+ Heb. as yesterday and third day.

+ Heb. he walked.

5 (And the LORD gave Israel a saviour, so that they went out from under the hand of the Syrians: and the children of Israel dwelt in their tents, tas beforetime.

16 And he said to the king of Israel,
+Put thine hand upon the bow. And he
put his hand upon it: and Elisha put his +Heb. Make
hands upon the king's hands.

17 And he said, Open the window
eastward. And he opened it. Then E-
lisha said, Shoot. And he shot.
he said, The arrow of the LORD's deliver-
ance, and the arrow of deliverance from
Syria: for thou shalt smite the Syrians in
Aphek, till thou have consumed them.
is And he said, Take the arrows.
And he took them. And he said unto the
king of Israel, Smite upon the ground.
And he smote thrice, and stayed.

n

19 And the man of God was wroth with him, and said, Thou shouldest have smitten five or six times; then hadst thou smitten Syria till thou hadst consumed it: whereas now thou shalt smite Syria but thrice.

6 Nevertheless they departed not from 20 ¶ And Elisha died, and they buried the sins of the house of Jeroboam, who made Israel sin, but walked therein: him. And the bands of the Moabites inf1 Kings 16 and there fremained the grove also invaded the land at the coming in of the year. Heb.stood. Samaria.)

33.

7 Neither did he leave of the people to Jehoahaz but fifty horsemen, and ten chariots, and ten thousand footmen; for the king of Syria had destroyed them, Amos 1.3. and had made them like the dust by threshing.

1 ver. 10, Jchoash.

8 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoahaz, and all that he did, and his might, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

9 And Jehoahaz slept with his fathers; and they buried him in Samaria: and Joash his son reigned in his stead*. 10 In the thirty and seventh year of In consort Joash king of Judah began || Jehoash the ther, ch. 14. son of Jehoahaz to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned sixteen years.

-Alone,841.

with his Fa

thine hand
to ride.

in Ecclus.
48. 13.

n 1 Kings

20. 26.

o ver. 25.

cir. 838.

23 And the LORD was gracious unto them, and had compassion on them, and 'had respect unto them, because of his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and would not destroy them, neither cast he them from his presence as yet. 24 So Hazael king of Syria died; and Ben-hadad his son reigned in his stead. 25 And Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz. took again out of the hand of Ben-ha-Hebrea dad the son of Hazael the cities, which took. u Three times did he had taken out of the hand of Jehoa- eir. 836. haz his father by war. Joash beat him, and recovered the cities of Israel.

11 And he did that which was evil in†
the sight of the LORD; he departed not
from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of
Nebat, who made Israel sin: but he walk-
ed therein.

12 And the rest of the acts of Joash,
and all that he did, and his might where-
with he fought against Amaziah king of
Judah, are they not written in the book
of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

13 And Joash slept with his fathers; and Jeroboam sat upon his throne: and Joash was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel.

149 Now Elisha was fallen sick of his

sickness whereof he died. And Joash
the king of Israel came down unto him,
and wept over his face, and said, O my
father, my father, the chariot of Israel,
and the horsemen thereof.

15 And Elisha said unto him, Take
And he took unto him
bow and arrows.
bow and arrows.

c ch. 12. 3.

2 KINGS.

the sight of the LORD, yet not like David
his father: he did according to all things
as Joash his father did.

C

4 Howbeit the high places were not taken away: as yet the people did sacrifice and burnt incense on the high places. 5¶ And it came to pass, as soon as the kingdom was confirmed in his hand, d ch 12 20. that he slew his servants which had slain the king his father.

6 But the children of the murderers he slew not: according unto that which is written in the book of the law of Moses, wherein the LORD commanded, sayDeut. 24 ing, The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, nor the children be put to death for the fathers; but every man shall be put to death for his own sin.

16. Ezek. 18. 4, 20.

eir. 827. f 2 Chron. 25.11.

7 'He slew of Edom in the valley of salt ten thousand, and took || Selah 2 Sam.8. by war, hand called the name of it Joktheel unto this day.

13. Ps. Go, title.

! Or, the

rock.

h Josh, 15. 38.

cir. 826. Joseph. Ant. IX. i 2 Chron.

25. 17, 18, &c.

9. 8.

8¶ Then Amaziah sent messengers to Jehoash, the son of Jehoahaz son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come, let us look one another in the face.

9 And Jehoash the king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The k See Judg. thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the 1cedar that was in Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son to wife: and there passed by a wild beast that was in Lebanon, and trode down the thistle.

1 1 Kings 4.

33.

14. 2 Chron.

m

10 Thou hast indeed smitten Edom, Dent.8. and thine heart hath lifted thee up: 32. 25. Ezek. glory of this, and tarry at home: for why shouldest thou meddle to thy hurt, that thou shouldest fall, even thou, and Judah with thee?

28.2, 5, 17. Hab. 2. 4.

+ Heb. at thy house.

11 But Amaziah would not hear. Therefore Jehoash king of Israel went up; and he and Amaziah king of Judah lookn Josh. 19. ed one another in the face at shemesh, which belongeth to Judah. Beth12 And Judah+was put to the worse before Israel; and they fled every man to their tents.

+ Heb. was smilten.

13 And Jehoash king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Jehoash the son of Ahaziah, at Beth-shemesh, and came to Jerusalem, and brake down o Neh. 8. 16. the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Jer. 31. 38. Ephraim unto the corner gate, four hunZech. 14. 10. dred cubits. q 1 Kings 7.

& 12.39.

51.

cir. 825.. r ch. 13. 12.

14 And he took all the gold and silver, and all the vessels that were found in the house of the LORD, and in the treasures of the king's house, and hostages, and returned to Samaria.

23¶ In the fifteenth year of Amaziah
the son of Joash king of Israel began to
the son of Joash king of Judah Jeroboam gins to reign
reign in Samaria, and reigned forty and
one years.

the sight of the LORD: he departed not
24 And he did that which was evil in
from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of
Nebat, who made Israel to sin.

21. & 34.8.

from the entering of Hamath unto the 25 He restored the coast of Israel the LORD God of Israel, which he spake sea of the plain, according to the word of a Deut.3. 17. by the hand of his servant Jonah, the son of Amittai, the prophet, which was of Gath-hepher

d

b

Jonah 1. 39, 40, called

1. Matt. 13.

Jonas. e Josh. 19.

822

Israel, that it was very bitter: for there a ch. 13- 4-
26 For the LORD saw the affliction of 13.
was not any shut up, nor any left, nor Deal 32.
any helper for Israel.

36.

27 And the LORD said not that he fch. 13- 5would blot out the name of Israel from hand of Jeroboam the son of Joash. under heaven: but he saved them by the

6

boam, and all that he did, and his might,
28 Now the rest of the acts of Jero-
how he warred, and how he recovered
Damascus, and Hamath, which belonged §
to Judah, for Israel, are they not written 1124
of Israel?
in the book of the chronicles of the kings 3.

2 Sam. S. 1 Kings 2 Chron. 8.

interregnum of in years, ch.

thers, even with the kings of Israel; and
29 And Jeroboam slept with his fa-
Zachariah his son reigned in his stead. After an
Azariah's good reign. 5 He dying a le 158.
CHAP. XV.
per, Jotham succeedeth. 8 Zachariah, the
last of Jehu's generation, reigning ill, is
slain by Shallum.
a month, is slain by Menahem. 16 Mena-
13 Shallum, reigning
hem strengtheneth himself by Pul. 21
Pekahiah succeedeth him. 23 Pekahiah is

15 'Now the rest of the acts of Je-1 hoash which he did, and his might, and how he fought with Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

16 And Jehoash slept with his fathers,

346

784

Azariah's good reign.

Before CHRIST cir. 810.

eir. 810. This is the 7th year of Jeroboam's partnership

Before CHRIST cir. 772.

CHAP. XV. The reigns of Menahem, Pekahiah, and Pekah. slain by Pekah. 27 Pekah is oppressed by and all that were therein, and the coasts Tiglath-pileser, and slain by Hoshea. 32 thereof from Tirzah: because they openJotham's good reign. 36 Ahaz succeedethed not to him, therefore he smote it; and all the women therein that were with m ch. 8. 12. child he ripped up.

him.

I

b

N the twenty and seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel began ↳ Azariah son of Amaziah king of Judah to

In the king reign.

dom with his father, who made

at his going

the 16th

2 Sixteen years old was he when he him consort began to reign, and he reigned two and tothe Syrian fifty years in Jerusalem. And his mowart is ther's name was Jecholiah of Jerusalem. year of Jero- 3 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all a ch. 14-21 that his father Amaziah had done; 4 Save that the high places were not removed: the people sacrificed and burnt incense still on the high places.

boam's mo narchy.

2 Chron. 26.

1,34
b Called

Utah, ver.
Chron. 26.

13.30, &c. &

5 ¶ And the LORD smote the king, so that he was a leper unto the day of his death, and dwelt in a several house. And Jotham the king's son was over the house, judging the people of the land.

6 And the rest of the acts of Azariah, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

7 So Azariah slept with his fathers; and 'they buried him with his fathers in the city of David: and Jotham his son reigned in his stead.

8 In the thirty and eighth year of sig been an Azariah king of Judah did Zachariah the Bum for 11 son of Jeroboam reign over Israel in Samaria six months.

interreg.

years,

20 And Menahem exacted the money caused to of Israel, even of all the mighty men of come forth. wealth, of each man fifty shekels of silver, to give to the king of Assyria. So the king of Assyria turned back, and stayed not there in the land.

21 ¶ And the rest of the acts of Menahem, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

22 And Menahem slept with his fathers; and Pekahiah his son reigned in his stead.

23 In the fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah Pekahiah the son of Menahem began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned two years.

24 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD: he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin.

25 But Pekah the son of Remaliah, a
captain of his, conspired against him, and
smote him in Samaria, in the palace of
the king's house, with Argob and Arieh,
and with him fifty men of the Gilead-
11 And the rest of the acts of Zacha-ites: and he killed him, and reigned in
riah, behold, they are written in the book
of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.

12 This was the word of the LORD which he spake unto Jehu, saying, Thy sons shall sit on the throne of Israel unto the fourth generation. And so it came to pass. 13 Shallum the son of Jabesh began to reign in the nine and thirtieth year of Matt 19 Uzziah king of Judah; and he reigned ta full month in Samaria.

27 In the two and fiftieth year of
Azariah king of Judah "Pekah the son of p Isai. 7. 1.
Remaliah began to reign over Israel in
Samaria, and reigned twenty years.

28 And he did that which was evil in
the sight of the LORD: he departed not
from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Ne-
bat, who made Israel to sin.

29 In the days of Pekah king of Israel 'came Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, and took 'Ijon, and Abel-beth-maachah, and Janoah, and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and carried them captive to

15 And the rest of the acts of Shallum,
and his conspiracy which he made, be-
hold, they are written in the book of the
chronicles of the kings of Israel.
16 ¶ Then Menahem smote 1Tiphsah, | Assyria.

2 KINGS.

30 And Hoshea the, son of Elah made a conspiracy against Pekah the son of Remaliah, and smote him, and slew Arch him, and 'reigned in his stead, in the some years, twentieth year of Jotham the son of Hos. 10. 3, 7, Uzziah.

s After an

ch. 17. 1.

15.

t In the

31 And the rest of the acts of Pekah, fourth year and all that he did, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.

of Ahaz, in
the twen-
tieth year
after Jo-
tham had
begun to
reign: Ush.

758.
u 2 Chron.
27.1.

x ver. 3.

y ver. 4.

32 In the second year of Pekah the son of Remaliah king of Israel began Jotham the son of Uzziah king of Judah to reign.

u

35 Five and twenty years old was he
when he began to reign, and he reigned
sixteen years in Jerusalem.
mother's name was Jerusha, the daughter
And his
of Zadok.

34 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD: he did according to all that his father Uzziah had done.

35 Howbeit the high places were not removed: the people sacrificed and burn12 Chron. ed incense still in the high places. He built the higher gate of the house of the LORD.

27.3, &c.

cir. 742.

56¶ Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of

At the end the kings of Judah?

of Jotham's

reign.

a ch. 16. 5. Tsai. 7. 1.

b ver. 27.

37 In those days the LORD began to send against Judah Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah.

38 And Jotham slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father: and Ahaz his son reigned in his stead..

CHAP. XVI.

1 Ahaz's wicked reign. 5 Ahaz, assailed by Rezin and Pekah, hireth Tiglath-pileser against them. 10 Ahaz, sending a pattern of an altar from Damascus to Urijah, diverteth the brasen altar to his own devotion. 17 He spoileth the temple. 19 Hezekiah succeedeth him.

IN

a

N the seventeenth year of Pekah the son of Remaliah a Ahaz the son of Jotham king of Judah began to reign.

2 Twenty years old was Ahaz when he began to reign, and reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem, and did not that which was right in the sight of the LORD his God, like David his father.

3 But he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, yea, and made his son to pass through the fire, according to the abo'minations of the heathen, whom the LORD cast out from before the children of Israel.

4 And he sacrificed and burnt incense 2. Din the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree.

Kings

4. 23.

742.

5 Then Rezin king of Syria and &c. Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel

348

Ahaz's wicked reign.

CHRIST 742.

+ Heb.

Eloth,

sieged Ahaz, but could not overcome him. came up to Jerusalem to war: and they be-Before recovered Elath to Syria, and drave the fch. 14. 22. 6 At that time Rezin king of Syria Jews from + Elath: and the Syrians came +Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, saying, I + Heb. Tilto Elath, and dwelt there unto this day. 7 So Ahaz sent messengers to 5 ch. 15. 29. am thy servant and thy son: come up, and 1 Chron. Syria, and out of the hand of the king of th save me out of the hand of the king of Israel, which rise up against me.

9 And the king of Assyria hearkened
up against +Damascus, and took it, and Heb.
unto him: for the king of Assyria went
carried the people of it captive to Kir,
and slew Rezin.

ria, and saw an altar that was at Damas-
10 ¶'And king Ahaz went to Damas-
cus to meet Tiglath-pileser king of Assy
cus: and king Ahaz sent to Urijah the
pattern of it, according to all the work-
priest the fashion of the altar, and the
manship thereof.

11 And Urijah the priest built an altar
from Damascus: so Urijah the priest
according to all that king Ahaz had sent
made it against king Ahaz came from
Damascus.

offering, and sprinkled the blood of this Heb
13 And he burnt his burnt offering and
his meat offering, and poured his drink
peace offerings, upon the altar.

which were

his.

1.

altar, which was before the LORD, from
the forefront of the house, from between
14 And he brought also the brasen 12 Chron. 4-
put it on the north side of the altar.
the altar and the house of the LORD, and

39, 40, 41.

15 And king Ahaz commanded Urijah burn the morning burnt offering, and m Exod. 29 the priest, saying, Upon the great altar the evening meat offering, and the king's the burnt offering of all the people of the burnt sacrifice, and his meat offering, with the blood of the burnt offering, and all land, and their meat offering, and their the blood of the sacrifice: and the brasen drink offerings; and sprinkle upon it all altar shall be for me to enquire by.

16 Thus did Urijah the priest, accord-
ing to all that king Ahaz commanded.

ders of the bases, and removed the laver
17 "And king Ahaz cut off the bor-
from off the brasen oxen that were under
it, and put it upon a pavement of stones,
from off them; and took down the sea

Chrea.

Kings 7325

739.

1 Kings 728. 24

27, 28.