|strong="H7198"\w* and \w arrows|strong="H2671"\w*.  
\v 16 And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w Put|strong="H7392"\w* thine \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* upon the \w bow|strong="H7198"\w*. And he \w put|strong="H7392"\w* his \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \add upon it:\add* and \w Elisha|strong="H0477"\w* \w put|strong="H7760"\w* his \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* upon the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w hands|strong="H3027"\w*.\f + \fr 13.16 \ft Put thine…: Heb. Make thine hand to ride\f*  
\v 17 And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Open|strong="H6605"\w* the \w window|strong="H2474"\w* \w eastward|strong="H6924"\w*. And he \w opened|strong="H6605"\w* \add it\add*. Then \w Elisha|strong="H0477"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Shoot|strong="H3384"\w*. And he \w shot|strong="H3384"\w*. And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, The \w arrow|strong="H2671"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD’s|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w deliverance|strong="H8668"\w*, and the \w arrow|strong="H2671"\w* of \w deliverance|strong="H8668"\w* from \w Syria|strong="H0758"\w*: for thou shalt \w smite|strong="H5221"\w* the \w Syrians|strong="H0758"\w* in \w Aphek|strong="H0663"\w*, till thou have \w consumed|strong="H3615"\w* \add them\add*.  
\v 18 And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Take|strong="H3947"\w* the \w arrows|strong="H2671"\w*. And he \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \add them\add*. And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w Smite|strong="H5221"\w* upon the \w ground|strong="H0776"\w*. And he \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* \w thrice|strong="H7969"\w*, and \w stayed|strong="H5975"\w*.  
\v 19 And the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w* was \w wroth|strong="H7107"\w* with him, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Thou shouldest have \w smitten|strong="H5221"\w* \w five|strong="H2568"\w* or \w six|strong="H8337"\w* \w times|strong="H6471"\w*; then hadst thou \w smitten|strong="H5221"\w* \w Syria|strong="H0758"\w* till thou hadst \w consumed|strong="H3615"\w* \add it:\add* whereas now thou shalt \w smite|strong="H5221"\w* \w Syria|strong="H0758"\w* \add but\add* \w thrice|strong="H7969"\w*.   
\p
\v 20 ¶ And \w Elisha|strong="H0477"\w* \w died|strong="H4191"\w*, and they \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* him. And the \w bands|strong="H1416"\w* of the \w Moabites|strong="H4124"\w* \w invaded|strong="H0935"\w* the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* at the coming \w in|strong="H0935"\w* of the \w year|strong="H8141"\w*.  
\v 21 And it came to pass, as they were \w burying|strong="H6912"\w* a \w man|strong="H0376"\w*, that, behold, they \w spied|strong="H7200"\w* a \w band|strong="H1416"\w* \add of men;\add* and they \w cast|strong="H7993"\w* the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* into the \w sepulchre|strong="H6913"\w* of \w Elisha|strong="H0477"\w*: and when the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* was let \w down|strong="H3212"\w*, and \w touched|strong="H5060"\w* the \w bones|strong="H6106"\w* of \w Elisha|strong="H0477"\w*, he \w revived|strong="H2421"\w*, and stood \w up|strong="H6965"\w* on his \w feet|strong="H7272"\w*.\f + \fr 13.21 \ft was…: Heb. went down\f*   
\p
\v 22 ¶ But \w Hazael|strong="H2371"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Syria|strong="H0758"\w* \w oppressed|strong="H3905"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* all the \w days|strong="H3117"\w* of \w Jehoahaz|strong="H3059"\w*.  
\v 23 And the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* was \w gracious|strong="H2603"\w* unto them, and had \w compassion|strong="H7355"\w* on them, and had \w respect|strong="H6437"\w* unto them, because \w of|strong="H4616"\w* his \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w* with \w Abraham|strong="H0085"\w*, \w Isaac|strong="H3327"\w*, and \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w*, and \w would|strong="H0014"\w* not \w destroy|strong="H7843"\w* them, neither \w cast|strong="H7993"\w* he them from his \w presence|strong="H6440"\w* as \w yet|strong="H5704"\w*.\f + \fr 13.23 \ft presence: Heb. face\f*  
\v 24 So \w Hazael|strong="H2371"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Syria|strong="H0758"\w* \w died|strong="H4191"\w*; and \w Ben-hadad|strong="H1130"\w* his \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* in his stead.  
\v 25 And \w Jehoash|strong="H3060"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Jehoahaz|strong="H3059"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w again|strong="H7725"\w* out of the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of \w Ben-hadad|strong="H1130"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Hazael|strong="H2371"\w* the \w cities|strong="H5892"\w*, which he had \w taken|strong="H3947"\w* out of the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of \w Jehoahaz|strong="H3059"\w* his \w father|strong="H0001"\w* by \w war|strong="H4421"\w*. \w Three|strong="H7969"\w* \w times|strong="H6471"\w* did \w Joash|strong="H3101"\w* \w beat|strong="H5221"\w* him, and \w recovered|strong="H7725"\w* the \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.\f + \fr 13.25 \ft took…: Heb. returned and took\f*   
\c 14  
\p
\v 1 In the \w second|strong="H8147"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* of \w Joash|strong="H3101"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Jehoahaz|strong="H3099"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* \w Amaziah|strong="H0558"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Joash|strong="H3101"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*.  
\v 2 He was \w twenty|strong="H6242"\w* and \w five|strong="H2568"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w old|strong="H1121"\w* when he began to \w reign|strong="H4427"\w*, and \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* \w twenty|strong="H6242"\w* and \w nine|strong="H8672"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* in \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*. And his \w mother’s|strong="H0517"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \add was\add* \w Jehoaddan|strong="H3086"\w* of \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.  
\v 3 And he \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \add that which was\add* \w right|strong="H3477"\w* in the \w sight|strong="H5869"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, \w yet|strong="H7535"\w* not like \w David|strong="H1732"\w* his \w father|strong="H0001"\w*: he \w did|strong="H6213"\w* according to all things as \w Joash|strong="H3101"\w* his \w father|strong="H0001"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w*.  
\v 4 Howbeit the high \w places|strong="H1116"\w* were not taken \w away|strong="H5493"\w*: as \w yet|strong="H5750"\w* the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* did \w sacrifice|strong="H2076"\w* and burnt \w incense|strong="H6999"\w* on the high \w places|strong="H1116"\w*.   
\p
\v 5 ¶ And it came to pass, as soon as the \w kingdom|strong="H4467"\w* was \w confirmed|strong="H2388"\w* in his \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*, that he \w slew|strong="H5221"\w* his \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* which had \w slain|strong="H5221"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* his \w father|strong="H0001"\w*.  
\v 6 But the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of the \w murderers|strong="H5221"\w* he \w slew|strong="H4191"\w* not: according unto that which is \w written|strong="H3789"\w* in the \w book|strong="H5612"\w* of the \w law|strong="H8451"\w* of \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w*, wherein the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, The \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w* shall not be put to \w death|strong="H4191"\w* for the \w children|strong="H1121"\w*, nor the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* be put to \w death|strong="H4191"\w* for the \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*; but every \w man|strong="H0376"\w* shall be put to \w death|strong="H4191"\w* for his own \w sin|strong="H2399"\w*.  
\v 7 He \w slew|strong="H5221"\w* of \w Edom|strong="H0123"\w* in the \w valley|strong="H1516"\w* of \w salt|strong="H4417"\w* \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w*, and \w took|strong="H8610"\w* \w Selah|strong="H5554"\w* by \w war|strong="H4421"\w*, and \w called|strong="H7121"\w* the \w name|strong="H8034"\w* of it \w Joktheel|strong="H3371"\w* unto this \w day|strong="H3117"\w*.\f + \fr 14.7 \ft Selah: or, the rock\f*   
\p
\v 8 ¶ Then \w Amaziah|strong="H0558"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w messengers|strong="H4397"\w* to \w Jehoash|strong="H3060"\w*, the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Jehoahaz|strong="H3059"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w*, \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Come|strong="H3212"\w*, let us \w look|strong="H7200"\w* one another in the \w face|strong="H6440"\w*.  
\v 9 And \w Jehoash|strong="H3060"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* to \w Amaziah|strong="H0558"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, The \w thistle|strong="H2336"\w* that \add was\add* in \w Lebanon|strong="H3844"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* to the \w cedar|strong="H0730"\w* that \add was\add* in \w Lebanon|strong="H3844"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Give|strong="H5414"\w* thy \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* to my \w son|strong="H1121"\w* to \w wife|strong="H0802"\w*: and there \w passed|strong="H5674"\w* by a \w wild|strong="H7704"\w* \w beast|strong="H2416"\w* that \add was\add* in \w Lebanon|strong="H3844"\w*, and trode \w down|strong="H7429"\w* the \w thistle|strong="H2336"\w*.  
\v 10 Thou hast \w indeed|strong="H5221"\w* \w smitten|strong="H5221"\w* \w Edom|strong="H0123"\w*, and thine \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* hath lifted thee \w up|strong="H5375"\w*: \w glory|strong="H3513"\w* \add of this\add*, and \w tarry|strong="H3427"\w* at \w home|strong="H1004"\w*: for why shouldest thou \w meddle|strong="H1624"\w* to \add thy\add* \w hurt|strong="H7451"\w*, that thou shouldest \w fall|strong="H5307"\w*, \add even\add* thou, and \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* with thee?\f + \fr 14.10 \ft at home: Heb. at thy house\f*  
\v 11 But \w Amaziah|strong="H0558"\w* would not \w hear|strong="H8085"\w*. Therefore \w Jehoash|strong="H3060"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* went \w up|strong="H5927"\w*; and he and \w Amaziah|strong="H0558"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w looked|strong="H7200"\w* one another in the \w face|strong="H6440"\w* at \w Beth-shemesh|strong="H1053"\w*, which \add belongeth\add* to \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*.  
\v 12 And \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* was put to the \w worse|strong="H5062"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*; and they \w fled|strong="H5127"\w* every \w man|strong="H0376"\w* to their \w tents|strong="H0168"\w*.\f + \fr 14.12 \ft put…: Heb. smitten\f*  
\v 13 And \w Jehoash|strong="H3060"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w took|strong="H8610"\w* \w Amaziah|strong="H0558"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Jehoash|strong="H3060"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ahaziah|strong="H0274"\w*, at \w Beth-shemesh|strong="H1053"\w*, and \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, and brake \w down|strong="H6555"\w* the \w wall|strong="H2346"\w* of \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* from the \w gate|strong="H8179"\w* of \w Ephraim|strong="H0669"\w* unto the \w corner|strong="H6438"\w* \w gate|strong="H8179"\w*, \w four|strong="H0702"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w cubits|strong="H0520"\w*.  
\v 14 And he \w took|strong="H3947"\w* all the \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* and \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*, and all the \w vessels|strong="H3627"\w* that were \w found|strong="H4672"\w* in the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, and in the \w treasures|strong="H0214"\w* of the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, and \w hostages|strong="H1121"\w*, and \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* to \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*.   
\p
\v 15 ¶ Now the \w rest|strong="H3499"\w* of the \w acts|strong="H1697"\w* of \w Jehoash|strong="H3060"\w* which he \w did|strong="H6213"\w*, and his \w might|strong="H1369"\w*, and how he \w fought|strong="H3898"\w* with \w Amaziah|strong="H0558"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \add are\add* they not \w written|strong="H3789"\w* in the \w book|strong="H5612"\w* of the \w chronicles|strong="H1697"\w* of the \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*?  
\v 16 And \w Jehoash|strong="H3060"\w* \w slept|strong="H7901"\w* with his \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*, and was \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* in \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w* with the \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*; and \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* his \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* in his stead.   
\p
\v 17 ¶ And \w Amaziah|strong="H0558"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Joash|strong="H3101"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w lived|strong="H2421"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* the \w death|strong="H4194"\w* of \w Jehoash|strong="H3060"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Jehoahaz|strong="H3059"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w fifteen|strong="H2568"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*.  
\v 18 And the \w rest|strong="H3499"\w* of the \w acts|strong="H1697"\w* of \w Amaziah|strong="H0558"\w*, \add are\add* they not \w written|strong="H3789"\w* in the \w book|strong="H5612"\w* of the \w chronicles|strong="H1697"\w* of the \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*?  
\v 19 Now they \w made|strong="H7194"\w* a \w conspiracy|strong="H7195"\w* against him in \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*: and he \w fled|strong="H5127"\w* to \w Lachish|strong="H3923"\w*; but they \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* him to \w Lachish|strong="H3923"\w*, and \w slew|strong="H4191"\w* him there.  
\v 20 And they \w brought|strong="H5375"\w* him on \w horses|strong="H5483"\w*: and he was \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* at \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* with his \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w* in the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* of \w David|strong="H1732"\w*.   
\p
\v 21 ¶ And all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w Azariah|strong="H5838"\w*, which \add was\add* \w sixteen|strong="H8337"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w old|strong="H1121"\w*, and made him \w king|strong="H4427"\w* instead of his \w father|strong="H0001"\w* \w Amaziah|strong="H0558"\w*.\f + \fr 14.21 \ft Azariah: also called, Uzziah\f*  
\v 22 He \w built|strong="H1129"\w* \w Elath|strong="H0359"\w*, and \w restored|strong="H7725"\w* it to \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w after|strong="H0310"\w* that the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w slept|strong="H7901"\w* with his \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*.   
\p
\v 23 ¶ In the \w fifteenth|strong="H2568"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* of \w Amaziah|strong="H0558"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Joash|strong="H3101"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Joash|strong="H3101"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* began to \w reign|strong="H4427"\w* in \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*, \add and reigned\add* \w forty|strong="H0705"\w* and \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*.  
\v 24 And he \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \add that which was\add* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* in the \w sight|strong="H5869"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*: he \w departed|strong="H5493"\w* not from all the \w sins|strong="H2403"\w* of \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Nebat|strong="H5028"\w*, who made \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* to \w sin|strong="H2398"\w*.  
\v 25 He \w restored|strong="H7725"\w* the \w coast|strong="H1366"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* from the \w entering|strong="H0935"\w* of \w Hamath|strong="H2574"\w* unto the \w sea|strong="H3220"\w* of the \w plain|strong="H6160"\w*, according to the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, which he \w spake|strong="H1696"\w* by the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of his \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w Jonah|strong="H3124"\w*, the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Amittai|strong="H0573"\w*, the \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w*, which \add was\add* of \w Gath-hepher|strong="H1662"\w*.  
\v 26 For the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* the \w affliction|strong="H6040"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \add that it was\add* \w very|strong="H3966"\w* \w bitter|strong="H4784"\w*: for \add there was\add* \w not|strong="H0657"\w* any shut \w up|strong="H6113"\w*, nor any \w left|strong="H5800"\w*, nor any \w helper|strong="H5826"\w* for \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.  
\v 27 And the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w said|strong="H1696"\w* not that he would blot \w out|strong="H4229"\w* the \w name|strong="H8034"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* from under \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w*: but he \w saved|strong="H3467"\w* them by the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Joash|strong="H3101"\w*.   
\p
\v 28 ¶ Now the \w rest|strong="H3499"\w* of the \w acts|strong="H1697"\w* of \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w*, and all that he \w did|strong="H6213"\w*, and his \w might|strong="H1369"\w*, how he \w warred|strong="H3898"\w*, and how he \w recovered|strong="H7725"\w* \w Damascus|strong="H1834"\w*, and \w Hamath|strong="H2574"\w*, \add which belonged\add* to \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, for \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, are they not \w written|strong="H3789"\w* in the \w book|strong="H5612"\w* of the \w chronicles|strong="H1697"\w* of the \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*?  
\v 29 And \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* \w slept|strong="H7901"\w* with his \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*, \add even\add* with the \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*; and \w Zachariah|strong="H2148"\w* his \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* in his stead.   
\c 15  
\p
\v 1 In the \w twenty|strong="H6242"\w* and \w seventh|strong="H7651"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* of \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* began \w Azariah|strong="H5838"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Amaziah|strong="H0558"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* to \w reign|strong="H4427"\w*.\f + \fr 15.1 \ft Azariah: also called, Uzziah\f*  
\v 2 \w Sixteen|strong="H8337"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w old|strong="H1121"\w* was he when he began to \w reign|strong="H4427"\w*, and he \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* and \w fifty|strong="H2572"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* in \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*. And his \w mother’s|strong="H0517"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \add was\add* \w Jecholiah|strong="H3203"\w* of \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.  
\v 3 And he \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \add that which was\add* \w right|strong="H3477"\w* in the \w sight|strong="H5869"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, according to all that his \w father|strong="H0001"\w* \w Amaziah|strong="H0558"\w* had \w done|strong="H6213"\w*;  
\v 4 Save that the high \w places|strong="H1116"\w* were not \w removed|strong="H5493"\w*: the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w sacrificed|strong="H2076"\w* and burnt \w incense|strong="H6999"\w* still on the high \w places|strong="H1116"\w*.   
\p
\v 5 ¶ And the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w smote|strong="H5060"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, so that he was a \w leper|strong="H6879"\w* unto the \w day|strong="H3117"\w* of his \w death|strong="H4194"\w*, and \w dwelt|strong="H3427"\w* in a \w several|strong="H2669"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*. And \w Jotham|strong="H3147"\w* the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \add was\add* over the \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, \w judging|strong="H8199"\w* the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* of the \w land|strong="H0776"\w*.  
\v 6 And the \w rest|strong="H3499"\w* of the \w acts|strong="H1697"\w* of \w Azariah|strong="H5838"\w*, and all that he \w did|strong="H6213"\w*, \add are\add* they not \w written|strong="H3789"\w* in the \w book|strong="H5612"\w* of the \w chronicles|strong="H1697"\w* of the \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*?  
\v 7 So \w Azariah|strong="H5838"\w* \w slept|strong="H7901"\w* with his \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*; and they \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* him with his \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w* in the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* of \w David|strong="H1732"\w*: and \w Jotham|strong="H3147"\w* his \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* in his stead.   
\p
\v 8 ¶ In the \w thirty|strong="H7970"\w* and \w eighth|strong="H8083"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* of \w Azariah|strong="H5838"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* did \w Zachariah|strong="H2148"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* \w reign|strong="H4427"\w* over \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* in \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w* \w six|strong="H8337"\w* \w months|strong="H2320"\w*.  
\v 9 And he \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \add that which was\add* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* in the \w sight|strong="H5869"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, as his \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w* had \w done|strong="H6213"\w*: he \w departed|strong="H5493"\w* not from the \w sins|strong="H2403"\w* of \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Nebat|strong="H5028"\w*, who made \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* to \w sin|strong="H2398"\w*.  
\v 10 And \w Shallum|strong="H7967"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Jabesh|strong="H3003"\w* \w conspired|strong="H7194"\w* against him, and \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* him \w before|strong="H6905"\w* the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, and \w slew|strong="H4191"\w* him, and \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* in his stead.  
\v 11 And the \w rest|strong="H3499"\w* of the \w acts|strong="H1697"\w* of \w Zachariah|strong="H2148"\w*, behold, they \add are\add* \w written|strong="H3789"\w* in the \w book|strong="H5612"\w* of the \w chronicles|strong="H1697"\w* of the \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.  
\v 12 This \add was\add* the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* which he \w spake|strong="H1696"\w* unto \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Thy \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* shall \w sit|strong="H3427"\w* on the \w throne|strong="H3678"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* unto the \w fourth|strong="H7243"\w* \add generation\add*. And so it came to pass.   
\p
\v 13 ¶ \w Shallum|strong="H7967"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Jabesh|strong="H3003"\w* began to \w reign|strong="H4427"\w* in the \w nine|strong="H8672"\w* and \w thirtieth|strong="H7970"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* of \w Uzziah|strong="H5818"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*; and he \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* a \w full|strong="H3117"\w* \w month|strong="H3391"\w* in \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*.\f + \fr 15.13 \ft Uzziah: Gr. Ozias\f*\f + \fr 15.13 \ft a full…: Heb. a month of days\f*  
\v 14 For \w Menahem|strong="H4505"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Gadi|strong="H1424"\w* went \w up|strong="H5927"\w* from \w Tirzah|strong="H8656"\w*, and \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*, and \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* \w Shallum|strong="H7967"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Jabesh|strong="H3003"\w* in \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*, and \w slew|strong="H4191"\w* him, and \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* in his stead.  
\v 15 And the \w rest|strong="H3499"\w* of the \w acts|strong="H1697"\w* of \w Shallum|strong="H7967"\w*, and his \w conspiracy|strong="H7195"\w* which he \w made|strong="H7194"\w*, behold, they \add are\add* \w written|strong="H3789"\w* in the \w book|strong="H5612"\w* of the \w chronicles|strong="H1697"\w* of the \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.   
\p
\v 16 ¶ Then \w Menahem|strong="H4505"\w* \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* \w Tiphsah|strong="H8607"\w*, and all that \add were\add* therein, and the \w coasts|strong="H1366"\w* thereof from \w Tirzah|strong="H8656"\w*: because they \w opened|strong="H6605"\w* not \add to him\add*, therefore he \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* \add it; and\add* all the women therein that were with \w child|strong="H2030"\w* he ripped \w up|strong="H1234"\w*.  
\v 17 In the \w nine|strong="H8672"\w* and \w thirtieth|strong="H7970"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* of \w Azariah|strong="H5838"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* began \w Menahem|strong="H4505"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Gadi|strong="H1424"\w* to \w reign|strong="H4427"\w* over \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \add and reigned\add* \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* in \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*.  
\v 18 And he \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \add that which was\add* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* in the \w sight|strong="H5869"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*: he \w departed|strong="H5493"\w* not all his \w days|strong="H3117"\w* from the \w sins|strong="H2403"\w* of \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Nebat|strong="H5028"\w*, who made \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* to \w sin|strong="H2398"\w*.  
\v 19 \add And\add* \w Pul|strong="H6322"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Assyria|strong="H0804"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* against the \w land|strong="H0776"\w*: and \w Menahem|strong="H4505"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w Pul|strong="H6322"\w* a \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w talents|strong="H3603"\w* of \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*, that his \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* might be with him to \w confirm|strong="H2388"\w* the \w kingdom|strong="H4467"\w* in his \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*.  
\v 20 And \w Menahem|strong="H4505"\w* \w exacted|strong="H3318"\w* the \w money|strong="H3701"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \add even\add* of all the mighty \w men|strong="H1368"\w* of \w wealth|strong="H2428"\w*, of \w each|strong="H0259"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w fifty|strong="H2572"\w* \w shekels|strong="H8255"\w* of \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*, to \w give|strong="H5414"\w* to the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Assyria|strong="H0804"\w*. So the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Assyria|strong="H0804"\w* turned \w back|strong="H7725"\w*, and \w stayed|strong="H5975"\w* not there in the \w land|strong="H0776"\w*.\f + \fr 15.20 \ft exacted: Heb. caused to come forth\f*   
\p
\v 21 ¶ And the \w rest|strong="H3499"\w* of the \w acts|strong="H1697"\w* of \w Menahem|strong="H4505"\w*, and all that he \w did|strong="H6213"\w*, \add are\add* they not \w written|strong="H3789"\w* in the \w book|strong="H5612"\w* of the \w chronicles|strong="H1697"\w* of the \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*?  
\v 22 And \w Menahem|strong="H4505"\w* \w slept|strong="H7901"\w* with his \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*; and \w Pekahiah|strong="H6494"\w* his \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* in his stead.   
\p
\v 23 ¶ In the \w fiftieth|strong="H2572"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* of \w Azariah|strong="H5838"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w Pekahiah|strong="H6494"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Menahem|strong="H4505"\w* began to \w reign|strong="H4427"\w* over \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* in \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*, \add and reigned\add* two \w years|strong="H8141"\w*.  
\v 24 And he \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \add that which was\add* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* in the \w sight|strong="H5869"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*: he \w departed|strong="H5493"\w* not from the \w sins|strong="H2403"\w* of \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Nebat|strong="H5028"\w*, who made \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* to \w sin|strong="H2398"\w*.  
\v 25 But \w Pekah|strong="H6492"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Remaliah|strong="H7425"\w*, a \w captain|strong="H7991"\w* of his, \w conspired|strong="H7194"\w* against him, and \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* him in \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*, in the \w palace|strong="H0759"\w* of the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, with \w Argob|strong="H0709"\w* and \w Arieh|strong="H0745"\w*, and with him \w fifty|strong="H2572"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* of the \w Gileadites|strong="H1121"\w*: and he \w killed|strong="H4191"\w* him, and \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* in his room.  
\v 26 And the \w rest|strong="H3499"\w* of the \w acts|strong="H1697"\w* of \w Pekahiah|strong="H6494"\w*, and all that he \w did|strong="H6213"\w*, behold, they \add are\add* \w written|strong="H3789"\w* in the \w book|strong="H5612"\w* of the \w chronicles|strong="H1697"\w* of the \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.   
\p
\v 27 ¶ In the \w two|strong="H8147"\w* and \w fiftieth|strong="H2572"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* of \w Azariah|strong="H5838"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w Pekah|strong="H6492"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Remaliah|strong="H7425"\w* began to \w reign|strong="H4427"\w* over \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* in \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*, \add and reigned\add* \w twenty|strong="H6242"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*.  
\v 28 And he \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \add that which was\add* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* in the \w sight|strong="H5869"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*: he \w departed|strong="H5493"\w* not from the \w sins|strong="H2403"\w* of \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Nebat|strong="H5028"\w*, who made \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* to \w sin|strong="H2398"\w*.  
\v 29 In the \w days|strong="H3117"\w* of \w Pekah|strong="H6492"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w Tiglath-pileser|strong="H8407"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Assyria|strong="H0804"\w*, and \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w Ijon|strong="H5859"\w*, and \w Abel-beth-maachah|strong="H0062"\w*, and \w Janoah|strong="H3239"\w*, and \w Kedesh|strong="H6943"\w*, and \w Hazor|strong="H2674"\w*, and \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w*, and \w Galilee|strong="H1551"\w*, all the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Naphtali|strong="H5321"\w*, and carried them \w captive|strong="H1540"\w* to \w Assyria|strong="H0804"\w*.  
\v 30 And \w Hoshea|strong="H1954"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Elah|strong="H0425"\w* \w made|strong="H7194"\w* a \w conspiracy|strong="H7195"\w* against \w Pekah|strong="H6492"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Remaliah|strong="H7425"\w*, and \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* him, and \w slew|strong="H4191"\w* him, and \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* in his stead, in the \w twentieth|strong="H6242"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* of \w Jotham|strong="H3147"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Uzziah|strong="H5818"\w*.  
\v 31 And the \w rest|strong="H3499"\w* of the \w acts|strong="H1697"\w* of \w Pekah|strong="H6492"\w*, and all that he \w did|strong="H6213"\w*, behold, they \add are\add* \w written|strong="H3789"\w* in the \w book|strong="H5612"\w* of the \w chronicles|strong="H1697"\w* of the \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.   
\p
\v 32 ¶ In the \w second|strong="H8147"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* of \w Pekah|strong="H6492"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Remaliah|strong="H7425"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* began \w Jotham|strong="H3147"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Uzziah|strong="H5818"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* to \w reign|strong="H4427"\w*.  
\v 33 \w Five|strong="H2568"\w* and \w twenty|strong="H6242"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w old|strong="H1121"\w* was he when he began to \w reign|strong="H4427"\w*, and he \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* \w sixteen|strong="H8337"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* in \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*. And his \w mother’s|strong="H0517"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \add was\add* \w Jerusha|strong="H3388"\w*, the \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* of \w Zadok|strong="H6659"\w*.  
\v 34 And he \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \add that which was\add* \w right|strong="H3477"\w* in the \w sight|strong="H5869"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*: he \w did|strong="H6213"\w* according to all that his \w father|strong="H0001"\w* \w Uzziah|strong="H5818"\w* had \w done|strong="H6213"\w*.   
\p
\v 35 ¶ Howbeit the high \w places|strong="H1116"\w* were not \w removed|strong="H5493"\w*: the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w sacrificed|strong="H2076"\w* and burned \w incense|strong="H6999"\w* still in the high \w places|strong="H1116"\w*. He \w built|strong="H1129"\w* the \w higher|strong="H5945"\w* \w gate|strong="H8179"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*.   
\p
\v 36 ¶ Now the \w rest|strong="H3499"\w* of the \w acts|strong="H1697"\w* of \w Jotham|strong="H3147"\w*, and all that he \w did|strong="H6213"\w*, \add are\add* they not \w written|strong="H3789"\w* in the \w book|strong="H5612"\w* of the \w chronicles|strong="H1697"\w* of the \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*?  
\v 37 In those \w days|strong="H3117"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w began|strong="H2490"\w* to \w send|strong="H7971"\w* against \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w Rezin|strong="H7526"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Syria|strong="H0758"\w*, and \w Pekah|strong="H6492"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Remaliah|strong="H7425"\w*.  
\v 38 And \w Jotham|strong="H3147"\w* \w slept|strong="H7901"\w* with his \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*, and was \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* with his \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w* in the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* of \w David|strong="H1732"\w* his \w father|strong="H0001"\w*: and \w Ahaz|strong="H0271"\w* his \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* in his stead.   
\c 16  
\p
\v 1 In the \w seventeenth|strong="H7651"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* of \w Pekah|strong="H6492"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Remaliah|strong="H7425"\w* \w Ahaz|strong="H0271"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Jotham|strong="H3147"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* began to \w reign|strong="H4427"\w*.  
\v 2 \w Twenty|strong="H6242"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w old|strong="H1121"\w* \add was\add* \w Ahaz|strong="H0271"\w* when he began to \w reign|strong="H4427"\w*, and \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* \w sixteen|strong="H8337"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* in \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, and \w did|strong="H6213"\w* not \add that which was\add* \w right|strong="H3477"\w* in the \w sight|strong="H5869"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* his \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, like \w David|strong="H1732"\w* his \w father|strong="H0001"\w*.  
\v 3 But he \w walked|strong="H3212"\w* in the \w way|strong="H1870"\w* of the \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, yea, and made his \w son|strong="H1121"\w* to pass \w through|strong="H5674"\w* the \w fire|strong="H0784"\w*, according to the \w abominations|strong="H8441"\w* of the \w heathen|strong="H1471"\w*, whom the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* cast \w out|strong="H3423"\w* from \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.  
\v 4 And he \w sacrificed|strong="H2076"\w* and burnt \w incense|strong="H6999"\w* in the high \w places|strong="H1116"\w*, and on the \w hills|strong="H1389"\w*, and under every \w green|strong="H7488"\w* \w tree|strong="H6086"\w*.   
\p
\v 5 ¶ Then \w Rezin|strong="H7526"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Syria|strong="H0758"\w* and \w Pekah|strong="H6492"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Remaliah|strong="H7425"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* came \w up|strong="H5927"\w* to \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* to \w war|strong="H4421"\w*: and they \w besieged|strong="H6696"\w* \w Ahaz|strong="H0271"\w*, but \w could|strong="H3201"\w* not \w overcome|strong="H3898"\w* \add him\add*.  
\v 6 At that \w time|strong="H6256"\w* \w Rezin|strong="H7526"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Syria|strong="H0758"\w* \w recovered|strong="H7725"\w* \w Elath|strong="H0359"\w* to \w Syria|strong="H0758"\w*, and \w drave|strong="H5394"\w* the \w Jews|strong="H3064"\w* from \w Elath|strong="H0359"\w*: and the \w Syrians|strong="H0726"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Elath|strong="H0359"\w*, and \w dwelt|strong="H3427"\w* there unto this \w day|strong="H3117"\w*.\f + \fr 16.6 \ft from Elath: Heb. from Eloth\f*  
\v 7 So \w Ahaz|strong="H0271"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w messengers|strong="H4397"\w* to \w Tiglath-pileser|strong="H8407"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Assyria|strong="H0804"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, I \add am\add* thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* and thy \w son|strong="H1121"\w*: come \w up|strong="H5927"\w*, and \w save|strong="H3467"\w* me out of the \w hand|strong="H3709"\w* of the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Syria|strong="H0758"\w*, and out of the \w hand|strong="H3709"\w* of the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, which rise \w up|strong="H6965"\w* against me.  
\v 8 And \w Ahaz|strong="H0271"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* the \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* and \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* that was \w found|strong="H4672"\w* in the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, and in the \w treasures|strong="H0214"\w* of the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, and \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \add it for\add* a \w present|strong="H7810"\w* to the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Assyria|strong="H0804"\w*.  
\v 9 And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Assyria|strong="H0804"\w* \w hearkened|strong="H8085"\w* unto him: for the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Assyria|strong="H0804"\w* went \w up|strong="H5927"\w* against \w Damascus|strong="H1834"\w*, and \w took|strong="H8610"\w* it, and carried \add the people of\add* it \w captive|strong="H1540"\w* to \w Kir|strong="H7024"\w*, and \w slew|strong="H4191"\w* \w Rezin|strong="H7526"\w*.\f + \fr 16.9 \ft Damascus: Heb. Dammesek\f*   
\p
\v 10 ¶ And \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Ahaz|strong="H0271"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* to \w Damascus|strong="H1834"\w* to \w meet|strong="H7125"\w* \w Tiglath-pileser|strong="H8407"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Assyria|strong="H0804"\w*, and \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* an \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* that \add was\add* at \w Damascus|strong="H1834"\w*: and \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Ahaz|strong="H0271"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* to \w Urijah|strong="H0223"\w* the \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* the \w fashion|strong="H1823"\w* of the \w altar|strong="H4196"\w*, and the \w pattern|strong="H8403"\w* of it, according to all the \w workmanship|strong="H4639"\w* thereof.\f + \fr 16.10 \ft Damascus: Heb. Dammesek\f*  
\v 11 And \w Urijah|strong="H0223"\w* the \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w* an \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* according to all that \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Ahaz|strong="H0271"\w* had \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* from \w Damascus|strong="H1834"\w*: so \w Urijah|strong="H0223"\w* the \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \add it\add* against \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Ahaz|strong="H0271"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* from \w Damascus|strong="H1834"\w*.  
\v 12 And when the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* was \w come|strong="H0935"\w* from \w Damascus|strong="H1834"\w*, the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* the \w altar|strong="H4196"\w*: and the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w approached|strong="H7126"\w* to the \w altar|strong="H4196"\w*, and \w offered|strong="H5927"\w* thereon.  
\v 13 And he \w burnt|strong="H6999"\w* his burnt \w offering|strong="H5930"\w* and his meat \w offering|strong="H4503"\w*, and \w poured|strong="H5258"\w* his drink \w offering|strong="H5262"\w*, and \w sprinkled|strong="H2236"\w* the \w blood|strong="H1818"\w* of his peace \w offerings|strong="H8002"\w*, upon the \w altar|strong="H4196"\w*.\f + \fr 16.13 \ft his peace offerings: Heb. the peace offerings which were his\f*  
\v 14 And he \w brought|strong="H7126"\w* also the \w brasen|strong="H5178"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w*, which \add was\add* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, from the \w forefront|strong="H6440"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, from between the \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* and the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, and \w put|strong="H5414"\w* it on the \w north|strong="H6828"\w* \w side|strong="H3409"\w* of the \w altar|strong="H4196"\w*.  
\v 15 And \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Ahaz|strong="H0271"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* \w Urijah|strong="H0223"\w* the \w priest|strong="H3548"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Upon the \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* \w burn|strong="H6999"\w* the \w morning|strong="H1242"\w* burnt \w offering|strong="H5930"\w*, and the \w evening|strong="H6153"\w* meat \w offering|strong="H4503"\w*, and the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* burnt \w sacrifice|strong="H5930"\w*, and his meat \w offering|strong="H4503"\w*, with the burnt \w offering|strong="H5930"\w* of all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* of the \w land|strong="H0776"\w*, and their meat \w offering|strong="H4503"\w*, and their drink \w offerings|strong="H5262"\w*; and \w sprinkle|strong="H2236"\w* upon it all the \w blood|strong="H1818"\w* of the burnt \w offering|strong="H5930"\w*, and all the \w blood|strong="H1818"\w* of the \w sacrifice|strong="H2077"\w*: and the \w brasen|strong="H5178"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* shall be for me to \w enquire|strong="H1239"\w* \add by\add*.  
\v 16 Thus \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w Urijah|strong="H0223"\w* the \w priest|strong="H3548"\w*, according to all that \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Ahaz|strong="H0271"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w*.   
\p
\v 17 ¶ And \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Ahaz|strong="H0271"\w* cut \w off|strong="H7112"\w* the \w borders|strong="H4526"\w* of the \w bases|strong="H4350"\w*, and \w removed|strong="H5493"\w* the \w laver|strong="H3595"\w* from off them; and took \w down|strong="H3381"\w* the \w sea|strong="H3220"\w* from off the \w brasen|strong="H5178"\w* \w oxen|strong="H1241"\w* that \add were\add* under it, and \w put|strong="H5414"\w* it upon a \w pavement|strong="H4837"\w* of \w stones|strong="H0068"\w*.  
\v 18 And the \w covert|strong="H4329"\w* for the \w sabbath|strong="H7676"\w* that they had \w built|strong="H1129"\w* in the \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, and the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w entry|strong="H3996"\w* \w without|strong="H2435"\w*, \w turned|strong="H5437"\w* he from the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w for|strong="H6440"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Assyria|strong="H0804"\w*.   
\p
\v 19 ¶ Now the \w rest|strong="H3499"\w* of the \w acts|strong="H1697"\w* of \w Ahaz|strong="H0271"\w* which he \w did|strong="H6213"\w*, \add are\add* they not \w written|strong="H3789"\w* in the \w book|strong="H5612"\w* of the \w chronicles|strong="H1697"\w* of the \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*?  
\v 20 And \w Ahaz|strong="H0271"\w* \w slept|strong="H7901"\w* with his \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*, and was \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* with his \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w* in the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* of \w David|strong="H1732"\w*: and \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* his \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* in his stead.   
\c 17  
\p
\v 1 In the \w twelfth|strong="H8147"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* of \w Ahaz|strong="H0271"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* began \w Hoshea|strong="H1954"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Elah|strong="H0425"\w* to \w reign|strong="H4427"\w* in \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w* over \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w nine|strong="H8672"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*.  
\v 2 And he \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \add that which was\add* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* in the \w sight|strong="H5869"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, but not as the \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* that were \w before|strong="H6440"\w* him.   
\p
\v 3 ¶ Against him came \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w Shalmaneser|strong="H8022"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Assyria|strong="H0804"\w*; and \w Hoshea|strong="H1954"\w* became his \w servant|strong="H5650"\w*, and \w gave|strong="H7725"\w* him \w presents|strong="H4503"\w*.\f + \fr 17.3 \ft gave: Heb. rendered\f*\f + \fr 17.3 \ft presents: or, tribute\f*  
\v 4 And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Assyria|strong="H0804"\w* \w found|strong="H4672"\w* \w conspiracy|strong="H7195"\w* in \w Hoshea|strong="H1954"\w*: for he had \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w messengers|strong="H4397"\w* to \w So|strong="H5471"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, and \w brought|strong="H5927"\w* no \w present|strong="H4503"\w* to the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Assyria|strong="H0804"\w*, as \add he had done\add* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* by \w year|strong="H8141"\w*: therefore the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Assyria|strong="H0804"\w* shut him \w up|strong="H6113"\w*, and \w bound|strong="H0631"\w* him in \w prison|strong="H1004"\w*.\f + \fr 17.4 \ft present: or, tribute\f*   
\p
\v 5 ¶ Then the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Assyria|strong="H0804"\w* came \w up|strong="H5927"\w* throughout all the \w land|strong="H0776"\w*, and went \w up|strong="H5927"\w* to \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*, and \w besieged|strong="H6696"\w* it \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*.   
\p
\v 6 ¶ In the \w ninth|strong="H8671"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* of \w Hoshea|strong="H1954"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Assyria|strong="H0804"\w* \w took|strong="H3920"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*, and \w carried|strong="H1540"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w away|strong="H1540"\w* into \w Assyria|strong="H0804"\w*, and \w placed|strong="H3427"\w* them in \w Halah|strong="H2477"\w* and in \w Habor|strong="H2249"\w* \add by\add* the \w river|strong="H5104"\w* of \w Gozan|strong="H1470"\w*, and in the \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* of the \w Medes|strong="H4074"\w*.   
\p
\v 7 For \add so\add* it was, that the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* had \w sinned|strong="H2398"\w* against the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* their \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, which had brought them \w up|strong="H5927"\w* out of the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, from under the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of \w Pharaoh|strong="H6547"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, and had \w feared|strong="H3372"\w* \w other|strong="H0312"\w* \w gods|strong="H0430"\w*,  
\v 8 And \w walked|strong="H3212"\w* in the \w statutes|strong="H2708"\w* of the \w heathen|strong="H1471"\w*, whom the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* cast \w out|strong="H3423"\w* from \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, and of the \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, which they had \w made|strong="H6213"\w*.  
\v 9 And the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* did \w secretly|strong="H2644"\w* \add those\add* \w things|strong="H1697"\w* that \add were\add* not right against the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* their \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, and they \w built|strong="H1129"\w* them high \w places|strong="H1116"\w* in all their \w cities|strong="H5892"\w*, from the \w tower|strong="H4026"\w* of the \w watchmen|strong="H5341"\w* to the \w fenced|strong="H4013"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*.  
\v 10 And they set them \w up|strong="H5324"\w* \w images|strong="H4676"\w* and \w groves|strong="H0842"\w* in every \w high|strong="H1364"\w* \w hill|strong="H1389"\w*, and under every \w green|strong="H7488"\w* \w tree|strong="H6086"\w*:\f + \fr 17.10 \ft images: Heb. statues\f*  
\v 11 And there they burnt \w incense|strong="H6999"\w* in all the high \w places|strong="H1116"\w*, as \add did\add* the \w heathen|strong="H1471"\w* whom the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* carried \w away|strong="H1540"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* them; and \w wrought|strong="H6213"\w* \w wicked|strong="H7451"\w* \w things|strong="H1697"\w* to provoke the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* to \w anger|strong="H3707"\w*:  
\v 12 For they \w served|strong="H5647"\w* \w idols|strong="H1544"\w*, whereof the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* had \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto them, Ye shall not \w do|strong="H6213"\w* this \w thing|strong="H1697"\w*.  
\v 13 Yet the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w testified|strong="H5749"\w* against \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, and against \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w by|strong="H3027"\w* all the \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w*, \add and by\add* all the \w seers|strong="H2374"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Turn|strong="H7725"\w* ye from your \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w ways|strong="H1870"\w*, and \w keep|strong="H8104"\w* my \w commandments|strong="H4687"\w* \add and\add* my \w statutes|strong="H2708"\w*, according to all the \w law|strong="H8451"\w* which I \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* your \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*, and which I \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* to you \w by|strong="H3027"\w* my \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* the \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w*.\f + \fr 17.13 \ft by: Heb. by the hand of\f*  
\v 14 Notwithstanding they would not \w hear|strong="H8085"\w*, but \w hardened|strong="H7185"\w* their \w necks|strong="H6203"\w*, like to the \w neck|strong="H6203"\w* of their \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*, that did not \w believe|strong="H0539"\w* in the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* their \w God|strong="H0430"\w*.  
\v 15 And they \w rejected|strong="H3988"\w* his \w statutes|strong="H2706"\w*, and his \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w* that he \w made|strong="H3772"\w* with their \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*, and his \w testimonies|strong="H5715"\w* which he \w testified|strong="H5749"\w* against them; and they \w followed|strong="H3212"\w* \w vanity|strong="H1892"\w*, and became \w vain|strong="H1891"\w*, and went \w after|strong="H0310"\w* the \w heathen|strong="H1471"\w* that \add were\add* round \w about|strong="H5439"\w* them, \add concerning\add* whom the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* had \w charged|strong="H6680"\w* them, that they should not \w do|strong="H6213"\w* like them.  
\v 16 And they \w left|strong="H5800"\w* all the \w commandments|strong="H4687"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* their \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, and \w made|strong="H6213"\w* them molten \w images|strong="H4541"\w*, \add even\add* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w calves|strong="H5695"\w*, and \w made|strong="H6213"\w* a \w grove|strong="H0842"\w*, and \w worshipped|strong="H7812"\w* all the \w host|strong="H6635"\w* of \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w*, and \w served|strong="H5647"\w* \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w*.  
\v 17 And they caused their \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* and their \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w* to \w pass|strong="H5674"\w* through the \w fire|strong="H0784"\w*, and \w used|strong="H7080"\w* \w divination|strong="H7081"\w* and \w enchantments|strong="H5172"\w*, and \w sold|strong="H4376"\w* themselves to \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* in the \w sight|strong="H5869"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, to provoke him to \w anger|strong="H3707"\w*.  
\v 18 Therefore the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* was \w very|strong="H3966"\w* \w angry|strong="H0599"\w* with \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, and \w removed|strong="H5493"\w* them out of his \w sight|strong="H6440"\w*: there was none \w left|strong="H7604"\w* but the \w tribe|strong="H7626"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* only.  
\v 19 Also \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w kept|strong="H8104"\w* not the \w commandments|strong="H4687"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* their \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, but \w walked|strong="H3212"\w* in the \w statutes|strong="H2708"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* which they \w made|strong="H6213"\w*.  
\v 20 And the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w rejected|strong="H3988"\w* all the \w seed|strong="H2233"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, and \w afflicted|strong="H6031"\w* them, and \w delivered|strong="H5414"\w* them into the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of \w spoilers|strong="H8154"\w*, until he had \w cast|strong="H7993"\w* them out of his \w sight|strong="H6440"\w*.  
\v 21 For he \w rent|strong="H7167"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* from the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w David|strong="H1732"\w*; and they made \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Nebat|strong="H5028"\w* \w king|strong="H4427"\w*: and \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* \w drave|strong="H5080"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* from \w following|strong="H0310"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, and made them \w sin|strong="H2398"\w* a \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w sin|strong="H2401"\w*.  
\v 22 For the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w walked|strong="H3212"\w* in all the \w sins|strong="H2403"\w* of \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* which he \w did|strong="H6213"\w*; they \w departed|strong="H5493"\w* not from them;  
\v 23 Until the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w removed|strong="H5493"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* out of his \w sight|strong="H6440"\w*, as he had \w said|strong="H1696"\w* \w by|strong="H3027"\w* all his \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* the \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w*. So was \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* carried \w away|strong="H1540"\w* out of their own \w land|strong="H0127"\w* to \w Assyria|strong="H0804"\w* unto this \w day|strong="H3117"\w*.   
\p
\v 24 ¶ And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Assyria|strong="H0804"\w* \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* \add men\add* from \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w*, and from \w Cuthah|strong="H3575"\w*, and from \w Ava|strong="H5755"\w*, and from \w Hamath|strong="H2574"\w*, and from \w Sepharvaim|strong="H5617"\w*, and \w placed|strong="H3427"\w* \add them\add* in the \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* of \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w* instead of the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*: and they \w possessed|strong="H3423"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*, and \w dwelt|strong="H3427"\w* in the \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* thereof.  
\v 25 And \add so\add* it was at the \w beginning|strong="H8462"\w* of their \w dwelling|strong="H3427"\w* there, \add that\add* they \w feared|strong="H3372"\w* not the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*: therefore the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w lions|strong="H0738"\w* among them, which \w slew|strong="H2026"\w* \add some\add* of them.  
\v 26 Wherefore they \w spake|strong="H0559"\w* to the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Assyria|strong="H0804"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, The \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* which thou hast \w removed|strong="H1540"\w*, and \w placed|strong="H3427"\w* in the \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* of \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*, \w know|strong="H3045"\w* not the \w manner|strong="H4941"\w* of the \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of the \w land|strong="H0776"\w*: therefore he hath \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w lions|strong="H0738"\w* among them, and, behold, they \w slay|strong="H4191"\w* them, because they \w know|strong="H3045"\w* not the \w manner|strong="H4941"\w* of the \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of the \w land|strong="H0776"\w*.  
\v 27 Then the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Assyria|strong="H0804"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Carry|strong="H3212"\w* thither \w one|strong="H0259"\w* of the \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* whom ye \w brought|strong="H1540"\w* from thence; and let them \w go|strong="H3212"\w* and \w dwell|strong="H3427"\w* there, and let him \w teach|strong="H3384"\w* them the \w manner|strong="H4941"\w* of the \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of the \w land|strong="H0776"\w*.  
\v 28 Then \w one|strong="H0259"\w* of the \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* whom they had carried \w away|strong="H1540"\w* from \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* and \w dwelt|strong="H3427"\w* in \w Beth-el|strong="H1008"\w*, and \w taught|strong="H3384"\w* them how they should \w fear|strong="H3372"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*.  
\v 29 Howbeit every \w nation|strong="H1471"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w gods|strong="H0430"\w* of their own, and \w put|strong="H3240"\w* \add them\add* in the \w houses|strong="H1004"\w* of the high \w places|strong="H1116"\w* which the \w Samaritans|strong="H8118"\w* had \w made|strong="H6213"\w*, every \w nation|strong="H1471"\w* in their \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* wherein they \w dwelt|strong="H3427"\w*.  
\v 30 And the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* of \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w Succoth-benoth|strong="H5524"\w*, and the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* of \w Cuth|strong="H3575"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w Nergal|strong="H5370"\w*, and the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* of \w Hamath|strong="H2574"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w Ashima|strong="H0807"\w*,  
\v 31 And the \w Avites|strong="H5757"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w Nibhaz|strong="H5026"\w* and \w Tartak|strong="H8662"\w*, and the \w Sepharvites|strong="H5616"\w* \w burnt|strong="H8313"\w* their \w children|strong="H1121"\w* in \w fire|strong="H0784"\w* to \w Adrammelech|strong="H0152"\w* and \w Anammelech|strong="H6048"\w*, the \w gods|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Sepharvaim|strong="H5617"\w*.  
\v 32 So they \w feared|strong="H3373"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, and \w made|strong="H6213"\w* unto themselves of the \w lowest|strong="H7098"\w* of them \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* of the high \w places|strong="H1116"\w*, which \w sacrificed|strong="H6213"\w* for them in the \w houses|strong="H1004"\w* of the high \w places|strong="H1116"\w*.  
\v 33 They \w feared|strong="H3373"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, and \w served|strong="H5647"\w* their own \w gods|strong="H0430"\w*, after the \w manner|strong="H4941"\w* of the \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* whom they carried \w away|strong="H1540"\w* from thence.\f + \fr 17.33 \ft whom…: or, who carried them away from thence\f*  
\v 34 Unto this \w day|strong="H3117"\w* they \w do|strong="H6213"\w* after the \w former|strong="H7223"\w* \w manners|strong="H4941"\w*: they \w fear|strong="H3373"\w* not the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, neither \w do|strong="H6213"\w* they after their \w statutes|strong="H2708"\w*, or after their \w ordinances|strong="H4941"\w*, or after the \w law|strong="H8451"\w* and \w commandment|strong="H4687"\w* which the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w*, whom he \w named|strong="H7760"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*;  
\v 35 With whom the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* had \w made|strong="H3772"\w* a \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w*, and \w charged|strong="H6680"\w* them, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Ye shall not \w fear|strong="H3372"\w* \w other|strong="H0312"\w* \w gods|strong="H0430"\w*, nor \w bow|strong="H7812"\w* yourselves to them, nor \w serve|strong="H5647"\w* them, nor \w sacrifice|strong="H2076"\w* to them:  
\v 36 But the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, who brought you \w up|strong="H5927"\w* out of the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* with \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w power|strong="H3581"\w* and a stretched \w out|strong="H5186"\w* \w arm|strong="H2220"\w*, him shall ye \w fear|strong="H3372"\w*, and him shall ye \w worship|strong="H7812"\w*, and to him shall ye do \w sacrifice|strong="H2076"\w*.  
\v 37 And the \w statutes|strong="H2706"\w*, and the \w ordinances|strong="H4941"\w*, and the \w law|strong="H8451"\w*, and the \w commandment|strong="H4687"\w*, which he \w wrote|strong="H3789"\w* for you, ye shall \w observe|strong="H8104"\w* to \w do|strong="H6213"\w* for \w evermore|strong="H3117"\w*; and ye shall not \w fear|strong="H3372"\w* \w other|strong="H0312"\w* \w gods|strong="H0430"\w*.  
\v 38 And the \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w* that I have \w made|strong="H3772"\w* with you ye shall not \w forget|strong="H7911"\w*; neither shall ye \w fear|strong="H3372"\w* \w other|strong="H0312"\w* \w gods|strong="H0430"\w*.  
\v 39 But the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* your \w God|strong="H0430"\w* ye shall \w fear|strong="H3372"\w*; and he shall \w deliver|strong="H5337"\w* you out of the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of all your \w enemies|strong="H0341"\w*.  
\v 40 Howbeit they did not \w hearken|strong="H8085"\w*, but they \w did|strong="H6213"\w* after their \w former|strong="H7223"\w* \w manner|strong="H4941"\w*.  
\v 41 So these \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* \w feared|strong="H3373"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, and \w served|strong="H5647"\w* their graven \w images|strong="H6456"\w*, both their \w children|strong="H1121"\w*, and their \w children’s|strong="H1121"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w*: as \w did|strong="H6213"\w* their \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*, so \w do|strong="H6213"\w* they unto this \w day|strong="H3117"\w*.   
\c 18  
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\v 1 Now it came to pass in the \w third|strong="H7969"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* of \w Hoshea|strong="H1954"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Elah|strong="H0425"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \add that\add* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ahaz|strong="H0271"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* began to \w reign|strong="H4427"\w*.\f + \fr 18.1 \ft Hezekiah: he is called Ezekias\f*  
\v 2 \w Twenty|strong="H6242"\w* and \w five|strong="H2568"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w old|strong="H1121"\w* was he when he began to \w reign|strong="H4427"\w*; and he \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* \w twenty|strong="H6242"\w* and \w nine|strong="H8672"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* in \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*. His \w mother’s|strong="H0517"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w* also \add was\add* \w Abi|strong="H0021"\w*, the \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* of \w Zachariah|strong="H2148"\w*.\f + \fr 18.2 \ft Abi: also called, Abijah\f*  
\v 3 And he \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \add that which was\add* \w right|strong="H3477"\w* in the \w sight|strong="H5869"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, according to all that \w David|strong="H1732"\w* his \w father|strong="H0001"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w*.   
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\v 4 ¶ He \w removed|strong="H5493"\w* the high \w places|strong="H1116"\w*, and \w brake|strong="H7665"\w* the \w images|strong="H4676"\w*, and cut \w down|strong="H3772"\w* the \w groves|strong="H0842"\w*, and brake in \w pieces|strong="H3807"\w* the \w brasen|strong="H5178"\w* \w serpent|strong="H5175"\w* that \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w* had \w made|strong="H6213"\w*: for unto those \w days|strong="H3117"\w* the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* did burn \w incense|strong="H6999"\w* to it: and he \w called|strong="H7121"\w* it \w Nehushtan|strong="H5180"\w*.\f + \fr 18.4 \ft images: Heb. statues\f*\f + \fr 18.4 \ft Nehushtan: that is, A piece of brass\f*  
\v 5 He \w trusted|strong="H0982"\w* in the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*; so that \w after|strong="H0310"\w* him was none like him among all the \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, nor \add any\add* that were \w before|strong="H6440"\w* him.  
\v 6 For he \w clave|strong="H1692"\w* to the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, \add and\add* \w departed|strong="H5493"\w* not from \w following|strong="H0310"\w* him, but \w kept|strong="H8104"\w* his \w commandments|strong="H4687"\w*, which the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w*.\f + \fr 18.6 \ft from…: Heb. from after him\f*  
\v 7 And the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* was with him; \add and\add* he \w prospered|strong="H7919"\w* whithersoever he went \w forth|strong="H3318"\w*: and he \w rebelled|strong="H4775"\w* against the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Assyria|strong="H0804"\w*, and \w served|strong="H5647"\w* him not.  
\v 8 He \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*, \add even\add* unto \w Gaza|strong="H5804"\w*, and the \w borders|strong="H1366"\w* thereof, from the \w tower|strong="H4026"\w* of the \w watchmen|strong="H5341"\w* to the \w fenced|strong="H4013"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*.\f + \fr 18.8 \ft Gaza: Heb. Azzah\f*   
\p
\v 9 ¶ And it came to pass in the \w fourth|strong="H7243"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* of \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w*, which \add was\add* the \w seventh|strong="H7637"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* of \w Hoshea|strong="H1954"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Elah|strong="H0425"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \add that\add* \w Shalmaneser|strong="H8022"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Assyria|strong="H0804"\w* came \w up|strong="H5927"\w* against \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*, and \w besieged|strong="H6696"\w* it.  
\v 10 And at the \w end|strong="H7097"\w* of \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* they \w took|strong="H3920"\w* it: \add even\add* in the \w sixth|strong="H8337"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* of \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w*, that \add is\add* the \w ninth|strong="H8672"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* of \w Hoshea|strong="H1954"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w* was \w taken|strong="H3920"\w*.  
\v 11 And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Assyria|strong="H0804"\w* did carry \w away|strong="H1540"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* unto \w Assyria|strong="H0804"\w*, and \w put|strong="H5148"\w* them in \w Halah|strong="H2477"\w* and in \w Habor|strong="H2249"\w* \add by\add* the \w river|strong="H5104"\w* of \w Gozan|strong="H1470"\w*, and in the \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* of the \w Medes|strong="H4074"\w*:  
\v 12 Because they \w obeyed|strong="H8085"\w* not the \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* their \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, but \w transgressed|strong="H5674"\w* his \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w*, \add and\add* all that \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w* the \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w*, and would not \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* \add them\add*, nor \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \add them\add*.   
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\v 13 ¶ Now in the \w fourteenth|strong="H0702"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* of \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* did \w Sennacherib|strong="H5576"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Assyria|strong="H0804"\w* come \w up|strong="H5927"\w* against all the \w fenced|strong="H1219"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, and \w took|strong="H8610"\w* them.\f + \fr 18.13 \ft Sennacherib: Heb. Sanherib\f*  
\v 14 And \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* to the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Assyria|strong="H0804"\w* to \w Lachish|strong="H3923"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, I have \w offended|strong="H2398"\w*; \w return|strong="H7725"\w* from me: that which thou \w puttest|strong="H5414"\w* on me will I \w bear|strong="H5375"\w*. And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Assyria|strong="H0804"\w* \w appointed|strong="H7760"\w* unto \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w talents|strong="H3603"\w* of \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* and \w thirty|strong="H7970"\w* \w talents|strong="H3603"\w* of \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*.  
\v 15 And \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \add him\add* all the \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* that was \w found|strong="H4672"\w* in the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, and in the \w treasures|strong="H0214"\w* of the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.  
\v 16 At that \w time|strong="H6256"\w* did \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* cut \w off|strong="H7112"\w* \add the gold from\add* the \w doors|strong="H1817"\w* of the \w temple|strong="H1964"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, and \add from\add* the \w pillars|strong="H0547"\w* which \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* had \w overlaid|strong="H6823"\w*, and \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* it to the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Assyria|strong="H0804"\w*.\f + \fr 18.16 \ft it: Heb. them\f*   
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\v 17 ¶ And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Assyria|strong="H0804"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w Tartan|strong="H8661"\w* and \w Rabsaris|strong="H7249"\w* and \w Rab-shakeh|strong="H7262"\w* from \w Lachish|strong="H3923"\w* to \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* with a \w great|strong="H3515"\w* \w host|strong="H2426"\w* against \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*. And they went \w up|strong="H5927"\w* and \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*. And when they were come \w up|strong="H5927"\w*, they \w came|strong="H0935"\w* and \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* by the \w conduit|strong="H8585"\w* of the \w upper|strong="H5945"\w* \w pool|strong="H1295"\w*, which \add is\add* in the \w highway|strong="H4546"\w* of the \w fuller’s|strong="H3526"\w* \w field|strong="H7704"\w*.\f + \fr 18.17 \ft great: Heb. heavy\f*  
\v 18 And when they had \w called|strong="H7121"\w* to the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, there came \w out|strong="H3318"\w* to them \w Eliakim|strong="H0471"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Hilkiah|strong="H2518"\w*, which \add was\add* over the \w household|strong="H1004"\w*, and \w Shebna|strong="H7644"\w* the \w scribe|strong="H5608"\w*, and \w Joah|strong="H3098"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Asaph|strong="H0623"\w* the \w recorder|strong="H2142"\w*.\f + \fr 18.18 \ft scribe: or, secretary\f*  
\v 19 And \w Rab-shakeh|strong="H7262"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto them, \w Speak|strong="H0559"\w* ye now to \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w*, Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Assyria|strong="H0804"\w*, What \w confidence|strong="H0986"\w* \add is\add* this wherein thou \w trustest|strong="H0982"\w*?  
\v 20 Thou \w sayest|strong="H0559"\w*, (but \add they are but\add* \w vain|strong="H8193"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w*,) \add I have\add* \w counsel|strong="H6098"\w* and \w strength|strong="H1369"\w* for the \w war|strong="H4421"\w*. Now on whom dost thou \w trust|strong="H0982"\w*, that thou \w rebellest|strong="H4775"\w* against me?\f + \fr 18.20 \ft sayest: or, talkest\f*\f + \fr 18.20 \ft vain…: Heb. word of the lips\f*\f + \fr 18.20 \ft I have…: or, but counsel and strength are for the war\f*  
\v 21 Now, behold, thou \w trustest|strong="H0982"\w* upon the \w staff|strong="H4938"\w* of this \w bruised|strong="H7533"\w* \w reed|strong="H7070"\w*, \add even\add* upon \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, on which if a \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w lean|strong="H5564"\w*, it will \w go|strong="H0935"\w* into his \w hand|strong="H3709"\w*, and \w pierce|strong="H5344"\w* it: so \add is\add* \w Pharaoh|strong="H6547"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* unto all that \w trust|strong="H0982"\w* on him.\f + \fr 18.21 \ft trustest: Heb. trustest thee\f*  
\v 22 But if ye \w say|strong="H0559"\w* unto me, We \w trust|strong="H0982"\w* in the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* our \w God|strong="H0430"\w*: \add is\add* not that he, whose high \w places|strong="H1116"\w* and whose \w altars|strong="H4196"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* hath taken \w away|strong="H5493"\w*, and hath \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* and \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, Ye shall \w worship|strong="H7812"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* this \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* in \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*?  
\v 23 Now therefore, I pray thee, give \w pledges|strong="H6148"\w* to my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Assyria|strong="H0804"\w*, and I will \w deliver|strong="H5414"\w* thee two \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w horses|strong="H5483"\w*, if thou be \w able|strong="H3201"\w* on thy part to \w set|strong="H5414"\w* \w riders|strong="H7392"\w* upon them.\f + \fr 18.23 \ft pledges: or, hostages\f*  
\v 24 How then wilt thou turn \w away|strong="H7725"\w* the \w face|strong="H6440"\w* of \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w captain|strong="H6346"\w* of the \w least|strong="H6996"\w* of my \w master’s|strong="H0113"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*, and put thy \w trust|strong="H0982"\w* on \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* for \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w* and for \w horsemen|strong="H6571"\w*?  
\v 25 Am I now come \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w without|strong="H1107"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* against this \w place|strong="H4725"\w* to \w destroy|strong="H7843"\w* it? The \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to me, Go \w up|strong="H5927"\w* against this \w land|strong="H0776"\w*, and \w destroy|strong="H7843"\w* it.  
\v 26 Then \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w Eliakim|strong="H0471"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Hilkiah|strong="H2518"\w*, and \w Shebna|strong="H7644"\w*, and \w Joah|strong="H3098"\w*, unto \w Rab-shakeh|strong="H7262"\w*, \w Speak|strong="H1696"\w*, I pray thee, to thy \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* in the Syrian \w language|strong="H0762"\w*; for we \w understand|strong="H8085"\w* \add it:\add* and \w talk|strong="H1696"\w* not with us in the \w Jews’ language|strong="H3066"\w* in the \w ears|strong="H0241"\w* of the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* that \add are\add* on the \w wall|strong="H2346"\w*.  
\v 27 But \w Rab-shakeh|strong="H7262"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto them, Hath my \w master|strong="H0113"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* me to thy \w master|strong="H0113"\w*, and to thee, to \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* these \w words|strong="H1697"\w*? \add hath he\add* not \add sent me\add* to the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* which \w sit|strong="H3427"\w* on the \w wall|strong="H2346"\w*, that they may \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* their own \w dung|strong="H6675"\w*, and \w drink|strong="H8354"\w* their own \w piss|strong="H4325"\w* with you?\f + \fr 18.27 \ft their own piss: Heb. the water of their feet\f*  
\v 28 Then \w Rab-shakeh|strong="H7262"\w* \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* and \w cried|strong="H7121"\w* with a \w loud|strong="H1419"\w* \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* in the \w Jews’ language|strong="H3066"\w*, and \w spake|strong="H1696"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Hear|strong="H8085"\w* the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Assyria|strong="H0804"\w*:  
\v 29 Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, Let not \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w deceive|strong="H5377"\w* you: for he shall not be \w able|strong="H3201"\w* to \w deliver|strong="H5337"\w* you out of his \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*:  
\v 30 Neither let \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* make you \w trust|strong="H0982"\w* in the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, The \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* will \w surely|strong="H5337"\w* \w deliver|strong="H5337"\w* us, and this \w city|strong="H5892"\w* shall not be \w delivered|strong="H5414"\w* into the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Assyria|strong="H0804"\w*.  
\v 31 \w Hearken|strong="H8085"\w* not to \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w*: for thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Assyria|strong="H0804"\w*, \w Make|strong="H6213"\w* \add an agreement\add* with me by a \w present|strong="H1293"\w*, and come \w out|strong="H3318"\w* to me, and \add then\add* \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* ye every \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of his own \w vine|strong="H1612"\w*, and every \w one|strong="H0376"\w* of his fig \w tree|strong="H8384"\w*, and \w drink|strong="H8354"\w* ye every \w one|strong="H0376"\w* the \w waters|strong="H4325"\w* of his \w cistern|strong="H0953"\w*:\f + \fr 18.31 \ft Make…: or, Seek my favour: Heb. Make with me a blessing\f*\f + \fr 18.31 \ft cistern: or, pit\f*  
\v 32 Until I \w come|strong="H0935"\w* and take you \w away|strong="H3947"\w* to a \w land|strong="H0776"\w* like your own \w land|strong="H0776"\w*, a \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w corn|strong="H1715"\w* and \w wine|strong="H8492"\w*, a \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w bread|strong="H3899"\w* and \w vineyards|strong="H3754"\w*, a \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w oil|strong="H3323"\w* \w olive|strong="H2132"\w* and of \w honey|strong="H1706"\w*, that ye may \w live|strong="H2421"\w*, and not \w die|strong="H4191"\w*: and \w hearken|strong="H8085"\w* not unto \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w*, when he \w persuadeth|strong="H5496"\w* you, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, The \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* will \w deliver|strong="H5337"\w* us.\f + \fr 18.32 \ft persuadeth: or, deceiveth\f*  
\v 33 Hath \w any|strong="H0376"\w* of the \w gods|strong="H0430"\w* of the \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* \w delivered|strong="H5337"\w* at \w all|strong="H5337"\w* his \w land|strong="H0776"\w* out of the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Assyria|strong="H0804"\w*?  
\v 34 Where \add are\add* the \w gods|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Hamath|strong="H2574"\w*, and of \w Arpad|strong="H0774"\w*? where \add are\add* the \w gods|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Sepharvaim|strong="H5617"\w*, \w Hena|strong="H2012"\w*, and \w Ivah|strong="H5755"\w*? have they \w delivered|strong="H5337"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w* out of mine \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*?  
\v 35 Who \add are\add* they among all the \w gods|strong="H0430"\w* of the \w countries|strong="H0776"\w*, that have \w delivered|strong="H5337"\w* their \w country|strong="H0776"\w* out of mine \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*, that the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* should \w deliver|strong="H5337"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* out of mine \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*?  
\v 36 But the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* held their \w peace|strong="H2790"\w*, and \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* him not a \w word|strong="H1697"\w*: for the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w commandment|strong="H4687"\w* was, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Answer|strong="H6030"\w* him not.  
\v 37 Then \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w Eliakim|strong="H0471"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Hilkiah|strong="H2518"\w*, which \add was\add* over the \w household|strong="H1004"\w*, and \w Shebna|strong="H7644"\w* the \w scribe|strong="H5608"\w*, and \w Joah|strong="H3098"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Asaph|strong="H0623"\w* the \w recorder|strong="H2142"\w*, to \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* with \add their\add* \w clothes|strong="H0899"\w* \w rent|strong="H7167"\w*, and \w told|strong="H5046"\w* him the \w words|strong="H1697"\w* of \w Rab-shakeh|strong="H7262"\w*.   
\c 19  
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\v 1 And it came to pass, when \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \add it\add*, that he \w rent|strong="H7167"\w* his \w clothes|strong="H0899"\w*, and \w covered|strong="H3680"\w* himself with \w sackcloth|strong="H8242"\w*, and \w went|strong="H0935"\w* into the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*.  
\v 2 And he \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w Eliakim|strong="H0471"\w*, which \add was\add* over the \w household|strong="H1004"\w*, and \w Shebna|strong="H7644"\w* the \w scribe|strong="H5608"\w*, and the \w elders|strong="H2205"\w* of the \w priests|strong="H3548"\w*, \w covered|strong="H3680"\w* with \w sackcloth|strong="H8242"\w*, to \w Isaiah|strong="H3470"\w* the \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Amoz|strong="H0531"\w*.  
\v 3 And they \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w*, This \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \add is\add* a \w day|strong="H3117"\w* of \w trouble|strong="H6869"\w*, and of \w rebuke|strong="H8433"\w*, and \w blasphemy|strong="H5007"\w*: for the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* are \w come|strong="H0935"\w* to the \w birth|strong="H4866"\w*, and \add there is\add* not \w strength|strong="H3581"\w* to bring \w forth|strong="H3205"\w*.\f + \fr 19.3 \ft blasphemy: or, provocation\f*  
\v 4 It may \w be|strong="H0194"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* thy \w God|strong="H0430"\w* will \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* all the \w words|strong="H1697"\w* of \w Rab-shakeh|strong="H7262"\w*, whom the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Assyria|strong="H0804"\w* his \w master|strong="H0113"\w* hath \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* to \w reproach|strong="H2778"\w* the \w living|strong="H2416"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*; and will \w reprove|strong="H3198"\w* the \w words|strong="H1697"\w* which the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* thy \w God|strong="H0430"\w* hath \w heard|strong="H8085"\w*: wherefore lift \w up|strong="H5375"\w* \add thy\add* \w prayer|strong="H8605"\w* for the \w remnant|strong="H7611"\w* that are \w left|strong="H4672"\w*.\f + \fr 19.4 \ft left: Heb. found\f*  
\v 5 So the \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* of \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Isaiah|strong="H3470"\w*.   
\p
\v 6 ¶ And \w Isaiah|strong="H3470"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto them, Thus shall ye \w say|strong="H0559"\w* to your \w master|strong="H0113"\w*, Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, Be not \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* the \w words|strong="H1697"\w* which thou hast \w heard|strong="H8085"\w*, with which the \w servants|strong="H5288"\w* of the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Assyria|strong="H0804"\w* have \w blasphemed|strong="H1442"\w* me.  
\v 7 Behold, I will \w send|strong="H5414"\w* a \w blast|strong="H7307"\w* upon him, and he shall \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* a \w rumour|strong="H8052"\w*, and shall \w return|strong="H7725"\w* to his own \w land|strong="H0776"\w*; and I will cause him to \w fall|strong="H5307"\w* by the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* in his own \w land|strong="H0776"\w*.   
\p
\v 8 ¶ So \w Rab-shakeh|strong="H7262"\w* \w returned|strong="H7725"\w*, and \w found|strong="H4672"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Assyria|strong="H0804"\w* \w warring|strong="H3898"\w* against \w Libnah|strong="H3841"\w*: for he had \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* that he was \w departed|strong="H5265"\w* from \w Lachish|strong="H3923"\w*.  
\v 9 And when he \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w say|strong="H0559"\w* of \w Tirhakah|strong="H8640"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Ethiopia|strong="H3568"\w*, Behold, he is come \w out|strong="H3318"\w* to \w fight|strong="H3898"\w* against thee: he \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w messengers|strong="H4397"\w* \w again|strong="H7725"\w* unto \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*,  
\v 10 Thus shall ye \w speak|strong="H0559"\w* to \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Let not thy \w God|strong="H0430"\w* in whom thou \w trustest|strong="H0982"\w* \w deceive|strong="H5377"\w* thee, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* shall not be \w delivered|strong="H5414"\w* into the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Assyria|strong="H0804"\w*.  
\v 11 Behold, thou hast \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* what the \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Assyria|strong="H0804"\w* have \w done|strong="H6213"\w* to all \w lands|strong="H0776"\w*, by destroying them \w utterly|strong="H2763"\w*: and shalt thou be \w delivered|strong="H5337"\w*?  
\v 12 Have the \w gods|strong="H0430"\w* of the \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* \w delivered|strong="H5337"\w* them which my \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w* have \w destroyed|strong="H7843"\w*; \add as\add* \w Gozan|strong="H1470"\w*, and \w Haran|strong="H2771"\w*, and \w Rezeph|strong="H7530"\w*, and the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Eden|strong="H5729"\w* which \add were\add* in \w Thelasar|strong="H8515"\w*?  
\v 13 Where \add is\add* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Hamath|strong="H2574"\w*, and the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Arpad|strong="H0774"\w*, and the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* of \w Sepharvaim|strong="H5617"\w*, of \w Hena|strong="H2012"\w*, and \w Ivah|strong="H5755"\w*?   
\p
\v 14 ¶ And \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w received|strong="H3947"\w* the \w letter|strong="H5612"\w* of the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of the \w messengers|strong="H4397"\w*, and \w read|strong="H7121"\w* it: and \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* went \w up|strong="H5927"\w* into the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, and \w spread|strong="H6566"\w* it \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*.  
\v 15 And \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w prayed|strong="H6419"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, O \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, which \w dwellest|strong="H3427"\w* \add between\add* the \w cherubims|strong="H3742"\w*, thou art the \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, \add even\add* thou alone, of all the \w kingdoms|strong="H4467"\w* of the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*; thou hast \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w* and \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*.  
\v 16  \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, bow \w down|strong="H5186"\w* thine \w ear|strong="H0241"\w*, and \w hear|strong="H8085"\w*: \w open|strong="H6491"\w*, \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, thine \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*, and \w see|strong="H7200"\w*: and \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* the \w words|strong="H1697"\w* of \w Sennacherib|strong="H5576"\w*, which hath \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* him to \w reproach|strong="H2778"\w* the \w living|strong="H2416"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*.  
\v 17 Of a \w truth|strong="H0551"\w*, \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, the \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Assyria|strong="H0804"\w* have \w destroyed|strong="H2717"\w* the \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* and their \w lands|strong="H0776"\w*,  
\v 18 And have \w cast|strong="H5414"\w* their \w gods|strong="H0430"\w* into the \w fire|strong="H0784"\w*: for they \add were\add* no \w gods|strong="H0430"\w*, but the \w work|strong="H4639"\w* of \w men’s|strong="H0120"\w* \w hands|strong="H3027"\w*, \w wood|strong="H6086"\w* and \w stone|strong="H0068"\w*: therefore they have \w destroyed|strong="H0006"\w* them.\f + \fr 19.18 \ft cast: Heb. given\f*  
\v 19 Now therefore, O \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* our \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, I beseech thee, \w save|strong="H3467"\w* thou us out of his \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*, that all the \w kingdoms|strong="H4467"\w* of the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w* may \w know|strong="H3045"\w* that thou \add art\add* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, \add even\add* thou only.   
\p
\v 20 ¶ Then \w Isaiah|strong="H3470"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Amoz|strong="H0531"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* to \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \add That\add* which thou hast \w prayed|strong="H6419"\w* to me against \w Sennacherib|strong="H5576"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Assyria|strong="H0804"\w* I have \w heard|strong="H8085"\w*.  
\v 21 This \add is\add* the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* that the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* hath \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w* concerning him; The \w virgin|strong="H1330"\w* the \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* of \w Zion|strong="H6726"\w* hath \w despised|strong="H0959"\w* thee, \add and\add* laughed thee to \w scorn|strong="H3932"\w*; the \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* of \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* hath \w shaken|strong="H5128"\w* her \w head|strong="H7218"\w* at \w thee|strong="H0310"\w*.  
\v 22 Whom hast thou \w reproached|strong="H2778"\w* and \w blasphemed|strong="H1442"\w*? and against whom hast thou \w exalted|strong="H7311"\w* \add thy\add* \w voice|strong="H6963"\w*, and lifted \w up|strong="H5375"\w* thine \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* on \w high|strong="H4791"\w*? \add even\add* against the \w Holy|strong="H6918"\w* \add One\add* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.  
\v 23 \w By|strong="H3027"\w* thy \w messengers|strong="H4397"\w* thou hast \w reproached|strong="H2778"\w* the \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w*, and hast \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, With the \w multitude|strong="H7230"\w* of my \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w* I am come \w up|strong="H5927"\w* to the \w height|strong="H4791"\w* of the \w mountains|strong="H2022"\w*, to the \w sides|strong="H3411"\w* of \w Lebanon|strong="H3844"\w*, and will cut \w down|strong="H3772"\w* the \w tall|strong="H6967"\w* cedar \w trees|strong="H0730"\w* thereof, \add and\add* the \w choice|strong="H4004"\w* fir \w trees|strong="H1265"\w* thereof: and I will \w enter|strong="H0935"\w* into the \w lodgings|strong="H4411"\w* of his \w borders|strong="H7093"\w*, \add and into\add* the \w forest|strong="H3293"\w* of his \w Carmel|strong="H3760"\w*.\f + \fr 19.23 \ft By: Heb. By the hand of\f*\f + \fr 19.23 \ft tall…: Heb. tallness, etc\f*\f + \fr 19.23 \ft of his Carmel: or, and his fruitful field\f*  
\v 24 I have \w digged|strong="H6979"\w* and \w drunk|strong="H8354"\w* \w strange|strong="H2114"\w* \w waters|strong="H4325"\w*, and with the \w sole|strong="H3709"\w* of my \w feet|strong="H6471"\w* have I \w dried|strong="H2717"\w* up all the \w rivers|strong="H2975"\w* of besieged \w places|strong="H4693"\w*.\f + \fr 19.24 \ft besieged: or, fenced\f*  
\v 25 Hast thou not \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* long \w ago|strong="H7350"\w* \add how\add* I have \w done|strong="H6213"\w* it, \add and\add* of \w ancient|strong="H6924"\w* \w times|strong="H3117"\w* that I have \w formed|strong="H3335"\w* it? now have I \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* it to pass, that thou shouldest be to lay \w waste|strong="H7582"\w* \w fenced|strong="H1219"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \add into\add* \w ruinous|strong="H5327"\w* \w heaps|strong="H1530"\w*.\f + \fr 19.25 \ft long…: or, how I have made it long ago, and formed it of ancient times? should I now bring it to be laid waste, and fenced cities to be ruinous heaps?\f*  
\v 26 Therefore their \w inhabitants|strong="H3427"\w* were of \w small|strong="H7116"\w* \w power|strong="H3027"\w*, they were \w dismayed|strong="H2865"\w* and \w confounded|strong="H0954"\w*; they were \add as\add* the \w grass|strong="H6212"\w* of the \w field|strong="H7704"\w*, and \add as\add* the \w green|strong="H3419"\w* \w herb|strong="H1877"\w*, \add as\add* the \w grass|strong="H2682"\w* on the \w housetops|strong="H1406"\w*, and \add as corn\add* \w blasted|strong="H7711"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* it be grown \w up|strong="H7054"\w*.\f + \fr 19.26 \ft of small…: Heb. short of hand\f*  
\v 27 But I \w know|strong="H3045"\w* thy \w abode|strong="H3427"\w*, and thy going \w out|strong="H3318"\w*, and thy coming \w in|strong="H0935"\w*, and thy \w rage|strong="H7264"\w* against me.\f + \fr 19.27 \ft abode: or, sitting\f*  
\v 28 Because thy \w rage|strong="H7264"\w* against me and thy \w tumult|strong="H7600"\w* is come \w up|strong="H5927"\w* into mine \w ears|strong="H0241"\w*, therefore I will \w put|strong="H7760"\w* my \w hook|strong="H2397"\w* in thy \w nose|strong="H0639"\w*, and my \w bridle|strong="H4964"\w* in thy \w lips|strong="H8193"\w*, and I will turn thee \w back|strong="H7725"\w* by the \w way|strong="H1870"\w* by which thou \w camest|strong="H0935"\w*.  
\v 29 And this \add shall be\add* a \w sign|strong="H0226"\w* unto thee, Ye shall \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* this \w year|strong="H8141"\w* such things as \w grow|strong="H5599"\w* of themselves, and in the \w second|strong="H8145"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* that which \w springeth|strong="H7823"\w* of the same; and in the \w third|strong="H7992"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* \w sow|strong="H2232"\w* ye, and \w reap|strong="H7114"\w*, and \w plant|strong="H5193"\w* \w vineyards|strong="H3754"\w*, and \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* the \w fruits|strong="H6529"\w* thereof.  
\v 30 And the \w remnant|strong="H7604"\w* that is \w escaped|strong="H6413"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* shall yet \w again|strong="H3254"\w* take \w root|strong="H8328"\w* \w downward|strong="H4295"\w*, and \w bear|strong="H6213"\w* \w fruit|strong="H6529"\w* \w upward|strong="H4605"\w*.\f + \fr 19.30 \ft remnant…: Heb. escaping of the house of Judah that remaineth\f*  
\v 31 For out of \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* shall go \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* a \w remnant|strong="H7611"\w*, and they that \w escape|strong="H6413"\w* out of \w mount|strong="H2022"\w* \w Zion|strong="H6726"\w*: the \w zeal|strong="H7068"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \add  \+w of hosts|strong="H6635"\+w*\add* shall \w do|strong="H6213"\w* this.\f + \fr 19.31 \ft they…: Heb. the escaping\f*  
\v 32 Therefore thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* concerning the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Assyria|strong="H0804"\w*, He shall not \w come|strong="H0935"\w* into this \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, nor \w shoot|strong="H3384"\w* an \w arrow|strong="H2671"\w* there, nor come \w before|strong="H6923"\w* it with \w shield|strong="H4043"\w*, nor \w cast|strong="H8210"\w* a \w bank|strong="H5550"\w* against it.  
\v 33 By the \w way|strong="H1870"\w* that he \w came|strong="H0935"\w*, by the same shall he \w return|strong="H7725"\w*, and shall not \w come|strong="H0935"\w* into this \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*.  
\v 34 For I will \w defend|strong="H1598"\w* this \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, to \w save|strong="H3467"\w* it, for mine own sake, and for my \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w David’s|strong="H1732"\w* sake.   
\p
\v 35 ¶ And it came to pass that \w night|strong="H3915"\w*, that the \w angel|strong="H4397"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* went \w out|strong="H3318"\w*, and \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* in the \w camp|strong="H4264"\w* of the \w Assyrians|strong="H0804"\w* an \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w fourscore|strong="H8084"\w* and \w five|strong="H2568"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w*: and when they arose \w early|strong="H7925"\w* in the \w morning|strong="H1242"\w*, behold, they \add were\add* all \w dead|strong="H4191"\w* \w corpses|strong="H6297"\w*.  
\v 36 So \w Sennacherib|strong="H5576"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Assyria|strong="H0804"\w* \w departed|strong="H5265"\w*, and \w went|strong="H3212"\w* and \w returned|strong="H7725"\w*, and \w dwelt|strong="H3427"\w* at \w Nineveh|strong="H5210"\w*.  
\v 37 And it came to pass, as he was \w worshipping|strong="H7812"\w* in the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Nisroch|strong="H5268"\w* his \w god|strong="H0430"\w*, that \w Adrammelech|strong="H0152"\w* and \w Sharezer|strong="H8272"\w* his \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* him with the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*: and they \w escaped|strong="H4422"\w* into the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Armenia|strong="H0780"\w*. And \w Esar-haddon|strong="H0634"\w* his \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* in his stead.\f + \fr 19.37 \ft Armenia: Heb. Ararat\f*   
\c 20  
\p
\v 1 In those \w days|strong="H3117"\w* was \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w sick|strong="H2470"\w* unto \w death|strong="H4191"\w*. And the \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w Isaiah|strong="H3470"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Amoz|strong="H0531"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to him, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, Set thine \w house|strong="H1004"\w* in \w order|strong="H6680"\w*; for thou shalt \w die|strong="H4191"\w*, and not \w live|strong="H2421"\w*.\f + \fr 20.1 \ft Set…: Heb. Give charge concerning thine house\f*  
\v 2 Then he \w turned|strong="H5437"\w* his \w face|strong="H6440"\w* to the \w wall|strong="H7023"\w*, and \w prayed|strong="H6419"\w* unto the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*,  
\v 3 I \w beseech|strong="H0577"\w* thee, O \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, \w remember|strong="H2142"\w* now how I have \w walked|strong="H1980"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* thee in \w truth|strong="H0571"\w* and with a \w perfect|strong="H8003"\w* \w heart|strong="H3824"\w*, and have \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \add that which is\add* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* in thy \w sight|strong="H5869"\w*. And \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w wept|strong="H1058"\w* \w sore|strong="H1419"\w*.\f + \fr 20.3 \ft sore: Heb. with a great weeping\f*  
\v 4 And it came to pass, afore \w Isaiah|strong="H3470"\w* was gone \w out|strong="H3318"\w* into the \w middle|strong="H8484"\w* \w court|strong="H2691"\w*, that the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* came to him, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*,\f + \fr 20.4 \ft court: or, city\f*  
\v 5 Turn \w again|strong="H7725"\w*, and \w tell|strong="H0559"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* the \w captain|strong="H5057"\w* of my \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, the \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w David|strong="H1732"\w* thy \w father|strong="H0001"\w*, I have \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* thy \w prayer|strong="H8605"\w*, I have \w seen|strong="H7200"\w* thy \w tears|strong="H1832"\w*: behold, I will \w heal|strong="H7495"\w* thee: on the \w third|strong="H7992"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* thou shalt go \w up|strong="H5927"\w* unto the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*.  
\v 6 And I will \w add|strong="H3254"\w* unto thy \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w fifteen|strong="H2568"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*; and I will \w deliver|strong="H5337"\w* thee and this \w city|strong="H5892"\w* out of the \w hand|strong="H3709"\w* of the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Assyria|strong="H0804"\w*; and I will \w defend|strong="H1598"\w* this \w city|strong="H5892"\w* for mine own sake, and for my \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w David’s|strong="H1732"\w* sake.  
\v 7 And \w Isaiah|strong="H3470"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Take|strong="H3947"\w* a \w lump|strong="H1690"\w* of \w figs|strong="H8384"\w*. And they \w took|strong="H3947"\w* and \w laid|strong="H7760"\w* \add it\add* on the \w boil|strong="H7822"\w*, and he \w recovered|strong="H2421"\w*.   
\p
\v 8 ¶ And \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Isaiah|strong="H3470"\w*, What \add shall be\add* the \w sign|strong="H0226"\w* that the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* will \w heal|strong="H7495"\w* me, and that I shall go \w up|strong="H5927"\w* into the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* the \w third|strong="H7992"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*?  
\v 9 And \w Isaiah|strong="H3470"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, This \w sign|strong="H0226"\w* shalt thou have of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, that the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* will \w do|strong="H6213"\w* the \w thing|strong="H1697"\w* that he hath \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w*: shall the \w shadow|strong="H6738"\w* go \w forward|strong="H1980"\w* \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w degrees|strong="H4609"\w*, or go \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w degrees|strong="H4609"\w*?  
\v 10 And \w Hezekiah|strong="H3169"\w* \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, It is a light \w thing|strong="H7043"\w* for the \w shadow|strong="H6738"\w* to go \w down|strong="H5186"\w* \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w degrees|strong="H4609"\w*: nay, but let the \w shadow|strong="H6738"\w* \w return|strong="H7725"\w* \w backward|strong="H0322"\w* \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w degrees|strong="H4609"\w*.  
\v 11 And \w Isaiah|strong="H3470"\w* the \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w cried|strong="H7121"\w* unto the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*: and he \w brought|strong="H7725"\w* the \w shadow|strong="H6738"\w* \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w degrees|strong="H4609"\w* \w backward|strong="H0322"\w*, \w by|strong="H4609"\w* which it had gone \w down|strong="H3381"\w* in the \w dial|strong="H4609"\w* of \w Ahaz|strong="H0271"\w*.\f + \fr 20.11 \ft dial: Heb. degrees\f*   
\p
\v 12 ¶ At that \w time|strong="H6256"\w* \w Berodach-baladan|strong="H1255"\w*, the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Baladan|strong="H1081"\w*, \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w*, \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w letters|strong="H5612"\w* and a \w present|strong="H4503"\w* unto \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w*: for he had \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* that \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* had been \w sick|strong="H2470"\w*.\f + \fr 20.12 \ft Berodach-baladan: or, Merodach-baladan\f*  
\v 13 And \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w hearkened|strong="H8085"\w* unto them, and \w shewed|strong="H7200"\w* them all the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of his precious \w things|strong="H5238"\w*, the \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*, and the \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*, and the \w spices|strong="H1314"\w*, and the \w precious|strong="H2896"\w* \w ointment|strong="H8081"\w*, and \add all\add* the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of his \w armour|strong="H3627"\w*, and all that was \w found|strong="H4672"\w* in his \w treasures|strong="H0214"\w*: there was \w nothing|strong="H1697"\w* in his \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, nor in all his \w dominion|strong="H4475"\w*, that \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w shewed|strong="H7200"\w* them not.\f + \fr 20.13 \ft precious things: or, spicery\f*\f + \fr 20.13 \ft armour: or, jewels: Heb. vessels\f*   
\p
\v 14 ¶ Then \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w Isaiah|strong="H3470"\w* the \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* unto \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, What \w said|strong="H0559"\w* these \w men|strong="H0582"\w*? and from \w whence|strong="H0370"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* they unto thee? And \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, They are \w come|strong="H0935"\w* from a \w far|strong="H7350"\w* \w country|strong="H0776"\w*, \add even\add* from \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w*.  
\v 15 And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, What have they \w seen|strong="H7200"\w* in thine \w house|strong="H1004"\w*? And \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, All \add the things\add* that \add are\add* in mine \w house|strong="H1004"\w* have they \w seen|strong="H7200"\w*: there is \w nothing|strong="H1697"\w* among my \w treasures|strong="H0214"\w* that I have not \w shewed|strong="H7200"\w* them.  
\v 16 And \w Isaiah|strong="H3470"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w*, \w Hear|strong="H8085"\w* the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*.  
\v 17 Behold, the \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w come|strong="H0935"\w*, that all that \add is\add* in thine \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, and that which thy \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w* have laid up in \w store|strong="H0686"\w* unto this \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, shall be \w carried|strong="H5375"\w* into \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w*: \w nothing|strong="H1697"\w* shall be \w left|strong="H3498"\w*, \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*.  
\v 18 And of thy \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* that shall \w issue|strong="H3318"\w* from thee, which thou shalt \w beget|strong="H3205"\w*, shall they take \w away|strong="H3947"\w*; and they shall be \w eunuchs|strong="H5631"\w* in the \w palace|strong="H1964"\w* of the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w*.  
\v 19 Then \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* unto \w Isaiah|strong="H3470"\w*, \w Good|strong="H2896"\w* \add is\add* the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* which thou hast \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w*. And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \add Is it\add* not \add good\add*, if \w peace|strong="H7965"\w* and \w truth|strong="H0571"\w* be in my \w days|strong="H3117"\w*?\f + \fr 20.19 \ft Is it…: or, Shall there not be peace and truth, etc\f*   
\p
\v 20 ¶ And the \w rest|strong="H3499"\w* of the \w acts|strong="H1697"\w* of \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w*, and all his \w might|strong="H1369"\w*, and how he \w made|strong="H6213"\w* a \w pool|strong="H1295"\w*, and a \w conduit|strong="H8585"\w*, and \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* into the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, \add are\add* they not \w written|strong="H3789"\w* in the \w book|strong="H5612"\w* of the \w chronicles|strong="H1697"\w* of the \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*?  
\v 21 And \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w slept|strong="H7901"\w* with his \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*: and \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w* his \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* in his stead.   
\c 21  
\p
\v 1 \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w* \add was\add* \w twelve|strong="H8147"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w old|strong="H1121"\w* when he began to \w reign|strong="H4427"\w*, and \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* \w fifty|strong="H2572"\w* and \w five|strong="H2568"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* in \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*. And his \w mother’s|strong="H0517"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \add was\add* \w Hephzi-bah|strong="H2657"\w*.  
\v 2 And he \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \add that which was\add* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* in the \w sight|strong="H5869"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, after the \w abominations|strong="H8441"\w* of the \w heathen|strong="H1471"\w*, whom the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* cast \w out|strong="H3423"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.  
\v 3 For he built \w up|strong="H1129"\w* \w again|strong="H7725"\w* the high \w places|strong="H1116"\w* which \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* his \w father|strong="H0001"\w* had \w destroyed|strong="H0006"\w*; and he reared \w up|strong="H6965"\w* \w altars|strong="H4196"\w* for \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w*, and \w made|strong="H6213"\w* a \w grove|strong="H0842"\w*, as \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*; and \w worshipped|strong="H7812"\w* all the \w host|strong="H6635"\w* of \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w*, and \w served|strong="H5647"\w* them.  
\v 4 And he \w built|strong="H1129"\w* \w altars|strong="H4196"\w* in the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, of which the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, In \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* will I \w put|strong="H7760"\w* my \w name|strong="H8034"\w*.  
\v 5 And he \w built|strong="H1129"\w* \w altars|strong="H4196"\w* for all the \w host|strong="H6635"\w* of \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w* in the \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w courts|strong="H2691"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*.  
\v 6 And he made his \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w pass|strong="H5674"\w* through the \w fire|strong="H0784"\w*, and observed \w times|strong="H6049"\w*, and used \w enchantments|strong="H5172"\w*, and \w dealt|strong="H6213"\w* with familiar \w spirits|strong="H0178"\w* and \w wizards|strong="H3049"\w*: he \w wrought|strong="H6213"\w* \w much|strong="H7235"\w* \w wickedness|strong="H7451"\w* in the \w sight|strong="H5869"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, to provoke \add him\add* to \w anger|strong="H3707"\w*.  
\v 7 And he \w set|strong="H7760"\w* a graven \w image|strong="H6459"\w* of the \w grove|strong="H0842"\w* that he had \w made|strong="H6213"\w* in the \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, of which the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, and to \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* his \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, In this \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, and in \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, which I have \w chosen|strong="H0977"\w* out of all \w tribes|strong="H7626"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, will I \w put|strong="H7760"\w* my \w name|strong="H8034"\w* for \w ever|strong="H5769"\w*:  
\v 8 Neither will I make the \w feet|strong="H7272"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w move|strong="H5110"\w* any \w more|strong="H3254"\w* out of the \w land|strong="H0127"\w* which I \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* their \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*; only if they will \w observe|strong="H8104"\w* to \w do|strong="H6213"\w* according to all that I have \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* them, and according to all the \w law|strong="H8451"\w* that my \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* them.  
\v 9 But they \w hearkened|strong="H8085"\w* not: and \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w* \w seduced|strong="H8582"\w* them to \w do|strong="H6213"\w* more \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* than did the \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* whom the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w destroyed|strong="H8045"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.   
\p
\v 10 ¶ And the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w spake|strong="H1696"\w* \w by|strong="H3027"\w* his \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* the \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*,  
\v 11 Because \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* hath \w done|strong="H6213"\w* these \w abominations|strong="H8441"\w*, \add and\add* hath done \w wickedly|strong="H7489"\w* above all that the \w Amorites|strong="H0567"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w*, which \add were\add* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* him, and hath made \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* also to \w sin|strong="H2398"\w* with his \w idols|strong="H1544"\w*:  
\v 12 Therefore thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, Behold, I \add am\add* \w bringing|strong="H0935"\w* \add such\add* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* upon \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* and \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, that whosoever \w heareth|strong="H8085"\w* of it, \w both|strong="H8147"\w* his \w ears|strong="H0241"\w* shall \w tingle|strong="H6750"\w*.  
\v 13 And I will \w stretch|strong="H5186"\w* over \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* the \w line|strong="H6957"\w* of \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*, and the \w plummet|strong="H4949"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w*: and I will \w wipe|strong="H4229"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* as \add a man\add* \w wipeth|strong="H4229"\w* a \w dish|strong="H6747"\w*, \w wiping|strong="H4229"\w* \add it\add*, and \w turning|strong="H2015"\w* \add it\add* upside \w down|strong="H6440"\w*.\f + \fr 21.13 \ft wiping…: Heb. he wipeth and turneth it upon the face thereof\f*  
\v 14 And I will \w forsake|strong="H5203"\w* the \w remnant|strong="H7611"\w* of mine \w inheritance|strong="H5159"\w*, and \w deliver|strong="H5414"\w* them into the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of their \w enemies|strong="H0341"\w*; and they shall become a \w prey|strong="H0957"\w* and a \w spoil|strong="H4933"\w* to all their \w enemies|strong="H0341"\w*;  
\v 15 Because they have \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \add that which was\add* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* in my \w sight|strong="H5869"\w*, and have \w provoked|strong="H4480"\w* me to \w anger|strong="H3707"\w*, since the \w day|strong="H3117"\w* their \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w* came \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* out of \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, even unto this \w day|strong="H3117"\w*.  
\v 16 Moreover \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w* \w shed|strong="H8210"\w* \w innocent|strong="H5355"\w* \w blood|strong="H1818"\w* \w very|strong="H3966"\w* \w much|strong="H7235"\w*, till he had \w filled|strong="H4390"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* from one \w end|strong="H6310"\w* to \w another|strong="H6310"\w*; beside his \w sin|strong="H2403"\w* wherewith he made \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* to \w sin|strong="H2398"\w*, in \w doing|strong="H6213"\w* \add that which was\add* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* in the \w sight|strong="H5869"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*.\f + \fr 21.16 \ft from…: Heb. from mouth to mouth\f*   
\p
\v 17 ¶ Now the \w rest|strong="H3499"\w* of the \w acts|strong="H1697"\w* of \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w*, and all that he \w did|strong="H6213"\w*, and his \w sin|strong="H2403"\w* that he \w sinned|strong="H2398"\w*, \add are\add* they not \w written|strong="H3789"\w* in the \w book|strong="H5612"\w* of the \w chronicles|strong="H1697"\w* of the \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*?  
\v 18 And \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w* \w slept|strong="H7901"\w* with his \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*, and was \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* in the \w garden|strong="H1588"\w* of his own \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, in the \w garden|strong="H1588"\w* of \w Uzza|strong="H5798"\w*: and \w Amon|strong="H0526"\w* his \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* in his stead.   
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\v 19 ¶ \w Amon|strong="H0526"\w* \add was\add* \w twenty|strong="H6242"\w* and \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w old|strong="H1121"\w* when he began to \w reign|strong="H4427"\w*, and he \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* in \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*. And his \w mother’s|strong="H0517"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \add was\add* \w Meshullemeth|strong="H4922"\w*, the \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* of \w Haruz|strong="H2743"\w* of \w Jotbah|strong="H3192"\w*.  
\v 20 And he \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \add that which was\add* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* in the \w sight|strong="H5869"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, as his \w father|strong="H0001"\w* \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w*.  
\v 21 And he \w walked|strong="H3212"\w* in all the \w way|strong="H1870"\w* that his \w father|strong="H0001"\w* walked \w in|strong="H1980"\w*, and \w served|strong="H5647"\w* the \w idols|strong="H1544"\w* that his \w father|strong="H0001"\w* \w served|strong="H5647"\w*, and \w worshipped|strong="H7812"\w* them:  
\v 22 And he \w forsook|strong="H5800"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of his \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*, and \w walked|strong="H1980"\w* not in the \w way|strong="H1870"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*.   
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\v 23 ¶ And the \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* of \w Amon|strong="H0526"\w* \w conspired|strong="H7194"\w* against him, and \w slew|strong="H4191"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* in his own \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.  
\v 24 And the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* of the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \w slew|strong="H5221"\w* all them that had \w conspired|strong="H7194"\w* against \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Amon|strong="H0526"\w*; and the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* of the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* made \w Josiah|strong="H2977"\w* his \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w king|strong="H4427"\w* in his stead.  
\v 25 Now the \w rest|strong="H3499"\w* of the \w acts|strong="H1697"\w* of \w Amon|strong="H0526"\w* which he \w did|strong="H6213"\w*, \add are\add* they not \w written|strong="H3789"\w* in the \w book|strong="H5612"\w* of the \w chronicles|strong="H1697"\w* of the \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*?  
\v 26 And he was \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* in his \w sepulchre|strong="H6900"\w* in the \w garden|strong="H1588"\w* of \w Uzza|strong="H5798"\w*: and \w Josiah|strong="H2977"\w* his \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* in his stead.\f + \fr 21.26 \ft Josiah: Gr. Josias\f*   
\c 22  
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\v 1 \w Josiah|strong="H2977"\w* \add was\add* \w eight|strong="H8083"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w old|strong="H1121"\w* when he began to \w reign|strong="H4427"\w*, and he \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* \w thirty|strong="H7970"\w* and \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* in \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*. And his \w mother’s|strong="H0517"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \add was\add* \w Jedidah|strong="H3040"\w*, the \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* of \w Adaiah|strong="H5718"\w* of \w Boscath|strong="H1218"\w*.  
\v 2 And he \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \add that which was\add* \w right|strong="H3477"\w* in the \w sight|strong="H5869"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, and \w walked|strong="H3212"\w* in all the \w way|strong="H1870"\w* of \w David|strong="H1732"\w* his \w father|strong="H0001"\w*, and turned not \w aside|strong="H5493"\w* to the right \w hand|strong="H3225"\w* or to the \w left|strong="H8040"\w*.   
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\v 3 ¶ And it came to pass in the \w eighteenth|strong="H8083"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* of \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Josiah|strong="H2977"\w*, \add that\add* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w Shaphan|strong="H8227"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Azaliah|strong="H0683"\w*, the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Meshullam|strong="H4918"\w*, the \w scribe|strong="H5608"\w*, to the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*,  
\v 4 Go \w up|strong="H5927"\w* to \w Hilkiah|strong="H2518"\w* the \w high|strong="H1419"\w* \w priest|strong="H3548"\w*, that he may \w sum|strong="H8552"\w* the \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* which is \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* into the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, which the \w keepers|strong="H8104"\w* of the \w door|strong="H5592"\w* have \w gathered|strong="H0622"\w* of the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*:\f + \fr 22.4 \ft door: Heb. threshold\f*  
\v 5 And let them \w deliver|strong="H5414"\w* it into the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of the \w doers|strong="H6213"\w* of the \w work|strong="H4399"\w*, that have the \w oversight|strong="H6485"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*: and let them \w give|strong="H5414"\w* it to the \w doers|strong="H6213"\w* of the \w work|strong="H4399"\w* which \add is\add* in the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, to \w repair|strong="H2388"\w* the \w breaches|strong="H0919"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w*,  
\v 6 Unto \w carpenters|strong="H2796"\w*, and \w builders|strong="H1129"\w*, and \w masons|strong="H1443"\w*, and to \w buy|strong="H7069"\w* \w timber|strong="H6086"\w* and \w hewn|strong="H4274"\w* \w stone|strong="H0068"\w* to \w repair|strong="H2388"\w* the \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.  
\v 7 Howbeit there was no reckoning \w made|strong="H2803"\w* with them of the \w money|strong="H3701"\w* that was \w delivered|strong="H5414"\w* into their \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*, because they \w dealt|strong="H6213"\w* \w faithfully|strong="H0530"\w*.   
\p
\v 8 ¶ And \w Hilkiah|strong="H2518"\w* the \w high|strong="H1419"\w* \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Shaphan|strong="H8227"\w* the \w scribe|strong="H5608"\w*, I have \w found|strong="H4672"\w* the \w book|strong="H5612"\w* of the \w law|strong="H8451"\w* in the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*. And \w Hilkiah|strong="H2518"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* the \w book|strong="H5612"\w* to \w Shaphan|strong="H8227"\w*, and he \w read|strong="H7121"\w* it.  
\v 9 And \w Shaphan|strong="H8227"\w* the \w scribe|strong="H5608"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, and \w brought|strong="H7725"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w* \w again|strong="H7725"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Thy \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* have \w gathered|strong="H5413"\w* the \w money|strong="H3701"\w* that was \w found|strong="H4672"\w* in the \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, and have \w delivered|strong="H5414"\w* it into the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of them that \w do|strong="H6213"\w* the \w work|strong="H4399"\w*, that have the \w oversight|strong="H6485"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*.\f + \fr 22.9 \ft gathered: Heb. melted\f*  
\v 10 And \w Shaphan|strong="H8227"\w* the \w scribe|strong="H5608"\w* \w shewed|strong="H5046"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Hilkiah|strong="H2518"\w* the \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* hath \w delivered|strong="H5414"\w* me a \w book|strong="H5612"\w*. And \w Shaphan|strong="H8227"\w* \w read|strong="H7121"\w* it \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*.   
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\v 11 And it came to pass, when the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* had \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* the \w words|strong="H1697"\w* of the \w book|strong="H5612"\w* of the \w law|strong="H8451"\w*, that he \w rent|strong="H7167"\w* his \w clothes|strong="H0899"\w*.  
\v 12 And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* \w Hilkiah|strong="H2518"\w* the \w priest|strong="H3548"\w*, and \w Ahikam|strong="H0296"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Shaphan|strong="H8227"\w*, and \w Achbor|strong="H5907"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Michaiah|strong="H4320"\w*, and \w Shaphan|strong="H8227"\w* the \w scribe|strong="H5608"\w*, and \w Asahiah|strong="H6222"\w* a \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* of the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*,\f + \fr 22.12 \ft Achbor: or, Abdon\f*\f + \fr 22.12 \ft Michaiah: or, Micah\f*  
\v 13 \w Go|strong="H3212"\w* ye, \w enquire|strong="H1875"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* for me, and for the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, and for all \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, concerning the \w words|strong="H1697"\w* of this \w book|strong="H5612"\w* that is \w found|strong="H4672"\w*: for \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \add is\add* the \w wrath|strong="H2534"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* that is \w kindled|strong="H3341"\w* against us, because our \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w* have not \w hearkened|strong="H8085"\w* unto the \w words|strong="H1697"\w* of this \w book|strong="H5612"\w*, to \w do|strong="H6213"\w* according unto all that which is \w written|strong="H3789"\w* concerning us.  
\v 14 So \w Hilkiah|strong="H2518"\w* the \w priest|strong="H3548"\w*, and \w Ahikam|strong="H0296"\w*, and \w Achbor|strong="H5907"\w*, and \w Shaphan|strong="H8227"\w*, and \w Asahiah|strong="H6222"\w*, \w went|strong="H3212"\w* unto \w Huldah|strong="H2468"\w* the \w prophetess|strong="H5031"\w*, the \w wife|strong="H0802"\w* of \w Shallum|strong="H7967"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Tikvah|strong="H8616"\w*, the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Harhas|strong="H2745"\w*, \w keeper|strong="H8104"\w* of the \w wardrobe|strong="H0899"\w*; (now she \w dwelt|strong="H3427"\w* in \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* in the \w college|strong="H4932"\w*;) and they \w communed|strong="H1696"\w* with her.\f + \fr 22.14 \ft wardrobe: Heb. garments\f*\f + \fr 22.14 \ft in the…: or, in the second part\f*   
\p
\v 15 ¶ And she \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto them, Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w Tell|strong="H0559"\w* the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* that \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* you to me,  
\v 16 Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, Behold, I will \w bring|strong="H0935"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* upon this \w place|strong="H4725"\w*, and upon the \w inhabitants|strong="H3427"\w* thereof, \add even\add* all the \w words|strong="H1697"\w* of the \w book|strong="H5612"\w* which the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* hath \w read|strong="H7121"\w*:  
\v 17 Because they have \w forsaken|strong="H5800"\w* me, and have burned \w incense|strong="H6999"\w* unto \w other|strong="H0312"\w* \w gods|strong="H0430"\w*, that they might provoke me to \w anger|strong="H3707"\w* with all the \w works|strong="H4639"\w* of their \w hands|strong="H3027"\w*; therefore my \w wrath|strong="H2534"\w* shall be \w kindled|strong="H3341"\w* against this \w place|strong="H4725"\w*, and shall not be \w quenched|strong="H3518"\w*.  
\v 18 But to the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* which \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* you to \w enquire|strong="H1875"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, thus shall ye \w say|strong="H0559"\w* to him, Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \add As touching\add* the \w words|strong="H1697"\w* which thou hast \w heard|strong="H8085"\w*;  
\v 19 Because thine \w heart|strong="H3824"\w* was \w tender|strong="H7401"\w*, and thou hast \w humbled|strong="H3665"\w* thyself \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, when thou \w heardest|strong="H8085"\w* what I \w spake|strong="H1696"\w* against this \w place|strong="H4725"\w*, and against the \w inhabitants|strong="H3427"\w* thereof, that they should become a \w desolation|strong="H8047"\w* and a \w curse|strong="H7045"\w*, and hast \w rent|strong="H7167"\w* thy \w clothes|strong="H0899"\w*, and \w wept|strong="H1058"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* me; I also have \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \add thee\add*, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*.  
\v 20 Behold therefore, I will \w gather|strong="H0622"\w* thee unto thy \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*, and thou shalt be \w gathered|strong="H0622"\w* into thy \w grave|strong="H6913"\w* in \w peace|strong="H7965"\w*; and thine \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* shall not \w see|strong="H7200"\w* all the \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* which I will \w bring|strong="H0935"\w* upon this \w place|strong="H4725"\w*. And they \w brought|strong="H7725"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w* \w again|strong="H7725"\w*.   
\c 23  
\p
\v 1 And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w*, and they \w gathered|strong="H0622"\w* unto him all the \w elders|strong="H2205"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* and of \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.  
\v 2 And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* went \w up|strong="H5927"\w* into the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, and all the \w men|strong="H0376"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* and all the \w inhabitants|strong="H3427"\w* of \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* with him, and the \w priests|strong="H3548"\w*, and the \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w*, and all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, both \w small|strong="H6996"\w* and \w great|strong="H1419"\w*: and he \w read|strong="H7121"\w* in their \w ears|strong="H0241"\w* all the \w words|strong="H1697"\w* of the \w book|strong="H5612"\w* of the \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w* which was \w found|strong="H4672"\w* in the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*.\f + \fr 23.2 \ft both…: Heb. from small even unto great\f*   
\p
\v 3 ¶ And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* by a \w pillar|strong="H5982"\w*, and \w made|strong="H3772"\w* a \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, to \w walk|strong="H3212"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, and to \w keep|strong="H8104"\w* his \w commandments|strong="H4687"\w* and his \w testimonies|strong="H5715"\w* and his \w statutes|strong="H2708"\w* with all \add their\add* \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* and all \add their\add* \w soul|strong="H5315"\w*, to \w perform|strong="H6965"\w* the \w words|strong="H1697"\w* of this \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w* that were \w written|strong="H3789"\w* in this \w book|strong="H5612"\w*. And all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* to the \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w*.   
\p
\v 4 And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* \w Hilkiah|strong="H2518"\w* the \w high|strong="H1419"\w* \w priest|strong="H3548"\w*, and the \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* of the second \w order|strong="H4932"\w*, and the \w keepers|strong="H8104"\w* of the \w door|strong="H5592"\w*, to bring \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* out of the \w temple|strong="H1964"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* all the \w vessels|strong="H3627"\w* that were \w made|strong="H6213"\w* for \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w*, and for the \w grove|strong="H0842"\w*, and for all the \w host|strong="H6635"\w* of \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w*: and he \w burned|strong="H8313"\w* them \w without|strong="H2351"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* in the \w fields|strong="H7709"\w* of \w Kidron|strong="H6939"\w*, and \w carried|strong="H5375"\w* the \w ashes|strong="H6083"\w* of them unto \w Beth-el|strong="H1008"\w*.  
\v 5 And he put \w down|strong="H7673"\w* the idolatrous \w priests|strong="H3649"\w*, whom the \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* had \w ordained|strong="H5414"\w* to burn \w incense|strong="H6999"\w* in the high \w places|strong="H1116"\w* in the \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, and in the places round \w about|strong="H4524"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*; them also that burned \w incense|strong="H6999"\w* unto \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w*, to the \w sun|strong="H8121"\w*, and to the \w moon|strong="H3394"\w*, and to the \w planets|strong="H4208"\w*, and to all the \w host|strong="H6635"\w* of \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w*.\f + \fr 23.5 \ft put…: Heb. caused to cease\f*\f + \fr 23.5 \ft idolatrous…: Heb. Chemarim\f*\f + \fr 23.5 \ft planets: or, twelve signs or, constellations\f*  
\v 6 And he brought \w out|strong="H3318"\w* the \w grove|strong="H0842"\w* from the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, \w without|strong="H2351"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, unto the \w brook|strong="H5158"\w* \w Kidron|strong="H6939"\w*, and \w burned|strong="H8313"\w* it at the \w brook|strong="H5158"\w* \w Kidron|strong="H6939"\w*, and stamped \add it\add* \w small|strong="H1854"\w* to \w powder|strong="H6083"\w*, and \w cast|strong="H7993"\w* the \w powder|strong="H6083"\w* thereof upon the \w graves|strong="H6913"\w* of the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*.  
\v 7 And he brake \w down|strong="H5422"\w* the \w houses|strong="H1004"\w* of the \w sodomites|strong="H6945"\w*, that \add were\add* by the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, where the \w women|strong="H0802"\w* \w wove|strong="H0707"\w* \w hangings|strong="H1004"\w* for the \w grove|strong="H0842"\w*.\f + \fr 23.7 \ft hangings: Heb. houses\f*  
\v 8 And he \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* all the \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* out of the \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, and \w defiled|strong="H2930"\w* the high \w places|strong="H1116"\w* where the \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* had burned \w incense|strong="H6999"\w*, from \w Geba|strong="H1387"\w* to \w Beer-sheba|strong="H0884"\w*, and brake \w down|strong="H5422"\w* the high \w places|strong="H1116"\w* of the \w gates|strong="H8179"\w* that \add were\add* in the entering \w in|strong="H6607"\w* of the \w gate|strong="H8179"\w* of \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* the \w governor|strong="H8269"\w* of the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, which \add were\add* on a \w man’s|strong="H0376"\w* left \w hand|strong="H8040"\w* at the \w gate|strong="H8179"\w* of the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*.  
\v 9 Nevertheless the \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* of the high \w places|strong="H1116"\w* came not \w up|strong="H5927"\w* to the \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* in \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, but they did \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* of the unleavened \w bread|strong="H4682"\w* \w among|strong="H8432"\w* their \w brethren|strong="H0251"\w*.  
\v 10 And he \w defiled|strong="H2930"\w* \w Topheth|strong="H8612"\w*, which \add is\add* in the \w valley|strong="H1516"\w* of the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Hinnom|strong="H2011"\w*, that no \w man|strong="H0376"\w* might make his \w son|strong="H1121"\w* or his \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* to pass \w through|strong="H5674"\w* the \w fire|strong="H0784"\w* to \w Molech|strong="H4432"\w*.  
\v 11 And he took \w away|strong="H7673"\w* the \w horses|strong="H5483"\w* that the \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* had \w given|strong="H5414"\w* to the \w sun|strong="H8121"\w*, at the entering \w in|strong="H0935"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, by the \w chamber|strong="H3957"\w* of \w Nathan-melech|strong="H5419"\w* the \w chamberlain|strong="H5631"\w*, which \add was\add* in the \w suburbs|strong="H6503"\w*, and \w burned|strong="H8313"\w* the \w chariots|strong="H4818"\w* of the \w sun|strong="H8121"\w* with \w fire|strong="H0784"\w*.\f + \fr 23.11 \ft chamberlain: or, eunuch, or, officer\f*  
\v 12 And the \w altars|strong="H4196"\w* that \add were\add* on the \w top|strong="H1406"\w* of the upper \w chamber|strong="H5944"\w* of \w Ahaz|strong="H0271"\w*, which the \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* had \w made|strong="H6213"\w*, and the \w altars|strong="H4196"\w* which \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w* had \w made|strong="H6213"\w* in the \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w courts|strong="H2691"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, did the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* beat \w down|strong="H5422"\w*, and brake \add them\add* \w down|strong="H7323"\w* from thence, and \w cast|strong="H7993"\w* the \w dust|strong="H6083"\w* of them into the \w brook|strong="H5158"\w* \w Kidron|strong="H6939"\w*.\f + \fr 23.12 \ft brake…: or, ran from thence\f*  
\v 13 And the high \w places|strong="H1116"\w* that \add were\add* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, which \add were\add* on the right \w hand|strong="H3225"\w* of the \w mount|strong="H2022"\w* of \w corruption|strong="H4889"\w*, which \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* had \w builded|strong="H1129"\w* for \w Ashtoreth|strong="H6253"\w* the \w abomination|strong="H8251"\w* of the \w Zidonians|strong="H6722"\w*, and for \w Chemosh|strong="H3645"\w* the \w abomination|strong="H8251"\w* of the \w Moabites|strong="H4124"\w*, and for \w Milcom|strong="H4445"\w* the \w abomination|strong="H8441"\w* of the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ammon|strong="H5983"\w*, did the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w defile|strong="H2930"\w*.\f + \fr 23.13 \ft the mount…: that is, the mount of Olives\f*  
\v 14 And he brake in \w pieces|strong="H7665"\w* the \w images|strong="H4676"\w*, and cut \w down|strong="H3772"\w* the \w groves|strong="H0842"\w*, and \w filled|strong="H4390"\w* their \w places|strong="H4725"\w* with the \w bones|strong="H6106"\w* of \w men|strong="H0120"\w*.\f + \fr 23.14 \ft images: Heb. statues\f*   
\p
\v 15 ¶ Moreover the \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* that \add was\add* at \w Beth-el|strong="H1008"\w*, \add and\add* the high \w place|strong="H1116"\w* which \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Nebat|strong="H5028"\w*, who made \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* to \w sin|strong="H2398"\w*, had \w made|strong="H6213"\w*, both that \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* and the high \w place|strong="H1116"\w* he brake \w down|strong="H5422"\w*, and \w burned|strong="H8313"\w* the high \w place|strong="H1116"\w*, \add and\add* \w stamped|strong="H1854"\w* \add it\add* small to \w powder|strong="H6083"\w*, and \w burned|strong="H8313"\w* the \w grove|strong="H0842"\w*.  
\v 16 And as \w Josiah|strong="H2977"\w* \w turned|strong="H6437"\w* himself, he \w spied|strong="H7200"\w* the \w sepulchres|strong="H6913"\w* that \add were\add* there in the \w mount|strong="H2022"\w*, and \w sent|strong="H7971"\w*, and \w took|strong="H3947"\w* the \w bones|strong="H6106"\w* out of the \w sepulchres|strong="H6913"\w*, and \w burned|strong="H8313"\w* \add them\add* upon the \w altar|strong="H4196"\w*, and \w polluted|strong="H2930"\w* it, according to the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* which the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w proclaimed|strong="H7121"\w*, who \w proclaimed|strong="H7121"\w* these \w words|strong="H1697"\w*.  
\v 17 Then he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, What \w title|strong="H6725"\w* \add is\add* \w that|strong="H1975"\w* that I \w see|strong="H7200"\w*? And the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* of the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w told|strong="H0559"\w* him, \add It is\add* the \w sepulchre|strong="H6913"\w* of the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, which \w came|strong="H0935"\w* from \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, and \w proclaimed|strong="H7121"\w* these \w things|strong="H1697"\w* that thou hast \w done|strong="H6213"\w* against the \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* of \w Beth-el|strong="H1008"\w*.  
\v 18 And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Let him \w alone|strong="H3240"\w*; let no \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w move|strong="H5128"\w* his \w bones|strong="H6106"\w*. So they let his \w bones|strong="H6106"\w* \w alone|strong="H4422"\w*, with the \w bones|strong="H6106"\w* of the \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* that came \w out|strong="H0935"\w* of \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*.\f + \fr 23.18 \ft bones alone: Heb. bones to escape\f*  
\v 19 And all the \w houses|strong="H1004"\w* also of the high \w places|strong="H1116"\w* that \add were\add* in the \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* of \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*, which the \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* had \w made|strong="H6213"\w* to provoke \add the \+nd Lord\+nd*\add* to \w anger|strong="H3707"\w*, \w Josiah|strong="H2977"\w* took \w away|strong="H5493"\w*, and \w did|strong="H6213"\w* to them according to all the \w acts|strong="H4639"\w* that he had \w done|strong="H6213"\w* in \w Beth-el|strong="H1008"\w*.  
\v 20 And he \w slew|strong="H2076"\w* all the \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* of the high \w places|strong="H1116"\w* that \add were\add* there upon the \w altars|strong="H4196"\w*, and \w burned|strong="H8313"\w* \w men’s|strong="H0120"\w* \w bones|strong="H6106"\w* upon them, and \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* to \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.\f + \fr 23.20 \ft slew: or, sacrificed\f*   
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\v 21 ¶ And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Keep|strong="H6213"\w* the \w passover|strong="H6453"\w* unto the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* your \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, as \add it is\add* \w written|strong="H3789"\w* in the \w book|strong="H5612"\w* of this \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w*.  
\v 22 Surely there was not \w holden|strong="H6213"\w* such a \w passover|strong="H6453"\w* from the \w days|strong="H3117"\w* of the \w judges|strong="H8199"\w* that \w judged|strong="H8199"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, nor in all the \w days|strong="H3117"\w* of the \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, nor of the \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*;  
\v 23 But in the \w eighteenth|strong="H8083"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* of \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Josiah|strong="H2977"\w*, \add wherein\add* this \w passover|strong="H6453"\w* was \w holden|strong="H6213"\w* to the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* in \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.   
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\v 24 ¶ Moreover the \add workers with\add* familiar \w spirits|strong="H0178"\w*, and the \w wizards|strong="H3049"\w*, and the \w images|strong="H8655"\w*, and the \w idols|strong="H1544"\w*, and all the \w abominations|strong="H8251"\w* that were \w spied|strong="H7200"\w* in the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* and in \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, did \w Josiah|strong="H2977"\w* put \w away|strong="H1197"\w*, that he might \w perform|strong="H6965"\w* the \w words|strong="H1697"\w* of the \w law|strong="H8451"\w* which were \w written|strong="H3789"\w* in the \w book|strong="H5612"\w* that \w Hilkiah|strong="H2518"\w* the \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* \w found|strong="H4672"\w* in the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*.\f + \fr 23.24 \ft images: or, teraphim\f*   
\p
\v 25 And like unto him was there no \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* him, that \w turned|strong="H7725"\w* to the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* with all his \w heart|strong="H3824"\w*, and with all his \w soul|strong="H5315"\w*, and with all his \w might|strong="H3966"\w*, according to all the \w law|strong="H8451"\w* of \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w*; neither \w after|strong="H0310"\w* him \w arose|strong="H6965"\w* there \add any\add* like him.   
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\v 26 ¶ Notwithstanding the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w turned|strong="H7725"\w* not from the \w fierceness|strong="H2740"\w* of his \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w wrath|strong="H0639"\w*, wherewith his \w anger|strong="H0639"\w* was \w kindled|strong="H2734"\w* against \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, because of all the \w provocations|strong="H3708"\w* that \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w* had \w provoked|strong="H3707"\w* him withal.\f + \fr 23.26 \ft provocations: Heb. angers\f*  
\v 27 And the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, I will \w remove|strong="H5493"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* also out of my \w sight|strong="H6440"\w*, as I have \w removed|strong="H5493"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, and will cast \w off|strong="H3988"\w* this \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* which I have \w chosen|strong="H0977"\w*, and the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of which I \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, My \w name|strong="H8034"\w* shall be there.  
\v 28 Now the \w rest|strong="H3499"\w* of the \w acts|strong="H1697"\w* of \w Josiah|strong="H2977"\w*, and all that he \w did|strong="H6213"\w*, \add are\add* they not \w written|strong="H3789"\w* in the \w book|strong="H5612"\w* of the \w chronicles|strong="H1697"\w* of the \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*?   
\p
\v 29 ¶ In his \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w Pharaoh-nechoh|strong="H6549"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* went \w up|strong="H5927"\w* against the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Assyria|strong="H0804"\w* to the \w river|strong="H5104"\w* \w Euphrates|strong="H6578"\w*: and \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Josiah|strong="H2977"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* \w against|strong="H7125"\w* him; and he \w slew|strong="H4191"\w* him at \w Megiddo|strong="H4023"\w*, when he had \w seen|strong="H7200"\w* him.  
\v 30 And his \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* carried him in a \w chariot|strong="H7392"\w* \w dead|strong="H4191"\w* from \w Megiddo|strong="H4023"\w*, and \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* him to \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, and \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* him in his own \w sepulchre|strong="H6900"\w*. And the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* of the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w Jehoahaz|strong="H3059"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Josiah|strong="H2977"\w*, and \w anointed|strong="H4886"\w* him, and made him \w king|strong="H4427"\w* in his \w father’s|strong="H0001"\w* stead.   
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\v 31 ¶ \w Jehoahaz|strong="H3059"\w* \add was\add* \w twenty|strong="H6242"\w* and \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w old|strong="H1121"\w* when he began to \w reign|strong="H4427"\w*; and he \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w months|strong="H2320"\w* in \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*. And his \w mother’s|strong="H0517"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \add was\add* \w Hamutal|strong="H2537"\w*, the \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* of \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* of \w Libnah|strong="H3841"\w*.\f + \fr 23.31 \ft Jehoahaz: also called, Shallum\f*  
\v 32 And he \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \add that which was\add* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* in the \w sight|strong="H5869"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, according to all that his \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w* had \w done|strong="H6213"\w*.  
\v 33 And \w Pharaoh-nechoh|strong="H6549"\w* put him in \w bands|strong="H0631"\w* at \w Riblah|strong="H7247"\w* in the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Hamath|strong="H2574"\w*, that he might not \w reign|strong="H4427"\w* in \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*; and \w put|strong="H5414"\w* the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* to a \w tribute|strong="H6066"\w* of an \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w talents|strong="H3603"\w* of \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*, and a \w talent|strong="H3603"\w* of \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*.\f + \fr 23.33 \ft that…: or, because he reigned\f*\f + \fr 23.33 \ft put the…: Heb. set a fine upon the land\f*  
\v 34 And \w Pharaoh-nechoh|strong="H6549"\w* made \w Eliakim|strong="H0471"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Josiah|strong="H2977"\w* \w king|strong="H4427"\w* in the room of \w Josiah|strong="H2977"\w* his \w father|strong="H0001"\w*, and \w turned|strong="H5437"\w* his \w name|strong="H8034"\w* to \w Jehoiakim|strong="H3079"\w*, and \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w Jehoahaz|strong="H3059"\w* \w away|strong="H3947"\w*: and he \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, and \w died|strong="H4191"\w* there.  
\v 35 And \w Jehoiakim|strong="H3079"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* the \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* and the \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* to \w Pharaoh|strong="H6547"\w*; but he \w taxed|strong="H6186"\w* the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* to \w give|strong="H5414"\w* the \w money|strong="H3701"\w* according to the \w commandment|strong="H6310"\w* of \w Pharaoh|strong="H6547"\w*: he \w exacted|strong="H5065"\w* the \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* and the \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* of the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* of the \w land|strong="H0776"\w*, of every \w one|strong="H0376"\w* according to his \w taxation|strong="H6187"\w*, to \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \add it\add* unto \w Pharaoh-nechoh|strong="H6549"\w*.   
\p
\v 36 ¶ \w Jehoiakim|strong="H3079"\w* \add was\add* \w twenty|strong="H6242"\w* and \w five|strong="H2568"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w old|strong="H1121"\w* when he began to \w reign|strong="H4427"\w*; and he \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* \w eleven|strong="H0259"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* in \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*. And his \w mother’s|strong="H0517"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \add was\add* \w Zebudah|strong="H2080"\w*, the \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* of \w Pedaiah|strong="H6305"\w* of \w Rumah|strong="H7316"\w*.  
\v 37 And he \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \add that which was\add* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* in the \w sight|strong="H5869"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, according to all that his \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w* had \w done|strong="H6213"\w*.   
\c 24  
\p
\v 1 In his \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w* came \w up|strong="H5927"\w*, and \w Jehoiakim|strong="H3079"\w* became his \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*: then he \w turned|strong="H7725"\w* and \w rebelled|strong="H4775"\w* against him.  
\v 2 And the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* against him \w bands|strong="H1416"\w* of the \w Chaldees|strong="H3778"\w*, and \w bands|strong="H1416"\w* of the \w Syrians|strong="H0758"\w*, and \w bands|strong="H1416"\w* of the \w Moabites|strong="H4124"\w*, and \w bands|strong="H1416"\w* of the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ammon|strong="H5983"\w*, and \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* them against \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* to \w destroy|strong="H0006"\w* it, according to the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, which he \w spake|strong="H1696"\w* \w by|strong="H3027"\w* his \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* the \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w*.\f + \fr 24.2 \ft by: Heb. by the hand of\f*  
\v 3 Surely at the \w commandment|strong="H6310"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* came \add this\add* upon \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, to \w remove|strong="H5493"\w* \add them\add* out of his \w sight|strong="H6440"\w*, for the \w sins|strong="H2403"\w* of \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w*, according to all that he \w did|strong="H6213"\w*;  
\v 4 And also for the \w innocent|strong="H5355"\w* \w blood|strong="H1818"\w* that he \w shed|strong="H8210"\w*: for he \w filled|strong="H4390"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* with \w innocent|strong="H5355"\w* \w blood|strong="H1818"\w*; which the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w would|strong="H0014"\w* not \w pardon|strong="H5545"\w*.   
\p
\v 5 ¶ Now the \w rest|strong="H3499"\w* of the \w acts|strong="H1697"\w* of \w Jehoiakim|strong="H3079"\w*, and all that he \w did|strong="H6213"\w*, \add are\add* they not \w written|strong="H3789"\w* in the \w book|strong="H5612"\w* of the \w chronicles|strong="H1697"\w* of the \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*?  
\v 6 So \w Jehoiakim|strong="H3079"\w* \w slept|strong="H7901"\w* with his \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*: and \w Jehoiachin|strong="H3078"\w* his \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* in his stead.  
\v 7 And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* \w came|strong="H3318"\w* not \w again|strong="H3254"\w* any more out of his \w land|strong="H0776"\w*: for the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w* had \w taken|strong="H3947"\w* from the \w river|strong="H5158"\w* of \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* unto the \w river|strong="H5104"\w* \w Euphrates|strong="H6578"\w* all that pertained to the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*.   
\p
\v 8 ¶ \w Jehoiachin|strong="H3078"\w* \add was\add* \w eighteen|strong="H8083"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w old|strong="H1121"\w* when he began to \w reign|strong="H4427"\w*, and he \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* in \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w months|strong="H2320"\w*. And his \w mother’s|strong="H0517"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \add was\add* \w Nehushta|strong="H5179"\w*, the \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* of \w Elnathan|strong="H0494"\w* of \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.\f + \fr 24.8 \ft Jehoiachin: also called Jeconiah and Coniah\f*  
\v 9 And he \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \add that which was\add* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* in the \w sight|strong="H5869"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, according to all that his \w father|strong="H0001"\w* had \w done|strong="H6213"\w*.   
\p
\v 10 ¶ At that \w time|strong="H6256"\w* the \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* of \w Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w* came \w up|strong="H5927"\w* against \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, and the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* was \w besieged|strong="H0935"\w*.\f + \fr 24.10 \ft was…: Heb. came into siege\f*  
\v 11 And \w Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* against the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, and his \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* did \w besiege|strong="H6696"\w* it.  
\v 12 And \w Jehoiachin|strong="H3078"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* went \w out|strong="H3318"\w* to the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w*, he, and his \w mother|strong="H0517"\w*, and his \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*, and his \w princes|strong="H8269"\w*, and his \w officers|strong="H5631"\w*: and the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* him in the \w eighth|strong="H8083"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* of his \w reign|strong="H4427"\w*.\f + \fr 24.12 \ft officers: or, eunuchs\f*\f + \fr 24.12 \ft his reign: Nebuchadnezzar’s eighth year\f*  
\v 13 And he carried \w out|strong="H3318"\w* thence all the \w treasures|strong="H0214"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, and the \w treasures|strong="H0214"\w* of the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, and cut in \w pieces|strong="H7112"\w* all the \w vessels|strong="H3627"\w* of \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* which \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* had \w made|strong="H6213"\w* in the \w temple|strong="H1964"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, as the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* had \w said|strong="H1696"\w*.  
\v 14 And he carried \w away|strong="H1540"\w* all \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, and all the \w princes|strong="H8269"\w*, and all the mighty \w men|strong="H1368"\w* of \w valour|strong="H2428"\w*, \add even\add* \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w captives|strong="H1540"\w*, and all the \w craftsmen|strong="H2796"\w* and \w smiths|strong="H4525"\w*: none \w remained|strong="H7604"\w*, \w save|strong="H2108"\w* the poorest \w sort|strong="H1803"\w* of the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* of the \w land|strong="H0776"\w*.  
\v 15 And he carried \w away|strong="H1540"\w* \w Jehoiachin|strong="H3078"\w* to \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w*, and the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w mother|strong="H0517"\w*, and the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w wives|strong="H0802"\w*, and his \w officers|strong="H5631"\w*, and the \w mighty|strong="H0352"\w* of the \w land|strong="H0776"\w*, \add those\add* \w carried|strong="H3212"\w* he into \w captivity|strong="H1473"\w* from \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* to \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w*.\f + \fr 24.15 \ft officers: or, eunuchs\f*  
\v 16 And all the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* of \w might|strong="H2428"\w*, \add even\add* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w*, and \w craftsmen|strong="H2796"\w* and \w smiths|strong="H4525"\w* a \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w*, all \add that were\add* \w strong|strong="H1368"\w* \add and\add* \w apt|strong="H6213"\w* for \w war|strong="H4421"\w*, even them the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w* \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* \w captive|strong="H1473"\w* to \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w*.   
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\v 17 ¶ And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w* made \w Mattaniah|strong="H4983"\w* his \w father’s brother|strong="H1730"\w* \w king|strong="H4427"\w* in his stead, and \w changed|strong="H5437"\w* his \w name|strong="H8034"\w* to \w Zedekiah|strong="H6667"\w*.  
\v 18 \w Zedekiah|strong="H6667"\w* \add was\add* \w twenty|strong="H6242"\w* and \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w old|strong="H1121"\w* when he began to \w reign|strong="H4427"\w*, and he \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* \w eleven|strong="H0259"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* in \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*. And his \w mother’s|strong="H0517"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \add was\add* \w Hamutal|strong="H2537"\w*, the \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* of \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* of \w Libnah|strong="H3841"\w*.  
\v 19 And he \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \add that which was\add* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* in the \w sight|strong="H5869"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, according to all that \w Jehoiakim|strong="H3079"\w* had \w done|strong="H6213"\w*.  
\v 20 For through the \w anger|strong="H0639"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* it came to pass in \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* and \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, until he had cast them \w out|strong="H7993"\w* from his \w presence|strong="H6440"\w*, that \w Zedekiah|strong="H6667"\w* \w rebelled|strong="H4775"\w* against the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w*.   
\c 25  
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\v 1 And it came to pass in the \w ninth|strong="H8671"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* of his \w reign|strong="H4427"\w*, in the \w tenth|strong="H6224"\w* \w month|strong="H2320"\w*, in the \w tenth|strong="H6218"\w* \add day\add* of the \w month|strong="H2320"\w*, \add that\add* \w Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w*, he, and all his \w host|strong="H2428"\w*, against \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, and \w pitched|strong="H2583"\w* against it; and they \w built|strong="H1129"\w* \w forts|strong="H1785"\w* against it round \w about|strong="H5439"\w*.  
\v 2 And the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* was \w besieged|strong="H0935"\w* unto the \w eleventh|strong="H6249"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* of \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Zedekiah|strong="H6667"\w*.  
\v 3 And on the \w ninth|strong="H8672"\w* \add day\add* of the \add fourth\add* \w month|strong="H2320"\w* the \w famine|strong="H7458"\w* \w prevailed|strong="H2388"\w* in the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, and there was no \w bread|strong="H3899"\w* for the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* of the \w land|strong="H0776"\w*.   
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\v 4 ¶ And the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* was broken \w up|strong="H1234"\w*, and all the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* of \w war|strong="H4421"\w* \add fled\add* by \w night|strong="H3915"\w* by the \w way|strong="H1870"\w* of the \w gate|strong="H8179"\w* between two \w walls|strong="H2346"\w*, which \add is\add* by the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w garden|strong="H1588"\w*: (now the \w Chaldees|strong="H3778"\w* \add were\add* against the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* round \w about|strong="H5439"\w*:) and \add the king\add* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* the \w way|strong="H1870"\w* toward the \w plain|strong="H6160"\w*.  
\v 5 And the \w army|strong="H2428"\w* of the \w Chaldees|strong="H3778"\w* \w pursued|strong="H7291"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, and \w overtook|strong="H5381"\w* him in the \w plains|strong="H6160"\w* of \w Jericho|strong="H3405"\w*: and all his \w army|strong="H2428"\w* were \w scattered|strong="H6327"\w* from him.  
\v 6 So they \w took|strong="H8610"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, and brought him \w up|strong="H5927"\w* to the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w* to \w Riblah|strong="H7247"\w*; and they \w gave|strong="H1696"\w* \w judgment|strong="H4941"\w* upon him.\f + \fr 25.6 \ft gave…: Heb. spake judgment with him\f*  
\v 7 And they \w slew|strong="H7819"\w* the \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Zedekiah|strong="H6667"\w* before his \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*, and put \w out|strong="H5786"\w* the \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* of \w Zedekiah|strong="H6667"\w*, and \w bound|strong="H0631"\w* him with \w fetters|strong="H5178"\w* of \w brass|strong="H5178"\w*, and \w carried|strong="H0935"\w* him to \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w*.\f + \fr 25.7 \ft put…: Heb. made blind\f*   
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\v 8 ¶ And in the \w fifth|strong="H2549"\w* \w month|strong="H2320"\w*, on the \w seventh|strong="H7651"\w* \add day\add* of the \w month|strong="H2320"\w*, which \add is\add* the \w nineteenth|strong="H8672"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* of \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w*, \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w Nebuzar-adan|strong="H5018"\w*, \w captain|strong="H7227"\w* of the \w guard|strong="H2876"\w*, a \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* of the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w*, unto \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*:\f + \fr 25.8 \ft captain…: or, chief marshal\f*  
\v 9 And he \w burnt|strong="H8313"\w* the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, and the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, and all the \w houses|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, and every \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \add man’s\add* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w burnt|strong="H8313"\w* he with \w fire|strong="H0784"\w*.  
\v 10 And all the \w army|strong="H2428"\w* of the \w Chaldees|strong="H3778"\w*, that \add were with\add* the \w captain|strong="H7227"\w* of the \w guard|strong="H2876"\w*, brake \w down|strong="H5422"\w* the \w walls|strong="H2346"\w* of \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* round \w about|strong="H5439"\w*.  
\v 11 Now the \w rest|strong="H3499"\w* of the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \add that were\add* \w left|strong="H7604"\w* in the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, and the \w fugitives|strong="H5307"\w* that fell \w away|strong="H5307"\w* to the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w*, with the \w remnant|strong="H3499"\w* of the \w multitude|strong="H1995"\w*, did \w Nebuzar-adan|strong="H5018"\w* the \w captain|strong="H7227"\w* of the \w guard|strong="H2876"\w* carry \w away|strong="H1540"\w*.\f + \fr 25.11 \ft fugitives: Heb. fallen away\f*  
\v 12 But the \w captain|strong="H7227"\w* of the \w guard|strong="H2876"\w* \w left|strong="H7604"\w* of the \w poor|strong="H1803"\w* of the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \add to be\add* \w vinedressers|strong="H3755"\w* and \w husbandmen|strong="H3009"\w*.  
\v 13 And the \w pillars|strong="H5982"\w* of \w brass|strong="H5178"\w* that \add were\add* in the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, and the \w bases|strong="H4350"\w*, and the \w brasen|strong="H5178"\w* \w sea|strong="H3220"\w* that \add was\add* in the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, did the \w Chaldees|strong="H3778"\w* break in \w pieces|strong="H7665"\w*, and \w carried|strong="H5375"\w* the \w brass|strong="H5178"\w* of them to \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w*.  
\v 14 And the \w pots|strong="H5518"\w*, and the \w shovels|strong="H3257"\w*, and the \w snuffers|strong="H4212"\w*, and the \w spoons|strong="H3709"\w*, and all the \w vessels|strong="H3627"\w* of \w brass|strong="H5178"\w* wherewith they \w ministered|strong="H8334"\w*, took they \w away|strong="H3947"\w*.  
\v 15 And the \w firepans|strong="H4289"\w*, and the \w bowls|strong="H4219"\w*, \add and\add* such things as \add were\add* of \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*, \add in\add* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*, and of \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*, \add in\add* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*, the \w captain|strong="H7227"\w* of the \w guard|strong="H2876"\w* took \w away|strong="H3947"\w*.  
\v 16 The \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w pillars|strong="H5982"\w*, \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w sea|strong="H3220"\w*, and the \w bases|strong="H4350"\w* which \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* had \w made|strong="H6213"\w* for the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*; the \w brass|strong="H5178"\w* of all these \w vessels|strong="H3627"\w* was \w without|strong="H3808"\w* \w weight|strong="H4948"\w*.\f + \fr 25.16 \ft one…: Heb. the one sea\f*  
\v 17 The \w height|strong="H6967"\w* of the \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w pillar|strong="H5982"\w* \add was\add* \w eighteen|strong="H8083"\w* \w cubits|strong="H0520"\w*, and the \w chapiter|strong="H3805"\w* upon it \add was\add* \w brass|strong="H5178"\w*: and the \w height|strong="H6967"\w* of the \w chapiter|strong="H3805"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w cubits|strong="H0520"\w*; and the wreathen \w work|strong="H7639"\w*, and \w pomegranates|strong="H7416"\w* upon the \w chapiter|strong="H3805"\w* round \w about|strong="H5439"\w*, all of \w brass|strong="H5178"\w*: and like unto these had the \w second|strong="H8145"\w* \w pillar|strong="H5982"\w* with wreathen \w work|strong="H7639"\w*.   
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\v 18 ¶ And the \w captain|strong="H7227"\w* of the \w guard|strong="H2876"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w Seraiah|strong="H8304"\w* the \w chief|strong="H7218"\w* \w priest|strong="H3548"\w*, and \w Zephaniah|strong="H6846"\w* the \w second|strong="H4932"\w* \w priest|strong="H3548"\w*, and the \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w keepers|strong="H8104"\w* of the \w door|strong="H5592"\w*:\f + \fr 25.18 \ft door: Heb. threshold\f*  
\v 19 And out of the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* he \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w an|strong="H0259"\w* \w officer|strong="H5631"\w* that was \w set|strong="H6496"\w* over the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* of \w war|strong="H4421"\w*, and \w five|strong="H2568"\w* \w men|strong="H0582"\w* of them that \w were|strong="H7200"\w* in the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w presence|strong="H6440"\w*, which were \w found|strong="H4672"\w* in the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, and the \w principal|strong="H8269"\w* \w scribe|strong="H5608"\w* of the \w host|strong="H6635"\w*, which \w mustered|strong="H6633"\w* the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* of the \w land|strong="H0776"\w*, and \w threescore|strong="H8346"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* of the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* of the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \add that were\add* \w found|strong="H4672"\w* in the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*:\f + \fr 25.19 \ft officer: or, eunuch\f*\f + \fr 25.19 \ft were in…: Heb. saw the king’s face\f*\f + \fr 25.19 \ft principal…: or, scribe of the captain of the host\f*  
\v 20 And \w Nebuzar-adan|strong="H5018"\w* \w captain|strong="H7227"\w* of the \w guard|strong="H2876"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* these, and \w brought|strong="H3212"\w* them to the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w* to \w Riblah|strong="H7247"\w*:  
\v 21 And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w* \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* them, and \w slew|strong="H4191"\w* them at \w Riblah|strong="H7247"\w* in the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Hamath|strong="H2574"\w*. So \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* was carried \w away|strong="H1540"\w* out of their \w land|strong="H0127"\w*.   
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\v 22 ¶ And \add as for\add* the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* that \w remained|strong="H7604"\w* in the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, whom \w Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w* had \w left|strong="H7604"\w*, even over them he made \w Gedaliah|strong="H1436"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ahikam|strong="H0296"\w*, the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Shaphan|strong="H8227"\w*, \w ruler|strong="H6485"\w*.  
\v 23 And when all the \w captains|strong="H8269"\w* of the \w armies|strong="H2428"\w*, they and their \w men|strong="H0582"\w*, \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* that the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w* had made \w Gedaliah|strong="H1436"\w* \w governor|strong="H6485"\w*, there \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Gedaliah|strong="H1436"\w* to \w Mizpah|strong="H4709"\w*, even \w Ishmael|strong="H3458"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Nethaniah|strong="H5418"\w*, and \w Johanan|strong="H3110"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Careah|strong="H7143"\w*, and \w Seraiah|strong="H8304"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Tanhumeth|strong="H8576"\w* the \w Netophathite|strong="H5200"\w*, and \w Jaazaniah|strong="H2970"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of a \w Maachathite|strong="H4602"\w*, they and their \w men|strong="H0582"\w*.  
\v 24 And \w Gedaliah|strong="H1436"\w* \w sware|strong="H7650"\w* to them, and to their \w men|strong="H0582"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto them, \w Fear|strong="H3372"\w* not to be the \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* of the \w Chaldees|strong="H3778"\w*: \w dwell|strong="H3427"\w* in the \w land|strong="H0776"\w*, and \w serve|strong="H5647"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w*; and it shall be \w well|strong="H3190"\w* with you.  
\v 25 But it came to pass in the \w seventh|strong="H7637"\w* \w month|strong="H2320"\w*, that \w Ishmael|strong="H3458"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Nethaniah|strong="H5418"\w*, the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Elishama|strong="H0476"\w*, of the \w seed|strong="H2233"\w* \w royal|strong="H4410"\w*, \w came|strong="H0935"\w*, and \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w men|strong="H0582"\w* with him, and \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* \w Gedaliah|strong="H1436"\w*, that he \w died|strong="H4191"\w*, and the \w Jews|strong="H3064"\w* and the \w Chaldees|strong="H3778"\w* that were with him at \w Mizpah|strong="H4709"\w*.\f + \fr 25.25 \ft royal: Heb. of the kingdom\f*  
\v 26 And all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, both \w small|strong="H6996"\w* and \w great|strong="H1419"\w*, and the \w captains|strong="H8269"\w* of the \w armies|strong="H2428"\w*, \w arose|strong="H6965"\w*, and \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*: for they were \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* the \w Chaldees|strong="H3778"\w*.   
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\v 27 ¶ And it came to pass in the \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* and \w thirtieth|strong="H7970"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* of the \w captivity|strong="H1546"\w* of \w Jehoiachin|strong="H3078"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, in the \w twelfth|strong="H8147"\w* \w month|strong="H2320"\w*, on the \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* and \w twentieth|strong="H6242"\w* \add day\add* of the \w month|strong="H2320"\w*, \add that\add* \w Evil-merodach|strong="H0192"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w* in the \w year|strong="H8141"\w* that he began to \w reign|strong="H4427"\w* did lift \w up|strong="H5375"\w* the \w head|strong="H7218"\w* of \w Jehoiachin|strong="H3078"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* out of \w prison|strong="H1004"\w*;  
\v 28 And he \w spake|strong="H1696"\w* \w kindly|strong="H2896"\w* to him, and \w set|strong="H5414"\w* his \w throne|strong="H3678"\w* above the \w throne|strong="H3678"\w* of the \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* that \add were\add* with him in \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w*;\f + \fr 25.28 \ft kindly…: Heb. good things with him\f*  
\v 29 And \w changed|strong="H8132"\w* his \w prison|strong="H3608"\w* \w garments|strong="H0899"\w*: and he did \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* \w bread|strong="H3899"\w* \w continually|strong="H8548"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* him all the \w days|strong="H3117"\w* of his \w life|strong="H2416"\w*.  
\v 30 And his \w allowance|strong="H0737"\w* \add was\add* a \w continual|strong="H8548"\w* \w allowance|strong="H0737"\w* \w given|strong="H5414"\w* him of the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, a \w daily|strong="H3117"\w* \w rate|strong="H1697"\w* for every \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, all the \w days|strong="H3117"\w* of his \w life|strong="H2416"\w*.   